The county seat of Weishi is on the official road from Nanyang to Kaifeng, sandwiched between two rivers, the one in the east is called the Jialu River, the one in the west is called the Kanggou River, the two rivers converge in the southwest direction, and then merge into the Yingshui, and then flow into the Huai River in the south.

In terms of distance, Weishi County is closer to the Jialu River, close to the west bank of the Jialu River.

When Hu Dawei arrived at the Jialu River, Li Zicheng had already crossed the river and was helping the hungry people outside the county town of Weishi, and the people were more than ten miles outside the southern city, lined up in two long columns, and the team was zigzag, looking from afar, like two giant pythons that were marching.

The soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven Army, on the one hand, distributed food to the people, and on the other hand, maintained order, and the people in line, regardless of men, women, and children, each of them had three catties of fine food.

Three catties of grain can last for four or five days at most, but the people in the disaster area have already learned the most frugal method, and the refined grain mixed with wild vegetables collected from the fields can survive for at least ten days

Ten days later, the Mandate of Heaven Army should have left Weishi County, the Mandate of Heaven Army is not God, and it cannot save all the people, so there are some young people, with the support of their families, pretending to be single, and they want to blend in with the Mandate of Heaven Army, as long as they can be soldiers, they will have a bite to eat, and they will not starve to death.

But the conscription of the Mandate of Heaven Army, that is very strict, the new soldiers, must be checked by the nearby people, it is indeed single, only allowed to enlist, there are also local people sympathetic to the poor life, help to make perjury, although the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven are suspicious, but they will not delve into it, Wei's county, actually recruited nearly five hundred soldiers.

Of course, Hu Dawei would not have seen the Mandate of Heaven Army providing disaster relief to the people in Weishi County, he was still east of the Jialu River at this time, and when he heard the return of the rangers, he was stunned, didn't the Liukou always loot the people's property? Why is food being distributed to the people today?

He stroked his thick and messy short hair, and after thinking for a long time, he realized that the rogues must be buying people's hearts, and as long as they gain the trust of the people, they can attract more people to participate!

These people who have not undergone strict training, even if there are many people, Hu Dawei will not look at them, but if a large number of people are participating in the Liukou, even if the Ming army crosses the Jialu River to defeat the Liukou, the Liukou scatter and flee, the Ming army is small in number, and it is difficult to pursue it comprehensively!

Although Hu Dawei was anxious, but the soldiers were running around for days, they were already exhausted, and when they stopped, most of the soldiers were already lying on the ground to rest, and he cursed a few words in his heart, not knowing why the Mongolian cavalry was defeated in the hands of such a weak Ming army.

But most of the soldiers were too tired, and he had no choice but to pass down the military order: hurry up and eat dry food, drink water, and rest for half an hour!

The soldiers did not know whether they were hungry or not, and they were thankful that they could have half an hour's rest, and most of the soldiers did not care about eating and drinking, and lay down on their backs, and in a moment they were snoring.

Hu Dawei sat on the ground, took out the dry food he carried with him, chewed a few bites, felt that it was not right, and took out a large piece of beef jerky, put it in his mouth and chewed it, although he had returned to the Ming army for many years, he still maintained some habits on the grassland.

The beef jerky is a little dry and hard, much worse than the authentic grassland beef jerky, and even the meat is much older, it is difficult to chew, and there is no chewiness, so he can only taste a little bit, if he has the opportunity, he still wants to taste the beef jerky on the grassland again!

Hu Dawei chewed so much that his temples hurt, so he drank two sips of water, the pain was slightly reduced, looking at the soldiers lying on the ground, listening to their snoring, Hu Dawei was infected by their sleepy insects despite his energy, he swallowed the beef jerky in his mouth, yawned, a wave of sleepiness hit, and unconsciously fell asleep on the lap of a soldier.

Li Zicheng and Li Xin sat on the ridge not far away, watching the soldiers distribute food to the people, and chatting with some nonsensical words, but He Xiaomi was in a hurry, "Dadu Governor, if you continue to distribute it like this, the food will be divided, so what should the brothers do?" ”

"The people are really short of food," Li Zicheng pointed to a little girl covered in mud in the middle of the team, and said, "Look at it, the woman holding her hand should be her mother, right?" Seeing that she is about to go hungry, she is still so young, if she has no mother......"

"My subordinates know that the people of Henan are short of food, but they ......"

"Don't be," Li Zicheng interrupted He Xiaomi's words, "There are too many victims in Henan, and I can't save all the people, if you can save one, it's all Han brothers and sisters!" ”

"Han brothers and sisters?" He Xiaomi's sudden thought that when the Mandate of Heaven Army naturalized local aliens in Qinghai, Gansu, and Sichuan, it was extremely difficult to naturalize because of the lack of guidance from the Han people...... Maybe the Metropolitan Governor already has a clear idea......

Li Xin glanced at Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng's face was only plain and resolute, in order to break this heavy topic, he turned his head and asked, "How is it on the Jialu River?" Did the Ming army start crossing the river? ”

"Not yet, for some reason, the Ming army seems to be asleep on the other side......"

