A long line of teams trudged through the snow in the endless wilderness, with flying snowflakes floating on their faces. Because of the cold, the snowflakes hung on their eyebrows and their beards did not melt. After a long time, they turned into ice.
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The two teams of cavalry kept galloping back and forth, shouting loudly at the people in the team to speed up and keep up with the team in front.
There were very few cavalry, but the team was so long that the horses under the cavalry were panting heavily and trudging through the snow with difficulty.
The military leader who was walking at the front of the team saw an abandoned military camp. After roaring for a long time, the entire team stopped in place.
The military marquis led his men into the abandoned military camp. After inspecting everything inside and out, he ordered the teams following him to enter the huge military camp one by one.
The military camp, which was deserted just now, suddenly became overcrowded. Firewood was found immediately, and a blazing bonfire was burning in a short time.
Thirty thousand young people out of a hundred thousand refugees are now here. In order to provide food and clothing for the refugees, Wang Anshi is really worried. For these people, he has to lower his proud head to ask for food and clothing from the soldiers. For this, he has been punished.
Got a lot of questions.
The nobility of civil servants is reflected in the capital, but after they come to the border areas, they are no longer so noble. Especially since Wang Anshi came to serve in the army as a criminal, he naturally did not gain much respect.
Tan Wei, who guarded Hequ City, came from a scholarly family, so he maintained considerable respect for Wang Anshi. Li Chang, the prefect of Tangzhou, knew that a large number of refugees had arrived and specially sent a large amount of food.
Zhong Er, who took over from Li Dongchu to guard Yanmen Pass, was not given a single grain of grain in addition to the rations stipulated by the court.
The road Wang Anshi is taking now is actually Yunzheng's marching route. Ever since Yunzheng knew that Wang Anshi came to Xijing with a huge tow tank, he no longer ordered the soldiers to demolish the military stronghold he had built, and the refugees and the army
The difference is that they have not learned this skill. As long as there is a military camp, even if it is simple, it can save the lives of these refugees.
The officials of the Song Dynasty were very ruthless towards the refugees. When he was at Doushaguan, Yun Zheng knew that as long as he caught a refugee, the government would reward him with dozens of coins, so much so that there were special bounty hunters doing this job.
Refugees did not pay taxes and did not obey the government's jurisdiction. This was the origin of the bandit soldiers and the fundamental reason for the social instability in the Song Dynasty. As for why these people became refugees, few people took it into consideration.
When Bao Zheng distributed grain in Chenzhou, the targets of the grain distribution did not include those refugees who were in even worse situations. Even compassionate officials like Bao Zheng turned a blind eye to the refugees. Now these refugees are sent to Yanmenguan, where their future is unknown, and their society
The status can be imagined.
Yun Zheng did not want to think about the most vicious thoughts of the government. After Li Yuanhao defeated Han Qi in the battle of Haoshuichuan, the only reason why Shaanxi Road was able to hold out until the reinforcements of the Song Dynasty arrived was because countless Xiang troops fought against it.
These Xiang troops cannot be called soldiers at all. The only weapons in their hands are wooden sticks, bamboo poles, forks, and hoes. The day before, they were just farmers who had lost their land and were hastily trained into Xiang troops.
, and then was caught up in the Xixia battlefield.
After the Xixia people retreated, the Xixia army captured no less than 100,000 people alive. The Xixia people also had 100,000 more slaves. However, the Xiang army on Shaanxi Road miraculously disappeared. However, in Yan'an, it is said that there are ghosts crying at night and phosphorus fire in the day.
Form a group and compete with the sun and moon.
The scholar-bureaucrats thought that a butcher like Yun Zheng on the battlefield would be completely indifferent to human life. They did not understand that Yun Zheng's view of life was completely different from theirs.
Facing foreigners, Yun Zheng hated them to death, but when facing his own people, no matter how cowardly and despicable the refugees were, Yun Zheng would save every one of them. He never gave up on this small persistence.
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Wang Anshi walked into the handsome tent where Yunzheng lived, rubbed his hands, and then looked at this relatively tall house. This house was entirely made of thick logs, with huge horse nails connecting the logs together.
The logs were strung across to form walls. The bark on the logs had not faded away, and the gaps were filled with thick soil, so the whole room seemed extra strong and warm.
There is a line of words written on a peeled log. Upon closer inspection, it turns out to be a poem, "There is no colorful phoenix flying wings in the body, but there is a clear understanding in the heart."
The log was broken into two halves, and the flat surface was pieced together to form an extremely large table. The dust on the table had been wiped clean by the soldiers, and now there was a pot of hot tea on it.
The old servant took off Wang Anshi's fur cloak and poured a cup of tea for Wang Anshi. Wang Anshi took a sip of tea, looked at the heavy snow falling outside the door and said in a deep voice: "Have the meals been arranged?"
Wang Anshi's soldiers reported back: "I have ordered the pots to be buried to make rice."
"Thick porridge or thin porridge?"
"The military rations are insufficient and we can only barely provide half porridge!"
"Add rice again and cook it into a thick porridge. The half porridge and clear soup with little water will not be able to withstand the severe cold here. Please pass on the order and we will rest here for three days and then continue our journey!"
"Your Majesty, if we cook thick porridge and we can't make it to Xijing, we will run out of food!"
