In the past, when I learned that I had the advantage, I was tricked by the opponent, and I could only watch my opponent leave.
Young Governor Feng was so furious that he jumped to the riverside and cursed loudly to relieve the depression in his chest.
If the scolding got the better of him, it would be a routine operation to give Sima Yi something like "The Great Sima who is as immobile as a turtle" or "The Great Sima who turns around in Emei".
It's just that today is different from the past. Governor Feng is already a mature commander, and he rarely does things that degrade his status such as swearing.
"Smooth words, seductive words" and so on are just floating clouds...
At this time, Governor Feng had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. After learning about Sima Yi's latest movements, all he had to do was make new responses to the new situation.
Hold the binoculars and look to the other side.
If it weren't for the war, there would actually be something to behold in the early winter in Dahe.
The ice on the river surface has been dried by the sun, and the fog slowly rises, covering everything far and near with a layer of smoke that seems light but actually thick.
The scenery was nice, but Governor Feng was not in the mood to appreciate it at this time, and was even a little impatient.
The smoke blocked the view, and even with a telescope, one could only vaguely see some dark figures on the other side.
Those are the arrow towers and beacons built by Xian Yu on the shore.
Looking at the ice on the river again, Governor Feng sighed:
"Send the order, the whole army is ready to break camp and go to Anyi (Hedong County)."
"Ah? Lord, are we not going to cross the river?"
Feng Jishi asked curiously: "If we can't catch up with the thief, what are we going to do across the river?"
"With the thief gone, we can go directly to Chang'an. That will be our first achievement..."
Governor Feng chuckled:
"Do we still need a first attack? As long as we guard Bingzhou Hedong, it will be stronger than any first attack."
"Besides, if you really want to win this first achievement, how many troops will you have to deploy in the end?"
"If the troops in Hedong are insufficient and the thieves counterattack and lose Hedong, Bingzhou will also be unable to defend it. At that time, the first victory will become the first victory."
Seizing the first credit is something that people without background do.
Governor Feng needs a good background, ability, and strength, but he also needs to get the first credit?
"Chang'an is right there, and it won't run away. The prime minister is leading a large army, so why can't he take down a mere Chang'an? We don't have any baggage, so what can we do to help?"
Now most of the engineering battalion is in the hands of Old Demon Zhuge.
Governor Feng's hands were all cavalry or mounted infantry.
There is no engineering camp. How about going to watch a show?
Sima Yi has already withdrawn from Guanzhong, so there is no need to cut off the food route or harass the reinforcements.
Old Demon Zhuge has probably dreamed of Chang'an countless times over the years.
Now that the opportunity has come, let him realize his dream with his own hands.
Governor Feng himself still had things to do.
With the threat to Hexi gone, the stability of Hedong must be put on the agenda. After struggling for so long, it's almost done.
There is also Bingzhou. The army originally went south along the Fen River, although it has completely controlled Taiyuan County, the main county of Bingzhou.
However, there are still remaining Wei thieves in Shangdang County and Leping County to the east who are stubbornly resisting.
Coupled with the large number of Hu people in Bingzhou, many Hu people took advantage of the war and transformed into small groups of horse thieves to run around and plunder.
It used to be an enemy-occupied area, and chaos would arise no matter what.
It's different now. Since it has become the territory of the Han Dynasty again, it will naturally become more stable.
Although the possibility of Sima Yi turning around and taking a bite is very low, after all, in this case, it would be difficult for both sides to cross the river, but they should be prepared just in case.
Governor Feng arranged for some troops to stay on guard by the river, and he took most of the troops and rumbled towards Anyi.
Shi Bao, who had already received the news, quickly went out of the city to greet him.
The area outside the city has become a refugee concentration camp.
The temporary sheds were built one after another, separated by ditches.
Each area has a dedicated person responsible for managing it and registering people directly.
In addition to playing a role of separation, ditches are also used to prevent water from escaping, so as not to burn everything down in a fire.
The straw shed may not be able to completely block the coming cold wind, but at least it can be regarded as a place to stay.
