Chapter 50: Heicheng

Although Zhang Xuan was promoted by Luo Rucai, he did not have a specific position. However, his immediate boss was sure, and that was Gil.

I don't know if Ji Jue loves Zhang Xuan and often gives Zhang Xuan the opportunity to practice, or if he wants to suppress Zhang Xuan, he didn't give Zhang Xuan a job, but handed over a large number of temporary affairs to Zhang Xuan, such as this one thing, Pingcheng.

The matter of Pingcheng was not something that Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Ru thought of, because they had been chased by the officials and soldiers, and they did not have time to do such a big project as demolishing the city wall. This is the advanced experience that came from Li Zicheng's side.

This matter was left to Zhang Xuan to do.

The labor force for demolishing the city wall was not given, but some food was given, and there were people with food, Zhang Xuan set up porridge in the four gates of Nanyang, and then borrowed some people from everywhere, plus his newly collected Cao Zongyu Cao's family, and some of the Zhou Party's Zhou's manpower, which can be regarded as a stall.

Suddenly, hundreds of people rushed to the city.

Zhang Xuan was glad that he had gathered Zhou Dang and his party, otherwise Zhang Xuan wouldn't know what to do about this matter.

Nanyang City in Zhang Xuan's view, but Erer, but when he demolished it with his own hands, he felt bad, although the city wall is not high, but it is very thick, at least a few meters thick earth city wall, although there is no brick, but the wall is also quite hard, I don't know when it was built, and there is no glutinous rice juice, only with iron tools can be dug up, but most of the iron tools in the army are weapons, using these knives and guns to dig the city wall, one is inconvenient, and the other consumes too many weapons, and others will have opinions.

As for using gunpowder to collapse the city, don't even think about it. Impossible things.

The rebels could not produce their own gunpowder, all the gunpowder came from the capture, and they used a little less, so they didn't want to waste this precious gunpowder in this place.

Zhang Xuan had no choice but to let these people figure out their own way, Zhang Xianzhong sent Cao Zongyu, Zhou Dang, Zhou Dang's son Zhou Fuming and others to manage the people to dig the city wall. There are also many methods for the people, most of whom use the method of fire boiling and water immersion. First pile up a lot of firewood, light a raging fire, after extinguishing the fire, immediately splash water, water and fire, even the stone can not stand it, not to mention that this is not a stone, rammed earth city wall is afraid of water, in this way, there will be large cracks, with cracks it is much easier.

Zhang Xuan was busy for several days, working on the city wall every day, and there was no effort to go to and from the medical camp. It can be regarded as demolishing the city gate and the city wall of several hundred meters near the city gate, making a big gap.

"Your Excellency." Zhang Xuan looked at it, but Chu was useless.

Chu nodded uselessly and said, "The little one is ordered by Mr. Ji to recruit the adults over." ”

Zhang Xuan didn't pay attention to Ji Jue for several days, but he didn't know when Chu Wufu arrived under Ji Jue. After listening to Chu's useless words, he sorted out his clothes before coming to Nanyang County to meet Ji Jue.

saw that Ji Jue was still in the back office of the Nanyang County Ya, but Zhang Xuan's sharp eyes found that the layout of this room had changed a little.

Zhang Xuan saw Ji Jue and saluted respectfully and said, "Meet Mr. Ji." ”

Ji Jue was still busy with paperwork, and Zhang Xuan secretly muttered in his heart: Among the rebels, where are there so many documents.

This is not Zhang Xuan slandering them. But it is true.

Luo Rucai is literate, but under Luo Rucai, it is Luo Yulong, Wang Long, the literary attainments of Luo Rucai's cronies and nephews, are not as good as Luo Rucai, so in Cao Ying, most of the orders are passed down orally by the heralds, and there is no document.

Where are there so many paperwork for people to see.

"Zhang Xuan, the army is about to be pulled out." Ji Jue said lightly: "You dismiss those people, you don't need it." ”

Zhang Xuan was unhappy in his heart, daring to love what you asked me to do is a dispensable thing. However, Zhang Xuan wanted to leave the rebel army, although he was put on a position by Ji Jue, he was quite unhappy, but he had no intention of care.

