"Childe, Shen Fu sent someone." At the end of the ugly hour, not long after Shen Hongjun fell asleep, Shen Liang's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

Shen Hongjun was lying in clothes, and when he heard this, he immediately got up from the kang, "Let people come in." "Sending someone at this time will not be a trivial matter. Shen Hongjun immediately went to the ground and lit the candles in the room.

Not long after, Shen Liang accompanied a person into the house, and the person still had blood on his body, and suddenly knelt down in front of Shen Hongjun, "General, Eighteen Daogou was attacked by the Dongyi people in the middle of the night. The whole village, together with the sergeants on guard, lost two hundred and eighty-seven dead and one hundred and five wounded. At this point, the man's face was already full of tears.

"The sergeant guarding went to the county seat to report the news, and General Shen Fu took his subordinates and others out of the city to rescue. But it was too late, and he just killed some of the Dongyi enemy troops, and failed to save more people. At this time, the general had already gone to the county seat to ask Lang Zhong to treat the seriously injured. The elderly, weak, women and children in the village were evacuated ahead of schedule, but there was not much damage. The man calmed down a little and told the story in its entirety.

When Shen Hongjun heard this, he was furious, "Damn, these Dongyi people really deserve to die." Get up, I'll clean up, and then I'll go to the eighteen ditches to see. After Shen Hongjun finished speaking, he turned around and went back to get dressed. Then, together with Shen Liang and the person who reported the news, the horse quickly headed towards the eighteen ditches.

In the village of Shibadaogou, the cry is still shocking. Those who had lost their husbands or sons wept bitterly as they knelt beside the cold and stiff bodies of their loved ones on this cold night.

When Shen Hongjun arrived, he was faced with such a scene. Looking at those people who were crying bitterly, Shen Hongjun couldn't help but feel sad. "Auntie, it's freezing outside, let's bury our dead relatives as soon as possible. The dead must be buried in peace. He came to an old woman who was quite old.

The village chief of Shibadaogou Village is an old man who is almost sixty years old, and when the incident happened, he was also escorted out of the village to hide. Of the three sons in the family, two died, and one was seriously injured. The old man couldn't withstand such a blow, and he had already fainted once. When I woke up at this time, my emotions gradually calmed down. Seeing Shen Hongjun coming, the old man staggered forward, "General Shen, you want to avenge these people." As the old man spoke, tears fell uncontrollably.

Shen Hongjun stepped forward to support the village chief, and then said with great certainty, "Don't worry, my boss, I, Shen Hongjun, have fought for this life, and I want to avenge the dead." It's just that at this moment, we shouldn't be blindly sad, bury the dead relatives as soon as possible, and then all the people in the village should be evacuated to the county seat. Now that there are no young and strong people in the village, if there are any more people on the other side, will not the rest of the people suffer? ”

"Yes, yes, I'm going to tell them." The village chief didn't say anything more. They can't blame anyone for such a thing. Of the 200 soldiers guarding here, only twenty or thirty remained. The rest of them all fought with the enemy until they died heroically, and none of them flinched from the battle.

The village chief took the lead and told a few old men, who then went to comfort their relatives and friends. In this way, everyone put away their grief, took their own actions, and began to prepare for the burial of their loved ones.

Of the thousand people brought by Shen Fu, five hundred people were left here, and the remaining five hundred people rushed back to the county seat. In case this is a plan to attack the east and west, and the Dongyi people go to attack the county seat again, it will be bad, so it is important to hurry back and defend the county seat.

The 500 people who were left behind helped the villagers to dig up the frozen land near the entrance of the village, and buried the dead soldiers and the people in the village. As for the corpses of those Dongyi people, they must also be buried. Although it is freezing now, nothing will happen, but if you don't deal with it, when the weather is warm, there will be epidemics.

This time, there were many casualties among the Dongyi people, and the final count showed a total of 627 dead. Comparatively speaking, the losses over there are actually greater.

