Li Duo and He Wei staggered forward with their hands tied, much like the Henan people they had captured before.
Hundreds of soldiers were also captured together. Some of them were dejected, some were frightened, and some were glaring, but no one dared to commit suicide and cause trouble.
It's one thing to eat human flesh and not take other people's lives as their own, but that doesn't mean they're not afraid of death.
Yang Hongwang, Zhe Congyun, and Wang Chong had disagreements about how to deal with these people.
Zhe Congyun thought that he might as well kill them. These people were too cruel and unruly, and they kept them to waste food.
Wang Chong felt that there was a serious shortage of people now, and the prisoners would not be surrendered even if they were killed, so it was better to collect them and use them for his own purposes.
In the end, it was the commander-in-chief Yang Hongwang who made the final decision: keep them first and let them help with chores in the camp. When they retreat, they will be brought back to Guanzhong and left to the commander-in-chief to make a decision.
The full name of the South Pavilion is Mianchi South Pavilion. It is located on the north bank of Zheng (gǔ) water (now Gushui), not very far from the county seat.
Choosing such a place as a camp was also carefully considered. First of all, it is not far from the post road between Shaanzhou and Luoyang. If the refugees want to leave, they can easily leave by road. Secondly, it is close to the river and has convenient drinking water. If there are epidemic prevention requirements, it is necessary
It is also convenient for people to get water for bathing. Thirdly, from a safety point of view, with the river blocking the river, the threat from the south will be smaller.
The person in charge of Datong Horse Racing here is called Li Fa. It used to be run by Heyang Horse Racing Association.
He had a bitter look on his face and couldn't help but sigh. When he saw the three generals of Leopard Cavalry arriving, he asked them to complain, saying how difficult it was for him. First he was forced to see the cannibal demon King Sun Ru, and then he worked hard to gather them together.
The refugees from Meng and Huaizhou were sent to Suizhou, and now they are sent to Mianchi County to be frightened.
Yang Hongwang was impatient to listen to his nonsense, so he walked around the camp. What he saw and heard was quite shocking.
"The war suddenly broke out, the rebels were raging, and there was no time to plant grains of millet, wheat, hemp, and beans, so they left."
"My family didn't have time to plant. Last year, Zhang Shijun sent people to various counties to post lists, asking us to reclaim wasteland and plant, and he even specially set aside seeds. This spring, just when we were about to plant, Li Hanzhi and Qin Zongquan's soldiers came.
, we can only run."
"The six members of my family have eaten all the seeds, otherwise we wouldn't be able to get here. I can't go back, so I have to try my luck with the Prince of Lingwu County."
The above are the words of an honest farmer.
"The price of rice in the market is extremely high, with tens of dollars per dou, just like in the past when thieves captured the Eastern Capital."
"When spring comes, there will be wars and disasters, and the lake will be dry for fishing."
"Water and drought are constant, and Yao and Tang are inevitable. This is not enough to cause people to worry about it. However, fighting back and forth like this will cause more disasters than floods and droughts."
"Huang Chao came and Qin Zongquan came, Qin Zongquan came and Li Hanzhi came, and if we come again a few times, there will be no survivors of the people!"
The above are the words of a scholar.
"I won't fight, I won't fight. I originally wanted to make a living, but who would have thought that I would not have enough to eat after becoming a soldier."
"Fight today, fight tomorrow, fight every day. Not many of the countrymen who joined the army are dead."
"If you don't cultivate crops, you should cultivate weapons. These generals don't even think about it. The fields are deserted and the people have fled. Who will serve as their soldiers?"
"Whoever can give me a grain of grain a month to keep my family well fed will sell my life to him. From Caizhou to Chenzhou, then to Zhengzhou and Henan Prefecture, I can't remember how many years we fought.
Oh. This world, alas!"
These are the words of the sergeants who deserted.
Yang Hongwang walked around and talked with people. Everything he saw and heard made people sigh.
This camp has now gathered tens of thousands of people, almost all of whom came from Luoyang, Henan, Yanshi, Fengshi, Gong, Yingyang, Shou'an, Xin'an and other counties.
There was the child who was so skinny that he seemed to have only one breath left.
There are women who are undernourished and don't have enough milk, but they still feed the babies in their arms in vain.
There was the old man lying on the ground, motionless, only his eyes still moving reluctantly.
Most of them stared at the cooking pots in the camp eagerly, struggling to take a bite.
Hunger was tormenting these people. Even the countless beast soldiers were staring at their few bones, trying to plunder them for use as military rations.
Prince Lingwu wanted to save these people, take them away, give them a stable life, and save them from the pain of hunger and being inflicted with swords and axes.
Yang Hongwang suddenly felt that he was doing something great.
