South of Tokyo, outside the moat.

A group of soldiers slowly moved forward, and many people brought grain and grass from the ship.

The cavalry of the Sichuan Gorge Rebels scattered towards the east and west of the city, keeping an eye on the Jin soldiers on the other side of the river at all times.

"The thieves are attacking the city!"

The defenders of the city shouted in terror, and some troops even thought about surrendering if they could not win.

Zhang Shuye, the division and other generals, rushed to defend the city in person, and asked the supervision team to monitor the suspicious troops.

Wu Min and He Su pushed Zhao Huan to go to the city in person, saying that this would boost morale.

Zhao Huan trembled out of the palace and was put on the city wall by Wu and He.

The emperor waited left and right, and couldn't help but ask: "Why haven't the thieves moved?" ”

"Your Majesty, look!" Nie Shan shouted.

But seeing that the two thieves began to move, the soldiers kept adjusting their positions, and they actually used their bodies to form two big characters outside the city: sell rice!

The people carried the large white rice to the front of the battle and poured it into baskets one by one, as if they really intended to sell the grain to the soldiers and civilians in the city.

A few soldiers rowed across the moat, and carried the upside-down boats to guard against arrows, and came to the city and shouted: "Generalissimo is benevolent and righteous, the two armies are fighting, and the people will not be harmed." Recently, it was heard that there was a shortage of food in the city, and the people were starving, and the marshal was willing to sell grain to the small people at a low price. Please also ask the monarchs and ministers of the Song State not to make mistakes, allow the people to go out of the city to buy rice, and don't let the people starve to death! ”

As soon as these words came out, the civil officials, military generals and soldiers of the nearby city wall all looked at the rice sales point outside the moat stupidly.

Zhao Huan asked in surprise: "But the thieves want to trick the city gate into attacking?" ”

The seed master said: "Your Majesty, the thieves are not attacking the door, but attacking the heart." The thief has a very good reputation among the people in Tokyo, and now he says that he is willing to sell grain to the people. If we forbid the people to go out, we will inevitably cause a lot of complaints. If the people are allowed to go out, even if the thieves do not take the opportunity to attack the city, the people will remember the kindness of the thieves when they buy food. After a long time, the people's will will be lost, and the people may not want to defend the city, but only hope that the Zhu thief will come in as soon as possible so that they can open up to sell grain. ”

"This ...... How is this good? Zhao Huan said in a panic.

Zhang Shuye said: "This is a conspiracy that cannot be resolved. ”

Zhao Ye shouted: "Ordinary bows and arrows are useless, quickly shoot through the boat with the divine arm bow!" ”

A few soldiers ran along the walls with small boats and arrows, shouting so that the defenders everywhere could hear them.

The Divine Arm Archers received the order to aim at the shouting soldiers, but they raised their hands and deliberately missed.

The defenders are also people, although the treatment of the Tokyo soldiers is slightly better, but they still have to go hungry every day, and they haven't eaten a full meal for two or three months, not to mention that they still have their families starving.

The thieves who shouted under the city did not come to persuade them to surrender, but to sell grain.

The Divine Arm Archer only wanted more people to hear about it, forcing the court to allow the people to go out of the city to buy food, so that his family could go hungry for two less meals.

Outside the moat, all the thieves had already sat down, and dozens of tiger squatting cannons lined up in front of the formation.

There are also a few wrought-iron field guns, as well as a few cast iron cannons, on the banks of the Bianhe River and on the boats of the Bianhe River.

Yin Xu Bingzhe of Kaifeng Prefecture, due to the lack of food in the city, was made big by the people who made trouble every once in a while. At this moment, his mind turned and he came up with an idea: "Your Majesty, you can let the sergeants pretend to be people and go out of the city to buy food, and go out from that urn city, so that the thieves will not be afraid of the opportunity to attack them." If you can buy food, you can alleviate the food shortage. If you can't buy food, you can expose the lies of the thieves! ”

"Great goodness!" Zhao Huan thinks it's feasible.