At this time, the ground is frozen to about a foot. The soldiers brought pickaxes from the village, cut the ground bit by bit, and buried the dead one by one. As for those Dongyi people, they simply made a few big pits and threw them all in.

Shen Hongjun also followed suit, and after everyone was busy for a few hours, they could be considered to have cleaned up all the corpses. At this time, it was already dawn, and everyone couldn't take a break, so they hurriedly helped the people in the village pack up their things and let them quickly evacuate to the county seat.

Some of the villagers were reluctant to leave, so Shen Hongjun led people to persuade them from house to house. Now most of the young and strong laborers in the village have been killed and wounded, and there are only a few sergeants left to guard it. If everyone refuses to leave, and the Dongyi people come to attack again, I am afraid that they will not even have the strength to fight back.

In this way, those who agreed to go, everyone began to pack their luggage, food and other things, and then they were escorted by the sergeant all the way to the county seat. And Shen Hongjun also followed to the county seat, and after discussing with the magistrate, he lent the idle house of the county government to the villagers to live in, and temporarily let them settle down.

Eighteen ditches are the closest to the county seat, and these people entered the city one after another, and finally at dusk, the villagers all entered the county seat.

Within a day, all the villages near the county seat had already known the news. For a time, everyone in every village and household was in danger. The sergeants stationed there were also excited, and they had to fight with the Dongyi people.

Shen Hongjun ordered someone to send an order to the villages near the county seat to try to pull all the villages into the county seat as soon as possible, so that it would be convenient to defend and there would be no such situation as the eighteen ditches again. The villagers no longer dared to take any chances, and many agreed to move.

After a busy day, everyone didn't even eat, and the magistrate said that he was going to set up a banquet to entertain Shen Hongjun, but he refused. "Lord Wang, this Dongyi invasion, I'm afraid that it will take a long time, and there will be hardships in the future. He ordered the inhabitants of the city to strictly prohibit the movement of the city at will, and to be frugal. Once the army besieges the city, I am afraid that there will not be enough food to eat. ”

Wang Zhixian hurriedly said yes, "What the general said is very true, early tomorrow morning, the lower officials will post a notice to inform the people." ”

Shen Hongjun saw that the county seat had settled down, so he took Shen Liang and a few cronies out of the county seat and quickly rushed back to Wudaogou Village. By the time they came back, it was already midday. There was silence in the village, Shen Hongjun came to the door of Han's house, and Shen Liang stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Tianfu poked out of the house, "Who?" ”

"Tianfu, it's me." Shen Hongjun said in a deep voice.

As soon as Tianfu heard it, he knew that it was Shen Hongjun who was coming, so he hurriedly went to open the door.

Shen Hongjun entered the door, didn't say a word, and went directly to Yunxue's east house. At this time, everyone was not sleeping, Yun Xue was sewing and mending clothes, and when she saw Shen Hongjun coming, she asked a little puzzled, "Zhiyuan, why are you here at this time?" ”

"Early tomorrow morning, I will send someone to send you all to the state capital. Yesterday night, the eighteen ditches were invaded by enemy troops, and there were heavy casualties. Today, I used to be busy with this. Now all the villagers in Shibadaogou have moved to the county office. Tomorrow, I will go and talk to the village chiefs of these nearby villages and ask them to cooperate as much as possible to evacuate all the villagers to the state or county seats. Shen Hongjun entered the house and said.

Yun Xue was stunned, and the needle in her hand pierced her hand, she didn't realize it, she just looked at Shen Hongjun, "Eighteen ditches?" The clothes she was holding in her hand showed a red mark.

Shen Hongjun stepped forward and held Yun Xue's hand, "I don't know if I pricked my hand." He hurriedly took the needle and thread in Yun Xue's hand aside, and then said in a deep voice, "Yes, there are many dead and wounded over there." There were only twenty or thirty sergeants left in the guards, and the villagers were only old and weak, women and children, young and strong laborers, and most of them died. The rest are all seriously injured, and whether they can be saved or not is not certain. ”

The tears in Yun Xue's eyes couldn't be stopped no matter what, "Damn, these damn Dongyi people, why didn't the earthquake all shake them to death?" Yun Xue hated the way.

