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Chapter 1200: Sadness and joy

Three days later, the snow was still falling, but compared to the previous few days, it was much smaller.

Today, all the people who work in the Huangni Village work shed seemed a little absent-minded. Many people were holding two big dark circles because they couldn't fall asleep yesterday. They were busy cleaning up their simple house.

The house is small and can barely cover the wind and rain, but it is very warm because of family.

They were busy cleaning up the house cleaner and warmer, and prepared to welcome the arrival of their loved ones.

The village was patrolling routinely in the shed with crutches. He did not scold these people for today's situation. Instead, he felt a deep feeling in his heart. He had been away from home for a long time. I believe that the wife and baby at home were also looking forward to suddenly appearing outside the house in such a snowy and windy day!

I have been with the Qin people for a long time. This originally desolate and dilapidated village has finally become angry. The village has developed some feelings for these Qin people. Speaking of which, they are all pitiful people! I heard that when they were driven out of the city, there were thousands of people, but in the end, less than six hundred people could settle down in Huangnishan Village. The rest were all frozen corpses buried under the heavy snow, or after a while, the spring was warm and flowers were blooming and all things were thawed, and the bones of those people would be seen again.

He sighed, and pointed the crutches in his hand on the ground, and shouted: "Okay, today, everyone doesn't seem to have much time to do work, they are all absent-minded. Don't make things bad, just take a day off today. Go whatever you want to do!"

As soon as Muramasa said this, the people in the entire shed stood up happily, "Thank you Muramasa, thank you Muramasa."

Everyone left behind their work and rushed out in a hurry. Looking at the direction they were going, it was exactly where the village entrance was.

Muramasa was stunned and murmured: "It's still early. It will take them one or two hours to come all the way. It's so windy outside, would you rather go outside and get cold?"

For those who are eager to see their relatives, this little wind and snow is really nothing? What's more, they are eating and dressing now.

Although the snow was not heavy, over time, it still put on silver clothes for these people who were looking forward to it.

At this time, a team was trekking hard on the long snow. Except for the Ming army guards who were accompanying them, the others were basically wounded soldiers, some were crutches, some were hanging their arms, and some were wrapped in their heads like rice dumplings, with blood on them. These people could still walk by themselves, and some others were now able to do it on sleds or carriages, so their injuries were much worse.

These people were the first captured soldiers to Shuangliancheng who were placed in Huangnishan Village.

The people who sent this group of wounded people to Huangni Village were Cheng Xiaoyu who brought back the villagers of Huangni Village. He was very familiar with the people in Huangni Village, which facilitated the subsequent resettlement work.

The one who walked with Cheng Xiaoyu was a Qin man. Not long ago, he was the leader of the Qin army escorted food and grass to Shuanglian City, and the captain Wang Zunzhi.

After Liu Kui's troops were destroyed, Wang Zunzhi's grain team was surrounded by Ming cavalry. In despair, Wang Zunzhi finally chose to surrender.

"Brother Wang, are you really not going to stay in the army?" Cheng Xiaoyu looked at Wang Zunzhi and asked. "With your resume and ability, if you stay in the Ming army, you will be reduced to one level, but as long as you have military achievements, you will be promoted back soon! You should understand the high treatment of the Ming army now, right?"

Wang Zunzhi shook his head: "No, I'm tired and don't want to fight anymore. It's great now. Take off my armor and be a peaceful farmer."

"Go to be a village official?" Cheng Xiaoyu looked at Wang Zunzhi, "It's such a pity."

"It's not a pity, brother." Wang Zunzhi smiled and reached out to pat Cheng Xiaoyu on the shoulder: "It depends on what you are pursuing! For example, brother, you want to establish great achievements, so you are naturally galloping on the battlefield in the army. And I, now I am thinking of rising from the sunrise and resting from the sunset. Take the lead of the old cow, carrying a hoe, facing the sunrise, and carrying the sunset on the back. After you finally capture Yongdu, I can pick up my wife and children. At that time, my child can still be sitting on the back of the cow. When I get home, my wife leans against the door and looks at it, and there is hot rice and hot food on the table."

"I'm so envious of what you said." Cheng Xiaoyu laughed, "You are really enviable."

"Brother Wang, don't worry, Yong won't be beaten down by us in a long time. The Ma family and his son will jump for a few days!" Cheng Xiaoyu said confidently.

"Yong is the capital of the King of Qin, with a high and solid city. Brother Cheng, the city walls of Yongdu are all made of rocks. Even the stone bombs thrown by heavy trenchers can only make a few white seals on the city wall. Now, in the city, in addition to the 50,000 Thunder Army, there are hundreds of thousands of young and strong people. This battle may not be easy to fight!"

