No matter how many rabbles there are, they are just rabble, and after the leader is beheaded with a knife, the rest are just a plate of loose sand.

The 15,000-square-meter Japanese army entered the city and took less than a day to control all the 200,000 rebellious people.

The miners, who were not organized, were just a herd of lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and they could not even resist, so they were easily arrested.

Order has been restored in Daxing County, but the damage caused by the 200,000 chaotic people is irreparable.

A large number of mine owners in the city were washed in blood, and the county order and the county were hung high in the county government with bamboo poles.

By the time Li Dingguo and the others put them down with the bodies of the mine owners, the bodies were almost dry.

The whole of Daxing County is full of ruins, and the angry miners have been wreaking havoc since they entered the city, and everything needs to be rebuilt.

After Li Dingguo passed on the news of the success of quelling the rebellion, the will of the imperial court soon arrived.

He Xini, the former county governor of Daxing County, took over the post of county commander of Daxing County, and the other two chief officials will be sent from Bianjing in the near future.

This is the result of a compromise between all parties in the court, and the literati who have always been guarding against the penetration of imperial power into the local area can tolerate the emperor mixing sand in Daxing County, but this supreme official must still be their person.

Otherwise, with He Xini, a county lieutenant with no political achievements, and a county lieutenant who ran fast when the people attacked the city, it would be good not to punish him, and let him become a county commander by two levels?

The imperial court made arrangements for Daxing County after the pacification, Li Dingguo did not continue to stay, and planned to return to the other side of the river with 200,000 captives, but at this time He Xini was unwilling.

Originally, he was just a county lieutenant, and it didn't matter to him where these 200,000 rebels went.

But he is now a county magistrate, a county parent official, and his main task is the livelihood of the county.

Since ancient times, Daxing County has relied on mining to make a living, what does it take to open a mine?

O man!

No one who will mine for you?

Although these 200,000 rebellious people rebelled, now the leader of the thieves is dead, and if these 200,000 miners are lost, it means that Daxing County, which has been hit hard, will not be able to operate directly!

Without miners, he can't even open a mine, and he still wants to rely on mining to restore the economy of Daxing County!

But for the belonging of these 200,000 people, Li Dingguo did not give in, and directly gave him a sentence:

"This is a prisoner of our Ping Wa army, what to do with it is our business, you have no right to beak."

Just kidding, the main purpose of their visit this time is for these people, and saving Daxing County is just incidental.

If you don't bring these people back, then haven't they come for nothing?

This person Li Dingguo definitely can't let go!

He Xi was in a hurry, but in the end, after Li Dingguo talked to him with a "smile" and a "reason", he could only cry and watch the 200,000 Qingzi in Daxing County being taken away by Li Dingguo.

He also knew that Li Dingguo and others were going to Bian'an County to repair the embankment, and he only hoped that after the completion of the embankment repair, Li Dingguo would be able to return the 200,000 people to Daxing County.

But for this, Li Dingguo just politely showed a big smile.

According to what our prince said, we have to be a gluttony outside, how can we vomit it out for you if it enters the stomach!

That's 200,000 young people! You can put it anywhere, there is no shortage of food in my Yunzhou County!

On the east bank of the Bianhe River, Zhou Lin looked at the west bank day by day and lamented, and he didn't know how General Li was going on and whether he could bring people back.

He didn't sit still these days, he still went to the towns and villages to work hard, but the results were still unsatisfactory, and no one was willing to come to help.

The power of the Zhao family is terrifying!

Now he can only put all his hopes on Li Dingguo.

Today is the sixth day of the army's departure, and Li Dingguo said that he would be able to come back in seven days at most, but seeing that there was only one day left, he didn't know if he could come back on time.

The sun in the sky has set in the west, and this day is about to pass again, and when the disappointed Zhou Lin turned around and was about to return to the camp, an official who followed him suddenly pointed to the other side of the river and cheered loudly:

"Zhou Shilang! Zhou Shilang! It's back! It's back! ”

Zhou Lin was startled, and hurriedly turned back, sure enough, facing the afterglow of the setting sun, a large group of people who were black and oppressive appeared in the sight on the other side of the river, looking at the banner flying high in the army, which one is not the Ping Wei army!

General Lee is really back!

Zhou Lin was overjoyed, and hurriedly said loudly: "Hurry up, arrange a boat to take them across the river!" Take them across the river!! ”

……

After more than 200,000 people crossed the river, the sky was completely dark, but fortunately, more than 200,000 people had all crossed the river smoothly, and the camp prepared for them had already been prepared.

On the banks of the Bianhe River.

