Chapter 357: Refugees
The lights in the Nanzheng City Lord's Mansion were bright at the moment, and the soldiers with blank expressions were holding bright torches, patrolling slowly under the leadership of a military general who exuded a monstrous aura on his body, even if it was a floater, he didn't want to cross the thunder pool by half a step.
Zhang Lu sat on the first floor and looked at the people present, his face was gloomy and terrifying, like a demon who chose people to devour, "At this moment, the vanguard of Zhou Qi and Zhou Haoran appeared in Chenggu County, which is not far from us, and all the soldiers and horses along the way have completed the contraction and returned. An icy voice rang out in the empty hall.
The Wenchen generals present showed a blank look on their faces when they heard this, obviously they didn't know what to do, and when they felt the overwhelming aura on their bodies, they pressed down on it like ten major mountains, and a man dressed as Wenchen could only walk out hard, clasped his hands into fists and bowed slightly, "Lord, now the enemy may appear at any time, I don't know where Master Pei Hu is?" ”
After this person's inquiry, everyone present found out that Pei Hu, who was the henchman of the lord Zhang Lu and the right-hand man of the other party, was not in the hall, how could such a result not surprise his group.
Zhang Lu looked at the other party with cold eyes, if his eyes could kill people, I am afraid that this person would have been killed by Zhang Lu hundreds of times, "Pei Hu has something important to do now, so he didn't appear here!" "I had already thought of countermeasures when I turned Pei Hu into a thoughtless puppet, how could I be easily recognized by my subordinates.
Yang Xunyan's brows furrowed slightly, the reason why Pei Hu returned to the lord Zhang Lu to ask about the matter had already explained everything to himself, if he did not return alive, he might encounter an accident, but he didn't say why, but as one of the other party's friends, he had to risk being blamed by the lord again, and asked, "Lord, what is the reason why the other party has not appeared yet, can you say it?" A pair of triangular eyes looked at each other cautiously.
In the face of Yang Xun, who was chasing and fighting, Zhang Lu almost dragged him out and beheaded him, but fortunately, reason gained the upper hand again, his face remained unchanged, his eyes looked at each other calmly, and his cold and thick voice sounded in the hall, "You and others originally offered a plan to let a certain family shrink its forces, so that most of the counties in Hanzhong County fell into the hands of Zhou Qi and Zhou Haoran of the Han Dynasty without much effort, and which people were abandoned by us, you will know this matter!" ”
In the face of the inquiry of the lord Zhang Lu, there was a thoughtful look in his eyes, and after a while, he thought that there was indeed such a thing, and stared at each other with a pair of copper bell eyes, waiting for the next answer.
Zhang Lu saw that the Wenchen generals present were walking along his train of thought, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Since there are people in the city, in order to be able to hold back the other party's footsteps again, let me wait for enough time to prepare the props to destroy the enemy, so a certain family sent Pei Hu to the nearby county town to buy out the grain in the city, and then there will be a famine!" ”
Yang Xun and the others' faces changed slightly when they heard this, obviously they didn't expect the lord to be so ruthless, is this still the lord who was benevolent in order to govern the people, such thoughts couldn't help but hover in their minds.
Zhang Lu can become the master of the Heavenly Master Dao, where do you not know the character of the soldiers and horses under his command, when he saw the look of doubt in the other party's eyes, he already knew that they were afraid that they had misunderstood themselves, "You don't have to worry, even if we take away all the surplus food of the people in the city, as long as Zhou Qi and Zhou Haoran, the big Han concubine, can find out about this matter as soon as possible, they will inevitably collect grain and grass from Jingzhou, and fill the stomachs of the people who are in famine!" ”
The eyes of everyone in the hall lit up one by one when they heard this, obviously the lord Zhang Lu's approach seemed to be inhumane, but if it was really as the other party said, waiting for the big man Zhou Qi and Zhou Haoran to take over the city, will those famine victims still be hungry at that time, obviously the answer is no, thinking of this, the big stone that was raised high in my heart can finally be put down safely.
Yang Xun in the crowd frowned slightly at this moment, skeptical of the lord's words, but looking at the smiles on the faces of the people around him, he could only sigh helplessly, and stood silently waiting for the lord to arrange the task.
After Yue Fei led his soldiers and horses to leave Zhou Qi and Zhou Haoran's side, he quickly galloped towards the direction of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, looking at the people who saw the officers and soldiers hiding in the grass one by one, he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, and immediately sent his personal guards to invite a person to the front. Line
The dirty man on his body flashed a look of fear in his eyes when he saw Yue Fei, who was not angry and arrogant, and shrank back subconsciously, if it weren't for the soldiers armed to the teeth waiting around him, I'm afraid he would have already fled away from these guys.
