The sky was slightly brighter, and the originally sunny weather gradually turned gloomy, followed by heavy snow like goose feathers.
As the snow gets heavier, the cold wind howls.
Qin Yu and his men set off at dawn and arrived at the gate of Cangxian City half an hour later.
Looking at the city wall of Cang County, everyone's expressions were very ugly.
A corner of the city wall has collapsed, and there are cracks as wide as a thumb on the wall. It looks like it could collapse at any time.
There was a big hole in the top of the city gate, but it could still be closed.
There were no soldiers guarding the city gate, and no one was entering or leaving the city gate.
Even when Qin Yu arrived with hundreds of people, no one noticed.
"Sir, this Cang County is even worse than I imagined." Lao Huang said with a grimace.
"Then we will try our best to make him the best." Qin Yu said, taking the lead and walking into the city.
The scenery in the city is very depressed, some houses on the main street are dilapidated, and there are very few pedestrians.
A few pedestrians were also in rags, looking for something in the snow.
But when these people saw Qin Yu and his team, they all ran away in panic.
"Sir, I'm going to arrest someone and come back to ask what's going on!" Old Huang said and was about to arrest someone.
Qin Yu grabbed Lao Huang and said, "Let's take a look first and then talk."
Along the way, Qin Yu and others saw many corpses frozen in the snow, including old people, children, and middle-aged people.
These people were all skinny and livid, and it didn't matter whether they were starved to death or frozen to death.
Suddenly, a sallow-looking child wearing ragged clothes ran out of an alley.
The child crashed into Qin Yu's arms. If Qin Yu hadn't caught the child, the child would have plunged back into the snow.
"Little guy, are you okay?" Qin Yu asked while supporting the child.
But after seeing Qin Yu clearly, the child burst out crying.
A woman with the same sallow complexion and tattered clothes ran out of the alley, hugged the child, and then knelt in front of Qin Yu.
"My lord, please forgive me. My lord, please forgive me. The child bumped into you, please forgive me!" The woman hugged the child and kept kowtowing to Qin Yu.
Qin Yu hurriedly grabbed the woman, "Sister, please don't do this. Get up first."
The woman was obviously stunned and looked at Qin Yu blankly.
Qin Yu squatted in front of the woman and child, took out two steamed buns and handed them to them.
The woman looked at Qin Yu doubtfully, but the child was hungry. He grabbed the steamed bun and ate it in big gulps.
The woman was a little hesitant. After looking at Qin Yu for a few times, she carefully took the steamed bun.
"Sister, I am Qin Yu, the newly appointed county captain of Cang County. What happened in the city? Why are there so many corpses on the street?" Qin Yu asked.
The woman took a bite of the steamed bun and burst into tears after hearing Qin Yu's question.
Qin Yu reached out and pulled off his coat and put it on the woman and child.
After taking the woman and child to the roadside, the woman told Qin Yu about the situation here.
It turns out that everything in the city is no longer controlled by the government, but by the Cang County Army.
The previous county magistrate was killed by the Cangxian army.
The current county magistrate came to Cang County three months ago, but he was unable to change the situation in Cang County.
The magistrate of Cang County now only has the right to ask for supplies from the court, but has no other rights at all.
In Cang County under the rule of the Cang County Army, it was difficult for the people to have enough food and clothing. After the cold winter came, no one knew how many people died of hunger and cold.
Sometimes, the Cang County Army would even make fun of ordinary people, without caring about the lives and deaths of the people.
The Cangxian army also colluded with the bandits outside, making it extremely difficult for people in Cangxian County to escape from Cangxian County.
As for the cottages outside the city, many of them were actually forced to do nothing, and the mountains were overrun by weeds.
"Sir, this Cangxian army seems to be much more troublesome than the bandits outside the city." Gongsun Qi frowned.
"Sir, let's just take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and kill them to destroy this so-called Cang County Army!" Lao Huang said angrily.
Qin Yu kept frowning and asked, "Sister, are there any troops guarding the city?"
"After the previous county captain was killed, all the troops defending the city have defected to the Cang County Army." The woman said with dark eyes.
In the woman's opinion, this new county captain might not be able to do anything to the Cang County Army and would only lose his life in vain.
"Sir, I see that you are a good official, so don't offend the Cangxian Army, otherwise you will be in danger!" The woman persuaded Qin Yu.
Qin Yu took a deep breath and whispered a few words of comfort to the woman.
"Sir, what should we do now?" The murderous intent in Gongsun Qi's eyes could no longer be concealed.
Qin Yu thought for a while, looked at the white snow falling from the sky, and said, "We must deal with the Cang County Army as soon as possible, otherwise many people will not survive this winter."
"Sir, give the order, Lao Huang, I promise to be the first!" Lao Huang said and pulled out his sword.
"What's the hurry!" Gongsun Qi really couldn't stand Lao Huang anymore, so he scolded him.
"You brat! I'm your uncle! No matter how big or small!" Lao Huang slapped him across the face.
"Excuse me!" Gongsun Qi covered his head and glared at Lao Huang.
"Stop making trouble." Qin Yu looked at Gongsun Qi, "What do you think?"
Gongsun Qi thought for a while and replied: "This Cangxian army has huge power in Cangxian and has deep roots. If we want to take action, we must get rid of it at once. If we give them a chance to counterattack, we will Very passive.”
"And we must take action as soon as possible. We cannot let the Cangxian army be prepared and catch them by surprise!" Gongsun Qi added.
"This is exactly what I want, and I already have a plan." The killing intent flashed away in Qin Yu's eyes.
Qin Yu gave the woman another steamed bun, took back his coat, and let the woman leave.
It's not that Qin Yu is reluctant to part with the military coat or the steamed buns. After all, these two things are unlimited in Qin Yu.
The main reason is that after giving these good things to the woman, it will only harm the woman and the child, and the woman cannot keep these things.
"Let's go to the county government office."
"Sir, why are you going to the county government office? Doesn't the county magistrate have no rights at all?" Lao Huang asked in confusion.
"Didn't you see that the people are starving to death? Of course they are going to distribute food!" Qin Yu pointed at Gongsun Qi and said: "You immediately lead people to run throughout the city and tell the people in the city that the Cangxian County Lieutenant will be in the county The government distributes food!"
"promise!"
Gongsun Qixin understood this and took away more than 300 people, leaving only about 20 people for Qin Yu.
Qin Yu led Lao Huang and others, pulling more than a dozen carriages, and walked to the county government office in a swaggering manner.
In order to show off, Qin Yu even threw a piece of ham to Lao Huang and asked him to sit on the carriage and eat the meat, looking like a wealthy landlord.
Lao Huang was very happy to be able to eat meat and behaved very much like an old rich man.
