Chapter 273 The army is coming
"No, no, don't think too much about iron bull. I didn't say you, you caught the venison, it has nothing to do with the people."
Li Kui thought for a while: "Forget it, I'd better eat less. The people in the city can't even eat food. It's not appropriate for me to eat so much meat here."
On that day, Chao Gai's first order was to open a porridge shed, and all the people who couldn't eat would be allowed to eat two meals a day.
After the order was delivered, Zhao Ling was the first to find him, and he was in a hurry.
"Chao Tuanlian, there is not much food in the city. The team can last for half a month if they eat at most. If they are distributed to the people, they may be able to check for seven or eight days."
"Deputy General Zhao doesn't need to worry. Tomorrow, he will use military orders to go to the large deputy generals outside the city to promote the promotion, and ask each company to transfer one-fifth of the grain to the city. If he dares to violate the order, he will punish the bandits."
Zhao Ling hesitated: "This, these big families are not fuel-efficient, and they may sue the court if they do it."
"It's okay, these people have more or less support for Tian Bao. If they don't cooperate, just seize the handle and report it to Tong Shuai."
"Yes." Zhao Ling turned around. This method was so good.
No matter how strong your relationship is or how good your path, once you encounter something like a bandit, it will be a big trouble. What's more, Tian Hu raised an army and the local big households gave them more or less money and food. Whether they were forced or voluntarily, this is a serious crime.
The big households in the county town are no longer able to do it, and the money and grain are plundered by Tian Bao.
However, there were quite a lot of food in the large households outside the county town. Zhao Ling led the fierce Northwest Army to take a walk.
Cavalry is different from infantry. Once the cavalry exceeds a thousand, it will appear majestic, with people shouting and neighing, and the strong spirit of the Western Army.
Without Zhao Ling's efforts, he quickly shocked the surrounding big players.
When these big families saw that the imperial army had regained the county town, they naturally gave food obediently.
Aged sorghum, soybeans and wheat were sent to the city one by one.
The food shortage in Qinzhou City was quickly resolved, and Gongsun Sheng and Xiao Rang joined hands with the people in the city to share the food.
Anyone with a pot at home will be divided according to households, and each household will be given five days of food, and will be distributed again after eating.
As for those refugees who took refuge, they didn’t even have a pot at home, so they naturally couldn’t share the food. They were eating big pot rice in a unified manner, with two meals of porridge every day.
What, if you want to eat, then okay, go to work and give me steamed buns, otherwise you can drink porridge.
The stable life only lasted four days. On the afternoon of the fourth day, the detective kept reporting: "There were a large number of Tian Hu army spies around."
The four gates are closed, and all kinds of city guarding equipment on the city wall are ready.
Before dawn, Chao Gai was sleeping in the government office. Shi Xiu came over to inform him: "Chao Tuanlian, the enemy has arrived outside the city, with at least 30,000 troops."
Chao Gai stood up and yawned: "Brother Shi Xiu, why are you here?"
"It's too urgent, so I came here. There are at least 30,000 enemy soldiers, so they should not be underestimated."
"Who leads who?"
"Tian Biao, An Shirong. There are 2,000 cavalry and more than 20,000 infantry. The main reason is Tian Biao, who has a nickname called Mad Dog, has a high martial arts skills and is famous for being difficult to deal with in wars. I'm afraid it's not easy to fight."
Chao Gai nodded. He had heard of Tian Biao for a long time. He had superb martial arts and was not his opponent. He was very cruel when fighting, and was cruel to the enemy and his own.
Often, one team of people charges, another team of people holds bows and arrows as law enforcement teams, and one of them retreats and shoots them immediately. Just such a cruel man, so he is very powerful in war and dares to fight for his life, and most of his subordinates are desperate people.
As for An Shirong, it goes without saying that Tian Hu’s Pixiu General.
"Brother Shi Xiu has not slept all night and is tired. I'll take a break quickly. I'll go to the city wall to check it out. The layout is already very appropriate."
Shi Xiu said: "Thank you brother for your concern. It's time to sleep for a while."
Chao Gai took Li Kui and drove a group to the city wall.
The southern city wall is dominated by Zhao Ling's five hundred cavalry, and there are two thousand strong men. The size of three thousand small men seems to be full of flags and great momentum.
Outside the south gate, there was already a trumpet that was connected to the sky, dust covered the sky and thick smoke rolled.
"Chao Tuanlian, Tian Biao lit the straw in the fields, and the thick smoke choked."
"It's okay, the straw is very short and it's burned out soon. They are about to attack the city, so let them taste the great. The more urgent they attack, the more critical they are, the more dangerous they are in Taiyuan. If we just persist for three days, Tong Shuai will arrive."
The Huotou Army prepared the meal early, and the veterans were eating each other talking and laughing. On the other hand, the strong men were frightened and uneasy and were also careless in their meals.
The generals cursed: "It's so sissy. I've been scared like this before I even beat you. If you really fight, you're going to be so scared?"
The men of the strong were naturally dissatisfied: "How is it possible? We are not that timid, who is afraid of whom?"
"You're not afraid."
Chao Gai smiled and said, "Eat a good meal one by one. After a fight, you will be transferred under the city wall. Don't worry."
Time was fast, and in a blink of an eye, the sky was bright and the smoke dissipated. Tian Biao's 30,000 troops set up their formation, but did not join the siege, but instead attacked the southern city wall.
A small county town with a wall of only five miles long. Standing on the city tower, I was still a little shocked when I looked at the huge enemy formation.
A deputy general came over to the Pegasus and shouted loudly: "Chao Gai, you are also a hero in the world, how can you act as a lackey in the court?"
Chao Gai smiled slightly: "I, Chao Gai, serve the country and the people, are all thinking about the people, and will not be anyone's lackey. But you, the fish and meat village, rob the people, under the guise of the rebels, burn, kill and loot, and wherever you pass, nine out of ten households are empty."
"Bah, in the troubled times, who still talks about these benevolence, righteousness and morality? I think you are a man, but you dare to go out of the city to fight."
"What's the point of not daring?"
Chao Gai immediately clicked on one hundred elite soldiers in his headquarters, two hundred cavalry and firing soldiers in Pang Wanchun's army, and a total of three hundred cavalry rushed out of the city.
When the two armies faced each other, Chao Gai seemed lonely and pitiful.
A general under Tian Biao came over and shouted: "The golden tripod is coming to challenge, can Chao Gai dare to fight?"
"I'm going to fight you, I'll fight you." Pang Wanchun flew out with a horse, and the spear in his hand was like a dragon, fighting with the golden cauldron.
The Golden Ding can be regarded as a hero from the North and has the strength to use a big knife, but the speed is much slower than Pang Wanchun. In just five moves, Pang Wanchun hit the throat with a shot and fell to the ground.
Another general came up, but Sanhe was injured by Pang Wanchun and fled in a panic.
Immediately afterwards, Pang Wanchun shouted: "Tian Biao, don't send these little fish and shrimps, have the courage to come up and fight."
Chapter completed!