The rebels who were forced into the north of Yuzhou had Jizhou soldiers and horses on the border between Yuzhou and Jizhou, and then there were imperial soldiers and horses chasing after them.

Taking advantage of the heavy snow in the cold winter to close the mountains and rest, but in the cold winter, everyone had a truce, and they were also sad, and they were chased by the imperial court soldiers and horses during the autumn harvest, and they had no time to harvest the grain.

Now they are temporarily stationed in the northern county seat of Yuzhou, but the surrounding villages have been searched several times, and no matter how much they press, they can't find food.

In this cold and underfed winter, there were constant complaints in the ranks of the rebels, and the old thieves in the ranks had not been hungry for several years.

Zhenghe is currently the leader of the largest rebel force in the north.

His name is Zhenghe, and what he did was sorry that his father and mother gave him such a good name.

Facing the generals who came down to beg for food, he brushed his hair irritably, and glared at the generals standing in front of him: "You just cut me alive today, and I can't take out a grain of grain, I have said that I want food to find my own way, I don't care if you steal or rob, in short, don't come to me!" ”

"General, now we can't think of a way, food is the foundation of life, how can you let your brothers live without food?"

"Since General Lu was beheaded by the imperial court soldiers and horses in Yuzhou City, the entire Yuzhou belongs to your highest official position, we don't ask you for food, who do you want to go?"

"That is, I said at the beginning that I couldn't flee north, and now I am sandwiched between the soldiers and horses of the imperial court and the soldiers and horses of Jizhou, and it is difficult to meet the team of Yanzhou, if you want me to say, when the spring flowers bloom and the ice and snow melt, we will become the lambs of the soldiers and horses of Jizhou and the imperial court to be slaughtered!"

Everyone, you said a word, and when you heard it, your brows became tighter and tighter, and you shouted: "Shut up! Don't bring it up again in front of me, it's up to us to decide to flee north? The imperial court is surrounded by soldiers and horses on three routes, leaving only one exit in the north for us to escape, is it a choice for us? ”

When everyone saw that he was really angry, they immediately fell silent.

Zhenghe glanced at them and scolded angrily: "If you think you can stand up, I will send a letter to the general, promote him to the general, and be on an equal footing with me!" ”

When the people below heard this, some of them were really a little moved, Zhenghe glanced at them, and snorted coldly: "If you think that you are not small, you can stand up if you want to be a general." As long as he stands up, I will immediately allocate 20,000 soldiers and horses for him to break through to the east, and if he can bring us back to Yanzhou, everyone will be grateful! ”

As soon as everyone heard that the premise of being a general was to be a pawn, the idea that just came out of them was instantly shattered, and they cared more about their lives than being a general!

"Why don't you speak?" Zhenghe circled around them, and when he saw that they were all honest, he couldn't help but ease his tone: "I know that the taste of hunger is not pleasant, and I can't find food outside in the ice and snow, but what can I do if the snow covers the mountains outside?" You can't brave the snow and go to Jizhou to grab grain, right? ”

"Even if we want to go to Jizhou to grab grain, we have to be unaware of the soldiers and horses in Jizhou, so do we have to be fast? But who here can guarantee a fast march in the face of heavy snow blocking the mountains? ”

When the generals heard this, their minds turned countless times and they couldn't come up with any way to do this.

"General, my brothers drink a bowl of gruel every day, I really can't hold on to it in this winter, if I can't eat enough for a long time, my brothers are really afraid that they will never wake up if they fall asleep one day!"

"Yes, General, it's not a way to sit back and wait to be killed, we have to take some action, otherwise the brothers below can't be appeased!"

Zhenghe listened to their words, pondered for a moment and said: "What you said is also reasonable, why don't you lead a few teams of soldiers and horses to the next county town next door to see if there is any food on their side?" ”

When the generals heard this, they really wanted to roll their eyes, they were so hungry that they had no strength, and it was difficult to run to the next county.

Who still has the physical strength to run to the next county town next door to grab food?

But judging from the current situation, this is also a way to go, if they don't do anything, the brothers at the bottom will really be unable to hold back.

When the time comes, his own team mutinies, and he is afraid that the soldiers and horses of the court will wake up laughing in the middle of the night! ——

Chuqiu Pavilion, a small town close to Shanxian County.

