Seeing the soldiers' nervous expressions, Cons ignored them, but nodded to Ida and said, "Go as planned."

After Ida saluted, she turned around and waved her hand and shouted, "Action!" As soon as he finished speaking, the commanders at all levels began to take action.

As the soldiers moved, the more than 20,000 people were reunited in a short time. Although the soldiers left 4,000 people and more than 1,000 wounded, it was still very easy for them to complete the encirclement with those baggage soldiers.

Seeing the weapon emitting cold light and murderous eyes, the adults in the surrounding circle turned pale and their legs trembled. The children were all so scared that they cried out, but soon their mouths were covered by the parents beside them, but the sob sound continued to spread.

They are all unarmed farmers. Who has ever seen such a scene?

Seeing the farmers' fearful expressions, Cons sighed helplessly. There was no way, if you didn't do this, you would not be able to control the situation at once, and if you didn't stop them, you would not be able to say what you wanted to say, and they would not be able to understand what they meant.

Ida rode a tall horse into the encirclement, majesticly glanced at the people who didn't dare to say anything, and then shouted loudly: "What do you want to do! How dare you siege the Wang family army? You must know that it is a death sentence!"

Under the instructions of the commander, the soldiers cooperated well to move forward when Ida finished speaking, and shouted angrily: "The murder of the besiege of the army!"

Ten thousand people roared at the same time, and the volume was scary. The farmers who only know how to plow the fields were so scared that they all knelt down and kowtowed desperately to beg for mercy.

Cons frowned. He didn't expect that these farmers were so easy to fool. Although there were many people, they did not have the will to resist. This was no wonder that Kuod could transport away the food he had done with the little mercenaries alone.

But if he was the same as them, could he still have the courage to resist? Cons couldn't help but ponder.

"Okay, get up and send a representative to tell me what you want to do." Ida knew it was almost dark and this matter should be resolved as soon as possible.

Although the farmers heard this, no one dared to stand up.

An elderly farmer crawled out in fear, kowtowed first, and then said in a trembling voice: "Sir, Master Chengtu said he would support him in fighting robbers. Not only did he move away all the food in the city, but he also cut off all the seeds and crops that were not yet mature in the fields next year.

"We just want to get back... a little... seed farming. We absolutely have no intention of offending the adult..." The old man finished speaking, his clothes were soaked in cold sweat.

Seeing the old man's pitiful appearance, so old, but he knelt down to kowtow to someone who could be his grandson, and even if he wanted to get a little of his own seed, Cons sighed. This is the sorrow of the weak.

At the same time, he admired Kuode's ruthlessness. He actually harvested the unripe crops. Aren't he afraid that these people would starve to death like this?

"Want to go back? What to go back?" Ida asked loudly. He was acting blackface, so he had to do his best to perform.

The old man was startled by Ida and said stammeringly: "No...no, the villain can't speak with his mouth, please forgive me."

The old man slapped himself a few times, and then said carefully: "The villain is... meant... please give us some seeds... or we will... not be able to plow the fields."

Although Ida was startled, he still held back and continued, but his vicious tone could no longer pretend: "Did that guy Kuod say he gave us all the food, and said that you can go back when you see us, right?"

The old man nodded reflexively.

Ida turned over and dismounted and helped the old man up, and said angrily: "You have been deceived! That bastard, Kuod, not only deceived you, but also led us into the enemy's trap, causing us to lose more than 4,000 people! Do you think this traitor will transport the food to us?"

Ida took the opportunity to spread the number of his lost troops.

The old man, who was originally very panicked, quickly looked up at the soldiers around him. He had seen the appearance of the Cons army when he first arrived, but now there were indeed many people missing.

His feet couldn't help but soften. He sat on the ground, tears flowing out of his crow's feet. Now he knew that the army had not received food, so he had no reason to ask them for seeds. But how would he survive like these people!

After the people figured out what was going on, they all showed despair, and many showed despair from despair to anger.

Ida knew that his goal had been achieved, and it was time for adults to dress up as a white face.

When Ida discussed solving the problem of the people with Carlo and others, she decided to take the opportunity to increase Cons' reputation among the people, so he was willing to be an annoying black face.

However, when he looked at Cons, he found that Cons looked up at the sky and didn't know what he was thinking, and he couldn't help but wink at the personal soldiers beside Cons anxiously.

Cons is now thinking, why are the farmers at the bottom still as well-behaved as sheep when they are subjected to these oppressions? Still letting mermaids behave like this? Haven't they ever thought of resisting these unfair treatments?

Although Cons has read a lot of books now, most of them are military books, so he cannot solve these problems.

He knew that he would think so because of the word "people's heart" mentioned in the military books, otherwise the thoughts just now would not have emerged.

I had never thought about these complex problems before. It was only after I learned that I would start to think of some strange problems in my mind. Thinking of this, Cons couldn't help but sigh: "It's great to have knowledge."

"Sir...Sir!"

The rapid call from the personal soldiers beside him woke up Cons. Seeing Ida holding the old man sank on the ground, he looked at him anxiously, remembering the decision during the discussion, Cons couldn't help but sigh deeply.

"Why do you think about me so much?" Cons wanted to ask Ida's words, but he, who was born not good at speaking, never had the chance to ask.

Although Cons didn't like this kind of hype, he knew that he was eagerly looking forward to his performance when he saw Ida's eyes.

