"Get away!"

"Get closer to shoot the arrow!"

"Tiger head, what's the matter?" The man in the carriage heard the shouts of his guards, lifted the curtain and frowned.

"Wanhu, it should be the farmers who were cast by the Mongolians, who were peeping into our team!" Hutou's name was Shi Hu, and he was the Baihu, a personal guard of Shige, the Zhending Capital Wanhu Mansion. His eyes were not far away from several sneaky people looking here a hundred steps away, and replied.

"How could their master let them out?" Shi Ge lifted the curtain and squinted his eyes. It was just a few ragged men who were checking through the harvested fields. If they were really thrown into the house as Hutou said, they would leave the house without the master's promise and would be treated as fugitive slaves.

"Now the Mongols who managed to submit their fiefs had already fled north with all their property and food. The households who were thrown away were left. They had no food and clothing to travel around," Shi Hu explained.

"You don't have to be nervous about a few escapees, go quickly!" Shi Ge frowned even more when he heard this, and urged him to retreat his gaze.

"I don't know that these fugitives live in groups, with dozens of people and hundreds of people robbing. The day before yesterday, hundreds of refugees robbed the Sun family in Baohe Town, dozens of people were killed, and hundreds of stones of food were stolen. Most of the accomplices of those people were ambushed around. This was because we saw that there were many people and we had swords and guns, so we didn't dare to get close. If there were few people, they would rob us!"

"Oh, it's really a place of peace in the past. Now someone dares to rob in the daytime!" Shi Ge sighed.

"The world is not peaceful. Shandong and Henan fall, and the people flee north. All the governments stayed behind closed doors and became refugees. The Mongols who surrendered to the military prefectures ran faster than anyone else. Some of the subjugated households fled north, and some of them became refugee bandits and robbed their families. The villages and towns outside Zhending City also built villages and organized young and strong patrols to protect themselves. Even three or five people in the daytime, they dared not leave the village at all!" Shi Hu said while asking the infantry behind to speed up and protect the car.

"Well, go quickly!" Shi Ge put down the curtain of the sedan chair and said to himself, "There is a shortage of food everywhere!"

When he came out of the city, he saw countless refugees gathering outside the city, hoping to enter the city to get a bite of food. But he knew that once the refugees were released into the city, refugees scattered everywhere would flock to the city and eat up the food in the city very quickly. Now there are twenty miles away from the city, and there are fewer refugees, but these people who are wandering in the wild are even more dangerous, and hunger will soon turn them into bandits.

As we walked further, we could not see pedestrians on the road except for the dead starving people. The villages scattered along the way were either tight barriers or had already escaped or were looted and burned into ruins. We walked straight outside the county of Gaocheng and saw carriages walking. At this time, a village building was built outside the city, and a village soldier was stationed. War sheds were also set up on the city, and curtains were opened, and military soldiers could be seen vaguely.

After approaching the city, Shi Hu took the lead in reporting Shi Ge's visit. The soldiers guarding the village immediately reported to the city, opened the gate of the village, lowered the suspension bridge and invited Shi Ge and his group to enter the city. Entering the city, Shi Ge raised the curtain to look out, and there was another scene here. The shops and houses facing the street were all hung with red lights, and people came and went on the street, orderly and full of the New Year atmosphere.

When he arrived at the county yard, Gaocheng Order Dong Wenzhi had already led officials of all sizes to welcome him outside the yard. He personally stepped forward to help Shi Ge get out of the car and said with a polite manner: "Du Shuai has come from afar. Thank you for your hard work, can you still be safe on the way?"

"Brother Yan Zheng, why should you and my brother be so polite!" Shi Ge said with an angry expression after hearing this.

"There is a difference between superiors and inferiors, how can we mess up the etiquette!" Dong Wenzhi still treated the courtesy according to the rules of superiors and subordinates, and asked the county officials to come forward to pay tribute accordingly.

Shi Ge knew that his temper was the most important thing and paid attention to etiquette and rules, so he had to follow him and enter the yamen after he had finished the ceremony with the officials. Dong Wenzhi asked him to enter the back hall, and sat down again, and ordered someone to serve him. The officials understood that Du Shuai came from Zhending and had to discuss important matters. After saying a few gossips, they all left one after another, and only two people and their close friends were there to serve him.

"Yan Zheng is truly a talent for governing the world. He can still maintain this pure land during this war. If he enters the court and becomes an official, he will definitely be able to enter the center!" Shi Ge said with a sip of tea.

However, his words are not flattering. Since Dong Jun abandoned Jin and surrendered to Mongolia, Dong's family became a general whom Mongolia relied on martial arts. After his death, the Dong family did not decline because of his death. He had nine sons, including the sixth son Wen Zhen and the youngest son Wen Yi. Among the other seven sons, the eldest son Wen Bing had an important influence on the Dong Jun family.

Less than two years after his father's death, Wen Bing, who was only seventeen years old, succeeded the magistrate of Gaocheng County, who was appointed by his father. Because of his young age, he was inevitably despised by his father's colleagues. However, he was clear about listening and giving his kindness to his power. Before the year, the same lineup was left alone, and the officials held the case and asked for a letter to sign, but did not dare to look up to him, and the people in the village were also convinced.

Wen Bing was sent to Kublai Khan, who was conquering Nanzhao. During this great expedition that began in Hebei, there were 40 followers and 200 horses. However, when he entered the Tibet area, he had a difficult journey, and only two followers were left to survive by eating dead horses. Sometimes, a passerby sent a message to Kublai Khan, and sent his followers to save Wen Bing from the predicament and went to the Qiandi residence of the Master Shizu.

