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Liu Zhengyu and Cao Guowei walked in Liaocheng, and Yin Xue and the others were not far behind them, looking at the refugees on the street, sitting or walking, without a piece of tile to cover their heads. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Fortunately, with the help of Liu Jiajun, they fought and filled their stomachs.

"Why are there so many suffering people here?" Cao Guowei turned his gaze to Liu Zhengyu.

Liu Zhengyu smiled bitterly.

"Most of these are people who have fled from the war and have suffered so much from the war. ”

"How many people, yesterday Yao Jie counted plus the original residents of the city, and now there are nearly 150,000 people hoarding in the three nearby cities. ”

At this time, Yao Jie interspersed with Liu Zhengyu's side from the crowd.

"Brother Liu, there are tens of thousands of victims in Huicheng. ”

"What are you doing here instead of settling the people?"

"Brother Liu, we don't have much grain and grass in the first place, and now there are more and more people hoarding, and within three days, more than 200,000 people and soldiers will all run out of food. ”

"On my way back to Liaocheng, I have already sent a letter to General Ouyang, asking Jupeng to bring someone to send the grain and grass stolen by Xuncheng. ”

Cao Guowei said: "Is there constantly soldiers escaping from the demons? ”

Hearing Cao Guowei's words, Yao Jie was also immediately furious.

"Jiang Lang and other demons are simply inhumane, they actually killed all the young and strong people, but deliberately put the old and weak people to us. ”

Cao Guowei looked at the sky and sighed.

"I'm afraid things are not as simple as we imagined, Jiang Lang just wants to trap us, because of the grain and grass, we will be defeated without a fight, and he will definitely not let the grain and grass on General Ouyang be transported here. ”

Liu Zhengyu looked around at the people around him, the repeated wars had made them miserable, and at this time he could understand the troubles suffered by the original king, and if he was careless, nearly 200,000 people and soldiers would be buried here.

"Yao Jie, inform the gang that from today onwards, whether it is the people or the soldiers, three meals a day will be changed to two meals, and the emotions of the soldiers and the people must be appeased. ”

"Yes. Yao Jie turned and left.

Liu Zhengyu and Cao Guowei immediately walked towards Liaocheng Mansion, and when they reached the gate, they saw Jupeng, who was wiping the wound on his arm.

"Jupeng, what's wrong with you?" Liu Zhengyu strode over to Jupeng's side.

"King, grain and grass can't be transported, Jiang Lang not only set up pipe cards at various intersections, but also blocked the 5,000-meter altitude in the same city. ”

Liu Zhengyu saw that Jupeng's arm was only injured by skin, and his heart was a little more settled, but the grain and grass could not reach, and his heart was even more distressed.

"Brother Cao, it seems that you are right, Jiang Lang just wants to trap us with grain and grass. ”

"It's not going to be that simple, I think there will be refugees coming over these days, no matter what we can, no matter what, not only will we lose the hearts of the people, maybe there will be riots. ”

Liu Zhengyu shook his head and said, "Why has Jiang Lang's power been able to develop so quickly in just a few months. ”

"Desire, caused by people's desires, with the improvement of Jiang Lang's cultivation, people with bad intentions will take refuge in him, vainly trying to conquer the world and satisfy their desires. ”

Cao Guowei is right, Jiang Lang has recruited many capable people in the past few months, and his power has long been insignificant.

"It seems that now we can only borrow grain and grass from Wei Xiuguo. ”

"There's no way that stingy emperor can give us food and grass. Cao Guowei shook his head secretly.

"As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I can't give up. ”

After returning to Liaocheng Mansion, Liu Zhengyu also immediately sent a letter to the emperor of Wei Xiuguo to borrow grain and grass, and the letter also mentioned that there is no way in the demon world, cruelty to all living beings, if you don't support, I am afraid that the fire of war will also burn to Wei Xiuguo, and we must fight together.

Wei Xiuguo Capital, the mansion of the former Marquis Conglin, is now the residence of the new prime minister Geng Jin, he is secretly meeting with a messenger sent by his master Rong Zhi, at this time, the next person came to report.

"My lord, the emperor asked you to enter the palace immediately. ”

Geng Jin stood up and looked at the sky outside, which was already shining with stars.

"Senior brother, the emperor called me into the palace so late, presumably Liu Zhengyu really came to borrow food. ”

"The master said, at all costs, to prevent Liu Zhengyu from borrowing half a grain and grass here. ”

Geng Jin smiled evilly.

"Don't worry, I won't let the master down. ”

Then he changed his clothes and set off, and in a moment he arrived at the palace, passed through the nine palace gates, and came to the apse.

"Wechen knocked on the emperor, I don't know what happened to ask Wechen to come here?"

"Aiqing, please get up, I called you here late at night, because there is something that I can't make up my mind for a while, so I ask you to come and discuss it together. ”

Geng Jin stood up slowly, and he had already guessed in his heart that Liu Zhengyu must be related, but he didn't break it.

"Weichen knows that for the country and the people, he will die. ”

The emperor asked his subordinates to hand the letter to Geng Jin, Geng Jin immediately looked at it, and as expected, this was Liu Zhengyu's letter to borrow grain, and after reading it, he handed the letter to his subordinates.

"What do you think? ”

"Your Majesty, General Liu. After a pause, Geng Jin continued: "No, it should be called King Pingding now, what he said seems to be very reasonable. ”

The emperor had a look of displeasure on his face.

