Along the way, the army did not attack the city, but went straight to Xuzhou City, because Tanma had already found out clearly, there were at least hundreds of thousands of displaced people under Xuzhou City, so Qin Yu didn't want to delay time on the road.

Although the sentinel had already depicted it, when the army arrived near the state city, everyone's scalps were still numb, and they were all dumbfounded.

As far as the eye can see, I can see that the city is densely packed with all kinds of shacks, and there is no end in sight.

Piles of firewood were burning in the middle, countless green smoke was rising, and a large pot was set on it, not knowing what was cooking.

A foul smell came to my nose from afar.

"It's... How many people do you have to have? ”

The red warbler opened its small mouth and exclaimed.

"You ask me, who do I ask?"

Qin Yu rolled his eyes, then waved his hand and said, "Order the army, set up camp on the spot, send some brothers to inquire about the situation of those homeless people, and by the way, tell us about our recruitment conditions." ”

Qin Yu and the others were taken aback, and the homeless people outside the city and the people in the city were also taken aback.

Originally, the people in the city thought that it was the official army and came to disperse these displaced people, but when they saw the Chinese military flag, they immediately understood the details of the army in the distance, and they suddenly felt like they were facing a great enemy.

Although the displaced people outside the city were frightened, they did not react, if they rebelled, they would follow, and if it was the official army, they would not be able to walk.

In fact, there was no need for Qin Yu to send people to publicize the recruitment conditions of the Chinese army, when a big pot was set up to make a fire and cook, the homeless people rushed over like jackals smelling blood.

When the Chinese army opened the meal, almost all the displaced people surrounded it, and hundreds of thousands of people surrounded the camp, including old and young, men and women, but almost all of them were starving and became human.

For a while, all around the camp were pleas for joining the rebels, and a celebrity in thin rags knelt on the ground trembling, his forehead flushed.

If it weren't for the tens of thousands of fierce and vicious men, armed with bright swords and spears, blocking around the camp, I am afraid that those homeless people would have already rushed in.

"What's going on? I didn't tell them to wait a minute, everyone has porridge to drink, why is it still such a mess? ”

King Qin led people to the gate of the camp with a black face.

"King Hua, his subordinates have ordered people to shout everywhere, and it is strictly clear that our Chinese army only recruits young men and women, young girls and blacksmiths, and those who drag their families and mouths are not wanted, but these people don't care at all!" Qian Bin also looked helpless.

"In this way, don't recruit people first, first maintain the order for me, form a team of 10,000 people, and then give porridge after the formation, and then slowly recruit people after their emotions are stable."

Qin Yu couldn't even hear the words clearly when he saw the noise outside, so he had to wave his hand, and found that he had taken it for granted.

Seeing that there were no recruits today, Hongying didn't want to stay outside, so she hurriedly followed Qin Yu back to the big tent, it was really too miserable for these homeless people.

"King Xiaohua, are we really going to leave after recruiting people and stop caring about them?"

"I'm having a headache too! Come, come with me for a drink first. ”

Qin Yu rubbed his forehead, and then beckoned her to sit down.

After a while, two little maids suddenly walked in with wine and food.

"I can't eat it, you can eat it yourself, I'll drink with you."

Hongying looked at a chicken on the table, a bowl of steamed buns and a dried vegetable soup, although she didn't scold him for being extravagant, she felt a little tasteless, so she lifted the wine jar and poured a bowl by herself.

"Whatever you want, when you have one day, you will live for a while like those people outside, and see if you can still eat."

The two touched a bowl, Qin Yu wiped his mouth and said, and then casually broke off a chicken leg and gnawed it.

"Why don't we recruit more?" The red warbler filled him up again, and said tentatively.

"I'm afraid that the entire Henan displaced people will have to have millions, 10,000 more, or 100,000? Even if it is a million, there will still be countless people who will freeze to death and starve to death this winter, you tell me, what's the use of us recruiting more people? ”

Qin Yu put down the chicken leg and said in a somewhat low tone.

This time, he only planned to recruit 20,000 young men, 10,000 young men, 10,000 young men, 10,000 strong women, and 5,000 young girls.

After all, no matter how many people there are, some of them can't be managed, and after the number of people reaches 100,000, there is no foundation to produce it, and the burden will be unprecedented.

Of course, there are as many craftsmen as there are, especially blacksmiths.

"It's one more to save one."

The red warbler opened her mouth, and finally said weakly.

Qin Yu didn't bother to pay attention to her, but it was a little tasteless when she nibbled on it, and in the end, both of them only ate food and drank wine.

Outside, however, it was still a mess, and it wasn't until dusk that hundreds of thousands of displaced people were separated and began to line up for soup kitchen.

Although everyone was only given a thin bowl of porridge soup, everyone still cried with gratitude.

There are tens of thousands of big men carrying knives, eyeing them in the team, but there is no robbery, because those who dare to rob other people's porridge are almost all stabbed.

After drinking the porridge, the displaced people returned to their huts under the city with their families, and many of them finally had a glimmer of hope on their faces, while many more still knelt outside the camp and asked to join the rebels.

"King, not counting ourselves, today is just a meal, and we consumed five hundred stones of rice."

Liu Shi walked up with a booklet to report, with a different look in her eyes, she didn't expect that this Xiaohua King would actually help the victims.

"How much grain and grass do we have?" Qin Yu took the ledger, looked at the uppercase numbers on it, frowned suddenly, and threw it back, feeling that it was time to teach them Arabic numerals.

"There are 10,000 stone of rice, 50,000 stone of wheat, 60,000 stone of various coarse grains, and 100,000 quintals of forage, which is enough for us to eat for a year."

Liu also knew Qin Yu's temperament, so he wiped out all the odds.

"Grain and grass are very abundant, by the way, what about medicinal materials, sulfur, salt and other materials? Are there any other people who haven't been distributed? ”

Qin Yu nodded, and then stared at her, now she has to be careful in her calculations, and she can't live as luxuriously as before.

"Except for the more than 3,000 soldiers who have just joined, there are no cotton clothes, and everyone else can almost put together a set, although it is a little shabby, but it can barely shelter from the cold, except for sulfur, other materials are still sufficient, and it will not be a problem for a year and a half."

"Well, in this way, tomorrow morning we will continue to give porridge, and in the evening each person will have a fist-sized nest, half rice bran and half wheat bran." Qin Yu pondered for a moment and said.

"Well, the concubine will order it to go down."

Liu nodded, and then the two girls took the account book and went out of the camp.

Now one of the two is in charge of money, food and materials, and the other is in charge of daily expenses, and each has hundreds of literate concubines and maids, which can be described as a high authority.

Qin Yu has never been a person who sits on empty mountains, so on the second day, he began to organize the displaced people to move out of the city, vacate the place, and at the same time order sappers to build siege equipment.

When the displaced people saw that the rebels were really going to attack the city, they all enthusiastically signed up and rejoiced.

If they hadn't had no one to take the lead, plus the big families in the city, and they had taken some food out from time to time to sow discord, I am afraid that they would have organized their own men and horses to attack the city a long time ago.

But Qin Yu didn't plan to let them siege the city, because he had his own special siege troops.