Yan Qiong quickly came back, "Master, there are rooms in both inns, which are enough to arrange the brothers." ”

It is impossible for an inn in a small town to have hundreds of rooms, but there are still more than a hundred rooms in two inns, and there are floors in the rooms, and five hundred people in a hundred rooms can barely live in them.

In the middle of the afternoon, I stayed at the inn, and when it was getting dark, the inn made dinner.

Xia Jing took a bath in the inn and sat in the hall to eat refreshingly, and only then did she feel in the mood to look at the inn.

"Have you noticed, since I entered the town in the afternoon, most of the people I saw on the street were women, children, old and young, and I rarely saw young and strong men." Yan Qiong's gaze swept over the woman serving the food in the inn and told everyone what she had found.

"Don't you say I haven't found out yet, now listen to you, think about it, it's really true!" Jeongen nodded.

Xia Jing's eyes stayed on the women who helped serve the food, there were so many people living in the inn today, and the joy on their faces was visible to the naked eye, but the sadness between their eyebrows could not be ignored.

Waiting for the dishes to be served, the innkeeper stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the coarse tea and light rice are really not well entertained, and now the dishes have been served, you can use them slowly." ”

"Old man, come here!" Yan Qiong hooked her finger at him.

"What does this guest command?" The shopkeeper walked over with a smile on his face.

Yan Qiong pointed to the women who had just served the food and asked, "We have been walking outside for so many years, and it is the first time we have seen an inn running hall with all women?" ”

The shopkeeper listened to his question, the smile on his face faded a lot, and finally sighed, and said gloomily: "Since this guest officer has been wandering outside for many years, he should know what the situation in the world has been in recent years, the drought has been raging in the past few years, and the population has dropped sharply. In the past two years, there have been many military disasters, and the small ones in other places don't know, but in the area under the jurisdiction of our county, the young and middle-aged people have been arrested, and now there are only old and weak women and children left in the family. ”

Yan Qiong asked suspiciously: "When the conscription was the strictest, it was also one out of three, if it was one out of five according to the regulations of the imperial court, but listen to what you mean, you are here and all the adults have been arrested?" ”

The shopkeeper frowned tightly and nodded: "Don't hide it from you, the three sons and one adult grandson in the small family have been forcibly recruited, and now this inn has to be supported by the daughters-in-law, if the sons were at home in previous years, the inn would not need the daughters-in-law to come out and show up!" ”

Yan Qiong looked at the women in surprise, "It turns out that they are your daughters-in-law, at first I thought they were helpers hired by you." ”

"I'm really ashamed, my family's livelihood is difficult to maintain, and I really don't have extra money to hire outsiders to do things." The shopkeeper hugged his fists: "Our town is on the main road from south to north, and there have been many caravans in previous years, so opening this inn can maintain a family's livelihood and wealth." Nowadays, the world is difficult, and occasionally receiving passing guests can barely keep the family full. ”

Xia Jing looked at the sorghum cakes in the bowl and the green vegetables and pickles on the table, but believed that his words were true. Perhaps the most striking thing is a pot of game on the table, which the shopkeeper may have purchased from Orion.

"Shopkeeper, you can't be arrested in the whole county, right?" Yan Qiong glanced at Xia Jing and wanted to know more about the situation.

When the shopkeeper heard this, a sarcasm flashed in his eyes, and his tone was as calm as ever: "That's not true, there are still young and middle-aged people, but these people are not ordinary people, they are powerful and rich people, some people have the right to exempt their children from military service, and some people have money and can settle military service with silver." ”

Xia Jing smiled and said: "After listening to the shopkeeper's words, I have a slight interest in the regime in Yuzhou, and I want to know what this decision-maker thinks, and come up with such a way to kill chickens and take eggs, I'm afraid I will dig my own grave!" ”

The shopkeeper's face was full of scorn, and his mood was complicated, and he hoped that these rebels would be exterminated as soon as possible, and if the rebels were exterminated, even if the imperial court implemented the practice of drawing one out of three, his three sons and one grandson could come back to three.

But at the same time, he was afraid of being exterminated, and the reason for the fear of being exterminated was because the three sons and one grandson in the family had become a member of the rebels.

This concern is not for outsiders, so no one knows the entanglement in the shopkeeper's heart.

After understanding the situation, the team wanted to prepare for tomorrow's departure, Yan Qiong said to the shopkeeper: "Old shopkeeper, we will leave early tomorrow morning, can you trouble your daughters-in-law to help us prepare more dry food overnight?" ”

"This" looked embarrassed on the shopkeeper's face.

