This scene did not only happen in Pingyang, nor only in Hedong. A large number of people were in trouble due to the sudden snowstorm. In addition to the refugees in Hedong, even the refugees west of the river heard that Chen Chong was giving porridge in Hedong.
People came across the river to see the news.
When Chen Chong walked from Pingyang to Jie County, he was not the only one to do this. Even the Pingyang Order was pretty good. Some officials, after hearing Chen Chong's admonishment, immediately resigned from their posts. Chen Chong did not do anything.
Without giving up, they confiscated their property on the spot directly in the name of dereliction of duty, and this was the only way to put an end to this unhealthy trend.
But this did not help the situation in Hedong. Chen Chong brought 80,000 shi of grain, and traders returning from Hebei successively brought 20,000 shi of grain. This was still a drop in the bucket for the hundreds of thousands of victims. Chen Chong
It can only be stipulated that the names of porridge sheds should be recorded. There are forty porridge sheds in each county, and 300 people can be registered in each porridge shed. Each person has one meal a day, and the relief can barely be maintained. But this is not a long-term solution after all, and many victims still cannot
After being resettled, they were illiterate and had no information. They dug for food in the wilderness during the day and collected dead grass to make nests at night. They lived in a hazy way. At a glance, they would either freeze to death and starve to death in the same place, or run into a pack of wolves or
Tigers become the winter food of wild beasts.
The only thing that allowed Chen Chong to comfort himself was that under his full control, there had been no tragedy of cannibalism. But the disaster was so serious, and there were successive incidents of officials embezzling money and food, that Chen Chong did not dare to leave Hedong again.
, and then handed over all the matters of moving the government to Tao Qiuhong, and he toured the counties day and night.
At the beginning of December, the heavy snow stopped, but the weather became even colder. The rivers froze half a month earlier than in previous years. The ground and the world were frozen, the clouds were like frost on the sky, and even the fireworks seemed like false illusions.
One morning, Chen Chong came out from Yi's inspection and rode an ox cart to Jie County. Even though the disaster was urgent, the Chang'an cavalry could send troops to invade at any time due to the frozen river. He was going to ask Zhang Fei about the recent border affairs situation.
As a result, when he arrived at the Jie County County House, he walked in and saw that only two clerks were still guarding the gate, but there was no one else in the county house.
The two clerks, one in his thirties and the other in his fifties, were warming themselves by the fire in the small house next to the mansion gate. When they saw Chen Chong coming over, they quickly straightened their clothes and greeted him. Seeing the frightened expressions of the two of them, Chen Chong unconsciously touched them.
Touching the scar on his left eyebrow, he sighed and asked, "Where is your county prince?"
At this time, the old official bowed his body and replied carefully: "I'm telling you, the Lord of Zhou County respects the envoy's order and is putting grain for the refugees in the county warehouse. The rest of the people are also registered there. Lord Zhou County
I thought it would be troublesome to go back and forth every day, so I simply moved the county government there first. But there are still some documents in the government that are difficult to move, so I am left here to guard them."
"Where is Captain Zhang?" (Zhang Fei is in charge of the military in Hedong and was elected as Captain of Hedong.)
This was the answer from the younger official, who was obviously very concerned about this: "Since the river froze, the captain has been busy. He often leaves the city and comes back very late. He also orders troops from time to time, as if he is preparing to do something.
The county prince also asked about important matters, but the captain said that what he was doing was of great importance and asked the county prince not to make any announcement."
"No one knows what he is going to do?"
"Then the envoy is going to the camp in the south of the city to ask. It is said that the captain has left all the miscellaneous matters to the chief clerk Du Yun. He went to the camp the day before yesterday and he hasn't returned yet!"
"Nonsense!" Chen Chong was confused when he heard this, and it soon combined with the anxiety of the past few months. He couldn't help but get up, walked around the room with his hands behind his back, and said angrily: "I am in Xingxian County, Hedong, how can he
You don’t say anything to me when you do anything! It’s just like playing the piano randomly!”
He hurriedly led him to the south camp of the city, but by chance, when he arrived at the south camp, it was lunch time, and smoke was rising from the barracks, so that the air was filled with the aroma of food.
When the staff smelled the smell, they couldn't help sniffing and swallowing. Chen Chong also heard the hunger growl from the stomach of Wang Xiang, the accompanying chief of the pavilion. Everyone looked over. Wang Xiang was quite shy and touched the back of his neck with his hand to relieve his embarrassment.
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Chen Chong turned to look at them and asked, "Are you hungry?" They all nodded fiercely.
In these days, Chen Chong issued an order that the officials would eat whatever the victims did. Therefore, it was also stipulated that one meal a day should be porridge. It was okay when Chen Chong was not seen in the place, and there was still room for favoritism, but with Chen Chong accompanying him
The people have suffered enough, there is no oil or water at all, and many people are swollen.
But except for the army, now all the spring seeds in Bingzhou cannot be moved, and the military food cannot be moved. Especially in Hedong, no one knows when Dong Zhuo will send troops to attack again, and hungry soldiers cannot fight, so there is still a considerable amount of food in the army.
, can support the entire army with two meals a day, and occasionally a meal of broth, so many people ask the state, county and county governments when they will recruit more troops, and the answer is of course no.
As soon as Chen Chong asked the question, he knew that he was asking too much. Looking at the expectant eyes of dozens of people, he had no choice but to wave his hands and said: "You guys go to Huotou Camp to share the points. Today is the only day." As soon as he finished speaking, he followed.
There is no need for anyone to lead the way, they smell the fragrance and it disappears in an instant.
