The next day, after breakfast, Li Zhiyun was about to go to the town when he suddenly heard a noise in the distance. He walked out of the tent and just wanted to ask what happened to the soldiers outside. I saw Zhang Zheng running over in a hurry. Zhang Zheng ran to him and gasped: "Lord Wang, there is a group of robbers, about a hundred people, who are robbing in the town. ”

"Robbers?" When Li Zhiyun heard this, he hurriedly said, "Okay, go and assemble the team!" ”

Zhang Zheng guessed that he was going to fight the robbers, and hesitated: "However, there are more than 100 of them, and we only have 40 or 50 people. Li Zhiyun listened, glared and said, "Then you can't watch the people suffer!" Just go! ”

"Yes!" Zhang Zheng turned around and went to gather the team.

Li Zhiyun returned to the tent and went to get his pistol. This flintlock pistol was bulky, more than a foot long, and it was inconvenient to carry around, so it was placed in a saddle bag. After he came out with a pistol, Zhang Zheng had already assembled the team.

Li Zhiyun and the others trotted all the way to the town, only to see that the robbers were robbing and killing people on a large scale. In the whole town, chickens and dogs are barking, and every household is crying for their fathers and mothers. When the robbers saw the officers and soldiers coming, they were startled at first, but when they found that they were not numerous, they became emboldened. The robbers gathered together, swords and spears in hand, and charged at them.

Of the forty or fifty people brought by Li Zhiyun, half were equipped with bird guns. Fifty paces away, the soldiers opened fire, and the soldiers who did not have a bird gun also used strong bows and crossbows. The robbers who rushed ahead were instantly knocked down in a large area. The robbers were stunned: what is this? Why is it so powerful? One by one, they were so frightened that they no longer dared to rush forward, so they had to turn around and flee. This result may not have been expected by others, but Li Zhiyun had expected it. Although it was the first time he had participated in actual combat, he was still very confident in the power of the bird.

Li Zhiyun walked into a courtyard, where two robbers were dragging a girl. As soon as the robber saw him enter, he let go of the girl, drew his saber, and rushed at him. Li Zhiyun hurriedly raised his gun to shoot, knocked it down, and the other rushed forward, and he pulled the board machine again. This revolver, like a flintlock pistol, can fire five rounds after each reload. After being shot, the two robbers fell to the ground and convulsed for a while, kicking their legs and dying. Li Zhiyun didn't expect that he actually killed two people with his own hands, although they were only two robbers, but he was also so frightened that his hands and feet were weak, the flintlock pistol fell to the ground, and he stood there in a daze, until Zhang Zheng walked into the courtyard and called him, he woke up, only to feel that his heart was beating like a drum, and his face must be ugly white.

The robbers who had not been killed were all gone, and calm returned to the town. At this time, the people came out of their houses trembling and gathered into the street to express their gratitude to the officers and soldiers who had driven away the robbers. An old man with gray hair walked up to Li Zhiyun, his lips trembling: "Are you the army of the Tang Dynasty?" Before Li Zhiyun could answer, Cai Hu on the side preemptively said: "We are the army of the Tang Dynasty, and this is our King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"King Chu?" The old man looked at Li Zhiyun and said, "Didn't King Qin come?" ”

"Coming, coming," Li Zhiyun hurriedly said, "We are here with King Qin." ”

"So, you are the army of the King of Qin?"

"Yes, we are the army of King Qin."

The old man turned around and said loudly to the people around him: "Folks, they are the army of King Qin, they are here to collect grain, let's donate the grain to them!" In the crowd, a young man shouted uneasily, "Are you really the army of King Qin?" Li Zhiyun hurriedly said: "Really, we won't lie to you!" ”

"Okay, I'll donate the grain to King Qin!"

The surrounding people echoed one after another, and many said on the spot that they would donate grain to King Qin. After the people dispersed, Li Zhiyun had a grain donation point set up on the street. The people of the whole town took action, and they carried bags of grain on their shoulders. In less than an hour, Li Zhiyun collected a sufficient amount of grain.

Looking at the scene of the people enthusiastically donating food, Li Zhiyun couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. He didn't expect that the second brother's status in the hearts of the people was so lofty. If you think about it carefully, the reason why the people love the second brother is not only because the second brother's army is disciplined and has no offense against the people, but the most important point is that the people think that only the second brother can dominate the world, end this war-torn situation, and return the people to a peaceful world. The people's wish is actually very simple, they just want to live in peace.

This is where the second brother is stronger than him, the second brother has the world in mind, is dedicated to saving the people from hanging upside down, and is born to be a saint monarch, and although he is a traverser and knows more things than the second brother, but in the final analysis, he is just an ordinary person, he does not have such a broad mind, and he can't do anything to think about the world. He values his relatives and friends more than anything else. At most, when he saw the suffering of his people, he felt some sympathy.

