Chapter 560: Alone in Longtan

After Yan Wenxiang's death, Zhao Guanhou's status is also quietly changing. www.biquge.info Originally, he was just a general of the guest army, entering the country to suppress bandits, and leaving afterwards, and the entanglement with Shaanxi would not be too deep.

But now that Yan Wenxiang died violently, there is no overseer in Shaanxi, and it is impossible for Zhao Guanhou to serve as the overseer of Shaanxi, but if he recommends someone to take over Yan Wenxiang's position, with his military exploits and the personal relationship of the president, this recommendation will definitely be passed.

Therefore, not long after the troop set off, the relief from the surrounding prefectures and counties of Shaanxi was delivered. Although Shaanxi is poor and wealthy, in line with the great principle that no matter how hard it is, no matter how poor it is, it cannot be a poor commander, the grain, grass and military supplies sent are quite considerable. Xianyang alone raised more than 2,000 yuan, and there were several one-time bedding made in Shaanxi, and they were all sent to serve Jiang Fengzhi.

Zou Xiurong and Aunt Jin checked the food and cotton clothes sent, and Aunt Jin was quite happy, "These grains have three more days of military rations." As soon as this salary is broken, my heart will be the first to tighten. I am the assistant to run the grain station, let a woman take this position, and the handsome man also has a lot to do, if it can't be done, what face do I have to see him? Finally, the urgent need has been solved, and when the road is opened, it will be better. ”

"The foreign rice we purchased is also about to arrive, and when the time comes, no matter what, the fourth child will also open up the salary road, and it will not make you embarrassed as a grain station." Zou Xiurong knew a little about the relationship between Aunt Jin and Zhao Guanhou, and felt a little sorry for her.

"What is the arrangement of the fourth child for you?"

"My identity, if you want him to arrange it, isn't it difficult for him? This is very good, after a few years, I will be old, and I will naturally break off with him. While you are young, there is such a period, and it is not in vain. It's Miss Zou, you and Second Master Meng ...... there."

"Don't mention me, you can't control our business." Zou Xiurong shook his head, but with a smile on his face, "Fourth, he always wants to drive me away, this time Guo Jian controls Huayin, harasses the railway all the time, and it is not safe to take the train, I see how he can do it." ”

Looking at her appearance, Aunt Jin didn't say anything, only muttered in her heart: Like me, she is also a hard-working woman.

Zhang Zhengju's injuries had already healed seventy percent, and as soon as Zhao Guanhou's troops moved, they sent Zhang Zhengju out to fight the front station. The former drew a map near Qiangbai, and when he was engaged in immigration by the way, many young and strong people joined the army, and Zhao Guanhou organized these people into a company, and the company commander was Zhang Zhengju. This time, it was he who took this company of soldiers to go to find out the intelligence and reconnoiter the news.

In this area, there are many troops to save the country, and Zhao Guanhou does not dare to be careless. In particular, Cao Shiying's department is the most powerful force in the army, although it is a feint, we must also worry that he will really fight against him, and the troops are on alert according to the state of battle. The cavalry of the vanguard came into contact with some of the rangers, and the other side retreated quickly, and there was no intention of fighting.

When Ryanstein was figuring out how to beat Cao Shiying to go to Qiangbai, he didn't want Zhang Zhengju to come back with Pegasus. The man almost rolled off the horse, hugged Zhao Guanhou's horse legs and shouted: "Handsome! Go to Qiangbai! These melons have lost their conscience and set fire to Qiangbai! My men have gone into the city to put out the fire, but the fire is too big to be saved. Please send troops to save the fathers and villagers of a city. ”

"Set fire?" Zhao Guanhou's expression froze, "In your own land, set fire to the city?" Cavalry regiment, follow me! ”

He didn't wait to move, but Liu Peixuan rode over from behind. Although she is a young lady, she can also ride horses. Her parents were still pale, and when they heard the news, their faces turned pale, and they grabbed Zhao Guanhou's arm and begged, "Take me there...... I'm going to see my dad. ”

"Get on the horse, I'll carry you away!"

The whip flicked, and the iron rider turned into thunder and rolled away. Cuiyu immediately looked at the team in the distance, and looked back at Su Hanzhi, "Sister, this girl is quite capable of rushing forward." ”

"She's also pitiful, you let her go more. What about a young lady, she refuses to even give her a title now, it is even worse than Cheng Yue, we are kind to her, don't let her suffer. ”

"The eldest sister is too kind-hearted, and she will be ridden on her head sooner or later."

Su Hanzhi smiled slightly, and said secretly: If I am not good, I am not being used as a gunman by you. Your ten-grid pillow close friend still wants to use me, but you see me as the Su Hanzhi of the day. It's just that there is no need to say this, on the surface, they are still sisters, but in their hearts, they have their own calculations.