A thousand-strong army of rebels was stationed here, and because there were no mountains or rivers here, it was a remote location, and the war rarely affected here, so in terms of today's chaos, they were a paradise here.

The general of this team was called Ying Weizhong, a native of Yu County, and after the rebels occupied Yuzhou, he was assigned to the remote place of Chuqiu Pavilion to garrison.

Ever since he was stationed here, he had been paying close attention to the situation outside.

The situation in the world is unpredictable and dazzling!

"General, general, the county seat of Kaocheng has been robbed!"

The probe who had gone out to hear the news had returned.

When Ying Weizhong heard this, he was shocked and stood up from his seat, "Kaocheng County was robbed, who did it?" Could it be the imperial court. No, today's imperial court soldiers and horses are strictly disciplined and will not take up a stitch and a thread of the people, could it be that a group of bandits have gathered in this area? ”

When Tanma heard this, he knew that the general had misunderstood, so he waved his hand busily, and said with a pant: "No, it's not a bandit, it's a team originally stationed in Qian County, and later it was chased all the way to northern Henan by the imperial soldiers and horses. ”

Ying Weizhong's eyes shot murderous, and he smiled extremely sarcastically: "The general has always wanted to replace him, just like this, how to compete with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court in this way, regardless of the strength of the army for the time being, as far as the people are concerned, our team is slightly inferior!" ”

Those who lose the hearts of the people lose the world, this sentence is not just talking.

If their team has been treating the people like this, will there be people with lofty ideals in the world who will take refuge in the future? Will the people still support it?

The answer is obvious!

The generals below were anxious and asked, "General, what should we do now?" Will they come to us? ”

Ying Weizhong snorted coldly: "Even if they come, we don't have extra food here to supply them, and now everyone is unable to protect themselves in these years, who can take care of whom!" ”

Although it can be said that the generals below are still not at ease, and suggested: "General, I'm afraid that they will forcibly recruit, if we don't obey, what if they directly rob it?" I think it's better to hide the food to be on the safe side! ”

Ying Weizhong sighed, sat down again, and frowned: "I'm afraid that our grain is hidden, and the people will suffer in the end, but there are many villages in this area of Chuqiuting, and each village always has a little bit of food, according to their greedy nature, when they are dying of hunger, they will not let go of the people, but any food will be looted!"

The people's food was looted, and without food to save their lives, the people finally had no choice but to starve to death and freeze to death.

In troubled times, fate is as cheap as grass, and there is only a sigh when you look at the sky.

The generals below were anxious, "General, you won't give them our food for the sake of the people, will you?" As you just said, they are too greedy, even if they get our food, they will still go to loot the people's grain, for them, this time to scavenge more grain, they can go out less in this cold winter. ”

Ying Weizhong frowned and watched the generals below jump to their feet, and helplessly raised his hand to suppress it, "Sit down, food is the life food of my brothers, how could I give them food regardless of my brothers." ”

"It's good that the general didn't mean that!"

The generals breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as this breath was relieved, everyone was at a loss again!

"General, now the soldiers and horses of the imperial court call us rebels, which is not tolerated by the world, I originally thought that last year's siege of the capital, the great cause of the general can be accomplished, but now it seems that the situation in the world is like a flower in the fog, and it is not real."

This general has some words that he has not spoken, in his opinion, it is difficult for a general to achieve hegemony!

Since you know that there is no future for following the general, why should you continue to be a thief against your will?

Why don't they abandon the darkness and turn to the light, take advantage of the chaos in the world, compete for some merits, and mix up a justifiable martial arts position to glorify their ancestors?

Everyone understands the underlying meaning of this general's words, but everyone will hesitate to make a final decision.

Everyone looked at each other and fell silent.

Zhenghe's department had gained something in Kaocheng County, and the team wanted to move forward, but they learned from the map that there was a team of theirs stationed in Chuqiu Pavilion, fifty miles away, so they guessed that even if there was food here, it would have been looted by this team a long time ago, and it would be useless for them to go to this area of jurisdiction.

"General, the looted food is temporarily enough for us to eat until the ice and snow melt, do you think we should return now, or go to Chuqiu Pavilion to meet another team of brothers?"

Zhenghe looked at the snow scene in the distance and said lightly: "Go back!" ”

This food can keep them out until the snow melts, and what else is he bothering to grab?

When the snow melted, he immediately fled eastward, trying to escape back to Yanzhou and join the general's army before the enemy could react.

