Self-cultivation of bad people can be done automatically

Chapter 68
At this time, the early morning mist had not yet dissipated, but Niu Zhiye had already launched his siege.

He didn't know where to find the strange shield, and selected the brave soldiers in the army, raised the shield and combined it to form a tortoise shell formation.

This tortoise shell array is indeed like a tortoise shell.

The outside is airtight, and there is plenty of space inside.

Zhu Youning guessed that Niu Zhiye might want to use the tortoise shell array to transport gunpowder.

The city gate was hundreds of meters away from where Zhu Youning was stationed, and Niu Zhiye quickly gave orders to the soldiers forming the tortoise formation.

Roughly, the innermost people hold the gunpowder, and the outside people are responsible for blocking bows and arrows and other harassment.

And the soldiers who were selected were also brave and fearless, so they just ran down the city gate.

Under the mist, the tortoise shell formation didn't move very slowly.Apparently, the soldiers walked in unison and cooperated very rhythmically.

In contrast, the Yan Bing defenders on the Cangzhou City Wall are a bit of a fool.

The reason why Niu Zhiye asked the soldiers of the Hu Jie Army to form a tortoise shell formation to prevent the Yan Army on the city wall from shooting bows and arrows, but unexpectedly, the defenders on the city wall did not notice the soldiers of the Hu Jie Army approaching at all.

At this moment, a defender on the city wall of Cangzhou was yawning, with sleepy eyes open, and vaguely saw a big tortoise quickly rushing to the bottom of the city gate.

How did the turtle appear here?

Realizing that something was wrong, the defender immediately lost all sleepiness and yelled.

But by the time the defenders all woke up, the soldiers of Hu Jie's army had already rushed to the gate of the city.

The soldiers of the Hu Jie army first put dozens of cans of ambush in front of the city gate, and then quickly dispersed towards the walls on both sides of the city gate, holding their shields and lying on the corner of the wall. The ground of the shield and the city wall formed a triangle shape.

Niu Zhiye didn't expect things to go so smoothly.Seeing that the soldiers seemed to be at safety, he took out a bow, and attached a flaming dart to it.

He aimed at the gunpowder pot at the city gate, bent his bow and set an arrow, and the bow and arrow formed a full moon, all in one go.

boom!
There was a sound of strings, and the burning arrow flew towards the gate of the city, hitting the pile of gunpowder pots right in the middle.

boom!
There was a loud noise like thunder, the earth shook suddenly, a huge ball of thick smoke rose into the sky, and the gate of Cangzhou city opened wide.

The defenders on the city gate didn't know what happened, but everyone was stunned by the loud noise.

But they don't have much time to daze.

Because the next moment, a burst of earth-shattering shouts of killing followed one after another.

Zhu Youning reached out his hand to touch the hilt of the sword at his waist, drew it up, pierced the sky high, and shouted loudly: "Today is the day for the Marquis award! The whole army assaults!"

After the city gate is broken, the next battle will be very easy to fight.

Liu Jiwei's soldiers are all Dingbadu soldiers left behind by Liu Shouguang.They have just gone through the Battle of the Two Lius (Liu Shouguang and Liu Shouwen), and they have fought for more than 100 days in a row, and they are already exhausted.

Zhu Youning's Hu Jie army has won consecutive battles, and their morale is high.

In addition, all the soldiers of the Hu Jie Army have practiced the Meditation Technique and the Cold Heart Art. Even if most of them have not advanced to the small star position, they are not comparable to ordinary soldiers.

Therefore, in this battle, Hu Jie's army fought very smoothly with the strong bullying the weak, and captured Cangzhou City in less than an hour.

As for Liu Jiwei, the military governor of the Yichang Army?
He had already run away when the city was broken!

After entering Cangzhou City, Zhu Youning immediately sent an order to the whole army: it is forbidden to kill prisoners and disturb the people.

His military orders simply need to be carried out without any explanation.

In fact, the explanation is also very simple. First of all, Zhu Youning wanted to avoid the situation of surrendering the army to fight to the death.

What's more, the war between Liang and Yan is, in the final analysis, a civil war. Daliang will still rule Cangzhou in the future, and killing prisoners is not conducive to the return of people's hearts.

