At the beginning of February, when the East China Sea was decided, the situation in Jingbei became more and more severe, and the situation in the world became even more chaotic.

The early spring is cold, but the ice and snow melt on the land between the Jianghuai River, and the thousands of miles west of Yongyang and east of Jinshui have been ravaged by war for several years, and they are shrouded in a quiet and mysterious atmosphere for the first time. As far as the eye can see, except for the occasional stump that abruptly emerges, thousands of miles of flat domains, tiled with new green that spreads across the sky.

This thousand miles of square circle is bounded by Cuiping Mountain and Xia Axi, and is divided into two pieces in the north and south, the south is under the jurisdiction of Zhenning Prefecture, and the north is under the jurisdiction of Baishi Prefecture.

More than one million displaced people stranded in the East China Sea will flood into Jiangning in a very short period of time after the border blockade is opened, and although Jiangning has made many preparations, it is still far from enough. Zhenning is better, but Baishi is completely barren land, Xu Bodang cut off Baishi period, Baishi has been sparsely populated land barren, Jiangning, the East China Sea confrontation Baishi, but also make the remnants of the population in Baishi migrate, almost all the city Wubao post roads were destroyed and abandoned into ruins.

The people on the north bank of Xia'a Creek today were among the first to migrate from the north last winter.

Xu Ruyu did not leave Qingchi with the army and went to Cuiping Mountain, but accompanied by Shao Haitang, Zhao Jingyun, Fan Zhan and others, and under the escort of one hundred and ten Qingfeng horsemen, he went north.

Although Zeng Yi's army had not yet evacuated from Dingyuan, the displaced people who first knew the news of the peace talks between Jiangning and the East China Sea had already left Piling Mansion and migrated south.

Local officials have not been able to settle the displaced people in time, and everything is chaotic.

Xu Ruyu frowned, rode on a horse, and didn't say a word. Fan Zhan also had a heavy heart: the officials selected by Jiang Ning were in a hurry, but they were afraid that they might not be able to control the chaos.

In the crowd, Ying Xu'er's figure was thin and firm, Ying Xun was wearing armor and a sword on her waist and riding a black-maned peony horse, shuttling back and forth, seeing Xu Ruyu and others, she was shocked, and she turned her head and was about to shout Ying Su'er, who had already walked out of the crowd to meet her.

Xu Ruyu jumped off the horse and said, "Sister-in-law is tired here. ”

Ying Mingyu and Xu Jingcheng promised to share their worries about the affairs of the displaced people, so they went to Biling Mansion with Chen Pre to arrange matters, and Ying Yun'er and his younger brother Ying Jing stayed in Baishi.

Ying Yun'er's face was haggard, presumably after leaving Qingchi, she had been tired, and she bowed and said, "Dare to ask your lordship, when will Jiangning Guanzuo be able to enter this place and settle the displaced people?" ”

Fan Zhan said on the side: "Guan Zuo went with the grain, but the road on the north bank of Xia'a River was broken, and the car was very slow, and it took two or three days. ”

Ying Yun'er said: "There have been grain robberies in these days, and Jiangning officials may not be able to control the situation so far. ”

Xu Ruyu looked at Fan Zhan sideways and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Fan Zhan hesitated: The Fan clan is newly attached, and his position in Jiangning is unstable, and his frivolous words will only arouse suspicion.

"What does Mr. Shao think?"

Shao Haitang's eyes fell on Ying Yun'er's face, and said with a smile: "Does Ying have good words to say?" ”

Ying Su'er looked at this innocent old man who was also a teacher and a hater with her husband in the past, and at this time she was inexplicably resentful, and looked at his restrained and still supreme majestic eyes, and said: "Su'er said with great courage: Jiangning officials return to Jiangning, and the officials should be elected from the displaced people in order to quickly stabilize the overall situation. ”

Baishi is the border land of Jiangning, and the operation of Baishi can be used to attract Jinshui and Huaishui, so it is natural to vigorously control it.

Xu Ruyu's eyes hesitated and asked, "Are you saying that Jiang Ning only appoints official seals?" ”

"If we can't choose officials from among the displaced people, we can't distribute the grain quickly, and we can't talk about the reclamation of the famine."

