Chapter 707 Young General vs. Rich Lady 10
In the narrow alley, Zhao Shan led his men to protect the food, Zhao Hai was besieged by the mob, and many soldiers were injured.
There were seven or eight bodies lying on the ground, and blood was everywhere.
Zhao Hai pierced the rioter's thigh with a sword and knocked him to the ground, but soon more rioters came up in an endless stream.
They used stones, sticks and farm tools to besiege the soldiers transporting grain. During the fight, a hole was torn in the grain bag and the white rice spilled out.
With food right before their eyes, the people were already starving. They were not afraid of swords and charged forward with their bodies. When one person died, the people behind them stepped on the corpse to grab the food. The small alley was filled with blood and had become a living hell.
Zhao Hai raised his sword and a shrunken head rolled down. "Those who steal military rations will be killed without mercy! If you don't want to die, get out of here!"
No one cared about this threat. Someone shouted, "Being killed is death, starving to death is death, it's better to die with a full stomach! Even if it means giving your family a bite of food, it's worth dying!"
This statement attracted more people to echo it. The blood all over the ground not only failed to make them retreat, but instead aroused their bloodiness.
"It's either death or death, so we might as well fight them!"
"Everyone at home is waiting for life-saving food, grab it!"
"We want to survive! We want food!"
The soldiers guarding the military rations were all elite soldiers. They had eaten compressed biscuits before transporting the grain. They were well-trained and armed with weapons. The civilians who came to steal the grain were no match for them at all. A single move of their swords could take a life.
The people need food, and so do the soldiers in the barracks.
If the food is taken away, their brothers will starve to death!
There were more and more corpses on the ground, and the way out was blocked by the corpses. The people were already blood-thirsty. They hit the soldiers with stones and bricks. Several of them came together, punching, kicking, and grabbing their crotches and hole. The soldiers were also human beings and soon became tired.
Zhao Shan kicked a rioter who was trying to steal food away and shouted, "Retreat! Find another way to get to the military camp!"
He originally wanted to take this shortcut so that he could deliver the food faster, but now he could only retreat to an open area and get rid of these mobs.
The soldiers could no longer hold on after these attacks.
The grain-transporting vehicle drove out of the alley with difficulty and ran into a group of the elderly, the weak, women and children head-on. They did not try to steal the grain, but just blocked the grain-transporting team in dense crowds, knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
"Please be kind, Master Jun, and save my child!"
"My son! My son! You are my life. If you die, I will not live either!"
An old woman with dry yellow hair rushed over, hugged her son's body, and hit her head against the wall on the spot, with blood splattering everywhere!
Zhao Shan blocked the gap in the grain bag in time, but some rice still leaked out.
Some people grabbed the food and stuffed it into their mouths impatiently. They choked and rolled their eyes, but were reluctant to spit it out.
Someone crushed the noodles and fed them to the dying child in her arms. The child had already lost consciousness and could not swallow. The woman burst into tears and fell to the ground.
Some people hid the blood-stained rice and couldn't wait to take it back to their families.
Zhao Shan felt bitter, but he could only give the order, "Stop him! Stealing military rations is punishable by death!"
Before he died, the man was protecting the food in his arms, muttering the names of his family members. He refused to hand over the rations and even hit the soldier's head with a stone axe. The soldier was hit and killed with one blow.
Zhao Shan ordered the convoy to leave, but the elderly, the weak, women and children refused to give way. Even when they were knocked down and had their legs hit by the wheels, they refused to step back.
They were not young and strong and did not have the strength to rob food, but they silently used their lives to force the Huo family army to give them food!
Zhao Hai showed no mercy when killing the rioters who were stealing food, but he just couldn't bring himself to kill the powerless women and children.
He scratched his hair irritably and said bluntly: "Brother, why don't you give them some food? At worst, we can eat less."
Zhao Hai never thinks before he speaks or does anything, and he takes one step at a time, so he is only suitable to be a vanguard. But Zhao Shan is different. He takes one step at a time and thinks three steps ahead. If this precedent is set, not a single grain of this batch of food will be transported to the military camp.
The soldiers have no food, and I don’t know how many will die today.
Choose the lesser of two evils. The northern barbarians are eyeing us covetously, so the military rations must be given to the soldiers first.
Zhao Hai was silent for a moment, then said coldly: "Military orders are as heavy as a mountain! Stealing military rations is punishable by death! Failure to protect military rations will result in military punishment!"
"I will say it again, get out of the way! Anyone who doesn't will be considered as robbing military rations and will be killed without mercy!"
Zhao Hai gritted his teeth. He didn’t know what to do. Since his elder brother said so, he would just listen to him.
The man kneeling at the entrance of the alley still refused to retreat, and the mob behind him was still persevering, trying to cut open the grain bag and steal the food again.
There were wolves in front and tigers behind. Zhao Shan raised his knife, turned it around, and swung it at an old man. He shouted, "We can't delay any longer. Attack!"
The sound of horse hooves rang out, and a fiery red horse galloped over.
Huo Xiao pulled the reins and stopped his horse in front of the kneeling crowd. Huo Xiao shouted, "I am Huo Xiao! Major General of the Huo Family Army! Stop it!"
Zhao Shan breathed a long sigh of relief and put down the knife. Between him and Huo Xiao there were many old, weak, women and children kneeling on the ground, and he didn't want to kill these people.
The Huo family army would never want to take action against the civilians unless it was absolutely necessary.
The mob in the alley hesitated, not knowing whether to stop. Someone shouted, "General Huo is dead! Huo Xiao is just a young boy who is still wet behind the ears. He wants to abandon the city and flee with the Huo family army!"
"Once they have food and strength, they will abandon Pingyang City and go to Lu State!"
"Lu is a wealthy country. The king of Lu has always admired the Huo family army and tried to win them over many times. Huo Xiao has already colluded with Lu!"
"If Huo Xiao takes away the Huo family army, we will just have to wait for death! We might as well just steal the food and die a full death!"
Hearing this, the crowd exploded.
There have always been rumors in Pingyang City that the Huo family army is going to abandon the city and flee. However, the people of Pingyang City have great trust in General Huo and think that as long as General Huo is alive, Pingyang City will not be breached. But after General Huo died, the people became more and more frightened.
Even if Huo Xiao blocked an attack, he couldn't stop the endless rumors.
Even his trusted generals thought about abandoning the city and fleeing to preserve the Huo family's bloodline and let him survive.
The State of Lu did send him a secret letter, saying that as long as he brought the Huo family army to surrender, the king of Lu would treat him with courtesy.
In today's world, the royal family of Xia is weak, and the vassal states in various places have declared themselves kings. There are constant wars, forming a situation of six kingdoms. Wei and Lu are adjacent to each other, and their relationship is sometimes good and sometimes bad, and there are constant territorial disputes.
The Huo family army has been loyal to Wei State for generations. Lu State's move is intended to weaken Wei State's power, so Huo Xiao naturally would not agree to it.
I'm afraid that today's unrest was deliberately instigated by someone!
Huo Xiao's eyes were sharp, he drew his bow and shot the bronze arrow over the crowd and into the chest of the person who was shouting!
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