Happy Little Scholar

"Notify Nanzhou, Yunzhou, Linzhou, Huazhou, and Tongzhou to capture the city at the same time in three days!"

Hearing the voice of the young woman above, Wu Chuang shuddered.

As soon as the governor of Nanzhou led the garrison of the five states to leave, they were targeted at the state capital. If the city gate was opened, the remaining remnants in the state capital could be swept away by himself and his hundreds of brothers, not to mention that there were so many powerful people...

If these 20,000 people win the battle against Cangzhou, it will be fine. If they lose, they can't even go home...

Without food and grass, they can't get home in front, and there are pursuers behind them. The only way is to be annihilated.

According to what the big sister said, Yunzhou, Linzhou, Huazhou..., the small and medium-sized forces around these five states have also been controlled by them. This time, they took all five states at once. There were dozens of smoke and dust in the territory of Wu State, but no rebel king could occupy the five states at the same time...

He quickly recovered from his shock and said loudly: "I will arrange it immediately!"

After that, he left quickly. He summoned so many brothers. He originally thought that it was just a small fight and robbery in the chaos. He didn't expect that this time it would be so big. He was still a little excited and expectant...

Those people went to attack Princess Duanrong. They were the fishermen who benefited from the conflict between the snipe and the clam...

Bai Su walked in from outside, looked at Miss Liu Er, and asked: "Leader, this time there are 20,000 people attacking Cangzhou. Can King Jing and his men handle it?"

Miss Liu Er stood up and said: "Even if they have 200,000 people, as long as he says he can handle it, he can handle it."

Bai Su looked at her, moved his lips, and said nothing more.

The leader always has an unreasonable confidence in King Jing.

She sighed secretly in her heart. When a woman likes a man, she will lose her judgment and think that everything he does is right. Even a wonderful woman like the leader of the alliance is not immune to this.

She habitually straightened her chest and felt a trace of oppression and restraint. She felt that King Jing was still trustworthy in many cases...

...

Nanzhou, Linzhou, Tongzhou and other places belong to the northwest of Wu State. They are middle-lower states. The people live in poverty and hardship. Among them, Cangzhou is the worst.

Cangzhou is located in the northwest of Wu State and is closest to the chaotic land. It used to be the most chaotic and poorest place in Wu State, but that was only in the past.

Today is different from the past. The people of other states have heard about the current situation in Cangzhou these days.

The bandits near Cangzhou have been cleared out by Princess Duanrong, and the people are no longer troubled by banditry.

The rich families in Cangzhou who have caused trouble to the people have also been cleared one by one. The county government offices have been thoroughly cleaned up. If the people have grievances, they can appeal at any time.

In addition, Princess Duanrong also provided the poor people with job opportunities and reduced taxes. If someone voluntarily joined the army, they could get a generous compensation. It was truly achieved that one person joined the army and the whole family would not be hungry...

On the other hand, even if they hid in the state capital, they would often be bullied by hooligans and bullies. If they lived outside the state capital, they would be in danger of losing their lives. If they could live one more day, it would be considered a day of gain.

Not only did the poor people have to suffer from the bullying of the rich families, but the government's tax system was also extremely harsh. Every few days, there would be extra reasons to collect taxes from the people. The people were miserable, but they had nowhere to complain...

As early as two years ago, when Princess Duanrong occupied Cangzhou, they envied the lives of the people in Cangzhou. After two years, Princess Duanrong made a comeback, and their lives were even worse than those of the people in Cangzhou.

This time, the governor led 20,000 soldiers to attack Shuzhou. Although they didn't know what the result would be, many people even hoped that they would be defeated. Princess Duanrong Chen Sheng would pursue them and take over Nanzhou Linzhou, which would be ten times or a hundred times better than their current life.

That night, Nanzhou Prefecture City, East Gate.

"All of you, cheer up. The governor has ordered that if something goes wrong in the next few days, be careful of your heads!" When a patrol officer passed by the city gate, he gave a few words to a team of guards and then turned and left.

