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There was another sharp whistle, and there were less than 600 people left in Lu Yang's personal soldiers who suddenly found themselves surrounded by heavy surrounding, in the dense forest, in the grass, there were constantly crossbow arrows shot, and after more than 200 people fell, only more than 300 personal soldiers had been surrounded by more than 100 people in black by the Xia Yuan River.

"Stop attacking!"

An order came from the riverside forest, all the crossbow bolts stopped, and a fierce man in black walked out of the forest, and by the moonlight, Lu Yang saw from a distance that one eye of the man was covered by a piece of cloth, and the remaining one eye shimmered with a terrifying essence in the moonlight.

Dou Wu shouted, "Who is coming?" ”

The one-eyed man replied loudly: "I am Qiao Yuan, the head of the Special Forces Independent Regiment under Liu Zhibang of the Han Army, and General Lu Yanglu on the other side?" ”

"It's General Ben!" Lu Yang replied in a deep voice while holding the shelf.

The one-eyed dragon continued: "I am ordered by my lord Liu Zhibang to invite Lord Lu to stay in Xia Yuancheng for a few days, I don't know what the general wants?" ”

Lu Yang looked at the one-eyed dragon vigilantly and continued, "This ...... How about I not go? ”

The one-eyed dragon Qiao Yuan snorted coldly and said, "If the general refuses to go, then I can only take the general's head back to life......"

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Liu Zhibang touched this big chair made of precious rhino horn wood, which was carved with characters from various myths and stories, and it was lifelike, Liu Zhibang moved his buttocks a little uncomfortably, and saw that the hall was full of generals from various departments, Liu Zhibang straightened his body and said: "This time I successfully won Xia Yuancheng, everyone has worked hard!" ”

"I am willing to die for my lords!"

Dozens of voices spoke in unison.

Looking at the faces in the hall, Liu Zhibang continued: "There are some fresh faces here, let's introduce myself!" ”

An old man about fifty years old walked out, knelt down in front of Liu Zhibang, and said, "Liu ...... Patriarch, I am the newly appointed city lord of this city, Jingyang Bowen, a native of Shahe City, Puyin County, Beichuan Prefecture, fifty-one years old this year, and served as a staff member in the county lord's mansion of Wumang County before coming to Xia Yuan City......"

Liu Zhibang looked at Jingyang's blog carefully, nodded and asked, "What are the specialties of Jingyang City Lord?" ”

Jingyang Bowen raised his head and looked at Liu Zhibang, and continued: "The old man has been studying for decades, and he has studied agriculture and medicine......

Liu Zhibang nodded and said: "Well, it's a talent, from today on, you are in charge of Xia Yuancheng's agriculture and health medicine, and the position of city lord will be replaced by Xia Zhuangzhuang, the military advisor of our clan, you directly obey him, get up!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" Jing Yang Bowen thanked him and got up.

After Jingyang Bowen retreated to the side, a military attache walked up to Liu Zhibang and knelt down, and said loudly: "He Duo, the former commander of the Sixth Infantry Regiment of the Standing Corps of Xia Yuancheng, see the commander!" ”

Liu Zhibang looked at He Duo and said: "He Duo, you take the lead in the uprising, you should be the first to take the lead, the original Xia Yuancheng Standing Army was disbanded, and the Xia Yuancheng Garrison Regiment was newly established, and you served as the head of the garrison regiment, and directly obeyed the orders of the Xia Army......

"Thank you, sir!" He Duobai got up.

Liu Zhibang looked at the crowd in the hall, his eyes stopped at a young man standing near the door, and said to him: "Guo Fei, come out!" ”

Senior Brother Guo walked up to Liu Zhibang and knelt down a little nervously: "Guo Fei, commander of the second battalion of the Special Forces Independent Regiment, see the commander......"

