It is more than 600 miles from Jiujiang to Anlu. The refugees travel three to forty miles every day, and it took more than half a month to reach Anlu.
At the beginning, they just wanted to beg for food. Jiangxi was flooded for three consecutive years, and the people really had no way to survive, so they had to beg for food.
Everyone doesn’t know how the team came together. Originally, everyone’s goal was Huguang, which is close to Jiujiang. The goal was not fixed, but there were wealthy places such as Wuchang Prefecture, Hanyang Prefecture, and Changsha Prefecture on the left and right. But later, I got the news somehow.
Huguang is also suffering from severe floods this year. There is no early rice harvest in these places. If everyone wants to find a way to survive, they can only look for places that have not been affected by natural disasters this summer.
Some fellow villagers who had gone out to escape their lives talked about the good things about Shaanxi, saying that there were fewer people and less land, and land rents were several percent lower than those in Jiangnan. They also said that Henan had a lot of cotton fields and a shortage of weavers, so it was very easy to find work.
Refugees are all proletarians, and the best way out is to become tenant farmers. Those whose families have insufficient labor force want to work.
After hearing lies too many times, they become truth. The refugees who originally had no destination have hope, so they go to Shaanxi or Henan.
Therefore, even if those people who were released back last night stirred things up and said that the Anlu Pass was very dangerous, they could not divert 30% of them, and more people chose to continue going north.
After being affected by gangsters for two months and seeing the burning, killing and looting that brought wealth to the common people, not everyone is kind. Those young and strong men have thoughts of one kind or another.
Those gangsters eat meat, and they drink soup. After drinking the soup, they will miss the meat. This is the human heart.
Although most of them have never participated in previous money-burning robberies, what they have seen and heard these days has aroused the evil in their hearts.
Many people are already gearing up and looking for opportunities to make a vote when passing through the county. As long as you make a vote and change places, you will be the uncle, and you will have endless food, drink, and fun.
They have hidden secrets in their hearts, so they cannot go to checkpoints to verify their identities as openly as other refugees. Because of their concern, they have long noticed that there is something wrong with the men who have been among the refugees.
Therefore, when they saw the hanging corpses in the checkpoint, they were frightened and tried their best to pretend to be calm, for fear that anything inappropriate would be exposed and they would be regarded as an accomplice.
We arrived here at dusk. Half an hour later, the team had only passed one-fifth of the checkpoints, and there were still more than 4,000 people stranded outside the checkpoints.
The people waiting behind were all impetuous.
I saw a few familiar old men, who were the village elders among the refugees, coming from the checkpoint. As they walked, they shouted: "Those who have neighbor villagers to act as guarantors will go through first, and women and children will go through first."
A man was impatient and said to an old man from his village: "Uncle Haizi, it's so dark these days. This guy has no way to go to the village or the back to the store. What on earth are you doing to check?"
Uncle Haizi didn't answer immediately. He looked around and whispered: "The massacres in Dazhi and Huanggang, as well as the massacre outside Xiaogan City yesterday. This massacre was so serious that it alarmed the superiors above. Thousands of officers and soldiers set up checkpoints, so
To catch the murderer."
The man frowned at first, and then disagreed. This news was not news at all. The boys who went back last night also said the same thing, and they were so frightened that they changed their direction and did not dare to go north along the official road.
The old man saw what he was thinking, hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "Dacheng, I just took a look and there was something wrong. Women, children, the elderly and the weak were interrogating about their origin and place of destination, and the young and the strong were kept under separate supervision."
The man was stunned and said: "Uncle, what do you mean?"
Uncle Haizi said: "Dacheng, you should hide. You are not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. If the government is evil and wants to arrest someone for the crime, wouldn't it be unjust..."
The man frowned and said, "I didn't kill anyone. I have nothing to hide. How can they frame someone for no reason?"
Uncle Haizi said: "But you stole the donkey from Sanlengzi's family, and kicked the people from Widow Zhao's family. During the previous inspection, if there were people from the same village, the government would ask the villagers who had bad behavior, and even send people to record them.
If the government really arrests you to pay for your crime, if those two families take a bite, will you still be alive..."
The same conversation took place elsewhere among the refugees.
When it was dark, the refugee team had almost got the news from the beginning to the end. They knew that thousands of officers and soldiers were dispatched for several massacres that had occurred in the past few days, as well as the massacre in Zhengjiazhuang yesterday morning. If the murderer could be caught, it would be fine.
If they can't be caught, I'm afraid the young people will be blamed. If you have young people in your family, be careful, otherwise they will be regarded as "scapegoats." Thousands of officers and soldiers have set up checkpoints, and they can't be busy all day long.
Hearing this, many people were trembling with fear.
Although these refugees have seen several cases of mass murder along the way, the victims were all ruthless rich people who only robbed those people of their money and food.
Zhengjiazhuang is unexpected, most of the people there are just ordinary people.
Most of the refugees stayed outside the village, thinking they were just passing by. But after dawn, the small village that was quiet and peaceful yesterday was devastated and turned into a tomb.
The trigger was that someone raped the village chief's daughter-in-law. The village chief's son set a fire to avenge his daughter-in-law, but the fire broke out and injured several people.
Then, the entire Zhuangzi was slaughtered, leaving no chickens or dogs alive.
Even if you don't know the law, you still know that in such a big case, you will die...
Lu Song looked back in the direction of Anluzhou and breathed a sigh of relief.
