Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

Chapter 236 Accumulate food widely and consolidate the foundation deeply

Under the quiet night, stars and firelights danced and flickered, and the streets were filled with bloody murder. The heavy figures of the soldiers were projected on the city walls, and the sound of military drums in the distance was low and shocking.

"Stop it, stop it quickly."

Cui Shuang, Sun Meng and others hurried over to stop the melee in the city.

However, the three parties were already killing each other like crazy. In addition, when the civilians saw Cui Shuang bringing people, they thought they were here to suppress them again, so they rushed towards the outside of the city even more desperately.

"Hurry up and tell your people to stop." Sun Meng saw more and more people falling down, including the three guards, and couldn't help but urge Cui Shuang to come.

Cui Shuang felt his scalp numb, and quickly took the two of them to find his former subordinates and ask them to stop.

When he learned that the civilians were rioting again, and now there was a melee between three parties, Cui Shuang's face changed slightly, and he quickly withdrew from the melee, saying: "General Sun, no, on this battlefield now, there are not only our people, but also To stop the rioting civilians, we need to get both our troops to stop."

Sun Meng's face wrinkled up, but he also realized the seriousness of the matter. While sending someone back to notify Chen Shuai, he shouted: "Blow the drum and wave the flag."

"promise."

Soon, a rhythmic drumbeat sounded in the city, accompanied by the constantly dancing flags. Zhang He, who was guarded by brave guards in the middle, immediately perked up his ears and looked in the direction of the sound.

The rhythm of the drums and the flag language are the foundations that the brave guards, Shenwu guards and trap guards must master. Only by mastering these can we understand the specific orders conveyed by the superiors on the complex battlefield.

"Change the formation, change the formation quickly!" Zhang He shouted urgently: "Retreat to the city gate and transform into the fish scale formation."

The fish scale formation was the military formation used by Lu Yonggang's troops. After his general Shao Jinneng surrendered to Chen Mo, the three guards naturally learned the fish scale formation as well.

The Fish Scale Formation has concentrated troops and is good at offense and defense. The most important thing is that it is easy to shrink, which is very suitable for the current situation.

Orders and prohibitions are enforced.

As the order came, the three guardsmen who were fighting in the melee quickly retreated and formed an array at the city gate.

"Drink!" The shield soldiers were in front, setting up their shields for defense, while the pikemen behind them thrust their spears out of the gap between the shields.

As the drum sound in front changed again, and in conjunction with the flag language, Zhang He quickly ordered: "Stop and defend."

"Wei!"

"Wei!"

"Wei!"

The three guards blocked the city gate and shouted in unison. Their powerful momentum made everyone afraid to step forward.

Cui Shuang jumped up to the roof, and while he was telling the Tianshi soldiers to stop, he was shocked when he saw the three guards in such a neat and orderly manner.

In this group of people, he saw the shadow of the original Qingzhou Army.

Compared with the three guardsmen stopping the troops, the Tianshi Army had a lot of troubles. It was only after Cui Shuang killed more than a dozen people that they stopped.

The men and horses on the three sides each held a side, all looking dignified and panicked.

The people Sun Meng sent back to report met Su Wen, and they returned the same way.

……

In the warehouse, based on Chen Mo's experience, he made some estimates. These weapons can arm at least five thousand men and horses. The only thing missing is armor. If there are armors, it will not be a simple matter of getting rich, it will be equivalent to poverty. The young man inherited a fortune worth hundreds of millions.

But this is normal. Even the regular army of the imperial court can hardly achieve 100% armor, let alone the Celestial Master Army.

"Shuai Chen is not good." At this moment, Su Wen hurried into the warehouse and came to Chen Mo.

"What's wrong?" Chen Mo frowned.

Su Wen glanced at Zheng Guozhu, and then whispered in his ear.

"Find some cars, load them with copper coins, and follow me to appease the people." After thinking about it for a while, Chen Mo looked at the rich weapons in the warehouse and had an idea in his mind.

"promise."

Not long after, Su Wen found four carriages, and then loaded the four carriages with the hoops of copper coins packed in baskets in the warehouse.

"Su Wen, please bring a few people here to watch. You, come with me." After Chen Mo finished his instructions, he pointed at Zheng Guozhu.

"No." Zheng Guozhu agreed hastily.

……

At the east gate of the city, the three parties were still confronting each other. Zhang He stood on a high place, imitating the way Chen Mo used to soothe people, soothing the people.

When Chen Mo came to the east gate of the city, he first went to the Heavenly King's Palace and took Yang Minggui's head with him. Then, under the guidance of Zheng Guozhu, he came to the east gate of the city.

Chen Mo was riding at the front, while Zheng Guozhu was half a step behind.

Behind them were four carriages loaded with copper coins. The carriages had all been dismantled, and the copper coins in the baskets attracted everyone's attention.

The houses in the east of the city are densely packed. The chaos just now left the place in a mess. Some houses were even on fire.

Under the light of the fire, Zhang He saw Chen Mo coming at a glance, and said to everyone: "This is our Marshal Chen, don't worry, our Marshal Chen is not a man who kills indiscriminately, but has mercy on everyone.

As everyone knows, Pingting County is the county seat under the rule of Chen Shuai. So far, it has accepted tens of thousands of people and allowed them to live a new and stable life.

