Pig Killer

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, we have just finished the summer harvest, how could there be no food?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her cautiously and said.

"You've also looked at the land deeds. It's the rich families who have the food. Ordinary people are lucky enough to have something to eat." Shen Hui'e said with cold eyes.

"Right, right, right!" Huang Zhongchang recalled, "Eighty percent of the land in the Guanzhong Plain is owned by noble officials."

"But after the summer harvest, have you seen anyone paying taxes? Send some grain." Shen Hui'e said to them with her eyebrows slightly raised.

"No." Huang Zhongchang shook his head slightly and suddenly asked, "Where's the food?"

"What do you think!" Shen Hui'e said with cold eyes.

"Take it for yourself and resell it." Huang Zhongchang said without thinking.

"You won't open the granaries to release grain to help the people!" Shen Hui'e sneered.

Under the banner of relief from the imperial court, Shen Hui'e and her companions easily entered the city, opened the granaries to distribute grain, dealt with the city guards, and headed towards the next city.

They entered every city they came across, opened their granaries to distribute food, and started killing people indiscriminately.

We arrived in the northwest smoothly, and the Northwest Camp was ahead.

"How do we get in?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her and asked.

"They invited me in." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her dark eyes shining brightly and said, "Disaster relief!"

"Cough cough..." Huang Zhongchang was so shocked that he kept coughing when he heard that.

"What are you surprised about?" Shen Hui'e looked at him with a smile on her face and asked, "Do the people in the city have food?"

"The grain is all in the hands of the rich." Huang Zhongchang said without thinking. After looking at the land deed, he knew it very well. Greed is insatiable.

"That's it." Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows when she heard this. "We need to provide disaster relief and distribute land."

"Okay!" Huang Zhongchang smiled when he heard this, and they went all the way to the northwest to provide disaster relief.

From midsummer to midwinter, it gets more and more bleak.

It’s snowing in the northwest in August, it’s so cold!

"It's too cold!" Huang Zhongchang said as he wrapped himself in his fur coat. "No wonder we can't farm." He sighed and said, "It's really hard to guard the northwest." Then he added, "We can't fight on this day either."

"She hibernates during the winter. They have to hibernate during the winter too." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her deep and penetrating eyes.

"Then when is the best time to send troops?" Huang Zhongchang asked her with his dark eyes.

"In spring and summer, when the weather is warm, it can also disrupt the mating of animals." Shen Hui'e said with a slight chill in her eyes, "Without the cubs, winter will be even more difficult."

Huang Zhongchang blinked when he heard this, "You are trying to dig up my roots."

"If you don't remove the roots, they will grow again in the spring breeze." Shen Hui'e said seriously, looking at the wandering little emperor, "Don't worry, I'm not talking about you."

"I know that you and Mr. Huang are people who keep their promises." The little emperor complimented with a smile.

"What are your thoughts on this journey?" Shen Hui'e said to the little emperor with her bright black eyes.

"You are really good at winning people's hearts, and you really do what you say." The little emperor looked at them with stars in his eyes and said, "Look at the people who followed you, the way they look at you is different, they walk with the wind, and the smiles on their faces are so big that they are grinning from ear to ear." He said unhappily, "Now ask them to die for you, and they won't even blink an eye."

"Hey! What are you talking about? What do you mean by dying for us? You must live well." Huang Zhongchang said immediately after hearing this.

"I mean you?" Shen Hui'e looked at the little emperor and asked, "Can you survive alone out there?"

"Life is so hard! I was really too naive. I felt that it would not be easy to support myself after leaving the imperial city!" said the little emperor ashamedly.

"Do you still want to come out?" Huang Zhongchang asked curiously, looking at the little emperor who was wrapped up like a bear.

"No, no." The little emperor shook his head like a rattle and said, "I'd better farm under your noses."

"Hehe..." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her deep and penetrating eyes filled with smiles.

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Huang Zhongchang looked at the miserable Northwest Army and burst into tears, "I am late, late, and let everyone suffer." He shouted loudly, "Bury the pot and cook, bury the pot and cook."

Of course, there were also those who were loyal but committed suicide for their country.

"Alas..." Huang Zhongchang had no choice but to bury them with great honor.

"Stop sighing and think about what to do now." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her eyes wide open and said, "We have food and grass, but how can we keep warm? This place hasn't even reached its coldest point yet!"

"We'll listen to you." Huang Zhongchang said to her with his dark eyes.

"Dig a hole in the ground." Shen Hui'e gave the order directly, "If you have a horse, come hunting with me."

"Can we hunt in this weather?" Huang Zhongchang said worriedly.

"Without warm clothes, you will freeze to death this winter." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark eyes and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I can still get lost."

"How do we dig this hole in the ground?" Huang Zhongchang called her and asked.

"I've finished drawing and handed it over to them. You just need to keep an eye on the situation." Shen Hui'e told him, "Don't leave the city. This place is not safe yet."

"Unsafe?" Huang Zhongchang raised his eyebrows slightly, "In this horrible weather, can the Huns still attack us?"

"It's hard to say. I asked the local herdsmen. The weather is weird this year. It snowed so early and so heavily." Shen Hui'e frowned and said, "If the Xiongnu have not made preparations for the winter, it is very likely that they will go south to collect money." She warned, "Be careful."

"If you really want to come, don't leave the city." Shen Hui'e looked at them seriously and said, "We have high walls and wide cities here."

"What if they attack the city? We must be prepared." Huang Zhongchang said worriedly.

"Pour water on the top of the city wall and turn it into an ice wall. No one can climb up." Shen Hui'e's eyes froze into ice as she said, "There are food and grass in the city. We can hold out for a long time. This icy and snowy place will freeze him to death."

"Okay, okay!" Huang Zhongchang laughed and said, but suddenly he became worried and said, "I'm afraid they might attack us. Cavalry is not easy to deal with."

"Build a snow wall outside the city!" Shen Hui'e thought for a moment and said seriously.

"Ahem..." Huang Zhongchang blinked and said, "Is it possible?"

"You'll know if you try it." Shen Hui'e said simply and easily, "It doesn't need to be waist-high, and it doesn't need to be like a city wall, just a square." She smiled and said, "You can make a snowman, right?"

"Yeah!" Huang Zhongchang nodded vigorously, "I see. I'll pile more. If Binggeda rushes over, he'll have to bear the consequences."

"One line of defense is not enough, add a few more." Shen Hui'e looked at him with her eyes like black glass.

"Okay! Leave this to me!" Huang Zhongchang responded readily.

"Then I'll leave." Shen Hui'e left with three thousand men and went deep into the snowfield to hunt.

Huang Zhongchang began to arrange people to dig holes and build fortifications in an orderly manner.

"Smoke signals, it's smoke signals, the Huns are coming."

"Damn it, it's really here."

"This time, they will have no way back. We won't be done until we beat them to a pulp."

"We will get back the losses we suffered in the past with interest."

"Notify our people to retreat back to the city." Huang Zhongchang ordered.

"Yes!" The scout who received the order rode out on his horse.

Not only were the soldiers outside the city withdrawn back into the city, but even the people outside the city and their cattle and sheep were pulled back into the city.