The night breeze was blowing, and the night in spring was still relatively cool, and Zhou Lin couldn't help but wrap his clothes tightly.

After arranging for the last boatload of people to cross the river, Zhou Lin came to Li Dingguo, who had just crossed the river with the last boatload, and took a bowl of hot soup from the official on the side, handed it over and said with a smile:

"General Li worked hard, but I didn't expect that it was only six days, and the general really brought back 200,000 people.

Now that we have the manpower to repair the embankment, we can finally start construction! ”

The excitement on Zhou Lin's face was difficult to hide at all, God knows how anxious he was during this time.

took the hot soup and tried the temperature, the temperature was just right, Li Dingguo immediately drank it in a big gulp, and put a whole bowl of hot soup into his stomach in a few gulps, and after feeling that the cold on his body was much less, Li Dingguo breathed a long sigh of relief and said:

"It's just that the people have been forced to rebel, and the army will be pacified easily as soon as it arrives, if it weren't for the Daxing County Order, they would have come back in a day or two.

These 200,000 people are obviously our prisoners, and he still wants to prevent us from taking them away, but he is against him!

You have to toast and don't eat and drink! Hum! ”

When Zhou Lin heard this, his expression suddenly froze, and he had a bad feeling in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "What did the general do to let the county order release people?" ”

Li Dingguo couldn't help but be a little amused when he saw his cautious appearance, but he just said: "It's nothing, after telling him the truth, he agreed!" ”

"Just reasoning?"

"Well, that's reasonable!"

"Really?"

"Nonsense! Surely it is! ”

Zhou Lin breathed a sigh of relief.

He Xini, who was tied to the beam of the yamen house in Daxing County and hung all night, sent out a "friendly" greeting!

After confirming that the people's arrival was "normal", Zhou Lin's expression became excited again, and he looked at the crowd that entered the camp one after another and said excitedly:

"In the afternoon, I already sent a signal to the Bianjing side, at most, tomorrow, the first batch of money, grain and supplies will go down the Bianhe River, and when we unload it, we can start building the river embankment directly!"

"Tomorrow is not the time?" Li Dingguo muttered a few words, and then asked:

"Has the Zhao family made any other moves in the past two days?"

Zhou Lin was stunned when he heard this, but he still shook his head and said, "No, there is nothing unusual these days." ”

Li Dingguo shook his head and said: "Ben General always feels that the Zhao family will not be so laissez-faire, maybe they will come after us start construction!" ”

Zhou Lin was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Can't it, what else can they do?" ”

Li Dingguo shook his head: "I don't know but there are too many things I can do, this Zhao family in Bian'an County is the low-headed snake, we have neither intelligence nor relationship, we can only act carefully."

Starting tomorrow, I will release my subordinates for ten miles, and if the Zhao family makes any moves, we will have some time to react.

Zhou Shilang, you also have to be careful here, although the boat is on the waterway, but you also have to remind the other side to be careful of the Zhao family doing things along the way.

When the time comes, if the food and supplies can't be delivered, then we won't be able to do anything! ”

"This official understands that he will definitely notify them to make arrangements as soon as possible, and the rest will be General Lao!"

"Nothing."

Li Dingguo waved his hand, and then went back to rest separately from Zhou Lin, walked for a day, and tossed at night until now he was tired and wanted to rest early.

Zhou Lin didn't continue to pester him, and began to arrange other things, the project was about to start, the arrangement of 200,000 people, eating, drinking, and pulling or something, all of them were complicated things, and he had to sort out a plan before the official start of construction, otherwise they would all be in a hurry at that time.

In the miner's tent.

Although the lights have been extinguished, the people are still awake.

Having just arrived in a strange place, coupled with their current status as captives, even the most big-hearted people may not be able to sleep.

Everyone's hearts are a little uneasy, and there is confusion and fear about the road ahead.

"Brother Shanzi! Brother Shanzi! Did you sleep? ”

Suddenly, a muffled shout rang out from the tent.

"Not yet."

The young man called Brother Shanzi replied as he lay on the ground and stared blankly at the top of the tent.

There was a movement around him, and the next moment a dark shadow squeezed to Shanzi's side.

Smelling the smell of this person, Shanzi immediately recognized that this was his own village's Fa Xiao Li Dog!

This kid has had a fox smell since he was a child, although it is not heavy, it still has it, and he can smell it when he gets close.

"Dog, why don't you sleep? Be careful of being caught by those soldiers outside, and the knife will be over! ”

Shanzi whispered.

Li Goudan hurriedly shook his head and said:

"Brother Shanzi, I can't sleep.

