He moved Chu Cai to assist the counselor in Guo Ning's army, which was regarded as a high position.
He was cooperating with Guo Ning on behalf of Tu Danyi, and he was not alone when he came to the Xijunhe camp. In the past two months, relying on his family's reputation, he has slowly recruited some Confucian scholars for his own use, and with Guo Ning's tacit approval, he has established his own personal staff team.
One of them was from the Yang family of his mother's family, named Yang Chengzhi. He was smart and insightful, and was moved to Chucai to rely on as his arm.
Yang Chengzhi traveled yesterday and stayed outside Pinglu Village for a whole day. He returned this afternoon and brought a lot of news from the surrounding area to Yili Chucai.
He gained a lot.
The people outside the stockade had been hiding from the war and fled one after another. At this time, seeing that Guo Ning's troops did not invade and directly attacked several court delivery shops, the bold ones came back one after another, and the timid ones also took advantage of the night to sneak back. Collect some household items.
Yang Chengzhi talked to several of them and learned about the current situation in Hejian Mansion.
For example, the number of local people fleeing, the scale of refugees entering from other places, whether the court can provide relief, whether it can organize the restoration of agricultural production, what the people's expected harvest is, what the tax burden is, whether there are exemptions and reductions, etc.
Another example is the number of civilians who have been transferred to join the army this year. Are there still cattle, horses and livestock left in the local area? What is the situation of water transportation along the river this year? Have the manpower transferred been compensated? The local soldiers who should be in the local area and those who control the water along the river Where were the soldiers transferred?
These messages themselves are fragmentary. But people like Yili Chucai can naturally sort out an understanding of the overall situation from fragmentary situations.
The result of sorting out only made Yi La Chucai feel depressed.
Does this court still look like a court?
"In such a situation, the officials are still cruel and cruel, and they are even better at organizing and hiding things to respond to all orders. The material and money owed by the people amount to thousands of dollars per household, so the people are all running around, facing each other's fate... It is clear Autumn is approaching, but the harvestable acres may be less than one-fifth of previous years. I heard that some people are already eating grass roots and tree bark!"
When Yang Chengzhi said this, he moved Chu Cai and remained speechless.
After a while, Yang Chengzhi said again: "In any case, the local governance is ridiculous. It becomes more and more obvious that my brother's governance in the Xijunhe camp can make the people live and work in peace and contentment."
Yi La Chucai could only smile bitterly: "Tu Dan Youcheng may think so, but what does that actually have to do with me?"
Both Yi La Chu Cai and Tu Shan Yi thought that Guo Ning's troops were just a collection of rough soldiers and could do nothing except fight. Therefore, after Yili Chucai arrives in Anzhou, he will definitely be able to take over all government affairs and then control the lifeline of this army.
In fact, this is far from the case.
Guo Ning respected Yilan Chucai enough, but he did not leave all affairs to him.
Among the defeated troops, although there were few people who were literate, they were still able to pick out talents and maintain various operations. The main energy of diverting Chu materials was always focused on the regular construction of the army.
In terms of civil affairs, Yizai Chucai did not intervene because Guo Ning did nothing at all.
At the beginning of the year, Guo Ning rebuilt Baojia, collected grain, and then obtained cattle and labor tools from local wealthy households, and quickly distributed them. Finally, he reached an agreement with Tu Shanhang, the governor of Anzhou, and eliminated the oppression of subordinate officials and Qian Gu's inspection from the imperial court.
All these things were completed before the arrival of Chucai.
In the following months, he did not go to encourage farmers or mulberry trees or build water conservancy projects at all.
The warriors at the Xijunhe camp did not pay much attention to the affairs of the various farms. There was only one officer responsible for maintaining order. Generally speaking, they just let the common people gather spontaneously, consciously restore the abandoned fields, and find ways to replant melons, beans, etc. that are easy to grow.
However, for the people, this is enough and they can live and work in peace and contentment.
Yi La Chucai had roughly paid attention to the output of several farms. Although there is still a drought this year, most of the farms around the Feedjun River camp are close to water and have not been greatly affected. Around August, it is not difficult to have a good harvest.
A small military leader, who only performs basic local management and nothing else, can keep so many people living in peace and stability; the imperial court cannot.
This makes people think, who is the problem?
Yila Chucai was a Confucian scholar who read poetry and books. He actually understood in his heart that the Jurchens as a whole were constantly degenerating and corrupting, which led to the continuous deterioration of their ability to rule. This was a big pit that the Jin Kingdom could never get around.
In the early years, the military strength of the imperial court was strong and it was able to dominate the barbarians, so they could claim to follow the example of the Han and Tang Dynasties and ignore this pit. However, once the country weakened, countless people would fall into the pit until everything was out of control.
Yi La Chucai shook his head violently and decided not to think about it further.
When he was about to say something else, Yang Chengzhi gently pulled his arm: "Jin Qing, look!"
Yi La Chucai looked in the direction he pointed and saw a thick black wolf smoke rising in the distance to the north.
"Something happened?" Yi La Chucai was surprised.
Only then did he realize that he had walked half a circle around the walled city in worry and had reached due north. On the steps in front of him, several young men were filing down the stairs, rushing to deliver orders.
