The most powerful emperor grandson of the Tang Dynasty

Time was urgent and Chang Sun Ze could not stay here for too long. After leaving behind a batch of supplies and five thousand soldiers, Chang Sun Ze immediately headed towards Su Dingfang. There were about five hundred miles between the two of them. If the road had been repaired, these five hundred miles would be no problem, but it was all Gobi Desert, which made it difficult to walk.

After walking in such places for a long time, everyone basically has experience. When the sun is hottest during the day, find a place to squat down and rest. At night and in the early morning, walk. Half of the day is spent on resting. If you work too much, your body will not have enough water to replenish.

With the reinforcement of these 5,000 men, Cheng Chuliang did not stay in this place. He commanded the entire army to immediately charge towards a city in the southwest.

Jalalabad.

This is the nearest city to Cheng Chuliang. In fact, there are cities further north, but those cities can no longer be called cities. When the Arab Empire retreated, they had already taken away everything in the cities. All the capable locals also retreated with the army, and those who were not capable could only become refugees on the spot.

Under the walls of Jalalabad are refugees who have fled from the north. They have exhausted their last bit of strength and finally arrived in Jalalabad. They thought that the Arab Empire would provide them with disaster relief, but who knew that what they were greeted with was endless scorching sun. Several city gates have been closed. If you don’t have enough entrance fees, then you just have to wait outside the city.

At the beginning, there were only a few hundred people, and then the number increased at a rate of thousands every day. Now, after these days, there are already tens of thousands of refugees outside the city. The rulers of the authorities have wanted to open the city gates several times, but the people below also told them that if you open the city gates, these tens of thousands of refugees will quickly pour in. Will we have enough food stored?

The city lord Ajalud looked at the refugees below, feeling very sad in his heart. He also wanted to save these people, but the problem was that his personal ability was limited. The city itself was not big, and there was not much stored food. If there were only one or two thousand people, and he mobilized the rich families in the city, perhaps they could get through the difficulties together.

But now the number of people going out is dozens of times more, and many more come every day. If you dare to open the city gate, not only will you fail to save these refugees under the city wall, but you may also cause disaster to the city.

When a person is extremely hungry, the law is just a piece of waste paper to him. When he can't survive, even if you are his relative, you may become food in his mouth. These things have happened before, so the city lord dare not open the city gate now, and even feels guilty for his previous thoughts. That kind of behavior shows that he does not care about the ordinary people in the city.

"My Lord City Lord, the city wall on the northeast side has been repaired. Our people have filled the gap inside, but the refugees outside are still digging. If we don't suppress them, we will have to repair the city wall tomorrow morning. Over time, our city wall may not hold. Once the Tang army comes, what should the people in the city do without the city wall?" An official said that the most important thing in the city now is that the refugees outside are trying their best to tear up the city wall. Their city walls are not made of bricks and stone, but are made of adobe. They look pretty good, but if you have tools, you can tear open the city wall at any time.

The refugees now have no way to come in through the city gate, so these people found a relatively low place and tried their best to pull at the city wall under the cover of night. A section of the wall collapsed last night. If the soldiers had not discovered it quickly, these people might have really run in through the gap. Even so, more than 50 people were killed last night, which frightened the refugees.

"They are all a group of miserable people. They used to have a good life, but when that bastard Sukhguman retreated, he took away all their remaining supplies, hoping to create problems for the Tang Dynasty. But now that the Tang Dynasty's army has retreated, all these problems have been placed on us."

Ajalud said with some sadness that he also came from a poor family, but he was lucky, and through various reasons, he finally embarked on the path of becoming an official.

After so many years, he had finally made it. Just when he was about to be promoted, he didn't expect such a thing to happen. The Governor's Office also issued an order, forcing them to defend the city. No matter whether it was the Tang army or the refugees, they were not allowed to pass through the city.

According to the city lord's idea, it is normal not to let the Tang army pass. Even if there is no order from above, they know what to do. They will fight to the last moment and stop the Tang army from moving south.

But what about these refugees? What have they done wrong? These people were once our partners, and they have also made contributions to this country in the north. Now because you have robbed their property, they have become refugees. They have finally managed to get to this city, but you are not allowing them to go south through here. Aren't you forcing them to death?
"Your Excellency is right, but we are faced with a problem. We must have soldiers drive those people away. If we don't take action now, someone will try to tear down the city wall tonight. We must get these people away from the city wall. They don't dare to do it during the day, but they can do anything at night. Once they enter the city, their fighting power will be even more terrifying than that of demons."

The official next to him had experienced a famine. The refugees at that time didn't care about anything as long as they could fill their stomachs. No matter whether it was a government warehouse or a private warehouse, as long as they found it, they would immediately take out all the goods. If you didn't stop them, they wouldn't do anything to you. Anyone who dared to stop them would only die. There was no reason in front of hungry people.

The city lord still couldn't make up his mind. To drive them away, he would definitely shoot arrows from the city wall, or pour boiling oil from below to prevent these people from staying under the city wall. However, this would inevitably result in a large number of casualties. If he didn't do this, what would the people in the city do? (End of this chapter)