"Fellow folks, do you have any relatives serving as soldiers in the city?"
"Don't worry, I don't want to persecute them, but I think your life is too hard!"
"Cao Wei was working in the fields, with seven officials and three civilians. How the hell is this a human life?"
Lu Meng cursed angrily, which resonated with many people.
Except for the gentry landowners, few of them own their own land.
Nowadays, after a year of hard work, the 30% of the food obtained can only keep the family alive.
"Everyone, my farmland in Soochow is divided into 50 and 50 cents!"
"This is not to attack Shouchun, but I can't stand the persecution of you by Wei Emperor Cao Pi!"
"Don't worry, everyone, if I, Soochow, take control of Shouchun, we will all share the food harvested from farming in the future 50-50!"
Being able to produce 20% more food at once was like pie in the sky for the people.
It's a pity that their information is too congested. If they knew that in Jiaozhou, after Liu Mang collected a certain share of grain, all the rest belonged to the farmers.
Even the land belonged to farmers and was not allowed to be bought and sold freely, which curbed the gentry's plundering.
But for the common people, the 50-50 split mentioned by Lu Meng already made them feel very generous.
"Don't worry, everyone, I just asked you to go and deliver a message. I will never threaten the soldiers in the city with your lives!"
Lu Meng distributed grain and lobbied, and soon all the surrounding people were willing to act as lobbyists.
The male members of the family went to serve as soldiers, and in the end it was for pay.
Otherwise, forget about the Han Dynasty and the Wei Dynasty, the common people don't care so much.
For two consecutive days, the Soochow army just went through the motions and did not attack as fiercely as on the first day.
Such a move also made Wen Qin relax his vigilance, thinking that the other party had given up the siege for the time being.
As everyone knows, this was Lu Meng's deliberate move.
The beating on Wen Qin on the first day was so painful that they did not dare to leave the city easily.
Only then did Lu Meng have the opportunity to lobby the surrounding people in the next two days.
The next day, countless people gathered under the city. Most of them were farmers who faced the loess and turned their backs to the sky.
"That's my father and mother, why are they here?"
"General! My parents were captured by Wu Gou!"
"You bastard Wu Gou, you are capable of attacking the city, why are you threatening my father and mother's lives!"
The soldiers guarding the city yelled and cursed. Most of them were soldiers from the surrounding areas and their families were also in the surrounding towns.
No one thought that Lu Meng could be so despicable!
Unexpectedly, when they heard the curses of the soldiers in the city, the coerced people began to defend Lu Meng.
"Gouwazi, what are you talking about? General Lu is a good man and has given us a lot of food!"
"Yes, from now on Soochow will occupy Shouchun, and all the farmland will be divided into 50 and 50!"
"Your military pay will also be increased a lot. Why don't you just listen to dad and join Soochow!"
Wen Qin looked shocked. As a guard general, he naturally knew how much military pay was.
Even if the imperial court distributes it in full, it still has to go through layers of deductions before it falls into the hands of the soldiers!
Not to mention the division of farmland between officials, seven and civilians. Now Soochow has taken out a 50-50 division, which has simply penetrated the main artery of Cao Wei!
No one would have thought that Soochow would use such despicable means!
Damn it!
Wen Qin wanted to do something at this time, but in the face of interests, no matter what he said, he looked so pale!
"Haha, you are still too young!"
"The Art of War says that attacking the heart is the most important thing!"
Lu Meng didn't use any soldiers and let the families of these soldiers persuade them, which was the most effective blow to the Wei army!
"Don't let them fool you!"
"If you don't get out, don't blame my men for being ruthless!"
Wen Qin bent his bow and nocked an arrow. He had given a final warning. If the people did not retreat, he would release the arrow without hesitation!
Seeing that their parents and relatives were threatened, the soldiers immediately exploded.
"General Wen, my brothers followed you to fight to the death, and you treat my family like this?"
"If you dare to shoot an arrow, we will rebel today!"
"Brothers, protect our parents, wives and children!"
Wen Qin was furious. Seeing that the soldiers were showing signs of mutiny, he quickly ordered his soldiers to fire arrows to force the people to retreat from the city.
Sure enough, arrows struck, and the people immediately retreated.
Lu Meng ordered the beggar army to come forward to protect the people. This scene made the defenders in the city excited.
"Sure enough, King Wu is the one we should take refuge in!"
"We Shouchun belong to Yangzhou originally, and we are not from the Central Plains at all!"
"Brothers, I plan to escape from the city today. Is there anyone willing to come with me?"
Wen Qin finally forced the people back, but he didn't expect that five hundred soldiers would flee the city that night!
Our side lost 500, but the other side gained 500 more soldiers. This account was a loss for Wen Qin both inside and outside!
The tremendous pressure came on, giving Wen Qin a headache!
However, he is not the only one who has a headache, there is also Cheng Yu who is far away in Taishan County!
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Seeing that Mount Tai had been besieged for a month and a half, according to Cheng Yu's guess, Zang Ba might not have much food left in the mountain.
"At most, it can last for two months, and then this group of Taishan thieves will defeat themselves!"
Cheng Yu is already over seventy years old, but he is still strong and strong, and even Cao Cao is ahead of him.
It was just the letter for help sent from Shouchun today that almost made Cheng Yu angry.
"You bastard! I have told Your Majesty a long time ago that the rats of Soochow should never be trusted!"
"Why didn't he take precautions in advance? Can Wen Qin deal with Lu Meng?"
Cheng Yu was pacing back and forth, and none of his lieutenants dared to say anything.
The old gentleman is both civil and military, and has always been a good leader in leading troops into battle.
"Seeing that Zang Ba was about to capture him, Lü Meng came to attack Shouchun."
"Could it be that Soochow and Shu thieves are colluding?"
Cheng Yu never thought that Ma Su was the initiator of all this.
It was he who created a good opportunity for Lu Meng to attack Xuzhou.
The invisible master completely disrupted Cheng Yu's plan.
Compared with Zang Ba who occupied Mount Tai, Shouchun who resisted Sun Quan was the top priority.
"Withdraw the troops and prepare to return to support Shouchun. Order everyone to start dispatching within an hour without any mistakes!"
Cheng Yu acted vigorously and his men quickly evacuated.
Zang Ba, who was still drinking on the mountain, suddenly discovered that Wei Jun had disappeared completely!
"Mr. Liao, God has opened his eyes, this is God's eyes opening!"
"What His Highness said to do justice for heaven is indeed correct!"
"If God hadn't opened his eyes, why would Cheng Yu, an old man, suddenly retreat?"
Liao Li just felt that things were not that simple. If God really opened his eyes, why didn't Mao just kill those evil people?
"I think there must be something fishy in this."
"The general first sent people down the mountain to inquire about the news, and then bought food and transported it up the mountain as soon as possible to avoid being encircled and suppressed again!"
Zang Ba quickly complied, but they didn't expect that Cheng Yu was so cunning that when he left, he moved all the food and grass away, leaving Zang Ba with no food to buy!
