Dozens of unclothed old, young, sick and disabled dragged bamboo bowls to the iron pot, wanting to cover the actions of the hungry people, but Jin Dashou and Dushi immediately scooped a large bowl of porridge for each of them.

Seeing that there were so many people in need of relief, Ling Jingyang gritted his teeth and asked the guards to steam steamed buns in the school yard, the density of steamed buns was much larger than that of gruel, and in the eyes of many hungry people, a bowl of gruel was not worth half a steamed bun.

In less than a morning, thousands of hungry people gathered in the school field, so that more than 100 hungry people who wanted revenge were forced to give up their actions.

Also because of the Ming army's disaster relief, they also joined the army of alms, many people were given a small bowl of gruel, and more people did not have bowls and chopsticks, so they were so anxious that they jumped around.

There are smart hungry people, run to the nearby hills, cut down bamboo to make chopsticks and bowls, more and more hungry people come to the school to wait for alms, Ling Jingyang and Wang Mu stood in a hidden corner of the school field, Wang Mu and Ling Jingyang said: "Dudu, Bodhisattva heart." ”

"Don't talk about the bodhisattva's heart, if we don't give disaster relief to the hungry, we won't be able to gain a foothold in Wuchang Mansion."

Wang Mu also wanted to say something, the steamed buns were ripe, Ling Jingyang Ling Jingyang transferred a hundred soldiers with bows and arrows to guard on both sides, and then personally led Wang Mu and the guard team, carrying bamboo baskets full of steamed buns, and distributing steamed buns on the school field.

Steamed buns are a good thing, and the victims are eager to rush up to grab them, but when they see the archers holding bows and arrows, the hungry people dare not step forward, sit on the ground, and wait for Ling Jingyang to give them steamed buns.

More than 1,000 steamed buns will be distributed in a short time, but there are more hungry people coming here, Ling Jingyang brought 1,000 stone to grain and grass this time, at this rate, it will not take three days, it will all be consumed, and the troops will run out of food after eating.

But Ling Jingyang was not panicked, he had already asked Jin Sheng to send the supplies sent to them every month to Wuchang Mansion, he wanted to open a warehouse in Wuchang Mansion for disaster relief, and pull the people who had lost confidence in the imperial court back under their wings.

Wei Lan saw that there were too many hungry people in the city, and only relying on the troops and guards directly under him, he could not resist the riots of the hungry people, and asked to drive the people in the city out of the city.

This opinion was ruthlessly rejected by Ling Jingyang, and he asked him to go to the refugee camp now to recruit soldiers and eat as soldiers

Military salary, one tael of silver per month, five steamed buns a day, this is a clever plan, Wei Lan immediately took the troops to the refugee camp in the city to recruit soldiers.

There are three large refugee camps in the city, all of which are starving people in the vicinity who are too hungry to live and unable to walk.

Wei Lan posted notices in these three places, telling everyone that the governor of Lingdu recruited troops in Wuchang Mansion and became an official soldier, one tael of silver per month, five steamed buns a day, the conscription was simple and clear, but it stirred up a thousand waves.

Thousands of hungry people in the city flocked to the barracks, and the sheer number of people and the fierce momentum overwhelmed Wei Lan.

The hungry people he looked down on on weekdays were so fierce, and he suddenly had a fantasy that if the hungry people became his soldiers, and he had the ruthlessness to grab food, it seemed that he would not fall behind in the battle against the Qing army.

Ling Jingyang asked him to continue recruiting troops in the city, and then organized the recruited soldiers into a team, escorted Wang Mu and other civilian officials to other places in Wuchang Mansion, and expanded his sphere of influence to the entire Wuchang Mansion.

Wuchang City disaster relief for three days, exhausted Ling Jingyang's grain and grass, and if he continued to provide disaster relief, the army would also be short of food, Ling Jingyang was hesitant to stop the disaster relief.

Fortunately, the supplies from the Hongguang Imperial Court were sent to Wuchang City in the evening of the same day, and Ling Jingyang could further exert his strength and order to continue disaster relief.

