Nanzhi County!

The red light of the sunset envelops the whole world, the city wall, the city tower, the dwellings and other buildings of Nanzhi County are all covered with a layer of red clothes, outside the north city gate of Nanzhi County, there are full 30,000 or 40,000 people standing on both sides of the city gate, so that the city gate presents a sea of people, and the magnificent scene of crowding people.

Most of these people are old people, children, and women, and there are very few young and strong, not even one, among them, some are local people in Nanzhi, and some are people from all over Nanzhi, and among the 30,000 or 40,000 people, eighty percent of the people have come to Nanzhi in the past two days.

The reason why they came to Nanzhi was to learn that the Qin army was about to arrive in Nanzhi County, they had been hungry for a long time, and they didn't know when the last time they had a full meal, and what it was like to have meat, and the Qin army entered the city, which meant opening a warehouse and releasing grain, which meant that the people in the city could have a full meal.

In order to have a full meal, they did not hesitate to take a dangerous road, did not hesitate to travel long distances, and did not hesitate to cross mountains and mountains to come to Nanzhi County!

This is the charm of food, as long as you have food in your hands, you don't have to worry about no one serving you, of course, this is a troubled time, don't say it in a prosperous world!

Everyone held a broken bowl and jar in their hands, and looked at the northern official road with expectant eyes, in the face of hope, even the people who were about to die were struggling.

Thundered.... Thundered....

At sunset and dusk, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves in the north, as soon as the sound of horses' hooves was heard, the spirit of thirty or forty thousand hungry people was shocked, their expressions were excited, and they were looking forward to it.

"It's coming!"

"The Qin army is finally here!"

"We are saved, we are saved!"

"Rush!"

One after another hungry people shouted loudly, venting the excitement in their hearts, for a while, the hungry people with red eyes rushed towards the Qin army, the Qin soldiers in the front of the army saw this scene, and suddenly seemed to be facing the enemy, the sword and shield soldiers erected a shield wall, and the crossbowmen aimed the crossbow at the menacing hungry people.

"The people in front immediately stopped, and those who were a hundred steps close to the array were killed!" A Qin military captain drew his sword and shouted loudly.

"Kill!!"

The soldiers of the Qin army shouted angrily in unison, and let out a murderous killing sound, causing countless hungry people to stop when they heard the sound and did not dare to approach!

"What's going on?"

At this time, a voice that was not angry and self-righteous came, and the soldiers of the Qin army subconsciously turned their heads to look back, only to see Emperor Yingchang of Great Qin hurrying over on a Yunxiao war horse, followed by Bai Qi, Du Changjing, and Aluke Ge.

The captain of the Qin military academy, who had just drawn his sword and faced each other, hurriedly put away his sword, and walked towards Yingchang with a respectful expression, and when he reached the distance three steps before Yingchang, he knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Your Majesty, the hungry people want to rush at my big array, but they have been stopped by the last general!" ”

Ying Chang looked up at the official road in front of him, and saw that the official road in front of him had been blocked by dense hungry people, blocking the way for the Qin army to enter the city.

Seeing the dense crowd of hungry people, Aluk Ge couldn't help but wonder: "Didn't there be a scout who said before that Nanzhi County only has a population of seven or eight thousand?" Why so many all of a sudden? Could it be that Wu Yang's soldiers disguised themselves as hungry people? ”

Du Changjing's brows tightened, and after observing it carefully, his tightly knit brows stretched, "These hungry people are either old people, or women and children, they should be the people around Nanzhi, not Wu Yang's **!" ”

While Du Changjing spoke, Ying Chang drove the war horse forward and walked towards the dense hungry people, when he was a hundred steps away from the hungry people, Ying Chang said to the thousands of hungry people with a smile on his face: "Everyone, I am the Great Qin Emperor Ying Chang, I know that you have not had a full meal for many days, and you urgently get a bite of food to save your life!" ”

"But can you get out of the way and let my Qin army enter the city, and when my Qin army enters the city and opens a warehouse to release grain, I can guarantee that I will definitely let you eat a hot and full meal!"

"Okay, good, His Majesty the Great Qin Emperor is really the king of benevolence and righteousness!"

"Welcome to His Majesty the Great Qin Emperor into the city!"

