Nalan Ye's decision was not understood by everyone, but it was still carried out.

A carriage pulled an oversized wooden barrel out of the side door next to the City Lord's Mansion and stopped at the main entrance of the City Lord's Mansion. When the enticing smell of rich rice fragrance emanated from the barrel and wafted through the air, accompanied by a cry of 'limited quantity, first come, first served', all the people who had been waiting for it were stirred.

If it was before, they might not have cared about this bucket of rice porridge, although they live on relief food all year round, but there are still some family members who are away, and they will bring back a little money every time, and they will not starve to death. More than a dozen shops in the city recruit odd jobs, selling rice, oil, cloth, snacks, and vegetables along the street, and they can still earn a few bucks, but since Xichu called, the city lord died, and the border city army was defeated, and these ordinary people no longer had a source of livelihood, and even the supply route of the imperial court was cut off.

However, in just seven days, the people who were already hungry and cold seemed to have fallen into hell, just waiting for the moment of execution. Although these soldiers of Western Chu did not commit any crimes against them for the time being, no one believed that they would survive.

When the news came that the city lord's mansion was going to give porridge at the gate, all the people in the city were stunned.

I've been hungry for a long time, and the family's already small amount of food has bottomed out, and if there is no turnaround, I'm afraid that there will be a scene of cannibalism. But I didn't expect that the Western Chu army, who was the enemy, would want to give them a way to live - soup porridge? Why is that?

One by one, the people who ran out of the dilapidated houses ran to the gate of the city lord's mansion to line up with the mentality of giving it a try. For them, there was nothing to lose, but to be afraid of anything other than their lives? It's a big deal to be poisoned by this rice porridge, and it's good to end up with a full ghost.

When everyone saw that there was really a big bucket of rice porridge at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, the fragrant smell almost made everyone cry.

"Look, there's really rice porridge! It's really rice porridge, I smell it, that's what it smells like......"

"Baby, hurry up, don't be squeezed out."

"Hey, don't push me, go to the back of the line, what kind of queue to insert!"

"Mother, I'm so hungry, I want to eat porridge!" "Well, you can eat it right away, wait a minute......"

Countless people crowded together, and it took a long time to line up in two lines, looking at the front one by one, and the ones behind also poked their heads out to look, looking forward to the moment when they could be made porridge. His eyes stared straight at the big wooden barrel, watching the curling heat rise, and tightly squeezing the broken bowl he had brought.

At this time, everyone forgot that it was the soldiers of Xichu who were standing at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, and forgot that this was the object of their fear and curse a quarter of an hour ago. When they smell the sweet smell in the air, they are filled with the satisfaction of drinking rice porridge, and in their eyes is the fear of hunger, the expectation of being full, and there are no borders.

As the shouting Xichu soldiers finished walking through the entire city, more and more people rushed to line up.

At first, those in line were just holding on to one hope, but later those who saw that there was indeed a bucket of rice porridge in front of them, and they were even more eager to eat enough. What kind of national hatred and family hatred almost does not exist in the hearts of these ordinary people, from the first moment when these Western Chu soldiers attacked the city of Shuqi, they had nothing but the fear of death.

More and more people gathered at the gate of the city lord's mansion, and more and more Western Chu soldiers maintained order around, and the North Vietnamese who had forgotten everything because of hunger, when the first one caused a commotion, tried to rush to the front to grab some rice porridge to eat, and was immediately killed on the spot, the rest of the North Vietnamese people were frightened and did not dare to move anymore, let alone scream, but obediently waited in line under the lure of food, and then gradually orderly and quiet.

More than 500 people from the city came, and almost ninety percent of them came, all of them lined up at the gate of the city lord's mansion. Some middle-aged women with children, and old people with yellow faces and thin muscles supported each other, crumbling, except for those who really couldn't walk, basically all of them were already here.

"When will the porridge be distributed, Master Jun?"

"We've been waiting for a long time, we're so hungry."

Everyone asked cautiously, and the Xichu soldiers with swords hanging from their waists suddenly shouted: "The marshal will be there soon, wait." ”

When Nalan Ye appeared at the gate of the city lord's mansion surrounded by his own soldiers, the people of North Vietnam who had not seen him at all and did not know him suddenly noticed something, and looked at him one by one, their eyes full of awe and timidity. Even though this was the first time they met, and they didn't know Nalan Ye's prestige, everyone was still impressed by his appearance and momentum.

Wearing light armor, hanging a long sword at his waist, his face is like a crown of jade but majestic, not angry and self-imposing, Nalan looked around the scene at night, and as soon as he raised his hand, the scene was suddenly silent. This kind of momentum does not need to be expressed in words, everyone just looked at him, and they couldn't help but shudder under the pressure of his momentum, and the pressure of the superior was not at all something that a group of North Vietnamese people who were hovering on the verge of death could bear.

"All the people of the city, in the name of the Emperor of Western Chu, this king went north to crusade against Nalan Ye......, the generalissimo of the North Yue Emperor Han Xun" When these words were spoken, all the people present broke out at the same time, and they were all surprised as if they had seen a ghost.

This young man is Nalan Ye? Is it Nalan Ye, the famous god of war in Western Chu, who defeated their North Vietnamese six years ago, beheaded the North Vietnamese Emperor, forced the queen to death, and almost let North Vietnam directly destroy the country?