Shao Haitang asked: "Where to start with the selection of officials?" ”

"The displaced people migrate and support each other, and they all have leaders, or clan chiefs, or village elders, or virtuous people, all of whom can be civil officials, and it is easy to select."

Xu Ruyu looked at Fan Zhan and asked, "What does Zi Zhan think?" ”

After two inquiries, Fan Zhan didn't dare to hesitate anymore and said: "Mrs. Jiang's strategy can be accepted, the East China Sea must be unwilling to give up Baishi, but only Jiang Ning quickly stabilizes Baishi can eliminate the covetousness of the East China Sea." The people can be safeguarded, and the soldiers can be the people of Jiangning, and their loyalty can be expected, and there is no need to appoint other officials to herd them. ”

Xu Ruyu looked at Shao Haitang and asked: "As soon as this case is opened, all new places will be followed in the future, does Mr. Shao think it is possible?" ”

Shao Haitang said: "Baishi can be a special example, whether it can be followed, we need to study it carefully." ”

Xu Ruyu nodded and said: "Jingyun drafted a text for me: In addition to the head of Baishi Mansion, the officials of the six rooms and the officials of the county seals, they will go to various places in Baishi in accordance with the orders of the election officials, and the rest of the subordinate officials will be candidates for Jiangning. The officials of the Baishi clan are all recruited from the homeless people. Speaking of this, he looked at Ying Yun'er, "The election officer will be in a hurry this time, and the sister-in-law is familiar with the affairs of the displaced people, so is she willing to share in her affairs?" ”

Ying Yun'er was slightly stunned, and said secretly: Xu Ruyu accepted the suggestion, but I didn't want to refuse, but I didn't know what to say solemnly. Ying Yun'er leaned around and said: "The concubine is only afraid that she is shallow and thin, and she has mistaken the trust of the adult." ”

Xu Ru smiled foolishly: "Okay." I shouldn't have directly appointed officials to elect officials, but I had the authority to do things. Jing Yun drafted the text for me: Pi Ying Su'er served as the right sign of the election officer Si Jiang Ning Rafter, and was responsible for the selection of officials in Baishi together with Zi Zhan. ”

There are rafters under the Si Cao, and there are left and right signs, which are equivalent to the government of a government. Ying Su'er was slightly stunned, she didn't expect Xu Ruyu to make this special example, and put a big hat on her head, although Ying Su'er was conceited and knew that Jiangning had a precedent for appointing female officials, but Xu Ruyu's purpose in entrusting the important task was to keep the eldest brother in Jiangning.

Shao Haitang narrowed his eyes, looked at Ying Yun'er, and said secretly: Maybe you have enough talent, but you are far from qualified for this position with your virtue and prestige, and if you want to extend Xu Jingcheng and Ying Mingyu into the middle of the army, it is also unavoidable.

Zhao Jingyun leaned on the horse to draw up the documents, Xu Ruyu read them roughly, and sent them back to Jiangning with a note.

The matter has come to this, unless you leave Jiangning, you have to accept the facts, and Ying Yun'er does not have such a desire in her heart.

Xu Ruyu did not continue to inspect the north, but turned back to the southwest.

The wilderness is vast, the new greenery is like greenery, and everyone rides their horses, but there is no time to stop and linger in the scenery.

"Do adults value Xu Jingcheng very much?" Zhao Jingyun rode his horse and always walked on Xu Ruyu's left side.

Xu Ruyu said: "Jeju, Bianzhou, Qinghe and other places are outside Jiangning, and the generals in the army do not know deeply. If you send reinforcements to fight against the Hulan Iron Cavalry, who will you choose as the general? Even if Jing Cheng was reluctant to lead the troops again, with his knowledge of the terrain of the Central Plains and the strategy of using troops, he would always be of great use. ”

Walking southwest along the ridge of Cuiping Mountain, you only need to see the broken water and white water.

Wu Chu took Xu Ruyu into Jiangjin, and on the way to Jiangjin before crossing, Xu Ruyu had been in a coma. Xu Ruyu didn't know if Wu Chu was walking along the ridge back then.

