After Li Zheng died, Ruyin had no defenders, although there were still county magistrates and county lieutenants who wanted to guard it.
Speaking of which, Ruyin serves as the front line, and the county magistrate and county lieutenant in the city are also some capable people. After realizing that something was wrong, they immediately united with the big families in the city and recruited people to defend the city.
"Who is the county magistrate?" Chu Nan sat on the back of a ghost-backed spider, looking at the green aura faintly glowing on the city in the distance. He did not choose to attack the city immediately, but asked.
"Back to my lord, the magistrate of Ruyin County is Zhou Yong of the Zhou clan, a prominent family in Runan. It is said that he is quite famous." Cao Xing reported to Chu Nan.
Not hearing this, Chu Nan breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "Take out Li Zheng's head and show it to the public, let them open the city and surrender!"
Although he did not have a reputation recognized by Chu Nan, in this era, who knows if there are some geniuses like those famous generals who have left their names in history but died before they started. To be on the safe side, Chu Nan decided to adopt a step-by-step strategy.
"Here!"
Cao Xing agreed and led his men to take Li Zheng's head to the city for demonstration. Chu Nan carefully watched the luck in the sky above Ruyin. Seeing that the luck had not wavered, Chu Nan sighed and said: "Han is promoted to general!"
"The general is here!" Huang Zhongce immediately stepped forward and said loudly.
"It only takes three rounds to cover the arrow array. Try to concentrate the arrow array around the city wall." Chu Nan looked at Huang Zhongdao.
"Here!"
Huang Zhong agreed and immediately mobilized three thousand archers. These archers were specially trained by Huang Zhong. Although they were new recruits, they were not bad in terms of combat ability, and most of the time the archers did not need to fight in close combat.
, and the archers trained by Huang Zhong were even more extreme, completely abandoning melee attacks and focusing on long-range training on weekdays.
If he were an ordinary general, he probably would not allow Huang Zhong to train such a unit with a single ability. You must know that archers are not as weak as imagined. Unlike what most people think, most archers are elites selected from the best.
They are much stronger than ordinary soldiers. They can pull strong bows and draw swords to kill people in close combat.
Abandoning melee combat and completely switching to long-range attack means that this troop lacks the ability to fight alone, and its use in the military formation is single. In many cases, the military formation must be arranged around this archer. It is really useless.
necessary.
However, after Chu Nan learned about Huang Zhong's idea, he not only approved it, but even ordered people to specially build equipment for this group of troops. A seven-foot long bow requires nearly twice the force to draw the bow than an ordinary long bow. Of course,
, the power is also stronger.
Under Huang Zhong's training, this elite group of pure archers was formed. Today is the time for these pure archers to show their strength.
Following Chu Nan's order, the 30,000-strong army began to change its formation, but it was not an offensive formation. The Ruyin County Magistrate, County Lieutenant and other officials who were watching on top of the city were puzzled.
"What kind of military formation is this? Why do you feel that this formation can be defeated with a single charge?" The county magistrate looked at the county captain, somewhat confused.
The county lieutenant shook his head and said: "Don't be rash. Chu Nan is also a man who has been on the battlefield for a long time. There must be a reason for setting up the formation like this. At this time, our army is outnumbered and we cannot go into battle easily!"
On the other side, as the military formation was formed, five positions were derived from the thirty thousand military formation. Chu Nan was in the front line. This time, the sovereignty of the general was transferred to Huang Zhong, and he was superimposed on Huang Zhong with the secret of wind.
Wei Yan was on the left, forming a formation of Po Zi Mi, Cao Xing was on the right, and Wei Yue was on the back. The four generals each superimposed the power of their own military formations on top of the three thousand archers through the main formation.
Huang Zhong gathered the power of the entire army around his body, and then transferred it to the archers. The strong bows were drawn to a full circle, and the cold arrows pointed at the sky, like a jungle of death. The battle had not yet begun, but the murderous intention was already filling the air.
And out.
"put!"
Following Huang Zhong's order, three thousand arrow clusters shot out of the air. Instead of using the power of the military formation to instantly turn into countless afterimages like the previous arrow arrays, the three thousand arrows shot out thirty thousand or even three hundred thousand arrows.
Effect.
"Hey~"
There was a sharp whistling sound in the sky, and sharp arrows drew perfect arcs in the air, and then shot toward the city head like a falling epidemic. Standing on the city head and looking at it, there was something strange.
The feeling of the end of the world is coming.
The county magistrate had never seen such a scene before. He pointed his trembling fingers at the sky and said: "The power of heaven is so terrifying!"
The green energy in the sky gathered into a faint protective shield. The next moment, arrows falling from the sky landed on that protective shield. With a roaring sound, the shield shook violently.
Chu Nanyao looked at the green energy shield at the top of the city. In his sight, the green energy was being weakened at a speed visible to the naked eye. Huang Zhong himself had the talent of an archery god. Not only was he a powerful arrow shooter, but when he commanded the archers, he was also capable of shooting arrows.
The bonus of the archers is not small, coupled with the power of the entire military formation, the power exerted is like the arrows shot out of the catapult.
After a round of arrow rain, the green air at the top of the city was about to dissipate. Huang Zhong raised his hand high, and then slashed it down hard. The second round of arrow rain rose slightly from the ground, drawing countless arcs in the air, carrying the threat of annihilation.
