Junze is right when he says that he is not as good as her in controlling people's hearts.
Suddenly, dozens of refugees poured in at the gate of Tongning County. They were in ragged clothes and covered with injuries, spreading panic in Tongning County.
"After the army of the great prince came in, they burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil."
"All my family's food was forcibly requisitioned as military rations. If I didn't want to, they broke my legs."
"We heard that Tongning County was safe, so we risked our lives to escape from the city. Countless people died on the road."
"Wherever the rebels went, corpses lay everywhere. They captured strong men in the streets and marched them into the army. Those who were unwilling were killed on the spot."
"..."
Rumors are like sparks of fire. As long as they are given a little wind, they can become a prairie fire and send people screaming everywhere.
Gu Yu watched coldly as more and more people came to join the army.
They no longer had nothing to do with themselves, and at first they doubted whether the rumor was true or not. After all, Prince An had a good reputation in Jiangnan.
So Gu Yu eliminated Prince An and directly talked about the vicious behavior of the three princes.
Rumors are more powerful than tigers, especially at such a time of great turmoil, everyone panics.
They are all afraid that Tongning County will be the next city to be attacked.
Magistrate Su scolded her for being despicable and unscrupulous. Gu Yu coldly looked at the people who were coming to join the army in a steady stream like ants.
Suddenly smiled.
mean?
So what.
She just wants to make everyone panic and understand that if they don't defend the city, they will die.
Only in this way will they move.
The human heart is unpredictable, but the human heart is the easiest to fool.
One day, two days, three days, four days, five days, six days...
There is no news of reinforcements, nor of Junze.
The other two enemy armies have captured seven cities, but only the line of the Grand Prince is stuck on the road.
Gu Yu knew that it was Junze who was blocking him.
Jun Jin led a thousand water bandits back to the canal. He wanted to form a line of defense on the river in Tongning County.
The world is in chaos, and true and false news are flying everywhere. Tongning County seems to have responded to the word "Ning" and become the final stability.
Without Jun Jin, military training continues.
In the past few days when rumors spread, more than 1,200 men and women from Tongning County came to join the army, including more than 200 women.
He collected more than 2,000 defeated soldiers from various counties.
There are more than 400 prisoners.
Tongning County currently has nearly 8,000 soldiers.
When there were gangsters who disobeyed discipline, Gu Yu personally went to the military camp and beat them until their teeth were everywhere.
On the one hand, it scares them.
On the other hand, she vented her anxiety over the past few days.
Someone in the military camp said that Tongning County would be defeated and it was better to surrender to the enemy as soon as possible.
Gu Yu hung his head at the entrance of the military camp.
There was a man who quit training halfway through his military training. Gu Yu gave him ten taels of silver, then cut off one of his hands and let him go.
Almost everyone can feel Gu Yu's anxiety, but everyone is also powerless.
Everyone is preparing intensively for the coming enemy troops.
Magistrate Su watched Gu Yu go to extremes step by step, until she mentioned letting prisoners serve as military slaves and put them on the front line.
This means that when a war begins, those prisoners who know nothing about fighting and only know how to use brute force will stand at the front and be killed by the enemy.
Their death cannot ward off the enemy, but it can dull the enemy's swords, consume their strength, and waste arrow feathers.
Magistrate Su said angrily: "Are you asking them to die?"
Gu Yu, who was as cold as ice, said: "They are guilty, why don't we let them die, and let those elite soldiers and common people who just joined the army die?"
Magistrate Su County said heartbrokenly: "They are guilty, but the crime is not worthy of death. Some of them are just guilty of talking and stealing, why are they like this?"
Gu Yu's nerves had been so tense for the past few days that she had no patience to explain to Magistrate Su.
Magistrate Su is too upright.
In peacetime, he was a good official.
But in troubled times, a wise man like him will only drag down the situation.
Magistrate Su County said: "Gu Qinshi! Gu Shizi! Gu Yu! Calm down, General Pingnan is resisting outside, and reinforcements are coming. We are not at the end of the road yet."
Gu Yu held the table with both hands. It was precisely because Junze was resisting outside and the reinforcements had not arrived that she was anxious.
Gu Yu raised her hand to ask Magistrate Su to go out.
Magistrate Su County said: "Gu Yu! If you do this, you will be reviled by everyone in the world!"
Gu Yu looked at Magistrate Su. Her eyes were bloodshot from the anxiety she had experienced for days, making her look particularly scary.
She said slowly: "As long as Magistrate Su doesn't say anything, no one will know."
Naturally, no one of those prisoners would survive.
Gu Yu closed her eyes, the violent factor in her body boiling.
Magistrate Su scolded: "You are crazy, you are really crazy. How could you become like this! Are you still the Gu Yu who proposed a symposium for poor students?"
Magistrate Su's questioning made Gu Yu's nerves seem to have been hit hard.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked at her hands.
Clean and slender.
But the anxiety for days had brought her mentality to the edge of collapse, and she seemed to see blood on her hands.
Use a human life to give the enemy a dull knife.
Is she really crazy?
But she also wants to live.
Gu Yu took a deep breath and said: "I promise you, I will not use this method unless it is absolutely necessary."
County Magistrate Su saw that his words had an effect. Gu Yu's state was obviously not right these days. Since he had made concessions, he did not dare to stimulate him any more.
Magistrate Su County raised his hands and bowed to Gu Yu, saying: "I'm going to resign."
After Magistrate Su left, Gu Yu lay down on the chair dejectedly and covered his face with his sleeves.
She didn't want it, and she didn't want this.
She used to be an ordinary urban girl who only had to think about what skirt to wear and what jewelry to wear. She would be happy all day long just because she ate her favorite desserts. The biggest pressure was to get a promotion and a raise in salary.
But now, she is responsible for a city, for the entire Jiangnan, and for Junze who risked his life to block others.
She controls people's hearts, but cannot control her own heart.
Before she had time to change this world of cannibalism, she had already subconsciously accepted the rules here, eating the weak and the strong, and became a cannibal.
...
Two days later, a scout hurriedly found Gu Yu in the military camp and said: "Report to the imperial envoy that General Pingnan's whereabouts appeared in Bailang Mountain."
Gu Yu's face turned pale.
The most important thing about guerrilla warfare is that the dragon can come and go without a trace.
If even she knew about Junze's behavior, it means that the Grand Prince must have also discovered about Junze's behavior.
What awaits Junze is the worst outcome——
Surround and kill.
Gu Yu looked at the few soldiers and horses in the military camp and fell into a dilemma.
To save or not to save?
Bailang Mountain is not far from Tongning County. If we don't save him, Tongning County will still be able to resist when the army of the Grand Duke arrives.
If they are rescued, it is very likely that the soldiers and horses that went out to rescue will also be surrounded and killed by the soldiers and horses of the prince. By then, Tongning County will no longer be able to resist.
This scout was from the Jun family, and Jun Ze asked him to take orders from Gu Yu before leaving. Privately, of course, he hoped that Gu Yu would send a team of troops to pick up Jun Ze, but there was no movement from Gu Yu, which made his heart pound.
After a few breaths, Gu Yu calmly said: "Gather the troops and horses."