() A few days later, ten thousand Zhenfan troops camped at the foot of Qingyun Mountain. Liu Xiongjin did not dare to act rashly. There was only one path up the mountain. Ten thousand people lined up in a long snake to climb up. Those in front reached the top of the mountain, and those at the end were probably still there.

Before going up the mountain, it was reported that there were thousands of bandits. If they attacked rashly, one person would roll a big boulder down, and the ten thousand people would be less than half an advantage.

We had no choice but to block the way down the mountain. Just like in the battle more than a hundred years ago, the siege was tight and more than a thousand people had no food to eat. They could not survive until they surrendered.

Some people also suggested setting fire to the mountain, but Liu Xiongjin scolded the one who suggested it. If it was so easy to burn, he would have set the mountain on fire a hundred years ago. How could it be the time now? In addition to mountains, this area is a basin. The county even

Linking the counties with each other, if the fire goes down, more than a thousand bandits are dead, but half of Jizhou is gone. They are unwilling to kill a thousand enemies and lose 800, but if the fire goes down, they will lose 800,000.

It's all considered trivial. How stupid do you have to be to come up with such a bad idea?

Zhao Si sent people down the mountain to investigate. After the investigation, he was even more relieved. Every day, he only ordered his few cronies to train the new bandits. It is best to train those who are hungry, those who killed people in the previous battle.

Two hundred people were broken up and organized into various teams. They were all obviously victims of the disaster, but now they have to tell stories between veterans and recruits every day.

The siege only lasted for less than ten days, and Liu Xiongjin broke no less than thirty teacups. The spies who came down the mountain every day brought back bad news. The bandits on the mountain were all trained, patrolling, and some were busy.

The construction of houses was carried out by logging, and the scene was in full swing.

Cao Zhi, the magistrate of Linli County, came to the camp every day to complain. The resettlement of local disaster victims was already a big problem. If we had to bear the supply of 10,000 troops, it would be better to send troops first to slaughter all the men, women, old and children in the city.

A large amount of food was sent to the suppressing vassal army, and tens of thousands of disaster victims would sooner or later become reserve soldiers for bandits.

Liu Xiongjin immediately regretted that he should not have been impulsive. Before he came, Governor Ma Qunying had already explained that it was not appropriate to use troops in extraordinary times. Financially, various places were already stretched. Besides, when it comes to fighting, military generals are more reliable in commanding and employing troops.

, but in the war to withdraw the vassal and suppress the rebellion two years ago, the famous generals from all over the country were almost killed or injured. Now there are no generals available anywhere. Otherwise, the governor would not have been required to personally take action last time to quell the civil strife.

The situation has become serious. I thought that after a few days of siege, the bandits would be so hungry that they would lie down in the mountains and be slaughtered. But now I know that I was wrong. Before I came, I took it for granted that ten thousand soldiers would fight against hundreds of mobs.

, everyone would definitely win if they threw a stone. Only when they arrived at Qingyun Mountain did they know what it means to be easy to defend but difficult to attack. Now we are in a dilemma, and it is even harder to stay where we are.

Two years ago, it was Liu Xiongjin who made the plan and took the initiative to withdraw from the feudal vassal. In this way, the wealth of the Liu family was preserved. The whole family was more important than ever. In the Liu family, even Liu Xuequn, who was a servant of the family, if something big happened

, all wanted to challenge her, but as time went by, she became arrogant and self-willed. She was just venting her anger for her brothers. They were just a small group of bandits. They thought they could be easily solved by the power of thunder, but they didn't know that they would suffer a heavy loss as soon as they came.

Said, now it is still too big to fall off.

On the tenth day, the spies who came down from the mountain went into the tent and met the supervisors, and told them about the situation on the mountain.

Liu Xiongjin sighed. He said the same thing every day, nothing new. It was too easy to be a spy.

The personal soldiers came to report, and Cao Zhi, the magistrate of Linli County, asked to see him.

Liu Xiongjin sighed again, he saw this county magistrate every day and said the same things every day. There was nothing new. It was too easy to be a county magistrate.

"Invitation." Liu Xiongjin waved his hand, but for no reason he thought of his eldest sister who was thousands of miles away. This magistrate of Cao County was very similar to her eldest sister in many aspects. He was transparent in big things, but a little chicken-hearted in small things.

On the food and grass list, he specified the number to two, and it seemed that what he was given was not food but gold. When he was bargaining, he looked like the eldest sister, both of whom were so unsightly.

Cao Zhi walked into the tent refreshed and saluted: "I've met Lord Supervisor."

Liu Xiongjin returned the gift and asked curiously: "Master Cao, are you happy?"

Cao Zhi smiled and returned: "Sir, there is no food in this county now. I came here this time just to have dinner with the supervisor. I hope you will not be stingy, for the sake of being an official of the imperial court."

, give me a meal."

Liu Xiongjin was dumbfounded. He originally thought he was just here to complain, but now it's better that Da Lala comes in to seek skin from the tiger.

"What do you mean? Be more careful."

"Sir, that's what I said. If you don't believe it, you can send troops to my residence and granary in the county government. If you find a grain of rice, I am willing to punish you ten times."

Liu Xiongjin couldn't laugh or cry. He had spent some time with Mr. Cao, and they gradually became familiar with each other, and they became more casual when talking. Seeing that this seventh-rank official did not look like a scholar with the same background as a Jinshi.

He is more like a scoundrel in the market, with a sharp and mean look on his face when it comes to money, rice and food.

"In other words, my ten thousand soldiers will be hungry starting tomorrow?" Liu Xiongjin said with a bitter smile: "You didn't even bargain, just come to my place naked and don't roll around in shame and act like a scoundrel.

