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Chapter 248 Cooking
In Cangshan County, the city gate is wide open.

People come and go in a hurry.

After people left the city, the city gate closed again with a creak.

On the hill in the far distance, Ren Ning put down his binoculars, "The rebel army in Cangshan County is almost out. It seems that the counter-rebellion army in the east is attacking very fiercely."

Lei Er next to him agreed: "Absolutely."

Some time ago, the troops from Pinghai County in the east finally arrived, and the army immediately rushed to conquer the city.

The small counties of Laigu originally occupied each county as king and were not affiliated with each other.At this time, the small counties in the rear also had to send troops to rescue them, so as not to be taken away one by one by the imperial army.

But in this way, it saved Ren Ning and the others.

"Go and bring Niu Shusheng. At the same time, let Leilong Huang Ming and others speed up." Ren Ning said.

"Yes!" Lei Er replied, got on his horse and hurried away.

The two of them came to investigate.

The guards of Zhen Guogong's mansion were okay, but Lei Long's subordinates had almost no horses, so the large army was still a little away from the county seat at this time.

Otherwise, the group of rebels who had just left the city would not survive half an hour.

Tapping.

Nearly half an hour later, there was a thunderous sound of horseshoes from the west.

Ren Ning turned his head to look.

Amidst the smoke and dust, Lei Er and Huang Ming rushed here with three hundred guards from Zhen Guogong's mansion.

"General!"

Ren Ning didn't reply, just pointed towards the post road to the east.

"Be careful!" Lei Er reminded.

When passing by Ren Ning, he threw Niu Shusheng behind him onto the grass.Ben Lei under his crotch did not stop, and continued to chase Huang Ming and others towards the rebel army.

flutter!
Niu Shusheng was thrown to the ground, and it took him a long time to get up from the ground.

"Are you okay?" Ren Ning went over and patted the dust off his body.

"No...it's fine."

Ren Ning nodded.

Lei Er is very experienced in killing or throwing people.Niu Shusheng looked embarrassed, but he didn't fall hard.

"You are a local. Now find a way to sneak into the city, and find some respectable old people to talk about the imperial court's appeasement plan. Don't worry about the rest."

Niu Shusheng nodded, with suspicion on his face, "My lord, will the imperial court really redistribute the land to our people as you said?"

His family's land was confiscated by some high-ranking official in Xingji City, and his family was even ruined because of this.

It can be said that he has a deep hatred with every official, and Niu Shusheng has long since disbelieved the nonsense of people in the court.

"Have I lied to you?" Ren Ning smiled: "No."

"Not really." Niu Shusheng nodded honestly.

Ren Ning nodded in satisfaction, and pointed to the small town ahead.

"The imperial court's anti-insurgency army is about to hit here. Several counties in front have sent people to ask for help, and the insurgent army here has just gone east to help."

"Really?" Niu Shusheng lifted his spirits.

His impression of the imperial court couldn't have been worse, but his impression of the rebellious army occupying the county town was not much better.

Most of those rebels were half bandits and half people before.

They have always been lawless, especially since they took power, they have oppressed ordinary people even more.

Otherwise, Niu Shusheng wouldn't have gone up Luoxia Mountain and entered the Vajra Village.

"Really!" Ren Ning pointed to the path where the cavalry disappeared: "Lei Er and the others ran so fast that they were chasing the rebels."

Niu Shusheng suddenly understood.

"So in a few days, this small city will be pacified again." Ren Ning looked up at the low city wall in front of him: "Swords and guns have no eyes, I don't want the people inside to go up the city wall because they misheard some rumors, Finally died under the siege."

Niu Shusheng shivered violently, and touched his pocket subconsciously.

In the pocket were some trophies he had found on the battlefield west of the Dragon's Lair.

There he saw with his own eyes the corpses of Xiliang people all over the ground after the war, and the indifference of the soldiers in Dingxi County when they made up their swords.

Knife in knife out!The little soldiers poked up without batting an eye.It seems that what is under the knife is not a person but an ordinary animal.

This is my hometown!
If a war like that happens...

