Steel Dynasty - Chapter 368

[Chapter 368 Opening a warehouse to release grain]

PS: During a cold wave, the temperature in Snail’s house immediately reached several degrees below zero. My hands were shaking from the cold when I was typing. However, four chapters are still fine, and there will be another chapter around ten o’clock.

“Slave soldiers?”

Xiao Ming and Niu Ben said in surprise at the same time.

Lei Ming nodded: “These slave soldiers are not from Youzhou, but brought by the barbarians from outside the pass. Youzhou City is governed by these slave soldiers, but the barbarians abandoned them after they retreated.”

“How many are there in their number. Niu Ben asked, preparing to charge in with the cavalry behind him.

“There are not many of them. It seems that there are only four or five hundred people. Now they have been defeated by the generals. It is estimated that the barbarians did not tell them the news of Beishan’s defeat when they retreated, or the barbarians did not think that Shanhaiguan would meet at all. Lost.” Lei Ming said calmly.

Xiao Ming frowned and said to Niu Ben: “This is an opportunity to arrest all these slave soldiers.”

Niu Ben responded and immediately rushed into Youzhou City with his cavalry and Lei Ming.

These slave soldiers were playing the role of Ergouzi in Youzhou at this time, that is, puppet soldiers.

The barbarians must have used these slave soldiers to rule Youzhou City, and by capturing these Ergouzi who cruelly ruled Youzhou City, he could kill them in front of the people of Youzhou to declare the end of the barbarian rule.

Not long after the two left, Niu Ben quickly returned and told him that all the remaining barbarians in the city had been captured.

Xiao Ming then followed Niu Ben into Youzhou City.

Like the cities of Dayu, there are folk squares all over Youzhou City. At this time, many people in Youzhou City were lying on the walls between the folk houses, looking at them in confusion.

The barbarian soldiers stationed in Youzhou suddenly withdrew from Youzhou City a few days ago, leaving only a few slave soldiers in the city.

This was a very strange thing to them, so the people in the city were panicked during this period.

Immediately afterwards, most of the slave soldiers ran away, leaving only some who refused to leave and were still domineering in the city. However, because most of the slave soldiers fled, the city gates were left unguarded.

Because of this, they began to try to enter Youzhou City freely.

Until today, they saw a pair of cavalry who were different from the barbarians entering the city.

His eyes swept over the people along the road, and Xiao Ming suddenly felt sour in his heart.

In the past ten years, what kind of torture have the people here suffered? At this moment, the people lying on the wall of the square are all unkempt, with patches of black and white on their faces. They are worse than refugees.

These people wore blackened clothes. These clothes were mended, but they were still full of holes.

What is even more unbearable to look at is the skinny bodies of these people. If it were not for their yellow skin and dark eyes, Xiao Ming would really have thought that he had met hungry people in Africa.

Niu Ben pursed his lips tightly along the way, his face was ashen, and his mood at this time was self-evident.

“Your Highness, we caught a hundred alive.” Lei Ming almost gritted his teeth as he spoke, and then he pushed hard towards a slave soldier, “I made you so fat, I made you so fat!”

This time he followed me. The cavalrymen all belong to the Guan Ning cavalry. Seeing that their fellow villagers have become like this, they all feel uncomfortable in their hearts.

And then the anger was vented on these slave soldiers.

Originally, Xiao Ming was planning to behead these slave soldiers in front of the people to declare that he had regained Youzhou City.

But now he suddenly felt that what these people needed was not this empty ceremony. What they really needed was a bowl of rice porridge and a steamed bun.

The numb eyes proved that they didn’t care who came now.

“It’s better to allocate some food from Cangzhou and let the people have enough to eat.” Xiao Ming then said to Lei Ming: “These Nu slave soldiers will be detained for the time being to inquire about things in the city.”

Lei Ming nodded and immediately escorted them The slave soldiers left.

“From the time we entered the city to the time we killed the slave soldiers, these people just watched quietly. No one spoke or showed a smile. Your Highness, these people have become walking zombies.” Niu Ben was silent for a long time, and finally Sighed slowly.

Xiao Ming came from modern times. Although he had seen the embarrassment of the people in Qingzhou and the misery of the victims, he had never seen such a group of people.

These people are just like the prisoners of war in the concentration camp documentaries during World War II, silent and lifeless.

“They have been bullied by the barbarians for too long. I’m afraid they won’t be able to recover for a while.” Xiao Ming sighed.

Niu Ben nodded, “Your Highness is absolutely right. Now these people are like frightened birds. But when the news is spread, these people will gradually understand. After all, many people have experienced that disaster, and it is impossible not to have no regard for King Kang.” Memory.”

Speaking of this, Xiao Ming remembered what Lei Ming once said. In order to prevent their children from being infected with the blood of the barbarians, the people of Youzhou would even kill their own daughters because of Chu Yequan’s remaining children.

He said: “In that case, let’s spread the news about the defeat of the barbarians first.”

Then he called Lei Ming and said a few words to him.

Lei Ming nodded and immediately arranged for a hundred cavalry to go in all directions.

“Common people, the barbarians were driven out of the pass by the army of Dayu. We are soldiers of Dayu. Now you don’t have to be afraid. The army of Dayu is back. From now on, you will never be bullied by the barbarians again. King Kang The heroic spirits in Youzhou can also be named.”

The cavalry shouted loudly.

They waved their military flags and repeated this sentence over and over again.

When this news reached the ears of the people in Youzhou, the expressions of some older people in Youzhou finally changed.

From the silence at the beginning, they gradually began to whisper to each other, and then their expressions became excited.

But they just stood far away and didn’t dare to get close.

However, after the cavalry spread the news in all directions, more and more people gathered from a distance. They looked at Xiao Ming and his group from a distance, like frightened deer.

Xiao Ming and Niu Ben looked at each other at this time. It seemed that bringing up Prince Kang’s name was effective.

At this time, Lei Ming also interrogated the slave soldiers.

“Your Highness, those slave soldiers said that there is a grain depot in the city, which contains 20,000 stones of grain and grass. The barbarian soldiers did not have time to burn it when they left.” Lei Ming said excitedly.

“This is great. I can see that I can open a warehouse and put food in it for once.” Xiao Ming laughed.

Niu Ben also said happily: “Twenty thousand stones is enough to feed the people of Youzhou City for ten days and a half.”

After that, the two followed Lei Ming to search in the city, and soon found the granary in the city.

“The slave soldiers said that the barbarians forced the people in the city to cultivate food around them. The food was collected from the hands of the people, and what they left to the people was just some rice bran and wheat bran.” Lei Ming said through gritted teeth.

As he spoke, he led the soldiers to open the door of the granary. As expected, the rice and wheat inside were piled up like mountains.

“Go and tell the people in the city to come and get food.”

Xiao Ming said with a smile.

(End of chapter)