It was rare to get a good night's sleep after running around for many days. When the sky was dim, Chang Yu stood up and stretched in the courtyard. He felt refreshed. He saw that Wuzhong was teaching Tu Yuan how to practice swordsmanship, Chen Wangting was giving instructions to his two nephews, and Jiang Fa was following
Kuang Ren practices bow shooting...
After warming up with the enemy's fist, Chang Yu pointed at Wuzhong and said, "Come here and get beaten."
Wuzhong sneered and said to himself, "I have been waiting for you for a long time, and I have been chirping for a long time. I threw the long knife in my hand and rushed towards you..."
The squire was so kind that he prepared breakfast and brought it to him personally. After Chang Yu washed up and started eating, he thanked him repeatedly. The squire had never met such a polite high-ranking official before. He was very happy and pulled the little eunuch to tease him non-stop. He also howled when he was emotional.
He was crying because it turned out that several girls in his family had been humiliated by the bandits and committed suicide.
Everyone was furious after hearing this. Wu Zhong slammed the bowl on the ground and shouted that he was going to kill Liu Fangliang in Baoding City. The young eunuch looked stunned: "Have a good journey, good man..."
The personal guards came to report that Huang Degong and Gao Jie had each led 5,000 troops and sent troops to Jizhou early in the morning. They left a message to Chang Yu that it was not practical to break the city before noon, but they would respectfully welcome the governor into the city before sunset.
Chang Yu couldn't help but laugh. This place was thirty miles away from Jizhou, and it would take an hour for the infantry and baggage to march. He said that breaking the city before noon was just to provoke the generals, but it was unrealistic.
The show was about to begin. Chang Yu wanted to go to the city to observe and learn in person. He hurriedly led his troops out of the city. The second battalion under his command was already waiting for orders outside the city, and then sent troops to Jizhou.
Along the way, Huang Degong and Gao Jie could be seen marching hastily. The cavalry vanguard was already ten miles away, followed by infantry and baggage. Chang Yu deliberately walked around in a circle to see the city ladders, trebuchets, siege vehicles and even artillery.
Dongchang's two battalions were all cavalry, one of which was heavily armored, with a rainbow-like momentum and murderous aura that naturally attracted the envy of the other officers and soldiers, pointing and talking: "They once killed thieves in Taiyuan, and killed Tatars outside the pass.
That’s awesome…”
Fan Jiaqian told Chang Yu that there had been no rest outside the city last night. The rebel spies tried to investigate nearby several times. When they were discovered, they started fighting, and it was not until dawn that everything calmed down again.
It was obvious that the rebels in Jizhou City were very surprised and deeply worried about the officers and soldiers' raid on Zaoqiang. The two cities were less than thirty miles apart. At such a close distance, with officers and soldiers watching eagerly beside his bed, how could he sleep peacefully.
Chang Yu's horse was running fast, and he arrived in less than a stick of incense. He saw a vast lake in front of him in the distance. He knew it was Jizhou Lake (later called Hengshui Lake). Across the lake, he could see a city on the west bank, which was Jizhou City (the ancient Jizhou City was at
Beiguan Village area on the west bank of Hengshui Lake, today's Jizhou City is on the south bank of the lake)
A group of people detoured from the Hunan coast of Jizhou to the city. They saw Huang Degong and Gao Jie's troops circling the city for reconnaissance. At the same time, they shouted to the city to persuade them to surrender.
Jizhou, the head of the nine states in ancient times, was once a country with a history of more than two years. It was built in the reign of Emperor Gaodi of the Western Han Dynasty. At that time, it was already a large city of twelve miles. By the Song Dynasty, it had expanded to twenty-five miles.
The additional construction is larger than that of ordinary prefectures, and Taiyuan Prefecture is only twenty-four in circumference!
In addition to being large, it is also strong enough. The city wall is eight meters high, and the widest parts at the base and top are 30 meters and 10 meters wide. The city is absolutely high and the walls are thick. The walls are made of copper and iron. Without large-scale siege equipment, it would be extremely difficult to break the city in one fell swoop!
Gao Jie was shouting at the west gate to the rebels on the city to persuade him to surrender. When Huang Degong saw Chang Yu's arrival, he went forward to greet him and reported the situation: There were at least three thousand rebels on the city, most of them concentrated at the two southwest gates. There were four cannons on the city and the rest were unknown.