"Asleep? Haha......" Li Xin laughed, "Governor, the Ming army has traveled in circles in the east, at least half the distance longer than us, this should be very tiring, right?" ”

"This Tiger Dawei is really a tiger general," Li Zicheng bowed slightly, "I caught up so soon, I thought that at least after Songshan, he would catch up, but this is okay, the Ming army is extremely tired, and when fighting, it is difficult for them to exert normal combat effectiveness!" ”

Speaking of fighting, He Xiaomi came to the spirit, "Dadu Dudu, Li Gongzi, otherwise, while the Ming army is sleeping, we will fight over, and maybe we can fight in one battle......"

"Xiaomi wants to make a meritorious service?" Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "In this battle, we don't want to gather and annihilate the Ming army, just defeat them, don't have to work so hard brothers, we still have a long way to go, try to let the brothers have a good rest!" ”

"Isn't it Juan?" He Xiaomi was confused for a while, "Metropolitan Governor, if you have the opportunity, why don't you gather to annihilate?" If the Governor can't bear to kill, it's better to be captured......"

"He Qianhu, sometimes the enemy can help us," Li Xin said with a smile: "They can do some things that we want to do but can't!" ”

"And such a thing?" He Xiaomi really couldn't believe it, but when he saw the face of the Metropolitan Governor with a smile, it was estimated that they had set up some kind of plan, since it was a military secret, he was not good to ask again.

"Actually, it's not a secret thing," Li Xin said: "If we annihilate more than 10,000 soldiers of Hu Dawei, the imperial court will definitely be shaken, maybe a large number of troops will be sent to encircle and suppress us, then the gains outweigh the losses, defeat Hu Dawei, in the eyes of the imperial court, we are just a rogue bandit, but a fluke ambush to win," paused, and said: "Attracting the attention of the imperial court, and avoiding fighting with the imperial court, is our best goal!" ”

I see! He Xiaomi discovered, how can this Li Xin have a bad stomach? But he still didn't understand, "However, we didn't set up an ambush, isn't the Metropolitan Governor preparing to defeat Hu Dawei in a dignified manner?" ”

Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said: "Xiaomi, you don't understand this, if Hu Dawei is defeated, will he report the specific details to the imperial court?" He must be looking for an excuse for himself, the imperial court will not see our true strength! ”

"Ah......" He Xiaomi only then understood that everything about Hu Dawei was in the calculation of the Metropolitan Governor, and following the Metropolitan Governor was really beneficial!

He Xiaomi was still stunned, but Li Zicheng smiled slightly: "Xiaomi, how is the transport team?" Have you crossed the Kanggou River? ”

"Back to the Metropolitan Governor, all of them have crossed the river," He Xiaomi came to his senses and hurriedly said: "The Metropolitan Governor, is the transport team here also going to evacuate?" ”

Li Xin said with a smile: "Don't worry, when Hu Dawei starts to cross the river, let's evacuate again, let the people see, it's all the good things that the Ming army has destroyed them, if it weren't for the Ming army crossing the river to pursue us, this disaster relief food can still be sent more." ”

He Xiaomi sighed, but in his heart, he felt more and more that Li Xin was really full of scheming, and he could even think of such an idea.

The three of them were silent for a moment, and suddenly heard a rush of footsteps, Liu Zongmin hurriedly ran over, separated by a long distance, and said loudly: "Dadu Governor, the Ming army has begun to cross the river, what should I do?" ”

Li Zicheng jumped up, He Xiaomi hurriedly handed over the telescope, between here and the crossing of the Ming army across the river, there is a flat river, the naked eye may not be able to see clearly, but the telescope can see clearly.

Li Zicheng took the binoculars and looked into the distance, the Ming army really began to move, the soldiers who were lying on the riverside had already stood up, most of them were packing up, and some people had begun to walk towards the pontoon bridge by the river.

"Xiaomi, tell the people that the Ming army is coming, we must stop distributing food, let them not mess up, and return to the city quickly!"

"Yes, Grand Duke!" He Xiaoxiao was overjoyed and distributed a large amount of food to the people, he was most distressed, the education of the Mandate of Heaven Army has always been concerned about the people, but Weishi County is not the territory of the Mandate of Heaven Army, the people of Weishi County are not the people under the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion, is it just because they welcome the Mandate of Heaven Army into the city, they have to give them food? There are so many victims in Henan, if the imperial court doesn't care, can the Mandate of Heaven Army take care of it?

If it weren't for the disaster relief order issued by the Metropolitan Governor himself, he would definitely not have carried it out, fortunately, Hu Dawei came, and the disaster relief to the people could be stopped, at this moment, in his heart, he was grateful that Hu Dawei came so soon, otherwise the Heavenly Mandate Army didn't know how much food it would lose!

When the people heard that the army was coming, they panicked, but the temptation of food made it difficult for them to make a choice.

The people who had not yet received the relief food were very anxious, and they looked at the Jialu River in the east, and then looked at how many people were still waiting in line in front of them, and prayed silently in their hearts that they would not receive the relief food......

However, the Ming army had already crossed the river on a large scale, and the Heavenly Mandate Army rangers continued to warn, and the soldiers who distributed relief food were forced to stop putting away the grain bags and suspend the distribution.

Li Zicheng looked at the grief-stricken and screaming people, and muttered: "These people just want to live, Chongzhen, have you seen it?" ”