"Long live Great Qin!"

"Long live Renjun!"

"It is rumored that Emperor Qin loves the people like a son and thinks about the people everywhere, when I see it today, the rumors are true!"

"We will have a good life in the future!"

"Don't shout, get out of the way, don't hinder the righteous army from entering the city, scatter!"

"Hurry up!"

The hungry people all showed excitement and gratitude, and quickly moved out of the way, allowing the army to enter the city.

"Into town!" Yingchang snorted softly!

"Into town!"

"Into town!"

Generals at all levels have conveyed orders, and after the orders were conveyed to the whole army, the black long dragon that had just stopped for a short time moved again, passing through the starving people's ranks, passing through the Nanzhi North City Gate, and successfully settled in Nanzhi County, since then, Nanzhi County has changed hands to Qin, and the hand of the Great Qin Empire has been inserted into Jiyuan County!

After the army entered the city, Yingchang ordered the battalion to make a fire at the north city gate to cook, opened thirty stoves, and a thousand soldiers took turns to do it, and within three incense sticks, twenty pots of fragrant white rice were presented in the eyes of countless hungry people.

Seeing the plump white rice, every hungry person couldn't help but drool, and the hungry red eyes never left the white rice.

After the white rice is cooked, the soldiers put a pot of white rice on the temporary grain table, the grain table is three feet high, there are a total of three grain stations on the table, each grain table has two soldiers holding a big iron spoon, after everything is ready, Ying Chang himself stood on the grain table, shouted to the hungry people in the mess under the stage:

"Fellow villagers, the food has been cooked, please also ask the villagers and elders to line up and come one by one, don't panic, the food is enough!"

When the words fell, countless hungry people rushed to line up in three queues, each queue corresponded to a grain place, the hungry people queued up very fast, and after more than ten breaths, the original chaotic scene suddenly became orderly.

Ying Chang nodded with satisfaction, personally walked to the middle of the grain table, took a soldier's grain spoon, and decided to personally spoon the hungry people, seeing the Great Qin Emperor personally take the spoon, many hungry people were moved to tears, and those children looked at Ying Chang's eyes, also full of worship and admiration!

"Let's get started!" Yingchang shouted with a smile on his face!

When the soldiers who stopped under the grain table heard Yingchang's words, they immediately gave way to three lanes for the hungry people to pass, and when the hungry people saw this, they immediately walked up the steps of the grain table, came to the corresponding grain table, and then stretched out the broken jar and bowl in their hands to the Qin soldiers who put the grain.

The soldiers of the Qin army who were in charge of putting the grain took a big iron spoon and stretched it into the cauldron, scooped out a full spoonful, poured it into the broken bowl and jar stretched out by the hungry people, and then poured a spoonful of cabbage soup on the white rice to make the rice more fragrant and prevent the hungry people from swallowing their throats.

Seeing that he had received a bowl full of white rice, countless hungry people burst into tears, shedding bitter tears, and became more and more grateful to Qin Jun.

They will always remember this day, knowing that if it weren't for the Qin army, they would have starved to death in the wilderness, becoming a starving corpse, it was the Qin army that gave them a full bite of food and let them live, and the grace of saving their lives is the greatest kindness, and they will repay this kindness with their lives and even future generations.

"The child wants to eat more, come, big brother will give you another spoonful!"

"Thank you, Lord, dog, don't hurry up and thank Lord!"

"Thank you, Master Jun!"

"No thanks, it should be, eat slowly, don't swallow!"

"Master Jun, can you give me a little more? I have an old wife, who is hungry and can't walk, and she wants food for two, you see..."

"No problem, come on, fill your old spoon!"

"Thank you, thank you, Master Jun!"

On the battlefield, the soldiers of the Qin army are all murderous and unblinking asuras, but when the warehouse is opened and the grain is released, the soldiers of the Qin army are all good people, and they must help if they can, as long as the reason is sufficient, they will give you as much food as you want, two words, be full!

The Qin army has two titles, the division of tigers and wolves, and the division of benevolence and righteousness!

Whether it is the former or the latter, it is not blown out by itself, but after taking action.

Time passed slowly, two hours in a flash, and a moment in the night!

