I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 218 Lei Mengsha: I believe in Ruofeng
Support troops arrived with supplies and ammunition.

Upon hearing the news, everyone was delighted, because the army coming to support this time had nearly 80,000 people, and with the weapons and ammunition they carried, they were enough to beat the Beili army's heads into pieces.

Only Chu Zhao expressed doubt.

He knew very well that even if the Shenwu Army was fast, it would still take about five or six days. It was impossible for them to arrive so quickly.

After asking carefully, I found out that what Zhao Fugui called support and supplies was only a small part, which could be used to fight a skirmish at most, which was quite a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, the most important thing now is how to resist the fierce attack of Beili’s army of about 200,000 troops within these five or six days.

The next day, that is, the 24th day of the winter month, the Beili army once again gathered at the east, south and north walls of Langya City and launched an attack on Langya City.

I have to say, although it might not have been noticeable yesterday, today, there is a significant gap in the morale between the Western Chu Army that is conquering the East and the Beili Army that is stabilizing the West.

The most intuitive manifestation is the western wall of Langya City.

Yesterday, the west city wall was attacked by the ragtag troops of the Zhenxi Army, and they almost broke through the west city wall.

Therefore, having learned his lesson from yesterday, Xiao Ruofeng arranged his own Langya Army to the west as the main force today, intending to capture the west city wall.

The two Langya armies collided. Xiao Ruofeng originally thought that he could easily break through the west city wall, but he didn't expect that the Western Chu soldiers who had not been able to get a good deal from the ragtag army yesterday actually suppressed his direct troops today.

Could it be that his direct line of troops, the Langya Army, are not as good as the miscellaneous troops in the Zhenxi Army?
Or was it that his Langya army's morale was broken after Chu Zhao killed them with a single sword yesterday?

Xiao Ruofeng couldn't figure it out.

More importantly, not only the western side of the city wall was hit, but the other two sides were also hit.

The morale of the Western Chu Army's expedition to the east is still as high as it was yesterday, and there is even a hint of a fierce momentum that is even more desperate than yesterday. On the other hand, the Zhenxi Army is like a beast with its claws and fangs pulled out. It no longer has the madness of yesterday and seems sick and listless.

As a result, the Western Chu soldiers on the three city walls today blocked the offensive of the Northern Li army and trapped the Northern Li soldiers under the city walls before they even used the second unit.

Perhaps realizing that the situation was hopeless, the Beili army only attacked for half an hour today before calling off the attack.

After that, Xiao Ruofeng did not send any more troops to attack the city. He only sent a small team to collect the bodies of the soldiers who died in the battle.

The Beili side needed to adjust its morale, while the Xichu side needed to wait for the arrival of large troops, so the two sides fell into a brief peace again.

It is obvious that both sides are waiting for the final decisive battle.

At the same time, in Lijia Village, a hundred miles away from Langya City.

At the entrance of the village, next to a field.

A middle-aged woman with a rather harsh look stopped several uniformed officers, including two officials from the Inspectorate and a soldier in military uniform.

Judging from the military uniform, he was a Sima, a subordinate of the Cavalry Captain.

She pointed at the fields behind the officials and loudly questioned them in dissatisfaction: "Why did you give them more land, and so much more?
There are only six people in their family, including her two reckless eldest and youngest sons. Can they cultivate so much land?

We have much more family members than they do, and we are all poorer farmers than them. It would have been fine if we had just been allocated the same land as they had before, but you are actually giving them land today?

No, you must give half of the land you gave them to us, or I will make a scene at the gate of the county government, and let everyone see how you, the Xichu government, treat us, the Beili people."

In the direction of her finger was a family of four who had just been allocated another 40 acres of land. They included an old woman, a young woman holding a child, and a little girl of seven or eight years old.

After hearing the sharp voice of the mean-looking middle-aged woman, which seemed to pierce the sky, the busy people around put down their work and ran over here.

Among them, a large number of them stood behind the middle-aged woman, while the remaining small number just watched the show with an indifferent look.

Seeing this, the smiles on the faces of the family who were originally smiling because they were allocated land again disappeared instantly. They became timid, and the baby in the baby also started crying.

The timid old woman's eyes flashed with grievance and hatred, and she hurriedly said to the official: "Sir, can we not give up this land?"

The official smiled gently at the old woman and consoled her: "Don't worry, ma'am. We all know the situation of your Lijia Village. The land was allocated to you by the imperial court, and no one can take it away!"

Lijia Village, as the name suggests, is a family-based village. People with other surnames would naturally be bullied, but that was in the past. Now under the rule of their Western Chu, such a situation will never be allowed to happen, otherwise they would not have called the people from the Supervisory Office when they came to divide the land today.

The official took two steps forward and said to the middle-aged woman with a cold face: "If the court and the county magistrate had not repeatedly emphasized that we should treat the people well, do you believe that I would have arrested you and thrown you into jail right now?

What is the situation in your village, what is the situation in your family, and what kind of person you are, I have been visiting for so long, how can I not know? You are a poor farmer, can you have some shame?
The reason why we can distribute land to you is because of the imperial policy. If it were me, I would not give your family even an acre of land!

