The 300-material inspection officer ship slowly approached the trestle bridge full of ice floe, and Yang He walked from the pedal to the bridge deck and walked towards the stone steps of the river embankment. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He slammed into a throbbing, and his heart throbbed, and he couldn't help but look west.

"Xianggong, what's wrong?"

Chen Qiuao behind him led the horse and followed him onto the trestle bridge, he was wearing iron armor, wearing an eight-petal hat and an iron-pointed helmet, wearing a thick cloak, and the nail leaves clanged between the lines, mighty and extraordinary, seeing Yang He paused, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

There was also Deng Sheng, who was patrolling beside him, wearing a green official robe from the ninth grade and wearing a black veil, just as surprised.

Yang He stood on the trestle and looked at the west for a long time, his expression was a little dazed, only Yu Jiangfeng tried his best to puff up his black mink cloak, and the sound of hunting.

Finally, he seemed to come to his senses, shook his head, and said, "It's nothing. ”

But I was thinking in my heart: "Today is the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, and I think the second battle of Kaifeng has been ......."

He was a little anxious, in history, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai allied forces of 500,000 people to attack Kaifeng, attacked for more than 20 days, and launched the most fierce one on the 12th day of the first month of this year, but the defenders were resolute, and finally retreated.

Finally, on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, it was decided to bomb the city with gunpowder, dig a large hole more than ten zhang deep and more than ten zhang wide at the site of the city wall selected in advance, fill it with dozens of stones of gunpowder, and arrange a large number of foot soldiers and horses near the entrance of the cave.

In the end, the gunpowder detonated, and in the sound of the sky and the earth cracking, the smoke of the medicine was like a late night, countless grinding stones and masonry reached the lixu in the air, and the thieves waiting by the trench were stoned to death and shot countless deaths, but no one was injured in the city.

The outer wall of the city wall was blown apart, and the inner wall was only a few feet thick, and it still stood outstanding.

Li Zicheng, Luo Rucai and others thought that this was the will of heaven to help Kaifeng, morale was gloomy, the idea of retreat, the next day the old camp five drums out of the camp, the siege thieves did not move, until noon all the thieves left, the second battle of Kaifeng ended.

After this battle, Li Zicheng and others also swept all the prefectures and counties in the Central Plains more tightly, intending to isolate and isolate Kaifeng, in February, Wang Qiaonian was defeated, and most of the Liukou took advantage of the victory to capture Chenzhou, and then committed Guide, and soon broke through the city of Guide.

Looking for the columns, Luyi, Yucheng, Bozhou, Huoqiu, Lingbi, and Xuyi all fell.

Xuyi is on the south bank of the Huai River, the same falls, Suining is closer to Lingbi, how can the thieves not come to attack?

I don't know how many rogues will come, and whether Suining City can be defended.

And also......

There was a pain and unwillingness in the depths of his soul that would soon sink into Luyi, but he couldn't do anything about it.

It's too far, and his forces are too thin.

It has been a few months since he arrived in Suining, and he has not been in contact with his mentor Ji Maoxun, and there is not a single letter.

There are all kinds of reasons in this, how can there be no shame, helplessness and evasion?

……

Yang He walked silently, stepping on the stone steps of the river embankment, the spring cold is precipitous, coupled with the fierce river wind, the cold is biting, it seems that people's eyes can't be opened.

Inspector Deng beside him didn't have any worries about him, he caged his sleeves and looked back at the vast river, which was full of broken ice, but it was not frozen, his fat face was full of smiles, and said: "This year, the river is not frozen, it seems that when the peach floods, the embankments on both sides should be worry-free." ”

Yang He also had a smile on his face, and he said: "When the river thaws, the wharves on both sides of the river will be repaired, and the ships coming and going can dock in large numbers at the Xin'anji wharf." ”

Deng Inspector laughed, imagining the grand occasion of the gathering of boats, but the Taoxun he was talking about was from late March to early April of the solar calendar every year, when the upper reaches of the Yellow River thawed and opened the river, and the amount of water in the river continued to collect and form a flood.

Because it is the peach blossom season along the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, it is called "peach blossom flood", referred to as peach flood.

The Taoxun is terrible, the flood can reach about 1,500 cubic meters per second in the heyday, and such a flood flow rushes down, and the embankments on both sides of the river are often washed away.

Therefore, the four floods of the Yellow River, Taoxun, Fuxun, Autumn Flood, and Lingxun, every time it comes to Taoxun, it is a time when the states and counties along the river are very tense, and the river officials are on standby day and night.

