Wangming Camp, 3,000 people were directly selected from the captured Chuang troops to build, with Wu Dayan as the deputy commander.
However, for migrating people, early has its advantages, and late has its advantages.
As early as possible, the summer grain has not yet matured, and the people have less property and are easier to migrate. The shortcomings are also very obvious, and there is not enough grain storage.
If he moved later, he would be afraid that the Chuang army would react and Li Zicheng would be in trouble if he returned to Guanzhong.
In this regard, Zhu Yixi made a decision: "Migrate as soon as possible, and send troops to collect the summer grain left behind."
So, the army moved together and headed towards Ruzhou and Runing.
Only 30% of the people in Nanyang are left, and there are still millions of people. Zhu Yixi thinks that the rest of Henan is no more than this!
Unexpectedly, just after passing Fangcheng, it was like a hell on earth.
At that time, Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng three times, with millions of people, and Henan was already in ruins.
It was so miserable that Zhu Yixi could not see many docks along the road...
After walking for hundreds of miles, there was no one near the official road, but strangely, there were peaches and plums everywhere, and the fruits were abundant and eye-catching.
"It's strange. There is no village nearby. Why are there so many fruit trees?"
Sun Xuan couldn't help but be surprised when she looked at the fruit trees that were laden with fruits and bent their branches.
When Sun Changzhou heard this, he frowned. After a long time, he sighed:
"For these flowers, plants and trees, the best fertilizer is human corpses. Thousands of people fall into ditches, so that they can grow vigorously."
"Similarly, the fact that no one has picked so many fruits also proves that there are few pedestrians, and there are even no human beings nearby for hundreds of miles."
"Ah?" Zhu Yixi was picking the fruit and putting it in his mouth. The soldiers on the side were even more busy and munching.
"Your Highness, please stop eating."
Sun Xuan said hurriedly, her face full of concern and nervousness.
"It's not a problem." Zhu Yixi looked at the army behind him gobbling up food, and couldn't help but continue: "In today's world, it's good to be full, so how can we take this into consideration."
"The soldiers can eat, but I can't?"
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, isn't this better than eating human flesh?"
Sun Xuan nodded and started eating too.
When Sun Changzhou heard this, he was very impressed and said: "Your Highness's words are quite typical of a wise king."
Zhu Yixi smiled. Ever since the news about the title of king came out, he had heard too much such flattery.
With a certain status, even his farts smell good.
Throughout the ages, power has been so intoxicating and magical.
When we arrived in Ruzhou, there were only two to three thousand people in the huge city, and the defensive force was only 800.
Just this made Chuang Jun so hungry that his eyes gleamed with hunger.
Zhu Yixi cooked a pot of porridge and they surrendered.
The city was empty, rubble was everywhere, and the people walking on the streets could only be counted with one hand, and no one was seen for a long time.
Ditches, broken houses, a large number of corpses and human bones were abandoned casually, exposed to the outside, and the grass grew longer.
Hare and wolf patrolled the streets in broad daylight, showing no fear of humans. Facing the arrival of the army, they even dared to glare angrily and show their teeth, with murderous and greedy eyes.
"The city is no better than the mountains and forests."
Zhu Yixi was riding a horse, looking at the groups of hungry wolves and the overflowing animals, and couldn't help but said coldly:
"These beasts have seen the taste of human flesh. They can no longer be kept. I will kill them all."
"Yes!" The entire army was dispatched to carry out a large-scale siege on Ruzhou City.
When the people of Ruzhou heard that Master Wang had returned, they could not hide away. They trembled and huddled up, praying for the protection of their ancestors.
What surprised them was that there was no knocking on the door for a long time, but instead there were many howls of wolves.
So, the whole family, young and old, hid in the doors and windows, watching through the gaps.
I saw that this official army was very different from the previous ones. They actually started to capture wild wolves in groups.
"Ouch——"
The ferocious wild wolves, who have roamed the streets for several years, encountered a ruthless person for the first time. How dare their prey resist?
