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Chapter 171 Life is like a play

Early in the morning, the chaotic people sleeping on the city wall with weapons were attracted by a burst of fragrance. This is... the taste of food!

The chaotic people were creeping out from behind the female wall, rubbing the sleepy water, and they saw rows of pottery jars outside the city wall where arrows could not be shot, cooking things.

"There is fine salt added to it!" As the fine salt began to spread throughout Shu, everyone was familiar with it. Some guys with a sharp nose had already smelled that the food in the pot was fine salt added to the pot. In addition, I haven't had enough food for a few days, and they all looked at the rows of pots set up outside the city, and their eyes were red.

"What are they doing?" Some chaotic people tried hard to prevent themselves from thinking about this, looking at the people beside them in confusion, hoping to divert their attention.

"Life, make rice!" Swallowed, another rioter looked at the pots longedly.

Just as Guo Jia guessed, in addition to finding that the city's stock was limited, the leader of Mianzhu Pass, Scartou, stocked up most of the food and only distributed a small amount of porridge for everyone to drink. Not to mention ordinary people, even those who were under Scartou could rarely have a full meal. At this moment, when they saw the food outside the city, their eyes suddenly turned red.

"Of course I know this." Rolling his eyes, looking at the scene outside the city, touching his stomach, "I mean, why are they cooking here?"

"Who knows." Swallowed, and the scent of the scent filled the air, making the chaotic people who were guarding the city feel hungry than before.

"Is it okay?" Outside the city, Liu Xun looked at the chaotic people on the top of the city and frowned at Guo Jia.

"Don't worry, General, these rioters have no ambitions and only live for a meal of food and clothing." As he said, he felt a little regretful: "If the price of grain in Shu was not astonishing, these people would not have taken risks. To be honest, they would not be able to blame them."

Liu Xi couldn't help but remain silent when he heard this. He couldn't control such things, nor could he do it.

Guo Jia watched people gathering on the top of the city towards the female wall, and looked at Liu Xu with a smile and said, "General, it's almost done, you can send someone to shout."

"Okay!" Liu Xu nodded after hearing this, and waved his hand to let a general with a loud voice call.

The general came to the city and shouted at the wall of Mianzhu Pass: "Listen to the people in the city, my general knows that you have to rebel. He doesn't want to make things difficult for you or others. However, Mianzhu Pass is an important place in our Shu area and must be taken down. The general cannot bear to suffer the consequences and commit more murder. He sent me to send a general to pass the message, but if there are those who are willing to surrender, they can eat these foods at will. Those who are willing to open the city gate to offer surrender will have a heavy reward. If anyone can offer the head of the thief, they can enter the army to report their duties and be promoted to the third level!"

The promotion to the third level of the official position sounds good, but in fact, it is only a team rate at most. However, for the rioters in the city, these words are quite tempting.

Yesterday's battle proved the combat effectiveness of the government army. Scartou brought tens of thousands of chaotic people out of the city, but was beaten by Liu Xu and ran away in a hurry. He did not dare to leave the city again. The strength of the government army has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, which have made the chaotic people in the city who are not very high in fighting spirit. Now, seeing that the government army has been unyielding, and as long as it leaves the city, there will be food for food. Many people are interested in business and look around.

"Don't listen to their nonsense. Everyone knows how high the food price is. How can these dog officials be so kind?" A rioter leader saw that many people looked at him with dangerous eyes and roared.

"Listen to me, the lord has now begun to calm the price of grain. I believe that it will fall soon. At that time, are you afraid that there will be no food to eat? Surrender. You are good people, and you are both the people in Shu. Why bother killing each other? We are not willing to turn the sword against you and other people! In the war, there will be heavy casualties. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about the children and elders in the family." The general said aloud.

"I'll stop!" A rioter suddenly turned around and walked down the city: "I'm starving to death here. Maybe there's a full meal when I go out. I'm going out!"

"You dare!" The leader of the rioters was furious when he saw this and stepped forward and wanted to beat him.

"Get out!" The man seemed to be determined and kicked him hard. The leader of the rioters was actually just a confidant of Scarhead, and his combat power was not strong. At this moment, he was kicked down by the other party and had not had time to get up. Suddenly, several people appeared around him at the same time, swinging various weapons in his hands. Amid the shrill screams of the leader of the rioters, they were hit by the head of the rioters.

The screams gradually became weak and finally disappeared. Several rioters took a deep breath and threw the weapons in their hands. While walking down the city, they shouted: "Let's go, don't do it anymore. We are born and die for the scar head, but we are reluctant to give them a full meal. What's the point of following them? Let's go!"

Some people took the lead. Under the pressure of Liu Xi's army, the timid rioters suddenly responded as if they had found their backbone. Some began to pull the winch and put down the suspension bridge, but some began to work together to push open the city gate.

