As time entered May, the pressure on Jingkou suddenly increased.
A large number of northern refugees arrived in Jingkou and settled down at a much higher frequency and quantity than usual.
The shogunate team was very busy about this. After investigation, they learned that: on the one hand, it was because of the war between Liyang and Jiankang, which caused the middle route of the refugees to go south to be cut off; on the other hand, it was because of the large-scale war between the northern demons.
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Wubao is a simple military structure popular in the northern Central Plains, used to resist attacks by large-scale puppet groups. However, for those high-level demons, Wubao's defense capabilities are simply vulnerable.
When several docks located on the demon's advance route were easily pulled out by high-level demons, a large number of refugees living in the surrounding docks quickly sensed the uneasy atmosphere on the eve of the war, and therefore had to assemble in tandem with each other.
Get up, abandon Wubao and collectively go south to avoid the war and protect yourself.
The usual northern refugees are poor people who have lost their settlements and have nothing but their own labor force. But this time the refugee team heading south to avoid the war not only brought a large amount of production materials, but also the quality of the personnel was much higher.
to the former.
Therefore, Lord Sima of the other departments... no, Cheng Jinyang, who is now the governor of Jingkou Chijie, has issued an order to eat these refugees at all costs and not allow them to cross the river and transfer to Jiankang.
Feed me as much as you want!
Just at the end of last month, due to the extremely intense battle with the Liyang Army, the Taicheng Center had to mobilize the effective forces of the Shenwu, Feixiong, Longxiang, and Xiaoqi armies on a large scale, thus increasing the pressure on the frontline defense against the demons.
On the one hand, the professional national military force has been stretched thin; on the other hand, a large number of northern refugees who are full of military virtue are idle, but lack sufficient equipment and training, and cannot be transformed into effective combat effectiveness by the court in a timely manner.
Therefore, the reform of the wartime military system came into being.
Generally speaking, it is to learn from the example of the pioneer test field of Sima, Jingkou Bebubu, improve it and promote it to refugee camps in Jiangbei, and mobilize the power of northern refugees to strengthen frontline defense.
These recruited refugee commanders had a special official position: the Commander-in-Chief.
They govern the refugee camps according to the emperor's rule. They are local governors who integrate military, civil affairs, and financial affairs at the same time to adapt to the needs of the high-density war situation on the front line. Of course, will this lead to the central power being diluted, or even
What will lead to future secession and rebellion in the empire is another problem.
If you set up a governor to hold the festival, no matter how big the hidden danger is, it will be in the future; if you don't set up a governor to hold the festival, if the demons take advantage of the civil strife in the human race and break through the Jiangbei defense line, the Jin Empire will be completely finished. It is better to die quickly, no matter how stupid a person is.
They all make choices.
Of course, with Wang Maohong and other veterans planning from the side, today's governor-general is not that threatening. The main reason is that there are too many people in the refugee camps, per capita resources are too scarce, and subsistence production activities cannot be established.
, so he had to rely on the imperial court to live.
If any military commander dared to rebel, the imperial court would only impose an economic blockade, and the hungry refugee militiamen would probably kill the military commander immediately and offer his head to the court in exchange for laxity.
So strictly speaking, today's Governor-General is more like a mercenary leader than a lord, and does not have the ability to form an internal cycle system - not to mention the modern complex industrial system. Latecomers have to start from scratch to overtake the forerunners.
It is also something that is almost as difficult as climbing to the sky.
However, Jingkou is excluded.
Because Cheng Jieshuai is not fighting alone, he has the support of countless aristocratic families behind him.
The capital injection from the Cui family in Qinghe, the policy support from the Wang family in Taiyuan, the raw materials from the Chu family in Yangdi, the logistics capacity from the Xing family in Hejian, and the military reserves of the Cheng family in Shendu have made the Beifu Army a well-deserved leader among the refugee forces.
The strongest army and the surrounding governors all spontaneously came to pay homage to the dock and humbly requested to establish friendly relations.
