Yuan Feng straightened his clothes, clasped his fists and stood solemnly: "Zhang Sian is here."
"The magistrate wishes you to be loyal and brave, and when Liangzhou is employing people, he makes an exception and promotes you to the position of bodyguard and military general. You will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, an armor, and a house." After Zhou Ze'an finished speaking, he took out a copy from his sleeve.
When the silk appointment letter came, he handed it to Yuan Feng with a smile, patted his shoulder and said, "Congratulations, you will be General Zhang from now on."
Yuan Feng also grinned, looking very happy. In fact, he knew in his heart that the tooth generals who guarded the army were actually not as valuable as Qian Hu of the Ganzhou Army. At least Qian Hu had hundreds of cavalry under his command. Now
When the army is in turmoil, any money or official title is empty. Only when you have soldiers and horses at your disposal can you be real.
However, my qualifications are too low, and I don’t want to be on the front line of the conflict between the eldest son and my uncle. Being recruited by the magistrate is the best choice. The bodyguards and soldiers are the direct lineage of Lord Cao, whether Cao Jun or Cai Yong.
They have no right to mobilize, but the generals of the pro-army don't have much value. It is said that Cao Yanhui likes to recruit masters from the Western Regions, and all of them are given the title of tooth general. There are not twenty but eighteen tooth generals in the bodyguard pro-army. In addition to his own
The dozen or so soldiers below can only command the movement, but they have no power at all.
Zhou Ze'an had someone bring over a thousand taels of silver. Two thousand silver coins with the emperor's head of excellent quality were placed in a box, which was dazzling. Yuan Feng naturally understood human etiquette and grabbed a dozen silver coins and rewarded them to the little boy carrying the box.
He asked Zhou Ze'an again: "Excuse me, where is Mr. Zhou's residence? Zhang wants to visit him later."
Zhou Ze'an burst out laughing, understanding that Yuan Feng wanted to give him some kickbacks. He waved his hand and said, "Don't be polite. I am usually in the west wing of the government office. If you have anything, just come to me."
After bidding farewell to Zhou Ze'an, Yuan Feng and the others came out of the magistrate's big house and walked towards the house given to him under the leadership of a servant. The snow gradually became lighter now, but the snow on the road was very deep.
The boy was young and very lively. Yuan Feng rewarded him with a silver coin, and he kept talking about the recent stories in Liangzhou City.
Recently, a large number of refugees have poured into Liangzhou. The prices of everything have risen like crazy, especially houses. It is the coldest month of winter. Who can bear to sleep outside? Those rich landlords have entered Liangzhou.
After the prefecture, they purchased houses at high prices, and within a few days the house prices were skyrocketed. A small courtyard with two entrances like the one given to Yuan Feng by the prefect could only be blocked with more than a thousand taels of silver, but now it doesn't matter even if it doesn't cost five thousand taels.
I want to see a house, but the demand is still in short supply. The prices of food, fur, and cloth have also increased. There is no way, who can let hundreds of thousands of people flood into Liangzhou City at once.
It is already midnight, the hustle and bustle of the day has passed, and the crowded people have found their own places to stay. After all, Liangzhou City is huge, and it can still accommodate more than 100,000 people, but these people can only live in simple houses.
In the sheds, some even squatted under the eaves and shivered. There were many people frozen to death on the roadside, and stiff corpses lay in the snow with no one paying attention.
Yuan Feng's house is near the magistrate's office. He arrived soon. After beating the boy, Yuan Feng quickly led people to search for his relatives. Today was really chaotic. It was only now that he had the chance to do his own business. It was snowing heavily.
The Liqian people didn't bring many warm clothes, so they didn't know who to hide under the eaves of someone's house.
The refugees were all resettled according to villages and regions, so it was not too troublesome to find them. The group of people divided into three waves and searched everywhere in the snow with lanterns. Yuan Feng, Zhao Dingan and others were walking, and they met head-on.
After a group of night patrol soldiers showed their rank as general, the soldiers told him that the refugees who had just arrived today were all concentrated in the small school grounds, and all he had to do to find them was to go there.
After thanking the night watchman, Yuan Feng hurried to the small school field. It was quiet everywhere else, but here it was very lively. The originally empty field was full of refugees. Various tents and sheds were set up haphazardly. Children were crying and adults were shouting.
, there were sounds of fighting from time to time, Yuan Fengqi said: "Why don't the officers and soldiers come to take care of it?"
After all, Zhao Ding'an had been a soldier for several months longer than him, and he knew the details of the army. He snorted coldly: "These refugees are just fat sheep in their eyes, and they are the ones taking advantage of them."
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Yuan Feng hurriedly walked in after hearing this. Several of them were wearing uniforms of officers and soldiers. The people were so frightened that they shrank back. From this, they could see that what Zhao Ding'an said was true. As he walked, he asked about the characteristics of the Liqian people.
It was obviously easy to find, and soon I found out where they were camping.
When I squeezed over and took a look, the Liqian people were busy setting up tents. When they saw the officers and soldiers approaching, they looked obviously panicked. However, when they took a closer look, it was Yuan Feng and others coming, and the villagers felt relieved.