Now that Chen Shuai is here, you can tell Chen Shuai if you have any demands. "

After that, Zhang He walked through the crowd and came to Chen Mo. He said with a little nervousness: "Chen Shuai, are you okay? We are blocked here and can't get in at all."

Chen Mo waved his hand: "I'm fine."

Zhang He breathed a sigh of relief. When Cui Shuang saw Chen Mo coming, he quickly said to the soldiers of the Tianshi Army: "Now that Commander Yang Qu and the military advisor are dead, Commander Chen will be our commander-in-chief from now on. Why are you standing there? Why don't you salute Commander Chen quickly?"

After hearing this, the soldiers of the Tianshi Army looked at each other, some looking at each other, but looking at the three guard soldiers who were staring at them and the rioting civilians opposite, they quickly knelt down on one knee and faced Chen Mo:

"Meet Chen Shuai!"

Thousands of people shouted in unison, causing the civilians' expressions to change drastically, and they exclaimed that something was wrong. These people were also from the Heavenly Master Army, and were in the same group as the people from Xia Lin City.

Everyone suddenly looked panicked.

Chen Mo stepped forward and waved, and a soldier picked up Yang Minggui's head and threw it in front of all the civilians.

Chen Mo had roughly understood some of the things that happened to the common people, and said loudly: "I know that you are all forced. First, you were oppressed and exploited by the court, and then this person built the Heavenly King's Palace for his own personal gain. Since he has enslaved you and others, now he has put him to death, and you are freed."

As soon as the words fell, the civilians were shocked, but they did not completely believe Chen Mo's words. They had been suppressed several times before, and every time they were suppressed, Yang Minggui would use nice words to deceive them. After calming down, he would get worse.

They were worried that Chen Mo would be the same.

"I know you don't believe it, and I understand you, but I, Chen Mo, swear here to set you free. Not only that, but I will also give each of you a certain amount of money. After receiving the money, you can leave."

After saying that, Chen Mo clapped his hands, and the soldiers behind him moved the baskets containing copper coins from the carriage.

And at Chen Mo's signal, he fell down in front of all the people.

"The Brave Guards, the Divine Martial Guards, and the Trap Guards obey the order." Chen Mo shouted, and the soldiers below passed it on.

"Get out of the way of the city gate." Chen Mo continued.

The three guardsmen listened to the order and quickly removed the fish scale formation to make way for them.

"Okay, you all line up in order, each of you receives a copper coin, and then you can leave from here." Chen Mo said.

Wow!

Chen Mo's move immediately caused an explosion among the people. They all couldn't believe it and were filled with shock and doubt.

But no one dared to move.

Seeing that everyone was stunned on the spot, Zhang He frowned slightly and shouted: "What are you doing standing still? Why don't you get your money and get out of here? Chen Shuai has mercy on you, don't be disrespectful."

"How are you talking?" Chen Mo frowned and kicked him over.

But kicking Zhang He didn't hurt or itch.

Hearing this, the people who organized the riot among the citizens looked at each other, then walked over one after another, picked up a bunch of copper coins from the money pile, and walked towards the city gate.

Seeing several people leaving the city without anyone stopping them, the villagers made a commotion and began to line up to collect money and leave.

"Go, these copper coins are not enough, go to the warehouse to transport a few more carts of copper coins." Chen Mo and Sun Meng ordered.

"No." Sun Meng called Zheng Guozhu and asked him to lead the way.

After all the peasants had received their money and left, Zhang He couldn't help but said: "Chen Shuai, just let them leave like this. Isn't this money wasted in vain?"

In the past, money was given either to recruit soldiers, to recruit workers to develop the county, or to increase the population.

But now, thousands of dollars have been sent out, but nothing has been received, and the person has left.

"You need to take a longer view." Chen Mo looked outside the city and looked into the distance.

The Qingzhou Army has suffered enough harm from the Tianshi Army.

They were captured by Yang Minggui to work as civilian husbands, and their families were basically ruined. Now that they have left, they have nowhere to go. Even if they give them money, they have nowhere to pay it back in Qingzhou.

Even if it can be used, regular money will not last long.

In the end, there is a high probability that we will go to Pingting and Qingting counties.

Instead of forcing them to defect to you, it is better to let them take the initiative to defect.

The effect this brings is very different.

After dealing with the civilians, the next step is to count the casualties and organize the army.

By now, even without Chen Mo asking, Sun Meng and the others knew how to collect prisoners.

It's nothing more than breaking up and annexing the defenders.

During this attack on the city, Chen Mo suffered more than a thousand casualties. The main losses were from the trapped guards, and dozens of casualties from the personal troops.

This time when he came to Xia Lin, Chen Mo brought 8,000 people, and there were still more than 6,700 left.

However, once this group of Tianshi soldiers are recruited, the army can instantly expand to more than 11,000 people.

By noon the next day, the inventory of the warehouse was initially completed.

There are more than 6,000 spears and ring-headed knives each, 1,200 strong bows, 50,000 arrows, 11 catapults, 3 armored siege engines, and 36 ballistae.

Five hundred and thirty thousand copper coins.

The amount of food currently counted is 210,000 dan, and the inventory is still being carried out.

(End of this chapter)