At the end of the long day, the remnant sun hung in the western sky, turning the surrounding sky as red as blood, and the city of Puzhou fell into a considerable degree of chaos after the city was broken, and the defeated army, the rich, and even the poor all rushed to flee to the gate on the other side. Because the reputation of the rogues was not very good in those years, after the city was broken, most of them had to slaughter the local people, rob gold, silver, food, and women...... They will even arrest the strong men and force them to join the gang.

They crowded and trampled on each other at the east and south gates, trampling on hundreds of people who were killed and injured, until Zhu Yuanzhang's army arrived and closed the city gate, these guys stopped crowding and sat on the edge of the city gate in frustration...... Waiting for the tragic fate to come, but they were not so bad as to rob or torture them, Zhu Yuanzhangjun just ordered them to go home and did not do anything drastic to them.

After hours of unease, fear, and panic, the inhabitants of the city finally calmed down, hid in their homes, and looked out at the street through the cracks in their doors.

For such a scene, Zhu Yuanzhang has been used to seeing it in his previous life, so he is calm. At this time, he was sitting in the lobby of the Zhizhou Yamen, and was issuing one order after another.

"Flying Mountain Tiger, Big Red Wolf...... You two brothers are responsible for breaking off the cannons on all four walls, huh...... There were sixteen guns in total, as well as cannonballs and gunpowder, and a thousand recruits were brought to escort these cannons, and they were all brought back to Chengcheng and handed over to the desperate Saburo, so that he could transfer them to Li Chujiu. ”

"Yes!" The Flying Mountain Tiger and the Big Red Wolf hurriedly received the order, but they didn't leave immediately after receiving the order, because the excitement of breaking the city had not yet dissipated from the rest, and they couldn't help but blow a few words, and the Flying Mountain Tiger smiled: "This time we grabbed sixteen Franc machine guns, haha, it's really a god, last time the Great God Machine Battalion only grabbed one in their hands...... And there is not much ammunition, do not dare to use it. ”

The big red wolf said: "Isn't it, there are still a lot of good goods in the city, the cannons are lined up, tsk, cannonballs and gunpowder are piled high, these things are moved home, we will be invincible, hahaha." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled faintly at them: "After this batch of cannons is transported back, we can organize our own artillery team, and the captured shells and gunpowder are enough and full, and we can take half of them for the new artillery for training......

"Wow......" Feishan Tiger said happily: "I must go to the scene to watch the play during artillery training, haha!" ”

The big red wolf punched him in the shoulder: "Let's go, don't talk nonsense, Bugs Zhu is still busy." ”

"Be careful, on the way back to Chengcheng to transport the cannons, you must not let anyone find out...... If the officers and soldiers find out that we have returned to Shaanxi, things will be very troublesome. ”

"Yes!" The two went out of the yamen, ordered troops to move artillery, and went back to Shaanxi.

At this time, three people walked in from outside the hall, all wrapped in white cloths, and it turned out to be Wang Er, Yingshanhong, and Xue Hongqi. As soon as they had healed their wounds, they came over to see Zhu Yuanzhang. I saw Xue Hongqi wrapped his shoulders, Wang Er's entire upper body was wrapped everywhere, and Yingshanhong also wrapped his shoulders, abdomen, arms and other positions.

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly stood up and walked in front of the three of them: "This battle is really thanks to you!" ”

Wang Erhan smiled: "It's a trivial matter!" ”

Ying Shanhong also smiled, but did not speak.

However, Xue Hongqi raised it with one hand, made a fist clenching motion, and said with a smile: "What's the loss, let's fight together, if you want to thank me, I want to thank you......"

It is true that Xue Hongqi's cavalry team has played a lot of roles, but without Zhu Yuanzhang's army, no matter how bloody her cavalry is, it is impossible to take the city. The horse thief occasionally encounters a strong caravan that can't eat it, and will join forces with other horse thieves to rob it, and finally everyone divides the dirt according to how much effort they make, so Xue Hongqi said with a smile: "You have made a big effort, I have made a small effort, and the rules of the rivers and lakes ...... Well...... Eighty-two split the account! Belch...... In fact, eighty-two points can be regarded as I took advantage of you, so I don't want the cannon, as long as cash. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and nodded: "Cheng, let's score eighty-two!" But in my heart, I was thinking: It's really annoying to share accounts, and the name of joining forces is not good, so we have to swallow her up as soon as possible.

"Wang Er, how are your injuries?"

"Hey, I can't die, but ...... I probably won't be able to fight in a month......" Wang Er frowned.

"Oh, it's going to be fine in a month, that's okay." Zhu Yuanzhang patted him on the shoulder, so painful that Wang Er screamed, and after yelling, he actually turned his head to Xue Hongqi and shouted again: "Sister Xue Hongqi, will we follow you to learn equestrianism after the two of us are injured?" Your horsemanship is amazing......"

"Of course!" Xue Hongqi agreed, but turned his face to Zhu Yuanzhang again: "Eighth Brother Zhu, after I recover from my injury, I want to follow you to learn about the use of cavalry." ”

"Of course!" Zhu Yuanzhang learned the tone of Xue Hongqi's answer to Wang Er just now, and the three of them couldn't help laughing.

