Chapter 34 Killing and Robbing

Barren City quickly became lively. The defeat of Liang Ying’s troops was only the beginning. More than ten groups came after that.

There were at least three to five hundred people and at most one to two thousand. After finding a courtyard in the city to stay in, he ordered the county magistrate to gather provisions.

“There aren’t even any ghosts in Barren City. How can we gather food?”

When Zhao Tai met the civil officials, he could bring out his backing. Facing this group of starving troops, he could not reason with them and did not dare to say anything. He could only transport the food from the mine to distribute.

There were thousands of people in the city, so they could at most eat for three to five days.

The generals and commanders also knew that there was no food in Barren City, so they communicated with each other in private.

After declaring to the public that they would fight Great Yong, they began to plunder the surrounding villages and towns of Barren City.

Soldiers were like quails. It was legal and organized into robberies. The people’s homes were so empty that there was nothing left. They could only become refugees and flee south with their families.

Those who dared to resist were Great Yong’s spies!

At the city gate.

Li Hong looked at the carts of food and goods being transported to the various commanders in the city and tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart.

“Sir, I’ve often heard Big Brother mention that back then, the million strong northern army did not dare to say that they did not commit any crimes against the commoners. At the very least, they were disciplined. How did they fall to such a state in just a few years?”

They were afraid of death in foreign wars and oppressed the people internally. The bandit soldiers were even more vicious than the rebels!

“It’s human nature. It’s difficult to become good. You have to follow all kinds of rules and keep taming and disciplining. But it’s easy to become bad. Not to mention five years, you can turn from a strict army into a raider in a few months!”

Zhou Yi said slowly, “The war on the northern border is about to begin. The war is fierce and dangerous. A gentleman does not stand on a dangerous wall. Today, I will return to the capital. In the chaos, remember to prioritize your life.”

After staying in Barren City for half a month, a series of news of defeat came from the northern border.

Yesterday, the defeated army in the city almost mutinied because the last intact army in the northern border was surrounded and defeated by the Great Yong Army.

The northern provinces, Yi and Su, had once been Great Yong’s old lands. But they had been completely returned. It was unknown how many more territories of the Fengyang Kingdom would fall.

in surprise, “With your strength, you’re even stronger than Father. Who in the

Fengyang Kingdom. How dare you say that

said solemnly, “Cultivators must remember not to be arrogant. This world is so big that mortals can’t walk

bowed. “Thank you for

and imaginations, which broadened Li Hong’s horizons. Some of his words seemed unbelievable, but

understood many principles that were not written in books. Although he and Zhou Yi were not master and disciple in name, they were master

“I’m leaving.”

and endless

bade him farewell with tears in his eyes. “Have a safe trip,

parents and brothers were already dead. When he bid farewell to Zhou Yi today, he would truly be alone

a huge and bad thing for the people, the soldiers, and the imperial court. It’s only good for you.

mounted his horse and

general who had the power to lead troops. No matter how dilapidated the Duke’s Mansion was,

the official

Three days later.

from the chimney. In front

was a wonderful person. He had once roasted rabbit meat and brewed high-grade yellow wine

on our

he could not gain the upper hand at

Yi touched his shriveled pocket. “I don’t even have any silver left. With Old Brother Chen’s knowledge of astronomy and geography, he wouldn’t be

was thrifty at home, but was amply provided for when he traveled. Zhou Yi had brought 5,000 taels of silver when he went out, and on the way,

was thinking, he was already close to Chen family’s valley. When the wind

a strong smell of

leaped onto the horse’s back and covered the distance of a thousand feet in the blink of

up by the farmers. Instead, two to three hundred soldiers were lighting fires at the

someone was coming and shouted with his saber, “What are you looking at, old man? If you don’t want to die,

“Where’s the people?”

fresh blood on their bodies and sabers. The cooks were slaughtering pigs and sheep, and there were large

said, “Cut the

bowstrings twanged and a dozen

been fond of fighting in my life, but someone just

Yi’s figure swayed, and his speed was as fast as lightning. He had already exceeded the limit of an ordinary person’s

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