Lao Zhao walked out of the crowd and said, "Brother Feng, are you looking for me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a man jumped out from behind Yuan Feng, knelt in front of Big Old Zhao and cried: "Dad!"
Zhao Ding'an and his son have been separated for a long time. Although they know that their father is in Liqian, they have not been able to pick him up due to military obligations. Zhao Ding'an did not participate in the last rescue mission in Liqian. It is not until now that the father and son are reunited. They can't help but hold their heads.
He cried bitterly, and everyone around him was also in tears. In times of war and chaos, there were too many separations of flesh and blood.
Without crying twice, the elder Zhao pushed his son away and said sternly: "I have something to do with you. Just now, two officers and soldiers came over drunk and tried to rob Yulia. I hacked them to death and their bodies were hidden in the tent.
Here, let’s see what we do.”
Yuan Feng said: "It's easy to do, just leave it to us. Take advantage of the chaos to find a small corner and throw it away. Who knows what we did."
Just as they were about to drag out the bodies, there was a commotion. Dozens of officers and soldiers kicked aside the refugees' jars and surrounded them. They raised their swords for one person and shouted: "Take these rebels away."
Yuan Feng stepped forward and said: "There are only good people here, how can there be rebels?"
The leader of the officers and soldiers smelled of alcohol and shouted: "Killing the officers and soldiers is not a traitor!"
Yuan Feng saw that the matter had been exposed and there was no need to hide it anymore, so he asked: "The officers and soldiers did not defend the city properly, but instead harmed the people. Can't we kill such scum?"
The leader yelled: "I have worked hard to guard the city to keep you safe, so it is only natural that I find a few girls to play with! You are not a green onion, but you dare to come out and point fingers."
Yuan Feng sneered and said nothing, Zhao Ding'an stood up from behind and shouted: "General Zhang Ya will not kneel down when he sees the bodyguard and his own army!"
When they heard that the other party was General Ya, who was guarding his own army, the soldiers panicked, but they still said forcefully: "What about the people who are guarding his own army? We are General Cai's personal soldiers, so we don't care about you! Don't mention your official title if you have the guts."
, let’s pull it out and run around.”
Zhao Ding'an shouted: "Are you worthy enough? I dare to charge into a million-strong Turk formation, let alone dozens of turtles like you. If I don't kill all of you, I won't be named Zhao!"
As soon as these words were said, the soldiers realized that they were afraid. It turned out that these people were the stupid young men who attacked the Turkic formation during the day. They were all desperate masters who could not afford to offend them. The officers and soldiers ceased their activities and were dejected.
After leaving, the refugees cheered in unison, applauding Yuan Feng and the others.
Yuan Feng said: "Without further delay, let's move everyone quickly. It's not appropriate to live outside in this cold weather."
But the elder Zhao said: "Brother Feng, we can still handle it if we are in good health, but the old and weak ones and the little ones have to find a place to stay quickly. It's so cold that it's freezing to death."
However, there were tens of thousands of refugees in the small school grounds. Yuan Feng was unable to take care of them, so he had to take care of those close to him first. The elderly and children in Liqian Village, as well as pregnant women and patients, were moved to his house.
The rest still have to live on campus.
Before dawn the next day, Yuan Feng was called by Zhou Ze'an to be on duty at the magistrate's Yamen. He was a tooth general who was guarding the pro-army, and was responsible for guarding the Yamen. He met with a group of pro-army colleagues in the side room.
, everyone knew about his deeds, and they were very polite. At dawn, civil and military officials came for a meeting, so Yuan Feng and his colleagues stood at the door of the magistrate's main hall with a knife in their hands.
The military officers arrived one after another. The eldest son, Cao Jun, came very early. When he saw Yuan Feng on duty, he came over and patted Yuan Feng on the shoulder and said: "Do a good job, don't lose the face of our Ganzhou Army. What do you need?"
Feel free to look for me."
As soon as Cao Jun entered, Cai Yong also arrived. After someone whispered a few words in his ear, he looked towards Yuan Feng. Yuan Feng immediately felt a chill covering his whole body, but he immediately looked at him without fear.
Go back and kill Cai Yong's soldiers in Liqian, and kill two of his own soldiers last night. The relationship is sealed, and you can't hide even if you want to.
The officials were discussing matters in the main hall. At first they were discussing in low voices, but later they became loud and noisy. Yuan Feng stood at the door and could hear clearly. There were generally two opinions. One was represented by the eldest son.
The main militant group advocates holding on to Liangzhou and waiting for reinforcements. Another opinion is to cooperate with the Turks to avoid unnecessary sacrifices. These people regard Cai Yong as the leader.
There was a lot of noise inside, and the guards were chatting at the door. Someone said, "Guess who will win this time, the eldest young master or the uncle?"
"No one can win. The Turks are just outside the city. They can get in with just a few words. They actually have time to quarrel. Let me see, this Liangzhou City will be defeated no matter who you leave it to." Someone replied.
All the guards agreed, and just as they were talking, several loud noises were heard from the direction of the west gate, the sound shook the heaven and earth. The officials hurriedly walked out of the hall, looked to the west and murmured: "Is the attack on the city starting now?"