Chapter 183: Wuchang Mansion with withered grass and withered poplars
At this time, the location of Yinxi was Jiangxia County, which belonged to Wuchang Mansion and belonged to the rich land since the Han Dynasty.
However, what is now presented in front of Du Yinxi is still nothing more than a ruined wall.
"Huguang Governor Du Yinxi has seen Jianning Bo Liu's general soldiers, because the city is overgrown with weeds, it has become a place for dogs and wolves, so Du Yinxi can only wait for you in this ten-mile long pavilion."
Du Yinxi couldn't help but smile bitterly as he spoke.
Liu Fangliang also returned the salute to Du Yinxi.
The plug Yinxi in front of him has always been an official in Huguang before, and he is also a civilian, so Liu Fangliang naturally has never heard of him, but now seeing that he is so humble, he has also risen sharply.
"The production table is full of worries, although Liu is a rough person, he can guess some, in the past, Benjue also came to Huguang, but he has never seen such a depression now!"
Liu Fangliang said and turned around and pointed to Chen Zilong behind him: "This person is Chen Zilong, a famous man in Jiangnan, and now he is the commander of the third battalion of the infantry under the command of the Third Army of my Guards, he can help with the next pacification matters of the platform, of course, the platform has a place to get this jue, please also say hello, Your Majesty has issued an order, this matter is fully responsible for you, although this jue is an earl, but also have to obey the orders of the platform, never shirk." ”
"Jian Ningbo is well aware of the righteousness, and he admires him, without further ado, we should hurry as soon as possible, now that the Qing army is pressing the border, the army will be attached to the imperial court one day earlier, and it will be ready to resist Jiannu one day earlier!"
As he spoke, he also nodded to Chen Zilong: "Maozhong's talent, Du Mou has naturally admired him for a long time, and now he is really handsome and extraordinary, and now he is under the command of Jianning Bo, and he will not worry about making a contribution in the future, becoming a generation of Confucian generals, and doing his part to revitalize the Ming Dynasty!" ”
"Praise for making Taiwan!"
As soon as Chen Zilong finished speaking, he saw a sentry horse coming with a flag in front of him, and as soon as he arrived in front of Du Yinxi, he dismounted and replied: "Back to the production platform, according to your order, the first batch of 50,000 stone grain has arrived!" ”
Du Yinxi couldn't help but smile when he listened, and when he nodded his head, he saw the grain team escorted by the Changsha guards and soldiers appear in front of him.
However, to the surprise of Gu Yinxi, Liu Fangliang and others, there were actually a large number of people around the grain team!
There were even many gentlemen wearing square scarves and Confucian robes.
But also because of the presence of these gentlemen, although the people who came with them stared at the grain team with bright eyes, they were also quite orderly when marching.
Behind this group of homeless people were herds of wild dogs and wild wolves, and these beasts, who had become accustomed to eating human flesh, stared at the homeless people with glowing eyes.
The officers and soldiers who protect the grain have guns and arrows, and even gunpowder, so they naturally dare not approach, but for the displaced people, they go up and bite one when they see the opportunity, drag it back and start eating.
At this time, Du Yinxi saw with his own eyes that the first-class people were dragged out of the food team by several wild dogs, and began to be swarmed by more than a dozen wild dogs, running up and biting them.
None of the other outcasts were willing to come to the aid of their companions, except for their clubs and vigilant looks.
After all, they either had no strength because they were already hungry, or they didn't dare to leave the brigade, and could only watch the tragedy of dogs eating people or wolves eating people in front of them indifferently.
The officers and soldiers guarding the grain also looked at everything in front of them with such numbness, because they had to be wary of these homeless people who might go crazy and rob the grain because of hunger.
When the governor of Huguang, Du Yinxi, saw this scene, he could immediately imagine what kind of scene these grain guards were on the road in front of him, the officials and soldiers were vigilant against the homeless, and the homeless people were wary of the beasts.
