On an inconspicuous corner of the city wall at the north gate of Yangzhou City, Zhao Yu looked at the Miao army camp a few miles away.

At such a long distance, even with Zhao Yu's eyesight, he can't see everything in the camp, but he can only see a general situation. Coming to the city several times a day to watch, Zhao Yu already knew everything about the layout and dynamics of the Miao army. Therefore, even if he can't really see everything, he can keenly feel the changes in the situation of the Miao army's camp.

Today, the Miao army camp has finally undergone gratifying changes, and Zhao Yu saw it in his eyes, and the blocks that had accumulated in his heart for several days were washed away. The daily consumption of food in such a large city is astronomical, and the mob does not have a strong organization to control the situation in the middle, and they act on their own selfishness, and the struggle caused by food has reached a fever pitch and is gradually on the verge of collapse. If there is no turnaround, the people of Hecheng will suffer a catastrophe.

Although Zhao Yu had a thousand reasons to do this, seeing that hundreds of thousands of people in the city were pushed to death by himself, the pressure in his heart was not enough for outsiders. Furthermore, the situation has not changed for a long time, so that he has even begun to doubt whether his choice is correct, and he can't eat every day and can't sleep at night. Now that the situation is finally developing in the expected direction, a big stone in Zhao Yu's heart can be regarded as falling to the ground.

The matter is critical, he didn't dare to relax, he wanted to grasp the first-hand information more clearly, but under the city wall outside Yangzhou City, he had already been cleared out of an extremely vast open space by the Miao army, leaving not a single inch of grass, and the field of vision was completely unobstructed, and any slightest wind and grass could not hide the Miao soldiers who were watching the vigilance from the distant tower. If you want to sneak out of the city, you have to take advantage of the dark night and the wind to be quiet and not alarm anyone.

It's a pinch. Zhao Yu didn't take any more risks, and observed the city for a while, then turned around and went back to the city.

At this time, Yangzhou City has long lost its former prosperity. The streets were deserted, and there was a bleak atmosphere, and even a few people who couldn't bear to go out hungry to forage for food also bowed their heads and hurried, lest they would cause trouble and lead to death.

The rebels were divided into more than a dozen large and small units, either occupying several yamen in Yangzhou City, or entrenched in several large houses. All the shops that were worthy of the name were destroyed. Not a soul was there. Even the Qinglou Chu Pavilion was also destroyed. In the past, Yingying Yanyan was kidnapped by the mob, or became the concubine of a grass-headed prince, or became the wife of some general of the Mandate of Heaven. No one is immune to the turmoil that has spread throughout the city.

In the Yangzhou city government, there is the largest group of chaotic people in the city. The leader is said to be the head of the original government office. Nearly 10,000 able-bodied rebels gathered here. Most of them were scattered in the long streets outside the government offices, and only a very small number of leaders lived in the government offices.

Everything has its own law of development, although the original class of Yangzhou City was destroyed in this turmoil. But in just a few days, the nouveau riche once again controlled the power of life and death of the people of Hecheng. In the so-called revolution of heaven and earth, the winners will always be only a few, and the people who shout in the slogan will be all the people, and everyone will have food, clothing, gold and silver, but it is just a slogan, and it will never be realized! Or for the majority of the chaotic people, they only want to vent their long-suppressed dissatisfaction in their hearts, and after they have vented it, they will return to their old form of submissiveness here, and willingly let others dictate their fate and life.

Zhao Yu walked on the street, looking at the people with blank expressions and unclothed bodies, and his heart was sad. After an explosion of astonishing destructive power, this group of people once again regained their true colors as a rabble. In today's situation, not to mention the elite Miao army outside the city, even if it is just an ordinary official in the yamen, they can easily defeat and defeat them! Such an astonishing contrast only occurred within a few days of interruption, and if the mystery of this is carefully explored, it is undoubtedly extremely desperate.

