On October 28, the snow was falling, and if you were in other counties, you might not be able to see a few people on the road at this moment, but in Kunyang County, there are still more than 10,000 people working hard.

Under the surveillance and command of more than 2,000 Kunyang soldiers, nearly 10,000 rebel prisoners are still braving the ice and snow to build houses in the southern half of Kunyang.

They demolished the two military camps left by the rebels outside the city, transported the dismantled wood and thatch to the city, and then, the county Cheng Li Xu divided the labor of more than 10,000 people, and distributed these people to various streets and alleys and corners of the southern half of the city, so that the repair of houses could be carried out at the same time.

As the so-called not broken and not standing, although it is a pity that the southern half of the city was beaten into ruins, Zhao Yu felt that it was not bad to take this opportunity to re-plan the southern half of the city, after all, the southern half of the city, the streets and alleys, the houses were intricately adjacent, and they were not standardized.

Of course, this is the plan for the coming year, as for the present, it will be repaired, at least not to let people freeze to death.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry."

At the casual urging of a Kunyang soldier yawning, three or five rebel captives carried wooden boats through the streets.

On the way, I may meet a few women and children with children, all of whom were moved to the southern half of the city by Li Xu, the county magistrate, because the northern half of the city was really unable to live.

In this war, Kunyang killed nearly 20,000 men, just to dispose of the corpses took a lot of effort from the county government, calculated, almost an average of one male per household was lost, some were fathers, some were sons, one can imagine the hatred of Kunyang people for the rebels.

"Smack."

A cloud of snow slams into the face of a rebel prisoner who is carrying wood.

The rebel was a little annoyed, and he stopped with a frown and looked in the direction where the snow had fallen.

In front of him, a young woman was looking at him with hatred—hateful gaze, to be exact.

"Don't stop!"

The commander who took the rebel prisoners was a green scarf, that is, the Kunyang County Army, and he glanced at the woman, without any accusation, but instead urged his four captives not to take the opportunity to stop.

“……”

The four rebel captives did not say anything, and continued to carry the logs forward, at the urging of the captain.

They had been living in Kunyang for two days, and of course they understood how much the people hated them, and who had told them to kill the fathers, husbands, or sons of the women.

Similar encounters abound these days, but whenever you encounter the residents of the city, you are sure to be smashed a few times, and these rebel captives are also used to it.

Speaking of which, it is good to be smashed with snow balls, in fact, in the past two days, many rebel prisoners have been smashed by the people in the city with mud balls, and the mud balls of this season are smashed on the ground, which is enough to smash people to the ground and break blood.

Of course, if such a vicious incident really happened, the military commanders, who had turned a blind eye to it, would immediately stand up to stop the angry people and tell them: "These captives belong to the county government and must not be damaged." ”

Then it would be possible for the angry people to stop.

As for accountability, please, the commanders are all Kunyang soldiers, either black tiger thieves or county army, brotherhood militia, villagers, how can they reprimand those heavy-handed people?

In addition to good words to appease, the most they could do was to take the rebel prisoners who were smashed and bleeding to be healed.

In this regard, most of the rebel captives behaved submissively, after all, they were stared at by the people of Kunyang who had lost their families, and they would also have a sense of rationality.

Occasionally, there are a few grumpy ones, and the guards in Kunyang City can also teach them to understand that this is Kunyang!

Therefore, on the whole, Kunyang City is quite stable.

However, in the stable situation, the food in the city is not enough, after all, the more than 10,000 rebel prisoners are all young and strong people who need to consume a lot of rations, even if Kunyang food is urgent, at least enough food must be provided, so that they can eat seven or eight points full - not that they are afraid of these rebellions, but that they are worried that these people will freeze to death in the cold weather with hunger.

After all, he Kunyang didn't have enough things to keep out the cold, so he could only let these captives fill their stomachs and use their bodies to resist the cold.

You must know that these rebel prisoners are all soldiers with battlefield experience, in Zhao Yu's opinion, these people can be used as a source of soldiers for his future expansion of Kunyang, if he freezes to death in this winter, it is really a pity.

What about if there is not enough food?

Ask the neighboring county for help.

Therefore, yesterday, Zhao Yu sent people to Ye County, nominally in charge of the county, and ordered Yang Ding to borrow a little grain.

The reason why it is said to be 'nominal' is because Zhao Yu did not plan to pay it back, and Yang Ding also knew that Kunyang would definitely not pay it back, so he proposed that it was 'borrowed', which was purely good-sounding.

As for whether Yang Ding will agree, Zhao Yu has no doubt, after all, it is still possible for the rebels to invade Ye County in the coming year, if he doesn't want to 'fight alone' at that time, Yang Ding had better encircle Kunyang and let Kunyang share some of the pressure.

In addition to Ye County, Zhao Yu also sent people to borrow a batch of grain from Xiangcheng and Runan County, and Wang Yong, the commander of Xiangcheng County, and Liu Yi, the commander of Runan County, all readily agreed to the matter.

Why are those two county magistrates so happy?

