The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 440
All the cities in Liaoping were panicked at this time. After Zhu Jinzhang's defeat, he had already led his people to retreat to Fucheng.

According to Wu Pingxuan's suggestion, Zhu Jinzhang decided to implement the strategy of fortifying the walls to clear the wilderness and cutting off the tail to survive.

To put it simply, it is to transport some food and materials to Liaoping, where they will make a final resistance.

The city wall of Liaoping Fu City is tall, and the defense is concentrated, and the possibility of successful defense is greater.

Transferring food and materials does not mean transferring all the population, and the population is a burden at this time.

Therefore, when transferring food and supplies, it must be kept confidential enough, and there must be a high-sounding reason as a cover.

Zhu Jinzhang's reason is very simple, he wants to mobilize more manpower and material resources to fight against the brutal Jin court.

In his consistent propaganda, Yongwang Mansion is the minions of the Jin court. These people want to seize the food of the people in Liaoping and kill everyone.

In such a perception of public opinion, no one would object to Zhu Jinzhang's mobilization of manpower and material resources.

Those who were transferred were basically family members of soldiers in the army, because these were Zhu Jinzhang's real people.

Only by taking these people away together will the morale of the army be stable enough, and the soldiers will follow Zhu Jinzhang wholeheartedly.

But the common people are not fools. Seeing the truckloads of grain shipped out, they also murmured in their hearts.

Fighting ahead, do you really need so much food?
Although they felt something was wrong, the common people didn't think too much about it, because they still had their own production tasks.

But the Yongjun spies lurking in the city discovered the truth through careful observation.

In a remote courtyard in the south of Liu'an City, four people gathered around a table and were exchanging information with each other.

"I took a closer look. Several granaries in the city are transporting grain out everywhere. They have already retreated to Liaoping, so they need so much grain!"

"Also, those who left with the food team are all relatives of the sergeants!"

"How do you know it's a relative of a sergeant?"

"These people are all women and children, and after leaving the city, they are all talking about the affairs of the men at home in the army!"

"You say, the traitor Zhu Jinzhang, what is this for?"

"He took away the sergeant and his family, as well as the food. Could it be that he doesn't want to stay in Ancheng?"

"Whatever his plan is, let's turn him upside down first!"

"How to mix?" Someone asked.

"It's not easy? Let's go out and spread the word, saying that Zhu Jinzhang's front line has been defeated, and Liu'an City can't hold it anymore, so we have to move the food away!"

"There is not enough food, Zhu Jinzhang wants to starve the common people to death, and make the common people riot!"

"It can also be said to make up a few more stories, such as those people who learned that the inside story was silenced..."

Everyone said something to each other, and set a strategy for action.

Then they acted separately. On the one hand, they spread "rumors" in the city, and on the other hand, they sent people to report to Zhao Yanxun on flying horses.

In just one day, rumors were flying all over the city.

"Do you know? King Ming's front line has been defeated, and now he is going to throw away Liu'an, and throw us all away!"

"how do you know?"

"I heard from Zhang Er's family..."

"Carload after cart of grain was taken away. There are only dozens of us in Liu'an, and we only guard the granary. It seems that the prince is really going to throw us away!"

"What bullshit prince, when did he treat us like human beings? They eat flour, we eat grass roots, I can't stand these days!"

"So what if you can't stand it?"

"I want to survive, at worst, I will fight him..."

"Yes, if you fight them, you will die anyway!"

Looking at the noisy situation ahead, the secret agents of the Yong army at the corner of the alley smiled, and their goal of instigating had been achieved.

But he decided to add fuel to the fire, so he stepped forward and said, "I just saw another convoy entering the city, and they might be transporting food away again..."

"From last year to now, I haven't eaten white flour, I'm all human...why should we eat tree roots?"

"Whoever wants to eat flour with me, let's go to the granary!"

Incited by his words, the already excited crowd all had their blood surging at this moment.

"Walk……"

"Anyway, we have to die, let's be a full ghost!"

"Go... to the granary!"

In his twenties, young and strong, he took to the street aggressively.

Under the guidance of the spies, they shouted slogans, but attracted more people to join in.

Under Zhu Jinzhang's rule, there has never been a lack of courage. Many people are trying to make a move for the granary, but every time someone makes a move, they are suppressed.

But today is different. The number of people who went to "ask for an explanation" was larger, which gave many people the courage to cause trouble.

Cang is honest and knows etiquette, everyone is waiting to die every day, so he is bold if he doesn't care about it.

There were more than 20 people who came out of the alley, and when they entered Beicheng, there were already more than 200 people gathered, and all of them were adult men.

Now in Xingyuan City, there are no more than 50 troops stationed there, and there are no more than a hundred people who came to transport food today. After receiving the news that the people were coming, these people immediately became alert.

Everyone rushed to the granary, only to see seven or eight carts parked outside the granary, as well as a bunch of women and children who had been summoned.

When the people came to the granary, the officials in charge of Xingyuan's government affairs also rushed over.

This person was accompanied by a few guards, and when he appeared, he loudly reprimanded: "What are you doing? Hurry up and leave, everyone!"

"What are you going to do? Why are you taking the food away?" Someone among the spies asked loudly.

The official immediately replied: "My lord needs military rations for front-line operations, so why are there so many?"

There is no need for someone to guide, someone immediately asked: "How come only Xingyuan has food? Are we going to take them all away? What are we going to eat when they are taken away?"

"That is, what shall we eat?"

You bunch of untouchables, if you starve to death, you will starve to death!
But the officials only dared to think about it in their minds. It is not a good thing for the crowd to gather more and more people, and it is definitely not a good thing to make the situation out of control.

"Everyone, I know it's difficult for you, but is it difficult for the soldiers fighting on the front line? They are fighting with their lives..."

It has to be said that this official has some eloquence, so the spies will not give him a chance to speak.

"We're going to eat..."

A booing, once again aroused everyone's emotions.

At this moment, the crowd is gathering one after another, and the number has reached more than 300 people.

"These grains must not be taken away by them. If we take them away, we will all starve to death!"

"Yes... we must never let them take it away!"

Seeing that the guiding effect was good, the spy in the crowd picked up the stone from the ground and shouted: "Smash the dog officer to death!"

Good guy, a stone the size of an egg is thrown directly at the opposite officer.

Although these people avoided the stone, they added fire to the hearts of the furious people and gave them a way to vent their anger.

"Kill the dog officer to death!" the people roared.

All along, they have been in a state of not having enough to eat, and may even starve to death at any time, so naturally they don't care so much at this moment.

The stones flew out like raindrops, smashing the officials so that they fled into the grain depot as fast as they could.

The fight here is fierce, and there are spies in other parts of the city who are fanning the flames to get more people to gather at the grain depot.

At this moment, Xingyuan has changed.

(End of this chapter)