"Dubo." In the firewood room, Chen Yougen hurriedly came, looked around, then lowered his voice and said in a mysterious tone: "There is going to be a war." ”

When the soldiers who were wiping the equipment heard this, their hands and feet slowed down.

Shao Xun signaled with his eyes, and soon two people got up and went out of the firewood room with weapons on duty.

"Say it." He nodded.

"Someone received a letter from Yecheng's family, saying that the king of Chengdu had gathered more than 200,000 troops and went south in batches, wanting to try Luoyang." Chen Yougen said.

"More than 200,000?" Shao Xun shook his head helplessly.

The Jizhou Metropolitan Governor has a maximum of 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers and horses, and some have lost some in the past few years, and it would be good to have 30,000 soldiers now.

The so-called more than 200,000 soldiers and horses are more likely to be Ding Zhuang who was temporarily conscripted by more than 200,000 people, which is actually the mainstream way of war at this time: rookies pecking each other.

Of course, it's not that the Yecheng army doesn't have elites.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the Jizhou Metropolitan Governor's District is in the first echelon among the "eight military regions", and it is okay.

Moreover, he is not sure whether Sima Ying has reorganized the army, recruited elites, and formed a new army - as a careerist in troubled times, he should have done it, otherwise he would still fight for the world.

Alas, in the final analysis, his status is still low, and he can't get effective information, and others may not tell him, so that this kind of news actually depends on Chen Yougen to get it from the street.

"Yecheng to Luoyang, when will it arrive?" Shao Xun asked.

"If you go fast, it's about a month." Chen Yougen said.

"How do you know?"

Chen Yougen was a little embarrassed, and muttered, "I've been there." ”

Shao Xun didn't ask him why he went to Yecheng, closed his eyes and thought for a while, and then said: "Pan Yuan can't stay there, we have to withdraw to Luoyang City as soon as possible." ”

"Yes." Chen Yougen nodded again and again: "Those old men can't go into battle at all." Children and young people are only worthy of being the food of people. If you don't withdraw to the city, you will be in danger. ”

"Cannibalism now?" Shao Xun was a little surprised.

The troubled times have just begun, and he can understand that there are sporadic cannibalism, but listening to Chen Yougen's meaning, he has already eaten people on a large scale?

"Uncle Du, you are outstanding in martial arts and fair in everything, I will obey you. But you should go down there and walk more, in some places, even the grass thieves and bandits are not willing to rob them. Chen Yougen said.

"Why don't you grab it? Too poor? Isn't it permissible to plunder and sell people? I heard that most of the Xiongnu and Qianzhou people were captured and sold by officials. Shao Xun asked.

"In some places, the people are poor and unty, and they have nothing, so they will die a rotten life." Chen Yougen shook his head and said, "The bandits have gone, and they may not be able to beat them." Luckily, they caught and sold them as slaves, or they were reduced to food. There are 'beef' in the exiled army in Bingzhou and Jizhou, and there is a lot of supply. In fact, how can there be so many cows? I'm afraid it's one or two points of beef, eight or nine points of human flesh. ”

"It's more messy than I thought." Shao Xun sighed.

My life is indeed too simple.

Since Donghai came to Luoyang, he was either on duty in Sikong Mansion or guarding in Pan Garden, the life scene was monotonous, there was not much contact with the outside world, and the information was indeed blocked.

After all, he only saw a small corner of this troubled world, and it was still a relatively "gentle" corner.

"Yougen, I heard that there are many outlaws in the mountains, forests and rivers, do you understand?" Shao Xun thought of what He Lun and Wang Bing said before, and suddenly asked.

"How can you not know?" Chen Yougen grinned, as if he wanted to laugh, and when he saw Shao Xun's serious face, he held back his life, and then said: "From Chang'an to Luoyang, from Hanoi to Xiangyang, there are countless bandits, and there are almost no mountains and forests for them to settle down. As far as I could tell from my casual conversations with the brothers, there were thieves on a small dirt bag. Maybe they may not be real thieves, they also farm, but they have definitely done a lot of thieves. ”

"What are these people's habits?" Shao Xun asked.

"Uncle Duke, I know what you mean." Chen Yougen said: "In fact, most of them are defeated in the states, and they can't go home, so they just fall into the grass." The habits are okay, but it's hard to say after a long time. ”

"yes, I see." Shao Xun nodded, and asked again: "There is going to be a war, are you afraid?" ”

"It's a lie to say you're not afraid." Chen Yougen sighed and said, "But now that there is no way to live anywhere, what's the use of being afraid?" It's better to fight hard, maybe you can get ahead. ”

"If everybody is like you, morale will go up." Shao Xun said with a smile: "Okay, this time the Yecheng and Chang'an armies are coming, we have no way to avoid it, so we can only act at the opportunity." If I really have to go into battle, I will say ugly things in front, and those who escape from the battle will die without following the military order. ”

"No." Chen Yougen responded.

