early morning.

Du Yongzhuo stood on the city wall, watching waves of people walking out of the county town and heading south together, feeling deeply moved.

"The county magistrate had promised before that he would defend the county town, guard everyone's homes, slowly suppress bandits, and restore the peace of Huaili County. But he knew that it was just fart."

This is what an old man said, and he was very calm when he said it.

Someone has summarized the matter well and told everyone that the county magistrate just wanted to flatter the little prince, and then sent out the army guarding the county town.

After the people found out, they did not get angry or insulted, but just packed their luggage and headed south without hesitation. There was no luggage anymore, because they were almost burned, and even the amount of dry food was only a few days.

Huaili County is located in the south of Ganzhou, and then there is Quzhou. There are many forests and swamps at the junction, which is an illegal place. It not only brings together various dangerous beasts and snakes and insects, but also attracts a large number of vicious people.

However, the people would rather go south than go north or east, which obviously had lost confidence in the court.

The county magistrate and Lord Nie stood at the south gate, smiled bitterly and persuaded the people not to go south, but only gave them a cold roll of eyes.

In the end, even a single citizen was left behind, and the county town almost turned into an empty city, or a devastated empty city.

The county magistrate looked at the houses still emitting wisps of smoke in the city, his legs became weak, he knelt on the ground, muttering words in his mouth, and others couldn't even understand a word.

Master Nie had no choice but to instruct Master Zhang to help the county magistrate up.

The little princes in Weiwei Temple said they would not leave no matter what, but now they are clamoring to leave immediately, and ordered the county magistrate to draw some elite troops to escort them back to Beijing.

The county magistrate was already a little numb and said lightly: "Several young princes please take care of themselves. You can bring as many elite escorts as you want. Anyway, these elite escorts are sent by General Manager Nie. Just bypassing me and giving orders directly. Didn't you do it once yesterday?"

The little princes did not care about the ridicule of the county magistrate. After snorting coldly, they went to select escorts and ordered them to accompany them in the name of protecting the safety of the royal children.

The three leaders of Weiwei Temple fought with injuries last night, but unfortunately they all died in battle, so no one can restrain these little princes now. In fact, even if they are not dead, there is no binding force.

After picking up the manpower, several young princes persuaded Pei Song to return to Beijing together.

Pei Song politely refused, laughing and said that he wanted to play for a while.

The little princes did not force Pei Song to take away three hundred elite soldiers.

There are still 200 elite soldiers left in the county, as well as more than 400 militia and yamen runners, plus the staff of Weiwei Temple and Dali Temple, less than 700 people.

Zhao Dezhu looked at the dust rising on the road and sneered: "It's better to go if you wantonly!"

Hu Hefeng persuaded: "God of Gambling, just say less, don't you think it's too much trouble?"

Zhao Dezhu didn't care: "To be honest, there is trouble, right, Lao Du? Lao Du?"

"Um?"

Du Yong came to his senses, turned his head to look at Zhao Dezhu, and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Zhao Dezhu asked speechlessly, "What are you thinking about?"

Du Yong chuckled and said, "The wine last night was free and I drank it very happily, but I didn't have any food, because the restaurants and restaurants were burned. So I was just thinking about what to eat at noon today."

Zhao Dezhu sighed: "Not only are the hotels and restaurants burned, but even the granary has been burned, and now there is only some dry food left. Otherwise, we can find some bacon, bacon, meat, etc.," he said.

Pei Song came to Nie Zhubo's side: "Mr. Nie, this stall is rotten now, what should I do?"

It's a mess indeed.

Master Nie is a rare calm person now. He asked Master Zhang to caress the already numb county magistrate back to rest, and said in a deep voice: "The most important thing now is to send someone to notify General Manager Nie and Qu Shaoqing first."

Pei Song sighed: "Of course we have to notify General Manager Nie and Qu Shaoqing, but what if the Fire Wolf Gang comes again during this period? Should we abandon the city or not?"

It's quite difficult.

If this city is abandoned, the Fire Wolf Gang may take over and the base will grow and grow.

If you don’t give up, it will be difficult to support it. If you have troops but no food, your morale will be low, and there will be shortage of equipment to defend the city.

Master Nie was also embarrassed and looked at Du Yong: "Du Wei, what do you think?"

Du Yong was very surprised and pointed at his nose: "What do I think? Isn't there Captain Hu, Deputy Captain Jiang and Deputy Captain Duan? Why is it my turn?"

Master Nie chuckled and said, "After all, you led people to guard the county town last night."

Du Yong pointed to the embarrassing streets and houses and laughed at himself: "Where is this to guard it? Actually, I should have notified all the people to escape early yesterday, and the 200 militiamen should also escape, give the city to the Huolang Gang. Just lit the granary before leaving, leaving no supplies for the Huolang Gang."

Master Nie Bo Surong said: "Du Wei, please be careful, how can you say such words randomly!"

Then he turned to Pei Song: "Pei Duwei, Duwei should be tired, so he talks nonsense."

Pei Song waved his hand and said it was okay: "Old Du was right. If I had known that the losses would be so heavy, it would be better to abandon the city and run away. But you don't have to blame yourself at all, it's not your fault."

