Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

The tragic image in front of them is hidden in the deepest part of the hearts of many new soldiers in Henan. Once they are touched, it will be an unstoppable sadness.

Qu Rui knew that Du Fuhu's family also died in the famine two years ago, and seeing the situation before him, his heart sank.

He strode forward and put one hand on Du Fuhu's shoulder, pondering in his heart, but he didn't know what words to use to explain this eight-foot-tall man.

"General, I'm fine."

Du Fuhu was not what Qu Rui was worried about, looking back, his face was very calm.Looking at Qu Rui, Du Fuhu said in a deep voice: "If I hadn't devoted myself to my lord's command, if it hadn't been for the refugees from Henan near Jinan City who met my lord, I'm afraid they would have ended up in the same way. I heard that there will be a severe drought this year, and the area in southern Shandong is no worse. Henan is strong, but in the hands of adults, don’t say that there are no hungry people, everyone’s food is much better than in the good times of peace, and it will only get better and better. I have figured it out a long time ago, and my lord has great ambitions , the more official you become, the more people you can protect, I am already a fighter, just fight hard and kill a few more Shaanxi bandits for your lord.”[

"Well, good idea!"

Qu Rui thumped Du Fuhu hard, looked at Du Fuhu with admiration, turned his head, and ordered to his own soldiers: "Give him all my silver!"

"Yes, give him mine too, won't he win?"

"middle!"

Qu Rui nodded in agreement, and Du Fuhu also put down his eight taels of silver, gathered four or fifty taels for a while, piled them into a pile, and placed them beside the middle-aged man.

At this moment, the townsman was a little moved, looking at the pile of money in a daze.

After a while, he suddenly grabbed the silver and burst into tears: "Father, mother, children, baby, if we had this silver earlier, you wouldn't starve to death. If you have two more stone grains, you will die." If you are willing to eat, if the baby is sick, you will have money to hire a doctor, and we will be able to live in Luoyang City..."

So sad and cruel, Qu Rui and his party couldn't stay any longer, they turned around and left.

"General, I just heard from your people that you want to attack Luoyang and then go south?"

"Well, we're going to Xiangyang."

"Listen to my persuasion, don't go to the south, the south side, it's even worse, it's even worse... There's no food, it's full of locusts... Damn it... ahahahaha..."

The man looked like a madman. Amidst howling like a madman, Qu Rui, Du Fuhu and the others trotted out as if they were running away. When they turned their heads to look, the man was still lying on the ground, crying.

Surrounded by Fushan soldiers with ugly expressions, they all walked back in twos and threes.

Come with great interest, but return with low spirits.

The sun was also gradually going down, and when they were about to walk back to the camp, the mood of the soldiers gradually improved again.

In the army, unless there is an emergency, there is usually no additional training. Speaking of walking every day, it is a bit boring, but it is much more relaxed than when stationed in various places in Fushan.

When I was at home, I got up early for running exercises, physical training, technical and tactical training, and maybe extra training after dinner in the evening. Suddenly, emergency gatherings were all in the middle of the night, and life was not easy.

If it is training, it will be even worse, and I will not have a good rest for several days and nights.

Marching and fighting must preserve the physical fitness of the soldiers, and life is relatively easy. After dinner and returning to the tent at night, you can play various card games invented by adults, read books, or simply brag and chat. [

Now there are people from Henan and new soldiers from all over Shandong in the battalion. After the basic training is over, they will be broken up and reorganized. There are people from all prefectures. I understand, amidst the bragging, the backward members of the cultural courses have to study hard under the lamp, each with its own excitement and splendor.

Compared with those ordinary troops, the daily life here in Fushan is wonderful and relaxed. The entire military camp is like a big family. After seeing the scene just now, when the soldiers see the familiar military camp, they feel like going home The feeling is also more intense.

Qu Rui also understood in his heart that he himself felt the same way, but as a general, his feelings were deeper and stronger.

How decisive and terrifying it will be for an army that regards the army as its own home when fighting!

The moment he entered the gate of the camp, Qu Rui's footsteps were also a bit hesitant... As the townsman said just now, the situation in the south is even more terrifying... The situation in front of him is already like a hell on earth. What can it be like in the Nanyang area? ?

It's chilling to think about!

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Before dark, Zhang Shouren finally entered Luoyang.

The reason why it was so late was because he had to take a detour around the chest-high barriers for horses.

At that time, the cities of Daming were all equipped with supporting city defense projects such as horse barriers and moats, it just depends on the size of the scale.Luoyang's horse-blocking wall is outside the city wall, separated by a certain distance, and only some gaps are opened near the city gate to facilitate the passage of pedestrians and business travelers.From a long distance, you can see the horse-blocking wall that stretches for more than [-] miles. After passing the wall, you can see the majestic and towering city wall.