Shao Xun set his eyes on the rest of the people, and everyone agreed.

******

Concubine Pei didn't stay long in Luoyang, and returned to Pan Garden two days later.

When escorting all the way, Shao Xun found an opportunity to make his own suggestions.

"This time, I came here for this matter." Concubine Pei sighed, her expression was much darker, and she was not as energetic as before.

War is feared by everyone, especially women.

Don't think that the officials and troops of the Great Jin Dynasty have a lot of discipline, in fact, in the army at the end of the dynasty, there were few good military disciplines, and adultery, plunder, and all kinds of evil were the norm.

As for the gate valve department, the private soldiers of the dock fort, the homeless begging and so on, a bird-like.

The rebellion of the kings caused serious damage to the local order, and they took the opportunity to stir up trouble, killing many people, and arresting countless slaves, not to mention eating "things".

"The princess is wise." Shao Xun praised.

Following such a clear-minded superior is cool, when to do something, with a spectrum in mind, and not dragging the mud and water, this character is very good.

"Isn't Uncle afraid of death? I remember you've been in battle twice, right? Concubine Pei asked.

Shao Xun was a little confused, and didn't know how to answer.

Who is not afraid of war?

It's not a game, just a click of the mouse, and the pawn rushes over. This is to ask you to risk the arrows and stones, cross the edge of the blade, bet your life as a risk, and fight hard.

In fact, don't look at the impassioned speech he said to the people below, it was to strictly enforce military discipline and boost morale. In his heart, his mood swings are not small, after all, the traverser is also afraid of death.

Moreover, this kind of emotional fluctuations cannot be revealed to the outside world, and can only be borne silently by oneself.

"The princess is kind to me, and I have no right to be afraid." Shao Xun said slowly.

These words silenced Concubine Pei.

Shao Xun looked at the blue sky and white clouds in front of him.

There are some things that cannot be said to outsiders.

As a child, he wasn't very bold — no, maybe he just thought he wasn't very bold.

When he was five years old, an old man in the village died, and he was taken by his parents. The corpse was already cold, its face was a little hideous, its hands and feet were dull and blue, and there was a dark purple color. He thought he was scared, but when he stood in front of the corpse, he found himself calm.

When I was in middle school, a relative's house caught fire and some people were burned to death. He watched from afar in the crowd as people pulled unrecognizable, charred bodies from the rubble. He thought he would be scared because the corpse's stomach was burned and bursting, the internal organs were exposed, and the fingers and toes were fused together, but he found himself calm, and even at the request of his parents, he dressed the corpse of his own age in a new dress. At that time, the rotten meat fell down piece by piece, and he found that he was not afraid at all.

After the crossing, at the age of fourteen, the civil rebellion was suppressed. In this life, his father was old and his younger siblings were young, so he went out on his father's behalf and killed a rebel with his own hands.

He thought he would be scared, but when the blood was covered and he personally cut off his head and tied it around his waist, he found himself calm.

In the dead of night, when he dissects his heart, he doesn't know where his lower limit is.

When he fights in battle, he will even abandon all distractions and rush to the top as soon as his head is hot.

He felt like a terrible person.

At one point, he even suspected that he was a pervert and had a mental illness.

Now that this person is cannibalistic in the world, he is really worried that he will slide step by step into the abyss of perversion.

Therefore, it is necessary to find something positive to dilute your negative emotions.

Make meritorious contributions, end the troubled times, return the people to a peaceful world, abolish many appalling systems of the Great Jin Dynasty, and make society more progressive...... And so on and so forth.

Without these lofty ideals to illuminate his path and act as anchors, he felt like a lonely traveler staggering in the dark, who would eventually be lost, engulfed in darkness, and become a brutal person like Shi Hu.

"Shao Jun's words, can I believe it?" Concubine Pei asked softly.

"The princess can wait and see."

"Well, I believe you."

Without saying a word all the way, the car returned to Pan Garden in the evening.

The order to retreat soon spread everywhere, and unsurprisingly caused a small commotion.

But the retreat is not today, nor is it tomorrow, and there is still a lot to be done in the estate.

It will take another day or two for the grain to be harvested, and many people will be wielding scythes under the stars tonight.

The harvested grain should also take advantage of the good weather to dry it, otherwise it will be easy to rot.

The belongings and tools in the manor should be packed up, and the livestock should be placed in a place, preferably within the sheep and horse walls of Guo outside Luoyang.

Finally, where do thousands of people live? This is a problem that needs to be coordinated in advance.

It's always a bunch of things, you have to deal with them as soon as possible, after all, the enemy army will not wait for you.

On June 15, Mi Huang came to Pan Garden, and the retreat was already on the bow.