"Kill you old thing!" The soldier received the order to collect the grain, did not want to be hindered, the arm force, the old man grabbed it, suddenly his heart was on fire, a foot down, the old man was directly kicked to the ground, the soldier scolded in his mouth, the grain bag in his hand was handed over to the soldier behind him, his eyes revealed the cruelty, the old man was kicked in the chest and the pain was so bad that he couldn't get up from the ground.

"Why are you hitting someone?"

"Why hit someone!"

The soldier with a spear kicked down the old man, and the onlookers let out a roar, and the pent-up anger finally broke out, and the little food that had been saved up was snatched away, and they could only watch their relatives suffer from hunger, and finally leave, there was no longer any grief or pain in their eyes, some were just thirsty, even if it was a full meal, the most basic requirements could not be satisfied.

The angry crowd approached, and the little leader of the soldiers who had just beaten people suddenly felt weak, this was a terrifying gaze, his eyes rolled a few times, and he waved the spear in his hand to protect himself, "I want to rebel, don't you, I have so much strength to guard the city gate." ”

"Forget it, the food is for you." The old man got up from the ground, it must have been not light just now, his hand covered his chest, the little grandson's eyes were full of tears, he must have been frightened, and he couldn't understand what was going on in front of him at such a young age, why he took away the family's food and beat people.

"Count you as acquaintances!"

The soldier swaggered away with his sack of rice, whistling as if he had just experienced a victory.

"Dogs fight people, don't you have old people and children in your own family!"

"Forget it, the people can't afford to fight if they don't fight with the officials."

"If you don't have food, you can only wait for death, it's a big deal to fight with them."

"When we are old, we are still so hot-tempered, there will always be a turnaround, God will not watch us starve to death here." Everyone shook their heads and sighed, and the sound of soldiers shouting and scolding came from not far away, one person suddenly frowned, the voice seemed to come from the direction of his home, his fists were clenched, and his pace was heavy and slow, even if he rushed back, what could he do, the food could not be saved, and the glimmer of hope he had seen was finally shattered.

Qin Yu looked at the soldiers piling up the collected grain on the ground with a cold face, it was enough for a grain mountain, Zhao Hao had invested a lot of money this time, there must be a purpose for doing so, and he must not be fooled, "Did the people say anything?" ”

"Everyone was shocked by the general's majesty, who dared to say anything, obediently handed over the grain."

"The errand is well done, this time it is indispensable for you to repel Zhao Hao and see the king."

"Thank you, General Qin."

"Send all the food back."

"Send it back! General, the food in the barracks is also not abundant, and it is a pity to send back the food for nothing. ”

Qin Yu snorted coldly, "What do you know, this is not rice is poison, you must not let Zhao Hao know about the lack of food in the city, otherwise it will be troublesome, and the soldiers are treacherous, do what the general said." ”

"General's move is really high!"

Qin Yu laughed, "As long as Zhao Hao can't figure out the truth of Maiqiu, the final winner of this battle will only be us." ”

Several carts drove out of the gate of Maiqiu, the city gate was quickly closed, and what was placed on the car was the grain that Zhao Guo put in with the catapult, Qin Yu was uneasy about Zhao Hao's move, the Zhao army that had been attacking had no sign of attack, and what was the purpose of sending food into the city, could it be to figure out how to judge whether there was a shortage of food, Qin Yu stood on the city wall in armor, and fought fiercely for days, the city wall was damaged, and many soldiers had cloth towels wrapped around their heads, and the blood showed dark red through the cloth towel.

Several carts slowly approached, and a soldier pulled his neck and shouted, "Listen to the people of Zhao Kingdom, this is your grain, not a single grain will be sent back to you, the wheat mound has enough grain and grass is not rare at all, if you want to fight it, come in a dignified manner, don't do these small actions behind your back." ”

The soldiers shouted several times in a row, dropped the cart and returned to Maiqiu, a group of soldiers flashed out of the Zhao camp, carrying a spear that was not on weekdays, a pitch-black cauldron, directly in front of the position, with dry firewood on the shelf below, the torch was taken and lit directly, some soldiers brought water, and after a short time, a burst of white gas began to rise, a piece of fresh meat was thrown in, and a layer of oil flowers soon floated on it, and more than a dozen soldiers puffed up a fierce fan, and a burst of meat fragrance floated out.