Although the Luoyang city at that time could not be compared with the heyday of the Han and Tang Dynasties, it was also an important military and political town, second only to Kaifeng in Henan. It is strong, and there is Wengcheng outside the city gate. In addition to the gate tower, there are a large number of crenels and horse faces on the top of the city. There are countless shooting holes, which are convenient for aiming and shooting. There are hidden soldier holes at the top of the city. From the perspective of these defensive facilities on the city wall, it is undoubtedly a strong city.

But Zhang Shouren knew in his heart that more than a year later, after Li Zicheng's rise, it took only a few days and nights to attack, and the defenders in the city opened the city and surrendered. There is a grand plan to connect Henan and Huguang with the heart of the Central Plains.It can be said that Li Zicheng's failure was already doomed when he won Luoyang and lost Kaifeng.

"It's too fast to lose!"

The majestic city in front of me is completely covered with green bricks, with turrets at the four corners, crenels and horse faces on the top of the city, which cannot be seen in rural areas like Fushan. Dengzhou and Laizhou are far behind.

Looking at the city, Zhang Shouren could only sigh like this.

They entered the city from Nanguan, and because they had dispatched station officials beforehand, they entered the city fairly smoothly, but what they saw along the way was obviously much more miserable than what they saw in Kaifeng.

There are refugees all over the city walls, scattered in the corners and alleys. The weather in October is already extremely cold. These refugees are unattended, shivering in the cold. Many children are shivering or crying loudly on the cold muddy ground. His parents and relatives were also not spiritually comforted. At a glance, there were countless old people and children who died of freezing to death. There were several carts pushing corpses back and forth, and the bodies of frozen and starved corpses were placed on the carts. Keep pushing to the outside of the city.

The scene in front of them was so shocking that everyone was speechless for a while. After a while, someone murmured: "Is there no porridge factory in this city? Why are so many people starved to death?"

At that time, if people could not survive famine, they must first flee to cities, especially big cities. Ordinary villages or fortresses have limited capacity. Provincial capitals like Kaifeng and Jinan can accommodate hundreds of thousands of refugees, and ordinary county towns have a few more. Thousands of people may not be able to bear it.

In a city like Luoyang, if the arrangements are made properly and the refugees are more difficult, it will not be such a tragic scene of people starving to death in the streets.

"My lord," standing in the front was Zhang Shiqiang of the Chinese army, and he was also a serious general. At this time, he rode over, his face flushed with anger, and when he arrived in front of Zhang Shouren, Zhang Shiqiang said angrily, "The officials in this city are too shameful. This Nanguan is just a guerrilla, the soldiers and the prefect have all gone to Fu Wang's mansion, saying that it is a concubine of Fu Wang's concubine's birthday, and all the officials in the city are going to have birthday wine..."[

"You didn't say that we were passing by, leaving tomorrow morning to go to Xiangyang to suppress bandits?"

"I said it, but no one paid attention to it. The co-prefects of that government office are all over 70, and they can't hear..."

"It's just nonsense." Zhang Shouren said: "In this case, let's go to King Fu's palace to seek an audience."

This time I went to Luoyang, intending to supply some meat and refined grains. The coarse grains were supplemented with [-] shi in Kaifeng, and the consumption was not much. It is very embarrassing to see the situation in Luoyang, so it’s okay not to give.

There were many beggars along the way, Zhang Shouren ordered his troops to throw out all the scattered silver and copper coins, but this incident was messed up, and when he reached the archway of King Fu's mansion, there were thousands of refugees and beggars behind him.

Seeing this situation, the guards guarding the palace panicked, rushed up and whipped them with leather whips, Zhang Shouren reported his title and told them not to be so nervous, but no one paid any attention.

Seeing the refugees who were whipped by the whip started to cry, and many children were pushed around, Zhang Shouren was very displeased, and said to Li Zhuoran beside him: "Zhuoran, teach these guards a little lesson."

"Ok!"

Li Zhuoran strongly agreed, called ten people to come out, took out spears and other things from the side pockets, turned the spear head upside down, and beat the palace guards.

These guards looked tall and big, their faces were full of greasy food, and they were well dressed. At first, they wanted to resist, but they were no match for the inner guards, and after a few rounds, they were knocked over.

The palace was alarmed, the garrison Wang Yinchang and the magistrate Kang Mengshuan drove out one after another, Wang Yinchang said displeased: "General Zhang, official business is official business, how can you be so presumptuous outside the palace."

Kang Mengshuan also said: "Surprise Wang Jia, how did you get it? His Royal Highness Fu Wang is an uncle today, what a noble person, the general is so domineering outside the palace, it shows how inappropriate his usual behavior is."

These two civil servants obviously lived in a city like Luoyang, and reprimanded Zhang Shouren as if it was decades ago.

Seeing their aloof and domineering appearance, Zhang Shouren was not only not angry, but laughed instead.