My country, you can pinch it

It was a hell of a rain.

Standing on the carriage, Liu Ke heard the screams and saw the fear in the eyes of the refugees. Because he didn't have armor and protective equipment, he was shot through the heart in an instant and fell to the ground. The refugees at the front were like one Rows of ruthlessly harvested wheat fell down in an instant.

This is the first time he has seen the cruelty of war and the insignificance of human life, and this is not even a war, but a suppression.

His mouth was dry, his eyes were wide open, his heart was beating like a drum, and there was only blood and wailing in his eyes. Those refugees who were lucky enough to survive were rolling on the ground.

Liu Ke felt that this round of arrows was enough.

The refugees who had already felt timid saw their comrades in front of them fall to the ground under a shower of arrows, and their tense nerves could no longer hold on.

"I won't rob..."

"Do not kill me……"

"I still have a wife and children, I can't die..."

"Run away—"

When the first refugee stopped and started to retreat from the front, the second one pushed away and fled desperately, and then one after another, group after group, they fled with their heads in their arms.

They just want to live.

There were obviously tens of thousands of people, but under the intimidation and the rain of arrows, they finally collapsed and scattered.

The front hides back, and the back is still moving forward without knowing the front. Under the push, the entire wave of refugees fell into a pot of chaos in an instant.

Luo Yun stared blankly, and said in disbelief: "Just... escaped like this?" It was just a cavalry charge of less than a hundred people, plus a round of arrow rain, dozens of people were killed and injured, and tens of thousands of refugees were left in a hurry. Dare to do it again?They haven't even really fought against the enemy, and they haven't lost a single soldier!

"Is it simple?" Liu Ke couldn't help asking after hearing this, "What if I leave it to you?"

Luo Yun was speechless. At that time, he only wanted to persuade Liu Ke to flee back to Beijing when he heard the number of refugees.If Liu Ke insisted, all he could do was to surround the convoy with soldiers, ready to fight the refugees.

But if he really did this, he would have lost from the very beginning. His fear would only make the refugees more aggressive, and fighting together would only increase the casualties of both parties.

Only one who is not afraid of fighting can win a battle. Although it is the best policy to subdue the enemy without fighting, if you have to fight, the mentality of defeating the enemy with thunder is also the fastest way to end the battle.

Since it is impossible not to bleed, shed the least amount of blood, this is Shang Chuqing's choice.

Liu Ke didn't care about Luo Yun anymore, but said to Shang Chuqing: "General Shang, we can't let them escape."

This place is still tens of miles away from Yongliang City. Although these refugees failed to escape, but after all, their numbers are still there. Once they come back with renewed vigor, it will be difficult for them to repel them so simply.

Shang Chuqing obviously thought so too, so she nodded lightly, raised her hand and waved forward, "Go forward, surround!"

"The whole army advances—surrounds—"

As Luo Yun yelled, the entire thousand-man formation rushed forward and spread out to both sides in a herringbone shape.

At the same time, Shang Xiyun pulled the reins and shouted: "The cavalry come around, follow me to surround!"

The maneuverability of the cavalry allowed them to catch up with the refugees immediately, blocked the way, and drove the last refugees back with threatening spears in their hands.

The roar of the horse led the heavy footsteps of thousands of people, as if the signal from King Yama to make the refugees panic. No matter how much the bandits roared, it was useless. Fear and shouting drowned all their voices. where to flee.

The ordinary people who followed the soldiers had already forgotten their fear. Hearing the sound of drums and clangs coming from behind, they clenched their swords tightly, their eyes full of blood, and screamed together.

At this point, is there any way out?The bandits who are domineering in the mountains are mixed with the refugees, their faces are full of ferociousness, and they only think it is ridiculous.

Thousands of people are surrounded by thousands of people, but they dare not resist!Don't they see the difference in numbers?No, but they couldn't stop refugees who were too scared to hold their weapons.

"A bunch of cowards!"

"Get out for me!"

"What are you afraid of, what are you afraid of!"

Anyone can surrender, but they can't. Finally, the red-eyed bandits slashed the knives in their hands at the refugees who were constantly squeezing around them, "Come on, don't go, I'll kill you first!"

