Chapter 114: The Beginning of the Edge
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"Kill two of the ones who rush to the front!" Zhong Wuregret knew that if he couldn't stop this madness, more people would die, and many people would die just by killing each other for a bite to eat.
The soldiers quickly surrounded the cauldron and killed two hungry people who were too crazy on the spot, and the blood of the dead temporarily suppressed the hungry people, but Zhong Wuregret knew that he had to quickly calm the mood of the hungry people, and he said to the hungry people: "We were sent by the king of Chu to provide disaster relief, and brought enough food, you sit still now, after boiling the porridge, we will distribute it to you, and when you have a little strength, we will distribute the food to you, and if you can't carry it, our soldiers will send the food to your home."
But now you must be honest and don't move, or you won't get a grain of food, not even a sip of porridge here. If anyone wants to grab food, they are your model. As he spoke, Zhong Wuregret pointed to the two hungry people who died on the ground.
Hearing this, looking at the soldiers around them who were holding knives and tigers, like wolves and tigers, the hungry people were honest, staring at the cauldron of porridge one by one, and swallowing their saliva.
Finally appeased the hungry people in this small village, and Zhong Wuregret that they continued on the road.
Grass roots and tree bark became the main food of the people. Along the way, wild dogs were seen pulling carcasses out of the mound and biting the flesh on them.
Getting closer and closer to the capital, Zhong Wuregret has been thinking about what method to use to let these hungry people survive. Relying on him for disaster relief alone, he can't keep ten lives busy. Fortunately, he has more and more people, and his strategy of using "thieves to cure thieves" has become ineffective, because more and more thieves will not leave even if they can, and they will not be able to run away, and they will "hunt down thieves" with Zhong Wuregret, because they will have food with Zhong Wuregret.
Chinese peasants are the most honest. Zhong Wuregret saw that many thieves were originally honest people, but due to the severe drought, not only did they have no food, but also people from the government forced them to hand over their fields. Not to mention the empty walls, no one wants to sell their sons and daughters, except for a life, they have nothing to hand over.
In desperation, he had to take risks as a thief. In this case, Zhong Wuregret had to leave them behind.
Zhong Wuregret incorporated them and led them with the establishment of the army, anyway, at that time, it was a system of "soldiers in agriculture, generals in Qingqing", and "soldiers and farmers in one", and they were integrated quickly.
The old and weak were organized into a battalion and specialized in some chores. Prepared, the rest of the men were organized into an army and trained by the head of his nursing home.
Yoyuki was appointed commander and instructor of the archery corps, and he selected potential archers from all the personnel, including his guardians, and trained them to form the Archer Corps.
In addition to the traditional bows and arrows of the Archer Legion, Zhong Wuregret also asked Yang Youji to train a group of longbowmen.
Zhong Wuregret knew that the longbow was used in warfare by many European countries in the Middle Ages, and the longbow used by the English infantry in the 14th and 15th centuries could shoot 200 yards away, and was "a very terrible weapon" at that time.
In the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the English army, led by Henry V, defeated about 36,000 French troops with about 5,900 men, except for 900 well-equipped knights, the remaining 5,000 were longbowmen, this battle became one of the most brilliant victories of English longbowmen, and also left a deep impact on the tactics of relying on the range of fire to kill the opponent's dense formations in later wars.
The longbow is generally about 1.5 meters long, roughly eyebrow-length, and longer than the average bow. Zhong Wuregret only drew a sketch for Yang Yuji, asking him to figure it out by himself, anyway, all this is for the future, the wisdom of the ancients is not inferior to that of modern times, as long as they are given ideas and time, they will always succeed.
In addition, Zhong Wuregret specially advised Yang Youji to select a few particularly outstanding archers and train them to be "sniper archers" for great use.
At this point, Zhong Wuregret thought that what he had done unintentionally had actually achieved miraculous results, and the thieves no longer had the idea of fighting the batch of disaster relief silver.
First, in front of the current Zhong Wuregret's strength, he didn't dare.
Second, the thieves he recruited belonged to many self-organized gangs, and these thieves saw with their own eyes the real situation of Zhong Wuregret's relief for the hungry, so they told many thieves through various channels that Zhong Wuregret was indeed sincerely helping the hungry, not like the news they heard, Zhong Wuregret was using the name of disaster relief to loot money.
There are not many people who really want to rob the silver, and they also know that these silver taels are related to the lives of countless victims, women, children, and children. They originally wanted to rob the silver, but they were unwilling to be a "thief" Zhong Wuregret and embezzle the silver in the name of disaster relief. Once they found out that the money was actually used for the victims, they wanted to protect it.
Pan Fu pretended to be a thief's government soldier, and he didn't dare to shoot easily. Deng Shi repeatedly told them that Zhong Wuregret was scheming and unusual, and the more incompetent Zhong Wuregret became, the more vigilant they became.
One of the leaders of the Panfu soldiers this time was Chen Ming, who was the leader of the "clan soldiers" Ma Zheng under Chen Ming, the doctor of Chen Guo.
Chen Ming suffered from Zhong Wuregret in Caozhuang from the beginning, and then ran away after Chen Guo was made a big fuss by Zhong Wuregret, which made him ridiculed in every way.
Chen Ming thought that he was talented and strong, and he was a high-minded and arrogant person, but he didn't expect to be humiliated by Zhong Wuregret repeatedly, he really couldn't swallow this breath, and after discussing with Chen Ming, he quietly sneaked into the Chu State.
