Handan, the southern border area, here is less than sixty miles away from Yecheng, and the depth of defense is not much, and the development of Handan City is too fast, and soon they have developed the places outside the city in the past, and the city is still developing, which poses a great threat to the defense of the Republican Army, the First Infantry Division was ordered to be stationed here, but their defensive pressure is still very great, although the militia of several surrounding villages have joined in, but after all, this is too close to the imperial border.

I really don't know how Handan developed under such great pressure. Many people are curious, but the more this happens, the pressure on the 1st Infantry Division has been great.

1st Infantry Division, 1st Infantry Corps. After dinner, Ding He, the captain of the 7th Infantry Company, took his weapons on his back and went on patrol with a squad of patrols.

Ding He, a native of the northern part of the Republican Army, divided the land among his family and borrowed more land from the bank to cultivate. Because of the situation of the garrison, he could not go home, and it was the autumn harvest. It's definitely busy at home. However, his father sent him a letter from his nephew, which was crooked, but fortunately he could read it.

Everything is fine at home. His father only said yes, but his mother wrote in the letter that there was too much land in the family. It's scary. A family of more than a dozen, plus a family of younger siblings and relatives, has not finished harvesting food for seven consecutive days. At the time of writing, the grain was still in the process of being harvested, and it was the people from the nearby Agricultural Machinery Research Institute who had used some machinery to help them, otherwise they would have to go to the town to recruit people.

Last year was a year of disaster, but this year is a good year, so there is no need to go hungry at home. Moreover, there is still money to spare, which can be used for the marriage of the younger brothers, and the house in the family can also be refried. I heard that in the north, some families who went out to work already had such a plan. They were carried out in the style of houses on the outskirts of Handan. It's for them. It's a big improvement, and such an improvement, makes their situation better.

Such a situation is a good thing for Ding He.

Many of the families of Republican officers and soldiers have said things like this, and in the past, they simply did not have enough to eat. Now they can eat well. Moreover, there are few taxes, and private wealth is accumulating rapidly. These are the good days brought about by the IRA. Now their situation is changing a lot.

In the end, the father explained again that he should protect the safety of Handan, and to protect Handan is to defend their own home. In this regard, Ding He knows very well that their good life is not easy, and if it is destroyed like this, everything will suffer, so Ding He is very concerned about patrolling. If he doesn't notice something, he'll check it out.

"Lao Zhang, be careful, let the brothers all light down and disperse." Ding He said to a veteran. The veteran immediately waved, and the soldiers dispersed and prepared their weapons. Ding He studied at the military academy, which is what every company-level officer must do, and there he learned a lot of things, such as learning different situations from abnormal situations. During the daytime patrol, he found a small road, this path is very hidden, and when he patrolled before, there was not, so, tonight, he came here with a squad of troops, he thought, it may be some very smuggling, or some other criminal personnel to go.

Just as they had just dispersed into their hidden positions. Then they heard some sparse sounds coming from the path. It's like a bunch of rats coming over.

Soon, they saw what they should have noticed. Some old men appear in the front, perhaps because the white flowers are particularly eye-catching.

"Pass it on, don't shoot. Grab them as much as you can. Ding He ordered. The soldiers carefully dispersed and slowly surrounded them.

"Hurry, hurry. Wow wow. Wow. As he spoke, a group of people appeared in front of them, including women with children in their arms, and it was clear that they were a family or a member of the village.

"Stop, stand there and don't move." Ding He was the first to rush out and shouted loudly, and the frightened people stood there in a daze, because they saw a lot of soldiers around them at once. They also had firearms in their hands, extremely sharp weapons.

"Bang." One soldier opened fire anyway. Ding He felt very helpless, and he even felt that his subordinates were too reckless to do things.

"General, no, sir, sir, don't kill us, we are all people from Yecheng." The old man knelt down at this time, and about 20 people knelt down behind him. The firing was loud, and apparently they were frightened all at once. After all, some such things also have a great impact on them.

"Arise, all of them arise and speak." Ding He walked over and asked the old man.

"What do you call it? Elderly. Ding He asked.

"Oh. Xiao Lao'er is called Zhang Laohan. Zhang Laohan said.

"We are from Yecheng, Xialiushu Village. Those of us were forced to flee here in desperation. There's really no going to live there. Zhang Laohan said helplessly.

"Wow, wow, wow." The child cried without listening. It seems that some of these situations do not put a lot of pressure on them.

"Give them something to eat, and we'll talk about it when we get back." Ding He ordered to. Seeing Zhang Laohan, Ding He ordered like this. They were all ordinary people, and they wouldn't have done it if it weren't for a bite to eat.

On the way back, Ding He learned a lot about what he wanted to know, such as why Zhang Laohan came here.

Originally, their village was also a good village, and as long as they were diligent, they could live a prosperous life.

Not long ago, the county servants came down and went from house to house to collect their grain. They don't have any food at all. They had hoped to have some food for the winter, but now it seems that this is simply not possible. Many people are already out of food. In such a situation, some people have to leave their homes because if they continue like this, they will starve to death and freeze to death. They did not know what orders were given by the imperial court. But it was too much to take all their food in such a desperate way. Some people also went to the county, but the county order didn't care whether they lived or died. This is happening in many villages.

There is no way, there are still children in Zhang Laohan's family, not only these, they also have to live, in such a situation, if they don't do such a thing, they will die there, in order to live, in order to live well, they have to do this.

There is no way to do it.

They heard about it in Yecheng. The Republican Army is good, if they go to return the land, that is, they can enter the city to sweep the streets for people, and they can also support themselves, such a situation, this is a situation that they have never had, so they are forced to leave their hometown and enter here.

During the day, Zhang Laohan figured out this path, because he saw some people also coming through this path.

Despite the extreme tension on the border, the Republican Army did not bury a large number of ** on the border, on the contrary, all the ** that had been planted before was abolished. In order to avoid further casualties. Because they know that there must be some people who have entered here through illegal entry, and the police will generally give them a new household registration certificate as long as they prove that they are not illegal criminals.

"Give them some noodles. Let them eat some. Hungry for a day. Ding He looked at Zhang Laohan and said this, after returning to the camp, Ding He arranged a place for them to live, looking at Zhang Laohan, he remembered his father, they were also like this at the beginning, if the court gave them some food, let them live, they would definitely not come to such a step, they were all forced.

Zhang Laohan also has his own difficulties, their ancestors are still buried there, fortunately, it is not far away, if it is farther away, they themselves don't know what to do.

There are still places to live, and there are many of them, they never lack places to live, it's very simple, pulling out a platoon can satisfy them.

Zhang Laohan and his entourage are very grateful, they came here to come to the right place.

Seeing the situation of Zhang Laohan and his party, Ding He felt that he should write a report. They should open up some small paths for each other to come in, so that these people can have their own way of life.

Of course. They try to do as many checks as they can, after all, if everyone comes in, it will increase the pressure.

This is the case with civilians. If they hadn't been in such a situation, they wouldn't have encountered something like this.

Zhang Laohan was still lucky, and in Yecheng, as well as in more areas, a large number of peasants went bankrupt, they lost the only land, as well as the freedom of life, there was no way, the imperial court took away their last bit of wealth, which directly led to more land annexation, the society is in violent turmoil, and civilians who have lost their property can only wander around. When this discontent suddenly expands, it will lead to even greater social unrest. And Emperor Han Ling didn't care about this at all, there were many things he cared about, wealth, he needed more wealth. Only in this way can he have his own sense of security. This sense of security is what makes him feel comfortable.