There are more than a thousand refugees who have been registered and checked, and 80% of them have told where they are going. He has already sent people back to Anlu City to report the matter to the Crown Prince.
Even if they have a place to go, just escort them out of Anlu Prefecture. The originally agreed plan to lure these people to the river valleys and plains as work-for-relief can be modified. There is no need to increase the burden on the palace and the local government.
The crown prince is in trouble.
Thinking of this, he looked south again.
Tomorrow morning, how many people will be left? I didn’t expect that Xing Baihu, a big boss, could be so attentive. Even if those people went back to deliver the message last night, they were in such a hurry that if they did it again before the checkpoint this morning, even the faint of heart would think about it.
There is a way out.
It was completely dark, and someone in front of the checkpoint raised his voice and said that the interrogation would be over for today and that everyone should rest where they were and continue the interrogation tomorrow morning.
Although there were many complaints among the refugees, they did not dare to quarrel with the officials.
The fourth team is still at the Xilin boundary marker, but it has been divided into groups. Chen Chizhong and a small flag, each with five people, are keeping an eye on the movements of the refugees. The other people are divided into two shifts, working in shifts before and after, to keep watch in the forest.
The refugees who wanted to bypass the card appeared.
Huh? What's going on? Either an old man or an old lady? With old arms and legs, he's trying to find a way through the woods with black diamonds? There's no one to support him, and it's hard to say he can even get here. He was obviously pushed out to explore the way.
Everyone scolded and pushed people back, and Xing Baihu called Xiaoqi to shout again. Why does the court hunt down serious criminals? If everyone wants to pass the card, they must light up the road and pass the road. Their identities must be verified one by one before they can pass or break through the card.
Anyone who circumvents the card dies.
Dao Chi, Lu Bing, and Hutou did not escape this time. They were assigned to a small team for rotation. They followed everyone on duty until midnight, and then were replaced to rest.
With thousands of refugees in front of us, no one can protect themselves.
Xing Baihu did not dare to ask them to go far, so he ordered everyone to rest in front of them.
Dao Chi took Hu Tou and Lu Bing to find a flat place to lie down, but mosquitoes were flying everywhere, making it impossible to sleep.
Lu Bing couldn't sleep because he slept during the day. He only had the tiger's head, which was thick-skinned and heartless, so he fell asleep after a while.
Lu Bing whispered: "Second brother, when can I return to the palace? I'm all rotten."
When Chen Chizhong and Xing Baihu conveyed the news from Lu Song, Dao Chi was nearby, so they knew that the refugees intended to continue their journey north.
In that case, we are not done yet, we have to "escort" these refugees out of Anlu to prevent them from causing chaos in Anlu.
They are currently in the south of Anlu, more than forty miles away from Anlu Prefecture City. If they want to cross Anlu from north to south, they need to travel more than seventy miles. At the speed of the refugees, it will take two days to walk.
Looking at the state of the checkpoint, it will be good if these people can complete the verification tomorrow.
In this way, it is three days.
When the Taoist Chi thought about this, he couldn't stand it anymore. What needed to be practiced had already been done, and what needed to be seen was seen. There was little point in following matters like escorting.
Thinking of this, Dao Chi said: "If tomorrow is peaceful and peaceful, things will be about the same. You can ask Mr. Lu for a job back to the city and ask the prince what he means. Liu Sanlang's engagement will take place in these two days. Even if he can't go, he will still be there.
Ask someone to go to the branch and ask for help."
When Lu Bing heard this, he immediately became energetic and said: "That's right. When we meet with classmates, we always go to congratulate each other, so as not to hurt our friendship. Even His Highness will sympathize with us."
Dao Chi smiled, not talking about friendship or not, as long as there is a reason to return to the city.
There were sounds of swatting mosquitoes and scoldings all around.
Some captains couldn't help it, so they got up and cut down some branches, gathered them together and lit them to smoke mosquitoes. Seeing this, Lu Bing also pulled the Taoist idiot to follow suit.
I lit a handful and put it in front of me. As expected, the smoke filled the air and the mosquitoes were greatly reduced. However, it was still so smokey that I couldn't open my eyes and my eyes were filled with tears.
Several school captains came over and passed through Xing Baihu, telling everyone to be careful about open flames and clouds.
The Taoist idiot shed tears and tossed and turned until the east gradually turned white, then he fell asleep.
When they woke up, there were no changes in the fourth team. Each person still had two steamed buns for breakfast. But Chen Chizhong brought back good news. Last night, many refugees left with their families and their families in the dark. Now they are outside the checkpoint and are awaiting verification.
The number of people has increased from more than 4,000 to more than 2,000.
After hearing this, Xing Baihu just nodded and waved his hand to Chen Chizhong to go south and inform Lu Bing.
However, Dao Chi could see that Xing Baihu's whole body demeanor changed at that moment. It was like a string that was originally stretched suddenly loosened. Isn't this not only true for Xing Baihu, but also for Dao Chi?
It seems that there is no pressure on the number of more than 5,000 people. Even if the guards have weapons in their hands, they can really cause civil unrest. Even if they can be suppressed in the end, the process will be tragic.
There are now a thousand guards and more than 3,000 refugees, one to three. Even if trouble does occur, the guards can still impeach.
However, judging from the current situation, the Jiangxi bandits among the refugees have left, and the restless elements have also left. Most of the ones left are women, children, the elderly and the weak, who cannot cause any trouble.