In the evening, Mo Qian, who was slightly drunk, came to the outside of the county office.

There was a north wind blowing in the city, and as soon as the wind blew, the cold wind penetrated directly into his body through the gaps in his clothes, and the cold Mo Qian subconsciously retracted his hand into his clothes.

On the streets of the city, the soldiers of the rebel army are eating around the bonfire.

Due to the small size of Fenyi City and the lack of many dwellings, Mo Qian's 5,000-strong army could not live in the city at all.

Mo Qian also explicitly ordered that people were not allowed to spend the night in their homes, and the rebels had no choice but to live in tents on the streets of the city.

However, today we won a great victory, and the soldiers who had worked hard all day were finally able to eat a hot meal.

There was a pot for every ten soldiers, and the broth in the pot was boiling under the heat of the campfire, and the smell of meat wafted throughout the city when the north wind blew.

When the soldiers saw Mo Qian appear on the street, they quickly got up and put down the half-gnawed bones in their hands, and knelt down for Mo Qian one after another.

"See the King!"

The soldiers in the rebel army still maintain the habit of calling King Mo Qian, although Mo Qian has corrected it countless times and asked them to call the lord, but these people just don't change.

Mo Qian smiled and waved to everyone and said: "You eat, you eat, you must be full, drink well, if you don't have enough to eat, you can go to Cao Xian Ling and ask them to add meat to you!" ”

"Enough, enough, such a big pot of meat is about to kill me!" One soldier replied with a grin.

Mo Qian couldn't help but smile when he looked at his mouth full of oil.

He asked, "Where are you from and what is your name?" ”

"Back to the king's words, my name is Yi Dayong, a person from Yichun West Village and Town, a rebel who joined a month and a half ago, and Yi Jiu is a brother of the same village and clan!"

"Oh, you're Lao Jiu's brother?"

"Yes!"

"In this battle, you killed a few officers and soldiers and captured a few prisoners!"

"Back to the king's words, I killed a dog officer and soldier, but I captured three prisoners!"

"Oh, that's not bad, there are a lot of silver and Tian, have you got the silver?"

"I got it, I got it, my lord, you see, our flag boss will send me the reward silver in the afternoon!" As he spoke, Yi Dayong took out a bag of broken silver from his arms.

Mo Qian smiled, "Then did you Qi always deduct your bounty?" ”

"No, no, Mr. Qi said, the king has an order, whoever dares to deduct one or two pieces of silver from the military salary will be beheaded!"

Mo Qian nodded, he was afraid that the generals in the army would deduct the soldiers' bounties, so he set strict military rules, and anyone who dared to embezzle one or two pieces of silver would be beheaded.

It seems that none of these hundreds of households in the army dare to violate the military order for the time being.

"Okay, you go back and eat well, and kill more enemies in the future!" After speaking, Mo Qian left.

After Mo Qian left, Yi Dayong excitedly shouted to everyone: "The king has talked to me, the king has spoken to me....."

"Look at the ..... who gave you a"

Mo Qian finished patrolling a street, and as he walked, he unconsciously walked into the position where the captives were held.

The captives were held in three large open spaces in the city, and hundreds of rebel soldiers were watching over them around the square.

Compared to the victorious rebels, the prisoners were treated much worse.

They were fenced off, everyone huddled in the fence, and there was neither a campfire for heating nor dinner.

Mo Qian saw the officers and soldiers in armor shivering from the cold, and the snot flowed out of the nostrils more than a foot long and flowed to the ground.

Seeing this group of officers and soldiers like this, Mo Qian couldn't help but feel a little unbearable.

He called the rebel soldiers who were in charge of guarding the captives and asked, "Why didn't you give these captives dinner?" ”

The soldiers of the righteous army replied: "Back to the king's words, General Lu said that he would let these turtle grandsons starve for two days before giving them food!" ”

"Why are you hungry for two days?"

"General Lu said that he was afraid that they would make trouble if they were full!"

"People are iron and steel, if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic, and the captives also have human rights, I see that they will make trouble if they don't have enough to eat, go, call Lu Zhao to me!"

After the soldier received the order, he immediately ran to the county office to find Lu Zhao.

After the small half pillar of incense, Lu Zhao trotted all the way to Mo Qian, followed by Yi Jiu, Cao Guoqi, and Qian Dayou.

The five of them were drinking happily in the county office, and suddenly heard that the lord had an invitation, so they hurriedly left the pork ribs in their hands and ran over.

As soon as Lu Zhao arrived at Mo Qian, he questioned him: "Did you arrange for dinner for the prisoner?" ”

Lu Zhao couldn't figure out what the situation was, so he could only reply honestly: "Yes, I'm afraid that they will make trouble when they are full, there are a lot of them, and if we make trouble, we will not be able to deal with it for a while." ”

Mo Qian's face was wrong when he heard this.