"It doesn't matter, Yun Shuai left some food for us. Now go dig it out at the top of the mountains on the left and right. It should be enough for us to eat all the way to Xijing."
The soldiers looked around and said doubtfully: "Shuai Yun doesn't have any food and grass left?"
Wang Anshi said impatiently: "If you are asked to dig at the tops of the mountains on both sides, go ahead. How can there be so much nonsense?"
The soldiers went out in confusion and found some refugees who took hoes to dig at the foot of the mountain in the distance. The terrain here was extremely strange. Two low mounds surrounded the flat land in the middle like two wings. In Feng Shui,
It is called Fengchi Mountain. If the bones of the ancestors are buried here, it will definitely bless the descendants with food and clothing, wealth and longevity.
If you want to take full advantage of the Feng Shui here, the ancestor's grave should be buried in the Mingtang, which is the middle of the two mountains. The bones of the two descendants who died later need to be hung at the foot of the mountain, that is, buried at the top of the Phoenix Wings, so as to ensure
All the good feng shui that has passed here has been left to my family.
Coupled with the two poems left by Yun Zheng, if a very smart man like Wang Anshi didn't know that Yun Zheng had buried grain at the foot of the mountain, he would have deserved to starve to death.
After the porridge was cooked, the soldiers dug out a huge pile of grain at the foot of the mountain. Although it was all wheat, the soldiers still shouted happily, and the refugees who dug up the grain were even more delighted. With these
With food, they could at least make it to Xijing alive.
"You should use your own cleverness to deal with such a big matter. You are really not a son of man!"
Wang Anshi finished a large bowl of Chouzhou, feeling warm all over, and then angrily pushed away the rice bowl, preparing to have a good sleep. He was not worried about any enemies appearing here. Where Yun Zheng walked, let alone enemies, weeds
It doesn't seem like much.
After nightfall, the snow fell more and more rapidly, and the wind started, and the white snow whizzed in from the crack in the door. The oil lamp on the table was blown wildly by the wind. Wang Anshi held the flame with his hands and waited for the flame to stabilize.
Then he let go of his hand, picked up the pen and continued writing.
"A scholar is by nature aloof from the world and follows his own will. He scolds, ridicules, laughs at insults, and is embarrassed and humiliated without any regrets. He does not have the needs of others and has something for future generations. Such discord is definitely appropriate.
If a wise man seeks fame and fame, he will look down when he sees someone and go to meet powerful people, but he will never meet him. This is an innumerable number of people.
Argument is enough to move all things, but there is no time to use it; planning is enough to seize the three armies, but humiliate the country of Youwu, how can this be said! Sigh! He knows what he wants but does not meet.
The Yun clan raises troops in no hurry, is not arrogant, is not arrogant, and is not panicked. The army has not yet arrived, but the barbarians three hundred miles away are startled. After the army has passed, the sound of barbarians has not been heard for thirty years. This is called a great general!"
After finishing writing, he carefully dried the ink. The old servant stepped forward to fold the paper and put it away. He took out a Tang Pozi from the quilt and whispered: "My lord, it's time to go to bed."
Wang Anshi rubbed his hands and picked up the pen again and wrote: "In the three realms, there are always disasters and dangers. I wish that you will be born with me, so that you can have good thoughts in the sky. The three treasures will be abbots together."
After finishing writing, put down your pen and go to bed!
Wang Anshi went to bed, but Yun Zheng did not dare to sleep. He supported his chin with his hands and waited for Cui Da and others to return safely. On such a snowy day, even the local shepherds did not dare to easily leave their tents and come outside.
The ferocious wolf could only hide in deep pits and lick its own leg hair to ward off hunger.
But since the Song Dynasty army has launched military operations, it can only continue. Otherwise, if Xiao Dahu returns to Xijing with those cattle and sheep, he will still have the capital to continue fighting with himself.
When it comes to the ability to endure hardships and stand hard work on the battlefield, Xixia people are the only ones. The living environment of the six tribes in Yuanzhai is much harsher than that on the grassland. If the Song Army cavalry is sent to do this kind of thing, Yun Zheng believes that he will be able to do it at dawn.
Only some ice sculptures will be found.
Sending the cavalry from the Six Divisions of Yuanzhai to do this kind of thing will definitely result in victory even though there will be some damage.
As for how many cavalrymen from the Six Divisions of Yuanzhai died, Yun Zheng didn't really care.
Zhao Min opened the door curtain and walked in, bringing in the sky full of snowflakes. Yun Zheng shivered violently, and before Zhao Min could open his mouth to plead, he said: "Get out!"
Zhao Min knelt on one knee and said: "Commander, the general is not here to plead for the cavalry. He just wants to ask the commander to allow the general to lead the troops in person."
Su Xun stepped forward and wanted to pull Zhao Min up, but Zhao Min knelt firmly in front of the desk, leaning on the ground with his remaining hand and looking at Yun Zheng tenaciously.
He believed that Yun Zheng was deliberately depleting his cavalry and weakening his presence in the army, so he sent a Hu general with 5,000 cavalry to sneak attack on the Liao people's supplies. In such weather,
It was not surprising that he had such thoughts, so he ignored Yunzheng's repeated requests to lead the troops in person. (To be continued)