Seeing the bloody knife makes people frightened, and the twitching body causes panic.

The collapsed refugees kept fleeing from them, so they could only scatter towards the periphery, trying to find a way out.

Seeing that they were about to collide with the soldiers, the arrows galloping from afar pierced through the bandits who kept slashing at the refugees with their knives.

The fleeing of the refugees exposed these ferocious gangsters. Shang Wubing and Luo Yu seized the opportunity to kill each other with an arrow, and mercilessly reaped their lives.By their side, the same is true for the archers.

"Put down your weapons, surrender without killing—"

"Put down your weapons, surrender without killing—"

"Put down your weapons, surrender without killing—"

The surrounding soldiers raised their guns and roared together with a terrific aura.

Finally, bang bang, bang bang sounds came one after another, and the swords, hoes, and sickles in the hands of the refugees fell to the ground one after another. They covered their heads, knelt down in pieces with despair on their faces, and begged with an absolutely humble gesture. Spare your life.

ended……

The final outcome was even better than expected. The tens of thousands of refugees not only calmed down, but even directly surrendered.

Seeing this, Shang Chuqing let out a deep breath, turned her head to look at Liu Ke, and clasped her fists together: "His Royal Highness King Ning, fortunately, he fulfilled his mission."

Liu Ke also raised his hands and looked solemnly, and said in admiration: "Thank you, General, for your might."

Shang Chuqing didn't say any more, and made a gesture in the direction of the refugees. It was self-evident in his eyes, and he hoped that Liu Ke would keep his promise.

Liu Ke nodded, took Xiao Tuanzi and Luo Yun, ordered a team of personal guards, and strode away.

As the shouts of killing disappeared, the beating of drums at the rear also stopped. It was obvious that the battle was over and they had won.

Everyone looked at each other, and they couldn't even put down the "instrument" in their hands, so they hugged together and cried.

Especially those common people, they cried so much that they couldn't help themselves. Like the refugees, they were all afraid of death.But after crying, they laughed again, with tears in their eyes, telling each other how excited they were.

Yes, this may be an experience they will never forget.

"Mother!" Fang Jinling handed Shang Qingrong a handkerchief, and the latter picked it up and wiped the sweat off his brow, panting: "It's really not as good as it used to be, even beating a drum can make you tired like this."

Shang Qingrong looked at the commanding Shang family sisters with envy in his eyes.

"Mother, let's not lose to my sister. This is called raising the morale of the army and stabilizing the rear area. The contribution is equally great." Fang Jinling smiled adoringly, looking at his mother with star eyes.

Behind her, Mother Lin brought the other elderly women one by one to bring water, and said with a smile: "What the young master said is, madam, your drum-beating servant sounds the same as it did more than ten years ago. "

Shang Qingrong couldn't help Wanran when she heard this, raised her hand and scratched her son's nose, and said angrily, "You're the only one with a sweet mouth." She looked back at the chattering around her, and couldn't help asking, "Ling'er, what else do we need to do next?" What?"

Fang Jinling looked at the eating buddies waving in their hands, rolled his eyes and said, "Naturally, we should light a fire and cook, so we can comfort our heroes, and at the same time..." He looked at the kneeling refugees in the distance, and sighed softly, " Let them have a decent meal too."

As soon as this remark came out, the surroundings suddenly fell silent. Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and finally nodded in unison.

"Come, come, put away the things, bring the pot, the shovel, and the cover, and let's quickly start the stove." The kitchen lady shouted loudly, "The cooks are all in front, there are not enough people, they can cook Come and help!"

"I can!"

"So will we!"

Women of poor people, who can't make a fire to cook?They volunteered and immediately became active. With the friendship of sharing weal and woe with drums and gongs before, they let go of their hands and feet and took their little girls around several cooks, and began to set up a stove and put firewood.

In comparison, the maids of Prince Ning's Mansion and the maids of the Shang family can only look at each other in blank dismay, and they are not good at taking care of daily life.

"By the way, who knows which car Mi Nian is in, let's move it down."

