The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

Before the rebels who were forced into the northern part of Yuzhou, there were Jizhou soldiers and horses stationed on the border between Yuzhou and Jizhou, followed by imperial soldiers and horses. It can be said that there are wolves before and tigers behind.

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

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

In this cold and starving winter, there were constant complaints in the ranks of the rebels. The old thieves in the ranks had not been hungry for several years. This time they tasted the taste of hunger. One can imagine how big they are. resentment.

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

His name was Zhenghe, but what he did was unworthy of his parents for giving him such a meaningful name.

Facing the general who came down to beg for food, he brushed his hair irritably, and glared at the general standing in front of him: "Even if you cut me alive today, I can't get a grain of food out. I said I want food!" Find your own way, I don't care if you steal or rob, anyway, don't come to me!"

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

"Since General Lu was beheaded by imperial soldiers in Yuzhou City, you have the highest official position in Yuzhou. If we don't ask you for food, who will we ask for?"

"That's right, I said at the beginning that I couldn't escape to the north, but now I'm sandwiched between the imperial soldiers and Jizhou soldiers. It's hard to join the Yanzhou team. If you want me to say, when the spring is warm and the ice and snow melt, we will become The lambs waiting to be slaughtered by the soldiers and horses of Jizhou and the imperial court!"

Everyone said something to each other, and Zhenghe frowned more and more when he heard it, and shouted: "Shut up! Don't repeat the old things in front of me. We can decide to flee north? Leaving only one exit in the north for us to escape, is it our choice?"

Everyone saw that he was really angry, and immediately fell silent.

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

After hearing this, some of the people below were really moved. Zhenghe glanced at them and snorted coldly: "If you think you are not small, you can stand up if you want to be a general. Just stand up and I will immediately Allocate soldiers and let him go to the east to break through, if he can bring us back to Yanzhou, everyone will be grateful!"

When everyone heard that the premise of being a general was to be a pawn, their thoughts were instantly shattered. Compared with being a general, they cared more about their own lives!

"Why don't you talk anymore?" Zhenghe circled around them, seeing that they were all honest, he couldn't help softening his tone: "I know it's hard to be hungry, and you can't find food outside in the snow and ice, but it's snowing heavily outside. What can we do with the closure of the mountain? You can’t go forward in the snow and go to Jizhou to grab food, right?”

"Even if we want to go to Jizhou to rob food, we have to go to Jizhou without the soldiers and horses noticing it. Then, are we going to be quick? But who here can guarantee that we can march quickly when the mountains are covered by heavy snow?"

After hearing this, the generals turned their minds countless times, but they couldn't think of any way to do this.

"General, brothers drink a bowl of porridge every day. I really can't hold on in this winter. If I don't have enough food for a long time, brothers are really afraid that one day I will fall asleep and never wake up again!"

"That's right, General, it's not an option to sit still and wait for death. We have to do something, or the brothers below won't be able to appease us!"

After hearing what they said, Zheng He pondered for a moment and said: "What you said is also reasonable, why don't you take a few teams of soldiers to the next county town to see if they still have food?"

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

Who has the energy to go to the next county next door to grab food?
But judging from the current situation, this is also an impossible solution. If they do nothing, the brothers below will really be unable to hold back.

At that time, my team will mutiny, I am afraid that the court soldiers and horses will wake up laughing in the middle of the night! ——
Chuqiuting, a small town near Shan County.

A rebel army of one thousand people is stationed here. Since there are no mountains or rivers here, it is considered remote, and wars rarely affect this place. Judging from the current chaos in the world, their place is considered a paradise.

The general of this team was Ying Weizhong, a native of Yu County. After the rebels occupied Yuzhou, he was assigned to garrison in a remote place called Chuqiuting.

Since he was stationed here, he has been paying close attention to the situation outside.

The situation in the world is unpredictable and dazzling!

"General, General, Kaocheng County has been robbed!"

Tan Ma, who went out to inquire about the news, came back.

Hearing this, Ying Weizhong was startled, and stood up from his seat, "Kaocheng County was robbed, who did it? Could it be the imperial court? No, today's imperial court has strict discipline and won't take part of the common people. Needle-by-needle, could it be that another group of bandits gathered in this area?"

After hearing this, Tan Ma knew that the general had misunderstood, he waved his hands hastily, panting and said: "No, it's not bandits, it's the team originally stationed in Qiao County, and was chased all the way to the north of Henan by the imperial soldiers and horses. Well, the reason why they appeared in Kaocheng County is because their team is almost out of ammunition and food, and they have to come out to grab food!"

Ying Wei Zhong shot a murderous look in his eyes, and smiled extremely sarcastically: "The general has always wanted to replace him, so how does military discipline compete with the court's soldiers and horses? Regardless of the strength of the army, as far as the people are concerned, our team is slightly inferior. One deal!"

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 join them?Will the people still support it?
The answer is obvious!
The general below was anxious and asked, "General, what should we do now? Will they snatch us here?"

Ying Weizhong snorted coldly: "Even if they come, we don't have any extra food for them here. Now that everyone is in danger, no one can take care of others!"

Although it can be said that way, the generals below are still worried, and suggested: "General, I'm afraid they will force the conscripts. If we don't obey, what should they do? I think to be safe, we should store the food Get up!"

Ying Weizhong sighed, sat down again, and frowned: "I'm afraid that our food is hidden, and the people will suffer in the end. There are many villages in the area of ​​Chuqiuting, how many villages are there?" There is always a little food at least, and according to their greedy nature, they will not let the people go if they are about to starve to death, but they will search for any food!"

