"What are you talking about, the Northwest Army took in all the hundreds of thousands of displaced people and didn't kill any of them?" After listening to the report of the eldest son Xie Yukun, Xie Mingshun, the Duke of An Guo, who has always been deep in the city and has rarely been in the limelight, also showed a look of disbelief.

"Yes, Father. After infiltrating the northeast, the annihilators we sent found that the hundreds of thousands of displaced people were divided into two groups by the northwest army and guided to Zhangzhou and Linqi.

Immediately afterwards, the Northwest Army arranged for these displaced people and local people to dig deep canals from the banks of the Wujiang River to divert water to the inland mountainous areas.

After digging the canal, the Northwest Army actually organized the displaced people to cultivate fields in the mountains. ”

"Farming in the mountains? Are you talking about the Yamada that is unique to the remote areas of the south? ”

"It should be, in short, the Northwest Army has let these hundreds of thousands of displaced people burn a large number of mountains to make fields on many mountains, and now a large number of fields have been created, and it is difficult to calculate how many acres there are for the time being."

An Guogong frowned and asked: "I actually came up with the practice of digging a canal to divert water and building mountains and fields to resettle the displaced people, and there are obviously high-ranking people behind the Ning family who are helping them with advice."

But this matter is still too strange, even if the Ning family comes up with such a way to resettle the displaced people, it will not be harvested until at least a year later.

Then in this year, where did the Ning family get so much food to feed the Northwest Army and these hundreds of thousands of displaced people?

This is so unusual that we must find out. What are your thoughts on this? ”

An Guogong's second son, Xie Yuheng, spoke: "My father is extremely worried, if we can't find the source of the Northwest Army's grain and grass, then our plan to cut off the Northwest Army's rear route through the law of food starvation will be impossible to talk about. ”

Xie Yukun thought for a moment before saying, "Could it be that the Ning family secretly purchased a large amount of grain and grass through those mercenary businessmen to get through?" ”

Xie Yuheng shook his head and said, "The grain and grass of more than 300,000 troops and hundreds of thousands of displaced people is not a small amount, and it is definitely not something that ordinary businessmen can get. Unless most of the merchants in the Great Wei are willing to hand over the grain deposits, this is obviously unlikely. ”

"Since it can't be obtained from the merchants, is this really just the Ning family's own grain?"

"I think it's possible. Because since the drought in the northwest a few years ago, the Ning family began to deliberately store a large amount of grain.

Perhaps in order to tide over the sadness, the Ning family may have taken out all the food stored in the past few years. ”

"If that's the case, then as long as the northwest runs out of grain stocks, then they will have only a dead end."

An Guogong, who had not spoken up, directly refuted: "This can't just be a grain store."

With Ning Zhiyuan's care, he would never take out the life-saving food to help the hundreds of thousands of displaced people.

He is a general who has led the army for many years, and he is not the kind of soft-hearted person, who knows very well that once there is no food and grass, the army will mutiny.

There are more than 300,000 troops in the northwest, and once a mutiny occurs, it will be out of control.

An old fox like Ning Zhiyuan would never take such a risk, he must have found another way to eat. ”

Xie Yukun and Xie Yuheng also felt that their father was reasonable, who would take out the life-saving food to help the homeless, this is not in line with common sense.

Xie Yuheng himself is a person with a relatively flexible brain, he thought for a while and suddenly thought of a possibility, "Father, do you say that the Ning family does not buy grain in the territory of Great Wei, but outside the country?" ”

After hearing this, An Guogong's face immediately changed, and he immediately walked to the desk and spread out the map of Great Wei and stared at the location of the northwest and northeast.

After a while, he suddenly smashed his fist on the map and said fiercely: "What a Ning Zhiyuan, no wonder you want to mobilize the people to attack the Northeast, so that's the case." ”

Xie Yukun and Xie Yuheng also hurriedly walked over to observe the map, and after a while, the two finally figured out why their father said this.

I saw on the map, outside the Jiujiang River, is the coastline of the East China Sea.

Around the East China Sea, there are many small neighboring countries, including Baiyi, Grayyi, Malai and other grain-rich areas.

At this point, they finally knew why the Northwest Army was working to attack the northeast, which was not a major grain producing area.

It was not a plan they thought they had thought before, but they wanted to use the port of Jiujiang to buy grain overseas.

It was a mistake, it was a mistake.

Xie Yukun and Xie Yuheng looked at each other, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

Because the person who decided to abandon the northeast and instead deploy heavy troops to defend the provinces south of the Yangtze River was their father An Guogong, who else could blame it.

And my father's consideration at that time was also very reasonable, I was afraid that the Northwest Army would attack the Northeast in the name of attacking the Northeast.

When the imperial court sent troops to rescue, it would be worth the loss to suddenly make a move back to attack the provinces south of the Yangtze River.