When the cavalry arrived at the county seat of Qiangbai, the fire had not yet been extinguished. A company of soldiers had the heart but the power to deal with such a large fire. Even with the addition of the survivors in the city, the strength is greatly lacking. Zhao Guanhou jumped off the horse, untied his cloak and threw it into Peixuan's arms, and then shouted: "Everyone, follow me to fight the fire!" "Led the charge to the fire.

When Sun Meiyao was a robber, she didn't know how much she did to kill people and set fires. But when she rushed into Qiangbai County, there was still a burst of qi and blood, and the smell of burnt smell came to her nose, and she was dizzy and wanted to gag for a while. The soldiers who entered the city in the early stage had been smoked into stove kings, and everyone desperately covered them with sand or beat them with things, but the effect was not great.

When the sun set, Sun Meiyao sat on a stone weakly, only feeling that her body was sore and weak, and she was even more tired than after the war.

The smell of burnt did not abate, and there was another cry in the city. The harvest of the firefighting was a large number of refugees in the city, as well as a few houses that remained in ruins. In the entire county, not a single intact house can be found, nor can there be a single drinking well.

Liu Peixuan's whole person seemed to be stupid, standing on the street, not knowing where to go, holding Zhao Guanhou's cloak tightly in her arms, holding it to her chest, refusing to let go. The two big eyes looked around blankly, as if they had suddenly become stupid, or had lost their soul and became a wooden man. Sun Meiyao looked at her and asked the female soldiers beside her: "What kind of moth is she going to make, is she trying to find a way to seduce people?" ”

"I'm afraid not. It seems that her father and mother didn't run out. The place where you sit used to be their home. It was a big yard, and it was all burning, and all the people were dead. said that the bandits gave the order when they were leaving, and tied up all the people in her family to prevent people from escaping......"

Sun Meiyao's fist slammed on the ground, got up, and came to Liu Peixuan, "Sister...... If you want to cry, just cry, in the future, there will be a sister, and your sister will be your relative. You are my sister-in-law, who dares to bully you, I can't spare her! ”

"Sister!"

Liu Peixuan shouted, her body shook for a while, and the person had already fallen. Sun Meiyaochi hugged her, and when she saw that she was unconscious, she hurriedly shouted, "Where is the handsome?" Where's the big handsome? ”

Liu Jun ran over at this time and said, "If you go back to your wife, the handsome man is looking at the refugees, and I'm afraid I can't take care of this." This gang of ****, this is too lacking in morality. burned the entire county, leaving us with a lot of mouths. The food is not rich in the first place, and now it is even more troublesome. ”

The Qiangbai fire left behind tens of thousands of mouths, and they had no food and no property. All the grain was looted by Hu Yunyi. In addition to food and property, even the clothes were stripped off by the Salvation King and put on himself to keep out the cold. In the city, there is not even a single person with complete clothes, regardless of men, women, old people, and children, they are all shivering in the cold wind, looking at the officers and soldiers entering the city, and they don't know what fate awaits them.

The Beiyang Army could choose to continue to advance regardless of them, after all, the magistrate was gone, and Zhao Guanhou did not bear the responsibility for the aftermath. Sun Meiyao also thinks that these people can no longer be cared for.

"It's not that I don't have a kind heart, it's that we don't have to be kind. This strategy is to let us take care of the refugees, so we have so many mouths, otherwise none of these people will survive. Our salary channel has not been opened yet, so isn't it a delay to take care of these refugees? ”

"No, Mei Yao, you're wrong to think so. We have to manage not only these refugees, but also with great fanfare. Set up a tent in Qiangbai and set up a porridge field. Not only local refugees, but also refugees from the surrounding areas can also come here and wait for rescue. I will send another official letter to Dali and ask the magistrate of Dali to assist in running this charity hall. Pei Xuan's parents are both mourned, and she is in a bad mood, so she happens to be running a care bureau here, and she will also see a doctor, so she can use it. Food, let me tell you this, once this situation is handled, our food will be more secure than in the past. ”

"You mean, make a fuss about them?"

Zhao Guanhou proudly pinched her chest, "It's getting bigger here, and your brain is getting smarter." These gangs of bandits, leaving such a good topic, I don't make a text that can be the top score, I'm sorry for them. I tell you, they think it's a clever plan, but in reality, it's the way to die. Just because of this fire and Chang'an's robbery, the monarch of salvation is doomed to defeat this time. ”

The powder burns, and the smoke rises. White smoke rose one after another, and Tessie observers, dressed in tweed coats and fur coats, strolled through the Qiangbai streets. As he walked, he used the cane in his hand to point to the tents and the refugees who had lined up in front of the porridge shack.

As a result of the health orders imposed by the Lu army, the grime on the faces and hands of these refugees has been washed away, replaced by pale and puffy swelling caused by malnutrition, and red by the cold.