The desire for food in everyone's eyes was suddenly shrouded in the shadow of death, and their frightened legs were weak. Although they had been mentally prepared for a long time, knowing that they would not live long sooner or later, when they suddenly found that the person standing in front of them was the enemy god of war that they had feared for several years, this kind of stimulation to the soul was incomparable to ordinary people.

Fortunately, what Nalan said behind the night, everyone heard clearly: "But don't worry, this king won't kill you!" The war is a grudge between the two countries, but it has nothing to do with the people, and we will not let go of any North Vietnamese soldier on the battlefield, because six years ago, it was these North Vietnamese soldiers who invaded Western Chu and killed our people and soldiers in Western Chu, so this Northern Expedition is just our Western Chu's revenge on North Vietnam. ”

"But outside the battlefield, this king treats everyone equally, even if you are North Vietnamese, this king will not kill innocents indiscriminately. From the moment he received the holy decree of His Majesty of Western Chu, this king made up his mind that this Northern Expedition must bring back the hatred of six years ago and completely kill the North Vietnamese royal family. It's just that when this king occupied your long-cherished border city, he found that you, the original people of North Vietnam, were even worse off than the people in any part of Western Chu. You are not in danger, you are hungry, and you only wait for relief from the North Vietnamese court every year, otherwise you will only starve to death. ”

"All the people of North Vietnam, see for yourselves, is this your homeland to live in? You don't even have a decent house, you don't have enough to eat, you don't have warm clothes, you don't have any silver at home, you don't have rice and food, you don't even see any hope of living, your Beiyue emperor has never taken care of you, you are so miserable, is this the life you want? It's worse than death, and this king deeply sympathizes. ”

"Therefore, this king made a temporary decision, as long as you are willing to leave the palace and go to Ninghai, the border city of Western Chu, this king is willing to send troops to escort you, and promised that after you arrive in Ninghai, everyone will have a house to live in, land to cultivate, clothes to wear and food, and you will never be hurt by war again. As long as you go to Ninghai, you will be from Xichu from now on! ”

There was an uproar at the scene......

Except for a few cronies and soldiers such as Yuan Xing and Yong'an who followed Nalan Ye's side, they knew Nalan Ye's intentions in advance, and even countless soldiers from Xichu stared at Nalan Ye with wide eyes one by one, looking at Nalan Ye in shock, not believing that they would hear this.

King of Chu...... Unexpectedly, even said to these people of North Vietnam, let them become the people of Western Chu? This...... It's not a joke, is it? They are all enemies, even if they can't bear to kill, they don't need to bring them back to Xichu and grab food with their own people!

The King of Chu, who has always been ruthless and decisive in killing, when did he become so merciful?

Equally shocked to the point of disbelief were the group of North Vietnamese residents who had fallen into a stupid place.

What did they hear? Mercy and promise from the enemy god of war to give them a way to live? Is this true? What does he mean by saying this, let them leave their homeland where they have lived for generations, go to Xichu, which is hundreds of miles away, not to mention, but also betray their own country and become the people of Xichu?

Everyone looked at each other, thinking that they were just coming to eat a bowl of rice porridge, so they flocked to it one by one, for fear that someone would snatch it away. But now they know that the king of Chu actually had such a mind, said these words to them, and announced such an order, which was definitely not a joke.

Just when someone subconsciously had a heart of resistance, and before he could speak, Yuan Xing, who was standing next to Nalan Ye, had already stepped forward, pulled out the long sword at his waist, and glanced around at everyone with a murderous face: "This is what our marshal means, if you are willing to join me in Xichu, come over and serve a bowl of rice porridge, and go back to pack up your things when you are full, and as soon as it dawns tomorrow, our marshal will send troops to send you out of the palace and go to Ninghai, the border city of Western Chu." ”

The sharp and snow-bright sword light instantly swallowed back the cruel words that the people of North Vietnam wanted to say, only to see Yuan Xing majestically walked in front of everyone, raised his hand and slashed on the ground, and suddenly a deep sword qi cut the ground out of a gully several feet long and three inches deep, and everyone suddenly let out an exclamation, looking at Yuan Xing in shock and fear, for fear that his next sword would cut into his neck.

"If you don't want to leave, you will be a ghost to the Emperor of Beiyue when you die, and our marshal will not be reluctant. You can leave now, go home and hide immediately, and we can't guarantee whether the next general sent to take over the province will spare your life when our marshal is gone. Our marshal is merciful and doesn't want to watch you starve to death, so he is willing to ask my Majesty Xichu to let you join Xichu. But in the final analysis, you are now the Beiyue people, the enemy of our Western Chu, even if you are really killed, it will be your fate, who made you have already been given up by the Beiyue Emperor? ”

"If it weren't for the Beiyue Emperor, you wouldn't have stayed in the Beiyue Emperor for several years, living such a life, if you died, you would be to blame your Beiyue Emperor. General Ben's words have come to this, and now, if you are willing to go to Xichu after thinking clearly, as long as you are before tonight, you can come here to serve a bowl of rice porridge and register for registration. If you don't want to, go back as soon as possible, the kindness of our marshal is not something that can be obtained at will, there is only one chance, think about it carefully. ”

After Yuan Xing finished speaking, he put his sword back into its sheath and stood behind Nalan Ye again.

For a moment, Nalan Ye didn't say anything more, just glanced at all the stunned and trembling city-citizens present, turned around and entered the City Lord's Mansion with his personal guards, and then closed the door.

Dead silence spread at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, and the originally fragrant and mouth-watering rice porridge seemed to have been forgotten......