The planter said: "Your Majesty, by all means, once you buy food from the thieves, the consequences will be difficult to control. ”

Xu Bingzhe said: "What are the consequences? ”

The planter asked, "What will the people think when the news spreads?" Zhu Thief Ming said that grain was sold to the people, but the imperial court only let the officers and soldiers pretend to be the people to buy grain. In just a day or two, the news will inevitably spread throughout Tokyo, and the people will only think that the imperial court has robbed them of their food! ”

Xu Bingzhe said: "Take out some of it and resell it to the people." Zhu Thief said that selling grain at a low price is a lie, and the imperial court can take the opportunity to publicize it. If he sells grain at a reasonable price, the court buys it and sells it to the people, and he can just make a profit, which is used to pay the officials and soldiers salaries. ”

Uncle Zhang was furious: "It's all this time, and I still want to make money!" ”

Zhao Huan said: "It's up to Xu Aiqing's plan." ”

The planter knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to lead the troops to kill and disperse the thieves outside the moat!" ”

Xu Bingzhe asked: "If the imperial court sends troops to disperse the grain sellers, what will the people think?" The most urgent task at the moment is to get more grain into the city, regardless of who sold it. ”

"Do it." After Zhao Huan finished speaking, he left the city tower.

Hundreds of soldiers of the forbidden army who had taken off their armor came out of the urn city tremblingly, carrying piles of copper coins in baskets, ready to turn around and slip away at any time.

The bridge over the moat had been demolished by Geng Nanzhong's order, but fortunately the thieves provided many boats.

As soon as they rowed across the river and stepped on the shore with their feet, the thieves who were sitting on the ground suddenly stood up in unison, so frightened that these fellows hurriedly jumped back into the boat, and they didn't even care about the copper coins they had brought ashore.

The officer in charge of selling grain shouted: "Come back quickly, don't be afraid!" ”

The forbidden army had long been frightened and only cared about rowing and escaping.

The grain seller had no choice but to order: "Twenty people come quickly, and rescue those who have fallen into the river." ”

When they fled just now, hundreds of forbidden soldiers pushed each other, and more than a dozen people accidentally fell into the river.

The spearmen of the rebel army ran over and stretched out their spears, and the forbidden soldiers, who could not swim, hurriedly grabbed them, and nodded their heads in thanks after going ashore.

The grain seller said: "If you say that you can sell rice at a reasonable price, you will not take too much, 800 wen and one stone of white rice." ”

"Cheap?" The soldiers of the forbidden army could not believe that the price of rice in Tokyo had risen to 1,500 last year, and even 2,000 or 3,000 wen a stone at its highest.

The grain seller said: "The marshal is afraid that the people in the city will starve to death, and if the price is too high, where can the small people afford it?" In order to avoid robbing and buying more, the marshal also said that each person is limited to buying one bucket. ”

"It's good to have a bucket, save some food, and a family can eat for three or four days." Praetorian soldiers said.

When measuring rice, the grain seller took the opportunity to say: "Marshal Zhu raised troops to let the people of the world live a good life. Hearing that the Jin soldiers were going south, they were afraid that the people of Tokyo would be slaughtered, so Marshal Zhu led troops to the rescue. Which Cheng thought, the faint monarch colluded with foreign races, and the land was ceded and the compensation was also borrowed to suppress us. Jin people are unfamiliar wolves, how easy is it to get rid of? As soon as the rebels leave, the Jin soldiers will inevitably enter the city and plunder! ”

"That's it." The soldiers of the forbidden army didn't care what they said, and now they just want to buy food and go back.

After the rice was measured, he sent a small boat to send the forbidden troops across the river, and the grain seller pointed to the copper coins by the river and said: "There is a lot of money left here, and the rebels will not take a penny, let them all come and buy grain." ”

These forbidden soldiers returned with food, and when the forbidden army who fled to the city saw it, they immediately let down their guard and returned.

When Uncle Zhang saw this scene, he muttered, "It's over, the military spirit is completely gone." ”

Outside the city.

Wang Yu held the binoculars and laughed: "From ancient times to the present, there has never been such a strategy, and the besieging party actually sold grain to the defenders of the city, which will be a good story in history." ”

Wang Yuan turned to Zhu Ming and said sincerely: "Marshal Lang Jun is full of wisdom, and he also cares about the people, so he can think of a strategy to sell grain." ”

"I'm afraid that thousands of people will pour out to buy food, and our military food will not be enough." Bai Chongwu said worriedly.

Zhu Ming said: "If thousands of people come out to buy grain, they will sell the rice the day before yesterday, and they will be able to attack the city the next day!" ”

However, he said that the more than 100 forbidden troops bought grain back to the city, and they were immediately blocked by Fan Qiong and asked them to honestly hand over rice and confiscate it.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of forbidden troops were sent out of the city to buy food disguised as ordinary people.

