The sky gradually became brighter, and it was another annoying sunny day, which made everything around Xi'an Fucheng wilt.

The Guanzhong Plain where Xi'an Fucheng is located is not as dry as northern Shaanxi. It has always rained a few times since the beginning of spring, so you can still see green when you look around. However, the crops in the ground are wilting and look like they are about to die of thirst.

The large and small rivers surrounding Xi'an Fucheng don't have much water. Although they have not dried up, there are only thin strips left. The moat has stopped flowing long ago and has dried up to the bottom. If someone wants to attack,

City, just walk there

The defenders of Xi'an Prefecture didn't care at all about the drying up of the moat. Although Shaanxi is suffering from drought, the surrounding situation is very good!

The Hetao grassland outside the border wall of Yulin is now given to the remaining tribes of the Han Dynasty. It is nominally ruled by Ezhetaiji, but in fact it is Ezhetaiji's mother, Concubine Sutai, who talks about the affairs, and Concubine Sutai personally handles the matter.

She went out to marry the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and now she might be pregnant with Ezhe Taiji's half-brother!

The Tumut River to the north of the Hetao Grassland has now become the Xinzhou Town of the Ming Dynasty, belonging to Zhu Cixuan, the king of the Ming Dynasty. The actual ruler there is the young emperor's favorite concubine Wu Liangha.

The problem of northern captives and captives that had troubled the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years was solved by the little emperor. Therefore, Xi'an, an important military town in the northwest, could sit back and relax, and its defenses were relaxed. Not to mention that the moat was dry and no one cared about it.

, even the suspension bridge on the moat is no longer closed, and the four city gates of Xi'an Mansion are opened early in the morning and are not closed until dark, and there are not many people guarding them.

There were not many people guarding the gate, but there were many people coming in and out. Before dawn, many people arrived outside Xi'an's four gates, waiting to enter the city. Some of them were vegetable vendors carrying burdens into the city to sell vegetables.

, some came to Xi'an from the "refugee camps" near Xi'an and wanted to find a job.

With Bi Ziyan's careful calculation, he certainly would not take care of the food of these hungry people in vain. While taking care of the food, he also launched a work-for-relief program, often assigning errands of building water conservancy projects and dams to the able-bodied hungry people.

Bi Ziyan believed that a severe drought would be followed by a severe flood, so he took precautions and wanted to repair all the dams and water conservancy and irrigation facilities in Guanzhong to prevent the drought from ending and floods to come again!

However, refugees still provide more job opportunities than Bi Ziyan, so you have to come early to queue up to find a job!

In addition to these victims who have already settled near Xi'an, new victims have been arriving in Xi'an during this period. There was a shortage of food during this time, and there was no food in the countryside. I heard that there was someone in Xi'an who was in charge of food, so of course I came here.

The more than 100,000 people who were blocked in Luochuan were only part of them. There were also victims coming from other places who had no one to block them. Two to three thousand people arrived every day, and all of them helped the old and young to find food under the city of Xi'an.

Sometimes there will be groups of young men who want to join the army and feed themselves. Because the border troops in the five towns of Shaanxi are laying off people (even the three towns that are not laid off on paper will actually be laid off).

(people), most of the laid-off people gathered in Xi'an or joined the former army, or went to Yan, Ning, Xuan, Da, Xin and other towns to work as military households. There was still a way to survive. Even if they were unwilling to go close to the Donglu

In Yanshan and Daning, you can also go to Xinzhou, Datong, and Xuanfu to become a new military household!

Moreover, because Li Zicheng's group of knights and later Zhang Xianzhong's group of knights did well and produced a wealth effect, there were many old Qin people who were willing to follow the little emperor.

Therefore, here in Xi'an Prefecture, you can often see groups of brave men, some of whom are armed with weapons, and some of whom are brought out of the army!

However, these people basically don't make trouble. They join the army when they arrive in Xi'an. Even if they can't choose the knights and soldiers in front of the tent, there are still military households in the five towns.

The city gate is open!

