The army dragged on for ten days, and there was no one in either the village or the town, as if the people here had disappeared without a trace, and the towns and villages had become ghosts, and only a few crows and birds had been wandering over the ruins of the villages. Generalissimo Li began to inspect it himself in disbelief, and was immediately startled by the desolate scene in the town.

But after a closer look, it was found that these people fled in a hurry, and they didn't even have time to take away many of their belongings. However, many houses were directly burned down by the people who fled in a hurry, and the deeper this situation penetrated into Chaozhou, the more obvious it became, because the officials and soldiers were surprised to see the ruins of the entire village houses burned by the fire.

None of the generals benefited from this march, and the soldiers immediately complained. This was nothing, and now that the food in the armies was about to be eaten, Generalissimo Li had to order the march to be halted and the army rations to be mobilized to the imperial court to prevent any more bad situations.

In order to travel by land, they had to gradually move farther and farther away from the water source, and on this day there was finally a shortage of water in the army, which was reported to Generalissimo Li by the general who was in charge of all the meals in the army. Generalissimo Li didn't think much about it at all, and directly replied: "No water? You won't look for the wells in those villages? I have to say this?? ”

The catering officer hurriedly took people to the deserted village to fetch water, but when they saw it, they were immediately angry, and saw that the water in the well was either contaminated by the carcasses of various animals or blocked by stones, and there was no way to get water in these places. When he returned to the army and reported the matter again, Generalissimo Li frowned and looked at the map, and said to him: "Limit the drinking water in the army, and we will be in Chaozhou in ten days, and they will drink as much as they want." ”

The catering officer hurriedly said: "Marshal, now it is not a shortage of drinking water, but that we will soon run out of water. ”

"Ahh Why didn't you say it earlier? Go and take the cavalry to fetch water from the stream in the distance. "Generalissimo Li has done a lot of research on Chaozhou, and knows that the water source here should not be a problem.

A small episode was solved by the cavalry in the official army, and after another ten days, they finally arrived in Chaozhou. Originally, Generalissimo Li thought that Chaozhou would resist to the death, but he didn't expect that the governor of Chaozhou actually took the gentlemen in the city to put incense five miles away to welcome the imperial army, which made the robbery plan of several generals come to naught.

The army finally set up camp outside the city of Chaozhou, and Generalissimo Li, at the invitation of Xiong Zhizhou and the gentlemen, led the generals into the drunken incense building in the city to pick up the wind and wash the dust.

After drinking for thirty years, Generalissimo Li looked at Xiong Zhizhou, who had always been respectful, and said, "Lord Zhizhou." ”

"What is the matter with the marshal, please say." Xiong Zhizhou said to Generalissimo Li with a smile.

"Oh! It's not a big deal, it's just that there is a shortage of grain and grass in our army now, and I want to borrow grain from the treasury for use, and when the grain and grass from the court come, I will make up for it. What do you think? Generalissimo Li asked Xiong Zhizhou with a smile.

Xiong Zhizhou's face turned pale suddenly, and he hesitated: "This!" This, that's the case, Lord Marshal, the grain and grass in this treasury are reserve grain in various places, if there is no will of the imperial court now, I'm afraid, this~~. Speaking of which, Xiong Zhizhou wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with a weak heart.

"What, Lord Zhizhou is unwilling~??" With a slightly angry face, Generalissimo Li put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at Xiong Zhizhou.

Xiong Zhizhou suddenly wanted to kneel down and beg him for mercy: "Lord Marshal, you don't know, it's not that I don't want to give it to you, but I didn't give it." ”

"What? You say that your huge treasury doesn't even have a little food? Generalissimo Li suddenly slapped the table angrily, stood up and questioned Xiong Zhizhou.

Xiong Zhizhou also stood up in a cold sweat, and hurriedly apologized: "Lord Marshal, sit down first, please listen to me, please listen to me~~"

"Hmph~! I'll see what you say~! Generalissimo Li knew that he would come to Chaozhou and ask these magistrates to give him some convenience in the future, and it was not good to tear his face at one time, so he sat in his seat angrily and stared at Xiong Zhizhou in a daze.

Xiong Zhizhou finally persuaded Marshal Li to dissipate his anger a little, and hurriedly whispered in his ear: "Lord Marshal, the grain in the treasury has been distributed to the people in Chaozhou at one time, and now there is nothing left, if you don't believe it, you can go to the treasury to check." ”

"What? Let the thief send it all at once? Generalissimo Li suddenly looked at Xiong Zhizhou in surprise and asked, "You are a dignified Lord Zhizhou, but you can't even look at the treasury of the imperial court?" Can you empty the thief? ”

"Lord Marshal, don't you know, he has soldiers in his hands and the edict of King Luling, can you tell me that my small Zhizhou can compete with others?" Xiong Zhizhou suddenly felt a little impulsive to cry, and said weakly with red eyes.

"Waste~! You're such a piece of waste~! Generalissimo Li suddenly felt very angry in his heart.