The reason is very simple, because Yingyang and Yingyin have been broken by the rebels as early as a few days ago - due to the weather, Guan Shuo's general Xiang Xuan led 10,000 Changsha rebels and 30,000 Jiangxia rebels, and finally failed to break through Xuchang City, so he first broke through Yingyang and Yingyin, the two counties near Xuchang, probably preparing to spend the winter in these two counties, and then attack Xuchang in the coming year.

Yingyang County is next to Xiangcheng County, and Xiangcheng County is next to Runan County, you can imagine how panicked Wang Yong and Liu Yi are at the moment, and it is no wonder that they tried their best to tie up with a certain bandit leader during this time, obviously hoping that when the war situation is eroding, Kunyang can pull them to the second county.

Guan Shuo's main force was repelled by Kunyang and Yexian, while Xiang Xuan, the general under Guan Shuo, captured Yingyang and Yingyin counties in Yingchuan County, and the two major forces were tied.

Depending on the weather, there should be no more fighting between the two sides this year.

On October 30, due to the relationship between the weather and the road, Xun Yi, the governor of the western region, took a full day longer than usual before returning to Xuchang County.

At this time, nearly 40,000 rebels led by the rebel general Xiang Xuan have retreated into Yingyang and Yingyin counties, and Xuchang County has temporarily lifted the threat of breaking the city, but whether it can still hold the city after the spring of next year, the county guard Li Min is not sure about this.

He could only hope for reinforcements sent by the imperial court in the coming year.

On this day, Li Min, the warden of Yingchuan, was once again troubled by how to write a war report.

The reason for his distress is very simple, because he Yingchuan has so far lost the city and lost the territory in the face of the rebels, and he has been defeated and retreated, this kind of war situation that is no longer enough to be summed up in bad terms, how can Li Junshou dare to truthfully report to the imperial court?

You must know that he received a letter from the imperial court a few months ago, when the Handan imperial court ordered all counties to raise county troops to block the rebels as much as possible to continue to attack northward, and the tone was stern throughout, even if Li Min was a son of the Li clan, he didn't dare to imagine what kind of punishment the imperial court would be for losing Yingchuan County.

Just when he was distressed in the study, a servant came into the room and said, "Lord County Guard, Xun Du Post has come back and wants to ask to see your lordship." ”

"Xun Yi is back?"

Li Junshou was slightly stunned, and immediately nodded and said, "Please let him in." ”

"Yes."

After a while, Xun Yi, who was in the dust, walked quickly into Li Min's study, and bowed to Li Junshou, who was sitting behind the desk: "Humble and meet your lordship." ”

"No need to be polite."

Li Junshou waved his hand, and then asked with concern: "Xun Yi, didn't I ask you to stay in Kunyang temporarily?" Why the sudden return? Could it be that what happened to Kunyang? ”

It can be seen that Xun Yi was very tired after the long journey, and his face was full of tiredness, but at this moment his spirit was quite high, and after hearing Li Junshou's inquiry, he replied with a smile: "Everything is fine in Kunyang, don't worry, the reason why you return is because the war in Kunyang is over......"

"It's over?"

Li Junshou frowned and asked puzzledly, "What's the matter?" The rebels there retreated? ”

"More than that."

Xun Yi shook his head and said with a somewhat mysterious smile: "A few days ago, Zhou Hu, the lieutenant of Kunyang County, united with Yang Ding, the county commander of Ye County, took advantage of the retreat of the rebels to launch a pursuit in the snow, chased out sixty miles in three days, and once again broke through the two armies of Guan Shuo, killing thousands of enemies and capturing more than 10,000 people, and Guan Shuo was defeated into an army......

“……”

Li Junshou sat up straight in shock, his mouth slightly open, and he was speechless in shock.

After being stunned for a long time, he asked eagerly: "Is this serious?!" ”

Xun Yi bowed his hand and said: "Such a big event, how dare you make a false report?" …… Absolutely true! ”

"Good! Good! ”

Li Junshou looked overjoyed, and said two good words in a row, and then he blamed: "Why don't you send someone to report such a major matter immediately?" ”

Xun Yi arched his hand and said, "I think that it is more detailed to tell it in person. ”

In fact, this is not Xun Yi's real thoughts, the reason why he came to report to the county guard Li Min in person, instead of sending a messenger to deliver a good news, is naturally to ask for credit for a former bandit leader - that kind of talent succumbs to the county lieutenant of a county, and even Xun Yi feels aggrieved for Zhou Hu.

Of course, Li Junshou didn't know what Xun Yi was thinking, and he didn't have any doubts in his heart.

When he thought about it again, he immediately became happy.

He Yingchuan County is not losing and retreating, you look at Kunyang, isn't it just a result?

Although Kunyang's results have nothing to do with him Li Min, Zhou Hu, the county lieutenant of Kunyang County who led this great victory, was promoted by him.

Now that Zhou Hu has united with Ye County to repel the rebels, and even severely damaged the rebels, he Li Min also has a glow on his face, right?

Recalling that Zhou Hu was strongly recommended by the subordinate in front of him, Li Junshou's attitude towards Xun Yi became more and more kind.

"Okay, you tell me the truth about the war in Kunyang."

"Yes!"

Xun Yi replied.