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Chapter 94 Major Events

Yicai Chucai assisted the counselor in Guo Ning's army, which can be regarded as a high position and weight.

He cooperated with Guo Ning on behalf of Tu Shanyi, and he was not alone when he came to the Feijunhe camp.In the past two months, relying on his family's prestige, he slowly recruited some Confucian scholars for his own use. With Guo Ning's acquiescence, he established his own private staff team.

One of them was born in the Yang family of his mother, called Yang Chengzhi, who was quick-witted and insightful, and was transferred to Chucai as his arm.

Yang Chengzhi went out yesterday and stayed outside Pinglu Village all day, and only returned this afternoon, bringing a lot of news from the surrounding area to Yira Chucai.

He has gained a lot.

The people outside the stockade were hiding from the military disaster before and fled one after another. At this time, seeing that Guo Ning's troops did not invade, they only attacked a few imperial court shops, so the bold ones came back one after another, and the timid ones sneaked back in the dark , Collect some belongings at home.

Yang Chengzhi found several of them, chatted with them, and learned about the current situation in Hejian Mansion.

For example, the number of local people who fled, the scale of refugees entering from other places, whether the imperial court can provide relief, whether agricultural production can be organized to resume, what kind of harvest is expected by the people, what is the tax burden, whether there is a reduction or exemption, and so on.

Another example is the number of civilians who have been transferred to join the army this year, whether there are still cattle, horses and livestock left in the local area, how the water transport along the river has been this year, and whether the transferred manpower has been compensated. Where were the soldiers sent to.

The news itself is fragmented.But people like Yila Chucai can naturally tease out an understanding of the overall situation from fragmentary situations.

The result of sorting out only made Yila Chucai feel frustrated.

Does this imperial court look like an imperial court?
"In such a situation, the officials are still cruel and violent, and they are even more adept at living in Tibet, in order to respond to all orders. The material and money owed by the people is as many as thousands of yuan, so the people are all fleeing, and the way is facing each other... It is clear Autumn is approaching, but the harvestable acres are less than one-fifth of previous years. I heard that some people are already eating grass roots and bark!"

When Yang Chengzhi said this, Chu Cai fell silent.

After a while, Yang Chengzhi said again: "Anyway, the local administration is absurd, and it seems more and more that my brother is well-versed in administration at the Feijunhe camp, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment."

Yila Chucai could only smile wryly: "Perhaps Tudan Youcheng thinks so, but what does that actually have to do with me?"

Both Yira Chucai and Tudan Yi once thought that Guo Ning's troops were just a collection of rough soldiers who could do nothing but fight.Therefore, after Yisa Chucai arrived in Anzhou, he would definitely be able to take over the government affairs and then control the lifeline of this army.

In fact, it is far from the case.

Guo Ning respected Yicai Chucai enough, but he didn't let him do everything.

Among the defeated soldiers, although there are few literate people, they are enough to select talents and maintain various operations. The main energy of mobilizing Chu Cai has always been concentrated on the regularization of the army.

As for civil affairs, Chu Cai did not intervene because Guo Ning did nothing at all.

At the beginning of the year, Guo Ning rebuilt Baojia, collected grain seeds, and then obtained farming cattle and labor tools from local wealthy households, and quickly distributed them.In the end, he reached an agreement with the governor of Anzhou Tu Shanhang, excluding the oppression of subordinate officials from the imperial court and Qian Gu's inspection.

All these things were done before Yila Chucai arrived.

In the next few months, Guo Ning did not go to persuade farmers to persuade mulberry or build water conservancy at all.

The warriors in the Feijunhe camp didn't care much about the affairs of the various farms, and only one officer was in charge of maintaining order.Generally speaking, they just let the common people gather spontaneously, consciously restore the abandoned fields, and find ways to replant melons and beans that are easy to grow.

However, for the common people, this is enough, and they can live and work in peace and contentment.

Yila Chucai had roughly cared about the output of several farms.Although it is still dry this year, most of the farms around the Feijun River camp rely on water, so they are not affected much. It is not difficult to harvest around August.

A small military leader, who only conducts basic management of the place and nothing else, can keep so many people living in peace and stability; the imperial court can't do it.

This has to make people think, who is wrong?
Yila Chucai is a Confucian scholar who has read a lot of poetry and books. He actually understands in his heart that the continuous degeneration and corruption of the Jurchens as a whole has led to the continuous deterioration of their ruling ability.

In the early years, the imperial court was powerful and conquered the barbarians, so they could claim to follow the example of the Han and Tang Dynasties and forcibly ignore this big pit, but once the country weakens, countless people will fall into the big pit until everything is out of control.

Yicha Chucai shook his head violently, and decided not to think about it any further.

He was about to say something else, but Yang Chengzhi gently pulled his arm: "Jin Qing, look!"

Yila Chucai looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a thick black smoke rising in the distance to the north.

"What happened?" Chucai was taken aback.

Only then did he realize that he had walked half a circle around the city wall in anxiety, and he had already reached the due north, and on the steps in front of him, several young men filed down from the main gate, hurrying to deliver the order.

The daily maintenance in the Walled City has not been done properly for decades. The brick walls in many places have collapsed, and the thick wooden steps are more obviously decayed.

