PS: There is another chapter later

Smokes of smoke floated outside Yunzhou City.

More than 100,000 surrendered people were divided by the Yunzhou army to prevent the gathering of people and riots again.

At the same time, hundreds of large pots were laid on the land outside the city, and rice porridge was boiled in the pot. The faint fragrance of rice made the victims swallow their saliva.

Qi Guangyi rode his horse and kept patrolling the place. The victims were already waiting in front of the big pot to serve porridge. Now the rumors of Yunzhou City gathering the victims have become a reality.

The rice porridge in front of them also made these people feel at ease.

If you have food, who would want to fight for a bite of food?

But it is indeed very dangerous for tens of thousands of people to gather. They have received orders to send these victims to the fiefdom states in batches.

Moreover, the order does not force these victims to move, but also requires the intention of these victims themselves.

"Everyone, the victims in the city have also told you that His Highness is kind and righteous. He said that as long as he is willing to migrate to Qingzhou, the people of Cangzhou and other states can get their own land and live in these places with peace of mind. After this meal tonight, those who are willing to go with us will gather at the North Gate. At that time, there will naturally be someone to ascend the throne to make a book for you and allocate you to different places."

After pausing, Qi Guangyi continued, "Of course, if you don't want to, we won't force it. Each person will give you three kilograms of rice, so you can go where you want to go."

The victims all listened to Qi Guangyi's words with their ears.

As soon as he finished speaking, whispers rang among the victims.

Qi Guangyi observed these people. According to these people, they were all people who had just followed the Qinglong King for a while, and some of them were even forced to the Qinglong King's army by their fellow villagers.

Moreover, there were many people who were preparing to take refuge in Yunzhou, but when they met the Qinglong King's army, they could only be brought in. However, they did not expect that the Qinglong King would choose to attack the city.

They used to be the duty-minded people and didn't want to fight at all. Most of them just wanted to escape.

"Your Majesty, are you saying true? If you go there, there will be land?" said a brave man.

Qi Guangyi said: "This is still fake. Some of the victims in the city have already been assigned land in Yunzhou. You can ask, the person who escaped when they are making porridge in front."

The man didn't make any fake things, and went straight to the front, asked a few questions and came back.

When the other victims saw him come back, they asked, "Is it true or false?"

"Really, he said he had divided twenty acres of land, and the Yunzhou government office also sent him food rations, saying that he would return it to the government office after the cultivated land was harvested, and he would not pay the grain for three years."

"There is also this good thing!" The victims around were surprised. This was like dreaming for them.

Qi Guangyi smiled and went to other places to convey the policy on migration to the victims.

With a bite of hot porridge and generous policies, the victims gradually let go of their guard. Under the strict discipline of the Yunzhou Army and the Qingzhou Army, no soldiers bullied the victims.

This made the victims yearn for that different world. Many victims gathered together at night to discuss whether to migrate.

The next day, the North Gate was filled with people who wanted to migrate to the six states.

Xiao Ming and Zhan Xingchang were very pleased to see this scene. As long as the policies are good, they are not afraid of not attracting these victims, and it is easy to make a choice between hell and heaven.

Of course, some victims were unwilling to leave their hometowns. As promised, Xiao Ming gave them food to go on the road and asked them to join their relatives elsewhere.

Xiao Ming's kindness made him quickly gain prestige among the victims. After all, there are many people who are talking big in the Dayu Congress now, but not many people can truly fulfill their promises.

Because of this, Xiao Ming's seemingly insignificant alms made the victims from Jizhou grateful.

His kindness further spreads with the victims in all directions.

What surprised Xiao Ming was that many of the victims who fled during the last battle actually came back spontaneously to accept the arrangement of the Yunzhou Prefecture Office to settle in the six prefectures.

In just ten days, Yunzhou counted 200,000 migrated victims, and this number continued to increase.

"Your Highness, the affairs of the victims are finally settled. It's a pity that the people who died in battle are really abominable. The Green Dragon King is really abominable. It's better if he doesn't want to serve the country. Instead, he has started to conquer the city and seize food and grass."

Zhan Xingchang said angrily.

Xiao Ming nodded, "The human heart is not enough, but this Qinglong King is probably not an easy person to deal with, otherwise he would not be able to easily conquer several prefectures and counties."

"What Your Highness said is very true." Zhan Xingchang pondered for a moment, "This time the accidental artillery and flintlock rifle caused the chaos to disperse so quickly. If it were ordinary weapons, it would probably be a death battle."

The two were talking when suddenly a noise sounded outside, and then Zhao Long and Zhao Hu, who were originally guarding the door, walked in with a scout covered in blood.

Xiao Ming and Zhan Xingchang were all terrified.

Seeing Xiao Ming, the scout said weakly: "Your Highness, the barbarian reinforcements have arrived. The Qingzhou army led by Governor Niu was besieged in Fencheng by 80,000 barbarians. Shanziying defeated without fighting without fighting. The food and grass transported on the way back was robbed by the Qinglong King."

After saying that, the scout fainted.

"Bang!" Xiao Ming slapped the table with one hand, his chest undulating violently, "Blue Dragon King, shameless bandit, do you have no national justice in your eyes?"

Zhan Xingchang also blushed. He first attacked Yunzhou, and now he robbed the food road. The Qinglong King ignored the Qingzhou army and the imperial guards who resisted the barbarians on the front line. This was not a rebel army, it was simply a bandit!

"This Shanziying is also a waste." Zhan Xingchang stomped his feet in anger.

When Niu Ben set out, part of the Shanzi camp took grain and grass to Jizhou with Qingzhou troops.

After arriving at Fencheng, which he thought in Jizhou, Niu Ben ordered to wait for his reunion with the imperial guards, and at the same time he looked for an opportunity to break through the blockade of Chagatai on Jizhou.

Because Niu Ben judged that this battle might take a long time, Shanziying kept transporting grain to and storing military rations for one month.

After all, he was worried that he would be besieged, and if he lost food and grass, he would inevitably be in chaos in the morale of the army.

Now that the food and grass are robbed, the Qingzhou army has insufficient grain reserves, which makes Xiao Ming not anxious.

"Your Highness, Fencheng is a small city that is inferior to Yunzhou City, and the city wall is just a earthen wall. The most urgent task is to lift the siege of Fencheng." Zhan Xingchang calmed down and reminded.

Xiao Ming sighed, not expecting that a war would be so difficult. Now that Beishan reinforcements have arrived, Jizhou City is probably going to become a meat grinder.

He said to Zhan Xingchang: "I ordered Qi Guangyi to lead 5,000 cavalry and 3,000 musketeers to quickly rush to Fencheng. If he was defeated in this battle, the northern kingdom would have no royal foothold."
Chapter completed!