A dozen men shuttled through the darkness.

They were carrying a lot of things in their arms and were running away as they went.

Several people were reluctant to throw away the dropped things and turned back to pick them up. In just a short while, they were caught by the soldiers.

When the refugees heard that there was a thief, they did not dare to step forward to stop him, but quietly stretched out their legs to trip the thief.

Soon, the soldiers arrived and caught the thief.

Xiao Jingzhou walked up to the soldiers, and the brave refugees grabbed the remaining thieves and escorted them over.

Lu Chen rubbed his eyes and rushed to the soldier.

"What's going on?"

The soldier said, "They took advantage of the change of guard to cut a hole in the tent and sneaked in, hiding inside the tent to steal things."

Lu Chen's eyes widened: "What do you do for a living? How can you let people take advantage of such a loophole?"

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"They are just stealing. If they go to the battlefield, all the food will be burned in a fire!"

Several soldiers didn't dare to speak and just kept their heads down in silence.

Xiao Jingzhou said calmly: "I will not punish you."

When the soldiers heard this, they raised their heads instantly, with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

"When we get back to Zhiyi City, I'll go find Yang Jin myself."

Unfortunately, the second half of Xiao Jingzhou's words made them completely give up.

These soldiers even wanted to be punished by Xiao Jingzhou, and did not want to return to the city to receive punishment.

It's such a disgrace to the general.

The soldiers all glared at the thief beside them.

Lu Chen rushed to the dozen thieves and angrily asked, "Did His Highness give you less food? Or did he give you less clothes?"

"I'll give you everything you need to eat and drink, and I'll also treat your illness."

"You are such an ungrateful person. You stole things in the middle of the night. Your conscience must have been eaten by a dog!"

The middle-aged man in the lead stood up and said, "This was all my idea. I don't blame them."

Lu Chen said, "You are not ashamed to bring a group of young men to steal things."

The man turned his face away: "I... I have no choice, I'm really hungry."

"You said there would be something at the next stop, but who knows if you were lying to us?"

"Today, a young man told me that you guys staged this show just to trick us into going to the Northland and not causing trouble for the nobles in the capital."

When Lu Chen heard this, he was so angry that his chest almost exploded.

“Your Highness will give you food and drink.

Don't listen to him, listen to someone who has nothing to do with you.

What do you think? Where is the brain? ”

The man was scolded so badly that he couldn't even raise his head. He moved his lips but said nothing.

Xiao Jingzhou said calmly: "Do you still remember the person who spoke to you, his age, clothes, appearance, and whether he was a man or a woman?"

The man looked up: "I remember, I remember everything!"

Xiao Jingzhou told Lu Chen a few words.

Lu Chen glared at the man, then turned around and went downstairs to prepare.

The man didn't understand what was going on, so he knelt down on his knees and begged for mercy: "Please spare my life!"

"You can chop off my hands or take my life.

Can we let these children go? ”

"They just followed my instructions, they didn't really want to be thieves."

After hearing what the man said, a dozen young men also knelt down.

"Chop mine."

"I'll take his place!"

"And me!"

The middle-aged man wanted to open his mouth to scold, but he heard Xiao Jingzhou said slowly:

"I don't want your lives."

More than a dozen people looked at each other and then bowed to thank Xiao Jingzhou.

Xiao Jingzhou said: "I want you to join the army, defend your country, and gain military merit so that you can return to freedom."

"If you don't make any military achievements, you will be freed after the war subsides and the river embankment is built within three years."

"Would you like to?"

A dozen young men couldn't make up their minds and looked at the middle-aged man.

The man kowtowed hurriedly: "Thank you very much for not killing me, sir."

Seeing the man do this, a dozen young men began to follow suit.

Soon, Lu Chen prepared paper and pen.

According to the man's description, Xiao Jingzhou drew the face of the person who fabricated the rumor.

He put down his pen, and Lu Chen took out the painting and handed it to the man to look at.

"Yes! Exactly the same!"

“That’s the man.”

Xiao Jingzhou ordered: "Find someone to copy it, distribute it, and look for this person at each station."

This person wants to go to the north, so he has to go to the station to collect food.

Lu Chen stopped talking and went downstairs to give orders.

The next day.

As soon as the people started on their journey, they saw the water in the pond and took out the bamboo tubes in their bags to fill them with water.

The refugees who did not have bamboo tubes held the water in their hands and drank it to their heart's content, hoping to resist the thirst during the journey.

Xiao Jingzhou didn't stay too long and rushed to the second stop.

Along the way, wherever he saw a pond, he would store some water.

He rode faster than the refugees on foot.

Shen Lan dug more than a dozen pools and covered them all with waterproof cloth.

Late at night, Xiao Jingzhou filled the pool with water in front of him.

Shen Lan was so shocked that he exclaimed, "Wow!"

Xiao Jingzhou was storing water along the way and replenishing food on the way back and forth.

After a month, everyone lost a lot of weight.

The soldiers stayed at the station and continued to distribute food to the refugees, as they could not leave the commander for too long at the border.

Therefore, Xiao Jingzhou took a dozen people and rushed back to Zhiyi City at full speed.

Shen Lan was riding on the horse, feeling very happy.

He said, "Finally, I have to go back."

Xiao Jingzhou was also very happy.

Jiang Zhenyu told her a few days ago that the weapons were ready.

The rain-enhancing rockets were also purchased and would be sent over when he returned to Zhiyi City.

The group arrived outside Zhiyi City at the same time as the first group of refugees.

The refugees saw that the dry Luoxia River was filled with water again.

There are lively fish in the middle of the water.

The refugees looked at the scene before them and were daunted, fearing that it was all a dream and that everything would be gone when they woke up.

"Is this true?"

"Ouch! Why are you pinching me!"

“It hurts! Hahaha!”

"It hurts! Hahaha, this is all true!"

"Now that we have a river, we can finally survive. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really didn't lie to us!"

Just as the people were excitedly trying to run to the river bank.

Not far away, I heard someone shouting.

"Look!"

"Is that green land used to grow food?"

"Can crops be grown in the North?"

The refugees who did not believe in evil were not in a hurry to go into the city, and instead rushed to the rice and wheat fields on the plains.

Upland rice and wheat turn from green to green, and are heading, blooming, and full of vitality.

When the refugees saw the large tracts of land full of food, they smiled sincerely.

"Very good!"

“The gods really showed up!”

"Let's go back to the North and never have to worry about going hungry again!"

These people are not lazy. They have hands and feet and can grow enough food in the Great Northern Wilderness.

This is a thousand times better than being driven around, dying in a foreign land, exchanging children for food, and eating dirt and tree bark!

An old man knelt down devoutly and kowtowed towards the wheat field.

"Amitabha."

“It turns out that there really are gods!”

His hair grew back and he survived.

The old man slowly stood up and turned to look at Xiao Jingzhou who was riding a tall horse.

His cloudy eyes also became bright.

"It seems that the dream entrusted by the bearded god is true!"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is truly the savior!"