When Hu Biao and AT came out of the palace, it was already early two in the morning.
It's just that at this moment, after the two of them looked at each other, they didn't go back to their respective homes, let alone go to bed after going back.
Just kidding! This is their fifth system mission.
However, the success or failure of such a mission involves millions of soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng City; and even hundreds of millions of people in the entire Song Dynasty (the population of the Northern Song Dynasty was 94 million in 1110). This is still the first time that such a situation has occurred.
They didn't even dare to think about how serious the consequences would be if the mission failed.
So, endure it.
Before the end of the second phase of the task, grit your teeth and continue to endure it.
With this thought in mind, the two of them each mounted their own big green mules, and under the escort of a platoon of guards from the New Army, began to return to the Privy Council.
At such a juncture, faced with more and more black hands from the Jin people, they did not dare to go out alone.
Not long after, the two returned to the Privy Council.
After arriving here, we can see that it is also brightly lit.
In addition to the large number of rookie indigenous staff officers in the New Army Staff Department who are constantly busy with a brand new sand table, there are also many other netizens who are busy with different things according to the division of labor.
Among them, Balong, a rookie, saw Hu Biao come back.
He immediately ran over in a hurry and handed over a manuscript in his hand. At the same time, he did not forget to say:
"Lao Hu, I've already written what you want, can you take a look?"
After taking the manuscript in his hand, Hu Biao could see clearly that it was written at the beginning: From now on, everyone in Kaifeng City will immediately enter a 'war (time) state'. The specific requirements are as follows.
First, all officers and soldiers in the New Army, the Forbidden Army and other armies are not allowed to leave the camp or ask for leave from now on. The entire army must be prepared for war.
Workers in all the workshops of the imperial court will have room and board in the workshops immediately from today on, and will not be allowed to take leave or go home without any reason.
In addition to normal working hours, overtime work shall not be less than one hour per day.
Second, grain, salt, medicinal materials, steel, wine, lamp oil, etc., a total of 62 materials are under the control of the imperial court, and private sales are strictly prohibited.
The people in the city don't need to worry about life problems, the court has its own arrangements.
The sub-district office will regularly distribute sufficient daily necessities such as rice, noodles, salt, and lamp oil.
Third, a curfew will be enforced in the city from that day onwards. Without the passing orders issued by the imperial yamen and the Kaifeng Prefecture, anyone who takes to the streets at will will be investigated and dealt with as a Jin spy.
Fourth, immediately implement the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the field...
It’s time to say it or not! Barong deserves to be a business administration graduate, and this announcement is quite well written.
After Hu Biao read it hastily, he immediately signed his name on it, and then replied:
"Very good. Let's start posting it early tomorrow morning and implement it."
Just like this, when this centimeter was plastered all over the streets and alleys of Kaifeng City the next day, the troubled people in this city once again felt the footsteps of the war, which was getting closer and closer to them.
.
Soon after, it was right under their noses.
More and more news continued to reach my ears.
It finally made them understand why in the novel "Three Kingdoms", when they heard that Cao Cao's 800,000 troops were marching south, why did Jingzhou surrender directly, and many people in Jiangdong also thought of surrendering.
Nothing else! This posture is really scary...
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Time: Twelve days later, that is, September 21, the first year of Maode, at the end of the afternoon.
Location: Kaifeng City, Qingyi Alley, in the small courtyard of Hou San's house, under an old willow tree.
Now the woman who is familiar to the neighbors and affectionately called the Hou family's little lady is sewing a piece of clothing stitch by stitch.
During the whole process, he seemed to be very attentive.
This little woman has been in the same situation almost every day for the past six months.
The job she is currently doing is still a job distributed by the sub-district office. After each piece of sewing is completed, the sub-district office will give her a share of the wages.
Or it can be converted into rice noodles, salt, meat, vegetables, chicken and other different things.
Although each salary is very small, it relies on the principle of accumulating a small amount to make a large sum; countless women in the city relied on such a job as sewing for the new army to survive in such a difficult year.
Come down.
In addition to feeding the children at home, he also saved some food.
The concept of having food in hand and not panic in mind is always the most important thing in the cognition of people of such a nation.
It is precisely for this reason that many women have a grateful mentality.