Unable to refuse the captain of his personal soldiers who had been helping him, Cons had no choice but to dismount and walk towards Ida.

The officers who had been hinted early in the morning were busy giving instructions.

As soon as Cons, who was protected by his personal soldiers entered the encirclement, the people in the circle immediately knew that the big shot was coming, because all the soldiers saw the young man in beautiful armor, and all stood attentively. Even the very majestic adult who was holding the elder stood respectfully.

"Don't worry, we are the regular army of Qihong Kingdom. We came here to regain this territory. You are also the people of Qihong Kingdom. Although we don't have much military ration, we will still solve your food and clothing." Cons said these words calmly in front of tens of thousands of pairs of eyes.

He had been accustomed to taking the eyes of everyone very early on. In his childhood, he suffered gazes of disdain, contempt and disgust.

The eyes that the soldiers endured were surprised, admired, jealousy, and fear of the enemy: and after becoming an officer, in addition to the eyes of envy, admired, and worship, there were also the eyes of enemies and friends from childhood and soldiers.

Thinking of becoming an officer, he could withstand the gaze of all periods, Cons showed a bitter smile of emotion.

Cons's plain tone, lonely eyes, and strange smile made his words feel inexplicably moved.

The soldiers accepted Cons' decision, and they were ashamed of their idea of ​​driving the people away. How could they forget that they were the righteous army to regain their territory?

The people all looked at Cons excitedly, but they didn't expect that this adult was willing to waste the precious military rations for the people they were like.

Ida looked at the people's expressions with satisfaction. He knew that Cons had successfully built a storm and had already left a good impression in the hearts of these 20,000 people.

Although night has already fallen, Kaiyicheng has not fallen into darkness. Kaiyicheng is noisy and bustling.

The skeletons of houses were already densely erected outside the city. Inside and outside these houses, women, children, and the elderly were busy, and they all became carpenters and mud workers. People kept carrying trees in the distance, and strong men were waving their tools vigorously and cutting down the trees.

As soon as Ida entered the city, he suggested to Cons that people would live outside the city, which would reduce the amount of content in the city and facilitate management.

Of course, people should be obedient when eating military rations, and they can live more comfortably. Why not do it? Are you busy building your own house?

"Sir, after we have distributed our military rations to them, we can only last for one month. Whether we can overcome this difficulty depends on how Lord Carlo has gained." Ida stood on the wall and reported to Cons beside him.

"Oh, I think there are not many crops in those wastelands. Lord Carlo's harvest should be very small. And they only brought food for a week and could not hide their whereabouts for long." Cons looked at the piles of fires under the city and sighed.

"Sir..." Ida bit his lower lip and plucked up his courage and said: "In fact, Lord Carlo's mission is not just to harvest crops from the wasteland. His real mission is to sneak attack other cities and plunder the food in the city."

Speaking of this, Ida hurriedly explained: "Don't worry that the people will leave us. The soldiers brought by Lord Carlo have changed into bandits' costumes. Those people were attacked and must have thought they were done by bandits."

After saying that, Ida lowered his head and did not dare to look at Cons's face. Because it was a serious crime to violate the orders of the Lord General.

However, instead of losing his temper as Ida imagined, Cons held onto the city wall, picked up his head, looked at the dark night sky and said lightly: "I know."

"Uh, sir, do you know?" Ida was surprised, because before Carlo set off, he mentioned to him that he wanted to keep it confidential. It should be only him and Carlo that he knew, how could he know?

"Yes, I know, when Lord Carlo proposed to change into bandit costumes, I guessed that, because those crops simply did not guarantee our supply." Cons said, looking at Ida, looking back at him.

Seeing that look, Ida panicked and hurriedly knelt down and apologized: "I'll ask the Lord to punish his subordinates for violating orders, but please forgive Lord Carlo, he's for..."

"Oh, get up. Although this place is the territory of Qihong Kingdom, it is now the same as the enemy country. I remember the military book that as a general, I must solve the problem of food and fodder supply on the enemy country, because obtaining one kilogram of food on the spot is equivalent to transporting twenty kilograms from the country.

"This is the fundamental way to strengthen oneself and weaken the enemy, and it is also a good way to arouse the public's disgust with the bandits, so Lord Carlo's decision was right." Cons waved his hand and looked at the sky and said.

Ida felt the inexplicable feeling in Cons' tone and asked strangely: "Sir, since that's the case, why are you still..." Ida didn't know how to express his meaning, but fortunately, Cons seemed to understand what he was going to say.

Cons said: "Don't worry, I'm just wondering why the people have to bear the consequences of the war? For example, here."

Cons pointed to the fire at the city and said, "In order to cooperate with the scorched earth strategy, Lord Kuode took away all the food, including the crops that were not yet mature in the fields, and in order to consume our food as soon as possible, he actually left all his people.

"If we do not care that the people are far from the country, then these people will starve to death. And the mastermind who provokes this evil consequences must have lived well somewhere."

Ida was stunned for a moment, and he didn't expect Cons to have these thoughts. After pondering for a moment, he sighed and said, "Sir, this is the difference between the weak and the strong. Although these farmers support the superiors, they are a piece that can be abandoned by the superiors at any time, because the superiors control the tool representing the strong - the army.

"As long as you are a strong person, you can enslave the weak. This is also a rule set by God. I believe that no matter how many years have passed, this rule will not change. Even if there is a change, the original weak person will become the current strong person, and the former strong person will become the current weak person.
Chapter completed!