Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 255 Reaching Pingyang Mansion

A moment later, Cyclops was beheaded directly, and the body was thrown in the wild at random, to be devoured by wild wolves and dogs.

Zhao Wen looked at Zhao Daniu, and said slowly: "As for the captives, send 200 people to take them back to Xuan Town, and let them go to the quarry to dig stones. The quarry is short of manpower recently."

Zhao Daniu bowed his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then arranged Zhao Wen's order.

At this moment, Wang Chengping walked over with a few servants.

"General, our Wangjiazhai is not very big, and it may not be able to accommodate so many people." Wang Chengping stood in front of Zhao Wen, bowed his body, and said cautiously.

Zhao Wen smiled, "It's fine for my soldiers to be stationed outside the stockade. They don't need to be stationed in your stockade, but you have to provide me with food and water."

When Wang Chengping heard Zhao Wen's words, he immediately became excited, "The general's provision of food and water is up to us, the general can rest assured.

By the way, the banquet in the mansion is ready, and I ask the general to show you face. "

Zhao Wen nodded and said, "I see, you go first, I'll take care of some things, and I'll be there later."

Wang Chengping cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then left with his servants.

After Zhao Wen ordered the camp to be set up, he took Zhao Daniu and several personal guards to the palace.

The banquet in the palace today is extremely rich, and almost all the ingredients in the house are made into meals.

At the banquet, Wang He kept toasting to Zhao Wen.

Because he was going on his way the next day, Zhao Wen didn't drink alcohol, but only drank some tea.

After the banquet, Zhao Wen led Zhao Daniu and prepared to leave for the camp outside.

At this moment, Wang He suddenly stopped Zhao Wen, and asked his servant to carry out a wooden box.

This wooden box contains several thousand taels of silver.

Zhao Wen looked at the silver in the wooden box, and took it away without any hesitation.

When the sun was just rising, Zhao Wen let the army eat breakfast and then set out on the road again.

Not long after walking, Zhao Wen arrived at Xin County.

Today's Xin County city gate is tightly closed, and there are still patrolling guard soldiers and some young government servants on the city wall. When they saw the sudden appearance of Xuanzhen soldiers and horses, they instantly became nervous.

Zhao Wen looked at the soldiers and horses on the top of the city, smiled sarcastically, and then led the soldiers to surround Xin County directly.

Seeing the backs of Xuanzhen's soldiers and horses leaving, the magistrate standing on the wall of Xin County heaved a sigh of relief, and the nervousness on his face gradually eased.

"My lord, the clothes worn by the soldiers and horses outside just now seem to be the clothes of the officers and soldiers. Why are you so afraid, my lord?" The master standing next to the magistrate looked at the magistrate with a puzzled expression and asked inexplicably. .

The county magistrate took a deep breath and said slowly: "I don't care if he is an officer or not. My duty is to guard this county. Now there are thieves everywhere in Shanxi. It's okay to be careless."

After passing through Xin County, the distance to Taiyuan Mansion became closer and closer, and the road conditions on the official road began to improve.

Taiyuan Mansion is the seat of the chief secretary of Shanxi and the provincial capital of Shanxi, so the closer it is to Taiyuan, the better the road conditions will be.

Xin County is not very far from Yangqu County, only more than 100 miles away. Zhao Wen rushed all the way and arrived in Quyang County in a short time.

"My lord, Quyang County is ahead, and it's only two or three miles away from us." The military counselor walked to Zhao Wen's side and pointed to the county seat ahead, and said to Zhao Wen.

Looking at the county seat ahead, Zhao Wen breathed a sigh of relief, "Yangqu County is only forty or fifty miles away from Taiyuan, and we are one step closer to Pingyang Mansion."

The counselor replied: "Yes, the official road in Shanxi is really dilapidated, and the horses are really slow to run on it. If it weren't for this road, I'm afraid we would have arrived in Taiyuan long ago."

Hearing the words of the counselor, Zhao Wen couldn't help but nodded, "Send an order to tell everyone to speed up, and we must arrive in Taiyuan by noon today."

When Zhao Wen gave an order, the entire team speeded up and rushed forward.

Two or three miles away from Taiyuan Mansion, Zhao Wen stopped the team and prepared to have lunch.

"My lord, my lord, there is a situation." Just as Zhao Wen jumped off his horse, the Chief Banner Officer, who had been staying all night, rushed over with a man.

The chief banner officer stopped in front of Zhao Wen with the man, "My lord, this is the Baihu officer in the team sent by Zhou Qianhu to escort the refugees. Now the team escorting the refugees is less than ten miles away from us."