Night has already fallen, the whole land is immersed in the night, but at the north gate of Nanzhi County, it is brightly lit, a large number of Qin soldiers are holding torches, and under the lights, a large number of hungry people are resting against the wall, each hungry person is holding a clean broken bowl and broken jar in his hand, which is licked clean.

"It's finally done!"

After seeing the hungry people lining up to receive food, Yingchang exhaled a mouthful of turbidity and spit out his exhaustion, and he insisted on holding the spoon for two hours, although the people could see his kindness, but it also made his arm sore.

Yingchang put the iron spoon back into the empty iron pot, and then walked down the grain table, looking at the countless hungry people leaning against the wall and lying on the ground, Yingchang felt a sense of accomplishment, and after this sense of accomplishment came to his heart, Yingchang forgot that his arms were sore.

It's worth it!

"Someone!" Yingchang called softly!

"The last general!"

Pei Ji, who had been silently guarding Yingchang's side, immediately ran over to answer.

"Calculate how many people there are, and then distribute a bucket of food to each person according to the head, and besides, it's not a matter for them to sleep outside, there are many empty houses in the city, you immediately take people to settle these people!" Ying Chang said expressionlessly.

"Yes!" Pei Ji replied with a respectful expression!

Immediately afterwards, Pei Ji took two hundred Praetorian Guards to begin to liquidate the heads, and after a period of liquidation, there were more than 32,000 people in total, and some people were not counted, that part of the people were the locals of Nanzhi, after the locals ate the life-saving food, they all went home to rest, and only the homeless people would lie on the ground or lean against the wall.

In order to know how many people got food, Pei Ji had to take people to knock on the door one by one, although this was a disturbance to the people, but it was also a last resort, and the disturbed people were not angry but happy, happily walked out of the house, and went to the original grain station to receive food.

After all the locals in Nanzhi left their homes, Pei Ji finally got an accurate number, 39,000 people!

One bucket of rice per person, 39,000 people is 39,000 buckets, equivalent to 3,900 stones, a bucket of grain is not much, but for these hungry people, saving some food can be eaten for a month.

Next, the Qin army spent another two hours distributing food, and after distributing the food, Pei Ji began to settle the hungry people, which was a busy night, until the next day, to solve the problem of food and shelter for the people.

After the distribution of grain and the daily consumption of the army, the Qin army still has 1.7 million stone grain, which is very fast, at this rate, after three months, the Qin army will run out of food, but Yingchang ordered Dongzhou Taishou to mobilize food as early as a month ago.

There are 18 warehouses in six counties in Dongzhou, and there are 5.4 million stone grains, which are enough to sustain this batch of grain, which is enough to last until Great Qin destroys Yan!

Two days in a flash, the twenty-fourth year of the Holy Qin, the twentieth day of April, and the hour of Chen!

Great Qin Empire, Dongzhou, Fangshan County, Qinyan Border!

Five miles west of Yanqingkou Pass, a military camp stands on the flat ground, and the military camp uses countless black 'Qin' military flags, you can know that this military camp is the Qin military camp, yes, it is the Qingkou camp!

Handsome tent!

Among the handsome tents, Zhao Hao, the general of Zhenbei, is in a military uniform and occupies a handsome position, and there are nine generals standing on the left and right sides of the big tent, all of whom are the nine generals, they are the famous devil eighteen horsemen, also known as the devil eighteen generals!

Since Zhao Hao led a battalion alone, the Devil Eighteen General is not only a special army charging into battle, but also a commander in command of the army!

Zhao Hao, who was sitting in the handsome position, was reading the letter that had just been sent from the Ningta camp, and after reading the contents of the letter, Zhao Hao couldn't help but show a smile on his face, and grinned at the Devil's Eighteen Generals: "Your Majesty's will, order us to attack Qingkou Pass!" ”

That's right, the letter sent from the Ningta camp was Yingchang's edict, ordering him to lead his troops to attack Qingkou Pass, but there was another line on the letter, which read: "Zheng Long's surrender to Qin is a fraudulent surrender, be careful, don't pass it on, just know it!" ”

Don't pass it on! Don't pass it on! Zhao Hao naturally did not inform the Devil Eighteen Generals of Zheng Long's deception, although he trusted the Devil Eighteen Horsemen, but this is not a matter of trust or distrust, what His Majesty said cannot be transmitted, then it cannot be transmitted, otherwise it is not Yang Feng Yin violation?