After five or six people stepped on it, the last boy, Zhe, rushed down from the ground, and with too much force, he finally stepped through the wooden board with his foot.His ankle was caught, and he fell from head to toe, fell and gnawed on the mud.

Right under Yisa Chucai's nose, the young man got up from the struggle.Yila Chucai recognized that it was the Bohai man named A Duo.

This fall was not easy!I saw that his face was covered with blood, and two of his teeth were missing, but he didn't complain of pain, he just wiped his face, and continued to run away with a limp.

Something must have happened, something big!

Yicha Chucai knew that blocking the King Sheng and his party here was an extremely rare and violent method in the court, and Wanyan Gang and King Sheng would definitely have corresponding fierce methods to fight against.In the past few days, Guo Ning sent scouts around Pingluzhai to prepare for emergencies.

It seems that Wanyan Gang really has a move!

Yi stabbed Chucai to signal Yang Chengzhi to wait a moment, and hurried forward to Guo Ning's side.

Guo Ning was standing on the high place of the wall, staring at the wolf smoke.

Yicha Chucai looked at Langyan, then at Guo Ning worriedly, hesitant to speak.

Guo Ning's body stood as straight as a javelin, and he only supported the old fence with his palms, and occasionally tapped his fingers a few times.His hands were very strong, and when his fingers tapped on the wood, there was a thumping sound, and sawdust was even knocked out a few times.

Today's weather is very clear, although the distance of the wolf smoke is far away, it can be seen clearly.The billowing smoke was churning, like some kind of hideous and terrifying thing churning and rising.

Yi Chucai saw that Guo Ning's well-defined face had a hint of surprise, anger, and worry, but in the end, only strong excitement and coldness remained.

"Lang Jun?" Yi Asa Chucai asked tentatively.

Guo Ning looked back and nodded: "Jin Qing is here, I wanted to send someone to invite you just now."

"What's the matter? Please tell me, sir."

"Two things."

The wind on the wall of the village was very strong, Guo Ning's voice was not very loud, so he moved Chucai half a step forward and listened carefully.

As soon as he moved forward, he saw a military horse overturned on the ground outside the wall of the village.It was a very strong and good horse, its hind quarters were dripping with blood from the whip, its mouth and nose were bleeding and spitting, and its limbs were also convulsing. It was obviously run wild for a long distance, and it was useless.

Yicha Chucai was even more horrified.

But I heard Guo Ning say:
"The first thing is about Sheng Wang Wanyan Congjia and others who were blocked by us. This king has been blocked by us to the west of Pinglu Village for five days. In the past few days, he sent an envoy to Hejian Mansion to ask for help. In the end, Gao Xi was a frail scholar, so he didn't dare to send troops, but now, his support force came..."

Speaking of this, Guo Ning suddenly sneered: "It seems that the court is dissatisfied with the current emperor, and there are many people who are willing to support this Wanyan Congjia."

Chu Cai didn't know how to answer.

He has always avoided talking too much about the political dispute between North Korea and China with Guo Ning, but it is clear that Guo Ning is much more sensitive than he imagined.

Yira Chucai thought for a while and asked, "Who is supporting the king? How many troops are there?"

"It's Marshal Zuo Dujian Pucha Ali who was supposed to be in charge of military affairs on the southeast of the river. He came with 5000 elite cavalry. They drove to Hejian Mansion day and night, and they will arrive in about an hour." Guo Ning leaned over to look under the wall of the village, and said with some regret: "For this news, I ran and killed a good horse!"

Five thousand cavalry?

Chucai's heart trembled.

The reason why Tu Shanyi was able to raise a private soldier in Anzhou, and then mobilized this private soldier to block the road; he relied on his status as Shangshu Youcheng, his disciples and old officials were all over the court, and he had great influence in the court , able to suppress many of the grievances associated with this.

Wanyan Gang's political influence has always been very lacking in this regard.Therefore, the death of his confidant Chizhan Sagai was only in exchange for a few positions in the Zhongdu Wuwei Army.But now he has directly dispatched the [-] cavalry stationed there through some channel?
What kind of great power is this?Use [-] cavalry to clear the road and go straight to the central capital... Does Wanyan Gang feel that when the time comes to see Tu Qiongdao, he has no scruples?

On Guo Ning's side, there are only 1000 people, how can they resist the enemy?
What should we do if we can't block the front line of Pingluzhai, Zhongdu?If Wanyan Gang really played tricks, would Tu Dan Youcheng still have the power to fight against it?Sure enough, something is wrong!

Many thoughts turned in Yica Chucai's mind, and he thought of several countermeasures in an instant.While thinking about perfecting the countermeasures, he asked, "What is the second thing Lang Jun said?"

Guo Ning pointed to the beacon fire in the north, and said calmly: "That's the matter... Jin Qing, this beacon fire is an emergency communication method that I have arranged long ago. Seeing the beacon fire ignited means that the Mongolian army has already broken through Yanshan Mountain , into the hinterland of Hebei...approaching Anzhou."

Yicha Chucai felt dizzy and his hands and feet became cold.

Feeling dizzy, he first thought: this is going to be hard, and we will be attacked from both sides.

Immediately, his mind was completely occupied by a thought: Daikin is finished!

(End of this chapter)