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Huang Shu rushed over, and Zuo Liangyu's order followed.

"Quickly, let the people of the first battalion put on their red clothes and go out first." Hou Fangyu urged the group of soldiers who were in a mess.

"There are not enough red clothes, and we can't gather 5000 people." A small school argued.

"Then go to the city and look for them. As long as they wear these five colors of clothes, they will all be caught." Huang Shu came at the right time, just in time to relieve the siege.

"Young Master Hou, didn't you calculate yesterday, why is there not enough fabric?" It was Huang Shu's idea to grab the cloth line, and he also robbed a lot of cloth yesterday.

"Okay, my Master Huang, don't you know how much fabric Banmianshan needs? Fortunately, I'm smart and only hung a piece of fabric on the chest of each straw man, otherwise there would be no surplus."

Hou Fangyu glared at Huang Shu angrily. He was the one who arranged the whole scene, and he was too tired to allow others to advise him.

"I said why the soldiers all over the mountain are so obedient without moving. They are all straw people."

"If it's a real person, why don't we set these mountains on fire?"

"What happened to the cavalry on that field? Where did so many horses come from?" Huang Shu knew that Hou Fangyu had put in a lot of effort in today's incident. If it were him, he would not be able to direct this big show.

"The ones in the front are indeed horses, and even the buffaloes are used in the back of the whole field. It's just that there are too many people. Commander Zuo has been ill for a long time and his eyesight is bad, so he can't tell."

"You are really a brave man." Huang Shu couldn't help but admire Hou Fangyu, he didn't dare to play with this idea.

"The first battalion has already gone up, hurry up and let the second battalion go up. When the third battalion goes up later, the first battalion has to hurry over and change clothes."

"There are only three battalions of soldiers in total?"

"Master Huang is wrong. Only one-third of each battalion is composed of soldiers, and the rest are the surrounding people. Look at the old man next to you, who is almost eighty. And the women next to you are afraid that their little feet will get in the way. I specifically asked them to walk faster today, and no one will give out dry food later."

"Can't this handsome guy see it?"

"They are the farthest away, as long as there is a shadow moving."

......

A lively drama finally came to an end.

The most satisfied Zuo Liangyu fell asleep beautifully. As long as the soldiers are in hand, Zuo Liangyu feels that the sky will fall without fear.

But Hou Fangyu and the others were in a state of desperation. At this moment, they were entangled and surrounded by countless rebels and people, and they were stuck in the Wuchang government office and could not escape.

After Zuo Liangyu returned to the city, the real elite soldiers on the left took a fancy to the cattle, sheep and animals that had been plundered by force, and all went straight away.

The young adults and ordinary people who were summoned temporarily did not dare to fight against the elite soldiers, so they simply swarmed into Wuchang City. Before Hou Fangyu and others had time to close the city gate, they were already squeezed into the yamen.

"Where's the agreed dry food?" A group of women pulled Hou Fangyu, not about to let him go.

"My cow! You took my cow away, why didn't you give it back to me?" An old man cried so hard that the buffalo was the most expensive property of the family.

There are also shopkeepers of several cloth shops, who are trembling and dare not approach, they have already been beaten by the soldiers yesterday.

More young and strong soldiers surrounded Huang Shu clamoring for food.There were hundreds of thousands of people participating in today's daytime operation, and Hou Fangyu and the others couldn't even guarantee a meal for these people.

Outside the city of Wuchang, the so-called soldiers of the left, the elite soldiers of the eight classics, were slaughtering cattle and sheep, and a bonfire party was held around the city of Wuchang.

In the past few months, Zuo Liangyu has abruptly gathered hundreds of thousands of young men together to stop production, and the entire economy around Wuchang has collapsed.

Not to mention whether this land of fish and rice can feed so many soldiers who only eat and don't work.Just hundreds of thousands of young and strong men gathered together, discipline has long since ceased to exist.

After all the men in the village were pulled, there were only women and children left in the village.At the beginning, the left could still have some discipline, but gradually, some tribes with the village as their team began to plunder women from other villages.

