Hearing this, Zhiwen finally understood the reason why the refugees were treated well in various parts of western Jinxi, and it turned out that it was the main force that entered the king of Qin, so he had to put down his posture, and did everything possible to lure the refugees out of western Jinxi, so as to lead the disaster to the east.

No, Zhiwen suddenly thought, since such a large-scale war broke out in Jingshi, why didn't Zhou Chengyun return to Jinxi on the spot in Liangxiang, but took a detour from Baoanzhou, at the northwest end of Jingshi?

And there should be a large number of people fleeing, right, how come all the way, only the hungry people who went to Beijing, and there are no refugees who escaped from Beijing?

Zhiwen put together the doubts in his heart, and Zhou Chengyun smiled bitterly, "It's a long story, let's let Si Cha talk to you slowly." ”

As a big salt merchant in southern Jin, and the president of the Pujie Chamber of Commerce, Zhou Chengyun and the governor of western Jinxi Geng Ruqi and the general soldier Zhang Honggong are familiar with each other, after obtaining the permission of the governor Geng, Zhou Chengyun and his party followed the soldiers of western Jin to the first garrison designated by the Ministry of War - Tongzhou in the east of the Beijing Division, intending to see the situation on the road, if possible, he still has to go to Jinmen.

It's just that along the way, there are no ordinary number of slaves, Tartars, routs, and refugees, and the situation is extremely chaotic, and even the Ming army in western Jin is cautious, step by step, and Zhou Chengyun's plan to go to Jinmen alone had to be canceled.

Who would have thought that Tongzhou was less than a day old, and the military department ordered the Ming army in western Jin to go to Changping in the northwest of the Beijing Division, and set off immediately without delay.

The western army of Jin entered the king of Jingqin, the materials brought were not much, and the food and salary were basically exhausted when they arrived in Liangxiang, and they expected to get the supply of the imperial court after arriving in Tongzhou, and the guest army went to fight in other places, and the local government was responsible for supplying grain and grass, which was the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

There is something special in the Beijing Division, the grain and grass of the guest army is not supplied by Shuntianfu, but approved by the Ministry of War and distributed by the Ministry of Households, but there is a premise that the guest army must be stationed in a certain place for more than a day in order to obtain supplies from the imperial court.

The order issued by the military department to the western army of Jin was obviously to use frequent transfers, relying on the food and salary that should have been given to them, and the soldiers complained, but fortunately, Governor Geng and General Zhang had prestige, and everyone ran to Changping hungry.

Zhou Chengyun naturally followed all the way, they didn't dare to stay in Tongzhou, even if Jiannu didn't come to attack, it would not be safe to meet the armies of other places.

However, what awaited them was the same trick of the military department, and the dispatch followed, this time let the Jinxi army return to the good township in the southwest of the Beijing Division, the whole army was in an uproar, and the two adults could no longer suppress it with their prestige, and when they saw that they were about to mutiny, they remembered Zhou Chengyun, the rich man.

Zhou Chengyun naturally won't sit idly by, if he really wants to mutiny, no one in the chaotic army can please him, and he funded 30,000 taels of silver tickets as military salaries, which calmed the morale of the soldiers in Jinxi, and there was no chaos.

In the original history, Geng Ruqi, the governor of western Jinxi, and Zhang Honggong, the general soldier, finally relied on their personal prestige to pacify the whole army, and went to Liangxiang according to the order, but when Liangxiang received the order of the military department again, they finally lost control of the western Jinxi army, the whole army mutinied, and the soldiers rushed around to fill their hunger.

After that, the two were arrested by Emperor Chongzhen, and Chongzhen was beheaded in Jingshi West City for four years.

Zhou Chengyun met the two of them in Liangxiang and saved their lives.

On the way to Liangxiang, they strongly persuaded Zhou Chengyun to leave Jingshi from the official road leading to Baoanzhou, bypass Taihang Mountain and go south to Jinnan, and not go to Liangxiang with them again.