The forbidden army who had been harvested grain was disgruntled, and when they returned to the camp, they muttered in private.

"We took the risk of going out to buy rice, and one person bought a bucket back, even if we had to hand it in, how could we keep two catties."

"That's it, my parents, wife and children, they've been starving and fainting for the past few days."

"Marshal Zhu is really benevolent, he is afraid that the people will be hungry, and he will sell grain when he says that he will sell grain, and it will be cheaper than in the city."

"If you want me to say it, you should let Marshal Zhu be the emperor, and the big guy will have a good life."

“……”

When these forbidden soldiers returned, they poured out their grievances whenever they met, and Pao Ze and the neighbors soon learned the truth.

In fact, even if they don't say it, Shi Yuangong and Li Bangyan's people will cooperate with the propaganda in the city.

On that day, there were more than 2,000 forbidden troops, pretending to be ordinary people to go out of the city to buy food, and each person was limited to one bucket, that is, they bought more than 200 stones to enter the city.

The next day, grain was continued to be sold.

However, the location of grain sales was replaced by the confluence of the Huimin River and the moat.

Zhu Ming didn't need to send too many soldiers to protect him, he immediately got on the boat and left when he was in danger, and the grain could also be put on the ship, and he could move it down as much as he sold.

Since the rebels did not make a large-scale sortie, the defenders also completely let down their guard, and they no longer came out of the urn city, but went out of the city to buy food from the nearest Xuanhua Gate.

In the middle of the morning, the people in Xuanhuamen gathered more and more.

When they heard that Marshal Zhu was afraid that the people would starve and was willing to sell rice at a low price, they were suspicious of it and came with the mentality that they would rather believe it. But I really saw the officers and soldiers dressed as civilians, and they came back soon after leaving the city, and they all brought food with them.

"Why don't you let us out of the city?"

"That is, Marshal Zhu sold rice to the people, and all of them were bought by you soldiers!"

"Give me rice!"

“……”

A scribe from Kaifeng Mansion appeared with a group of officials in front of the ya: "Don't make a fuss and only bought 100 stone when you went out of the city yesterday, and I will sell 60 stone to you today, and all go to the gate of the government to buy grain!" ”

Only then did the people flock to the government and push and insult each other, because they only sold sixty stones, and they would have been sold out if they were late.

When it came to the government, there was an instant uproar.

Because the price of rice in Kaifeng Mansion is 2,000 Wen and one stone, which is more than twice the amount of rice sold by Marshal Zhu.

Moreover, Marshal Zhu sells large white rice, but what Kaifeng Mansion sells is yellow and black old rice!

The meticulous work mixed in the crowd did not immediately attack, until the sixty stone old rice was sold out, and the people's anger reached its peak: "Yesterday, Marshal Zhu sold more than 1,000 stone rice, all of which were privately swallowed by these corrupt officials and corrupt officials!" Rice for a few hundred wen and one stone, not to mention selling for two thousand wen at a high price, is also exchanged for this kind of aged rice that dogs don't eat! Neighbors, rush into the government office to grab rice! ”

"Rush!"

Some people pleaded with it, some people responded, and the crowd was excited in an instant.

There are already thousands of people who have come to buy rice one after another, and the number is increasing.

was provoked by the details, and someone rushed inside.

Any official who dared to stop him was beaten to death in confusion.

They rushed in and rummaged around, grabbed things without finding food, and even took office supplies.

The people quickly rushed into the back house of the government and found that Xu Bingzhe, the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, was hurriedly climbing a ladder over the wall to escape. And there was still wine and food in the pavilion, and a group of singers were also fleeing in panic.

Kaifeng Mansion Yin is actually drinking and enjoying singing and dancing?

The people have been blown up, and countless people rushed up to catch Xu Bingzhe.

"Don't fight, don't fight, this mansion is an official of the imperial court!" Xu Bingzhe shouted in horror.

But his voice had long been drowned out by the roar of anger, and he was beaten to death in a short time.

These Tokyo people, in history, more than 20,000 people surrounded South Street, knocked out all the drums on several sides, and the doors of the three major Dengwen institutions were demolished by them, and even rushed into the imperial city to find Zhao Huan for an explanation.

"Your Majesty, it's not good, Kaifeng Mansion Yin was beaten to death by a mob!"

(End of chapter)