When Emperor Xianzong died suddenly, Kublai Khan set up Hular alone, declared independence, established an imperial throne, and established a status to rule the world. After that, the Dong brothers, as the vanguard of Shizu, helped Kublai Khan consolidate his regime. In the first year of the Zhongtong period, Wenbing Governor Yannan, was named the governor of Shandong East Road, and was then reused as the commander of the guards' personal army.

As a thousand households of the military guards, the second son Wen Mok stationed in Shangdu with Shizu. The third son Wen Yong held the imperial edict in the border areas and also worked as a governor under the left chief of the Secretariat Zhang Wenqian. Other brothers were engaged in similar jobs outside. The eighth son Wen Zhong took up a job in the newly established Fubao Bureau and assisted Kublai Khan as a Fengshu doctor. He was often called "Dong Ba", which shows how trusted he was.

In the third year of the Central Government, the Li Yu Rebellion broke out in Shandong, which affected the Shizu's regime. At this time, Wen Bing, Wen Mok, and Wen Yong suppressed the rebellion one after another. After that, Wen Mok died in the fifth year of Zhiyuan, Wen Yong was sent to Xixia to suppress the Hunduhai Rebellion, and accumulated contributions to restoring farming and other stable civil affairs; Wen Zhong assisted the internal affairs.

Under this circumstance, Kublai Khan began to implement his long-cherished wish to attack the Southern Song Dynasty, especially Wen Bing and Boyan's army charged forward, and participated in the battle of Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, which attacked the Southern Song Dynasty, and eventually led to his fall. Wen Bing became increasingly trusted by Shizu. In addition to serving as the Left Chief of the Secretariat, he also served as the Privy Council and had a prominent position in the government.

It is precisely because the Dong brothers were active at the forefront under Emperor Shizu in order to establish the country and received important tasks entrusted by Shizu. The reputation of the Dong family is well known to everyone. The fourth son Wenzhi succeeded to the magistrate of Gaocheng County to protect his hometown. This also shows the cleverness of the assignment and connection between brothers. The third generation of the Dong family also held important positions in the court, and they were promoted to the central position based on their talents.

Although the Shi family is also considered a wealthy historian and holds power in the court, it is still slightly inferior to the Shi family. It is precisely because of this that when the second generation of the Dong family died or forgotten, Shi Ge dared not look down on him and demoted himself to visit him in person.

"Jin Ming praised it. I only have a small talent, but no great wisdom. I can only maintain it in a small place!" Dong Wen said modestly with a chuckling.

"I enter the city to watch the city with strict defense, the soldiers are well-trained, and the advance and retreat are moderate. I am a talented man who is both civil and military!" Shi Ge waved his hand and said.

"These are all bullshits, no matter how you can get the eyes of handsome people!" Dong Wen said with a smile.

"Hey, the military performer is good at fighting. If he is in charge of military affairs, he is worried!" Shi Ge said in an envious manner.

He knew that Wen Zhi's only son Shi Biao, like other brothers, followed his uncle to quell the Li Chan Rebellion, participated in the war against Song, pursued the remnants of the forces and entered Fujian, and served as the general manager of Fuzhou Daluhuachi, Yuezhou, and Fujian Guangdu Punishment. Soon, as a ten thousand households in Hongze, he was in charge of the military farming army. After the last Northern Expedition of the Song army, he was defeated and idle at home, and was considered one of the few generals of the Dong family in the third generation.

"It is hard to guard the lonely city, it's just that you know the destiny of heaven and do your best!" Dong Wenzhi shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Zhang Gui has always asked us to go to Baozhou to join forces to fight against the Southern Dynasty. What do you think?" Seeing that he said this, Shi Ge immediately turned to the topic.

"I think we still have a glimmer of life in Zhending. If we go to Baozhou, it will be a disaster!" Dong Wen said bluntly.

"What do you mean by brother?" Shi Ge asked in confusion. He was unwilling to give up his place of standing and go to Baozhou to live under someone else's roof, but he didn't think that going forward was a dead end.

"Jin Mingming should know that this autumn grain is owed, and you and I are all lands that we have cast. We cannot be short of tribute and can only last until next summer harvest. But now the enemy is in front of us, we want to recruit troops to defend the enemy, build equipment, and provide relief to refugees. We all need to consume a lot of food and grass, so it is difficult to last." Dong Wenzhi analyzed.

"The situation in Baozhou may be slightly better, but Deputy Envoy Zhang led 30,000 guards to station his personal army, recruited tens of thousands of volunteers, and consumed a huge amount of food and grass every day. If we also brought the people to Baozhou to meet, not to mention that we might be attacked by the Song army on the way, even if nearly 100,000 more people arrived safely, the court would not have any surplus grain. If the Song army besieged the city, how long can the food and grass in Baozhou last? So this is tantamount to everyone!"

"Well, brother is right!" Shi Ge nodded. He knew that from a simple war perspective, Baozhou was nearly 300 miles away from Zhending, and they abandoned the city and left. The Song army would soon find that they would send troops to pursue him. It was impossible to resist the Song army without the protection of the city, and they would inevitably suffer heavy losses. Furthermore, if they retreated, the people along the way would inevitably follow him. As Wen Zhi said, hundreds of thousands of people poured into Baozhou, and there would be no food to eat, which would be a disaster...
Chapter completed!