The atmosphere in the capital was dull, and in order to prevent the refugees from rioting, the officials in the yamen kept an eye on them around the clock, and even transferred some manpower from the guards at the city gate to strengthen the care of the refugees in case of accidents.

Outside the city gates is a different kind of scenery, where at one point more than 200,000 refugees gathered, and later many refugees looked disillusioned for a glimmer of life in Tongzhou and further south. However, the number of refugees outside the capital has remained at around 100,000.

In the beginning, the refugees had some dry food that they brought with them to last for a while. In addition, there is hope for the imperial court.

As time went on, food was becoming more and more scarce, coupled with the cold climate, more and more people fell forever. fell on the sacred place in their original hearts, outside the tall walls of the capital.

At this time, the root of human inferiority completely exploded, many refugees became emotionally out of control because of the loss of their loved ones, coupled with the shortage of food, many refugees burst out of their thirst for life, they became mobs, and it was not uncommon for people to kill people for a mouthful of food.

In order to survive, many refugees have thrown away the moral constraints of the past, and everything has returned to the most primitive state of existence, where the weak eat the strong and the fittest survive.

Many of the old and weak refugees had to drag their hungry, tired and weak bodies to continue to migrate south in this cold winter. There are many refugees who have fallen on the side of the road forever. Lei Dagang and his grandfather were the lucky ones among the refugees.

The two of them couldn't see it anymore, and they couldn't hold on any longer. But a will has sustained them to get here. Lei Dagang is fourteen years old, and he is very thin because of his difficult family conditions. His father and brother finally left the hope of life to him and his grandfather.

Lei Dagang's father and brother escaped safely in order to cover him and his grandfather with two hard wheat cakes in their arms, but they fell forever in a pool of blood on the tall city wall.

There are many refugees outside the capital who have returned to their primitive form in order to survive, and people like Lei Dagang's father and brother who leave the hope of life to their relatives are also everywhere. This may also be the original form of their gang - calf guards!

Lei Dagang's grandfather and grandson may have been favored by heaven and rescued by a grange Zhuang Ding named Da Tianzhuang. Da Tianzhuang not only saved their grandfather and grandson, but also changed Lei Dagang's life. has created a generation of famous generals.

A few years later, Lei Dagang, who was known for his fierceness and power, couldn't help but cry every time he thought of that cold winter.

Wang Ziteng finally found an opportunity at this time and began to maintain order outside the city with more than 3,000 officers and soldiers. The repression of the most vicious criminals soon improved the situation outside the capital, and Wang Ziteng encouraged the refugees to move south.

With so many refugees gathered outside the capital, there were no food and other supplies, and there were not many people alive at all. Wang Ziteng also used the troops in his hands to borrow grain from the surrounding granges, but because of the mild means, the surrounding granges were basically acceptable, but he only borrowed a small half of the grain and left an IOU.

The refugees gathered in the capital were grateful to Wang Ziteng for his benevolence, and all the refugees who moved south were given two days of dry food. Most of the refugees who stayed outside the capital were frail and unable to leave, plus their relatives.

Wang Ziteng's ability was vividly reflected at this time, first of all, the refugees were gathered around the south city gate, which was relatively sheltered from the wind, thirty or forty thousand people gathered together to report to the group for warmth, and then unified soup porridge, although the refugees could not eat enough, but they could still prolong their breath to some extent.

During the period, there were also foreign cavalry to the vicinity of the capital, and there was no oil and water when they came to see the refugees, plus there were thousands of officers and soldiers guarding them, and they were unwilling to gnaw this bone.

The refugees who stayed around the capital would not think so, Wang Ziteng was sent by the imperial court to protect them, and his impression of the imperial court in his heart suddenly improved a lot, and he was even more grateful to Wang Ziteng and other more than 3,000 officers and soldiers, and there were even many refugees chanting for them.

Wang Ziteng also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he had already stood under the name of righteousness, and he could finally get through the difficulties in front of him, it was true that without Wang Ziteng, I don't know what chaos would happen outside the capital. Wang Ziteng's actions have also saved tens of thousands of refugees.

Wang Ziteng's actions have also become the only shining point of the Great Zheng Dynasty in this winter, although he suffered defeat in Changping before, it did not damage his tall image among refugees. Wang Ziteng has the hearts of 30,000 or 40,000 refugees outside the capital. Their own safety is no longer at stake.

As the time slowly approached January, the invading aliens began to slowly retreat with their harvest and population.

The northern region of the Great Zheng Dynasty was already in shambles, with foreign invasions doing all kinds of evil, burning, killing, looting, raping women, and then retreating with a large amount of property and population. Leaving behind a mess riddled with holes.

The imperial court is now in a mess of a pot of porridge, the top priority is to resettle the refugees, hundreds of thousands of refugees are stranded in Beizhili, need a lot of money and grain to resettle, the household department can not take out the silver at all, the court is noisy into a pot of porridge, all factions want to make some benefits in this chaos.

These officials offered to punish some people for their crimes, so that their power could occupy more good positions. When everyone's buttocks are not clean, so the court has become a vegetable market, and the emperor is tireless, you have all digressed.

Soon it was a cliché, the court could not come up with silver, so it could only launch a fundraiser, and when it came to wealth, the officials in front of them were definitely rich, and the family behind them was even more wealthy.

But when they were asked to take the money out, they all bowed their heads and kept silent. These officials are all good at power-grabbing and greedy for money, and they have become Tai Chi masters one by one. Passing the buck is a good hand.

This time, the Xungui family in the capital suffered heavy losses, how many Xungui children wanted to go to Beijing to seek a good future, this time it was good, and they directly fought with the Jurchen cavalry. Many of the sons and daughters of the noble family are still uncertain.

This time, many noble families wanted to cry without tears, and they were suppressed by the emperor over the years, and they began to hold together collectively, and finally won some good positions in Beijing for the younger generations, and they were expected to be promoted, but they were sent by the emperor to Changping to block the Jurchen cavalry and became cannon fodder.

The nobles have said that they are suffering, and the emperor has not yet begun to hold them accountable. The emperor is also anxious now, there is a mess in front of him, and the resettlement of refugees is the biggest thing at present, so he ordered local governments to open warehouses for disaster relief.

As for the lack of food in the granary, that's your business, isn't it on the books anyway? As the emperor, you must be righteous, and political correctness is the most important thing.

As a result, the local governments can only do it perfunctorily. In the end, it was the victims who were unlucky, and most of them had to sell their sons and daughters to tide over the difficulties. There will also be some porridge from well-wishers. The Great Zheng Dynasty also entered a turbulent period from then on.

Wang Ziteng got through the danger because of his excellent performance outside the capital, and in the end, the emperor didn't take him and came to make a merit. Wang Ziteng's popularity is as high as the sky.