Chapter Eighty-Four: An Unexpected Enemy
Food can always quickly break the barriers between the two sides of mutual defense, especially when every family in Pinyang County is now short of food.
When the Qin army outside the city set up a cauldron, and the fragrance of the batter-like food inside blew into the city with the breeze, those people who were hiding in the city because they were afraid of Wei Kai and his party also secretly lay on the wall at this time, watching the Qin army outside the city, of course, more of the steaming food.
Wei Kai, who has experienced two lives, certainly understands how to take advantage of this rare opportunity, although Wei Kai thinks that it is a bit shameless to do so.
Children are always innocent, and they have to feed when they are hungry, this is their nature, unlike adults who know how to control their desires, of course, this is the charm of childhood, and Wei Kai is using these half-grown children to break through the barriers between him and the people in the city
There was nothing wrong with a kind-hearted Qin Jun who found a child who was hungry in the cold wind, and then generously distributed the food in his bowl to the child who was staring blankly from afar.
But the other children who were hungry in the city, and when they secretly saw this scene at this time, when they saw their little friends gobbling up food, they were also bold, and driven by their growling stomachs, they also turned their targets to other Qin troops.
And there happened to be such a group of generous soldiers in the Qin army, who were willing to share their food with those children in the city, which seemed a bit contrived.
But even so, this at least conveyed that Wei Kai was willing to live in harmony with the people in the city, without hostility. After seeing Wei Kai treating these children so kindly, the people in the city let down their guard, after all, children are always the treasures of their parents, and Wei Kai's "bribery" of the children in the city really hit the weakness of the people.
As the men in the Qin army shouted: "Flour cakes, rice soup are available", Baixin of Pinyang County, who was originally worried in his heart, finally let down the last guard in his heart, and then enjoyed a rare dinner with the Qin army outside the city, Wei Kai also successfully settled in Pinyang County.
Fortunately, because most of the people who originally lived in Pinyang County have left, there are many empty houses in Pinyang County, which is enough for Chen Cangjun under Wei Kai to live, and Wei Kai and his party can rarely have a good rest, after all, Wei Kai and his party have not had a good rest since Chen Cang has been busy non-stop until now.
The next morning, Wei Kai rubbed his swollen head before slowly waking up from his trance.
You must know that last night, Wei Kai was thinking about how the situation in the Qin State should develop, after all, the Qin army was in his own country, and it actually made his people feel worried and even worried, which deeply pierced Wei Kai's heart.
Unexpectedly, the situation in the Qin State was so erosive, Wei Kai looked at the broken roof in a daze, and thought silently in his heart.
Originally, Wei Kai thought that the decline of the Qin state was due to the erosion, greed, and favoritism of the Qin family, as long as the rotten family was eradicated, the black smoke and miasma above the Qin court were swept away, and then a new policy was implemented, the Qin State would be able to come back to life.
I didn't expect that ordinary people don't even have the basic trust in the government, even if the government of Qin State does more, but the people at the bottom don't agree from the bottom of their hearts, this is just a waste of energy.
Stubborn physical diseases, as long as there is the determination to reshape the broken bones, the right medicine, headache and foot pain, can be cured after all, but heart disease is incurable.
It is no wonder that the Qin State has been poor and weak for a hundred years, but the official government of the Qin State is inactive, and I am afraid that it is not the ruthlessness and ignorance of those who have foresight and wisdom above the court of the Qin State.
After all, the forces that constrain the development of the Qin State, judging from the current situation in the Qin State, come from both the Korean and middle clans and the rural people of the Qin State, and the latter is the most difficult and incomprehensible.
After all, those former Qin reformers felt that everything they did was for the sake of the people at the bottom, so why did the Qin people not only not support them, but instead opposed them?
And all this is due to the fact that the people of the Qin State have never believed in them, after all, in their opinion, those who talk loudly, the so-called new law, is just a change of law to exploit them, in the final analysis, the Qin State has no basis for changing the law, and it is too difficult to mobilize the common people to support the change.
This is probably why Shang Ying's change of law not only killed people among the clans, but also covered the countryside of Qin State.
If you wait for the people of Qin to realize it, and then Qin State will change the law, this is tantamount to a fantasy for the current Qin State. After all, when the Central Plains countries re-established their new overlords, then the Qin State would no longer have the opportunity to change its law and become a strong country when the Central Plains had no time to fall westward.
After breakfast, Wei Kai took Youjin, who had already inspected the Qin army, to explore around the county town of Pinyang. Although Pinyang County is located in the hinterland of the Qin State and will not be disturbed by foreign enemies, the perennial caution still makes Wei Kai still arrange guards everywhere.
After all, when the Qin family was in Liyang, they dared to gather thousands of people and attack the more than 2,000 people to whom Wei Kai belonged, not to mention that now that Wei Kai has settled in Pinyang County, for those Liyang clans, it is undoubtedly to put a knife on their necks, and it is inevitable that they will not jump over the wall in a hurry.
Although the county town of Pinyang is dilapidated and narrow, it is fortunate that when it was first built, it was built with nearby mountain stones, although the city wall is not high, but it is still very strong, and it is also a difficult bone for the bandits who lack large-scale siege equipment.
