Number of People

  Chapter 2097 The Guizi scroll is deceiving people's hearts, and it wins the three armies

   This question stopped all three of them.

Yes, the semi-independent model of the border village has been going on for decades, so that people feel that it is nothing if it continues like this, but in fact it is established on the basis of Yulin Town and the northern counties of Yan'an Prefecture. With one eye open and one eye closed, this is actually an abnormal state.

  No tax payment, no hard labor, it has really become a free land, but in fact, the people in charge of the frontier villages know very well that once either side of Yulin Town and Yan'an Mansion changes their attitudes, these fortresses will only be reduced to leeks and harvested.

  The reason why neither Yulin Town nor Yan'an Mansion have done anything for so many years, on the one hand, the reason is that the scale of these frontier villages was not large in the first ten or twenty years, that is, they have gradually grown in the past ten years.

  On the other hand, it is a taboo. Yulin Town feels that many of the border villages are escaped soldiers and their relatives from the town, and they are more or less connected, so they are unwilling to do anything.

On the other hand, the Yan'an Mansion is worried that if the suppression is not successful, it will become a disaster, affect public security, and endanger the achievements of local officials. In addition, these border villages are still relatively cautious, not too ostentatious, and many times they are even willing to cooperate with border towns and local governments. The government does things, so everyone lives in peace.

However, this tacit understanding has now been broken. Firstly, the scale of the border villages is expanding day by day, which has already made Yulin Town a little afraid, especially some Mongols quietly escaped across the border wall and became one of them, which made the military force of the border villages also increase. Second, the severe drought caused the border villages to be unable to survive and had to go out of the mountains to beg for food, and even crossed prefectures and counties. It has indeed evolved into a member of the rebel army.

But not all the frontier villages have been reduced to rebellious troops, including the big rabbit falcon village and Poluosi village. These fortresses are still in a state of hesitation. On the one hand, the reality of food shortage forces them to go out to beg for food But on the other hand, they also know that once they become a chaotic army, the stockade in the border area will immediately become a target that the Yulin army can attack at any time.

The dilemma is the current situation of Kuang Zhengcao and Jing Zhizhong, and once they become a chaotic army, this layer of skin also makes them a little intolerable. From this perspective, Kuang Zhengcao and Jing Zhizhong seem to be more serious than Modren and Qiu Zixiong. I'm a little more reserved, but it's actually because Boyan Village and Baitang Village are larger than Datuhu Village and Poluosi Village, and they are more short of food and can't afford it.

  But no matter what the situation is, can these frontier villages survive in the future as before?

   Difficult, or in other words, basically impossible.

Boyan Village, Baitang Village and some other small villages have completely destroyed the survival foundation of these border villages. No government or border town will tolerate the existence of this kind of army that may turn into chaos at any time. Abscesses, as long as there is an opportunity, must be eradicated immediately, and the early treatment of the small ones will prevent future troubles.

  Seeing the ugly faces of the three of them, Feng You also said lightly: "So I said I'm here to show you a clear way, it's not empty words."

   "Then what is the fate of our frontier villages?" Kuang Zhengcao's face was gloomy, "We can fight for the government to quell the chaos, and the sons and daughters can also sacrifice, but what can we get in return?"

"Good question." Feng You rubbed his chin, "What do you think you should get in return? In the current situation in Shaanxi, it is normal for people to starve to death, but there are thousands of old and weak women and children in the border villages. survive?"

   This question is even more heartbreaking.

No one knows when this severe drought will end, but one thing is for sure, this year is sad, the summer harvest is almost complete, and the autumn harvest may be equally difficult. Now there are countless riots in northern Shaanxi Jun, isn't it because he feels that he can't survive until next year, so he will seek a way to survive earlier?

   "Master Feng, what do you want to say?" Kuang Zhengcao's expression became even uglier.

"What I want to say is that since you are the person in charge in the village, you must shoulder the responsibility of making a living for all the people in the village, and you must have the courage and determination. If you blindly look forward and backward and hesitate, it will only harm you. Everyone." Feng You said lightly.

  Kuang Zhengcao didn't say anything more, but Jing Zhizhong gritted his teeth: "Then what do you want us to do? How will the governor treat us in the future?"

"You guys are also aware of the current situation. The governor is new here. To be honest, the court is at a loss for what to do about this mess, and now the court is fighting. Shandong, Huguang, and Jiangnan are still fighting. The northwest has never been the focus of the court. So entrusted to the adults to deal with it, it is naturally impossible for the imperial court to give the adults too much material support, and it is all up to the adults to raise money in Shaanxi,..."

  Feng You's words are true, but Kuang Zhengcao, Jing Zhizhong and the others feel a little chilled. In this way, how many people will starve to death because they can't survive this winter?

