Generally speaking, there are 24 fixed solar terms in a year, but because of the existence of leap months in leap years, these solar terms and years are often somewhat misaligned.

This year's round of the beginning of spring passed in the month of last year, which means that there is no spring in the new year, and it also means that this year's spring came earlier.

With the rapid rise in temperature, the large snow that originally covered the land of Sanqi quickly disappeared in people's sight, and only some snow and ice ballast in the shadow could remain.

However, a large amount of snow melted quickly, which was very bad news for the more than 100,000 Qi troops who were attacking the Weihe defense line, and also made the Hu Lawyers Association who had just arrived on the west bank of the Weihe River very depressed.

The snow formed by several heavy snowfalls last winter was very thick, and even Qizhou, which had the least snowfall, had more than a foot of snow, while the prefectures and counties in the eastern part of the peninsula were originally due to the humid air and precipitation on three sides, so the snow cover of the entire peninsula from Qingzhou to the east was generally two to three feet thick.

The abundant water source for irrigation is a good boost to the growth of winter wheat in various places, and this snow water helps the winter wheat to survive the following spring drought, and there will be a good harvest in May and June.

Compared with the bitter and happy old farmers, at this time, the Hu Lawyers Association was also quite helpless in his heart, such a large area of snow quickly melted, because the poor circulation of meltwater soon formed a large area of water in various places.

After a long period of soaking in a large amount of stagnant water, some roads in Sanqi that were already very poor quickly collapsed, and some of the roads that Wang Yong had built before began to become muddy and difficult to walk after being soaked in ice and snow meltwater for a long time, and then trampled by the Qi army.

In particular, Wang Yong mobilized 100,000 monks to build the Qijiao Avenue with hard labor, this road was only repaired last year, and it was originally planned to lay another layer of gravel after this year's settlement, but because of last year's war, it was also delayed.

Subsequently, this road, which was the main land transportation to communicate with the three Qi troops, was trampled by hundreds of thousands of Qi troops and then crushed by a large number of baggage convoys, and now this originally smooth road began to collapse rapidly.

Standing on the west bank of the Wei River, the Governor of the Hu Lawyers Association looked at the other side in the distance and was particularly troubled, looking at the light in the sunset, the vision of the Hu Lawyers Association was particularly clear, and here it could be clearly seen that the Sanqi rebels on the east bank were hurrying to build fortifications, and it seemed that the previous few days of attack had been wasted.

Because the Weihe River in front of the Hu Lawyers Association originates from Yishan Mountain not far from the south, it is only a few hundred miles long from the source to the sea, so the river flow varies greatly in different seasons in winter and summer, and it is a seasonal river.

Although the riverbed of the Wei River is very wide and 200 zhang, it is only filled with water in summer, and in the drier winter and spring seasons, the water surface in the riverbed is generally only 120 zhang wide.

However, because of the abnormal climate this year, a large amount of snow melted snow that fell on the mountains and plains last winter continued to flow into the Wei River along the streams and ditches, making the Wei River, which was originally low and shallow, suddenly rise sharply, and now it is nearly 200 zhang wide.

'The way of heaven is constant, not for Yao, not for destruction! 'Everything in the world never revolves around one person or one force, and the change in the climate that allowed the Qi army to take advantage of it suddenly made the Qi army suffer, and also made the Hu Law Association's plan to destroy the traitors of the Three Qi within a month fail.

Compared with the Northern Qi generals such as the Hu Lawyers Association who were on fire in their hearts, the surging Weihe River and the poor logistics caused by the serious damage to the roads of the Qi army made Wang Ze, who was originally extremely nervous, finally able to take a breath.

But Wang Ze can only breathe a sigh of relief, he still can't be idle, and things are still busy.

Indeed, Wang Ze is very busy!

Now Wang Ze is not only busy dispatching people to repair every fortification damaged in the previous offensive of the Qi army, but also busy relocating hundreds of thousands of civilians who have fled from the prefectures and counties west of the Wei River, and at the same time he is also busy investigating the Qi army spies mixed with the people.

"Da Lang, look at it, our iron ore production in Changguang County this year is likely to be insufficient! We also have to continue to increase the number of iron ore miners! Wang Ze had just sent away Zhao Kun, who had come to ask for ordnance, and Zhu Rui, who was in charge of civil affairs next to him, came to Wang Ze with an account book.

Since Wang Ze returned to Gaomi County to preside over this line of defense, Zhu Rui and Third Uncle Zhu came to Wang Ze's side to assist him in dealing with various things, otherwise there are many kinds of things, and the number of cumbersome things is really enough for Wang Ze to scratch his head.