According to the report, the situation in Liangxiang has also become tense, and a small group of military horses has appeared in Jiannu, and they can no longer guarantee Zhou Chengyun's safety, that is, it is not feasible for Zhou Chengyun to return to Jinxi by the same route from Liangxiang.

The time has entered December, and Zhou Chengyun knows that even if he can reach Jinmen safely now, he will not be able to leave the port, and the port should have been frozen.

If you want to go north to the Dongjiang River, you need to go to sea after the thaw in the spring of the next year, and the surrounding area of Gyeonggi is now in chaos, and it is useless to stay here, so in desperation, you have to follow the advice of Geng and Zhang, and rush to Baoan Zhou with your subordinates.

As for what Zhiwen asked, why didn't I see the refugees fleeing in the direction of Baoanzhou, it was because Jiannu not only robbed property everywhere, but also plundered people, and now the road from Jingshi to Baoan is estimated to have been blocked by Jiannu's army, and the refugees in western Gyeonggi have either been taken captive, and the rest can't escape even if they want to flee here.

Moreover, judging from the fact that Zhou Chengyun walked around Jingshi for such a large half circle, the refugees near Gyeonggi all fled to the south and did not go to the north.

"Junior Brother Zheng, the situation in Jingshi has deteriorated so far, you should join me and go to Baoan Prefecture first to make plans." After Si Cha finished speaking, Zhou Chengyun advised.

"That's all there is to it." Zhiwen sighed, Jingshi couldn't get in, there were all kinds of dangers along the way, so what else did he do, this trip seemed to be in vain, and the two things that were originally planned were not done.

Zhiwen didn't think that Zhou Chengyun would lie to him about this, because he vaguely remembered that after Chongzhen ascended the throne, Houjin did have several troops into the pass, and the farthest even hit the Ludong area, which objectively echoed Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other displaced people, accelerating the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that I didn't expect to be so unlucky, and Houjin was met by himself for the first time when he broke into the pass.

At this time, Liu Laohan had already lit a fire, boiled some boiling water and handed it to everyone, and asked tremblingly, "Isn't there a million army in Liaodong, how can you let Dongyu break in easily?" ”

Zhou Chengyun didn't mind taking the bowl that was missing, and after taking a sip of water, he said, "The million army is bluffing, even the auxiliary soldiers and people, it is good to have more than 100,000 people, and the imperial court can't afford to support it, and most of the army in the western Jin Dynasty has only 5,000 people when they enter the king of Jingqin." ”

"Huh? So little? Zhiwen was taken aback at this time.

Zhou Chengyun glanced at him, "It costs a lot of money to raise soldiers, if there are more people, I'm afraid that 30,000 taels won't help." ”

"Isn't Jinxi rich?" Zhiwen asked, the soldiers he saw in Pujie Liangzhou and Yuncheng were bright and well-equipped.

"It's better to have salt lakes in Jinnan, but other places are not much better."

After speaking, Zhou Chengyun sighed, "If it weren't for Yuan Du being confused and killing Dongjiang Mao Shuai, how could Huang Taiji dare to lead the army around Mongolia so unscrupulously, Yuan Du is self-destructing his future." ”

Zhiwen knew that Mao Shuai was referring to Mao Wenlong, about the grievances between Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong, as well as the argument between the two of them, there was a lot of controversy in later generations, and he had heard of it.

And Zhiwen also roughly knew that since Mao Wenlong and Yuan Chonghuan died successively, the original stalemate between the Ming and Jin sides evolved into a comprehensive defensive position of the Ming Dynasty, the situation in Liaodong was rapidly eroded, and the Houjin became more and more rampant, and the Ming court could be said to be helpless.

What Zhiwen didn't expect was that in the second year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong had not yet appeared, or they were not famous (Zhiwen really didn't know when these two people rebelled), and the situation in Liaodong was so bad.

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