"Don't let them run!"

"Kill them all!"

"Came to Yingchuan to kill people, and treat me as if I were nothing?"

After making a simple mobilization, the officers of the government immediately asked their men to turn over and mount their horses, and did not care about the nuisance of locusts, and chased them out for a while, and when they intercepted an enemy army, they dismounted one after another, defeated them, and let them disperse.

This repeated repeatedly, and finally cut off most of the enemy's baggage troops driving large carts.

Chen Yougen took a long sword and picked up the curtain covering the carriage, and the fishy smell came to his face, mixed with flies flying around, making people feel sick.

"Humph!" He snorted coldly and said, "Put away all the grain and put it in the car." Bury the dried meat, so that it may not harm anyone. ”

The soldiers immediately began to clean up.

The so-called "dried meat", horses are definitely not eating, and they are not happy to eat it.

The grain is very mixed, from corn to beans, it can be seen that the thieves have something to rob, and collect every bit of food as much as possible.

For two consecutive years, the alternation of drought and locusts, coupled with wars, the people's food stocks have indeed been almost squeezed, and it is inevitable that large-scale deaths will be carried out this year.

This tragic world is almost comparable to the Yellow Turban meeting at the end of the Han Dynasty, but I hope it won't last that long.

The Yu family tribes who were pursuing with the government soldiers smacked their lips, a little pity. They hadn't eaten human flesh, but they just subconsciously felt a pity.

There were also some belongings in the enemy's baggage convoy.

A guest leader of Yujiazhuang saw the light in his eyes, and subconsciously reached out to take it.

"Bang!" Chen Yougen's heavy sword slashed the carriage, and sawdust flew sideways.

"Get out." He shouted angrily.

The head of the Zhuang Ke was not convinced and wanted to argue a few words, but he was quickly pulled into the distance.

"This is a murderer, why are you messing with him?"

"This person is brutal and murderous, and it's all torture and killing, don't mess with him."

"It's just a greedy person, there will be no good end in the future, just sit and see how he dies, avoid it first."

Everyone persuaded one after another, and the head of Zhuang Ke was angry and cleaned up the battlefield with a gloomy face.

Chen Yougen is a single sword, patrolling back and forth on the battlefield.

Armor, food, and goods, wherever he pointed his sword, the soldiers took it away, and the people of the Yu family dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, so they could only avoid him.

"Overseer, what about these people?" Chen Jingen ran over and pointed to a group of men and women who were tied to the car.

There are not many people, about more than 100 people, and one feature is highlighted: the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled.

Or an old man with a gray beard.

Either it's a young child.

Either it's an unclothed woman.

Chen Yougen walked over.

He just saw it, but he didn't have time to pay attention to it for a while.

As the Yu family said, Chen Yougen is a murderer.

A heavy sword on the battlefield slashed flesh and blood, and so far, the severed heads, severed arms, legs, and feet of his severed arms and legs seemed to fill a cart if they were piled up.

His appearance is also fierce, he likes to stare at people when he looks at them, and no one is not afraid.

However, everyone in the car looked at him with numb eyes, neither afraid nor happy, as if he had long since lost all emotion and had become a walking corpse.

"This is a vegetable man, right?" He asked slowly.

"Yes...... bar. Chen Jingen replied with some uncertainty.

I haven't heard the name of a vegetable man for a long time.

To be fair, except for a few perverts, no one likes to eat people.

Even when Zhang Fang's troops withdrew from Luoyang, they took away more than 10,000 officials, private slaves and maids, it was because the food was really not enough, and it was definitely not enough to support them to return to Chang'an, so they killed people and ate meat.

If the military rations are sufficient, who will have nothing to eat people? Don't you respond?

"The old man, the strong man, and the healthy woman each give a hu cake and let it disperse." Chen Yougen waved his hand and ordered.

"No." Soon someone went to execute it.

"Self-dispersion" means to fend for oneself, whether you eat locusts or soil, I can't control it, and I can't do anything.

Chen Jingen quickly brought a basket of Hu cakes, all of which were cold, hard and coarse dry food, and even soaked in sweat.

