Sun Lin's heart was full of pain, he was only in his early thirties, but he looked like an old man in his forties, a young man who was freshly dressed and angry in Jinling City, and now he is middle-aged.

His brows were furrowed, and there was a hidden worry that he couldn't get rid of.

Since the twelfth year of Chongzhen, his situation is also not good, although he kept the position of the chief soldier at the beginning, but he was deposed not long after the excuse, and returned to Shi Kefa as the deputy chief soldier. A few months ago, Cao Governor Zhu Dadian was ordered to lead the general army of the mountain 'east to support the Daimyo's mansion, so that the garrison of the east of the mountain was empty again, so Chongzhen remembered him again, and under the recommendation of Zhou Yanru, he returned to the post of the general army of Denglai. It's just that after nearly two years, the Denglai soldiers he pulled out single-handedly are now only three or two kittens left, with a total of only more than 3,000 people, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled.

He is no longer as impetuous as he was at the beginning, and he has no shame to ask Yu Guozhen for strong support, and he does not have this time. As soon as he arrived, the Yellow River had already burst its embankment, and it was divided into two branches in the north of Lanyang through Dongming, Puzhou, and Shouzhang, one of which seized the course of the Daqing River and went directly to the Tiemen Pass into the Bohai Sea, and the other took the canal and channel, and entered the sea from the Haihe River.

The former was only a little more than 200 miles away from Denglai, so he received the news in a very short time and realized the seriousness of the situation.

The banks of the new Yellow River have become swamps and mud, millions of families have been destroyed, and in another month, the cold winter will come, and at that time, under the pressure of hunger and cold, the people who have no way to survive have no choice but to rebel.

Even if the emperor in the Forbidden City is Yu Guozhen, as long as he can't transport the relief grain. The victims had no choice but to rebel.

He let out a long sigh, and the resentment in his heart turned into hope again. He knew that Yu Guozhen had arrived on Tamna Island, and according to the time, Yu Guozhen should also get the news now, and he should have made a decision.

"Master Commander, will Nanhai Bozhen come?" A pro-soldier asked.

This pro-soldier was picked out by him from Shi Kefa's side. It's quite smart, but his questioning is a little harsh. Sun Lin glared at him: "Nanhai Boren loves the people, he got the news." It's bound to come, and everyone will hold on for another five days at most. Nanhai Bo will come with food! ”

"It's no problem for us to hold on for another five days, but I heard that we are here to help the people, and the people have come to Yangjiaogou, thousands of people have arrived every day, and our food is limited, and the porridge we drink today is already unstable with chopsticks. The lives of the people are in charge, but our lives and deaths are also in charge. The chief soldier ......"

Hearing the chatter in his ears, Sun Lin waved his hand and slapped the past, blocking the words of the pro-soldier immediately.

He didn't understand, this chief soldier who was originally easier to get along with. Why is it suddenly like this?

"Don't be verbose, if Nanhai Bo comes and finds that we didn't try our best to save the people, I will be the first to be held accountable, and none of you will want to escape." Sun Lin said sharply, and then. He found a high place and stood up, looking at the lazy Denglai soldiers around him, he said loudly: "How many of you have done something under my account three years ago? ”

There were few applicants, but after all, there were still a few, and Sun Lin's heart was a little relieved. He added, "Do you remember the taste of Xinxiang's canned meat?" ”

"Remember, how not to remember?" The few veterans suddenly lifted their spirits, and their mouths couldn't help but drool.

"If you remember, just listen to my orders, let's help the people here, Nanhai Bo will definitely not treat us badly, he will soon send a boat, the whole boat of canned meat, when the time comes, everyone will eat enough - those who don't know what canned meat tastes like, you can ask the people around you who know what it tastes like."

Sun Lin's words played a certain role, "canned meat" is a new thing, but as long as someone explains, and then use a little imagination, so all the Denglai soldiers began to drool in their mouths. While it makes them hungrier, it also makes them more productive.

One by one, the fleeing people were led to shelter from the wind and the sun, and a trench was dug for them to live in temporarily. Every 500 or so people dig trenches around them to drain the water. At the same time, it is said that the sprinkling of lime everywhere can eliminate poisonous insects that are invisible to the naked eye, and everyone's urine and urine must be disposed of in a centralized manner to avoid diseases......

Sun Lin is quite familiar with these contents, and in order to prepare for immigration to Xinxiang, he has not resettled the people in this way. But every time he did it, he still felt that he was in a hurry and had no clue, and every time he came to this time, he especially admired Yu Guozhen.

I don't know how he turned those victims into immigrants and then into residents of Xinxiang.

Because of the cold weather, one by one the fires were raised, in order to avoid fires, Sun Lin had to send people to watch the fire, but then there was a fight between the victims for the firewood and grass, and Sun Lin had to deal with it himself. When the two sides of the brawl were finished, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and glanced to the east again.

Then, he saw countless brocade sails.