Chen Chong walked to the main camp by himself and opened the camp gate. Just when he saw Du Yun, the chief clerk, sitting down with a bowl of soup cakes, he picked out a volume of books from among the papers in his right hand, obviously intending to read while eating. When he saw Chen Chong, he first
He was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly stood up to salute. Chen Chong waved his hand for him to sit down. He also found a bed and sat down. After Du Yun finished eating the soup cake, he slowly asked him questions.
It turned out that Zhang Fei saw the river was frozen at the beginning of the month, so he personally led people across the river to inquire about the enemy's situation. Unexpectedly, he bumped into the Liang people's team transporting food. Zhang Fei captured a prisoner, and then learned that just yesterday, there would be a team of one hundred thousand shi.
The grain and grass were about to be transported to Puban. In a hurry, Zhang Fei did not inform Chen Chong. He explored the grain transportation route twice, led three thousand knights the day before yesterday, and set out late at night to rob the grain on the other side of the river. This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading!
This action was beyond Chen Chong's expectation. Chen Chong became anxious when he heard it. He asked: "How far is it from Puban?" "It's about forty miles to the west." "That's enough time. What's wrong with Yide?"
Aren’t you coming back?”
"Perhaps the food was harvested, so the return was naturally delayed," Du Yun said.
Chen Chong was speechless. He had deep-seated worries that he didn't say out loud. It was said that the soldiers and horses went ahead with the food and grass before they moved. Dong Zhuo adjusted the food in winter. Isn't it possible that the soldiers and horses tended to mobilize. If Dong Zhuo continued to increase troops to Hedong, Zhang Fei would
If you go, wouldn’t you be throwing yourself into a trap?
He lowered his head and held his forehead with both hands. The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became. Somehow, he thought of Sun Jian's remains and Wang Mao's severed body and head. The successive misfortunes over the past year made him more and more depressed.
He was coming deeper and deeper. In addition, he had been hungry these days and was weak. Du Yun was lowering his head and waiting for Chen Chong to continue his lecture. Suddenly he heard a noise and found that Shi Jun had fallen to the ground and had passed out.
Chen Chong felt that he had had a long dream. In the dream, he was running away on an endless dark path, but he didn't know what he was avoiding, but he clearly felt that the thing was getting closer and closer.
Its breathing quickly clung to his neck like silk, and a chill enveloped his whole body from top to bottom. This shocked Chen Chong and he woke up.
Only then did Chen Chong realize that it was already dark. He was lying on the couch. There was a tall figure beside the table, holding something with his back to him and biting it. The smell was so strong that Chen Chong frowned. He smelled it was mutton leg meat.
, stood up and sat up, and the Han quilt also fell down.
Zhang Fei heard the movement behind him and knew that his brother had woken up. He quickly turned to see him and said happily: "Brother, are you okay? I saw you lying here when I came back. You scared me to death!"<
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When Chen Chong saw that he was so drunk, he took action without saying a word to him. He smiled like a ruffian, and felt angry for no reason. He subconsciously hit Zhang Fei's face with his palm, and scolded Zhang Fei almost instinctively.
: "Yide, I have said it several times, it is so difficult now, how can we waste it like this!"
Zhang Fei received a slap inexplicably and looked extremely aggrieved. He sat upright and did not say a word. Du Yun was also there at the side, so he explained to Chen Chong: "The captain was exposed to arrows, went into the trap personally, and won a great victory."
Liang Gou has intercepted more than 50,000 stones of grain and returned. He was only wounded three times by arrows, so he only ate some meat to nourish his body."
When Chen Chong heard this, he immediately knew that he had said the wrong thing. He looked embarrassed for a moment and obviously couldn't get off the stage. But when he heard that Zhang Fei had been hit by three arrows, he quickly opened Zhang Fei's chest and found that Zhang Fei's left shoulder, lower abdomen, and right wrist were all injured.
The wound from the arrow was wrapped with a towel at this time, but the towel on the lower abdomen was still damp and obviously had not scabbed. He felt even more distressed for a moment, touched Zhang Fei's face and said, "Does it still hurt?" Zhang Fei saw his worried expression and immediately laughed, shook his head and said: "Brother has never had the strength, and it has never hurt me when he hits me!"
"I said arrow wound."
"It's all injuries from the day before yesterday. I've already been through the pain."
Chen Chong knew that what he was telling was a lie, but he also laughed, and suddenly he felt happy again. The heavy depression and depression in his dream were all dissipated at this time. In any case, he did have brothers and friends who could trust his life.
Now, as long as this group of people is here, he believes that no matter what kind of dangerous road he takes, he can persevere to the end.
At this time, Xu Qian, the secretary of Cao Cao, burst into the camp very happily and breathlessly announced the good news to Chen Chong: "Your Majesty, good news! Good news!"
"What news?"
"The Lord of Guanfu sent a letter saying that his relatives have arrived in Henan safely, and he is arranging manpower to send the sages to Jinyang."
Chen Chong said "Oh". For him, this was good news, but what he needed more was good news for Bingzhou.
Unexpectedly, Xu Qian continued: "Guan Fujun also said that the messenger was personally sent by Cao Fujun, the governor of Dongjun. After he heard that the state capital was in trouble, he personally raised 400,000 shi in Yanzhou.
The first batch of grain has been transported to Henan and will be sent along Jiguan soon."
Chen Chong stood up suddenly.
In December of the second year of Chuping, there was a great famine in Hedong due to the war against Dong. At this time, Cao Cao had just repelled the Black Mountain Army who tried to plunder Yanzhou, and was recommended by Yuan Shao and Liu Dai as the prefect of Dongjun.
With the support of Zhang Miao, the remaining governor of Jibei Province, Bao Xin, he raised a total of 400,000 shi from Yanzhou and donated it to the capital of Bingzhou, so that Bingzhou could successfully survive the cold winter.