In the second year of Zhonghe, Huang Chao was forced to transfer Zhu Wen to the defense envoy of Tongzhou, so that he could transfer from Fuping to Danzhou, and then attack Tongzhou, wanting to completely eliminate the hidden dangers in the eastern part of Guanzhong.

At the same time, he ordered Meng Kai to be the envoy of the Beicheng Festival, and Chen Bing Weishui to strengthen the defense around Chang'an; The generals Shang Rang and Wang Chongyin were sent to replace them and led the grass army to continue to attack Fuping.

In response to the transfer of troops to Huangchao, Emperor Xizong in Chengdu also made some adjustments, he ordered Tuoba Sigong to be the envoy of the Xicheng Festival, and let him lead the elite of the party to attack the capital from the west of Chang'an, in order to show his gratitude, he was given the surname of the country, the leader of the party clan, in the second year of Zhonghe, he changed his name to Li Sigong.

Li Sigong received the edict and was very miserable when he left, most of the powerful generals died, three of the four younger brothers died, and only one of the frightened Li Siji was still with him.

At the same time, the Tang court also ordered Zhu Li to be the general of Zuo Wuwei, Shan Yu Dadu, and the commander of the camp, so that he could recruit soldiers and horses on the spot, hoping that he could break through the grass army as soon as possible and recover Chang'an.

The person who came to pass the edict was Zheng Jin, an old acquaintance, and it was precisely because of him that Zhu Li was promoted to two levels, and now he is a member of the third grade.

And Li Xiaochang and Wang Chongying were also rewarded, but they were not as big as Zhu Li's improvement, after all, Zheng Zheng had a bad impression of their abilities and abilities.

Although Zheng Zheng was robbed of the position of Fengxiang Festival envoy by Li Changyan, he was then recalled by the imperial court and served as the young master of the crown prince.

Zhu Li entertained this loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty in a restaurant in the city, and asked Zheng Zheng to speak on his behalf, he wanted Gao Su to serve as the assassin of Shengzhou, Zheng Zheng thought about it, and agreed, Zhu Li wanted this place He had the impression that it was a place adjacent to Beidi, not a rich state and county, and he had to always guard against Beidi entering the Kou, and most of the Tang court officials who sat there would be a good name.

Sent Zheng Yan away, Zhu Li immediately asked Shi Yan to be in charge of conscription, it is not easy to recruit in Fuping, but the neighboring states and counties can try, Shi Yan was ordered to take people to Fangzhou on the same day.

Since he is the commander of the camp, Zhu Li naturally has to be responsible for the deployment. Li Sigong left, Fuping's defense was vacated, and after discussion, the three of them took turns, that is, in the event of a war, there was always one person who would be responsible for the garrison of the two city defenses within a day.

Zhu Li's men and horses are the least, and the guards under his command are only in their early 5,000s when they are full, if they are stationed for a long time, this point of strength will definitely not be enough to consume, and they are naturally very worried in their hearts.

"Governor, are you worried about recruitment?" Zhou Dewei glanced at Zhu Li, who had been frowning for the past few days, and asked softly.

"Otherwise, after those three guys snatched the lady of the Wang family, no one in Fuping will definitely be willing to come to apply, not to mention, there will be obstruction from the local gate valve and squire." Zhu Li sighed and spoke.

"My lord, the locals in Fuping don't want to come, but there are more than just locals in Fuping." Zhou Dewei prompted.

"You mean to recruit outsiders from Fuping."

"The governor is wise, his subordinates have this intention, now there are bandits everywhere, as long as there are almost all homeless people in the towns that are richer, the governor might as well find a way from these homeless." Zhou Dewei suggested sincerely.

"Wanderer, yes, Dulwich, you reminded me at the right time, I didn't think of it before." Zhu Li praised Zhou Dewei from the bottom of his heart, he himself used to be a homeless person, but he didn't think of a way to get rid of the homeless people for a while, it seems that he is too sharp.

"I'll go out and take a look, and you will take care of it in the army." Zhu Li hurriedly instructed.

"No." Zhou Dewei hurriedly responded.

Meng Juehai sent Wei Chi Jin back to the north, and now he has not returned, Shi Yan has gone to recruit troops again, and now there are only two of them left in the Shuozhou military camp, Zhu Li wants to go out, naturally he is on top, and Zhou Dewei is not allowed to do this.

Zhu Li didn't continue to talk nonsense, Zhou Dewei reassured him to govern the army, and as he got along, his trust in Zhou Dewei also increased day by day, and he became more and more trusted.

With more than ten tooth soldiers, Zhu Li rode out of the camp on a one-ribbed jade unicorn, and on the way, he asked the tooth soldiers to find out where the homeless people gathered, and went straight to the destination.

In the troubled times, the most pitiful are the homeless, and the most frightening are also the homeless, because they have nothing, the poor are only left with a mouth, and the shadow of death hangs over them all the time, these people can do anything as long as they have a bite to eat.

However, the displaced people who fled to the towns and villages were controlled by the local government and suppressed by many other local forces, and there were very few troublemakers.

Refugees gather in the southwest of Yiting City, which is also the slum of Yiting City, and the sound of "humming and chirping" can be heard everywhere, and the air is filled with a foul smell mixed with the earth, and the eyes are full of hungry people who are thin and thin.

It was the first month, the weather was cold, many people had frozen stiff, and even a lot of people died, even if Zhu Li came with such fanfare, the surviving homeless people, their eyes only turned blankly, and there was a faint hoarse and dry howl in all directions, which was the death of relatives, but there was nothing to be done.