But no matter what, my father, who has always been exhausted, did miscalculate this time, which is an indisputable fact. As sons, how dare they say anything unpleasant at this time.

Although he received some blows, An Guogong was a battle-hardened man after all, and he quickly regained his composure and instructed his two sons: "In order to prevent the Northwest Army from going to sea to buy grain again, the best way now is to form a large number of sailors."

Then the entire coast of the East China Sea was completely sealed, and no piece of wood was allowed to enter the sea, I think Ning Zhiyuan is still ....... ”

"Uncle, uncle, something is wrong! Uncle and grandfather ...... "Before An Guogong finished speaking, a loud shout from his nephew Xie Changping came from outside the study.

An Guogong, who was interrupted from speaking, frowned, and ordered his eldest son Xie Yukun very dissatisfied: "Let him come in and see what happened, make a fuss." ”

"Yes, father."

After Xie Changping came in, he forgot to do anything, and hurriedly said: "Uncle and grandfather, I just received an urgent report of 800 miles, and the Hu people suddenly launched a sneak attack on Luzhou, and now it is estimated that Luzhou has been captured. ”

When the three people in the room heard this, their faces immediately changed.

An Guogong said angrily: "Didn't I already order the guards in the south to tighten their defensive lines and strengthen their vigilance? Why was it still attacked by the Hu people? ”

"I don't know the specific battle situation, I only know that those Hu people came at night.

The Hu people seemed to have known that we had gathered a large army in the Jiangkou area, which had caused the other prefectures to be weakly defended, so they suddenly went south to attack Luzhou.

The most hateful thing is the prefect of Nalu Prefecture, because the stupid man was afraid that the Hu people would slaughter the city, he actually took the initiative to order the city gate to be opened to let the Hu people enter the city. ”

"There should be a few outposts in front of Luzhou, right, didn't so many Hu people pass by and not notice it at all?"

"It may be because the Hu people took the way of day and night to rush at night, so the officers and soldiers at the outpost did not notice.

Moreover, those officers and soldiers in the south are all a bunch of waste, even if they don't find the Hu people, it is not surprising.

Uncle and grandfather, the Hu people are indeed fierce, and I am afraid that if this continues, the Hu people will take the opportunity to go all the way south. ”

An Guogong pondered for a while, and finally said: "Yukun, you transfer 100,000 soldiers and horses deployed in Jiangnan to the south to deploy defenses. ”

"Father, what if the Northwest Army takes the opportunity to attack Jiangnan?" Xie Yukun asked with some concern.

"No, since Ning Zhiyuan has the intention to run the Northeast, he will not send troops to other places in a short period of time.

And those hundreds of thousands of displaced people are enough to give them a headache, and they have no time to look south.

What's more, there are still a large number of men and horses in Jiangnan, as long as the city is defended, the Northwest Army will not be able to take us no matter how good it is. ”

Speaking of this, An Guogong raised his head and told the three people in the room: "Now we have to change our strategy, focusing on defense for the Northwest Army and attacking the Hu people."

First of all, we must find a way to stop the southward invasion of the Hu people, and then we must not let them go further south. ”

"Yes, father."

"Yes, Uncle."

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In the huge official office, a large group of Hu generals were drinking happily and playing with the Han women around them.

Some people are interested, and they simply humiliate themselves on the spot, which is no different from a beast.

With the screams of the poor woman, the other Hu people couldn't stop laughing.

This is only the situation inside the official office, and outside the street is a hell on earth.

The homes of countless ordinary people were forcibly broken into by the Hu people, who not only looted their property, but also annihilated silver women everywhere, even the elderly and children. Countless women's screams and screams could be heard everywhere.

If a Han man wanted to stop it, he would immediately be cut off by the Hu people, and blood would flow all over the ground.

People are afraid of death, let alone ordinary people, so many people can only watch their wives and daughters being wantonly annihilated by these beast-like Hu people and weep bitterly, but they are completely powerless.

This scene is played out everywhere in the city of Luzhou, which was only opened to the Hu people not long ago, and it is completely unbelievable that this was once a city where Han people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

If the prefect of Luzhou saw this scene, I don't know if he regretted surrendering to the Hu people without a fight.

But he couldn't answer this question, because when he stopped the Hu people from committing violence against his wife and daughter, he was cut off by the brutal Hu people, and his head was in a different place.

In this hellish scene, three people were walking silently.

The man who walked in front was half-faced, with gray hair and gloomy eyes.

Although he was wearing a Hu suit, judging from the color of his hair and eyes, he was clearly a Han man.

He was none other than the mastermind of the great prince of the Shazhen clan, Arobu, the mysterious Mr. Qiu.

Behind him were two tall Hu guards, who were the bodyguards specially arranged by the eldest prince Arobu to protect Mr. Qiu.