Niu Shusheng broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly said, "Young one, let's go."

However, after walking a few steps, he stopped again and said eagerly: "My lord, will the imperial court really return the land to our common people?"

"Yes." Ren Ning nodded solemnly: "The imperial court will not only return your land, but also send people to build water conservancy and post roads, and send doctors to treat everyone. So that you can live and work here for generations..."

While talking, Ren Ning was a little lost.

He knows the importance of land to the people better than anyone else.

Only when the common people have land and a way to live can the whole country have real peace and stability.

Niu Shusheng left in doubt.

After more than an hour, Lei Long finally rushed to the outside of Cangshan County with his subordinates.

"My lord, did the rebels in the city really leave the city?"

Ren Ning nodded: "More than [-] people have left. But this is their old den, and there are always some people staying behind. It is impossible to send everyone out."

Thunder Dragon nodded.

He looked at the sparse guards on the top of the city, "If 5000 people left, there shouldn't be many people in the city."

The only thing to worry about is that the people will go to the top of the city to help out.

"I hope Niu Shusheng's words will have some effect," he said.

It's getting late.

On the open space outside the city, the soldiers of Dingxi lined up in a row, swaggeringly cooking.

Not long after, there was a strong aroma of food everywhere.

Lei Long touched the stubble that had just grown out: "My lord, it would be great if we brought those dust blowers here, so that we can blow the fragrance of rice into the city."

Maybe the hungry people inside smelled it and opened the city gate directly to let them enter the city.

"No need." Ren Ning smiled: "This small town is not big, and our food is so delicious, someone will always smell it."

"Send a few brothers to build a tower and shout into it," he said.

"Okay!"

Although the top of the city in front of me is not high, it is an obstacle after all.And in a few days, the army of suppressing the chaos will kill them.

Lei Long didn't want his brother's precious life to be lost on climbing the city.

Therefore, it is always good not to fight the enemy.

The tower was erected quickly.

Thunder Dragon's personal guard, Xiao Zhu, climbed up.

He held a leg of sauced lamb in his left hand and used an iron and copper trumpet in his right, shouting loudly into it.

"People in Cangshan County, hello! Have you eaten dinner? We prepare meals outside the city, and you can come out to eat whatever you want."

As for their origins and the purpose of this trip, it is estimated that the news has already spread in the city, so there is no need for Xiao Zhu to bother.

The city was quiet, and no one responded at all.Only a few wooden arrows were shot from the wall and landed softly on the ground a few feet in front of the wooden tower.

The little soldiers did what they were supposed to do, without even looking at those arrows.

Thunder Dragon frowned again and again, and slammed down the food in his hand.

"Xiao Zhu's Dingxi accent is too strong, and the people in the city can't understand it. Hurry up and let him come down and replace him with someone who can speak Laigu dialect."

The surrounding guards looked at each other in blank dismay.

Although Dingxi and Laigu are only separated by the Luoxia Mountains, in this era of inconvenient transportation and harsh roads, the two places are almost the same as Tianya Haijiao.

Someone said: "Chief Qian, we are all from Dingxi, and no one has been to Laigu County. No one can speak Laigu dialect!"

Only then did Lei Long come to his senses, and looked embarrassedly at Ren Ning, the only one who was not from Dingxi: "My lord, do you see?"

"Xiao Zhu's shouting is good, let him continue shouting." Ren Ning explained with a smile: "This Cangshan County is on the post road. In the past years, there were caravans coming and going from east to west. They haven't heard any dialect in Yunchui. ?”

"That's right." Thunder Dragon suddenly realized.

It's getting darker.

Half an hour later, I don't know whether it was Xiao Zhu's shouting that had an effect or the food was really tempting, some people sneaked out of the city.

They made a big bend and walked to the edge of Dingxi's station.

"Masters, do you really have something to eat?"

Haha!

Thunder Dragon had already discovered it.

He went up to meet him and slapped his chest: "Come here, folks. We Dingxi people have always spit on one nail, saying that if there is something to eat, there will definitely be something to eat."

(End of this chapter)