Seeing Ma Bo's team, Ge Li He Yilong and Zuojin Wang He Jin couldn't help but be stunned, only to see that everyone was dejected, looking like they had lost the battle, but the expressions of the brothers were not like them, and the two of them were confused. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Huh? What's wrong with you guys? Zuojin Wang He Jin said and walked up.

He Yilong asked, "Nephew Bo, what's wrong with you?" Have you been defeated by the officers and soldiers? ”

Zuojin Wang He Jin said: "Nephew Bo, you settle your brothers, come to the council room, and talk about the attack on Macheng." ”

After glancing at Ma Bo and the men and horses he led, Ma Shouying knew that his son had been thwarted in the siege, and without asking too much, he turned around and went back to the council hall.

After settling his subordinates, Ma Bo came to the conference hall alone, the meeting hall is the place where the general Ge Zuo meets, when Ma Bo enters, he sees his father Ma Shouying sitting on a chair in the middle, on both sides are Ge Li Yan He Yilong and Zuo Jin Wang He Jin, and the following are more than ten large and small leaders.

"I've seen the marshal and the two lieutenants. I've seen the generals. Ma Bo bowed.

Ma Shouying didn't say anything, just looked at him and nodded slightly.

"Nephew Bo, come, sit down and talk...... "Ge Li said with a smile.

Zuojin Wang He Jin said: "Nephew Bo, the uncle is a straight person, he can't turn a corner, the uncle looks at your subordinates as if they have lost a battle, but it is a little different, the situation is very strange, can you tell us the reason in detail?" ”

Hearing this, everyone's eyes were focused on Ma Bo.

After looking around at the leaders in the house, and then at his father Ma Shouying, Ma Bo said: "That's the case, I took 30,000 horses to take the county seat of Macheng, after a few days of attack, just when the city was about to be captured, Tanma reported that there was an army behind me, I thought it was the officers and soldiers who came to support Macheng, so I led the troops to meet it......" Ma Bo told what happened, and only after he finished speaking, he said: "This is how things happened, if the marshal thinks that I am not properly handled, I am willing to accept military law." ”

After listening to what he said, no one spoke, and there was silence in the room, and everyone wondered whether it was true or false.

This happened strangely, and the way it was handled was very special. Although Ma Shouying believed what his son said, he couldn't force everyone to believe it.

After a while, seeing that no one spoke, Ma Shouying said: "Zuo Ge two brothers, you go out and bring some soldiers in, you have to ask this matter clearly, and then deal with it." ”

"Yes!" The two of them stood up and bowed as they spoke, and then went out.

After a while, the two men came in with ten soldiers each, and twenty soldiers knelt before the leaders and waited for questioning.

Glancing at these soldiers, Ma Shouying said in a deep voice: "You are all sergeants who followed Ma Bo to attack Macheng, and you are all aware of what happened during the attack on Macheng, right?" ”

"That's right! Right! Right! That's what the marshal said. All the soldiers replied in unison.

"Good! In that case, you will carefully recount the whole process from the beginning of the attack on Macheng to your return, and let all the generals here listen to it, and no details must be concealed, do you know? Ma Shouying said.

"The villain must be truthful!" All the soldiers replied in unison.

Brushing his beard, Ma Shouying said: "Pick two articulate people, and the others will make additions, and start talking......"

After some nomination, two soldiers were selected to tell the story, one named Zhang Laoqi and the other Ma Xiaosan.

Kowtowed to the leaders, Zhang Laoqi said: "I followed Ma Shaoshuai to get the Macheng ........." After Zhang Laoqi finished speaking, Ma Xiaosan began to narrate again, after listening to the narration of the two, and asked the other sergeants, everyone finally confirmed that what Ma Bo said was true.

"Generals, listen to what Ma Bo and his subordinates said, although this militia is small in number, it is well-trained, and there are cavalry, it is said that it was forced to rebel by Xiong Wencan's old dog, but I don't know if this matter is true or not, I think I will wait until I understand the situation clearly before making a decision." Ma Shouying thought about it and said.

"Big brother, King Zuo Jin and I will send a few spies to Wuchang City, whether this matter is true or false, we will understand it soon." Ge Li Yan He Yilong said.

Ma Shouying arched his hand and said, "Then it will trouble the two brothers." ”

"My own brother, why be polite." After the two finished speaking, they arched their hands at Ma Shouying and said goodbye.

Since bringing the loyal team into Macheng County, Zhao Guohua set up the Macheng Military Management Committee in Qianhu, and began to rectify the order of the county town and arrange the city defense.

As a result of several days of siege, many people were killed or wounded.

Listening to the sad cries of the people who died in the battle, Zhao Guohua said sympathetically: "Minzhuang has made great sacrifices in this siege battle, Lu Qing, you and Jin Qianhu go to count the people who died in this battle, if the parents are helpless or the children are young, we can give one tael of silver or the equivalent of one tael of silver per month, and the injured Minzhuang will be treated by us, and after being cured, each person will be given five taels of silver as a reward." Speaking of this, he glanced at Jin Shou and said, "The sergeants who defend the city are also dealt with in this way." ”

"Yes! Subordinates will do it! Lu Qing arched his hand and said.