Seeing all this, a kind of sorrow spontaneously arose in Zhu Li's heart, if he had known about the existence of these people earlier, this winter, this group of homeless people might be able to freeze to death a few less, even if it was just one less person, it would be good, a kind of guilt, the shadow of guilt and guilt hung over his heart.

And in this group of people, there is an old woman is very eye-catching, she and a strong man stay far away from everyone, the old woman is wrapped in two layers of shabby quilts, the corners of her mouth are wriggling, gnawing on a piece of black meat, strangely, this scene falls in the eyes of the hungry people around, but no one coaxes it, although some people swallow and spit, but still try to suppress their desire, the situation is very strange.

And the strong man next to the old woman, he was holding a knife in his hand, covered in blood, and his face was as pale as paper, but he was very vigilant and watched the crowd around him, as if he was guarding the old woman's food.

Out of curiosity, Zhu Li drove his horse forward, and when he got closer, he found that a fist-sized piece of flesh had been stripped of one of the strong man's bare thighs, and the blood was soaked all over the ground, and now it was solidified.

The strong man looked at Zhu Li vigilantly, and a gurgling sound came out of his throat, not knowing if it was pain, or if he wanted to warn Zhu Li about something.

Zhu Li looked at them suspiciously, and seeing that Du Du was curious about the strong man and the old woman, the tooth soldiers naturally inquired about their origins and what had happened here recently.

Soon after, a tooth soldier drove his horse close to Zhu Li and whispered: "Dudu, this strong man is a dutiful son, and their dry food was eaten a few days ago, and he was afraid that his blind old mother would starve to death, so he took off a piece of meat from his thigh and cooked it for her to eat." These hungry people around looked at it in their eyes and were moved in their hearts, so no one came up to snatch it. ”

Cutting meat and feeding mother, Zhu Li was shocked when she heard this.

Since there have been historical records, the Chinese nation has been a nation of many disasters and difficulties, but to this day, the nation is still standing, why.

From the strong man's body, Zhu Li seems to understand a little bit of the truth that the Chinese nation can reproduce so far, because this amiable and lovely nation, their people have love in their hearts, cutting meat and feeding the mother is a great filial piety, and it is not a kind of great love, a kind of indifference to life and death, only for the love of relatives.

This kind of deeds has always only been recorded in the classics, but now it really happened in front of his eyes, which brought Zhu Li's spiritual shock is incomparable, and it makes him feel a sense of reverence for the strong man.

"Go and count how many homeless people are nearby." Zhu Li instructed in a low voice, "Also, send someone back to the camp, let people prepare rice grains and cauldrons, send them over, and bring a few doctors by the way." ”

"No," the tooth soldier immediately obeyed.

Zhu Li jumped off the horse, walked to the strong man and stood still, looked at him respectfully, and said softly: "May I ask my brother's surname?" ”

Seeing a young man who looked like a general standing in front of him, the big man seemed a little nervous, but he still opened his mouth that was so dry that it was about to bleed and replied, "A certain Jing Ming." ”

"Where?"

"Jingzhou"

"Jingzhou, wasn't it Gao Yu's territory before, it shouldn't be chaotic, how did you escape?" Zhu Li was really curious, Gao Biao was originally an envoy of Jingnan Jiedu, and was ordered to go south to block Huangchao's attack on Liangguang, but this guy defeated the grass army on the west road, so he didn't know what the purpose was, and watched without moving, and finally caused Huangchao to loot Liangguang, go calmly, and finally capture Chang'an.

And now the area he ruled, there are also displaced people, which is a strange thing.

"The general didn't know that since Gao Du went south to suppress the grass army, Jingzhou was in chaos, first Wang Duo led Jing Nanliu to stay, and soon after, he was killed; The imperial court sent Song Hao to sit in Jingnan, and Song Hao stayed in this position for less than two years before being assassinated; The imperial court sent Zheng Shaoye again, and soon Duan Yanmo was transferred to replace Zheng Shaoye. ”

"Shangguan has changed several times like a marquee, and it is nothing for our people, but not long ago, a general named Qin Yan came to Jingzhou and asked Duan Yanmo for an official position, this person is really not a good thing, and wherever he grabs it, he is simply a bandit. I heard that this person was surrendered by Gao Dudu from the grass army, and Jing's hometown was looted by this person, and the villagers were killed and injured countless times, so he escaped. ”

"Qin Yan?" When Zhu Li heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his expression was calm, as if he had a tiger in his heart, wanting to get out of the cage and tear everything apart.

Qin Yan was a thug, he was imprisoned for committing a crime, and later he escaped from prison in the Huangchao uprising, stole ordnance and took refuge in Huangchao, so he was named a partial general, but this person can't change his shit, as a general, but he does robbers, if he knew this, it would be good to let the master kill this bastard with a knife.

While the two were talking, the Shuozhou army sent people to carry rice and grain, and several doctors in the middle of the house were also sent over, without waiting for Zhu Li's instructions, they set up a cauldron and boiled porridge, and several doctors immediately began to diagnose and treat the wounded for the hungry people under Zhu Li's instructions.

After the hot porridge was boiled, the hungry people, maintained by the guards, went to collect the food in an orderly manner, and a tooth soldier came to report: "Governor, the number of displaced people has been counted, and there are 6,859 in all, of whom 5,914 are old and weak, and less than 1,000 are young and strong men. ”