The city was full of hungry people, and the city was full of soldiers.

Last night, the rainstorm entered the city, the Yuan army had no heart to resist, before dawn, Zhu Chongba completely controlled Huai'an, but unfortunately ran away.

However, it doesn't matter what is left in front of us, what is in front of us is how to clean up the mess in Huai'an.

Standing at the head of Huai'an City, looking at the dilapidated market, Zhu Chongba's hands and feet were cold.

"Where is there so much food to feed them?"

Even if the soldiers are gone, gritting their teeth, they can still eat one meal a day, but what about the hundreds of thousands of households in the city?

Give them food? There is no food, and even if there is, there is no such way to raise it.

Don't give them food? Just watch them starve to death?

"No wonder he said that he would give Huai'an to us, he had already thought about it, this kid, he's really bad!"

Zhu Chongba shook his head and smiled bitterly, Zhu Wu's army under the city turned around after the rain stopped, and did not stop at all.

There was some noise on the canal in the distance, and thousands of Huai'an descendants who wanted to follow the Dingyuan Army stepped on the warships of the Dingyuan Naval Army.

After that, the sails of the Dingyuan Navy warship rose, and those juniors stood on the bow of the ship, kneeling to say goodbye like their hometown, and their figures gradually drifted away.

"Brother!" Xu Da stood beside Zhu Chongba, "What's the matter, so many people, so many soldiers, we don't have food?" ”

Grain, as soon as he heard this word, Zhu Chongba's head hurt.

His Haozhou army fought a series of battles, with nearly 20,000 dead and wounded, and about 40,000 left, but now more than 100,000 troops have been captured.

In addition to Dong Luxiao's department, there are sixty or seventy thousand troops in Huai'an City alone.

These mouths, what to do?

"Counting our family background, how long can it last?" Zhu Chongba said helplessly.

Xu Da looked at the account book in his hand, "Counting the family background in Luzhou, it is enough for our army to eat for ten days and half a month, if you save a little, you can eat for a month!" ”

"A month!" Zhu Chongba scolded with a smile, "For a month, where the hell will Lao Tzu get food?" Let the brethren let go of the robbery? ”

As he spoke, he paced back and forth on the city wall in a rage, "Damn, Xiao Wuzao's sin, he runs clean, you send someone to catch up with him, just say what we said, ask for food, he won't give it!" ”

That being said, there is a faint look of shame on his face, isn't this equivalent to bowing his head!

Suddenly, Zhu Chongba remembered something and ran down the city wall on his feet.

Huai'an Yamen, the original camp station of Detached, has now become Zhu Chongba's temporary station.

Zhu Chongba hurriedly came in from outside and directly pushed open a door.

Dong Junxiao, who went to the armor and weapons, was holding a book of Spring and Autumn Period, sitting on a chair and reading slowly, with an elegant and easy-going appearance.

"Lao Dong, you have to help us with something!"

Dong Shuxiao glanced at Zhu Chongba, lowered his head again, and continued to read, as if he hadn't heard it.

"What are you, the body in the drama is in Cao Ying, and the heart is in Han?" Zhu Chongba smiled, "Or are you practicing closed-mouth meditation?" We've got down to business. ”

Dong Junxiao still reads books, as if he is in the wind of the ear.

"You, okay, pretend to be dumb, don't you!" Zhu Chongba sneered, "Let's go ......"

"Kill and surrender, huh?"

Dong Shuxiao suddenly sneered softly, "I agreed with the general that day, I will descend you, and you will treat the soldiers under you well, and you will descend."

Now, isn't it capricious that the general is threatened with the surname of the soldier? ”

Zhu Chongba was so angry that his temples jumped, "Lao Dong, are we capricious, or do you not look down on us Zhu Chongba as a thief?"

We have come to you today for the sake of the people. We heard that when you were a magistrate in the past, the people called you Lord Qingtian, so I came to ask you. ”

"People?" Dong Shuxiao put down the book, "But Huai'an is short of food." ”

"Exactly." Zhu Chongba nodded and said, "You also watched, what has happened to Huai'an City to make the Yuan army ruined, so many people have no food, we feel uncomfortable!" ”

Dong Luxiao's face softened, and he said, "The people have no food, the general can temporarily allocate some military food for emergencies!" ”

"We don't!" Zhu Chongba spread out his hands, "Don't be afraid of your old Dong's jokes, if we empty our family funds, it will be enough for hundreds of thousands of mouths to eat for ten and a half days." ”

"Since ancient times, the more thieves there are, the greater the momentum, they don't know how to build, they go all the way to eat all the way, occupy a city and harm a city, patronize and expand the people, but they don't know how to recuperate, they can only continue to fight, continue to rob, and so on and so forth, for the rogue also."

Dong Shuxiao sighed, and Zhu Chongba's face became a little unnatural.

I heard Dong Junxiao continue, "Now in May, there are many waterways in the south of the Yangtze River, and Huai'an is close to Hongze Lake. Generals, more soldiers, or organize the people, fish and shrimp in the river, and then send people to search for wild vegetables.