He said with a straight face: "Trouble? I think you won't make trouble if you don't give them food, if you look at them, they are all frozen and unconscious, and if you don't light a fire for them and eat hot soup, they will freeze to death here tonight. ”

Lu Zhao saw that Mo Qian's face was wrong, and immediately realized that he was wrong.

Only then did he remember that the lord was the most despicable of suffering.

He immediately ordered his subordinates beside him: "Come, go find firewood and iron pots at once, and cook for them!" ”

"Slow down, bring the meat you bought tonight, stew the broth for them, and treat the captives in other places the same, go quickly!"

The captives present couldn't believe their ears and eyes, and the anti-king in front of them actually wanted to give them meat and soup.

When they were arrested today, they thought they were going to die.

At night, the thieves did not give them food or firewood to keep them warm, and they thought that they might have to cut off their heads tomorrow, and they couldn't help but feel extremely sad.

But I didn't expect this anti-king to scold his subordinates, and let his subordinates make meat to stew soup, this operation has never been seen by veterans who have been for more than ten years.

After a while, hundreds of soldiers came running with firewood and iron pots.

Dozens of bonfires were lit, which instantly raised the temperature of the scene a lot.

The officers and soldiers stretched out their hands around the stove and warmed their bodies by the fire.

On the iron pot rack, add water, put the meat in the pot, and after a while, the water in the pot begins to roll, and the aroma of the meat gradually wafts out.

There is not much meat, only twenty pots are set, and the remaining dozens of pots are boiled with white porridge.

However, even this simplest meal moved a group of officers and soldiers who had been hungry for a day.

When they drank the broth with rice bowls in their hands, the officers and soldiers realized that this was true.

"The king is benevolent! O great king of benevolence! ”

The officers and soldiers fell to their knees and kowtowed to Mo Qian.

Mo Qian looked at this group of men and said: "Brothers, today's court is unreasonable, corrupt officials and corrupt officials are rampant, and I was completely forced to rebel by the court.

I know that many brothers eat the bowl of rice as soldiers, and some even have to support their families, but what about your officers, they deduct your military salary and rations, and embezzle and eat empty salaries.

When you were in battle, you charged ahead and won the war, and the credit goes to those generals and officials.

But when they lost, they slapped their butts and ran away, leaving you here as my captives.

Who of them has ever taken care of your life or death, has anyone taken care of it? ”

The officers and soldiers present were silent, and everyone looked at Mo Qian under the firelight.

"Brothers, it's not worth it, it's not worth working for such a superior in this kind of court!

I am also from a poor background, and like everyone else, I used to have insufficient food and clothing, and I ate one meal every day without a meal.

I was born in Xiucai, and according to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, I can receive six buckets of rice every month.

Originally, I had enough rice to eat, but since the day I was admitted to Xiucai, I have never received enough rice when I went to the yamen to receive rice.

Six buckets of rice, I can get two buckets of rice, I have to thank the official for his kindness today, sometimes even only one bucket of rice.

As you know, the bucket in the government is more than half smaller than the bucket in our people's house, and one bucket of rice is actually only half a bucket of rice.

Half a bucket of rice for a month, I was hungry, I couldn't eat enough every day, and I was dizzy with hunger.

I will not see anyone suffering, nor will anyone starve.

Brothers, after eating this bowl of rice, early tomorrow morning, if everyone wants to go home, I will never force them to stay, and I will also give two taels of silver to each person, and if you don't want to go home, you can stay and be my soldier.

As my soldiers, I can assure you that absolutely no one will deduct your military rations and salaries, and no one will dare to covet your military exploits! ”

After saying this, the officers and soldiers present were in tears.

"Fuck you, I don't want to be this officer and soldier for a long time, King Mo, I am willing to follow you, if you rebel, you will rebel, this bullshit Ming Dynasty should have died a long time ago!"

"I do, too!"

"I'm willing to ..... too"

Suddenly, there were thousands of responders among the officers and soldiers.....

Cao Guoqi, who was standing behind Mo Qian, saw that Mo Qian had subdued the hearts of thousands of officers and soldiers with just a few words, and he admired it in his heart.

"Such a heroic master, Cao Mengde will not be able to reincarnate!"

.......

Xie Xuelong fell ill again.

After the defeat of the Battle of Fenyi during the day, Xie Xuelong was escorted by dozens of personal soldiers to fight his way out of the siege and fled back to Xinyu County.

That night, Xie Xuelong suddenly vomited blood and fainted on the dinner table.

This time it was terrible, and all the officials present were panicked one by one.

Xinyu County Commander immediately invited all the famous doctors in the city.

