Li Zicheng strode up the city wall and stood beside Jiang Wan: "Your Majesty, the commander, the matter is done!"
Jiang Wan nodded slightly: "Go down and rest, we will continue tomorrow!"
After saying that, he turned his head and smiled at Li Zicheng: "Things have been done well. Having so many brothers behind you gives you the confidence to go ahead and do it!"
"Thank you, Commander, for your trust!" Li Zicheng nodded fiercely, with a hint of gratitude on his face, turned around and walked down the city wall.
Beside Jiang Wan, Feng Wanli watched Li Zicheng leave expressionlessly. For a bandit who had taken refuge in battle, Jiang Wan gave him orders on the spot. Although he did not dare to question Jiang Wan, he still had some complaints in his heart.
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A hundred households in Nanhaiwei should be so worthless.
However, at this moment, it seems that, regardless of his character, at least he still has the courage. Mr. Jiang asked him to go out of the city to gather the refugees. Such a dangerous task was considered to be done properly in the eyes of everyone. He decided to take the criticism and
Keep it in your mind for now and don't bring it up now.
Xu Caining, who was next to Jiang Wan, did not have such scruples. Her eyes followed Li Zicheng's figure in an interesting way, and then she turned back: "Master Jiang has good vision. This person is brave and resourceful, and he is a useful person."
people!"
"That's not necessarily the case!" Jiang Wan smiled inwardly. If Li Zicheng had no use, how could he fight out from thousands of troops and become a generation of Chuang King? Although there is basically no chance for him to become Chuang King now, but,
This doesn't mean his abilities just disappear.
As long as he is given enough experience, Li Zicheng will definitely be a great general.
He pointed to Zhou Jue, who seemed to be talking to the refugees below the city: "Actually, I am more interested in that person. Li Zicheng didn't know what he said to him. At this moment, he actually took the initiative to gather the person below, and those
The refugees are slowly starting to become more orderly!"
"Are you sure it's not the muskets on top of our city?" Xu Caining smiled slightly, his face full of pride. It was his firearms battalion that Nanhaiwei first made contributions to, and he is the actual commander of the firearms battalion. This job
Military merit may not be great, but this sense of accomplishment is definitely not something she can get by destroying several shops and punishing a few bullies in the capital.
"We'll find out tomorrow, right?" Jiang Wan laughed, looking at the group of refugees in the distance with a confident smile on his face.
When night fell, the city was heavily guarded. What was interesting was that the refugees below the city had no idea where they found firewood from, and actually lit several large fires below the city. In this case, even the people on the city would not be able to escape.
The fire could not reach the bottom of the city, but the firelight from the crowd below was enough for people above the city to see clearly what was going on below.
This night in the firearms camp, there were always people on duty at the top of the city. Jiang Wan would never allow anyone within the range of a musket to harass these refugees who were finally willing to stay under the city.
Fortunately, although the refugee brigade in the distance kept making noise all night, this kind of harassment never came. Compared with the noise in the distance, the refugees under the city were extremely quiet until the firewood was extinguished and dawn came, Jiang
When Wan reappeared at the top of the city, the refugees seemed to wake up one by one. They began to talk and move around, and even loudly asked the officers and soldiers on the city wall when today's relief would be coming.
An hour later, the city gate slowly opened, and the heavily armed soldiers came out one after another. But this time, the refugees below the city did not flee in panic, nor did they attack frantically. Instead, they held their wooden bowls one by one.
, waiting quietly aside.
Until the big officer and soldier they had seen yesterday appeared in front of them with their people and their cauldron.
It was still fragrant rice porridge, and the rice porridge still had the aroma of meat. The refugees who knew the rules followed yesterday's rules honestly, lined up to get the porridge, and then carried the hot porridge bowls, busy.
I went to the side and squatted on the ground to eat.
Food is safest only when it is in your own stomach, and no one can take it away. Every refugee who has ever been on the verge of starvation knows this truth deeply.
However, they are lucky, because at least they still have wooden bowls in their hands at this moment. The officers and soldiers brought out so many unknowing wooden bowls yesterday that almost everyone had one. However, at this moment, there are many in their crowd.
People looked directly at their hands.
These people covet not their food, but the wooden bowls in their hands.
You can't hold the scalding hot porridge and drink it with just your hands.
Zhou Jue was also looking at these people. Overnight, there were many more people in the crowd under the city. He could not count the number of these people. The only thing that was certain was that these extra people came from there last night.
Yes, he was a little worried. When the leader of the officers and soldiers asked about this matter later, he could not explain it to him.
"More is more, there is enough food!" Li Zicheng faced the other party's anxiety and said nonchalantly: "There is plenty of food in the city. As long as you work honestly, you will not starve to death!"
Is there really enough food?
Zhou Jue looked at the top of the city with some confusion. As far as he could see from the top of the city, there were several people in general uniforms looking at the bottom of the city. He knew that they were the commanders mentioned by the leader of the officers and soldiers in front of him.
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"However, no matter how much food is available in the city, it is impossible to feed everyone!"
He said to Li Zicheng anxiously: "Not to mention the catastrophe this year, which may not be alleviated even by next year. Does the government have food to support everyone?"
"Huh?" Li Zicheng looked at him strangely: "You've only had enough food for a day, and you're already thinking about these things for the court?"
Zhou Jue: "If I could enter the city, I would definitely have gone to see the prefect or your commander. They have never seen the ferocity of the refugees, but I have really survived among the refugees!"
"It's not just you, it's me too!" Li Zicheng looked at him and said coldly: "If I hadn't been lucky, I would have been dead in the moat over there two days ago. Do you think you...
"
Just as he was about to continue speaking, he heard a whistle from the top of the city, and someone made a few gestures toward the bottom of the city. Immediately, someone from the queue behind him ran towards him.
"Master Baihu, the commander has an order to see the person who is talking to you right now!"
"Me?" Zhou Jue pointed to his nose, a little surprised.
Li Zicheng nodded: "If you have anything you think is wonderful, just say it in front of the commander. If he were an ordinary court general, he would have led his troops out of the city long ago. Our commander
, but it’s a little different!”
Zhou Jue's face became solemn, and he cupped his hands in front of Li Zicheng: "Thank you for reminding me, Zhou must tell you everything he knows!"