Chapter 676: Riverside (3)
This large camp is actually similar in nature to the original camp of displaced people in Mayi City, but the treatment of the people in the camp is not comparable to that of the original displaced people.
After many years of war, in fact, many people have realized that food is very precious, but the population is also very precious, and now except for Henan, the princes of other places are intentionally or unintentionally absorbing the population, almost to the point that those who come do not refuse.
There was no way, and under the sharp decline in the number of people everywhere, there were many unsolvable problems, such as the imbalance between men and women, no one cultivated the land, so even if they tried their best, they could not collect enough food and soldiers, and so on.
In fact, the consequences of the population decline are far from this, which is very similar to the war at the end of the Han Dynasty.
Just take the original Shu State as an example, after Liu Bei's death, in more than ten years, Zhuge six out of Qishan, Jiang Wei nine expeditions to the Central Plains, every time he sent troops, he was known as the soldier and the food was sufficient, in fact, in these years, almost a year of war, even if there is the support of the country of abundance, but where can the loss of population be made up?
In fact, it was during the Three Kingdoms Expedition that laid the root cause for the later war at the end of the Jin Dynasty.
And people always make the same mistakes and enjoy it, and when they pay a heavy price, reality forces some people to finally "calm down" one after another.
In fact, no one knows what kind of damage the Central Plains brought to the Central Plains during the various labors of the Great Cause, the conquest of Tuyuhun, the emperor's parade around, the three expeditions to Liaodong, and the subsequent wars at the end of the Sui Dynasty.
It's just that in this year, Wang Shichong led more than 200,000 troops to attack Tongguan in the west, and after the defeat in the first battle, as long as the princes who could stretch out their hands, they all began to absorb fugitives from Henan, even the more moderate Du Fuwei.
The Henan fugitives who were able to come to Jin were actually only a small part, of which almost half were fugitives, and the rest were people from the counties and counties northwest of Luoyang, who were also victims of Wang Shichong's army coming west.
With an army of more than 200,000 people, and a lack of military discipline, almost everyone has become a homeless person wherever they passed......
Of course, Shen Fan didn't think about this, approached the fence of the camp, and walked along the fence, whistling softly, much like some bad people later.
After a while, a small figure came over, and across the fence, Shen Fan took out a bag of things and stuffed them into the other party's arms, and asked in a low voice: "Why are you alone, your mother?" ”
"Mother said, I can't ask for anything from my uncle of the Shen family anymore, once I get caught, I'm afraid that it will affect my benefactor, and my uncle still won't come in the future, the investigation in the camp is getting stricter and stricter, and I heard that many people have died......"
The villain was also reasonable and well-founded at the beginning, and he was obviously well-educated, but as he spoke, he couldn't help but cry, and his tone tended to be confused and fearful.
Shen Fan opened his teeth and smiled, patted the villain's head and said, "Don't worry, with your uncle here, you and your mother will endure it for a few more days, and I will definitely get you out of here." ”
The villain nodded vigorously, said a few more words to Shen Fan, and then walked away with something under Shen Fan's urging.
That's right, this is the mother and daughter who escaped the Yellow River, and they are not helpless, and they fled here with more than a dozen clansmen, and there is nothing wonderful about it, when assisting people to cross the river, Shen Fan fell in love with this widow with a child and a thin yellow face at a glance.
Because he cut off two heads before, Shen Fan has been selected as Shen Qingnu's personal soldier, but in fact, the situation is that the beggar army has been dismantled.
Like Liu Anshi, Niu Jinda's subordinates are about the same, some of them were sent to Jiangxian for resettlement, some of them will be incorporated into the government soldiers, and they will practice in the Jiangjun military camp, and then they will send down the land and disperse to Pingyao, Linfen and other places, in fact, it is considered a temporary disarming and return to the field.
The other part of the people stayed in the camp, and continued to be led by Niu Jinda and others, eliminating the weak and leaving the strong, plus returning to the furnace to rebuild, which is the fate that all the departments of the army will face.
And in this process, their subordinates have to be split several times, which is the practice of the Jindi army, and it is impossible to let too many people in one place gather in one place, such as the Turks, such as the Youzhou people, and so on.
Especially Henan people, even more so.
The beggar army was dismantled very badly, and there were less than 200 people who could stay with Shen Qingnu, no way, the beggar army was quite capable of fighting in the Henan army, and it also had some reputation, but when it came to Jindi, what people paid attention to was not whether you held a group or not, but first based on physical strength, and then mentioned others.
The beggar army is congenitally insufficient, and there are very few who can meet the standards of becoming an army in Jindi, if it weren't for Shen Qingnu's meritorious sake, maybe he would be eliminated to the end, and even Shen Qingnu himself would have to be driven back to farming.
If it is placed in Henan, after such a move, not to mention that Shen Qingnu will not agree, even if Niu Jinda has to lead people to resist hard.
But after the previous battle, everyone was frightened by the madness of the Jin army, so the things that once relied on to save their lives were reluctantly let go.