After Chang Yu heard this, he was silent for a while and then said to Huang Degong: "I am not good at attacking cities. It is easy to imagine how difficult it is to attack such a large city. I don't have much advice to give, but the sages have said that there is no need to fight.
The best strategy is to subjugate the enemy's troops, not necessarily to attack by force."
Huang Degong exclaimed: "What do you mean?"
The little eunuch rolled his eyes and said, "It means that if you can recruit someone to surrender, then surrender. If you would rather die than surrender, then attack with force."
Huang Degong understood now. As the rebel army passed by, all those officials and soldiers who were afraid of death and fear of war surrendered. It is not ruled out that there are also officials and soldiers of the imperial court who originally surrendered in Jizhou City. Once the people who are greedy for life and fear of death are put under pressure, it is not ruled out.
They rebelled again.
"First trick them into forgetting the blame. Offering the city is a meritorious service, and then we can settle the accounts after we get down to the city!" Chang Yu said bitterly.
At this time, Gao Jie also came over. Hearing this, he interrupted: "I'm afraid some of these tough bandits may not be able to surrender easily."
"So it will be better to have a fierce attack first to show your strength, and then persuade you to surrender. This is my little suggestion. As for how to fight, it is up to you two. I am just a spectator today." After talking about his legs
As soon as he was caught, he led his followers and ran towards the north of the city.
Jizhou is a large city far and near, with many surrounding villages. However, due to the recent military disaster, many people have fled or been taken north by the bandits. In addition, all the officers and soldiers besieged the city early in the morning and fled early.
Chang Yu walked half a circle around the city and couldn't help but feel worried. This kind of city was really difficult to fight in the era of cold weapons. He felt a little irritated and decided to leave the reins and head to the Jizhou Lake.
Jizhou Lake is nearly 300 square kilometers and is vast and boundless. It is the turn of spring and summer. Although the lake is not full due to successive droughts, the shore is still lush with green grass and shady willows, but it is refreshing and refreshing. You can swim and herd horses here.
Also comfortable.
Chang Yu and a group of more than ten people were walking by the lake. It seemed like the time was peaceful, but who could have imagined that the city behind him would be plunged into the smoke of swords and swords at any time.
Attacking a city is not as simple as chopping vegetables. Huang Degong and Gao Jie must be negotiating with the city while waiting for the supply troops to be ready. They will not start fighting until the siege troops are in their positions and have not yet reached an agreement, so the fight will not start for an hour or two.
Only then did Chang Yu have time to enjoy the scenery of Jizhou Lake.
Unknowingly, they walked northeast along the lake for several miles and encountered several small villages. They were all deserted, and they couldn't even get a drink of water. Chang Yu and others smiled bitterly and were about to go to the lake to get water. Suddenly, they heard something in the dense forest to the north.
There was a sound of fighting. They thought it was enemy spies and our spies were fighting. Everyone immediately got on their horses and went to support them.
Everyone was startled after walking through the dense forest. It turned out that there was also a lake behind the dense forest. There was a small island in the lake covered with bamboo forest. The fight came from the bamboo forest.
At this time, the lake dried up and the island was connected to the mainland. Everyone rushed to the island, but they saw that the island was full of lush bamboo forests but ruins were everywhere, and more than ten people were trembling in these ruins.
To be exact, there were more than ten people beating up a man, a woman and a young man, apparently a family of three.
The man was in his thirties. He was tall and strong, and he protected his wife and children by himself. He fought the dozen or so people with his bare hands. He was not afraid even though he had many marks on his body. Looking at the weapons in the hands of the more than ten people, they were neither officials nor civilians.
The identity was unknown, and even Chang Yu couldn't figure out whether it was an enemy spy, a scout from the army or soldiers, a local ruffian, or even a plain-clothed Jinyi guard who was looking for the fugitive.
Seeing Chang Yu and his group appear, the two parties who were fighting immediately stopped and looked over. The middle-aged man frowned, obviously very worried!
"Who are you from, brother?" The group of people shouted to Chang Yu and his group. It was obvious that they were not sure where this group of people came from, whether they were enemies or friends.
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