The Richest Man in the Heavens Starts from Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 88

Du Yu stayed in Yizhou for half a month.

This time was really not in vain. Under the temptation of money, he recruited more than 7000 people.

And most of them are from poor families like Lian Baoning and Luo Shouquan who were born as hunters.

These people have relatively good physical fitness, and they have certain individual combat capabilities without training. After enlisting in the army, they only need to be trained to strengthen their sense of teamwork, and they will be a powerful army.

It happened that the heavy armored cavalry of Han Bolong, Chen Da, and Yang Chun were resting, and veterans could be sent to train the newcomers.

In addition to the captive 2000 court horse troops, the best were selected from among the best, and [-] people were selected to train with them.

Du Yu believed that after a while, he would have a cavalry force of more than [-] people.Although raising it is quite stressful, this team is his capital to fight for world hegemony.

In his view, it is now a race against time.

In the short term, the Great Song Dynasty's energy was on Song Jiang and Fang La's side, and he had to take this opportunity to expand his territory.

Fortunately, Xu Guanzhong did have some tricks.

With an army of [-], they invaded Cangzhou Prefecture and swept the surrounding counties like a broken bamboo.

In less than half a month, the soldiers came to the city of Cangzhou.

Du Chong was originally a villain who could see the wind and the rudder. Seeing the menacing Wei army, he abandoned the city and fled to Xingzhou with [-] garrison troops.

Xu Guanzhong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, all the carefully arranged strategies before were useless.However, it is a good thing to be able to win Cangzhou without bloodshed.

After Du Yu got the news, he rushed from Yizhou to Cangzhou.

Cangzhou Prison Camp is a rather special place in the novels of Water Margin. Most of the prisoners in it are officers who made mistakes in the army and bandits who committed crimes.

Du Yu was very interested in them, and planned to screen out these people. If they were really wronged like Lin Chong, they would be drawn to Wei's camp to serve in the army.

As for those heinous people, of course, waste should be used to put them into the cannon fodder battalion.

Du Yu brought Jiao Ting to the Prison City camp. Some soldiers had already pulled the prisoners out of the prison, and they stood in rows on the small square in the prison camp, waiting for the judgment of fate.

Among this group of people, there are quite a few people who have been in the army. They are very clear about the flags and costumes of the officers and soldiers.

Many people's eyes lit up, speculating that Cangzhou City might be captured by the rebel army.It may be a disaster for ordinary people, but it is a rare opportunity for these thieves and soldiers.

Du Yu whispered a few words in Jiao Ting's ear, and ordered someone to find a chair to sit on the sidelines and watch the play.

"You are all prisoners of the imperial court, and there are records in the roster of the prison camp. Now we have to roll the names one by one, and whoever is called will stand up. If someone dares to steal, rape and play tricks, don't blame grandpa for not keeping the knife in his hand." Love." Jiao Ting shouted to the gang of prisoners.

The group of prisoners remained silent, with different expressions on their faces, not knowing what was going on in their hearts.

"Zhai Zhonghui." Na Yuhou took the roster and began to roll the roll.

A tall, thin man about six feet stood up immediately and said, "That's the villain."

"Six feet tall, white and beardless, and muscular...is this you?" Yu Hou asked sharply.

The man did not rush, and said after saluting: "My lord, since I came to the prison camp three years ago, I seldom had a full meal and was bullied by the camp. That's why I became so thin. Please learn from me."

"Tell me what you committed?" Yu Hou asked again.

Zhai Zhonghui let out a long sigh, and said: "The villain was originally an instructor in the Imperial Army, because... a few years ago, he hated Taiwei Gaoqiu, he found an excuse to frame the villain, and sent me to this prison camp. "

Listening to his tearful recounting of the past, Du Yu felt a little sad, thinking to himself that the father and son of the Gao family did not know how many good people they had harmed.

Yuhou compared the things recorded in the roster and found that the things were true and the person was innocent, so he asked Du Yu for instructions and dragged him to a place to wait.

"Peng Lu." Yuhou continued to roll the roll.

Soon a man came out and compared them one by one according to the list.

After nearly a day of tossing, the prisoners in the prison camp were classified and assigned to different teams.

People like Zhai Zhonghui who are wronged and willing to turn to Wei will stay in the army according to their talents. Of course, they need to prove their worth in the next battle.