"I have seen you before, but I was ordered by Zhou Qianhu to escort the refugees. I heard that you are here, so I came here on purpose." The official of Baihu said excitedly, cupping his hands at Zhao Wengong.

"How many refugees have you escorted? How are these refugees doing now?" Zhao Wen looked at the hundred household officer and asked slowly.

Baihu official said: "My lord, there are five hundred of us in a group, and we are escorting a total of thirty thousand refugees."

Zhao Wen looked at the hundred households, nodded, and then asked, "Did you encounter any thieves on this journey?"

"I have encountered it a few times, but we have repelled them all. Our weapons are extremely powerful. How can these thieves who have just dropped their hoes for a long time be our opponents?"

"Since this is the case, it would be great. By the way, how is the situation in Pingyang Mansion now?"

"My lord, the situation in Pingyang Mansion is neither good nor bad, but there are more and more refugees in the mansion.

Since the thieves broke through Ningxiang, Shilou and other county towns, the number of refugees coming to Pingyang Mansion has increased abnormally. At the most, tens of thousands can come a day.

Originally, Zhou Qianhu wanted to send troops to gather them, but now there is really not enough manpower, and we are also asked to escort the refugees, so they can only stay in Pingyang Mansion.

Today's Binh Duong Mansion is filled with a large number of refugees. "

The Hundred Household Officer looked at Zhao Wen and explained the current situation in Pingyang Mansion to Zhao Wen in detail.

Zhao Wen frowned tightly, "Well, you should escort the refugees to Xuanzhen first. After arriving in Xuanzhen, you can hand over these refugees directly to Mr. Liu Wenzhong. After handing over the people, hurry back to Pingyang House."

Baihu cupped their hands at Zhao Wengong, and said loudly, "I will obey your lord's order."

Zhao Wen waved his hands at the hundred household officials, and said slowly, "You go down first."

After the hundred household officials left, Zhao Wen said to Zhao Daniu behind him: "Give me an order, you must finish your lunch within a quarter of an hour, and hurry up after lunch, and you must arrive at Pingyang Mansion before tomorrow night." .”

Zhao Daniu nodded heavily, and then passed on Zhao Wen's order.

Now Zhao Wen has arrived in Taiyuan, and the distance between Taiyuan and Pingyang Mansion is only more than 400 miles away. If he is fast, he will definitely be able to reach Pingyang Mansion before noon the next day.

After a hasty lunch, Zhao Wen led the troops towards Pingyang Mansion.

At this time, the soldiers in Taiyuan City also found Zhao Wen's traces. After all, even if Zhao Wen sent out hundreds of people, he still had more than 2000 people.

Everyone of these 2000 people has a horse, and it is not so easy not to be discovered by others.

"My lord, a large group of cavalry suddenly appeared outside the city."

In Shanxi General Army Mansion in Taiyuan Mansion, Shanxi General Army Li Tianhe was sitting in the hall discussing matters with his generals when suddenly a messenger rushed in.

Li Tianhe looked at the messenger, frowned and said, "What did you say? What kind of cavalry? Could it be that the bandits came here? But the bandits are basically infantry, where are the cavalry?"

The messenger said: "It's not bandits, their flags don't have their names written on them, so I don't know which team this is, but judging from the shape of their armor, it should be the official army."

Li Tianhe stood up from his chair and looked at the messenger with a puzzled expression, "Official army? Where did the official army come from? How many are there? What is their intention?"

"Almost nearly 3000 people, all cavalry. They didn't have any thoughts about my Taiyuan Mansion. They just walked past me and Taiyuan Mansion. Judging from their direction, they seemed to be going to Pingyang Mansion."

"As long as you don't have any other thoughts about my Taiyuan Mansion." Li Tianhe breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that this group of people had no other thoughts about Taiyuan Mansion.The tightly knit brows also eased a lot.

"But the sudden appearance of [-] cavalry is really too strange. All the troops in Shanxi may not be able to make up the [-] cavalry. We must not take this sudden appearance of cavalry lightly.

Pass my order, let's not take care of these people, let them go wherever they want, and our people are not allowed to leave the city.Now the entire territory of Shanxi is full of thieves, we only need to guard the city, and don't worry about other things. "

"Obey." The messenger cupped his hands at Li Tianhe, and then walked outside.

After Zhao Wen left Taiyuan, he rushed to Pingyang Mansion at last.

When the news of Zhao Wen's coming to Pingyang Mansion was learned by Zhou Laoliu, Zhou Laoliu hurriedly led his troops to greet him.

As for the various officials in the Pingyang Mansion, after Zhou Laoliu's warning, they all stayed in their homes safely and did not hear anything outside the window.

Ten miles away from Pingyang Mansion, Zhou Laoliu looked at the gradually setting sun, his face was full of anxiety.

