"Huh~"

"Huh~"

"Huh~"

A handful of icy arrows poured down from the city tower, and the breath of death intertwined into a large net in the air, and pierced down fiercely towards the panicked Yellow Turban thieves outside the city, and coldly pierced into the heads and chests of the Yellow Turban thieves.

The leader of the Yellow Turban Thieves had hideous eyebrows, his steel teeth clenched, and he let out a last terrible howl from the sky, and threw the only shiny steel knife in his hand towards the figure on the head of Beihai City...

"Bell~"

A sneer bloomed at the corner of Liu Wei's mouth, the dying counterattack of the leader of the Yellow Turban Thieves was not dangerous at all, and with a slight wave of the red dragon spear in his hand, the already exhausted steel knife fell under his feet with a "clang".

Witnessing the final counterattack corpse, the leader of the Yellow Turban thieves sighed in disappointment, and the hideous color in his eyes dimmed in an instant, he regretted in his heart, regretting that he should not have led more than 20,000 rabbles to attack Beihai City, which was heavily defended and had strong walls, but how could there be regret medicine in the world, and suddenly the leader of the thieves rose to the sky with an unwilling head, and his headless body shook on horseback, and fell to the ground full of blood, turning into one of countless cold corpses.

"Wow!"

The head of the war horse neighed, the loud neighing resounded through the chaotic battlefield, on horseback, Qu A's body was majestic, proudly holding up the purple gold pan dragon spear in his hand, the tip of the spear was impressively carrying the head of the leader of the thief army, the leader of the yellow turban thief soldiers still had unwillingness on his face, and the red blood was dripping from the severed neck~

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

The roar of the Baibo army guarding the city wall and the county soldiers of Beihai City shook the sky, tens of thousands of soldiers looked crazy, morale was like a rainbow, and the reflective yellow turban thieves were a group of rabble, at this time the leader was dead, and he caught a glimpse of Qu A, who was like a god, and the ghost-like white wave army that crawled out of the rain, and there was no trace of resistance.

In the sound of the tsunami on the mountain wall, Liu Wei's expression was cold, and the dark cloak behind him was hunting in the wind, and the body that was not very tall was as majestic as Mount Tai in the hearts of all the soldiers at this moment.

The corpses lying on the ground in the open space outside the city, most of them are the corpses of the Yellow Turban thieves, and the county soldiers who fought with Qu A were also killed and wounded, but after this battle, with the leadership of the lion of Qu A, whether it is temperament or eyes, it is far stronger than the county soldiers guarding the city, as for the soldiers of the White Wave Army, this war is just an active body for them, with super defensive armor, and the number of casualties is almost negligible.

With the death of the leader of the Yellow Turban Bandits, the soldiers of the White Wave Army rushed to kill, and the frightened Yellow Turban Bandits no longer had the heart to resist, and fled like headless flies, but in the end, there was no way to escape, and the victory of this battle was no accident~

Next, Biansi captured the thieves, these did not need Liu Wei to worry about personally, but handed over to Qu A to be responsible, and he took Cheng Yu, Chen Jun and other personal soldiers to walk towards the place arranged for him by Wang Xiu, along the way, whether it was the county soldiers or the people, looking at Liu Wei with absolute respect in his eyes.

Beihai City often suffers from the Yellow Turban thieves blackmail, although the city wall is strong and not afraid, but it can't withstand the spread of people with hearts, causing people in the city to panic, every time Kong Rong waits until the thieves disperse, it takes a lot of energy to appease people's hearts, but this time there is no need to appease people, the facts in front of him tell everyone, including those who have a heart, although the king of Hongnong in front of him is young, but he is a hard-handed iron-blooded man, and compromise will never exist.

And when Liu Wei once again passed by the street where the porridge was given at noon, there were only empty clay pots and a cold fire pond in the porridge shed, obviously today's soup soup was over, and of course there were still the victims who gathered here.

Along the road made way by the victims, under the awe-inspiring gaze of the victims, the group came to the place of stability, the former owner of this house should be a wealthy man who was quite exquisite, and the layout was quite exquisite, and the subordinates led them through the vast lotus pond to the main hall.

Along the way, Liu Wei was pondering the affairs of the hundreds of thousands of disaster victims in the city, Kong Rong is indeed a benevolent gentleman, if hundreds of thousands of disaster victims are left in other Taishou territory, not to mention opening a warehouse to release grain, they will not be allowed to enter the city at all, so as not to cause panic, and only Kong Rong after the saint has this kind of compassionate heart.

