The scene was filled with the smell of blood, and corpses were scattered all over the place. Zhan Chengyin saw this scene, his eyes were red, and he shouted: "Stop it!"
The refugees saw the general with hundreds of troops, surrounding them from all sides.
The robbery of military rations failed.
They had completely lost hope.
Clang, many people's weapons fell to the ground.
They knew what the consequences of robbing food would be, and they didn't regret it! They would accept it even if they died. What they regretted was that before they died, they couldn't let the elderly and children who were about to starve to death in their families have a bite of food...This was more desperate than hacking them to death.
A big man in his early thirties dropped the kitchen knife in his hand and knelt on the ground.
He said sadly, "General, we know what the consequences of robbing military rations will be. It doesn't matter if I die, but please give my child something to eat. The child is about to starve to death."
His wife held the dying child and stopped in front of the car, crying loudly, "Boss, if you die, my child and I will not live either!"
As he said this, his wife picked up the child and was about to hit the wall.
Chen Kui kicked her back.
"Shut up, I worked hard to defend the city, and thousands of brothers died, in exchange for you guys who are so heartless and ruthless to rob military rations..."
"Daqi Law, anyone who robs military rations will be executed!"
"Come on, imprison all those who robbed military rations today."
Most of the old, weak, women and children in front of the car were their family members, and they wanted to stop him.
The dry and skinny old man fell on the side of the road. If it weren't for the cloudy eyes that could still move, I would have thought he had died on the side of the road.
The old man watched the child rob the military rations and was hacked to death.
At the moment the child fell, the old man died with his breath hanging on.
There were also many children, crying and crawling towards the corpses on the ground, hugging the corpses and crying bitterly.
Zhan Chengyin closed his eyes in grief after watching this scene.
He planned to open a porridge stall tomorrow morning, but he didn't expect that someone would be so bold as to rob the army's rations tonight.
He said sadly: "All the robbing refugees should surrender their weapons and be taken to the military camp as soldiers."
"Those who block the road in front of the car will clean up the blood and corpses on the ground and register to work in the military camp to atone for their crimes."
"Pass the order down, set up a pot in the back alley of the general's mansion to cook noodles, and the people of the whole city will line up, and everyone can get a bowl of noodles!" As soon as Zhan Chengyin finished speaking, everyone knelt down, including the people watching nearby.
They were all in disbelief, with sad and happy expressions, laughing and crying, wiping tears with their sleeves!
There is food!
The general has food! That's great.
Everyone can get a bowl of noodles!
This is noodles!
The people haven't eaten noodles for more than half a year, and they almost forgot what noodles taste like.
Now they don't have to starve to death.
Even the refugees who robbed just now, with blood on their faces, begged to look at the general, asking him to give his family a bowl!
Zhan Chengyin looked at them and said, "Your family can eat white rice porridge every day."
White rice porridge?
White rice with the same full grains as military rations!
They finally let down their guard and put down the knife hidden on their bodies.
They all knelt down on their knees and kowtowed to Zhan Chengyin, choking with red eyes and saying, "Thank you, General, for not killing us! We are willing to join the army camp and fight to the death!"
Zhan Chengyin waved his hand, "Take them away!"
Their families, the elderly, the weak, women and children all stepped aside to allow the military rations to be transported back to the barracks.
*
At the corner, Zhao Youcai, Wei Guang and Sun Yaba watched the whole process.
Zhao Youcai said in an excited voice, "Brother Wei, the general's mansion must have a lot of food hidden. That's great, it's really great."
Sun Yaba and Wei Guang looked at Zhao Youcai at the same time.
This premeditated robbery of food tonight was organized by Zhao Youcai.
He arranged a few people to stare at the back door of the general's mansion. When he saw dozens of soldiers pushing carts to the back door of the general's mansion, he began to knock on the door from house to house, revealing to them the information that the general's mansion had food.
And he persuaded them to rob the food.