"What's your name, and why are the people so afraid when they see us, like a mouse seeing a cat?" Yue Fei's brows furrowed slightly, he still knew about the reputation of the Jingzhou Army, obviously the reaction of these people should not be caused by Yan Liang and Wen Chou. Looking at his sallow complexion, like a starving ghost who hadn't eaten a full meal for a long time, his body that should have been burly was now even more skinny.
When the man heard Yue Fei's inquiry, a look of hesitation flashed in his eyes, as if he was thinking about whether to tell the other party, looking at the soldiers beside the other party, it should be the soldiers and horses of the big Han master Zhou Qi and Zhou Haoran, thinking that they are much stronger than those rice thieves under Zhang Lu's command, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes, "This general, we are villagers near Chenggu County, because the big Han master Zhou Qi and Zhou Haoran led his soldiers and horses to crusade against Hanzhong Taishou Zhang Lu, causing the other party to avoid its edge and take away all the grain within a radius of 100 miles, Only the useless old and weak women and children live here, and in order to survive, they have to search for weeds to feed themselves! ”
"What did you say?" After Yue Fei heard the man's words, his face suddenly became gloomy, as if the bottom of a black pot had not been cleaned for ten thousand years, and his dark eyes stared at the other party for a moment, as if he was distinguishing the truth of this person's words.
"Goo-dong!" The man felt the majesty on Yue Fei's body, his originally sallow face became even whiter, and a drop of sweat the size of a bean quickly dripped down his cheeks, and at the same time, he couldn't help but think in his mind, "Isn't this person the soldiers and horses of Zhou Qi and Zhou Haoran, the big man, but Zhang Lu's subordinate of the damn bloodsucking worm?" Thinking of this possibility, he hurriedly knelt on the ground, his head slammed into the soil, even if the blood flowed, he still didn't realize it, "My lord, spare my life, a certain family doesn't know that you are under Zhang Lu, if you knew it earlier, you would have eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, and you wouldn't dare to say bad things about Lord Zhang Lu!" ”
Yue Fei's head was covered with black lines at the moment, looking at the man who was pounding garlic, if he was letting the other party continue, I was afraid that he would not be able to wash it even if he jumped into the Yellow River, and when he asked just now, he found that there were still a huge number of people in the surrounding grass who were watching, if it was a bad consequence, it was difficult to predict "Huang Xin, what are you still looking at, quickly help this big brother up, I am not a soldier under Zhang Lu, but a subordinate of Zhou Qi and Zhou Haoran!" ”
After Huang Xin heard General Yue Fei's words, the whole person recovered from the shock, obviously he didn't expect the man in front of him to change his face at a glance, and stretched out Kong Wu's powerful hands to help the trembling man up.
"In this way, the people in the grass are all villagers around Chenggu County, you go and call them all out, and go to Chenggu County with Ben General, and you will definitely send food to solve your food and clothing at that time!"
The man who was still worried about whether he would be killed, after hearing Yue Fei's words, his eyes burst out with an extremely bright light, if he could not wait to fly to Chenggu County right now, he hadn't eaten delicious white rice for a long time, and then as if he meant something, he hurriedly shouted to the villagers in the grass, "Come out quickly, these people are the soldiers and horses of Zhou Qi and Zhou Haoran, the big man and the horse, and they want to lead me to Chenggu County for dinner!" ”
Those people who watched in the grass, when they saw the man kneeling on the ground and kowtowed, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, and then closed their eyes as if they couldn't bear to see the other party's head fall to the ground, where would they have thought that things would turn so quickly, and the next second they were ready to lead everyone to Chenggu County for dinner, as if they heard that the guards in the city were the unparalleled generals of Hebei under the command of Zhou Qi and Zhou Haoran.
For a while, everyone's mood became swaying like a yard on the scale, and they were skeptical of the general's words, but they didn't know what to do in the face of the temptation to be full, after all, those wild vegetables and tree bark that were not nutritious are now becoming more scarce, not to mention, in order to be able to eat enough some people have to eat Guanyin soil, causing their stomachs to swell and round and painful to death.
What's more, some people can't stand the hunger, so in order to make their flesh and blood suffer less torture, they directly and ruthlessly exchange Yizi with others for food, and such things happen from time to time.
"Humph! The big deal is death, even a glimmer of hope is better than starvation! While the crowd couldn't stop watching, a man with a sallow face walked out, roared angrily and angrily, and walked quickly in the direction of Yue Fei as if he was cheering himself up.
With the person who took the lead, the remaining people who watched were also appointed, and one by one appeared in front of the army like a carp crossing the river, and after a while, the originally wide official road was surrounded by water, and the crowd of people was overwhelming, and there was no end in sight... to be continued