"We haven't seen the grain that the government promised us, but we haven't seen it for three days! Are you speaking now on behalf of yourself, or the government? ”

"It doesn't matter what the government says, why should we believe you, a petty official in Tsing Yi!"

"Brothers, don't listen to him, the granary is dozens of zhang away, since you don't give it, then we will take it ourselves!"

"Yes, take it yourself!"

"We are the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, the soldiers are hungry and have no food, what kind of bird battles do they fight, what cities do they defend! For whom is the city guarded? I took the food and went back to my hometown! ”

"That's right, go home when you're full! This fucking grievance, whoever likes to fight will fight! ”

...........

Xin Qiji's voice fell, and fierce doubts erupted in the rout group.

As soon as the noise came, some of the routs who had stopped a little and had begun to hesitate rushed forward again, looking at the granary in the distance.

Xin Qiji's brows tightened, and he hurriedly turned his head and asked the official beside him: "The food that Lord Zhizhou promised to give them was really not distributed to them?" ”

"As far as Xiao knows, I really haven't sent food to the rout barracks in the south of the city in the past few days." The clerk quickly replied.

"Since Lord Zhizhou has already promised, who is obstructing it, why hasn't it been distributed to them?" Xin Qiji was a little anxious and a little angry.

"I don't know about this little one." The clerk quickly shook his head.

Xin Qiji looked at the change in the expression on the official's face, and said after a while: "It is not only the promise made by Lord Zhizhou, but it is better to let Lord Zhizhou come to see them in person, and only with one of them can they appease them." I'm staring here, you immediately go back to the state government to inform Lord Zhizhou that the situation is extremely critical, please be sure to come in person! ”

"I heard that Lord Zhizhou has been unwell these days, and he can't stand the slightest bit of cold." The clerk replied with some lack of confidence.

"If one person is unwell, can there be thousands of people's lives? Which is more important, Lord Zhizhou should be able to distinguish clearly. Hurry up! Xin Qiji's brows furrowed even tighter, and his left and right eyebrows were about to be connected.

The officer was helpless, so he could only sigh and take the order.

"Everybody listen to me! Xin has already sent someone to the state government to ask Lord Zhizhou to come over, and the food promised to you before will definitely be fulfilled today! You are soldiers who shed blood and sweat for the Great Song Dynasty, and the court and the government will definitely not treat you badly, and as soon as Lord Zhizhou arrives, they will immediately send you food! ”

Xin Qiji followed behind the rout, and shouted hoarsely to the rout team again.

"Now what you have to do is to stop and turn around and go back to the barracks in the south of the city! As long as you go back to the barracks and don't go near the granary, the government will solve it for you in the future when you eat and drink in Bozhou City! ”

Xin Qijian shouted loudly enough, but the rout was clamoured, where would he listen to the words of a petty official in Tsing Yi.

The defeated soldiers all understood in their hearts that the Lord Zhizhou in red didn't even speak, so what was the use of the little official in Tsing Yi no matter how good he spoke? It's just trying to trick them into going back and waiting for death.

Therefore, the defeated soldiers would not listen to what Xin Qiji shouted at all, and completely took his words as a deaf ear.

"Listen to me, don't go any further, there will be the Great Song rebels further on! Do you all think about it, for the sake of a meal, you have to become a rebel and abandon your previous achievements in the Great Song Army? You are desperately fighting against the Jin people, you should be the heroes of the Great Song Dynasty, for the sake of a meal, you become a rebel and sinner of the Great Song Dynasty, is it worth it? Don't you think about yourselves, and don't you want to think about your loved ones? ”

Xin Qiji continued to persuade the defeated army to stop advancing towards the granary, and he was hoarse with all his strength.

"We are not rebels! It's just to find a bite to eat, and since you don't give it, we'll take it ourselves. It's all the grain that the people of the Great Song Dynasty have worked so hard to grow, who to eat and who not to eat, why do you have the final say? We have worked so hard to fight, and we have not been fed for three days, and we have not come to fetch it ourselves, do we want us to starve to death? ”

"Don't give us food, and say that the people who shed blood and sweat for the Great Song Dynasty are rebels, I think you are the rebels of the Great Song Dynasty, and you don't give us food, just to force us to be soldiers, so you can bring merit to the Jinren!"

Someone immediately refuted and questioned in the rout, and even raised unbelievable questions, Xin Qiji, who listened to it, was shocked, trembling, and confused, and didn't know how to refute for a while.

"There will definitely be food to eat, I, Xin, promise you, if you don't have anything to eat, Xin will go on a hunger strike! Live with everyone! Xin is the food governor, please believe me, as long as you return to the barracks in the south of the city immediately, I will send you food to the barracks within an hour! ”

Xin Qiji still did not give up, there were too many routs, once the granary was robbed and became a rebel, Bozhou was gone, Bozhou was in chaos, returned to Defu, and the Northern Expedition had a big variable, and no one could afford the consequences.

"There is no food, and we will not believe it no matter how much we say. We believe that once you are about to starve to death, we have urged again and again, and there is still no food, the granary is here, and today we are going to take it ourselves! ”

The defeated soldiers didn't listen at all, they went all the way from the vicinity of Tongxu County, braved the cold wind and heavy snow, starved, and ran hundreds of miles to come to Bozhou City, except for the gruel supply at the beginning, the food promised by the government was not seen at all, and now how can they believe in the promise of the Tsing Yi petty official?

