Guo Song took out an arrow and handed it to the captain of the pro-soldier school, "You quickly go to Zhang Qiu'an, transfer 1,000 soldiers and 2,000 donkeys to assist, and bring 3,000 pieces of dry food for the army." ”

"Obey!" The captain of the pro-soldier took the order and hurried away.

At this time, Pan Liao also came with a group of officials, and Pan Liao stepped forward to greet Guo Song.

Guo Song said to him: "These people are all from Guanzhong, saying that they can't survive, and it seems to be a bit contrary to the news I heard, so ask them what is going on?" ”

"Obey the order!"

Pan Liao hurriedly went to get busy, at this time, a thousand soldiers came with two thousand donkeys, and at the same time brought a large amount of dry food, which was the dry food that the soldiers brought with them for training, mainly flour cakes, one with ten flour cakes, placed in special dry food bags.

The soldiers distributed bread to the refugees, helped the elderly, women and children to ride on donkeys, and led them to the old warehouse in the northeast.

The old warehouse covers an area of 100 acres, and is currently empty, with relatively complete facilities such as kitchens and latrines, and has not been demolished.

........

Early the next morning, Guo Song first came to the old warehouse, the old warehouse was full of refugees, Yu Xude was very capable, he took into account that all the tents in the warehouse were set up, it was definitely not enough to live, so he carried out classified resettlement, the elderly lived together, women and children lived together, the conditions of these two types of people were better, the warehouse was set up with leather tents, and the tents were covered with sheepskins, which was more comfortable.

The young and strong lived in two large warehouses, without tents, and each person was given a piece of cloth armor worn by the army and a marching blanket.

When Guo Song arrived, the soldiers were distributing gruel and steamed buns to the refugees, while a dozen military doctors were checking the pulse of the sick people.

At this time, Pan Liao stepped forward and said to Guo Song: "Envoy, the situation seems to be a little bad. ”

"Why do you say that?" Guo Song asked with a frown.

"They are just the first batch, not only their group, but there are many displaced people behind."

Guo Song was secretly taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What homeless people?" What's going on? ”

Pan Liao said to Guo Song as he walked: "They are actually refugees from the Central Plains, in the past few years of the Central Plains War, the people of all the states in the Central Plains have fled to Guanzhong and become refugees. ”

"Where are the people?"

Pan Liao suddenly beckoned to a middle-aged man, "Liu County Order, please come here!" ”

The middle-aged man stepped forward to salute, "What is Pan Changshi looking for?" ”

Pan Liao introduced him: "This is our Hexi Jiedu envoy Guo Yuanjun, he wants to ask you about the situation!" ”

The middle-aged man hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Order Liu Ying in Yuncheng County, Xiayu Prefecture, see Guo Yuanjun?" ”

Guo Song was a little curious, he was a county magistrate, but he also became a homeless person?

"Liu County Order, what's going on?"

"Qiyu envoy, our fathers and elders all escaped from Yuzhou, when Li Xilie's army and the imperial army fought, Li Xilie's army was very brutal, burning and killing adultery everywhere, and the people fled with their families, and I fled to Guanzhong with this group of people.

At first, the government also relieved us, but more than a month ago, Zhu Zhu stopped the relief of the displaced people, and wanted to drive us out of Guanzhong, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and everyone was unwilling to go back, so Zhu Zhu sent people to tell them that the Hexi government was recruiting farmers to farm the land, and each family was given three acres of Yongye land, which was tax-free for life, and everyone was tempted and began to set off to Hexi. ”

"Why did Zhu Jun drive out the displaced people?" Guo Song asked.

Liu Ying bowed down and said: "I went to Chang'an to inquire, and I heard that there is not enough grain in Guangtong Warehouse. ”

Guo Song and Pan Liao glanced at each other, they knew that there would be this day, Zhu Zhu raised an army of 300,000, divided the fields and land, reduced taxes, and the monthly grain consumption was all supported by the Guangtong warehouse, no matter how much grain in the Guangtong warehouse could not withstand such consumption, now that the food is tight, the first step is to drive away the displaced people.

Zhu Zhu is also ruthless enough, and even asked Hexi to carry this pot, although Hexi and Anxi need population, but what they want is to gradually increase, and now they rush over at one time, and no one can bear it.

"How many displaced people are there in Chang'an?" Guo Song asked again.

"At most, there were more than 1.5 million displaced people, and when the Jingyuan mutiny, some of them went home, and this time the government said that at least one million displaced people should be driven out, and it is estimated that some of them will return to the Central Plains or Hedong, but there are still many who want to come to Hexi, and the most conservative will be more than 400,000."

'400,000 people? Guo Song's expression became grim.

