Rebel

It was getting late, Gu Ao looked around the rolling hills and mountains, and watched the stars, chose a good place to garrison, and stationed with his troops.While dispatching scouts to check the surroundings to guard against night attacks by tiger ben, he ordered people to summon Liao Qinghui.

Liao Qinghui rode his horse to arrive, and then he climbed up to the high ground, and then came to Gu Ao who was surveying the terrain, and got off his horse.Gu Ao's eyes fell on the hills in the distance, and he asked, "Qinghui, how is the vicinity?"

Liao Qinghui said: "I have ordered people to let go of the narrow places where the ropes could be set up. The fortifications are being dug now, and they can be completed before dark. If Yongchi dares to attack the camp, he will never return."

Gu Ao nodded and said: "I have something for you to do. Where is the county magistrate? You go and find it and bring it to me."

Liao Qinghui was stunned, and remonstrated: "King of Han, you want to collect grain from the county? But this county is one of the counties in the east of the Yangtze River that suffered disasters. How can the people have any surplus food? Some people in Shicai County heard that the King of Han was coming, and they thought We want to distribute rations to them. When we set up camp, they were surrounded by them from afar... It’s so pitiful. If it’s for rations, I’m afraid we won’t be able to get them today. We still have two days’ rations, and the next day will arrive. Changyi, we should be able to collect food there."

Gu Ao withdrew his gaze from a distance, glanced at Liao Qinghui, and said, "After all, you are thinking of the people in your heart, that's very good." As he said that, Gu Ao smiled: "I'm afraid that I will be like a tiger and a river, collecting food with the army. ?”

Liao Qinghui scratched his head embarrassingly, and said, "Forget about Yongchi, it's really not right for my uncle to do so."

Gu Ao said: "If I want to collect food with the army, why should I go this way? How can I go around to the place where the disaster happened? The cavalry travels thousands of miles a day, so many roads do not go, why do they go here?"

Liao Qinghui was stunned, and said: "...I...I understand. The King of Han gave Yongchi nowhere to collect grain, so he could only rely on transporting grain."

Gu Ao smiled: "...you, there are some things you need to think about."

Liao Qinghui said: "Yes."

Gu Ao said, "Go and invite the county magistrate."

Liao Qinghui said: "Yes."

An hour later, the county magistrate was escorted by five soldiers and came to Gu Ao's seat.Seeing that he had a sparse beard, sloppy official clothes, a few hairs, and only sharp eyes, Liao Qinghui said to Gu Ao: "Han Wang, this county magistrate is really hard to get, full of wild words, very presumptuous, so I went up Please use some tricks, please forgive me."

The King of Han nodded and said, "It's okay."

The county magistrate blew his beard and shouted: "...you are the king of Han? What do you want from me? Let me tell you, there is no food in this county! No! No matter whether you are the king of Han or the emperor, I don't have any!" Fly.

Gu Ao picked up a cup of tea and said: "If the imperial court comes, you also say that there is no food?"

"That's right!" the Juncheng said loudly, "Even if I cut off my head, it's still not there!"

Gu Ao said: "This king just knows that there is no food, so I invite you here."

"...What do you mean?" The county magistrate looked at Gu Ao vigilantly, and asked a little arrogantly.

Gu Ao took a sip of tea: "Hungry is everywhere, people eat each other, how do you become the county magistrate? The drought in the east of the river has become like this. Since no one is in charge of the world, then this king will take care of it. You, the county magistrate, are negligent. This king will behead you and apologize to Jiangdong's lonely soul, what else do you have to say?"

The county magistrate was taken aback for a moment, then looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, broke free from the shackles, and said loudly: "King of Han, everyone in the world says you are a virtuous person. When I saw you today, I realized that people in the world are superficial. Where are you?" A virtuous person? You are clearly a fame-seeking person! Natural disasters are ahead, what’s the use of beheading me? Killing me today is a small matter, but Han Wangqing's reputation is a major matter."

Gu Ao put down the teacup, stood up, walked forward, and untied him personally: "Mr. Shi, it's better to meet each other than to be famous. The world says you have the style of a madman. I saw you today, yes."