If it weren't for these two Hu bodyguards, Mr. Qiu, who is a Han Chinese, would have been killed by mistake by the Hu people who looted and killed people everywhere on the street.

The two Hu bodyguards were very envious when they saw that their compatriots were wantonly destroying silver and looting on the street. But because of his duties, he didn't dare to leave Mr. Qiu for half a step.

Because Mr. Qiu is the mastermind of the eldest prince, he is highly valued by His Royal Highness, if he has anything to do, His Royal Highness will definitely not let them go.

Regarding the various tragic situations on the street, Mr. Qiu, who is also a Han Chinese, turned a blind eye.

When the Hu people didn't do this after capturing a town, he had long been used to it.

After returning to his temporary residence, Mr. Qiu did not immediately go back to his room to rest, but walked into another guest room.

In the room, a man in his forties was sitting slumped in pain.

Whenever a woman's scream or a man's scream came from outside, his body would tremble involuntarily.

If Wu Kanggui, the commander of the Secret Affairs Office, saw this person, he would definitely be shocked.

Because this man was brought to the Arrest Mansion by Wu Kanggui on the charge of rebellion half a year ago, and then used the lives of his wife and children to force him to confess.

When he signed the confession, Wu Kanggui reversed himself, killed his only son, and asked his subordinates to humiliate his wife and daughter before sending them to the southwest military camp to serve as military soldiers.

Zhang Yinpei himself was convicted of the imperial court, and his head was cut off a few days later, and his body was buried directly in a mass grave on the outskirts of the city.

In other words, Zhang Yinpei has long been a dead person. But now he is not only alive, but also appears in the territory of the Hu people, which is really strange.

"Not used to it? You'll get used to it when you see it a few times. After Mr. Qiu walked in, he sat on the chair with an indifferent expression and said.

Zhang Yinpei said bitterly: "Mr. Qiu, is it really right for us to do this? ”

Mr. Qiu said coldly: "Have you forgotten the miserable situation of your youngest son who was cut off by someone, and his wife and daughter who were used as military servants? ”

When Zhang Yinpei heard these words, his whole body trembled, and his eyes were full of pain and resentment.

It was a scene he didn't dare to recall, whether it was his young son or his wife and daughter, who had been completely ruined.

Even his wife and daughter, after being rescued, hanged themselves while he was not at home.

Maybe it's because they know they're full of filth and don't know how to face him, so they choose such a desperate path.

Now he is a real family ruin, with no relatives and no reason.

And the culprits of all this were the new Emperor Shuntian Emperor and Wu Kanggui, the commander of the Detective Office he supported.

Zhang Yinpei wanted to take revenge in his dreams, and it was Mr. Qiu in front of him who gave him this opportunity with a masked face and no real face.

Zhang Yinpei can sit in the position of the left attendant of the household department, so he is naturally not a stupid person. When he was first rescued, he knew that the reason why this mysterious Mr. Qiu had to spend so much effort to save him must have another purpose.

Sure enough, the other party did come prepared.

The purpose of this Mr. Qiu turned out to be to let him draw a map of the defense in the southern region.

After taking a deep breath, Zhang Yinpei couldn't help but ask the biggest question in his heart: "Mr. Qiu, how do you know that I have seen the arming map and still remember it in my mind?" ”

Mr. Qiu didn't speak, just sat there quietly, as if thinking about something.

After a while, he spoke: "Whether it is the former dynasty or the Great Wei, the extremely confidential military drawings such as the deployment map are only in the hands of the military department.

The south, unlike places such as the northwest or southwest, has not been fought for hundreds of years, and the location of the local guard posts and outposts has hardly changed. So even the arming map from decades ago can still be used here.

And your father, Zhang Kangyi, was the secretary of the military department before he died, and he not only copied all the defense maps, but also asked you, as a son, to memorize the defense maps of various places in your mind until you can draw them.

He did it for the sake of one person. You should know exactly who that person is. ”

After Zhang Yinpei heard what he said, his face suddenly changed, "Who are you, and why do you know about this?!" ”

"You don't care who I am, you just need to know that I'm the one who came to help you. Now only I can help you get revenge. With that, Mr. Qiu got up and left the guest room.

Until he left, Zhang Yinpei still couldn't calm down for a long time.

He didn't expect that this secret, which had been hidden by him and his father for so many years, would be revealed by an unknown person.

Who is this Mr. Qiu?

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Just as Hu was moving south, Chi Fei, who was far away in Jiujiang, suddenly received a report from a craftsman that morning, saying that the flintlock pistol he wanted to study had made progress.

When Chi Fei heard this, he immediately threw down everything at hand and went to the workshop to check.

Since he had been so busy lately, he would have almost forgotten about it if it hadn't been for the craftsman to report it.

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