The majestic Black Mountain has been covered in snow. The banks of the Yellow River under the Black Mountain are also shrouded in snow-white. The winter wind blows through the snowy fields, but on the white fields, there are traces of blood and fire.

Countless Dangxiang tribes living here have been driven from their homes. On the fertile riverside land, the figure of the party tribe is becoming more and more scarce. A tribe, more or less in number, fled south step by step through the desert.

The passage to the desert of Qu Yechuan was another group of party riders who set foot on this road. From their dirty robes and tired looks, it was clear that they had gone through a long journey before.

The land in front of you transitions from gentle sand to undulating slopes, and the outline of the river can already be seen under the snow-covered ground.

In the procession, an old man with a face all around looked at the snow in front of him that had been trampled by the hooves of many horses, which were the traces left by his predecessors. It may be that many tribes have walked along this road before, leaving many recognizable remnants along the way. After walking hundreds of miles from the desert, they did not get lost, and they arrived in front of the Quye River smoothly.

In the valley, which was not too deep, there was a very thin fence in front of it, and behind the fence, there were seven or eight guards scattered around. But it was such a thin line of defense, and this team did not dare to break through, so they stopped and dismounted far away from the fence.

An old man lined up and walked to the fence and greeted the leader of the guards, a young officer.

As soon as the young officer raised his hand, a group of Song soldiers appeared on the surrounding hillside, the arrows on the crossbows shining with a cold light like night stars, pointing at the refugees in the encirclement.

Surrounded by a circle of bows and crossbows on all sides, the panicked refugees immediately reflexively took out their bows and knives and confronted the Song people around them.

The tension is on the verge of breaking out.

"That's the Divine Arm Bow!" Cold sweat was dripping on the old man's forehead, but he had once led his clansmen south to attack the Song Dynasty, and he had suffered a lot from the Divine Arm Bow. It's so close, the arrows from the Divine Arm Bow can shoot people through each other. Hurriedly turned around and shouted urgently: "Don't act rashly, let go of all your hands, let go of everything!" ”

The old man's status among these people was obviously very high, and under his reprimand, although everyone hesitated, they finally put down their hands holding bows and knives.

However, the surrounding Song soldiers still did not relax, and the divine arm bow in their hands was still held steadily.

"Will ...... The general ......" the old man turned back and looked anxiously at the leading young officer.

The young officer looked very kind, looking back and forth at the team of seventy or eighty people behind the old man, and his eyes were sharp in his eyes with a smile, "It seems that you have suffered a lot." ”

The old man stammered in half-baked official dialect: "The livestock have all been lost, but there are more than 100 accounts." ”

The account of the Tibetan department is the same as the household of the Han land, and an account is a family, at least one strong man, as well as women, children, and the elderly. In general, more than 100 accounts are about 500 people. At the moment, there are less than a hundred people, except for two or three old men, who are basically young adults and children.

The young officer smacked his lips and seemed to be smiling: "The Khitans are really ruthless. ”

The old man didn't expect the Song people to have much sympathy, and the grudge between the party and the Han people was no less than the grudge between the Han and the Khitans. Seeing the young officer's reaction, he also knew that he was respectful: "So the villain is sincerely attached to the Great Song Dynasty and a good citizen under the rule of the imperial court." ”

The old man looked at the young officer expectantly with a pair of yellow eyes.

The young officer spoke very well: "It's nothing to take you in. A few days ago, quite a few Montenegrin tribes had already gone south, and they had all been given places to live in. As long as you are willing to go along, you will naturally be allowed to stay. But there is a sentence to say in the front, it must not be as good as your previous Black Mountain River Land - the horse farm that can be compared to the Black Mountain River Land is not comparable to the Great Song Dynasty, so don't say that the imperial court treats you fugitives badly. ”

"It's a blessing to have a piece of land to settle in, where can you dare to be greedy."

"That's good." The young officer nodded, and said, "Leave a name, and the name of the clan account, and I will send someone to take you to the place where you are settled later." ”

With such lenient conditions, the old man agreed and said, "I am willing to follow the general's orders...... But you see, general, we were driven by the Khitans, and we were in a hurry along the way, all the livestock were lost, and there were only these people left. Yes...... Can you give us some food and grass? ”

The old man said, making a pitiful look.

"If you want food and grass, of course you can." The young officer laughed, "But it can't be given to you for nothing." ”

When the old man heard this, he was relieved, as long as he was willing to make a request, it meant that they were still useful, "Are you going to send troops?" If I fight the Khitans, I still have twenty men here who can run horses and shoot arrows. ”

"I don't need to." The young officer waved his hand, "It's just a Liao person, and our Great Song Dynasty doesn't take it seriously." As long as you are willing to send people and livestock to help transport grain and grass, the government will distribute food to you first. ”

"Transporting grain and grass?" The old man didn't expect this answer.