"Don't talk about that yet, tomorrow morning, you all have to go, and it is not appropriate to stay here for long. Eighteen ditches are bloody examples, if they are still here, I am afraid that they may not be spared. Shen Hongjun held Yun Xue's hand and looked at Yun Xue very solemnly, "You have to go, otherwise Yun Zhen and I will not feel at ease, don't let us worry about going to the battlefield." ”

"Okay, I promise you, I'll take my younger siblings with me tomorrow. Zhiyuan, what about the people in the village? With so many villages and a large number of people, if all of them are evacuated to the county seat and the state seat, how will they settle down? Yun Xue asked a little worriedly.

"Don't be afraid, the county government has already vacated all the vacant houses, and everyone can live in a lot of people. In addition, there are actually many empty houses in the county, and I have already told the county magistrate that I will send someone down tomorrow to investigate. If there is a vacant house, whether it is rented or lent, it must be used to settle these villagers. At this time, we must be united, as long as we hold on for a while, the reinforcements from the imperial court will arrive, and the dilemma can be solved. Shen Hongjun comforted Yun Xuedao. I have already sent someone to report the events of last night to the imperial court, and what I hope for most now is that the imperial court's reinforcements will come as soon as possible. Otherwise, with just us people, it will be difficult to defend the city.

"Didn't Yunlin say that the imperial court had already agreed to send troops? Why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet? Yun Xue asked puzzled. In her feelings, shouldn't troops be sent to the rescue immediately?

"You don't understand the things in the court. Nowadays, the imperial court is in short supply of food and salary, and there are also wars in the northwest and southeast coasts, and the imperial court is short of troops. Shen Hongjun sighed and said. Childe, Shen Fu sent someone. At the end of the ugly hour, not long after Shen Hongjun fell asleep, Shen Liang's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

Shen Hongjun was lying in clothes, and when he heard this, he immediately got up from the kang, "Let people come in." "Sending someone at this time will not be a trivial matter. Shen Hongjun immediately went to the ground and lit the candles in the room.

Not long after, Shen Liang accompanied a person into the house, and the person still had blood on his body, and suddenly knelt down in front of Shen Hongjun, "General, Eighteen Daogou was attacked by the Dongyi people in the middle of the night. The whole village, together with the sergeants on guard, lost two hundred and eighty-seven dead and one hundred and five wounded. At this point, the man's face was already full of tears.

"The sergeant guarding went to the county seat to report the news, and General Shen Fu took his subordinates and others out of the city to rescue. But it was too late, and he just killed some of the Dongyi enemy troops, and failed to save more people. At this time, the general had already gone to the county seat to ask Lang Zhong to treat the seriously injured. The elderly, weak, women and children in the village were evacuated ahead of schedule, but there was not much damage. The man calmed down a little and told the story in its entirety.

When Shen Hongjun heard this, he was furious, "Damn, these Dongyi people really deserve to die." Get up, I'll clean up, and then I'll go to the eighteen ditches to see. After Shen Hongjun finished speaking, he turned around and went back to get dressed. Then, together with Shen Liang and the person who reported the news, the horse quickly headed towards the eighteen ditches.

In the village of Shibadaogou, the cry is still shocking. Those who had lost their husbands or sons wept bitterly as they knelt beside the cold and stiff bodies of their loved ones on this cold night.

When Shen Hongjun arrived, he was faced with such a scene. Looking at those people who were crying bitterly, Shen Hongjun couldn't help but feel sad. "Auntie, it's freezing outside, let's bury our dead relatives as soon as possible. The dead must be buried in peace. He came to an old woman who was quite old.

