readx; The thieves have besieged Luoyang for five days and five nights. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info reinforcements have not yet arrived, the defenders can only support it, and the lives of the people in the city have also been greatly affected. Due to the soaring price of rice, many silver taels in the hands of the people were forcibly requisitioned, and many families could no longer afford rice, and there was a phenomenon of interruption.

And the inn where Zhu Youzhen is located, although it is still barely supported by the rice that Li Zhenyan bought last time, but the stored grain can be eaten for half a day at most. The silver around them was also stolen by the officials and soldiers, and they couldn't afford to buy high-priced rice.

In desperation, Chen Yuanyuan took out the jewelry box he was carrying with him and asked Zhu Youzhen to take it and sell it. This small box contains a pair of Hetian jade bracelets, a hollow gold hairpin, and a string of pearl necklaces, all of which are priceless treasures. Zhu Youzhen hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Miss Chen, this is absolutely unacceptable. These are the things that the girl loves, and they are very valuable, and now they are used in exchange for food, which is really not cost-effective. ”

"Whatever you love, sell it." Chen Yuanyuan smiled and said, "These things are all those back then... The man gave it to the round one. They did spend a lot of silver to buy these things, just to smile at Bo Yuanyuan; But in their hearts, Yuanyuan is no different from these things, just things that can be played with. They don't look at Yuanyuan as a living person, and Yuanyuan is not rare in their things. ”

"That being said," Zhu Youzhen muttered, "but if these jewels are resold normally, even if they go to the pawnshop, one piece is worth at least a few thousand taels of silver." In this situation, I'm afraid I can only change a few bags of rice, which is a pity! No, the girl still put the box away, and I'll figure out how to solve the problem of food! ”

But what could he do? Tens of thousands of people in the city are waiting to be fed, but profiteers are blindly hoarding. In order to prevent the hungry people from looting, they also bought off the officials of Luoyang Prefecture and sent a large number of people to patrol back and forth around the rice store every day.

Zhu Youzhen wanted to send special combat personnel to steal some food, but if he couldn't do it, he would rob it openly. But when he saw this formation, he immediately understood that it was not possible to come hard. After all, there are only 20 special combat personnel under his command, and if he really fights with a large number of government officials and even officials and soldiers, it is tantamount to a moth to a fire and bring about his own destruction.

In desperation, Zhu Youzhen had to implement "wartime**" in the inn first. The whole team, including the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper and the guests, had to eat only two meals a day: breakfast and dinner, and the portions of each meal were greatly reduced. Originally, the food was only enough to eat for half a day, but Zhu Youzhen's arrangement was extended to three days later.

In the midst of the hunger, the number of casualties of the defenders was also greatly increased. The wounded soldiers and corpses that had been withdrawn from the city were almost in a line; Whenever I asked which, I was so frightened that I didn't dare to stay, for fear that I would get close to the city wall and be injured again by stray arrows.

Zhu Youzhen knew that this must be the thieves who had increased their siege efforts. It is strange to say that Luoyang has been besieged for so long, and the officials and troops in other places should have received the news and come to the aid in a big way, why has there been no movement at all now? He really wanted to fight his way out of the siege to move the rescue troops, but he knew that it was impossible, so he had to stay in the inn and be in a hurry.

What made Zhu Youzhen even more angry was that all the war horses of the people were confiscated by the official army. Including his own jujube red horse, Qi Meifeng's "Qianli Xue" and Li Zhenyan's "Daiyun" were not spared, and they were all taken away by the officials and soldiers without saying anything.

Without the war horse, it is even more impossible for Zhu Youzhen and others to break through and leave. And they were deeply worried about these horses, because looking at the current situation, the officials and soldiers would never dare to go out of the city to fight, so what was the use of them asking for war horses? But don't be prepared to kill horses to satisfy your hunger, right?

After noon in fear, a large number of officials suddenly came, surrounding several buildings near the inn. Zhu Youzhen was taken aback, thinking to himself that the deeds of killing the ruffians and hooligans had been exposed? If the government really wants to punish its own crimes, then there will only be a big scuffle that will break the net!

But to his surprise, the leader shouted loudly: "By the order of the prefect, the soldiers defending the city have suffered many casualties, and they must not be replenished, and strong men must be selected from the people to assist in defending the city!" Come on, as long as it's a man, take it all! ”

Zhu Youzhen suddenly realized that this was actually to "catch the strong man"!

"Do you want to kill it?" Qi Meifeng, who was next to him, asked in a low voice.

Zhu Youzhen thought nervously for a moment, but still shook his head. He thought to himself that even if he led the people to resist, he would be able to kill the gang of servants in front of him; But there are tens of thousands of officials and soldiers in the city, and there are tens of thousands of thieves outside the city. It's not a last resort, and there's no need to work so hard.

Besides, Zhu Youzhen had no way of knowing the specific situation of the thieves, so he could only guess randomly; Once he is "caught", he can see the battle situation with his own eyes, which will help him judge the situation and make the next decision.

What's more, there is not much food left in the inn. Once he becomes a "strong man", at least three meals a day is not necessary, Zhu Dadian can't let the soldiers fight hungry!

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen glanced at everyone and pretended not to resist. Everyone will understand, and they will all learn the same. At this time, Qi Meifeng, Li Zhenyan and the red lady were already disguised, and they were wearing extremely ordinary coarse cloth clothes, and they couldn't tell that they were women at all, so they were also arrested together. Only Chen Yuanyuan was exempt from being arrested, she watched Zhu Youzhen and others being pushed and shoved away, and she was so anxious that she had tears in her eyes, but there was no way at all.

After some tossing, Zhu Youzhen and others were driven to the east city wall. Along with them, there were hundreds of Luoyang people, ranging in age from their teens to their fifties and sixties. At this time, listening to the deafening shouts of killing, these ordinary people were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and the formation was extremely scattered.

However, Zhu Youzhen's team is different, it seems to be disorganized, but in fact, it is scattered on all sides, and Zhu Youzhen is firmly protected in his heart. In the event of an accident, they immediately tear off their disguises and prepare for a bloody battle!

At the foot of the city gate, everyone was gathered, and a man who looked like an officer in a full body said loudly: "Can you shoot arrows?" It doesn't matter if you won't, look closely! ”

So saying, he took off the short bow he was carrying, opened it like a full moon, and pressed the arrow tightly to the bowstring, and when he let go of his hand, the sharp arrow shot out. I only heard the sound of "tuk", and the arrow was firmly nailed to the city wall.

"See? Just shoot like that! Come, send them bows and arrows, and go to the city to kill the thieves at once! ”

PS: I made a typography error just now, but now I have fixed it.