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Chapter 325 The people are strong and full of people

The people who fled from the western counties, even if they were wealthy squires, could not have carried large quantities of grain with them. Please Baidu search (product book network) to see the most complete! The fastest update!

The peasants in the nearby four townships either hid in the city, and those who did not enter the city did not dare to transport grain, rice and vegetables, for fear that they would be robbed by the Tartars in vain.

Although people have been sent to the countryside many times to grab grain, there is still a shortage of food in Guangzhou, and there are not so many houses to live in.

Due to malnutrition and sleeping in the open, a number of frail elderly and children die every day, and almost every street, there are people crying every day, making Liu Jinzhong uneasy.

With so many hungry people gathered together, he was worried that if something happened, the people would become a terrible change.

For this reason, at the beginning, he personally led people to patrol the streets every day, strictly ordering the refugees not to wander in groups, those who have relatives to join relatives, and those who have no relatives are only allowed to move around the porridge shed.

As the wind became tighter and tighter, the elite under his command was forcibly transferred to the front line of Zhaoqing by Shang Kexi with 10,000 yuan, and Guangzhou's city defense was suddenly full of loopholes.

Liu Jinzhong gritted his teeth with hatred, how could I keep it!

But this is Shang Keg's fate, how dare he disobey?

After staying up in fear for more than ten days, finally, his talented master gave him an idea:

"At present, there are only more than 30,000 people left in Guangzhou City, and most of them are green battalion soldiers...... However, the military rations are sufficient, and the capital is ...... Why not take advantage of these hungry people? ”

"Huh? You mean...... Recruit them to serve as the people's strongest? ”

Liu Jinzhong immediately understood what the master meant, and after a little thought, he frowned and said, "It's not appropriate, right?" Wouldn't it be even more troublesome to give them knives and guns, once the chaos starts? ”

"That's fine,"

When the master heard this, he shook his head and smiled, "My lord, now that the thief has not arrived, as long as these untouchables have a stutter, they will never have nothing to ......do."

"Just want peace now?"

Without waiting for the master to finish speaking, Liu Jinzhong waved his hand to interrupt, rolled his eyes and said, "What's the use of that!" If you can't fight, will you feed them in vain? ”

"Otherwise, as long as it is handled properly, it can make them fight."

"What to do? If you turn against each other, won't it add to the trouble? ”

The master smiled slightly, and said, "My lord, the students have a plan, even if the thieves come to commit it, they won't dare to turn against it......"

……

The master's secret words finally won Liu Jinzhong's approval.

After much consideration, he decided to follow the plan and temporarily requisition a group of hungry people to serve as the people's strong.

For these people, he naturally didn't dare to fully trust them, so according to his master's plan, he used the method of mixing sand, and the people and his Han Eight Banner soldiers mixed and organized to defend the city.

At the same time, they were not equipped with swords, guns, swords and shields, but they were only ordered to bring more flags, horns, gongs and drums to assist in the defense of the east and south of the city, mainly to create momentum and calm the hearts of the army, so as to draw out the main force to strictly defend the camp in the west of the city, and at the same time alleviate the danger of civil unrest.

The most ruthless thing is that the master's secret words offered a vicious plan, which made him praise it greatly.

This desperate plan is that bachelors who have nothing to worry about don't want to enroll, and only recruit those who drag their families and families are in the city.

In this way, Liu Jinzhong felt that although these people were just indiscriminately filling up the numbers and had no combat effectiveness, they at least did not dare to have two hearts for the sake of their families' lives.

……

The next day, notices were plastered all over the streets.

However, very few people came to apply.

Those who are on the verge of despair would rather starve to death than enlist in the army to fight.

The reason is very simple, in the Tartar massacre last year, many of their relatives died tragically under the hands of the Tartars, and the rest were either old, weak, sick or orphans and widows.

Most of those wealthy gentry are prosperous, but this kind of people fled here because they were afraid of death, and they would rather spend money to buy their lives, so how could they take the initiative to apply.

Liu Jinzhong had no choice, and in a fit of rage, he ordered several large soup kitchens to be surrounded and forcibly arrested more than 3,000 eligible men.

Liu Jinzhong suspected that there were too few people, so he ordered his subordinates to break into people's houses, and forcibly arrested a group of men in the local people's office, and finally reluctantly gathered 5,000 people, registered their families one by one, and forcibly took them to the east school field for training.

As a result, there was a lot of shouting and mourning in the city of Guangzhou, and many wealthy families with a small background were not spared and were all arrested.

Those who were lucky enough to leak were so frightened that they hid in Tibet and hid everywhere, and those who really couldn't run away all complained, so how could they have any combat effectiveness.

……

In order to stabilize these local untouchables, Liu Jinzhong gritted his teeth and made a bloody investment.

On the first day of the army, all preparations were complete, and Liu Jinzhong ordered his soldiers to set up a cauldron in the school field, carried out dozens of bags of rice, and asked the people to cook by themselves.

He wanted to use white rice and fragrant rice to arouse the appetite of these starving people and stimulate their desire to survive.

Sure enough, many hungry and shaky people were able to eat dry rice for the first time this year, and as soon as the rice was put out of the pot, they were all crowded in front of the pot, all salivating and watching, sniffing......

"Uncle Wang, you'll have a full meal."

A hungry young man whispered to an old man beside him.

"Originally, in peacetime, if you want to eat dry rice, you have to wait until the farm is busy, what is this year...... I'm afraid I won't even be able to eat the farm. ”

The old man surnamed Wang sighed sadly.

"Alas, this kills and kills, counting the farming, which big family has the heart to call people to farm......" someone next to him accosted.

"Look at this situation, even if it is appealing, I'm afraid it won't be your turn to be ...... me."

"If you want me to say, this king is ...... It's also evil, doesn't it mean it's almost over? It was even possible to counterattack to Guangzhou......"

"Eh, have you heard, it's not easy to mess with the master who came this time, let's take the Tartar array, I'm afraid this meal will be a severed meal."

"Phew, don't say discouraged words, it's unlucky."

"If you want me to say, Hengzhu is a death, it's better to have a fight with the Tartars first when you're full......"

"Don't talk nonsense...... Master Wang hasn't arrived yet, so let's eat a few more meals first, and then we'll see the situation when the time comes......"

"Yes, the king is not the king's master, it's not a good stubble anywhere, it's not a robber and a thief......"

"Hey, your legs are on your own body, you don't see it right, you better hurry up and ...... it"

"What about you?"

"Lao Tzu is not leaving, his wife and children are here, how can he go?"

"Yes, let's talk about it, in short, there is no way to live."

"Anyway, I don't want to help the Tartars desperately!"

"Shhhh Don't even say it, someone is coming......"

When he was gossiping, Liu Jinzhong sent someone to bring a few hundred yuan over, saying that it was a reward from the prince.

Immediately, thousands of new sets of cotton armor were shipped.

The reward was indeed given by Shang Kexi, but the big head naturally went into Liu Jinzhong's pocket, and Mianjia was also issued with Shang Kexi's approval.

Although this kind of cotton armor is easy to obtain, in a place like Guangzhou in South China, it is too hot to wear it often, so even the Qing army itself rarely wears it in peacetime, and there is almost no loss in the past few months, and there is something in the warehouse.

Now that the war is imminent, Shang Kexi knows that if these things are not taken out this time, they may not be used in the future.

Therefore, he gritted his teeth and decided to send each of them a set.

In any case, at least they have to die and look like soldiers.

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