Liu Zhibang nodded to Guo Fei and said: "You have done a lot of work in pacifying Xia Yuan City, and you have effectively stabilized the public security situation in Xia Yuan City, order, Guo Fei was transferred from the Special Forces Independent Regiment and served as the chief of the Xia Yuan City Police Department, you are in charge of public security inside and outside the city, and the garrison regiment is responsible for guarding the city and training soldiers, you two are at the same level, and you are both directly under the orders of the city lord Xia Zhuangzhuang......

"Subordinates obey ......"

Liu Zhibang turned his gaze to Xia Zhuangzhuang again, and said, "Xia City Lord ......"

"The subordinates are here!" Xia Zhuang bowed down in front of Liu Zhibang.

Liu Zhibang looked at the young righteous brother in front of him, and saw that he was stronger than a few days ago, and he was very happy, and said: "Xia Yuan City is currently in ruins, and there are a lot of affairs in the city, so I will have to work hard for you......"

Xia Zhuangzhuang was motioned by Liu Zhibang to get up, and then Xia Zhuangzhuang continued: "It is a blessing to be able to live for the patriarch, patriarch, at present, Xia Yuan City has just fallen, and the people's hearts are afraid that it will be unstable, and the news of Lu Yang's defeat will soon be known by the lord of Wumang County, Dao Yanzhixin, we still have to be prepared......"

Liu Zhibang thought for a while and said, "Xia City Lord, you arrest all the government affairs of Xia Yuancheng as soon as possible, come to me if you need any help, and I will deal with Dao Yan Zhixin......'s side."

"Patriarch, there's something to report down here!"

Liu Zhibang turned his gaze to Jingyang Bowen and asked, "What advice does Lord Jingyang have?" ”

Jingyang Bowen was a little unaccustomed to Liu Zhibang's greetings, his face was a little red, he paused, and said: "Patriarch, we have a problem in Xia Yuancheng at the moment, when I took over Xia Yuancheng, I found that the surplus grain in the city's grain depot was not enough for the people in the city to support one month, and the materials were also lower than the average storage line, and all the accounts were in deficit, within a month, Xia Yuancheng would have no food, no money, and it would be difficult to continue, please take countermeasures quickly, otherwise Xia Yuancheng will fall into famine and turmoil......"

Liu Zhibang frowned, and asked again: "How many households and how many people are there in Xia Yuancheng at present?" ”

Jing Yang Bowen replied: "According to the latest statistics, there are 21,306 households in Xia Yuan City, with a population of 124237 people, and a total of 10,208 households with a population of 58,266 people in the six towns near Xia Yuan City, with a total population of 182503 people. And that's not counting the tribes in the Umang Mountains, as well as the military population......"

Liu Zhibang continued: "In other words, more than 200,000 people will face a hunger crisis in a month!" ”

"It's ......," Jingyang Bowen nodded in response.

Xia Zhuangzhuang continued: "Patriarch, the tribes of Wumang Mountain can basically be self-sufficient, and our Han base camp is about to harvest the first batch of crops, and there is a surplus, and there can be 100,000 catties of grain left......"

Liu Zhibang shook his head lightly and said, "100,000 catties of grain can only sustain the rations of 100,000 people a day, a drop in the bucket ......."

As soon as this conclusion came out, there was silence in the hall, and the faces of the generals and officials of the surrendered army could not hide their worries.

"Commander, I have a plan, I don't know if to talk about it?"

Liu Zhibang raised his eyes, but it was Hu Gang who stood up.

Liu Zhibang said to Hu Gang appreciatively: "Anyone who can save the people of Xia Yuancheng is a good way, say ......."

Hu Gang looked at the officials who surrendered around him, and continued: "There is no grain in Xia Yuancheng's treasury, but it doesn't mean that Xia Yuancheng really has no grain......

Liu Zhibang asked, "Oh? Where is the food? ”

Hu Gang continued: "Nearly half of the wealth in Xia Yuan City was controlled by the city lord before the war, but since Li Jun's defeat, he sold the materials in the treasury to the big families in the city in exchange for a large amount of gold and silver to return to the capital...... Commander, if you want to solve your urgent needs, you must start with the big families in the city......"

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