Zhang Xuan said: "After the dismissal of the people, will I still go back to the medical camp?" ”

Ji Jue glanced up at Zhang Xuan and said, "You are handed over to me by the palm of the plate, so you don't have to do some chores, I arranged for someone else." When the people are disbanded, you will return the borrowed people, and you will come to me and use them. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Yes." ”

"Where did I offend him?" Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "He is targeting me like this? ”

Zhang Xuan couldn't figure it out for a while, but he understood one thing, that is, Ji Jue had stripped him clean, and he had no power at all. became a loner, and his meaning also made him hand over Cao Zongyu, Zhou Dang and others who had just been brought to his side.

This is something he never wants to do.

Perhaps, simply becoming Ji Jue's assistant and a member of Luo Rucai's strategist group, Zhang Xuan is more promising in the rebel army, after all, although Ji Jue only has a dozen scribes under him, he has a very high status in Cao Ying, because everyone knows that Ji Jue does not represent himself, he represents Luo Rucai.

But Zhang Xuanzhi is not here.

Zhang Xuan said: "Yes." ”

Anyway, you can't have a hard top with Ji Jue, and many times in the army is unreasonable. Promise everything first, and then talk about anything else.

Zhang Xuan returned to the south gate, rang the gongs and drums, gathered everyone together, and said: "The righteous army is leaving, you don't need to level the city, you have received today's rice, and you will disperse." ”

"Ahh The people had a look of horror on their faces.

Most of these people were from outside the city.

The people in the city, after Luo Rucai broke the city, when the warehouse was opened to release grain, the righteous army grabbed a lot of grain, but the people of ten miles and eight towns outside the city, heard that the grain was released in the city, and they all rushed over, however, Nanyang City is not Xiangyang City, Xiangyang City has hundreds of thousands of troops, so there is food, but Nanyang City is also Tang Wangfu has some grain, it is empty, Luo Rucai released grain, but also to ensure the use of his army, so the rice grain released is not much, and it was soon robbed and emptied.

That's the difference between being prepared to live and not being prepared to live.

Yan Riyu controls the food in the whole city, and the strict control is to survive until the autumn harvest, and he would rather starve people to death than release grain, but Luo Rucai doesn't care about this, he eats wherever he wants, and releases more when he comes out.

"Your Excellency, please take us with you." An old man knelt on the ground, and Zhang Xuan saw that he was so thin that only a handful of bones remained, and his whole body was dark and dark, but his hair was white. I don't know how old I am.

Zhang Xuan immediately helped him up and said, "Old man, please get up." He picked up the old man and said, "No, I don't want to take you away, but the official army is behind, and we can't take you away, this is a rebellion, and we want to fight with the court." ”

Zhang Xuan actually values this old man a lot, because the fire boiling water immersion method was proposed by the old man. But among the rebels, Zhang Xuan was really worried that this old man would not be able to stand it. Long journeys, thousands of miles of expeditions, and the weight of personnel losses in ancient times are all clear in history, and young people may not be able to withstand it, let alone old men.

The old man said: "My life is gone, and I am still afraid of any rebellion, my old man is old, useless, and I dare not follow the adults." But the old man knows that the adult is a good person, and the food is never deducted or coerced, and the old man just wants to find a way to live for the children. Please take these children with you, adults. ”

"Adults, please take these children with you."

Puff, all these people fell to their knees, and Zhang Xuan couldn't help them. He hurriedly said, "Get up, get up." ”

In this era, it is not surprising that such half-grown children come out to do things, and only when there is work to eat. Zhang Xuan also subconsciously looked for more children. It's also a bit of kindness.

However, the children who came to help on the construction site were not young, most of them were in their teens, but they were malnourished, and they all seemed to be little radish heads. It's sad to look at.

"Save the kids." Zhang Xuan suddenly made such a voice in his heart. For a while, Zhang Xuan remembered the diary of a madman again.

"Okay." Zhang Xuan couldn't refuse, and secretly gritted his teeth and said, "I just promised to come down." ”

"Thank you, thank you, your lordship, your lordship." For a moment, everyone knelt on the ground. Only Zhang Xuan stood alone.