Routine maintenance in the walled city has probably not been done properly in decades. The brick walls in many places have collapsed, and the thick wooden steps are even more obviously decayed.
After five or six people stepped on it in succession, the last young man ran down quickly, exerting too much force, and finally stepped through the wooden board. His ankle was caught, and he fell all over his head and was chewing mud.
Right under Yi La Chucai's eyes, the young man struggled to his feet. Yi La Chucai recognized him as the Bohai man named A Duo.
This fall was not a light one! His face was covered in blood and two of his teeth were missing. However, he didn't cry out in pain. He just wiped his face and continued to run away with a limp.
Something must have happened, something big!
Yiza Chucai knew that blocking King Sheng and his party here was a very rare and violent method in the court, and Wanyan Gang and King Sheng would definitely use corresponding drastic measures to fight against them. In the past few days, Guo Ning had deployed reconnaissance cavalry around Pinglu Village to prepare for emergencies.
It seems that Wanyan Gang has indeed made some moves!
Yiza Chucai signaled Yang Chengzhi to take him with him, and he hurried forward and rushed to Guo Ning's side.
Guo Ning stood on the high point of the village wall, staring at the wolf smoke.
Yi La Chucai looked at Lang Yan, then looked at Guo Ning worriedly, but hesitated to speak.
Guo Ning's body stood as straight as a javelin, using only his palms to support the old fence, and occasionally tapping with his fingers. His hands were very strong, and his fingers tapped on the wood, making a thumping sound, and a few times even knocked out wood chips.
The weather was very clear today, and although the wolf smoke was far away, it was clearly visible. The billowing smoke was billowing, like something ferocious and terrifying was rising.
Yi La Chucai saw that there was a trace of surprise, a trace of anger, and a trace of worry on Guo Ning's chiseled face. In the end, what was left was only strong excitement and coldness.
"Mr. Lang?" Yi La Chucai asked tentatively.
Guo Ning looked back and nodded: "Jin Qing is here. I wanted to send someone to invite you just now."
"What's the matter? Sir, please tell me."
"Two things."
The wind on the wall was very strong, but Guo Ning's voice was not very loud. He moved Chu Cai half a step forward and listened attentively.
Once he moved forward, he saw another military horse lying upside down outside the village wall. It was a very strong horse, its hindquarters were dripping with blood from being whipped by a riding crop, its mouth and nose were bleeding and spitting, and its limbs were twitching. It was obviously exhausted from running for a long distance.
Yi La Chu Cai was even more horrified.
But I heard Guo Ning say:
"The first thing is about the King Sheng Wanyan Congjia and others who were blocked by us. This king has been blocked by us to the west of Pinglu Village for five days. In the past few days, he sent envoys to Hejian Mansion for help. , it turned out that Gao Xi was a weak scholar and did not dare to send troops, but now, his support has arrived..."
Speaking of this, Guo Ning suddenly sneered: "It seems that everyone in the imperial court is dissatisfied with the current emperor, and there are many people who are willing to support Wanyan Congjia."
Yiza Chucai didn't know how to answer.
In fact, he has always avoided talking too much about the political dispute between North Korea and China with Guo Ning, but it is obvious that Guo Ning is much more perceptive than he thought.
Yi La Chucai thought for a while and asked: "Who are the people who support King Sheng? How many troops are there?"
"It's Marshal Zuo Dujian Pucha Ali who is supposed to be in charge of military affairs on the South Henan Road. He is accompanied by 5,000 elite cavalry. They rush to Hejian Mansion day and night. They will arrive in about an hour. "Guo Ning leaned forward and looked under the wall of the village, and said with some pity: "For this news, you killed a good horse of mine!"
Five thousand cavalry?
Chu Cai's heart trembled.
The reason why Tu Shanyi was able to raise a private army in Anzhou and then mobilize this private army to block the roads was that he was the minister Youcheng, and his disciples and former officials were all over the court, so he had great influence in the court. , can suppress many dissatisfaction related to this.
Wanyan Gang's political power has always been very lacking in this regard. Therefore, the previous death of his close confidant Chizhan Sakai was only a few positions in the Zhongdu Military Guard. But now he actually directly dispatched the five thousand cavalry stationed there through some channel?
What a huge power this is? Use five thousand cavalry to open the road and go straight to Zhongdu... Did Wanyan Gang feel that when the time came to see the enemy, he had no scruples?
There are only a thousand people on Guo Ning's side, how can he resist the enemy?
If the front line of Pinglu Village cannot be blocked, what should Zhongdu do to deal with it? If Wanyan Gang is really acting arrogant, will Tu Dan Youcheng still have the power to resist? Sure enough, something serious has happened!
Many thoughts went through Chucai's mind, and he thought of several countermeasures in an instant. While thinking about perfect countermeasures, he asked: "What is the second thing Lang Jun said?"
Guo Ning pointed to the smoke in the north and said calmly: "That's it... Qing Jin, this smoke is an emergency communication method that I have arranged a long time ago. When the smoke is lit, it means that the Mongolian army has broken through Yanshan , entered the hinterland of Hebei... and approached Anzhou."
Yi La Chu Cai felt dizzy and his hands and feet became cold.
While feeling dizzy, he first thought: This is going to be a bitter experience, and he will be attacked from two sides. Immediately, his mind was completely occupied by a thought: Daikin is finished!
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