Chapter 123: The People's Decision
Lu Peng wondered, what does it mean that this black light is blind, and a few villagers ask to see him? Could it be that when you saw yourself distributing military rations along the way, this was to ask for help and relief? I think so, but now there is not much food in hand, and if there is any relief, then the battle will not be able to go on tomorrow morning.
But since people ask to see them, it's better to meet them and explain the situation to them. So he ordered a few villagers to be brought in.
After a while, several ragged and skinny villagers were brought in by the soldiers, and as soon as they saw Lu Peng, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed, calling him the general.
Lu Peng hurriedly supported them with both hands, and then asked them to sit down by the campfire.
Several village elders sat down tremblingly, and then one of the oldest began to sing praises to Lu Peng, all of which were arranged in advance, and he stammered at first, and finally became more and more smooth, which was a set of sets, and it rhymed very well.
Lu Peng smiled, and smiled at a few villagers who were still chattering and chanting praises: "Fellow villagers, I'm not as good as you say, are they all people, seeing the misery of the villagers, of course we have to stretch out our hands, but now we can't help the people anymore, because we will attack Zhaojiabao tomorrow, if we give military grain to the people, then we can only go to the battlefield hungry, and if we can't capture it in one day, we will be starved back." As he spoke, he was very embarrassed and apologized again and again.
As a result, as soon as Lu Peng said this, the villagers looked at each other again, and suddenly knelt down again, crying one by one.
Lu Peng is blinded now, what he is most afraid of is this, Lu Peng is soft-hearted, and he can't stand it when he sees crying, so he can only hold each other again, and his mouth says again and again: "A few villagers get up quickly, although I can't give relief now, but when I take Zhaojiabao, I will definitely open a warehouse and release grain, so that everyone can live a full year." ”
As a result, the eldest villager raised his teary eyes and said to Lu Peng: "Master General, we are not here to beg for food, we are elected by the people of various villages, just to ask if your army really wants to attack Zhaojiabao?" ”
Lu Peng nodded affirmatively and said: "The Zhao family has done a lot of evil, and it is too orderly, and I will definitely take Zhaojiabao to eliminate harm for the people." "In fact, Lu Peng and Liu Yan both fell in love with the wealth of the Zhao family, and Lu Peng also had the purpose of gaining a foothold in Youzhou for himself in the future and deterring other clans, but if he said it now, it would be a high-sounding touch.
But no matter what the reason is, taking down Zhaojiabao is a sure thing, and it has definitely not changed, and it is not a deception to the people.
As a result, the old man was affirmed by Lu Peng, and immediately arched his hand and said: "General, we, the villagers, were elected by the villagers and implored the general to be our master and eliminate the harm." ”
Oh, the lover came to petition and petitioned, and he made a misunderstanding, so Lu Peng hurriedly asked a few villagers to sit down again, and then ordered someone to bring some hot water to warm up the villagers, and began to ask the reason.
The army came all the way to give alms, and all the people along the way were touched, so that they could see a different army, especially when those soldiers were giving alms, they promised the people that this time they must take Zhaojiabao to avenge the people, so the people knew that the purpose of this army was not to go to the Zhao family to give gifts, not to help the Zhao family suppress the people, but to destroy the Zhao family and avenge the people. So, the earth-shattering news spread to all parts of the country like the wind, and the people quietly ran to tell each other, but they were still worried, so many villages recommended a few village elders, and caught up with the army overnight to find out what was going on.
"No matter what I pay this time, no matter what the price, I will definitely take Zhaojiabao." Lu Peng swore an oath.
got Lu Peng's affirmative answer, and a villager reminded him carefully: "The Zhao family is within a radius of 100 miles, and every bridge at every intersection has a tax collector, or one or two, or three or five people, but the area is large and large, in case they gather, it is also a large number of people, if they are involved in the actions of the adults in the back, it will not be good at that time." ”
"I've noticed this, I've cleaned up everything along the way, I'm too late for the rest, but it's okay, I'll be behind me, leaving five hundred brothers watching them."
The villager said firmly: "Since the adults are resolutely attacking the Zhao family, our people have no scruples, the adults don't have to leave a few soldiers to watch those bastards, you can attack the Zhao family fort with all your might, hand over those bastards to us, and we promise that none of those bastards will be able to reach behind you." ”
It's not that the people don't want to resist, it's because they don't dare to resist, after all, there is no backbone, there is no future that the Zhao family can't retaliate against, so the people endure the oppression of the Zhao family, and now they see the government doing something to the Zhao family, and the three thousand army swear to the people that they will definitely break through the Zhao family fort, and everyone will have the confidence, so they are ready to take revenge on the Zhao family in an all-round way.
Since the people are willing to help in the war, of course, they can't ask for it, but Lu Peng knows the tremendous power of the people's war, and once this volcano erupts, its power will be unstoppable.
Lu Peng didn't say much, directly thanked the villagers, and then sent someone to send them out of the barracks. In this way, he will have no worries, and he can attack Zhaojiabao with all his strength, take him down, and get the money and food he needs to strengthen his material reserves and strength.
Lu Peng also absolutely did not miss the opportunity to use this incident to boost the morale of the army, immediately reorganized the ranks, and published a speech that was hoarse and exhausted, making people's blood boil and crying bitterly, which explained the sincerity of the people in supporting the army, and represented that the soldiers had strengthened their determination to love the people and implemented their consistent policy of loving the people, and then raised their arms and shouted, and put forward a lofty slogan: "Avenge the people and break the Zhao family for the New Year." "Of course, the former is an excuse, the latter is the goal.
The soldiers were excited and enthusiastic, and in this slogan of the perfect combination of excuse and purpose, they cut down trees overnight to build a ladder, preparing to launch a resolute attack on the Zhao family as soon as it was dawn.
Lu Peng looked at the soldiers who were as busy as they were beaten with chicken blood, pinched his chin and said proudly: "The people's will is available, and the army's heart is available." "There is a saying, the military and the people are united tightly, try to see what the world can do to me.