There were more than a dozen young men in the town, and they packed up and asked to join the army of the King of Qin with the grain conscription team, and Li Zhiyun happily agreed.

The soldiers loaded the carts with food. Li Zhiyun said goodbye to the people in the town, and then stepped on the horse and led the team back with a full load.

They transported the collected grain to the city of Baibi. There was a granary in the city, where the grain collected from all over the country and the grain transported from the Guanzhong region were stored, and then distributed to the various barracks as needed. Therefore, it became a distribution center for the grain and grass of the army.

When the group drove the carriage into the city, they were blocked at the gate of the city for a while, and in front of them were carts of mules and horses carrying grain. After entering the city, Li Zhiyun saw many young men with burdens on their backs, and walked past them with a smile. He estimated that these should be young people who had come from far and wide to join the army.

When Li Zhiyun drove the carriage to the granary, they found that there were many vehicles full of grain parked in the open space in front of the granary. One of the quartermasters who received them smiled with a smile on his face: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, your method is really effective, you see, in just a few days, you have collected so much food from all over the country." Li Zhiyun nodded and said, "It works." ”

The second brother and Song Jingang confronted each other in the area of Baibi, and the second brother ordered the wall not to come out, fight with the enemy, and only send non-main forces to disrupt the rear of the enemy army.

On this day, Li Zhiyun took Zhang Zheng and Cai Hu to ride to Liyang Town. It is a large market town with more than 1,000 households, and the streets of the town are bustling with people. There are many stalls on both sides of the street, selling vegetables, cooked food, cloth and silk, as well as daily necessities and all kinds of knick-knacks. Although there is a war now, the common people still have to live, so business is still very prosperous.

The three of them were walking down the street with their horses, and five or six soldiers came up to them. They carried swords and swords, and wore scarlet leather armor. They were supposed to be soldiers of the Song King Kong army, because the leather armor worn by the Tang army was black. Liyang Town is located in the middle of the two armies, and it is not uncommon to meet the soldiers of Song Jingang's army here. This is not a battlefield, everyone is here for recreation, so the officers and soldiers of the two armies have basically reached a tacit understanding and do not disturb each other. The soldiers passed by the three of them, only glanced at them and walked over.

The three of them walked around the street for half an hour, and Li Zhiyun saw that the sun had climbed above his head, so he said to the two entourage: "Let's go find a restaurant and fill our stomachs." "There was a restaurant in front of them with a wine banner, and they walked over to take a look, and the plaque on the door read: Ruyi Rice Village. They tied the reins to the hitching stakes and walked in.

The lobby of this restaurant was quite spacious, with five or six tables set up, and there were already three or four tables of guests, one of whom was the few soldiers in red armor they had met on the street half an hour ago. The soldiers were drinking and talking loudly and noisily. Li Zhiyun and the others found an empty table and sat down, and Xiao Er came over and asked them what they were eating while wiping the table. Li Zhiyun ordered a few plates of stir-fried vegetables and hot buns, and after a while, Xiao Er brought the food up, and the three of them buried their heads in eating.

At this time, several more soldiers walked in from outside the door, all of them wearing black leather armor. There was only one empty table in the lobby, right next to the table of the red-armored soldier. The men walked over and sat down, asked for food and drink, and began to eat and drink.

Li Zhiyun and the others finished eating, settled the account and were about to leave, only to hear a soldier wearing red leather armor say loudly: "Hey, have you seen a few Wang Ba? The soldier sitting next to him deliberately asked, "Where is it?" The soldier pouted at the table next to him, "Isn't that?" There are four or five of them. A soldier at the table next to him couldn't help it, stood up and glared, "Who are you scolding Wang Ba?" The soldier did not show weakness: "I will scold you!" If you refuse to come out to fight, are you not turtles with shrunken heads? ”

"You're the shrunken turtle!"

Li Zhiyun saw that the two of them were about to quarrel, so he hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded him: "Forget it, forget it, everyone is here to eat, isn't it good to be calm?" Don't interfere with your business. The soldier in red leather armor glanced at him with disdain: "What do you know about a little hairy child?" Is there a place for you to speak? Zhang Zheng, who was following behind Li Zhiyun, heard this, glared and said, "How can you speak?" The soldier saw that Zhang Zheng was tall and strong, holding the hilt of his sword, his face was full of anger, and his mouth was open, but he finally did not dare to squeak again. A soldier sitting across from him picked up a drink and explained, "Forget it, don't talk about it, let's have a drink." ”

Li Zhiyun and the others walked out of the rice village, rode their horses and left the town, preparing to return to the camp. When they had gone more than a mile, they saw seven or eight horses galloping in front of them, and they did not know who they were......