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There is a house in the east of Gaizhou City, which occupies a relatively large area. However, even under the dim moonlight, one could see that the house was in a dilapidated state. The walls were uneven, obviously because the owner had no money to repair them.

In a big house inside, four people were lying quietly on the stove. They were so tightly packed together that they didn't move.

At some point, a sound of "gurgling" suddenly sounded, and then a little boy's weak voice rang out: "Dad, Mom, I'm hungry!"

As soon as the voice fell, a girl's voice came up, equally weak and a little timid: "Mom, dad, my daughter is cold!"

The woman lying on the outside on the left sighed after hearing this, and said in the same weak voice: "Be good, you won't be hungry when you fall asleep! Tomorrow morning, my mother will cook porridge for you, thicker one!"

The man on the other side tried to squeeze in tighter, touched his daughter, and sighed: "It's hard to live without firewood in this winter. No matter how frugal you are, you won't be able to survive this winter. I think I'll go chop some firewood tomorrow." Come back and burn the fire pit!”

Their family all spoke Chinese, so they were obviously Han Chinese.

"Father, you are so hungry that you can't walk. How can you get the strength out of the city?" The woman said helplessly, and then said with a bit of resentment, "The Ming army is really vicious. It's almost time for the autumn harvest. All the food in the fields was ruined! It’s a shame that I used to hope that the Ming army would regain Liaodong and drive away the Jianlu!"

"Yes, if it hadn't been like this, my grandparents wouldn't have starved to death!" The little girl, who was obviously older, said with the same hatred, "The dog emperor of the Ming Dynasty climbed up from the eighteenth level of hell to harm the people!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" The man scolded him upon hearing this.

The little girl was probably angry and unconvinced, so she immediately retorted: "Those gentlemen all said this, and Wang Er next door also said this. Everyone said this, is there any lie?"

Obviously, Huang Taiji's public opinion strategy still played a certain role. Not only the Jianlu, but also the Han people also had resentment towards the Ming army and the Ming emperor.

After listening to this, the man was silent for a while, and then whispered: "Jianlu is not a good guy anyway!"

After he finished speaking, the room became quiet again. After a while, the man suddenly sighed and whispered: "In this war, both sides will use any means. In the end, we ordinary people will suffer the most! As the old saying goes, I would rather be a peace dog." Don’t be a random person!”

Hearing this, the woman hugged her children and was silent for a while, then suddenly started to cry. When the two children heard this, they comforted their mother, but the man did not speak. He knew that his wife was worried that the family would not survive the winter.

The man just looked at the roof without feeling sleepy. He thought quietly for a while, and after the woman stopped crying, he said with reluctance: "Officials only care about themselves. Even the emperor, who is so superior, doesn't think about it. It is also his country. For this, we keep fighting, who cares about us ordinary people! In the past, I was naive enough to think that if the Ming army came back, our lives would be easier. Now it seems, In fact, it's all the same, the common people are not taken seriously by them at all, alas..."

After a long sigh, the room became quiet again.

At some point, there seemed to be some movement outside. The whole family was too hungry to sleep. The little boy spoke first: "There is a sound, it's dawn! Mom, it's time to cook porridge!"

"Don't make a sound!" The man's voice was slightly louder, and after speaking, he listened carefully. The whole family listened quietly and attentively.

"Why does it sound like a murderous cry?" the woman asked a little confused, "Did I hear it wrong?"

After a while, the sound became louder and louder, mixed with the sound of horse hooves. There was no doubt that there was chaos outside.

After hearing the voice clearly, the woman became frightened, hugged the child and pushed towards the man.

The man wanted to find out, but he didn't have the energy to get out of bed and leave the house. He was really hungry and it was too cold outside. It gets colder in the house when the door opens and closes!

It was confirmed that there were shouts of death outside, and the whole family was a little scared. They don't know who and what people are fighting outside, but as long as there is a fight, it will be chaos. In addition to the rioters, there will also be people who take the opportunity to smash and loot. I don’t know if people like myself will be affected after dawn tomorrow?

Living in troubled times is really hard!

In Gaizhou City, many people have the same idea as this family. They are hiding in their homes, helplessly waiting for their fate tomorrow!

What surprised them was that the shouting outside stopped earlier than they expected, which seemed to only last about an hour. Then I heard the footsteps of groups of soldiers outside, and the sound of horse hooves.

Many people are a little nervous, fearing that the winning party will start robbing the whole city. This kind of situation is not too common in this world.

However, they worried all night in vain and nothing happened. When it was just dawn, someone was beating gongs and shouting in the streets and alleys. Only then did they realize that Gaizhou was actually occupied by the Ming army! This was something they never expected. It was like falling from the sky, full of incredible things! You know, this is winter! Aren’t the Ming troops all in the city? If there are soldiers outside, they can only be Jianlu soldiers?

What surprised them even more was that some brave men went out and saw that these Ming soldiers were all in high spirits in the cold wind, and their military discipline was strict. They walked in a straight line and the troops were in order. After dawn, there was no chaos in Gaizhou City as imagined.

The man in that family, after looking at the door for a while, returned to the house and said to his wife and children: "These Ming troops seem to be good, they don't seem to disturb the people at all!"

The woman was doubtful after hearing this, and when she was about to speak, she suddenly heard footsteps coming from the yard outside. Suddenly, several people in the house turned pale with fear. The man quickly stepped forward to protect his wife and children behind him, and looked at the door.

The footsteps quickly reached the door, and then the Ming Dynasty Mandarin was heard: "Sir, I just saw someone in this room, they should be inside!"

When the man heard this, he couldn't help but feel very regretful. He shouldn't have gone out to watch the fun! Now it’s okay, you’re in trouble!

At this time, a high-pitched voice was heard, commanding: "Open!"

"yes!"

Then someone pushed the door, but found that the door was bolted from the inside, and the Ming Dynasty official words from before rang out again: "Hurry up and open the door, Master Supervisor is here!"

The man didn't know what kind of official a division supervisor was, but he knew now that he would definitely not be able to escape. If he didn't open the door and made the soldier outside the door angry, the result would definitely be worse. In desperation, he had no choice but to step forward and open the door.

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