Finally, let me explain to you why we gave them another 40 acres.

This is because their eldest son and youngest son are both soldiers and have made contributions on the battlefield. This is a preferential treatment from the government and a reward for their merits.

If you also want, let your four sons who only know how to steal and fool around in the county every day also join the army and go to the battlefield!"

When the middle-aged woman saw the officer with a cold face approaching her, she was frightened and took several steps back.

But after hearing what the other party said, and with a group of Li family members behind her, she felt relieved and immediately retorted with her neck stiffened.

“Bah, why should I let my four sons join the army?
Her son joined the army because he was worthless, even less valuable than my dog.

My four sons are the inheritors of my family business. I still rely on them to continue the Li family line. I was stupid to let them go to the army and die!"

These words came out almost instantly.

All the officers and soldiers present turned their eyes to the middle-aged woman.

Especially the soldier, his face was terribly gloomy.

"What did you just say, bitch?"

The military commander walked up to the woman, stared at her with cold eyes, and his tone was extremely cold.

"Gudong-"

The middle-aged woman couldn't help swallowing.

The official just now just scared her at most, but now she was really scared, and the sarcasm in her eyes turned into fear.

Although the weather was very good today and the sun made her feel warm all over, she felt a biting cold rushing from her tailbone to the top of her head, making her shiver uncontrollably and her hands and feet began to tremble as well.

"Well...I have something else to do at home, so I'll leave first."

Before she finished her words, the middle-aged woman almost crawled away.

"Run, can you run away?"

A man from the Supervisory Department sneered and was about to chase after him.

Seeing this, a group of people immediately blocked his way. A middle-aged man in the crowd sneered and said, "You want to fight in our Lijia Village? Do you think we are easy to bully?"

"As the locals have said, your Lijia Village is really full of hooligans and bullies." Another official from the Supervisory Department came out and said coldly, "Not only will that woman be arrested today, but you will be arrested too. Come here, all of you."

"It seems that you really think we are easy to bully..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by an official from the Supervisory Department: "You want to stop us from investigating the case? Let me tell you, we have already investigated your evidence clearly. If you still dare to stop us, you will be killed without mercy!"

"Just the few of you? Haha..."

The laughter stopped suddenly!

Because the official from the Inspectorate slashed the other person's throat with a knife.

"kill!"

Although there were only two of them, since they were able to enter the Supervisory Office, they must be masters in the world. How could they be resisted by a group of ruffians and hooligans from the countryside?

It seemed like in the blink of an eye, several corpses were left on the ground.

"stop!"

A loud shout was like an explosion in the ears. Just by hearing the voice, they knew it was a master. So, the two of them immediately became alert.

Not far away, a young and handsome young man patted the saddle with his hand, flew up, and appeared in front of me in an instant.

The young master angrily shouted, "Why are you slaughtering the people?"

"Who are you? We are jointly investigating the case, so why should we report to you?" the official from the Supervisory Department asked back.

At this time, the young master noticed that in addition to the people from the Supervisory Office, there were also government officials and military officers present.

The three parties jointly investigated the case. In this case... you don't need to ask to know that this is a case with solid evidence.

The young man was a little embarrassed and clasped his fists and said, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, my name is Lei Mengsha, I thought..."

"Are you Lei Mengsha?" the official from the Supervisory Department interrupted and looked him up and down.

That’s right, the person who came was Lei Mengsha.

After being captured by soldiers, he was escorted to the Shenwu Army. Fortunately, he met Li Fangyi and was released. After that, he followed the Shenwu Army to participate... No, to be precise, he watched the Shenwu Army fight two battles. He accidentally learned that Chu Zhao and Xiao Ruofeng were confronting each other in Langya City, so he rushed to Langya City without stopping.

"you know me?"

The official from the Supervisory Department shook his head and said, "I don't know you, but your name is well-known in our Supervisory Department. You'd better find out clearly before you interfere in other people's business. We in Xi Chu are different from you in Bei Li. We will never oppress innocent people!"

After saying that, the two officials from the Supervisory Office ignored the embarrassed Lei Mengsha and walked directly towards the village with the government officials.

Not long after, several people came out with dozens of villagers with their hands tied.

"Listen to me, the two sons of the Xu family are both soldiers of the Western Chu Army. His Majesty has said that we cannot let our soldiers shed blood and tears. So if anyone dares to attack the orphans and widows of the Xu family, the knife in my hand will not recognize anyone."

The official from the Supervisory Department waved the long knife in his hand, pointed at the body lying on the ground, and said solemnly: "We will pay regular visits in the future. If we find that the Xu family has been bullied, these people... will be your fate!"

For a moment, everyone present was silent. They were terrified, but also envious and happy.

I envy the orphans and widows of the Xu family, and I am happy that the village tyrants in Lijia Village have been caught in one fell swoop.

At this time, an old farmer pointed at a man in the tying-up team and said weakly, "Sir, they have robbed my three mu of land. Can I get it back?"

