Chapter 160 - Accepting Refugees
It was late at night on the third day when they arrived in Youzhou City, and the team rested on the outskirts of the city, waiting for dawn to enter the city.
A contingent of 1,000 men, armed with torches, was as careful as possible not to make a noise, unsaddled the horses, and fed the fodder.
Outside the city of Youzhou, a large number of people gathered, men, women and children lay on the ground. Someone heard the noise and shouted, "Run, wow, the Uighurs are coming." ”
The crowd began to stir, and people fled for their lives, and no one could tell whether they were friends or foes. The crowd crowded and trampled in a chaotic manner, and the cries and shouts came and went, rushing to the city wall of Youzhou.
Shi Xiong shouted loudly, "Father, old folks, we are the imperial army, don't be afraid, rest in peace." ”
The commotion did not stop because of Shi Xiong's words, and Shi Xiong's words were drowned out in the crowd's cries. People who are like frightened birds, especially in the dark night, the psychological shadow is invisibly magnified.
The team was disarmed and rested on the spot. The crowd that flocked for their lives did not suffer the expected hunt. There were young men in the crowd who walked tentatively towards the officers and soldiers,
Shi Xiong and all the officers and soldiers lay down in clothes. The people who were rushing day and night were sleepy, and soon many people fell asleep.
See this team unpack their armor and rest. The crowd slowly quieted down, and slowly moved back to the open area to settle down.
As soon as the dawn dawned on the horizon, the willow leaves woke up from their deep sleep. She admires herself very much, and she lies on the ground as a bed in her clothes, and she can sleep deeply.
Shi Xiong sat next to her, staring at the tall and majestic Youzhou City. Last night's commotion was spectacular, and the crowds of people who fled from the old and the young gathered here, stretching all the way to the moat.
Shi Xiong reorganized his team and prepared to assemble and enter the city. The people with a heart and eyes have been looking at the officers and soldiers, and it is obvious that the officers and soldiers want to enter the city, and when the officers and soldiers move, they will follow the action.
The people who were resting on the ground blocked the gates. Shi Xiong led the team forward, ordering the soldiers to drop the food along the way. The crowd gathered for the food.
The open space was cleared in front of the city gates, and the team moved quickly. Lu Longjie made Zhang Zhongwu order the people to open the city gate and lower the drawbridge.
Once again, people crowded in the direction of the city gates, and the children did not sleep enough to cry, calling for friends and friends, because the crowd pushed and trampled and wailed, begging them to go into the city with them to mourn and cry...
The neighing of the war horses and the dust that kicked up the dust could not see the faces of the people clearly, but the officers and soldiers knew that they were faces that wanted to seize a glimmer of life in despair.
The fear of unknown dangers, and the fact that the rice has not been eaten for several days, many are risking their lives. Desperately at the risk of being trampled to death by the horse's hooves, a tidal wave rushed towards the marching procession.
The more and more people gathered around, almost making it difficult for the team to move an inch, Shi Xiong did not give the order to drive the crowd away, he sent the order to go down and distribute the dried meat and Hu Biscuits to the people.
Taking advantage of the rush to grab food, the drawbridge was re-opened, and the gates were closed again. Crowds trample on each other, fight, and hurt each other because of the rush for food,
A mother was pushed to the ground, and a toddler in her arms was thrown out. She watched as countless feet stepped over the child. The mother did not get up again, and let countless feet step over her.
That Jiesi invaded the border, which made Zhang Zhongwu extremely annoyed, he was not raising troops to attack, and a small group infiltrated and robbed houses, making the people restless.
The people were displaced, and the city of Youzhou had previously taken in the fleeing people. Later, more and more refugees defected to Youzhou. Zhang Zhongwu couldn't resist it, so he had to make this decision and refuse the people to stay outside the city gate.
Every time he climbed the city tower and saw the black crowd below, his heart was jammed. The ant-like people outside the city walls stared at him from afar.
Shi Xiong and Zhang Zhongwu came to Jiedu Mansion, "General, please take a look at the secret edict of the Holy Lord." Shi Xiong presented a secret edict.