Coming?"

"As the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. In a few days, I, the magistrate of Linli County, will probably reach the end. My lord, you and the ten thousand soldiers should starve here for a few days. In case of civil uprising in the city, you might as well

Leading the army to suppress the pressure, no matter how come they come, they must always stand up

Don't you think it's a success? Mr. Liu, don't worry, your soldiers have never drunk rice porridge. The victims in my city drink rice porridge every day, so watery that they can make out their silhouettes. Compared with those who are hungry, they are not the suppressing vassal army in any case.

I predict that the victims of the disaster will not be able to resist the temptation to cause chaos first."

Liu Xiongjin looked at her and stood up quickly, with a look of shock and uncertainty on his face.

Cao Zhi chuckled. She knew the situation on the mountain very well. Most of the grain bought by Team Sun had been shipped up. If we were to fight a protracted siege, it would be obvious that those who were surrounded would live longer. Nowadays, our hearts are completely intact.

Put them all back into the belly, and these ten thousand soldiers will retreat sooner or later. They will be reunited with Zhao Si soon, and we will make plans then.

The two female officials in the tent stared at each other. After a while, Liu Xiongjin sat down slumped, loudly called for the soldiers, and ordered the food and drinks to be arranged.

When the food and wine were served, Liu Xiongjin invited Cao Zhi to take a seat and poured the wine for her personally.

"Sir, you are so stingy. The wine is rice wine, and the dishes are not to mention delicacies from the mountains and seas. Not even chicken, duck or fish. They are just green vegetables and radishes. Don't hide them. I heard that it is best to roast a whole lamb. Why don't you want to eat one?"

"Humph, we don't even have food to eat, and we still roast sheep," Liu Xiongjin said bitterly: "The food you sent these days is not enough. These soldiers are stuffed to their teeth and don't lead the troops. I really don't know what the world is for a family with nothing but mountains and water. Your tent is

Take a look inside, that’s all.”

A round tent, a wooden table, and two chairs are indeed worthy of being a house with four walls.

Liu Xiongjin continued: "I heard before that General Qiu Renqiu, the great general of Huaihua, was out on the march and lived and ate with his soldiers. He truly loved his soldiers as his own children. Her soldiers were called the Qiu Family Army, and they were invincible in every battle.

Ke, since I led the army, I have been following suit. I will eat whatever my soldiers eat. It’s not hypocritical.”

Worry added to sorrow, a few glasses of rice wine were in my stomach, and I was too lazy to use them.

Cao Zhi didn't answer. She had already eaten before she came. There are so many dealers everywhere who raise prices to make money from natural disasters. As long as you have enough money, it's not too difficult to eat good food. Zhao Si sent down the silver banknotes.

I once said when I was young, you can’t lose to anyone, but you can’t lose to yourself.

"By the way, I asked around and heard that the bandit leader surnamed Zhao was once captured by the government. You also interrogated him. What kind of person was he?" Liu Xiongjin had a light drinker and his face was already blushing.

Jade's name is well-deserved. He is holding a wine glass and looks very naive. He doesn't look like a murderous cold-blooded devil at all.

When it came to Zhao Si, Cao Zhi's heart skipped a beat, and he deliberately dealt with it, but after thinking about it, he was unwilling to do so.

"Then Zhao Si is the most feminine man I have ever seen. He was just a man with nothing to live for, but soon hundreds of people were willing to sacrifice their lives for him." Cao Zhi looked solemn and raised his neck to drink.

After finishing it, he continued: "Who said men are useless?

?There are heroes among men. His men are all men. You have seen them a few days ago, my lord, and none of them are idiots. Now he has a thousand men. These thousand men are just like the hundreds of men he has seen before. Sir

What should you do? If it’s over 10,000, hehe!”

Liu Xiongjin laughed, grabbed the jug, raised her head and drank. She quickly drank up the jug of wine without any trace left.

"I have seen the bandit leader surnamed Zhao, but that's it." Liu Xiongjin remembered clearly that except for the blood on his face, the man only had something dirty in his mouth. He looked at Cao Zhi and continued to smile:

"I think you are both feminine and masculine. If only you were a man, I would marry you."

Cao Zhi vomited blood and thought that Zhao Si would go down the mountain immediately and beat this girl to death.

"If there is no food, then there is no food. There is no way out. If I come back in vain, how can I have the face to see the governor? I just hope that the bandit leader named Zhao is not the hero you say," Liu Xiongjin said in shock.

He stood up, threw the wine bottle on the ground, and shouted: "Here comes someone!!"

When the soldiers heard this, they immediately went into the tent and knelt down to listen to the order.

"Pass my order, leave no food left, kill all the horses, let the soldiers have a good meal, and go up the mountain at nightfall!!"

Liu Xiongjin's face turned red and he was full of murderous intent. After saying this, he drew the sword from his waist, raised his leg and kicked the table over.

"I have the order!" The soldier stood up, clasped his fists and turned around to leave the tent.

Cao Zhi was horrified, how could this girl be so bad at drinking wine? She would fall out whenever she wanted to, and risk the lives of tens of thousands of people while drinking?

But looking at the sword with cold light, the four words "Sir, think twice" were pressed into my belly. It was so easy to fight, so I waited until now to fight. No one would believe me if I told him. Liu Xiongjin had been told a lot of bitter things in the past few days.

Ten thousand people rush forward to fight a thousand people, but they really don't have the slightest certainty.

Cao Zhi straightened up and said loudly: "Yes, sir! I want to see how you get the head of Zhao Si!"
Chapter completed!