In this way, although there is not enough to eat, there will be no starvation to death. ”

"yes, why didn't we think of it!" Zhu Chongba laughed. Wild vegetables plus fish and shrimp plus some grain boiled into a paste, starving people will not die.

"The so-called open source and throttling, this is just throttling, and open source!" Dong Shuxiao continued, "Please restrain military discipline, keep the Huai'an trade route unimpeded, and the merchants are safe, and in a few days, there will be merchants transporting grain." ”

"After all, he has been an official, much better than us!" Zhu Chongba laughed, and then looked at Dong Shuxiao, "Old Dong, you have a good plan, but we won't hide it from you, our subordinates are all mud legs, and they can't do these jobs." You are idle, you are idle, I entrust you to make a Huai'an Mansion and help us stabilize the market, can it be successful? ”

said, paused, looked at the reflection, and continued, "Originally, we can ignore this matter, Huai'an is a sin created by the Yuan army, what does it have to do with us?" We're anti-thieves, damn it, we didn't let the brothers have fun in the city, we're already accumulating virtue!

Let's not hide it from you, we have done this before, for the sake of food and money, a good city has been harmed, we are also a child of a poor family, and we feel uncomfortable!

Our subordinates are all men who have no way to live. Let's raise a knife to rebel, whether you say that we are a great rebellion, or that we are a scourge to the people.

But in the final analysis, it is anti-Yuan, anti-Mengyuan tyranny, what we think in our hearts is to kill a bright and sunny day!

Lao Dong, you are a scholar, a person who has the ability to manage the army and the people, you can help us. You're also helping these people, and you're really watching them starve to death and make a mess? ”

"How much rations can the general give to you?" Dong Junxiao looked at Zhu Chongba and said in a deep voice, "Only with food can we appease the people's hearts and mobilize the people!" ”

"Five hundred quintals!" Zhu Chongba stretched out a slap, "There's really no more, our brothers have to eat too!" ”

Dong Luxiao nodded slowly, and Ji'er suddenly asked, "No, the general's army is now more than 100,000, how can the grain and grass be helped?" ”

"We have our own way, Lao Dong, you can manage the people of Huai'an!" Zhu Chongba laughed and scratched his head with his big hand, "Old Dong, it's decided, we will send a team of soldiers and horses to listen to you in a while!" ”

Dong Xiaoxiao didn't speak, but looked at Zhu Chongba expressionlessly.

looked at Zhu Chongba, and felt a little hairy.

Dong Junxiao came and said, "General, you promised that you would treat the Han army below as a brother, don't forget." ”

"Don't worry, those men like it in our hearts, they will all eat and rest in the camp," Zhu Chongba replied, "We will definitely treat them well!" ”

Dong Shuxiao sighed, his face full of bitterness, "If it was in the outer city, it would never be so cruel to the people." ”

Zhu Chongba stood up, pondered for a long time, and asked, "Old Dong, we have something to ask you." You say, Xiao Wu is Zhu Wu. Why did he let off and go to Haining instead of fighting? ”

"Three points, one of them, Tokh is the prime minister of Da Yuan, one person is above 10,000 people, he really wants to be arrested, killed, that is, he will not die with the court, Da Yuan can't afford to lose this person. The 600,000 people here are finished, and Dayuan will make up another 600,000 after fighting his family. ”

Dong Shuxiao said slowly, "Second, for Zhu Wu, it is better to be alive than dead. 600,000 troops were defeated, and someone had to be responsible. Presumably at this time, most of the ministers in the capital are already shouting and shouting and killing, if they want to keep themselves, they will fight back than the generals, and the court will fight, who can take care of Zhu Wu.

Third, there are die-hard troops around them, instead of letting them jump over the wall in a hurry, it is better to turn around and swallow the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses on Xuexue's side of Liuhe Xinghua! ”

"I see!" Zhu Chongba smiled bitterly, "Little Wu, think far enough!" ”

"General, there is a word below!"

"Please!"

"The general owns one land, from Luzhou to Huai'an, and the land on the two roads is actually dilapidated, and he can't afford to raise too many soldiers and horses.

Moreover, bordering Zhu Wu, there is no way out.

Moreover, how can others be allowed to snore under the couch, Zhu Wu's plan is not small, and the general is in danger! ”

"What you say reminds us of a monk!" Zhu Chongba smiled bitterly, "We know it in our hearts, but we can't take care of it now!" ”

After saying that, he turned around and went out.

Outside the door, Tang He and others were waiting there with solemn faces.

"Chongba, those soldiers are restless, shouting to eat buns, how can we have buns for them to eat!"

Zhu Chongba sneered, and said in Tang He's ear, "Tell them, eat buns and go to Luzhou, take them apart, and ...... on the way" as he spoke, making a movement to wipe his neck.

The gaze was sharp, "Move quickly, slaughter it and throw it into the river!" ”

"Shhh Tang He gasped, "Heavy eight, that's tens of thousands of people!" ”

"I can't afford to raise so much, and they and we are not of the same mind!"