Travel through troubled times and escape famine with the system

"I only want to die for my country on the battlefield..."

"Why should we return home wrapped in horsehide..."

A sword-wielding warrior strode out, repeating the verses that Lu You had recited.

"Great poem!! Too bad we don't have good wine! I'll get it back when I get it!"

The warrior laughed heartily, then pulled a thick rope tied to a wooden beam and leaped out of the city.

"Hero, wait a minute!!"

Wen Chengjie ran to the edge of the city and shouted loudly, but the man had already disappeared into the darkness.

"Don't worry, Commander Wen. We will definitely do our best to complete your deployment."

"When we return, I hope that Guardsman Wen will not be stingy with the wine and food and celebrate for us, haha..."

Xu Chu jumped onto the wall with a loud laugh, then jumped down pulling the hemp rope.

"Come with me, you who have a son of a bitch, let's go and kill those sons of a bitch from the Kingdom of Jin!"

Following Xu Chu's shout, the warriors behind him responded one after another, like dumplings, each finding a wooden pole and a hemp rope to jump out of the city. In just a few breaths, they were almost gone.

Among the remaining ten people, five of them looked at Wu Quanwen.

Seeing Wu Quanwen nod slightly, the five people flew out of the city and disappeared from Wen Chengjie's sight.

"Ugh……"

Looking at the night sky, Wen Chengjie sighed.

Seeing this, Wu Quanwen chuckled: "Warriors serve their country and are fearless of death. Isn't this exactly what Guardian Wen wants? Why are you sighing like this?"

Upon hearing this, Wen Chengjie turned and looked at Wu Quanwen.

"I want to tell them that the Jin soldiers are retreating now, so they can just take enough dry food and leave through the city gate. Why do they have to jump over the city wall in a fit of rage?"

Wu Quanwen: "…………"

The remaining warriors: “…………”

Didn't you tell me earlier?

"What should we do?" a warrior asked in a low voice to his companion.

"What the hell can we do?" The companion gritted his teeth and said, "Just now I saw a man in his sixties jump down. People are waiting down there. If we don't jump now, do we still have any shame?"

"Jump!"

As the last few figures jumped down one after another.

"Next time if you have something important to say, tell me first!"

Wu Quanwen frowned and looked at Wen Chengjie.

"What are you going to do next?"

When all the martial artists left, Wen Chengjie stood tall again.

Reaching out to take the handkerchief handed to him by Ye Hua and casually wiped the blood off his face, Wen Chengjie shouted coldly.

“Feng Hui!!”

No one answered...

"Where is Feng Hui!" Wen Chengjie shouted again.

Next to him, a soldier in silver armor stained with blood stepped forward.

"Defense, General Feng Qian was just besieged by several Jin warriors in the southern third section and died in battle..."

Upon hearing this, Wen Chengjie turned his head and looked at the southern section of the city wall, and a flash of sadness flashed across his eyes.

"Pass the order, Wang Qiulin will take over as the commander of the Fire Battalion, responsible for the defense of the west city wall."

"I accept the order!" the general shouted with a fist clasped.

Wen Chengjie spoke again: "Zhang Wancai, where is Ma Shoutian!"

Two more generals came out from both sides and saluted with fists clasped.

"The Mountain Camp and the Forest Camp will each dispatch a team of five warriors, led by Ye Hua."

"I obey your command!" The two generals clasped their fists and retreated.

Ye Hua, a female martial artist carrying a strong bow on her back, frowned and looked at Wen Chengjie.

"I agreed to help you defend the city, but I'm not good at leading troops. What are you doing with the troops?"

"Don't worry, I'm not asking you to lead the troops to fight." Wen Chengjie said calmly, "The number of soldiers defending the city is too small. I'm giving you soldiers so that you can take them to the city to borrow people."

"Who do you want to borrow from?" Ye Hua asked in a deep voice.

"Whoever has someone, I'll borrow from him."

"Who has someone?"

Wen Chengjie turned around and looked at the old man Wen Xiuyuan next to him: "The government office, the prison, the mansion of the official, the master's house, the gambling house, the brothel..."

"Just say that it is my promise. As long as they agree to help defend the city, the salaries of the yamen runners will be doubled. No matter what the prisoners' crimes are, they will be pardoned and enlisted in the military. As long as they do not violate the military law in the future, they will not return to prison."

"If the thugs raised by gambling houses and brothels help defend the city, they can be exempted from taxes for the next year."

"If there are servants in the mansions of those nobles who help to defend the city, I will take charge and restore their civilian status so that they will no longer be slaves."

Ye Hua frowned and wrote it down carefully: "What if they don't lend it?"

Wen Chengjie said in a deep voice: "If you don't lend it, it will be regarded as treason and collaborating with the enemy, and you will be executed immediately!!"

"Understood!"

Ye Hua agreed, turned around and walked towards the city wall.

Seeing this, Wen Chengjie spoke again: "If ordinary people are willing to defend the city, they will be exempted from land tax for three years. If they don't want to defend the city, they cannot be forced to do so!"

Ye Hua did not stop, nor did he agree. He just casually raised his right hand, indicating that he understood, and then led his men away.

Wen Chengjie gave some instructions to the other generals, and they dispersed and began to deploy their own defenses.

Wu Quanwen looked at Zhou Ya and Li Chuang next to him, and the two of them immediately understood and walked away to the sides.

"sit down."

Wen Chengjie sat down on a pile of rocks nearby and said to Wu Quanwen with a smile.

Wu Quanwen took a quick look and found a stone to sit on.

"How dare you, you dare to exempt others from tax and even promise to reduce taxes for three years."

"This is no longer a matter of losing one's head. I'm afraid that all nine members of your Wen family may not be enough to be chopped off."

Wen Chengjie chuckled when he heard this, then fell backwards and half-lay on the cold pile of stones.

"You try it too, it's very comfortable!"

Wu Quanwen hesitated for a moment, then fell backwards, but was then forced to sit up again by the sharp edges of the stones behind him.

Seeing this scene, Wen Chengjie laughed out loud.

"I forgot that you are not wearing armor, so lying like this is not an option."

"How is it? The seats in Qingzhou Prefecture are not as comfortable as the chairs in Wudu, right?"

Wu Quanwen was silent for a moment after hearing this: "The chairs in Wudu are not that comfortable to sit on."

Wen Chengjie looked up at the night sky: "We are the ones who defend this city together. Whether I like it or not, I will be regarded as your disciple in the future, right?"

"When did you know my identity?" Wu Quanwen was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Wen Chengjie.

"I knew it when I was drinking with you."

Wen Chengjie said softly.

"That little girl Lu You, she stayed at my house for only one day and dared to use the dragon-patterned jade pendant as a shield to hit my brother. She is a person who is fearless."

"But I have met you. I am being too honest."

"And your three internal guards, plus the name Wu Quanwen, any official who is not a fool can tell who you are."

"Only the eldest young master of the Zuo family can't see it."

Hearing this, Wu Quanwen couldn't help but speak again out of curiosity: "I am traveling incognito this time..."

"You're the only one who thinks so!"

Wen Chengjie interrupted.

"I'm not afraid to tell you that when you left Wudu and before you even reached Pingzhou Prefecture, the news that you were going west had already reached my father."

"If it weren't for the incident at Ningguan Pass in Xijiang Prefecture, you would have seen a peaceful and prosperous era along the way!"