The village chief of Shibadaogou Village is an old man who is almost sixty years old, and when the incident happened, he was also escorted out of the village to hide. Of the three sons in the family, two died, and one was seriously injured. The old man couldn't withstand such a blow, and he had already fainted once. When I woke up at this time, my emotions gradually calmed down. Seeing Shen Hongjun coming, the old man staggered forward, "General Shen, you want to avenge these people." As the old man spoke, tears fell uncontrollably.

Shen Hongjun stepped forward to support the village chief, and then said with great certainty, "Don't worry, my boss, I, Shen Hongjun, have fought for this life, and I want to avenge the dead." It's just that at this moment, we shouldn't be blindly sad, bury the dead relatives as soon as possible, and then all the people in the village should be evacuated to the county seat. Now that there are no young and strong people in the village, if there are any more people on the other side, will not the rest of the people suffer? ”

"Yes, yes, I'm going to tell them." The village chief didn't say anything more. They can't blame anyone for such a thing. Of the 200 soldiers guarding here, only twenty or thirty remained. The rest of them all fought with the enemy until they died heroically, and none of them flinched from the battle.

The village chief took the lead and told a few old men, who then went to comfort their relatives and friends. In this way, everyone put away their grief, took their own actions, and began to prepare for the burial of their loved ones.

Of the thousand people brought by Shen Fu, five hundred people were left here, and the remaining five hundred people rushed back to the county seat. In case this is a plan to attack the east and west, and the Dongyi people go to attack the county seat again, it will be bad, so it is important to hurry back and defend the county seat.

The 500 people who were left behind helped the villagers to dig up the frozen land near the entrance of the village, and buried the dead soldiers and the people in the village. As for the corpses of those Dongyi people, they must also be buried. Although it is freezing now, nothing will happen, but if you don't deal with it, when the weather is warm, there will be epidemics.

This time, there were many casualties among the Dongyi people, and the final count showed a total of 627 dead. Comparatively speaking, the losses over there are actually greater.

At this time, the ground is frozen to about a foot. The soldiers brought pickaxes from the village, cut the ground bit by bit, and buried the dead one by one. As for those Dongyi people, they simply made a few big pits and threw them all in.

Shen Hongjun also followed suit, and after everyone was busy for a few hours, they could be considered to have cleaned up all the corpses. At this time, it was already dawn, and everyone couldn't take a break, so they hurriedly helped the people in the village pack up their things and let them quickly evacuate to the county seat.

Some of the villagers were reluctant to leave, so Shen Hongjun led people to persuade them from house to house. Now most of the young and strong laborers in the village have been killed and wounded, and there are only a few sergeants left to guard it. If everyone refuses to leave, and the Dongyi people come to attack again, I am afraid that they will not even have the strength to fight back.

In this way, those who agreed to go, everyone began to pack their luggage, food and other things, and then they were escorted by the sergeant all the way to the county seat. And Shen Hongjun also followed to the county seat, and after discussing with the magistrate, he lent the idle house of the county government to the villagers to live in, and temporarily let them settle down.

Eighteen ditches are the closest to the county seat, and these people entered the city one after another, and finally at dusk, the villagers all entered the county seat.

Within a day, all the villages near the county seat had already known the news. For a time, everyone in every village and household was in danger. The sergeants stationed there were also excited, and they had to fight with the Dongyi people.

Shen Hongjun ordered someone to send an order to the villages near the county seat to try to pull all the villages into the county seat as soon as possible, so that it would be convenient to defend and there would be no such situation as the eighteen ditches again. The villagers no longer dared to take any chances, and many agreed to move.