"Now there is a shortage of manpower to carry grain and grass from the rear. Since you are willing to obey orders and contribute to the officers and soldiers, you can also be useful, as long as you work hard, the court will provide you with rations. As for the fodder for the horses, the garrison arranged for you has pasture, which should be enough for the winter. ”

The old man was stunned, he hadn't thought of such an arrangement in advance, it was too lenient.

"What, don't want to?" The young officer narrowed his eyes again, "Hedong has been instructed by Han Xianggong, this matter will not force you, just forget it if you don't want to." ”

The old man smiled bitterly: "If you don't listen to the order, will there be rations?" ”

"Of course not!" The young officer's answer was categorical, "If you don't contribute to the imperial court, you still want to be beneficial, how can there be such a cheap good thing in the world?" By the way, there is one thing that I forgot to mention. When transporting grain and grass, the only weapon you carry is a bow and a knife. Long soldiers or heavy weapons are not allowed...... As you know, you're new to the city, and we have to be careful. ”

The old man nodded for a while: "The villain understands." But the officials are too worried, you see my small clan, how can there be any spears and bones, it is very great to have a good bow. ”

"As you just said, since you can send 20 people to join the army and 20 to transport grain and grass, it will not be a problem. You people will be given half a month's ration in advance, and as for the subsequent grain and grass, you will be asked to transport grain and grass for the officers and soldiers to earn. The young officer obviously did not know how many people he had said this, and he was so familiar that he was able to speak quickly, "The journey from Fuzhou or Linzhou to Jiufengzhou does not take more than five days, as long as you can do your errand honestly, don't worry about starvation at home." You follow my people, and he will take you to the place where you are settled. ”

After he finished speaking, seeing that the old man had no intention of objecting, he waved his hand, and a cavalryman jumped on horseback, came to this group of party members, said a few words, asked the old man to leave his name and clan account number, and led them to continue to Lu.

Seeing this group of people go away, another young officer with a similar appearance walked over.

Hearing the movement, the previous officer didn't look back, and said, "Long Tu's good means, do you say Seventh Brother?" ”

"According to Longtu, it's called waste utilization." Looking at the party members going farther and farther, Zhi Keshi narrowed his eyes, "Expecting them to fight with the Liao people is all in vain." But their horses are all good stuff. Transporting grain and grass from Fuzhou and Linzhou requires a lot of manpower and animal power, and it also costs people and livestock grain and grass, which is the same for the Fan people and the Han people. Since there is no difference, instead of requisitioning the people and causing a commotion on the road, it is better to use these people. ”

"Waste utilization...... Long Tu doesn't have any morals left. Zhe Ke Da Ha laughed twice: "There are more than 2,000 party members, and another 35,000 is almost enough." If there are another 20,000 or 30,000, there will be enough people to repair the city. ”

"There is no hope for repairing the city...... The craftsmanship of the party members! ”

“…… It's also good to be able to transport grain. These days, there are more and more party members in Montenegro who have gone south, and it seems that the Liao people are determined to drive out all the party members in the lower river of Montenegro...... It really helped. Zhi Keda turned his head and asked, "Seventh brother, did you hear anything when you followed Han Longtu?" ”

"Hear what?" Zhi Keshi asked puzzledly.

"After some killing and setting an example to the monkeys before, the Liao people have gathered all the remaining party tribes under the Black Mountain and are about to go south. Long Tu didn't mention this possibility in advance? ”

"I thought I was talking about Toyoshu." Zhi Keshi laughed, and said, "Don't make those fools on the spot!" ”

"Brother Qi'er, what did you mean by Fengzhou earlier?" Zhi Keda ignored Zhi Keshi's later words, and asked the reason for the previous sentence.

"The old Fengzhou has been recaptured, and the younger brother wanted to know if the current Fengzhou would move back to the town and return the occupied land to Fuzhou...... I thought my brother was thinking about it too. ”

Zhe Ke was shocked: "You just asked directly?!" ”

Zhi Keshi shook his head: "How dare you ask head-on, I mentioned it on the side." ”

"What did Han Longtu say?" Zhe Keda hurriedly asked.

Zhe Keshi smiled bitterly: "You can't expect Fengzhou to move back." Most of the meat that has been cut off will not be returned by the imperial court. Although Long Tu did not say it explicitly, listening to the meaning of his words, the old Fengzhou is likely to be a new state. ”

"Sure enough." For the loss of land in the old days, the whole family has never fantasized about it, and Zhi Keda also knows the actions of the Daoist court, so he won't be so childish, "I can't count on this." What did Long Tu say about the Montenegrin party being driven by the Liao? ”

"He was seized by the Khitans, and even if he was persecuted, he would not be honest and obedient. As long as you send someone to contact them and give them a way out, who will work for the Khitans who have no benefit at all? Zhi Keshi said: "Huang Shang asked Long Tu about this matter at the beginning. As you know, Longtu has always had the habit of having people list all possible scenarios and then determine the response strategy one by one. Huang Sheng asked Long Tu what to do when he encountered this situation, and Long Tu only said four words. ”

"What four words?"

"Cultural attack and military defense."