Horse on the World

Chapter 451 Appease
Li Qing walked in the refugee camp outside the city with a heavy heart. In the past two days, sporadic refugees have heard the news and gathered here. The number of refugees has already exceeded one hundred thousand. I have to say that this time Liao Bin's strategy was quite successful. He calculated that it would be impossible for a man like Li Qing to abandon these refugees and chase him.Rescuing a large number of refugees gave Li Qing great prestige, but at the same time, it also gave him more time to build a stronger line of defense. The crazy looting made his material reserves more abundant.Liao Bin would never have dared to do this if it wasn't during the war. After all, these refugees used to be the foundation of his rule, but in front of Li Qing's powerful soldiers, he must give up decisively. Now it is necessary to reserve a glimmer of life. , buy time, wait and see the change of timing.

The land of the Central Plains is turbulent, and the current situation is changing so strangely that people can't see it, but Liao Bin sees a huge opportunity from it. Although he used to lean towards King Ning, he has always left room for things, but he has never made a clean break with Luoyang. If he still maintains a certain strength, then he can be sold for a price. Liao Bin does not believe that the actual controller of Luoyang will not see Li Qing's plan. As long as he blocks Li Qing's attack, he can only try his best. If Li Qing's victory is delayed as much as possible, the master of Luoyang will discover his own value, and at that time, a steady stream of support will arrive in Quanzhou.

Trading space for time is the core of all Liao Bin's current plans.He tried every means to delay Li Qing's attack speed, and he could give up anywhere, as long as Quanzhou City, the political and economic core of Quanzhou, was still in his hands, he could make a comeback at any time.

Although Li Qing fought on two fronts, although his strength far exceeded his own, his burden was also far greater than his own.

It's not that Li Qing doesn't understand Liao Bin's intentions, but just like what Wang Qinian said, even though he knew there was a hole in front of him, he could only step into it.

The refugee camps outside the city have already established a certain scale and order. Taking the village as the unit, they are divided into pieces, which is clear at a glance.Sewage ditches have been dug in these simple settlements, and quicklime has been sprinkled everywhere in the camp for disinfection. Dingzhou patrol soldiers will walk through the settlements in neat lines from time to time, maintaining the most basic order.

Compared with the previous few days, the spirit of the refugees now seems to be slightly better. Although there are only two gruel meals a day, they can survive on it. The fighting in the camp brought a rare vitality to the refugee camp.

But on the whole, there is still a sense of sadness in the refugee camp with an unpredictable future. The house was burned, the food storage was robbed, and the spring seedlings were destroyed. How should we live this year?Although these armies in front of us are providing life-saving porridge, how long can this kind of relief last? Once this army is deployed, what should I do?

Most of the people in the refugee camp were sitting in front of their simple huts, watching Li Qing pass in front of them blankly. Although they didn't know who Li Qing was, they knew that it was a big official.

The sun is warm, but the heart is cold.

With a whoosh, a black shadow suddenly flew out from behind a shack, and went straight to Li Qing, but Li Qing, who lowered his head in thought, didn't notice, but Tang Hu and Iron Leopard behind him were shocked, and the two jumped up quickly, using their own door panels The same figure blocked Li Qing, and with a flash of saber light, he blocked the flying black shadow. With a bang, the black shadow fell to the ground, but it was a stone the size of a palm. At the same time, another personal guard behind Li Qing Already rushing out amidst the roar of anger, they split into two paths and bypassed the shack.

Only then did Li Qing raise his head, looking at the stones on the ground, his brows were deeply frowned, the personal guard blew the whistle, and in an instant, groups of cavalry swarmed over, and in an instant, Surround this settlement impenetrably.

"Let me go, let me go, you robbers!" A childish voice came, and Li Qing raised his head, only to see a boy about eleven or twelve years old being carried almost in mid-air by two guards, carrying him from behind the shack. out.

"A child?" Li Qing asked in surprise.

"Commander, it's him. When we caught him, he was about to attack Commander again!" a guard shouted loudly.

"Kneel down!" Another guard shouted at the child.

The child raised his head stubbornly, the guard sneered, and the back of the knife in his hand hit his knee heavily, the child let out a cry of pain, his legs softened, and he knelt down in front of Li Qing.

The villagers in the settlement were stunned by the sudden change. It was not until the cavalry outside surrounded the small settlement and saw the bright steel swords and spears that they panicked. The terrified crowd huddled together , Panic spread involuntarily.

"Boy of the Yan family, are you going to kill us all?" An old man ran out in a panic, slapped the child hard, and fell to his knees in front of Li Qing with a bang. The young man is the supreme commander of this army, and also the legendary magical existence.

"Master, please spare me, he is still a child, not sensible!"

"My son!" There was another mournful cry from the crowd, and a woman staggered out and rushed to Li Qing, kowtowing like garlic, "My lord, my lord, please forgive me, please forgive me!" For my son, I am willing to die for him, I am willing to die for him!"

The child was very strong. Although he was held on his neck by two knives and couldn't move, he held his neck and shouted: "Mother, don't kowtow to these robbers for mercy. If it weren't for them, how could we be here today?" point!"

