Suzhou.

The first snow has arrived, beggars appear on the streets, and homeless people can be seen everywhere outside the city.

This military disaster caused many people to lose their homes, and the Beiliang army wreaked havoc wherever they went, although it was only in Suzhou for ten days, but it had turned the world upside down.

Especially in the capital of Suzhou, the people here were the most seriously affected, and when the inspection of the imperial history arrived, it was already a miserable appearance.

"My lord, enjoy the stuttering."

As soon as the inspector arrived at the gate of the city, a group of ragged people surrounded him and cried and begged.

Some of them did not dress like beggars, but quickly fell into the middle of the house without food.

But whether it is a fancy dress or a linen coarse coat, they are facing hunger at the moment.

In the face of belly and life and death, everyone is equal.

"Spread out, spread out!" The soldiers of the Hanging Sword Division, who accompanied the guards of the Imperial History, displayed their weapons to drive the crowd away.

"The Beiliang army has just been defeated for a few days, and this is the case in the city?"

Cai Yan was the first to rush to Suzhou, and after the defeat of the Northern Liang army, he set off and came from the northwest.

Before entering the territory of Suzhou, he saw the scene of homeless people migrating, and outside the city, he even saw vultures gnawing dry bones in the distance.

"Lord Cai, if people don't eat for three days, they will starve to death in six or seven days." Zhang Feng, the inspector of the Hanging Sword Division who accompanied Cai Yan to protect him, said lightly.

Outside of Beijing, the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Hanging Sword Division often cooperate with the patrol case.

The Hanging Sword Division can't hear about it, even if it is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, he needs to use the mouth of the Imperial Observatory to tell the matter.

And the Yushitai can't be at the mercy of the Hanging Sword Division, so you have to come to witness the scene in person, so that you can return to Beijing.

Zhang Feng said: "The Beiliang army was defeated and retreated, and we only set off when we learned the news, and it took at least three days for the news to come, and it was another five days for us to come here......"

"It's already the eighth day, and when the Northern Liang army left, they stole food and burned down their houses...... There are no wild vegetables to eat at this time, and there are more than three or five people who are afraid of starvation. ”

"What's more...... This situation, I am afraid that when the Northern Liang Army was in Suzhou, it had already begun. ”

Cai Yan immediately understood.

The Beiliang army deliberately created such a situation, so naturally it would not start to act before leaving, and it must have begun to loot grain and burn materials after entering the city.

So it's been about 20 days.

20th ...... Enough to starve a lot of people.

"It's not too much to kill people, the ambition of the Beiliang wolf, do you want to see someone on my border rise up?" Cai Yan gritted his teeth and hated the commander of the Northern Liang Army.

There are some things that should not be said, but they are true.

If the Northern Liang army slaughtered the city in Suzhou, instead of creating chaos, it would be much easier for the Xia State to deal with it now.

"Lord Cai, let's go into the city......"

Cai Yan nodded: "The defenders of Suzhou were all wiped out, and it is said that most of the officials of the state capital were martyred, and now there is no one in the city to preside over it, but I am afraid that it will be very chaotic." ”

"Don't worry, my lord, the Hanging Sword Division will protect you." Zhang Feng said confidently.

A city gate, like an enchantment, separates the two worlds.

After entering this door, the two originally thought that they would see starvation everywhere, but they unexpectedly found that the streets were quite tidy, and there were no hungry people lying around.

On the street, dozens of paces, stood a sergeant with a knife, dressed in cotton or cloth armor.

"What is this?"

"It's the Yulin Army." Cai Yan had been in the capital and had seen a lot of the world, and he could see at once that this was the Yulin Army presiding over the situation.

"Great, the Yulin Army is here, and Suzhou can't be in chaos."

Zhang Feng also nodded: "From Liangzhou to Suzhou, the rapid march can be reached in one day, it seems that General Lin Bei is here to preside over the overall situation...... But why, there are no soldiers outside the city gates? ”

"It should be that there are not enough people, now there is no foreign enemy, and there is Liangzhou as a barrier, Suzhou naturally does not have to care about the city defense."

"That's it......"

The news that the inspection of the Imperial History Observatory and the inspection envoy of the Hanging Sword Division arrived in Suzhou at the same time was soon known by Lin Bei.

He personally led the team and came to greet the two.

"The two of you have come from afar, and you have worked hard." Lin Bei knew that someone would come, so he would give a briefing to Suzhou first and send it back to Beijing to prepare for specific disaster relief.

"General Lin?"

Cai Yan saw that Lin Bei was only followed by two personal soldiers, which was not the pomp of a third-grade military attaché.

Lin Bei smiled bitterly: "What do you call this adult?" ”

"In the lower imperial stone platform Cai Yan, this is Zhang Feng of the Hanging Sword Division."

