When many squires heard this, they also said: "Yes, yes, Lin Gongzi is a living bodhisattva, a great good man, based on benevolence and righteousness, and he must be willing to do this." ”

"Thanks to Lin Gongzi's great grace this time, in the future, we will definitely set up a shrine for Lin Gongzi, three incense sticks in the morning and evening, and pray for Lin Gongzi and you."

"The so-called saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, and now Lin Gongzi has saved us and others, and in the future, children and grandchildren, brocade hats, mink fur, wealth and longevity."

Lin Quan listened to the words of these people and said indifferently: "Yes, everyone, let me ask you, some of you are over-educated, even if you are not from a background, you have also studied. ”

The gentry were silent, and Lin Quan continued: "If I remember correctly, there is still a chastity archway in someone's house, which was obtained by his mother for many years of observance. ”

One of the gentry lowered his head, and Lin Quan looked at the gentry: "The so-called upward and downward effect, your mother can keep the festival, and you, who are the sons, why should you leave now that it is the time of the festival." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, when you let them keep the feast, but the righteousness is awe-inspiring, and if the man does not obey, you will use lynching. Don't you really know these things?"

"Since you can make widows keep festivals, why can't you keep festivals yourself, is it better to raise a woman after many years of raising scholars in the imperial court?"

When the gentry heard this, most of them bowed their heads in shame, while a gentleman who did not believe in evil said: "This festival is a festival, and Bing Xie is a soldier, Lin Gongzi, how can the two be confused." Lin Gongzi, don't say that some of these are gone, you can give us a letter of approval, whether to let it go or not. ”

When Lin Quan heard this, he said to the gentry: "Let it go, let it go, but you can't take everything with you, your background, family wealth, and servants must be left behind by my son." ”

"Lin Quan, you are a sinner, how dare you take away our origin."

"Lin Gongzi can't, the official can, let people preach and send an edict, as Lin Gongzi said, the gentlemen who left here today will all be stripped of their origins and become white dings."

After Lin Quan's reprimand, after the battle between heaven and man, the magistrate knew that he couldn't leave here, so he followed Lin Quan to the end.

Now these squires don't know what to do, they have to leave, and they make people's hearts very confused, thinking that when the time comes, the city will be lost, and he will only have death, he will not be angry.

"You, you, you dare. We're going to the prefect's house, and you're going to have a copy. ”

"Hmph, it is not known whether this official will live to that day, but you can participate if you want."

Lin Quan looked at the indignant squire among them, and didn't bother to talk nonsense, so he walked over with the soldier, and then pulled the man down from the carriage, then took off his coat and hat, and asked the servant to change his linen clothes for the squire, and said to the squire, "You can go." ”

"This, there is no royal law yet."

"If you don't feel convinced, you can go to the saint to see me, if I haven't died at that time, the saint can just punish me."

Lin Quan asked the ladies in the carriage to come down and let them walk, and the carriage was going to stay here now.

What else can the maid say, she can only tremble, Lin Quan said to the servant: "If you want to leave, you can leave, but you can only bring a day's food, if you are willing to stay, then you are free." ”

What the servants were thinking about was how to get rid of their lowly status, and Lin Quan's words were exactly what they wanted. And now the squire's money and food have been suppressed by Lin Quan, and they only have one day's food, and when they go outside, there is only one way to starve to death, so it is better to stay in the city.

Lin Quan drove away the unconvinced squires so rudely, and the remaining squires said that they had been enlightened, sincerely repented, and were willing to stay in the city, become righteous, and die to make their will clear.

Seeing them like this, Lin Quan asked them to go back, and then sent his master to check the accounts and register their money and grain, which were temporarily borrowed by the imperial court, and when the time came, they could go to the prefect to ask for it with the IOU.

What else can the squires say, now that Lin Quan is in power, what is what he says.

Many squires hoped that those squires who had left would be able to go to other counties and use the post house to inform the prefect of the news and let the prefect make decisions for them.

Lin Quan also ignored these squires, for those civilians who insisted on leaving, they did not ask for money and silver, and left all the food, and all the yamen issued IOUs and let them go to other county seats.

Most of them were nostalgic for their homeland and were reluctant to leave, and in two days, only five or six hundred people left.

After they left, their houses were used as timber, and many of the young men in the city were trained in the barracks outside the city.

Lin Quan did not make wooden walls this time, but began to make arrows, although Nantong City now has 50,000 arrows, but this is obviously not enough, Lin Quan thought that at least 200,000 would be good.

Lin Quan also asked other counties to support, and on the 22nd of February, the first support team arrived, only 300 people, but they brought 50 stone of food and some arrows.

As for Lei Zhenzi, there are only two. Lin Quan inquired and found out that the other counties were basically passive and sabotage, and they didn't take the creation of Lei Zhenzi seriously, after all, they thought that they didn't need this to capture Dangshan, and when the eight pillars of Dangshan were knocked down, there was nothing to do in the urgent manufacturing.

