The sweet smell of blood spread in the air, the troublemakers were as quiet as dead chickens, the fire in the county guard mansion was still burning, Shen Bai hooked his lips, and looked at everyone with a smile and reminded: "A quarter of an hour has passed quickly, don't you plan to put out the fire?" “

The severed arm was still there, a silent deterrent, and everyone hesitated for a moment, and hurriedly looked for something to extinguish the fire.

A quarter of an hour later, the fire in the county guard mansion was extinguished, and Ye Mingshan walked out with a group of family members.

Ye Mingshan was quite calm, his family members and the people in the mansion were frightened, Ye Mingshan first saluted Shen Bai and Gu Hengzhou: "Thank you, Lord Shen and His Royal Highness." “

Shen Bai gladly accepted Ye Mingshan's thanks, and said lightly: "Mrs. Ye and the others seem to have been frightened, let's go to the camp to rest first, if Lord Ye still has energy, you can see with us who is making trouble." “

Of course, Ye Mingshan also wanted to know who was making trouble, so he immediately nodded and said, "You should be like this." “

The Praetorian Guard took the rest of the county guard to the barracks. Qian Botian also rode his horse to Shen Bai.

The distance between Mozhou and Yuanfeng County is very close, and the officials of the two places have also had some contacts over the years, Ye Mingshan recognized Qian Botian, and asked unexpectedly: "Why did Captain Qian come to Yuanfeng County?" “

Qian Botian came with Shen Bai, and this matter naturally has nothing to do with Shen Bai, but the timing is not right at this time, Qian Botian didn't explain too much, and said softly: "This matter is a long story, let's wait until the arson matter is dealt with." “

Ye Mingshan didn't ask any more questions, and looked at the man with a goatee.

Ye Mingshan has been a county guard in Yuanfeng County for many years, not to mention that he can recognize all the people in the city, but most of them have an impression.

This old man with a goatee is called Xu Yuan, he runs a private school in the city to teach students, he has a good reputation in the city, how can there be hundreds of students taught over the years, and now that he is old, some people call him Xu Lao.

Ye Mingshan is a scholar, and he has more dealings with those reckless men in the Zhenbei Army on weekdays. But for a person like Xu Yuan who teaches and educates people, he is still more generous and kind, Ye Mingshan never thought that Xu Yuan would incite the people in the city to besiege the county guard mansion tonight.

Ye Mingshan looked at Xu Yuan with a complicated expression, and Shen Bai said softly: "When the old gentleman was making trouble just now, he shouted the loudest and hardest, and no one spoke at this time, why didn't the old gentleman shout?" Ben Qincha not only likes to kill people, but also likes to help people uphold justice, if the old gentleman has any grievances, you might as well say it directly, maybe I can seek justice for my husband. “

Xu Yuan was cut off on the arm. His face turned white with pain, his body was still trembling, and when the Praetorian Guard let go of his mouth, he could only let out a painful snort, unable to utter a word.

Shen Bai was not in a hurry, and asked in a different way: "Does the old gentleman have a grudge against Ye Junshou?" “

Xu Yuan shook his head, he and Ye Mingshan had no personal grudges.

Shen Bai asked again: "Is that the county guard mansion has a slave who bullied people and humiliated the old gentleman?" “

Xu Yuan still shook his head.

After everyone put out the fire, they all stood aside and watched, and Shen Bai looked at the onlookers and asked, "This old gentleman has no grievances with the people of Ye County Shou and the County Shou Mansion. What about you? But come with a big grudge? “

Everyone didn't say a word and didn't answer Shen Bai's question.

Shen Bai licked his teeth, frost condensed at the bottom of his eyes, and said word by word: "Murdering an official of the imperial court is a felony to cut off your head, if you don't say anything, Ben Qin will drag you to the entrance of the vegetable market in accordance with the laws of Zhaoling!" “

Shen Bai's voice was not high, but every word was well grasped, which made people shudder. Even Qian Botian and Ye Mingshan were a little shocked by her.

This young man, who looks like he is only thirteen or fourteen, seems to have killed many people at will, so he can use such a tone to say that he wants to pull others to the entrance of the vegetable market and behead them.

Gu Hengzhou didn't look at Shen Bai, but secretly grabbed the reins of the horse.

