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Chapter 123 Civil Service: Why haven’t the rebels been defeated by the refugees?
"Wenzhi County, counting from the day after we asked Miss Qu Xiaoxiao to play the piano, how many refugees have gone from Fucheng to Queshan?"

The three of them exchanged a few polite words together, and Fu Ruwei couldn't wait to ask this question.

Because the method of spreading rumors to lure refugees to Queshan to fight rebels was proposed by Wen Shiyi and implemented by people from the county government.

The task of counting the number of refugees naturally falls on the county government.

Ruyang and Queshan County are adjacent, so monitoring is not troublesome.

Wen Shiyi stroked his beard and said: "We started doing this on the fifth day of October. Today is the first day of November, and nearly a month has passed.

When the rumor first spread, not many people believed it, and only a few hundred people went to Queshan every day.

Ten days later, the number of refugees heading to Queshan began to reach thousands.Ten days later, as the number of refugees around Fucheng decreased significantly, fewer people went to Queshan.

All in all, there were about 4 to [-] people.However, not all refugees will be taken in by the rebels, and some will definitely continue to move south. "

After hearing this, Zhu Guobao couldn't help but said: "Not only the refugees in Ruyang will go to Queshan, but magistrates and counties in various places will also use this strategy to guide the refugees to Queshan after receiving the documents from the government.

Even if there are not that many refugees in the northern counties, if you add them all together, there should be less than [-] people going to Queshan, right? "

There is actually not much difference between hungry people, refugees and refugees, but their situations are slightly different.

After hearing this, Fu Ruwei became more doubtful.

He said: "According to what you two said, in the past month, the Queshan rebels should have accepted [-] to [-] or even [-] to [-] refugees.

But according to reports from spies outside Queshan County, the rebels were still helping refugees and transferring them to Tianmu Mountain as they had done in early October.

Where did they get so much food?Do tens of thousands of refugees hide in Tianmu Mountain and eat and drink for free? "

Zhu Guobao was not afraid to speculate on the rebels with the greatest malice, and sneered: "I think they are probably rebels who are just trying to gain fame, and they don't want to lose their reputation, so they tricked all the refugees into the mountains and killed them!"

"No way?" Wen Shiyi frowned, "Didn't the spies sent by Fu Zun to Queshan fail to penetrate into the rebels and figure out the true identity of the rebels?"

Fu Ruwei smiled bitterly and said: "Don't mention this. I sent several groups of spies. Starting from my personal commander Li San, more than ten people have been mixed into the refugee team and transferred to Tianmu Mountain.

But as long as they enter Tianmu Mountain, no one can send the message, and no one can come back.

It was as if, as Zhu Tongpan said, all the refugees who entered the mountain were killed by the rebels. "

Hearing this, Wen Shiyi showed a solemn expression.

When he originally proposed this idea, he just saw this group of rebels helping refugees and winning people's hearts, so he wanted to use the refugees to defeat the rebels and at the same time give the refugees a way to survive.

But if the Tianmu Mountain rebels were really vicious behind the scenes and killed all the refugees who entered the mountain, then he would have committed a serious crime.

At this time, Fu Ruwei said again: "If you think about it carefully, it is really possible that the refugees were trapped by this group of rebels.

If not, why do they always send those with families to the mountains, leaving only single young men to join the army?

It must be that the refugees who have married families are burdened by old, weak, women and children, unlike single young people, who raise one person is like raising a bandit. "

Then he added: "Speaking of which, in the past month, the rebels also sent teams to collect grain from villages in Queshan countryside.

But even if they plunder the entire Queshan Mountain, they shouldn't be able to hold on for long, right?

It should be noted that winter is coming soon, and more people will freeze and starve to death if they don’t have enough to eat.

Summer grain will not be harvested until May next year at the earliest, and there is a gap of half a year. How can their grain be sustained? "

These words made Wen Shiyi silent for a moment.

Zhu Guobao said: "It would be better for the Master to send two more groups of spies to sneak into Tianmu Mountain alone. If the truth about how this group of rebels killed refugees can be discovered and spread, it will be difficult for them to achieve great things!"

"What Zhu Tongpan said makes sense, I will send someone." Fu Ruwei nodded slightly, and then asked: "By the way, didn't you bribe an important subordinate of the witch Bai Taiwei to deal with her? Why haven't you done it yet? movement?"

Zhu Guobao smiled and said, "My lord, please be more patient. The White Lotus Sect is no more cunning than ordinary rebels. However, that demon girl should be hooked soon."

"Hope you don't make a mistake and let the cooked duck fly."

After saying this, Fu Ruwei prepared to adjourn the meeting.

He also asked Miss Qu Xiaoxiao to play the piano tonight, so he had to recharge his batteries.

Unexpectedly, just as he picked up the tea cup, an aide hurriedly walked in and whispered in his ear: "Master, Suiping was captured by the rebel Liu Sheng."

"what?!"

Fu Ruwei exclaimed and almost dropped the teacup in his hand.

Zhu Guobao and Wen Shiyi both looked puzzled.

Fu Ruwei put down the tea cup, calmed down and said solemnly: "Suiping was captured by the rebels."

"Is that Liu Sheng too?"

"good."

Wen Shiyi said in confusion: "A few days ago, didn't the governor say that the spies reported that they were going to attack the city?"

Zhu Guobao sneered, "How far is Ruyang City from Queshan County? It's been several days. Even if they climb, it's time to climb to Ruyang City.

I'm afraid that I came to Ruyang first just to cover my ears and deceive the spies, and then took a detour to attack Suiping on the way.

