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Chapter 450: Appeasement

Li Qing walked in the refugee camp outside the city with a heavy heart, in the past two days, there are still sporadic refugees who know that the news is gathering here, the number of refugees has already exceeded 100,000, I have to say, this time Liao Bin's strategy is quite successful, he calculated that it is impossible for a person like Li Qing to abandon these refugees and chase after him. The rescue of a large number of refugees www.biquge.info Pen & Fun & Pavilion gave Li Qing great prestige, but at the same time, it also reserved more time for him to build a stronger defense line, and the frenzied looting made his material reserves more abundant. If it weren't for wartime, Liao Bin would never dare to do this, after all, these refugees used to be the basis of his rule, but in the face of Li Qing's powerful soldiers, those who should give up must give up decisively, and now it is necessary to reserve a glimmer of life, buy time, and wait and see the change of opportunity.

The land of the Central Plains is turbulent, and the changes in the current situation are strange, which makes people unrelievable, but Liao Bin sees a huge opportunity from it, although he used to be inclined to King Ning, but he has always left room for doing things, but he has never broken off with Luoyang, if he still maintains a certain strength, then he can wait for the price to sell, Liao Bin does not believe that the actual controller of Luoyang will not see Li Qing's attempt, as long as he blocks Li Qing's attack, even if he can only delay Li Qing's victory as much as possible, The owner of Luoyang will find his own value, and at that time, there will be an endless stream of support to arrive in the whole state.

Exchanging space for time is the core of all Liao Bin's plans. Do everything possible to delay Li Qing's attack speed, you can give up anywhere, as long as Quanzhou City, the political and economic core of the whole state, is still in your hands, and you can make a comeback at any time.

Li Qing fought on two fronts, and although his strength far surpassed his own, his burden was far greater than his own.

Li Qing didn't understand Liao Bin's intentions, but as Wang Qinian said, although he knew that there was a pit in front of him, he could only step into it with one foot.

The refugee camps outside the city already have a certain size and order, and they are divided into pieces by village, which is clear at a glance. Sewage ditches have been dug into these improvised settlements, quicklime has been sprinkled throughout the camps for disinfection, and Dingzhou patrols occasionally walk through the settlements in neat lines to maintain the most basic order.

Compared with the past few days, the spirit of the refugees is slightly better, although there are only two gruel a day, but they can rely on it to survive, the children have food, the spirit is good, laughing and playing in the camp, bringing a rare vitality to the refugee camp.

But on the whole, there is still an unpredictable sadness in the refugee camp, the houses have been burned, the food stock has been robbed, and the spring seedlings have been destroyed. Although these armies in front of them provide life-saving gruel, how long can this relief last, and what will they do once this army is mobilized?

Most of the people in the refugee camp sat in front of their simple shacks, watching Li Qing walk in front of them blankly, although they didn't know who Li Qing was, but looking at the movement, they also knew that it was a big official.

The sun is warm, but the human heart is cold.

With a snort, a black shadow suddenly flew out from behind a shack, heading straight for Li Qing, Li Qing, who was looking down and contemplating, did not find it, but the Tang Tiger Iron Leopard behind him was shocked, the two jumped up quickly, blocking Li Qing with their own door panel-like figure, the knife flashed, blocking the flying black shadow, when there was a bang, the black shadow fell to the ground, but it was a palm-sized stone, at the same time, the other guards behind Li Qing had already pounced in the angry cheers, and divided into two ways to bypass the shack.

Li Qing raised his head at this time, looked at the stones on the ground, his brows furrowed deeply, the guards blew the whistle, and in an instant, a group of cavalry swarmed, and in an instant, this settlement was surrounded by airtightness.

"Let go of me, let go of me, you robbers!" A childish voice came, Li Qing raised his head, only to see a boy about eleven or twelve years old being carried out from behind the shack by two guards almost volley.

"A child?" Li Qing asked in surprise.

"Dashuai, it's him, when we caught him, he was about to attack Dashuai again!" One of the guards shouted.

"Get on your knees!" Another guard shouted at the child.

The child stubbornly raised his head, the guard sneered, and the back of the knife in his hand slammed into his knee, and the child screamed in pain, his legs weakened, and he knelt down in front of Li Qing.

The villagers of the settlement were stunned by this sudden turn of events, until the cavalry outside surrounded the small settlement, looking at the bright steel knives and spears, and then they panicked, and the frightened crowd huddled together, and the panic spread involuntarily.

"Boy of the Yan family, are you going to kill all of us?" An old man ran out in a panic, slapped the child hard, and knelt down in front of Li Qing with a bang, only then did they know that the young man in front of them was the supreme commander of this army and the magical existence in the legend.

"Dashuai spares his life, he is still a child, he is not sensible!"

