Jiangdong County is the largest city in Chu except the founding capital Yingcheng, and it is also the largest economic center of Chu State, with a population of more than one million super large cities.

The Han army's attack came too suddenly, and when the Han sailors came from the top of the river, the whole Jiangdong County was still immersed in the great victory of Chu against Qin. The gap between reality and dreams is always so far away, the rumbling cannons on the dock shattered all the illusions of the Chu people, and the Chu army and sailors were vulnerable, most of them turned into fragments and became debris floating on the surface of the river, and the rest basically became captives of the Han people.

Jiangdong County is naturally strong, and the troops guarding the county are also sufficient, but the Han people are obviously not ready to fight slowly one city at a time, with the help of their inland river divisions, along both sides of the river, everywhere is the landing place of the Han people, the Han people are divided into a small force along the river After landing, they quickly advanced inward, and the generals who commanded these soldiers were obviously good at this style of fighting, and the troops were gathered or dispersed in his hands, and in a very short period of time, Jiangdong County was beaten to pieces, except for the Jiangdong County City, the rest of the places, were planted with the Yellow Dragon Banner of the Han Kingdom.

More Han Chinese troops poured in, crossed Jiangdong County, and attacked directly in the direction of Yingdu.

The carriage of Shouwenzhuang in Jiangdong County drove slowly from the street, quietly lifting the curtain of the carriage, the once bustling and lively street is now difficult to find, all the shops are closed, but there are more groups of refugees called Hanako on the street, are squeezing into the sun, lazily basking in the sun.

There are more and more people like this in the city. Wen Zhuang knew very well in his heart that when this dangerous crowd gathered to a certain number. The most changeable will inevitably lead to qualitative change, and they will become the biggest hidden danger in the city.

The county town of Jiangdong is big enough and rich enough, and there is naturally a lot of food in stock on weekdays, but this time, the war came too suddenly. In a large city with a population of millions of people, how much food needs to be consumed every day is a terrifying number, I am afraid that except for the head of the family Wenzhuang and his official mansion, outsiders really do not know. In peacetime, horse-drawn carriages on the land road and cargo ships on the waterway are constantly transporting bags of grain into this bustling city every day to replenish consumption, but now. But there is only going out and not entering, even if the city has been under grain control since the war was together, and the warehouse is already about to bottom out.

Jiangdong County is still safe and sound, not because Jiangdong County is really unbreakable, although Wen Cheng has tens of thousands of troops under his command and has sufficient weapons, but when facing the Han people. These are not enough to see at all, but what surprised Wen Zhuang was. After the Han army easily defeated the naval division, it only made a symbolic attack on the Jiangdong county town, of course, the response of the Jiangdong county town was also extremely fast, when the cannon sounded on the river and the alarm bell rang for a long time. The city of Jiangdong was quickly closed, and the soldiers went up to the city to prepare for battle, which made the Han army who came on light horseback after landing on the shore return in vain.

It seems that they received instructions from above, and the Han army's attack on Jiangdong County stopped at a moment's notice, and after a little temptation, it did not attack again. It's just that the county town of Koto is trapped.

There is no grain that can flow into Jiangdong County, but the news is coming from outside the city in an endless stream, it seems that the Han people don't care about the people in the city knowing the news outside, but the news that comes is so bad that Wenzhuang is depressed.

The Han army did not fight Jiangdong County, but did not let go of other prefectures and counties in Jiangdong County, with the help of its sailors, the Han army could land anywhere, and now Jiangdong County, only a lonely county town is still resisting stubbornly.

Most importantly, there will be no food.

A large city with a population of millions of people, once there is no food, what kind of situation it will be, Wenzhuang dare not imagine. Today, he came out to meet several big men in Jiangdong County, these people are rich in the world, and the food in the house is enough for Jiangdong County to last for a while.

In the past, if these people wanted to see themselves, they had to look at their mood, but now, they have to be reversed. Wen Zhuang had mixed feelings in his heart.

The garrison general Tian Shangyuan once suggested that he should simply find an excuse to arrest these rich and unkind guys in one go, and confiscate all the grain, so that it was neat and clean. But Wen Zhuang knew very well that if he really did this, he was afraid that Jiangdong County would immediately become chaotic.

Jiangdong County is an extremely commercialized city, the merchants here are extremely powerful, Tian Shangyuan, a general who was transferred from Yingcheng not long ago, is afraid that even the intricate relationship between the generals under his command has not yet been figured out, the iron battalion and flowing soldiers, the senior generals are transferred around, but those middle and lower-level generals are native to Jiangdong County, Wen Zhuang can be sure that if he gives such an order, he is afraid that the next moment, the army in the city will immediately be chaotic.

Besides, as a commercial city, most of the residents of Jiangdong County are businessmen, if you catch these big households today, will other people worry, and when the big ones are eaten up, it will be their turn?