It's just that Zhao Guangping, the magistrate of Suiping, is also incompetent. Not only did he not say that the city was not defended, he even sent the news so late - if nothing else, the Liu thief may have captured Suiping for several days. "

Fu Ruwei hurriedly asked his staff, "Did anyone tell me when Suiping fell?"

The staff paused for a moment and then said: "Nine days ago, October 22." "What?!" Fu Ruwei exclaimed again, "Nine days ago? The news was sent nine days after the fall?!"

The staff member said: "The person who came to deliver the news was a servant of the Huang family, a wealthy family in Suiping. According to him, the bandits first pretended to be refugees and captured the city gate in a surprise attack, and then easily captured the county seat.

Later, the county seat was sealed off, no one was allowed to go out, and the news of Suiping's fall was also blocked.

This Huang family servant escaped from the city by hiding in a dung cart.Afraid of being caught by the rebels, it took him two days to take a detour to Ruyang to report the news. "

Wen Shiyi said: "Even so, it took seven days of blockade before anyone sent the news - the ability of this group of rebels is really terrifying."

Zhu Guobao frowned and thought: "Why did the Liu thieves capture Suiping and block the news for so many days?"

Wen Shiyi said: "Perhaps because we divided our forces to attack Suiping, we were worried that the government would take the opportunity to seize Queshan."

Zhu Guobao shook his head, "I'm afraid it's more than that."

In terms of military knowledge, Zhu Guobao, the general judge, had more knowledge than Fu Ruwei and Wen Shiyi, but his knowledge was limited.

He couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he said: "Master, I'm afraid Thief Liu has some other purpose. The city must tighten its defenses in the past few days. Don't be like Suiping, and be attacked by Thief Liu and seize the city."

Fu Ruwei nodded, "Zhu Tongpan is right, I will give the order when I get back."

As for taking advantage of Liu Sheng's division of troops to occupy Suiping, none of the three of them thought about taking Queshan or Suiping.

In fact, there are too many rebels and bandits in Runing now. Wang Shizong took away another batch of money and food before.

The Runing government can only mobilize an army of about a thousand people to suppress small groups of thieves and bandits, and it does not dare to launch a big battle such as taking over the city.

Because the three of them knew in their hearts that if the capital was not lost, even if all other counties in Runing were lost, they would still have a chance to survive.

But if Ruyang, the capital city, is captured by rebels, then even if they do not die in the hands of rebels, they will have to die to apologize afterwards.

Therefore, for them, ensuring the safety of the city is the most important thing.

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Wuyang.

On the second day after capturing the county seat, Liu Sheng left with some of his guards and the fifth battalion.

Without enough troops, Wuyang County is not easy to defend.

Because Wuyang is a large plain to the north and east, there is no danger to rely on, and it is less than a hundred miles away from Yancheng (Luohe) in the south of Kaifeng Prefecture.

Therefore, Liu Sheng is not planning to occupy Wuyang for a long time this time, but will leave in a few days.

However, when he left the city this time, he was going to meet Tieshanji, lead two miners to serve as civilian men, and attack Qilianzhuang and Temple Street.

He did not want to let go of the iron materials and iron-making craftsmen of the owners of these two mines, and the slaves in the mines also had to be rescued.

As for the collection of money and grain from large households in Wuyang County, Liu Sheng left it to Zhao Deyou, Liu Yushu, and An Jun, with Zhao Deyou as the main one and the other two as assistants.

Yang Heqing, Peng Youyi and other battalion commanders and deputy battalion deputies are only responsible for the defense and public security of Wuyang County.

In the next three days, Liu Sheng first defeated Qilian Village and then Temple Street Village.

A total of 15 kilograms of refined iron, 32 kilograms of wrought iron, and [-] kilograms of pig iron were confiscated!

Speaking of which, there are sixteen mine owners in these two mines, four more than Tieshanji. It stands to reason that the confiscated iron materials should be more.

But in fact, the iron mines occupied by these sixteen companies are generally not as good as those in Tieshanji, and the output is naturally lower.

As for the money and food collected from these two places, it was also not much.

A total of 3000 taels, 500 taels of gold and 55 taels of silver were copied.

In addition, [-] shi of grain were collected.

However, there are not many iron-smelting craftsmen and mining slaves recruited.

A total of 800 iron-making craftsmen were recruited into the two places, and more than 5000 mine slaves were rescued!
Speaking of which, the ironmaking craftsmen in various ironworks are not all masters who master the entire ironmaking process.

Most of them are helpers who do hard work, and it is more appropriate to describe them as iron workers.A small number belong to ordinary iron-making craftsmen and apprentices who master some of the iron-making links.

The number of master iron smelters in each mine ranges from one to four or five.

They are the real technical talents.

In order to facilitate custody, the seizures from Qilianzhuang and Temple Street were sent to Tieshanji.

The iron smelting craftsmen were also sent over for centralized supervision.

More than 5000 rescued miners were divided into nine battalions for temporary care.

In order to turn these miners into his own people as soon as possible and free up manpower, Liu Sheng gave a speech in a replica of the previous one the day after the miners gathered at Tieshanji.

Although he didn't even change his lines much, the effect was still very noticeable.

After the speech, the reorganization work of the miners was carried out rapidly.

Also on this day, several fast horses delivered a letter from the Red Lady from the direction of Suiping.

In the letter, in addition to reporting on various tasks in Queshan and Tianmu Mountain in the past half month, the red lady mainly informed one thing -

Queshan County and Tianmu Mountain are in short supply of food!

　First more.

　　Thank you to [Ming Dynasty Imperial Imperial Envoy Zuo Qiandu] for the 100 starting coin reward!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)