Outside the city, looking at this situation, Guo Jia frowned slightly. Although he was sure that these rioters would be instigated, he did not expect that the will of these rioters would be so weak. It seems that the official army still has enough deterrence and credibility in the hearts of the rioters. If this were the case in Shu, it would be unoptimistic.

After a moment of movement, Guo Jia turned his head to look at Liu Xun with an excited face and said with a smile: "General, the army's food and grass are probably not enough for these people to eat. We should report this matter to the envoy quickly and let him mobilize the food and grass as soon as possible."

"Okay!" Liu Xu nodded after hearing this, "This is natural. I will immediately report it to my lord. If you can win this time, it depends on your lord. This contribution will be explained to your lord together."

"I dare not." Guo Jia shook his head and smiled.

At this moment, many rioters who left the city were already scrambled by the soldiers and began to compete for food in the pottery jars under the leadership of the soldiers. They were really hungry. Liu Xi began to send troops into the city. Once the city gate was broken, although there were still a large number of rioters in the city, without the protection of the city wall, these people were not the opponents of well-equipped official troops, and the reaction speed of the rioters in the city was very worrying. Until Liu Xi brought the army into the city, the rioters in the city did not react decently.

Scart head was still sleeping soundly on the bed, but suddenly he saw someone breaking in and said anxiously: "Chief, something is not good!"

Scar woke up from his sleep with anger and cursed: "When is it that I'm so anxious to come in? Is the sky falling?"

"Chief, the official army has entered the city!" several confidants said with a sad face.

"Uh..." Scart's angry face was confused, and then roared angrily: "Impossible, aren't there ten thousand elite soldiers arranged in the city? How could they attack in so quickly?"

"It's true!" his subordinate said with a sad face: "The government army used food as bait to lure those people to surrender. Lao Ba wanted to stop him and was beaten to death by sticks. We ran back secretly, and the city gate was opened by those guarding the city."

The muscles on Scar's face twitched violently and cursed: "The government army is so despicable, and those bastards are all stingy. I didn't give them anything to eat?"

"Chief, what should I do now?" Several subordinates did not dare to contradict him and said to Scar Head.

"What else can I do? Run!" Scart put on his clothes angrily, carrying a mature copper stick and said, "I heard that Fu County was also occupied by a group of rioters, so let's go to join them!"

A big battle with the government army yesterday made him truly understand the gap between the two sides. It was not comparable to the number of people. With the help of the city wall, he still had the confidence to challenge the other party, but now when the city gate was broken, how could he have the courage to find bad luck? He brought dozens of confidants to collect some money and food, and took advantage of the chaos in the city to quietly open the north gate and headed towards Fu County.

In Guanzhong, Mianzhu, after Liu Xun entered the city, he quickly launched a bill to relieve the people according to Guo Jia's suggestion, and opened the granary and divided the remaining grains and grass. While rectifying the city, he sent people to rush back to Cheng. The city reported the message and asked Liu Zhang for food. Finally, he took people to catch Scartou, but he got the news that Scartou had escaped, which made Liu Xun feel a little regretful.

"These thieves are running very quickly!" Liu Xuan shook his head regretfully, but he didn't care. He had seen some martial arts, but he was a mess in command of the army and was not considered a general at all. He ran away and later he just caught a rioter to replace him. This credit was his.

"General, Mr. Meng Jia is asking for a meeting." As soon as he returned to the government office, he had been away for two days, his personal soldiers came to report to Guo Jia.

"Please!" Liu Xi said quickly. At this moment, he had no desire to underestimate Guo Jia. Under the planning of the other party, Mianzhu Pass was defeated in less than half a day. Such a person has an unlimited future!

"Jia, see the general." Guo Jia brought Niu Geng and Wang Ping in, looked at Liu Xun with a smile.

"I can win this time thanks to Mr. I have sent someone to perform my merits. I believe the reward will be delivered soon." Liu Xu smiled.

"The general is so serious, and the fighting spirit of the people in the city is not high. In addition, the scar head does not know how to be polite, so this situation is due to his own fault." Guo Jia shook his head and said, "I'm here to say goodbye to the general."

"Sir, are leaving?" Liu Xu said with some regret: "Why not stay for a few more days? It will not be too late to leave after the lord's reward. I still have many questions and want to ask Mr. for advice."

"This time we can win is entirely due to the general's planning and he dare not make a contribution. In addition, he has been separated from his clan brothers for several years. We should go to meet as soon as possible, and hope that the general will succeed." Guo Jia smiled.

"Well!" Liu Xun sighed when he heard this, nodded and said, "In this way, I won't leave you, someone will come."

A personal guard came in with a tray, with some coins and some food on it.

"Mr. I want to leave, but I am not willing to force myself to stay. There is nothing to be entertained in this important area of ​​Guancheng. I will take these things with me and go to eat on the way." Liu Xu smiled.
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