But as soon as their camp was set up, thousands of people gathered in front of the camp. These people were all dressed up as ordinary people, and their clothes were very shabby. Like the fleeing people they met on the road, they were all dragging their families with them.
Carrying simple or heavy luggage, these people did not rush on their way, but gathered outside the camp of Wang Junlin and his party, shouting loudly for Qin Anhou to come out and give everyone an explanation.
Thousands of people had just gathered in front of the camp when Yu Zimo led a group of soldiers to stop in front of the camp gate. Before the two sides could clash, Anning County Magistrate Li Chengsong led a group of officials to arrive in a hurry and took a look at Yu Zimo and the others.
The military camp behind him was interposed between thousands of civilians and Yu Zimo and others.
"Fellow folks, don't make any noise. I am Li Shousong, the magistrate of Anning County. Listen to me, our three counties in the north of Yongzhou have indeed been affected by disasters. This is a disaster brought by God on earth and has nothing to do with anyone. Li asked the villagers not to
Believe the rumors, do some impulsive things, and end up getting hurt. Let's wait and see, relief food from the court will arrive in a few days."
The crowd was quiet for a moment, and then a cold voice came from somewhere in the crowd.
"Master Li, you are a good official, and the villagers all believe in you, but how did this natural disaster come about? It has spread all over the country. It is because the poisonous general was so cruel that he set fire to the mountains and burned countless creatures to death.
It caused God to punish our three counties, but it made the people of our three counties suffer hardships!"
Countless voices of agreement immediately erupted from the crowd: "That's right, that devil destroys humanity, so why does it involve us? Why do we poor people deserve it?"
Magistrate Li and the dozen or so officials behind him suddenly changed their expressions. They squinted their eyes and straightened up, searching the crowd for the person who had just spoken. However, finding a person who deliberately lowered his head to speak among thousands of people was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
, but failed for a long time, but the anger of the crowd was gradually rising, and a conflict with Wang Junlin's soldiers was about to happen.
The expressions of Yu Zimo and others who had been standing quietly at the back also changed.
"We have never had a snow disaster in Yongzhou. That poisonous general set fire to the mountains and burned countless lives, so he was punished by heaven. As long as he dies, the natural disaster will naturally dissipate." Before Li Chengsong could say anything, someone else was in the crowd.
After speaking, the crowd of thousands of people in the dark and dense crowd did not know where the voice came from. As soon as he finished speaking, some people who were still hesitating nodded in agreement.
"Yes, the old man has lived in Jincheng County for more than 50 years. He has never seen heavy snow for such a long time, and the sun has not been seen since the beginning of spring. This is not a punishment from God. What is this? If the government really cares about the lives of our people,
, so we caught and killed this devil who was so heartless, caused devastation to all living beings, made God angry, and brought natural disasters to our Yongzhou."
"Fellow folks, you have been taken advantage of..."
Before Li Chengsong finished speaking, the cold voice from the crowd interrupted him: "Does the magistrate mean that we are all fools? We only know that it was the devil-like poisonous general who did it, and the result was that
We have suffered a disaster, and now we are all about to starve to death. You are still saying these things to us. Do you know that the bark and grass roots near Jincheng are almost gone? How many villagers have not eaten for several days, and they only grab a handful from the ground when they are hungry and thirsty.
Fill it with snow and wait a few more days. Will the court be willing to see our corpses scattered all over the field?"
"Yes, we want to see the devil and see what he looks like."
"Let's see if he is still a human being and if he still has humanity."
The originally hesitant people were incited by these words, and immediately started clamoring again. They all agreed and echoed. Thousands of people began to move forward again. The county magistrate and a dozen officials could not stop them. The refugees passed them and appeared in Yuzimo.
In front of a group of soldiers led by.
"Get out!" Yu Zimo suddenly shouted loudly, like a thunder on the ground, which frightened all the refugees and stopped them.
As Yu Zimo shouted loudly, the soldiers drew their swords one after another. The people screamed in surprise, their faces showed horror, and they involuntarily took a few steps back.
"Don't be afraid, they don't dare to kill. If you don't see the devil today, you will starve to death sooner or later. There are many of us. As long as he still has a little conscience, we can force him to confess. And as long as he pleads guilty, the government will
If we hold him accountable, the nobles and landlords will give us food to fill our stomachs." Someone in the crowd shouted loudly again, and thousands of refugees were incited to move forward again.
Yu Zimo is young after all, and he is not afraid of anyone on the battlefield, but facing this kind of battle, he really doesn't know how to deal with it. Moreover, according to Wang Junlin and Xu Jingzong's previous analysis, the refugees were indeed incited to come. In the end,
The purpose was to have Wang Junlin's soldiers clash with these refugees, and then some of them would die, making the matter completely bigger.
Feeling a little nervous, Yuzi couldn't help but look at the two inconspicuous refugees in the crowd, surrounded by about a dozen refugees.
One of the refugees' eyes were as bright as stars, and he nodded imperceptibly to Yuzi. Yuzi remembered Wang Junlin's previous explanation, and with a wave of his hand, he led three thousand soldiers and horses to evacuate directly to the camp, leaving thousands of soldiers alone.
Refugees rushed into the empty camp.
Naturally, there was no one or anything in the camp, and the refugees found nothing. However, seeing that the legendary poisonous general was scared away by himself and others, and these soldiers did not dare to hurt them, they became more arrogant, and
A little more confident.
But some people among the refugees felt very sorry when they saw that there was no conflict between the two sides and no one died, so someone in the crowd shouted loudly: "The devil is hiding, we burned their camp and forced the
The devil comes out."
"That's right, burn down their camp." Someone immediately started to echo loudly.
Then someone lit a fire with a stick and lit the tent.
There was a sudden commotion among the soldiers around Yu Zimo, but after Yu Zimo shouted loudly, the soldiers regained their composure, held their horses, and watched coldly as these refugees burned down their camp.
Seeing that the camp was almost burned, Yu Zi silently gave an order, and the three thousand troops got on their horses and left. Their direction was no longer Jincheng, but towards Zhangye County, more than two hundred miles to the west, which was Li Congrui.
and Sha Bang Pass guarded by Shangguan Hu.
Anning County Magistrate Li Chengsong and a group of officials also looked at him with cold eyes. However, he carefully looked at the three thousand soldiers several times and found that Wang Junlin was not among them. And those who stirred up trouble among the refugees probably knew Wang Junlin, or were in their hands.
There was a portrait of Wang Junlin, so I naturally looked for it among the soldiers.
Seeing three thousand soldiers leaving just like that, both the thousands of refugees and Li Chengsong were caught off guard.