"The county guard!" Outside the Lingering Garden, a young man in a green coat and a small hat respectfully helped Wen Zhuang on the wheel to get out of the carriage, "The head of the family and all the old men are waiting for you in the Inquiry Pavilion. ”

The captain of the guard beside Wen Zhuang was furious, the county guard personally came to visit these merchants and already gave them a great face, and now he actually only sent a subordinate to greet the county guard, did he really think that the county guard would not dare to kill them?

Compared with the anger of the guards, Wen Zhuang is very calm at the moment, he has done it on the first day of junior high school, are you still afraid of fifteen? Businessmen, the most realistic thing is that they used to ask for themselves, so they naturally curried favor, but now they have changed, and they have to beg them.

There was nothing to say all the way, and as the young man in Tsing Yi and a small hat walked outside the Question Heart Pavilion, it was very lively inside, which made Wen Zhuang a little surprised, he just invited the five most influential and wealthy bosses, how could he listen to the fact that there were dozens of people inside?

The inquiring eyes glanced at the young man beside him, but the young man was also a clever character, and when he saw Wen Zhuang's expression, he immediately smiled and explained: "The county guard, that's the case, the head of the family is clear about the meaning of the county guard, but the head of the family thinks that such a big thing is naturally a lot of people and great power, so he overstepped his responsibilities and invited many powerful bosses to come over, and everyone discussed together." ”

Wen Zhuang snorted, and said with a smile: "Boss Qiao is really thinking about the county." ”

"It was originally the honor of our Qiao family to be able to serve the county guard." The young man bowed and said with a smirk.

Wen Zhuang walked past the young man with his sleeves and walked straight inside, the captain of the guard behind him was angry, and when he walked past the young man, he deliberately turned one shoulder and hit the young man's chest at once, this guy immediately hissed and inhaled the cool air, and even took a few steps back, his face turned white.

Let you be disrespectful, first give a little bitterness and you will see. The captain of the guard glanced at the other party, sneered and followed Wen Zhuang into the Asking Heart Pavilion.

"I've seen the county guard!" Seeing Wen Zhuang stepping into the pavilion, the noisy pavilion immediately quieted down, led by an elegant fifty-year-old man, and everyone hugged their fists and bowed down.

"Big guys don't have to be polite!" Wen Zhuang waved his hand, looked at everyone coldly, and took a look, I was afraid that some famous people in Jiangdong County were here, was this a clear intention to fight with himself? 、

"Boss Qiao, it's rare that you are so concerned about the affairs of Jiangdong County, and you have invited so many virtuous people for the county guard, and the county guard really thank you!" Wen Zhuang said coldly.

"Your Excellency, please take a seat!" Qiao Shan smiled and invited Wen Zhuang to take a seat, "Qiao is a native of Jiangdong County, and doing something for Jiangdong County is his duty, and he should not be praised so much." It's rare for adults to value us businessmen, and today Qiao is also a little thin wine to thank you for your attention. ”

Wen Zhuang sat on the upper seat, looking at the dazzling array of delicacies on the table in front of him, but he snorted: "There is hunger everywhere outside, and millions of people in Jiangdong County are in danger, but I can't eat this meal." ”

Qiao Shan laughed, "County Guard, I understand the meaning of your invitation to us, it is nothing more than asking us to take out the food at home to deal with this crisis, to be honest, the people I invited today do have food in their homes." The big guy told Wen Junshou how much food everyone has in their homes, there is no need to hide it, there is as much as there is. ”

One after another, the merchants, bosses, and rich gentry stood up, and the numbers that came out of their mouths made Wen Zhuang surprised and delighted, and he was so happy that he didn't expect that these people had so much grain, and he was surprised that Qiao Shan and these people were so good, naturally it would not be such a simple move, and it was not an easy thing to let them spit out the grain.

"The adults have also heard it, and all of us here have truthfully informed the county guard, and there is no problem for us to take it out, but everyone here asked me Qiao to ask the county guard, how many days can this food last the county town of Jiangdong?"

Wen Zhuang groaned: "Save some, ten days and half a month can always be supported." ”

"Okay, then be more lenient, twenty days, I want to ask the county guard, what will I do after twenty days?" Qiao Shan stared at Wen Zhuang and asked coldly, "At that time, we couldn't take out a grain of grain anymore." ”

"Twenty days, enough time for the king, Shoufu, and General Qu to send reinforcements." Wen Zhuang stared at Qiao Shan and said, "Jiangdong County is the wealth of the Chu State, and the imperial court will never let the Han people easily seize this place. ”

"County guard, I'm afraid this is a bit wishful thinking!" Qiao Shan shook his head and said, "Isn't the county guard as well-informed as us merchants?" (To be continued.) )