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

In troubled times, life is as cheap as grass, and looking at the sky is nothing but sighing.

The general at the bottom was anxious, "General, you won't give them our food for the sake of the people, right? Just as you said just now, they are too greedy. Even if they get our food, they will still search for the food of the people. For them, if they search for more food this time, they can save a trip in this cold winter."

Ying Weizhong frowned and looked at the generals jumping, and helplessly raised his hand to press down, "Sit down, food is the living food of brothers, how could I give food to them regardless of brothers."

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

The generals breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as the breath was relieved, everyone was worried again!
"General, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court now call us rebels, which is unacceptable in the world. I thought that the general's great cause would be achieved after besieging the capital last year. Now, it seems that the situation in the world is like looking at flowers through fog, and it is impossible to see clearly."

This general didn't say a few words. In his opinion, it is as difficult as reaching the sky for a general to achieve supremacy!

Since he knew that following the general had no future at all, why did he continue to be a thief against his will?
Why don't they abandon the dark and turn to the bright, take advantage of the chaos in the world, strive for some merits, and use a legitimate military position to glorify their ancestors?

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

Everyone looked at each other and fell silent.

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

"General, the grain we collected is enough for us to eat until the ice and snow melt. Do you think we should return now, or go to Chuqiuting to meet another team of brothers?"

Looking at the snowy scenery in the distance, Zhenghe said lightly, "Go back!"

These grains can keep them going until the ice and snow melt, so why is he struggling to grab them?
When the ice and snow melted, he fled east immediately, trying to escape back to Yanzhou before the enemy reacted, and join the general's team.

When he arrived in Yanzhou, the sky was high enough for birds to fly, and the sea wide enough for fishes to leap. Even the court soldiers and horses could not help him.

And Zhenghe's imagination is very good, but what he never imagined is that they are here to rob the people of food at this time, and his base camp is currently experiencing the same experience as the people of Kaocheng.

Xia Jing led the northern soldiers who had been training for half a month, and slid hundreds of miles into the base camp of the northern Henan rebels.

It's just that she also never expected that there were not many rebels stationed in this county.

This made Xia Jing once think that she went to the wrong place, or that the rebels suffered heavy casualties, were they killed in battle? Or were they starved to death and frozen to death?

After entering the county seat, Xia Jing entered the archery tower on the city wall. Inside was the resting place for the generals defending the city. There was a stove inside. It was very warm inside in this windy and snowy weather.

The cold wind is blowing, and the snow is flying. Ascending to the north, you can see the sky and the earth. The Cangshan Mountain is like the sea, and the peaks are undulating. Looking down on the sky and the earth feels very substandard, but it is cold!
Xia Jing doesn't like to play cool in the cold wind, because her body keeps warm first.

Sha Yuliang rushed up the tower and reported to her: "Madam, we have figured out why there are not many rebels left in this county, it is because they have run out of food, and other rebels have gone out to search for food from the people! "

Xia Jing went dark in an instant, "A dog can't change and eats shit! The country is easy to change and the nature is hard to change. It took a long time to establish a puppet dynasty, and it's back to old ways!"

"Madam, 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 mentioned is thankless and time-consuming. You can ask someone to find out in which direction the rebels are going. If the direction is determined, we will go to the city on the few roads that enter the city. Ambush them on the main road, and let them throw themselves into a trap, which saves effort and catches them by surprise!"

There are tens of thousands of roads outside the city. How can they go out to search for the enemy with this little force?

After hearing this, Sha Yuliang responded happily: "Your subordinate will make arrangements now!"

Seeing Xia Jing looking out the window, Ye Fei who was standing at the back said, "This county has been devastated 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 laughing when she saw his red and swollen bridge of nose. After catching up with her, I didn't control my speed well, and hit a tree beside the road. At that time, my nose was bleeding profusely, and the bleeding finally stopped, and the red and swollen nose couldn't go away for the time being.

This look is very funny, Ye Fei is also uncomfortable to be seen, he lowered his head and hummed: "My lady!"

"Pfft!"

Xia Jing couldn't help laughing, "Let's go, the city should be almost cleaned up now, let's go and see what's going on in the city!"

Ye Fei habitually wanted to scratch his nose, but as soon as his hand touched his nose, he frowned slightly in pain. The injury to his nose was really painful, the pain stretched his nerves, and half of his head hurt.

The rebels were cleared, and the streets in the city became deserted. In winter, ordinary people could hardly be seen 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 from the crack of the door.

"Your Majesty, the entire county government and official warehouses have been checked, and there are only about a few hundred dans of grain left, and they are all coarse grains!"

At this time, Ding Dazhuang ran over to report that after entering the city, he was responsible for searching for food and property. After careful searching, the rebel army's food was almost bottomed out, and the property will not be mentioned for the time being, such as jewelry.

Xia Jing raised her eyebrows, "That's really the only point. It seems that they are not exaggerating when they run out of ammunition and food. The situation is true!"

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

"Even the rebels are starved to the point where only skin and bones are left, so one can imagine what the conditions of the people in the jurisdiction are like!" Xia Jing was furious, and turned her head to order: "Da Zhuang, you order people to cook a few pots of porridge with these grains. Put it on the main street, and then tell the people in the city to come and get the porridge."

There is only this amount of food, if there is more, Xia Jing hopes that every commoner will share some food, so that they can last for a while longer!
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