National Division

A group of people and horses came rumbling from a distance, rolling over the calf-deep snow.

Looking from a distance, everything that can be seen is a piece of cold white.Snowflakes are still floating in the sky like rubbing cotton, and although someone clears the way ahead, it is still covered with snow and it is difficult to walk.

There were about a thousand people in this team, and in the middle were dozens of carts pulled by mules, and the carts were full of grain, rice and cotton-padded jackets.The guards on both sides were armed with guns and sabers, and wore light cowhide armor. I don't know if it was because the weather was too cold, but their expressions were all stiff and cold.

At the end of the convoy was a wagon that looked very dilapidated. Although it was also pulled by mules, it had a carriage and a roof, so it could still cover itself in the wind and snow.

Zhibai lifted the curtains a little bit and looked out, there were black spots in the snow from time to time, they were the hungry people who were mostly covered by the snow.In the distance, there were still refugees huddled together, some of whom could no longer walk, and some of them followed the convoy with their last hope.He put down the car curtain and couldn't bear to look any further, and whispered a passage of the Sutra of the Past Life, still feeling uncomfortable as if his chest was blocked by something.

"Are you hungry?" Qi Jun sat opposite him, and took out a bag from under the car seat, which contained vegetarian steamed buns and dim sum stuffed with red bean paste.

The carriage is also full of quilts, and there is only room for two people, the advantage is warmth.From the outside, the carriage looked as if it would fall apart at any moment, but the inside was lined with leather, which blocked the seamless cold wind. Although there was no foot stove, it was much warmer than the outside.

Zhibai shook his head, resting his head on the pile of quilts next to him, with a miserable look on his face.It's not that he has never seen dead people. He used to live in seclusion in the mountains. He has seen many corpses that went into the mountains to hunt and collect medicines but were buried in the beast's mouth. If he can save them easily, he will save them. A pit is buried, just recite a part of the Sutra of Rebirth, even if it is a corpse that has been torn beyond recognition, he just takes a look, the sound of the Tao is pitiful, but his heart is like still water, never a wave.

It's just that these starving deaths were not destined to be so, but because he moved the ice and snow from the north to the south.Zhibai pressed his heart, and it was beating there thumping, as if it was the same as usual, but it seemed different.He didn't know whether he was terrified because he personally caused the catastrophe, or just sad because of these dead, in short, he was very uncomfortable.

"What's the matter?" Qi Jun moved the quilt to the opposite side, and squeezed into Zhibai's side, "Where is the discomfort? But yesterday was the wind?" Bags of rice grains are distributed on the spot when they come to cook porridge, and Zhibai has to handle them himself when he returns home.Even though he was standing by the fire, the cold wind was blowing directly. Qi Jun always felt that he was weak and worried every time.

"It's okay." Zhibai put his head into his arms and said sullenly, "Many people died..."

Qi Jun was silent for a moment, hugged him and said softly: "Now there are more than 2 sergeants who have entered Fujian under the guise of escorting food, rice, clothes, and medicinal materials. Comparing with the Ye family's army, and with the [-] people secretly formed, as long as I cut off the connection between Ye family and King Ping this time, I will be sure to take Fujian in one fell swoop. After that, there will be no fear of rebellion along the southeast coast. There will be no more troubles with swords.”

Zhibai hugged his waist with both hands, feeling his eyes sore: "But, these people are all me—"

"It's me!" Qi Jun quickly interrupted him, "I gave the order. These people were all killed by me. If there is any crime, I will pay for it. You saved the people in the southeast half of the country from continuous war. It's Dade!"

Knowing that he was comforting himself, Zhibai smiled wryly, and rubbed Qi Jun's chest: "Then, can the snow stop? Many people have already died..."

Qi Jun was silent, and said in a low voice: "Wait for two more days. Ye Xi is reluctant to take out the army rations to release relief. In a few days, the hungry people can't bear it and will inevitably attack the granary. Then it's time for me to do it." If General Ye moved If the soldiers rejected the people, he would take them down on the grounds of killing the people; if he opened a granary, he would let people pretend to be hungry people and rob the granary.However, according to his understanding of Ye's family, Ye Xi would definitely not open a position.

"How long do we have to wait?" Zhibai asked in a low voice, "What if the common people dare not grab food?" Could it be that the well-behaved people really starved to death and froze to death?

"Three days!" Qi Jun heard his voice hoarse, and couldn't bear it, "After three days, no matter what, I will ask someone to bring the grain and rice immediately." The ones in Fujian are only one-fifth, but there are a lot of escorts.

Zhibai replied wearily, resting his head on Qi Jun's chest and stopped talking.He was rubbing a small colored glass ball in his sleeve. If someone looked carefully, they could see countless tiny things falling inside the transparent colored glass ball, very similar to the dense snow flying in the sky outside.

Qi Jun patted him on the back lightly, like coaxing a child, feeling a little guilty in his heart.What he said just now was to fool Zhibai.Although the collected materials are ready, it is difficult to travel in the snow, and it will not take three or five days to transport them from the warehouse to Fujian. It will take another five or six days for them to get the relief food, rice clothes and quilts.

