From Zhuojun to the south, almost a horse Pingchuan, the three cavalry battalions are like three sharp arrows, rushing on the Jizhou Plain, sweeping all the way, the checkpoints and posts set up by the Jizhou Army before, in the face of the devastation of the Bingzhou Army, are fragile like a piece of tissue paper, easily trampled into mud and turned into dust.

  It's not that they don't want to escape, but the time doesn't allow it at all, and the state army does not declare war, the speed is extremely fast, and they don't give them any chance to escape at all, and the Jizhou army in the plains and wilderness is wiped out without exception.

  Of course, Lu Zhao doesn't care about such casualties at all, these checkpoints and sentry posts were originally used to intercept spies and play a warning role, when these checkpoints and sentry posts are removed one by one, those cities on the defense chain will naturally get the news of the attack, they can close the city gate as soon as possible, hang the suspension bridge high, and prepare to hold the city.

  The cavalry of Bingzhou is indeed strong, but the Jizhou army is not prepared to compete with them on the plains, as long as they stick to the city, these cavalry can not find an opponent even if they have brute force, as for the siege, is that an errand for the cavalry?

  If the cavalry can also attack the city, then the sow can also climb the tree.

  Therefore, Lü Zhao was not afraid of the sudden attack of the Bingzhou cavalry, and he ordered all the fortified cities to be held according to the original plan, and no one was allowed to go out of the city to meet the battle, and those who violated the order would be killed.

  The cities that should be abandoned have long been abandoned, and the cities that need to be defended are all fortresses on the defensive line of the Jizhou army, all of which have been repaired, and the exterior walls of masonry are extraordinary, the fortifications are complete, and the soldiers are well fed, and they are ready to fight.

  These have brought great confidence to Lu Zhao, although the cavalry can gallop unscrupulously in the Jizhou Plain, but now Jizhou, the fields are barren, and the people have been forcibly relocated to various fortresses.

  Lu Zhao personally climbed to the head of the city, watched the Bingzhou cavalry rampage, sneered involuntarily, in front of the solid city defense, how can the Bingzhou cavalry show off its might, Lu Zhao ordered, no matter how the Bingzhou army scolded, they were not allowed to fight, even if the Bingzhou army was scolded by his ancestors for eighteen generations, Lu Zhao also asked the Jizhou army to ignore it.

  No matter how ugly the scolding is, it can't kill anyone, at most it's just a mouthful, if you can fight with your mouth, then what are you doing with knives, guns, bows and arrows? Lu Zhao believed that the Bingzhou army would not last long under the city, so why should he have any words with them.

  This was Lu Zhao's plan, but the Bingzhou army seemed to know his intentions, so he didn't go to the city to call for a battle at all, and the spitting stars were all saved.

  However, the archers of the Yue cavalry battalion showed off their strength, and they rushed to the bottom of the city, and fired a thousand arrows at the head of the city.

  Lu Zhao hurriedly hid behind the battlements, so as not to be injured by the stray arrows, for this kind of self-defeating move, of course, Lu Zhao sneered, and the state army did it, it was just a waste of arrows, and it did not play any role.

  However, Lu Zhao soon discovered that these arrows were actually wrapped in a layer of cloth, and when he opened it, he turned out to be asking Sima Shi for his writings, and his words were fierce, and he had exhausted Sima Shi's crimes.

  Lu Zhao's face couldn't help but change greatly, he didn't expect that the Bingzhou army would use this way to spread the text, some of these arrows fell to the city, and some were shot into the city, and were picked up by many soldiers and people.

  This article was written by the state army, and there is no credibility, of course Lu Zhao will not believe it, but ordinary soldiers and ordinary people do not necessarily think so, if this article is widely circulated among the people, it will be a heavy blow to Sima Shi's prestige, in this era of public opinion closure, people's curiosity psychology is very serious, the imperial court abolished the emperor and set up a separate one, although it is widely known, but what is the inside story, but little is known, Sima Shi will also deliberately cover up this matter.

  And this article is equivalent to tearing off the fig leaf on Sima Shi's face, no matter how many percent of the people believe the words on the text, the reputation that Sima Shi has worked so hard to build will be ruined.

  Lu Zhao was a little angry, and ordered the soldiers to collect these inscriptions and close public opinion as much as possible, but the arrows shot into the city by the state army were not more than a hundred, and the curious people had already picked them up to see them.

  Lu Zhao listened to the advice of the strategists, and urgently posted a notice in the city to calm the people, solemnly stating that the text written by the Bingzhou army was malicious slander and rumors to confuse the public, and it was pure nothingness, so that the people in the city should not believe it, and they should unite as one, stick to Jizhou, and never give the Bingzhou army any opportunity to take advantage of.

  But the people of Jizhou do not appreciate it, since the implementation of Jizhou all the soldiers, all the young and strong labor force has been forcibly recruited, making the people resentful boiling, there is no young and strong labor, relying only on women, children, old and weak, can not farm at all, although the government sent some rations, but far from meeting the needs of Jizhou's millions of people, the rations of the soldiers can basically be guaranteed, but the ordinary people can be miserable, don't do it, even if it is scarce, it may not be able to have it, the people of Jizhou are struggling with hunger.

  In particular, in the northern defense line, in order to strengthen the wall and clear the wilderness, not only the young and strong were forcibly recruited, but also the ordinary people were forcibly driven into the city by them, and all the land within the depth of several hundred miles of the northern defense line was abandoned, which naturally made the common people particularly resentful.

  The appearance of the text has intensified the people's resentment and grievances, and Lu Zhao tried his best to appease them, but on the contrary, the more and more they described, many people would rather believe that they have it, and they can't believe it, and the streets and alleys are all circulating Sima Shi's ten major crimes, and the people's hearts are unstable, and morale is naturally greatly affected.

  Lu Zhao wanted to appease the people as much as possible, but the people's hearts could not be settled by force, and the more Lu Zhao used means, the more counterproductive it became, and in the end he had to give up.

  Now his top priority is to defend the city, this is the most important thing, although the people have a lot of complaints, but after all, it is still within the scope of control, Lu Zhao does not want to intensify the contradiction for the time being, as for the individual rioters who jumped out and wanted to make trouble, Lu Zhao was ruthlessly suppressed, and they must not be allowed to set off a storm and affect the overall situation.