When he set off the next day, Xu Rong found that Gongsun Yan was not in the team, so he asked in passing, and after receiving Gongsun Du's answer, a smile appeared on his face.

This surprised Liu Yi and the other four people: "Oh my god, Xu Tunchang can actually laugh!" ”

Seeing this, Gongsun Du couldn't help but be interested, and asked, "What's wrong with laughing?" ”

The smile on Xu Rong's face immediately dissipated and was replaced with "serious".

Liu Yi smashed his mouth twice before replying: "Shengji, don't you know, this guy Tingfang hasn't seen him laugh since he knew him." ”

Gongsun Du couldn't help but recall that when they met yesterday, it seemed that Xu Rong didn't smile, but he just looked slightly relaxed and not so stiff.

"Those soldiers in his tun gave him the name of the cold-faced Hades, and I heard that it has the effect of stopping crying!" Liu Yi said again mysteriously.

Gongsun Du almost didn't choke to death when he heard this, "the cold-faced Hades"? "Stop crying"? What the hell is this?

However, when he turned his head and saw the waves on Xu Rong's face, he really believed it.

"Perhaps, Tingfang, it's because of his father! I remember when I was a child, Brother Xu was very cheerful and often took me to play together. Gongsun Du wanted to do something to improve Xu Rong's unhealthy psychological condition, but this matter could only be discussed in the long run, because he didn't say anything, but secretly put it in his heart.

After a day of wild running, Gongsun Du and his entourage finally arrived at the westernmost city of Liaodong County in the evening-Liao Team City (also known as Liao Team).

"This ...... It's too run-down, isn't it? Yang Yi looked at the dilapidated city walls of Liao Team City, and subconsciously spoke. Jiao Lu and Tu Yi nodded in agreement.

Liu Yi didn't say anything, just glared at Yang Yi, feeling that he shouldn't talk like this.

A trace of sadness flashed in Xu Rong's eyes, and there seemed to be some changes on his face.

Gongsun Du sank in his heart and felt the heavy pressure, maybe Liaodong will be even more barren than he imagined!

"Let's go, let's go into town!" Gongsun Du took a deep breath and raised his horsewhip. Xu Rong and the others followed closely behind and entered the city together.

There are no soldiers guarding the gate for a long time, only a few pretending guys to guard the gate as city guards, but it seems that it is more likely to extort passers-by, well, although it seems that no one is in or out, but it looks like it.

For Gongsun Du and the others, they knew at a glance that they couldn't mess with them, but they didn't say a word.

There was not a single figure in the streets, and the doors on both sides of the streets were tightly closed, and some of the doors or windows were even broken and hung diagonally on the ground, and if it were not for the sight of people at the gates, and the smoke rising from the three or five cooking stoves in the city, it would not look like it was inhabited at all, but a ruined city.

After walking for a while, it was still the case, Gongsun Du sighed in his heart and said softly: "Let's go, let's go directly to the military camp in the west of the city and see what the situation is inside." Maybe we'll be in the barracks tonight. ”

The men agreed, and turned westward.

The dilapidated barracks are the same as the houses on both sides of the street.

Although they had expected it, Gongsun Du and others were still a little disappointed, disappointed in the Taishou of Liaodong and the county magistrate of Liaolu. (PS: The magistrate of the county in the Han Dynasty was the county magistrate or county magistrate, and the boundary was divided by 10,000 households; Above, it is called the county order, and below, it is called the county magistrate. ）

Liaolu County has become what it is now, and there are responsibilities of aliens such as pills, but these people also have unshirkable responsibilities.

"Hey~"

Gongsun Du sighed and said, "Let's go, let's go in." After entering, we first checked the whole place of the barracks to see if there were any soldiers living here, and if there were any soldiers who lived here, I had some questions I would like to ask, if ......"

"If you don't, forget it."

