Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 581: Mice Worship Cats
On the official road beside the canal.

This official road is very wide and flat. For the Eastern Expedition, countless civilians were conscripted to dig the canal from the Yellow River to Zhuojun, and a wide and flat road was built along the canal.

The avenue is wide and flat, and can be as wide as ten feet, and can accommodate many carriages and horses in parallel.

Luo Cheng led hundreds of soldiers and horses to protect King Yang of Qi, followed by his [-] relatives, and behind him were more than [-] recruited refugees.

"It is said that the Duke of Chu is the best at fighting with soldiers. I believe it now. I have recruited so many refugees this way, but you see, tens of thousands of refugees followed behind, but there is no chaos at all. There are even some soldiers. Wo smells."

Looking at the dark crowd, Luo Cheng just said, "Actually, it's not that complicated."

Every time he passed by, Luo Cheng would recruit refugees.But regardless of whether it is a person or a family, after registration, everyone will be issued a wooden sign with their name engraved on it, and there is also a number on the sign, as well as simple appearance characteristics, such as original place of origin, height and age , skin color, birthmark, etc.

In addition, these brands will also have the seal and signature of the person in charge, so it is not easy to fake them. In addition, Luo Cheng will also have a roster for registration and filing.

After registering and receiving their identity cards, Luo Cheng's people will divide these refugees into camps according to their gender, age, strength, etc.It's not that a family can stay together, even if it's a couple, they have to separate.

During the march, separate camps for men and women, and separate camps for the strong and the weak.

Special camps for healthy women, strong men, teenagers, and veterans have been established.

The young and strong men had to undertake the task of transporting grain and grass, and also the task of guarding. Luo Cheng asked them to cut wood for guns, and each of them carried a wooden gun and carried a certain amount of grain.

Every day, the young and strong will be assigned in turn to be responsible for guarding and following, and responsible for assisting on duty at night.

When setting up camp, he was responsible for cutting wood and setting up camp.

And those strong women are mainly responsible for carrying food and cooking.

Teenagers, also carry some food as much as they can.

Only those women with young children and the elderly can just follow the march every day without doing any physical work.

Even Luo Cheng would deliberately set aside some time every morning and evening for his soldiers to explain military regulations and laws to them, and to conduct some simple drills for them every day.

Although this kind of drill will make it difficult for them to become elite soldiers for a while, it can give them a preliminary organization, and they can gradually be regarded as a group.

Even the young men and women, the wooden spears in their hands were neatly arranged, and when they stabbed together, they had a bit of power.

And they can already understand some flag orders to advance and retreat, and understand the sound of the golden drum.

Yang Hao was right. It had been more than a month since Luo Cheng left Luoyang to Hebei. There were already more than 3 people in his team of refugees, including [-] young and strong.

It can be said that these [-] people, under the leadership of his [-] volunteers, have even surpassed some fleeing bandit militias.

However, Yang Hao felt that Luo Cheng's actions were superfluous. Now that they are marching in Hebei, who would dare to attack and harass them?If you have the kung fu to practice these mud-legged refugees every day, it is better to speed up the march and rush to Liaodong as soon as possible.

Luo Cheng smiled and ignored His Royal Highness King Qi.

The sun was almost setting.

The line has stopped.

The young and strong men went to cut and set up a camp with hatchets and axes. This was stipulated by Luo Cheng. Although he was traveling in the country, he still asked to set up a camp every day. This was not only for safety, but also to train these people.

In the future, when they arrived in Liaodong, the environment there would not be as good as that in the Central Plains, and they would also be organized into forts one by one, farm and farm, and even face looting and harassment from the northern tribes.

The women went to the river to fetch water for cooking.

The teenagers began to help erect the fence very diligently.

Luo Cheng's personal guards began to drive carts of grain into each camp to distribute the grain.

Although these young and strong men and women all carried food on their backs, the food was not allowed to be used privately. Every day, the rations in the camp had to be distributed by the white horse, and there was a fixed amount.

Those who dare to carry food back without permission will be expelled from the camp.

The camp that stretches for one or two miles is full of vitality. Many children play together in groups. The world of children is always simple. When they can eat enough, they will no longer have troubles. There are so many children playing together every day. Yes. For them, it is simply the happiest thing.

Although some children are separated from their parents, their parents can come to meet their children every two days.

The old people sat there in small groups with their sleeves covered, enjoying the last bit of warmth from the setting sun, tapping their arms and old legs, and chatting about the old things during the Kaihuang period, and even the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Northern Qi Dynasty.

I am also full of yearning for outside the customs and for Liaodong.

After all, Luo Cheng's reputation is still good. He followed Dashuai Luo all the way here, and he was full of food every day, and there was no chaos along the way. Everyone always felt that this month was the most solid time in the past few years. It's been a while.

Yang Shanhui, the prefect of Pingyuan County, brought hundreds of shi of grain with him.

This was only a county magistrate of Pingyuan County at the beginning. Luo Cheng went to Pingyuan County to suppress the bandits and temporarily promoted him to the county magistrate. There are dozens of bandits, large and small, so this time they were promoted to prefect due to meritorious service.

However, if he was to be promoted to the prefect, he had followed Luo Cheng's route. Luo Cheng helped him with a few words, so the appointment from the Ministry of Officials was quickly approved.

"Knowing that the Chu State Highway is passing by, I came here to deliver some food. The quantity is not much, only [-] shi." Yang Shanhui said with some embarrassment.

"Eight hundred stones is already quite a lot, thank you Governor Yang for being considerate."

Luo Cheng now has more than [-] people, and the daily food consumption is [-] shi. This is still to control the amount. On average, each person only has one liter of food a day, and he is barely hungry.

Eight hundred shi is only enough for two days, but it is really not bad. After all, when passing through other counties, they often give three to five hundred shi, and some even give one hundred and eighty shi.

But Luo Cheng has always given less and will not be annoyed, and will be grateful if he is given more. After all, when people give him food, it is all for Luo Cheng's face. His team of refugees is not arranged by the court.

During this time of famine, others have no obligation to give him precious food.

"Big guy!"

"Someone came to deliver food again."

"Is there anyone else delivering food?" Luo Cheng was surprised, but when someone from the other side came over, Luo Cheng was surprised to find that it was an old acquaintance.

"Wang Fubao?"

Wang Fubao wore a wide robe and big sleeves, and he was dressed like a good man. He was a little nervous to meet Luo Cheng, "My elder brother heard that the Chu road was passing by, and there were many people who were going to break through the pass with him, so he ordered me to send it to Luo Cheng." Three thousand stones of grain are strong."

Luo Cheng looked at Wang Fubao and then at Yang Shanhui, and couldn't help smiling.

(End of this chapter)