"It can be said that the sooner the current situation settles down, the more people will survive, and the more it is delayed, the more people will not see next year's summer harvest." Feng You said. Yi accepted, "That's why the governor will accept Wang Chengwu and the others, and Yao Yongzhong is obsessed with it, so he can only deal with it decisively. The same goes for you border villages..."

Seeing that Jing Zhizhong and Kuang Zhengcao were still a little unresponsive, Feng You continued: "Mo Delun and Qiu Zixiong were at the Yihe Yicheng Conference when all sides were in disorder, and the governor could hardly give him a chance. If you didn't participate, the lord would look up to you." At a glance, there are also people from Yu'er Hezhai, before I came here, I already made an agreement with the people from Yu'er Hezhai..."

  Jing Zhizhong and Kuang Zhengcao were horrified, no wonder this guy was so confident.

Although Yuerhe village is much smaller than their own second village in scale, their leader, Yu Changhe, regards Modlun and Qiu Zixiong as enemies, and it is absolutely impossible to join them there. The prestige in the village is not weak. If Yu Changhe stepped forward, he would indeed be able to disintegrate the appeal of Modlun and Qiu Zixiong.

   There was a silent silence in the tent. For a long time, Kuang Zhengcao asked in a somewhat old and hoarse voice: "Then what does the Governor need us to do?"

Kuang Zhengcao no longer asked how to deal with them in the future. He knew that now he didn't have much negotiating conditions. Do well what the other party has told you to prove your usefulness, and the other party will give you better conditions.

"Simple, do the same thing as Yu'er Hezhai." Feng You said calmly: "You know that the border army will not be allowed to exist after this visit, so where will they go? If you want to be recognized, then you must To prove yourself, the people in Yuerhe Village will prove themselves, the people in Datuhu Village and Poluo Temple Village can also prove themselves, and even the people in Boyan Village and Baitang Village can prove themselves after that. Of course, the price they paid It might be big, but as long as it's worth it,..."

  Feng You's unemotional words made both Kuang Zhengcao and Jing Zhizhong feel cold, and Kuang Tiangeng couldn't believe it.

  Even the people from Boyan Village and Baitang Village can prove themselves, what do you mean?

Seeing that both Kuang Zhengcao and Jing Zhizhong seemed to have realized something, Feng You added leisurely: "To the governor, Wubao is nothing, and even the situation in Yan'an Mansion is nothing. The whole of Shaanxi, including Qingyang, is nothing. , Pingliang, Yan'an, and even the overall situation of Xi'an Prefecture is the most important, so he will not stick to one city, one place, or a moment of enthusiasm, he only hopes that the people under his hands in the end can do things and can accomplish things .”

If it is said that Feng You's words made Kuang Zhengcao and Jing Zhizhong sleepless all night, then the news that came early in the morning on the third day really prompted them to make an immediate decision. The fire attack defeated the two groups of rebels in one fell swoop. The rebels died and injured more than 1,000 people, causing chaos within the rebels.

  This also interrupted the attack originally launched on the third day. Modren and others had to readjust their deployment in order to balance the situation and strive to capture Wubao City in one fell swoop on the fourth day.

This sudden change gave Modren a very bad feeling in his heart. Although the loss of a mere thousand people is nothing, but this rhythm is constantly being disrupted, and accidents appear one after another, which means that the situation is getting out of control. Control, and what is the result of losing control, he understands too well.

"Zixiong, I have a premonition that something will happen again." After walking around the tent a little irritably, Modren still couldn't sit still, "What kind of person is hiding in Wubao City? , was able to withstand the blow we put in so hard yesterday? The news came out that Captain Long was a thousand households. I don't quite believe it. When did Captain Long start to take care of military affairs? Is Wubao City lost? What does it have anything to do with them, Guarding Wubao City, their Forbidden Captain Long won't get much credit, and it's just a matter of asking for credit for the county magistrate surnamed Xia, and Forbidden Long will be so kind?"

"Besides, how can Captain Long have such a great ability to mobilize the whole city? It's unbelievable that Wang Ermazi, a bastard, would work so hard for them." Qiu Zixiong also found it incomprehensible, "The key Where did the tiger crouching guns come from? It’s rare in the Yulin army, and there is also the firecracker team. Could it be that they came from Shanxi? But I haven’t heard of anyone in the guard who has firecrackers. This is purely from the side The military has the equipment."

   "There must be something weird here." Modren thought for a while, "No, I don't think we can delay until tomorrow. We have to attack the city today. I'm afraid something will change..."

   "But that's why they went back, and now it's time to apply, so it's too late." Qiu Zixiong hesitated.

  (end of this chapter)