The Yellow River has been covered with thick ice and snow, covered with inch thick snow, the cold on the ice is blowing, the old and frail and children can not pass at all, before the first batch of people, thanks to they have a leading county order, organized the young and strong to use branches and used manpower sleds, the old and weak women and children were transported across the Yellow River, even so, still froze to death more than 100 people.

Guo Song immediately ordered the soldiers to ride across the Yellow River and distribute the flour and biscuits they carried to the old and weak women and children on the other side.

"How much food and supplies are in the county warehouse?" Guo Song asked.

"Enlighten the envoy, there are about 3,000 stones of grain, 1,000 tents, and about 10,000 sheepskins."

Guo Song thought for a while and ordered: "You organize the young and strong, cook porridge on the west bank of the Yellow River, and then give me the tent and sheepskin, and I will let the soldiers arrange it." ”

Speaking of this, Guo Song thought for a while and said, "Forget it, give me all the food and materials, and I will arrange the food together." ”

The county commander Yang Huang hurriedly agreed, and Guo Song ordered a Lang general to lead two thousand soldiers to carry supplies.

Soon, a thousand tents were erected, covered with thick sheepskins, and hundreds of soldiers began to set up pots to cook porridge.

The soldiers also temporarily collected more than 400 large sleds from the county seat, which are necessary for crossing the Yellow River in winter, almost every household has them, and a large sleigh can transport more than a dozen people.

The soldiers of the Tang Army began to transport the old and weak women and children, the sleigh was covered with thick sheepskin mats, pulled by horses and run, and they could run across the Yellow River in a quarter of an hour.

Each old and weak woman and child was given a sheepskin to temporarily wrap their bodies, and more than 400 sleds ran on the ice of the Yellow River, which was particularly spectacular, and more than 6,000 people were sent across the Yellow River at one time.

More than 6,000 old and weak women and children received hot porridge and went to rest in the tent, and the sleigh began to transport the second group of people.......

In less than two hours, more than 50,000 people on the east bank of the Yellow River were transported across the Yellow River, and all the old, weak, women, and children were properly arranged.

At this time, more than 20 family leaders were brought to Guo Song by the soldiers, and they knelt down and saluted, and said with tears in their eyes: "Thank you Guo Envoy Jun for sending charcoal in the snow and saving us!" ”

Guo Song waved his hand and said: "The large-scale rescue team is still behind, I just came over first to check the situation, and the relief team will arrive tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. ”

"We have no problem, the key is to take care of the elderly and children, all the way miserable, they are so pitiful!"

"Where is your hometown?"

"We are Bianzhou, we are Songzhou, we are Yingzhou......"

Basically, they are all the people of the Central Plains, and the war in the Central Plains the year before last displaced too many people.

"How many more people are coming after you?" Guo Song asked again.

"There are many more, we are early, everyone says that Hexi allocates land and gives Yongye Tian, let's try our luck, make you, are the rumors true?"

Guo Song smiled and said: "Hexi does not allocate land, but Anxi and Beiting allocate land, each household is three hectares, and it is tax-free for life, Hexi and Longyou can only rent land, everyone, it is a good opportunity to go to Anxi and Beiting now, and there will be more people over there in the future, so there will be so much land." ”

As Yan Zhenqing said, as long as enough land is given, as long as it is tax-free, there will still be many people who are willing to go.

..........

Two days later, the rescue team arrived in Huixian, at the same time, a large number of displaced people also began to appear on the east bank of the Yellow River, the overwhelming crowd of more than 100,000 people, the mighty team could not see the end at a glance, helping the old and the young, everyone was eager to go to the Hexi corridor, 10,000 Hexi troops set up 20,000 leather tents on the west bank of the Yellow River, stretching for dozens of miles.

On the ice of the Yellow River, thousands of large sleds shuttle back and forth, transporting displaced people on the east bank, and the grain relief is still mainly porridge and steamed buns.

At this time, Guo Song also received news from Jincheng County, there are not many displaced people in Jincheng County, only more than 10,000 people, and it seems that they are basically from Jingyuan Road.

A total of 648,000 displaced people were expelled from Hexi by Zhu Zhu, to the surprise of Guo Song and all the officials, these displaced people brought an extremely heavy burden to the Hexi government, and they had to consume at least 300,000 stone of grain in one winter.