Moreover, Taoxun is often combined with Lingxun in the upper reaches, especially the section of the Yellow River to the north, it will definitely freeze in winter, the ice bed continues to accumulate, the ice on the Yellow River is almost dozens of meters higher than the riverbed, and as soon as it melts in spring, there are floodplains and even bank collapses on both banks.

In later generations, aircraft and artillery were used to bombard the ice, but at this time, Ling Taoxun had no solution, and there was no good way except to defend it strictly.

Generally, the dynasties also stipulate that the river official is not guilty of breaking the pass.

Experienced people will know how much water will flow next year by looking at how thick the ice of the Yellow River is in winter.

This year, the Yellow River has not been frozen in ice, and this time the peach flood should be good.

Thinking that the embankment was fine, and Xin'anji could develop more and more, Deng Inspector was in a good mood, and he patted his ass and said: "Everything is the credit of Lord Yang, but the lower officials are stained." ”

After several battles to suppress bandits, the inspector Deng Sheng keenly saw the potential and strength of Yang He, and the affairs on the north bank were all based on Yang He.

Deng inspected the original archers more than 20 people, most of them were unusable, the Jiaoshan bandits came to commit that day, with Deng Sheng's patrol body, it was easy to say bad things, and promised a generous reward, and finally only five archers were willing to enter the village to participate in the war, and the rest all found excuses to slip away.

Of course, Inspector Deng was angry about this matter, so he took advantage of the topic to play, except for the five archers, the rest were logically reorganized, and in the future, they only received salaries in name, and the affairs of the Inspection Department had nothing to do with these archers, and Inspector Deng also took the opportunity to see what was clear.

After the adaptation, there were also 100 archers under the command of Deng Xunjian, all of whom were young and strong archers recruited from various villages.

They were divided into two teams, one team was led by the original archer Chen Liuliu, Zuo Xiaowuer was the deputy of the team, and the other team was led by Zhang Wangao and Zhang Jiuer, veterans of Xin'anzhuang, who were the main and deputy of the team.

Their responsibility is also to be responsible for the security of the thieves on weekdays, check the waist card of all things, and after the north shore rule, the southeast and northwest will set up cards, they have two teams of archers, one team is stationed in the set, and the other team is separated from each card, every three months.

The food, clothing, and food of these archers were also provided by Xin'anzhuang, and so was the training and conquest, which meant that Deng Inspector was deprived of military power and became the commander of the light pole, with only one name left.

However, Deng Inspector doesn't care, at least there is a name, and this is much stronger than his original more than 20 people, and he doesn't need to give money, Yang He didn't treat him badly, and in the future, Xin'an Ji Ruoxing will naturally have his dividends.

Deng Patrol is more interested in this matter, and he is soaking in the market every day, counting how many shops have been added today.

Yesterday, I learned that Yang He's official uniform had come down, and he volunteered to accompany Yang He to the county seat.

……

At this time, they walked to the stone steps, Deng Inspector was followed by Liu Kedi and Wang Ding, and Yang He was surrounded by Chen Qiuao, as well as four guards, all wearing helmets and armor, wearing thick cloaks, leading horses, and dressed the same as Chen Qiuao.

They are all veterans, and they have fought bloody battles with Jiaoshan bandits and Tongshan bandits, and they have iron cloaks and gloves, and there is a murderous and sharp spirit in their demeanor.

The world is not peaceful, and now Yang He travels, and there are at least five guards with him.

And the Ming Dynasty originally defaulted to the fact that the people could have five soldiers, and armor was strictly forbidden, but Yang He is now the general manager of Suining Lian, according to the township contract, the township soldiers can even have artillery, and the guards under their command are wearing armor, but it is justified, and people can't find fault with it.

Everyone walked on the embankment, the field of vision became more and more vast, the Yellow River in front of them was very magnificent, wide and infinite, but the wind was too strong.

Chen Qiuao and Liu Kedi led the horses, and Yang He and Deng Inspector rode on the horses and went down the trail to the embankment.

Chen Qiuao's five people also rode their own mounts, riding horses to follow, they all took turns to train equestrianism, flying can't run, but it's still okay to ride a horse, only soap Li Liu Kedi and Wang Ding walked, looking at Chen Qiuao and others with envy.

Now there are forty-five horses in Xin'anzhuang, and in the distribution of horses, each sentinel team has a war horse, and then each has a general, and each manager also has a, and there are 20 horses in surplus, which will be temporarily raised.

Several guards followed the trip, naturally all of them rode horses, all of them were armor and cloaks, long knives and round shields, and a bright red armor, heroic and awe-inspiring, which set off Yang He and others more and more extraordinary.

Now, even Gao Qifeng of Suining Zhi County is unlikely to have an ironclad cavalry guard.

