The riot was caused by a fire that broke out in Dongcheng in Xiangyang.

Like most large cities of this era, the dwellings in Yangyang Castle are mostly made of wood, supplemented by two materials, earth and stone.

The last time Sun Jian left, a fire burned down half of Xiangyang, although there is cement, the newly built houses are still mostly wood and stone, this fire burned half of the street at once, if it is not for the fire rescue in time, maybe it will burn the whole street or the entire Dongcheng.

The fire broke out in the middle of the night, Lin Bei is now in Xiangyang City every night, and when he is sleepy, he takes a nap on the city wall, and he just went to nap that day, and when the sergeant reported that Lin Bei woke up, he found that the smoke was billowing from the east city of Xiangyang.

In this case, Lin Bei naturally wanted to take a look, but a sergeant said: "My lord, the fire is very fast, Commander Meng, Pang Sima and Zhuge Gongcao have already gone forward, Gongcao asked the villain to tell Lord Sù, saying that this matter is likely to be a trick of the coalition forces outside the city, and asked the lord to sit here, and panicked." ”

So, Lin Bei could only suppress his worries and inspected the west and south sides of Xiangyang City, but there was no movement in the coalition camp outside the city, and it looked as usual.

When it was almost dawn, Meng Shu and the others found Lin Bei with a tired and angry face and reported the fire.

The fire occurred in Wuniu Street in the east of the city, Wuniu Street was mostly inhabited by fishermen, and in addition, some descendants of the big clans and some secret prostitutes, when the river god army rushed away, the fire was already difficult to extinguish, and the surrounding people could only be moved out, so that the fire would not spread.

"My lord, about 200 households were affected by the fire, more than 400 or 500 were killed and injured, and half of Wuniu Street was turned into ashes." Kong Ming first reported the results of the fire.

Pang Tong said: "My lord, this fire is very strange. It is believed that someone deliberately set the fire. ”

Lin Bei thought for a while and asked, "What about the street patrol sergeant?" Where are they? Why didn't you react immediately after the fire broke out? ”

Xiangyang City is different from Wanghai, Wanghai City does not have a curfew, but Xiangyang City has, at night, except for the street patrol sergeants, the common people of Xiangyang City are not allowed to enter the street casually. With all the silence around him, how could a street patrol sergeant not see the fire about to break out?

Pang Tong said again: "My lord, the six sergeants who patrolled both sides of Wuniu Street are all missing, so Kong Ming and I will think that this matter is deliberately arson. ”

The street patrol sergeant is in a team of three people, patrolling the head and tail of the long street, half an hour and a cycle, and now, the street patrol sergeants on both sides of Wuniu Street are actually missing?

"If someone deliberately set a fire, what do they want?" Lin Bei asked.

Kong Ming and Pang Tong glanced at each other. Kong Ming said: "My lord, now the situation in my Xiangyang City is tense, and the people are uneasy, if accidents occur frequently, it will have a great blow to the prestige of the adults, if the people do not trust the adults, Xiangyang will be in danger, this is the trick of the coalition forces outside the city." ”

Lin Bei nodded. I also think there is some truth.

Now Xiangyang has been besieged for a month and a half, for the common people. Fearing that their homes would be breached, the situation would become more and more tense, and then they would complain about the incompetence of the rulers. The trust of the common people in the rulers will be completely lost.

Once the hearts of the people are lost, the city is not far from being broken, because spies may appear at any time, which is also the reason why some cities in ancient times could only surrender after being besieged for a few months, which is a psychological tactic. As long as people are not aligned, this will be the case.

"Could it be that the Xiangyang clan deliberately set the fire?" Lin Bei asked, he is extremely angry now, at this time, as long as he is a little suspicious, Lin Bei does not mind killing a group of people.

"Huang Lin has returned to Huang's house and asked Cheng Yangong, hoping to get news." Kong Ming replied, a little helpless.

Although Kong Ming is in power in Xiangyang, but after all, the time is still short, and the influence of the Xiangyang clan in Xiangyang City is still very large.

After dawn, Huang Chengyan rushed over, and Lin Bei was surprised: "Chengyan Gong, why did you come in person?" ”

The task assigned by Lin Bei to Huang Chengyan is to serve as the internal response of the Xiangyang clan, to inform Lin Bei of the news of the rest of the clans, and they usually avoid meeting, but at this time Huang Chengyan rushed over? Lin Bei felt that something was wrong.

Huang Chengyan arched his hand and sighed: "My lord, I'm afraid that the Cai family and others already know what we are doing, the old man has not received any news about this matter, just now the old man went to Cai's house to see the old man Cai sarcastic, but the old man Cai sarcastic avoided it. ”

Lin Bei was silent for a long time, "Since this is already the case, it doesn't matter, Cheng Yangong, you go back to the Huang family immediately, sort out the itinerary, and Lord Ben will order the Dawei Dragon King Ship to send your Huang family to Wanghai City at that time." ”

"My lord, this is a time of critical survival, how can the old man be alone, dare to ask my lord, is there a good way to face this scene?"

Lin Bei shook his head: "There is no good plan." ”

The coalition army fought calmly and refused to fight, but continued to exert pressure, the coalition army had heavy weapons to suppress Lin Bei, and there were many generals and strategists, so it can be said that Lin Bei and Xiangyang City were suppressed to death, as long as the coalition army did not make mistakes, Lin Bei had no chance at all.