Among the bustling crowd, a group of men pushed a wheelbarrow filled with tattered parcels and squeezed towards the Anding Gate, the west gate of Xi'an Mansion. These men were also talking about their martial arts skills.

After joining the army, they will definitely be able to kill the enemy and perform meritorious deeds. They all have accents from border towns, and they look strong, so no one can find any flaws.

First there was a grown man in a white robe. He looked like a good man. He spread out his long legs and walked very fast. The man behind him was talking loudly and followed closely. After a while, he followed the flow of people and walked straight.

Arrive before the suspension bridge at Andingmen.

There was no one guarding both sides of the suspension bridge. There were only a few people at the city gate who were too lazy to cheer up. These soldiers were not soldiers in front of the tent, nor were they Bi Ziyan's pacesetters, but soldiers from the Xi'an city garrison. Needless to say,

They are all old and weak. If they were not old or weak, they would have jumped to work as front soldiers long ago.

These old and weak soldiers have no spirit, but they still have to work. When they see the hungry people, they stop them and let them go along the city wall to Dongkuo New City. Bi Ziyan sets up a huge porridge factory there to accommodate these people.

Hungry people, let them eat a meal first, and then disperse them to various refugee camps.

If they are strong and brave men, they cannot be let into the city. Instead, they are sent to the Bashang Army Camp to join the army. There is a martial arts field outside the Bashang Army Camp. They can compete with mules or horses on the spot!

Seeing those old soldiers and weak soldiers checking at the city gate, the big man in white slowed down a little, waiting for the people following him to get closer, and then slowly stepped forward to meet him. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty inside the doorway also

When he saw them, a veteran saw that these men were all strong, so he stepped forward and waved to them to stop: "Are you from that town? Are you going to join the army at Ba Shang? You are really tall in white robes, and you know how to do it.

Do you want to ride a horse? How about your horseback riding skills? If you are good at horseback riding skills, it is no problem to become a knight with 500 acres of land plus a salary of 30 taels, and there are many opportunities to get promoted and make a fortune! How about it? Are you tempted?"

The veteran's enthusiasm is justified, because the knights get bonuses before recruiting people to the account!

That tall man was none other than Gao Yingxiang. If he hadn't been so eager to rebel, he would probably be a general of the front army by now!

But if you make a mistake, you will regret it forever!

Today's little emperor hates rebels the most and refuses to recruit him at all. The risk of Gao Yingxiang wanting to start a new life is not small. The former army is not just wandering around in the rivers and lakes, it is to check his net worth!

Therefore, Gao Yingxiang did not dare to take risks and had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight against the Ming Dynasty!

"Well, we are all from Yulin," Gao Yingxiang replied in northern Shaanxi Mandarin, "We can all ride horses!"

"Really? That's great!" At this time, the veteran noticed the grown man behind Gao Yingxiang again, and immediately laughed: "Haha, they look similar, why don't you all join the army and join the army?

Once you choose the knight, you will be rewarded!"

Along with the old soldier, several officers and soldiers also saw the "big deal". Even if the old man was not allowed to eat alone, they all rushed to get a share of the pie.

When Gao Yingxiang saw the opportunity coming, a light flashed in his eyes, and he had already pulled out a long knife from a wheelbarrow beside him. The light of the knife flashed, and blood suddenly burst out. The old soldier didn't even have time to shout, and his head flew away.

He fell out, his body fell backwards, and blood spurted out from his neck!

Behind him, hundreds of men shouted at the same time. They all took out various weapons from the wheelbarrows they were pushing, and rushed forward, cutting down several other officers and soldiers in the blink of an eye.

Gao Yingxiang's nephew Gao Yigong also came to Xi'an City, but instead of killing anyone, he took out a large red flag and waved it vigorously. The flag spread out and you could see a big word "Chuang" written on it!

From this moment on, this big flag with the word "Chuang" will be the battle flag of the Shaanxi Peasant Rebel Army!

The men who followed Gao Yingxiang all shouted: "Bai Yushan's 8,000 heroes are here, who dares to be the leader!"
Chapter completed!