Some of those who had been mutilated by those in charge of the camp were so inhumane that they could not be of much use, so they were let out to make a living among the people.

There are also some who are really vicious, so they are beaten into the cannon fodder camp and made them the first to ascend the army.

What Du Yu didn't expect was that he actually found a few scholars inside, all of whom were framed and imprisoned for offending the powerful local nobles.

With a little temptation, they took refuge in Wei, thinking that one day the Wei army would be able to attack their hometown so that they would have a chance to avenge their hatred.

Perhaps it was because of the fanaticism of the converts, those few people did their best and were very serious in doing things, and they highly praised the policies such as "single into the mu" and "officials and gentry pay grains" and other policies advocated by the Great Wei, thinking that only the wise ruler of the world can come up with such a policy.

Du Yu didn't care about their compliments. He fought for the world's resources entirely for the resources of the Water Margin world. If he could bring some benefits to the people in the process, why not do it.

Besides, he still has countless new worlds waiting to be developed. There is really no need to exploit the people like those rulers after the Song Dynasty.

If it weren't for the fear of taking too many steps and getting caught, he would even want to play with the political system in the real world.

The matter of governing the place was handed over to his subordinates, and Du Yu and Xu Guanzhong's eyes were fixed on the map again. After taking Cangzhou, the Wei army formed a two-sided attack on Hejian Mansion.

In fact, it is not too much to say that it is encircled. The land under the management of Hejian Prefecture is bounded by the endless sea to the east, and the territory of the Liao Kingdom to the north.

Therefore, the Wei army set off immediately after resting for a few days, marching towards Hejian Mansion.

At the same time, Bian Xiang led the selected and reorganized imperial army, set out from Zhending Mansion, and attacked Hejian Mansion at the same time.

Under the attack from the two sides, the county and state capital under the jurisdiction of Hejian Prefecture did not have a strong resistance.

The Great Wei army basically pushed all the way, joined forces, and surrounded the Hejian mansion and city.

Zheng Taishou of Hejian Mansion was a man loyal to the Song court, and ordered the garrison to guard the city and not surrender.

Du Yu had no choice. In order to avoid too many casualties in the army, he once again resorted to counterweight trebuchets to attack the city.

An army of 10,000+ felled wood together for production, and soon there were more than 100 catapults bombarding the city wall day and night under the Fucheng.

In the beginning, the officers and soldiers had the courage to stand on the tower to defend the city, but later they were smashed many times, and those people avoided going up even if they did not live or die.

Du Yu cherished the lives of his soldiers, and did not use the stupid tactics of attacking with ladders, but ordered to continue attacking the city with trebuchets.

For a day or two, the city wall of Fucheng could still hold on, but after all, it was a building many years ago, and it usually lacked maintenance. After five or six days of continuous bombardment, the west wall collapsed, exposing a hole more than ten meters wide.

Until this time, Wei's cannon fodder battalion was pushed to the front line to attack the defending official army.

Originally, Du Yu thought that Zheng Taishou would be very difficult to defend the city with the will to die, but he didn't expect that the officers and soldiers in the city would lose their fighting spirit after being bombarded by catapults.

After a little resistance, he fell into a collapsed situation.After sacrificing 500 to [-] people, the cannon fodder battalion finally entered the city and opened the city gate.

Afterwards, Wei's army poured into the city like a tide.

Because the defenders were stubbornly resisting, brutal killings were indispensable.Even though Du Yu didn't want to think about it, there was nothing he could do about it. There was no right or wrong for each to be his master.

On the contrary, he admired Zheng Taishou who finally committed suicide and died in the Song Dynasty. He did not hurt his family and buried him generously afterwards.

After this battle, another piece of Wei's territory was added, and the place where the Song and Liao borders originally became the territory of the Great Wei.

Looking at the map, Du Yu was very relieved. Two of the three towns of Heshuo in the Tang Dynasty had already fallen into his hands. Although in the hands of the Song Dynasty, they were no longer as prosperous as the Tang Dynasty, they were still places with a large population.

In war, one is fighting people, and the other is fighting money.

In terms of money, Du Yu has a lot to think about, and now the population problem has also eased.

According to the current situation, Dawei still has some time to digest the results of this stage of victory, and what he must face next is a more brutal and fierce battle.

(End of this chapter)