Xu Ruyu stood on the bank of the turbulent water, and he could no longer find the tea shop of the year. Since the Jiangning army entered Baishi, the ferry port here has also been abandoned, and only some remnants remain.

Xu Ruyu stood by the water for a while, then turned around and walked towards the barracks.

Fan Wenlong led more than 20,000 elite Hangzhou troops to camp here three days ago, across the Jinshui, is Jiangjin City.

The tent is set up on a low hill, Xu Ruyu climbs the low hill, stands on the mountain rock, overlooks the distance, and can see the twin peaks of the mountain in the twilight and the south of Jiangjin City.

The distant mountains are green, and many of the past are stored.

Xu Ruyu said to Shao Haitang: "Many things in Jiangning are inseparable from Mr. Shao, Mr. Shao should return to Jiangning first." ”

Shao Haitang said: "Ru Yu wants to pass through the water. ”

Everything can't be hidden from Shao Haitang, Xu Ruyu smiled slightly bitterly and said: "I always have to see the old man." ”

Shao Haitang glanced at Zhao Jingyun and said, "It's not too late for me to accompany you to Jiangjin and then return to Jiangning." ”

Zhao Jingyun knew that his cultivation was low, and he couldn't get into Shao Haitang's eyes, and if there was an accident, he couldn't help Xu Ruyu get out of danger; Stand aside and keep silent.

Xu Ru smiled foolishly: "The Yi family can't cover the sky with one hand in Jiangjin, it's okay." ”

Shao Haitang saw that Xu Ruyu was very persistent, and thought that he could only tell Jiehai to be careful.

Yuan Zhenqin led an army of 100,000 to cross the border of Pengli Lake, enter the territory of Pengze Mansion, defeated the Jiangning Su Guard, and trapped the remnants of the Su Guard Army in Jingbei.

Since the Jingbei Incident, it is easy to seal the dust and sleep and eat. When the news of the truce between Jiang Ning and Donghai came in Baishi, Yi Fengchen was no longer able to sleep peacefully.

In the afternoon, you sentinel found that more than 100 elite horsemen galloped into the Jiangning camp on the east bank of Jinshui, and Yi Fengchen stood on the top of the East Gate Tower to watch. Across the water, across more than ten miles of wilderness, the tents are undulating, how can you see one of them clearly?

Yi Xingzhi looked at his father's haggard face, felt a faint pain in his heart, and replied: "Zi Yangqiu is not invited to leave, and Xu Ruyu should not go to the east bank camp." ”

After the Jingbei Incident, Yi Xingzhi immediately sent Ling Zezhi to see Xu Ruyu, wanting to explain to Xu Ruyu in person the matter of Huo's borrowing. Unexpectedly, Ziyangqiu intercepted it on the way.

Zi Yangqiu came to Jiangjin and bluntly said about borrowing the Tao.

The allusion of the false Dao, how could Yi Fengchen not have heard of it?

The Huo clan is weak and powerless, and the remnants of Jingbei will not pass through the core area of Jiangjin when they return to Jingxiang by the way, and the Yi clan is still worried.

Jiangning experienced the Jingbei Incident, but its strength was not damaged much; Xu Ruyu didn't listen to the envoy's explanation, but he was afraid that his heart would be full of resentment towards Jiang Jin.

Yi Fengchen asked, "Where is Ziyangqiu now?" ”

"Ling's mansion."

"The Ling family has become unscrupulous."

Yi Fengchen and Yi Xingzhi turned around to look, Yi Huaxi was poking his head out from the Dengcheng Road, with a gloomy face.

Although the Jiangjin family was busy contacting Ziyangqiu, they were not as unconcealed as the Ling family.