"By the way, it's time to check out the state treasury!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go and see how much grain is stored in the state treasury." ”

Everyone went to the back of the Zhizhou Yamen, this is where the state treasury is located, the heavy gate is closed, and the door is full of elites of the old team, after entering the city, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered the old team and the second team to control the yamen, and strictly guarded the treasury, and he knew that there may not be money in the state treasury, but there must be a lot of grain.

The Ming court has always attached great importance to military places such as state capitals, and there will be at least half a year's worth of grain in a state capital to ensure that even if the city is besieged by enemy troops, there is enough time to wait for reinforcements to arrive. And in this year of great calamity, food is a currency that is harder than silver.

"Open the warehouse!" Zhu Yuanzhang gave an order to the soldiers, and an elite soldier of the old team ran out with a sledgehammer, God knows whose hand the key to the treasury was, and it was better to use a hammer to come quickly.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! The hammer landed on the large brass lock of the Kumen, making a piercing sound.

After smashing several hammers, the copper lock was not broken, but the nose of the lock fell off first, and the soldier with the hammer screamed and kicked on the heavy door.

There was a "rattling" sound, and the door of the warehouse slowly opened to both sides, and what came into view was countless grain bags, stacked one bag after another.

"Wow!" Xue Hongqi's mouth opened wide, and he was so surprised that he couldn't speak: "This ...... That's a lot of food...... If you sell them all, can you sell them for 108,000 taels? ”

"Hmm...... At the current price of grain, it is difficult to really sell it at this price. Zhu Yuanzhang knows that now the price of money in Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan has risen to more than five yuan for rice, and if the full warehouse of grain is sold, it will really be worth 108,000 taels of silver.

"I'm divided into two, that's 20,000 taels?" Xue Hongqi swallowed her saliva, so much money, even if it was the head of the horse thief in the northwest, she had never seen it, she didn't care about her injured shoulder, she jumped up on the ground, and shouted: "Brothers, come and move ......"

"Wait, where are you going to move them?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "You only brought two hundred brothers, and more than a dozen were injured in the first battle of the city gate, do you plan to let the rest of the people carry two rice bags and follow us to continue the fight?" ”

Xue Hongqi: "......"

The most tragic thing in the world is that you have a lot of money in front of you, but you don't have the strength to move it away! Xue Hongqi is experiencing this feeling now.

She wiped a handful of sweat and said, "Sell them to the rich in the city and convert them into cash!" Uh-huh, yes, that's it. ”

"Come on, you go to the door to sell grain now, people still think you are robbing money, you don't need to give food, he will hand over the money first, and then you will not only have to carry two rice bags, but also carry another bag of silver in your arms." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.

Xue Hongqi: "......"

Her brain is not very good, and she thought hard for a long time and said, "It's over, what should I do?" Entering Baoshan and returning empty-handed, this is to kill me urgently. Big Brother Zhu...... That one...... Little sister has a reluctant request, you bring a lot of people, how many thousands, can you help me carry it back? I...... As long as I am done, there is still one achievement as your consolation money. ”

"Hah!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head with a smile: "With such a large amount of grain, if my soldiers carry a bag each, it will be difficult to march, and if I move so much grain home, the movement will be too big, and it will inevitably be detected by officers and soldiers. In the future, we will continue to carry out activities and combat to attract the attention of officers and men. In my opinion...... Leave a small amount of food to carry with you, and then collect some taxes from the rich households to take it away, and distribute the food that cannot be carried away to the poor. ”

"To the poor?" Xue Hongqi is a horse thief, but she doesn't hate to rob the rich and help the poor, the heroes of the green forest in these years are deeply influenced by "Water Margin", and there are many people in the rebel army who use the name of the heroes of the Water Margin as their nicknames, such as what Yizhangqing, nine-tattooed dragon and other rebel leaders are in the thirty-six battalions. Xue Hongqi also listened to the commentary of the Water Margin, which talked about the "Zhizhi Daimyo's Mansion" of the heroes of Liangshan, and opened a warehouse to release grain to the poor.

When she thought of this, she naturally felt a little substitution, so she nodded and said, "Okay, it's quite exciting to open a warehouse and release grain to the poor." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and instructed the soldiers next to him: "First let Sister Xue Hongqi's subordinates and our soldiers take turns to receive food, and everyone should fill the marching food bag with them!" At the same time, you go to the city and post announcements everywhere, saying that we are the righteous army of Tianxingdao, and after the state city is conquered, open a warehouse and release grain, so that everyone can come to collect it. ”

The news of the opening of the warehouse and the release of grain soon spread all over the city, and the people of the city could not help but feel a burst of ecstasy after the initial fear and consternation. Xue Hongqi is not the only one who has heard the commentary of "Water Margin", but ordinary people have also heard that although it is unbelievable to open a warehouse and release grain, the people are not unbelievable.

Originally, they weren't interested in which group of rogues they were to break through the city, but now they couldn't help but ask the thieves: "May I ask this military master, which hill is the hero who occupies the city?" ”

The soldiers replied proudly: "Baishui Zhuba, Yulin Xue Hongqi!" ”

(To be continued)