There is no rain in the beginning of autumn, twenty-four autumn tigers, and the drought of the whole summer continues until the beginning of autumn. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Qin Jin walked on the cracked riverbed, the hardness of the silt after drying up is comparable to that of rocks, and through the thin-soled shoes, you can even clearly feel the unevenness of the riverbed after the cracking. It is an unknown tributary of the upper reaches of the river, which had been out of flow for three months by September.

When it came to the autumn harvest season, it was originally worth looking forward to, but Qin Jin's mood was even heavier, and the lack of rain for several months directly led to the loss of one out of ten wheat fields in various places. The agrarian society depends on the weather for food, and when there is no rain, the originally vibrant land immediately reveals its hideous and terrifying side.

The damage and damage caused by the war to Jiangxian is obviously far smaller than that of the counties in Hebei Province and Dugi Province, I don't know whether the rebels did not have time to burn and loot, or the subordinates showed mercy, the local people only spent a worried summer, ** to recover Jiangzhou.

The three of them rode out of the riverbed, and came to the edge of a sorghum field, standing on the ridge on the side of the road, you can see the eyes full of sparseness, dry and yellow branches and stems are lodging and slanting, the harvest of this sorghum field can be imagined......

The sound of rustling branches and leaves came from the depths of the Awata, Chen Qianli and Pei Jing immediately nervously put their hands on the hilt of the horizontal knife at their waists, although this place is only three miles away from Wenxi County, but who can guarantee that there will be no remnants of the rebels who have escaped the net to hide?

Both of them secretly blamed Qin Jin for being too lax, and it was just a matter of going out of the city in micro-clothes, and they didn't even bring a decent retinue of armor, in case they ......

The farmer with a red upper body flashed out of the sorghum field more than one person high, and when he saw the three people and three horses next to the ridge, he was stunned for a moment, and then saw that they were all Han people's appearance and dress, and then relaxed.

"This old man, how many years will the harvest be?"

"It's good to have three achievements, and there is no hope for this year's rent......"

The farmer with the upper body should be a good local family, and he was still thinking about the rent of the imperial court at this point, and after answering Qin Jin's question, he looked the three of them up and down.

"You're not locals?"

Qin Jin said with a smile: "A certain person is a merchant in Guanzhong, and he came with the imperial court!"

Unexpectedly, it was okay not to mention the king, but when he mentioned it, the farmer was full of indignation.

"Wang Shi Wang Shi, it's better to rebel Yan Jun......"

As soon as these words came out, the three of them were stunned, and Chen Qianli changed color on the spot, intending to scold the cropper for talking nonsense. But Qin Jin stretched out his hand to stop him, and the farmer's complaint could not be targeted, and a bad premonition suddenly appeared.

"Dare to ask my brother, how can the imperial court master not be as good as the rebellious Yan army?"

The people in the countryside rarely scruple to speak, and seeing that Qin Jin and the others were covered in coarse cloth clothes, and their faces were also covered with wind and dust, their vigilance was not very strong, and the farmer squatted on the ridge and opened the chatterbox.

"I am also a stranger, they all say that the thieves kill people and goods, rob grain, rob mother-in-law, but this rebel army that came over after entering the summer, except for killing the county commander's family, there is no murder...... I've heard that some of the families who have been cut off by the disaster have also been subsidized with food......

The farmer is loyal, but his speech is very clever, and he has a nose and eyes to say a few things, which is smacking.

Pei Jing and Chen Qianli's first reaction was impossible, this is contrary to common sense, everyone knows that traitors are cruel and shameless, how can they do nothing in the autumn and take the initiative to help the people?

"Don't you believe it?" The farmer saw Pei Jing and Chen Qianli looking disapproving, and said convincingly, "If you don't believe it, just ask any family, but the king is here, and he is collecting grain from door to door...... "As he said, the farmer sighed, "I have more than ten acres of Yongye field planted at home, and it is said that I should hand over some grain, but this year's drought has no harvest, and it is a problem to feed a family, where is there any surplus grain to hand over...... If so, it would be better to let An Lushan be the ...... of the world."

"Nonsense......"

Chen Qianli couldn't help but scold angrily anymore.

The farmer did not show weakness, glanced at Chen Qianli, and said angrily:

"What nonsense is this? I face the loess all day long, and my back to the sky, isn't it just to eat a full meal? Is there something wrong?"

In Chen Qianli's opinion, of course this is wrong, Li Tang is the right man in the world, An Lushan is a traitor, the people are ignorant, and there is no distinction between right and wrong, which makes him very angry.

Qin Jin stopped Chen Qianli, who was about to continue the attack, and smiled at the farmer: "This brother is an impatient temper, forgive me, forgive me!"

The farmer got up and patted the dust on his buttocks, and glanced at Qin Jin again.

"I'm not a person all the way, I can't understand it when I tell you, it's ...... miles away"

After that, shaking his swarthy body, he left along the ridge without looking back, leaving the stunned Qin Jin and the three people far behind.

At this time, Chen Qianli complained to Qin Jin, "The people are deceived by thieves, and there is no distinction between right and wrong, and this wind cannot last!"

Qin Jin restrained his smile and asked with a cold eye:

"Deceived by thieves, there is no distinction between right and wrong? Such stupid things can be said? Qin asked you, is it true that what the crop man said about requisitioning grain?"