The maid of Prince Ning's Mansion heard this, her eyes lit up and she said, "We know, some sisters, come with us."

"Then let's go get water." Qingye and Fuxiang, with Amethyst, Suyun and the others went to rummage for the bucket.

Then they just got busy one by one.

Looking at it, Fang Jinling couldn't help calling out: "Sky."

"Master." Zhang Kong didn't follow to fill up the number, but was left by Liu Ke to take care of Fang Jinling.

"Go ahead and speak to His Highness."

"Yes." Zhang Kong's blood was already boiling, and he regretted that he didn't take a knife. Hearing this, he immediately ran forward.

In front of the refugees who had surrendered at this moment, Xiaotuanzi tore at his throat, and shouted with the greatest momentum: "His Royal Highness King Ning is here—"

The surrounding soldiers immediately moved out of the way, and the kneeling refugees couldn't help but secretly raised their heads when they heard the noise, and saw a young man walking along the same way.

He was dressed in a black black suit, with golden dragons embroidered on his shoulders, a golden crown on his head, and brocade boots on his feet. He lowered his head, wishing he could prostrate himself on the ground.

Thinking that they were going to kill this nobleman just now, they felt apprehensive, and they all huddled together, unable to make a sound because of nervousness and fear.

They were really afraid that this noble man would settle accounts and kill them.

"This king is the seventh son of Emperor Dashun. He was named Ning, and he was enfeoffed in Yongliang. From now on, this will be my fiefdom, and you are my subjects! Don't worry, everyone, surrender and not kill. This king will do what he says. Arrived!" Liu Ke raised his voice and uttered the first sentence loudly.

The previous words were not important, but the last sentence obviously relieved the tense refugees. Their bodies were so weak that they almost couldn't kneel and fell to the ground because they were too scared.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

I don't know who shouted, and all the refugees kowtowed in gratitude.

But this thank you didn't make Liu Ke happy at all, only sad.He looked at the black heads in front of him, he couldn't see clearly from a distance, but it was shocking when he saw them up close.

Yellow and black face, pale lips, wearing obviously thin clothes in cold weather, barely covering the body with dirt, all these skinny ones seem to have only a piece of skin wrapped around bones that have not yet fallen apart. It's human.

Thinking of this, he nodded to Xiaotuanzi, who asked loudly, "Which of you is in charge?"

Master?Isn't this the head of the trouble?

When the refugees listened, their hearts were pounding. Could it be that they wanted to be held accountable?Thinking of this, everyone lowered their heads and remained silent.

No one responded, Xiaotuanzi was dumbfounded, so he looked at Liu Ke.The latter was laughed stupidly, and directly put aside Tuanzi and shouted: "This king said, the surrender will not be killed, what are you afraid of, is there any literate among you? Stand up, this king has something to ask."

In this way, someone subconsciously looked in a certain direction.

Although there is no one who is a scholar, those who can read generally will not be reduced to starvation. People admire scholars. Among these refugees, if there are any, they will certainly not be just ordinary refugees.

Following their line of sight, Liu Ke landed on Zhao Xiucai, who had no choice but to raise his head. His eyes met. The latter slowly stood up and made a gesture, "Student Zhao Bufan has seen Ning His Royal Highness."

Looking at his saluting posture and the fairly neat robes on his body, Liu Ke raised his eyebrows, and asked casually, "Do you have any fame?"

"I'm ashamed, I'm just a scholar."

"Scholar?" Liu Ke was surprised, he was really not an ordinary scholar, "Why do you become a bandit?"

Zhao Xiucai smiled wryly: "Like them, they can't enter the city, and they have nowhere to go."

"Have you ever killed anyone?"

Zhao Xiucai was taken aback for a moment, then slowly shook his head.

"Who killed the previous caravan?"

Zhao Xiucai sighed: "Your Highness, it doesn't matter who kills. The property and food obtained are divided, but it's just how much."

"That's the truth." Liu Ke snorted, and then asked loudly, "Then, whose idea is it to dare to snatch the king's motorcade?"

Zhao Xiucai said in his heart that it was not true that he was not counting, but that he wanted to kill the chickens to make an example to the monkeys, so as to completely eliminate future troubles.