More importantly, if you stay here, your chances of survival are much greater than if you stay elsewhere.
There is someone to take care of everything you eat and drink.
Although I can only eat half full to survive, at least I can survive.
Drink boiled water.
Lazarus should be concentrated in one place...
There are many rules and regulations, but most people can abide by them, because if you don't abide by the rules, you will go hungry.
In short, it is a semi-military management. Anyone who dares to act recklessly will have ways to rectify it.
There is no such thing as human rights.
The advantage of Liangzhou's high literacy rate in the military was fully realized in this situation.
Recording, organizing, statistics, management...
Everything is in perfect order.
The sound of horse hooves rumbled by, and someone in the hayloft quietly peeked through the cracks, watching the tall horse and the knight in fine iron armor go away, with a somewhat frightened look.
"How is it going?"
Governor Feng sat on his horse, looked at the layers of thatched huts, and asked.
"Half of the refugees are gathered here."
Shi Bao, who was also sitting on the horse and one horse head behind, quickly answered.
Anyi is the county seat of Hedong and the largest county seat in Hedong.
In this era, any place that can become a large county or city must have convenient transportation, abundant water resources, and fertile land. All three are indispensable.
After years of war, the population has dropped sharply, and the surviving population has further gathered around the big cities.
Of course, many people fled into the mountains to escape the war, but in the end, only one out of ten people survived.
In order to survive, these people can only fight in the mountains and wilderness, fighting with the sky, the earth, nature, and beasts...
In the process, they will gradually lose their civilization and degenerate into savages. Those with better luck will become barbarians.
Compared to ten without one, a large county town with half life and half life is naturally a better choice.
However, after decades of war, even in important Central Plains counties like Hedong, the population was only concentrated in Anyi, Wenxi, Jie County and other places.
It will no longer be the grand occasion when the population of the Later Han Dynasty was at its peak.
However, this also provided convenience for Governor Feng to clean up Hedong.
This is the reason why Shi Bao said he would gather half of the refugees in Anyi - as long as he controls a few major counties, he can control most of the apparent population in the county.
In addition, after this riot, most of the hidden population of the wealthy family can be driven out.
Because the wealthy families no longer have any extra food to feed them.
In other words, the food in the hands of the wealthy family has been robbed by some interested people.
"Half? What's half?"
"According to current statistics, there are about two hundred thousand people."
In other words, including Wenxi, Jiexian and other places, the number of people in Hedong can only be gathered around 400,000?
If we add those who are not refugees, those who have fled into the mountains, those who have not been gathered in, those who are real rioters, etc.
All added up, it is estimated that the population is only a small one million.
It can barely reach the standard of a large county before the turmoil of the Later Han Dynasty.
Comparing one county with another, it is an important county in the Central Plains that has already forced out the hidden population.
One can imagine how much harm this turmoil, which lasted for decades, caused to the world.
Governor Feng was silent for a while, then raised his head and looked into the distance.
There was someone holding a pole in the wilderness, as if they were measuring something.
There were also some people dressed in rags who were watching despite the cold weather.
Hedong is originally a grain-producing area with a lot of arable land. It is also an important salt-producing area in the Central Plains.
In the past few days, so many wealthy families have been robbed, coupled with the support of Bingzhou behind them.
Not to mention the mere hundreds of thousands of refugees here, even if they doubled again, it would probably not be a big problem to support them for three or four months.
Judging from the current situation of the battle, let alone half a year, or even half a month later, the Liangzhou Army might have successfully joined forces with the Prime Minister's army.
So I am not afraid of too many people, I am just afraid of too few people.
Besides, it’s not like I raised it in vain.
Raising in vain will only breed lazy people.
As the saying goes, you can grab grass and hunt rabbits. After hunting down the rich, the next step is to divide the fields.
At that time, whether it is digging ditches to build water conservancy for the coming year, or building ridges to prepare for dividing the fields, the workload is not small.
Except for being unable to work during the coldest times, these refugees must have to work the rest of the time to get food rations.
