Chapter 167: Refugees

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Outside the Yanping Gate in the West City of Chang'an, thousands of people helped the old and the young, dragged their children and daughters, and lay on both sides of the avenue outside the city. Since the beginning of spring, the Turkic cavalry launched more than ten raids in the Guannei Road in the north of Chang'an, and the land after the melting snow gave the Turks the best ability to maneuver, and the situation at the border was urgent, and the border town of Fengzhou was once lost and suffered heavy losses.

Although Shuofang and Hedong have more than 50,000 heavy troops, the area defended by these 100,000 soldiers and horses is also quite large, and Yunzhou and Taiyuan are also quite far away from the border Fengzhou. In the area of Fengzhou, the main anti-Turkic forces were less than 10,000, and they were under the jurisdiction of Anbei and Shan Yu.

After the Turkic spring raid began, although Anbei Danyu Yudu Hufu responded relatively quickly, when the Turkic attack was lightning fast, Fengzhou was lost in one day, and although it was recaptured by the Tang army on the third day, the people suffered great trauma in the two days of occupation. The Turkic soldiers have always taken the heads of the people of the Tang Dynasty as a military merit, cattle and sheep may be able to live, but the people have no chance to live, so Fengzhou was broken, and the people fled south.

When the Tang army regained Fengzhou, Shuofang Hedong Liangjiedu sent troops to prevent tens of thousands of people from fleeing south, but there were still thousands of people's homes destroyed and did not want to suffer from the misery anymore, and would rather leave their homes and flee south than return to the nightmarish border towns to live in peace.

A few days ago, thousands of refugees arrived in Chang'an City, and the imperial court was not unaware of the news of the arrival of the refugees, but the attitude of the imperial court towards the refugees was divided into two factions, one faction was headed by Wang Jie, Yang Shenjin and others, and advocated deporting the refugees back to their hometowns and not allowing them to gain a foothold in the capital, so as not to disturb the public order of the capital. The other faction believes that it should be investigated clearly, and if the homes of these refugees are indeed destroyed, why not settle them in Gyeonggi, otherwise driving them back will cause trouble, or even force them to join the enemy.

The two factions were at loggerheads, and the refugees were blocked from Yanping, but no one thought to care about their livelihoods. They fought to win the matter, forgetting that the refugees had come all the way south and were dying of hunger and cold.

Wang Yuan dismounted in the square inside the Yanping Gate, and saw that the soldiers and horses defending the city in front of him were waiting for the enemy, although the city gate was open, but the city gate was heavily defended on the left, and the swords were facing the refugees outside the city to prevent them from rushing in.

Wang Yuan walked towards the city gate with a few servants, and at the entrance of the city gate that refused to be intercepted by horses, a city guard officer waved his hand to stop him and said, "Stop, are you going out of the city?" ”

Wang Yuan arched his hand and said, "Yes." ”

The officer looked Wang Yuan up and down and frowned, "The outside of the city is full of refugees, it's not peaceful, Your Excellency should be careful." ”

Wang Yuan said: "Thank you for reminding me, I just want to take a look at these people." ”

The officer frowned and said, "I went to pick up cheap slaves again, and an order has been issued from above, in order to prevent the refugees from hiding Turkic works, from today onwards, they will not be allowed to enter the city on the grounds that they are buying and selling slaves." I advise you to go back quickly, and don't ask for trouble. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, general, I'm not here to buy slaves, I'm just here to take a look." ”

The officer glared and said, "What is there to see?" Not yet a nose and two eyes? Go away, go away. ”

Wang Yuan thought about it for a while, took out the Hanlin Bachelor's waist card to enter the palace and handed it over: "How about being accommodating?" ”

The officer suspiciously took the waist card and looked at it, and said in a startled manner: "You are a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy?" But what did the Hanlin Academy do here? This should be the business of the political affairs hall, isn't it...... You were sent by His Majesty to investigate? ”

Wang Yuan was stunned and thought: This officer has a lot of brains, and it is surprising that he can think of this reason for himself.

Wang Yuan didn't dare to admit this, because it was a crime of pretension, so he only smiled and said, "General, don't make a noise, please give it convenience." ”

The officer hurriedly said: "It's easy to say, Master Wang, we didn't do anything to the people, we didn't beat or scold or harass, I saw that they were pitiful last night, and I ordered someone to light a few bonfires for them to keep warm." ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "Don't worry, general, I'm not here to ask you for trouble, just ask the general for convenience, I'll build a few porridge sheds outside the city for a while, if the general has manpower, it is best to bring someone to help me maintain it." ”

The officer nodded and said, "Okay, I said how could the imperial court forget this, the people are also pitiful, many people haven't eaten for a few days, it turns out that Your Majesty's saints have not forgotten them, and sent the king to help." I didn't say it, this is also official business, and I will personally bring my brothers to help maintain it later. ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Thank you very much, the general is compassionate, cares about the suffering of the people, and is a good general." I've made a note of this. ”

The officer was overjoyed, and the bachelor said that he had written down the matter, and did he not say that he would mention his help when he returned to the errand? Even if he mentions his name in front of His Majesty, it is a promising future.