Li Qing let out a long breath, ignored the old man and the woman, walked to the child, squatted down, and asked softly: "It was Liao Bin who robbed you of food and burned your house, um, the biggest boy in the whole prefecture." officials, and I gave you food, why do you hate me so much?"

The child stared at Li Qing and said loudly: "We are living a good life. If you hadn't come to invade us, how could that Liao... how could he have come to rob us of food and burn our house? It was all because of you, and now he is here again!" Pretend to be a good person! Bah!" A mouthful of saliva spewed out, spitting out Li Qing's face.

The two guards behind were furious, and one guard kicked the child down, followed by the other two, kicking the child to the ground.

"Stop!" Li Qing yelled angrily, the woman rushed over and hugged the child into her arms, her body trembling and crying loudly.

Li Qing stood up silently, and slowly wiped the spittle off his face with his hands. Most of the people around him showed expressions of resentment, and they all knew that the child was going to die.

The old man trembled all over, fell down on the ground, and said loudly: "Commander, Commander, this is just this baby's idea, Commander, please don't blame our village!"

It's no wonder that the old man was afraid. As Li Qing stood up slowly, the guards around him choked, and most of them drew their knives out of their sheaths, with murderous intent radiating from their faces uncontrollably.

Li Qing raised his head to the sky, and said leisurely after a long while: "Xing, the people suffer, death, the people suffer, throughout the ages, there is no exception!" He said to the guard, "let that baby go!"

Turning to look at the old man again, "Are you the elder of this village?"

"The little old man is the village elder of this village, and the little old man is Yan Shengxu."

"Get up!" Li Qingwen said loudly, "This doll also has a certain point in what she said. If I hadn't come, you would not have suffered this kind of suffering. It is indeed my responsibility."

As Li Qing said, the village elder surnamed Yan was even more frightened, "Marshal Liao robbed us of food and burned our houses. It was Marshal who gave us food to survive and sent doctors to treat our patients. Marshal It is our reborn parents, the little old man and all the villagers dare not show the slightest disrespect to the commander-in-chief, and they are all grateful to the commander-in-chief!"

Li Qing laughed and said: "You are insincere, I'm afraid you think the same as that doll in your heart, but you have been through the world for a long time and dare not speak out, but this doll does it rashly, get up, I don't blame you. Tang Hu, send an order to call all the village elders in this refugee camp here to discuss matters."

"Yes, Commander!" Tang Hu glared at the child with one eye, turned and left.

The doll was very bold, and stared back fiercely, Li Qing couldn't help laughing, ignorant people are fearless, it's true, if the doll is bigger and has experienced more things in the world, I'm afraid it won't have such energy up.

After a cup of tea, dozens of village elders in this refugee site were all summoned. When they heard that the commander-in-chief was attacked here, everyone was shocked. He swallowed it alive, and now the hundreds of thousands of people here are all dependent on the compassion of the high official in front of him. If he is angered, he doesn't need to draw his sword to face each other, but the army just needs to march away. Most of these people are afraid have to starve to death.

The village elder surnamed Yan lowered his head with shame on his face.

Li Qing was fine and normal, sitting on the ground, not afraid that the mud on the ground would stain his brand new robe, "Come on, let's use the ground as our mat and the sky as our curtain, let's sit down!" Li Qing waved his hands.

Everyone was stunned, looking at Li Qing who was sitting on the ground, and after a while of apologizing, they also sat down in restraint.

"You are all highly respected people in Zhuji County. Li Qing invited you here today to discuss with you how to live in the future." Li Qing laughed. "I will tell you all the village elders, in another six days, my army will be leaving!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard it. The army was together, and there was no food to save their lives. How could they survive? The field suddenly became noisy.

Li Qing pressed his hands together and said, "Everyone, be quiet and listen to me!"

"The kid gave me a stone just now!" Li Qing smiled, "He scolded me and spit all over my face."

"Capital crime, capital crime, please be merciful, Marshal!"

The smile on Li Qing's face slowly disappeared, "But he was right about one thing. If I hadn't come, you would not have fallen into the situation you are in now, and you wouldn't have suffered this crime!"

All the village elders looked at each other, wondering what Li Qing meant by saying that.

"So, I won't care about everyone's life or death. Even if I leave, I will arrange everyone properly and leave after life is safe! To tell you the truth, I have mobilized a lot of food and supplies and are heading to Zhuji , In about four or five days, the first batch of food supplies will arrive here, and I promise everyone that no one will starve to death in Zhuji."

"I, Li Qing, will help everyone return to their homes and rebuild their homes!" Li Qing said loudly.

"Marshal Hong En!" All the elders of the village bowed down together, with joy on their faces.

"Next, let's discuss these matters and come up with a charter!" Li Qing said with a smile: "It's not a small problem for everyone to work together, how to distribute the food and supplies after they arrive, who will go first, how to resettle them, and how to return home. Let's all talk about it!"

The atmosphere at the scene gradually became intense.

(End of this chapter)