It doesn't matter if you show it to the emperor, or if you want it sincerely.

The thirteen families of Kuidong were assembled on the second day and sent troops to Fengyang.

In terms of execution, Li Laiheng and others really can't find fault.

This time, Li Laiheng took away all the troops brought to Nanjing by Kuidong Zhuxun, a total of 50,000 people, known as 100,000. The army of Haohao Tang Tang slaughtered Fengyang.

The territory of Fengyang Mansion is large enough, and it is naturally impossible for the Qing army to be stationed everywhere.

Therefore, when Li Laiheng and the others just entered Fengyang Mansion, they did not encounter any resistance.

I didn't even see the shadow of the Qing soldiers. made Li Laiheng wonder if he had entered a fake Fengyang.

On the way to the march, the Ming army found many abandoned villages.

Some of these villages have just been abandoned, while others have been abandoned for more than a year.

From the outside, it looks extremely dilapidated, and there are even signs of being attacked.

There were a lot of bones on the side of the road, apparently dead for a long time.

This year's drought has ruined many tenant farmers, and even land-owning yeoman farmers have found it difficult to resist such natural disasters.

Coupled with the inaction of the Manchu court, the local government did not open warehouses to provide relief to the victims, and countless victims died in the entire Fengyang Mansion.

In order to survive, the people cut wild vegetables and scraped the bark of trees, and even changed their seeds to eat.

These may not be clear to others, but Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun and others are very clear.

At the beginning of the last years of Chongzhen, the people were not able to make a living, and natural disasters and man-made disasters rushed together, and the people of Shaanxi really couldn't survive, so there would be uprisings in Mizhi and other places.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are all like this.

The people of Shaanxi are suffering, and they are even worse than Fengyang.

The people will rebel because they can't survive anymore. But whoever has a bite to eat will do this headless thing?

Liu Tichun touched the scene and said with emotion: "Xing, the people are suffering." died, and the people suffered even more. The change of dynasty, the most bitter is the people. ”

At the beginning, there were only eighteen people left who followed King Chuang and were beaten, and they hid in the deep mountains of Shangluo, known as Shangluo's Eighteen Horsemen.

Even in the most difficult and difficult times, they did not give up, because they firmly believed that they could bring a better life to the people.

They are reckless, and they stand with the people.

Later, when the king came to run, and won Beijing all the way, Liu Tichun discovered that people can change.

King Chuang is no longer the King Chuang of the past, and his mind is full of thoughts on how to consolidate his rule.

Although in the end, Li Zicheng was defeated and gave the country to the Tartars, but through this incident, Liu Tichun found that no matter who the ruler was, the people were the most bitter.

So as long as you don't starve and can't survive, stable rule may be the best.

But this is obviously not the case in the current Fengyang Mansion!

Through the dry bones on the roadside, you can see how miserable the lives of the people have become.

"Little tiger, there seems to be someone in front!"

The sharp-eyed Yuan Zong immediately noticed that the grass in front of him was shaking a little.

Li Laiheng, who was riding on a black horse, squinted his eyes and waved his hand, motioning for the scout to come forward and check.

He felt that it was a little strange that he didn't see the Qing soldiers, could it be that the Qing soldiers chose to hide and ambush when they saw the Ming army's movements?

Li Laiheng was very cautious, and he would not easily order the army to advance until he was sure that there was no ambush.

So everyone stopped and waited, and when the scouts returned, they took with them dozens of ragged, yellow-skinned victims.

The victims were unkempt and blinded, like walking corpses.

"Lin Guogong, these people claim to be the local disaster victims in Fengyang."

A scout reports with his hands clenched into fists.

"Oh? Which one is the leader? The public has something to ask in the country. ”

The Ming army had just stepped into the realm of Fengyang, and he was unfamiliar with the place. It is not necessarily a good thing to encounter these victims.

"Little old man sees adult..."

An old man with white hair and skinny hair stood up tremblingly and bowed to Li Laiheng.

"My lord came to ask you, are you locals? What are you sneaking around here? ”

"If you go back to adulthood, we are from this county. During the severe drought season, food prices skyrocketed. I really couldn't live anymore, so I thought about begging in the county seat. Generally speaking, the government will provide relief. But, but these black-hearted dog officials didn't even put a grain of rice! ”

This old man is quite clever, he has long found out that Li Laiheng and others are under the banner of the Ming army.

Such a large army came from the south, and there must be no doubt that it was the Ming army.

"So you're coming out of the county again?"

"yes, we're trying our luck and seeing if we can catch some hares, voles. It's okay to dig up some wild vegetables. ”

The old man was so sad and indignant that he snorted and cried.

"But nothing, nothing. My lord, we have been hungry for several days, and we are dizzy and dizzy. You can do it and give us something to eat. ”

When Liu Tichun saw these victims, if he felt pain, he said to Li Laiheng: "Little tiger, give them something to eat." ”

Li Laiheng nodded and said, "Come on, give them some cakes to eat." ”

Immediately, some soldiers brought the bread used as military rations to the victims.

"Eat, Grandpa Guo will reward you."

The soldiers distributed the bread to the victims.

When the victims saw the cake, their eyes lit up, and they pounced like hungry wolves.

"Give it to me!"

"Give it to me!"

Seeing them scrambling to rob, Li Laiheng said loudly: "Don't rob, everyone has a share!" ”

He was startled when he shouted at the victims, and then realized that the other party was a soldier with a knife in his hand.

They trembled and hung their heads, not daring to look at Li Laiheng.

"This is for you."

"It's a cake for you."

"Eat slowly, be careful of choking!"

The soldiers distributed bread to the victims in turn, and soon dozens of people received a portion.

They tore at the bread like hungry wolves, saliva running down their jaws.

Although they ate quickly, they didn't seem to be choking.

Perhaps they were so hungry that they asked for a second piece of bread after eating it.

"Give them some water to drink first."

Li Laiheng said with a frown.

He was in such a hurry to eat, he was really worried that these victims would turn their backs.

The soldiers gave each of them a cowhide water bladder and told them to drink some water first.

Not to mention, they're really thirsty.

The victims picked up the kettle and drank to their heart's content.

"Ah, that's cool."

After the victims were full, they wiped their mouths and said very happily.

"My lord, if you have any questions, please ask. The little old man must know how much to say. ”

Li Laiheng was very satisfied with their attitude, nodded and said, "You just came out of the county seat, so let me ask you how many Tartars are in the county seat?" ”

The victims were stunned.

The question asked by Lee Lai Heng really confused them.

How many Tartars are stationed in the county, how do they know!

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