Traveling through troubled times, he fled with his stepson

Chapter 138 Knowing the Purpose

There were quite a few refugees who left. As soon as they left, the remaining people began to calculate the time consciously or unconsciously and confirm whether anyone around them had returned.

Those people are willing to believe that the other side is deceiving people, but they are also unwilling to believe that the other side is trying to deceive them.

Li Yuan saw it clearly from above and knew that the refugees below were no longer a threat, so he went down from the city wall.

He and Jiang Shiping went to the City Lord's Mansion side by side.

“Are the granaries and water sources guarded?”

"It's heavily guarded. It's impossible to capture it unless it's Lei Hao's main force." Jiang Shiping and Li Yuan explained. Only after they finished explaining did they realize that they were like unknown pawns answering to their superiors.

The two men took a carriage to the City Lord's Mansion, which was a busy scene at that time.

The servants were busy coming in and out, and when they saw them they hurriedly bowed and left.

Jiang Shiping seemed to be used to it, and explained to Li Yuan, "It should be your... aunt-in-law. She was busy taking out some of the food stored in the city and making it into a Ganjiang that is easy to store and has a strong sense of satiety."

Li Yuan nodded: "It's a solution."

Speaking of this nominal aunt, Jiang Shiping smiled. The two of them entered through the main entrance, walked along the main road, and came straight to the door of the study.

The study was heavily guarded, and when they saw it was Jiang Shiping, they all saluted.

After entering, Jiang Shiping gave Li Yuan a map of Yizhou City. Li Yuan looked at it in detail for a long time. Jiang Shiping's defense in Yizhou was quite good, and many places were taken into consideration, which could be regarded as strict defense.

"We have already secured the food and water sources, but there are still people spreading rumors in the city. Is there any way to stop them?"

Although Jiang Shiping was still not very confident in Li Yuan, no matter what he thought, all the opinions put forward by Li Yuan were beneficial.

"They might spread rumors, but we can also do the same thing. Do you think my uncle can do it?"

Jiang Shiping was stunned and looked at Li Yuan, who had a calm expression.

"In Yizhou City, let someone spread rumors that the city lord Jiang Shiping is defending Yizhou City to the death, and will never let Lei Hao from Chenzhou set foot in Yizhou City unless the city is destroyed and everyone is dead."

Hearing this, Jiang Shiping had no expression on his face.

"What my aunt did is very good. You should support her. The kitchen in the City Lord's Mansion should not be enough. Let's have people in the most spacious and crowded place to show everyone how the City Lord's wife personally prepares dry food for the people."

The purpose of these two rumors is actually easy to understand.

One is to stabilize the military's morale, and the other is to stabilize the people's morale.

Jiang Shiping reacted and stared at Li Yuan, feeling a sense of fear rising in his heart.

He witnessed the terrifying side of this nephew he met for the first time.

"I will arrange for someone to do it right away. If we spread the news before Lei Hao does, then we won't be affected by Lei Hao, right?"

Li Yuan nodded and reminded him, "Uncle, there may be a traitor under your command. It is best to keep all your plans to yourself and don't trust anyone except yourself."

Jiang Shiping wanted to say something, but he didn't say it in the end.

He knew in his heart that if Li Yuan had not suddenly appeared to help Yizhou City this time, the path that Yizhou City would be heading would be exactly the same as what Li Yuan had imagined.

Jiang Shiping left and issued the order. He acted quickly. After hearing his reasons, his wife was very supportive and thought it was a good idea that would kill two birds with one stone.

He immediately asked the people in the mansion to prepare to set up a tent in a spacious and crowded place.

Jiang Shiping went back to the house, took off his brocade robe, put on his armor and took up his weapon. Everything was ready.

Li Yuan rode his horse and carefully inspected all the small places in Yizhou City to make sure nothing was missed.

Then he went to find Jiang Shiping who was with the soldiers. When he arrived, Jiang Shiping and the soldiers were eating the bran rice in the pot with relish.

Even Li Yuan had to sigh at Jiang Shiping's tact. Seeing him coming, Jiang Shiping brought a bowl of rice and handed it to Li Yuan, and the two sat down in a place where no one was.

"Yizhou City is now well-arranged. Lei Hao wants to win the war by taking risks. If the 50,000 troops in Yizhou City are united, it is not impossible to defend it even if it is a little difficult."

After Li Yuan finished speaking, he stuffed a big mouthful of food into his mouth.

"So I'm going to leave Yizhou City later."

Having just received Li Yuan's help, Jiang Shiping frowned and looked at Li Yuan. His departure still made Jiang Shiping a little puzzled.

"The refugees outside have not been properly resettled yet. I will go out and resettle them. If nothing goes wrong, these refugees will become the sharpest sword stabbing Lei Hao."

His words made Jiang Shiping unable to guess what Li Yuan's plan was, but he still heard Li Yuan's strategizing.

He has been the mayor of Yizhou City for many years. Although he cannot be said to have much ability, he does know something.

He could see the scheming of this nominal nephew. Perhaps in time, he would become the second Lei Hao.

After thinking about it this way, Jiang Shiping finally realized what Li Yuan's purpose was in doing all this.

It turned out to be the case.

Looking at Li Yuan again, there was a hint of disbelief in his eyes, but he also felt that it should be so.

He led his men into the city alone, and with a few words persuaded some of the refugees to leave the city gate. All this was done in just one night.

The refugees below waited and waited, but some of them, unable to wait any longer, had already set out on the road, intending to see for themselves.

Most people still stayed at the city gate, unwilling to waste their energy to watch a scam. But they looked into the distance from time to time.

Finally, the first person they had been waiting for came back.

This person had just left his family behind to investigate the situation, and now he has returned safely.

"Dad! Xiu'er!"

The man came over in a hurry, and the refugees stood up and looked at him.

Because the man ran so fast, he reached his people in just a few steps. Seeing that his wife, children and parents were dying, he didn't care about anything else and took out the cake he had placed in his arms.

"This is for you to eat. Eat some quickly and we'll go get more."

He moved quickly. After all, he was a man who had just eaten a cake and rice soup. His stomach was already half full and he felt much better.

After a while, he divided the cake in his hand into four pieces, gave two pieces to his parents, one piece to his wife, and one piece to his two children.

Seeing the cakes, the refugees around immediately surrounded them, looking at the cakes in the hands of those people like hungry wolves.

These people were also refugees. Although they had not yet recovered from the news that they already had biscuits, they subconsciously stuffed the few biscuits in their mouths and finished them in just a few bites.

The child was two steps slower, but still finished eating.

Seeing that they couldn’t grab food, those people’s eyes became even crazier, but there were still some rational people after all.

"Li Er, where did you get this cake from?"