As the saying goes, bandits are like combs, soldiers are like grates, and once an organized and disciplined army is involved in such a thing as looting, they will be three points more terrible than the rebels.

It is precisely because of this that Li Rusong is reluctant to let 5,000 troops and 3,000 cavalry enter the city, even if Yang Shaofeng gives an order now, Li Rusong still doesn't believe that those Qiu Ba will be honest and obedient.

It's like a dog can't change its.

Yang Shaofeng naturally saw the suspicion in Li Rusong's eyes, and also saw the anxious expressions of the people on the side of the road and the suspicion in their eyes.

sighed helplessly in his heart, and Yang Shaofeng was also full of helplessness.

If he had given such an order in Liaozhou, the people of Liaozhou would have jumped up and cheered with joy, because they had experienced the floods in Liaozhou, and they also knew that the soldiers of Liaozhou Guard jumped into the water and blocked the crumbling river embankment with their bodies.

But the people of Putai County don't know, and they don't know what the soldiers in Beijing are like, plus the repeated tug-of-war between Zhu Laosi and Zhu Yunwen in Jinan Mansion at the beginning, the psychological shadow left for these people is even greater.

It wasn't until Qin Zining led the 5,000 squad of troops to help the people clean up the broken bricks and tiles that Yang Shaofeng's face could be regarded as a little smiling, and the faces of those people finally changed a little.

After throwing Qin Zining and leading the troops to help the people rebuild, Yang Shaofeng and others went to the dilapidated and old Putai County Ya under the leadership of Li Rusong.

Without waiting for Li Rusong to arrange a banquet, Yang Shaofeng directly said to Li Songru: "What is the situation in Potai now?" What is the situation of those Zhuangzi outside, does Li Zhixian know? Where did Tang Sai'er's department go? ”

Li Rusong arched his hand towards Yang Shaofeng and replied: "The situation in Putai County, as Yang Hanlin saw, in order to resist Tang Sai'er's rebels, many houses were destroyed, and more than 120 young people were killed or wounded.

As for the outside of the city, there is no need to take care of it now, there are no soldiers in Potai, and there is no good way to do it except let those people nearby move to the city.

In addition, the specific location of Tang Sai'er's department is not clear to the lower officials, only that his subordinates Dong Yangao, Liu Jun, Bin Hong and others now occupy Yidu, and the momentum is quite strong. ”

Yang Shaofeng, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Zhanji glanced at each other.

Everyone seems to know where Tang Sai'er's subordinates are, but where Tang Sai'er himself is, everyone doesn't know.

The problem is that according to the news from Jinyiwei, the rebel army besieging Potai has Tang Sai'er's main force in it.

Now there are two possibilities.

One is that Li Rusong really doesn't know that Tang Sai'er is in this rebel army besieging Potai, and the other possibility is that Li Rusong knows that Tang Sai'er is in the rebel army, and may even have colluded with Tang Sai'er.

After thinking about it secretly, Yang Shaofeng asked, "How many rebels are there besieging Potai?" Where is it now? ”

Li Rusong shook his head and said, "The rebels besieging Potai are about three thousand people. At that time, the rebels retreated to the south, I don't know whether they went to Zhujin Town or to the hill south of Sangutai. ”

After thinking about it, Yang Shaofeng still asked: "How much does Li Zhixian know about Tang Sai'er and others?" ”

"His mother!" Li Rusong suddenly scolded hatefully: "There are too many rumors that are true and false now, and many people say that Tang Sai'er can cut paper and fight with each other; If you need food, clothing, goods, etc., you can get them with spells.

But as far as the lower officials knew, Tang Sai'er and her dead ghost husband Lin San were not good people, and when Lin San was still alive, he was probably the leader of the White Lotus Sect. Now that Lin San is dead, this Tang Sai'er falsely claimed that the Buddha's mother came to the world and replaced Lin San as the new leader of the White Lotus.

Speaking of which, it is also that Xia Guan is too careless, although Tang Sai'er has some reputation in the past, but Xia Guan never thought about this aspect, until she rebelled, Xia Guan only knew about her relationship with the White Lotus Sect. ”

After a little hesitation, Li Rusong still directly told the news he knew: "In addition, she is very likely to be a member of the Ming Sect, and the lower officials are also hearsay, I don't know if it's true or not." ”

Yang Shaofeng's fingers pinching the teacup were a little pale.

Whether it is the Ming Sect or the White Lotus Sect, these two families are professional rebels, and sometimes they simply rebel for the sake of rebellion, and they rebel at all because they can't survive anymore.

"Then why did Tang Sayer rebel? Forced to live? Or is it a rebellion for the sake of rebellion? ”

Li Rusong shook his head, his tone was full of helplessness: "Xia Guan is not that Tang Sai'er, how do you know why she rebelled?"

