As the saying goes, bandits are like combs, soldiers are like combs. Once an organized and disciplined army participates in a broken matter such as looting, they will be three more terrible than the rebels.

It is precisely because of this that Li Rusong was reluctant to let the five thousand squads and three thousand cavalry enter the city. Even if Yang Shaofeng gave the order now, Li Rusong still did not believe that the Qiu Ba and others would be obedient.

It's like a dog can't change it and eat shit.

Yang Shaofeng naturally saw the suspicion in Li Rusong's eyes, and also saw the uneasy expressions of the people on the roadside and the doubt in their eyes.

He sighed helplessly in his heart, and Yang Shaofeng was also helpless.

If they had given such an order in Liaozhou, the people of Liaozhou would jump up and cheer happily, because they had experienced the flood in Liaozhou and knew that the soldiers of Liaozhou Guards jumped into the water and blocked the crumbling river bank with their bodies.

However, the people of Putai County did not know what the soldiers in the Jingying looked like. In addition, the repeated tug-of-war between Zhu Laosi and Zhu Yunwen in Jinan Prefecture left even greater psychological shadow on these people.

It was not until Qin Zining and the 5,000 squads began to help the people clean up the broken bricks and tiles that Yang Shaofeng only had a smile on his face, and the faces of those people finally had a slight change.

After leaving Qin Zining and leading his troops to help the people rebuild, Yang Shaofeng and others came to the destructive and old Putai County Government under Li Rusong.

Without waiting for Li Rusong to arrange the banquet, Yang Shaofeng spoke directly to Li Songru: "What is the situation in Putai now? Does Magistrate Li know about the situation in the villages outside? Where has Tang Sai'er's headquarters gone?"

Li Rusong bowed to Yang Shaofeng and replied: "The situation in Putai County is, as Yang Hanlin saw, in order to resist Tang Saier's rebels, many houses were destroyed, and more than 120 were killed or injured in the young and strong.

As for outside the city, I don’t care about it now. There are no soldiers on Putai, and there is no good way to let the nearby people move to the city.

In addition, the officials of Tang Sai'er's headquarters are not clear about where they are now. They only know that their subordinates Dong Yangao, Liu Jun, Binhong and others now occupy Yidu and have a strong momentum."

Yang Shaofeng, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Zhanji looked at each other.

It seems that everyone knows where Tang Saier’s subordinates are, but everyone doesn’t know where Tang Saier himself is.

The problem is that according to the news from the Jinyiwei, the rebels besieged Putai were the main force of Tang Sai'er.

Then there are two possibilities now.

First, Li Rusong really didn't know that Tang Sai'er was among the rebels besieging Putai. Another possibility was that Li Rusong knew that Tang Sai'er was in the rebels and might even have colluded with Tang Sai'er.

After thinking about it secretly, Yang Shaofeng asked, "How many rebels are besieging Putai? Where are they now?"

Li Rusong shook his head and said, "There were about 3,000 rebels besieging Putai. At that time, the rebels retreated to the south. I don't know if they were going to Zhujin Town or to the hills south of Sangutai."

After thinking about it, Yang Shaofeng asked: "How much does County Magistrate Li know about Tang Sai'er?"

"That's my mother!" Li Rusong suddenly cursed hatefully: "There are too many rumors about true and false now. Many people say that Tang Sai'er can cut papers, men, paper and horses fight each other; if you need food, clothing, wealth, etc., you can get it with magic.

But as far as the officials know, Tang Sai'er and her deadly devil husband Lin San were not good people. When Lin San was still alive, they were probably the leader of the White Lotus Sect. Now that Lin San is dead, Tang Sai'er pretends to be the Buddha's mother and replaces Lin San as the new White Lotus leader.

Speaking of which, Xiaguan was too careless. Although Tang Sai'er had some reputation in the past, Xiaguan never thought about this. It was not until she rebelled that Xiaguan knew the relationship between her and the White Lotus Sect."

After a little hesitation, Li Rusong still directly told the news he knew: "In addition, she is likely to be a member of the Ming Cult, and the lower officials are also hearing it out loud, and I don't know whether it is true or false."

Yang Shaofeng's fingers that were pinching the teacup were a little white.

Whether it is the Ming Cult or the White Lotus Cult, these two families are professional rebels. Sometimes they simply rebel just for the sake of rebellion, and they are not rebelling because they can't survive.

"Then why did Tang Sai'er rebel? She was forced to survive? Or did she rebel for the sake of rebellion?"

Li Rusong shook his head, his tone full of helplessness: "The Xiaguan is not that Tang Sai'er, how can he know why she rebelled?

However, there is no need to pay rent to others for her own land, and the emperor exempted all the people's taxes. Even if it is drought and flood, she may not be able to survive. I think it is more likely to rebel for the sake of rebellion."

Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but sigh and said, "Drought and flooding are endless? Did the local government not do anything?"