His will is never to admit defeat.
For a time, the two collided more violently.
However, beasts are beasts after all. With the help of iron weapons and muskets, the four claws were no match for the many hands, and a one-sided massacre began.
Wild boars are even seen in groups, showing no fear of humans and running rampant.
Even during this hunting activity, there were actually several tigers occupying the house, roaring incessantly.
Finally, I still used a musket. If one three-stage shot is not enough, I will use two stages.
In the evening, Zhu Yixi was surprised by the statistical results.
In Ruzhou City, more than 500 wild wolves were hunted in dozens of wolf packs.
There are hundreds of wild boars.
There were even three fierce tigers, extremely ferocious.
The rest were rabbits, deer, dogs, badgers, etc., thousands of them.
There were more than a hundred injured soldiers.
"Good fellow, this is not a city at all. There are more game animals here than in the mountains and forests, but there is a shortage of bears."
Zhu Yixi marveled, it was too exaggerated for people to retreat into the wild, the army was fighting like this, and with thousands of weak people, it was really no match for them.
And further north, Kaifeng was in a state of marsh and Luoyang was in ruins, not to mention.
"Give me skin and chop the flesh of them all, set up a pot, and boil them into broth to reward my brothers."
Hundreds of thousands of kilograms of meat were piled up like a mountain, and the excitement among the crowd was so attractive.
However, he still has a lot of 20,000 soldiers left, which is just right to win people's hearts.
Zhu Yixi looked at the broken windows and dilapidated houses along the street and sighed: "Let's beat the gongs and drums and let the people in the city come out to eat broth!"
"Clang——"
"Come out to eat meat. In front of the magistrate's office, each person has a bowl of broth. Don't wait if it's late!"
"Come out to eat meat——"
With the shouts, Ruzhou City instantly became commotion.
"Dad, is this true?"
In a relatively tidy house, two malnourished and sallow-faced boys, about eight or nine years old, licked their mouths and turned to ask.
"It should be true!"
Wang Jun, the Prime Minister of Jiaxian County in Ruzhou, squinted his eyes, looked at the soldiers beating on the street, and began to think.
The summer harvest is approaching, but there is not much food in stock in Ruzhou City, and the surrounding counties and countryside are almost completely depopulated.
This also means that the ten days of food he has left will be gone once he runs out.
"They went to hunt wolves. They didn't rob us. They must be the real King Master. We have no choice. Let's get out!"
With that said, he held the hungry hands of his two sons and slowly opened the door.
Half an hour later, a large group of people with disheveled hair, like savages, ran out with strips of cloth and naked clothes.
Obviously, all shame bows its head in front of hunger.
People with sallow complexions and thin muscles, and edema all over their bodies, lined up and kept looking around, wanting to receive the porridge.
Hundreds of large pots were boiling with broth, and the aroma was overflowing, causing a series of gurgling sounds.
Zhu Yixi shook his head. Those who could survive were either rich people, officials, or gentry. In a sense, they were all useful people.
At least, it's more useful than ordinary people.
Only these people can persist until now.
Everyone had a bowl of meat soup, and everyone licked their bowls clean.
But everyone was still not satisfied, standing on tiptoes, eager for another bowl, but the military's deterrence prevented them from being presumptuous.
Zhu Yixi was standing on the high platform. He had just counted that all of them together were only over three thousand. He would take them all back.
"Everyone, I am Zhu Yixi, King of Hanyang in the Ming Dynasty. I came to Ruzhou this time to take you back to Nanyang and escape from this ghost land."
"We'll pack up tonight and leave the city at midnight tomorrow."
As soon as these words came out, everyone cheered.
Unexpectedly, many people even sat on the ground and did not move around.
Zhu Yixi frowned and asked a middle-aged man holding two children: "Why don't you go back and pack your things?"
"Your Majesty, it's not that we don't want to, it's just that we are afraid that your army is moving too fast, will not keep up, and will stay here to die."
Wang Jun said with a bitter look on his face.
