"The Xu family army has now captured the entire Yuyang County. If we wait any longer, not only will Your Majesty be in danger, but Zhuo County will also be in danger!"
Liu Qi bowed deeply and begged: "I hope the prince will make a quick decision and send troops to rescue him as soon as possible!"
At this time, a gust of autumn wind blew into the hall, and Zhao Yu suddenly felt a chill down his spine and couldn't help but shudder.
He was stunned for a moment, looked up at the gloomy sky outside the hall, and suddenly asked:
"How is the harvest for the people this year?"
Liu Qi couldn't answer this, and was startled for a moment. "I don't know what happened to Zhao Yu to suddenly care about the people."
The waiter standing next to Zhao Yu replied: "The rain this year is not as good as last year, and the people's harvest is worse than last year. I'm afraid I won't be able to collect much grain tax this year. Winter is coming, and the people will definitely have a hard time this year."
"
As the saying goes, as the master has the servant, Zhao Yuren was kind to the people, and his servants were also very concerned about these specific figures.
The master and servant looked at each other with a lot of sadness in their eyes.
Just when Liu Qi was wondering what the master and servant were going to do when they sang together, he saw Zhao Yu standing up and sighed:
"General Liu, to tell you the truth, I have already used up the government's grain reserves when I sent you ten thousand taels of gold for Your Majesty. In addition, this year's harvest is not good. If we send troops to Yuyang at this time, everyone will be hungry this winter.
died."
Liu Qi stared, "What do you mean by this, Your Majesty? Is it possible that these common people are more important than His Majesty's body worth thousands of gold?"
Zhao Yu didn't like hearing this anymore, and his expression turned cold.
Liu Qi consciously made a mistake and hurriedly changed his tone to save himself. After all, some things cannot be said openly.
People are not important. You can just say it in private, but if you say it openly, you will be scolded by Confucian scholars!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has been frail since childhood and has been left in the hands of the rebels. If something goes wrong with the dragon body, how can you and I explain it to the world?" Liu Qi said anxiously.
Zhao Yu shook his head helplessly, a look of intolerance flashed in his eyes, but the words that came out of his mouth made Liu Qi's heart go cold.
"There is nothing we can do, so please suffer your Majesty one more time."
Zhao Yu raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, turned around and left.
Liu Qileng was left alone in the center of the hall, Zhao Yu's words, "Then please suffer your Majesty one more time," replayed repeatedly in his mind, gradually becoming chaotic.
Liu Qi hesitated to speak: "No, I, your lord..."
It's a pity that Zhao Yu has already disappeared without a trace. No matter how much he has to say, he can only hold it back.
...
In mid-September, a heavy rain suddenly hit the north.
It rained heavily, as if the Milky Way had leaked a huge hole. Heavy raindrops fell from morning to night, and it continued to rain for a month.
Just when Xu Yue and others, who had just captured Yuyang County, thought there would be a flash flood and were on alert, the heavy rain suddenly stopped.
The natural geographical advantages allowed Yuyang County to survive this heavy rain.
However, due to months of heavy rains, the infrastructure construction process has been greatly affected. The original plan to complete the cement paving of the county's main roads by the end of the year was shattered.
Although the plan could not be completed on time, Yuyang County was still lucky.
In most areas of Bingzhou and Jizhou, which are located to the north of the Yellow River, the Yellow River water poured in, farmland was flooded, and countless houses were washed away.
The surviving victims began to rush to Youzhou further north, and Yuyang County under the rule of Xu Jiajun became the first choice for the victims.
Catastrophes are often accompanied by epidemics. At this time, the land in the north is full of people dying of hunger. It is like a hell on earth. You can encounter a dead body that has been eaten by wild beasts within three steps. The refugees who are fleeing together form a long line on the official road.
Line, you can't see the edge at a glance.
Xu Yue felt that she had just woken up, and there were countless victims outside the border guard city of Yuyang County.
After all, Wang Pingping now has the reputation of being a rebel, so Wang Pingping has made very careful arrangements for the control of her own territory.
Foreign immigrants should be blocked outside the newly repaired Acropolis wall. If the immigrants want to enter the mirror, they must undergo layers of interrogations and make sure they are not spies sent by other forces. Only then are they allowed to enter.
The boundary of Yang County.
In the early morning, the soldiers of the Xu Army stationed at the guard city had just changed their posts. When they looked up, they saw the densely packed victims under the city wall, and they were shocked.
The sky has turned white, and in the dim light, with the help of the telescope left by the general, we can see countless victims walking towards us on the official road outside the city.
In just a few minutes of surveying the situation, there were dozens more people under the city wall. These refugees seemed to have made an appointment. They all huddled under the city wall, looking longingly at this strong and tall acropolis wall, hoping that
I can see hope.
They were dressed in rags, and some even had no clothes to wear and only had a straw mat thrown over them to barely cover themselves.
There are men, women, and children, but most of them are young people with stronger physical strength. Old people are rare, and even if they are, they are protected by a large group of people.
The children hid behind their parents and relatives, being shielded by their parents with straw mats or linen clothes, blocking out their glowing green eyes.
It was already late October, and the temperature was already very low. The victims were cold and hungry, so they lit fires under the city gate to keep warm.
When daylight came, the vegetation on the surrounding hillside was visibly bald.
When the raw wood burned, thick smoke billowed out, making it difficult to open one's eyes outside the entire Acropolis.
At this time, as if they had made an appointment again, these victims knelt down under the Acropolis. Some were selling themselves, some were selling their children, and there were also young people who were clamoring to join the Xu family army, just asking for food.
Man.
What scares Yangwazi the most is those women who can take her back for an hour with half a bowl of rice if they open their clothes.
As for what she can do in this hour, she can do whatever her employer wants.
Such women are quite pretty, and the ordinary-looking women cast envious glances at them, envious that they can earn food in exchange for their faces and bodies.
In such a predicament, neither shame nor loyalty is as noble as a mouthful of corn porridge.
The women's husbands were also present, and they praised their wives' figures vigorously. The couple were not ashamed of this, but they were secretly happy because they could exchange for food and take the children who were still waiting for feeding with them.
Eighteen-year-old Yang Wazi is now a volunteer soldier of the Xu family. After Xu Yue and others captured the entire territory of Yuyang, the army expanded again. Yang Wazi and other young people from Yuyang County who passed the review all
He fell into the arms of Xu Jiajun.
However, unlike the mercenaries of the old era, this group of Yangwazi soldiers are volunteers and do not receive military pay. They are provided with food, accommodation and land. If the economy is rich, subsidies will be given from time to time.
Many children of tenant farmers in the old days voluntarily joined the Xu family army just because they could be allocated fields.
Because of this policy, the interests of both parties have been completely tied together. The newly recruited volunteers are completely devoted to the Xu family army, and their fighting will is much higher than that of the mercenaries of the old era.