Even if the heavy snow stopped, the cold when the snow melted was not something these people who lacked food and clothing could withstand.In other words, he must force these common people to attack the military warehouse.

"If there are any crimes, I will bear them all." Qi Jun squirmed his lips slightly, repeated this sentence, and tightened his arms to hug the person in his arms even tighter.

It should be said that everything is under Qi Jun's control.Although some rice, grain and clothing were sent for disaster relief, it was a drop in the bucket. Two days later, the hungry people who had struggled in the heavy snow for a month finally couldn't bear the hunger and began to attack the Ye Family Army's granary.As Qi Jun expected, Ye Xi refused to open the granary. Instead, he sent soldiers to arrest dozens of hungry people led by him, and beheaded them in public.

This sparked a mutiny.The hungry people died when they entered and retreated, and the people sent by Qi Jun called for them. In one night, tens of thousands of hungry people surrounded the three granaries.Ye Xi had no choice but to send soldiers to drive the people to protect the food.At this moment, a group of soldiers and horses rushed straight to his large tent of the Chinese army, and in the name of massacring the people, he was dismissed from the post of general, and he was going to be taken down in court.

Only at this time did Ye Xi realize that he was in the middle of the trick, and immediately summoned his confidants, and went out of the army, intending to go straight to King Ping's fief for help.However, when I rushed halfway, I found that there was an extra garrison here at some time, cutting off Fujian and Shu from it, and they could not be connected.Ten days later, Ye Xi's 8000 rebels were surrounded by the sea.

The heavy snow stopped on the day when Ye Xi came out, the snow melted a little, the ground was muddy and difficult to move, the horses were struggling to walk, the cold muddy water splashed, and even the underside of the horse was dirty. Naturally, it is inevitable that the legs are splashed with muddy water from the knees down.

Qi Jun was full of spirits.He was wearing a fiery red battle robe embroidered with golden dragons, a black cowhide armor, and a rotten silver helmet on his head. One helmet was as red as dancing flames. Although he was riding a horse that was splashed with mud and water, he still did not conceal the majesty of the emperor.In front of him and behind him, the emperor's guard of honor lined up on both sides, and a banner embroidered with golden dragons flew up and down, marking the emperor's personal conquest.

Behind Qi Jun is an army of [-].Of the [-] people, [-] were from the army that was quietly trained, and the other [-] were brought into Fujian from various places in the name of sending food and disaster relief.At this moment, everyone was in full swing, tens of thousands of horses and horses were in an orderly manner, except for the occasional horse puffing and stomping its hooves, there was no extra movement at all.

In contrast, the 8000 people on the opposite hill looked very embarrassed. At least one third of them were injured, and half of them had no horses. Needless to say, everyone hadn't eaten for two or three days, and no matter how brave they were, they couldn't appear to be full of energy. Some of them even got hot, so they had to grab snow from the ground and stuff it into their mouths.

Qi Jun looked across and nodded to the people around him: "Shout out."

Immediately, more than a dozen people came out in a crowd, shouting in unison to the opposite side, just saying that the crime was stopped by Mrs. Ye, not as an accomplice, and that those who surrendered at this moment, the emperor is magnanimous and will not be held accountable.

There was a slight commotion on the opposite position, it seemed that a few people wanted to come over, but they didn't move after all.The corner of Qi Jun's lips curved into a sneer: "Burn the stove to cook."

After a while, the marching stove was set up, the porridge was boiled in a large pot, and large pieces of pork and mutton and frozen steamed buns were roasted on the fire, and the fragrance of rice and meat drifted to the opposite side along the wind.This time, the commotion in the opposite position was much more obvious.

Having not eaten for two or three days, the stomachs of these sergeants are now as flat as their dry food bags, and the aroma of hot rice and meat can make people's stomachs twist together and scream for food.Ye Xi saw that some of the sergeants on the edge had stood up and looked towards the opposite side, their faces were as black as an iron pot for cooking: "Anyone who intends to surrender to the enemy will be killed without mercy!"

His confidant immediately raised his sword and rode his horse over, beheading ten people in a row was considered stable.Ye Xi let go of his throat: "Brothers, don't believe the words of the dog emperor! Why did we get to where we are today? Isn't it because they forced us to rebel without any reason? If nothing happens, they will charge us with treason. How can there be a way out? What they say at this moment is to let the past go, but to deceive you. When the time comes, the sheep will fall into the tiger's mouth, and you will be slaughtered? It is better for everyone to work together to have the possibility of rushing out. As long as we rush They won’t be able to catch up with the boat if they go to the beach and take the boat out to sea. The sea is our territory, and when the time comes we will be at ease, who cares?”

He yelled like this, and the commotion gradually settled down.Indeed, as long as they rushed to the sea and seized the ship, they all believed that the emperor's army would not be able to catch up.This sea is not land, and they have not dealt with the sea for a long time. Want to use troops on the sea?That's a joke!

