The enemy troops in the military camp refused to surrender, so Li Zhiyun had no choice but to order the artillery fire. The soldiers in the artillery battalion skillfully operated the cannons in red, loading the shells, filling the gunpowder, and lighting the fuses. With a loud bang, flames erupted from the muzzles.

, the cannonball flew out and landed accurately in the barracks. Suddenly, there were flames everywhere and smoke filled the air.

The fierce bombardment collapsed the gate of the barracks and knocked down the courtyard wall. The entire barracks was exposed to people's eyes. The enemy soldiers were seen running around in panic. With the huge explosion, many soldiers were blown into pieces.

Debris and broken limbs were lifted into the air by the air waves and then fell down again. The barracks were either blown up or burst into flames.

As more artillery shells fell, the entire barracks was engulfed in fire and smoke. The onlookers were dumbfounded. They saw the broken arms and legs flying into the air with their own eyes, and were stunned with fear. In front of their eyes, they were stunned.

Here, these people wandering around the wooden wheel carts are not at all

They were not ordinary soldiers, but a group of heavenly soldiers and generals. They guessed that it must be those Rakshasa who specialized in eating women and children, which aroused the anger of the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor sent the heavenly soldiers and generals to kill the evil spirits with thunder and lightning.

Khasa is a Buddhist term that refers to evil spirits that eat human flesh.

After the shelling stopped and the smoke cleared, the New Army soldiers rushed into the barracks with shouts, used firecrackers to eliminate the remaining enemy soldiers, and occupied the entire barracks.

The new army captured the Champion City, gained a foothold, and stationed in the city. The larger barracks had been completely destroyed by artillery fire, and the team could only live in another barracks.

The next morning, Li Zhiyun took Zhang Zheng, Cai Hu and Ying Gu to the street. People were coming and going on the street. There were many more pedestrians than in the previous days, and many shops were open. It seemed that the gang of cannibals had been eliminated.

Devil, the city has returned to its former vitality and bustle.

After everyone walked for a while, a man suddenly walked over from the side and bowed to Li Zhiyun: "Brother, are you a god?" Li Zhiyun took a closer look and found that it was the old man he met in front of Zhuzi's house that day. He

He quickly returned the gift and said with a smile: "Old man, you are mistaken. I am not a god."

"Then you are?"

Zhang Zheng on the side introduced: "He is the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty."

"It turns out to be the prince, no wonder he is so powerful!"

Li Zhiyun looked at the other party and smiled: "Old man, what is your surname?" The old man replied: "The villain's surname is Hu, and he is a merchant in the city. The prince eliminated the gang of man-eating evil spirits and rescued the women and children.

The common people praised it..."

The two were walking and chatting. At this time, a man in his thirties walked over from the opposite side. The man walked unsteadily, fell to the ground and lay there motionless. Li Zhiyun ran away quickly.

He went over and lowered his head and saw that the man was in ragged clothes, skinny as a stick, with a sallow complexion and his eyes closed tightly. He squatted down and tried it under his nose with his fingers. He found that he was out of breath.

Li Zhiyun stood up and asked puzzledly: "How did this man die so well?" Old Uncle Hu sighed and said: "He died of hunger. Every household in the city is short of food. How could he starve to death like this?"

There are dozens of people every day." Upon hearing this, Li Zhiyun turned around and looked at him in surprise: "Is it so serious?" Mr. Hu nodded with a heavy face.

After returning to the barracks, Li Zhiyun summoned two subordinate officers, Scarface and several other generals to the lobby. Everyone sat around a table. He got straight to the point: "Everyone, we have occupied the Champion City. Here is

It has become our base area..." Scarface interrupted him in confusion: "Your Majesty, what is a base area?"

"It is a territory that has been occupied for a long time." Li Zhiyun said, "If we want to take root here, we must get the support and support of the people. Now the people in the city are short of food, and dozens of people starve to death every day. We cannot sit idly by and watch.

! The ancients said that to run an army, you must first have enough food, and to have enough food, you must first feed the people. Therefore, I plan to pull out half of the food to help the people."

The new army came to Huaixi this time and brought a large amount of grain and grass. They wiped out 5,000 Turkic troops on the Mayi Ancient Road, and also captured a lot of grain and horses. Except for half of it, they brought it with Li Zhongwen. So,

, the New Army currently has enough food to last for several months.

Scarface heard that he was going to pull out food to help the people, and he was worried: "Your Majesty, this is military ration. If the food is donated, what will the brothers eat in the future?"

"I have already considered this." Li Zhiyun said, "Zhu Can has caused great harm to the people in this area. As we walked along the way, I saw that many villages had turned into ruins, and large areas of fertile land were left uncultivated. New

There are three thousand brothers in the army, and most of them can grow crops. We can do it ourselves and have enough food and clothing."

"You mean farming?" Scarface said, "But even if we plant now, the autumn grain harvest will have to wait a few months. We're afraid we won't be able to survive by that time."

"This is not difficult to solve." Li Zhiyun said, "We can first plant some fast-growing vegetables and eat them with the grain. There are many ditches and ponds in this area, so there must be fish and shrimp in the water. We can mobilize the brothers to fish for shrimps.

