Wang Linlong, who was in the hands of others, hurried with his own soldiers, and arrived in Ninghai County only one day later than Liu Yu and his party. But when he was nervous and personally came to the door to hand over his prayer sticker, he was told by the porter that Xin Guogong had fallen ill because he was worried about his son's letter, and now no one was there, which made his hanging heart even more shaky.

In the post station in the county seat, in addition to him, the road marshal, there is also Chen Yunping, the senator of the coastal control department from the Qingyuan Mansion next door, I heard that he has been here for several days, but the sea marshal did not come, for a while Wang Linlong felt that everything was lost, and he was afraid that he might not be able to get over this time.

This trick, Zhang Shijie actually learned from Liu Yu, from here to his jurisdiction fast horse only an hour and a half, when he led the army to raid, the gate of the county town did not have time to close, only then was his forward lightly handed. But after the capture, Zhang Shijie found that he was facing a three-sided attack by the Tartars here, and he couldn't defend it at all, so he was helpless, long before Li Tingzhi decided to withdraw his troops, he decided to withdraw, anyway, the goal of sending troops to contain it was also achieved, and there was also the work of attacking the city and trapping the land, which was not a trip in vain.

In fact, there is no need to explain much, the people of Huangmei County also know that this time they don't want to leave their hometown, as early as after Zhang Bu's attack, they have been looted by the Tartar army who came to eat, although it is not as miserable as Chizhou, but which family has not suffered, the lucky ones are only losing some food and property, and the unlucky families even those women have all kinds of unspeakable things so that they can easily make a decision.

"Join the army?" Hearing the return of Zhang Ba, the leader of the pro-soldiers, Zhang Shijie touched the hard stubble under his chin, he did not order the recruitment of troops here, these people came to vote voluntarily, which shows how far they were forced by the Tartars. He was a little hesitant for a while, although the number of people was only a few hundred, but the Anqing Mansion under his jurisdiction had just been recovered, and the money and food were not very rich, and the more than 30,000 people under his command were already very nervous.

"Lead them to the back camp and act as box soldiers for the time being, and then talk about it when they return to Anqing Mansion, and then take the same measures for such things in the future, and let them think more, are they willing to tattoo this time?" Zhang Shijie knew that it was not that he was desperate and had no land, how could these people not choose to join the army, most of them still had hatred with the Tartars, he waved his hand and straightened up, looked at the distance and sighed long.

The smoke of the village in the distance was billowing from the air, he knew that this was the fire set by his subordinates after the people left, although Anqing Mansion was so close to here, but after a dividing line were two countries, and if you want to come back, you don't know which day it is, people leave their hometowns, and I am afraid that only in dreams will remember.

If you don't go, you can't do it, the order sent by Li Tingzhi to set up Si Jun along the river is in his hand, and the Tartars are recruiting troops on a large scale and don't know what actions will be made, which is also the main reason why he sent troops to pull out this nail. This time, most of the people in the entire county were moved, so that there was a buffer boundary, otherwise the pressure on their defense would be too great.

When the people in the city are almost gone, and the Chinese army led by him is about to go on the road, riding on a horse and looking back at this land, Zhang Shijie has some emotion in his heart. The land of Jinghu is close at hand, and he can't advance an inch with his army, just like those people who turn back one step at a time, everyone is actually just a poor person who has lost their homes.

"Drive!" Seeing that there was also a fire burning in the county, Zhang Shijie raised his horsewhip, and the war horse under his crotch neighed, opened his four hooves and began to accelerate. Behind him, more than 3,000 cavalry marched slowly, lined up in a neat marching procession to follow his general, and the dust raised was overwhelming, but the people did not think that they were angry, and with such a strong army to cover, they had some expectations for their new homeland.

"Grain and rice, as long as the official has grain and rice, tell them to transport some first, and if it is too late, I am afraid that there will be unforeseen things, since they have arrived on the ground of the official, it is my people of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Tartars abandon it, but the official can't ignore it." Yuan Hong's voice echoed in his state mansion, and the whole person was as eager as his tone, and the waving arms were almost on the faces of his subordinates.

It's no wonder that he was in a hurry, originally Taiping Prefecture was slaughtered by the Tartars in a county, and most of the rest followed to Jiankang Mansion, and when the war subsided, most of the people didn't want to come back. Who doesn't know that this is already the frontier of the enemy, if the Tartars come again and have to run, how can the people not care in their hearts, besides, the solidity of Jiankang City is obvious to all, who doesn't want to be able to get closer, and it is more important than anything else to save their lives in the chaos.

