Now, it has been almost a month since Zhao Cheng took Wucheng.

A month ago, the city of Wu was destroyed by thunder and fire, and the 5,000 elite Wu Qi left in the city either died or fled. However, not many of them died, only a few hundred, and many more were burned. In the follow-up, Zhao Cheng even opened the gates of the city, deliberately releasing these remnants of the city to ensure the stability of Wucheng.

In this era, burns are certainly a serious injury, but during the period of time just injured, they will not lose too much combat power. If we continue to say that this group of wounded soldiers are trapped in the city and have nowhere to go, these people, on the contrary He will fight to the death with Ying Tianjun.

With Ying Tianjun's current strength, it's not impossible to kill these people, but the cost is too high, not impossible, but worthless.

Therefore, when marching and fighting, there is a saying that there are three and one missing, that is, to take the initiative to leave a glimmer of life for the enemy.

With the gates of the city wide open, these defeated troops naturally had no intention of fighting to the death.

What's more, the previous thunder and fire had completely defeated the fighting spirit of Wu Qi's army.

In this case, the only ones who are fighting Ying Tianjun head-on are actually the soldiers from Wu Qi's mansion.

This is the force Wu Qi left behind to protect his family. There are about two hundred soldiers.

Two hundred versus five thousand, the final result can be imagined.

The entire Yingtian army took Wucheng, but in the end only more than ten people died and more than thirty people were injured. In this era, such a record can be called a complete victory.

Later, after seizing control of Wucheng, Zhao Cheng did not attack other forces in the city. He just ransacked Wu Qi's home and obtained a mountain of money and food.

This Wucheng is the pass from the Southern Wilderness, the key to trade with the outside world, and it can be said to be the economic center of this era. If the Southern Wilderness is unified, then this place will smoothly become a political center.

In this case, it is conceivable that Wu Cheng is rich.

Furthermore, Wu City was strong, so Wu Qi went out to fight whenever he wanted, but most of his family property was also placed in Wu City.

In other words, anyone who stood in Wu Qi's perspective would do the same. If Wu City was not safe, there would be no safer place in the world.

And Zhao Cheng's Yingtian army only has 5,000 people. With the copied money and food, even if the number of Yingtian army is ten times larger, it will be enough to feed them for nearly ten years.

Therefore, in this case, Zhao Chengxian strictly restrained his soldiers, and those who dared to offend the people, beheaded!

In the follow-up, the army was organized to patrol the city to prevent chaos in Wucheng.

The city has just been taken, and if the people are incited by someone with a heart, it will be extremely troublesome.

In addition, Zhao Cheng even dispatched his subordinates to bribe beggars, storytellers, and other groups in the city, or through songs or stories, to tell the miracles of General Yingtian, so as to Harvest people's hearts.

The people outside the mountain have seen a lot, so they are not as easy to fool as the mountain people. But when the city was destroyed, there was a big explosion first, and then fire and meteors. Even now, the big gap is still clearly visible. In this world, what could be more convincing than seeing it with your own eyes? !

Even, it's not just ordinary people who can't read.

Even some wealthy households in the city, people from scholarly families, these people, although they are well-informed and know that in history, many Taoists used similar words to pretend to be gods and ghosts, but this time, they seem to have seen the truth.

And Zhao Cheng, under such circumstances, also threw out olive branches to the rich and powerful households in the city, inviting talents from their clans to hold important positions in Wu City, and even those who were related to Wu Qi by marriage, Zhao Cheng The performance is also to let the past go, so that these big households feel a little more at ease.

At the same time, taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Cheng began to recruit soldiers wantonly in the city. However, they were not recruiting into the Yingtian Army, but as militiamen for maintaining order in the city. Only the outstanding ones had the opportunity to join the Yingtian Army .

In this way, it makes people feel more at ease.

If Ying Tianjun wants everyone, it will make people doubt the regularity of Ying Tianjun. Now this kind of recruitment method with a large threshold is not easy to join. On the contrary, some capable people in the city will give birth to idea.

However, even if it was just a militia, which belonged to the reserve service of the regular army, Ying Tianjun didn't want everyone, only a good family with a clean background.

But that's the case, because the first time I got Wucheng, I didn't have enough control over Wucheng, and there were a few incidents of pretending to be fake. Some gangsters deceived the skin of the militiamen and started to domineering in their own area, but Soon, he was discovered by the Taoist officer, he was pulled out, and he was directly notified to the whole army in public, and then he was killed in front of everyone. After the head was cut off, it is still hanging on the shelf until now.

The Daoist system established by Zhao Cheng has already begun to emerge.

Many soldiers are not afraid of heaven and earth, but they only respect and trust Taoist officials.

The Taoist official’s investigation method is not to read pale books, but to conduct field investigations. After disguised, he will go to the place to investigate, or ask the elderly and children nearby, pretending to be tourists, and casually inquire about the situation. Scholars will even go directly to lobby.

Although the number of Taoist officials is limited, but now, there are more than a hundred people in all kinds of places. More than a hundred people visit five places in one day, that is five hundred, ten days, that is five thousand.

It is to find out the black sheep again, and use practical actions to give the people confidence, and the militiamen are also given enough salaries. They can directly choose cash or food.

Now that the new army has just established, Zhao Cheng is very strict about recruiting soldiers, so there is no deduction.

Under such circumstances, by the time the city of Wu was captured for twenty days, Zhao Chenggong had recruited a total of 5,000 soldiers. After a full month, there were already tens of thousands of militiamen in the city.

As for Wucheng, as a large city and a heavy city, it can be said to be the largest in the Southern Wilderness in terms of population, but the total population is actually no more than 500,000.

With 10,000 militiamen and 5,000 Yingtian troops, so 15,000 people, Zhao Cheng's control over Wucheng is undoubtedly stable.

It was not until this time that Zhao Cheng was finally able to let go and clean up the unstable factors in Wucheng.

"In this city of Wu, there are three families with big surnames, Qian, Zhang, and Chu. These three families have in-laws with Wu Qi. I thought, let the past go, and don't pursue their ties to Wu Qi. I still let their children become officials, but they But it disappointed me.”

In the study, Zhao Cheng stopped writing and raised his head.

"There are a lot of talented people among the surnames, but I don't use any of these people. I just send out some children of concubines who are not valued to fool me."

"If I don't move again, these people will probably think that I'm weak and can be bullied."

"There is also the great Confucian Wang Qi and Zhu Xian, who are also famous. My subordinates are courteous corporals, and I invite them to be officials, but they are called rebellious officials and traitors."

"There is no way in the sky. These kind of scholars do not go to make a living for the people. Instead, they merge fertile land and accept beautiful women. Such thieves dare to call themselves great Confucians and talk about the world. In Erzhou, everyone is literate, how can there be such a place for a thief, but you are just a street rat!"

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