Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume III: The Turbulent Central Plains

Chapter 2 The Crisis of Gathering Hungry People Begins

Section 4 The only remaining way to live

Liu Yunwei saw that the four people shouting in front of the formation of the displaced people on the opposite side ran out, and he felt a little strange in his heart, so he rode out of the battle, and pointed a gun at the head of Huang Fuming and said loudly: "I am Liu Yunwei, the guerrilla general of the Hanwei battalion, and you are the leader of these displaced people?" Have you come here to rebel? ”

Huang Fu Ming never thought that there would be such a young chief general in this army of heavenly soldiers, and he said in surprise: "Back to the general's words, we are not waiting for a crowd to rebel, behind me are the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they are all the people of the Ming Dynasty who are about to starve to death!" Nowadays, the whole province of Henan is suffering from a severe drought, and there are fields everywhere that have failed to harvest, and the common people can no longer survive, and the government has distributed very little relief grain, and the salary allocated is heavy. There is no way, we can only gather in a big city like Dengfeng to beg for our lives! ”

Liu Yunwei sneered and said, "Are you coercing the government?" Do you think you'll get food in this way? ”

"Otherwise, what else can we do?" Huang Fuming asked angrily.

Liu Yunwei looked at Huang Fuming and the others, and said, "Let's not talk about these first, the homeless people who attacked my Hanwei camp last night were your subordinates?" You keep saying that you are just here to beg for a living, but what you do is an act of gathering people to rebel! ”

Speaking of this, Huang Fuming's face darkened, and he waved his hand behind him. I saw a few homeless young men running over with more than a dozen heads, and piled them up in front of Liu Yunwei without a sound.

Huang Fuming said with a sad expression: "General, please see, these are the first criminals of those displaced people who attacked the camp last night, and there are more than 100 in my camp. They didn't want to rebel, they were just hungry and wanted to eat a full meal before they died. I have beheaded these first offenders, hoping to give an account to the general. ”

Seeing this, Liu Yunwei also felt a sharp pain in his heart, why did these originally honest people become outcasts who were not afraid of death? Except for the disasters that come from heaven, are there no man-made disasters?

"Since this is the case, then General Ben will not hold you accountable for attacking the officers and soldiers. However, it is not a way for you to gather a crowd to make trouble like this, once the court determines that you are gathering a crowd to make trouble, then it is not us who will come to negotiate with you, but a rebel army that has come to encircle and suppress! ”

Hearing this, Huangfu Ming asked loudly: "Then the general will show us a clear way!" We will either starve to death or be killed by the officers and soldiers, will we still have a way to live? Your Excellency, General, you say! ”

Liu Yunwei rode his horse forward a few steps alone, and said loudly: "I led the army to come today for nothing else, just to give you a chance to choose!" A chance to live! I have brought you two things: the army of tigers and wolves and tens of thousands of stone grain! If you obey my command, lay down your weapons at once, and obey the arrangements of the Hanwei battalion, I promise that you will not starve to death again, and tens of thousands of stone of grain will be transported here in a few days; However, if you resist to the end......" Speaking of this, Liu Yunwei raised the spear in his hand violently, and saw thousands of Hanwei battalion soldiers behind him advance ten steps together, and shouted loudly: "Wan Sheng!" Wansheng! Wansheng! "The sound is like thunder, and the momentum is like a tiger!

"If you continue to be obsessed and stubborn to the end, these tigers and wolves are your talismans!" Liu Yunwei said coldly: "Now, you make a choice immediately!" Do you want to live, or do you want to fight to the death? ”

Huang Fuming and the others looked at the army in front of them with pale faces, and they were immediately deflated. Want to rely on tens of thousands of outcasts who have been frightened and starved to the point of being unstable against thousands of elite soldiers? Only an idiot would do such a thing, and Huang Fuming and the others thought they weren't idiots!

Huang Fuming sighed heavily and said, "What the general said, can he do the master?" You know, there are political secretaries, princes and vassal kings in Henan, and there are prefects and generals from all over the country, and the general is just a general of a transit guest army, how can we believe what you say? ”

Liu Yunwei looked at the ragged people, and then at the desperate Huang Fuming and the others, and said: "Before I came, I had already asked Lord Wu of Dengfeng Governor to raise food, and in a few days, everyone would be able to have enough food to eat; Even if there is not enough food at that time, as long as you obey my orders to lay down your arms, I will use the military rations in my camp as a pledge to ensure that you have food, but you will follow me out of Henan and go to Sichuan. ”

Huang Fuming and the others were taken aback and asked, "What can we do when we get to Sichuan?" ”

"Be a military household, Tuntian."