After Gongsun Du finished speaking, he turned over and dismounted, and walked to the barracks first. Xu Rong and the others nodded, and then turned over and dismounted, walked into the barracks, and checked the situation in the barracks separately according to what Gongsun Du said.

For them, these can be said to be familiar with it.

Soon, Gongsun Du got the news that there seemed to be people living in the barracks, but the number should not be much, only one or twenty people. It's just that I didn't see a figure, if it weren't for Xu Rong's careful heart, if he found that there was an abnormality in the barracks, I am afraid he would have missed it.

"Shengji, those people at the city gate are not like soldiers, there are no soldiers patrolling the streets, and these soldiers are not in the barracks, could it be that someone has occupied the barracks?" Xu Rong felt that it was not quite right.

Gongsun Du thought for a while and replied: "Let's not talk about these for the time being, since they live here, they will definitely come back, but I don't know if they come back every night." ”

Xu Rong nodded, obviously feeling a little unhappy about the military camp being so dilapidated.

Seeing this, Gongsun Du glanced at Liu Yi, and then said: "Regardless of these for now, I decided to use this place as a base for the time being, while exploring the situation of the whole county in Liaodong, and on the other hand, to see if I can recruit some young people here, and train them first." ”

Liu Yi originally wondered why Gongsun Du gave him a look, but when he heard this, he hurriedly echoed: "That's right, what we should do at present is to clean up our place of residence first and settle down." ”

Xu Rong retorted: "I think it's good to stay for one night, it's better to continue to Xiangping tomorrow." After speaking, he stared at Gongsun Du, hoping to get a positive answer from his mouth.

However, Xu Rong was disappointed, Gongsun Du shook his head, couldn't help but change color, and said: "Shengji, what I said yesterday was to protect the people of Liaodong, why did you change your hexagram today?" ”

Gongsun Du didn't expect Xu Rong to have such a big reaction, and said with a wry smile: "Tingfang, am I a person who goes back on my word in your eyes?" ”

"And why are you?" Xu Rong was puzzled.

Gongsun Du shook his head and sighed: "Tingfang, in terms of Liaodong County, Liaolu County is already very far behind, but it is all dilapidated here, you can imagine what the situation will be like in the counties outside Xiangping." Therefore, we should settle down again for the time being, and wait until we have a clear understanding of the situation. ”

Only then did Xu Rong realize that he had misunderstood Gongsun Du, and he opened his mouth to apologize. Gongsun Du took the lead and said: "Tingfang, I know that you also care about the people, and you are not selfish, so there is no need to say more." Just ......"

Xu Rong saw that Gongsun Du's face was full of worry, and he couldn't help but say, "But what? ”

As soon as the words came out, he knew that he had made a fool.

Sure enough, Gongsun Du's answer verified the matter-

"I'm afraid the situation in the rest of the counties will be unexpectedly bad, and I don't know whether Maruko killed them, took them captive, or moved inward."

The possibility of this situation in the last side is very low, because neither Gongsun Du nor Xu Rong and others have heard of ordinary people leaving Liaodong before. Also, most of the ordinary people who were able to come to Liaodong at the beginning couldn't survive, or didn't dare to stay in the Central Plains, and now how can they go back.

After that, for five or six days, Gongsun Du did not see those who lived in the barracks who might be soldiers, but Xu Rong, Liu Yi, Yang Yi and others who went out to inquire about the news had returned.

The situation is as Gongsun Du said, the situation of the Liao army is relatively good, and several other counties, such as Xinchang, Anshi, Wenxian, Xi'an Pingping County, including Zhixiangping in Liaodong County, can be said to be ten rooms and nine empty, and there are few people left. Liaodong County can be said to exist in name only.

But the imperial court was completely unaware of it, and there was no reaction at all. This made Xu Rong, Liu Yi, Jiao Lu, and Tu Yi's faces not look good, even if they had expected it, even if they had experienced the mutation of Shanggu County before, it was still the case.

"Shengji, what should we do now?"