After leaving some military rations for Yanbian City, Wynn found that the remaining food was only enough for six days.
As the battle progressed, Wynn also encountered unexpected troubles, that is, the supply line became longer and there were difficulties in the supply of food and grass.
Originally, when the war was approaching in Guizhou, Li Yan's fleet could deliver fresh meat and grain to the army overnight for the sergeants to eat. However, as Huai En's army fought farther and farther, he was unable to do anything, and the distance was so long.
, fresh meat will definitely turn into smelly meat when delivered.
Therefore, Wynn could only eat the military rations provided by the Ministry of Revenue. However, the consumption of food exceeded imagination, and the productivity of the occupied cities was destroyed, and it was impossible to recover in a short time. Not to mention providing them with food, he could hardly eat enough.
All the freshly captured food in the villages was snatched away by Shi Yuan's army. Although Huai En's army captured many important towns and cities in Yunnan, they did not get a single grain of food.
Wynn could only stop slightly at this time. He looked at the map and his eyes stopped at a place called Surabaya City.
According to reports from spies, there was a large granary where Shi Yuan stored military supplies. In addition, there were many big businessmen in Surabaya City. Seeing the chaotic situation, they all hoarded a lot of food in order to take advantage of the opportunity to make huge profits.
Okay! The next target is it! Wynn dropped his fist heavily on the table.
In the pitch-black night, a dark figure nimbly dodged the sentry's eyes and quietly climbed over the city wall.
He was not idle for a moment after entering the city. He went to the garrison barracks in the city for a while, and then ran to the outside of the large granary in the city to have a look. The defense in the city was much laxer than he thought. He looked at it with a smile on his face.
The mask was taken off, and it turned out to be the Red Crow! After collecting the information, he was about to leave the city, but was attracted by the actions of a group of ragged men and stopped.
I saw those men secretly holding the door of a house open with an iron rod, and they all rushed in in a flash! After a while, I saw the dog in the yard of this house barking, accompanied by its owner.
Cursing, the men ran out each carrying a bag of rice, closely followed by a group of servants holding sharp knives and vicious dogs with their mouths open.
Two men turned a few corners and disappeared at the corner of the street. However, one man seemed to be older. His leg was bitten by a vicious dog and he could not move!
At this time, all the servants holding sharp blades came up to him, punching and kicking him! Finally, a slightly older servant asked a leader-looking man: "Send him to the official?"
"What the hell! A poor guy like this doesn't have any oil in his body, and he will only live in vain if he goes in." After saying that, the man who looked like the leader raised the dagger in his hand, and stabbed the man in the heart with one blow.
Blood spurted out, and several vicious dogs licked the ground desperately~~~
Not far away, the two men who ran away were filled with grief and anger when they saw this scene. One of the younger men threw down the rice bag on his shoulder and was about to go back to fight for them, but was grabbed by another man: "Xiao Zhao! You don't want to die?
It's useless for you to go back! Hurry up and find Brother Tie!" After saying that, he pulled him up and disappeared into the night.
Early the next morning, a man in his twenties, seventeen or eight years old, dressed as a handsome businessman, strolled into the Honglai Hotel, the largest and most luxurious hotel in Surabaya City. After entering, he went straight to the back room, but for some reason he shook his head.
, sat in the hall.
When the waiter saw the master, Yu Bufan, he did not dare to neglect him, and immediately greeted him with a smile: "Sir, what do you want?"
"Bring the best food and wine!" The businessman-looking man raised his head and said impatiently, it turned out to be Red Crow. What is he doing here again?
Because he noticed the smell of gunpowder in the city.
There are a large number of hungry people begging along the roadside, but the wealthy businessmen have hoarded a large amount of food and refused to sell it, and they are playing the old trick of raising prices for rare goods. They are so fat that they are not aware of the angry eyes in their eyes.
Breathing fire! They have offended the interests of all the people in the city.
Red Crow observed everything quietly, he knew the purpose of his trip.
At this time, several people who looked like Yunnan Army officers walked into the hotel. As soon as they sat down, a fat man shouted: "Waiter! Bring the good wine and food quickly!"
Another person reminded him in a low voice: "This is a hotel run by our general's family, please be careful!"
The fat man immediately restrained himself and did not dare to say a word.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, an older officer quickly changed the subject and said: "I am exhausted today. The hungry people in the city are going crazy. There have been so many riots for food in one morning. I brought
I chopped down five or six people in a row and ran away in fear."
"It's just that these people don't seem to be afraid of death, and they are all looking for the best! They are just a bunch of cheap bones! They need to be dealt with!" the fat man said viciously.
At this time, a sweaty soldier ran in from the outside: "Sir, something is wrong! There are unruly people making trouble in Dakun Rice Shop again!"
"***! You won't even let me eat well, let's go!" Several people left angrily.
The red crow on the side smiled slightly when he heard the news.
The person who organized the hungry people to rob grain accounts was the leader of these victims, Tiesi. He was busy directing the victims to quickly break open a hole in the grain merchant's grain warehouse. Watching the white rice flowing into everyone's pockets, he gently
The ground breathed a long sigh of relief: Everyone can finally get through these days.
At this moment, a large group of Yunnan military officers and soldiers arrived! When they saw the victims, they swung their guns and smashed them without mercy, and a few with dirty hands stabbed them directly.
Seeing this scene, Tiesi quickly commanded a group of strong young men holding sticks to cover everyone's escape with rice on their backs. Unexpectedly, someone among the officers and soldiers recognized him and shouted: "That's the mastermind behind the trouble! Catch him."