Relief for work can be regarded as a good way to deal with refugees and refugees.
"What about the recruitment order? How many rioters responded to it?"
Since it is a riot, whether it is organized or spontaneous, there will definitely be many careerists, large and small, fishing in troubled waters.
The organized riots have begun to subside, but the spontaneous riots will not stop at once.
"The small group of rebels nearby learned that the Lord planned to redistribute the fields, and they were all dubious. However, the leader has already sent people over to discuss the reorganization."
Governor Feng nodded:
"As long as they are willing to talk, that's a good thing. Whether they dare not go against us or they really want to surrender, as long as they come over, they are not afraid of causing any trouble."
It's not that Governor Feng looked down on these rebels, but in terms of organizational strength, Liangzhou didn't dare to say, but the women's armies organized by Nanxiang and Yuexun were probably stronger than them.
Especially in Nanxiang, the Detachment of Women made great contributions in helping coordinate transportation, maintaining order, and maintaining workshop operations during the war.
Thousands or even hundreds of refugees are dispersed and mixed into hundreds of thousands of refugees who have accepted customary management. Even if some people are dissatisfied, it will not cause any trouble.
There are rations for following the army. Although you can't eat enough, at least you don't have to starve to death.
The most important thing is that as long as you are registered in the household registration, you will be allocated fields in the future - only one tenth of the tax is paid!
This is why Governor Feng anxiously started preparing to divide the fields before Hedong was completely settled.
Because this can give refugees hope.
Even though the real start may have to wait until next spring, as long as they see this hope, they are willing to wait.
Instead of being easily deceived by others, acting impetuously and so on.
And this trust was won by the Han army's actions in protecting them and at the same time distributing rations to them.
The so-called "those who win the hearts of the people win the world" are not just words, but real actions.
The style of decision-makers in the first few decades of each dynasty will have a profound impact on the country's future.
Even if they are both Han Dynasties, the impressions given by the former Han Dynasty and the latter Han Dynasty are completely different.
Emperor Gaozu made a three-part agreement with the Guanzhong elders, and subsequent emperors implemented the township system throughout the country based on the county system, allowing the former Han Dynasty to reach a new level of control over the grassroots.
That's why the former Han Dynasty had such strong military strength and could delineate a basic territory for later generations for two thousand years.
If the former Han Dynasty was a pioneer, then the later Han Dynasty was more like a defender.
When Emperor Guangwu was trying to pacify the world, he not only relied too much on powerful landowners, but in order to capture the city, he even promised the army to plunder after entering the city.
The consequence is that the central government's control over local governments has been weakened, and its military strength has become even more difficult to match that of the previous Han Dynasty.
The former Han Dynasty included the Hexi Corridor under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court. It took a hundred years for the Later Han Dynasty to quell the Qianghu rebellion in Liangzhou.
As for Ji Han, loyalty and righteousness had gradually become the foundation of the country.
Be loyal and don’t tell.
Those who are righteous have dignity and respect for themselves, so those who follow me and those who follow sheep agree with goodness and beauty.
It is righteous to do good and beautiful things with dignity!
The Liangzhou army drove away thieves, eliminated tyranny, abolished heavy taxes, sheltered the people, provided food rations, and divided the fields. This can be called righteousness.
Feng Prefect had a high position. He was not only the military and political officer, but also the general of the expedition to the west. He had the authority to take leave of absence during the expedition and could act on behalf of the emperor.
So everything he is doing now is to represent the emperor of the Han family.
In other words, as long as the Han Dynasty can truly regain Hedong, the people of Hedong can look forward to a good life - at least a much better life than before.
Unless the emperor of the Han family is shameless, goes back on his word, and is not afraid of being scolded in the spine.
(Note: Before the Jin Dynasty, there was no distinction between the levels of envoys. "Jiejie", "Chijie", "Shijie", "Jiejie Yue (or "Fake Yellow Yue")" all have the same status, indicating that they represent the emperor's different There are different sizes, the only difference is etiquette.)
This is why Governor Feng is not afraid of the instigation of those with other agendas.