"My son!" There was another mournful cry from the crowd, and a woman staggered out, and ran to Li Qing with a rolling belt, kowtowing like pounding garlic, "My lord, my lord, spare my life, spare my son, I am willing to die for him, I am willing to die for him!" ”

The boy was very strong, although he was held by two knives to his neck and couldn't move, he cried out against his neck: "Mother, don't kowtow to these robbers and beg for mercy, if it weren't for them, how would we be where we are today!" ”

Li Qing let out a long breath, ignored the old man and the woman, walked to the child's side, squatted down, and asked gently: "It was Liao Bin who robbed you of your food and burned your house, well, that is, your biggest official in the state, and I gave you food to eat, why do you hate me so much?" ”

The kid glared at Li Qing and said loudly: "We are doing well, if it weren't for you to invade us, that Liao ...... How can you come to rob our food and burn our houses, you are all harmed, and now you are pretending to be good people! Bah! A mouthful of spit spewed out and spit on Li Qing's face.

The two guards behind him were furious, and one of the guards kicked the child down, followed by the two of them, and kicked the child all over the ground.

"Stop!" Li Qing shouted angrily, and the woman rushed over, hugged the child into her arms, her body trembled, and she cried loudly.

Li Qing stood up silently, and slowly reached out to wipe the spit on his face, and most of the people around him showed unbearable expressions on their faces, knowing that this child was definitely going to die.

The old man trembled even more, fell to the ground, and said loudly: "Dashuai, Dashuai, this is just this doll's idea, please don't anger our village!" ”

No wonder this old man was afraid, as Li Qing slowly stood up, the guards around him choked, and most of them pulled out their swords and unsheathed, and the killing intent on their faces exuded irrepressibly.

Li Qing raised his head to the sky, and said leisurely after a while: "Xing, the people are suffering, dying, the people are suffering, throughout the ages, there is no exception!" He said to the guard, "Let that doll go!" ”

He turned his head to look at the old man again, "Are you the village elder of this village?" ”

"The little old man is the village elder of this village, and the little old man is called Yan Shengxu."

"Get up!" Li Qingwen said, "This doll also has some truth, if I don't come, you will indeed not suffer this suffering, and it is indeed my responsibility to say it." ”

Li Qing said, but the village elder surnamed Yan was even more afraid, "Liao Dashuai robbed us of our food and burned our houses, it was Dashuai who gave us life-saving food, and also sent a doctor to diagnose and treat patients for us, Dashuai is our reborn parents, Xiao Lao'er and a group of villagers dare not have the slightest disrespect to Dashuai, they are all grateful to Dashuai!" ”

Li Qing laughed and said: "I can't help it, you are only afraid that you think about it with that doll in your heart, but you have been in the world for a long time, and you dare not speak out, but this doll is reckless, get up, I don't blame you." Tang Hu, send an order down, and summon all the village elders in this refugee camp to come here to discuss matters. ”

"Yes, Dashuai!" Tang Hu glared at the child with one eye and hatred, and turned to leave.

The doll was very bold, and stared back fiercely, Li Qing couldn't help laughing, the ignorant are fearless, it is true, if this doll is bigger, and the world has been experienced more, I am afraid that this momentum will be gone.

A cup of tea, dozens of village elders in this refugee point all responded to the call, heard that the marshal was attacked here, everyone was shocked, staring at the village elder surnamed Yan, eager to eat him alive, now here hundreds of thousands of Ding Kou all rely on the mercy of the big official in front of him, if he is angry, he will not need to draw his sword to face each other, as long as the army is pulled away, these large number of people are afraid that they will starve to death.

The village elder surnamed Yan lowered his head with a look of shame.

Li Qing sat on the ground, not afraid of the mud on the ground staining his brand-new robe, "Come on, come, let's take the ground as the table, take the sky as the curtain, sit down!" Li Qing beckoned.

Everyone was stunned for a while, looked at Li Qing who was sitting on the ground, and after a period of confession, they all sat down detained.

"You are all highly respected people in Zhuji County, Li Qing invited you to come today, but I am discussing with you how to live this life in the future." Li Qing said with a smile. "Don't hide it from the village elders, in six days, my army will be pulling out and leaving!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, the army was together, there was no food to survive, how could this survive, and the field suddenly became noisy.

Li Qing pressed his hands and said, "Everyone be quiet and listen to me!" ”

"This kid just gave me a stone!" Li Qing smiled, "Scolded me and spit on my face." ”

"Capital crime, capital crime, please have mercy!"

The smile on Li Qing's face slowly disappeared, "But there is one thing he said right, if I don't come, you really won't fall to the point in front of you, and you won't suffer this crime!" ”

The village elders looked at each other, not knowing what Li Qing meant by this.

"Therefore, I will not care about everyone's life or death, even if I leave, I will place everyone properly, and I will only start after life is safe! To tell you the truth, I have mobilized a large amount of food and materials and are heading for Zhuji, and in about four or five days, the first batch of food and materials will arrive here, and I promise you that I will not let Zhuji starve to death. ”

"I, Li Qing, will help everyone return to their homes and build their homes again!" Li Qing said loudly.

"Great Marshal Hongen!" The old people of the township and the village knelt down together, and their faces showed joy.

"Now, let's negotiate a charter on these things!" Li Qing said with a smile: "The big guys work together, after the food and materials arrive, how to distribute, who comes first, how to settle, how to return to the hometown, it's not a small problem, let's talk about it!" ”

The atmosphere of the scene slowly intensified