All the way, surrounded by Dong Ce's physical fitness, he also felt a little tired, he sat on the horse, squinted at the blue-black city wall of Chengcheng County in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

Counting it, it has been nearly a month since I left home, but the road to Suzhou Wei has only been a small half, which is frustrating to think about.

Guan He is thousands of miles, and the dream is broken!

In the distance, Dong Ce suddenly saw a crowd of people walking in the distance, and there were about a few hundred, not a lot. In this case, I don't know how many times I have seen it along the way, Dong Ce waved his hand, and Wang Tong behind him gave an order, and immediately a family member rode out and greeted the people who knew that they were homeless people at a glance.

It is worth mentioning that after today's Shaanxi, the number of displaced people encountered is huge, which is really unbelievable. Especially since the south, it has been even more intensive, at the beginning, it may take two days to meet a group of displaced people, and after a few days, it is basically a day, and after a few days, it is several groups a day. Since entering the range of Guanzhong, it is common to encounter seven or eight dials a day.

But as long as there are displaced people, the natural situation will not be good, and the scene of cannibalism like that day has happened a few times.

At the beginning, when he encountered the homeless team, he also opened the curtain to take a look, and he didn't bother to look at it later, so he didn't know it.

But Dong Ce seized the opportunity, and whenever he encountered a homeless person, no matter how many people there were, he would send someone to preach it. Even if the other party is unwilling to go, he is not reluctant, as long as he lets these homeless people know that there is this news. If it is spread to the hundreds, more people will know, and naturally there will be people who choose to go to the Rock Fort.

Along the way, Dong Ce continued to send his family members to publicize, so that now the family members are very familiar with it, and a series of rhetoric will come as soon as they open their mouths.

The catastrophic famine caused by the Xiaoice River era affected the whole of China, and the two provinces of Shaanxi and Henan were the most severely affected. After years of drought and no rain, coupled with the government's expropriation and expropriation, they did not know how to sympathize with the people, so that countless families were ruined and died, either becoming homeless, or becoming homeless, or first being homeless, and then being coerced into a homeless person.

Therefore, Li Zicheng has been beaten by the official army many times, and there are still more than a dozen or dozens of people left, but as long as he escapes his life, and then walks around Shaanxi or Henan provinces, he will immediately gather tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people in a very short period of time. It is because of these two provinces that the disaster is too serious, the government is too mean and fierce, and there are too many displaced people. The homeless and the poor were the natural source of the rebel army.

The place where Dong Ce is located is a high hill, out of the Loess Plateau, the land of Guanzhong in front of him is flat and open, but at a glance, it is rarely populated. Around Chengcheng County, such a place attached to Guo should be rich and prosperous, but now you can indeed see a few dilapidated and abandoned villages.

The land of Qinchuan for eight hundred miles, the country of Jincheng, is now being plagued by natural and man-made disasters.

The team headed towards the county seat of Chengcheng, although it was only noon, but Liu Ruozai planned to rest in the city for a day and set off again tomorrow. After more than ten days of traveling, the people were tired and the horses were thin.

But unexpectedly, when the team was still more than a mile away from the county seat of Chengcheng, they heard a rapid gong sound from the city, and then saw a lot of people rushing up from the city wall, and it seemed that there were still people shouting orders, and only a few words were blown by the wind. Then I saw that the city gate, which had been wide open, was suddenly closed, and even the drawbridge was pulled up.

The cavalry were dumbfounded, what was the reaction?

Dong Ce sighed, and said secretly in his heart: It seems that the situation in Xi'an Mansion in Guanzhong has deteriorated to a certain extent, otherwise it would be impossible for this Chengcheng County to react so violently as soon as it saw a large number of horse teams approaching.

Liu Ruozai, who was looking out of the curtain, had an iron blue face, and Chengcheng County's actions undoubtedly made him lose face. He commanded Xie Dingkun with a calm face: "Come on, take out the full honor guard of this official, this official wants to see, this Chengcheng County Order, how bold is it, dare to turn this official out today!" ”

"Yes!"

