While thinking about it, the rescued women and villagers came to Zhu Youcheng and thanked him for his life-saving grace.

Zhu Youcheng was about to wave his hand to let them go, but King Xin suddenly whispered: "These women have fallen into the hands of bandits, and their chastity has been lost. I am afraid they cannot be tolerated in the village when they go back. Brother Cheng would better find a way to accommodate these poor women."

Zhu Youcheng's eyes turned, many of his own road construction workers, road guards, and coal miners did not get married. Although these women were humiliated, they were beautiful and betrothed to the workers, which was a big deal.

Zhu Youcheng said with a pleasant face: "Dear fellow villagers, you are the people of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty court has the obligation to protect your life and safety. You don't have to thank me. If you want to thank me, thank you for your thanks. It was his wise and wise who sent me to save you. Your family is now destroyed, and I don't know what plans are in the future."

The male villagers naturally said that they stayed in the village and continued to work, while the female villagers looked confused and didn't know what to do.

"If you are willing to stay where you are, stay. Each of us will give you five silver coins as comfort money and resettlement funds. If you are unwilling to stay, stay in the military camp. After the war, I will choose a good match for you and live the rest of your life."

The eyes of hope flashed in the women's eyes, and Zhu Youcheng knew that these women wanted to live in a different environment, so they asked Ke Qingqing to take the women away.

Next, Zhu Youcheng asked about the situation in Cangzhou City. Unfortunately, although these villagers lived next to Cangzhou City, they only care about their own acre and three-point land. They don’t know much about the situation in Cangzhou.

However, from the villagers' broken language, Zhu Youcheng learned that the situation in Cangzhou was very serious. The city was surrounded for more than half of the time, and the moat was filled more than half and almost lost its function. The bandits climbed the city wall twice. Although they were eventually knocked down, the city was in danger.

What's going on? How could there be such a great amount of energy without being stuck in mud? Zhu Youcheng vaguely remembered that even when refugees revolted everywhere in the early years of Chongzhen, most of the towns and towns were poisoned. They rarely attacked the city. It was not until the rebel troops in the later period that they had more than 100,000 people. They gradually captured the city, and they used tricks and collusion between inside and outside, rather than forcing the city to attack.

Although there are famines in Hebei now. People live in poverty, but they are not yet able to survive. Where can we find so many turbulent people who are willing to work hard for him?

Suddenly, Zhu Youcheng's heart flashed with inspiration. A magnet, without being stuck in mud, was a magnet. He rebelled in Cangzhou like a magnet, attracting the restless bandits in northern Zhili, Shandong and Henan. He gathered a huge force.

With troops in his hands, and with the ease of capturing Nanpi County, his ambition to not be stuck in mud was extremely inflated. His eyes were staring at the city of Cangzhou, which was high and deep. Although Cangzhou is a state under the Hejian Prefecture, it has a canal and prosperous trade. It is a very rich state in Hejian Prefecture, with countless supplies.

Although Buzhan Mu is ambitious, he is somewhat self-aware. He is raising the flag between attacking Cangzhou and plundering the villages around Cangzhou. However, his bandit leader was obsessed with interests and actively encouraged him to attack Cangzhou City. Because they had seen money like flowing water, food like hills, and beauties like fairies in Cangzhou City. In order to maintain the dissolution of the entire rebel group, Buzhan Mu finally decided to obey the opinions of most people - siege the city. And he also had hope in his heart, hoping that the defenders of Cangzhou could flee without fighting, like the defenders of Nanpi County, leave the people in the city to plunder for them.

Xu Ruzhi, the prefect of Cangzhou, was a Jinshi of two lists. Although his administrative talents were mediocre, he refused to abandon the city and fled. He led the entire city's military and civilians to defend the city and broke the dream of not being stuck in mud. However, Cangzhou City had been peaceful for too long and experienced another earthquake in March this year. The city defense was broken and the soldiers were not trained enough, making it feel like they could break the city of Cangzhou with just one more effort. Therefore, although many soldiers died, they were not stuck in mud but refused to retreat.

On the city of Cangzhou, the prefect Xu Ruzhi saw the sun rise and knew that it was time for the rioters to attack the city again. He put on his official robe and stood on the city wall. The official robe was wide and it was not convenient to move. But Xu Ruzhi understood that the people were watching him in the city. He stood on the city wall wearing the prefect robe. The people felt safe in their hearts. Knowing that the court did not abandon them, the city would be in order and could hold on for a longer time.

Xu Ruzhi saw many soldiers rushing out of the enemy camp and coming towards the South Gate of Cangzhou where he was guarding. During the Cangzhou earthquake, the city wall at the South Gate collapsed. The current city wall was repaired and five feet shorter than the other three walls, so it became the primary target of the rioters. He couldn't remember how many times the rioters had attacked the South Gate, but only knew that the soil under the south gate had turned red.

A bandit rushed over and shouted, "The dog official named Xu, surrender quickly and open the city gate. Otherwise, after breaking the city, you will die miserably, and the people in the city will be killed!"

Xu Ruzhi laughed and said, "Are you tired of saying the same sentence every day? Please, can you think about it if you want to surrender? Change some new words."

The bandit who called out was overjoyed and asked, "Does we change the words and you will surrender?"

"Of course - don't surrender. I am an official from the Ming Dynasty. How could I admit defeat to you traitors? Cangzhou City is well-equipped and has enough food. The reinforcements from the court are coming soon. You should surrender."

After saying that, Xu Ruzhi whispered: "Cum!"

The archer who had been aiming for a long time relaxed his hand and the feathered arrow flew towards the talkative bandit. In order to let the people in the city hear what he said, the bandit stood very close to the city, only 120 steps, within the range of the bow and arrow. The archer shot very accurately, and the arrow went in from the bandit's mouth and came out from the back of the head. The bandit fell to the ground, and died without even twitching.

Seeing that the bandits who were shouting were dead, a feather arrow flew out from among them and headed towards the city wall. Xu Ruzhi's personal soldiers saw that the situation was not good, quickly took a shield to block them. The "bang bang bang" arrow fell on the shield like raindrops, and the shield hand was pushed back by the huge force of the arrow. Xu Ruzhi noticed that an arrow had shot through the shield, revealing an arrow with a cold light.

"There are soldiers among the chaotic people!" Xu Ruzhi said in surprise, "The accuracy and strength of this arrow are not something that ordinary chaotic people can shoot. There must be deserters joining their team."

The rioters shot archers on the city, suppressing the archers on the city wall, while charging towards the city wall.

This tactic seemed to be very effective, and all the soldiers on the city wall hid and no arrow was fired.

The rioters were happy, but Xu Ruzhi smiled bitterly. The rioters' tactics were not effective, but there were no arrows in the city. Instead of standing on the wall and getting arrows, it was better to hide. There was still gunpowder, but the musket in Cangzhou City was an old-fashioned musket. They were filled with gunpowder and then putting marbles, so they could not shoot down at all. (To be continued)

ps: (Thanks to the book friends who have subscribed, and I will scroll to the keyboard to ask for recommendations and monthly tickets.)
Chapter completed!