From now on, if anyone wants Lingxia to become like this, I will kill him until death!
"Deputy Envoy Chen is here!" Zhe Congyun came to report just after leaving the camp.
I saw dozens of horses galloping from afar, and the leader was none other than Chen Cheng, the deputy envoy of the Dingnan Army.
"I've met Deputy Ambassador Chen." Yang Hongwang and others stepped forward and saluted.
"Oh, I heard on the way that General Yang defeated a bandit army and saved the camp." Chen Cheng got off his horse and said with a smile: "The reputation of the Leopard Cavalry City will definitely scare the soldiers and horses in Henan."
"The leopard cavalry only has one thousand men, which is not enough. We have to wait for the iron cavalry army and the loyal and brave cavalry to come up with eight thousand elite cavalry before we can be safe." Yang Hongwang said: "Deputy Ambassador Chen, I just heard Li Huiban mention that one day at the Mianchi camp
We need more than 200 hu of grain, but there are only 8,000 grains in the camp, which is only enough for more than a month..."
"It doesn't matter." Chen Cheng said: "I have traveled to Shaanxi, Guozhou, and Hezhong. Wang Chongying and his son have agreed to provide 50,000 hu of dendrobium to meet our urgent needs. After the people of Henan are sent to Shaanzhou, their needs will be provided by the local area until Huazhou.
state."
The commander-in-chief owes Wang and his son a lot of food. Yang Hongwang secretly cursed. Last time he returned to Heyang, the Zelu people crossed the border twice, and they probably owed 40,000 to 50,000 dendrobium. This time, he borrowed another 50,000 dendrobium, fearing that the total debt would not be accumulated.
One hundred thousand.
As if he could tell what Yang Hongwang was thinking, Chen Cheng added: "Wang Chongying and his son occupied the two towns, but it was very hard to resist Li Hanzhi. Compared with wealth and wealth, what is money and food? I came here this time.
The general office of Pei Tong Pei has brought 600 party cavalry and is escorting 10,000 husks of corn to Mianchi and Xin'an. Shaanxi and Guo also sent their masters to help transport the grain. If it is not enough, another 20,000 husks of corn will be transported later.
When the corn comes, don't worry about the grain."
"Deputy Ambassador Chen, may I ask what we need to do?"
Chen Cheng glanced at Yang Hongwang in surprise. This young man actually asked the essence of the question.
"You need help to fight Li Hanzhi." Chen Cheng said: "Li Hanzhi has gone too far. In Jin and Jiangzhou, they looted and kidnapped young and old, and killed them for army rations. Wang Shuai attacked in the middle of the river.
Jiangzhou has been unable to defeat it after repeated battles, so it wants our help."
"How could the Hezhong Army be so useless?" Yang Hongwang said this very rudely, but it was also true.
Just five years ago, Wang Chongrong led an army of 30,000 people in the river, repeatedly breaking into Huang's nest, showing unrivaled bravery. During the town relocation crisis more than two years ago, Wang Chongrong led another army, defeated Tongzhou governor Guo Zhang, and approached Chang'an.
The Hezhong Army is so useless? It is useless?
"After Wang Shuai passed away, the generals in the town fought for power. Later, it fell into the hands of his brother Chongying. However, many generals were dissatisfied and the morale of the army was somewhat low." Chen Cheng explained: "General Yang, don't think too much.
Okay. The commander-in-chief has approved this matter. After the situation here is cleared up, you will follow the command of General Zhe and go north to Luoyang. King Gong of Shaanxi and Guo will also personally lead his troops to attack Li Hanzhi. Li Keyong is not strict.
If we put more restraints on this generation, everyone in the river will be disappointed and have no choice but to take matters into their own hands."
Yang Hongwang handed over his hand.
Li Keyong's thoughts are really unpredictable. It is said that everyone in Hezhong is respectful enough to Taiyuan, always offering money, food and goods, and there is no shortage of courtesy. But at the critical moment, a cruel man like Li Hanzhi was protected to the death.
Disciple, not only did Zhang Quanyi surrender to Bianzhou, but he also caused the people in the river to become separated. Isn’t this a bad idea?
Chen Cheng, accompanied by Yang Hongwang, Li Fa and others, carefully inspected the camp.
"We will keep them for another two or three days. On April 16th, we will select some who have recovered their physical strength and send their families to Shaanxi and Guo. Someone there will arrange for them to take care of them, and then they will be sent to Huazhou in batches, passing through Tongzhou and Yifang to Xiazhou.
"Chen Cheng summoned the main backbone of the camp and gave instructions: "Henan has a large number of people, and the generals from all walks of life do not cherish them. There are few people in the various prefectures, and the commander-in-chief must take care of them. This time, we can transport as many people as we can. The more the better.
