Chapter 550 is too ruthless

Seeing that he finally stopped talking hard, Cui Duyan got up and paced in the room, put on a teacher's shelf, and taught: "Now, the west and south gates have been besieged one after another, and the waterway transportation has been cut off, and the grain outside the city cannot be transported in, and the soldiers of the whole city will only run out of food in an instant......

"If you don't confiscate the people's grain deposits, are you waiting for them to mutiny?"

Cui Duyan looked up at him, his eyes were full of contempt, "Since you have taken away the stored grain, if you don't put Ding Zhuang into the brave team to monitor at any time, aren't you afraid that they will open the door to meet the enemy?" Leave those women and children in the city, old and weak, waiting for them to starve to death in this dangerous city, or waiting for a fire to be burned to death when the city is broken? ”

"That being said......"

Meng Tietou no longer had the momentum of Fang Cai, but he still habitually expressed his dissatisfaction, "But there is not necessarily food outside the city, how much food can be used to help the people?" ”

"Tut-tut......"

Cui Duyan was speechless, staring at him with the eyes of a monster.

It seems that Meng Tietou's pedantic strength is much more than he expected.

It's all this time, and you're still struggling with these? Are you a saint?

"How?"

There was a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and he said honestly, "Didn't you say that this gang of thieves is more benevolent and righteous than my officers and soldiers?" ”

“……”

Meng Tietou's lips moved, but he didn't know what to say.

"To drive the people out of the city, even if you drink porridge, you will consume a lot of military rations from the Ming thieves, right?"

Cui Duyan sneered, "No matter how powerful they are, even if they capture Yangzhou, they won't be able to eat enough, and they will stop at this ruin...... So Luzhou can be safe, the Central Plains can be safe! ”

"This!"

Meng Tietou took a breath of cool air, and only came back to his senses after a while, and said urgently, "Still want to burn the city?" ”

"For today's plan, only jade will be burned,"

Cui Duyan rolled his eyes and said coldly, "I can't wait, and the thief can't think of it!" ”

"I, I want to see Lord Junmen!"

"Lord Junmen is no longer in the city!"

"What?"

Hearing this, Meng Tietou was stunned for a moment.

"Lord Meng, don't be impatient,"

Cui Duyan waved his hand, his tone was slightly calm, "The military gate is the backbone of the two Huai, what is the use of trapping Yangzhou?" Naturally, he has to go out and preside over the overall situation. ”

Looking at Cui's lips that kept moving in one eye, Meng Tietou's heart was half cold, and his mind was blank.

To his devastation, it was clear that he was not at all important in the eyes of Admiral......

Recently, he has tried his best to preside over the formation of the new army, and he seems to be a celebrity in the eyes of Admiral Ma, but he didn't expect that the boss left him without saying a word and ran away.

That's too ruthless!

However, fortunately, this Cui Duyan was also in the city, and he thought about it instead.

This calmed him down a bit.

"Isn't Lord Meng going to defend Yangzhou? Cui is now going to share hardships and life with you...... Hahaha, hahaha......"

Cui Duyan let out a series of strange laughs, stretched out his hand and said, "Come on, come on, and have tea with Cui first......

……

On this side, Meng Tietou is like falling into an ice cave, and on the other side, Wang Luo is anxious.

At this moment, he and Master Cheng are in the Cheng family's house, discussing secretly with the leaders of various guilds.

In contrast, these large families who were notified to go to the banquet were even more distraught, not to mention that their grain was confiscated, and they had to be trapped and died in the city, and their families were all in trouble.

From time to time, screams could be heard in the distance, and they knew that it was the soldiers who were robbing the families of food.

Obviously, the grain stored in the homes of those small people in Shengdou is better than nothing, and it is the idea of these big families that the officers and soldiers fight.

Right now, the situation is almost out of control, the reins that bind the rebels are getting looser and looser, and a city-wide catastrophe is just around the corner!

Don't look at the big families who fight openly and secretly for business on weekdays, but now, they are willing to contribute at this juncture, after all, this Yangzhou City is related to their own net worth and life.

Soon, after deliberation, everyone reached a consensus.

First, you must not go to the banquet, not only can you not go, but you must also inform the surrounding families not to go as much as possible, because it is dangerous to go to the banquet, and you may be burned to death by a fire.

Second, the strong men of the general armor must be well mastered, and the officers and men must not be coerced.

Third, all the water clubs in the city should be prepared with equipment, and once a fire breaks out, they will immediately be dispatched to extinguish the fire, and the strong men will accompany them to protect them.

Fourth, seize the time and make good preparations for the use of force with officers and men.

In addition, at the suggestion of Master Cheng, he raised 20,000 taels of silver without difficulty, and planned to give them to the Cao soldiers and Zhuang Ban in the city to ensure that they could contribute their lives at that time, at least not to participate in arson.

At the same time, they were ready to send people to make a wish to the generals and captains who led the team, as long as Yangzhou City was safely handed over to the Ming army, and the big families would be thanked afterwards......

At this time, someone came to report that the officers and soldiers were driving the strong men of several city gates in the east and south to dig up the city gates, and it seemed that they were preparing to expel the people from the city at night.

"In fact, as soon as the city gate is dug open, the heavenly soldiers can take advantage of the situation to enter the city...... It's just that it's getting late, and the heavenly soldiers are afraid that they will be worried about the plan, and they may not be willing to pay attention to it. ”

"yes, if only someone could risk their lives to get out of the city to make contact!"

Someone suggested.

This was a very appropriate proposal, but the big families looked at each other, and no one dared to answer.

It is not difficult to contact outside the city, as long as you are willing to pay, there must be subordinates who are willing to risk their lives to go out to contact.

However, in order to win the trust of the Ming army, you must carry some vouchers in hand, and you must have letters, but if it falls into the hands of the green battalion soldiers, it will be a catastrophe in an instant......

"I'll do this!"

So far, Wang Luo has only shown his hole cards, "Don't hide it from you, my account office just came back from outside the city yesterday, and I heard that he had seen the leader of the heavenly soldiers......"

Someone stepped forward, and all the big families breathed a sigh of relief, and patted their chests and said: "If something happens, your wife and I will support you, don't worry."

Wang Luo didn't care about the sincerity of these people at this time, so he hurriedly resigned from Cheng Dahu's house, took the servants to walk the paths, alleys, and lonely places, and hurried back.

Along the way, there was a sense of panic and anxiety everywhere, many houses and shops on the street had been smashed open, and dead people could be seen lying on the street from time to time, and there were howls and cries everywhere......

Wang Luo didn't care so much, he hurried back to his shop, the account room Wan Shouqi and a group of men were looking forward to it, seeing him come back safely, couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Wan Shouqi burst into tears, and said with a guilty expression: "Brother Wang, the Tartar soldiers robbed all the rice in our shop, and I didn't keep a grain of rice!" ”

"It's good that people are safe,"

Wang Luo comforted, "They are outnumbered, and they have swords and guns...... Let them take the rice, these soldiers and bandits won't be able to eat rice for a few days! ”

The rice stack operated by Wang Luo is strictly Gu Yanwu's property, even so, as a business operator on the surface, he is still very heartbroken to lose so much rice at once.

But this is not the time to care, he has more important things.

Saying that, he took care of Ah Quan and took people to the back house to take care of the family, and he and Wan Shouqi came to the cabinet room together.