The day after the decision was made, Guo Song wrote a letter to Sijie Khan Sal and sent three cavalrymen on two horses to deliver the letter.

Guo Song immediately issued an order for Yulin County to retreat westward.

Yulin County is a large county with a population of nearly 3,000 households and more than 15,000 people, but the drought caused a large number of people from southern Shengzhou to flee to Yulin County, doubling the population of Yulin County to nearly 30,000.

Yulin County Zhao Zhiwu is also restless these days, he also got the news of the outbreak of locust plague in Shengzhou and Xiazhou, he knows very well in his heart that the Shengzhou government is now powerless to deal with the locust plague, Shengzhou to the south is a continuous group of mountains, east is the Yellow River, the other side of the Yellow River is also a mountainous area, locust swarms will definitely go up along the north bank of the Yellow River, Yulin County is inevitable.

In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, the locust plague was from Xiazhou to Shengzhou and then along the Yellow River to Yulin, and finally invaded Fengzhou.

At this time, Zhao Zhiwu received an order from Guo Song with a flying eagle, ordering him to lead the people of the county to Fengzhou to participate in the locust drive, and the crop losses suffered by Yulin were compensated by the Fengzhou military field.

This plan is very good, Zhao Zhiwu can fully understand, instead of being defeated by the locusts, it is better to concentrate manpower to drive the locusts together, and Juntian is willing to compensate, and the people can accept it.

But what made Zhao Zhiwu a little embarrassed was that the county magistrate and county Cheng of Hebin County in the south came to negotiate with the two counties to fight the locust plague together.

Hebin County is less than 100 miles away from Yulin County, it is a small county, with a population of more than 900 households, less than 4,000 people, the land is relatively barren, mainly dry land, can only grow millet, the yield per mu is not large, the people are very poor, there is no sense of existence in Shengzhou, the people in the south fled the disaster, do not go to Hebin County at all, but come to the relatively rich Yulin County.

Li Huan, the county leader, persuaded Zhao Zhiwu: "The population of Hebin County is too small to play a role, so it is better to let them gather the people and withdraw Fengzhou to participate in the locust drive." ”

Zhao Zhiwu sighed and said: "I don't know if Guo Yuanjun is willing to compensate for the loss of Hebin County, after all, they are Shengzhou, not Fengzhou." ”

Li Huan smiled slightly: "Don't forget, the county gentleman, Guo Yuanjun is still the deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, and Shengzhou is also his military jurisdiction, he uses military grain to compensate for the loss, and I think it is reasonable to compensate for Hebin County." ”

"But it's better to confirm."

Li Huan thought for a while and said: "It's noon, if you send the eagle letter, you can send it to Jiuyuan County before dark, and then Guo Yuanjun will reply to the letter early tomorrow morning, and we will receive it at noon tomorrow, so we will arrange to discuss with the officials of Hebin County tomorrow afternoon, and we will have time in time." ”

Zhao Zhiwu nodded, "You're right, just follow your suggestion!" ”

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In the Yulin County Post Station, two officials who had arrived from Binhe County waited anxiously for news.

One of the two is Wang Dazhi, the county magistrate of Binhe County, and the other is Cheng Miaowei, although they proposed that the two counties jointly resist the locust plague, but in fact, both of them know in their hearts that the locust plague is not something that the two counties can resist together.

The real purpose of their approach to Yulin County was to discuss the resettlement of the victims after the locust plague, and Shengzhou could no longer count on it, Yulin County was relatively wealthy, and there might be some surplus grain in the warehouse, which could accept the victims of Binhe County.

At this time, the voice of Zhao Zhiwu, the county magistrate, came from the courtyard, "Is the county magistrate Wang here?" ”

Wang Dazhi was overjoyed and hurriedly greeted him, "Here!" At! Zhao County ordered to come in, Li County Cheng is also here, please come in and sit. ”

The county magistrates and county officials of the two counties gathered together and took a sip of tea, and Wang Dazhi asked tentatively: "Have the measures to fight the locust plague in your county been deployed?" ”

Zhao Zhiwu nodded, "In fact, it is the unified deployment of Fengzhou, and I have received an order that all the young and strong people in Yulin County will withdraw to Feng'an County within three days, and concentrate the full manpower of the three counties and three towns to fight the locust plague." ”

Wang Dazhi and Miao Wei looked at each other, and Miao Wei hurriedly asked, "What about the wheat fields in Yulin?" Isn't that all over? ”

Zhao Zhiwu sighed, "There is no way, only our Yulin County will definitely not be able to withstand the locust plague, it is better to concentrate on protecting Jiuyuan County, we also think it makes sense, of course, the loss of Yulin County, Fengzhou will use military food to compensate us, this is called killing two birds with one stone, we can also be compensated if we contribute." ”

Wang Dazhi and Miao Wei were extremely disappointed in their hearts, why didn't Shengzhou have such a good thing? As long as they are willing to compensate for their losses, they are willing to contribute!