Chen Ming is extremely lewd by nature, he relies on being the younger brother of Chen Guoguojun, wanton ****, and few women who are favored by him can escape his clutches.
Cao Yun'e and Ziying are both the best beauties that Chen Ming dreamed of, and both of them have already been obtained, because Zhong Wuregret has been so mixed up, not only did he not stay, but he also lost a lot of money, so he hated Zhong Wuregret even more.
Chen Ming wanted to sneak into the State of Chu to find Zhong Wuregret for revenge, and hit it off with Chen Ming, after Chen Ming found someone to take over the position of Ma Zheng held by Chen Ming, Chen Ming came to the State of Chu and lived as a guest in a doctor's mansion.
When the contradiction between Zhong Wuregret and Pan Chong became public and became mortal enemies of each other, Chen Ming recommended himself to Pan Mansion.
After Deng Shi's investigation, it was found that he was indeed an outstanding military general, but considering the issue of seniority and loyalty, Chen Ming was only appointed as a small leader of the Panfu soldiers.
However, this time, Pan Chong wanted to take the opportunity of disaster relief to eliminate Zhong Wuregret and his grain convoy, and Chen Ming was reused, and he would lead a team of elite government soldiers alone.
They are not subject to any restraint, they will do whatever it takes, they have only one goal, and they have no regrets about killing Zhong.
Chen Ming had suffered from Zhong Wuregret, and he didn't think that Zhong Wuregret was easy to deceive like other thieves, and he flocked to him as soon as he saw the opportunity. He just secretly followed Zhong Wuregret and them, waiting for an opportunity to attack.
When Zhong Wuregret and they passed through a small village again, he heard the sound of someone beating and scolding again, he hurriedly ran over with Yang Yuji to take a look, this time, it was not the hungry people arguing, but the soldiers in military armor beating and scolding the villagers.
A soldier grabbed a bamboo basket and dragged it out of the house, and a villager in tattered clothes clung to the bamboo basket, no matter how the soldier dragged it, he still shouted: "We can eat so little, have mercy on us!" ”
The soldier said, "I have pity on you, but who will pity us?" We will not be able to finish what we have received, and we will be whipped when we go back. ”
Zhong Wuregret heard the fire, and stepped forward and kicked the armored soldier over: "People are starving to death so much, you still dare to force the collection." ”
"Who is so bold as to dare to sabotage the great affairs of the Taishi." A general carried a big knife, said fiercely, and walked towards Zhong Wuregret.
"What is the great thing of the Taishi?" Zhong Wuregret asked.
The generals who came over looked at Zhong Wuregret's posture and tone, and they didn't know who he was for a while, but said arrogantly: "The levy of the land is for the country's great plan, and now the king of Chu has no ability to govern the country, and the surrounding enemy countries want to take advantage of the situation to enter and destroy my Chu country, and it is a matter of course to accept the land endowment, which is the great thing of the Taishi." ”
After that, the general looked at Zhong Wuregret suspiciously and asked, "Who are you?" Do you care about this kind of thing? ”
"Why are you so smart, as soon as you say it, I was sent by the King of Chu to take care of this matter." Zhong Wuregret said: "For the sake of you just being a dog, I don't embarrass you." But you hurry up and gather the people here, or else, hehe......"
Zhong Wuregret didn't speak, but his laughter did make the general creepy, and when he saw a large number of teams coming behind him one after another, the general hurriedly ran over to gather the villagers.
Looking at these scrawny villagers in front of them, they can already be said to be not called people, but living corpses. The dying flesh hung on them was wrinkled, and every bone on their bodies could be counted clearly.
The men and women were almost all naked, and they had sold everything they had, even the last fig leaf on their bodies. If you don't look below, you can't tell the difference between men and women at all, only by looking at those who are swaying in the scorching sun, **** hanging there softly like a shriveled olive pit, you know that they are men.
"People are hungry like this, and they have to pay the land endowment." Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhong Wuregret had mixed feelings, and he remembered what happened to an old classmate that his father had told him.
When he fell into the great famine, his father, as a classmate of the number one, asked his superiors five times to allocate 3 million catties of food for emergency relief. His father's old classmate didn't get a grain of food. As a result, he had to watch the people starve to death in batches.
Later, his father's classmates couldn't stand it anymore, and the whole family committed suicide by jumping into a well.
Thousands of years later, Zhong Wuregret only heard about it, but today he saw it with his own eyes. However, Pan Chong's rampant conquest made him angry. He said loudly to the hungry people: "The king of Chu knows your calamity, he is very sympathetic to his people, and the king of Chu has decreed that all places with great drought will be exempted from payment for one year and reduced for two years." ”
But the victims seemed to be numb and did not react. When it arrived, the general immediately stepped forward and said: "The Taishi has an order, for the benefit of the country, the field endowment shall not be reduced." ”
"Is this Chu country the king of Chu having the final say, or is the Taishi having the final say?" Zhong Wuregret asked the general.
"Of course, the Taishi has the final say, the King of Chu only knows lewd pleasures all day long, how can he compare to the Taishi who governs the state all day long." The general didn't take the king of Chu seriously at all.
Before Zhong Wuregret could say a second sentence, the blade of the sword had already slashed across the general's neck. This is the first time that Zhong Wuregret has shown his martial arts in front of everyone. All the soldiers were stunned. (To be continued.) )