In May of the third year of Chongzhen, Dongguan Town, Liangxiang Township, Beizhili.

The town was in shambles, with the exception of the central temple of the city god, where almost all the houses were burned down, leaving only blackened ruins. These are the masterpieces of a passing Houjin cavalry a few days ago, they did not capture the closed city of Liangxiang, they looted the town located outside the east gate, and set a fire before leaving, burning it, if it were not for the city god temple is made of blue bricks, and separated from the surrounding houses by a large open space, separated from the flames, I am afraid that it will not be spared.

Temple

"You go to the county seat and tell the county that the soldiers of Yansui Town have arrived in Xundi, and ask him to send food." Speaking of this, Du Ruhu, the counselor of Yansui Town in Daming, took out a leather bag from the wooden box on the side, weighed it twice with some reluctance, and threw it on the case: "If the county respects the prevarication, you will give him these silver, and you must get the grain!" “

"Yes!" President Qian Du Guoying kowtowed, picked up the skin, went out and jumped on the war horse, kicked the horse's belly twice, the war horse neighed, galloped away, and soon disappeared from Du Ruhu's field of vision.

"Hey!" Seeing his nephew go away, Du Ruhu sighed and walked out for a routine patrol. Along the way, I saw groups of soldiers rummaging through the ruins, looking for wood that could be used as firewood, and from time to time there were small fights among the crowd, which found something valuable. The dozen or so cauldrons lined up in the open space outside the temple are steaming, but if you look closely, you will find that most of the wild vegetables are tumbling in the pots, and there is little grain. It turned out that after October last year, Jin's army broke through from Zunhua and Jixian in Hebei Province, and the troops reached the city of Beijing. Wang Yuanya, the governor of Zunhua in the Ming Dynasty, was killed, Zhao Shuojiao, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, was killed, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, was imprisoned for his crimes, and Zu Dashou, the chief soldier of Liaodong, led the Guanning army to flee back to Shanhaiguan. In a hurry, Emperor Chongzhen issued a decree to ask all the governors to appease the king of fire and speed, Du Ruhu, who was a guerrilla in Yansui Town of the Ming Dynasty, was ordered to lead a battalion of soldiers (about 1,000 people) to the king of Jingshi Qin, all the way to the food and salary were lacking, and the situation became worse and worse after arriving at the boundary of Beizhili, and most of the places where they went were looted by the Houjin army, and the local officials all tried their best to prevaricate, claiming that the treasury was empty and could not supply food. For the third day in a row, they had not been reinforced, and the soldiers had to slaughter camels and collect wild vegetables, and the horse that Du Guoying had just ridden was already one of the few horses in the camp.

"Master General, the atmosphere is a little wrong, let's go back!" The pro-soldier behind him lowered his voice and said, Du Ruhu nodded slightly, he also felt that the atmosphere around him was very wrong, he subconsciously quickened his pace and walked towards the City God Temple as his own line.

Du Ruhu returned to the temple, took off the armor on his body, just ate a few bites of food, he heard the voices of people outside, and just stood up to see more than a dozen soldiers rushing in, and the leader of the pro-soldiers on the side hurriedly shouted: "You dare to trespass, are you itching?" “

"That's it!" Du Ruhu hurriedly stopped the leader of the pro-soldiers, he had already seen the black and oppressive human heads outside from the cracks in the people, now is not the time to shake off his prestige, he tried his best to pretend to be casual, and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter?" “

The soldiers who rushed into the temple were intimidated by Du Ruhu's calmness, and they didn't dare to speak, they looked at each other a few times, and the leader stepped forward and said: "Tell the general, the army has been out of food for three days, and the brothers really can't stand it-"

"I see!" Du Ruhu interrupted the soldier's words: "I have asked Mr. Du Qian to go to Liangxiang County to urge food, I should be back in a few hours, and I can't delay everyone's dinner." “

Under Du Ruhu's years of accumulation, the soldiers did not speak, but Du Ruhu still felt the dissatisfaction in everyone's hearts, and he knew very well that he had to do something now, otherwise it was likely to cause a mutiny.