"Brother Wang is worried. I heard from our general that the more people in Yongdu City, the faster they will fail!" Cheng Xiaoyu laughed. "Food and grass are their fatal holes. Now all the acropolis outside Yongdu have been taken down by us, and Yongdu has been blocked by us. All the ways out of the city with hundreds of thousands of people are blocked. Brother Wang knows how much consumption is every day, how long can they last?"

"This is exactly what I'm worried about." Wang Zunzhi looked towards Yongdu, "If that day really comes, I don't know if my wife and children can survive."

Cheng Xiaoyu also fell silent and said for a while: "Brother Wang, you are no longer in Yongdu City, Liu Kui is dead. Can you still get food for your wives and children who are left in the city?"

"We should still provide support now. Liu Kui and I, in the city, must have died in battle. He and I are both Thunder Army officers. Even if we stabilize the morale of the army, they will not have cut off the food and supplies of our wife and children now. If they really dare to do this, wouldn't it disappoint the other Thunder Army soldiers, and the morale of the army will be dispersed. But the further we go, the less accurate it will be." Wang Zunzhi was a little worried.

"Don't worry, Brother Wang, we will soon enter Yongdu City. Don't forget to come and find your wife and children quickly." Cheng Xiaoyu comforted him.

Wang Zunzhi nodded with a wry smile. Cheng Xiaoyu was just a small officer. How could he know the arrangements of the upper-level Ming army? Or in the Ming army's view, the best time to attack is to starve the Qin army half to death. For the city, when a choice needs to be made, the first thing to abandon is those who cannot contribute to defending the city.

"Brother Cheng, are you really planning to find Liu Kui's family and support them?" Wang Zunzhi asked suddenly.

"Of course!" Cheng Xiaoyu nodded vigorously without any hesitation: "Liu Kui spared my life. If he didn't hold back, I would have been a dead person. If I owe him one life, I would have paid him two lives. How can a real man be without faith?"

"Okay, you are a person who trusts you. Liu Kui is worthy of death. Even if he kills you at that time, he will inevitably die next. He exchanged his destiny for your daughter Yinyi, which is worth it."

"I don't know if he is worth it, but I only have one life, but I'll be gone." Cheng Xiaoyu smiled, "As a human being, you must repay kindness and revenge."

Wang Zunzhi nodded silently, turned to look at the team that was struggling to advance in the snow, and whispered: "The army in Shuangliancheng is more than half dead, and as you said, the family members who were driven out were frozen to death, and more than half of them were frozen to death. These people, and those in Huangnishan Village, were all waiting with hope to reunite with their relatives, but in the end, the few people could be reunited. Alas, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Brother Cheng, when I arrived at the place, I really didn't dare to watch the scene at that time."

"This is nothing to do." Cheng Xiaoyu's face also disappeared, "It was the suffering of the people. Brother Wang, my parents and brothers were frozen to death back then. Now what I think is to end the war early and then everyone can live a good life."

"I hope!" Wang Zunzhi said: "We are all small people, and we are all in front of us and the ones we care about. If we can see, we stretch out our hands. If we can't see, we will not see it, but we will not be upset if we don't hear it."

The two of them slowly rode their horses speechlessly. Not long after, they finally saw the curling smoke in front of them and the houses, and Huangnishan Village was right in front of them.

The wounded soldier's pace is getting faster!

And in the distance, cheers were faintly heard.

When Huangni villagers met the first group of arrived wounded soldiers, they were experiencing a farewell in Pingtang City. After capturing the Shuanglian City, several other acropolis were split and the defense was even more unsystematic. The Ming army easily cut off their last food passage. The Qin army in these acropolis had to choose a way to starve to death or to die from the city to death. They did not have the courage of Shuanglian City Lian Shaowen, and they chose to abandon the city and retreat to Yongdu City.

The result was obvious that as soon as they left the city, they were immediately attacked by the Ming cavalry. After paying a heavy price, only a very small number of people were lucky enough to flee back to Yongdu City.

At this point, the last few acropolis outside Yongdu City were all criticized by the Ming army.

Qin Feng decided to return to Yuejing.

"Zhihua, try to build as many villages as in Huangnishan Village." Qin Feng said: "I'm afraid there will be more and more refugees in the future. I'm afraid that by the beginning of next spring, the city of Yongdu will start to drive ordinary people out of the city to escape to relieve food pressure. We must prepare in advance, otherwise we will be in a hurry."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Zhihua nodded and said, "Before the snow melts, our army will not have a large-scale military operation. It just so happens to find something for the soldiers to do, so that they will not sleep in the tent after eating all day long."
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