After being forced to marry a tyrant: I overturned the original plot

“Swoosh, whoosh, whoosh—”

In front of the city gate, countless archers took their positions, with medicine bags tied to their arrows, and shot at the sky above the city.

They drew their bows to their full length and shot at great distances.

The soldiers on the city wall were scared to death at first, thinking that the imperial army was going to attack the city. Before they could report, they saw that the imperial archers were just shooting arrows into the sky and not aiming at them.

The medicine bag is very light, so it can be used with arrows. But food cannot.

Fortunately, Gu Fei had thought of this on the way here. He sat in the carriage and gave orders in an orderly manner.

"Catapult, go."

The soldiers pushed several catapults forward. The carts were filled with distributed food and had labels with the word "Chen" on them.

The grain and vegetables purchased nearby were wrapped tightly, with an outer layer of cloth bags to prevent the grain from being contaminated by accumulated water in the city.

This was Qin Xin's reminder.

We did not sort the heavy food items for fear that “objects dropped from high places” would hit innocent people.

But the catapult's range is limited, so just be careful.

The soldiers were ready, but Gu Fei did not immediately give the order to launch the attack.

He glanced at General Wang, who then stood on the chariot and shouted to the soldiers on the city wall:

"Let the people in the city hide under the eaves and be careful not to be hit by the roof."

The soldier didn't dare to move, but as if someone called him, the soldier turned around and saw their backbone, General Zhou, coming to the city wall in person.

Guan Yong did not show up, but just whispered to the soldier to pass on his message.

"What's in your stone cart? What if it's poisoned..."

The soldier lay on the wall and asked loudly to the people below.

General Wang sneered without waiting for the soldier to finish his words.

"I have been in the army for so many years, do I want to do such an immoral thing? Ask that shorty, have I, Wang Zhenxiong, ever killed innocent people?

You guys deserve to be punished for disobeying military orders, but I feel sorry for the hungry people in the city!"

Guan Yong was deeply shocked by the three words "shorty and fat". His face turned red and he was about to rush up to curse at General Wang, but he calmed down because of the other party's next words.

Yes, that old man Wang Zhenxiong was stubborn and self-willed, but he never attacked the civilians. Even when there were minor frictions with neighboring countries, when he conquered a city, he ordered his soldiers not to kill innocent civilians from neighboring countries when entering the city.

Once upon a time, Wang Zhenxiong was Guan Yong's most admired hero...

"Let them throw a bag up and let's see."

Fearing that the imperial court might cheat, Guan Yong considered things carefully.

Just as General Wang was about to turn around and ask Gu Fei for instructions, Sui Feng stepped forward and whispered:

"Your Majesty said that Guan Yong is up there, don't expose him."

As a general, he kept looking back to ask for instructions, which would definitely make Guan Yong suspicious.

General Wang froze his neck as he was about to twist it, then raised his hand and signaled the young general to throw a packet to the people on the city wall.

The catapult was aimed at the city wall, and the soldiers on top were so scared that they quickly came down and hid under the eaves.

Guan Yong: “Coward!”

When the cloth bag fell at his feet, Guan Yong squatted down, picked it up, and untied the rope...

"It's rice! It's not soaked in water, it's not moldy, and it doesn't have any sand! And there are vegetables too!"

The soldier's cowardly exclamation made Guan Yong feel very uncomfortable.

Not to mention the common people, even the soldiers who stand guard and patrol every day have never had enough to eat.

The number of patients in the city increased every day. Song De said that if the seriously ill people were not sent out, the city would be impossible to defend.

Guan Yong refused, but if he refused, Song De and his gang of bandits, who had occupied Shuiyue City in advance and controlled medicine and food, would be cut off from food and medicine.

The people were unable to resist, and neither were his soldiers.

Looking at the clean and fresh food bag at this moment, Guan Yong's hands trembled.

His hands, which had never shaken when holding a knife or killing people, now made his eyes red with anger over a bag of food.

If the imperial court is really willing to provide relief food to the people...

Maybe not so many people would have died.

Yesterday he took the lead and distributed the supplies he brought back directly. His soldiers cried while eating a full meal, and the people in the city who had no food to eat knelt down to thank him.

But these...are not his credit.

"Pass the order down, evacuate the people, collect food and medicine in an orderly manner, and if anyone is found greedily hoarding, they will be severely punished."

Guan Yong said this with a tight throat.