However, her own land does not need to pay rent to others, and the emperor has exempted all the people's taxes and taxes, even if it is a drought and flood, she may not really be able to live, and it is more likely that she will rebel and rebel. ”

Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but sigh and said, "Drought and flood? Didn't the magistrate do anything? ”

"Who says no?" Li Rusong said: "When there was a great drought, the official also organized the people to dig wells to get water, and when the water was flooded, the official also organized the young people to dredge the river. ”

Yang Shaofeng thought about it for a while, when he first entered the city, Zhu Gaoxu had whipped Li Rusong, and the eyes of the people standing behind Li Rusong were full of worry, but they believed Li Rusong's statement.

A corrupt official who doesn't care about the lives of the people, when he is beaten, those people will only applaud, where will anyone worry about him?

After thinking about it secretly, Yang Shaofeng continued to ask: "It is rumored that Tang Sai'er can cut paper for horses and scatter beans into soldiers, but I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

Li Rusong said categorically: "It must be fake!" Those fools and fools in the countryside believe this kind of nonsense, but the official doesn't even believe half a point!

If Tang Sai'er really has such ability, as long as she cuts more paper people and paper horses, and scatters a few more soybeans, she can get millions of elite soldiers, whether it is Potai County or Yidu, I am afraid that they will all fall into her hands early, why should she run around like a rogue? ”

Yang Shaofeng basically confirmed that Li Rusong did not fall to Tang Sai'er.

However, what Li Rusong said is also the truth, many people in the countryside really believe in the set of things made up by Tang Sai'er, and even rumors such as the stone box Tianshu sword are believed by some people, and I don't know how many people believe that Tang Sai'er can cut paper for horses and scatter beans into soldiers.

According to what Li Rusong said, it is not only Putai County that is unlucky now, in fact, from Putai to Jimo, there are basically Tang Sai'er's believers, Yang Shaofeng wants to solve Tang Sai'er, and the first thing he has to face is her believers.

In addition to this, there are constant droughts and floods and even locust plagues that need to be addressed.

Combined with what Li Rusong said earlier, such things as digging wells and repairing rivers, Yang Shaofeng still decided to help Li Rusong: "Is there any problem in this city?" ”

"Yes!"

……

The people of Po Tai have opened their eyes once.

The eight masters of the Beijing camp helped the people to clean up and carry those broken bricks and tiles, and it was strange enough that they did not take away the few copper plates and treasure money from their own homes, and they really hit the floor shop on the streets of the city for two days at night!

On the third day, the squad sergeant who helped the people clean up the yard slept on the street again, which made the people of Potai County feel uncomfortable.

People's hearts are long, these Qiu Eight Masters helped their family clean up the yard for two days, and now let people sleep on the street? So what has become of our people in Potai County? Don't be poked in the back when you go out in the future?

Wang Er tossed and turned on the bed for a long time, and finally sighed, put on a dress, lit a candle that he was usually reluctant to light, and then slowly walked out of the house.

Luckily, the soldier who helped him move bricks for a long time fell asleep not far from his house.

Wang Er walked over cautiously, and then stretched out his hand and pushed the young-looking soldier: "Master Jun? Military master? Let's go to sleep at home with the villain, it's too cold outside, be careful of freezing. ”

The young soldier was not upset by being woken up by someone, but showed a little embarrassment: "Don't, we have military orders, we can't go, you better go back to sleep by yourself." ”

Wang Er was a little anxious: "It's too cold this day, it's not March yet, just sleeping on the ground like this, it must be cold!" ”

The young soldier uncovered the blanket on his body and handed it to Wang Er's hand: "You touch it, this is a fine wool blanket, and the inside is still thickened, no matter how cold it is, you are not afraid."

You go back to sleep early, we have a military order, we can't go to people's homes to sleep, don't be embarrassed, okay? ”

Wang Er looked at the young soldiers, and finally went home helplessly, he couldn't force the soldiers to violate the military order, right? I heard that it was going to kill the head?

It's just that Wang Er, who returned home, still couldn't sleep, thought about it for a long time before taking out a little ginger, boiled a pot of ginger soup after adding water, and called his son who had fallen asleep, and asked his son to take the bowl and go out with the pot of ginger soup.

The young soldier still didn't drink it: "We have ginger soup on the stove, fellow, you better take this back, I can't violate military discipline." ”

Wang Er sighed, slowly put the basin in his hand on the ground, and then said to the young soldier: "Then I'll make soup and put it here, okay?" ”

The young soldier suddenly cried and laughed: "If you want to let it go, you can let it go, and you can put it in the middle of it at any time." However, we really have military discipline, and we can't take a stitch from the people, nor can we eat a mouthful of food from the people. ”

"It's soup, not rice!" Wang Er was unprecedentedly serious: "Ginger soup is not rice, it is water, drink it to warm your body, it is not a violation of military discipline, right?" ”

"Count!" The young soldier also became serious: "Everything in the people's house belongs to the people's house, we can't touch it, if we touch it, it will violate military discipline, and this will kill the head!"

However, don't be upset, our conditions are much better than yours, not only ginger soup, but also broth when we march. ”

I don't know if what the young soldier said is true or not, Wang Er's heart is becoming more and more uncomfortable, so he simply pointed to the ginger soup placed next to him and said: "Then if you don't want it, I will put this ginger soup here, if you don't like it, you will throw it away!" ”

The young soldier was stunned: "Aren't you embarrassed!" ”