Because there were so many people gathered around the barracks, Mao Bao had to take a boat around and enter the camp from the waterway. By this time, the situation was about to spiral out of control. However, he defended here during this time, and repeatedly fought fiercely with Hulu, and he was also a little powerful among the people.

Seeing Mao Bao appear here, the leaders of the township sect did not dare to be too angry, and were busy restraining the words and actions of the people nearby. After the villagers at the front were slightly reined in, those who were further back were also a little timid for a while, and they all reined in.

"Hearing that Wang Shi was about to abandon the people, the villagers were frightened and frightened, and they were a little excited, all of them were afraid of being harmed by the slaves, and they hoped that Mao Hou would not be guilty. The slaves besieged the villagers here, and the people were not allowed to live, how did Wang Shi deal with it, and hoped that Mao Hou could make a little noise to comfort the panicked people. ”

The middle-aged villagers stepped forward, and there was no shortage of nervous questions to Mao Bao.

Mao Bao's face was not very good-looking, but at this time, the people's feelings had been panicked to an extreme, and he needed to be careful in dealing with it, and after a little muttering, he did not directly answer the question of the old man of the villagers, but jumped on a high place in front of the camp, overlooked the crowd, and said in a loud voice: "The people of the people, what is the one who asks?" Working during the day, eating and lodging at night, the thin soup is short and brown, which is enough to continue life. Why can't you get it? Why can't life be sustained? Those who harm the people, the thieves, the jackals, the torture and killing of the villagers, forcing the people to leave their hometowns, and abandon their ancestors, it is a great harm to the world, extinct human nature, and destroy the people's way of life! ”

Mao Bao's words were said, and the heartache of these people was slightly alleviated for a while, and the grief spread to their hearts, and many people couldn't help but whimper.

"The slaves came south in a big way, and the ruins of Runan were not the land to be defended. Huainan Shenhou deeply sympathized with the suffering of the people, I am afraid that he will not be able to live by himself, and he forcibly sent Wang Shi's other troops to this place to take refuge and save their lives under the slave knife. Slaves, animal temperament, people fall into their hands, can they live? If the king has the heart to abandon the people, there is no need to divide troops to be stationed here before. If Wang Shi does not care about the lives of the people, he should abandon and stay away, why sacrifice his life to save people before! ”

With Mao Bao's shouting, the noise in the crowd gradually subsided, and the panic mood subsided. Although what Mao Bao said is not strong, it is all human nature, so it is more convincing. If the Huainan Army really disregarded human life, then there was no need to fight to save people before. How stupid it is to save first and then abandon it. I was frightened and scared before, but now that I was a little bit more discouraged, I gradually felt at ease.

Seeing this, Mao Bao breathed a sigh of relief, jumped down from a high place, and prepared to invite the leaders of the township sect to discuss the retreat. Now that everyone knows about it, there is no need to hide it, and the army in the town is about to arrive, and these township leaders are also needed to restrain and organize the people to evacuate as soon as possible.

However, as soon as Mao Bao jumped off the ground, a shrill voice sounded in the crowd: "No matter how many words there are, they are all false!" Huainan sent troops, just to force the villagers here and make them flesh and blood! Otherwise, why didn't the slave army attack Huainan and storm here? The villagers only have one life left, and there is no treasure that the slave must take! These soldiers are using the lives of villagers to wear down the enemy's spirit, otherwise why would the meal be shorter? Those who are destined to die, why should they be fed......"

The crowd, which had already calmed down, became agitated again as the voice sounded. It's just that the turmoil hasn't completely spread, Mao Bao has already shouted violently, shouting "retreat", and the whole person has rushed directly into the crowd.

In the direction he rushed, the people retreated in a hurry, and those who moved a little slower were directly knocked to the ground. When he rushed closer, the few fierce people who incited the people's feelings had not yet shut up, seeing this scene, their expressions had changed greatly, and they didn't have time to turn their voices at all, Mao Bao had already raised his knife and killed several people in a row!

At this time, the riot was still spreading, Mao Bao had already carried a few bloody heads, rushed out of the crowd again and jumped back to the high ground he had set up before, raised the heads of those who were still dripping blood above his head, and laughed wildly: "I knew that the slaves and thieves were hiding traitors in the people, and there was no time to judge them in detail before, but today I finally committed rape, and the villagers no longer have to worry about the humanoid jackals lurking nearby!" The army of Wang Shi will arrive at Rukou, and then the slaves will be killed and the people will be returned to Huainan. The suffering will be far away, and the way to live is in sight, but the slave is afraid of being preserved, so he has to send it. There may still be hidden traitors among the people, and they must harm the public for the sake of defeat, and anyone who shows his deeds can be killed, so he can count his military merits and grant land to Huainan with his merits! ”

The bloody scene has already made people's hearts palpitate, but then Mao Bao's cry gives people endless hope. For a while, the mood was up and down, and there was only one thing that could be remembered, that is, to teach the field by merit. No matter when, no matter where, for small people, acres of land are related to life.

"Although the reinforcements will arrive here, the slave is afraid of being saved, there is still a hard battle in recent days, if you can survive the last hardship, you can enjoy decades of life and health! Resist the enemy and kill slaves, have their own king's teacher, and the people will be self-safe, if there is self-chaos, harm others and themselves! Today, the law is about the people, and those who take food, lie and kill people, all these three prohibitions, those who commit them will be killed! Speak carefully, help the needy, respect the sage, all these three good, the keeper is saved! ”

When Mao Bao said this, he threw the few heads he was holding on the ground, and said loudly: "Today, Mao is here, and he swears with the lives of the villagers, and comes to Japan to rescue the villagers. ”

"Mao Hou is benevolent ......"

