It was already early March, and the Jiangning battalion had finally successfully completed the task of exterminating the Liukou.

The results of the battle are brilliant, the 50,000 rogues who entered the territory of Shanxi, no longer exist, the rogues who were eliminated by artillery and flintlock pistols, there are more than 5,000 people, after the soldiers launched a charge, the rogues who were killed, there are also thousands of people, the sergeants led by He Renlong, they were ruthless, and killed a lot of rogues.

This was a battle worthy of serious summing-up, the artillery and flintlock pistols completely destroyed the fighting spirit of the Liukou, made the Liukou lose the confidence to resist, and reduced the losses of the Jiangning battalion to a minimum, nearly a month of battle, the Jiangning battalion lost less than 500 soldiers, the leader of the Liukou Zhang Xianzhong was captured alive, and the Jiangning battalion captured more than 20,000 prisoners.

There are still some rogues who have escaped, these people, Su Tiancheng will not pay attention to them, these people are homeless, and they have no choice but to join the team of the rogues, even if they flee back to Shaanxi on foot, their hearts are full of fear, I am afraid they will not continue to join the team of the rogues, and they need to find another way to make a living.

The problem still exists, and some government offices in Shaanxi and Shanxi have a rude attitude towards the common people, do not care about the lives of the common people, and regard the displaced people as fierce beasts, which to a certain extent forces the displaced people to join the ranks of the rogues.

Su Tiancheng has no way to solve such a thing for the time being, he doesn't have so much power.

Before there was time to think about what to do with the captives, new problems erupted.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, most of Shanxi suffered from drought, and in the eighth year of Chongzhen, suffered from locust plagues, almost no grains were harvested, and this year, all the evil consequences came out.

Hungry people in some places. There was no food, so they could only eat the bark and blades of grass, and by the end of February, the leaves of grass were left, and the hungry people were on the verge of collapse.

The situation in Taiyuan, Lu'an, Liaozhou, Fenzhou, and Qinzhou is particularly prominent.

Binh Duong is slightly better, quite a few people. He went to Henan Province to participate in the project of dredging the Yellow River, and earned silver to maintain a basic life.

The soldiers of the Jiangning battalion began to evacuate Qinzhou and prepared to return to Henan Mansion.

Along the way, Su Tiancheng saw a shocking scene.

Groups of hungry people walked on the official road, and at any time people fell due to physical exhaustion, and people's corpses could be seen on the official road at any time. The corpses were ignored and uncollected.

Su Tiancheng ordered the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion to help the people along the way and collect the corpses.

The news spread rapidly.

The swarming of hungry people made it difficult for the Jiangning camp to move an inch.

There were more and more hungry people following the team, and the Jiangning battalion carried food. It simply can't be sustained.

Sun Chuanting, Bi Maokang, Xiong Zijian and others saw such a situation. They have made statements, which means that the Jiangning camp has done its best, and so many places in Shanxi have suffered disasters, and with the strength of the Jiangning camp, it is impossible to relieve them. According to the current situation, if it drags on, there will be a food crisis in the Jiangning camp.

Their suggestion, Jiang Ning Ying or go back to Henan Province, the hungry people here. Let the local government take care of it.

After Su Tiancheng calmly finished listening to the audience, he shook his head decisively.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what are we coming to Shanxi to exterminate the Liukou, what is it for, so that the common people can live a peaceful life, look at the situation in front of us, do these people still have a way to live, if the government can care about them, it will be like this, we left, no matter what, what is the way out for these people, they can only join the team of the Liukou, burn and loot, barely survive, such things, Jiangning Camp must be managed."

Everyone looked at Su Tiancheng and stopped talking, they didn't mean to care, but that Jiang Ning couldn't manage it.

"Xiong Zijian, you led a thousand soldiers to quickly rush to Taiyuan Mansion City and find the King of Jin, this is a letter I wrote to the King of Jin, asking the King of Jin to set up a special relief place in the area of Taiyuan Mansion to help the hungry people survive the famine."

"Liu Tiehan, you led five hundred soldiers to Pingyang Mansion City, this is a letter I wrote to my father, asking my father to set up a porridge shed to relieve the victims."

"Sun Yuankun, you carry gold and silver, go to the county towns along the way, buy a lot of food, all the hungry people who follow the Jiangning camp, there can be no starvation to death, the battle is over, all the soldiers, try to save food, can help some hungry people, think about it, these hungry people, if it were your parents, what would you think."

"Lord Sun, this is a letter I wrote to the governor of Shanxi, please submit it directly to the governor and ask him to open a warehouse to help the people, at such a time, if you still strictly guard the granary, the people will have no way to live."

The method proposed by Su Tiancheng quickly spread, and the hungry people who followed the Jiangning camp soon learned the news.