The troublemakers knew that Shen Bai was not joking, and their expressions became more and more frightened, and after a while, someone said in a trembling voice: "There is no water in the city, if we continue like this, we will all die here, and the government can't ignore us!" “

Shen Bai looked at the man, tilted his head and asked: "It hasn't rained in Yuanfeng County for more than two months, the drought didn't happen in a day or two, and Ye County Shou didn't order the city to be closed, do you think that if you burn the county guard's mansion, you can still find a water source if you burn the county guard's mansion?" “

Everyone was asked and didn't know how to answer, but Xu Yuan covered his shoulders and said: "It is true that burning the county guard mansion cannot help the drought, but the government has not done anything, which is irresponsible to the people, and in the face of natural disasters, if we can only rely on ourselves to survive." So what are we paying taxes to the imperial court all these years? “

Hearing Xu Yuan say this, everyone's confidence was a little stronger, and they all nodded in agreement.

Shen Bai looked at Xu Yuan fixedly and asked, "So what does the old gentleman want the government to do?" Is it to escort all the people in the city to move to Mozhou to live again, and never return to Yuanfeng County? Or open a warehouse to release grain? Now that there is no water everywhere, even if the government releases food, you should not be able to live well. “

Xu Yuan stiffened his neck and said in a muffled voice: "This is something that the government should consider." “

Shen Bai asked rhetorically: "So the old gentleman still believes in the government, if the government gives a solution, is the old gentleman willing to comply?" “

Xu Yuan did not answer Shen Bai's question directly, and sneered: "Over the years, the imperial court has become more and more stupid, first conscripting everyone to build lookouts and canals without compensation, dumping our labor force, and then watching us be affected by the drought, dying of thirst and starvation, what else can we expect the government to do?" “

Shen Bai touched the horse's neck and asked faintly: "So the old gentleman wants to incite everyone to rebel?" “

The crime of rebellion is much more than murdering the court officials, everyone looked at each other, and became more and more panicked, they didn't think about rebellion, but now that there is no water, they can't live, so they want to use this method to make a way for themselves.

Xu Yuan also pursed his lips and did not speak.

He was already missing an arm, and he would not admit the charge of rebellion so easily.

There is a saying that the law does not blame the public, there are so many people who make trouble, if Shen Bai really kills them all, he will definitely be criticized when he returns to Hanjing in the future.

The atmosphere was at a stalemate. Suddenly, there was a loud bang in the direction of the city gate, and a flash of light disappeared.

It was as if someone had set off a huge firework outside the city gates.

Everyone looked in the direction of the city gate, and after a while, a soldier hurried over and said nervously: "Your Royal Highness, the Yuexi people suddenly launched a sneak attack and tried to attack in a big way!" “

After Ye Mingshan and Qian Botian heard the news, their expressions changed, the city was cut off, and the people's hearts were still very unstable, and it was too ill-intentioned for the Yuexi people to launch a sneak attack at this time.

Gu Hengzhou had already known the news from Shen Bai's mouth, and everything that happened now was just a verification of Shen Bai's "dream", Gu Hengzhou didn't react much, just glanced at Shen Bai.

Shen Bai put the bow on his back, tightened the reins of his horse and said to the troublemakers: "Gathering people to make trouble for no reason, trying to rebel, their crimes should be punished, but the enemy is at present, Ben Qin is magnanimous, I will not punish you for the time being, everyone will go to the city tower to defend the city." “

These people have been accustomed to living under the protection of the Zhenbei Army, and they were suddenly asked to go up to the city tower to defend the city, and they were all frightened to change their faces, Xu Yuan shouted at the top of his voice: "We are all people who abide by the law and honestly pay taxes to the court, at this time, what is the difference between you letting us go to defend the city and letting us go to death?" Is there no one in the huge Zhaoling Tomb anymore? You want to let unarmed ordinary people like us go into battle to kill the enemy?! “

"You can besiege the county guard. It shows that he has great courage, and he can also set fire to the county guard's mansion, which shows that he is brave and strategic, so it would be a pity if this talent is wasted. “

Shen Bai retorted faintly, Xu Yuan was just about to say something more, Shen Bai directly drew Qian Botian's saber, tightened the reins of the horse, and bent down to cut off Xu Yuan's head.

Hot and bright red blood spurted out in an instant. Xu Yuan's head gurgled on the ground, and the red horse under Shen Bai was frightened and took two steps in place, Xu Yuan's head was trampled twice, and the crowd made a retching sound.

Some people were scared to their stomachs by this scene.