When the villagers heard Mao Bao's oath, their hearts were also settled for a while, and then they were ashamed and grateful, and they bowed their heads and shouted their respects. The leaders of the township sects who had done nothing before also came forward to help appease the people, so the atmosphere of the imminent collapse of the popular uprising quickly dissipated, and the people gradually retreated to their own humble homes.

After appeasing these panicked villagers, Mao Bao ordered his flag and honor guard to be erected here, and then summoned the leaders of the township sect to discuss the specific matters of retreating in the coming day. The arrival of the boat receiving reinforcements does not mean complete safety, and the more people rush to board the ship and be rescued at such a critical moment, the more likely it is that the situation will get out of control.

At that time, the defenders will still be busy rejecting the enemy, and they will not be able to spare much energy to maintain order, so if they want to evacuate in an orderly manner, they will also rely on the organizational strength of these township leaders. Mao Bao previously agreed to respect the virtuous, virtuous or not virtuous is a vague concept, for the villagers, it is necessary to obey the arrangements of these township leaders and not to make trouble. This is also the only option in the current situation that can quickly form order.

In the next few days, the situation in the Hanging Gourd Land turned out to be as Mao Bao said, and the slave army attacked more and more fiercely, and even rushed in a few times. But with the previous agreement, although the people were still in a panic, as long as they saw the honor guard of Mao Baoqi standing in front of the barracks, they could still maintain some stability and hope to be saved in anxiety.

In fact, the Huainan waterway army had already arrived at Rukou, but the waterway further north of Rukou was extremely badly damaged by the Taobao army, and the navigation condition was extremely poor, and it was difficult for slightly larger boats to break away from Huaishui and go north. Taobao's army was mainly concentrated on both sides of this section of the waterway, sniping at the river, and did not give the Huainan army a chance to break through to the north to join the division.

It was Lu Yong and Xu Mao who were responsible for the evacuation of Runan this time, and they also organized small warships to carry out several raids. But because the waterways became shallow, and the divergent tributaries became so numerous, the slaves were divided into the banks of the river, or they set up obstacles with earth and stones, or threw hooks and ropes, and dragged the warships to the near shore, and then swarmed up to kill and seize the ships! After several small-scale attempts, instead of breaking through the blockade of the slave army, more than a dozen small warships were lost.

Although the Huainan Army's water battle was strong, the peach leopard was not close to Huaishui to fight with the Huainan Army at all, and in the face of such a difficult opponent, Lu Yong and Xu Mao also felt a headache. Fortunately, the news came from the hanging gourd that the situation was still stable, but it was not optimistic, and it was exhausted to resist the attack of the slave army, and it was unable to attack to cope with the depth of the naval army.

After a few days of interception and confrontation, Taobao gradually understood the intention of the Huainan army, and the main purpose of this westward march was not to fight him, but to meet those displaced people in Runan. Such an intention really made Tao Leopard a little incomprehensible, in his opinion, those small people are war consumables, why should they be so solemn, and even send a strong army to respond.

However, this did not prevent him from taking advantage of this, on the one hand, he tightly held this section of the waterway to prevent the two armies from meeting, and on the other hand, he stepped up his attack on Runan, so as to induce the Huainan army to make frequent surprise attacks. It is better to abandon ship and land for the battle, and he can also take the opportunity to expand the results of the war.

But the Huainan Army was determined not to get off the boat, and the other part of the Huainan Army in Runan, which was originally left as a bait by the Peach Leopard, when the Peach Leopard no longer left his strength, broke out with a combat effectiveness that surprised him, and frequently repelled his offensives. Looking at its combat power, even if the peach leopard did not spare any strength to attack directly, it may not be able to break through easily.

Although the Huainan army occupied the advantage of the water war, but under the efforts of the peach leopard, it turned the disadvantage into an advantage, besieging the hanging gourd on the one hand, and blocking Rukou on the other hand.

But the Peach Leopard is at ease here, but Shi Hu can't bear it, because the Peach Leopard is really well defended here, and directly blocked the Huainan Waterway Army in the Huaishui and made it difficult to turn into Rushui. But since then, it also means that the Huainan Army can leave the war and return to the sea at any time. The water range between Ru Ying is extremely close, and the clipper boat is not even an hour's range, and in such a short period of time, it is not enough for Shi Hu's army to cross Huai on a large scale.

And if they are entangled in this war of attrition, or Runan will not be able to support it first, but the loss of the Huainan army will only be a far away. However, if Shi Hu does not advance bravely, can he maintain it, and in other words, the consumption of war potential such as grain and grass by the fact that the army is trapped here alone is an extremely serious problem.

If it drags on any longer, the consumption of grain and grass is too great, and it is impossible for the country to have a second batch of back-up for a while, and the army will collapse without a fight. At least this time there will be no merit in the middle of the southern expedition, and even if the people of Runan are completely annihilated, it will not be enough to make up for Shi Hu's losses in Yingkou.

Therefore, under the urging of Shi Hu's repeated envoys, Taobao also had to adjust his tactics, relax the encirclement of the Rukou River section, and strengthen the attack on the hanging gourd land, so as to lure the Huainan Navy into Rushui, on the one hand, to give Shi Hu enough time to rush to cross, on the other hand, if the battle goes well, it is also possible to severely damage the Huainan Navy here.