The positions of the two of them are only from the fifth grade, and they are considered petty officials in front of Lin Bei, but they don't need to care too much about the official rank.

"Lord Cai, Lord Zhang, I waited for more than ten days in Suzhou to barely suppress some chaos, and now the city is under the control of my Yulin Army."

"It's just a lack of staff."

A moment later, Lin Bei took the two of them and arrived at the yamen of the state capital.

The Futai Yamen of Suzhou, in the core area of the city, has the largest number of Yulin troops here.

However, the originally tall and majestic yamen has collapsed, and the Yulin army is picking up in the ruins.

"This?" Cai Yan frowned, "It's been dozens of days, why are you still picking it up?" ”

Lin Bei: "Because I didn't have time, I came to suppress the rogues who took the opportunity to loot in the first three days, and I was busy suppressing the mob in the next few days...... Recently, I have only started to collect these things, and I am ready to set up the yamen of the state capital first. ”

"Rogues?" Zhang Feng said angrily, "Sure enough, there are these bandits who are causing trouble. ”

Since ancient times, wherever there is a disaster, someone will inevitably take the opportunity to make a fortune.

The city of Suzhou was broken, there were no defenders, and the officials of the yamen were all killed or dispersed, so naturally no one could organize forces to resist the bandits.

Under such circumstances, some Xiangma naturally broke into the city of Suzhou, which had no power to fight back, and plundered the last bit of rations in the hands of the people.

And take the opportunity to snatch most of the belongings that can be taken away, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a windfall.

Cai Yan was furious: "This is a robbery while the fire is burning, and it is more hateful than the Beiliang Army!" ”

Lin Beidao: "The two of them came from the west gate, if they came from the north, you can see the heads hanging outside the city, all of them were killed by the Yulin army and took the opportunity to make trouble. ”

"Well killed!" Cai Yan and Zhang Feng spoke in unison.

Saying that, Lin Bei took the two of them and first walked around the yamen of the state capital.

"Huh?" Cai Yan saw that on a collapsed beam, there was also a white silk tied to it.

Lin Bei sighed: "That's where the Lord of Suzhou Mansion hanged himself, and his corpse has no scruples, and it was all collected by my Yulin Army." ”

Hang oneself?

Hearing this, the two of them were in awe.

"When the city of Suzhou was broken, the soldiers of the whole city were still fighting bloodily, and in the end there was no one left. The yamen of the state capital were powerless to fight back, most of them were scattered, and Suzhou Futai knew that he was powerless to return to the sky, and he was unwilling to accept the order of the Northern Liang Army, so he left a desperate poem to hang himself. ”

Lin Bei sighed: "This adult is also bloody, his whole family was martyred, and only one youngest son was left behind by his unbearable mother......"

Hearing this, who is not full of hatred, and it seems that there is a fire in his chest.

Cai Yan gritted his teeth: "What is the name of this adult?" ”

Lin Beidao: "I heard from the people, the name is Liang An." ”

"I remember, when I write the recital, I will mention it." Cai Yan nodded.

Soon I finished reading it, the yamen of the state capital.

Lin Bei took the two of them and turned along the main street.

"Why is this street so clean?" Zhang Feng couldn't help but wonder, "Yulin Army still has time to sweep?" ”

Inspecting the imperial history and inspecting the envoys, to put it bluntly, is to find fault, and in the face of their many questions, Lin Bei was not the slightest bit annoyed.

Originally, this was also people's duty.

Lin Bei explained: "The Yulin army was too busy, so they had to requisition some strong men and let them help pick up the ...... in the city Just a few hungry meals. ”

Cai Yan noticed that Lin Bei was just starving to death, not being fed.

Zhang Feng sighed: "The Yulin Army was originally a light horse and a hurry, and they didn't bring any grain and grass, how did they persevere?" ”

"The grain and grass stored in the Liangzhou camp have been misappropriated by us, and the matter has been reported to Beijing."

Cai Yan was about to question, but after listening to the whole sentence, he nodded helplessly.

If you don't, what can you do?

"But this is just a drop in the bucket, ninety percent of the people can't get relief, and we can only take care of our own people's food, if the imperial court disaster relief is not faster, Suzhou will really starve everywhere." Lin Bei looked at the two.

"I even ordered the soldiers to go outside the city to dig wild vegetables and hunt for game...... But the two also knew that it was starting to snow, and it was difficult to gain anything. ”

Zhang Feng said: "Lord Cai, you have to make a fold as soon as possible, and I will send someone back to Beijing." ”

The two didn't know that there were already people in the imperial court preparing for disaster relief, and they only felt 100,000 urgent at the moment.