"Who said there was no?" Li Rusong said: "During the drought, my official also organized Minzhuang to dig wells and fetch water. During the flood, I also organized the young master to dredge the river. Although my Putai County is a little poor, I can survive and cannot starve to death!"

Yang Shaofeng thought about it when he first entered the city, Zhu Gaoxu once whipped Li Rusong. The people standing behind Li Rusong were full of worry in their eyes, but they believed what Li Rusong said.

A corrupt official who disregards the lives of the people. When he is beaten, those people will only applaud. How can anyone worry about him?

After thinking about it secretly, Yang Shaofeng continued to ask: "The rumor that Tang Sai'er can cut paper into a horse and sprinkle beans into soldiers, but I don't know if it's true or false?"

Li Rusong said firmly: "It must be fake! Those foolish men and women in the country believe in such nonsense, but I have never believed it even a single point!

If Tang Sai'er was really capable, as long as she cut more paper men, paper and horses, and sprinkled a few more handfuls of soybeans, she would get millions of elite soldiers. Whether it was Putai County or Yidu, I was afraid that they would fall into her hands early, so why would she have to wander like a bandit?"

Yang Shaofeng basically confirmed that Li Rusong did not turn to Tang Sai'er.

However, what Li Rusong said was the truth. Many people in the countryside really believed the set of things made by Tang Sai'er, and even rumors such as the stone box, heavenly books and swords are believed, and I don't know how many people believe that Tang Sai'er can cut paper into horses and sprinkle beans into soldiers.

According to Li Rusong, the unlucky ones are actually not the only ones who are unlucky now. In fact, from Putai to Jimo, there are basically believers of Tang Sai'er. If Yang Shaofeng wants to deal with Tang Sai'er, the first thing he has to face is her believers.

In addition, there are continuous droughts, floods and even locust plagues that need to be solved.

Combined with the things Li Rusong mentioned earlier, Yang Shaofeng decided to help Li Rusong: "Is there any problem in this city?"

"have!"

...

The people of Putai have opened their eyes.

The old man Qiu Ba from Jingying helped the people to clean up and carry the broken bricks and tiles. It was already strange enough to not take away the few copper plates and treasure banknotes from their homes. At night, I really had to pave the floor on the streets in the city for two days!

On the third day, the soldiers who helped the people clean up the yard slept on the street again, which made the people of Putai County feel uncomfortable.

People's hearts are full of flesh. These old men from Qiuba helped their homes clean up the yard for two days, and now they let people sleep on the streets? So what are the people in Putai County? You will not be stabbed by others when you go out in the future?

Wang Er tossed and turned the cakes on the bed for a long time, and finally sighed, put on a piece of clothing, lit a candle that he usually couldn't bear to light, and then slowly walked out of the house.

He was lucky. He was so lucky that he helped him move the brick for a long time and fell asleep not far from his home.

Wang Er walked over carefully, then reached out and pushed the young soldier, who looked very young: "June? Junye? Go to the house with the villain to sleep. It's too cold outside, be careful to be frozen."

The young soldier was not upset by someone who was awakened by rashly, but instead showed a little embarrassed: "Don't, we have military orders, so we can't go, you'd better go back and sleep by yourself."

Wang Er was a little anxious: "It's too cold this day. It's not even three months. Just sleeping on the ground like this, it's definitely time to catch a cold!"

The young soldier uncovered the blanket on his body and handed it to Wang Er's hand: "Touch it, this is a good wool blanket, and it is thickened inside, so you won't be afraid no matter how cold it is.

You go back to bed early. We have a military order and cannot sleep at the people's houses. Don't make things difficult for me, will you?”

Wang Er looked at the young soldiers and finally went home helplessly. He couldn't force the soldiers to violate the military order, right? I heard that they were going to be beheaded?

However, Wang Er, who had returned home, still couldn't sleep. He thought for a long time before taking out a little ginger, added water and boiled a pot of ginger soup, and then called his son who had already fallen asleep, asking him to take a bowl and take the bowl of the ginger soup and go out.

The young soldiers still didn't drink it: "We have ginger soup on the stove. Messenger, you should take this back. I can't violate military discipline."

Wang Er sighed, slowly placed the basin in his hand on the ground, and then said to the young soldier: "Then I can make soup here, can I put it here?"

The young soldiers were immediately amused and laughed: "If you want to let go, you can let go, and you can always get it. However, we really have military discipline and cannot take every needle or thread from the people, nor can we eat a bite of food from the people."

"This is soup, not rice!" Wang Er was extremely serious: "Ginger soup is not rice, it is water. Drinking it warms your body, it won't violate military discipline, right?"

"For sure!" The young soldier also became serious: "Everything in the people's homes belongs to the people's homes. We cannot touch it. If we touch it, it means that we violate military discipline. We will be beheaded!
Chapter completed!