However, this time to the county seat, only Chen Qiuao and a few people accompanied Yang He, the beginning of the one-year planning, Minister Yang, Han Daxia and others are busy with affairs, it is impossible to move around casually, Hu Employment according to Yang He's instructions everywhere layout.

The captain of the sentry team had an encounter, and he was busy training equestrianism with Pei Pochuan and Ling Zhanyun.

Zhang Songtao has more things to do, so now the only one who can follow him closely is the three-in-one team of guards, assaults, and military law led by Chen Qiuao.

They rode horses to follow, all of them were beaming, from today on, Yang Xianggong is the official of the imperial court, the sixth official of Suining County.

The armed forces of Xin'anzhuang also justifiably became the official army of the imperial court.

Xin'anzhuang continues to expand its troops, although Yang He doesn't care, but many people under his command are always worried, and now they have a name, and they can be regarded as a reality.

……

Yang He ran towards the trail, he still carried a horse chopping knife, a bow and arrows, a handcuff, and wore warm ears, in the troubled times, vigilance has become his instinct.

Soon, they went down the South Shore Wharf Trail to Xin'anpu and walked onto the official road to Suining.

Walking here, on the road, I saw an endless stream of homeless people, all of them in rags, with yellow faces and thin muscles, looking at these people or calling for children and daughters, or carrying children with baskets, carrying pots and bowls, and being very miserable in the cold wind.

Yang He watched silently for a while, last year's Layue Liukou was raging on a large scale, causing countless refugees, many people fled outside the New Year's Festival, but the Yellow River is wide, there are no bridges, no freezing, and no boats, blocking their way north.

They came from the direction of Xuzhou official road and could only go to Suining.

Or follow the west bank of the Yellow River and go all the way to Taoyuan and other places.

This spring is cold, the weather is cold, and I don't know how many people can walk.

Even if you go, what do you rely on to survive?

Seeing that they all looked numb, many people only subconsciously walked in the direction of Suining, Yang He sighed in his heart: "Don't suffer from poverty but suffer from anxiety." ”

Poverty is terrible, and even more terrible is the loss of order and the insecurity of the surrounding environment.

When Yang He fled, he deeply felt this, if it weren't for his great fortune, he would have died many times along the way.

These people are lucky to come here, if they go to Suining, they have to find a way to settle down, otherwise when the rogues come, except for a very small number of lucky people, most of them will only become meaningless, flesh and blood bones filled in the trenches.

Looking at their situation, Chen Qiuao rode on the horse without making a sound, but there was a lot of unbearable meaning in his eyes.

The remaining four guards were also quite emotional, if they hadn't met Yang Xianggong, I am afraid that they would also be a miserable member of this.

Inspector Deng watched indifferently, and the two soaps roared even more triumphantly, letting the refugees in the way dodge.

At this time, of course, there is no concept of walking left and right, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, except for returning to the middle of the road, otherwise you can be killed on the spot, the rest are used to walking everywhere on the official road.

Seeing the Yijia Ming and his group coming, there were even more officials roaring, and the refugees on the road were all afraid and numb to dodge, and for a while the adults screamed and the children cried.

Yang He frowned, but he didn't say anything, this concept of hierarchical treatment was not something he could change.

What he wants to do is to let his subordinates have enough food, clothing, warmth, work, and a channel to rise, not to engage in equality.

Otherwise, why would he live in the No. 1 mansion in Xin'anzhuang and occupy the best resources?

What these refugees need most is resettlement, a place to eat, live and work, not low-level pity.

Soon, they passed Xin'anpu, arrived at Yichenpu, and then went to Xiaopu and other places, all the way to the scene of depression, there was no New Year's atmosphere, only the refugees and refugees on the road staggered along, with a faint hope, to Suining City.

A group of people crossed the Sui River from the pontoon bridge, not far from the polder wall of the north gate, there are many puddles on the east side of the road, a piece of reeds, but the west side of the road is along the Erlang Temple, there are quite a lot of nests, a large area, a messy thatched house and reed house.

Then quite a few ragged, glazed-eyed refugees sat or lay inside, patrolled by officers with knives.

There were also handymen with cloth towels on their faces watching, and from time to time carrying away stiff corpses from the bunks.

The people in the nest shop are so numb to watch the bodies of their relatives being carried away, perhaps they have long been numb to life and death.

However, it was the gentry of the government who set up a porridge factory outside the north gate and gave porridge every day, so more and more refugees and displaced people gathered here.

