Fenghou

Chapter 670 Placement
Gao Ding led [-] cavalry all the way to the north. They first arrived at Xiping Mansion. Xiping Mansion was Lingzhou in Tang Dynasty. The city was full of Xixia soldiers.

The Song army destroyed three small military cities around it, and also destroyed a group of warehouses by the river. At this time, scouts came to report that hundreds of thousands of people appeared on the official road twenty miles to the north. It is said that they were expelled Alien people from Xingqing Mansion.

Gao Ding was puzzled and sent Sun Kang to investigate the situation. Sun Kang led [-] cavalry to go north quickly. Soon, Sun Kang sent someone to report that it was indeed the people who were expelled from Xingqing City by Brother Li Cha. Most of the Dangxiang people are Qiang people, and there are also Han people, Uighurs and Khitans.

Many people have run out of food and can only rely on catching voles and digging wild vegetables for food.

Gao Ding led a mighty army to attack. The hundreds of thousands of people on the official road were frightened by the cavalry formation, and they knelt down one after another, densely packed the official road.

Gao Ding ordered the army to be vigilant and maintain their formation. He put up his hand curtain and looked north. Gao Ding was worried that the Xixia army would drive these people out of the way of his army, and use the rioters as a cover to launch a sudden attack on himself.

After looking for a long time, there was no abnormality. At this time, Sun Kang brought up a middle-aged businessman. The businessman took out a round waist card, handed it to Gao Ding and said: "The humble post is Xiao Yuan, the capital of the third scout army. Inquire about news in Xingqing Mansion."

This is one of his own people, Gao Ding nodded and said: "Du Xiao has had a hard time, what's going on with these common people?"

Xiao Yuan sighed and said: "These are non-dangxiang people who have lived in Xixia for several generations. On the surface, it is said that they want to drive away aliens and prevent the Song army from spying, but in fact they want to seize wealth. The wealth accumulated by each family is taken It's all gone, and they have nothing now."

"Are there any Xixia spies here?"

Xiao Yuan shook his head, "They are all poor people, I implore the general to help them!"

Gao Ding was a little hesitant. He was considering whether to report to the capital first. At this moment, the yellow dust billowed in the east, and a mighty cavalry rushed towards this side. A scout rushed to report, "General Gao , is General Liu's team!"

Gao Ding suddenly lost his heart, and after a while, Liu Cui's [-] cavalry surrounded him, and [-] cavalry surrounded more than [-] civilians.

Liu Cui also came from the east after hearing the news, but he didn't expect to meet Gao Ding, he stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "General Gao, what happened?"

Gao Ding said indifferently: "In order to raise money and food, the Xixia people drove out all non-Party people in the capital and plundered their property."

"Then how does General Gao plan to deal with them?"

"How can I deal with it? It's up to Dutong to decide. Most of them are Qiang people. I want to take them all to Mingsha County to see what Dutong means!"

"That's right, Dutong has just reached an agreement with the Qiang people, maybe they just need to use them."

At this time, Xiao Yuan stepped forward again and said: "You two generals, I have one more thing to report for my humble position!"

Liu Cui glanced at him, "General Gao, who is he?"

"He is Hu Yanlei's subordinate, our intelligence scout in Xingqing Mansion!"

Liu Cui clasped his fists and saluted, "Please speak!"

Xiao Yuan quickly said: "There are not many Han people in this team, but in fact there are at least tens of thousands of Han people in Xingqing Mansion. They are almost all slaves. They were also expelled from the city, but they were resettled in various manors."

Xiao Yuan pointed to the northwest direction, "In the Hetao, you can see it after crossing the Yellow River. The big manors are surrounded by trees. The trees are like city walls. There are moat-like deep ditches in front of them. Just a few thousand to tens of thousands of acres of land, the good land in Hetao is basically taken over by the rich and powerful, and there are very few self-cultivating farmers.”

Liu Cui said in a low voice: "I suggest not to go for the time being. First, we don't know the surrounding situation and the terrain. I am worried that we will be surrounded by enemy troops, especially if the surrounding area is the Yellow River. Once the pontoon bridge is destroyed, we will be trapped in the inside."

Gao Ding nodded, "You're right, it's best left to the governor to decide on this matter, let's take these people back first."

After the two discussed it properly, they asked the soldiers to bring some dry food to the families who had run out of food, and led hundreds of thousands of people to the south in a mighty way.