If we slowly figure out how to deal with food issues, can we still let these people starve to death?"
After saying this, Chen Cheng went to look at the captured prisoners again.
"Li Duo and He Wei, I will give you two a chance to live now."
"But please give me your orders, and we will obey them."
"Li Han is extremely cruel. He has made enemies everywhere and is facing siege from various towns. His death is not far away. Tomorrow you will follow General Yang's troops to the east to recruit Li Han's tribes scattered in various places. Even Qin Zongquan's troops will be defeated.
You can recruit. If you can recruit two thousand people, your death penalty will be pardoned. If you recruit three thousand people, you will be rewarded. Do you understand?"
"Understood." The two responded quickly.
This was to recruit troops to replenish the insufficient troops, and the two of them had a clear conscience.
They now also figured out that the people who attacked them turned out to be the Dingnan Army. However, the number was small and they were basically cavalry. Now they should need some infantry to bolster their strength.
In the land of Henan, it is not enough to have a small number of soldiers. You may be surrounded and killed at any time.
On the 13th, Chen Cheng personally led the Leopard Riding Capital eastward, accompanied by two generals, Li and He, with five or six hundred people. After passing Qianqiu Pavilion and Xia Shibao, they arrived at Xin'an County, two miles north of Zingshui, in one day.
This county serves as the exit of Dongdu West Road, and a city was built during the Northern Zhou Dynasty. There is also the site of Hangu Pass in the Han Dynasty in the county.
The army arrived at Cijiandian in the southeast of the county at nightfall. Located at the intersection of Shaoshui and Zingshui, there is a refugee resettlement camp set up by Datong Mashi.
The person in charge of the camp is Liu Sandou.
This is a very tough man. He once traveled forty miles eastward to the suburbs of Luoyang to recruit refugees. His courage was astonishing.
"Liu Hui, the thousands of people in the camp will be sent back in the next two days, first to Mianchi, and then to Shaanzhou." Chen Cheng came on behalf of Shao Shude, and his order was the military order of Marshal Shao, and Liu Sandou immediately responded.
It's obedience.
"After the people are sent away, this camp will no longer recruit people. You can take the riders from the horse shop south to Shou'an County to build another camp. Qin Zongquan's stragglers are wreaking havoc there, and many people have fled to the mountains without food and clothing.
Recruit as many as you can."
"As commanded."
After giving these instructions, Chen Cheng said to Yang Hongwang: "General Yang, I don't know anything about fighting. It's up to you to decide how to deal with Li Hanzhi outside Luoyang City."
"The general will send scouts out east tonight to collect intelligence."
"General Yang," Chen Cheng thought for a while and then said: "The general has high hopes for the Leopard Cavalry and must be cautious in everything. Wang Gong's troops have not yet entered Henan Mansion, so there is no need for us to stand up for him now."
"It will be saved in the end."
Chen Cheng breathed a sigh of relief. In his opinion, these warlords in Henan were quite ruthless and capable of fighting.
Over in Huainan, Yang Xingmi had just been killed by Sun Ru and lost his armor and Yangzhou. He didn't dare to stop all the way and rushed back to Luzhou. The leopards and cavalry are all brave, but they are all a bunch of young men who are not as good as the weak.
, fighting head-on may not be a big problem, but Li Hanzhi is also a veteran, and if he is defeated by him with his rich experience, the loss will be huge.
Is it easy for the commander to save some iron kites?
On April 16, the Leopard Cavalry had basically figured out the situation in Luoyang: Li Han's troops numbered nearly 10,000 people, almost all of them infantry, and had been besieging Luoyang for more than 20 days.
On the 18th, 5,000 cavalry troops arrived at Cijiandian. On this day, a large group of cavalry suddenly rushed from the direction of Xin'an County, with a total of six to seven hundred cavalry. Behind them, there were more
The cavalry were in hot pursuit.
Yu Oritsugu, who had fully taken over the camp, looked solemn. He had his general's flag hung in the camp to show his identity, so as to avoid having to fight with these people in a confused way, although he was not afraid at all.
"Brothers of the Dingnan Army, please help me to resist." The cavalrymen who were fleeing in front were overjoyed when they saw the flags of the generals in the camp, and shouted from afar: "This is An Xiuxiu from Hedong, and the pursuers behind are from Zhu Quanzhong.
People, please help someone to block him. He is willing to surrender to the Prince of Lingwu County, so he is willing to surrender."
When the soldiers around him saw this, they also shouted: "If you are willing to surrender to Lingwu County Prince, please let me enter the camp quickly."
"Huh?" Yuichi Oritsugu, who was watching from the high platform in the camp, frowned.