"My lord, the old man has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not."

"You say."

"Sticking to one place, it is the next policy, although Xiangyang City is a city with high walls, now it is viewed by the old man, but it is stagnant water, and the stagnant water will rot, and the coalition army outside the city has Xun Wenruo, Fu Gonghe, Xu Ziyuan and others, these people are resourceful, the previous slaughter of the city, with the old man's view, it must be Xu Ziyuan's strategy, Kong Ming and Shiyuan have also guessed that the meaning of this plan is to keep the adults in this city."

"Well, we all know that."

"Last night's arson only needs to go back and forth, Xiangyang will be chaotic, and then the adults will be invincible, but there are not many soldiers, and it will be bad, if the coalition forces besiege the adults, what should the adults do? Therefore, with the old man's intentions, it is the right way to leave Xiangyang quickly. ”

"I know that, too, but if the coalition forces really slaughter the city, then I'm a sinner, and I'm restless." Lin Bei sighed.

Lin Bei can now kill people without frowning on the battlefield, just because he knows that it is a war, since he is a sergeant, he must have the consciousness of dying at any time, whether it is to kill or be killed, it is his own choice, now Lin Bei is killing people in the battlefield, if he is killed in the future, he will have no regrets, but the common people are different, if because of him, more than 400,000 ordinary people in Xiangyang City are slaughtered, Lin Bei will live in self-blame all day long, he can't do this kind of thing.

Huang Chengyan said: "Your Excellency is merciful, but your lordship, what if you take all the people of Xiangyang away?" ”

"Oh? Take all the people of Xiangyang away? Lin Bei's eyes lit up, and he said urgently: "How to take it away?" ”

In fact, Kong Ming, Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others have all said this method, since the coalition army wants to slaughter the city, Lin Bei will take the Xiangyang people away, but how to take them away, everyone has no good way.

There are more than 400,000 people in Xiangyang City, this is not a piece of bread, you can put it in your pocket, as soon as you leave the city, you first have to face the encirclement and suppression of the coalition army, and now the river god army is less than 30,000, without the obstruction of the city wall, how to fight with the 500,000 of the coalition army?

In addition, there are too many common people, and it is also a problem to hurry, among them, the old and weak women and children can travel more than ten miles a day, even if it is good, the longer they travel, the more food they need, in addition, all kinds of injuries and diseases will also follow, so it is not realistic to take away the 400,000 ordinary people in Xiangyang City.

The reason why the people from the countryside in Linbei were so smooth last time was because there were many yellow scarves in the village at that time, and these yellow scarves were all strong laborers, and there were no chasing soldiers behind them.

"Have you forgotten your own power to be a river? With the people of Jingzhou River, the Dawei Dragon King ship can not only sail into Xiangyang from the sea, but also go to sea. ”

Lin Bei suddenly smiled bitterly: "What does Cheng Yangong mean to go by boat?" There aren't enough boats. ”

Most of the boats in Xiangyang City are small boats, which are used for fishing, and they really can't afford to carry a family's family and friends, besides, how can there be so many boats that can carry 400,000 people at a time?

"If it's not enough, you can make a boat, a wooden boat or a bamboo raft." Huang Chengyan said calmly: "My Xiangyang fishery is developed, and there are still a lot of boatmen. ”

"How long will it take to build a boat for more than 400,000 people?" Lin Bei asked speechlessly: "In addition to people, there is also food, and the things that each family brings." ”

Huang Chengyan asked in surprise: "My lord, why are there more than 400,000?" ”

Lin Bei asked strangely: "Isn't there more than 400,000 people in Xiangyang City?" ”

Huang Chengyan laughed and said, "My lord, do you think those big families will also go with your lord?" In the old man's opinion, it will not exceed 200,000 at most, and if the adults say that they want to take them to Wanghai City, maybe there will be more than 100,000 people. ”

Lin Bei glared: "So little? ”

"Naturally, my lord, don't forget my identity here, my lord is the god of the river, and he fought with the King of the Well Dragon, but he was injured and stayed here temporarily, and many ordinary people believe it."

Huang Chengyan's meaning Lin Bei understood, the common people all thought that Lin Bei was the god of the river, and he would stay in Xiangyang just because of a little accident, maybe when he would return to heaven again, so in this way, there may not be too many ordinary people who can follow Lin Bei to Wanghai City, more than 400,000? That's a dream, and more than 100,000 may be enough.

Lin Bei thought about it, if it was only more than 100,000, then with the ships of Xiangyang City plus the grain ships that Lin Bei attacked Fancheng and Weiyang during this time, it should be enough to make some boats, as for the food or something, you can bring less, because there are a lot of big fish in the river, Lin Bei can also go to the mountains at any time to hunt wild things for everyone, and the baggage is less, and the ships needed are less, as if this method is really feasible.

But then Lin Bei asked: "Then Lord Ben took away more than 100,000 people, what about those people who took it?" What if the city is slaughtered? ”

Huang Chengyan said lightly: "Since these people don't go with adults, they are like strangers, what do they have to do with adults?" Moreover, with the Confucian school here, the coalition forces outside the city will not dare to do such a thing of anger and resentment. (To be continued......)

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