A guard curled his lips and muttered, "Why are you so fierce? It's because he married his sister to the governor as the seventh concubine that he got such a position. What a villain..."

A person next to him reminded, "Keep your voice down. If he hears you, you will be in trouble."

"It's been a few months since I received my salary. My family can barely make ends meet. When will this kind of life end..." The guard leaned against the wall, yawned, sighed, and said, "I hope that Her Royal Highness the Princess can break in. Yesterday, I heard from people outside that if you follow the princess to join the army, you will get silver immediately. One or two taels of silver, if you live frugally, can keep your family from starving for most of the year..."

The person next to him was silent for a moment and asked, "Do you really want to follow Her Royal Highness the Princess?"

The guard shook his head and said, "Alas, it's a pity that we are unlucky. We are not in Cangzhou and have no chance..."

Dong------Dong, Dong!

The sound of night watch came from a distance, one slow and two fast, and it rang three times.

"It's the third watch..." The man beside him heard the night watch, turned his head, grinned at him, and asked, "Do you want to serve as a soldier under the princess?"

...

It was midnight at the third watch. In Nanzhou City, except for the night watchmen and the soldiers who occasionally passed by on patrol, most people fell asleep.

Countless figures appeared silently outside the East City Gate.

Wu Chuang looked at the bald man in the lead knocking on the city gate, as if knocking on his own door, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

This is the city gate. If the city gate can be knocked open so easily, what is the point of building such a thick and solid city wall?

However, his expression froze on his face the next moment.

After the bald man knocked on the door, the gate of Nanzhou City actually opened a crack, and it opened wider and wider.

At the same time, the gates of Yunzhou, Linzhou, Huazhou, Tongzhou, and the five states were opened at the same time.

Countless figures poured in from outside the city and headed straight for various government offices in the city.

At the same time, the camp of the Five States Coalition, which had been marching for three days, suddenly heard chaotic footsteps and harsh shouts.

"It's on fire, the food is on fire!"

"Enemy attack, there is an enemy attack!"

"Meet the enemy, meet the enemy quickly!"

"Put out the fire first, save the food first!"

...

In the camp, there was a commotion. In a forest a few miles away from the camp, a young man looked at the old man in front of him, shook his head, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that we can't find their commander's tent. Otherwise, if Old Xu took action, this battle wouldn't have to be fought..."

A man next to him looked at him and said: "Their commander is not so stupid. He set up the tent where you can find it. His Highness has already said that our mission is to burn their food. Complete the mission and go back to report. Don't do anything else..."

"Oh, never mind, get it done..."

More than a dozen Tianbang masters quickly disappeared in the dense forest.

In the rear camp, a man in ordinary armor looked gloomy and asked, "How much is left?"

A general half-knelt on the ground, looked up at him, swallowed his saliva, and said, "They used kerosene, and most of the food and grass were burned. What was saved is probably only enough for the soldiers to eat for half a day..."

The man clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said, "Outside Cangzhou, we have to fortify the walls and clear the fields. It's still two days away from Cangzhou, and it will take at least one day. The food is only enough for half a day. Tell me, how should this battle be fought?"

The general thought for a while and whispered, "If we send people back to transport The food and grass will take at least four days to go back and forth. If we march urgently, we can reach Cangzhou in one day. If we save a little, these food will be enough to support two days. If we can make a concerted effort and take Cangzhou, we will have enough food..." The middle-aged man said coldly: "What if we can't make a concerted effort?" The general said in a deep voice: "General, Cangzhou has a huge disparity in strength with us, and we will definitely be able to defeat it quickly. If we return to the city now, I am afraid that morale will be greatly damaged, which is very disadvantageous..." The middle-aged man thought for a while, and whispered: "Just in case, send two thousand people back to transport food and grass, and follow me to make a concerted effort to attack Cangzhou!"