At that moment, Wang Yuan was released out of the city gate, and crossed the moat to the avenue, but saw that the two sides of the road were densely seated and lying all the ragged refugees, and they looked at Wang Yuan and the others with gloomy eyes, the sound of children crying in the crowd, the sound of the old man coughing, and the sound of women crying endlessly. Many people were already hungry to the bones, and there were only two eyeballs left in their bodies and the strength to turn, and the scene was extremely tragic.

Wang Yuan traveled here and settled in the predicament of Yong'an Fang, he already thought that he had tasted the most miserable life, but now looking at the people in front of him, Wang Yuan realized that the real miserable life was far from being touched. At this time, it is still five years of Tianbao, and there are still many years before the chaos, and the world of Datang is still peaceful and rich, I thought that the people could live a worry-free life with enough food and clothing, but where did I think that there were still homeless people.

The thousands of people in front of me are just a microcosm, wherever there is war on the border, from Fanyang in the east to Longyou in the west, I am afraid that there are hundreds of thousands of people in such a situation, and it makes people feel scared to think about it.

Walking along the road, he roughly estimated the number of refugees, estimated at about 4,000 people, Wang Yuan found that the materials he had prepared were not sufficient, but he had no problem coping with them for half a day. When he returned to the city gate, he saw several carts coming from the entrance of the street, and it was Huang San who arrived with a few servants driving the carts. The officer ordered people to remove the obstacles at the city gate, and personally led fifty soldiers to help clear the way, and escorted several carts out of the city gate to the official road.

Wang Yuan gave an order, and Huang San took the servants to start unloading the car. These newly bought slaves were all selected from among these refugees, and they knew that the master's family was coming to provide porridge and rice to the old villagers, and they worked extra hard. A large cauldron resisted getting off the carriage, bags of rice were unloaded and piled on the side of the road, and more than a dozen pigs and sheep and sacks of vegetables were also piled up on the side of the road, and they were piled up like a hill in an instant.

The people who were lying on the ground were still a little indifferent at first, and when they saw these things being unloaded and piled on the side of the road, they suddenly felt as if this matter had something to do with them, and everyone got up and gathered around.

The officer held the hilt of his sword in his hand and shouted, "Don't come close, whoever dares to approach and move, don't blame us for being polite." ”

The people were stunned to gather more than ten steps away, watching the servants of the Wang family busy moving up and down, and an old man suddenly recognized that one of the slaves was his grandson who was favored by the buyer yesterday, and shouted: "Little Liu'er, little Liu'er." ”

The young slave put down the sack in his hand and got up to look at it, and exclaimed in surprise, "Grandpa, why haven't you left yet?" Didn't you say that you would go home when you got enough money? ”

The old man wiped his tears and said, "What else do I have to do with this old bone?" Didn't have to die halfway through. Your father and mother have gone back with a few of your siblings, leaving your little sister here to take care of me. ”

A young girl who was supporting the old man next to her had a dirty face and unkempt hair, and shouted to the young man, "Sixth brother." ”

The young slave's tears immediately fell, and he crossed his hands at a loss. Huang San saw him standing still in the distance, and shouted loudly, "Qin Xiaoliu, what are you doing?" Why don't you hurry up and do something? ”

When the old man heard this, he hurriedly said: "Xiao Liu'er work quickly, don't make the master's family angry." ”

Qin Xiaoliu nodded hurriedly and said, "Grandpa, sister, I'll come to talk to you after I'm done." ”

The old man nodded, and couldn't help but ask, "Little Liu'er, what is your master doing?" ”

Qin Xiaoliu said: "The host is a kind-hearted person, cooking and roasting meat for everyone." ”

"Huh?" The old man opened his toothless mouth, saliva was about to flow out, and he swallowed and spat at the mouth.

The news soon spread to everyone, and the refugees were thunderous and ecstatic, many of them had not eaten a few meals, and when they heard that there was meat to eat and food to eat, they were even happier than a golden doll falling from the sky.

Many people joined together and murmured, "Living Bodhisattva, I have met a great good person, and I bless the great good man with a long life." ”

The scene became agitated for a moment, and the officers and fifty soldiers, seeing the excitement of the people, were very frightened, and hastened to send another fifty men to help, and put up barriers at the gates of the city again, so that no matter what would happen to these agitated hungry people.