After a busy day, everyone didn't even eat, and the magistrate said that he was going to set up a banquet to entertain Shen Hongjun, but he refused. "Lord Wang, this Dongyi invasion, I'm afraid that it will take a long time, and there will be hardships in the future. He ordered the inhabitants of the city to strictly prohibit the movement of the city at will, and to be frugal. Once the army besieges the city, I am afraid that there will not be enough food to eat. ”

Wang Zhixian hurriedly said yes, "What the general said is very true, early tomorrow morning, the lower officials will post a notice to inform the people." ”

Shen Hongjun saw that the county seat had settled down, so he took Shen Liang and a few cronies out of the county seat and quickly rushed back to Wudaogou Village. By the time they came back, it was already midday. There was silence in the village, Shen Hongjun came to the door of Han's house, and Shen Liang stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Tianfu poked out of the house, "Who?" ”

"Tianfu, it's me." Shen Hongjun said in a deep voice.

As soon as Tianfu heard it, he knew that it was Shen Hongjun who was coming, so he hurriedly went to open the door.

Shen Hongjun entered the door, didn't say a word, and went directly to Yunxue's east house. At this time, everyone was not sleeping, Yun Xue was sewing and mending clothes, and when she saw Shen Hongjun coming, she asked a little puzzled, "Zhiyuan, why are you here at this time?" ”

"Early tomorrow morning, I will send someone to send you all to the state capital. Yesterday night, the eighteen ditches were invaded by enemy troops, and there were heavy casualties. Today, I used to be busy with this. Now all the villagers in Shibadaogou have moved to the county office. Tomorrow, I will go and talk to the village chiefs of these nearby villages and ask them to cooperate as much as possible to evacuate all the villagers to the state or county seats. Shen Hongjun entered the house and said.

Yun Xue was stunned, and the needle in her hand pierced her hand, she didn't realize it, she just looked at Shen Hongjun, "Eighteen ditches?" The clothes she was holding in her hand showed a red mark.

Shen Hongjun stepped forward and held Yun Xue's hand, "I don't know if I pricked my hand." He hurriedly took the needle and thread in Yun Xue's hand aside, and then said in a deep voice, "Yes, there are many dead and wounded over there." There were only twenty or thirty sergeants left in the guards, and the villagers were only old and weak, women and children, young and strong laborers, and most of them died. The rest are all seriously injured, and whether they can be saved or not is not certain. ”

The tears in Yun Xue's eyes couldn't be stopped no matter what, "Damn, these damn Dongyi people, why didn't the earthquake all shake them to death?" Yun Xue hated the way.

"Don't talk about that yet, tomorrow morning, you all have to go, and it is not appropriate to stay here for long. Eighteen ditches are bloody examples, if they are still here, I am afraid that they may not be spared. Shen Hongjun held Yun Xue's hand and looked at Yun Xue very solemnly, "You have to go, otherwise Yun Zhen and I will not feel at ease, don't let us worry about going to the battlefield." ”

"Okay, I promise you, I'll take my younger siblings with me tomorrow. Zhiyuan, what about the people in the village? With so many villages and a large number of people, if all of them are evacuated to the county seat and the state seat, how will they settle down? Yun Xue asked a little worriedly.

"Don't be afraid, the county government has already vacated all the vacant houses, and everyone can live in a lot of people. In addition, there are actually many empty houses in the county, and I have already told the county magistrate that I will send someone down tomorrow to investigate. If there is a vacant house, whether it is rented or lent, it must be used to settle these villagers. At this time, we must be united, as long as we hold on for a while, the reinforcements from the imperial court will arrive, and the dilemma can be solved. Shen Hongjun comforted Yun Xuedao. I have already sent someone to report the events of last night to the imperial court, and what I hope for most now is that the imperial court's reinforcements will come as soon as possible. Otherwise, with just us people, it will be difficult to defend the city.

"Didn't Yunlin say that the imperial court had already agreed to send troops? Why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet? Yun Xue asked puzzled. In her feelings, shouldn't troops be sent to the rescue immediately?

"You don't understand the things in the court. Nowadays, the imperial court is in short supply of food and salary, and there are also wars in the northwest and southeast coasts, and the imperial court is short of troops. Shen Hongjun sighed and said.