Yi Huaxi said as he walked: "When Xu Ruyu rose in Qingjiang, the Ling family had a close relationship with him, Xu Ruyu respected the southeast alone, and the Ling family almost moved to Jiangning. ”

The relationship between the Ling family and Xu Ruyu can be traced back to the time when the Yi family held the hegemony of Jiangjin. Wu Chuxing killed himself after assassinating Zhang Dong, and Xu Ruyu's righteousness, which had not yet grown up to be sincere, left an indelible impression on Ling Zhanwei, the head of the Ling family. Before Xu Ruyu went to Qingjiang for development, he stayed in Jiangjin for a while, saying that the Ling family secretly financed the ship's food, and after Xu Ruyu rose in Qingjiang, the relationship between the Ling family and Xu Ruyu became closer.

Ling Zhanwei passed the position of head of the family to his eldest son Ling Zezhi, although Ling Zezhi was a minister of the Yi family, he had the heart to return to Jiangning, and when Jiangjin and Jiangning had a close relationship, he unabashedly purchased land in Jiangning.

Yi Fengchen sighed lightly and said nothing.

If it was just the Ling family, Yi Fengchen would not hesitate to use thunderous means. Xu Ruyu rose to the southeast, and the Jiangjin family was vying to be the first to get acquainted, and at this time, I don't know how many families had secretly settled with Jiangning; Yi Fengchen didn't even dare to be sure that Jiangjin's soldiers and horses were under control.

Yi Xingzhi smiled bitterly: "Ziyang Qiu is the special envoy of Jiangning, and it is not a big crime to settle with the Jiangjin family?" Ling's refusal to avoid suspicion shows that Jiang Ning has no intention of forcing each other. ”

Yi Huaxi frowned and said, "Who in the world can see the truth of Xu Ruyu's reality? When he said this, his face was very painful, and it was very difficult to admit that he wanted to abandon his conceit.

Yi Fengchen said: "Jingbei has changed, Jiang Ning and the Huo family have suffered heavy casualties, Xu Ruyu has been born for several years, and he has not tasted a defeat, so it is difficult to ensure that there is no resentment in his heart. ”

"Jiang Jin was also deceived, which limited the time when the remnants of the Huo clan borrowed the road, who would have expected that Nanping would provoke Jiangning?"

Yi Huaxi was dissatisfied with Yi Xingzhi saying this, but when he thought about it, he didn't have fear of Jiang Ning in his heart.

Since the assassination of Zhang Dong by Prince Wu and the takeover of Jiangjin by the Yi family, although there has been a fierce fight with Zhang Dong's remnants in the northwest a few years ago, and there have been frictions with Baishi from time to time, Jiangjin City has not been lit for more than ten years.

However, after the Jingbei Incident, Jiangjin fell into an unprecedented crisis.

Jiangning's water camp warships north of Gantang have sailed into the river waterway, thousands of warships of all kinds have gone up the river, and assembled in the river waterway between Qingshuihuishuikou and Jinshuihuishuikou, Fengling Xingying In addition to the Su Guards being trapped in Jingbei, the Xiaowei Army and the Five School Army have assembled in the west of Liyang with a full system, and the Liyang garrison has also increased to 30,000 people, and Yi Fengchen is also quite surprised how Liyang can expand the garrison of 30,000 in just ten days. Except for the Xiao Guards who marched to Jingshan and competed with Nanping for the Jingshan Road, the rest of the soldiers and horses were mainly assembled in Wuzhou, facing Jiangjin across the river.

At this time, Fan Wenlong led 20,000 elites to the east of Jinshui and asked to borrow Jiangjin.

The truce between Donghai and Jiangning means that Jiangning can calmly mobilize more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.

Thinking of this, Yi Fengchen only felt a faint pain in his head, and even thinking about it seemed miserable, and he breathed slowly, as if he wanted to spit out the anxiety in his heart.

Yi Xingzhi looked back at the sky, the floating clouds over there were gilded and gorgeous, and the hesitation on his face was just as uncertain as the floating clouds in the sky.

Yi Fengchen was shocked when he saw it, and asked, "Okay, but there is something else to say to my father?" ”

Yi Xingzhi glanced at Yi Huaxi and said, "And when all the families in Jiangjin are in harmony with my Yi family, and Jiangning adds troops to Jiangjin, what does my father think is the chance of winning?" ”

Yi Huaxi snorted coldly and said, "I'd rather die in battle than surrender." He shook off his big and walked down to the city.

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