"Great, it's finally our turn!" Demon Rat General Zhao Cun smiled excitedly.

Although the name of the Demon Rat General is not good, it is a bit timid as a mouse, but in fact, the Demon Rat General Zhao Cun is the most powerful one of the Devil's Eighteen Horsemen, except for Zhao Hao, he is the boss of the Devil's Eighteen Horsemen.

"Looking at Qingkou Pass every day, I can finally take practical action now!"

"This battle, but the first battle of our Devil Nineteen generals to lead the army to fight for the first time, must be beautiful, let the world see, our Devil Nineteen Horsemen, not only are good at charging into battle, but also geniuses who lead troops to fight!"

"This battle is only allowed to be won and not defeated!"

The Devil's Eighteen Horsemen were all elated, and their fighting spirit was awe-inspiring, and they couldn't wait to send troops to attack Qingkou Pass now.

For the general, the first battle can be said to be important, because he can decide how far he can go in the future, so the Devil's Eighteen Horsemen, who have never led troops to fight alone, have a determination to win the first battle.

Looking at the elated appearance of the Devil's Eighteen Horsemen, Zhao Hao was also very happy in his heart, because this battle was also the first battle in the sense of life.

"It's a good thing to have a fighting spirit, but don't underestimate the enemy, Qingkou Pass belongs to Dong Li, the king of Yanming, Dong Li has an army of 300,000, and the strength cannot be underestimated, and we only have 50,000, and there are 10,000 cavalry, the most important thing, we don't have any siege equipment yet!"

"According to the scout's report, Dong Li has increased his troops by 150,000 in Qingkou Pass, and now there are 200,000 troops in Qingkou Pass, our troops are four times weaker than Dong Li, and there are no siege equipment, and the latest rockets developed by the Ordnance Department have not been equipped by our army, if you want to take Qingkou Pass, it is difficult, it is very difficult!" Zhao Hao's face was straight, and he said with a slightly solemn expression.

"If you can't attack, you can only outwit!" Demon Rat General Zhao Cun said in a deep voice.

The rest of the devil generals also nodded, and the war is not only by force, and if you can't beat it by force, then play yin, anyway, the soldiers have clouds, soldiers, and tricks!

Zhao Hao pondered for a moment, "Outwitted? If you outwit, there will be a way, but this method is more risky, and we need to participate in the nineteen demon generals! ”

"General, just say it directly, our brothers, we haven't seen any ups and downs!" Demon Bull General Zhao Ke said impatiently.

Demon Bull Demon Bull, this title is really not wrong for him, an acute son.

"Burn Dong Li's grain and grass!" Zhao Hao didn't ink, and directly said his own way.

"This method is good, although Dong Li is a prince, but there is no support from the imperial court behind him, once we burn his military rations, his 200,000 army will definitely be in turmoil, and even if we don't need to tackle the problem, they themselves will fall apart!" Zhao Cun said with a smile.

Zhao Hao nodded, "That's right, although Dong Li is behind the Dong family, one of the top ten families of Dayan, the Dong family has a strong heritage, and it does not provide Dong Li's army food continuously, and besides, Dong Li's army is all militia soldiers who have not been trained!" ”

"They are working hard for Dong Li, just to eat, if Dong Li can't give them the full food they want, the army will collapse without a fight, but although the strategy is good, but there are many dangers, we need the nineteen demon generals to sneak into Dong Li's military camp and find Dong Li's military rations!"

"These are not difficult for us, the difficult thing is to retreat with all the body, Ben will hear that this Dong Li still has two brushes, as long as he knows that the military rations are burned, he will definitely make the soldiers blockade the military camp, when the time comes, we must kill thousands of troops and horses, otherwise, I am afraid that we will be folded inside!"

Zhao Hao's expression became solemn again, and a trace of worry appeared between his eyebrows.

"It's easy to do!" Zhao Cun said disappreciatively.