Such a measure can stabilize the hearts of the hungry people, but a bigger problem also comes, there are more and more hungry people behind the Jiangning camp, and in just a few days, it has reached nearly 100,000 people, most of whom are old, weak, women and children.

Wang Dazhi had already taken Su Tiancheng's handwritten letter and led people to Luoyang as soon as possible, planning to drop some of the grain from Luoyang to help the hungry people here.

The hungry people followed, slowing down the march of the Jiangning battalion.

In desperation, Su Tiancheng could only ask Luo Chang to return to Henan Mansion with most of the soldiers, and he took a few thousand soldiers to stay and take care of the many hungry people.

As for the 20,000 captives, most of them are strong young and strong, and they will be escorted back to Henan Mansion together, and only Henan Mansion can find a way to digest and settle these prisoners.

Killing too many people is not always a good solution.

Ten days later, Su Tiancheng and his entourage finally arrived in Yueyang.

The main camp of the Jiangning camp is located here.

The hungry people who followed all the way were still close to 100,000 people, and these people had become a heavy burden on the Jiangning camp, and the food purchased along the way could be maintained in front of them, but there were too many people, and a little food was not enough at all.

Sun Yuankun, Xiong Zijian, Liu Tiehan and others have already rushed back and are waiting in the Yueyang camp.

Inside the Chinese military tent, Su Tiancheng frowned.

"The governor received the letter, but it is still difficult, Shanxi's important duty is to exterminate the rogues, and the grain in the warehouse is military food, so I dare not use it easily."

"The King of Jin has begun to set up a porridge shed to help the people, the situation around Taiyuan Mansion is still good, this is the King of Jin's reply to the adults."

"Porridge sheds have been set up around the city of Binh Duong, and relief has begun to be given to the hungry......"

Su Tiancheng's most worried thing still appeared, the attitude of the governor of Shanxi is the most critical, the government can not come forward to help the victims, this is impossible to last, he can give the emperor a secret fold, imploring the emperor to order Shanxi officials at all levels to open a warehouse to relieve the victims, but in doing so, it is tantamount to overstepping the line and offending the officials at all levels in Shanxi.

Su Tiancheng finally said the method he had been thinking about for a long time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, many of the soldiers in the Jiangning camp are not married, I see if it is possible to find a suitable girl for the soldiers among these hungry people, a soldier marries a girl, and he can save the family, so that the number of hungry people can be reduced to the greatest extent, these days, I have carefully observed, among the hungry people, there are many girls."

After Su Tiancheng said this opinion, he found that everyone's expressions were very strange.

After a long time, Sun Chuanting spoke.

"My lord, how did you come up with such a solution, this parent's order matchmaker, I'm afraid this matter is not easy to arrange."

Su Tiancheng rolled his eyes, at this time, he was still shackled by these thoughts, Liu Tiehan's wife Zhao Xicui was not also rescued by the Jiangning battalion when he exterminated the Houjin sergeant in Baoding, Beizhili. When the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion were in the south, it was difficult to find a wife, but when they came to the north, such a situation would definitely change, the reputation of the Jiangning battalion had slowly gone out, and many gentry and wealthy households knew the way, and the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion were not the identity of military households, and the monthly income was very high, and the conditions were very good.

Besides, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion always have to get married, and some of the soldiers are not young.

Of course, this kind of large-scale marriage, thinking about being able to spend the first month, is impossible, only the officer can come forward and ask the girl's opinion, if it can, it will be done.

"Master Sun, at this very moment, don't have these calculations, in my opinion, this matter is decided like this, Xiong Zijian is specifically responsible for the operation, we are all officers of the Jiangning battalion, seeing that so many brothers have not started a family, and there is no filial piety, the future task of the Jiangning battalion is still very arduous, and it is always facing conquest, if it goes like this, I am sorry for their parents."

Xiong Zijian opened his mouth, but finally did not speak, unexpectedly that this task fell on his head.

Not to mention, the idea that Su Tiancheng thought of really solved a big problem.

After many years of disasters, the girl from the peasant family did not pay so much attention to it, and when she learned that the soldier who married the Jiangning Battalion could support the whole family and follow her to Henan Mansion to farm, her parents were busy agreeing.

However, there are also things that Su Tiancheng did not expect, this decision he made, after it was passed to the imperial court, was impeached, and many court adults who believed in Confucianism thought that this move was offensive, no matter what, Su Tiancheng was the eye of the palace test, and he should know these etiquette.

After learning of these impeachments, Su Tiancheng faced it with a smile, and did not even play a fold to defend himself.

There is no justification for this.

In late March, Su Tiancheng finally returned to Luoyang.

Just returned to the palace, and the eunuchs in the palace were already waiting.

The holy decree was very clear, requiring Su Tiancheng to escort Zhang Xianzhong into Beijing.

He was finally able to go back to the capital and see his son and daughter, but Su Tiancheng was not very happy, because there were some situations that he already knew, and they were not very good. (To be continued......)