Under Wang Zheng's deliberate arrangement, the villagers of privately owned Zhao County filed out, bringing with them mule carts one after another.
In an instant, a strong aroma of rice immediately covered up the smell of blood and earth on the battlefield.
The refugees in Guangrao County reacted almost instantly and their eyes widened.
Each mule cart is loaded with countless bamboo baskets.
There is actually cooked rice inside!
Everyone swallowed instinctively, their Adam's apple rolled, and their eyes were eager.
You must know that after countless cruel screenings, the refugees Wang Zheng brought to Linzi City, although there were only more than 15,000 people, were almost all young and strong men.
I already have a huge appetite, but for the past half month, I have been wandering in a state of starvation and not being full. Regarding the temptation presented by Wang Zheng, I knew that the other party may not have good intentions, but I still couldn't look away and just stared at it.
With.
At this time, a group of villagers from Zhao County started shouting:
"My heavenly army attacks the unjust, opposes tyranny, and only takes action to build the kingdom of heaven on earth."
"Now that Linzi City blocks the advance of my heavenly army, you will be punished by heaven!"
"Is there any strong man from Guangrao who is willing to participate in this righteous deed and go to the city with my heavenly soldiers and generals to kill the thieves?"
"If there is anyone with a righteous heart, just go forward, no matter life or death, from now on you will be a member of my heavenly army, and you will have enough rice to eat!"
"If you can kill the bandits or attack the city, you will be given food and salary, and then you can join the Tiangang Army's reserve camp!"
So many words, in fact, only two sentences remained in the ears of Guangrao people.
If you dare to attack the city, you will be full of food!
Climb the city or kill officers and soldiers to become the Tiangang Army's reserve camp!
Either one is full of temptation, like the devil's whisper.
Especially the latter!
It has been many days of walking.
Although there are several groups of people who get along with each other in the royal team, the people in Guangrao have always been at the bottom with the worst treatment.
But while they watched with cold eyes, they also understood the internal hierarchy of the Heavenly Army.
The camp area of Tianzhu Camp was several camps away from theirs, so it was basically unknown.
The Tiangang Army, Tianfu Army, and civilian camps are basically arranged in order from high to low.
Among them, the treatment of the Tiangang Army is basically the envy of all Guangrao people.
Not to mention two meals of rice a day, you can also eat meat every three days to taste the meat...
Even their life before becoming refugees was much worse in comparison.
only……
If you attack a city, you will have to fight with the army.
What's more, although they were not sent by Wang Zheng to fill the river in the past few days, the fate of the refugees on the other two sides was basically seen by everyone, and they were even more frightened.
This kind of situation can lead to death if you are not careful...it is just a matter of time and again. If you lose your life, where will you have food?
Most people hesitated and finally gave up and refused.
Just a week of not having enough to eat is not enough for them to risk their lives for a bite of food.
What many people fail to realize is that.
Unknowingly, the reason why they refused to attack the city and refuse to serve the royal government was just because they were afraid of death, not out of resentment.
Human nature is always so wonderful.
Seeing the tragic experiences of other refugees...
Especially today, Wang Zheng has brought out more food. It seems that he is not going to force them to attack the city, and it is purely based on volunteers.
Many of these Guangrao people began to feel happy that they were in Wang Zheng's group.
They seem to have forgotten that the fact that their good people became refugees was also caused by the other party.
Of course, among the huge number of people there are always some who are smart and some who are not afraid of death.
A wise person has seen the future clearly and does not want to drink a toast or eat as a penalty.
Those who are not afraid of death are really just tempted.
No matter what, in the end two hundred refugees were willing to attack the city, which made Wang Zheng already satisfied.
He looked around at the group of people, nodded, and gave the order.
"Let these brothers eat and rest for a while before going to attack the city."
"By the way." He added: "Each person will be given a wooden spear."
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the other side.
At this time, it was getting dark soon.
The yellowish mist slowly rises under the sunlight.
Staring at the towering city wall in the distance, Xu He sighed in his heart.
"It's finally started!"
The body that is no longer young is once again filled with passion.
After the moat was flattened, in Xu He's view, Linzi City, the capital of Qingzhou, was already in his possession.
But secretly, Xu He still felt a little regretful for his family's hasty revolt.
He always felt that he was not prepared enough.
What Xu He didn’t know was that,
Precisely because of Wang Zheng's arrival, this time he had at least reached the gates of Linzi.
In the real history of the Three Kingdoms in the previous life, Xu He and Sima Ju swept through Jinan and Le'an counties, but before they could even take the first step, Xia Houyuan led a mighty army to directly surround them.
As a result, naturally, all his ambitions were stillborn as he was defeated and killed.
Forget it, it's useless to think too much at this time.
He calmed down and commanded the soldiers in a deep voice:
"let's start."
"promise!"
Following the orders of the personal soldiers and their commander-in-chief, the entire Taiping Army was quickly mobilized.
Naturally, those at the forefront are the refugees.
This time, it turned into two torrents.
One party is either holding a crude armor such as a wooden shield, or a weapon such as a wooden spear or ax.
The other party had nothing but a small sandbag tied to his body.
This is because Xu He learned experience from Wang Zheng and made some changes based on his previous siege plan.
First, it is the attitude towards refugees.
The casualties on the moat were too tragic.
No matter how many refugees there are, we cannot completely stop caring for them, otherwise... we can't afford to hurt them.
Therefore, the common people of the two counties who were originally destined to be just cannon fodder, who were responsible for the charge, finally had the tools to defend themselves and kill the enemy.
On the other hand, it is naturally the specific trend means.
Xu He also gave a glimmer of hope to those with sandbags tied to them.
This group of refugees did not need to rush to the top of the city. They only needed to rush to the bottom of the city with sandbags and pile them according to his requirements.
This puzzles many refugees.
The three sections of the moat have been filled in and the road has been opened, so why do we still need to carry sandbags?
The key is that they don't have enough cover from the refugees on the other side.
Even though this sandbag is much smaller than before.
The refugees are also worried that it will affect their actions and their ability to dodge attacks.
The person responsible for informing the Taiping troops did not give them an explanation, but simply demanded execution.
These ignorant refugees did not understand, but Li Jiayuan on the top of the city took a look and had a vague guess in his heart.
What happened next made his face even more ugly.
They were wheelbarrows that could be pushed by a single person, and they were also filled with bags of sandbags.
"What a thief!" The young captain's face became increasingly serious, and he snorted coldly: "It seems that he was well prepared."