Iron Dynasty

PS: Three shifts tonight, make up for it tomorrow

A hint of twilight gradually enveloped Yunzhou City.

Under the city, the Qinglong King's army gradually lit up with torches, and the densely packed torches stretched far away, with no end in sight.

After Xiao Ming reported his identity, whispers gradually rang out among the people in the city.

Last year, the news of Xiao Ming's expulsion of the barbarians had already spread throughout the Great Yu Kingdom along with the newspapers, and many people knew about it.

The young man put away his arrogant demeanor, he got back into the crowd, turned around again after a while, followed by a scholar in a black robe.

Xiao Ming looked at the scholar, and the scholar also looked at Xiao Ming.

After a long time, the scholar said, I have seen His Royal Highness King Qi.

In the dim light, Xiao Ming couldn't see Qi Zhengyuan's face clearly.

He said directly: King Qinglong, I don't know why you brought your troops to Yunzhou. The natural disaster in Jizhou was not caused by human beings. Of course, King Yong was wrong, but now that the barbarians are facing the enemy, you should be able to take care of the overall situation. How can you do things that hurt your loved ones and make your enemies happy?

At this time, the low voice of the Qinglong King rang out, and he said: Your Highness may have misunderstood, this time is indeed because there is no food in the army, and the people are already very hungry, I just hope that Your Highness can borrow some food. How could the people of the Great Yu Kingdom help the barbarians cut off the Qingzhou army's food supply?

Nonsense, since you are borrowing grain, why don't you go to other cities to borrow grain. Qi Guangyi said.

His Royal Highness has set up the army to wait, how can the defenders of other cities borrow food, after all, in their eyes, we are a disorderly people, and they want to hang them immediately, but we are just a group of ordinary people who have no food to eat, but have no choice but to take up arms. It's just that I heard His Highness's high righteousness, and he was willing to take in us disaster victims, so he had to bring them here. The words of the Qinglong King were clear and orderly.

Looking at the disaster victims with no end in sight, Xiao Ming knew that these people are the disaster victims if they are honest, and the rebels if they are not honest.

It is impossible for him to take a huge risk to put them into the city. Once the victims are in chaos, he will not only lose a state, but if Niu Ben they may not be able to return.

Now this juncture is not the time to take care of the people. After all, the people are now under the Qinglong King and obey his commands.

However, the Qinglong King bluntly said that he borrowed grain. He tentatively said: There are some in the grain city. Since you want to borrow grain, how much do you plan to borrow?

300,000 stone grains. The Qinglong King said lightly.

Xiao Ming's expression changed. He said, One person and one stone of food is enough for each disaster victim to eat for several months. King Qinglong, it seems that you are deliberately making things difficult for this king.

The Qinglong King's voice was still very calm. He said, His Royal Highness, how can the natural disaster in Jizhou be relieved in a few months? This seems to be too much.

Speaking of this, he already understood the innermost thoughts of the Qinglong King.

He is no longer against King Yong, but against the Great Yu Kingdom, and what he wants is to overthrow the current imperial court.

Now all the cities in the southern part of Jizhou are occupied by the Qinglong King, and now he is looking at Yunzhou City, which is the closest to him.

And King Wei, who quickly accumulated following the Qinglong King, also made him willing to follow him to do anything when the disaster victims.

Your Highness, the Qinglong King is rebelling. Zhan Xingchang defined the Qinglong King.

Xiao Ming nodded, until now, the Qinglong King has revealed his true face.

Maybe in the beginning, he was indeed leading the people to find a meal out of dissatisfaction, but now the continuous victories seem to have gradually inflated his mentality. He may think that with these victims, he can peep at the supreme throne.

At this time, the Qinglong King must also understand that when he takes that step, he can't look back.

This is a desperate man, and his eyes are also very vicious. The main force of the Qingzhou army is outside, and the interior is empty. It is when his fisherman gains.

Since we have embarked on this road, benevolence, righteousness and morality are all bullshit, and what is the national righteousness? Only the winner and loser are the truth.

How to do?

This is the question Xiao Ming and Zhan Xingchang are thinking about.

For a long time, the eyes of the two met, and the army was besieging the city. They only had one choice left, so let's fight!

It's just a pity for the innocent people. Xiao Ming sighed in his heart. These people don't understand. Now they can only believe that the Qinglong King who can find food for them is right.

He didn't want to use this method to win over the victims, but now it seems that he has to do it.

However, he finally persuaded: King Qinglong, in front of you is the Qingzhou Army, not King Yong's native chickens, you have to understand.

His Royal Highness, I'm just borrowing food. If Your Highness is unwilling to borrow it, why bother to say that the people behind me have no food, and I can't control it.

With a cold snort, Xiao Ming was no longer going to pay attention to the Qinglong King.

He is too naive, these 300,000 to 400,000 victims will only be encircled and wiped out by the Great Yu Kingdom in the end, and he will eventually go down the road of failure.

Although the Great Yu Kingdom was in decline, it was more than enough to suppress a rebellion. If King Yong was not restrained by the barbarians, they would not have survived until now.

The night was getting darker, and the Qinglong King didn't seem to want to attack the city at night, but the 300,000 victims were unable to drain a small city of Yunzhou.

It was night, and the Qinglong King looked at the small city of Yunzhou.

Just as Xiao Ming had guessed, he would come to take advantage of the situation because of the emptiness in Qingzhou.

The food in Jizhou was almost eaten, and more food was hidden in the city of Jizhou by King Yong, and now the city of Jizhou is besieged by barbarians.

He did not dare to provoke the barbarians. A month ago, his 30,000-strong army was defeated by the barbarian cavalry. Although he also organized training for the people after raising the army, they were no match for the barbarian cavalry. .

To provoke the barbarians now will only lead to defeat.

Therefore, he chose King Qi. In his eyes, King Yong is a royal person, and King Qi is also a royal person. What is the difference between the two.

And in his cognition, King Wei and King Yan are too powerful, and now he is far from an opponent.

Therefore, he can only compete with these vassal kings when he takes over the vast land from Jizhou to Qingzhou.

Looking at Yunzhou City, his ambitions continued to expand. He was no longer the desolate scholar he used to be, but a general who mastered hundreds of thousands of people.

While he was thinking about how to attack the city tomorrow, Xiao Ming was also thinking about how to capture this huge team of victims.

For him, he absolutely did not allow the Qinglong King to bury the lives of these people, but only wanted to capture these people, and some casualties were unavoidable.

His Royal Highness, the people of the Qinglong King are just a group of rabble, without any discipline and training, and the people's determination to follow the Qinglong King is not very big. After the official observed, many people looked hesitant, so the official thought that there was no need to do so. To defend the city, we must take the initiative to go out of the city to fight, use the musket team to subdue the people, and the cavalry to round up and make these people surrender.