Zhao Zhiwu saw the expressions of the two, and said with a slight smile: "Our two counties are brother counties, and we have been taking care of each other for a hundred years. ”

Wang Dazhi and Miao Wei were suddenly overjoyed, and Wang Dazhi hurriedly said: "We are very willing to follow Yulin County to Fengzhou to fight the disaster. ”

Miao Wei asked: "What should I do, do all the county residents want to go?" ”

Zhao Zhiwu said: "In principle, young people over the age of 10 and the elderly under the age of 60 must participate in the extermination of locusts, and the whole family can go to Fengzhou together, and Fengzhou provides tents to live, and when it comes to the specific extermination of locusts, the elderly and young children do not need to participate, mainly for the convenience of care, of course, if you don't want to go, you can do it, not reluctantly, but there is no food compensation." ”

Wang Dazhi said unusually decisively: "The disaster is spreading very quickly, we will go back now, immediately mobilize the people to come to Yulin County, everyone will go to Fengzhou together, how about Zhaozhi County?" ”

Zhao Zhiwu nodded, "As soon as possible!" I can mobilize as much as I can, and I really don't want to go or be reluctant. ”

Wang Dazhi and Miao Wei immediately took their leave, and they returned to Hebin County overnight.......

At the same time, Yulin County also began to mobilize, and the officials went door to door to inform the people, and the county government also summoned the county's big families and elders from various families to come to discuss.

The hall was full of people, Zhao Zhiwu shouted to everyone: "People who have experienced the locust plague in the fourteenth year of Tianbao know that the power of only one county can not withstand the invasion of the locust plague, Guo Zhijun came up with a good plan, concentrate the manpower of the entire Fengzhou to resist the locust plague, and then use the saved wheat to compensate for everyone's losses, I fully agree with this plan, but I will not force anyone, everyone volunteers to participate, give everyone a night of time to discuss with their families, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are the registration time, and the day after tomorrow will begin to retreat westward, Everyone set off to Feng'an County with the army of the Eastern Surrender City, where they would be housed in tents. ”

After a pause, Zhao Zhiwu said again: "I hope everyone will explain the situation clearly to their families, only if you pay will you get, if you don't go to Fengzhou to participate in the extermination of locusts, then your own losses Fengzhou government will not compensate, you can only get a little bit of disaster relief food." ”

"May I ask the Zhao County Order, how much can the Fengzhou government compensate us for the loss?"

"According to 200 catties of wheat per mu to compensate, if you participate in the wheat harvest in Jiuyuan County, it will be 250 catties."

There was a lot of noise in the lobby, and someone said in a loud voice: "Can Zhao County Order issue an official notice, write the situation clearly, and post it in all parts of the county." ”

Zhao Zhiwu nodded and said: "It's completely possible, we will have an official announcement soon, everyone will go back and inform relatives and friends, if you have any questions, you can ask now, and you can go back if there are no questions." ”

"May I ask the county order, if the strength of the entire Fengzhou can't resist the locust plague, will the government still compensate you?"

This is also a key issue, Zhao Zhiwu did not evade, and said calmly: "If the wheat fields in Jiuyuan County are also destroyed, then we can only count on the imperial court to transport grain to come to the disaster relief, and the premise of compensation is to keep the military fields in Jiuyuan County, I hope everyone understands this, so we must go all out to fight the disaster, not only to keep Fengzhou, but also for our own vital interests." ”

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The news soon spread throughout Yulin County, and more than 15,000 victims of Shengzhou and Xiazhou who had taken refuge in Yulin County took the lead in responding, willing to go to Jiuyuan County for disaster relief, and other families also gathered their families to discuss.

Many families made a decisive decision and began to pack up and prepare to retreat westward, while others were more hesitant, but the situation could no longer help them.

When the first batch of nearly 10,000 people followed the 500 soldiers to retreat westward, the remaining families realized their stupidity, not a single county may be able to withstand the locust plague, the remaining thousands of people can still keep their wheat, if they do not leave, Fengzhou will not compensate for their losses.

At this time, thousands of people from Binhe County also arrived in Yulin County, they were very decisive, all the families were willing to go to Fengzhou, under the leadership of several county officials, the county retreated westward.

The second group of people from Yulin County and Binhe County, who had retreated westward, marched to Feng'an County, hundreds of miles away, under the escort of 500 soldiers from the surrendered city in the east.