The people of the country have always had the courage to challenge fate, but this courage is always only a flash in the pan, and if it cannot be accomplished, this courage will fly down, drain their backbone and ambition, and willingly submit to authority again! Is there not a kind of motivation that can support them in their unremitting struggle for a long time, so that they will never be depressed?

Zhao Yu knew very well that his idea was very dangerous, the emperor only needed to obey the people, if everyone was disobedient, everyone was unwilling, everyone had to struggle, and the country would never be at peace! However, if everyone was just a lamb, even if the alien races raging in this land were temporarily driven away, the next storm would be even more violent!

In the long history, this problem is not only Zhao Yu can see, but no one can harmoniously unify the problems of the country and the people. Strong men and rich Song Dynasty all have their own reasons for their demise, even if history is a mirror, after all, they cannot escape the trap of overkill. Problems are always emerging, and countless people with lofty ideals always feel powerless. This fertile land seems to be forever inseparable from disaster.

Putting these heavy questions aside, Zhao Yu turned around and turned into a cramped alley, bypassed the alley, and arrived at a street behind the mansion. His body was vertical, and he deftly climbed over the wall that was more than a foot high, and quietly landed in the backyard of the mansion. All the buildings in the backyard of the government have been bulldozed, and the open space is stacked with sacks of grain as tall as a hill. In the entire Yangzhou city, I am afraid that there is only so much food here, but the outside has almost reached the embarrassing situation of eating from the child.

The front and back yards of the government are heavily guarded, and there are countless secret sentinels. However, these sentries were very dull in their ears and eyes, and Zhao Yu only used a little trick to attract their attention to the side, and then took some food like a ghost, and the whole process was unaware. By the time the sentinels focused their attention again, Zhao Yu had already left here.

On the way back to the slums, Zhao Yu turned to the Four Seas Inn again to take a look. This place has long been empty, and the chief helmsman of Yuan has eaten a trench and a long wisdom, and did not defend this place, but led the subordinates of the Haisha Gang and a group of people from the rivers and lakes to fight to a small city gate in the northwest corner. At the same time, they also coerced some people, because the cadres and others are all martial arts people, much braver than ordinary people, so they have also become one of the more powerful forces in Yangzhou City, and no one dares to provoke them.

The slums have also been unquiet these days, with many of the residents returning after looting some of their belongings. They were all driven away by Zhao Yu mercilessly, and although those people were extremely reluctant in their hearts, they had to give up this place and fight elsewhere after paying many casualties.

The father and son who believed in Mingzun had also left, and they stayed with Zhao Yu, which was a blessing or a curse, and Zhao Yu didn't have much energy to take care of them, so he prepared enough food and medicinal materials to send them to a secret stronghold in Yangzhou City.

Some of the people in the secret camp took advantage of the turmoil in the city to send Laoshan and his party out of Yangzhou. The other part took advantage of the turmoil to loot. It has also gathered a large force. Li Chengru didn't know what he was afraid of, and even the Shaolin Scripture Pavilion dared to burn it on fire, and the current situation in Yangzhou City was just a small scene for him. Every day, he led a group of tangled mobs to pick quarrels and provoke trouble in the city. Take advantage of the situation to exterminate many small groups of mobs. The power in his hands is getting bigger and bigger. This is for Zhao Yu. It was a surprise that with this power in his hands, he would have more room to exert himself.

Zhao Yu returned to his temporary shelter. Zhao Min, who was dressed in a cloth skirt and was dressed plainly, was sitting in front of the door choosing vegetables, and her focused and skillful appearance almost made people can't believe that this beautiful girl who is dressed as a village woman is actually Chitose, the county lord of Ruyang Palace.

Seeing Zhao Yu coming over with a rice bag, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Min's mouth, and he said softly: "I'm back." ”

Zhao Yu nodded, put the rice bag into the room, and then sat side by side with Zhao Min, clumsily rummaging through the vegetable leaves, but was slapped away by Zhao Min with one hand.

"I've picked it up with great difficulty, don't let me mess around! If I'm too idle, it's better to go out and find some condiments, lest you complain that the food tastes weak." Zhao Min glanced at him with disgust, and he didn't have a good breath.