Although they were already wearing some ill-fitting clothes, they were so fat that they could finally cover their bodies and have some food, but they still had no house to live in, so they had to live in tents. Dull-eyed gaze and blank eyes are common traits of all refugees.

They looked at these foreigners, instinctively ducked back, they were afraid of foreigners. Although I can't tell what I'm afraid of, I'm really afraid, maybe for all rich people, they will be afraid.

The original family has been broken, and most of them have lost wives, daughters, mothers, and sisters. In addition to some new immigrants, some of them formed a new family life. Most people, on the other hand, are still wary and wary of strangers, and the farther away the better.

"Ignorant, backward, barbaric. This is the true portrayal of this country. But even so, we still have to say that everything that happened in Qiangbai is really another humanitarian disaster in this eastern country. We are here to loudly condemn and condemn the creators of this disaster, the Shaanxi bandits. These inhumane bandits are wantonly causing death in Shaanxi, and the Chinese government's handling is still slow and slow. The only thing worthy of praise is the Guanhou General Zhao......"

Rodley wrote the manuscript quickly, and he believed that with these close-to-life photos and his own words, he would definitely win the award this time. He looked around and found that Hannah was gone, and on the side, another reporter smiled and said:

"You're looking for the Prussian lady, aren't you? You see, there she is, in the porridge shed. It is really incomprehensible why this Prussian girl should participate in the charity activities of these barbarians. We have made an appeal and actively raised donations, which is already the greatest help to them, you know, the epidemic in this country is very terrible. ”

"Perhaps, she's a devout Catholic." Rodley shrugged his shoulders, "Dude, no matter what, the situation in Shaanxi must get better." ”

"That's right, the Savior must be re-evaluated. If they continue to operate, we will not be able to do business here, and we will not be able to build railways and survey mineral deposits. God forbid, these madmen, in a frenzied attack on all signs of civilization. I heard that in Chang'an, even the priests can no longer guarantee safety. It seems that we should warn our friends that the help of the bandits is enough. ”

The news of Qiangbai's relief has spread nearby, and refugees from nearby towns are pouring here. The Salvation King was happy to see this kind of behavior come to fruition, so naturally he would not stop it, and would also arrange for some spies to enter. But soon, they found out that it wasn't a good idea.

The spies are always found out and handed over to the people, which is far more uncomfortable than hacking them to death. The road of fine work could not be followed, so he had to change his course, and the Salvation King began to drive the refugees purposefully, advancing towards the Qiangbai area, and using the refugees to consume the few supplies of the officers and soldiers.

However, with the increase in refugees, some businessmen also saw the business opportunities and took risks to rush to Qiangbai with relief materials such as food, tents, and cotton clothes.

At this time, caravans were the most popular, especially those that trafficked rice and grain, and as soon as they entered the city, they were protected by officers and soldiers. Although the scale of the caravan in front of him was small and the amount of food it carried was limited, it still enjoyed the treatment of being received by Zhao Guanhou.

The caravan boss was a well-known merchant in the Tongzhou area, and there was naturally no shortage of means of entertainment, and the negotiations between the two sides went smoothly, and the price of grain was set quite reasonably. Although they did not have a house to live in, the merchants were accustomed to long distances, and they could endure hardships, and they carried tents with them in their cars, which were extremely luxurious and warm, but they would not be offended.

Zhao Guanhou sent the merchant to his tent, but saw that in the tent, there was a man lying there, with a few plasters on his face and a thick sheepskin jacket on his body, and his facial features and body shape could not be seen.

The merchant smiled: "This is my nephew, who has never been out of the house, and has suffered a little cold on the road, and the etiquette is not good, so it is no wonder that he is handsome." ”

"Master Zhou is polite, there are military doctors in my camp, if necessary, let the doctor come and take a look."

"Don't bother, put some plasters, sweat, and just turn around."

"In that case, then you rest, and I take my leave."

Zhou Keshang asked unintentionally: "My next food, or send it here?" Settle with Dashuai? ”

"The next batch of grain will be delivered here, and the delivery will be found by the magistrate, and I will start in two days and go to fight Guo Jian, the front line is dangerous, so there is no need to go."

The young man's body trembled, and Zhao Guanhou looked at him with some concern, "It looks like it's swinging, do you want to find a Lang Zhong to take a look." ”

"No, no, we have medicine."

"Then you guys, pay attention to your own safety, and come to me if you have anything."

When Zhao Guanhou left, Zhou Keshang came to his nephew's side and whispered: "Third wife, that person is gone, and the villain has retired." ”

"Don't call me Mrs. Three, I'm not Mrs. Three anymore. You be careful, don't let the person surnamed Zhao see the flaw, send this news out as soon as possible, don't let the big boss suffer...... Hopefully, it's still too late. (To be continued.) )