They walked for two full days, and they were still ten miles away from Mingsha County. Chen Qing received a letter from Gao Ding and led a camel team full of food and grass to meet him.

The Song Army has built a large camp outside Mingsha County. Thousands of Song Army soldiers led hundreds of thousands of people into the camp to rest. These poor people saw hope in despair and were finally resettled. Hundreds of thousands of people cried The sound shook the sky, and they knelt down and kowtowed to thank Chen Qing and Song Jun.

Zhang Xiaoxiao asked, "How does the Xuan Fu envoy plan to arrange them?"

Chen Qing pondered for a while and said: "Although they are aliens, they have already left the nomadic life and settled in the city. They can be mixed with the Han people. After decades, their descendants will be Sinicized. I still plan to make them They are placed in Xixia, but at this stage I haven't considered how to arrange them, does Sima have any good ideas?"

"It can be resettled in Weizhou and Yanzhou, and some of them can be resettled in Mingsha County. In fact, Weizhou and Mingsha County are enough. The key is to provide food for hundreds of thousands of people. Now we can organize them to grow some melons and beans."

Chen Qing nodded, "I will trouble Sima with this matter. Let Chao Qing and Zhong Huan assist you, and I will let Zhao Xiaoyi lead five thousand troops to serve you."

Zhang Xiaowei smiled and said, "Don't worry! We all have experience and will make arrangements."

Chen Qing ordered people to find Gao Ding and Liu Cui again. He spread out the map in the big tent and asked them: "You led the army to the north, how well do you understand the situation in Xixia?"

Liu Cui bowed and said: "I found out that there are no villages in Xixia, and I haven't encountered a single village. Everyone lives in the city. I don't know if they are strong and clear, or they just live like this."

"Where's General Gao?" Chen Qing asked again.

Gao Ding smiled wryly, "I didn't meet Xixia villages all the way, but I really don't know much about them. I met these refugees when I first arrived in Xiping Mansion. I suggest you ask the intelligence scout, Xiao Yuan, who has been lurking in the People in Xingqing Mansion know the situation better than us."

Chen Qing was overjoyed, "Where is he?"

Not long after, the soldiers brought the intelligence scout Xiao Yuan into the big tent, and Xiao Yuan hurriedly bowed to salute, "The humble post is Xiao Yuan, the capital of the third scout army, see Du Tong!"

"How long has Xiao Dutou been lurking in Xixia?"

"Xiaozhi is the first batch. It has been lurking for two full years and opened a restaurant as a cover."

Chen Qing nodded and said, "Their cavalry went north, but they didn't encounter any Xixia villages. Is there no village here?"

"Reporting to Dutong, most of the Xixia party members live in the city, and some party members live by herding animals. At the foot of Mount Henan, there are also many people living in the manor. They are basically serfs, mainly Han people. Song plundered at least one million people, and many of them had lived in Xixia for several generations, serving as slaves for generations, as well as slaves of other ethnic groups.

Domestic slaves, serfs, sheep slaves, mine slaves, salt slaves, artisan slaves, etc., the entire Xixia was supported by slaves, so their party members had hundreds of thousands of troops to fight the Song army. "

"You General Huyan sent me information that the Xixia Army now has more than [-] people. Is the news reliable?"

"Reporting to Dutong, it is basically reliable. The humble official got information about [-] people, which is quite mixed. At least [-] people have no armor, only simple weapons. They wear white cloth armor, known as the White Armor Army."

"What about combat power?" Chen Qing asked again.

"Some of them are very good. For example, the [-] cavalry from Shazhou are very sharp. I watched them enter the city with my own eyes. They are indeed murderous and well-trained. There are also the Xixia Emperor's Suwei Army, Jingshi Garrison Army, Proton Army, and Iron Harriers. The army, which is directly under the emperor's army, has [-] people and is very elite.

Then Brother Li Cha's [-] captured soldiers are also very elite. The [-] troops are stationed in the capital, the other [-] troops are stationed in the surrounding cities, and the [-] Baijia troops are stationed outside the capital. The duty is to guard the manor. "

"Does Xixia have ships?" Chen Qing asked suddenly.

"Reporting to Dutong, there are boats in Xixia, and I have seen them in Jingzhou. They are a kind of flat ferry, specially used to ferry people across the Yellow River, and there are quite a few of them."

(End of this chapter)