Now that the imperial court is secretly attacking Najie, Zhang Zhongwu said repeatedly, "Okay, General Ben has been looking forward to this day for a long time." The Uighurs were miserable, angry and resentful. Adjutant General, General Ben ordered you to lead 500 soldiers to lead the refugees into the city and resettle the victims. ”
"The last general will obey orders." The lieutenant general summoned his soldiers and settled the victims outside the city.
An order was given to let the people into the city, so that the two sides would not fight and hurt the innocent. Zhang Zhongwu blocked the stone in his heart before he could take it away.
The people of Youzhou City live and work in peace and contentment. Zhang Zhongwu rewarded cultivation and weaving, implemented military reclamation, and the people in the city had enough food and clothing.
The adjutant general climbed the city wall and shouted to the refugees, "Wait, listen, make the festival sympathetic to the people's feelings, and order the general to let you and others enter the city." ”
Under the city wall, the black pressure fell to his knees, "Lord Qingtian, the Bodhisattva who saves the suffering." ”
The adjutant shouted loudly, "Silence, silence." The crowd was still shouting and pleading.
"Do you want to go into the city? Quiet. The crowd fell silent.
"You can enter the city, and if there is anyone who creates chaos and crowds and pushes, you will be killed."
The crowd bowed down and "obeyed the general's orders." ”
Since they were all able to enter the city, the flow of people moved slowly, and in the end, the old and weak were injured, and the officers and soldiers helped them enter the city.
Like the mother and son who lost their lives in the disaster, the officers and soldiers let them be buried in peace.
Zhang Zhongwu's elder brother Zhang Zhongbin was stationed in the important town of Jingsai in Youzhou, and his younger brother Zhang Zhongzhi was stationed in the important town of Yongtai in Youzhou.
sent his brother Zhang Zhongzhi and his general Wang Ruqing to lead 30,000 elite soldiers to attack Najie overnight.
The 7,000 camp tents stretched for several miles, intruding and causing trouble for more than a month, and the garrison ignored it.
Thinking that the prestige of the Uighur cavalry had intimidated them, he became more and more unscrupulous, and pushed his tent to a position two hundred miles from Youzhou.
The area under the jurisdiction of the Lulong Jiedu Prefecture is richer than the area under the jurisdiction of the Zhenwu Jiedu Prefecture.
Najie sipped and burned and looted Yueyu, but the court did not take any action, and he and his subordinates gradually relaxed their vigilance.
One day in late May, which was the first day of New Year, Najie Si drank and had fun with his subordinates in the camp as usual.
Najie Si said to his subordinates, "Wen Weisi was born in a noble, and he is indeed a slave. I can't care about the king of heaven, I do it willfully, gold and silver treasures, beauties, and it is not a trivial matter that can be captured. Wen Weisi likes to be weak to the Tang Dynasty, three kowtows and nine bows, bows his head and is a minister, he is self-contemptuous. ”
The crowd pandered and said, "I'll free up my hands and kill that bloody guy, and the Uighur boy will lose his face." ”
The wives and daughters of the Tang people who were captive, among them were beautiful, and they served by the side of the people. A girl really can't stand the smell of the big tent.
The Uighurs are nomadic people who live on water and grass, and they travel all year round, and their tents are not cleaned for many years, and the smell of beef and mutton is particularly heavy.
She got up and wanted to leave, to get some air. The stout man next to him stretched out his arm with heavy body hair, and the big palm of the fan pulled the girl's hair hard. A piece of hair was ripped off along with the scalp.
The girl screamed in pain, and without thinking about it, she picked up the flesh-cutting dagger in front of her and stabbed it into the strong man's chest. Before everyone could react, he pulled out his dagger and stabbed it in the heart.
The change happened in the blink of an eye, and blood stained the red carpet. The sip drank so much that his tongue was big, "The sword and the sword, the true character of the hero, don't worry, carry it down, continue." ”
The sound of singing and dancing music sounded again.