And now the Qin army under Wei Kai is cutting down trees everywhere, firstly to help the people in the city repair the collapsed houses in the city, and secondly, to make some simple rolling logs, stones and other weapons to defend the city, and rebuild the fortifications of Pinyang County.
Looking at the busy sergeants, the people in the city were also very surprised, and thought that something big had happened in Binyang County, so that the city was in the middle of the mountain three times, walking back and forth in front of Wei Kai's temporary residence, hoping to attract Wei Kai's attention, so that Wei Kai was summoned to listen to some news.
And the reason why Lao Fushan didn't dare to directly ask to see Wei Kai was not because someone in the Qin army blocked him, but because of the embarrassment in Lao Fushan's own heart.
It turned out that after the Qin army shared their food with the people in the city yesterday, Lao Fushan, who was originally wary of Wei Kai and his party, was suddenly full of gratitude.
In addition, the old Qin people were righteous and hospitable, and the Qin army outside the city treated them so well, but the people in the city had no way to repay them, so Lao Fushan was very worried in his heart.
So the people in the contract city came up with a way for the old Qin people to entertain distinguished guests to repay the Qin army, to be precise, a way to entertain Wei Kai.
Although Wei Kai also understood the character of the old Qin people who were upright and unwilling to owe favors to others, no one could accept the practice of forcibly stuffing a strange woman in his own room, and it was also a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl with thin body, yellow hair due to malnutrition, and runny nose.
Of course, Wei Kai did not explicitly refuse the kindness of Lao Fushan and others, after all, if Wei Kai sent this little girl back at this time, I was afraid that it would completely hurt the hearts of Lao Fushan and others, so he left the little girl in his room for one night and found another room to rest.
Although the little girl was not sent back by Wei Kai, Lao Fushan still inquired from the soldiers in the city about Wei Kai's rest elsewhere last night.
also listened to the soldiers' talk, saying that Wei Kai already had two beautiful women in Chencang, so he suddenly understood what happened last night, and his heart became more and more embarrassed, so he avoided Wei Kai and others everywhere, and now it was just because the Qin army was making a big move in the city and was being picked up by the people in the city.
Of course, Wei Kai didn't know about the embarrassment in Lao Fushan's heart, and even if he knew, Wei Kai would only smile calmly.
After all, in order to win over Wei Kai, the Chen Cang clan dedicated the three Bai sisters, and Wei Kai certainly understood the thoughts of the people in Pinyang County.
When I saw the Qin army under Wei Kai's command, everyone had something to eat, and I heard that the soldiers were talking about it, and when the people in Chencang under Wei Kai's jurisdiction were the same, I thought that when Wei Kai and them evacuated, they would follow Wei Kai and them to Chencang to ask for a way to live.
After all, most of the people in Binyang County have fled, and the only young and strong people have also been lost in the process of requisition and transfer in the country again and again, leaving only some old and weak women and children to survive, and their lives are getting more and more difficult day by day.
However, now compared to accepting these people in Pinyang County, Wei Kai has encountered more difficult things.
When Wei Kai led the city defense of the county town of Youjin to inspect the county and dispatch sergeants to deploy around the county seat, the sentry camp of the Qin army was in the northern direction of the county seat, and actually found soldiers from other countries and the people who had been taken captive.
After a fight, the sentry battalion of the Qin army quickly returned to the county seat of Pinyang County with the rescued people, and reported the incident to Wei Kai, who was originally preparing to return to the city.
Looking at the dozen or so women and children brought back by the sentry battalion, Wei Kai was also very surprised, and thought that the sergeant had violated his military order and plundered the people of the nearby villages without permission, and was about to be furious, but he didn't expect that the people in front of him were rescued by the sentry battalion from the enemy, and he was immediately shocked.
"What, enemy troops have been found in the northern part of the county town of Pinyang?" , You Jin on the side heard what the soldier in front of him said at this time, and suddenly asked loudly with a panicked face.
It's no wonder that You Jin is so panicked, after all, Pinyang County is the hinterland of Qin, since the enemy army has invaded the hinterland of Pinyang County, it means that the border line of Qin is lost, and now the first thing that comes to mind is the Chongquan front.
"General, how is this good?" , You Jin then looked at Wei Kai and said anxiously. Who would have thought that the front line built by the Qin State with the strength of the whole country and the gathering of nearly 300,000 people would have been lost in a few days.
When Wei Kai heard this, he was also panicked, but then he calmed down and said, "It is absolutely impossible for Chongquan to be lost.
If the front line is defeated, even if the general is defeated, he will warn the country, and even if there is a rout, there will always be a rout, but now, we have not seen any soldiers scattered from the front line.
And I believe that the Admiral would never have been defeated so easily.
From the advance, I order you to personally lead your sentinels to the north to investigate, and if you encounter the enemy's resistance, you will immediately retreat. In addition, send people to Liyang and Chongquan to warn".
Then the originally busy Pingyang County City, suddenly the city gate was closed, and it was ready to resist the incoming enemy here, after all, if the Pingyang County City was captured, Liyang would be completely surrounded into a dead city.
Even if there are thousands of troops, Wei Kai must stop them here.