In fact, like Zhang Shigui, they still have a way to go if they want to adapt to the military career in Jindi, even if it is Xu Shiji.
Shen Qingnu looks the worst, and he has no bright future, he was born as a beggar, has joined the underworld, and the beggar army under his command has never received much serious military training, the only thing that is stronger than those messy rebels is that their cohesion is still good, especially when there is a shortage of food, the survivability of the beggar army is also extremely good.
Well, this is not enough for Shen Qingnu to keep his three thousand people, until there are fewer and fewer people around him, Shen Qingnu's heart is gradually chilling, he has seen too many things about unloading the mill and killing donkeys, so he feels that he may have voted for the wrong person.
Looking for Niu Jinda to speak, Niu Jinda is also unthinkable, here and Henan are different, there are no rebels, there are no bandits, all the "officers and soldiers", the people are not like words, from top to bottom is only the king of the Han Dynasty.
In contrast, there is some truth in Luoyang being called a bandit's nest...... Niu Jinda, Liu Anshi and others undoubtedly have a higher degree of identification with such a place than Shen Qingnu and others, after all, they are all from the late Sui Dynasty.
Shen Qingnu walked around quietly, he was not lightly hit, and after he came back, he sat in the city of sorrow, and he could only resign himself to fate, and picked some henchmen from the beggar army to stay by his side, and then let him do whatever he wanted, looking a little more honest than everyone else.
There were people coming and going on the shore, and a large amount of grain and grass was transported into the built warehouses, and with the arrival of the Henan fugitives, this large camp with a mixture of soldiers and civilians looked a little bigger than before.
In this regard, Shen Fan was "lucky" to stay by Shen Qingnu's side, and the opportunity to accompany the military master day and night fell on him, which made Shen Fan very happy, and the happiest thing was that the widow he fancied was not far from the barracks where he was.
And the practice of separating men and women also made him extremely appreciative, the abomination of those displaced people, he is not uncommon in Luoyang City, this approach is really wise, otherwise, how can women and children survive this winter?
And this did give him a chance, and in a few days he used the rest of the meat to talk to the widow, and God took good care of him, and everything was as he expected.
The widow was born in a rich and noble family, and she is well-read, except for those clansmen, all the men in the family are dead, and the orphans and widows are just right for him, a beggar in Luoyang, well, now the family is already a team.
In these years, it is not easy for people like Shen Fan to settle down in a serious way, and the most common way for the guys in the beggar army is to pick up a hungry half-dead mother-in-law from the side of the road...... As a result, most of them ended in tragedy.
Shen Fan's approach is actually similar to others, the only difference is that his vision seems to be higher, even if the daughter of a rich family is down, even if it is a widow with an oil bottle, it is not something that these people can worry about, and they can't afford to support it at all.
And Shen Fan is still thinking about it, and he is also trying to find an opportunity to carry out love to the end......
When Shen Fan returned to his tent full of anxiety and was about to think about what to do, the two subordinates who had survived the battle and were caged by his side came over with white faces.
"Team Zheng, the military master asked someone to call you over before, but you are not there...... It doesn't seem right, what about you leaving the camp...... Otherwise, let's go, the military lord has a bad temper these days......"
The two guys were scared enough, and they couldn't speak neatly, but they were quite loyal to Shen Fan, but their brains were not very good, otherwise they wouldn't have suggested that Shen Fan sneak away.
Shen Fan was also frightened, like the two subordinates, he immediately wanted to slip away, but he was smarter, he rolled his eyes and thought about it, in addition to being reluctant to the little widow, he knew that it was not easy for the military master to kill people here.
This is neither Luoyang, nor in the Henan Army, a few days ago he memorized a lot of military rules and precepts, he clearly remembered that there were only so many kinds of beheading, and the wartime fugitives were among the beheaded.
After thinking clearly, Shen Fan immediately gave a few kicks to the two subordinates, two bastard things, what kind of bad idea did he come up with?
Shen Qingnu was indeed in a bad mood, and when Shen Fan came to him, he was frightened by his gloomy eyes, and he regretted that he didn't listen to his bad idea.
"I heard that you have often gone out of the camp to meet people...... Hehe, I didn't expect my subordinates to have an amorous seed......"
Even if the beggar army was demolished, Shen Qingnu still didn't forget his old job, and whatever happened in his own camp could reach his ears.
Even if he was mentally prepared, Shen Fan was scared of the soul......
Listening to Shen Fan, who was lying on the ground, crying for a while, Shen Qingnu didn't say a word, just tilted his head and thought for a long time before saying, "You have been with me for some years, right?" ”
Since he knew that there was not much worry about his life, Shen Fan was definitely not as scared as he appeared, and when he heard this, he immediately nodded desperately, "Yes, the villain has been with the military master for seven or eight years." ”
Shen Qingnu gritted his teeth, like a weasel staring at the chicken, "Since you are an old man, then come with me, and you will have something to do." ”