.in addition,

I asked Old Man Hu that there are several large mountains within the boundaries of Champion County, such as Tangshan Mountain, Yushan Mountain, Xingshan Mountain and Zhulian Mountain. The mountains are lush with trees and there are many wild animals. We can organize brothers to go hunting in the mountains and collect edible fruits for food.

Replenish."

Li Zhiyun kept talking, and the generals present were all farmers before joining the army. They cultivated fields, fished and harvested shrimps, and even hunted in the mountains. They were all experts. They listened with enthusiasm, gearing up, and wanted to immediately

Just go for it. Therefore, Li Zhiyun's proposal was quickly approved.

After Zhu Can's army occupied Champion City, the county officials were either killed or fled, and the people in the city were left without management. Li Zhiyun asked Old Man Hu to recommend a highly respected sage, appointed him as the county magistrate, and asked him to recruit

Some county government officials were invited.

After the grain transferred by the new army was transported to the county government, the officials of the county government and Li Zheng of each village registered the household population and distributed the grain per head. Li Zhiyun took Zhang Zheng, Cai Hu and two other guards with him.

The two guards carried a bag of grain, and everyone came to Zhuzi's house together.

As soon as Li Zhiyun stepped into the yard, he saw that Old Uncle Hu was also there. He was talking to Zhuzhu's mother in the yard. When Old Uncle Hu saw him, he quickly greeted him, pointed at him and said to Zhuzhu's mother: "Sister-in-law, this is to save your daughter-in-law and Zhuzi's mother.

Sun Tzu’s King of Chu in the Tang Dynasty.”

Zhuzi and his wife ran out of the house after hearing the sound. Li Zhiyun took a look and found that Zhuzi's wife was the first woman to take the child out of the palace that night. She also recognized Li Zhiyun, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, excitedly: "

Benefactor, thank you for saving me and my child." When Zhuzi and his mother saw each other, they both knelt on the ground.

Li Zhiyun hurriedly stepped forward to help the old woman up, and asked Zhu Zhu and his wife to get up quickly. He smiled and said to the old woman: "Auntie, your family is running out of food, right? No, I have brought you a

Bags of grain." After saying that, he asked the two guards to carry the grain into the house.

Mrs. Zhuzhu thanked her profusely and invited Li Zhiyun and others into the house. Li Zhiyun walked in and took a look. The room was very simple and there was no decent furniture. Zhu Zhu brought an old stool, wiped it with his sleeves, invited Li Zhiyun to sit down, and then let him sit down.

The wife went to pour water.

Zhuzi's wife poured a bowl of cold water from a pottery bowl with a cracked mouth, and came over to give it to Li Zhiyun. Li Zhiyun didn't mind it, and took a few sips. When he put down the bowl, Zhuzi asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, I

Can you join the Tang army?"

"Oh? Why do you want to be a soldier?" Li Zhiyun asked with interest.

"By becoming a soldier, you can protect your wife and children from being snatched away and eaten by demons!"

"Then can you find a few more people?"

"Yes! Many of my friends want to join the Tang army."

Zhu Can's words reminded Li Zhiyun. He thought that if a people's armed force could be established, even if the new army left, Zhu Can's army would not dare to harm the people again.

After Li Zhiyun returned to the barracks, he immediately asked Scarface to send people to set up recruitment stations on the streets. Within a few days, more than 2,000 people were recruited. He named this armed force the "Self-Defense Force". When the new army attacked the barracks

, a lot of weapons were seized. Although many of them were damaged by bombing, many of them were repaired and still usable. These weapons were all equipped to the Self-Defense Forces. Li Zhiyun also selected a group of officers from the New Army and assigned them to be responsible for

Training the self-defense forces.

Because the New Army took out food to relieve the people, no one in the city starved to death anymore. Scarface arranged for people to buy farm tools and seeds. After everything was ready, the New Army left one battalion to guard Champion City with the Self-Defense Army, and the rest

The three camps set out outside the city, set up camp in the desolate wilderness, and began to cultivate the ownerless wasteland.

Except for some merchants and handicraftsmen, the residents in the city had fields outside the city. When they saw that the Tang Dynasty's troops were planting crops outside the city, they also picked up farm tools and worked hard in their own fields. There were also some people

, were originally villagers from nearby villages who moved to the city to avoid the war. At this time, they also returned to their villages to repair the damaged houses and take care of the crops in the fields.

As a result, within dozens or even hundreds of miles around Champion City, what was once a desolate and deserted field was once again transformed into a vibrant field of hope.

The place Li Zhiyun chose to farm for the new army was Yingjiazhai, Xingshan, twenty miles away from the city. The reason why he chose to farm there was because he did not want to compete with the people for land. He wanted to let the people cultivate the fertile land around the county.

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There used to be several villages in the Yingjiazhai area, but they were all in ruins due to the war. In addition to the deserted fields, there are also large areas of wasteland that have never been cultivated. If they were all cultivated, tens of thousands of acres of fertile land could be obtained.
Chapter completed!