It's just that Kong Rong's heart is merciful at that time, but the next measures are really bad, it's summer, relying on the government's short opening of the warehouse to release grain and some wild vegetables outside the city, it will be possible to return, if in winter, everything withers, with the government's little grain storage, I'm afraid it can't be relieved, in addition to the cold weather, you always need cold cotton clothes, and you also need to have a place to live, and then the government can't do anything at all, so it is very likely to cause a riot.

Not to mention that some people colluded with the city officials to do that kind of thing that hurt the heavens and reason, but that little bit of grain could only barely satisfy the young and strong, while the old, young, women and children were still starving, and this alone would not work.

Although the weak eat the strong in troubled times, the importance of women in this era cannot be underestimated, especially the scarcity of women in a base area, which is equivalent to the decrease in the population below, which is the most fatal point in the era of cold weapons.

And Liu Wei once glanced at it roughly, there are not a few women among the victims in the city, which is definitely good news for a base area, so Liu Wei must not let these people starve to death, but the biggest problem is that he has no money and food in his hands.

There was a sound of heavy footsteps outside the door, but when I looked up, I saw that it was Qu A who was striding over, needless to say that the matter of the captives should be almost busy, and sure enough, after Qu A came in, he said directly: "Your Highness, 20,000 thieves have killed 8,000 people, and the remaining 12,000 people have all surrendered to our army." ”

12,000 troops are really a lot, but when I think of the situation I saw in the city, among the 12,000 people, I am afraid that half of them are either old and weak women and children, or infirm, these people are not on the battlefield at all, and frowned slightly: "Then the young and strong among them will form a separate army, and select a few generals from the white wave to train the troops with the training method of the white wave army, as for the remaining old and weak women and children, let them go for the time being, and make their own arrangements." ”

"No!" Qu A secretly mourned for these soldiers, he knew the harshness of the training method of the Bai Bo Army clearly, but at least the food was quite good, but this was Beihai City, and a little brain knew that there would never be any good food, so after a training, I don't know how many people will survive in the end.

When Qu A went out, the county guard Wang Xiu hurriedly came, facing Liu Bian's expression was very respectful, which was very different from what he wanted to do before, although he was in awe before, but more in awe of Liu Bian's momentum, but now he is respecting Liu Bian's ruthlessness, after all, the withered yellow land outside the city has been stained brown with blood, which is enough to explain everything.

"Shuzhi is here, sit down." Liu Wei pointed to the seat on the side, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the restrained look on Wang Xiu's face, and he knew it in his heart, but his face was silent, and he asked casually: "Shuzhi, there are many thieves in Beihai, why didn't Kong Wenju send someone to clean it up?" ”

"Lord Taishou is dedicated to the people, how can he not pay the thief?" Wang Xiu shook his head and said: "Although bandits are rampant in Beihai, Lord Taishou has also sent troops to clean up, but although General Pei Yong is the general, he is still defeated by the thieves, and he lost his heavy grain and grass and returned in embarrassment. ”

Liu Wei raised his eyebrows slightly, what kind of general is Pei Yong, at noon, he used the [Mingcha] skill to probe Pei Yong, this person is not even as good as Zhang Qu in terms of commander attribute or force attribute, far worse than Wu Anguo, but the political attribute is slightly higher, so he leaned forward and found a comfortable posture and asked: "When the coalition army was allied, Gu Zeng saw that there was a fierce general Wu Anguo by Kong Beihai's side, why didn't he let this person lead his troops to recruit thieves?" ”

"Your Royal Highness doesn't know, most of the soldiers in the city are recruited by the Pei family, and then Lord Taishou takes office, because of the reputation of Lord Taishou, the Pei family is willing to hand over the military power to Lord Taishou, but most of the generals in the army are children of the Pei family, Lord Taishou has appointed the main general several times and died in the expedition to pay the thief, although the Lord knows that there is something strange, but there is no proof of death, and the Lord has no choice but to take Pei Yong's life as the main general."

Wang Xiu sighed, shook his head and said: "Wu Anguo is indeed as His Royal Highness said, but he is also a famous general in Qingzhou, and it is precisely because of this that the adults do not want Wu Anguo to encounter accidents, so they stayed by his side, and instead ordered him to recruit soldiers from the new army, but when is the day still short, this alliance is the new recruit of Wu Anguo's department." ”

Liu Wei secretly wondered in his heart, no wonder Kong Rong's Beihai soldiers belonged to the bottom of the coalition army, and they were co-authored by a group of new soldiers, but this also showed that this Beihai City was not peaceful.