Even if there is no need for the officials from the street office to emphasize, when they sew these clothes, they will sew the needles and threads very tightly, just in the hope that the robes worn by these new soldiers will be stronger and warmer by then.
When comparing the quality of other women's sewing, the young lady of the Hou family is the best at sewing clothes.
The reason is very simple. The men in her family are serving in the New Army. Every time she mends clothes, she treats them with the same care as if they were for Hou San.
The difference is that now when they sew robes for the new army, they don't have to change some old clothes again and again.
Thanks to the good operation of the Department of Commerce, fabrics from all over the Song Dynasty were transported by merchants like a stream of water. The young lady of the Hou family is currently using a piece of fine linen to sew what should be regarded as the standard military uniform of the Song Dynasty.
Red jersey.
But as she continued to sew, suddenly there was a sound of heavy footsteps in the alley, quickly approaching the gate of her yard.
Instinctively, the young lady of the Hou family grabbed a pair of sharp scissors and held them tightly in her hands.
Originally, the public security in Kaifeng City was excellent, and there was no need to worry about safety issues at all.
But starting from the second day of the Double Ninth Festival, the imperial court and the officials of Kaifeng Mansion posted notices in the city, announcing that Kaifeng City had officially entered a "state of war."
If it were just the above, it wouldn't matter much; the people in the city were very convinced that with Privy Envoy Hu around, the Jin people would definitely not be able to get in.
However, with the implementation of the tactic of "strengthening the wall and clearing the field".
A large number of people around Kaifeng City also evacuated into the city, and suddenly there were many outsiders in the city.
From the words of these people, everyone knew that the Jin people actually dispatched 800,000 troops in this attack on the Song Dynasty; they had already killed them from Taiyuan, Longde Mansion and other defense lines.
Eight hundred thousand troops? How many people must Grandpa Tian have?
When they were crossing the Yellow River, as long as each person threw a riding whip in their hand, they might be able to stop the flow of the Yellow River.
Suddenly, such a terrifying force made even the people of Kaifeng Mansion panic.
In addition to the large number of people from outside, the young lady of the Hou family, who was living alone, suddenly heard someone outside the door and immediately became nervous.
Fortunately, soon there was a voice outside the door that made her think about it day and night: "Madam, it's me, Hou San, please open the door quickly."
After putting down the scissors and rushing to open the door, she didn't have time to ask anything.
He picked her up in a broad embrace, and then after feeling the door being closed smoothly, he was carried towards the house.
It's still broad daylight now, and it's really embarrassing for this man to do that again...
Two-quarters of an hour later, when the young lady of the Hou family was sitting under the willow tree again, mending her clothes, the couple finally found their minds to talk normally.
Now, Hou San, who is already in the First Division of the New Army and holds the title of squad leader, is drinking tea.
While talking in his mouth: "I heard from our company commander that the Jin people were afraid that we would take advantage of them to cross the river and attack them. Six days ago, they made a large circle from the Luoyang side.
Successfully crossed the river.
Those losers in the Luoyang government, even though they had received our early warning, they only took Luoyang City in half a day.
Afterwards, the Jin people continued to kill towards Kaifeng City. The forward Tanma appeared fifty miles outside the city yesterday and fought with our army all night long, with each other winning or losing.
I'm afraid that in a few days at most, their army will arrive.
Privy Council Hu was ordered to fight the Jin people openly in the wilderness this time, so as to prevent the army from being surrounded in the city and part of the Jin army sweeping into other Song lands.
Because if other Song lands were occupied by the Jin people, we would eventually end up alone and helpless, besieged and die.
In addition, I felt that the Jin army was so powerful that the people in the city were greatly frightened.
Tomorrow, a new army review ceremony will be held outside the city to boost our morale with a flourishing army. After that, we and the new army will set out on the battlefield, build barracks and fortifications, and wait for the Jin army to come and fight.
Privy Councilor Hu was kind and took pity on the fact that our family members, including those from the New Army, were in the city. He let me come back and stay for one night before the battle, which was considered as a farewell to our families.
As long as we meet outside the city in time early tomorrow morning~"
After hearing such a sentence, the face of the young lady of the Hou family was suddenly full of tangled expressions...
Long live! Maybe I am getting old. Once I have an explosion, I feel that my whole body is empty and I have no condition at all.