When it comes to clever words and seductions, who is the dignified Ghost King Feng, who has he ever been afraid of?
"Yes, what Junhou said is that we really don't have to worry about those small groups of refugees, but there are people in distant places who have attracted tens of thousands of refugees."
"Huh?" Governor Feng turned his head slightly and looked at Shi Bao, "What do you mean? They are unwilling?"
Shi Bao nodded: "Yes, we found someone to send the message several times, but there was no reply."
Governor Feng's eyes flashed: "What's behind them? Is there anyone who supports them?"
"not sure."
"Thieves who don't reply, which one is the most powerful?"
"Dongyuan County, there is a mob there, said to number one hundred thousand, and they are defending the county seat."
It has to be said that although Shi Bao is said to be lustful and thin, in Feng Yong's opinion, it is more appropriate to say that he is not meticulous enough.
More importantly, Shi Bao's talents in world affairs are quite impressive.
It's just that the rebels in Dongyuan are said to number 100,000... It took me so long to gather them in the entire county, and they only managed to gather 400,000 people.
You can gather 100,000 people so easily?
Isn't the Liangzhou army worse than the rebels?
The two of them were talking and unknowingly entered the city.
"Bring me the map."
Entering the county mansion, Governor Feng ordered.
The rudimentary maps collected from the county government were quickly laid out in front of Governor Feng.
After finding Dongyuan County, Governor Feng tapped with his finger, then rowed to Zhiguan, and finally knocked hard:
"No matter whether there are people behind the chaos in Dongyuan County, we will treat them as if they are."
Coming out of Zhiguan, the first county with a name is Dongyuan.
The current situation was chaotic, and Governor Feng was in no mood and had no time to identify whether there was any relationship between the rebels in Dongyuan County and the Wei thieves in Zhiguan.
In his opinion, whether it is a wealthy family who owns land, food and people, or a rioter who wants to take advantage of the chaos, or a Wei thief who is unwilling to fail and wants to make a comeback.
They were all enemies who sabotaged his efforts to pacify Hedong.
There is no need to be soft when dealing with enemies.
"Go and ask Coach Han and General Liu to come in."
Han Long led his men to sneak across the other side a few days ago to detect the enemy's situation. The news he finally brought back was mutually confirmed with the scouts' investigation.
Only then did Feng Jishishi believe that Sima Yi had indeed begun to withdraw from Guanzhong.
"I have met the king."
"Greetings to the Lord."
Governor Feng nodded in return, then pointed at Dongyuan and said to Liu Hun:
"General Liu, I will give you one thousand fine cavalry, and I will take ten thousand barbarian cavalry with me to go to Dongyuan and defeat the thieves who are defending the city there. Do you have confidence?"
Liu Hun grinned:
"Why do we need so many soldiers and horses when we are just in chaos?"
What about the city?
Do you think defending the city is that simple?
Defending a city is a technical job.
Without sufficient organization and strict arrangements, it would be a joke to let the mob defend the city.
Why did the rioters move around and become bandits in the first place?
In addition to their inability to govern the place, they also have no ability to defend the city.
The little prince of the Huns has learned a lot from the Han army in these years.
Seeing him like this, Governor Feng smiled, and then shook his head:
"The rebels really don't need so many soldiers and horses, but what I'm afraid of is that they have the support of Wei thieves behind them. You'd better be careful."
"The general understands."
Governor Feng looked at Han Long again:
"Mr. Han, please, please find someone to send a message to the rebels in Dongyuan and send ten copies of the contents of the recruitment order."
Having said this, Governor Feng looked at Liu Hun again and narrowed his eyes slightly:
"If they still don't surrender, don't hold back."
After all the good words are said, all the opportunities are given, and the food and land are divided. If you still don't know what is good and what is evil, then you will really be determined to go against the big man.
There is nothing more to say about the relationship between ourselves and the enemy.
Kill the biggest monkey, Governor Feng believed, and the remaining chickens would know what to do.
Hearing the meaning of Feng Junhou's words, Liu Hun licked his lips: "No!"
