In the past, I knew that even though I had the advantage, I was tricked by the opponent, and I could only watch my opponent leave.
Governor Feng was so angry that he jumped to the riverside and cursed loudly to relieve the depression in his chest.
If you get too angry and want to scold Sima Yi, it would be a routine operation to give Sima Yi something like "Unmoved as a turtle, Great Sima" or "Wandering around Emei, Great Sima".
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 to make new responses to the new situation.
Holding the telescope, look towards 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 was dried by the sun, and the fog slowly rose, covering both the distance and the near with a layer of smoke that seemed 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 shadows on the other side.
Those are the arrow towers and beacons Xianyu built 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 you can't catch up with the thief, why cross the river?"
"With the thief gone, we can go directly to Chang'an. That will be our first achievement..."
Governor Feng laughed:
"Do we still need a first victory? As long as we defend Bingzhou and Hedong, it will be stronger than any first victory."
"Besides, if you really want to win this first achievement, how many troops will you have to deploy in the end?"
"If there are not enough troops in Hedong, the thieves counterattack and lose Hedong, and 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 with no 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 he can't take down a mere Chang'an. We don't have any luggage, so what can we do to help?"
Now most of the engineering battalion is in the hands of Old Demon Zhuge.
Governor Feng's army consisted entirely of cavalry or mounted infantry.
There is no engineering camp, why not go there 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. At first, the army went south along the Fen River, although it already completely controlled Taiyuan County, the main county of Bingzhou.
However, in Shangdang County and Leping County to the east, there are still remaining Wei thieves who are stubbornly resisting.
In addition, there were many 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 received the news a long time ago, 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 to prevent everything from burning down.
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, drink and take care of.
Although I can only eat half full to survive, at least I can survive.
To drink water, drink boiled water.
Lazarus should be concentrated in one place...
There are many unofficial rules, but most people can abide by them, because if you don't abide by the rules, you will only 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 hay shed quietly peeped through the cracks, looking at the tall horse and the knight in fine iron armor walking away, with somewhat frightened eyes.
"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.
Years of war have caused a sharp decline in population, and the surviving population has further gathered around 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 this process, they will gradually lose their civilization and degenerate into savages. Those with better luck will become barbarians.
Compared to a large county where one out of ten is divided into half and half, life and death are 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, Jiexian and other places.
It will no longer be as grand as when the population of the Later Han Dynasty was at its peak.
However, this also provided convenience for Governor Feng to clean up Hedong.
Shi Bao said that half of the refugees should be gathered in Anyi. This is also the reason why as long as you control a few major counties, you 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 thoughtful people.
"Half? What is half?"
"According to current statistics, there are about 200,000 people."
In other words, including Wenxi, Jie County 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 back, 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 damage this turmoil, which lasted for decades, caused to the world.
Governor Feng was silent for a long time, then raised his head and looked into the distance.
There was someone holding a benchmark 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, and 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 the large number of people, I am only afraid of the small number of people.
Besides, it’s not like I raised it for free.
Raising things in vain will only breed lazy people.
As the saying goes, you can hunt rabbits by grabbing grass and hunting 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, big 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 rebellious people nearby were dubious when they learned that the Lord planned to redistribute the land. 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 don't dare to go against us or they really want to surrender, as long as they come over, they won't be 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 able to be allocated fields with a tax of only one tenth of the land!
This is why Governor Feng started anxiously 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.
Rather than 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 person who wins the hearts and minds of the people wins the world does not always mean words, but real actions.
The decision-makers in the first few decades of each dynasty and their behavior will have a profound impact on the future of the country.
Even if they are the same Han Dynasty, 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 across 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 Early 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 loot the city after entering it.
The consequence was that the central government's control over local areas was weakened, and its military strength became even more difficult to match that of the former 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 Qiang and Hu rebellion in Liangzhou.
As for the Jihan period, loyalty and righteousness had gradually formed the foundation for establishing a 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 the thieves, eliminated tyranny, abolished heavy taxes, sheltered the people, provided food rations, and divided the fields. This can be described as 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.
Therefore, everything he is doing now is to represent the wishes of the emperor of the Han family.
In other words, as long as the Han Dynasty can truly regain Hedong, the people in Hedong can look forward to a good life, at least much better than the life they lived 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 levels of envoys. "Jiejie", "Chijie", "Shijie", "Jiejie Yue (or "Fake Yellow Yue")" all had the same status, indicating that they represented the emperor's different
There are different sizes, the only difference is etiquette.)
This is why Governor Feng is not afraid of incitement by those with other agendas.
When it comes to clever words and seductions, who has Feng Guiwang 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 should I say? They are unwilling?"
Shi Bao nodded: "Yes, we have sent messages to people several times, but there has been 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?"
"In 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 careful 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 only then did they reach 400,000.
You can gather 100,000 people so easily?
Then 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 neither mood nor 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 that 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."
A few days ago, Han Long led his men to sneak across the other side to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. The news he finally brought back was mutually confirmed with the scouts' investigation.
Only then did Governor Feng 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 ten thousand barbarian cavalry 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 enough 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 local area, they also lack the 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:
"It's true that the rebels 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 have been said, all the opportunities have been given, and the food and land have been 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!"