Shi Yi glanced at Gu Ao, turned his face away and said, "The king of Han... since he knows my name and came to my territory, why doesn't he come to invite you personally? You must..." Shi Yan looked around, "I must send People come to catch me?"

Gu Ao laughed and said: "I heard that Mr. Shi made great contributions to the relief of the plague after the disaster, and he often persuaded the landless people to go north to Yuyang, but this king is also like Mr. Shi. I don't know if this is an absurd statement. I want to try Mr. Shi myself."

Only then did Shi Yan nod his head, and smiled: "So, the King of Han has a bit of a personality like me."

Liao Qinghui saw that this person was weird, and thought that he had tied him up just now, so he took a step back and only looked at Gu Ao, waiting for him to speak.

Gu Ao said: "This king has thought about the lack of food for the people in the county. In fact, there is a way. The rich people in the county you said are hoarding. Why don't I lead soldiers and invite them to open warehouses to help the hungry people?"

Shi Chi's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands and laughed and said, "The king of Han wants to lead his troops to grab their food and distribute it to the people? I already knew that the name of the king of Han is not just for nothing, so I will take the king of Han there right away! The place where each of their families store grain I know where it is!"

Gu Ao glanced at Liao Qinghui: "Order 3000 people, and I will go with Mr. Shi."

Liao Qinghui replied: "Yes!"

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The moon is on the treetops, and the night is cold.

Yong Chi was a little undecided about whether to attack at night tonight.He climbed up to the temporary high platform again and again, looking at the low hills in the distance, the fire was shining, and thought: "The terrain over there is weird... I didn't expect Gu Ao to choose such a place to garrison. That place is also on the map. I can't find any trace, and I never noticed it before, but now I observe it carefully, and it seems that there is a deep murderous intention." Thinking over and over again, Yong Chi ordered: "Every department is on alert, beware of the Han army fleeing at night, stick to it tonight, and start fighting tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

On the other side, Gu Ao ordered Liao Qinghui to guard the camp, and he led his people along with Shi Yi to the various clans. Along the way, he ordered the sergeant to shout: "The king of Han will open the warehouse and release the grain! The king of Han will open the warehouse and release the grain!"

For a time, wherever the army passed, the refugees gathered and followed the cavalry team like a long tail.The cavalry lit the torches, illuminating the emaciated faces behind them.

Stopping outside the gate of the rich man's house, Shi Yi took the lead and shouted: "The king of Han ordered you to open a warehouse to help the poor!"

The gatekeeper said: "We have no food! You have been here several times before, and my master has already told you! No food!"

The cavalry captain following Gu Ao drew out his weapon, and all the cavalry behind him drew out their weapons one by one, Gu Ao slightly nodded at him: "Attack!"

The huge logs were carried over by the refugees, and the sergeant jumped off his horse to take them one by one. They carried the big logs and ran towards the door. "Ouch! What's going on?" A panicked voice sounded from the house, and the cavalry captain said, "Attack again!"

Two more blows, the bolt cracked and the door swung open.The cavalry rushed in, and for a while, there were cries, shouts and panic in the house. At this moment, a man in brocade clothes was lifted out while crawling on the ground. He knelt down in front of Gu Ao with a plop, He kowtowed and said, "...I don't know that the King of Han is coming. If I miss you, I will welcome you from afar. If you miss me, please forgive me."

Shi Chi said: "You old man! You have said many times that you don't have food, let me see if you have any? Come with me!" Shi Chi waved his hand, and the refugees followed him into the house.

The man was so frightened that his hands and feet trembled, and he crawled to the feet of Gu Ao's horse: "The King of Han...Does the King of Han want military supplies? Just keep my family safe, the whole family safe."

Gu Ao said: "This king wants all your land deeds."

"The King of Han..."

Gu Ao raised his eyebrows, and the man took a deep breath tremblingly: "The small one... Let the family take the small one."

It wasn't until the refugees each carried a bag full of grain behind their backs that Gu Ao summoned them again and burned all the land deeds in public.The flames were blazing, and the family of the rich family huddled together, guarded by soldiers, men, women, old and children were crying, but the refugees cheered by the fire.After burning the title deed, Gu Ao said to Shi Qi, "Let's go, the next family."