"Third uncle, don't we still have a lot of Futu monks in our hands, and we will allocate 10,000 people to arrange mining, isn't this the number of people?" Wang Ze felt that the tens of thousands of monks who had been imprisoned in Beichangdao because they wanted to prevent the Futu monk rebellion couldn't just be idle, and more than 80,000 people were idle there without doing anything, wasn't it a waste of food?

Who knew that Zhu Rui shook his head and said: "Da Lang can't do this, if it was in the past, it would be fine, now almost all of our troops in Changguang County have been mobilized to defend the Qi army along the Wei River, in case these Futu monks use the opportunity of mining iron ore to obtain a large number of iron weapons to resist, it will be a big trouble!" ”

"That's right!" Wang Ze slowly paced back and forth for a while, and suddenly smiled at Zhu Rui and said, "Third uncle, I have an idea, before Jiang Chuan came back, he got tens of thousands of Japanese slaves when he fought against the Japanese in Changzhou County, but now there are too many Japanese slaves in Qinjin, Changzhou and other places, those Japanese are familiar with the local environment, and they have a connection with the Japanese country, and it will be a hidden danger after a long time!" ”

Speaking of this, Wang Zeyin smiled and said: "In this case, let's exchange the slaves from all over the place, and come to a means of enslavement in other places, and in the future, the slaves captured by the Wa Kingdom will be sent to us and other places to do hard labor, and the slaves captured from other places will be sent to the Wa Kingdom to mine gold and silver mines!" ”

Zhu Rui thought about it and couldn't help but smile and said: "This is indeed a good idea, so that you can cut off the hearts of these slaves who try to escape, even if they escape, they can't get along with the local natives, don't worry that they will increase the strength of the local natives!" ”

Saying that, Zhu Rui's voice changed and said: "It's just that in this way, the navy and the merchant fleet will not only have to transport people from all over the country to the East China Sea, but also have to transport a large number of slaves between the East China Sea and Sanqi, and the tasks of General Sun, General Qu and He Dalang will be even more onerous!" ”

Wang Ze laughed and said: "Third Uncle, compared to our front-line soldiers who are fighting desperately with the Qi army, Uncle Sun, Sixth Brother Qu and others are already much better, we have to at least transport the families of these soldiers to a safe place!" Saying that, Wang Ze looked in the direction of Jiaozhou Port and sighed, "I don't know if the third aunt and the second aunt have already set off!" ”

Since the large-scale evacuation of people from Qingzhou to the east of the Weihe River, Wang Ze also began to send a large number of people to Qinjin, Changzhou, Ryukyu, Tanegashima and even Yizhou Island in the East China Sea, of which the families and relatives of the soldiers accounted for a large part.

In particular, among the first batch of immigrants to be transported, the relatives and families of the soldiers alone accounted for more than half of the number of immigrants, and the other small half was basically the first batch of people who withdrew from the west of the Weihe River with Wang Ze's army to the east of the Weihe River.

Since the beginning of the emigration to various parts of the East China Sea, the sailors who had been hiding in various ports and had nothing to do were now busy, and all the warships and merchant ships, including Sun Xing, Qu Liulang, and He Liang, were mobilized to transport the people of Sanqi.

At present, in Sanqi, except for the two warships in the waters of Changdao and Jiaozhou Port, which are each left to deal with emergencies, there is not a single warship in other Sanqi ports.

In the East China Sea, because of the need to guard against Baekje and Silla, Qu Liulang still retained Du Sheng's naval army on Jeju Island, and the Yang Feihu division on Haian Island (Tsushima Island) was not used, and Gu Bin's remaining naval army was not transferred in order to cooperate with Zheng Kui to defend the Japanese state.

At present, there are fifty or sixty warships in these places alone, and there are also dozens of warships in Yishu, Ryukyu, and Whale Island for various reasons, so there are still hundreds of warships in the entire East China Sea to protect the safety of this area.

Except for these necessary warships, all the other ships that could be called were all transferred by Wang Ze, and while the current sea storms were not too big, there were four or five hundred ships every month, constantly shuttling back and forth between Sanqi and the islands in the East China Sea. Naikan bar Chinese network

Because Sun Xing's naval army had more ships and most of them were fast warships, they were mainly responsible for transporting people and materials from Changguang County in the north; The number of sailors under Qu Liulang's command was originally smaller, and some warships were left to guard various seas in the East China Sea, so they set off from the port of Jiaozhou in the south with He Liang's merchant fleet.