At first, he thought that he hoped that Yu Guozhen's support would arrive and had a delusion, but soon, he realized that this was not an illusion, and that a large number of sailing ships had indeed appeared on the sea east of Yangjiaogou, at least twenty, and the largest of them was like a small mountain.

On the sea today, only Yu Guozhen has a fleet of this size, Yu Guozhen really did not abandon the people, and really sent people!

"Nanhai Bo is here!" He couldn't help but exclaim.

"Nanhai Bo is here!" The Denglai soldiers also exhaled.

"Nanhai Bo is here!" The loudest cheers were made by the victims. Among them, many of them were people who were recaptured in the Shandong War three years ago, and they did not choose to go to Xinxiang with Yu Guozhen, but the Tiger Guard Army, which was strict in military discipline and loved the people like children, still remained deeply in their memories. So when they arrived at Sheephorngou, they heard that Nanhai Bo would come to help them, and they were convinced.

Now, Nanhaibo's fleet has really arrived!

The Ming Dynasty does not attach importance to sea power, and Yu Guozhen certainly will not make this mistake, for some important places along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, he has specially sent people to investigate the hydrological data, the most important thing is the depth of the channel, like the sheep horn ditch, because it can be connected to Jinan Province, is a key channel in the Bohai Sea. Although the water here is not very deep, the river is flat and there is no barricade, so large boats can enter the river. However, for the sake of prudence, Yu Guozhen ordered the big ship to anchor at sea, and then use the small boat to transport the supplies ashore.

He himself took a small boat and was the first to set foot on the land on the north bank of Giethoorn.

"Jimin, Jimin!" Before the boat could get closer, he heard shouts of excitement and saw a man waving to him. He recognized it carefully, and recognized that this middle-aged man who formed the word "Chuan" on his forehead because he always locked his eyebrows was Sun Lin, who was high-spirited at the beginning, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Brother-in-law Keham, why do you look like this?" After he went ashore, he took Sun Lin's hand and asked.

"I didn't sleep for six days, and I didn't wash, so I was inevitably embarrassed...... Don't talk about this, it's good if you come, I'll go sleep for a while, and you'll take care of the things here. ”

Seeing Yu Guozhen, the tension in Sun Lin's heart was immediately put down, he was really tired in the past few days, so he was not polite to Yu Guozhen, wrapped the tattered coat on his body, and lay down directly on the ground, in the blink of an eye, snoring like thunder.

Yu Guozhen noticed that the coat he was wrapping in was still the Tiger Guard coat he gave at the beginning, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, when Chongzhen was twelve years old, Sun Lin had realized his mistake, but although he never made his own claim, he also rejected Yu Guozhen's kindness, and even if he was dismissed, he never asked Yu Guozhen for help.

In a blink of an eye, more than three years have passed, and Sun Lin, who has gone through countless things, has finally matured. He has less taste of celebrities and gentlemen, but more of the taste of doing practical things, and Yu Guozhen appreciates this kind of person who does practical things.

Boatload by ship of Tiger Guards began to land, and the organizational efficiency of the Tiger Guards was extremely fast, so that after a short time, thousands of people had already landed. They immediately dispersed, some seizing high points to set up defenses, others taking command and starting to resettle the victims, and some building improvised docks along the river beaches. It's like having an invisible hand threading a needle through the void, keeping everything busy and organized. Those Denglai soldiers, who had thought that they were very capable, watched all this in amazement, and saw that the work that would have taken them two hours to complete in their hands was completely completed in the hands of this group of people in black uniforms, and it only took half an hour or even a pillar of incense to complete it, and it was extremely beautiful.

When Sun Lin woke up, he was surrounded by the sound of fire, and he rubbed his eyes and found that he was no longer on the river beach, but in a tent. He lifted the curtain of the tent door, and when he came out, he saw campfires all around.

It's already night.

The smell of meat made Sun Lin snort fiercely, and he didn't care about his image, so he squeezed directly to a bonfire, and while roasting the fire, he said to the person next to him: "Do you still have canned meat, give me some, I've been hungry for the past few days......"

"You deserve it, since you know I'm coming, and you still save money like this, you deserve to starve."

The person next to him handed over a tinplate tin can, Sun Lin just opened it, grabbed it with his hand and was about to eat it, and Yu Guozhen's voice came from behind him. Sun Lin stuffed the meat in his hand into his mouth first, took a mouthful of oil, and then muttered: "The sea is far away, and although I am sure that you will come, I don't know if you are fully prepared, so I have to save some and let you do it well......"

As he spoke, he took the meat in his mouth, sat down by the fire, and fell asleep again.

Yu Guozhen stared at his thin face and shook his head slightly, his heart full of emotion.

Sure enough, it is still such a big era that can train people, if Sun Lin was a little flashy before, then now, he is hammered steel.

It's just that what will his attitude towards Emperor Chongzhen be, if he knew that he was going to hold Chongzhen hostage, would he still trust and support him so much? (To be continued)