Pei Jing and Chen Qianli didn't know about it, but they asked a few local farmers along the way, and the statements were the same as the previous crop man.

Qin Jin knew that such a thing, if it was not the rear army of the Shenwu Army, it was done by the front army of the Shenwu Army.

Qin Jin immediately made amends the situation and ordered the whole army to reiterate the basic military discipline of not violating the local people. At the same time, the sudden situation this time also made Qin Jin worried.

If the rebels had been burning, killing and looting, doing all kinds of evil, Qin Jin would not have been so worried, and now a rebel general who knew how to win people's hearts suddenly popped up, and a strong sense of crisis suddenly Qin Jin's relaxed nerves jumped up again.

In order to further understand the basic situation, Qin Jin interrogated the captured guards of Wenxi County.

After many days of torture, even if the beasts had to succumb, let alone people? At this moment, the Hu Jiang was already pouring beans from a bamboo tube, and he would confess as much as he knew.

When asked who the name of the chief general in charge of Jiangzhou was, General Hu was a little dissatisfied, and even scolded a few words in Turkic.

After some interrogation, Qin Jin finally figured out that the surname of this low-key rebel general was Cai Mingxide.

Cai Xide?

It is no wonder that before the battle of Jiangzhou, he collected intelligence and never knew the specific name and surname of the rebel commander. Qin Jin asked everyone around him, but he didn't know who this person was.

But listening to what the captured Hu general said, Cai Xide himself seems to be a Hu person, but he is an outlier among the Hu people, if he hadn't been trusted by Shi Siming, I am afraid he would have been excluded from the army a long time ago.

After learning of this situation, Qin Jin suddenly had a feeling that since Shi Siming was able to give full trust to this kind of subordinate general who was extremely unpopular, it showed that this person was by no means a rumored brave and unscrupulous person, at least to a certain extent, he was a wise person.

Qin Jin secretly reminded himself that he must not underestimate his opponent too much, otherwise he would probably suffer a loss of underestimating the enemy.

After Cai Xide's troops withdrew from Jiangzhou, they did not flee all the way east, but after determining the situation, they entrenched themselves in Zezhou again.

The reason why Qin Jin did not order to take advantage of the situation to recover Zezhou was decided after careful consideration. The geography here is extremely complicated, the north of the Yellow River is Wangwu Mountain is in the territory of Zezhou, and the south of the Yellow River is the eastern capital Luoyang, if this place is recovered, it will inevitably attract the focus of the rebels "care", and the current strength of the Shenwu army, especially in the case of seven out of ten losses of the rear army, it is difficult to face to face with the rebels in a short period of time.

Perhaps Cai Xide also calculated this point, so he stopped in Zezhou without any scruples.

Soon, the initiator of the requisition of food from the people's homes was found out, and as Qin Jin expected, it was either the rear army of the Shenwu Army or the front army of the Shenwu Army. And it was the generals under Lu Qi who did this.

When Lu Qi learned of this, he was very annoyed, he knew that Qin Envoy Jun had always attached the most importance to the issue of military discipline, and changed the name of requisitioning the people to store food, and there was no military law to follow, so he was undoubtedly extorted and looted.

Therefore, Lu Qi was furious and wanted to kill this person to set an example.

However, Qin Jin's original intention was to warn the officers and soldiers of the army on the premise of not killing people, but the flaws of Lu Qi's character were undoubtedly revealed at this time, he should have interceded for his subordinates and made meritorious contributions, but now he wanted to execute him directly. Of course, it was impossible for Qin Jin to take the initiative to intervene in person, otherwise he would release a rather conniving message in the army, so he could only watch Lu Qi kill people out of anger.

Or did Pei Jing feel that Lu Qi was doing this a bit excessively, after all, it was the time to employ people, as long as he could make them repent, and then eliminate the negative impact as much as possible, would it not be able to achieve the purpose of warning the upper and lower ranks of the army? Why blindly kill people?

Under the persuasion of Pei Jinggou and the mouse, Lu Qi's attitude finally softened, and he directly whipped this person for thirty, and then stripped him of all military positions and put himself into the army to serve in vain. At the same time, Lu Qi went door-to-door to return double the requisitioned grain, and sincerely apologized. Apologizing to civilians in such a low voice is especially commendable for the arrogant Lu Qi.

After Qin Jin learned of this, he was very satisfied with Lu Qi's performance. ** It is inferior to the rebels in terms of combat effectiveness, and if it is not as good as the rebels in winning the hearts and minds of the people, it is really a complete failure.

The matter of public opinion is just a small episode, what really makes Qin Jin a headache is the reconstruction and replenishment of the rear army of the Shenwu Army, the battle of Gushan made the rear army lose more than seventy percent, and those who remain are qualified soldiers who have experience in life and death battles, with these people as the backbone, supplement a group of united soldiers who have undergone primary training, and then maintain the size of the Shenwu Army at about 30,000 people.

It's not that Qin Jin doesn't want to recruit more people, the lack of ordnance and lieutenant generals is not the fundamental reason, limited by the supply of food, including the Shuofang army of Huangfu Ke, the scale of the Shenwu army can barely maintain the balance of food payments.