And because of this, the displaced people could not storm the official army that protected the food, and the official army could not attack the man-eating beasts.
The gentry in the ranks of the displaced people had no choice but to take the ranks of the displaced people with the officers and soldiers, not to clash with the officials and soldiers, and even begged for shelter and charity from the officials and soldiers, hoping to get a chance to live.
In addition to the Jinyi Guard's envoy Wang Peng leading hundreds of Jinyi Guards, he also had his own 1,000 pacesetters to escort.
At this time, Du Yinxi naturally couldn't tolerate wild dogs eating the people under his jurisdiction at will, so he ordered his pacesetter Qianhu: "Yu Qianhu, kill those man-eating beasts first!" ”
Yu Qianhu immediately rushed over with more than 30 horses, and slashed at the wild dogs that were biting the people.
The wild dogs were directly frightened away, but the few people who were bitten by the wild dogs were also dying, and in this era of no first aid and penicillin, they could only die in agony.
The official who guarded the grain rode to the front of Du Yinxi: "Make a table!" ”
Du Yinxi slapped the grain guard official on the spot: "You are also the commander of the first guard, just sit back and watch the people being bitten by wild dogs!" ”
"The suppression of anger is not because the lower officials are ruthless, but because the lower officials can't leave their posts without permission, and the lower officials don't dare to slack off for a moment, otherwise the 50,000 stone grain will have already been looted!"
The military attache of the grain guard hurriedly explained a few words, and informed the governor of Huguang of the scene along the way, Du Yinxi.
"These people came along the way, they were all a group of hungry people, and the lower officials dared to promise that you would give them food, and said that this batch of food was transported to the front line to fight against the Tartars, and they stopped."
As he spoke, the grain guard glanced up at Plug Yinxi, who was afraid that Plug Yinxi would blame him for throwing the burden on him, the governor.
However, Du Yinxi was not angry, but nodded approvingly.
At this time, some of the displaced people near Jiangxia City also began to crawl out of the barren grass and ruins, looking at the 50,000 stone grain with bright eyes.
Because of the appearance of people, there are more and more wild dogs and wolves who are accustomed to eating human flesh.
Seeing this, Liu Fangliang ordered Chen Zilong and other accompanying officers and soldiers to remain vigilant.
Based on Liu Fangliang's experience as a homeless person in the past, the scale of thousands of displaced people is already a big threat, and once someone takes the lead, it will cause great changes in an instant.
Not to mention that there are so many brutes.
Liu Fangliang knew that the grain brought by the governor of Huguang, Du Yinxi, was to support his former brothers, so he naturally had to help protect it.
Jinyiwei pacified Wang Peng also led the Jinyiwei to pull out the sword, whether the food would be snatched away by these people, he didn't care, what he cared about was the safety of the governor of Huguang to block Yinxi.
Because whether Du Yinxi can successfully arrive in Wuchang means that the appeasement can be carried out smoothly.
"Blocking the platform, these people are pitiful, but I'm afraid that my brothers who are intruding into the army are also pitiful, they are all waiting for your batch of food, you see today's matter, how should it be good?"
Liu Fangliang asked about Plug Yinxi first at this time.
However, at this time, there was also an old man wearing a square scarf who knelt down from the homeless people, and knelt down towards Du Yinxi, who was wearing a crown belt from a first-class crown: "The student is Jiangxia County Xuezengsheng Hu Hourun has seen this old man, please save us hungry people!" ”
The court officials and the army, the common people and the wild dogs and wolves surrounded the governor of Huguang at this moment, and they all looked at him to see how he dealt with the matter in front of him.
Plug Yinxi couldn't help but feel that the beam crown on his head weighed a thousand catties for a while, and the 50,000 stone grain was naturally going to arrive in Wuchang to support the army that was about to join the imperial court, but these people who were waiting to be fed in front of him couldn't ignore it.
At this time, Chen Zilong whispered to Liu Fangliang: "This blocking platform seems to be in trouble now, and he may be able to help him!" ”