When Lin Quan heard the news, he could only say damn, damn.

But two cars are better than nothing, and Lin Quan can only hope that the county town will be able to send ten cars by then.

In the next three days, the support arrived, and a total of 4,000 troops came, sending more than 500 stones of rice and grain, and 60,000 arrows, but Lei Zhenzi only had ten in total.

Lin Quan didn't have any wood to make this, so he could only put two on each side, and as for the remaining two, it would be up to the southern army to attack where the time came.

Thinking of this, Lin Quan couldn't help sighing, if Lei Zhenzi had a hundred vehicles, he could say that no matter how many troops in the south there were, there would only be no return. If it is added to the Taixi fire, it is nine times out of ten.

It's a pity that these people didn't give themselves this opportunity, and now Lin Quan is not sure that he can hold this city under the attack of the southern army and wait for the arrival of the imperial army.

Lin Quan, who had finished his inspection, was about to go back, when he met Nie Yunfeng, Nie Yunfeng looked at Lin Quan's eyes were bloodshot, looked tired, and said to Lin Quan: "Young Master Lin, although the big war is imminent, you also have to rest." ”

"When the battle is over, there will be a time for me to rest."

Lin Quan invited Nie Yunfeng to his house, Lin Quan asked the servant Duan to bring tea, and said to Nie Yunfeng: "Yunfeng, I don't know what you are looking for me this time."

"I'm telling you, the group of martial arts people you gathered are some unstable."

"yes, looks like I'm going to the barracks."

Nie Yunfeng saw that Lin Quan was about to leave, and said to Lin Quan: "There is no need to rush this matter, you don't even know why they are shaking, what's the use of going." ”

"Also, Yunfeng, you say that, you must know the reason."

"Although they knew that they were defending the city, they didn't expect that the imperial army was trapped, and there were so many southern ** teams. Although they like glory and wealth, the premise is that they have a life to enjoy it. ”

Lin Quan nodded and told Nie Yunfeng that he knew about this. He didn't expect that the situation would become like this.

Nie Yunfeng continued: "So they were a little reluctant, but they just quit, they felt that they couldn't get over their face, if there were more people who quit, they would naturally be able to save face, so they were looking for companions there." ”

Lin Quan couldn't help frowning, and said to Nie Yunfeng: "This is not good, if they sneak away, I can do this, and now that they are like this, let it go, and let it go." ”

Nie Yunfeng didn't continue the topic, but suddenly asked Lin Quan: "Lin Quan, I want to ask you, why hasn't the Southern ** team arrived yet." ”

"Looking at this situation, they are ready to eat Concubine Ping's 100,000 main force."

"So what's the use of you being stationed here?"

"Waiting for the arrival of the army of Jingming City."

Nie Yunfeng looked at Lin Quan and asked solemnly, "Then when will the Jingming City army arrive?"

"The letter on the twenty-seventh arrived in the hands of the saint at the earliest, and if the saint was arbitrary, he would immediately send it. Then around March 5th, the order returned to Jingming City. But now there is no commander in the army in Jingming City, and now in Yi'an Xiangyun Second Mansion, Ye Xiaoyu can be called a famous general, but this person is only a talented person, and it is still difficult to turn the tide. ”

Lin Quan calculated, this happened suddenly, no one thought that the mountain was not broken, and the imperial court was defeated. Although there is a large army stationed in Jingming City, there is no famous commander who can command it.

"Can't you either?"

"I don't know how to fight, I'm good at odds, and if I'm weaker than right, I can't hide it, I broke the principality twice, both of them were less than 50,000 people, and when this number is too much, it will be difficult for me to command."

"Then according to your calculations, when will the army of Jingming City arrive at the earliest."

"April."

"How long can Concubine Ping's army last?"

Lin Quan said that it is difficult to say, if he is lucky, he can hold out until mid-March, if he is unlucky, he is afraid that he will be defeated in the next few days.

Lin Quan told Nie Yunfeng that this kind of encirclement was the most demoralizing, and the longer it was, the easier it was for morale to collapse, and of course there was water, Lin Quan didn't think that the water source of a mountain could feed an army of 100,000 for how long.

Even if there is no shortage of water and food, this will not be able to break through, and if there is no foreign aid, the soldiers will only gradually lose their fighting spirit, so the middle of March is the limit.

When Nie Yunfeng heard this, he asked Lin Quan, wasn't there someone besieging it for forty-five days in ancient times, and the city was trapped for two months

Lin Quan said that it was not easy to say, but he hoped that the main force of the Yu Dynasty could hold on until May, and then the imperial army would be assembled, and they could be rescued at that time.

"Even if it's the middle of the month, then Nantong City, can it hold on to this half a month?"

Lin Quan has no answer to this question, and he himself is not clear.