The west gate of Tongzhou City was already open. Outside the city gate, countless northwest cavalry were waiting in line. Chu Huan did not give an order. The soldiers in the northwest naturally did not dare to enter the city easily. In fact, not only Chu Huan and other senior officials knew in their hearts that even these ordinary northwest soldiers were very clear in their hearts that the reinforcements in Liangzhou were defeated, and Qiao Mingtang's troops were also defeated last night. The two reinforcements expected by Tongzhou were already in a mess and collapsed. They had no hope. With the current strength of Tongzhou City, they still had to resist, which was undoubtedly a mantis arm to block the chariot.

The thick Tongzhou city gate was completely open. Inside the city gate, dozens of soldiers were sparsely stained with weapons. Seeing the black cavalry outside the city, the soldiers looked at each other. Some of them were already showing timidity. There was a tall man standing in the middle, holding a knife in his hand, standing in front, and crossing across the gate. Although facing the northwest cavalry like a wolf or a tiger, there was no panic like most of his companions.

Chu Huan slowly came over on a horse, surrounded by a group of subordinates. The northwestern cavalry got off the horse and separated a road. Chu Huan rode to the city gate, looked at the dozens of soldiers under the city gate, and finally set his eyes on the tall man, asking, "Who are you?"

The tall man also looked at Chu Huan and asked, "Are you Governor Chu Huan?"

"It's my governor." Chu Huan asked, "Who did you follow to open the city gate? Where is the governor Xu Qing?"

The tall man showed anger and said loudly: "Governor Chu, if you want to find Xu Qing, it's too late. He and Hu Qianhu had already taken advantage of the chaos to escape from the east gate last night, without even taking care of their own family."

"Oh?" Chu Huan was a little surprised, but even if Xu Qing and others escaped, Chu Huan would not care too much and asked, "So who is in charge of the city now?"

"The city is in chaos." The tall man said, "Xu Qing and Hu Miao led a hundred people, leaving the east gate, and several hundred households also escaped from the city. I am Yang Rusong, the military chief of Tongzhou. The city gate was opened by me by my order."

"Oh?" Chu Huan looked at it carefully and said with a smile: "Yang Rusong, it's really like a strong pine, upright and unyielding. Yang Rusong, tell me, why don't you stick to the city and open the door to surrender?"

Yang Rusong sneered: "Governor Chu wants us to resist? I really want to defend the city, but all the officials ran away. Many brothers knew that they could not defend themselves. After taking off their military uniforms, hundreds of people hid in the city. Now there is no sign of people left. I only have these people left under my command. If I continue to fight, it will be no fun. But you have to enter the city, I have the conditions."

Gu Liangchen laughed and said, "Condition?" He raised his hand and pointed at dozens of people, and said, "You are just the staff, and you are still qualified to negotiate with us?"

Yang Rusong suddenly turned the sword across his head, his eyes shining cold, and he heard a sound of swords and guns. The northwest soldiers outside the city gate pointed forward one after another.

"We are ready to splatter here when we open the city gate." Yang Rusong looked up and sneered: "This knife just saw blood, so we are not afraid of this last blow."

"See blood?" Chu Huan looked at Yang Rusong with interest: "We haven't fought. How did your knife see blood? Whose blood has it been?"

Yang Rusong said: "Xu Qing abandoned the city and fled. Before leaving, he sent more than a dozen people to the grain warehouse to burn a fire in the city!"

When Chu Huan and others heard this, they all changed their color slightly.

Chu Huan naturally knew that there must be a lot of food and grass in Tongzhou City. This batch of food and grass is not unimportant to the current Northwest Army. At this time, I heard that Xu Qing actually ordered the burning of food, and I felt a little shocked. I never expected that Xu Qing was so cruel.

"What about the granary now?" Xu Shao said anxiously.

Yang Rusong said: "Now, there are refugees everywhere, and many people starve to death because they can't eat food. Naturally, we cannot let Xu Qing burn the granary, so we prevent them from burning grain!" He raised the big knife in his hand, "This knife was the one that prevented them from burning grain before, which was stained with blood!"

Chu Huan understood and Xu Qing sent someone to burn grain. Yang Rusong obviously knew the news and brought a group of people to stop burning grain. The two of them started fighting. At this time, he felt that Yang Rusong was really pleasing to the eyes and smiled and said, "Yang Rusong, you take the overall situation into consideration and make great contributions, I will do it!"

"Let's go!" Yang Rusong interrupted Chu Huan's voice and said, "Governor Chu, I know what you are thinking. You think the granary has not been burned, and the grain in the granary has all belonged to your Northwest Army. You are now in a time when you are short of food. With this food, you can solve your urgent needs, right?"

Chu Huan heard the man speak bluntly and smiled and said, "Do you have other ideas?"

"To be honest, although the granary has not been burned, it can be burned at any time with a command." Yang Rusong sneered: "I have arranged more than a dozen brothers on the granary. Before guarding the door, we had poured kerosene inside and outside the granary. Now each of them holds a torch in their hands. As long as a spark, the whole granary will be burned!"

"Bold!" Gu Liangchen shouted sternly: "Yang Rusong, if you dare to burn grain, the whole family will be killed."

Yang Rusong laughed and said, "I dare to stand here, but I am afraid that you will kill my whole family? I just said that if I stand here, I don't want to live. Governor Chu, do you want to hear my conditions now?"

Chu Huan laughed and said, "Come and listen."

"Okay!" Yang Rusong said: "After entering the city, your Northwest Army cannot loot the people in the city, and cannot kill innocent people indiscriminately!" Speaking of this, seeing Chu Huan still looking at him with a smile, frowned and asked, "Do you agree?"

"There are no other conditions?" Chu Huan laughed and said, "Apart from these two, are there any other conditions?"

