In early November last year, the Red Coat Army captured the cities of the Mizhou Prefecture.
Yi Lagu, the governor of Mizhou, died in battle with Nie. Zou Gu, a veteran who had served as the military envoy of the Dinghai and Taining armies, rallied his clansmen to resist. The Red Coat Army was unable to attack them one after another and set fire to them in anger. The Zouguhe clan was burned, and half of the cities were burned as well.
However, the more troubled the times, the more tenacious the people's resilience is. At this time, there is an endless stream of pedestrians on the city's roads, and many shops along the street have opened, looking no different from the past.
The burned ruins have been repopulated. Most of these people were refugees involved in the war. They pieced together the wood that had not been completely burned, built shabby shacks, and lived in them. On weekdays, they either worked part-time for others in exchange for food, or just lived in the house. People gathered at the gate of the military camp to beg.
Guo Jie'er, the governor of Mizhou appointed by Yang An'er, walked slowly along the street. He saw that many of these people were starved and out of shape, with skin and bones all over their bodies, and their eyes were like will-o'-the-wisps. He couldn't help but stop and take a second look, feeling a little sad in his heart.
The people were suffering under the rule of the Kingdom of Jin, but there seemed to be no big difference under the rule of Marshal Yang. Refugees are still refugees, soldiers and bandits are still soldiers and bandits.
Guo Yao'er couldn't help but laugh twice.
The refugees were just wandering around begging for work. Guo Yaoer sent people around every day to suppress them to ensure that these refugees would not cause trouble. But banditry is the big problem!
Nowadays, most of the cities and towns in Zhucheng County that have not been burned down have been turned into military camps. The size of Yang An'er's army is getting bigger day by day. According to rumors among the people, some say 200,000, some say 300,000, and some say 500,000.
Based on this, Yang Aner naturally had the ambition to open up new territories and expand his territory.
The area under Yang An'er's control was the Song Dynasty to the south. It was a big country that could be compared with the Jin Dynasty. Even though the Song people were known as weak, they could not be easily provoked. To the east is the area under the jurisdiction of the Dinghaijun Jiedu Envoy. There are evil tigers entrenched there, and they cannot be easily provoked.
To the north are Damingfu Road and Hebei East Road. However, these two places were repeatedly swept by the Mongolian army, and nothing was left of them for hundreds of miles. They were no longer like human beings. It is not difficult to capture some land, but what can be obtained from this desolate and broken land?
As a result, the only development direction was Nanjing Road, controlled by Sui Wang Wanyan Shouxu, which was really a prosperous and prosperous place.
At this time, soldiers and horses from all over Shandong were dispatched one after another to Jeju and Xuzhou, claiming to have assembled an army of 300,000 people. The Jin army on the Nanjing Road, with Wanyan Heda as the eastern commander, also assembled heavy troops on the Caozhou, Shanzhou, Guidefu, and Suzhou lines to confront Yang An'er's troops.
However, although it is important to open up new territories and expand territory, we must not forget our original base. Mizhou is adjacent to Laizhou, which is controlled by Ding Haijun, so a large army is still stationed. As a veteran general under Yang An'er, Guo Yao'er was ordered to lead the army to prevent the evil tiger from coming out.
But whether the so-called army is effective or not, Guo Yao'er is not sure.
His title as Tutong is also a bit unrealistic. He was not very able to control these soldiers and horses, and since Marshal Yang raised his troops, these soldiers and horses became less and less like soldiers and more like bandits.
Right in front of Guo Yao'er's eyes, a group of soldiers roared away in groups, and all the common people and traders along the street fled.
There was a child selling steamed cakes on the corner of the street. He walked a step slower, and the bamboo basket placed in front of him was picked up by a soldier.
The soldier opened the coarse cloth covering the bamboo basket, looked at the cakes inside, smiled and picked up a few to share with his companions, then put a few more into his own arms, and then threw the empty bamboo basket back to the child. , turned around and left.
The price of food in Michigan has risen sharply these days, and a bucket of rice and noodles can be sold for more than 700 yuan. The steamed cakes this little kid bought were of course not made of pure rice and noodles. They were mixed with a lot of wild fruits, grains and even vegetable leaves, and were dark in color.
It was originally rough food sold to the poor to satisfy their hunger. The army had its own food supply, so I don't know what the soldier saw in this steamed cake.
The child watched the bamboo basket roll towards him, his mouth pursed, and his eyes turned red. He endured his fear, stepped forward, took the soldier's cuffs, and begged: "General, two coins! A steamed cake only sells for two copper coins!"
The soldier ignored him completely and strode forward.
The child's legs were short and he could not keep up with the soldiers. After a few steps, he fell to the ground. He gripped the soldier's sleeves hard again, and with a hiss, a big hole broke in the sleeves of his uniform.