"Oh?" Zhao Hao raised his eyebrows, "This is easy to do?" That's why you say it! ”

"General, don't go, leave this matter to our eighteen brothers, because we need you to attract the firepower of Dong Li's army, and when we act, you lead the army to detain the pass, and put on a strong offensive posture, Dong Li will definitely mobilize the army to defend Qingkou when he sees that you want to attack!"

"In the face of the enemy's imminent breakthrough, any general will focus on defense, and will never think that the military rations will be burned by the enemy, and when our brothers burn Dong Li's military rations, Dong Li's army will definitely be in a hurry!"

"And at this time, the general, you will lead the army to the pass, give Dong Li a few waves of crossbow arrows, and mistakenly make Dong Li think that the real purpose of our Qin army is to attack the city, and burning his military rations is just to mess with his army's morale and facilitate the main army to attack the city!"

"At that time, Dong Li will only send some people to fight the fire, and will never dare to mobilize the army to reward the barracks, so that our brothers can retreat!" Zhao Cun looked indifferent and said eloquently.

"Wonderful, wonderful, really wonderful!" Zhao Hao shouted three times in a row, and felt a burst of surprise!

The rest of the demon generals also gave Zhao Cun a thumbs up one after another, expressing their admiration.

"If this is done, Ben will definitely ask His Majesty for credit for you!" Zhao Hao looked at Zhao Cundao with a smile on his face.

Zhao Cun scratched his head embarrassedly, "It doesn't matter if you don't take credit, the main thing is that you want to win the battle." ”

"Haha!"

Hearing such a duplicitous sentence, Zhao Hao and many other demon generals couldn't help but laugh.

"Report!"

At this time, there was an urgent report outside the tent, and when Zhao heard this, he immediately shouted softly: "Enter!" ”

After the words fell, a scout opened the curtain and walked into the tent, and then knelt down on one knee with a respectful expression to make a report: "General Yu, just half an hour ago, the door of Qingkou was opened, and more than a dozen Yan cavalry came out of it, and some of them were holding talismans, they should have come to ask to see the general!" ”

"Interesting..."Zhao Hao suddenly became interested, and then waved his hand lightly to the scout, signaling the scout to retreat, the scout was proud, immediately got up from the ground, and quickly left the tent, after the scout left, Zhao Hao looked at the Devil Eighteen generals standing on both sides and asked: "Everyone, what do you think about this matter?" ”

"Either make peace or surrender!" Zhao Ke said.

"The possibility of peace is a little greater, you must know that Zheng Long has already surrendered, if he does not seek peace, he will be attacked by our army and Zheng Long from both sides, and if you don't make peace, it means death!"

"I think the possibility of surrender is greater than the possibility of peace, because Zheng Long surrendered to Qin, and His Majesty gave the condition of retaining the prince and fief, this condition is not bad, and it is difficult for anyone to resist!"

"If Dong Li surrenders, we will be embarrassed, first of all, Dong Li will definitely negotiate the conditions for surrendering, this is undoubted, but we can't be the master, we can't decide whether to accept or not to accept the conditions, we need to submit it to Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will make the decision!"

"Your Majesty is currently in Huaibei County, you want it for two months, if Your Majesty agrees to surrender, it's fine, it's worth wasting time, but if Your Majesty doesn't agree, we will waste two months of time in vain!"

"This Dong Li is really looking for trouble, come to us at this time!"

The demon generals were talking a lot, and they were a little unhappy that Dong Li sent someone to envoy at this time, after all, they had already discussed the plan to seize Qingkou Pass, and when they were about to implement it, they were interrupted, and no one would be comfortable.

Knock! Knock!

Zhao Hao tapped the handsome case with his fingers and signaled everyone to be quiet.

Seeing that Zhao Hao was about to speak, the demon generals closed their mouths one after another, and after the tent was quiet, Zhao Hao said expressionlessly: "The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, no matter what Dong Li sends people to do, we will follow it together, and although we do not have the right to decide the conditions, we have the right to talk about the conditions, if we feel that Dong Li's conditions are excessive, we can refuse, and then act according to the original plan!" ”

"That's right!" Zhao Cun nodded and said.

PS: "Don't think that there is very little chapter every day, the amount of this chapter is 6,000 words, and generally a chapter is 2,000 words, but the author is lazy to divide the chapters, so they are merged." ”