"Exactly, there are already tens of thousands of people in the city, and there will be a lot of food and straw consumed every day, and the commander can't hold on, so it's a wonderful plan to contain it! The subordinates thought that within six or seven days, the thief army would definitely be short of food. Yu Bo complimented.

Jiang Bin continued: "There should still be five or six thousand soldiers and horses available in Bin, Di, Zi and other places, and the Privy Council can be urgently mobilized for assistance. General Meng also trained many military horses in Sangzi, and he could also be recruited. ”

He also laughed with relief: "Let the thieves be proud for a few days, and order all the armies to repair the camp and strictly defend it." Ordered sentinels to go out and monitor the thieves day and night for signs of fleeing south. Turning his head to see Meng Qing, he said with a smile: "There is an order, if you want to do it, can you?" ”

The various departments of the Yuan army here are busy non-stop, Yu Zhilong in the city comforts the soldiers of the various departments in the four places, checks the defense in the city, the north city wall has been damaged, many city walls have collapsed, it is completely temporary to put together a simple patchwork of stone and wood, and then supplemented by a log fence as a frame, and the middle is filled with earth and stone, forming a simple wall. There was not enough wood and stone, so Ji Xiancheng simply ordered the houses near the city wall to be demolished and the usable materials were taken. Fortunately, the people in the city were extremely afraid of the Yuan army slaughtering the city, and as long as their lives were saved, the houses and property could be used by the army.

Xie Lin also announced that after the war, the county government would compensate the families who damaged their houses, so the hearts of these families were much more stable.

The repair of the city wall is not a day, and Yu Zhilong has no good way, according to the precedent, continue to set up fences and add stones. A lot of bows and arrows were captured this time, which was very helpful for the defense. However, thinking that the Yuan army was defeated last night, there should be no immediate plan to attack the city, and if it is a battle, these bows and arrows will be used in the confrontation between the two armies.

Craftsman Qianhu Lu'an and his son Lu Qing have made a lot of improvised tools and arrows in the past few days, which are of great help to defend the city, and reward the little prince Luo Tier to lead the army to take advantage of the weakness to attack the city, thanks to these arrows to save the emergency, shot back the Yuan army on the back road, Mu Chun and others desperately counterattacked, only to keep the city. Ji Xiancheng specially promoted Lu An's military position to a thousand households, and after Yu Zhilong understood, he summoned the father and son and gave them a silver reward.

Yu Zhilong's heart was on Yu Lan, and after carefully inspecting all places, he finally took Ji Xiancheng, Xie Lin, and Fang Xue to see Yu Lan.

This is the adjacent street where the Xin family lives, the original courtyard has been burned down that night, unable to cover up, Ji Xiancheng recruited a small courtyard in the left near the house, specially for Yu Lan to live, afraid that she would not be able to think about it, specially arranged for Liu E and a few other close sisters to live with her, day and night. Meng Qi and other young men from the original baggage team were also temporarily stationed in the courtyard next door, firstly, they obeyed the dispatch of Yu Lan and others to help rescue the injured, and secondly, it was also a kind of care, so as not to have any accidents.

Because of the bloody battle for many days, there are many soldiers in the city who have been killed, and many of them hang white lanterns with black inscriptions written on them outside the gates.

Although the siege of the city is half dissolved, there is hope of getting out of trouble, but the family is far away, yin and yang are separated, and the living are not sad.

Yu Zhilong traveled all the way, and when he saw the city full of vegetarians, he sighed in his heart. In just a few days, Linqu has undergone such a big change.

Ji Xiancheng led the way, and when he arrived at Yu Lan's residence, several people passed through the courtyard door and entered the main hall, just as there were two spiritual seats placed side by side on the Zhongxiang case, one was Yu Hai and the other was Xin. Under the tablet are several plates of various pastries. There is a cluster of sandalwood incense inserted in an incense burner on the incense table, and a few dim bright spots are bright and dark at first glance, bursts of green smoke are swirling in the hall, and the rich sandalwood comes to the nose.

Facing the incense case, there is a brazier on the ground, and there are unburned yellow paper ashes in it, Yu Zhilong took the sandalwood handed over by the person on the side, lit the fire, stepped forward and inserted the incense burner on the incense case, and then knelt on his knees in front of the case, and kowtowed respectfully.

Ji Xiancheng and the others followed behind and bowed one by one, and took incense in turn.

Yu Shichang has returned here to guard the spirit, Yu Lan knelt beside him in white filial piety, and when he saw Yu Zhilong and others coming to mourn, the two knelt down to thank him.

