Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

Following Lu Yi's words, the people outside the city gate became panicked, and many people wanted to leave quietly.

But when they wanted to leave the official road secretly, they suddenly found that the silver-armored soldiers who had run out of the city before had now lined up on both sides of the official road without them knowing when.

There was a man every ten steps, all holding shining swords and looking at them. The meaning was self-evident.

As a result, all the refugees began to line up and register voluntarily.

Outside the city gate, the platform was removed and replaced by six temporary tables.

"Huang Lei, the newly organized Pingchang Camp. I see you have enough strength to serve as a shield soldier." The soldier in charge of registration wrote quickly at his desk, then shook the brush in his hand impatiently: "Hurry into the city and don't block it here."

The man looked at the soldier who was registering and said with an apologetic smile: "Sir, my name is Huang Lei, you wrote my name wrong..."

"Are you going to get out of here or not? If you keep talking nonsense, I'm going to chop you to pieces right now!" The soldier threw the brush on the table, grasped the hilt of the knife at his waist and shouted coldly.

Seeing this, the man did not dare to argue and turned around and trotted into the city gate.

The soldier guarding the gate couldn't help but sneer when he saw the man's panicked back.

"Do you still care that your name is wrong? You're almost dead, what's the point of having a name?"

The soldier next to him chuckled when he heard this, but when he saw Lu Yi in the distance looking at them, he straightened his back and bumped his companion with his arm.

"Keep your voice down, President Lu Qian is watching us."

Lu Yi just glanced at the two of them and then retracted his gaze, which fell on the six tables again.

"Miao Chunhua, help with cooking at the kitchen, let's go into the city."

"Li Xiaocui... you are only twelve years old, too young. I will arrange a job for you as a tailor. It is not as tiring as carrying water or chopping wood..."

"Zhao Dayong, the newly organized Pingchang camp soldiers..."

Behind each desk, the soldiers who were registering the people decided the fate of every citizen at will.

When some people saw this, they would hold some loose change in their hands and try to secretly give it to the soldiers.

The soldiers accepted all the bribes and even placed a few large bamboo baskets next to the table to accept bribes openly.

As for how to arrange the people's whereabouts after collecting the money, it depends on the mood of the soldiers.

Those who were originally shield soldiers may become spearmen and stand further back.

If you give too much, you may be divided into archers and stand further back.

But if you want to change from a soldier on the battlefield to a baggage carrier escorting food and fodder at the back, forget it!

As for the "bribes" received, they will be handed over later and used as military expenses.

This is the experience of the generals. Only when the people have less money in their hands will they serve as soldiers honestly, will they have no money to escape, and will the possibility of incidents be reduced.

This situation is not only happening here. After they are newly incorporated into the camp, the sergeants sent to reorganize the camp will also find various reasons to ask for bribes.

These unspoken rules tacitly approved by the upper class have long formed a unique system.

Lu Yi stood by the city gate and looked at the bamboo basket that was gradually filled with silver and money. There was no happiness on his face, but he looked very solemn.

The more silver paid, the more people lost their homes, and it also represents the cruelty of the upcoming war.

As his eyes moved, Lu Yi finally noticed Qian Zhaode and others who had been standing under the city wall.

Seeing that everyone's clothes were stained with blood and they all had official swords on their waists, Lu Yi thought for a moment, then strode towards Lu Ming and others.

"Where are you guys from?"

Hearing Lu Yi's question, Qian Zhaode hurried forward and saluted.

"General Lu, I am Qian Zhaode, the chief constable of Jianhe County. These people behind me are my subordinates."

Jianhe County?

Lu Yi frowned slightly when he heard this.

He knew that Wang Mingzheng had allowed Jianhe and the common people to pass through the city.

He thought that all the people in Jianhe County had left, but he didn't expect that these constables were still here.

"The people of Jianhe have already passed through the city, why are you still here?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Zhaode hurriedly replied, "There are many people outside the county, but no one is in charge. We brothers were afraid of chaos, so we kept patrolling outside, which is why we missed the time to pass through the city."

"Heh... so you are still righteous people?"

"I dare not!" Qian Zhaode said with his head bowed.

"Is there anything you dare not do?!"

Lu Yi sneered and said, but his eyes passed Qian Zhaode and looked at the several packages surrounded by the crowd.

Although the packages were wrapped tightly, the protruding marks on the forehead still allowed Lu Yi to easily identify that they contained silver and money.

Lu Yi's military rank as a captain was obtained by using the heads of 230 Liang soldiers in the northern border.

How could he not guess what Qian Zhaode and others had done?

As a veteran, Qian Zhaode naturally has the ability to read people's expressions.

"General Lu, please calm down. We did take the money from the people, but we also really protected them. This cannot be considered as looting dirty silver."

"Do you think I will believe it?" Lu Yi said coldly.

Qian Zhaode's heart sank when he heard this. This was wartime, and if they were really charged with the crime of looting, there would be no need for a trial at all. All of the dozen or so people would be beheaded.

Without any hesitation, Qian Zhaode quickly turned around and took out all the packages containing silver and handed them out.

"What do you mean?" Lu Yi asked, looking at the silver.

"Here is a total of 385 taels of silver, which is all the silver we brothers have. We present it all to the commander, just asking for a way to live."

After hearing Qian Zhaode's words, Lu Yi was not moved at all, but looked at Qian Zhaode and others carefully.

"Where did the blood on your body come from?" Lu Yi asked again.

Upon hearing this, Qian Zhaode quickly spoke up: "Many Jin soldiers disguised as merchants entered Qingshi City. When they found us, the city gates had already been sealed by them."

"In order to protect the safety of the people, the county magistrate led all of us, the constables, the yamen runners, and the soldiers to fight against the Jin soldiers. This blood was left at that time."

Lu Yi frowned slightly when he heard this, and the contempt in his eyes gradually faded.

"Where is Lord Lang?"

"Fought to the death with the Jin soldiers, and died after being stabbed several times."

"How many Jin soldiers are there? How many of you are there?"

"The four city gates were sealed, and there were at least a hundred Jin soldiers entering the city. We attacked the east gate. All the people in the county government office added up to a total of ninety-eight people, and there were more than thirty Jin soldiers besieging them."

After hearing Qian Zhaode's words, Lu Yi thought for a moment and spoke again.

"Ten Jin soldiers form a small flag, five small flags form a general flag, and more than a hundred Jin soldiers must have a Mouke leading them."

"The scouts are all elite soldiers in the army. They dared to accept the order to seal the city and guard the gates. The Jin soldiers must be martial artists. You are just ordinary constables and yamen runners. How did you win?"

Hearing Lu Yi's tone soften, Qian Zhaode straightened his chest.

"That Mouke was indeed a warrior. We lost thirty or forty people in the beginning, but we only saved more than ten lives of the Jin soldiers."

"Fortunately, there was an unknown martial artist in the city who came to our aid and joined the battle to kill the Mouke. Only then were the dozen of us lucky enough to survive."

Speaking of this, Qian Zhaode was slightly stunned, and then subconsciously looked at Lu Ming beside him.

An unknown martial artist...

Jianhe County is located in a remote area, where can we find so many unknown martial artists?

Lu You can disguise herself, so could the martial artist who saved them be her?