It was noon time again, a soldier looked at the almost transparent gruel in the bowl in front of him, even if the rice grains were pitiful, the smell of meat kept wafting, through the nostrils kept drilling in, couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of spit, after drinking a bowl of porridge, his stomach still made a rumbling sound, and hunger became a nightmare with the smell of meat.

"Drink, drink, eat, eat!"

Lying on his stomach and looking at the city, the soldiers of Zhao Guo held a bowl in their hands, and held the white flower bun in their hands, and took a bite of the broth that must be sweet and oily, and there were a few pieces of meat in the spoon, and the wine jar was opened, and what was in it must be a sweet wine.

"It's the same soldier, look at the life we live." One person threw the dry half of the bun in his hand on the ground and cursed in his mouth, and one hurriedly went over to pick it up, "It's good to eat some, but how many people can't even eat this." After that, clean up the dust on it, put it in your mouth, and chew it vigorously a few times.

"My mother is starving to death, and my sister is dying." One person drank gruel, thinking that his relatives were still suffering from hunger, and two lines of tears couldn't help but slide down the corners of his eyes.

"When will such a day end, and if it continues like this, the people of Maiqiu will starve to death."

Many of the soldiers in charge of defending the city were captured from Maiqiu to serve in the army, and the shortage of food in Maiqiu City was already clear, and it was common to see cartloads of dead people being pushed and thrown into mass graves.

"The only way is for this battle to end quickly and everyone can live a good life."

"What's that?" More than a dozen people suddenly came over.

"Do you want to eat meat, do you want your family to have food too?"

"I want to, I dream of it."

"Open the city gate and let Zhao Jun enter the city."

"This is a matter of losing our heads, and besides, we are Qi people, how can we do such a thing."

"Look at those people, who treats Qi people as human beings, they drink wine and eat meat, we can only eat this here desperately, and we even watch our relatives starve to death." After speaking, his eyes fell on Qin Yu's big tent in the distance, and there were faint sounds of women screaming and men's laughter coming from inside, which must have been drinking and having fun inside.

"Fuck it."

"It's better than starving to death."

"Contact all the people of Maiqiu, remember to keep it secret, once you leak your mouth, not only will you not be able to save the people of Maiqiu, we will all take our lives and take the city gate tonight."

Zhao Guo's camp, Zhao Kuo's eyes fell on the city wall, and one by one his little heads lay on the soldiers who were eating and drinking under the city wall, his eyes were full of desire, he studied Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory in college, and the first item was survival, which was nothing more than food and clothing, and it was also the most basic need of people, coupled with his own carefully arranged psychological offensive, which would inevitably lead to unexpected results.

Qin Wan stood behind her, "Does this method work?" ”

"It's hard to say, but we should always give it a try, even if we can't break the other party's fighting spirit, at least sell a favor to the ink person, this matter is not harmful to us."

Qin Wan lowered her head and looked at her toes, "I always feel that Gongzi is weird, and he will say some strange things, the general advocates attacking the city, and Gongzi really wants to give them food for nothing." ”

"If it were you, who would you support?"

Qin Wan shook her head and said, "Dad said that war will inevitably kill people, and this is something that no one can avoid." ”

"A lot of things are involuntary, the least like to fight is the people, no matter whether they win or lose, the last one to suffer is themselves, the situation of Maiqiu is different, the people lack food and endure hunger, and the final belonging of Maiqiu does not want to be solved by force."

"What's that?"

"The hearts of the people."

"The hearts of the people?" Qin Wan looked up at Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo had a smile on his face, there was always a mysterious light on his body, which was elusive, as if a wonderful magic force made him willingly follow him.

The night shrouded Maiqiu, an old man gently patted his grandson in his hand, the last bit of food hidden had been eaten, looking at his grandson's thin cheeks and couldn't help but shake his head again and again, when is such a day a head, he is gone when he is old, after all, his grandson is still young, thinking of this, he can't help but feel sad, quietly get up, pick up the fork on the side and go out.

"Lao Zhang, you're here too."

"There are also Lao Li, Lao Sun, and Lao Qian."

There are countless familiar figures pouring out of the streets of Maiqiu, most of them have reached the age of sixties, and they should have enjoyed the joy of family under their children and grandchildren, but now they are taking the tools they use on weekdays to the streets.

The deep wrinkles were engraved on the face, and there was a little more brilliance in the originally gloomy eyes, for the sake of survival, for the relatives around him, where there is oppression, there will be resistance.

It's as simple as that.