He asked the vegetable people in the car to be untied, and then distributed dry food one by one.

Seeing the food, the vegetables seemed to come to life, and there was a little brilliance in their eyes.

"Take the bread and eat it quickly, and if you eat it, get out." Chen Jingen said loudly.

A sparse voice of thanks rang out among the rookie people.

The old man, the strong man, and the healthy woman took the cake and immediately ran into the distance, gobbling it up as they ran.

It didn't take long for the people to disperse, and only eight or nine young women were left in their arms, holding a dozen children.

The women begged the soldiers for a little water.

Chen Jingen sighed, untied the cowhide water bladder from his waist, and handed it over.

The pro-soldiers did the same and untied the water bladder.

The women thanked their children and fed them before they ate a few bites themselves.

They were so careful that they even picked up the crumbs of the bread that had been spilled on the ground and stuffed them into their mouths.

Chen Yougen waited patiently on the side.

After a long time, when I saw that they had finished eating, I said, "Get in the car." ”

The women exclaimed in surprise and trembled subconsciously.

Is this still going to raise them as vegetable people? I heard that some orcs like to eat women and children......

"Let you get in the car, what's the friction?" Chen Yougen raised his voice and shouted.

The women did not dare to resist, wiped their tears, and led the child into the car.

"Drive!" Chen Yougen waved his hand and got into a carriage first.

There were two or three women and four or five children sitting in the car, crying and crying.

Chen Yougen turned a deaf ear, just like driving for the Son of Heaven back then, carrying a car full of women and children to Yujiawu Fort.

When he got to the gate, he stopped.

He looked at the stunned Yu family at the gate, and said, "These women and children, a total of twenty-four people, trouble Yu Dianxue to help me raise them, and then move them when I come back." ”

After a pause, he pointed to several ox carts full of goods on the battlefield and said, "The tariff is there, and you can take it yourself." ”

After that, he jumped out of the carriage, turned around and walked to the soldiers, and said, "Everyone get on their horses and follow me after the enemy!" This time, he will be killed. ”

"Kill him on the head." The soldiers cheered and said in unison.

******

In the direction of Changshe, when Li Chong received the news, it was already two or three days later.

Locusts are everywhere, it is not easy for people and horses to travel, and it is not easy to get the news.

Zheng Dong, Zhang Gu, Yu An and others looked at him dumbfoundedly.

"Give an order to the lord of Liu Bao in Yushanwu, and lead him to set up a fence on the road with 3,000 forts."

This is to block the road through Yangzhai to bypass Liang County.

"The right to lead Luyang Tuntian army of 2,000 and stationed in Xiangcheng."

This is to block another road into Gwangseong-taek.

"Shao Shen led Ganchengwu Ding Zhuang to the south with two thousand and stationed in Green Willow Garden."

This is to protect Shao Xun's family.

Generally speaking, these second-line forces will not be used lightly.

Their combat effectiveness is relatively weak, and they are scattered everywhere for the people in peacetime, and they are soldiers in wartime. This will just be a locust plague, and the grain harvest may not be completely completed, and even if it is completed, there is still a lot of follow-up work to be done, and it is more troublesome to use.

But since he has decided to lead his troops to pursue, then there is no need to look ahead and backward, just dispatch directly.

"The rest of the people, follow me and go to Yangxia. In addition, send someone to report to the prince and the prince to know. ”

After giving the order, Li Chong no longer hesitated and directly led his troops eastward.

It can be seen that his style is relatively conservative.

As others commented on him, he thought too much and tried to take care of all aspects.

He can't do the kind of thing that magnifies his own danger and creates fighters at the same time, he is not brave enough, but it is perfect for stabilizing the rear.

After the eastward march of the army, there seemed to be fewer locusts, but they still hindered the speed of the march.

Along the way, there are bare trees and fields everywhere.

In places like Yuzhou, the cultivation of winter wheat is not very common, and most people still sow millet in spring. After the locust plague, this year's harvest is wasted.

The only remedy is probably to plant a batch of crops with a short growing period, such as beans, after the locust plague has subsided, and harvest as much as possible, so as to recover the losses as much as possible.