Yan Qiong added: "Of course, I know that now that food is in short supply, the price is negotiable, and we can't let you suffer." ”

The shopkeeper waved his hand busily, "The guest officer misunderstood, the small one doesn't mean this, it's no problem to let the ladies of the family help make dry food overnight, but the small ones don't have enough food on their hands. It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice! ”

Yan Qiong obviously didn't expect the shopkeeper to answer like this, and couldn't help but look at Xia Jing.

Xia Jing put down her chopsticks and said: "Now there is a shortage of food in various places, and it is normal for the shopkeeper to not be able to take out so much food. ”

Their team of 500 people was out of the house, and there was no special logistics team to transport food, but each of them had more than 10 or 20 catties of grain tied to their horses, just to prevent emergencies.

Things were arranged, Xia Jing had almost eaten, so she took Ye Fei back to the room first.

Three days later, Xia Jing and his party arrived in Yangxia, which was only a few days away from Yuzhou City.

At this time, Li Chengmu led the soldiers and horses to confront the main force of the rebels in Yuzhou City.

The main force in Yuzhou is 100,000, and Li Chengmu's department outside the city is also known as 100,000, and the two armies are equal in terms of soldiers and horses.

On the city wall of Yuzhou, Lu Leshan, the first fierce general under Qin Lang, stood on the city wall and looked into the distance.

Outside the city, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were overwhelming at a glance, hunting with flags, and under the yellow handsome flag, stood Li Chengmu and his generals.

Looking at the neat queue and the imposing soldiers and horses, Lu Leshan said in his heart that it was false not to envy and fear.

As a general who led troops to fight, and the first fierce general under Qin Lang, he was not in vain. He could see at a glance that the imperial army outside the city was not simple.

He also knew that the soldiers were not expensive, and the army outside the city was comparable to the number of soldiers and horses in his city, and now even if there was a city wall to resist this advantage, Lu Leshan's face couldn't help but feel a little dignified.

"General, this army is the elite of the imperial court, and I am afraid that this battle will be variable!" Standing on the city wall, the staff noticed Lu Leshan's face, and had no choice but to tell the truth.

No one knows better than them what the quality of their own troops is.

The few who can fight are mostly ordinary people who are ready to be killed as artillery, as well as newly recruited recruits.

If the elite of the court outside the city want to attack, even if they have the protection of the city wall, they are afraid that the victory or defeat will only be five or five.

"They just arrived and put on this formation, do they want to storm the city?"

Lu Leshan was also a little confused by the bewildered behavior of the imperial court soldiers and horses outside the city.

The staff listened to his words, pointed to the still queue outside the city and said: "General Hui, it's hard to say for the time being, maybe they are just observing our reaction, maybe they won't attack the city recklessly before they figure out the situation!" ”

Lu Leshan nodded, he actually couldn't figure it out in his heart, why didn't His Royal Highness the new crown prince of the Dayu Dynasty stay in the capital to enjoy his happiness, why did he have to come out to take risks as a daughter, he was really not afraid that he would be killed with one shot if he was naïve?

He probably has some understanding of this new prince, he used to be inconspicuous in the capital, and then fled to Lingnan, and has been cultivated by the palace, what is his instinct now?

Lu Leshan has no bottom in his heart, not to mention that there is a queen in the capital who makes him even more jealous.

I heard that the recovery of the Gyeonggi region was led by this new queen, and the women of the house were more courageous and capable than the big men in the court.

What a great achievement it is to recover the lost land in one fell swoop.

What is the land of Gyeonggi?

That is the belief of the people of the world, the land of Longxing, and the center of the world's political culture!

The recovery of the Gyeonggi region represents the unfinished vitality of Dayu, and there is a sign of revival!

Lu Leshan turned his head and looked at his soldiers and horses with complicated eyes, mixed fish and dragons, there were people of all classes of three religions and nine streams, but there were no powerful ministers.

Of course, if there is a former minister, then there is no place for him, because he thinks that he is an outcast, and he can't compare to the minister in terms of scheming and power.

Thinking about it far, Lu Leshan retracted his distant thoughts, and then looked at the team that had no standing posture and was sluggish, and regretted in his heart that he had not trained them well before.

"The armament of the imperial court soldiers and horses is excellent, I heard that it is all made of stainless steel, and it is equipped with the whole army, if our team can be equipped with such sophisticated ordnance, at least the combat effectiveness can be increased by two percent!" The staff looked at the excellent equipment of the team outside the city, and their eyes were red with envy.