Shen Bai returned the knife to Qian Botian, and said to everyone in a slightly raised voice: "The officers and soldiers in the army are only flesh and blood, they will also be injured and bleed, and what they want to protect is their relatives and comrades." Instead of the people who stabbed them in the back in times of danger, going up to the castle tower and defending the city with them is the only way for you to survive now, otherwise, Ben Chin Cha can only settle inside and then outside! “

Shen Bai's voice was loud, enough for everyone present to hear every word clearly.

The people present were silent, and the sound of artillery roared again in the direction of the city tower, Gu Hengzhou said to the captain who had been following him: "Listen to Lord Shen's order, take them up to the city tower!" “

Everyone was taken in the direction of the city tower, and Shen Bai said to Qian Botian: "Yuexi sneaked up on Yuanfeng County. I don't know what the specific battle situation is, please ask Captain Qian to lead the soldiers and horses of the Mozhou Captain Battalion, temporarily obey the dispatch of His Royal Highness the Prince, and I will find a way to solve the logistics problem with Lord Ye. “

Qian Botian had no opinion on this arrangement, his jaw fell, he took the reins of the horse and turned the horse's head, Gu Hengzhou did not move, and looked at Shen Bai heavily, he had a lot to ask Shen Bai. But the timing and occasion were wrong, and those words could only be blocked in the throat.

Shen Bai probably knew what he was thinking, sat on the horse and leaned over to hug him, and whispered, "Brother Gu, I want to go back to Hanjing with you." “

After Shen Bai finished speaking, he let go of Gu Hengzhou and wanted to leave, but his waist tightened, Gu Hengzhou hugged her and responded: "Okay." “

After speaking, Gu Hengzhou let go of Shen Bai and rushed to the direction of the city tower with those soldiers and horses in Mozhou with Qian Botian.

Wait for the two to go away. Shen Bairang, who had been following his Praetorian Guard, gave his horse to Ye Mingshan and asked, "Lord Ye, where is the official of the county guard now?" “

Ye Mingshan said: "These days there is no peace in the city, and all the officials and the family members of the county guard are working together with the Zhenbei Army to maintain law and order in the city. “

It is precisely because all the manpower has been sent to maintain order in the city that the county guard will be so easily besieged and set on fire tonight, and it will almost cause a catastrophe.

Shen Bai was not surprised by this, and said, "Then now Lord Lao Ye has summoned the remaining people in the city to bring firewood knives and go to Beihengshan to fetch water with me. “

Ye Mingshan looked at Shen Bai in surprise and asked, "Lord Shen has found a water source on Beiheng Mountain?" “

Since the outbreak of the drought, Ye Mingshan sent a lot of people to look for water sources everywhere, but all the wells dug were dry, the day before yesterday he sent people to dig a 20-meter-deep well in Beiheng Mountain, but there is still no water, if the water source can be found, the crisis in Yuanfeng County can be relieved by half, Ye Mingshan of course can not hide his excitement.

Shen Bai shook his head and said, "Not only Yuanfeng County, but also Mozhou and Qizhou have almost no rain in the past two months, and this water is brought from the Beitong River. “

The Beitong River is at the foot of the south of Beiheng Mountain, and there is still some distance from Beiheng Mountain, how can water be diverted from Beitong River to Yuanfeng County?

Ye Mingshan couldn't figure it out, but he also knew that he didn't have time to worry so much at this time, Ye Mingshan immediately summoned the officials and went door to door to inform them, as soon as they heard that there was water, men, women and children were excited, and they rushed to Beihengshan with a firewood knife and Shen Bai and them according to the instructions.

The fire on the Qingming Festival burned almost all the trees on Beiheng Mountain to ashes, and only a few bamboos remained at the foot of the mountain.

When Ye Mingshan and Shen Bai arrived with people, the workers who had built the lookout had already cut down a large pile of bamboo and placed it at the foot of the mountain. Shen Bai asked the rest of the people to split the bamboo in half, remove the bamboo joints and open them all, and take the bamboo up the mountain.

Ye Mingshan didn't know what Shen Bai's intention was in doing this, so he went to Beihengshan with Shen Bai.

Due to the influence of the wind, the wildfire did not cross the ridge and spread to the south of Kitayokoyama, but it did not rain for so long, and the trees in the south also withered.

Ye Mingshan had also seen a lot of these scenes in Yuanfeng County, which had long been commonplace, but Ye Mingshan's eyes were still wide in shock the moment he saw them.

In the south of Beiheng Mountain, the city of Mozhou, which is surrounded by the Beitong River, is brightly lit, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, there are lanterns hanging on the trees at intervals, and the mountain road is densely packed with people, these people are carrying water from the Beitong River to the top of the mountain little by little in the form of a relay.