Anyway, it wasn't his wife, daughter and sisters who ravaged him, and many others followed suit later.Except for Wuchang City, which can barely maintain itself, the surrounding area has been devastated.

Jin Shenghuan was walking in the middle of the army outside the city, slowly looking at these people, a thin old buffalo had already been chopped into dozens of pieces, thrown into a large iron pot and cooked.

Jin Shenghuan was originally a peasant army, nicknamed "Yidousu", and later he took refuge in Zuo Liangyu, and was not taken seriously by the left.

At this moment, Jin Shenghuan, looking at the soldiers who were already hungry and the people in the city who were making trouble, shook his head in disappointment.

As the peasant army who revolted for his life, he has seen the same scene before, and he can feel that the crisis is coming.

This time the so-called "inspection"

In the distance, Hou Fangyu, who was really entangled, became angry: "You unruly people, if you dare to make trouble again, we will send troops to arrest you all."

"It's only natural for soldiers to eat food. You have caught us here for several months, and the food we eat is getting thinner every day. We didn't move around before, and everyone didn't say anything, but today we let us run for nothing. This meal No matter what you say, let us be full."

"That's right. Why are we hungry when they have food?" A so-called soldier pointed to the outside of the city, extremely dissatisfied.

Zuo Liangyu only had a military salary of 12 people, and Nanjing was always unable to pay it, but he wanted to slap his face swollen to pretend to be fat, dragging a team of several 10 people abruptly.

If the production around Wuchang is not destroyed, it may be possible to barely keep these people from starving, but these people were originally the most important labor force around Wuchang.

The labor force was taken away, and a large amount of grain was not harvested.Before these so-called soldiers were stationed around Wuchang and looted everywhere, they were basically under control.Today, all of them are concentrated in Wuchang, and the situation has begun to get out of control.

"Go to Mr. Liu and find a solution, or something will happen if it's too late." Hou Fangyu himself was already upset.

"Liu Jingting said, let's drive these people out of the city first, and wait until dawn." Huang Shu was sweating profusely, he didn't expect this kind of result.

While speaking, a group of soldiers ran out from the government office, beating anyone they saw, smashing things they saw, and chasing the chaotic soldiers out of the city all the way.

"Don't let us live, just grab his mother. Brothers, do it if you want food." In the crowd, one person took the lead, and the crowd rose up, and the rioters turned into bandits in an instant.

They didn't dare to rob the elite soldiers outside the city, but the people in the city were unarmed, and countless rebels robbed them in the streets of the city.

Chapter 159: Zuo Liangyu rises up

There was a commotion in the city all of a sudden, there were chaotic crowds everywhere, and fires ignited soaring everywhere.

Zuo Liangyu, who was dreaming of being in charge of the emperor, was awakened by the noise, and asked the people around him angrily: "Why is it so noisy? Get everyone arrested."

A soldier ran in in a panic and reported: "It's not good, Commander, the soldiers in the city are in chaos, and they are burning, killing and looting everywhere."

"What's going on? Aren't you all fine during the day?" Zuo Liangyu didn't feel so scared after seeing too many scenes of rioting soldiers, he just didn't believe it.

At this time, Liu Jingting happened to come into the house, glanced at the guards, and then said unhurriedly: "Just now the eldest son took people out to investigate, a group of spies who broke into the city came, and they are creating chaos in the city. .”

"Is Li Zicheng going to fight?" Zuo Liangyu had fought Li Zicheng for more than ten years, and was very afraid of this old opponent.

"I think that Li Zicheng probably wants to attack Wuchang City." The guard wanted to interrupt, but Liu Jingting kicked him hard, so he had to shut up.

Although the city was in chaos, this matter was nothing to Liu Jingting. He had just discussed it with Zuo Menggeng and planned to take this opportunity to force Zuo Liangyu to make a decision.

As soon as he heard that Li Zicheng was going to fight Wuchang, Zuo Liangyu got up quickly, his bones were sharper than during the day, as if his whole body's potential had been stimulated.

"Quick! Gather troops and horses, and leave the city immediately. Have the sailors by the river been arranged?"

Zuo Liangyu was in a hurry to find his shoes, and Liu Jingting had already started to arrange military orders on his behalf.