I'm a useless prince, so what if I know a little bit of chemistry?

When Huangfu Qi's soldiers arrived to deliver the message, they found that Cao Chun had disappeared and most of his soldiers had fled. The only ones left were the old, weak and sick. If they were asked to defend the city and perhaps throw a few stones, it would be useless if they were asked to engage in a head-on battle with the enemy. They would just be sending their heads off.

When the messenger arrived at his own military camp, he found that the situation here was not much better than the city gate.

Because there are ruins everywhere, fires everywhere, and all kinds of minced meat can be seen everywhere.

Without thinking, he knew that these pieces of meat must have come from the corpse, but at this moment he didn't care about the nausea. He could only endure the discomfort in his heart and pass on the order given by Huangfu Qi.

The messenger found the commander in the barracks and said to him, "General Huangfu has ordered us to do everything we can to support the city gates. As for the enemy troops in the city, we don't need to worry about them for now!"

After receiving Huangfu Qi's order, these soldiers no longer had to think about finding the enemies who attacked them and then catching them all in one fell swoop. They now had only one goal, which was to support the city gate.

Zhao Feng's side had too few people, with a total of only 2,500 people, and was unable to stop an army of more than 40,000 people.

So Zhao Feng could only watch them run towards the city wall.

"General Zhao, what should we do now?" a soldier beside Zhao Feng asked in confusion.

The current situation is indeed very unfavorable to them. If they were soldiers under Cao Chun, Minjiang Pass would have been captured by now.

But it’s Huangfu Qi who’s in the city now, not that bunch of trash at all, so the few people they have are of no use at all.

Zhao Feng was also extremely anxious, but he knew very well that the more the situation became like this, the more he should calm himself down.

Zhao Feng began to analyze the current situation as quickly as possible, trying to figure out what he should do and how he could help his elder brother.

But Zhao Feng thought about it for a long time and couldn't figure out what he should do to help Lin Fan.

Now all the soldiers in the city know that a group of enemy troops have infiltrated the city, so even if he leads people to attack the city gate now, it is afraid that it will not have much effect, because the enemy will definitely be on guard. If he launches a surprise attack at that time, they may fall into a trap.

But if he did nothing, Lin Fan would definitely encounter great obstacles. Even if he finally captured Minjiang Pass, many of his men would probably die.

Just when Zhao Feng was at a loss, many people suddenly approached Zhao Feng's team.

Zhao Feng was shocked and was about to send people to attack, but he found that these people were wearing civilian clothes. So Zhao Feng immediately knew that these people were civilians, so he did not take action.

"Excuse me, are you the subordinates of Marquis Guanjun?" asked one of the old men.

"To answer your question, we are Marquis Guanjun's subordinates." The soldier next to Zhao Feng replied.

Originally they thought it would be a fierce battle, but unexpectedly, when these people heard that Zhao Feng's people were from Daliang, they all showed excitement on their faces.

"That's great, you're finally here. We've been looking forward to you day and night, and finally you're here." The old man said crying.

Zhao Feng naturally didn't know what was going on. While remaining alert, he said to the old man, "Old Zhan, why are you crying?"

The old man wiped his tears, stared at Zhao Feng with cloudy eyes, and said excitedly: "You don't know, the life we ​​had in Minjiang Pass was not human at all. The people in the city were completely jackals. We were lucky enough to have a full meal."

"Yes, we were hoping someone could drive these jackals out. Now that you are here, we can finally have a full meal."

"..."

The people had different opinions, but they were all about the evil deeds done by Cao Chun's men in the city before. Coupled with the rampant Chu aristocratic families, the people had little way to survive. Other places might be slightly better, such as Sanguan County.

Although there are also noble families who have annexed land, Huangfu Qi will not increase taxes and other things, so the people there still have some way to survive.

But the people inside Minjiang Pass really had no way to make a living. They had to pay to enter and exit the city gate every day, and they could not enter without money.

Their families were all in Minjiang Pass, but their land was outside. In the end, they had no money and could only mortgage their grain.

But they became more and more excessive. The first time they might only collect one or two kilograms of grain, but later on, the amount would be twenty or thirty kilograms.

How much grain can be produced from one acre of land? The grain has to be paid to the noble families and some taxes have to be paid to the court. The people also have to keep seeds for the next year. The people were not well fed or clothed every day and could only eat grass roots and tree bark. They lived like this for several years.

The people were always hoping that someone would come and rescue them, but that was the customs of the Chu State. There were not many upright people like Huangfu Qi, and most of them were snakes and rats. So the people in Minjiang Pass were hoping that someone could conquer the Chu State and liberate them.

Now that they know that the troops in front of them are from Daliang, they are so happy.

Because many of them have relatives in Daliang, and they have also heard about what life is like in Daliang.

Although life in Daliang is also quite hard, at least that's what Lin Fan thinks.

However, in the eyes of these people, life in Daliang is like heaven, with no exorbitant taxes and not so many corrupt officials.

Moreover, they heard that every farmer in Daliang had at least seven acres of land, so how much grain could be grown?

After Emperor Liang took over, Daliang has been in a state of prosperity. The former Daliang was just like the current Chu State, with large-scale land annexation and all kinds of corrupt officials rampant.

But then a noble man named Nian came along, and coupled with Emperor Liang's strong hand, the aristocratic families in Daliang are now much more obedient. In addition, they have been expanding outward recently, so the aristocratic families are thinking about how to get a piece of the pie instead of just focusing on their own little piece of land in the country. As a result, the people of Daliang are now living a much better life.

These are what attract these people, and they also want to live such a life.

"General, if you don't mind, I want to join the army!"

"I want revenge too! They killed my whole family! I want revenge!"

"And I!"

The people expressed their desire to join the army, even a few old men wanted to join the army.

Finally, Zhao Feng made a rough estimate. Excluding the elderly and middle-aged people, there were 30,000 young people alone. If some middle-aged people were added, there would be a total of 70,000 people.