Speaking of which, it's strange to blame Qian Qiaogong for being a decent gentleman.

He was full of poetry and books, so he naturally couldn't see the righteous army plundering the people, so he set a rule for Yu Qi, that is, starving to death will not harm the people, and innocents must not be killed indiscriminately.

This is easy to say, if people are really hungry, they are afraid that they will be able to do anything.

But since the rules have been established, after all, they have to take care of Qian Qiaogong's face, so the massacre appeared.

If all the people are killed, naturally no one will complain.

Therefore, Qian Qiaogong was right, this matter really depends on him.

Qian Qiaogong is an idealist, in his opinion, friendly troops are their own people, and if they are their own people, they should think and do the same as themselves.

But how many people in the world can really discipline themselves like him?

Qian Qiaogong was fighting in his heart, he was hesitating whether he should swing his knife at the rebels.

"Step down and let me think about it."

"Yes."

……。

Wenden City.

A mansion that was originally a local gentry.

At this time, it has become Yu Qi's temporary headquarters.

"Xiao Qi, what did Shen Zhiyuan say?"

This is a man in his forties, not much older than Yu Qi, he is Yu Qi's uncle, called Yu Jincai.

Yu Qi said in a sullen voice: "What else can I say, just wait...... Uncle, what's going on over there, didn't you say that it wouldn't hurt the people? ”

Yu Jincai said casually: "Xiao Qi, you don't have back pain when you stand and talk, but your brothers only drink two thin meals a day, if there is no food, I'm afraid you won't even be able to drink thin food...... The words of the surnamed Shen are good, but they eat dry every day, and they don't see how much food they save for us. When the brothers see the heavens, they want to fight, or do they not want to get some wild food, and they will not starve to death? ”

Yu Qi sighed and said, "But after all, it's a fellow villager in Dengzhou...... Uncle can also do it? ”

"What's the place you can't get your hands on, this place is hundreds of miles away from our Qixia...... Besides, if we bring the brothers out of the township, we must fill the stomachs of the brothers, right? ”

Speaking of this, Yu Jincai frowned and said: "You just went to Ninghai City, why did you turn your elbow outward and help outsiders blame your uncle?" Uncle, this isn't for the good of our brothers, this Wendeng has a small population, let's open our mouths, and after more than half a month, we can't find any food, and Uncle is helpless to let the brothers move, are you willing to kill people as an uncle? ”

Yu Qi hurriedly said: "Uncle, don't worry, didn't I choke back by Shen Zhiyuan?" Shen Zhiyuan was asking about this...... By the way, Shen Zhiyuan also mentioned that the girl in Hot Spring Town was raped and killed by the rebels. ”

Yu Jincai said casually: "Isn't it just a little woman...... It's not bad for the brothers to have fun fighting with their lives, but they accidentally push their hands too hard...... That's it. ”

"But I heard that this matter has something to do with my uncle."

Yu Jincai said angrily: "Who is the one who chews the root of his tongue?" By the way, did Shen Zhiyuan say when the envoy will come from the south? ”

Yu Jincai quickly diverted the topic, making Yu Qi sigh lightly in his heart, his uncle is in his forties today, and he hasn't even found a daughter-in-law, isn't he poor.

Although he disagrees with it in his heart, if he really wants to turn his face with his uncle for this matter, Yu Qi can't let it go, besides, Yu Jincai's men are not less than him.

"Shen Zhiyuan only said let us wait, and didn't say anything else." Yu Qi sighed softly in his heart.

Yu Jincai snorted coldly: "Don't believe the dog official, the official must be reliable, and the old sow can go up the tree!" I'm telling you, you have to be on guard. This dog official said that he had a connection with the king of Huiji County of the Yixing Dynasty in the south, but it is difficult to say whether it is true or not...... Besides, these days, I don't see any messenger from the south, don't come by then, we will be sold by him. ”

"This ...... Not really, right? Yu Qi hesitated a little, "Shen Zhiyuan doesn't need to lie to us, besides, with the spears under his command, it really won't be good for us, and we won't have room to fight back?" ”

"That's not necessarily, although his soldiers are powerful, but there are a lot of us, if we really want to fight, it will be a lose-lose situation, maybe he doesn't want too many casualties, right?"

"Then what does Uncle Yi mean, how should I deal with it?"

Yu Jincai pondered for a while, and said: "Follow it in the open, guard against it secretly, and get the reward from the south first...... No matter what, after all, Shen Zhiyuan is an official of the Qing court on the surface, this is also a handle, he also has to be afraid of us reporting to the Qing court, right? In this way, Uncle should go back to Hot Spring Town, and you, just stay in Wendeng City, let's go south and north, in case something happens, we won't be stewed by him. ”

"Also, I have gathered a lot of sea ships in the direction of Chengshan to the east, if there is a real accident, you can retreat to the northeast, and then our uncle and nephew will not be able to go to sea."

Yu Qi nodded yes.

But when he walked to the door, Yu Qi suddenly shouted: "Uncle, don't you dare to die again." ”

"Got it." Yu Jincai left without looking back.

……。

In the evening of the same day.

The yellow camel hurriedly ran into the Ninghai Prefecture Ya.

"My lord, the prince has replied."

Shen Zhiyuan was pleasantly surprised: "Can there be grain ships and messengers coming with you?" ”

The yellow camel shook his head and handed the letter in his hand to Shen Zhiyuan.

Shen Zhiyuan's hand was shaking, and he finally waited for a reply.

He took a deep breath, slowly flattened, and unfolded.

There were only a few sentences on the letter, "It is inconvenient to reinforce by sea, and what is planned is too dangerous, so be careful!" The rebels are uneven, and people's hearts are unpredictable, so remember not to forget the original intention. Wu Song Shui Shi has been transferred to Dagukou, I have known Zhang Mingzhen, you can contact him. In addition, Xuan'er and I are already married, and I will make up for you a wedding drink in the future. ”

Shen Zhiyuan sat down in a daze, and slowly handed the letter back to the yellow camel in his hand, "Burn it!" ”

The meaning of the letter is almost the same as the persuasion of the yellow camel.

Shen Zhiyuan knew that he was wrong, although he had good intentions, he might have done something wrong.

Taking a long breath, Shen Zhiyuan got up, "Order, assemble the team, and attack Wendeng in an hour!" ”

The yellow camel breathed a sigh of relief and replied loudly: "Yes! ”

……。

Three watches in the middle of the night.

It was the time for people to be sleepy, and the three thousand lancers were divided into two roads, all the way to Wendeng and the other to the hot spring town.

Due to the internal response of the yellow camel, the cavalry is like entering a no-man's land.

The rebels on duty were like ghosts, and they didn't even have time to react in the face of the roaring cavalry.

Those who can't escape surrender directly, and those who can escape are scattered as birds and beasts.

It's no wonder that they are poor people who can't live their lives.

Shen Zhiyuan and Huang Huozi did not order the pursuit, but only took control of Wendeng City and Hot Spring Town, and let these people flee.

When the sky dawned, Yu Qi was surrounded in the house, and Yu Jincai had been carried out of the bed by the yellow camel and escorted back to Wendeng City from Hot Spring Town, accompanied by Yu Jincai, of course, they were already captives at this time.

There was almost no fierce resistance, except for those diehards brought out by Yu Qi's uncle and nephew from Qixia, the rest of the rebels basically surrendered.