Jizhou, Xindu.

The screams were endless.

The city gate was wide open, and many carriages were seen crowded at the city gate. There were people inside and outside the city.

Some people are carrying packages, some are holding children, and some are carrying parents on their backs.

The coachman roared angrily and kept waving the riding crop in his hand.

The city gate was completely blocked and there was no way to get through, or the driver was impatient and whipped the horse pulling the cart hard. The horse hit it with its hooves, and the crowd in front was immediately knocked away. The carriage ran over something unknown.

Just like that, he struggled to open his way through the crowd.

A man roared in grief and anger, took off the ax from his arms, and jumped into the car. The driver raised his hand, and the ax got stuck directly in his arm.

"ah!!"

"How dare you?!"

"Someone is coming!"

There were no soldiers guarding order inside or outside the city gate. After all, they were the first to escape.

This incident directly triggered a chaos. One by one, men were seen besieging the surrounding carriages and horses. Regardless of whether they had collided with them or not, they were all besieged and beaten. People wearing luxurious clothes were dragged out of the carriages. The men

Holding a stone, he hit the man on the head.

There was a lot of wailing.

"Stop! Stop!"

Someone led his servants to stop him, but was quickly overwhelmed by the sea of ​​people. The man shouted: "You don't have to run!! The general will not massacre the city! He will not massacre the city!!"

But his words were drowned in the shouts.

On the distant slope, the knights slowly emerged.

Hu Changcan rode a big horse and looked coldly at the chaotic situation in the distance, frowning.

"There is really no innocent person in this gang of traitors."

"It's okay for them to run away, but they still want to spread rumors about the general massacre of the city, which has made people in Hebei panic. People from all over the country have fled. I really don't know how many things are going to happen."

"Spring planting has been delayed, and now we are suffering from such turmoil. This winter will not be easy."

Kou Liu didn't speak to him, just looked at the officers on the side, "Quickly surround a few city gates and let the people return to the city!"

"If anyone attacks, kill them directly and let them retreat into the city!"

Hu Changcan's face looked a little unbearable, but he did not reprimand him.

The people they have to deal with have absolute authority in public opinion among the people. It is still not easy for the people who are instigated and intimidated by these people to calm down the sages, eminent monks and officials.

In order not to cause more casualties, it was a helpless move to shoot the leader of the attackers.

The officers took the order and quickly led the cavalry to charge away.

Kou Liu then looked at Hu Changcan, and he said quietly: "There is no perfect truth."

"If you want to kill these people, you will naturally have to pay a price."

"Local order is gone, thieves are everywhere, cultivated land and residential buildings are destroyed, and people flee, which disrupts reconstruction, so we will naturally have to go through these things, but the speed of reconstruction should be very fast."

"Don't worry too much, Duke Hu. Grandfather has thought of these things a long time ago, and all the officials he sent know how to deal with these situations."

"As for these common people, Mr. Hu comes from a rich family. Maybe they don't know people like us. They can easily become frightened, but it is also very simple to appease them. As long as they can control the army under their command, not to mention that there will be no mistakes, as long as they can maintain

Military discipline dictates that if you don't come out at will to cause harm to the people, they will go back and do their own thing."

"Hu Gong, please go to the city and appease the people in the city."

"I'm going to appease the fleeing people."

Hu Changcan was a little shocked, "The people in this city are easy to deal with. I can issue reports and distribute food, and rectify military discipline so that they will no longer be frightened. But how are you going to appease the people who have fled?"

"Are we going to bring them back by force?"

Kou Liu laughed, "It's very simple. I will lead the army, catch up with them, and then don't kill them."

"ah?"

"Just do your own thing, Mr. Hu. Believe me, it will definitely work."

Kou Liu smiled and led his troops away from here, while Hu Changcan led the rest of the army towards the city.

When the officers led the troops outside the city gate, the people who had been fleeing just now began to run crazily towards the city again. The scene became even more chaotic, but the officers were not in a hurry to contain or organize them.

, because rash contact would only make them stressed and make them more afraid. The knights just stood outside the city, just watching them retreat, and showed no desire to attack.

The officer looked at the military officer on the side. The military officer understood and rode forward alone, shouting: "The general has an order not to invade the people of the state and county, and return in an orderly manner! Don't violate the law!"

The military officials shouted everywhere, and the crowded crowd finally slowed down slightly.

Even if they didn't believe what the military officials said, they didn't dare to charge and kill those who stood in front of them.

Hu Changcan then arrived here. When he saw the corpses and dropped packages on the road, Hu Changcan sighed again.

Break and then stand.

It really requires a lot of courage.

Not to mention anything else, anyway, the general's reputation is completely bad. This "killing officials and killing virtuous people" along the way has pushed almost all the elites in the world to the opposite side. It's fine under his own rule, but outside, public opinion will definitely turn him into a villain.

The image of the general turned into a demon who went around slaughtering cities and killing people.

This will have a very bad impact on the general's future attacks on cities and territories.

How to capture the south in the future?

Hu Changcan was thinking hard when he suddenly realized, attack the city and seize the territory? That's not right! Naigong is a minister of Qi!!

He shook his head violently, expelling the rebellious thoughts from his mind.

After watching the people return to the city one by one, he led his troops into the city.

The city was in a mess and the damage was extremely serious.

After the order was lost, demons and ghosts appeared at the same time, and they were even worse than before. Hu Changcan went straight to the government office.

The government office is like a city. The door is open and there is no one inside.

It felt like it had been robbed several times, and even the tiles on the ground wanted to be dug up.

As for relevant documents and the like, don't even think about it, there is nothing left for them.

The soldiers searched everywhere and finally caught an old man.

The old man was limping and couldn't get away at all, so he was forcibly brought to Hu Changcan.

"Spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life!!"

The old official knelt down and bowed. Looking at his age, Hu Changcan stood up and did not accept this courtesy.

"Who are you?"

"Wu Xing, the gatekeeper of the state government office."

Hu Changcan looked around, "Where are the people from the government office?"

The old man trembled and said: "A few days ago, there were rumors from all over the city that the general was massacring the city in Cangzhou and Yingzhou, using people as food for the army and killing all ten houses. The people in the city were the first to flee, and they couldn't control it at all.

Then comes the thorn

When Gao Jishi heard the news that Cangzhou had been captured, he was about to run away. No one could stop him. After he ran away, the rest of the people followed him. Before escaping, they looted everywhere and took away many things.

"

"After they left, someone else broke into the government office and robbed it again."

"I am forced to stay here to die because I have limited legs and feet and have no relatives."

"Please have mercy, please don't kill me!"

Hu Changcan had some disbelief in his eyes, "Gao Jishi actually ran away??"

The governor of Jizhou is Gao Ning, the king of Huashan who just took office not long ago.

Just by looking at his name, you can tell that he is different from distant clan members like Gao Yun. He is one of the fourteen members of the Gao family.

In addition, he also has an identity, he is the half-brother of Pengcheng King Gao Jun.

Hu Changcan couldn't understand. Even if Gao Yun wants to run away, why do you want to run too?

We are here on the orders of your brother!

Hu Changcan sighed and looked at the old man, "I won't kill you, just go back."

"Some of those who said the general massacred the city were criminal villains who were afraid of being implicated, and some were thieves under Wei Xiaokuan's command who were eager for civil strife in the Qi Dynasty."

"Come here, bring him some food and send him out of the office."

Hu Changcan gave the order, and two soldiers stepped forward, handed the old man a package, and then pushed him out. The old man held the package in disbelief and walked a few steps. He suddenly stopped and turned around to look.

Hu Changcan.
To be continued...