The defeated soldiers, who have been hungry for many days, at this time have nothing important in their eyes except food, and they are not afraid of anything, even if they die, they must die when they are full, and be a full ghost.

Therefore, no matter how Xin Qiji persuaded him, the rout team was still slowly advancing, and the crowd was crowded in the direction of the granary.

I don't know how long it took, Xin Qiji, who was still following the rout team and trying to persuade him, suddenly heard the sound of the soldiers running behind him, thinking that it was the Zhang Commander who led the troops to help, and he was not happy and worried.

When he looked back, it was indeed the defenders of Bozhou City who came from the street behind him, and the person who led the troops was Zhang Tong.

Without waiting for Xin Qiji to turn his horse's head and urge him to step forward to speak, he listened to the order of the commander of the chapter in a loud voice: "Block this street!" Disperse the people! Those who do not return home within a quarter of an hour are considered rebels! ”

The defenders were given the order to quickly block the street where the rout was located with a horse rejecting pile, and the blockade was only ten zhang away from the tail of the rout.

Moments later, the blockade of the main street was completed and the street was blocked.

Behind the stakes were soldiers with spears in their hands, crossbowmen with bows and arrows, and it was clear that they were ready to crush the rout by force.

Seeing this, Xin Qiji immediately turned his horse's head and urged the horse to walk towards the defenders.

"Zhang, what are you doing here? They are soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, not enemies, if there is a mistake and the two sides are in a scuffle, Bozhou will be in chaos! Xin Qiji urged the horse to come to the horse rejection pile, turned over and dismounted.

"Lord Xin, I heard that the rout soldiers in the rout barracks in the south of the city killed and injured the guards, and robbed the granary, which is like rebellion, I received the order of Lord Zhizhou and led the troops to suppress the rebellion. The adults still let it go, so as not to hurt the adults by mistake. ”

After Zhang Tong finished speaking, he immediately waved his hand and ordered: "Make way for Lord Xin!" ”

Who knew that Xin Qiji was unmoved, and stood in place and said: "Most of the grain in the granary was originally prepared for the Northern Expeditionary Army, and they came back from the north, but they were still the Northern Expeditionary Army, and they should have taken out the grain and sent it to the military camp in the south of the city." But something went wrong on the way, they have been without food for three days, and now they come to get some food by themselves, which is understandable, how can they become rebellious? are all soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, can you bear to see each other with two sabers for the sake of food? ”

"Lord Xin, I received an order from Lord Zhizhou to bring troops to suppress the rebels who robbed the granary. The adults don't think that these routs who robbed the granary are rebels, so they can go to Lord Zhizhou. We do what we are told, please don't interfere with our actions! "The chapter system is unmoved.

As he spoke, the soldier had already moved a few of the horse-resisting stakes out of the way and cleared a way.

Xin Qiji didn't mean to leave, but only listened to him: "Xin doesn't want to interfere with the Zhang system, but they are also soldiers who shed blood and sweat for the Great Song Dynasty, and not long ago they were fighting with the Jin people in the north, and finally returned to Bozhou, and they couldn't even eat a full meal, so they were treated as rebels. ”

"My brothers and I will definitely not run away, and it is impossible for them to become a rout, please don't compare them to us, start a war, and those who just want to save their lives and escape are not worthy." Zhang Tongzhi immediately refuted and did not accept Xin Qiji's inappropriate analogy.

"How the battle went, Xin had no right to ask. Xin only knew that these people who went to the granary at this time were still fighting fiercely with the Jin people not long ago, many of them died on the battlefield, and only some of them could come back, whether they were killed in battle or returned, in Xin's opinion, they were all heroic Song Dynasty soldiers! Today, no matter who wants to treat them as rebels, Xin does not agree. Xin Qiji's expression was resolute, his eyes were firm, and he stood very steady under his feet, without the slightest intention of leaving.

"Lord Xin, it was Lord Zhizhou who gave us the order, you don't agree that they are rebels, you can go to Lord Zhizhou, persuade him, and give us another order, that is, now we have to carry out the order, the Lord should leave, it will not be good to accidentally injure the Lord for a while."

Zhang Tongzhi raised his hand and signaled, and his soldiers immediately moved out of the way.

"Xin was ordered to deal with this matter, and has sent someone to invite Lord Zhizhou to come here in person, before Lord Zhizhou comes, even if you want to carry out the order, please be patient, if Lord Zhizhou changes his mind, and the chapter system has a conflict with them, you know, once you start, I am afraid it will be difficult to clean up." Xin Qiji made up his mind that he would definitely not be able to leave until Lord Zhizhou came.

"Lord Xin, once the granary is robbed, Bozhou City will be in chaos immediately, can you guarantee that these rebels will not create a bigger incident if they rob the grain? Indulging them will only cause trouble for Bozhou, and in the end, I'm afraid we will all have to get in. Suppressing the rebels is not child's play, please give way to the adults, don't let the gaffe get out of control! ”

As soon as Zhang Tong's voice fell, someone behind the defenders suddenly shouted: "I have something important to inform Lord Xin!" ”

After a short break, I saw a servant come to Xin Qiji's body and whisper quietly.

Then, Xin Qiji's face suddenly changed greatly.

"What?" The chapter system asked immediately.

"Lord Zhizhou, run away." Xin Qiji replied softly.