!" After saying that, another large group of officers and soldiers broke through the obstruction and rushed towards him! Seeing that the situation was not going well, Tie Si turned around and ran! As he was running, he suddenly stopped - there was a dead end in front of him!
A dozen or so menacing officers and soldiers from behind slashed at them with knives! Tie Si was also a man of good temperament. He grabbed a wooden stick from the ground and rushed forward! But within a few moments, the wooden stick in his hand was cut off by the officers and soldiers' steel knives.
!Seeing several steel knives slashing at him, he closed his eyes.
A stream of warm blood spurted onto his face! He opened his eyes and saw more than a dozen officers and soldiers falling to the ground! A man who looked like a businessman was pulling a short sword from a corpse beside him.
Pull it out. It seems that the sword just now is stuck in the bone.
He opened his mouth in surprise.
At this time, there was another commotion from behind, and a group of young people in ragged clothes hurried over with sticks in their hands: "Brother Iron! Let's leave quickly! The officers and soldiers came out to suppress it! More than a dozen people in front were hacked to death! Who is this?"
"We are friends, let's go!" Tie Si ordered everyone to pick up the weapons from the corpses on the ground and then led them to disappear deep into the street.
In a house at the end of a corner alley, it turned out that there was a deep cellar hidden in it. It seemed that this family was also a small grain merchant. The big cellar in the house was built to store grain. Let’s see if it can
Because he had done too many immoral things, several members of the family died of strange illnesses overnight, and the house and the big cellar below it became a secret haven for all the vagrants and beggars.
Tiesi filled a broken bowl with some water and wine and handed it to Red Crow: "Sir, don't be dissatisfied, we are all penniless people who have been exploited by profiteers and dog officials, and we can't give you anything decent to thank you for!"
Red Crow drank it all without hesitation! He was born in a poor family and did not have many of the problems of noble people. He began to ask about the situation in Surabaya City.
Tie Si let out a long sigh.
He was originally a farmer in a village below Sishui City. He worked all day long, but in the end he couldn't eat the food he grew. This year, there was a drought, so he could only harvest grains. However, the government's exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes increased, and the little food he had in his family was wiped out.
He had no choice but to come to the city to beg. Unexpectedly, the people in the city were as poor as him. The food was bought by big businessmen at low prices, hoarded, and then sold to the citizens at high prices. The citizens were also on the verge of bankruptcy and had nothing to spare.
Some people even became victims of the disaster because they could not afford rice. Everyone was so angry that they went to the government but were beaten out. After that, in order to survive, everyone had to form a group to grab food in a planned way.
Stealing food prevented him from starving to death.
"Who is willing to rob?" Tiesi shouted angrily: "It's not those dog officials and profiteers who are forcing us to do it! We are all good people, and we don't want to cause trouble! But we can't starve to death alive."
Red Crow's originally smiling face was suddenly covered with a layer of cold blue.
"Brother Tie, I have something to discuss with you." After speaking, Red Crow stood up and walked aside.
Tiesi followed him suspiciously, and the two of them talked in the corner for a long time. As they talked, a smile suddenly appeared on Tiesi's frowning face.
Three nights later.
Liu Junji, the rebel general who defended the city of Surabaya, had just finished his visit to Yihongyuan. He was burping from wine and walking along the street with a group of lieutenants who were staggering when walking towards his mansion. Suddenly he heard the sound coming from the direction of the city gate.
There was a burst of commotion, followed by shouts of fighting and killing outside the city, getting closer and closer!
A pawn covered in blood (the most frequent extra) came over and said, "Mr. Liu! What's wrong, the hungry people in the city opened the city gate! The imperial army came in!" After saying this, he ran away as if desperately trying.
Liu Junji opened his mouth full of alcohol: "Young men! Bring me the horse! I'll go first!"
What other subordinates are there beside him? They have already fled for their lives.
He was stunned for a while, then raised his legs to run, but was surrounded by a large group of hungry people armed with sticks.
"Beat him to death! Beat this traitor to death!" I don't know who took the lead. A large group of people swarmed up and beat Liu Junji into meat patties with sticks.
Within a few hours, Huai En's army captured the city of Surabaya, which was guarded by more than 10,000 Yunnan troops.
Wynn was surprised to find that only one person in his army was slightly injured during the battle. It was because he was accidentally squeezed against the city wall by his companions. The Yunnan defenders of Surabaya City were randomly attacking Wynn's army.
After a few arrows, when the city gate was opened, everyone ran away like a vicious dog out of its cage and disappeared instantly. More Yunnan troops surrendered without any resistance. After counting, more than 6,000 enemy troops were taken prisoner!
The people in the city lined the streets to welcome them. The first thing Wynn's army did when they entered the city was to arrest all the unscrupulous and profiteers in the city, and listed a lot of charges against them, ranging from not paying taxes according to regulations, to tax evasion, to speculation, to supporting the rebels.
Their property was unceremoniously confiscated. Then he fully affirmed the active role played by the people in the city in this judgment and distributed part of the grain stored by the profiteers to the people on the spot.
They were just shocked when they opened the grain warehouses of the profiteers: not counting the official warehouses in Surabaya City, the grain hoarded by these profiteers alone was enough to feed the entire city's residents for ten years! They only needed to take
Giving out one tenth of it is enough to help the people tide over the difficulties.
Wynn and the generals were flattered by the loud cheers when the food was distributed.
In fact, the common people are the easiest people to be satisfied, but those corrupt officials and profiteers and bullies will never be satisfied~~~ Wynn smiled bitterly and turned around.
The night in Surabaya City is illuminated by the soft moonlight and thousands of torches as if it were daytime. In the middle of the night, the streets are still crowded with people. People are laughing, jumping, and dancing, as if the pain has really disappeared.