Jiang Quanyi did not directly answer Zu Dabi, but looked back at Wu Zheng.

Wu Zheng snorted angrily, "Tell me... you have done everything, are you still afraid of telling me?"

Then Jiang Quanyi replied to Zu Dabi: "Of the more than 3,000 people arrested, more than 500 of them were yours... More than 340 were killed on the spot."

When Zu Dabi heard this, his eyes shrank, and he killed more than 570 people in total, and more than 340 people he had left behind were killed. It seems that Taizhou Guards still have a choice.

Wu Zheng's face became gentle, "General Zu, if I say that this is an accident, do you believe it?"

Zu Dabi said in a muffled voice: "The two armies are fighting, and each is their own leader. This matter is not blamed by Jiang Du, nor is it blamed on the prince... It's just Zu's hope that this matter will end here, otherwise it will cause turmoil in the army... My subordinates have no other intentions, but I just want the prince to understand it."

Wu Zheng shook his hand and said, "No, absolutely not... It's a big deal to me, I shouldn't have left the city in person at that time. Of course, then, General Zu hadn't been right at that time, and both sides were enemies but not friends. It's no wonder that Taizhou Guard did this."

These words changed Zu Dabi's face.

Wu Zheng smiled and said, "I know that General Zu has resentment for this matter..."

Zu Dabi hurriedly said, "Zhu has no resentment. The prince is right. At that time, the Taizhou Guards... were not at fault. At most, this was just a misunderstanding."

"Okay!" Wu Zhengwen laughed loudly when he heard this, "The word "misunderstanding" is well used... Since it is a misunderstanding, it will be over if it is explained clearly. General Zu is now under the command of Jiang Du. I hope you two will explain the misunderstanding from now on, and they will be united in one's heart."

"Listen to the prince." Zu Dabi immediately bowed to Jiang Quanyi and said, "I hope Jiang Du commands will support him more in the future. Zu is polite."

Jiang Quanyi smiled and bowed, "General Zu, you and I won't know each other until we fight, Jiang is polite."

Wu Zheng laughed and said, "The war is urgent. You can talk about it after you go down. Let's talk about the aftermath, comfort the people and how to defend the city."

Jiang Quanyi nodded and said, "The general ordered Taizhou Guard to temporarily deploy four city gates to maintain order in the city, and to purify the original Huai'an and Dahe Guards... It's just that how to incorporate them, the prince still needs to set a strategy."

“How many people are there?”

"There were more than 3,000 former Huai'an Guards and more than 5,000 former Dahe Guards." After glanced at Zu Dabi, Jiang Quanyi continued, "There were more than 500 people under the Zu Command."

Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "Huai'an, Dahe guards, and surrendered soldiers all joined Taizhou guards... As for those more than 500 people."

Speaking of this, Wu Zheng looked at Zu Dabi, "It's better to leave it to Zu's command, it can be considered as the object being returned to the original owner."

Zu Dabi stood up and bowed, "Thank you, Prince."

Wu Zheng pressed his hands and said, "Sit down and talk, there is no need to be polite."

Jiang Quanyi said: "It has been received that General Lu led Wusongwei westward to Qinggou. If it goes well, he should arrive in Huai'an City in two days... The last general means that Wusongwei will deploy defenses east, south gates, Taizhouwei will deploy defenses west, and north gates. I wonder what the prince thinks?"

Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "Let's change."

Jiang Quanyi was stunned, then reacted and nodded, "It's okay... let's do as the prince wants."

Zu Dabi also understood that he was under the side. At this time, he was under the Taizhou Guard. If he was deployed to defend the West and North Second Gate, once the Qing army on the other side launched an attack, he would face his former "comrades" directly, which would be very embarrassing.

Zu Dabi looked at Wu Zheng and expressed his gratitude slightly.

Wu Zheng smiled and said to Jiang Quanyi: "Except for the serious crimes that are indeed evident, let all the others be let go. The families of the people who were in trouble this time should be given good compensation... and the compensation will be made according to the original Huai'an and Dahewei's salary standards... for five years."

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"If the victims have minor children and no relatives at home, they will be sent to Hangzhou after the war and raised by the government."

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"How is the situation of grain storage in the city?"

Jiang Quanyi did not answer, and took a look at Zu Dabi first.

Zu Dabi hurriedly replied: "Reply to the prince, Dongcheng has the most grain storage, but unfortunately it was burned down. The other three doors have all stored grain. Although there was a shortage of grain in the city before, the three places should be no less than 60,000 stones together, which is enough for the 40,000 army to defend the city for half a month."

Wu Zheng asked, "Where are the tens of thousands of people in the city?"

If the war had not broken out, there would have been more than 200,000 people in Huai'an City, but just as Wu Zheng speculated, the Han people subconsciously thought of fleeing when they heard the war was on fire. They were not excited by the royal army's northern expedition and regaining the rivers and mountains. They were even afraid that they were held accountable by the government because they had been obedient before. Those who had a little ability would have long fled with their families across Hebei.

Nine out of ten households in the city were empty, but at least 30% were empty. But even so, there are still thirteen or forty thousand people. Zu Dabi had previously strictly controlled the food on the market and sealed off all rice shops in the city to ensure the consumption of the army.

The matter was done by Zu Dabi. After more than ten days, the people could no longer bear it, but there was some surplus food at home, so they could no longer help. They borrowed some from relatives and friends, but they finally didn't starve to death.

But when Taizhou Wei conquered Huai'an City at this time, Wu Zheng had to face the first food problem.

Because if you drag on it, you will really starve to death.

In other words, Wu Zheng accidentally took the blame for Zu Dabi. The people's resentment was accumulated because of the food shortage. If Taizhou Wei did not break the city, the people's resentment would naturally be exposed to Zu Dabi. But if Taizhou Wei broke the city, Wu Zheng would have to bear this matter.

If you don’t starve to death, everything is easy to say. Once you starve to death, it will be a huge civil unrest.

In addition, Taizhou Guards had arrested soldiers from the two guards in the city before and saw a lot of blood. The scale of this storm is conceivable.

Wu Zheng realized this, but there was no way.

The rear route was cut off, and it was almost impossible to transport grain before reinforcements defeated the enemy cavalry.

If Jiangdu is still in his own hands, he can transport it through the canal, but Jiangdu has abandoned it and it will be impossible to recover it in a short period of time.

The problem is serious!

Jiang Quanyi frowned and said, "There is already a waste of rice in the city. At least tens of thousands of people have stopped their meals at home. Many families only drink one meal a day. In less than two days, they may not even have to drink one meal a day... By then, even if there is no enemy attack, the city will be in chaos."

After hearing this, Wu Zheng couldn't help but frown. Indeed, food was a big problem. When Taizhou Wei went north, although he had prepared enough military rations, it was a marching and fighting, so it was impossible to bring a lot of them. He just brought twice as much as the original ten-day rations.

This battle lasted nearly half a month, which means that the Taizhou Guard's military rations were only enough for six or seven days.

In this way, it would be difficult for Wu Zheng to distribute the military rations from Taizhou Guards to the hungry people in the city.
Chapter completed!