When he arrived in Yanzhou, the sky was high and the birds could fly, and the sea was wide and the fish could jump, even the soldiers and horses of the imperial court could not help him.

And Zhenghe's imagination is very beautiful, but what he never expected was that at this time, they were here to grab the people's food, and his base camp was experiencing the same experience as the people of Kaocheng at this time.

Xia Jing led the northern attribute soldiers who trained for half a month, and slid hundreds of miles into the base camp of the rebels in northern Henan.

It's just that what she also never expected was that there weren't many rebels stationed in this county.

This made Xia Jing think that she had gone to the wrong place, or that the rebels had suffered heavy casualties and were killed in battle? Or was he starved to death and froze to death?

Attacking the county seat, Xia Jing entered the arrow tower on the city wall, which was the resting place of the generals defending the city, and there was a stove inside, which was very warm in this snowy weather.

The cold wind is cold, the snow is flying, climbing high to the north to look at the heaven and earth, the mountains are like the sea, the peaks rise and fall, looking down on the heaven and the earth The feeling is very subordinate, but it is cold!

Xia Jing doesn't like to be cool in the cold wind, because her body keeps warm first.

Sha Yuliang rushed up to the city tower and reported to her: "Niangniang, we have figured out why there are not many rebels left in this county, because they have run out of food, and the other rebels have gone out to loot the people's food!" ”

Xia Jing instantly darkened, "Dogs can't change eating!" The nature of the country is easy to change and difficult to change, how long has it been since the establishment of the puppet dynasty, and the old state has relapsed! ”

"Niangniang, should we go after them, or the people in the county below will suffer?" Sha Yuliang asked.

Xia Jing glanced at him, "The method you said is thankless and laborious, you ask people to inquire in which direction the rebels who went out, if the direction is determined, we will ambush them on several main roads into the city, let them throw themselves into the net, which can save effort and catch them off guard!" ”

There are thousands of roads outside the city, how can they go out to search for the enemy, it is better to be still, it is better to wait for work, and wait for the rabbit!

When Sha Yuliang heard this, he happily responded: "My subordinates will arrange it!" ”

Ye Fei, who was standing behind, saw Xia Jing looking out the window, so he said: "This county has been plagued by the rebels, and I don't know if the people can survive until the spring blossoms?" ”

This topic is very heavy, but Xia Jing looked back at Ye Fei, and couldn't help but want to laugh when she saw his red and swollen nose bridge, the reason why the bridge of his nose would be injured was because he was on the way here, and his skiing skills were not up to par, and in order to catch up with her halfway, he didn't control his speed and hit a tree next to the road.

This look was very funny, Ye Fei was also uncomfortable, lowered his head and snorted: "Niangniang!" ”

"Poof!"

Xia Jing couldn't help laughing, "Let's go, the city should be cleaned up at this time, let's go see what the situation is in the city!" ”

Ye Fei habitually wanted to scratch his nose, but as soon as his hand touched his nose, it hurt so much that he frowned slightly, the nose injury was really painful, and the pain pulled the nerves, and half of the braincase hurt.

The rebels were cleared, the streets of the city were even more deserted, and in winter, ordinary people were almost invisible on the streets, and the doors and windows of the houses on both sides of the streets were closed. But Xia Jing knew that many people must be watching the situation outside through the crack in the door.

"Niangniang, the entire county government and official warehouse have been checked, and there are only about a few hundred loads of grain left, and they are all coarse grains!"

At this time, Ding Dazhuang ran over to report, after entering the city, he was responsible for searching for food and property, after his careful search, the rebels' food is about to bottom out, not to mention the property for the time being, such as jewelry These should be pulled back and slowly settled.

Xia Jing raised her eyebrows, "That's really the only thing, it seems that it is not an exaggeration that they ran out of food, the situation is true!" ”

Ding Dazhuang nodded: "The rebels are so hungry that they are only skinned and bones, and the news can't be wrong!" ”

"Even the rebels are so hungry that they are only skinned and bones, so you can imagine what the people in the jurisdiction are like!" Xia Jing was indignant, turned her head and ordered: "Da Zhuang, you ordered someone to boil a few pots of porridge with these grains, put them on the main street, and then notify the people of the whole city to come and receive the porridge." ”

There is only this kind of food, if there is more, Xia Jing hopes that everyone will share some food, so that they can hold on for a longer time!

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