Chapter 12 Crossing the River with Difficulties and Risks
"Chen Ding, it's up to you to handle this matter. Duan Xian is from Xianbei and is too conspicuous in this Jingkou city. Let him monitor Liu Yu. I'm afraid he will be discovered by the villagers before he can follow a few steps!"
"Besides, I'm not asking you to protect him. If he is in danger, just come and report him immediately. The specific rescue measures must be studied carefully."
Of course Wang Mi had selfish motives in making such a decision. He knew that Chen Ding was here to monitor him. Although he could accept it, he felt tired from time to time. If he could get rid of him, he would move away to protect Liu Yu.
It's a perfect excuse.
He looked out the window and sighed: "In two days, Xie Xuan will be here too."
"Yes, he already set off from Jiankang yesterday. Counting the time, even if he doesn't arrive tomorrow, he should arrive in the next day."
In dealing with Di Qin this time, the Jin Dynasty also realized that this would be a battle of life and death, and the Beifu soldiers were the main force leading this battle.
As the champion general Xie Xuan who single-handedly organized the Beifu soldiers, he certainly would not sit idly by at such a critical juncture.
He sent Liu Laozhi to recruit new soldiers first and be responsible for the training, while he himself would come from Jiankang later to inspect and accept Liu Laozhi's results. On the other hand, in the face of such a fierce battle, he had to personally
Only when you lead troops can you feel at ease.
However, Xie Xuan's quick movements were beyond Wang Mi's expectation. As the top general of the Beifu soldiers, he did not need to come and join Liu Laozhi so quickly.
According to reports from Chen Ding and others, Liu Laozhi's recruitment work was only halfway through, and he would still have to spend some time in Jingkou.
This Xie Xuan came too fast...
After Wang Mi finished observing the scenery, he returned to the desk.
On the table, the rice paper has been laid out, and the pen and ink are all ready. He gently held the pen and concentrated for a moment.
"Are you going to write to Wang Danyang again?"
Although Chen Ding was very sorry, he quickly adjusted his mood and continued his errand.
Wang Mi nodded: "You should be loyal to others when you are entrusted by others."
When I was entrusted by Wang Gong to come to Jingkou to investigate, I made an agreement to write a letter to Wang Gong in Jiankang every three days.
Wang Mi, who has traveled through time and space, has become quite accustomed to the sophisticated and complicated style of writing in ancient Chinese. Now, not only can he write fluent articles, he can even re-divide the poems he has learned and integrate them into his own articles.
middle.
There is a moonlit river near the window, drinking wine and sharing the breeze.
Tsk tsk, I am really a great talent!
Unparalleled genius!
Chen Ding was full of doubts: "Is this the only sentence written in Lang Jun's letter?"
"Yes," Wang Mi said in a matter-of-fact manner: "If nothing happens, of course I will write poems to express our friendship."
"You can't let me make it up!"
Chen Ding had nothing to say. What did he mean? If there was nothing to report, he could not have written this letter!
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Xuanmen Ferry was the first stop for refugees from Nandu to land in the Jin Dynasty.
Since the Five Hunan Rebellion in the late Yongjia period of the Western Jin Dynasty, tens of thousands of Han people were unwilling to endure the oppression of foreigners and moved to the south with their families.
Although most of the Han people wanted to escape from Wuhu's rule, some people still failed to catch the opportunity to cross to the south.
And they either continue to live reluctantly in the war-torn Central Plains, or they continue to find ways to move to areas where the situation is relatively stable.
There are generally three types of migration routes.
The most commonly used route is the southern crossing. Refugees who plan to cross south need to take a better-quality boat to the coast of the Yellow River and pass through the complex waterways connecting the Yellow River and the Huaihe River, mainly including Bianshui, Sishui, etc.
In addition to these two relatively large rivers, there are also rivers with smaller flows such as Jishui. It is not up to the refugees themselves to choose which river to cross.
This route is only related to their starting point. Whichever river is closest to their starting point, they can only choose which way.
Another way is to go northeast along the land route. There is the Yan State established by the Murong clan of Xianbei people. They respect the scholars. The Murong clan also attaches great importance to agriculture. It can be regarded as the best treatment of the Han people among the various divided Hu regimes.
Relatively friendly.
There are refugees all the way, and they are about to embark on a more difficult and unknown thorny road. They may not be able to cross the river, and they are far away from the Yan Kingdom in the northeast, so what should they do?
To survive, they had to overcome obstacles. They dragged their tired bodies and embarked on the journey.
And their target is Liang Kingdom, which is located in a corner of the Hexi Corridor. Although this place is remote, but also because of its remoteness, it can be said that it has suffered the least harm during the hundreds of years of Wuhu War.
It is said that crossing the river is so easy. Do you think that the banks of the Yellow River, which is a major transportation route, are deserted and crowded with refugees?
There are countless large boats waiting for you to take a ride. Are there even personnel and equipment that can help the refugees cross the river?
Beautiful thought!
On this busy military road, on both sides of the river, there were soldiers patrolling along the river.
While these soldiers were on guard against foreign invaders, they also had to look at the refugees who wanted to escape. If they didn't like any of them, or there were orders from above, they would chop them with knives and axes, and the refugees would be dead before they even set foot on the boat.
I think back then, during the civil strife in Zhao after Shi Le, countless Han people were terrified. They could no longer endure Shi Jin's cruel rule. They helped the old and the young to the bank of the Yellow River, looking at the rushing water of the river in the distance, waiting for the arrival of the big ship.
advent.
The scale of the refugee migration south this time was unprecedented. According to historical records at the time, tens of thousands of people gathered in just a few days.
This major incident also alarmed the Eastern Jin Dynasty at that time. For a while, their sense of justice quickly increased, and they sent spies to contact the refugees and promised to send official ships to safely transport these people to Jiangzuo.
When the refugees heard the news, they were immediately overjoyed.
I wait eagerly on the river bank every day, waiting for the arrival of the official ship. At this critical moment, we, the people of the Jin Dynasty, can still be relied on!
The refugees praise everyone they meet, and actively try to persuade them to cross the river with them when they see them.
As a result, for several days in a row, the ship did not wait for a ship, but Shi Le's pursuers did. How could they let these refugees run to the left of the river, let alone be merciful to them? With swords in their hands, countless lives were lost.
By the rolling Yellow River.
Who would have thought that they were waiting eagerly in endless anticipation, but what they were waiting for was the devil who was going to bury them.
It is now the eighth year of Taiyuan, decades have passed since those days of swordsmanship and bloodshed, and the situation on both sides of the Yellow River has also changed a lot.
Strictly speaking, Fu Jian, the emperor of the Di Qin Dynasty, was a good emperor because he encouraged farmers and mulberry farmers to teach and select talents. At least, judging from the records of later generations, his talents were better than those of the current head of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Sima Yao.
Much stronger.
Thanks to his blessing, the hardships encountered by the refugees crossing south have been greatly reduced in recent years.
From this, we can also imagine how Tan Pingzhi and the others passed through countless difficulties and obstacles to successfully reach Jingkou.