Wang Ding rode a red flame horse, and was surrounded by generals such as Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and Ma Chao to protect him.
However, when entering the city, Wang Ding could see pairs of blank and desperate eyes through the swords, guns and armor.
Wei Yan went into the city to search, but did not harm these people, which made them a little bolder.
"I am Wang Ding, Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty. I have led a large army to suppress the rebellion. Don't be afraid." Entering the city, Wang Ding shouted loudly to the people hiding behind the houses.
But even if Wang Ding is the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, he cannot completely eliminate the wariness of these people at this moment.
If Wei Yan hadn't harmed them before, they would have fled in all directions.
Now he is just hiding in a private house, looking at Wang Ding through the cracks with cold and desperate eyes.
Even if Wang Ding does not harm them, what can he do? They will not survive for a few days without food, and they will starve to death in the wilderness.
The army entered the city.
Under Wang Ding's military order, no one dared to harass the people.
It's just that the city is empty. Not even a grain of wheat can be seen in the original granary.
The empty government office was littered with a bunch of officials. The prefect of Pengcheng was also found dead on the spot.
The corpse was already decomposed, so his identity could be identified through the official uniform he wore.
Since entering Pengcheng, Wang Ding has seen hundreds of corpses. These can be seen from the outside, and there are many more corpses, which are quietly rotting in various houses.
Wang Ding said: "Ma Chao, take five hundred people and clear out all the corpses in the city."
Yuan Shu was in charge of killing and not burying people, but the people of Pengcheng still had to live.
Although the people in the city are desperate, the king will not give up on them.
He can't distribute the military rations to the people now. But he can snatch the food back from Yuan Shu.
As much grain as Yuan Shu stole from Xuzhou, Wang Ding took back double the amount.
We are not afraid that the people in Xuzhou will not have enough to eat.
The most important thing now is to get rid of the corpses in the city, and there must be no plague.
If a plague is caused, that would be true despair. The number of people who will die will be hundreds of times as many as now.
When the people in the city saw the army entering the city, they really showed no offense to them, and gradually became bolder.
Especially after seeing Ma Chao and his soldiers dragging corpses outside the city, they began to walk out of their dilapidated homes.
They had already wasted too much time today, and they had to leave the city to find food before it got dark.
Everyone's chest is pressed against their back. If they can't find food today, many people will starve to death.
However, although they walked out of the house, they still walked around the soldiers, only daring to watch from a distance as Ma Chao led a group of soldiers to carry the corpse.
thump!
A man with a sallow complexion and sunken cheeks was lying on the ground.
He had not eaten a bite of food for more than two days. Now he dragged his tired body out to look for food. However, he fainted from hunger and lay motionless on the ground without even leaving the city gate.
If no one comes to rescue and feeds him, the man may never wake up again.
Some people passing by just glanced at the man on the ground, some were indifferent, some were sad, but no one dared to help.
They can't even take care of themselves, so how can they help an unrelated person.
"General, someone over there has fainted." The soldier reported to Ma Chao.
Soldiers carrying corpses around the city would see fainted people from time to time.
"Give him some water."
If it were in Xiliang, Ma Chao wouldn't care about it at all.
But now that he is following Wang Ding, Ma Chao has changed a lot.
He may not be kind to ordinary people, but he will not harm them either.
The army is used to protect the people.
Ma Chao listens to Wang Ding chanting it several times almost every day.
If he ignored the fainting people and spread the news to Wang Ding, Ma Chao knew what would happen to him.
"Check to see if he's dead. If he's not dead, give him some water and a piece of cake." Ma Chao said.
There were tens of thousands of people in the city, and people would fall down from time to time. Ma Chao didn't take care of them all. He just asked his soldiers to help them see them. As for those he didn't find, Ma Chao didn't care.
Although Ma Chao rescued not many people, the soldiers gave water and bread to the fainted people, which was also seen by the sharp-eyed people on the side.
The people of Pengcheng have never seen such a different army.
After entering the city, not only did they not burn, kill or loot, they also took the initiative to clean up the corpses and even treated the fainted people.
"Master Jun, can you give me a bite of food?"
The brave ones walked up to the soldiers and spoke weakly.
If he hadn't really been unable to bear it, he wouldn't have said this, but there was really no other way. If he had another bite of food today, he would starve to death at home tonight.
Tomorrow his body will be pulled outside the city by these soldiers.
The soldier was stunned for a moment, but then he took out a piece of bread that he had brought with him and handed it to the man in front of him who was begging for food.
"Thank you, Master. Thank you, Master." The man took the dough and knelt on the ground, kowtowing. He didn't care that the dough in his hand was covered with dust when it hit the ground.
The soldier who delivered the bread also had a smile on his face, not because the man in front of him knelt on the ground and kowtowed, but because he had saved another person.
The army is used to protect the homeland.
He will never forget the words he heard on the first day when he joined the army.
It's just that he ignored one problem. It's not just this person who can't survive in the city at this moment.
Instead, there are tens of thousands of people, all of whom are hungry.
The soldiers left and continued to carry the bodies.
The man kneeling on the ground carefully grabbed the dough, his steps were weak and feeble, but his face was filled with a happy smile.
He never expected that the officers and soldiers entering the city today would actually give him bread.
"Master, can you give me a bite to eat? The civilian girl has not eaten for three days." Another person walked up to the soldier with some fear.
Seeing that the woman was pitiful, the soldier did not hesitate to hand the pancake in his arms to the woman.
"Thank you, Master. Thank you, Master." The woman choked with sobs.
But this scene allowed more people to see it.
Those who had not believed what they had heard before saw the soldier giving the woman a piece of bread with their own eyes, and the brave ones began to approach the soldier who was carrying the corpse.
More and more people got the noodles, and within two hours, almost all the people in Pengcheng knew about it.
Looking at the people gathered around him, Ma Chao's face turned pale and he glared at his soldiers fiercely.
Only then did he realize that the soldiers under his command actually gave all the dry food they had to the people in the city.
How much dry food do they have?
Even if he were cut into eight pieces, it wouldn't be enough for the people in front of him.
Originally, the common people were afraid when facing soldiers and did not dare to do anything to them.
But now the fear in their hearts has been eliminated, and their physical hunger can make them do anything.
If he was taking a shower, the spear in Ma Chao's hand would have already started to be stained with blood.
But now, he just hesitated a little, and hundreds more people gathered.