"Someone!" Du Ruhu snorted and ordered his own soldiers: "You go and kill my two horses, as well as the dozen or so mules that pull the cannons, and distribute them to the soldiers!" “

"Lord, that horse is a reward for you by the commander-in-chief—"

"So what, go kill it!" Du Ruhu ordered, turned his face to the dozen or so soldiers and said, "You all go back, the food will arrive at night!" “

The soldiers were moved, or convinced, by Du Ruhu's behavior, and all withdrew respectfully. Du Ruhu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the people outside were gradually dispersed, and only then did he feel a cool patch on his back, and the cold sweat soaked his underwear. A mutiny that was about to break out was finally dealt with, and now it depends on whether Du Guoying can transport the food back before dinner, thinking of this, this man who has experienced dozens of life and death tests reverently knelt down in front of the statue of the city god who was missing half of his head, and prayed in a low voice: "There is a spirit in the sky, the holy son of heaven is blessed, the city god blesses Guoying to get the food back in time, and survives this pass, Du will definitely reshape the golden body for you, if you break your promise, you will die under ten thousand arrows!" “

Maybe it was true that Lord Chenghuang heard Du Ruhu's prayers, and Du Guoying really came back before dinner, and there were dozens of carts with him, which were piled with sacks, but Du Guoying's crotch changed from a four-year-old sweet and cool horse to a donkey. The soldiers who had been waiting for a long time gathered around, their eyes full of excitement.

"Uncle, it's really hard to get some food!" Du Guoying wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead: "At the beginning, the dog county order refused to give anything, saying that the court system was the second day after the guest army arrived in Xundi. In the end, I had to give him all the silver that my uncle gave me, and it was not enough, so I was willing to give half of it, but I was asked to draw a double charge, and the heart of this dog official was simply black. ”

"Okay, okay, don't talk about these useless words, just get food!" Du Ruhu gently patted his nephew's shoulder, but he was relieved in his heart, and finally got through this hurdle: "Hurry up and let the soldiers have a hot meal!"

"Great!" Du Guoying answered, and as he was talking, an angry shout suddenly came from the crowd: "Let's come all the way to sacrifice our lives to fight the Dongyu, just give us this thing?" “

Du Ruhu was almost dragged to the side of the grain truck by the angry soldiers, only to see that the open pocket was not flowing yellow grains, but black and moldy old grains, which were mixed with a lot of chaff and sand, giving off a bad smell.

"Master General, do you see if this is for people to eat?" A soldier grabbed a handful of Chen Gu and sent it to Du Ruhu, his fingertips almost poking him in the face, but he had no time to care about this rude behavior at this time. Du Ruhu squeezed to the side of another big car with difficulty, pulled out a knife and cut through the sack, and what flowed out of it was also a blackened Chen Gu, and another car was changed, it was still the same. When Du Ruhu opened the pocket of the last cart and looked at the moldy millet flowing out, his eyes couldn't help but darken. Du Ruhu closed his eyes and suddenly shouted: "Mr. Du Qian, what's going on?" “

Du Guoying fell to the ground with a plop, kneeled a few steps and kowtowed while shouting: "Uncle, no, I will give the lord and the silver to the county order to leave, I have no money to give the official in charge of the warehouse, and the official refused to open the warehouse, and finally gave me the green-maned horse to leave!" It's useless for me, I delayed the military plane, you cut me! Du Guoying suddenly ripped open the collar of his shirt and shouted, "Uncle, cut here, all the blood that flows out of the cavity is blood, and not a grain of grain can flow." “

The nephew's plea was like a basin of ice water splashed on Du Ruhu's head, his eyes shook his sister-in-law's face, Du Ruhu's father and brother died early, it was the widowed sister-in-law who pulled him up, this nephew is the eldest son of the eldest sister-in-law, although he is an uncle and nephew, but the age is only ten years old, the relationship has been very good since he was a child, and he saved Du Ruhu's life in the battle after joining the army. The knife in Du Ruhu's hand shook violently, but he couldn't cut it, and finally Du Ruhu kicked his nephew to fight, and the young Qian Zong fell to the ground and cried.

"Boom!" A soldier pulled out his waist knife: "Damn, King Qin, King Qin, I didn't even eat the millet after thousands of miles, let's go back to Shaanxi!" “

"Yes, go back!"

"It's just a matter of arrears, and the soldiers can't even eat their mouths, but it's the opposite!"

"Yes, go back to Shaanxi!"

One steel knife after another was pulled out of its sheath and held to the sky, Du Ruhu looked around in despair, with shiny white blades and angry faces everywhere he looked. Du Ruhu raised his saber tremblingly, and suddenly wiped it with his backhand to his neck, and Du Guoying, who was quick-eyed, jumped up and hugged his uncle's arm and shouted: "Uncle, you can't die, you can't die!" “

"Bastard, let go!" Du Ruhu kicked his nephew's chest fiercely, but Du Guoying didn't let go, at this time, the soldiers on the side also came back to their senses and stepped forward to hug Du Ruhu, snatched the saber, and the desperate Du Ruhu looked up to the sky and shouted: "God, what's going on!" Why don't you give people a way to live? “

In October of the third year of Chongzhen, the soldiers of Yansui Town rebelled against Liangxiang, and the rebels attacked the county seat of Liangxiang, plundered all directions, and went west.

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