"Of course you can get it back. If you have been bullied, go to the Supervisory Department and report it yourself." The official of the Supervisory Department said, turning to look at the four people of the Xu family: "If you have been bullied, come to the Supervisory Department, and we will take care of it for you."

"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir..."

The three women of the Xu family knelt on the ground and kowtowed, shedding tears of joy.

"It's what we should do, but you can't take advantage of your position to bully others. If you do, we will still handle it impartially."

The official from the Supervisory Department bowed and helped the old woman up. After a warning, he turned to look at the military commander and said with a smile, "The rest is up to you. We will take our people back to deal with it first."

"Trouble you!" The military Sima clasped his fists in thanks, then led two government runners to greet the Xu family's women and the villagers, young and old, into the village. Only Lei Mengsha was left standing there alone.

Lei Mengsha had no intention of going in to see. Anyway, it was nothing more than promoting the honor of joining the army, awarding plaques to soldiers' homes, and explaining the court's new policies. He had seen it many times in the past year.

So he mounted his horse and headed straight towards Langya City.

In the evening, after more than a year, he met Chu Zhao again.

In order to welcome his arrival, Chu Zhao specially prepared a table of fine wine and delicious food.

In addition to Chu Zhao and Lei Mengsha, there was also Chu Yi who came with the army, as well as Yue Yao and Yin Luoxia who were originally in Langya City, as well as five princes and a little princess. It was a welcome banquet and also a small family banquet, so the topics at the dinner table were somewhat trivial.

Lei Mengsha talked about what he had seen and heard in the past year, Chu Yi talked about the friends she made in Yuelu City and cared about the situation of her nephews and nieces. Yue Yao and Yin Luoxia, at Chu Zhao's instruction, openly and secretly inquired about whether their aunt had a crush on someone...

Overall, the atmosphere was quite harmonious and cheerful.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Lei Mengsha poured a glass of wine for Chu Zhao and suddenly asked, "Can we stop fighting?"

Chu Zhao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's not me who wants to fight, it's Xiao Ruofeng who wants to fight, I can only sacrifice my life to accompany him."

Now, the large force of support has arrived. He is now free of pressure and is just waiting for Xiao Ruofeng to reorganize the army for the final battle.

"I'll persuade him to stop."

"I'm afraid he may not listen to you."

Chu Zhao shook his head and smiled, picked up the wine glass and drank it all, then said, "I heard that when you entered the academy, you said you wanted to rule the world?"

"Ok?"

Lei Mengsha was stunned, wondering why Chu Zhao knew this, but he did not delve into it. His old face turned red, and he smiled awkwardly, "I used to be ignorant and young, thinking that the world was a place for us to conquer. Now I just want to protect this world."

Chu Zhao nodded and asked, "So are you planning to protect the people's world, or the Beili court's world?"

Lei Mengsha understood what Chu Zhao meant.

In fact, it was asking him whether to join Xi Chu or continue to be a Beili person.

Lei Mengsha was silent for a long time, then he sighed and replied: "I know that Beili is far inferior to Xichu, but I am a Beili person after all, and I will try my best to make Beili follow the policies of Xichu."

I have to say that Lei Mengsha is still too naive.

You must know that the series of decrees and reforms he issued in the State of Chu were all based on the complete reconstruction of the country.

In other words, the State of Chu was a blank sheet of paper on which he could paint freely, and everything could be done according to his ideas.

If... he meant if he were the emperor of Beili, he would never dare to do this.

At least, not in the short term.

Because once you do things like beating the landlords and dividing the land, you are making enemies with the entire aristocratic class.

In other words, it means being hostile to the entire world of Beili.

After all, the world of Beili is actually controlled by the aristocratic families, and the Beili Xiao royal family is just the largest aristocratic family.

Once the Xiao royal family wants to take the cake in the hands of all the aristocratic families in the world and distribute it to the common people, the Xiao royal family will only have one end.

That means being besieged by all the clans and disappearing into thin air!
Chu Zhao admired Lei Mengsha's choice, but still wanted to persuade him.

"Don't think about it anymore?"

Lei Mengsha shook his head firmly: "I have been thinking about it for a long time."

"It is impossible for you to change Beili. Just because of your identity, it is impossible. Beili is the world of the Xiao family after all, not your Lei family. Unless you sit on the throne yourself, there is only a slight possibility."

The reason why I say there is a slight possibility is because sitting on the throne is just the starting point.

Lei Mengsha nodded: "I've thought about what you said. I also know that my ability is limited, but... I believe in Ruofeng!"

"Hahahaha...Xiao Ruofeng...haha..."

Chu Zhao laughed out loud as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

It’s really not that he looks down on Xiao Ruofeng.

Although Xiao Ruofeng has good abilities and is the most outstanding among the Beili princes, he is just good.

Having received feudal traditional education, it was impossible for him to completely break the old system and carry out drastic reforms.

What's more important is that a prince whose heart is in the martial arts world and who is willing to give up the throne to others can't even sit on the throne.

It would be better to rely on Xiao Ruojin than on him to change Beili...

(End of this chapter)