And out of humanitarianism, Zhu Youning will not kill prisoners.

After the city was broken, Niu Zhiye and others returned to the Chinese army, and the generals also enthusiastically boasted about Niu Zhiye's achievements in breaking the city, such as the good strategy of the tortoise shell, the one-shot decision of Cangzhou, and so on.

In fact, there is nothing to brag about. The smooth implementation of the strategy is purely due to the combat ability and physical fitness of the soldiers on Zhu Youning's side.

But Niu Zhiye did contribute to breaking the city.Zhu Youning is also naturally rewarded.

He rewarded Niu Zhiye with some gold silk and satin on the spot, and ordered him to be the training envoy of the Qingzhou regiment and the camp supervisor of the Northern Expedition Army.In addition, Zhu Youning also rewarded those soldiers who formed the tortoise formation heavily.

Niu Zhiye and others received the reward, and their excitement could hardly subside.

After the army had completely entered the city, Niu Zhiye said again: "My lord, Liu Shouguang's army is fighting fiercely with General Wang Yanzhang, and the rear defense is bound to be empty. The general thought that the Hu Jie army could go straight to Youzhou City!"

These words fit Zhu Youning's mind.

However, he still said to Zhong Xiaokui next to him: "Xiaokui, send out scouts and strengthen your guard day and night. The commanders of each army must restrain their subordinates and set up camp at the Cangzhou camp. By the way, Niu Zhiye, you stay here."

"As ordered."

Zhong Xiaokui and a group of generals clasped their fists and said, before going down.

After the generals went down, Zhu Youning looked around Cangzhou City.

In addition to the bloody storm, there are actually white bones.

The bloody storm was caused by the great war after breaking the city.

As for the white bones, Zhu Youning is not very clear, but he can vaguely guess some.

"My lord, why is this Cangzhou city so desolate?"

Niu Zhiye looked at the miserable scene around him with a desolate face.

"Just ask and you will know."

Zhu Youning immediately sent someone to call a civil servant in Cangzhou City who hadn't escaped in time.

The official timidly replied: "Your Majesty, Cangzhou City was besieged for more than 100 days before, and the food in the city was exhausted. The price of rice per dendrobium reached [-] yuan. People killed each other to eat, and some people ate clay for a living when they were hungry. Even war horses could only eat each other's manes and tails. Later, because of the lack of food for the army, Lu Yan sent people to kill the people in the city every day to make food for the soldiers, which was called "killing work", which led to Ten rooms and ten empty scenes."

Hearing this, Niu Zhiye said angrily: "This Lu Yan actually kills people and treats them as military rations, it is extremely cruel!"

Zhu Youning sighed, and said: "In troubled times, people eat each other, and it is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong. You say that Lu Yan is cruel, but he is doing it to deal with Liu Shouguang, who imprisons his father and brother even more and is cruel and heartless. Although they are all They are like dogs, but after careful consideration, they all have their own reasons, and it can only be said that this world is too wrong."

After mourning for a while, Zhu Youning gave an order to Niu Zhiye: "Brothers are tired from the long-distance raid, pass on the order and bury the fire to make food!"

"Yes."

Food was ready quickly.

Zhu Youning has been in the army for a long time, he is not picky about his diet, and he eats very fast.

After a long time, he put down his chopsticks.

"Niu Zhiye."

Niu Zhiye cupped his fists and said, "The end is here."

"Give some of the food we brought to the Yan soldiers who surrendered."

"But."

"Whether it is the people of Daliang or the soldiers and civilians of Cangzhou City, they are all descendants of Yan and Huang. We are fighting here for the unification of Daliang, to end the war in the world, and to stop the endless war from continuing. Cangzhou has been won, and they are my people in Daliang, so they should be treated equally. What's more, we are not short of food, so this king will ask Wang Shifan to send someone to send some potatoes."

What Zhu Youning said was quite moving, and Niu Zhiye immediately hugged his fist excitedly: "My lord, let's go down and make arrangements!"

"Yeah." Zhu Youning nodded slightly, and said, "Also, pass on an order to let the brothers rest well and prepare to go north tomorrow!"

"As ordered."

(End of this chapter)