Qi Jun couldn't hear what the other side was shouting, but he could clearly see how some shaken sergeants were beheaded. He sneered and said in a deep voice, "Take turns to eat. After two hours, attack!" It seems If you want to take down these people without bloodshed, then you must cut the grass and root out the roots, and you must not leave any future troubles!Ye Xi is so ruthless that he even left his own family behind. If such a person is not killed today, he will let the tiger go back to the mountain.

This fight lasted on and off for a day and a night. When it was dawn, Ye Xi only had more than 3000 people left, but he really washed them to the seaside.It's a pity that there are only two boats left there, and they can only carry 1000 people at most.If the way of life is not in sight, these people can still work together, but at this moment, it is clear that whoever can get on the boat will probably live, and those who can't squeeze in will surely die, and the scene suddenly becomes chaotic. More than 3000 people rushed to squeeze onto the boat, and there were not a few who were pushed into the water by their own people.

Qi Jun's side was also short of men and horses, but they were still much stronger than Ye Xi. Seeing that the opponent's position was in disarray, arrows rained down immediately, shooting those who were not able to squeeze into the boat into hedgehogs, and there were no casualties on his own side.

Ye Xi squeezed onto the boat under the desperate rescue of dozens of confidants, and at this moment, he didn't care about others, and immediately ordered the sails to set sail.Just waiting for them to sail out of the sea, they saw the boat behind them chasing up.

"Turn up the sails!" Ye Xi shouted at the sergeant, "As long as you escape from the sea, they dare not go deep into the vast sea!"

"General, the bottom of the cabin, the bottom of the cabin has been doused with fire oil!" A sergeant ran up from the cabin to report.

Ye Xi's expression changed: "Fire oil?" He suddenly understood why 8000 of them could break out of the 2-man siege and reach the seaside, where there were two boats.This is what Qi Jun intentionally left for them.If Qi Jun really surrounded them, they could only fight desperately. If Qi Jun wanted to wipe them out, he would at least lose 8000 people himself.

Letting the net aside, he drove them to fight until he saw these two ships, and his men and horses lost all fighting spirit immediately.Look, there are less than 3000 of the more than 1000 people left, and besides the consumption of arrows, almost no one died on Qi Jun's side.

"Hurry up!" Ye Xi felt the sea breeze blowing head-on, and he suddenly lifted his spirits, "The sky will not stop me! With such a strong wind, as long as we go against the wind, their rockets will not be able to shoot it. Speaking of driving against the wind on the sea, why don't you Can't you be inferior to them?"

The sergeants on board were also refreshed.Not bad, the skill of sailing against the wind, those of them who have practiced at the seaside for more than ten years, aren't they better than those outsiders?

Sure enough, after a while, the rear boat did not catch up.Ye Xi breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the stern and looked back, only to see that the golden dragon flag was flying high on the rear boat, and the person under the flag was Qi Jun.Ye Xi sneered and raised his hand to gesture to Qi Jun, so what about the emperor, the emperor can't speak eloquently in this sea.

Qi Jun saw his gesture, but smiled.Ye Xi's eyesight was excellent, and he saw that he raised his hand and pulled something out from his neck, followed by a flash of red light, as if a flying arrow shot into the belly of the boat.Ye Xi looked down inexplicably, and before he could see clearly whether the side of the ship was damaged, he heard a loud noise like thunder, and the ship shook violently, throwing him into the air and falling heavily on the deck superior.

With a click, the deck cracked, and Ye Xi just fell down.The surroundings were all fiery red, and a threatening heat wave rushed towards his face. As soon as he opened his mouth to shout, he was choked so hard that he couldn't make a sound.Her hair was quickly scorched and curled, and the skin on her face and hands creaked. Ye Xi stretched out his hand to grab it, but everything he touched was like burning coals.His screaming was covered by the explosions everywhere, and no one came to rescue him, so he never had a chance to see his soldiers again.

Qi Jun put the sun-shooting arrowhead in his arms, and looked coldly at the two bombed ships in front of him.A few people who were not killed jumped into the water with fire, but were shot to death by arrows, until there was no living person in this piece of sea.

"Retreat." Qi Jun breathed out lightly, "The national teacher is busy giving out porridge in the city, and I don't know how tired he is." Finally, a serious problem was eliminated, and after that, as long as Ye Xi's house was searched, he would I'm not afraid that I won't be able to copy the evidence of King Ping's rebellion.Of course, even if it is not found, there will always be evidence...

The guard who followed him said with a smile: "Leave someone to serve the national teacher, so the national teacher will not be too tired."

"Yeah." Qi Jun smiled slightly, returning home like an arrow.There are people serving, but Zhibai can't be stopped. I haven't seen him in the past few days. He must be tired and thin.

The coast was already in sight, when a gust of wind blew, Qi Jun shivered.The guards around him looked at him: "Your Majesty, your face is a little red, do you have a little cold?"

Qi Jun also felt his head was heavy and dizzy, and he touched his forehead, and it was really hot: "Probably. After going ashore, drink a few bowls of ginger soup—" Before he could finish speaking, he fell back on his back.