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Chapter 569 How can I bear it?
In the military tent, amidst the congratulations from everyone, Du Youwei retreated to his seat with red eyes, and the excitement in his heart still could not be calmed down for a long time.

Zhang Cheng looked at all this and nodded with satisfaction, and he said to Zhang Guodong: "Guodong, after Du Youwei has selected the troops on the left side of his central army, the remaining [-] new troops will be assigned to your infantry camp." , from the three divisions of the infantry battalion, you will select an officer above the commander-in-chief to temporarily serve as the commander-in-chief, and after the selection is made, report it to me for a decision."

Sitting on his seat, Zhang Guodong replied in a deep voice, "I would like to obey the commander's order."

Zhang Cheng also said: "These 3000 troops need to be broken up and reorganized. The battalion numbers are tentatively assigned to the front and rear of the battalion, and the first part of the partial division. The sergeant who performed well in your infantry battalion should be used as the commander. Be the team officer, the team officer is the Baizong, and the Baizong is the general."

He looked at Zhang Guodong, and continued: "As the saying goes, 'a snake can't do without a head'. You must carefully select suitable people to fill in the new army as the 'snake head', and train the three new troops for me as soon as possible. "

Zhang Guodong sat down and cupped his fists and said, "I would like to obey the commander's order."

Zhang Cheng raised his wine glass to the generals in the tent and said, "Come on, come on, let's give a toast to Guodong, he is now a guerrilla general with 6000 troops!"

Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Zhang Guodong seemed a little embarrassed. He explained while drinking: "They are all soldiers and horses of the commander... they are all soldiers and horses of the commander..."

After Zhang Cheng toasted with the generals, he turned to Wang Yuanjing and asked, "Yuanjing, how is the situation with the hungry people? Have you made a resettlement plan?"

Wang Yuanjing replied seriously: "Commander, there are 520 registered hungry people, most of them are farmers from Zhengzhou and Zhongmou Zuo, and there are some small businessmen.

Among them, there are many folk craftsmen such as carpenters, masons, tailors, and coopers, with a total of more than 500 people, and there are more than [-] boat craftsmen, cabin craftsmen and boatmen.

There are also 32 people who can read and write, and they are all gathered together, temporarily managed by Liu Chengzu, mainly to do some registration and bookkeeping. "

He paused here for a while, took a sip of water, and then continued: "These hungry people, according to the command of the commander, are grouped together by villages and households, or eight or nine hundred people." Teams, or thousands of 900 people as a team.

Those craftsmen are all compiled together, together with their family members, there are about 800 people, and the family members of literate people also have more than [-] people. "

Zhang Cheng turned his head to look at Yang Shijie, who was on the left, and said, "Brother Ziyun, may I ask how many hungry people can be accommodated in the Yangjialou in Mangshan?"

Yang Shijie was sitting on the seat talking with Chen Zhong and toasting each other. Although he was Zhang Cheng's uncle and all the generals respected him, he was alone with Chen Zhong.

At this time, seeing Zhang Cheng asking himself, he replied in a low voice: "Yangjialou is located under Mang Mountain, and the area is already narrow. Besides, many hungry people have come to vote in the vicinity, and now I am afraid that many people cannot be resettled."

He took a look at Zhang Cheng before continuing: "The commander-in-chief crossed the north of the river from the territory of Dengfeng. You should know that the drought in the north of the river is far lighter than that on the south bank. Yanhe town is located along the bank of the Jishui River. Not only is the transportation convenient, but the land is also beneficial. Farming, even if the land is not enough to allocate, it is not difficult to earn a living by working."

Zhang Cheng nodded, and said, "Ziyun's words are quite correct. In Hebei's Wen County, Meng County, and Jiyuan County, it is not difficult to resettle more than ten thousand hungry people."

He looked at Chen Zhong and said, "Chen Zhong, I'm going to send you to Hebei to take care of resettling the hungry people."

Chen Zhong was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then he said: "Commander, we will lead troops to fight. The matter of resettling the hungry people involves a lot. Chen Zhong is afraid that the matter of the commander will be missed."

Zhang Cheng smiled and said: "It's okay, isn't there brother Ziyun to help you, he is a child of a family in western Henan, even in Hebei, he has many acquaintances, he will help you with local chores."

He then continued: "Also, this time you are going to Hebei to resettle the hungry people, you only take the hundred cavalry from the military post of the cavalry department, and you find time to hand over the remaining three posts to Hu Dayou, the general manager of the cavalry camp. , for the time being, let him take command on your behalf."

After listening to Zhang Cheng's words, Chen Zhong felt a pang of sadness in his heart. Although he also knew that Zhang Cheng had made such an arrangement, there must be some deep meaning, but he has been in charge of the Rangers for a long time, and now he is indeed a little bit reluctant.

Just when Chen Zhong was feeling sad, Zhang Cheng's voice came again: "You need to resettle tens of thousands of hungry people this time. Not only are there a large number of people, but you are also afraid that there may be thieves among them, and you cannot be screened out completely.
I will send you a thousand soldiers from the left side of Cui Shijie's infantry battalion to lead you in order to prevent any disturbances during the resettlement of the hungry people. In addition, Wang Zanhua will accompany you to Hebei. Have him help you through. "

Zhang Cheng didn't wait for him to speak, he glanced at Zhang Guodong on the left first, then turned to Cui Shijie on the right, and said to him: "Cui Shijie, you must have heard what my commander said just now!"

Cui Shijie immediately got up and cupped his fists and said: "I heard it clearly, Cui Shijie will follow the commander's order and do his best to assist General Chen Zhong."

After everything was decided, the generals ate and drank for a while, and then dispersed.

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Because of bandits and robbers, post roads were often blocked, and military reports from various places were also delayed. Since Emperor Chongzhen received the report of the fall of Luoyang and the disaster of Fufan, there has been no news of robbers.

He was extremely looking forward to the news of breaking in and offering thieves, and even the news of his supervisor Yang Sichang, but there was no news. He even comforted himself in his heart, no news is the best news.

Sure enough, a few days later, he saw the good news that Zhang Cheng repelled the intruders and regained Luoyang, but he was not happy yet. The news that the intruders besieged Kaifeng also came on the same day.

Emperor Chongzhen's heart was in his throat. When he first saw the news that Kaifeng was besieged by intruders, he even screamed wildly:

Where is Li Xianfeng?

What is Wang Shaoyu doing?

Worried about the city guard of Kaifeng and the safety of King Zhu Gongyun of Zhou, Emperor Chongzhen did not have a good New Year's Day, and was even awakened by a nightmare at night.

On the third day of the first month of the 14th year of Chongzhen, an unpublished [-] urgent military report sent from Kaifeng was placed on the imperial case of Emperor Chongzhen.

His face was ashen, his fingers were trembling, he was staring at the ensemble, and dared not pick it up for a long time.

All kinds of terrible conjectures popped up in his mind at the same time. He even turned his daily efforts to become a hero of Zhongxing into a trace of despair. Saying:
"My God! My God! How can I bear it!"

(End of this chapter)