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The news that the imperial court continued to open a warehouse in Wuchang City for disaster relief soon spread throughout Wuchang Mansion, and tens of thousands of people dragged their children and daughters to Wuchang City, praying for a chance to live.

In order to strengthen his control over Wuchang Mansion, Ling Jingyang also took the risk and ordered the defenders of Dasheng Pass to assemble in Wuchang City, and as thousands of Ming troops arrived in Wuchang City, Ling Jingyang took over most of Wuchang Mansion.

Only in a few states and counties in the south, because the roads were far away and there were thieves, Ling Jingyang did not pull the troops over for the time being, and he ordered Wei Lan to train the general soldiers of the regiment, specializing in training recruits in Wuchang Mansion.

The recruit training for half a month is quite effective, at least a little bit of military atmosphere, Ling Jingyang originally wanted Wuchang Mansion to recruit recruits to suppress bandits, but think about the fact that the combat effectiveness of these recruits has not been improved, so they are pulled out like this, but they are just sent to death in vain.

As for the Yuezhou Mansion next door, Ling Jingyang didn't think about it at all, his troops were too weak, and they were scattered in De'an Mansion and Wuchang Mansion, and then he divided his troops in Yuezhou, wouldn't he take too big a step

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Ling Jingyang ordered the troops directly under him to continue to recruit soldiers, and on the other hand, ordered Wang Mu to restore local order, and followed Ling Jingyang to gain a firm foothold in Wuchang Mansion.

He ordered the troops to cooperate with Wang Mu to work in the local area, and there were people who killed people and crossed goods, killed, and cheated and abducted, and killed.

Because of the arrival of Li Rufeng and the Iron Fist Legion, Ling Jingyang finally had the confidence to order these two soldiers to lead the newly recruited soldiers to the southern anniversary of Wuchang Mansion to suppress bandits in the local area, and the veterans took the recruits to fight the bandits, that is, nine out of ten stable, in less than half a month, the entire Wuchang Mansion was under the rule of Ling Jingyang.

At this time, it was the beginning of June, and less than a month after He Jin Sheng sent troops to Xiangyang Mansion, Ling Jingyang was training recruits day and night in Wuchang Mansion.

Ling Jingyang also couldn't admire Jin Sheng's vision, and boldly withdrew the troops of Jiuliguan and Mulingguan.

On June 10, Ling Jingyang's soldiers and civilians gathered in Wuchang Mansion, and all the recruits recruited in Wuchang Mansion were also assigned to various units.

He didn't want to be deaf and blind, so let Fang Xiaoyan lead the Special Bureau to Yuezhou Mansion, Yuezhou Mansion is also a big mansion, and it is really a waste to rule by fetters and let the Special Bureau go to lay the foundation for future settlement.

And he was still waiting for Jin Tianer and Mei Shaozuo to return, in order to pick up the two, Fang Xiaoyan deliberately arranged manpower in various counties of De'an Mansion, as long as the two came back, they would send the two to Wuchang Mansion as soon as possible.

On the other hand, Jin Sheng also sent him a battle report from Xiangyang Mansion, and the main force of the Qing army gathered in Xiangyang Mansion to attack the Great Western Army.

The Great Western Army fought back, Ai Nengqi led his troops to snipe the Qing army in Wudang Mountain, the Black Tiger Temple, and the Qing army attacked several times, but failed to break through the defense line of the Great Western Army, and lost a lot of soldiers and horses.

Ling Jingyang also admired the strong combat effectiveness of the Great Western Army, and the three famous kings of the Qing Army concentrated all their efforts to attack Xiangyang Mansion, but they were unable to pull out the Great Western Army.

Not only that, after Ai Nengqi repelled the Qing army, he was helped by 500,000 soldiers and civilians led by Zhang Xianzhong, and the Qing army was at a disadvantage for a while, but the Qing army was not vegetarian, and Azig and other Manchu princes quickly adjusted, and the troops attacked the Great Western Army in three ways.