That's the Bianhe River we crossed at night, right?

I've heard of the Bianhe, we're not in Xiangbei, what are we doing here by that group of soldiers, I can't sleep at all. ”

"I'm the same!"

"I'm the same!"

Li Goudan's words immediately aroused the echo of everyone in the tent.

Xu is voice was a little louder, and the scolding of the soldiers of the Ping Wei Army immediately came from outside the tent: "What are you arguing about!" Be quiet! ”

As he spoke, he only heard two pounding sounds, and the soldiers of the Pingwa Army outside slapped the camp tent twice with the weapons in their hands, which immediately quieted everyone in the camp.

After a long while, Shanzi whispered: "Okay, don't worry about this, I heard Greedy Mo talking during the day, as if he wanted us to repair the river embankment."

It's better to repair the embankment than to be killed, but I heard that those who rebelled in the past were all beheaded by those who countered the rebellion.

We are lucky this time, they need to repair the river embankment by hand, otherwise maybe the things on our heads have already become someone's military merit. ”

Shanzi's words suddenly frightened everyone in the camp to breathe, and they all subconsciously stopped breathing for a few seconds, and then gradually relaxed.

"Huhu, that's good, repair the embankment, I went to our village when I used to build the canal, it should be about the same, and then I will repair it well."

Li Goudan was relieved, but his tone was much more relaxed than before.

Shanzi didn't say anything more, just sighed.

After a while, everyone in the center of the tent gradually fell asleep, and the sound of snoring sounded in the tent.

But Shanzi still didn't fall asleep, staring blankly at the dark tent and thinking about something.

"It's never been difficult to work, but I don't know if there is food for this work, this is for the official family, and many people used to starve to death when they were serving conscription!

That's the hardest part! ”

As the night deepened, Shanzi fell into a deep sleep with doubts.

……

Following.

The morning sun was rising, the rooster was announcing the dawn for the third time, and everyone was awakened.

All the captives were driven out of the camp and led by the soldiers of the Pingwa army to one place.

Li Goudan rubbed his sleepy eyes, subconsciously followed the team, and after a while of sobering up, he asked Shanzi suspiciously:

"Brother Shanzi, where are you going to take us this morning?"

Shanzi shook his head: "I don't know, maybe I'm going to work, I'll know when I get there." ”

Li Goudan's face suddenly drooped when he heard this, and he covered his stomach and said:

"Ah, go straight to work?

Can...... But I'm hungry.

I had been crossing the river last night, and I was driven back to the camp without eating anything, and I went to work early in the morning, and I was so hungry. ”

Shanzi suddenly didn't have a good air:

"Okay, don't say a word, it's better to starve you twice and not kill people than to be hacked to death.

If you really don't have the strength to sneak around and be lazy for a while, don't be too obvious, otherwise no one will be able to save you if you are discovered, do you hear? ”

"Okay!"

Li Goudan nodded dejectedly and didn't say anything more.

The two followed the team all the way to the center of the camp.

This is a huge school yard, a place that has been specially leveled.

As soon as I turned here, a fragrance wafted over, and in an instant, the stomach gurgling in the field and the sound of hunger came and went one after another!

Li Goudan is even more of the best, squinting his eyes and sniffing the smell in the air, Li Goudan said in surprise:

"Brother Shanzi! It's porridge! Definitely the taste of porridge!

This tastes! There's a lot of porridge! Is it going to be a meal? ”

Li Goudan had an expectant look on his face.

Shanzi's face was hesitant, and he said uncertainly: "Maybe, but it is also possible that it is only for those who are soldiers, and we don't have it?" ”

Li Goudan was stunned when he heard this, and said, "It's impossible!" ”

Shanzi shook his head and didn't say anything more, and Li Goudan had no choice but to look ahead with a worried voice.

Just when everyone was in a commotion when they smelled the fragrance, a cavalryman of the Pingwei army rode back and forth and shouted:

"Everyone! Queue up in an orderly manner to receive the morning food, this time the bowl of morning food is your own thing to keep for the guys who will eat in the future, if you lose it, you will eat it with your hands in the future!

Don't mess around! Don't be noisy! Quiet Dinner!

If there is a troublemaker, then starve! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was immediately overjoyed, and then quickly lined up in dozens of columns in front of the dozens of food spots at the front, quietly waiting to receive the meal.

No one dared to speak loudly, and after being hungry all night yesterday, the big guy's stomach was already growling, and no one wanted to be denied food because of his voice.

All of them honestly and quietly received their own meals.

……

(End of chapter)