He looked at the desperate refugees around him, ignored the pull of the people around him, and said in a heartbeat: "It's my idea, please kill the students and spare these people! They also have nowhere to go, so they followed the students to take risks. "

As he spoke, he knelt down and kowtowed deeply.

After the refugees around him were stunned for a moment, they kowtowed one by one and pleaded: "Master Ning, don't blame Zhao Xiucai, he is also for us. If he hadn't persuaded the bandits to give us food, we would have been hungry died."

"Yeah, if he hadn't stopped the bandits and restrained everyone, this would have already eaten people!"

"To snatch Master Ning, we decided together, I'm still ahead, Master Ning, let's kill together."

"Yeah, I beg Lord Ning to let Zhao Xiucai go!"

Hearing the chaotic pleading voices one after another, Zhao Xiucai stood there in a daze, with moisture in his eyes: "Everyone..."

Because of his literacy, he was favored by the bandits and pretended to be a ridiculous military adviser. He persuaded the bandits to distribute the looted things to ordinary refugees, but he hoped there would be a better order. Letting cannibals also wants to preserve the final dignity of being a human being, but in fact, I haven't thought about it that much.

However, for the refugees, these things are related to their lives and their families, and they all see it in their eyes.

Literate people don't know Zhao Xiucai, but he is the only one who is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Zhao Xiucai's prestige among the refugees was beyond his expectations, and also beyond Liu Ke's expectations, and such a person was exactly what Liu Ke needed.

He said in a loud voice: "You should have heard that this king will seal Yong Liang, and everything from now on will be up to this king. Since it is unavoidable to become a bandit, I will not hold anyone accountable for colliding with this king! "

Zhao Xiucai's breath was stagnant, and he raised his head suddenly, and saw Liu Ke's serious face.

"Great, this, does this mean that we are completely fine?"

"Xiucai, Lord Ning doesn't blame us anymore, does he?"

"I can see my wife and children again, huh?"

The refugees all looked at Zhao Xiucai, who nodded in a daze, and then nodded vigorously: "Yes."

"Thank you, Lord Ning!"

"Thank you, Lord Ning!"

Liu Ke waved his hand, and then Luo Yun ordered: "Those wounded by arrows, let the doctor diagnose and treat immediately, and save those who can be saved. As for the unfortunate ones who died... Ask if there is anyone in the family, and send out the pension."

Luo Yun respectfully accepted the order: "Yes, General Shang has already ordered someone to carry the wounded down, and a doctor is already treating the wounded."

Zhao Xiucai's eyes turned red when he listened, he hesitated a little, and finally pleaded: "Your Highness, since we are all your subjects, can you...give us something to eat, many people are already too hungry, to be honest It's hard to pick up the guy in your hand."

At this time, a loud and clear voice came from behind, "Your Highness, Your Highness!"

Liu Ke looked back, only to see Zhang Kong running quickly from far to near along the path that the soldiers made way for.

Seeing him, Liu Ke's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly asked, "Why are you here? Did something happen to Lingling?"

Chang Kong shook his head fiercely, and he said: "No, the young master is fine...that is, the young master told the young one to tell His Highness..." He was out of breath from running, and took a deep breath and said, "The young master said that the stove has been used to cook. Soon everyone will be able to drink porridge!"

Although the sound was not loud and intermittent, it sounded like heavenly music to the ears of the refugees nearby, and then it was passed on from ten to ten to hundreds of times, and tens of thousands of faces looked at them directly.

Changkong was taken aback and took a step back involuntarily.

"Your Highness..." Although Zhao Xiucai was always calm, he couldn't help swallowing when he heard the word "porridge".

Liu Ke said, "What exactly did Ling Ling say?"

Changkong replied: "The young master said, give the heroes a good condolences, and also... let them have a decent meal..."

After these words, the audience was silent, only the louder and louder saliva came and went.

Seeing this, Liu Ke waved his hand: "You heard it, I'm cooking for you, what are you going to grab in the future! Follow me, don't talk about eating a meal, let's go to the city and live a good life!"