Yang Rusong thought for a moment and shook his head, "As long as you can guarantee that your soldiers will not rob the people and kill innocent people indiscriminately, the granary can be handed over to you for disposal. Although I am a low-ranking person, I have also heard of your reputation as Governor Chu. Your Governor Chu is also from our Xishan Mountain. The former governor Zhao Guangqing intends to rebel. Everyone said that you were getting rid of the dog official!" Speaking of this, he seemed to feel that his words were a little messy, and simply said, "You are a high-ranking official now, and you cannot keep your word. If you agree, you cannot regret it."

Chu Huan laughed, then his expression became serious and said loudly: "Send the order. If the entire northwest army does not have the order of this governor, no one will enter the city without authorization. Even if people are mobilized into the city, it is strictly forbidden to plunder the people's property, and no one must harm!" His eyes became cold and stern: "Caught those who enter the city!"

"If anyone is injured, kill him!"

"Stealer, kill!"

Three sentences of killing were loud and loud, and the soldiers behind him said in unison: "Get orders!"

When Yang Rusong saw Chu Huan issue military orders in front of all the soldiers of the army, his expression relaxed and bowed, "Thank you Governor Chu, you will keep your word."

Chu Huan laughed and said, "Yang Rusong, you can tell the people in the city that the Northwest Army will not enter the city in large quantities, but our governor will send a small number of troops into the city to maintain public order. Now that the city is in chaos, some unscrupulous people must take advantage of the chaos to cause harm and hurt the people. At that time, they will blame the Northwest Army. Do you think our governor can send troops into the city?"

Yang Rusong was a little stunned. The cold expression on his face had disappeared, and he was quite embarrassed.

Xu Shao and Gu Liangchen glanced at each other and laughed in their hearts. The military rules set by Chu Huan today were as good as Liu Bang's three rules in the past when he entered Xianyang. However, they also knew that since Tongzhou was taken down, it would become an important stronghold of the Northwest Army in the future. The people should not be confused. The city was occupied by the Northwest Army. For the soldiers and civilians in the city, what they were most worried about was the disaster of the Northwest Army entering the city, and people were panic and frightened. If these three military rules were determined, they would definitely calm the people in the city from their terror.

"Xu Shao, you mobilize a thousand troops into the city and you will be in charge of the commander yourself. Remember the military rules set by this governor. Once you disobey, no matter who you are, you will be treated equally!"

Xu Shao bowed and said, "I will understand!"

Chu Huan looked at Yang Rusong and smiled and said, "Yang Rusong, are you all right?"

Yang Rusong nodded. The local prefecture army had a thousand households, and the following were hundreds of households, and the following were the capital, and the status was not high.

"Okay, from now on, you will be a hundred households!" Chu Huan said: "But to do this hundred households, you need to help the Supervisor do something. If you can do it, not only will you be promoted to a hundred households, but your Supervisor will also have a heavy reward."

Yang Rusong said in confusion: "What does Governor Chu want me to do?"

"How many defenders in the city are left now?"

Yang Rusong said: "There were only more than a thousand defenders in the city, but later because of the small number of troops, when you came over, they recruited the strong men in the city. Xu Qing promised a heavy reward, saying that as long as you repel you, there would be generous rewards." He sneered: "But Xu Qing saw the reinforcements defeated and led a group of people to escape in a hurry. The strong men had long dispersed. Some of the soldiers who had guarded the city escaped from the city, and a large group took off their clothes and hid in the city and hid."

Chu Huan nodded slightly and said, "Do you have a way to gather the scattered soldiers and scattered soldiers in the city?"

Yang Rusong immediately alerted: "What does Governor Chu want to do?"

"Don't worry, I will not settle the score later." Chu Huan laughed and said, "Do you think I asked you to summon them and then punish them?"

Yang Rusong was suddenly revealed by Chu Huan, and he was a little embarrassed. Chu Huan said: "Since they are officers and soldiers, they cannot cut off their future. You can let them gather together and still guard Tongzhou City. You tell those soldiers who are hiding that they are all heroes. Our governor will not only not punish their crimes, but also reward them. As long as we come out, our governor will reward each of them with ten kilograms of food!"

Yang Rusong was stunned, and Xu Shao and Gu Liangchen also frowned.

"That's right, I'll try it." Yang Rusong hesitated for a moment before saying, "But I can't guarantee that all of them will stand up, and they may not trust you." He put away the knife and turned around and said, "Brothers, all go to find them separately and let them come back."

Xu Shao approached Chu Huan and whispered: "Duke Chu, please re-summon the soldiers and give them food, this!"

Chu Huan chuckled and said, "There are at least five or six hundred soldiers hiding in the city. Although these people took off their clothes, they have not put down their weapons. If they cannot be properly disposed of, these hundreds of people will be gunpowder barrels hidden in the city!"

"Powder keg?"

Chu Huan said: "What this governor means is that these people are regular officers and soldiers, with weapons in their hands. If they are not properly disposed of, they may become murderers in the city. They are full of dangers. Summon them and continue to let them guard the city. This will not only eliminate these crises, but also increase the troops guarding the city!"

"But they were all subordinates of Qiao Mingtang before!" Xu Shao said worriedly.

Chu Huan shook his head and smiled, "When they join the army, they don't care what clouds float on their heads or what rain falls on their heads, they only care about whether they can eat and wear warmth. You are temporarily responsible for the defense of Tongzhou City. Whether these people return to their hearts depends on how you do it." He leaned closer and whispered: "This Yang Rusong seems to have some influence among soldiers. If you want to regain other soldiers, you will first conquer his heart, and you will get twice the result with half the effort."

Xu Shao is a smart man. After Chu Huan said this, he immediately understood and smiled and said, "I understand!"
Chapter completed!