At the city gate.
When Mu Xiong heard Pei Yun's words, he was completely stunned.
What the other party said was that asking all the people in the city to go to the military camp to get food, this is crazy.
He stared at Pei Yun's young face, his chest heaving violently, and a surge of anger rose up in his heart. He felt that the other party was not here to support him, but rather to cause trouble.
He suppressed his anger and said, "Mr. Pei, I have already told you that the city has run out of food. You asked all the people in the city to go to the military camp to get food. Do you know how many people in the city are starving? If you let them make a wasted trip..."
Mu Xiong could imagine such a scene just by thinking about it.
Thousands of people poured into the military camp, only to find that there was no food. They were deceived and were afraid that those starving people would tear everything in sight to pieces.
I just managed to calm the people down with great difficulty, and you, Pei Yun, came here to cause trouble.
Mu Xiong even began to doubt whether Pei Yun was a spy sent by Beiliang to the imperial court.
Mu Lan was also glaring at the side. She was originally very happy about the reinforcements coming, but when she saw that there were only 1,000 people, her happiness disappeared.
Hearing Pei Yun's ridiculous words, he was furious and said coldly, "Pei Yun, you have a thousand people and you didn't even bring any baggage with you, yet you dare to boast that you will feed all the people in the city?"
She stared at Pei Yun, her eyes like arrows. "Do you know how many people in the city are waiting for food right now?"
"fifty thousand!"
"There are 50,000 civilians. Even if there was no food shortage, we dare not say that we can feed the people in the city, but you are so shameless here!"
Zhang Huan also stepped forward with a gloomy face: "Master Pei, there is no joking in the army. If you can't provide food and cause the hungry people to riot--" His hand was already on the hilt of the knife, "Don't blame us for being rude."
The surrounding defending soldiers also came over with unfriendly looks, and the atmosphere became tense.
Pei Yun was speechless. Why didn't anyone believe him when he told the truth?
He looked at Mu Xiong and said, "General Mu, what I said is true. Let me issue a military order. If what I said is a lie, you can do whatever you want with it. You can kill our horses and eat their meat."
Mu Xiong frowned slightly. He didn't expect that even after he made it so clear, Pei Yun still insisted on doing so and even asked for a military order.
Is this really edible?
But how is it possible? These thousand people are all light cavalry, they just carry backpacks that have never been seen before, and there are no packages on the horses. Where is the food for the people in the city? But Pei Yun has said this, he is too lazy to say anything more.
It is difficult to persuade the damned ghost with kind words. If he really cannot provide food, he will be punished by military law, and then the horses will be killed to give the soldiers some meat and fish, so as to prepare for the final decisive battle.
"Zhang Huan, go and tell the people to wait outside the military camp."
Then he whispered to Zhang Huan, "Don't ask them to collect food, just ask them to discuss the defense of the city. As many as possible can come, don't force them."
Zhang Huan nodded and was about to leave.
But Pei Yun said, "General Zhang, right? When you notify us, tell the people to bring money so they can buy food."
Mu Xiong was so angry that he laughed.
Are you still trying to make some money from the war? And you even said it in front of me. How dare you!
Originally, I thought that Pei Yun and his 1,000 men were courageous enough to come to our support, but now I feel that Pei Yun is here to make money. I am afraid that you may not be able to spend the money even though you are alive to take it.
Mu Lan even wanted to chop Pei Yun to death right now.
It's so shameless! When their army had surplus food, they distributed it to the people for free, but you actually charged for it.
To be honest, Mu Lan has never seen such a shameless person in his life.
How could a person who boasts and is greedy for money become the commander-in-chief? Is the imperial court blind?
When the time comes and you can’t provide food, I’ll show you how I’ll deal with you.
Pei Yun felt helpless when he saw Mu Xiong turned around and left in anger.
The food I have is not blown by the wind, it is bought with money.
The food for 50,000 people also cost me a lot of my remaining money.
…
In the military camp, Pei Yun asked for a large room and started taking out flour from the mall. He had already purchased it online on the way here, and the quantity he bought was so large that it was even out of stock online. It took several days to replenish it.
At this moment, some civilians had already arrived outside the military camp, but not too many. Everyone was too hungry to walk and lay at home, not wanting to move.
"General Zhang, is Beiliang going to launch a general attack?"
Some people asked.
Zhang Huan didn't know how to answer, so he could only nod.
"Please rest assured, General. We promised to help defend the city, and we will definitely do it."
"I heard that a group of reinforcements have arrived. Are we saved?"
"Can they be saved? Don't dream. I heard that only 1,000 people came. How can we save them?"
"If there is a first batch, there will be a second batch. As long as we can hold on, there may be hope."
“…”
The common people were talking about it, and their originally empty eyes seemed to have some brilliance. Although there were only 1,000 reinforcements, it was a good start.
After all, there had been no reinforcements for the previous six months. Now that they have arrived, does it mean that the pressure from the court on Northern Yan is not so great?
As long as they hold on to it, maybe they can survive.
Mu Lan felt uncomfortable listening to what the people said. They were such simple and honest people, yet that hateful guy Pei Yun actually wanted to deceive them.
When he can't provide food, he must be punished by military law.
She looked at the room where Pei Yun was and sneered in her heart. Pei Yun asked for the big room saying that he wanted to take out food.
Are you kidding me?
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