Hundreds of ships, on average, each ship can transport at least 100 people, because as long as these ships make a trip, at least tens of thousands of people will be transported to various parts of the East China Sea, which greatly enriches the strength of the Han people on the islands of the East China Sea.

It has been more than 20 days since the last immigration, and the ships going to Qinjin have returned to Jiaozhou Port safely because of the proximity, and at this time, a large number of people who are ready to take ships to the islands in the East China Sea have gathered near the port.

The first batch of immigrants took Wang Ze to persuade them to agree to the emigration, but this time, without Wang Ze doing anything, tens of thousands of people took the initiative to ask to emigrate to the East China Sea, even if they went to the newly developed islands, which were desolate.

After all, not everyone can be safe in the face of the great threat of hundreds of thousands of Qi troops, on the one hand, the terrifying force of the Qi army, and on the other hand, the letters of relatives and friends who have moved to the East China Sea in the past few years, these people will want to take a ship to the East China Sea as long as they do not have a problem with their brains.

This time, not only were a large number of people sent on the ship, but even many of Wang Yong's former officials also sent their families on the ship, and even Cheng Chong's wife and Zhu Rui's wife had to follow the ship to Jeju Island.

Zhu Rui also looked at the direction of Jiaozhou Port and muttered: "I think they should also set off, it's better to leave early, at least it's safer in Qinjin!" Besides, there are Uncle He, Qingqing, and Snow Goose there, and they will take care of them! ”

As he was talking, he saw a figure panting and running into the lobby where Wang Ze was, Wang Ze fixed his eyes and saw that it was Cheng Hu, who had gone to Jiaozhou Port to see off Aunt Cheng, Aunt Zhu and his mother before, and he didn't know why he was in such a hurry!

Without waiting for Wang Ze to open his mouth to ask, Cheng Hu gasped and said to Wang Ze: "Da Lang, my mother and my eldest mother heard the news that my father, eldest father, and my sister have not come back so far, but when I sent my mother on the boat, my mother cried and was reluctant to board the boat and leave, and even the eldest lady also took Ah Hui and Ah Yu's two younger brothers and did not want to leave!" ”

Speaking of this, Cheng Hu rubbed his hands in embarrassment and said: "What can I do about this, seeing that the Qi army is about to break through our defense line, it will be too dangerous if they don't leave!" ”

Zhu Rui frowned, and asked Cheng Hu, "Erlang, do you know who told them this news?" This person must have ill intentions, it may be a spy of the Qi army, otherwise how would ordinary people know about these things! ”

Who knew that Cheng Hu frowned and said: "Third uncle, now the news of the disappearance of my father and eldest father is known all over the city in Jiaozhou Port, this time there are so many people who have fled from the west of the Weihe River, there must be a lot of Qi army spies, if it weren't for these people spreading rumors, I think my mother and they would definitely not know about these things!" ”

"Second brother, don't panic!" Wang Ze pressed Cheng Hu's shoulder and said, "You go to Jiaozhou Port again, be sure to let my second aunt and my mother calm down, even if you don't board the ship, you have to wait patiently for news in Jiaozhou Port, you tell them that the news you heard before is all rumors spread by Qi Jun, and you want them not to believe it!" ”

Cheng Hu hurriedly turned around and wanted to go out, "Okay! I'm going to talk to them! Wang Ze hurriedly grabbed Cheng Hu and said: "Second brother, you go to Jiaozhou Port this time and let Sixth Brother Qu arrange for Mi Ke's fleet to stay there in Jiaozhou Port, and it will be of great use in the future!" ”

Cheng Hu was puzzled: "Do we still have to keep it for escape?" Now that the Weihe River is surging, I'm afraid the Qi army can't attack it! What else are you worried about? ”

Wang Ze said with a wry smile: "Now the water of the Weihe River is only caused by the rapid melting of the snow meltwater, and after more than ten days of all the snow water is lost, the Weihe River will inevitably be a shoal again, how can we resist the attack of the Qi army, even if the fortifications we are building now are just to suspend the attack of the Qi army!" ”

To be honest, Wang Ze still muttered about his defense of the Weihe River, if the Qi army only had Murong Qi, Jing Xianjun, Pi Jinghe and the 100,000 troops at the beginning, it would still be possible to hold it.

However, with Wang Yong's retreat, the Qi army on the front line after Qingzhou City was captured by the Hu Lawyers Association had no worries, not to mention, even the more than 200,000 Qi troops in the hands of the Hu Lawyers Association began to advance to the Weihe defense line, which made Wang Ze, who had just completed 100,000 recruits in his hand, quite worried.