The child was so frightened that he sat down on the ground. The soldier looked at his sleeves in astonishment. Hearing the ridicule of his companions, he couldn't help but feel angry. He flew up and kicked the child so hard that he rolled over.
With a kick, the soldiers walked away, but the child could no longer get up. He vomited blood from his mouth and murmured to himself: "Delicious steamed cakes only cost two dollars."
Guo Jie'er quickly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help the child. Reaching halfway, he turned to touch the child twice. He immediately knew that several of the child's ribs had been broken by kicks. A broken bone penetrated into his lung, causing severe bleeding. He could not survive.
Guo Jie'er put down the child who was still mumbling and stood up slowly.
In this world, there is no difference between the death of a person and the death of a dog. He is a warrior who has experienced hundreds of battles, and he will not take a human life seriously. It was not like he had never killed a child with his own hands, but he had a vague feeling that something was wrong.
Marshal Yang rebelled that day because the Jin Dynasty was cruel and cruel and harmed the people. But these days, as far as Guo Yaoer can see, many generals under Marshal Yang indulge their soldiers and even plunder everywhere... What is the difference between them and the Jin Army?
To the common people, the Jurchens are like wolves and tigers, knocking bones and sucking marrow; are the hundreds of thousands of people under Marshal Yang the same as Master Wang?
Is there any master in the world who would kill someone for a basket of steamed cakes?
When Guo Yao'er followed Marshal Yang in raising troops, he reminded the generals to pay attention to military discipline. But it seems that only a few people such as Liu Erzu and Peng Yibin really responded to him.
Most of the powerful men under Marshal Yang were busy expanding their armies and territory after they raised their armies; while Liu Erzu's group of poor people from Mount Tai were busy scrapping land to make money once they gained power. Everyone says, if we don’t give benefits to the soldiers, who will serve as soldiers?
As a result, Shandong became more and more chaotic, and more and more strong men surrendered to the army. Once the army swelled like a snowball, the generals under Marshal Yang became more and more confident... Looking at it this way, it seems that the generals' statements are still very good. Makes sense?
But Guo Yao'er still felt that something was wrong.
Something is wrong with not only this group of people. Even many of Marshal Yang's senior generals, such as Zhan Hui, Wang Min and others, seemed to have changed. They were thinking about the size of the army, the territory they controlled, and even their own official positions all day long. Guo Yao'er almost didn't recognize them. .
It's not just the military that's amiss.
Since the beginning of spring, the number of refugees in various places has increased. The scouts sent by Guo Yao'er reported that Ding Haijun seemed to be recruiting refugees continuously and then arranging settlements. Everything was in order, but in Mizhou, nothing was done. In other words, in the vast area under Marshal Yang's jurisdiction, no one managed government affairs.
After Marshal Yang raised his army, he used Jinshi Dong You as his arm in government affairs. However, Dong You seemed to be focused only on the talisman, edicts, and rituals of the Marshal's Mansion. His eyes seemed unable to see the chaotic situation underneath.
There must be something wrong, definitely!
But every time Guo Yao'er thought of this, his thoughts would reach a dead end. He didn't know what to do, how to resolve this disgusting situation. After all, he is just a veteran. He knows very little outside of fighting on the battlefield.
"That soldier is Ji Qi's subordinate."
Guo Yao'er stood up and walked out of the crowd, and said to his servant: "Send someone to find Ji Qi and tell him that this guy killed someone in front of me and didn't take Guo Yao'er seriously. I want his life."
When Marshal Yang attacked Binzhou last year, Ji Qi and Ji Xian fought hard and suffered heavy casualties. They were later transferred to the rear to garrison.
But the second general never got rid of the bandit habit. In the past few months, he almost never restrained the soldiers. Instead, he deliberately indulged them to win people's hearts. As for the training, let alone no training at all.
The two of them were nominally Wanhu, but in fact they were both under the same roof as Guo Yaoer but not under each other. As a result, things inside and outside Michigan have become like this.
Guo Yao'er found a reason to let Ji Qi chop off the head of a subordinate soldier, but it only vented his own dissatisfaction and did not improve the situation at all.
This made Guozhao'er even more angry. He quickened his pace and wanted to go back to his military camp, but he saw a subordinate walking slowly with a group of people across the street.
Among the group of people, there was a young master, a tall, thin and dark scholar, and a middle-aged man with gray hair... But only half of this man's left palm was left, and it was hung with a leather band on his arm. A shining silver hook.
Guo Yao'er looked at the iron hook, and then at the middle-aged man's walking and talking manner. An extremely familiar feeling made Guo Yao'er immediately confirm that he was a warrior who had been through life and death and experienced many battles.
Guo Yao'er pointed at that person and asked: "Who is that?"
The left and right men looked at each other and said cautiously: "Have you forgotten, Commander-in-Chief? That group of people are the merchants who came to meet with Commander-in-Chief today. We came out of camp just to welcome them, right?"
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