In the afternoon of the same day, nearly 70,000 displaced people all laid down their weapons and surrendered to the Hanwei battalion, and Huang Fuming and his subordinates Liu Jinhui, Lan Yuan, and Li Mingzhi were appointed by Liu Yunwei as stewards, temporarily commanding tens of thousands of displaced people. At the same time, Liu Yunwei led the soldiers of the Hanwei battalion to set up camp a few miles away from the camp of the displaced people, and first mobilized a group of military rations to help the displaced people, and tens of thousands of displaced people settled down a little. Subsequently, Liu Yunwei sent someone back to Dengfeng to inform Wu Zhoukang and urge him to step up the collection of relief grain.

In the middle of the night, Liu Yunwei's Chinese army tent was still brightly lit, Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Li Tianhao, Zhao Kaishan, Wang Gandang, Gao Hongguang, and Wen Poyu were all present, and even Master Chen was called over.

Liu Yunwei said to everyone: "Everyone knows what happened today, and I am ready to bring all these displaced people back to Sichuan, do you have any opinions?" Let's talk about it."

Lu Ying first said: "Why did the eldest brother do this? These people are not tens of thousands of soldiers who can travel thousands of miles, these people are outcasts! And many of them are old people, children and women! How do we bring them to Sichuan? How long will it take to get to Sichuan? ”

The rest of the people also expressed their worries, believing that it was the business of the local government to help the displaced people, and since the Hanwei Battalion, as a transit guest army, had quelled the turmoil, it was already considered benevolent and righteous, and there was no need to carry tens of thousands of displaced people to travel thousands of miles and carry the burden on their backs for no reason.

Liu Yunwei said: "The reason why I insist on bringing these homeless people is for the future of our Hanwei camp!" Think about it: Since ancient times, how many strong armies have we produced in China? Qin Zhiruishi, Han Zhibei Army, Tang Zhixuanjia, Song Zhiyuejia Army, why did these strong armies all disappear in the end? Some strong armies and even the main generals die in a fleeting way? It is because the foundation of this army has been lost! What I am doing today is to build the foundation for our Hanwei Camp, and these displaced people are our foundation in the future. I want to bring them all back to Sichuan, these people will become military households under our rule, and these young men will become a steady stream of reserve soldiers in our Hanwei battalion, so that in a few years, I will be able to reorganize tens of thousands of tigers and wolves and return to Liaodong! ”

Everyone listened with enthusiasm, and then they understood Liu Yunwei's purpose, and got up together and said: "I am willing to follow the eldest brother to taste the courage and conquer the world!" ”

Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "I know that this matter is very difficult, and it can even be said that it is impossible to complete, but I believe that as long as our brothers work together, we will be able to overcome the difficulties and complete this matter!" ”

At this time, Master Chen said helplessly: "Little General, there is one thing I must say in advance, that is, there are only 3,000 stone of grain and grass left in our camp now, and this grain will not last long at all." If the little general wants to bring back tens of thousands of displaced people, he must try to raise a huge amount of food. ”

Liu Yunwei nodded and said: "What Master Chen said is very right, so we must get the food raised by the Wu Governor's Mansion, and we will also try to raise it in many ways in the future. You know, I promised these homeless people a way to live, and I must keep my promise! ”

After all, there are tens of thousands of mouths to eat every day, and the pressure is very great, and Henan is still thousands of miles away from Sichuan, it seems that this matter has a long way to go.

At this time, Gao Hongguang on the side thought for a while and said, "Big brother, I think that even if we continue to buy grain, the local governments can also provide some food, but this food is still a big problem." ”

Liu Yunwei waved his hand and said, "I know." Hongguang means that once the news of our relief for the displaced people spreads, there will soon be displaced people from all over the world to beg for food, and then there will be more and more displaced people, and it will not take long for the food in our hands to bottom out. ”

Gao Hongguang nodded and said, "Big brother Gaojian, if it really comes to that time, what should we do?" ”

Liu Yunwei shook his head helplessly and said, "I don't know, we can only do our best to obey the destiny of heaven." ”

Everyone's hearts were very heavy for a while.

Early the next morning, Liu Yunwei was preparing to take Lu Ying and Gao Hongguang to the camp of the displaced people to have a look, and talk to Huang Fuming and others about going to Sichuan. As soon as everyone walked out of the gate of the Hanwei camp, they saw that Mr. Bai, who was sent to Dengfeng yesterday to urge food, hurried back.

Liu Yunwei saw that his expression was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "What did Master Wu say?" How many days will it take for the food to arrive? ”

The Bai Zong's face was very bad at this time, and he was almost about to cry, and said: "My lord, the food can't come, there is a big riot among the displaced people in Henan Province, and Yanshi and Yiyang are all besieged!" Now the grain stocks in the entire Henan Province have been requisitioned by the political envoys to be transported to Luoyang as military rations, and the garrisons in various places are being mobilized. The food that Lord Wu promised to us was also requisitioned! ”

Liu Yunwei suddenly stood on the spot as if he had been hit hard.