Chapter 346: The Meat Grinder Starts
PS: There is another chapter later
Smoke wafted outside the city of Yunzhou. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
The more than 100,000 people who surrendered were divided by the Yunzhou army to prevent another gathering of people to make trouble.
At the same time, hundreds of cauldrons were erected on the land outside the city, and rice porridge was boiled in the pot, and the faint fragrance of rice made the victims swallow their saliva.
Qi Guangyi rode a horse and kept patrolling here, the victims were already waiting for the soup porridge in front of the cauldron, and now the rumors that Yunzhou City had collected the victims had become a reality.
And the rice porridge in front of them also reassured these people.
There is food to eat, who wants to fight for a bite of food.
It's just that it is indeed a dangerous thing for hundreds of thousands of people to gather, and they have been ordered to send these victims to the fiefdom states in batches for resettlement.
Moreover, the order is not to force the people to relocate, but also to consult the people themselves.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the victims in the city have also told you, Your Highness is benevolent, he said that as long as you are willing to migrate to Qingzhou, the people of Cangzhou and other states can get their own land, and from now on they can live in peace in these places, and those who are willing to go with us after this meal tonight will gather at the north gate at that time, and then someone will naturally enthrone you and assign you to different places."
After a pause, Qi Guangyi continued: "Of course, if you don't want to, we won't force it, each person will be given three catties of rice, and you can go where you want to go." ”
The victims all pricked up their ears to listen to Qi Guangyi's words.
As soon as his voice fell, a whisper rang out among the victims.
Qi Guangyi observed these people, according to these people, they were all people who had just followed the Green Dragon King for a short time, and some of them were even dragged into the army of the Green Dragon King by their fellow villagers.
And there were originally many people who were ready to take refuge in Yunzhou, but when they met the army of the Blue Dragon King, they could only be coerced to come, but they didn't expect that the Green Dragon King would choose to attack the city.
They used to be people who did their duty, and they didn't want to fight at all, and most of them just wanted to flee.
"Official, is what you said true? Is there still a land division here? A bold man said.
Qi Guangyi said: "This is still false, the victims in the city have been allocated land in Yunzhou, you can go and ask, the people who are boiling porridge in front of them are the people who have fled." ”
The man didn't lie, he went straight to the front, asked a few words and came back.
When the other victims saw him come back, they asked, "Is it true or false?" ”
"Really, he said that he divided 20 acres of land, and the Yunzhou government also sent him rations, saying that he would return it to the government when the cultivated land was harvested, and he would not pay grain for three years."
"And this good thing!" The people around them were shocked, it was like a dream to them.
Qi Guangyi smiled and went to other places to convey the policy on migration to the victims.
With a mouthful of hot porridge and generous policies, the victims gradually let down their guard, and under the strict discipline of the Yunzhou Army and the Qingzhou Army, there were no soldiers bullying the victims.
This made the victims yearn for a different world even more, and many of them got together as a family at night to discuss whether to move.
The next day, the north gate was filled with people who wanted to migrate to the six states.
Xiao Ming and Zhan Xingchang looked at this scene and were very pleased, as long as the policy is good, they are not afraid that they will not be able to attract these victims, and the choice between hell and heaven is easy to make.
Of course, there were also some victims who were reluctant to leave their hometowns, and according to the promise, Xiao Ming gave them rations on the road and told them to go to their relatives in other places.
Xiao Ming's good deeds made him quickly establish his prestige among the victims, after all, there are many people who speak big in the Dayu Congress now, but there are not many people who can really fulfill their promises.
Because of this, Xiao Ming's seemingly insignificant charity made the victims from Jizhou grateful to Dade.
And his good deeds have further spread as the victims have traveled far and wide.
To Xiao Ming's surprise, many of the victims who escaped in the last battle spontaneously came back to accept the arrangement of the Yunzhou government to settle in Liuzhou.
In just ten days, the number of people who have migrated to Yunzhou has reached 200,000, and this number is still increasing.
"Your Highness, the affairs of the victims are finally in order, but it's a pity that those people who died in battle, this Qinglong King is really hateful, the barbarian enemy is current, he doesn't want to serve the country, but he started the idea of attacking the city and seizing grain and grass."
Zhan Xingchang said angrily.
Xiao Ming nodded, "The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, but this Qinglong King is probably not an easy person to deal with, otherwise he would not be able to easily capture several states and counties." ”
"What Your Highness said is very true." Zhan Xingchang pondered, "This time the surprise of artillery and flintlock pistols made the rebel army break up so quickly, if it is an ordinary weapon, I am afraid it will be a battle to the death." ”
The two were talking, when suddenly there was a noise outside, and then Zhao Long and Zhao Hu, who were originally guarding the door, walked in with a scout covered in blood.
Xiao Ming and Zhan Xingchang have changed color.
Seeing Xiao Ming, the scout said weakly: "Your Highness, the barbarian reinforcements have arrived, the Qingzhou army led by the Governor of Niu Du was besieged in Fencheng by 80,000 barbarians, and the Shanzi battalion was defeated without a fight, and the grain and grass transported on the way back were robbed by the Qinglong King. ”
With that, the scout fainted.
"Smack!" Xiao Ming slapped one hand on the table fiercely, his chest rising and falling violently, "Qinglong King, shameless bandit, don't you have national righteousness in your eyes?" ”
Zhan Xingchang also blushed, first attacking Yunzhou, and now robbing the grain road, this Qinglong King doesn't care about the Qingzhou army and the forbidden army that resist the barbarians on the front line, what kind of righteous army is this, it's just a bandit!
"This mountain camp is also a waste." Zhan Xingchang stomped his feet angrily.
When Niu Ben set off, part of the Shanzi battalion took grain and grass to follow the Qingzhou army to Jizhou.
After arriving at Fencheng, which is in Jizhou, Niu Ben ordered to wait and join the forbidden army, while looking for an opportunity to break through Chagatai's blockade of Jizhou.
Because Niu Ben judged that this battle might take a long time, he asked the Shanzi battalion to continuously transport grain back and forth to reserve a month's worth of military rations.
After all, he was worried that he would also be besieged, and if there was no food and grass at that time, the army would inevitably be in turmoil.
Now that the grain and grass have been robbed, the grain reserves of the Qingzhou Army are not enough, which makes Xiao Ming not in a hurry.
"Your Highness, Fencheng is a small city that is inferior to Yunzhou City, and the city wall is just an earthen wall, and it is imperative that the siege of Fencheng be lifted." Zhan Xingchang calmed down and reminded.
Xiao Ming sighed, he didn't expect a war to be so difficult, and now that Beishan reinforcements have arrived, this Jizhou City is probably about to become a meat grinder.
He said to Zhan Xingchang: "Order Qi Guangyi to lead 5,000 cavalry and 3,000 musketeers to quickly rush to the aid of Fencheng, if this battle is lost, there will be no royal foothold in the north." ”
(To be continued.) )