When people are about to starve to death, they dare to do anything.
But Zhao Youcai should never let the old, weak, women and children stop the car.
Let the women hold their children and watch their husbands being hacked to death.
He did not discuss it with himself the whole time, organized it privately, and did not take the lives of the elderly and children seriously! Now,the general's mansion is willing to open the warehouse to release grain. But he is so excited.
Why, he still wants to organize people to break into the general's mansion to rob grain?
Sure enough, the next second, he blurted out excitedly. "Brother Wei, let's organize people to break into the general's mansion and do a big job!"
Suddenly, Wei Guang pinched his throat and gritted his teeth and said, "You called all these people today."
Zhao Youcai chuckled a few times and tried to pry Wei Guang's hands open.
Wei Guang was tall and strong, even though he was much thinner at this time, Zhao Youcai was no match.
"Brother Wei, don't you want to feed everyone?"
Wei Guang said viciously, "The general's mansion has opened the granary to release grain, and all the people in the city can eat."
"What's the use? There is famine everywhere outside. Don't you want to sell the grain outside and make money that you can't spend in several lifetimes?"
Wei Guang pressed him to the wall and said fiercely, "The town is surrounded, where can you sell the grain?"
Zhao Youcai didn't say anything, but smiled and looked at Wei Guang.
Wei Guang suddenly understood something, and his pupils widened like drums.
Zhao Youcai had contact with the barbarians, and he was afraid that he had colluded with the barbarians.
How dare he!
The Zhan family army guarded the border for decades, and more than 200,000 people died in the battle. Now there are only 20,000 left.
For the people of the whole city.
He colluded with the barbarians!
Thinking of this, Wei Guang let go of Zhao Youcai and looked at him with a gloomy look.
"Are you a barbarian spy?"
As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen people came over here and surrounded Wei Guang and Sun Yaba in the center.
Zhao Youcai laughed, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth. He brushed off his twisted collar.
"Brother Wei, what's the point of being a spy? I'm a businessman. I used to trade cloth for horses with the barbarians. Now the world is short of water. The barbarians have barren land for thousands of miles. They are also short of water and food."
"If you can do business with them once, I guarantee you will have enough money to spend in your lifetime."
"I see that you and Sun Yaba have some ability, so I won't recruit ordinary people."
"Okay, I'll give you one night to think about it. Now I'm going to line up for noodles."
Zhao Youcai said, and left with his men.
After walking a few steps, he turned back and looked at Wei Guang with a cold look.
"Brother Wei, you know my biggest secret. If you don't obey, you won't live to see tomorrow! Give me an answer before dawn!"
Sun Yaba pulled Wei Guang's clothes in fear.
Wei Guang looked at Zhao Youcai viciously, and his fist hit the wall hard in anger.
Being a spy, impossible!
Tonight he will go to the general's mansion to inform on Zhao Youcai and arrest him.
*
After everyone in the general's mansion went back, they all lost their appetite.
Looking at the delicious dishes, they hesitated to pick up their chopsticks.
Zhan Chengyin asked Uncle Li to give each general a dish and a box of rice to take home to eat.
The generals each got a portion.
Chen Wu helped to bring back Lin Dajun and Chen Kui's meals.
There were still two dishes, and he kept half of the braised fish, and let Tian Qin, Xu Ming and Uncle Li eat the rest.
He tasted a piece of fish, it was very fragrant.
This kind of fragrance was something he had tasted before, the tender and smooth fish meat blossomed on the taste buds, it was very delicious. Noodles
had started to be cooked in the back alley, more than 20 pots were set up, and everyone was queuing up.
He ate a few bites, put down his chopsticks, and went to the back alley.
The back alley was crowded with people.
The moment he appeared, all the people knelt down.
With red eyes, they knelt down in tears to thank Zhan Chengyin.
"Thank you, General, for opening the warehouse and releasing the grain."
"Thank you, General, for saving our lives!"