Zhao Yu smiled, turned around and sat on the threshold, looking at Zhao Min quietly.

Zhao Min was a little panicked by him, so he simply turned his back and said casually: "There is just a child who came here to forage for food, I really can't bear it, so I gave him two steamed buns, and it may be a little troublesome later." ”

Zhao Yuhun didn't care and said: "It's not a big deal, and besides, this appearance in the city won't last long." ”

When Zhao Min heard this, his expression suddenly darkened, he stopped talking, and only said after washing the dishes: "I'm going to cook." ”

With that, she turned and went into the room.

Zhao Yu looked at her back, knowing that he was speechless, and his heart was a little worried.

The two had a silent meal, and after washing the dishes, Zhao Min wiped his hands with a linen cloth, made a pot of tea for Zhao Yu, put on a gossipy look, and asked, "Zhang Shicheng's army has been dispatched?"

Zhao Yu nodded and said, "Although I am still uncertain, it should be good to infer from Miao Jun's movements." ”

"So how are you going to contain him? Even if he turns against the court again, he will never unite with you. If he really takes Yangzhou in one fell swoop, it may not be a good thing for you Chuzhou. ”

Zhao Yu pondered for a moment before saying: "How can there be so many things in the world, if you can take this opportunity to win Jiqing, it will be a good result for Chuzhou, but I don't dare to hope for more." Besides, Zhang Shicheng is not a cause for concern. If he takes Yangzhou, it is difficult to do anything. ”

Zhao Min shook his head and said: "I'm afraid otherwise, Suzhou soldiers are strong and strong, and the real strength is far better than your Chuzhou." If you give him Yangzhou again, sweep away the recent decline, even if you can take Jiqing, if you want to pacify Jiangnan again, it will inevitably add more twists and turns, let alone raise troops to the north. With him pinning you down in the south of the Yangtze River, it is enough for my father to completely exterminate Liu Futong and run the north to the ground. ”

The corners of Zhao Yu's mouth curled, and he said with a smile: "Minmin, you think too highly of Zhang Shicheng." This person is a little rich and safe, and he is not enterprising enough, so he will take Yangzhou, and it will be difficult to turn over any storms. Although the city of Suzhou is rich today, it is more than enough to govern and not enough to be armed. I heard that Zhang Shicheng accepted the advice of his Confucian scholars, drastically reduced the forced labor, recuperated in the people, and also built a large number of buildings to relieve disasters through work. If you change the time, this move is a great benevolent government, but at this time, the world is undecided, and it is far from a good time for swords and guns to be put into storage, and Yanwu Xiuwen is a good time. His move is nothing more than a pedantic move by the mouse to store food for the cat for the winter, and this person is not a problem, but can do me a great favor. ”

Zhao Min held her cheeks with her hands and seemed to be listening carefully, but she couldn't hear anything Zhao Yu said, just looking at his determined and eloquent appearance.

The two talked for a long time, and in the middle of the night, Zhao Yu got up and said to Zhao Min: "The next few days will be more and more unpeaceful, you should rest early." ”

Zhao Min looked at Zhao Yu's back, bit his lips lightly, hesitated for a moment, saw that Zhao Yu was about to walk out of the door, and suddenly said, "Don't go!"

"What?" Zhao Yu turned his head when he heard this, looking surprised.

Zhao Min's cheeks were flushed, but his expression was resolute: "Don't go! I don't want to remember this period of time in the future, it's like a dream, and I can't keep any evidence...... If you stay, you'll make me stupid for once. Even if you regret it, you will worry about it after tonight!"

When Zhao Yu heard these weeping words, his expression became more and more surprised, and he was silent for a long time before he lowered his head and said, "Minmin, I really can't stand you......"

Zhao Min showed a wry smile on his face, and said abruptly: "I have already seen you clearly, you are a bad guy to the bone! I can't complain about you, it's ...... I want to be let down by you" (To be continued. )