Lu Leshan's face was solemn, "In this battle, it seems that we can only defend Yuzhou City and not come out, no matter what they do outside, we can't go out of the city!" ”

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At the same time, Li Chengmu and others outside the city also sat on horseback and overlooked the city wall of Yuzhou.

On the high city wall, a person was surrounded by several people and stood there to observe the situation of the enemy army, needless to say, the man standing on the city wall should be the general of the rebel army guarding Yuzhou City, what is Lu Leshan!

Long Yutian looked at the closed city gate and said, "It seems that the traitors don't plan to go out of the city to fight, why don't we camp on the spot and observe for a few days?" ”

"The prison army is reasonable, and there will be the labor prison army next." Lee Seung-mu nodded in agreement.

On the second day, when the sun rose in the east, a dozen horsemen rushed out of the barracks outside the city, and they came to a halt when they were out of range of bows and arrows.

"The prince's military order, all traitors, hurry up and surrender, if you take the initiative to surrender, the court will not pursue them as thieves and criminals, after surrendering, everything will be treated as ordinary people, you can also serve in the army for the country, fight for the glory of the family, and fight for a family history for future generations!"

More than a dozen people shouted in unison, the momentum was huge, not to mention the city for the time being, at least the rebels standing on the city wall listened to it, and wondered if there was a chance to take advantage of it.

Lu Leshan heard this as soon as he got on the city wall, and couldn't help but be surprised: "What do these imperial soldiers and horses want to do?" Or what does this prince want to do? He wouldn't be naïve enough to think that standing outside the city like this would persuade our team to surrender with a few casual shouts, would he? ”

Civil war, no matter which side, has the experience of persuasion, if it can succeed, it will be the least cost to recover the enemy's men, no matter from any aspect is a good thing.

However, facts have proved that many times the rear does not do a good job in logistical support, which leads to the emergence of lagging.

Especially the soldiers and horses before the Yu Dynasty, the soldiers in front were fighting to the death, and the captured enemy soldiers were guarded, but because of the focus on governing the country with benevolence, the prisoners who were finally controlled were released, and as a result, the prisoners who were put back had no ability to survive, and they went back to their old jobs!

So repeatedly, it has led to the fact that the rogue in Dayu cannot be exterminated no matter how it is suppressed, and the rogue rebels can always resurrect.

The staff didn't care, "If they want to shout, let them shout, even if they shout in their throats, it's useless!" ”

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There were more than a dozen horsemen outside the city, and everyone shouted for a while, and a dozen horsemen ran out of the rear camp to replace them, and they could run back to rest.

And so on, everyone will not be too tired!

For example, some put themselves in the shoes of the rebels and persuaded them to turn back to the shore of the endless sea of suffering. Some help them look forward to a better life in the future, some talk about how considerable the compensation for the soldiers is at present, and some share their funny daily life.

Not to mention, in the next few days, the rebels at least did not have the same hatred for the imperial court soldiers as before.

"Prison Army, is this really not in vain? Good for us? Lee Seungmu was a little skeptical.

Long Yutian stroked his beard with a smile, "From the initial resistance of the people on the city wall, to the current acquiescence by the city wall, this is progress." ”

Li Chengmu was silent, really, at the beginning, the rebels on the city wall were very resistant, and now they don't drive them away, and they still acquiesce that they are performing this is progress.

"Prison army, the rebels in the city stay in the city behind closed doors, obviously trying to consume our morale and food and grass, while they themselves are preserving their strength, what do you say we should do next?"

"The confrontation between the two sides is more about patience and strategy, and now we have to keep a calm mind, let the enemy's mentality collapse first, then we will easily win."

Of course, it is not easy to make the enemy's mentality collapse, but whether to attack the city or not, wait and see for a few days.

When Xia Jing was fifty miles away from Yuzhou City, she encountered her own side of the night not collecting, that is, Li Chengmu scattered out the night not collecting.

She learned about the latest battle situation in Yuzhou City from Ye Bushu, and she didn't expect that the general of the rebel army was an old treacherous and cunning man, and he didn't even come out of the door.

Xia Jing said to Ye Bushu: "You take the first step and inform His Royal Highness the Prince, we will be there soon." ”

Then let Ye Fei pass the order, and the team moved forward at full speed, striving to rush to the outside of Yuzhou City before dark, and join the team of His Royal Highness the Prince!

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