Early that morning, Guo Song brought Pan Liao and Sima Li Luo over, and more than a dozen generals were also called by him.

Pan Liao and Li Luo will stay in the camp of the displaced people in Huixian County this winter, and there are 10,000 Hexi troops to assist them.

Guo Song said to Pan Liao: "After the beginning of spring, the women and children can remove Zhangye and continue to build a camp of homeless people, and all the young and strong must go to the Hehuang Valley to plant wheat, otherwise we will not be able to feed so many people." ”

Pan Liao groaned and said, "I'm a little worried that Zhang Feng, the envoy of Longyoujiedu, will obstruct us?" ”

"Zhang Feng shouldn't obstruct it, maybe Zhu Jun will let Zhang Feng find trouble, but you can agree to any conditions they put forward, and when I come back, I will settle accounts with them."

"Ignorance, understood!"

Guo Song said solemnly to several Zhonglang generals: "I'm not in Hexi, the burden on Pan Changshi's shoulders is very heavy, and the pressure of 650,000 people is ah!" Therefore, you must take the initiative to share the worries for Pan Changshi, and obey Pan Changshi's command, whoever dares to make things difficult for Pan Changshi, I will be severely punished when I come back! ”

The five lieutenants will kneel down on one knee and clasp their fists together: "Obey the order of the envoy!" ”

Li Luo is the former governor of Liangzhou, the current Zuoxing Tailing, and Pan Liao's assistant, he muttered and said: "I am a little worried about my humble position, after the envoy leads the western expedition, will Zhu Zhu take advantage of the weakness to attack Hexi?" ”

Guo Song sneered and said: "There is this possibility, but I have already arranged a countermeasure, whether he comes to a sneak attack or a large-scale attack, I will let him return with a feather." ”

.........

After the first heavy snowfall, the Hexi Corridor could barely walk on horseback, but after the second heavy snow arrived in early December, even on horseback could not walk, so before the second heavy snowfall, Guo Song galloped all the way back to Zhangye with a thousand cavalry.

At the same time, Liangzhou was also urgently transporting grain and grass materials, and before the heavy snow closed the road, 300,000 stone of grain and a large amount of materials were sent to the camp to ensure the needs of the camp for winter.

On the sixth day of December, the clouds are low, the cold wind is howling, and the cold wind is wrapped in fine snow flakes, which is the harbinger of the coming snowstorm.

Guo Song led the cavalry to hurry up and finally rushed back to Zhangye City before the blizzard.

Guo Song was also a little tired, he asked the soldiers to go back to the camp to rest, and he returned directly to the mansion.

"The master is back!"

The housekeeper's mother-in-law, Wu Niang, ran into the inner courtyard to inform that Xue Tao and Dugu Youlan both came out, and everyone was pleasantly surprised.

Guo Song picked up his daughter Xiaowei and son Cheng'er, kissed each of them on the two little faces, and smiled at everyone: "I didn't expect me to be able to rush back!" ”

Xue Tao took his son from her husband and said, "We're worried, seeing that the snowstorm is coming, what should we do if my husband is trapped halfway?" ”

"The main thing is that there are too many things to deal with, and I can't leave early if I want to, and I can't put it off until I can't delay it anymore."

Dugu Youlan asked, "Husband, how many homeless people have come?" ”

"Six hundred and forty-eight thousand!"

Xue Tao and Dugu Youlan exclaimed together, "Why are there so many homeless people? ”

Guo Song smiled bitterly and said: "Zhu Zhu is too ruthless, I want to use the displaced people to drag down Hexi, we are really under a lot of pressure, not ordinary, it is easy to have a little savings, and now it will be hollowed out by the displaced people, the most pitiful are Lao Pan and Li Luo, who can only spend the New Year in the camp of the displaced people, and go back to send some good New Year's goods to their families to express their condolences." ”

Xue Tao hurriedly said: "I'll arrange it, husband is hungry!" ”

Guo Song touched his stomach and smiled: "I am indeed a little hungry, and I haven't eaten since morning." ”

"Hurry up, we're just about to have lunch." Xue Tao hurriedly urged the housekeeper's wife to open the meal.

Guo Song was surrounded by everyone and walked quickly towards the dining hall.