At this time, a general next to him heard their talk about grain and grass, and asked Xiong Zhizhou with his eyes: "Lord Zhizhou, do you mean that the thief distributed all the grain to the people?" ”

Xiong Zhizhou nodded stupidly and affirmed: "Yes, I didn't leave anything for the people." ”

The general smiled on his face and began to mutter in Generalissimo Li's ear. After a while, the smile on Generalissimo Li's face began to show, and finally he made a decision: "Okay, just do as you say, and you will start early tomorrow morning." ”

The general promised: "Marshal, you can rest assured, keep enough food for our army tomorrow." Hehe, maybe there's still a surplus. ”

When Xiong Zhizhou heard them say this, he immediately knew what they wanted to do. I was trying to stop it, but Hou Ye had something to say first, and it was best for him to save his life first. Don't get involved in everything that the officers and soldiers do, and don't care.

After the matter was discussed, the banquet went smoothly again. Everyone was pushing cups and changing glasses, and everyone was holding a woman in their arms and laughing wantonly. Xiong Zhizhou saw that the squires were almost gone, and also said goodbye to Generalissimo Li: "Lord Marshal, you drink and play first." I'm a little drunk right now~~You see~~"

"Huh! Okay, you go down first, and I'll come back to you tomorrow. "Generalissimo Li is listening to the music now and listening to it happily, and he doesn't care what Xiong Zhizhou wants to do, so he just sends him away.

As soon as the sky was bright, there were groups of soldiers in Chaozhou City, smashing open the doors of every common person's house, and then starting to rob without saying anything, whether it was food or finance. As long as these soldiers saw it, they would take it away, and many people died in the struggle with them.

In the afternoon of the same day, the people outside the Chaozhou Governor's Mansion were all huddled together, and they knelt at the door of the Governor's Mansion and did not get up.

Xiong Zhizhou came back at night and received a secret letter from Liren, today I heard the report of the messengers, and immediately dressed up and walked outside the Zhizhou Mansion, looking at the people kneeling all over the ground, Xiong Zhizhou squeezed out a few tears and said loudly to the people: "Blind date, fathers." Hurry up, everyone, hurry up~. I know you've got grievances, but I can't do anything about it now. Whining~! Not only have they robbed you of your food, gold, and silver, but they have not spared me yet. ”

"Lord Zhizhou, you have to call the shots for us, if you can't call the shots, we'll be finished." Many people didn't believe it at all, and hurriedly begged Lord Zhizhou.

Xiong Zhizhou immediately said to them: "Fellow villagers, you are calm and calm. I really don't dare to manage this matter, and I can't manage it. They are officials and soldiers sent by the imperial court, and they have the emperor's holy decree. You can only find Master Hou to see if he can find a way for you. However, the officers and soldiers who came this time said that they were here to arrest Hou Ye. At this point he didn't speak again, just watched how the people reacted.

I heard a loud voice among the people shouting, "What? They came to arrest Hou Ye? What crime did Master Hou commit? Hou Ye has always been good to us here, a few times ago I heard that Hou Ye also rescued people who fled from the north, do they also want to arrest such people? ”

"Yes, Lord Zhizhou, why did they come to arrest Master Hou?" One chimed in and asked.

Xiong Zhizhou said with tears in his eyes: "They said that the Hou Ye secretly rebelled, so they came to arrest him by holy order. ”

"What, Hou Ye secretly rebelled? Who said it, who said it? Damn it~! In the end, there is no royal law, the Hou Ye loves the people like a son here, and no one has ever said that he is not. Besides, many of our poor families have also received funding from the future, and such a good person actually said that he secretly rebelled? And come to arrest. He said in a loud voice of resistance.

"Yes, they wronged the marquis for rebellion, sent a large army, and the army came to rob us again. If you want such a court to live, you can't go with me to where they are judged. "A man stirred up the people.

"Let's go, for our own sake, for the sake of Master Hou, everyone will go to the barracks to evaluate." Another person followed the words of the previous one.

After a while, one after another, the people became angry, and they all stood up and took the paper to the residence of the court marshal to comment.

The people came to the door of the imperial army, and before anyone could speak, they saw a rain of arrows shot from the barracks, and suddenly the people were shot to the ground. None of the last hundred or ten people left the barracks alive, and they were turned into corpses and hung on both sides of the gates. Suddenly, the indiscriminate killing of the people by the officials and soldiers spread all over the land of Chaozhou, and everyone's hatred for the officials and soldiers of the imperial court slowly increased.

At this time, something more out of the ordinary in the championship also happened, and there were officials and soldiers who robbed the people's daughter on the street and injured the girl's father. The entire people of Chaozhou City were angry, and gathered in front of the prefect of Chaozhou with things in their hands to ask the prefect to give an explanation.

Xiong Zhizhou had no choice when he came to the gate of the mansion, and he tried hard to persuade the people to go home, but none of the people listened to him. Suddenly, a group of soldiers appeared on the outskirts of the people, and they picked up the weapons in their hands and began to attack the people indiscriminately. Many of the people immediately reacted, picked up the axes and kitchen knives in their hands and began to fight with the army outside.