The March data report has been released. Due to the rapid increase in the population of Jingkou, the grain reserves have decreased sharply. Cheng Jinyang called Li Qingwan together and planned to go to Longxi to purchase supplies again.
If it were any other girl, if she had just told her family what she was missing, it would have been paid into her account or shipped over immediately.
However, Teacher Li's status in the family was too low to directly deal with the family, so he had to ask Cheng Jinyang to accompany him.
The two of them entered the purchasing department to pick up the bill, and had to queue up like other small business customers. Li Qingwan was a little embarrassed. However, Cheng Jinyang was considerate and comforted Teacher Li with kind words, and smoothed the gloomy look between her eyebrows.
Also resolve it.
After waiting for about ten minutes, I suddenly heard a surprising voice from outside:
"Easy?"
Li Qingwan turned around in shock and said in surprise: "Miss?"
"We haven't seen each other for a long time, and everyone started to use honorifics for me. Is that so polite?" Miss Li said with a smile, came over and took Li Qingwan's hand, and turned to Cheng Jinyang, "Who is this?"
"Cheng Jinyang from the Cheng family in the capital of the gods." He quickly introduced himself.
"Hey, I have an impression of this name." Miss Li thought thoughtfully, "It seems to be the refugee commander guarding Jingkou?"
Um?
Cheng Jinyang keenly felt that beneath the smile of Miss Li, there seemed to be a hidden and deep malice towards him.
"I don't dare call him marshal, I just have a few people under my command." He said with a false sense of humility.
"Really?" Seeing that he was showing signs of weakness, Miss Li was too lazy to pay attention to her and continued to talk to Li Qingwan, "Qingwan, a few days ago my second brother was still saying that he hadn't seen you for a long time. He was very worried.
Miss you."
"Miss." Li Qingwan looked distressed, "Your brother and I have already explained this."
Then she looked at Cheng Jinyang and took the initiative to introduce:
"This is the daughter of the patriarch of our Longxi Li family, Miss Li Jingai Li."
"Disrespect." Cheng Jinyang saluted.
Li Jingai still kept smiling, but from Li Qingwan's familiar tone when he introduced Cheng Jinyang, he could tell that something was wrong:
It seems like these two are having an affair!
Wait, what about my brother? He has been secretly in love with Qingwan for so many years, how can he tolerate her fat cabbage being fucked by a wild boar that comes from nowhere?
"Qingwan is queuing up here, but do you want to purchase supplies?" After thinking for a moment, Li Jingai rolled his eyes and said with a smile.
"Yes." Li Qingwan did not doubt his presence and said frankly, "I will accompany Jinyang to purchase grain and oil."
"That's it." Li Jing was heartbroken and narrowed his eyes slightly, "In that case, why not let me take you in."
She went over to say a few words to the people in the purchasing office, then asked the two of them to come in quickly, and jumped in line to handle the business in advance.
Cheng Jinyang filled out the form, and Li Jingai stood by and watched, saying in surprise:
"So much? Are you buying these for your own use, or are you doing a wholesale business of grains and oils?"
"For personal use." Cheng Jinyang replied with a smile and secretly cast a questioning look at Li Qingwan.
Li Qingwan frowned slightly, and he knew that there was something wrong with it, and it was not just a matter of human relations.
"Really?" Li Jingai said playfully, "But the amount of this purchase is too much. That refugee commander from Guangling came to our Li family through connections some time ago and purchased three months' worth of grain, which is your ten
It’s just one percent.”
"With all due respect, how much does this customer purchase? Is it important to the Li family?" Cheng Jinyang asked carefully.
"Of course." Li Jingai put away his smile, "If he is the military governor appointed by the imperial court, our Li family has no reason to embarrass our customers. But with such a large share, looking at the entire Jiangbei region, except for the rebels in Liyang
, which other force can eat so much food?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the people of the Li clan around him also looked nervous.
Li Jingai stared at Cheng Jinyang, whose expression remained unchanged, and Li Qingwan, who looked ugly next to him, and said coldly:
"Selling grain to traitors without permission is a serious crime that involves beheading one's head and destroying one's entire family!"