"Huh, that's right~" Liu Wei suddenly raised his head and asked: "Shuzhi knows that there are business families or business friends in Beihai County, but it is really not possible to live in Yecheng in the entire Qingzhou." ”

"Your Highness laughed, how could the lower official have any business friends." Wang Xiu said with a smile, business is not a good career, especially for a person like him who has read poetry and books, how can he be friends with businessmen, but as the county guard of Beihai County, he still knows more about some forces in the territory.

"There are few business people in Beihai County, but there are many business people in Donglai County, but after the Yellow Turban Thieves Rebellion, they fled to death, except for some businesses with deep backgrounds, they are basically gone." Wang Xiu thought for a while and said: "In the coastal areas around Muping, because of the Huang family, the people on the side that are subject to less fluctuations are safe, and the Huang family is a business family that sells salt for a living. ”

"A family of salt sellers?" Liu Wei's heart moved, his most urgent thing at present is to deal with the salt dealers, the Huang family can protect the people, presumably the power is not small, and it is east of the Beihai, if you want to go west, you must pass through the Beihai, which is extremely easy to control, so it is appropriate.

"Well, since it can keep the people safe, presumably the reputation is not bad?" Seeing Wang Xiu nodded, Liu Wei said to Cheng Yu: "Zhongde, you and send half of Fang Zi to them, if they agree, I think it won't be long before they bring the people and things we need." ”

Watching Cheng Yu turn around and leave, although Wang Xiu was curious about what the recipe was, he also knew that he couldn't ask more, but Liu Wei still turned his head and said to him: "Shuzhi, how long can the days of soup and grain in the city last?" ”

Wang Xiu's expression was gloomy and said: "This year's harvest in Beihai County is poor, and the grain released is all reserved for previous years, but it won't last long, at most two or three months, I'm afraid there will be no food to put out." ”

"Waste food." Liu Wei shook his head, a little hated that iron does not become steel, obviously the grain harvest failed, and it was such an inefficient disaster relief, looking at the indifferent eyes of the victims outside, I am afraid that no one remembers Kong Rong's good, and although Beihai County is strong, but after all, it is not in disrepair, and these laborers don't know how to use it.

"Shuzhi, send an order down and tell these victims that after a month, we will build water conservancy, renovate and strengthen the city, and tell them that they will be given food and wages when they work." Liu Wei calculated the time, the Huang family will send someone in about a month, and he knows very well how profitable it is to sell salt, don't look at Kong Rong's lack of money, the Huang family is still indispensable.

"Use them to build water conservancy? Pay back the wages? "Wang Xiu's brain twitched, although it was useful for the displaced people to build water conservancy in this era, the vast majority of them were still the work of the county soldiers, let alone pay the wages, which made him a little unable to turn around all of a sudden." How can the construction of water conservancy projects be guaranteed for the disaster victims? And the government treasury does not have much money and food, how to pay the wages? ”

"You don't have to worry about money and food, you can do it alone. As for the construction of water conservancy and the renovation and reinforcement of the city walls, all these matters are entirely responsible for the individual. Liu Wei patiently explained: "For example, each person is responsible for a small area of the city wall, and the name of the person in charge is engraved in this place, and when the piece is unqualified, that piece is responsible!" In the same way, building water conservancy and cultivating land for two days is similar."

After thinking about it, Liu Wei continued: "Now there are many bandits rampant in the county, but basically there is not much power, Gu has already sent people to recruit thieves, and when the territory is cleared, the victims can be sent out of the city to do these jobs." ”

Wang Xiu's eyes were full of surprise when he looked at Liu Wei, he had been a county guard in Beihai County even longer than Kong Rong had been in office, but he had never seen or heard of such a method, it was simply unheard of.

In fact, don't say that Wang Xiu has not heard of it, this kind of responsibility to the individual, although the earliest record is the Qin State weapon casting, but the construction of water conservancy and renovation of the city wall, the responsibility of reclaiming fertile land to the individual, the most stringent period should be in the Ming Dynasty Hongwu period, at that time every stone of the city wall needs to be engraved with the name of the bricklayer, after the city wall is built, it will be accepted by the soldiers with sharp spears.

If the spear pierces the city wall, it will kill the bricklayer, if it can't penetrate, it will kill the soldiers, so that the two parties in order to survive, one desperately improves the quality, the other desperately finds loopholes, so that in the Ming Dynasty, the solidity of the city wall can even withstand the bombardment of the red-coated cannons.