Liaodong, Thang Long Province.

Du Ruyan was busy with his feet not touching the ground, and he was even a little anxious.

The second day of February has passed, and spring ploughing has begun, but Liaodong has scattered 100,000 young men to fight in the customs at once, which is undoubtedly a headache for Liaodong, which has a population of only 2 million.

This year's spring ploughing, it is impossible for these young people to rush back to farm.

He had no choice but to write to the counties and let them arrange for the people of each tun to help each other and complete the spring sowing.

However, this is not the most headache for Du Ruhui now, the biggest headache is that not only is there less than 100,000 young men in Liaodong now, but there are also many urgent express letters sent to Liaodong from the customs every day, almost all of them are urging food and ordnance.

It's like a rush.

Although he does have grain in the warehouse, the key is to send this grain to the Guannai, which is not simple, and it is not just to send it to one place.

Luo Cunxiao and Luo Shixin brothers in Qilu urged for grain and grass, Luo Cheng and Guo Xiaoke in Linyi urged for grain and grass, and even Fu Gonghu and Du Fuwei in Jianghuai also wrote to them, saying that they could find a way to send them some grain by boat to support. For more than a year, they have been fighting, and now they are facing enemies on all sides, and food and grass have become a big problem.

Not to mention, Feng Xiaoci, Wang Jun, Luo Siye, Guo Xuan, and others were in Hebei, and they were also urging them to transport grain.

He wants his life all the way, and now he is asking for food on four or five roads, and Du Ruhui has a headache.

He couldn't help but complain to his subordinate officials, "If you want me to say, it's time to suspend the attack, I said before that I could last for half a year, but now it seems that I can't hold out for three months." ”

A few officials who had been busy with their homes for several days also said, "Yes, we have achieved a lot of results in this spring offensive, or we should simply collect our troops, stabilize the occupied territory first, organize spring ploughing in Tuntian, and wait for the summer harvest to fight again." ”

It's just that having said that, they also know that when this soldier and horse go out, it is impossible to accept it as soon as they say it, especially now that the situation is so good, how can it be collected.

Hebei Zhulu is even more successful, has taken half of Hebei, and is now about to destroy Dou Jiande in one go, so as to recover the entire Hebei.

"There is no way but to find a way, we have to send grain to Hebei and Shandong."

"But how can we have so many manpower, and we still have spring ploughing, this spring ploughing is delayed, and there will be no harvest this summer."

"We'll only send it to the seaside estuary, and as for the rest, they'll find a way to transport it to the army themselves." Du Ruyan complained to complain, but things still had to be done.

He arranged, "Each county will send 10,000 young and strong, and each county will send 10,000 people, plus some officials and slaves, and this time we will send 100,000 people to rush to transport grain and grass." ”

"The people are only afraid of complaints!"

"Tell the people, transport a day's food, we make up for a day's money, not for free work, there is money to get."

"Transporting grain is a chore, and few people are willing to take it if they have money."

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Lushun County.

Wang Ping'an, a migrant from Shandong, is working with migrants from Tongtun to spread manure in a raw land that was cleared last year. The land is still newly cultivated, and the crops are not much harvested, but for the immigrants, it is still very hard.

After all, these lands are hope for them.

Now they live in houses built by themselves, and their food is borrowed by the government, although they do not need interest, but everyone also hopes to have an output as soon as possible, so that they can have more energy.

"Dad, drink some water."

A woman came over with a child, the woman's stomach was slightly uplifted, this woman was several years older than Wang Ping'an, and she had a five-year-old daughter, which she had with her ex-husband.

The woman and her husband originally immigrated to Liaodong with a pair of children, but later fell ill on the road, and the husband and son both died of illness one after another.

Later, the woman was grateful, and the government helped to make peace, so the pair of immigrants simply held a wedding, made up a couple, and lived together.

In this foreign land, without relatives and friends, it is difficult for a woman to survive with a little girl, and Wang Ping'an, a single, also needs a woman.

What's more, after getting married, you can also divide the land of the two people.

Wang Ping'an put down the hoe in his hand and smiled and took the wooden bowl handed over by his stepdaughter to drink water.

"Why don't you take this knife off and put it on the edge of the field, it's tiring to carry it all the time, and it's not convenient to do things." Woman.

Wang Ping'an looked down at the knife at his waist, but only shook his head.

"Carrying a bow and hoeing, swords and woods, this is something that our master and the head of the sect have repeatedly explained, usually go to work in the field, go up the mountain to collect firewood, and have to keep the sword and arrow on their bodies."

After Wang Ping'an came to Liaodong, he was also incorporated into the militia in Tunzhuang.

He joined the Zhongyi Bow and Arrow Society, and Tunli issued him a bow and arrows, and also provided him with a horizontal sword. When the farm is not working, I have to practice bows and swords every morning, and even if I go to work in the fields, I have to carry swords and arrows.

In the words of the leader, they have to be ready at all times, and they must always be ready for battle.

Because Liaodong is not as complicated as the Central Plains, the situation here is more complicated, as a militia, their swords and arrows are to guard Tunzhuang and protect their wives and children.

A fast horse galloped across the field road, and immediately the knight had a small red flag on his back.

"Assemble, assemble, assemble."

The knight shouted as he ran by.

When Wang Ping'an heard this, he immediately handed the wooden bowl to his daughter.

"Emergency assembly order, hurry back to the village."

The woman was a little alarmed, "Is this what is going on?" ”

"I don't know, but since it's an emergency assembly order, I have to go back to the village immediately."

"Then you go first, and we'll be back right away."

At this time, whether it is the government soldiers and county soldiers or the Tutuan Township Brave Militia, they all have to enter an emergency state of combat readiness and get the orders of the Tunzhuang to which they belong.

Wang Ping'an felt his heartbeat speed up a little, he glanced at his wife and daughter, although they were halfway husband and wife, but during this period of life, he couldn't do without them.

"I'll go first!"

Military orders are like mountains and cannot be delayed.

In the field, there were the same young and strong militiamen, who were running briskly with swords and bows on their backs, rushing towards the nearby tunzhuang.

After the emergency assembly order is issued, there will be military orders issued one after another.

"Hopefully, we're just on alert this time, and there's no order to call up." Wang Ping'an secretly said in his heart that his wife was pregnant, and the land was about to be sown, and at this time, he was reluctant to leave this new and hopeful home.

Entering Tunzi, the big drying field was crowded with young people from the Tunzhuang militia with uneasy faces, and everyone was talking to each other, asking what was going on.

"Be quiet, don't even speak."

The lord of the tun, who used to have a government soldier, was a disabled veteran soldier, and he had a very loud voice, and when he yelled, everyone quieted down.

"The order I just received, the Goguryeo people in Xuansu County have rebelled, and the above has put us into a state of war readiness, and each of them has to take strict care of their own Goguryeo slaves, and those who have Goguryeo concubines at home should also beware, and the Turkic slave Silla Nu must also be careful."

"In addition, the county asked us to send 20 militiamen, and 10 of them went to the county to assemble and transport grain. The other ten went to the county to assemble and assist in the defense of the city. ”

"Now, the militia of the whole tun have come over and started to draw lots, and whoever draws will go, fair and just."

Hearing the news, Wang Ping'an's face changed.

The most fearful thing still happened, he can only hope that he will not draw it now, he doesn't want to go to the county town to assist in defense, and he doesn't want to transport grain, he just wants to stay in this tun, reclaim the land and farm with his wife and daughter.