Yu Zhilong looked at Yu Lan with pity, he hadn't seen it for a few days, the beauty was obviously emaciated, and her eyes were red under Emei. Yu Lan raised her eyebrows and glanced at Yu Zhilong, and the words in her heart were beyond words. When Yu Shichang returned last night, the brother and sister cried bitterly when they met. See Yu Zhilong again today, Yu Lan is sad in her heart, and she doesn't dare to show the color of her daughter's thoughts because everyone in the room is in sight.

Because Yu Shichang is here, Yu Zhilong is not easy to show too much. A few words of simple comfort, then took the yellow paper and burned it in the brazier, bowed a few more times, and then said goodbye, until the end of the condolences, only to look at Yu Lan a few more times, before resigning.

As soon as Yu Zhilong and the others left the courtyard gate, Ming Shijie suddenly ran over from a distance, and when he saw Yu Zhilong, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down and said, "I've seen the general!" Last night, our army attacked and broke through the Tartar camp and rescued a lot of people in the camp, but after hearing that our army had captured hundreds of Tartars, the people were excited and noisy this morning, and there were people who wanted to rush to the camp to seize the prisoners. ”

Yu Zhilong was quite surprised, Tang Wuwei had nearly 300 prisoners all imprisoned in the camp outside the city, he had ordered Hou Ying to be closely guarded, how could he be known and shocked by the people?

Putting down his thoughts, Yu Zhilong hurriedly returned to the county office, Ji Xiancheng and Xie Lin were also surprised, thinking of what the Yuan army did a few days ago, they seemed to have some understanding, but they were not sure yet, so they were speechless all the way and followed back.

At noon on the second day, there was no response to a decisive battle, and the Jing'an army naturally did not leave the camp to wait for battle. However, the sentinels reported that most of the units of the Yuan army camp were busy reinforcing the wall and setting up antlers all over the place. The scouts of the two sides met each other many times outside the city, and the Yuan army generally took a detour, ignoring or following from afar, unwilling to directly entangle with the Jing'an army. Only a few Jing'an scouts were killed and captured during the fight.

Another day later, the outpost of the Yuan army suddenly found a large number of Jing'an army foot cavalry pouring from the west of the city, and the sentry immediately sounded the gong to warn, and a small colonel rushed to the big tent to report the abnormality. He also put on armor first, and climbed the wall with the princes to look into the distance. I saw no less than 3,000 Jing'an army cavalry approaching the Yuan army camp, setting down the array, a stone's throw away from the camp, and stabilizing the array. People don't move, horses don't neigh, only the flags of each team flutter with the cold wind of early winter.

It's strange to wait first, the opponent's army can't see any siege equipment, is it possible that the thief can't wait, and takes the initiative to line up and wait for the Yuan army to come out of the camp and fight?

Dong Biao saw that the Jing'an Army had not changed for a long time, and no one came to challenge, so he smiled and said: "The thief is stupid, could it be that he is waiting outside?" ”

Meng Qing and the others were also puzzled, the other party was not dispatched by the whole army, and there were no offensive equipment, looking at its formation, it seemed to be a defensive state.

I also twisted my eyebrows and took a closer look, but I don't know why, the soldiers in the camp went to the wall, prepared stone cannons, bows and crossbows, etc., and waited for the battle.

Soon, I saw the opposing army's formation flipping, divided into two sides, and many people poured out in the middle. A group of shield bearers lined up, and another team stumbled forward, and everyone could see clearly, many of them with their arms tied behind their backs and their hair braided, who were captured Tang Wuwei soldiers.

These captured cavalry were placed in a long column in front of the camp by the Jing'an army. The soldiers of the Mongolian army, who usually flaunted their might, are now like eggplants beaten by frost, their faces are like ashes, and the Jing'an army still stuffs rags in their mouths, etc., and their hands are tied behind their backs.

The faces of the generals of the Yuan army suddenly became ugly.

A handsome young man in a black robe walked out on foot from behind the Jing'an army formation, and only stopped fifty or eighty steps before the Yuan army camp.

He glanced back and forth twice at the soldiers of the Yuan army standing on the wall, sneered, raised a scroll of documents in his hand and said loudly.

