The success of the matter was far beyond Zhang Rui's expectation. For this siege, Zhang Rui had many meetings with Wang Kaiyuan and other staff and generals to discuss and discuss.
However, when everything was discussed and ready to be carried out according to the plan, the city was captured.
Zhang Rui felt somewhat regretful that he failed to demonstrate his strength and combat effectiveness in this siege. It's like a boxer trying to throw his most powerful punch, but his opponent surrenders at the very beginning.
But the result made Zhang Rui quite satisfied. After all, it took a lot of luck to win a city without anyone dying.
The road Zhang Rui and others took all the way to the inner city had been cleared by the bandit suppressing army, so there was no danger at all.
At this point in the fighting, everyone who had houses in the city returned to their homes to hide. As for the people who were still kneeling on both sides of the street, they were all people in rags, without homes and land, who came to the city to find work, beg, or sell their children and daughters.
Because everything happened so suddenly, these people didn't know where to hide.
Wuzhou City is not far from Zhilian Mountain, and most of them have heard about Zhang Rui. Therefore, he was not afraid of Zhang Rui's bandit-suppressing troops.
Just like this, the people in the city who had no house and no one to rely on knelt down on the side of the road along with everyone else, waiting for the end of the war.
At this moment, the people kneeling on both sides of the road are thinking: After all, they are only one of the poor. No matter who comes or who wins, I am a submissive citizen. This must be right!
Cutting a useless person will only blunt the blade, which is of no benefit!
It was precisely because they all had this idea that they all looked up at Zhang Rui when he passed by. It's also a good way to catch a glimpse of his style, so that he can have bragging rights when he returns to the village in the future.
"The road ahead looks familiar?"
After the street, at the corner, there is a divided lane. It is more than two feet wide and about thirty feet long. Zhang Rui couldn't help but read this as he looked familiar.
Originally, Zhang Rui could skip this road when he wanted to go to the government office, but for some reason, Zhang Rui looked familiar to it, so he walked towards this road.
The green camp soldiers leading the way watched Zhang Rui walking this way, and did not dare to say anything more, and then walked towards this divided road one after another.
Different from the people standing on both sides of the street before, many of the people here have straws in their heads.
Along the way, Zhang Rui didn't pay much attention to the people on both sides of the road. It's just strange that I suddenly become familiar with this place.
At this time, a little girl who was kneeling down with her parents' hands raised her head and saw Zhang Rui. Her originally listless look suddenly showed its expression.
"Big brother, big brother, are you here to treat me to meat buns?" the little girl yelled.
The little girl's parents did not expect that things would turn out like this, and they quickly became frightened. The little girl's father immediately covered the screaming little girl with his hands.
The relatively peaceful separation suddenly became tense due to the little girl's scream.
The green camp soldiers who led the way immediately walked up to the little girl's family and drew their swords at them, watching them warily.
The soldiers around Zhang Rui immediately surrounded Zhang Rui to prevent anyone from assassinating Zhang Rui.
Zhang Rui, who was distracted and still thinking, just came back to his senses.
"What are you doing?" Zhang Rui asked Liu Shitou, who was protecting him.
"Brother Six, be careful. The city has just been conquered, and there is a chance that some people who are not afraid of death will come and assassinate you. It's better to be careful." Liu Shitou replied, with a tone of distrust in the Green Camp soldiers who surrendered and led the way.
Feng Jiubao and Liang Daqian sounded a little awkward, but it was hard to say anything. After all, this was really difficult to answer, so they also followed up and said: "Liu Company Commander is right, it's better to be careful."
"You guys are making too much of a fuss. What is there to worry about when a little girl talks?" Zhang Rui had no choice but to say
"Get out of my way! Don't scare the kids like this."
"But, Sixth Brother..." Liu Shitou was about to persuade Zhang Rui again.
"Okay, Shitou. I know your good intentions, but you don't have to worry. With you here, there is nothing to worry about." Zhang Rui interrupted Liu Shitou and said with confidence.
"Yes, Sixth Brother." Liu Shitou answered Zhang Rui, and then followed Zhang Rui closely to prevent others from doing anything bad to him.
Following Zhang Rui's order, the people surrounding him gave way one after another.
The little girl was frightened by the sudden tense atmosphere and her father covered her mouth with his hand and cried.
"Your Majesty, have mercy on me, Your Majesty, have mercy on me. My little child is ignorant and has disturbed Your Majesty. Please forgive me, Your Majesty." Zhang Rui approached and saw the little girl's parents kowtowing desperately and begging for mercy.
"This family is probably going to be doomed," said a person kneeling across from the family in the lane.
"No, how can you survive after offending these killing gods? Let's see how they die!" Another one took over.
"Shh, keep your voice down. Don't let them hear it. If they hear it, you and I will both die." The man warned in a low voice.
"Oh, I see…"
Zhang Rui looked at the two couples who were kowtowing and begging for mercy, as well as the crying little girl, and felt heartbroken.
Especially when Zhang Rui saw the straw on the little girl's head, he suddenly understood why he felt familiar here.
"You all get up! I forgive you." Zhang Rui whispered to them.
Since arriving in the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Rui has also begun to learn to gradually become familiar with the rules of this world to solve many problems, because it is much easier to deal with them this way.
For example, Zhang Rui doesn't like people kneeling on the street. But this is an extraordinary period, but we have to do this. Because they won't run around when they kneel, this saves the bandit-suppressing army a lot of supervision trouble.
After hearing Zhang Rui's words, the couple finally felt relieved.
At this time, the little girl's father still dared not let go of his hand covering the little girl, fearing that the little girl's cries would displease the "king".
"Let go of your hand! Don't scare the child." Zhang Rui said softly
"Ah...yes..." The little girl's father was a little surprised when he heard Zhang Rui's words. He didn't respond for a while and was a little worried.
However, under Zhang Rui's order, he dared not disobey. Therefore, the little girl's father could only worry while slowly letting go of his hand covering the little girl.
At this moment, Zhang Rui squatted on the ground and asked softly to the little girl kneeling on the ground: "Little sister, what is your name? Did you just call me?"
When the little girl saw Zhang Rui squatting on the ground, she actually stopped crying and tears stopped flowing from her eyes. She said to Zhang Rui in a coquettish voice: "Yes! Big brother. My name is Jiu Mei."