Hearing this, Jin Shou gratefully arched his hand and said, "The brothers under your command are grateful for General Zhao's kindness. ”

"Jin Qianhu doesn't have to be polite, if it weren't for your soldiers and the people of Macheng, the county seat of Macheng would have fallen a long time ago, you are the heroes of Macheng, speaking of which, I should also thank you." Zhao Guohua said with a smile.

Jin Shou said: "With General Zhao's words, those sergeants who died in battle also died with peace of mind. ”

After arranging these things, Zhao Guohua took Zhang Shun, Lu Qing, Cheng Chong, Liu Youtian, Jin Shou and others and more than a dozen loyal and brave team members to inspect the city.

Because the county town was besieged, foreign economic exchanges were interrupted, the market was depressed, many people had no work, no food, wandering in groups in the city, there were several times Zhao Guohua and others also encountered robberies in broad daylight, although Zhao Guohua was unceremoniously arrested after seeing this situation, but after interrogation, most of them were because they were hungry and couldn't stand it.

After inspecting the streets of the county, Zhao Guohua returned to the Military Management Committee and issued a second order, mobilizing the people in the city to clean up the city, and clean up the garbage that was stranded in the city due to the siege of the city during this time.

In a dilapidated house in a remote alley, a young man in his twenties was talking to two elderly people in their sixties, the old of which was the young man's parents, and the house was very simple, with no furniture except for a dilapidated dining table and a few wooden benches.

"Erwa, your brother was requisitioned and sent to be a citizen and died on the city tower, and I don't know if the county government will send some burning and burying silver to buy some rice? We haven't eaten a single thing in two days. The woman in her sixties wiped her tears and said sadly.

"Ahem...... Cough...... coughed ......" several times, and the sixty-year-old father sighed and said: "Alas, old woman, don't count on it, we are old, we will die if we die, and the second baby is still young, so don't stop him, let him go out and find a way to live by himself, can't the family starve to death." ”

At this time, ......a gong sounded, and the voice of the county government officer came from outside: "Macheng father and brother listened, the military management committee ordered, Macheng County should be sanitized, all those who participated in it have four big white flour steamed buns to eat every day, and those who want to go should hurry up to the thousands of households to sign up......

"Huh? Is there such a thing? It can't be a lie to us poor, right? The old man looked at his wife and son and said in disbelief. Hearing that there were white-flour steamed buns to eat, a strange brilliance appeared in the eyes of the three of them, and their throats moved and swallowed saliva.

"Daddy! Mother! I'll go to the Qianhu Institute to take a look, anyway, we are poor and have nothing but our own life, and we are not afraid that he will deceive us, the big deal is that the Qianhu will deceive us to be soldiers, as long as you can make your two elders full, I will go to be a soldier. After saying that, the second baby walked out quickly.

Out of the alley, there are people all the way, there are men and women, old and young, everyone is walking towards one place, that is, Macheng Thousand Households.

A large pot of steamed buns is steaming in the Qianhu Office, and there are tens of thousands of people surrounded by black pressure outside the Qianhu House, and everyone is drooling when they smell the aroma of the steamed buns.

Just now, a few people who wanted to fish in troubled waters rushed in to grab steamed buns to eat, but they were caught by the loyal and brave team members, and their feet were broken and their hands were broken and thrown not far away.

Looking at the people who came to sign up for sanitation at the door of the thousands of households, Lu Qing frowned and said: "Captain, there are too many people here, so many people, the sanitation in this county will be completed in three days at most, how will it be arranged after three days?" And with so many people, our food can't last long. ”

"I know, but you've seen the situation in the city, if we don't reach out and pull a hand, it's a question of whether some people will survive until tomorrow, and I can't sit back and watch this happen. There are difficulties, but if we work together, we can overcome them. At present, the most urgent thing is to gather the grain in the whole city, you and Cheng Chong take a thousand team members to borrow grain, open all the grain stores in Macheng and the granaries of rich households, weigh the amount of rice and noodles in each store, and then pull the grain to the thousand households, according to the population of the whole city, ration supply every day, until the food supply in Macheng County is normal. ”

The method that Zhao Guohua said was the rationing system, Lu Qing felt very novel after hearing it, and he said worriedly: "Captain, this method is good, I'm afraid that those grain merchants are unwilling." ”

"You can rest assured that Macheng has set up a military management committee, and all manpower and material resources in Macheng must obey the unified arrangement of the military management committee, and those who do not obey will be dealt with in accordance with military law." Zhao Guohua said coldly.

"I'll do it with Captain Cheng." Lu Qing raised his hand and saluted, and went to find Cheng Chong.