In front of the bright knives and guns, under Xin Qiji's strict orders, the rout soldiers who came out carrying the grain had to put down the grain.

For the routs found that there were few companions left in the streets, and many of them had lost their weapons, and now they were unarmed, and it was impossible for them to fight hard against the heavily armed defenders.

The routs who rushed out of the door of the granary, facing the defenders, could only put down the grain one by one, after all, they came to grab the food, just to survive, if they ate all the food in their stomachs and died, they were starving ghosts.

"Everyone else has already gone back to the military camp in the south of the city to light a fire and boil water, and when the rice is in the pot, you should also hurry back to make a fire, and the grain and rice will then be delivered by the defenders!" Xin Qiji's throat was hoarse and he couldn't speak clearly, and the clerk conveyed it on his behalf.

At this point, the few remaining routs did not have much room for bargaining, and if they were to be investigated, the sin of robbing the granary was enough to kill them.

Now that they are allowed back to the barracks, it is impossible to pursue them any longer, where do they dare to stay, and hurriedly hide their faces and leave.

"Send food!" Xin Qijian hoarsely clenched his throat and gave orders to the defenders.

"Send this food?" The general asked, pointing to the grain on the ground.

"Can these be boiled right away? If you can get out of the pot, you can move it, and if you can't, you can go to the grain depot to find it. Send it right away. Xin Qiqi replied.

"Yes."

The general received the order and immediately commanded his soldiers, some of them looked through the grain on the ground, and some of them went into the granary.

After a short time, the defenders carried grain bags to the south of the city, and Xin Qijian walked in front of the line delivering grain.

Outside the barracks in the south of the city, the long-awaited rout, seeing that Xin Qiji, the grain superintendent who persuaded them to come back, personally brought the food delivery team, they immediately swarmed away, and everyone wanted to get the food as soon as possible.

But before they could get close, they were stopped.

The entourage told them that the food was distributed according to the barracks, and they all went back to the camp to wait, and they were not allowed to fight!

The garrison who sent the grain had weapons in their hands, and when the defeated soldiers saw that the food had been delivered and said something first, they did not dare to reach out and grab it.

Soon, the defenders sent the grain team into the camp and distributed more than 400 loads of fine grain to nearly 10,000 defeated soldiers according to the barracks.

The grain was put into the pot, and many defeated soldiers came to thank Xin Qiji, the grain superintendent.

Xin Qiji told them that the military rations for the next half month would be sent to the barracks before the evening, and before that, they were not allowed to leave the camp at will.

The rout army responded one after another.

The rout has been pacified back to the barracks, and the question of whether they should be held accountable for their trespass on the granary guards and the killing of the granary guards is a thorny question.

Dozens of granary guards were killed, many were wounded, and they could not fail to give them an explanation.

Zhizhou and other officials fled Bozhou City, and now there are a few court officials in the city, if there is no one else, the responsibility of Bozhou City will fall on him, and he must carry it no matter what, otherwise his already special identity may be even more special.

At present, the most important thing in Bozhou City is to completely appease the nearly 10,000 defeated soldiers and appease the people in the city.

As long as the promised food is delivered to the barracks, the defeated army should no longer cause trouble, and then pacifying the people in the city is a top priority.

Xin Qiji left the military camp in the south of the city and soon came to the state office.

Upon inquiry, it was learned that almost all the officials sent from Jiangnan in the state yaya ran away with the departure of Zhizhou, except for Xin Qiji.

The rest of the officials are the old officials of Bozhou, from the beginning of the Great Song Dynasty, has been staying in Bozhou, this is their home, even if Bozhou is in turmoil, most people have nowhere to go, only a few hometowns in the south of Bozhou, you can leave the south of the city to return, if you go to the north, that is a long life.

Before there was no complete chaos in Bozhou, no one was willing to leave their homes and businesses and leave Bozhou City.

Five or six officials, big and small, gathered in the state office, and there was a mess, and no one could take charge of the business.

As soon as they saw Xin Qiji coming to the state office, they immediately recommended it together, and Xin Qiji came forward to preside over the overall situation of Bozhou.

Xin Qiji, like Zhizhou, was an official sent from Lin'an by the Great Song Dynasty, and his status was not comparable to that of local officials.

Moreover, in the major affairs of Bozhou, in addition to the officials sent by the imperial court, local officials who dare to take the lead and monopolize power, if they do not do well, they will stand on their own outside the imperial court, or be suspected of betraying the Song Dynasty, no one can bear this crime, so no one dares to take this risk.

They had already heard that the grain envoy of Bozhou was dealing with the rout of the army, so they all gathered in the state government and waited for Xin Qiji's arrival.

Although Xin Qiji's official position is not high, but the responsibility of supervising the grain is extremely heavy, now the imperial court is on the Northern Expedition, his status and authority in Bozhou, is not comparable to ordinary officials, even if the official position is several levels higher than him, he does not dare to point fingers at him, commanding, after all, the grain supervisor is responsible for raising grain and grass for the Northern Expedition army!

It was precisely in view of Xin Qiji's identity and status that the local officials did not have any disagreement and unanimously asked him to come forward to take charge of the major affairs of Bozhou.

Xin Qiji saw that there were still many officials in the prefecture, and he did not flee with all the governors, and some officials had higher official positions than him, so he wanted to resign, but everyone insisted again and again, and insisted on stuffing the official seal of the governor into his hands.