Zhao Dezhu echoed: "Yes, Lao Du, although the losses were heavy, the Fire Wolf Gang also died nearly a thousand times."

"Self-blame?"

Du Yong touched his head and smiled, "Why do I blame myself? I'm just feeling a little emotional. Lord Nie, what did you think just now?"

Master Nie nodded.

Du Yong said without hesitation: "I only have one idea now, which is to take these 700 people to abandon the city and settle the score with the Fire Wolf Gang, burn their nests, kill their people, steal their supplies, use war to support the war, and sweep them to the end. If the Fire Wolf Gang wants to occupy the city, they can take it as they want, so that General Manager Nie and Qu Shaoqing will have a headache."

Zhao De's blood was so excited that he immediately patted his thighs: "Old Du is right, just do that."

Pei Song and Nie Zhubo looked at each other, both having a headache and a little excited at the same time.

I have to say that these words from Du Yong are very attractive.

Master Nie did not agree immediately: "Let me think about it. Everyone didn't have a good rest last night. Let's take a few hours first, and apply medicine and heal the wounds."

After saying that, he left and thought slowly.

Zhao Dezhu asked Du Yong: "Old Du, where do you think there is a winery that has not been burned down?"

Du Yong smiled and said, "There is not much wine left in the winery. I and Yang Jin drank it all last night. If you want to drink, you have to search again, and you have to find some wine and food. It is very uncomfortable to drink dry wine."

Zhao Dezhu licked his lips: "Anyway, I'm idle, so let's go and have a drink?"

The first team of Dali Temple Fire Group, six people, plus Yang Jin and Pei Song's two guards, totaling nine, went to the ruins to search for the so-called food and drinks.

In this case, you need to be patient when you want to find supplies.

I went through several consecutive buildings but didn't burn out the big houses, but I couldn't even find half a soybean.

Zhao Dezhu cursed: "I remember that there were many people in the martial arts world fishing last night. Did they even grab food?"

Du Yong smiled and said, "Who robs food? They all robbed money. There was something left left, but they were packed and taken away by the people leaving the city."

Zhao Dezhu was depressed: "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Du Yong sneered: "What can you do if you say it earlier? You dare to rob it? You can buy it with money. Do you have half a copper plate on you?"

Zhao Dezhu flipped his collar and sleeves, and it was empty. The most valuable thing on his body was the sword at his waist.

Yang Jin led the way to a dense residential area and laughed: "This is a wealthy area. Many houses should have cellars. Although the owner has already run away, there may be some inventory in the cellar."

Everyone was excited and started looking for the cellar.

I was lucky enough to find several cellars in a row, and the food was hidden inside, but they were all dried sweet potatoes and pickles, as well as rice wine in jars.

Zhao Dezhu held the kimchi jar and opened it and sniffed it: "Sour radish and sour bamboo shoots, it's good to put wine."

Du Yong sneered: "A good hammer, at least you need some bacon."

Zhao Dezhu smiled bitterly: "Isn't this not there?"

Pei Song opened a jar of rice wine, took a sip, and frowned: "This tastes very strange, isn't it a rice wine bar?"

Du Yong also tried it: "It's rice wine, but the quality is average, and it should be because the raw materials and processes are not in place."

Pei Song put down the jar and complained deeply: "It's just that, you can still make wine."

Hu Hefeng looked at the sacks containing dried sweet potatoes and said in a deep voice: "These are useful. Whether we decide to defend the city, decide to go to Chuanming County to meet with Qu Shaoqing, or go out of the city to sweep, we need dry food."

Pei Song nodded: "You can ask someone to move it up."

Hu Hefeng looked at Jiang Buping and ordered: "Deputy Captain Jiang, please call someone, is it okay?"

At this time, Jiang Buping was speechless, but could only agree.

I searched for a whole morning and had a great harvest.

There are hundreds of dried sweet potatoes, dozens of jars of various kimchi, several inferior rice wine, and hundreds of kilograms of adult bacon. Among them, the quality of dried sweet potatoes is the best. It has a lot of sugar, and it tastes good. It can quickly replenish energy and can be regarded as dry food.

The lunch is the rice cakes left in the small warehouse of kimchi and the county government, and is accompanied by inferior rice wine.

No one dared to move the bacon. I don’t know how many years it has been left. Green mold has grown on it, but it smells like meat and fat.

Zhao Dezhu was a little unwilling to give in. He chewed the sour radish with a crackling sound, and flipped the bacon with the tip of his sword.

Du Yong was funny: "First put it on the fire and then cut off a layer outside, which should be edible."

Zhao Dezhuo's health lit up: "Really?"

Du Yong nodded: "According to my experience, if you eat at most, you will have diarrhea and you won't die."

Zhao Dezhu said curiously: "Your experience? Do you have the experience of eating this green moldy bacon?"

Du Yong shook his head: "I have never eaten this kind of bacon. What I mean by experience refers to my experience in studying medicine."

Zhao Dezhu was a little disbelief: "Your Qi therapy is indeed possible. I have already experienced it, but as far as I know, it takes a long time to learn something."

Du Yong came over, pulled out his dagger and inserted two pieces of bacon, threw it into the fire next to him, and chuckled, "If you don't dare to eat it, just watch me perform later."
To be continued...