Thinking of this, Wang Ze was full of resentment in his heart, how could your sister freeze the Yellow River and Jishui such wide rivers in the first place, if these two big rivers that were dangerous to their own side did not freeze, how could they let the Qi army suddenly break through the defense line with their own elite naval army to defend the river.

However, no matter how much resentment Wang Ze had in his heart, he had to manage the only line of defense in front of him, if the Qi army broke through this line of defense again, I am afraid that he would have to retreat to the mountains around Changguang County, and even the newly built city like Jiaozhou Port would have to fall into the hands of the Qi army.

"No wonder Da Lang, you have begun to migrate the grain and people from all over Gaomi County to our camps in Muping, Weihai, and Chengshan, I thought you were worried that the tuntian in these places would be abandoned because of the migration of the people, but now it seems that you have been prepared!" Zhu Rui heard Wang Ze's statement and spoke.

Wang Ze said ashamedly: "Actually, it's not that I deliberately concealed the third uncle, the most important thing is that once the Qi army crosses the Wei River, the large plain between the Wei River and Laishui will become the racecourse of the Qi army. Therefore, I will prepare first, and simply ship it away! ”

"Da Lang, if the Qi army crosses the Wei River, won't even Donglai County be unable to defend it?" Zhu Rui said worriedly.

Dongnae County was the richest county and the most populous county among the prefectures and counties east of Gwangju and even east of Qizhou.

Now that Wang Yong, Wang Ze and his son have occupied it for more than a year, there are more than 400,000 people in Donglai County, and it can be seen that Zhu Rui has also put a lot of effort into this place, and he is still very reluctant to be occupied by the Qi army.

But Wang Ze didn't pay attention to Zhu Rui's thoughts, but instead slapped him fiercely: "Third uncle, once the Qi army crosses the Wei River, not only Donglai County will not be able to keep it, but I'm afraid that even Changguang County will have to give up at that time, I estimate that we will have to retreat to the dangerous terrain in the Penglai Sea to be able to defend it, and now our strength is too different from the Qi army!" ”

When it comes to the difference in strength between the Qi army and the Qi army, Zhu Rui is also silent, since the more than 200,000 troops in Jeju and Jibei County have collapsed and there is no news, even the Wang Yong army in Qingzhou has no news, and now it relies on the 100,000 army, which is mostly recruits, to defend, and the pressure is not small.

Withstood the attack of the Qi army before, because the Hu Lawyers Association army had not yet arrived at that time, and only the hundreds of thousands of people under Murong and Jing Xianjun, Pi Jing and his men were still able to hold it to some extent, but after the Hu Lawyers Association army came, as soon as hundreds of thousands of Qi troops were launched, it was not something that Wang Ze's current strength could stop.

"For the sake of today, it is better to transfer the people and materials everywhere as soon as possible, even if the Qi army has crossed the Wei River, we can't just do it, and the ships that transfer the people to the east must continue to increase!" Wang Ze raised his head and continued, "Third Uncle, you send someone to Nanchen to buy some more ships to come back, as long as the merchant ship is fine, although it is slower, it can still transport goods!" ”

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to buy it, but Dalang, let's go to the East China Sea at once, so many people have to spend money, so let's save some money!" Although Zhu Rui felt sorry for Wang Ze's spending a lot of money, he couldn't be too picky during the special period, so he agreed to leave.

After Wang Ze sent Zhu Rui and Cheng Hu away, Guo Erlang, who had been on duty outside, suddenly walked in, and now Guo Erlang is already Wang Ze's personal guard captain.

"Little Hou Ye, Xiao Jing Xiao Thorn Shi is here outside, he wants to see Xiao Hou Ye!" As soon as Guo Erlang opened his mouth, Wang Ze was a little strange, Xiao Jing was the assassin of Jiaozhou, and now he came to Gaomi County to find out what he was doing.

So Wang Ze asked Guo Erlang: "How many people are Xiao Tingshi coming?" But did he come to me for something? ”

Guo Erlang said in a low voice: "Xiao Tingshi told the villain that he came to offer a plan to the little marquis to break the enemy!" ”

Xiao Jing wants to sacrifice a plan to break the enemy to himself? Hearing this news really surprised Wang Ze! However, Wang Ze knew that although Xiao Jing was a little frivolous, and sometimes he was a little unkind in dealing with people, but after all, he had real skills, and if he couldn't get it, he really had some plans to break the enemy, thinking of this, Wang Ze smiled and said: "I will personally go to meet Xiao Tingshi!" ”