The hearts of the people of Bozhou City have been confused, and there is no room for delay.

couldn't refuse, Xin Qiji had to say that he was temporarily ordered.

I saw that he held the official seal in his hand, bowed to the southeast and saluted, and under the witness of everyone, he took over the power of Bozhou and temporarily took over the post of governor.

Xin Qiji then summoned all the officials of the prefecture to speak in a unified voice, saying that the matter of the escape of the governor and other officials from Bozhou City was that they had been urgently ordered by the imperial court to take up posts in other places, and because they were in too haste, they caused unnecessary panic.

Believe it or not, both inside and outside the state government have temporarily accepted this statement.

After the caliber is unified, the officials will go to the streets to cooperate with the city defenders to patrol, and after martial law is lifted, they will be responsible for explaining to the people who care about Bozhou City what is happening in the city.

Later, when he heard that hundreds of people in the east of the city had gathered near the city gate, they were in a stalemate with the defenders and asked to leave the city.

When I came to the east of the city, I saw hundreds of men, women, and children, with simple luggage, or carriages, or donkey carts, confronting the defenders, and the crowd was excited, and they kept saying that they wanted to leave the city.

Seeing Xin Qi riding his horse near the city gate, Zhang Tongzhi hurriedly stepped forward to explain the reason.

According to Zhang Tongzhi, these people heard that the Jin people were about to attack Bozhou, and they also heard that the magistrate and the state officials had fled from Bozhou City in advance, so they wanted to flee out of the city.

"Folks, the Great Song army has recovered all the surrounding states and counties in Bianjing, and there are our Great Song garrisons everywhere, and it is impossible for the Jin people to penetrate the county of Zhou and attack Bozhou, don't listen to rumors. Also, Lord Zhizhou left Bozhou because he received an urgent order from the imperial court and must rush back to Lin'an immediately, and there is no other reason, so don't think about it. I am the governor of Bozhou, Xin Qiji, also from Lin'an, and now I am temporarily acting as the governor of the state. There's nothing going on in the city, so let's go home! ”

Xin Qijian dismounted, came to the crowd, and explained to everyone with a hoarse throat.

But the people who asked to leave the city apparently did not believe it.

Someone immediately asked: "My lord, is the Jin people coming to attack, whether the imperial court has an order, the villain doesn't know, the villain won't say anything, so many defeated soldiers in the city ran in the direction of the granary like crazy, shouting to go to the granary to move grain, but the villain saw it with his own eyes." It is said that it is to move grain, but in fact it is to grab grain, they are hungry to grab the granary, and then they must rob the ordinary people in the city, how can we little people fight with them, and they don't know how to die when the time comes! Please also open the net and let the little people run away from the city! ”

When the man finished speaking, he immediately took the lead and fell to his knees.

The others immediately followed suit, knelt down and kowtowed to Xin Qiji, begging to be let out of the city, crying and pitiful.

"Folks, I have good news for you, all the defeated soldiers who rushed to the granary have returned to the military camp in the south of the city, and they are now cooking on a fire. I am the grain envoy of Bozhou, and I am the one who raised grain and grass for the Northern Expeditionary Army, how could I let them upset the people in the city because they had no food to eat? Just now they went to the granary to get food, but they only had some accidents before, and they didn't send the military rations to the barracks in time. Folks, think about it, since they entered the city, when did they rob the people in the city? They are the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Great Song Dynasty, and Bozhou City is also governed by court officials, and the safety of the villagers is guarded by their own government and the Great Song Army! Xin Qiji endured the pain in his throat and continued to explain to the people.

"Did they really go back to the barracks? It can't be a deception to us, right? When they heard the explanation, the people were skeptical.

"True or not, you'll see when you go back. There is another sentence, I want to tell you, no matter what happens in Bozhou City, I will never abandon the people, please rest assured! ”

"The adults said it so sincerely, if the villains don't believe it anymore, the villains are not human. Let's go back and see, go home! In the crowd kneeling on the ground, an old man stood up immediately after saying this, and then bowed deeply.

"Go back, there's nothing going on in the city. If something happens, I will definitely let the villagers withdraw from the city first, and I will definitely not leave first. Seeing that the people got up one after another, Xin Qi's heart was light.

"Thank you, sir!"

The people thanked them, then turned and walked towards the city.

"The chapter system, the defeated army returns to the camp, there is nothing in the city, the city gate can be opened, and the people who enter and exit strengthen the inventory. Today's rout of the army robbed the granary, I am afraid that some people are clamoring and instigating, and it cannot be ruled out that there are spies of the Jin people mixed into the rout. From today onwards, no matter whether you enter or leave the city, you will be strictly investigated, and if you find any suspicious person, you will be sent to the yamen for interrogation. ”

"Okay."

Zhang Tongzhi replied in response, and then asked in disbelief: "Is Lord Xin really temporarily acting as the governor of the state?" ”

Xin Qiji nodded and said: "There is a serious vacancy in the state officials, and the situation in the city is complicated, Xin has to be recommended by all his colleagues, and before the new governor is sent by the imperial court, he will temporarily take the position of governor and be fully responsible for the affairs of Bozhou." ”

After speaking, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "Now that the army is in the north, Bozhou City Defense, the chapter control system is bothered. ”

"Don't worry, my lord, with us, Bozhou city defense is foolproof!" The chapter system saluted respectfully.