Chapter 624: The Citizens who Can’t Stay
Following Zhou Xu’s order, Bai Tu quickly reported to Shi Lei.
After Shi Lei understood their king's order, he patiently explained to Bai Tu the rules and regulations of their Zhou army, as well as the training requirements. He didn't need to worry about the next thing.
Looking at Bai Tu’s leaving figure, Shi Lei frowned slightly.
He is not a fool. He knows that if the newly recruited soldiers are given to him for training, they will have to face a lot of troubles, and conflicts may even break out.
In turn, leaving it all to Bai Tu will save trouble and avoid most troubles. But the question is, is it really good to let such a group of soldiers who originally belonged to the Weiguo unite in their army?
Especially when their frontline troops are very limited...
With this thought in mind, Shi Lei temporarily put down the work at hand and hurriedly went to see their king.
"Shi Lei, I know your concerns and I have taken them into consideration, but there is no need to worry about this issue in the short term."
"We have a common enemy with them at this stage, then It’s the First Emperor Yan Sheng. They have nothing here except the more than 500 soldiers. Even if there is any action, it will only be after this battle is over.”
"Besides, even if Bai Tu really has different intentions, what can he do? Just rely on the five hundred troops in his hand?"
Zhou Xu undoubtedly recognized Bai Tu's personal ability, and was taking good care of it. With training, Bai Tu will most likely grow into a top general in the future.
But this war cannot be fought by just one person. The size of the army and the strength of the soldiers are also crucial.
To put it bluntly, with the 500 troops in Bai Tu's hands, if he dared to cause trouble, he would directly call Da Gu and Er Gu over and cooperate with the troops at hand to kill them indiscriminately.
So in terms of force, Zhou Xu is not particularly worried about the other party causing trouble.
Not to mention the war on the front line, they are now on the defensive, waiting for Yan Sheng himself to collapse due to civil strife.
In other words, they now have plenty of time to assimilate them.
Three days later, for Zhou Xu, the things that should be arranged have already been arranged, and there is nothing that needs to worry about him at the moment. He just waits for Yan Sheng to use his means. Unchanged in the face of change.
In the past three days, the biggest change in Huangsha City was that the citizens who had been staying behind closed doors began to become unable to stay any longer.
In this era, how much surplus food can ordinary city residents have at home?
If they continue like this, they will starve themselves to death.
“We can’t go on like this. We have to go out to work. The winter has just ended and everyone has no food, and now it’s spring plowing time. If we don’t work in the fields, everyone will have no food. "I'm going to starve to death!"
In a dilapidated mud house in the city, a rough-skinned, tanned old man stood up, patting his thighs, but was interrupted by a man next to him who looked to be in his teens or twenties. The young man grabbed him.
"Dad, there are all the officers and soldiers of Zhou Dynasty outside at the moment. If you go out, aren't you looking for death?!"
"Aren't they shouting these days? As long as we keep our peace, we will It won’t hurt us.”
"You believe what they say?!"
The young man was speechless, feeling that his father was a little too naive.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the old man slapped his stupid son on the back of the head.
"Are you stupid? Is the door of our broken house harder than the city gate?"
"..."
Seeing his silly son who hadn't reacted yet, the old man felt anxious.
“They even opened the city gate, why can’t they open the broken door of our house that can be broken with just one kick?! The fact is that they haven’t done anything in the past few days, otherwise you will "Is there any door in this city that they can't open?"
The old man said it so clearly that the young man undoubtedly realized that he had made a mistake just now, and so did his face for a moment. She blushed brightly, and then she spoke harshly to the old man again.
"Then they are also the enemies who invaded us."
As soon as he finished speaking, the old man slapped him on the back of the head. "For ordinary people like us, if we can have food to eat, it's good to hang on to our lives. Who cares who becomes the emperor? Does who becomes the emperor have any impact on us?!"
Faced with his father’s outrageous remarks, which in normal times would be considered treasonous, but if they fell into the ears of the officers and soldiers, they would be immediately dragged out and executed. The young man found that at this moment, he For a while, I really couldn’t refute it.
The emperor has known about fighting in the past few years, and he did not take a long break before starting a fight with Weiguo again.
But Weiguo is not someone to be trifled with. After the war, they began to recruit troops from house to house. Regardless of whether they were willing or not, when they reached their age, the able-bodied men were basically taken away and sent to the army.
Later, in order to hire centaur mercenaries, they almost emptied the treasury.
They themselves know how miserable they, the common people, have been in the past few years.
Although it has not reached the point where there are widespread complaints and people are in dire straits, it is not far off.
Now that his father said what impact who would be the emperor would have on them, he really couldn't refute it. At the same time, he found that he really didn't seem to care that much about this issue.
While he was talking, the old man had already picked up the hoe. When the young man saw this, he was so worried that he also picked up the hoe and prepared to go out to work with his father.
Although he said it eloquently just now, when he walked out the door, the old man felt a little stressed, but he did not flinch. After taking a sharp breath, he pushed open the door and walked out.
What a coincidence, a patrol team just walked over.
When the old man and the young man noticed this, their bodies became stiff for a while.
During this period, the patrol team naturally noticed them and walked over while looking them up and down.
“What are we going to do?”
“If I go back to Bing Ye, our father and son are going to farm.”
The old man spoke carefully, while the father and son's hearts were in their throats.
For ordinary people like them, officers and soldiers have always been untouchable.
Feeling their nervousness, the captain of the patrol team didn't take it seriously. After asking a simple question, he nodded.
“Go.”
After saying that, he continued his patrol mission regardless of the father and son who were still standing there.
"This, is this enough?"
The young man looked in disbelief. The old man actually had the same idea as his silly son, but he did not show it.
The father and son walked all the way to the west gate and were stopped by the defenders.
"Please be kind to Master Bing. This field is outside the city. It is spring plowing time. If we don't plow the land, we won't be able to harvest food later, and we won't be able to survive this day."< br>
Speaking of the latter part, the old man directly pulled his silly son and knelt down to the soldiers who stopped them.
When the two soldiers saw this, they hurriedly helped the man up, with embarrassed expressions on their faces.
"Old man, although we understand your difficulties, the king has given an order that the city gate cannot be opened. Don't make things difficult for us. Go find some work in the city to make a living."
Listen. At this point, a sad look appeared on the old man's face. At this time, what other jobs could they find?
Just when he was about to kneel down and worship again, a voice came from not far away.
"Old man, it is true that this city gate cannot be opened, but I can arrange for you to farm and live in our territory of Great Zhou. I wonder if you are willing?"
(End of this chapter)