Chapter 216: The hardship of revitalizing the people, the suffering of destroying the people (sevent
People of this era have always been concerned about relocating their land and relocation, and they were very opposed to Dong Zhuoqian, which is not wrong.
Because this relocation of the capital is simply a disaster for many people!
Those powerful and wealthy households that had little to do with Dong Zhuo and Dong Zhuo's power were directly harvested as leeks.
Dong Zhuo's harvesting of leeks is different from that of ordinary people. When ordinary people harvest leeks, they harvest one crop and then wait for the next crop to grow before continuing to harvest.
When Dong Xiangguo cuts leeks, he uproots them directly!
In fact, the powerful and wealthy households, as well as those powerful people, are much better off overall. After all, they have family wealth and original social connections. No matter how harshly they are harvested, they are still much better off than ordinary people.
Ordinary people are the ones who cannot withstand even the slightest bit of wind and rain.
From the time he entered Luoyang until now, on the way westward, Liu Cheng saw many dead people on the roadside.
Moreover, the further west you go, the farther you are from Luoyang and the closer you are to Chang'an, the more you see...
Before, all Liu Cheng saw were dead people.
Now, among the people I see, more and more people are alive.
Basically none of the people I saw looked normal. They were all in ragged clothes, with sallow complexions and thin muscles, and staggered around.
Those who can stagger are relatively good, while others are in a more miserable situation, just lying on the road or in a ditch on the side of the road, unable to stand up.
It won't take long before he will become a starving existence.
Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Luoyang, and during the subsequent Juesi Rebellion, when the emperor and ministers were forced to move back to Luoyang from Chang'an again, the history books basically just recorded the deaths of civil and military officials, officials and nobles.
However, there is basically no record of how many people died during this process...
These are the most common, have the largest number, have the lowest risk tolerance, and are essential for a country. They are also the easiest to be forgotten and not taken seriously.
Even if they died the most during the process of moving the capital, it still wouldn't work!
Others don't care about the lives of these ordinary people, and they don't care about the life and death of these ordinary people, but Liu Cheng cares very much.
After all, he was an ordinary person in his previous life.
Moreover, he was born in New China and grew up under the red flag. He also knows deeply how powerful these people who seem to be extremely ordinary and have no abilities and who can only be like weeds in troubled times and be slaughtered by others have great power.
energy!
Once this kind of energy breaks out completely, no matter what force or person, they will only retreat in front of it!
Therefore, when he saw the first faltering person, Liu Cheng, who held great power and frightened many people on the battlefield, dismounted himself and treated this old woman who was already extremely weak.
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He personally gave the old woman water and food.
Moreover, he got off his green fox horse and made a simple branch sledge, letting the old woman lie on it, and then let the green fox horse pull the old woman forward.
Liu Cheng's behavior made many of his soldiers and some generals extremely surprised and confused.
Liu Cheng did not explain anything to them, but ordered the soldiers and horses to pay attention to the situation. As long as they encountered anyone who was still breathing, they would treat them and take them westward. They would rather slow down the march than give up.
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In addition, he also ordered that Li Jin's troops and Liao Hua's troops, his two initial headquarters, be separated from the main army and spread towards the two wings of the army, each spreading fifteen miles to both sides and advancing forward.
The main purpose of doing this is not to guard against possible enemies, but to search for as many people as possible who were abandoned due to food and health problems on the way westward and who are not dead, and to carry out treatment on them.
Rescue.
Many of Liu Cheng's soldiers didn't quite understand Liu Cheng's order. They didn't know why the respected uncle Liu would waste precious food and military power to rescue these ordinary people whom he had never met before.
However, they still carried out the orders given by the emperor's uncle without any discount.
This is not only Liu Cheng's growing prestige in the army, but also the soldiers and generals under his command are very convinced of his orders.
Another important reason is that before issuing these orders, the emperor's uncle first personally rescued an old woman.
With the dignity of the emperor's uncle, he personally does these things. They are far inferior to the emperor's uncle. How dare the emperor's uncle's soldiers dare to be picky and picky?
As the army continued to move westward, it encountered more and more stragglers.
There are two important reasons for this situation.
On the one hand, as the time away from Luoyang continued to extend, these people who left Luoyang during the lean season and did not have much food in their hands ran out of food.
On the other hand, as time went on, the soldiers and horses responsible for guarding these soldiers began to feel numb, troublesome and disgusted with these common people.
There are no filial sons in front of a long-term illness, let alone these soldiers and generals, who are all holding sword handles in their hands. After a long time, how can they care about the lives of these common people?
After this happened for a while, Liu Cheng issued a new order.
Let Hua Xiong's and Xu Huang's troops break away from the main force and march towards the front.
At the beginning, when they encountered people who needed help, they could ignore them. After fifty miles, Xu Huang's troops began to slow down and began to move forward while rescuing people who had left the team.
Huaxiong's troops, on the other hand, continued to advance rapidly for fifty miles before slowing down and starting rescue work.
This kind of staged treatment is very effective.
Not only can it improve work efficiency, but it can also save a lot of time and allow many people to get help before they are on the verge of death.
Otherwise, according to the speed of Liu Cheng's troops and horses, many people would have died before they could be rescued...
The old woman who was rescued by Liu Cheng was now able to walk on her own, and her whole spirit and spirit had undergone a great change.
When she saw Liu Cheng and the army around Liu Cheng again, she no longer felt panic or uneasiness.
Because after this period of contact, she knew that the soldiers and horses commanded by Uncle Liu Huang in front of her were completely different from the soldiers and horses she and others encountered before...
Not only would they not beat or scold themselves and others at will, or even kill them, they would also take care of themselves and others meticulously...
