"Bold and unruly!"
When Wang Chen cut off the second head, a group of heavily armed soldiers rushed over and started killing the refugees around Ye Dai and others, killing more than a dozen people in an instant.
Ye Dai is the daughter of Ye Xiangming. Although she is from another house, County Assistant Lord's love for her has long been an open secret among Qing'an County Town, and not many people are unaware of it.
The soldiers responsible for maintaining law and order outside the city are all subordinates of Ye Xiangming.
When a group of disaster victims came around just now, these soldiers were on strong alert, so they responded quickly.
They were even more cruel and ruthless than Wang Chen. Even those who were kneeling on the ground begging for mercy were killed without fail, and they used heads and dripping blood to warn other refugees.
It's not that these soldiers like to kill people, but if they don't use such cruel methods to kill chickens and scare monkeys, then nearly ten thousand refugees will be unable to control them, and the consequences of rebellion will be disastrous.
A small commotion was quickly put down.
"Let's go back."
Wang Chen sheathed his sword and said softly to his wife and concubines, "Let others handle the relief work in the future."
Ye Dai nodded with a pale face.
She had been raised in a boudoir and didn't know the cruelty of the world. Today she was taught a good lesson.
All three perspectives were severely impacted.
Not long after Wang Chen returned home with his wife and concubines, his father-in-law Ye Xiangming hurried to the door.
The county magistrate obviously got the news, came over to inquire about the situation, and then said Ye Dai with a straight face.
He reprimanded Ye Dai to the point of being devastated.
Ye Xiangming also complained about Wang Chen: "Don't pamper her too much. Everything depends on her temper."
Wang Chen smiled bitterly, "My son-in-law knows."
"This is none of your husband's business."
Ye Dai quickly wiped his tears and defended Wang Chen: "It's all my fault."
"You, you!"
Ye Xiangming actually loved his daughter very much. He waved his hand feebly and said, "Go and reflect on yourself. Wang Chen and I have something to discuss. We will have dinner here tonight."
After Ye Dai left, Ye Xiangming said seriously to Wang Chen: "The current situation is not good..."
First, Qing'an County asked the prefecture and city above for help. As a result, the prefecture and city expressed helplessness. Not only could they not allocate half a grain of relief grain, but they asked the county government to allocate part of the grain from the official warehouse to support the prefecture.
Because all seven counties of Changyi Prefecture were hit by disasters, and the drought in several counties was particularly severe.
The situation of Qing'an County is considered good.
At present, tens of thousands of victims have gathered outside Fucheng, and the number is still increasing.
The price of rice in Fucheng has risen to twenty cents per catty, and rice shops have even been robbed. The grain stored in the government treasury can only last for two or three months at most.
If no new rice is put into storage by then, the consequences will be disastrous.
As the saying goes, when the house leaks and it rains all night, the Santai County refugees, who are suffering from the worst drought, start a rebellion and almost bring down the entire county.
"Drought Fiend is likely to be in the territory of Santai County."
Ye Xiangming's face was extremely ugly. "When Drought Fiend comes out, the ground will be thousands of miles away. We Qing'an County can't be alone!"
For Mortal World, Drought Fiend is undoubtedly one of the most terrible disasters.
Drought Fiend is often accompanied by natural disasters. Where it appears, rivers dry up and lakes dry up, and the wilderness is barren of grass. It also brings fires.
It is normal for a Drought Fiend to become the climate and destroy an entire country!
In order to deal with this Drought Fiend, Changyi Prefecture has recruited martial arts masters and elite soldiers, and asked Baiyun Temple's mage for help, preparing to kill it.
Although it is said that the sooner Drought Fiend is killed, the better, but as a natural disaster, Drought Fiend is not so easy to deal with.
I don't know how many people have to die to solve it!
But that's not the most troublesome thing.
The biggest problem lies in the Nanli Kingdom's Imperial Court. Since King of Nanli became seriously ill half a year ago, the overt and covert fighting between several princes has entered a fierce state, which has greatly affected the country's situation.
Taken together, these circumstances give people the feeling that the country is about to lose its kingdom and that troubled times are approaching.
And once the sky falls, Ye Xiangming, who has always been strong in Qing'an County, dare not say that he can guarantee the safety of his wife, children, and children.
"To be prepared for a rainy day, you still have to make plans early."
The county magistrate finally said to Wang Chen, "Both you and I need a way out."
Ye Xiangming was not making false threats. In less than half a month, the situation of Changyi Prefecture deteriorated sharply.
With no way to survive, the Santai County refugees finally captured the county town through desperate efforts at all costs.
They looted all the big houses in the city, killed the gentry, and then took a large number of civilians in the city to form an army of rogue bandits and launched a raid on the adjacent areas of Santai County.
As the news spread, the entire Changyi Prefecture fell into panic.
These bandits grew rapidly like a snowball, sweeping across Changyi Prefecture like locusts, with their number exceeding 50,000.
This huge army of rogue bandits did not attack Fucheng, which had strong city defenses. Instead, they moved down the river, taking more victims with them while attacking local county towns.
Just one month later, Yongping County Town, which is located upstream of the Clear Water River, was breached.
Yongping County is adjacent to Qing'an County. Its fall means that Qing'an County will face the frontline of the rogue army!
When the news came, all the gentry and merchants in the county panicked.
Many people hurriedly fled the city with their families to escape the disaster further south.
People from the countryside poured into the county in large numbers, causing the security of the county to deteriorate rapidly. Ye Xiangming patrolled the streets with soldiers every day, killing batch after batch of troublemakers.
By early July, the county town was overcrowded and the city gates were completely closed.
Because the rogue army is coming.
Woo~
The desolate sound of horns spread throughout the fields, and outside the Qing'an County city, large numbers of bandits came from all over the mountains and fields.
Once the number of people exceeds 10,000, it is boundless, and the bandits surrounding Qing'an County Town are at least 50,000 to 60,000, covering a large area of wilderness in darkness, making people feel numb just looking at it.
You must know that the population in Qing'an County Town is not that large. The soldiers under Ye Xiangming are only three hundred. Even if the county government's police officers are included, the armed force does not exceed five hundred.
What they faced was a hundred times more powerful enemies!
Under such circumstances, the county magistrate Yu Heqian and the county magistrate Ye Xiangming united in an unprecedented way. They not only used strong methods to recruit the servants of the wealthy gentry and wealthy families in the city to guard the hospital, but also organized all the members of the local gangs and distributed weapons to act as soldiers.
In addition, a group of strong men were temporarily recruited, and finally a garrison strength of 3,500 people was assembled.
In fact, if there is a critical moment, then the old, weak, women and children in the city will have to go to the city wall to fight, otherwise they will be destroyed and slaughtered.
The ferocity of the bandits is beyond the imagination of ordinary people!
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