"Brother Six, the messenger sent by your lord said that your lord should be here now, but why haven't you seen him yet?" Zhou Laoqi wiped off the sweat on his face and looked ahead anxiously.

Zhou Laoliu took a deep breath and said slowly, "What's the rush? My lord said it will be this time, so it must be this time, just wait with peace of mind."

While the two were talking, the sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded in their ears, followed by a cloud of smoke rising into the sky.

Looking at the smoke and dust in front of him, Zhou Laoliu was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency is here, pass down the order, and get ready to meet Your Excellency."

"Yes!"

Zhou Laoqi and Zhou Laoba cupped their hands at Zhou Laoliu, and then walked towards the back.

Liu Wenqing, who was standing beside Zhou Laoliu, looked ahead and said slowly, "Brother Zhou, when your lord comes later, you have to say a few more words of kindness for me in front of your lord."

Zhou Laoliu said: "You are not bad at what you do on weekdays, even if I don't have to say a few words for you, it will not be a problem. My lord is very clear in my heart, so you can rest assured.

Alright, let's stop here first, my lord is here. "

Seeing Zhao Wen's gradually appearing figure, Zhou Laoliu hurriedly got on his horse and led a dozen guards towards Zhao Wen.

He stopped a few dozen steps away from Zhao Wen, "The late General Zhou Lao Liu welcomes you!"

Zhou Laoliu jumped off his horse, gave a military salute to Zhao Wen, and shouted in a deep voice.

Zhao Wen nodded and said slowly, "Let's go into the city!"

"As ordered!"

Zhou Laoliu cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, then got on his horse and walked behind Zhao Wen.

When Zhao Wen led the soldiers and horses to the remaining soldiers of Zhou Laoliu, these soldiers looked at Zhao Wen and shouted loudly: "I have seen you!"

Zhao Wen waved at these people and said with a smile on his face, "Go to the city!"

Liu Wenqing looked at Zhao Wen, sighing in his heart.

When I saw him for the first time, he was just a small Longmen Fort guard, and on weekdays he relied on Shanxi merchants to sell cement and wind goods.

But when I saw him again now, he had already become the general soldier of a town, and even ransacked the family of the original Shanxi merchants.

Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, who can be like him?
Zhao Wen looked at Liu Wenqing who was standing on the ground in a daze, chuckled, and asked slowly, "Isn't this Liu Yuanwai, how are you doing recently?"

Liu Wenqing hurriedly cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong and said, "Everything is fine today, thank you for your concern."

……

As Zhao Wen got closer and closer to Yang Mansion, the number of refugees increased.

Zhao Wen looked at the refugees gathered outside the city walls of Pingyang Mansion and built simple shacks, and asked Zhou Laoliu behind him, "How many refugees are there in Pingyang Mansion now?"

Looking at these refugees, Zhou Laoliu breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly: "My lord, I haven't calculated the exact number of refugees in the entire Pingyang Mansion, but according to my estimation, the number may have exceeded 15.

It was impossible for there to be so many refugees in the mansion, but since three days ago, more and more refugees came to Pingyang mansion.

Although I have sent away more than 3 refugees, it is still a drop in the bucket.

Now I can only provide these refugees with one ration every day, barely hanging their lives. "

"How long can the food in the army last?" Zhao Wen asked.

In fact, Xuanzhen will deliver food to Zhou Laoliu almost every month, but now that the number of refugees has increased sharply, the food delivered is simply not enough.

So Zhou Laoliu can only provide these refugees with one ration every day.

When Zhou Laoliu sent Zhao Wen the military newspaper last time, he also passed the news to Zhao Wen.

When Zhao Wen set off, he also arranged logistics to deliver a large amount of food to Zhou Laoliu.

It's just that transporting food is not as simple as rushing on a horse, and it takes a lot of time along the way.

"If the number of refugees continues to increase at this rate, I don't think it will last for a few days." Zhou Laoliu's face was full of melancholy.

"Before I set off, I asked the logistics to deliver a batch of food, and it is estimated that it will arrive in a few days. However, it is not a problem to continue like this. The refugees in this city should also be transported to Xuan Town at a faster speed. It is not a small price to transport food."

The transportation of grain in this era is not like that of later generations. If a catty of grain is transported in this era, more than one catty of food may be consumed on the road.

Migrant workers transporting food also need to eat, and the distance from Xuanzhen to Pingyang is quite far. In addition, the official roads in Shanxi have been in disrepair for a long time, and the food consumed on the road alone is a bottomless pit.

Although Zhao Wen's current family background is quite solid, it can't be consumed like this.

(End of this chapter)