Such a huge manpower, such a huge project, is a whimsical idea. It was realized by Shen Bai.

Ye Mingshan was shocked by the scene in front of him, and looked at Shen Bai with dark eyes, he never thought that the young man in front of him would have such a strong appeal and organizational ability.

Shen Bai was not surprised by Ye Mingshan's shock, and said lightly: "This kind of water transportation is not a long-term solution, it can only supply the water consumption in the city for ten days at most, and within ten days, Yuexi must be allowed to surrender and retreat, and Lord Ye is here to command, and I have to go to the city to discuss tactics with the two deputy generals in the army and His Royal Highness the Prince." “

Because of the water transport. Ye Mingshan had already admired Shen Bai so much, and nodded again and again: "Lord Shen go, the lower officials will definitely ensure the water supply, and there will be no mess." “

Shen Bai nodded, turned around and went down the mountain, and asked the people behind him to pick up the bamboo to receive the water, at the foot of the mountain, there were already dozens of large tanks ready to store water, and there were still people in the city who kept coming with wooden barrels and pots and pans at home.

This water is life-saving, and everyone only thinks about catching it. There is no idea of making trouble, Ye Mingshan should not have any problem guarding there with the officials.

Shen Bai descended the mountain and rode his horse back to the city.

The sound of artillery outside the city gate stopped for a while, and none of the soldiers on the tower spoke a word, and darkness and dead silence enveloped the city.

Shen Bai galloped all the way to the city gate, turned over and dismounted and went straight to the city tower.

She didn't immediately go to Gu Hengzhou and them, but looked down from the city tower first.

In this surprise attack on the artillery attack adopted by the enemy army in western Vietnam, there were faint traces of fire burning on the city wall, but the wall was very thick and completely withstood the invasion of artillery fire, and there was no big problem.

There were a lot of corpses piled up under the castle tower, some of them were from the previous ones and some of them had just died, and the smell of blood and corpses was wrapped together, and the smell was so bad that it made people feel a little disgusting.

This wave of sneak attacks has ended, all the soldiers are resting behind the city wall, and Shen Bai sees that they look very tired, not because of how close the battle is, but because of this great drought. They knew the severity of the drought and cut off the water earlier than the people in the city.

If the drought continues, the war may not last long.

Shen Bai's gaze quickly swept over the faces of these soldiers, she walked forward, wanting to find Sun Yiguang and Gu Hengzhou, and after walking for a while, a soldier fell in front of Shen Bai.

The soldier was slashed in the left shoulder, bleeding profusely, his lips were dry and cracked, and his whole body was badly burned, obviously caused by excessive lack of water.

Shen Bai knelt down in front of him, immediately untied the water bladder on his waist and fed him two mouthfuls, then tore the hem of his clothes to help him tie up the wound.

The water poured into his mouth recalled his senses, he held the water bladder and drank several sips, the water bladder quickly deflated, the man saw Shen Bai's face clearly, and said a little helplessly: "Lord Shen, I'm sorry, I??" I've drunk all of your water. “

Shen Bai said lightly: "Now that we have water, it doesn't matter if we drink it." “

The man's eyes lit up and he asked, "Lord Shen has found a water source?" “

Shen Bai smiled and nodded, the man suddenly came to his senses, stood up after Shen Bai helped him bandage his wounds, took Shen Bai's hand and excitedly announced to everyone: "Brothers, we have water!" Lord Shen has found the water source! We're going to win this battle! “

The soldiers who were originally leaning against the city wall and were dying stood up unconsciously when they heard these words, and looked at Shen Bai expectantly.

Gu Hengzhou and Sun Yiguang also noticed the situation here, and turned their heads to look over.

Shen Bai looked at the faces of these soldiers. What comes to mind is the list that appeared on the memorial roll in the previous life.

These living people, in the previous life, did not return to their hometown, nor did they see the victory in this great war.

In this life, everything is different.

Shen Bai straightened his back and said firmly: "The water is already there, we will not lose this battle, at the latest on the summer solstice, there will be a heavy rain falling, and then the drought will end, and everything will end!" “

Shen Bai's voice was not loud, gentle and firm, full of reassuring power.

Obviously, she is not very old and shorter than ordinary men, but no one doubts her words at this time, which makes everyone see hope.

Shen Bai thought for a while, and added: "This sneak attack has exposed the wolf ambitions of the Yuexi people, and we not only have to win this battle." You also want to capture the opponent's enemy generals alive to set an example! “

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