Inspector Deng smiled at Yang He and said: "In the first month, there are more and more displaced people, so the county lord ordered to set up a porridge shop, and Zhou Jiansheng and others are happy to donate grain and rice, but they are kind-hearted people." ”

Yang He nodded, Zhou Jiansheng is Gongsheng Zhou Mingyuan, he mobilized the gentry to donate food and rice, he is indeed kind, just looking at the situation, the number of porridge shops is obviously a drop in the bucket, and most of the refugees in the nest shop are yellow and thin, and their breath is dying, just hanging their lives.

Then it was freezing and the amount of porridge was small, and many refugees couldn't survive.

Yang He frowned, the displaced people can't gather like this every day, and if they can't be properly resettled, there will be big problems in the future.

They rode their horses over, attracting countless eyes along the way, and soon they came to the outside of the polder, where there were small city towers, polder bridges, and moats, but there was no urn city.

The north gate is close to the Sui River, the river floods more than once, the houses here are often flooded, after the flood in the autumn of the second year of Chongzhen, the north gate is gone, the houses are all washed away, and there is no house here in the future.

However, outside the east gate polder wall and the south gate polder wall, there are a small number of Guanxiang streets and alleys, which are less than 100 meters, and there are only a few shops and tea shops.

When everyone arrived at the polder, they saw that the small stone bridge leading to the polder gate was guarded by some strong people, each of whom was a scarf, with feathers inserted in the brim of the hat, wearing a green coat with arrow sleeves, a red cloth trumpet coat, and a red ribbon wrapped around the waist.

Led by a forty-year-old sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked squad leader, armed with an iron ruler and waist knife, they just shouted and roared to stop the refugees from entering the city.

In front of them, there were men and women, old and young, all begging and begging, but it was some bunk refugees who wanted to go into the city.

After all, it is not a way to rely on porridge and water every day, maybe after entering the city, there will be more opportunities to make a living, and these strong classes and people are just preventing.

"Don't enter, grandma's, who knows if they will get mixed in with the thieves' fine work......"

The head of the team was pale and yellow, wearing warm ears, he crossed his waist, and just screamed: "Little ones, be careful, don't let a homeless person enter the city." ”

was scolding vigorously, and suddenly a look of fear and flattery appeared on his face, and he nodded and said, "Yang ...... Lord Yang. ”

The people looked at it, but it was Yang He and his party who came over, and the fat soap Liu Ke and the second person walked proudly in front to open the way, and then the sound of hooves was mixed, Yang He and Deng Patrol walked side by side, followed by Chen Qiuao and five people, all of them were hussars and iron armor, wearing thick wool cloaks, and they were very sharp.

Seeing them riding horses, the horses under them snorted, spewing thick white gas, and shields hanging on the side of the saddles.

At this time, Yang He's prestige for exterminating the Tongshan bandits had already spread all over Suining City, and the officials and people in the city were all shaken.

From today on, this Yang Xianggong, no, Lord Yang, has officially become the sixth imperial court official in Suining City.

These people can be pretended to be powerful in front of the people, and their real identity is just untouchables, regardless of status or strength, they are far from Yang He.

So seeing it, he was even more of an ironclad cavalry on this trip, and all of them were shocked, and nodding their heads became their instincts.

Yang He glanced at them lightly, and Inspector Deng smiled: "It turned out to be Zheng Bantou, you are on duty today?" ”

That Zheng Bantou saw that Yang He ignored him, and he was not embarrassed, but he felt that this was an official's style, he looked at Deng Inspector, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Lord Deng, accompany Lord Yang to the county seat?" ”

Yang Hedao: "Lao Chen, give these leaders the red envelopes of the Prime-Year Festival." ”

Chen Qiuao responded, grabbed some broken silver wrapped in red paper from the saddle side, and said coldly: "Come here, my family will reward you." ”

Zheng Bantou and others came over and happily took the red envelope, and said busily: "Thank you, Lord reward." ”

Yang He looked at it lightly, and thought in his heart: "If the Liukou invades the city, all these people must be replaced, at least they can't be allowed to guard the door." ”

"Dog Officer ......"

After appreciating these people guarding the gate, Yang He was about to enter the polder, but suddenly a voice full of hatred came from the refugees.

Yang He turned his head violently, and there were people who were lying on the ground kowtowing like garlic, but they didn't know who was scolding.

Yang He frowned, Chen Qiuao's eyes were as sharp as eagles, and he glanced at the crowd, and there were four guards, who also held down the long knife angrily.

Inspector Deng opened his mouth, and Zheng Bantou's face was gloomy, and he said gloomily: "Who is scolding?" ”

He danced the knife in his hand, and the iron lock was pulled out, and he was about to step over there.

There were a few cries among the refugees, but someone was so frightened that they cried.

Yang He frowned and looked at it for a while, and finally opened his mouth and said, "That's it." ”

Stir up the horses and go into the polder.