The power fell towards the city head.
"Boom boom boom~"
The green energy shattered with loud roars, followed by arrow clusters that were like meteors falling to the ground, crashing on and around the city wall. Many civilians guarding the city, as well as private soldiers of aristocratic families, were in this desperate arrow formation.
They were instantly killed, and more of them started to get into confusion, frantically trying to retreat from the city wall.
They were just ordinary people, and they were private soldiers of aristocratic families. Faced with this level of bombardment, they just thought they were magic soldiers descending from the sky, and they didn't have any fighting spirit.
The panic is spreading rapidly, and more and more people are no longer able to hold on to their positions. No matter how the county magistrate and others scold and persuade, it is of no use.
However, in this desperate atmosphere, the third round of arrow rain fell.
This time, there was no barrier of green energy, and arrows like meteorites fell on the city head one after another. The city tower was smashed, and the city wall was shaken continuously by the shots, and even a section of it collapsed.
The county magistrate shouted frantically, trying to stop the people from escaping to the city, but was nailed to death in the ruins by an arrow that shot through the air. The county lieutenant was shot through the thigh by a sharp arrow and was nailed to the ground unable to move.
The round of arrow rain has stopped, but the city wall has turned into a purgatory. Without the control of the county magistrate, the people are pouring down crazily. This matter has nothing to do with them in the first place. To be a commoner for Lu Bu or to be a commoner for Cao Cao
, there seems to be no difference, why should they risk their lives to protect the city?
Faced with this kind of battle formation, the private soldiers of the family obviously did not have the courage to hold on to the end. Under the leadership of the people, they also retreated frantically. When Wei Yan led his people to open the city gate, most of the people on the wall had already run away.
They are all injured!
"Quickly publish a list to calm the people. If there is resistance in the city, it must be instigated by the nobles. Kill the nobles first!" Chu Nan stood at the top of the city. However, these words were spread directly throughout the city with the help of the military formation. One was to calm the people, and the other was to bring peace to the people.
It also warned those nobles not to mess around: "Remember, the people in the city have done nothing wrong, but those who take the opportunity to kill and massacre the people will be killed without mercy!"
This new army was trained by Chu Nan personally. Not to mention other things, Chu Nan never missed a day in building up his ideology. No matter how busy he was, he would lecture them on discipline every day. Although they listened to ordinary people, military discipline had long been in the hands of these soldiers.
Take root in your heart.
But when the nobles in the city heard this, they wanted to curse. What do you mean, if there is resistance, it must be us who instigates it? Why kill the nobles first? They want to resist, it’s none of our business? Why kill us first? If someone resists maliciously, wouldn’t we?
Very unfair?
But now there is obviously no place to reason. Once the city gate is broken and the Jianghuai army enters the city, the overall situation has been decided. At this moment, the city obviously has no power to resist. The nobles in the city have warned their respective deployments not to resist. There are even some people in the city who want to resist.
All those who joined the army were suppressed by these noble clans.
If you want to die, don't take us with you!
No one in Xuzhou, Guangling, Jiujiang, or Lujiang doubted whether Chu Nan dared to kill Chu Nan. There were many people who doubted Chu Nan's courage, but most of them have never been seen. Facing Chu Nan at this moment, the gentry in the city behaved like sheep.
However, despite this, several nobles were still almost killed because of their slow reaction.
Just as Chu Nan said, the Jianghuai Army did no harm to the common people, but they were extremely cruel to the nobles. Even if the common people went too far, these Jianghuai Army mainly focused on persuasion, but if the nobles dared to say anything wrong, they would resist.
Kill without mercy!
Under this two-level contrast, although the people did not immediately recognize the Xuzhou Army, the image of the Xuzhou Army as loving and caring for the people was quickly established.
Built on the bones of countless nobles!
"It seems that Li Zheng's head is of little use!" When Chu Nan entered the city, the city had basically calmed down. Chu Nan took the head from Li Zheng and suddenly saw Wang Tong (Shi A) appearing not far from him.
The top of his head was blood red, obviously, this guy wanted to take advantage of the chaos to assassinate him again.
"Wang Tong!" Chu Nan looked at Shi A and said loudly.
"Here!" Shi'a, who was about to get closer to Chu Nan, felt a chill in his heart. When he saw everyone looking at him, he felt helpless. It seemed that the assassination could not be successful this time. He obediently stepped forward and saluted Chu Nan.
road.
"I heard that Runan's general is Xiahou Dun. You sent this head to him as a meeting gift. Do you dare to go?" Chu Nan threw the head to Shi Adao.
Shi A: "..."
What is this thing called?
He was a little helpless, but Shi A could see that the envoy was very optimistic about him, and would arrange some important things for him every time. During the war, his position was only lower than the four generals, which could be said to be
Very promising.
Needless to say, this time I sent someone to kill him because I wanted to anger Xiahou Dun.
This envoy is full of tricks, so he should take this opportunity to remind General Xiahou to be careful and not to fall into the opponent's scheme.
Thinking of this, Shi A immediately held the head in his hands and bowed, saying: "The last general takes command!"
"I can rest assured that General Wang will do things. Go ahead!" Chu Nan nodded with satisfaction. How will he use this person next?
"Here!" Shi A put away his head, saluted Chu Nan, turned around and strode away...