Xie Dingkun received this treatment, and he was also holding his breath in his heart, and answered loudly, that is, he ordered his men to go to the cart behind him to find Liu Ruozai's full honor guard.

As a military and dignified five-rank civil official, Liu Ruozai is on par with ordinary state officials in terms of rank, but his power is far greater, and if his honor guard is really put out, the posture is also very great. These things were all carried, and a carriage was specially used to load them, the main reason was that after arriving at Jiayuguan, when going to the location of the Chahar Department, it was to be typed. It's not that Liu Ruozai wants to talk about pomp and circumstance - in fact, he likes to drive lightly and simply, and he has never played a guard of honor sign along the way - but because he represents the imperial court. His guard of honor is the face of the court, and his pomp is the pomp of the court.

Soon, the entire guard of honor was taken out.

Xie Dingkun's subordinates, as Liu Ruozai's personal soldiers, had also done similar work before, and they each took something, and immediately turned into an honor guard.

There were four people at the forefront, each carrying a gong in his hand, which was sounded to open the way. Behind them, there were six signs, two of which had the words 'Avoidance' written on them, and two of which read 'Silence'. On the next two signs, Liu Ruozai's official title is written, which is the official title card. Behind them, there were four men, with horsewhips in their hands, and they were shouting, that is, drinking as they went, and letting the idlers and others throw aside. Behind is a ride in front of Liu Ruozai's carriage, and behind him, is Liu Ruozai's carriage. After the carriage, there were four more knights.

With such a complete set, it would have to use twenty or so people, and Xie Dingkun's people were just enough.

Originally, those who played signs and sounded gongs to open the way should have walked, while officials were supposed to sit in sedan chairs. But now that the situation is special, then we have to make a living.

Not to mention, as soon as this posture is put out, it is really pompous, and the colossal official authority created is paved up, which makes people look at it and have a sense of awe in their hearts.

The four riders in front struck the gong, and the riders behind them surrounded Liu Ruozai's carriage and slowly walked towards Chengcheng County. Dong Ce and others were clustered not far from both sides.

He walked until he was only twenty paces below the city before stopping.

This movement outside the city has obviously alarmed the city, Dong Ce clearly saw that there was a commotion above the city, and then a middle-aged man who was surrounded by everyone and looked like an official came to the city. At this distance, Dong Ce could already see more clearly, the official was wearing a green robe. According to the official position of the Ming Dynasty, the fifth to seventh grades are all wearing green robes, but there is only one person in Chengcheng County who can wear green robes - Chengcheng Zhi County.

Zhang Cheng, the magistrate of Chengcheng, stood at the head of the city, looking at the hundreds of cavalry not far away, his face was a little bitter.

These days, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and others have crisscrossed Guanzhong, even under several prefectures and counties, and the land of Guanzhong has been full of rumors, and the prefectures and counties have strengthened their defense. I also gave an order at the beginning, as long as I saw a large group of people coming and going outside the city, no matter what else, I should first close the city gate and guard it, so as not to be attacked by the rebels and be knocked out of the city.

Unexpectedly, this one got into trouble.

He was resting in the yazhong today, and a soldier guarding the city hurriedly came to report that a large group of men and horses had appeared outside the city, and he didn't know where it came from. Zhang Cheng couldn't sit still when he heard this, so he hurriedly came over to take a look, what he didn't expect was that standing at the head of the city, he saw such a scene when he looked down.

It is true that there are teams outside the city, but the military appearance is neat, and many of them are still wearing armor, looking at the clothes and temperament, they are different from the rogues. Not to mention, those honor guards who were surrounded by these hundreds of cavalry, Zhang Cheng's heart jumped when he saw it, how big an official must be this person who came? There are so many more guards of honor than my own. Traitors sometimes pretend to be officers and soldiers to deceive the city gates, this kind of thing has not happened rarely, but Zhang Cheng doesn't think that those people outside the city are pretending to be now. You can pretend to be dressed or something, but you can't pretend to be generous. "Blind your dog's eye!"

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