"This is still the lowest number, and it is more likely that it will be five or six hundred thousand."

Guo Song immediately said to Pan Liao: "Immediately convene the officials above the fifth grade of Xingtai to gather in the meeting hall, and then invite Yan Ge Lao to come, and this Liu County Commander will be invited to introduce the situation." ”

..........

Dozens of officials sat in the council hall, each with a very heavy look on their faces, and a few officials showed fear in their eyes, at least 400,000 displaced people, how could they accept it?

This is, Guo Song said slowly: "Convening everyone is not to discuss whether we can do it, but how we should do it?" ”

"But... Envoys, 400,000 outcasts! Yu Xude couldn't help but say.

Guo Song waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to worry, and said with a smile: "I think everyone should be happy, what a big fortune this is, we can't let go of Hexi, and Longyou, tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land in the Hehuang Valley, with so many people, our army source problem, lack of miners, lack of all kinds of labor, and the revival of Beiting and Anxi, these require a large number of people, everyone, this is an opportunity, a wealth, not a burden!" ”

After saying this, everyone quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and considering the problem from a different angle can indeed make people feel a little relaxed.

Guo Song said again: "Of course, it will definitely be hard in the early stage, but we can't be like Zhu Zhu, who doesn't care about the life and death of the people, we must do our best to help." ”

"Well said!"

Yan Zhenqing said with admiration on his face: "This is the king who has compassion for the world, it is your luck to follow Guo Yuanjun, if the old man is twenty years younger, I will definitely charge ahead." ”

"Yan Gong is experienced, tell me your rescue advice?" Guo Song asked with a smile.

"This.... All right! I'll just talk about it briefly. ”

Yan Zhenqing said slowly to everyone: "In fact, what I am most worried about is the long journey, a large number of people will die on the way, the weather is cold, there is no food, there is no rescue, Hexi is thousands of miles away, that kind of despair will make many old and infirm people and women and children unable to persevere, so the top priority of the rescue is to advance the rescue, not wait for them to come to Hexi, we must set up relief points along the way, and even set up a large camp to spend the cold winter first, and then come to Hexi after the beginning of spring." ”

Guo Song also didn't want the displaced people to come to Zhangye, it was too dangerous, he nodded and said: "My idea is completely the same as that of Yan Gong, we should first set up a camp on the east bank of the Yellow River, walk through the frozen Yellow River, many people can't stand it, I asked this group of people, they have a percent of them died in the middle of the road, more than half of them died after crossing the Yellow River, or it is okay to set up a camp on the west bank of the Yellow River, but the old and weak women and children must be sent across the Yellow River by sled, what are your opinions?" ”

"May I ask you, where do we set up a camp across the river?" Cao Wannian asked.

Guo Song thought for a while and said: "If it is from Jingyuan Road, it must be to cross the Yellow River from Huixian, if it is from Fengxiang, it must be to cross the Yellow River by Jincheng, I suggest that large camps be set up on both sides to mobilize 20,000 troops to transport materials, mainly tents and food, there are food materials in Jincheng County, Huixian is the focus, I believe that most of the displaced people are also from Huixian, I am fully responsible for this matter, let's take action!" ”

Guo Song issued an emergency rescue order, the military and government of Hexi mobilized, 10,000 camels, thousands of carts, hundreds of sleighs and tens of thousands of mules and donkeys were dispatched, loaded with tents, medicinal materials, supplies and food to Huizhou, Guo Song led thousands of cavalry with two horses to set off first.

He ordered Cao Wannian and Liang Wu to lead 5,000 soldiers to Jincheng County, Lanzhou, and Cao Wannian was responsible for the resettlement of the people in Jincheng County.

Three days later, the 3,000 cavalry led by Guo Song arrived in Hui County, and they had encountered many homeless people along the way, and Guo Song ordered the Liangzhou government to resettle.

Huixian is the state of Huizhou, Huizhou originally belonged to the Longyou Jiedu Mansion, located in the northernmost part of the Longyou Jiedu Mansion, bordering Lingzhou, the land is vast and sparsely populated, after the Hexi Army defeated the Tubo, Huizhou and Lanzhou were assigned to the Hexi Jiedu Mansion together.

There are only two county towns in Huizhou, Huixian and Wulan County, and the population is very small, but Huixian is a very important crossing of the Yellow River, and the caravans that come from Jingyuan Road basically cross the Yellow River from Huixian.

When Guo Song arrived in Huixian, he found that the other side of the Yellow River was crowded with people, and at least tens of thousands of displaced people had gathered, not only on the other side of the Yellow River, but also in the county seat of Huixian.

The already small county is under unprecedented pressure.