After some diagnosis, several people shook their heads and sighed: "Lord Futai has suffered from the wind and cold before and has not recovered, and today he is angry and bloody, so he vomited blood." ”

"Is there any salvation then?" Patrol Wang Tingmei asked anxiously.

The doctor shook his head and said, "Lord Futai's wind and cold have not yet healed, and now he is angry and bloody, and the cold has entered the internal organs, I am afraid that his life will not be long in coming, my lords, please prepare for the future!" ”

When the officials heard the diagnosis, they were a little embarrassed to accept it.

They didn't believe it was so easy for the governor to go.

The officials did not regret Xie Xuelong's death, but as soon as Xie Xuelong died, the imperial court would inevitably issue a decree to blame, so wouldn't the responsibility for this defeat be borne by their group of people?

For a while, all the officials were 'crying bitterly', and they all cried beside Xie Xuelong's bedside.

That night, the servant brought a pair of decoction to Xie Xuelong, but after pouring the decoction, Xie Xuelong suddenly vomited blood, and he couldn't stop it.

At three o'clock that night, Xie Xuelong died of illness in a wail.

In the evening, Xinyu County hoisted a white flag and sent a fast horse to send the news of Xie Xuelong's death to Beijing.

Early the next morning, Mo Qian received a report from the scouts patrolling in front of him, saying that a white flag was hanging in Xinyu County, and there were cries in the city.

Mo Qian immediately guessed that a big man in Xinyu County had died, and he sent a fast horse to circle around Xinyu County directly, trying to find out what was going on in the city.

In the morning, the east gate of Xinyu County slowly opened, and a team of 500 officers and soldiers suddenly rushed out of the city, and there was even a coffin in the team.

The scout immediately reported the situation to Mo Qian.

As soon as Lu Zhao heard that there were officers and soldiers leaving the city, he immediately stood up and said, "Lord, I will bring a thousand soldiers and horses to wipe out all this army and army!" ”

Unexpectedly, Mo Qian did not agree to Lu Zhao's request, he asked the scout: "How many of the officers and soldiers are wearing red robes?" ”

The scout thought for a moment and replied, "Two! ”

"Only two? No, it should be three, you see who is not on the team. ”

The scout pondered it again and replied, "The oldest and greatest official is not there!" ”

Mo Qian understood as soon as he heard it, and he muttered, "Xie Xuelong is dead!" ”

When everyone heard that the governor was dead, they couldn't help but cheer, and the four generals were the most excited.

When the governor died, it meant that the war was over.

Only Cao Guoqi, who was the next head, frowned slightly when he heard that Xie Xuelong was dead.

He arched his hand to Mo Qian, who was sitting on the top seat, and said, "My lord, the governor is dead, this is not a good thing!" ”

Mo Qian nodded, as soon as the governor died, the imperial court would definitely know that at that time, the imperial court's eyes would most likely be on himself, a little thief who had just started his army for a few months.

Once Chongzhen Xiao'er suddenly had a cramp in his head, he had to mobilize a large army to conquer him, and he really couldn't bear it.

After all, it has only been seven years since Chongzhen, and the military strength of the Ming Dynasty still exists, and once the main force of the imperial court officials and troops is attracted now, the consequences will be unimaginable.

One of the most important reasons why Mo Qian dared to raise troops in Yuanzhou was that there were no heavy troops in Jiangxi Province.

According to his current strength, no matter that governor comes to power, even if he gathers the troops of the whole Jiangxi to suppress him, he is not afraid.

Because there are too few officers and soldiers in Jiangxi, and the recruited villagers need to train for at least a few months before they can fight hard.

When local officials are training for conscription, they can also be conscripted for training, as long as they are not stupid, they will be like playing with them by these officials in Jiangxi.

But now that Xie Xuelong is dead, it is different, and it is very likely that the imperial court will set its sights on this small city in the south of the Yangtze River, and if it is not good, tens of thousands of troops will be requisitioned to encircle and suppress him.

Both Mo Qian and Cao Guoqi realized this.

But others didn't see it that way, Peng Jinhong, the deputy general of the righteous army, said with a big grin: "Wouldn't it be better if the governor Lao'er died, I don't think anyone dares to lead troops to crusade against us now!" ”

Several other people also reconsidered, feeling that what Peng Jinhong said was right.

"That is, as soon as the governor Lao'er died, tens of thousands of troops were defeated by us, and the other bird officers saw that we were so powerful, they would definitely not dare to easily lead the troops to come again, lord, give me a soldier and horse, and I will go and pull back the coffin board of the governor Lao'er for you."

"No need, everyone is dead, there's no need to do such a desperate thing, just let him go back and bury him!"

(Today's chapter is a big chapter of 4,000 words, and the second chapter will see if the situation can come out, sorry.) ）