"Then according to Aiqing's meaning, we can only borrow food?"

"However, I also saw the envoy of the demon Lang Gongzi today, and he promised us that if Liu Zhengyu is defeated, he will divide all the four cities occupied by Liu Zhengyu, such as Liaocheng and Huicheng, to our Wei Xiuguo. ”

The Emperor also stood up, and his mind was also pondering.

"The words of the demon can't be fully believed, I'm afraid that after Liu Zhengyu is defeated, not only will we not get the four cities, on the contrary, as Liu Zhengyu said, the demon will continue to attack our country. ”

"What the emperor said is that Weichen feels that he can't believe it all, and he can't believe it, we don't give Liu Zhengyu half a grain and grass, and at the same time pull all the troops down the border, and actively deploy defenses to prevent the demons from attacking us after Liu Zhengyu is defeated. ”

"Is that okay?" the emperor still couldn't pay attention to the complicated situation now.

"Your Majesty, you can write to Liu Zhengyu, saying that you are actively preparing food, and here I will find someone to negotiate with the prodigal son, how to sign an agreement. I heard that the four cities under the jurisdiction of Liu Zhengyu are now gathering hundreds of thousands of people, and the army and the people have to eat food. ”

Hearing Geng Jin's words, a smile finally appeared on the emperor's face.

"If two tigers fight, one will hurt or both will lose, and it will be in our favor no matter what. ”

"The key to today's plan is that we can't borrow grain, and you see that Liu Zhengyu's letter has a huge amount of grain and grass data, even if he lends it to him, he may not be able to win the wave of the boy, if the demons continue to attack at that time, we ourselves will not be able to resist. ”

"Aiqing is thoughtful, I will not lend him food, on the contrary, the widow wants to recuperate and strengthen the troops, maybe this turmoil will change the pattern of the world and fulfill the long-cherished wish of the widow for many years. The emperor's face showed excitement, and in his mind he seemed to see Jiang Lang and Liu Zhengyu both defeated, and he rose up and ruled the whole world.

Liaocheng, Liaocheng Mansion.

Early in the morning, Liu Zhengyu received the golden pigeon biography from Emperor Wei Xiuguo in the courtyard, and his face also showed a happy expression.

"What is it that makes my brother so happy. Cao Guowei said behind Liu Zhengyu.

Liu Zhengyu turned around, walked slowly in front of Cao Guowei, handed him the letter, and said with a smile: "Brother Cao, you are also up, look at this." ”

Cao Guowei took a quick look, and then looked at Liu Zhengyu's face with a smile unchanged.

"Keep your smile, and when Wei Xiuguo sends the grain and grass, it's not too late for you to laugh. ”

For three days in a row, I didn't see half of the grain and grass of Wei Xiuguo, and there was still a large influx of refugees here, and the grain and grass began to become scarce from shortage.

In a civilian area in Liaocheng, in the evening, Hu Lei was distributing porridge and rice, and the people lined up one by one with bowls to receive porridge.

", is this still what people eat?" a middle-aged man threw the bowl to the ground and scolded angrily.

Seeing this, Hu Lei immediately walked over.

"What's going on?"

"Look at what kind of food this is, it's not as good as one day at a time. The middle-aged man put his finger on the ground.

Hu Lei has also been worrying about food and grass these days, and seeing that the middle-aged man is also considered strong, he immediately became angry.

"How dare you waste food and pick it up for me and eat it. ”

"Eat you. The middle-aged man turned around and wanted to leave.

Hu Lei grabbed him by the back and slapped him twice.

"Here's the grain, give it to me. ”

Many people came to watch, and there were different opinions. Some expressed understanding, others also began to coax, thousands of people gathered, and the scene was uncontrollable for a while.

The matter also quickly reached Liu Zhengyu's ears, and Liu Zhengyu took Cao Guowei and Liu Sisi to the slum in person.

Hu Lei is a dead man, no matter how chaotic the scene is, he grabs the middle-aged man and does not let go, he must eat the rice on the ground, and the middle-aged man is also very stubborn, although he was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, he just stood still in place.

"Stop. Liu Zhengyu walked through the crowd, came to Hu Lei and the others, looked at the scene in front of him, and continued: "Come on, take Hu Lei to the side, and beat thirty military sticks." ”

The soldiers were all Hu Lei's subordinates, and they stood still for a while.

"Didn't you hear me?"

Liu Sisi on the side of "Brother ......" seemed to have something to say, but was stopped by Cao Guowei.

The soldiers had no choice but to press Hu Lei aside, take out the military stick, and dispose of it in front of the people.

"Are you alright?" Liu Zhengyu patted the middle-aged man on the shoulder.

"My lord, it's not that I mean to make trouble, it's that the food is getting thinner and thinner. ”

Liu Zhengyu continued to pat the middle-aged man on the shoulder, and then said loudly to all the people: "Don't hide it from everyone, our food and grass are already in short supply, whether it is the generals and soldiers, including me, these days are just eating this porridge, the enemy wants to trap us, they want us to kill each other, fight each other, we must not fall for them, believe me, as long as I survive a few days, I will definitely find food." ”

The middle-aged man knelt down, picked up the rice on the ground, and ate it.

"King, I was wrong, let the general go, right?"

Seeing this scene, many people knelt down and burst into tears to plead for General Hu Lei.