There seem to be more homeless people on the roadside.

At first glance, it seems not surprising, because there have always been many displaced people in Sizhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and other places, and the disputes between residents and displaced people are a common topic.

But if you listen carefully, many homeless people speak local accents, which has to be amazing, and at the same time the heart is heavy.

The causes of displacement are not necessarily all wars, and even wars are not necessarily the main factors, and natural disasters are the real "killers".

If last year's severe drought could still be carried by grain stocks, this year's wave of locust plague in Genesis, how do you deal with it?

Maybe some people can still loot their family funds and rely on the little savings they have left, but there are even more people who can't carry it.

With no food, and the impact of the war, and even more despair about the future, it is not uncommon for a large number of displaced people to appear.

Li Zhong took more than 2,000 Yamen troops plus 3,000 Ding Zhuang auxiliary troops, a large army of 5,000 people, and was well-equipped and well-equipped, so it was not easy to provoke at first glance, but there were still a large number of homeless people eyeing them, wandering far away, and refusing to leave.

Hunger tormented them, and there was only something to eat in their eyes, and even made them forget the threat of death for a while, leaving only the instinct to eat.

Can such a state still be called a human being? Perhaps, they have become walking beasts, for they do not spare even their companions.

Lee Chong is a standard professional soldier.

Usually polite and polite.,Like to read.,Gentle and elegant.,Always praised by others.。

At this time, he carried out perhaps the most reasonable and at the same time ruthless strategy: send arrows from afar to expel those who dared to approach.

Every time a homeless person was shot dead or wounded, there was a burst of cheers in the field.

The homeless people who were in good health dragged the dead and wounded back, and slaughtered them on the spot, regardless of whether they had a breath or not.

On the side of the road, there are many people who describe the withered tree, looking from a distance, like a statue.

In front of them were clay pots, large and small, with the smell of floating bones boiling in them.

The woman lay on the ground with her legs crossed, unclothed. Every time they saw someone, their eyes immediately flashed with hope, and it was obvious that they were trading their bodies for a little food.

All it takes is a little crumb of bread, or a small bag of locusts, and you can do whatever you want to her.

In this difficult world, dignity is not worth mentioning.

Some elderly people rubbed "meatballs" on the ground.

The origin of the meat is very suspicious, and it is not all meat, at least half of the dirt is mixed with some locusts, which are not so easy to catch for those who are about to faint from hunger.

And such "food" is still being robbed.

Along the way, you will see some huge steamers from time to time, with smoke on them, and clumps of "food" wrapped in cloth in the cages, which can vaguely be seen in the shape of children.

The army marched in a hurry.

Even the martial artists who are accustomed to killing still have goosebumps all over their bodies when they see such a tragic situation.

It's not that I'm afraid, but I feel terrible.

When man becomes an animal, becomes a beast, and abandons all dignity and all manners, it is man who feels sorrow.

In this kind of world, you still have to squeeze out food and resources to fight......

Whose fault is it?

Who is to blame?

Who will save the people?

The sound of horses' hooves sounded.

Before long, two messengers came from afar. After turning over and dismounting, he quickly handed over a military order to Li Chong.

"The prince has an order, the soldiers are divided into two routes, and the light troops rush to Yangxia and Chen County, intercept the boats, and deduct half and release half." The Courier added.

Li Chong was stunned and asked, "Don't pursue the enemy anymore?" ”

"The prince said that Shile can be beaten at any time, and it is important to save the people first, and how much can be saved." The messenger replied: "If the Huns are watching because of the lack of food in Luoyang, he will lead his troops to fight the thieves back." ”

Li Chong was silent for a long time.

Drums don't need to be hammered.

It doesn't take much to be impressive.

At critical moments, the courage to take responsibility is enough.

Living the minister, not living the people?

What is the purpose of training troops to fight? If you just want to pursue military victory, then you put the cart before the horse.

"Scatter some of the military rations." Li Zhong ordered: "Tell these people that if they can keep up, they will go to Yangxia and Chen County." ”