The military advisor behind him was shocked when he heard this.

"But General, if you do this, you will be... giving in to the imperial court. They are trying to undermine our resolve to resist the imperial court. Don't be fooled!"

At the most critical moment, the court's lackeys took the money and ran away. For so long, has anyone cared about their life or death?

When they are about to rebel, they think of helping the people? What kind of logic is this!

Guan Yong closed his eyes.

"I know, but how can I refuse this? Even if it's a trick, we must ensure that the people in the city are well fed and have enough medicine! Go quickly, this is a military order!"

The word "military order" made the military advisor shut up. The soldier was dazed for a moment, then came to his senses and quickly went downstairs to inform his brothers to evacuate the people.

General Wang looked forward for a long time, but since His Majesty was not in a hurry, he waited too.

Soon, a sentry on the city wall waved a flag, which seemed to be a signal.

General Wang was delighted and turned his head 45 degrees.

"Guard Sui, can we vote now?"

Suifeng glanced at the car curtain and Gu Fei raised his hand.

Suifeng nodded.

"cast!"

So, on this day, the people of Shuiyue City witnessed a miracle——

Food and medicine bags are falling from the sky!

And there was no one from the mountain village to stop them. Under the arrangement of Guan's army, every household received a relief package.

After they went back, some people looked at the word "辰" in confusion.

It’s not “Guan” or “Song”, but the “Chen” of “Chen State”…

Those who were concerned reacted immediately.

The city gates have been closed for the past two days, and no corpses or sick people have been sent out at night. I also vaguely heard a lot of noise outside the city gates. Could it be that -

Are people from the court coming?

They were restricted from going out, so they had little information and few people knew that the imperial relief team had set up camp outside the city.

But, it doesn't matter.

That night, Qin Xin brought the patients with mild symptoms who had improved to gather in front of the city gate.

Start……

fly a kite.

How to say it, Imperial Physician Zheng is like a god now. He said to wear a face scarf, and everyone wore it.

He said that for mild symptoms, the patient should drink more water and walk more, so they followed the mysterious young woman to the city gate.

He said flying a kite...

Oh, he said this too?

But everyone still held one in each hand and released them into the sky. Then, at the woman's loud voice, they all broke the kite strings in unison.

"..."

The sentries on the city wall still didn't understand this scene.

——Where did you people in the court learn all these strange tricks?

The city gate is closed, yet it seems open.

Anyway, there was no way to prevent this group of people from going crazy and "losing things".

The soldier became even more confused when he recognized that the people below were all citizens of Shuiyue City.

"Dad, Mom, what's going on?"

He looked at his brother on duty and asked, "Should this be reported to the general?"

"Oh, no, it's just a few broken kites, and they are all civilians. Could it be that they have been instigated to rebel in less than two days? The general is too busy. He is arguing with the escaped leader of Song Village. Don't bother him."

"Yeah, that's right. Let's keep an eye on it and report back if something goes wrong."

However, they were so careless that by the time they discovered it, it was too late.

Tied to each kite was a "letter to the people of Shuiyue City", which passionately disclosed Zhou Feng's crimes and the emperor's heartache for the suffering people.

The imperial court also wanted to compensate the people affected by the disaster, so it set up medical treatment centers outside to treat the sick people and also provided food and accommodation.

The imperial court does not expect the people to be grateful, but only hopes that the people will consider carefully. If it is difficult to survive in the city, it is better to leave the city and join them.

There are also letters from their relatives here.

How should I put it, Qin Xin is very good at stirring up the atmosphere.

At least the people in the city who received letters from home burst into tears when they saw the familiar handwriting and the fact that their seriously ill relatives had left the city and received treatment.

Moreover, there was a subtle movement in his mind.

The food and medicine packets have been eaten, so it’s okay, but if we keep fighting against the court like this, will there be anything tomorrow?

The answer is uncertain.

It doesn’t matter who governs Shuiyue City; what matters is who can feed them.

It is now obvious that the people in the mountain stronghold ordered them not to leave the city, and they are determined to fight the court to the end. But they have food, clothing and medicine, but what about the common people?

Nothing!

"Let's go out of town!"

"I want to go find my sister. If I leave my sister and grandma behind, I won't be a human being! They need me now, so I can't not go..."

The war of public opinion has begun.

Qin Xin let out a breath and thought——

I hope to wake up to a sunny day tomorrow.