"Meng Yuan was unkind, cruel to the people, and tyrannical expropriation, so that the four seas were boiling. More than 10,000 people in Linqu have wept blood to complain, suing the Tartar Tang Wuwei and responding to the public. Today, it is confirmed that his subordinates murdered and plundered the lives of no less than 3,000 people of the Han family, and there is no calculation of looting other goods! At present, General Jing Anfei advocated righteousness in Zhilong, sought to recover the Han Dynasty, and eliminated harm for the people with the teacher of benevolence and righteousness. On the eve of yesterday, a total of 274 people were captured by the Tartar Tang Wuwei. ”

He also wondered: "Who is this person?" ”

The generals didn't know each other, but Liu Qi at the end didn't dare to speak when he saw Wei Weinuo.

Jiang Bin saw that he seemed to have something to say, and asked, "Can General Liu recognize it?" ”

Liu Qi hurriedly bowed his head and bowed his waist, stepped forward and said with a smile: "This son seems to be the cell leader who joined the gang under Linqu under the hands of the thief, and because of his obsession, he abandoned the court and took refuge in the thief army. The little one has seen one or two sides, and the thief is called Guo Fengrong. ”

Yu Bo sighed beside Jiang Bin in a low voice: "A small cell boss is not afraid of arrows and stones, and has the courage to talk in front of the two armies, and he can be regarded as a thief if he is less than a thief!" ”

Jiang Bin said with a deep face: "Let's listen to him." ”

"Jing'an Army's military order: In troubled times, strict laws are used, those who rob money will be flogged, and those who kill will be killed! Tang Wuwei is full of crimes, and he cannot be forgiven, but the Yuan law is biased, favoritism, and it is a great loss of justice, so now the criminal law of the Great Song Dynasty is enforced! I am afraid that the Yuan army will not observe the law, and specially order the punishment in front of the two armies to set an example! Don't be unpredictable. ”

After Guo Fengrong finished speaking, he held up a volume of documents, "This is the lawsuit of the bitter master!" Today, in front of the two armies, you can take a look at it! "Though he was on the ground, he turned around and strode back into battle.

The soldiers here were shocked, the thief army was going to openly kill these prisoners in front of the battle!

There is a clear provision in the Yuan Law, "The Mongols quarrel with the Han people, beat the Han people, and the Han people do not return the report, and they are allowed to complain." ”

Yu Zhilong and others have long known this paragraph, but in fact this is a clause that is obviously biased in favor of the blind color. When the two parties quarrel and fight, if the Mongolian people use extreme violence and even hurt people's lives, how can the Han people not report it back and sue yousi?

Thousands of people who were rescued by the Jing'an Army yesterday heard that hundreds of Tang Wuwei prisoners were being held in the camp, and they soon made an uproar, and the news gradually spread to all directions, and thousands of people gathered outside the camp, demanding that these Tang Wuwei pay off their blood debts.

The people have gathered nearly 10,000 people, and seeing that the Jing'an army is closed to the camp gate, they gradually become angry and clamoring, and begin to push the camp fence, Hou Ying and others encountered this kind of scene of public excitement for the first time, and they did not dare to point with knives and guns, not to mention that some of his soldiers also had family members killed or humiliated this time.

The people's hearts were stirred, and Hou Ying was afraid that if he forcibly ordered the people outside the camp to disperse, he was afraid of causing a popular uprising. It happened that Ming Shijie was beside him, so he hurriedly ordered him to enter the city and ask Yu Zhilong for instructions.

Yu Zhilong got the letter, while hurrying to think, he had to order Ming Shijie to gallop back to the camp first, and tell the people to calm down for the time being, the Jing'an Army should be the master of everyone, but the state has national laws, the army has military regulations, and it is the proper duty to repay the blood debt, but it is necessary to explain the reasons of each family.

Subsequently, Xie Lin took the lead, and immediately set up a transcription of the case, and everyone forwarded in order to state the blood debt they had received.

Xie Lin hurriedly dispatched the county government officer, and the clerks carried paper, ink, pens, and inkstones, and dozens of sets of pen cases were placed on the street outside the gate of the county government, respectively, to record the people's complaints, and the people who recorded them were not enough, and they also summoned some account offices and talents from the city to help.

Yu Zhilong finally ordered Hou Ying to strictly guard the camp, not only to prevent the prisoners from rioting, but also to prevent the people from getting out of control.

It took about two hours to do this, and at least two or three thousand of the tens of thousands of people in the city wept blood and recorded it in the volume.

Because there were too many people, Tian Lie led all the disciples to help transcribe the transcription, and many of the people who complained were grief and fainting, but fortunately, Liu E and others were on the side to help and find Lang Zhong to take care of them.