Therefore, when he came, he did not prepare much food, except for the supply of a small garrison, there was not much surplus at all. But who would have thought that he had suddenly brought a large number of refugees from Chizhou next door recently, and he originally thought that there would not be many of them, but how did he know that more and more later, he had already used the rations of the garrison, and it seemed that it was still not enough.

Chizhou has almost become a blank land under the ravage of the Tartar army, and the most they have robbed is the food of the people, so most of these fleeing people have been hungry for several days, and it is not easy to hold on to here. I'm afraid that Yuan Hong didn't dare to think deeply about it along the way, he had seen the miserable situation of these people with his own eyes, and a pair of eyes glowing with a bleak green light on his thin skeleton-like face, if it weren't for the sergeant to maintain it, they were afraid that even people would eat it!

Yuan Hong, who was full of poetry and books, was completely shocked, and there was only one thing in his heart, he must not have such a thing as Yizi eating under his own rule! Therefore, in addition to hurriedly sending people to Jiankang Mansion to urge food, he had to shift all his focus to this, and the sleepless days made him describe haggard and a little out of control.

"Official, you have done your best, and now that the whole government has reduced the consumption, even the Jie'er refuses to add more food, and shouts that you want to save it for the hungry people. We can only go so far, it is useless for you to blame yourself like this, if you also fall, then those hungry people outside the city really have no way to live. ”

A look made those little officials retreat, the gentle words of his eldest lady blew away his anger like a spring breeze, Yuan Hong was pressed by her to sit down, and simply lay on the back of the chair, Yuan Niangzi gently rubbed his shoulders, and the tranquility in the hall made his heart slowly calm down.

According to Liu Yu's mention, the first thing he did when he came here was not to arrange for the people to reset production, but to seize this rare opportunity to repair the city defense in order to meet the next possible attack of the Tartars.

In the entire territory of the Great Song Dynasty, it is estimated that except for Shuzhong, no one hates Tartar more than these people in Taiping Prefecture. Yuan Hong was convinced that as long as he could get food to save their lives, each of them would follow him at the cost of his life and fight with the Tartars until the last moment, so he hoped to save even one more.

But it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, he is not a god, he can't change food, whether Jiankang Mansion can give it, how much he can give him, it is still unknown. For this reason, he even sent people across the river to borrow grain from the Wuwei Army and Hezhou on the other side, knowing that it was also a newly restored place, but it was better than his own here, even if he was "sick and rushed to the doctor", he couldn't take care of it.

Wild mice, reptiles, even tree bark, grass roots, as long as they can be entered, he mobilizes people to collect, those who can fish go to the rivers to fish, and those who can hunt go to the mountains and wilderness to hunt. Between the food not arrived, relying on these ideas, they even supported it for many days, and Yuan Niangzi's sentence of "do your best" he really deserved.

"This is Jiangnan, lady, in the richest place in my Great Song Dynasty, there will be people who starve to death, can you imagine? But this qiē happened right under our noses, but the husband couldn't do anything, how could it not make people feel distressed. Yuan Hong muttered about the pain in his heart, and Yuan Niangzi listened quietly, he had never mentioned these things before, which showed how heavy it was in his heart.

"Taishou, outside the city, here" Suddenly, an official in a green robe ran up to the hall and said breathlessly, Yuan Hong straightened up and listened to the essentials, what is coming? Hungry people, don't there be resettlement laws, just do it directly, is there too many people?

"Grain cart!" After a breath, the man finally said the last two words, Yuan Hong was stunned at first, and then stood up in disbelief. If it is a car and not a boat, it will only come from Jiankang City, he didn't care about asking, and ran out in a hurry, so that Yuan Niangzi behind him shook his head and sighed, how old are his officials or that impatient temperament.

On the long street that runs through the east and west in the county, ox carts are being driven in from outside the city gate, and each car is planted with a tooth flag with the word "relief" written on it.

"Lord Taishan is above, please bow to your son-in-law!" Yuan Hong, who was watching, was unexpectedly patted lightly, and then a gentleman in a moon-white robe gave him a deep salute, which made him slightly stunned, and when the man stood up, he recognized that it was Zhang Qingyun who married his righteous daughter Yinghong.

"Get up quickly, get up quickly, why are you here, what did the system say, Li Shuai is so righteous, it is really a blessing for the people of Hezhou." The formation of ox carts could not be seen at a glance, and he knew that there was a lot of grain without counting them, Yuan Hong asked Zhang Qingyun while taking them to Changping in the city. R1058