Soldiers come to the world

Yi County, Hejian County, is the northernmost county in Hejian County, close to Fanyang County, Youzhou. During Cao Cao’s attack on Wuhuan last year, Yi County was the rear of Cao’s army, hoarding a large amount of military equipment and food. .

Although Cao Jun prepared for the war in Jingzhou and transported most of the grain, grass, military equipment and other materials to Nanyang County, there are still a large number of grain, grass, military equipment and armor stored in hundreds of warehouses in Yi County. It is precisely because of this that Yi County is very important. , Among the counties in Hebei where troops are generally stationed, only Yi County has [-] troops stationed.

At this time, Yi County has entered an eventful season. In the past two months, Yi County, along with nearby Gaoyang County and Mo County, have encountered severe locust plagues.

The overwhelming plague of locusts swept across everything. Wherever they passed, the crops that were about to mature were devoured. The beans, corn and other grains grown in Yi County were almost wiped out, and the people of Yi County fell into extreme panic.

As time went by, the famine became more and more serious, and the food reserves were gradually exhausted, and most people began to run out of food.

At this time, Yedu's approval finally came, allowing Hejian County to open a warehouse for disaster relief, and the Yixian county government also began to smash porridge in the county town. The news spread, and the people of Yi County gathered like ants, rushing towards the county town from all directions go.

In the small county town of Yi County, more than [-] people gathered from all townships and lis. Thirty thousand mouths were waiting to be fed. The relief food in the country is less than [-]%.

Hunger gradually intensified all kinds of contradictions, which showed that the order of the county was very chaotic. Robbery, murder, forced prostitution, bandits outside the city, merchants disappeared, tens of thousands of people in the city were struggling with hunger, and the final resistance was imminent.

At noon that day, three yamen servants walked quickly to a narrow alley in the south of the city. The reason there were three yamen servants was because none of the yamen servants dared to go to the street alone.

As long as they walked on the street, there would be countless pairs of hungry and hateful eyes staring at them. Five yamen servants had been killed, and the people of the county yamen were in panic.

Three yamen servants walked into the alley, and at the end of it was a small courtyard. The black door was closed tightly. One of the tall yamen servants stepped forward and patted the door knocker rhythmically. After a while, the door opened a crack , three yamen servants dodged into the yard.

"Is sir there?" asked the chief yamen servant.

"The inner hall is waiting for you."

The three yamen servants walked quickly to the inner hall. The gentleman mentioned by the yamen servants was Xun Chen, the leader of Xingyuan Bajun. The locust plague in the northern part of Hejian County made Xun Chen see an opportunity. Put it in Yi County.

On the one hand, Yi County was the hardest hit. On the other hand, Yi County has extremely important supplies such as food and military equipment. Once successfully captured, it will have an extremely important role in promoting their uprising.

In the room, Xun Chen and Li Fu were discussing their next move. Capturing Yi County was only the first step. The key was that if they wanted to gain a foothold in Hebei, they had to defeat the strangulation of Cao Jun in the future.

Xun Chen trusted Li Fu very much. Not only was Li Fu resourceful and knowledgeable, but more importantly, he was Liu Jing's representative. If they wanted to succeed, they had to get Liu Jing's full support. Tell Li Fu what you want, and then get his support.

"The reason why I advocate taking Yi County as the first step is not only for the food and supplies in Yi County, but more importantly, I intend to take Youzhou as our foundation for revival."

Li Fu didn't immediately respond to Xun Chen's words, he stared at Jicheng, Youzhou is indeed a good place to separate the regime, backed by Yanshan Mountain, south can compete with Hebei.

Even if the army is defeated, they can retreat to Liaodong. With the good relationship between the Yuan family and Wuhuan, it is easy to gain a foothold in Liaodong.

Li Fu pondered for a long time and asked, "There are [-] Cao troops stationed in Youzhou. Does Duke Xun have any countermeasures?"

Xun Chen smiled slightly, "Have you forgotten? The general who holds the military power in Youzhou is Yan Rou. Although he was reused by Cao Cao as the captain of Wuhuan, the lord also treated him with great kindness back then. I hope I can convince you He supports the new lord?"

"Is it possible?" Li Fu asked suspiciously.

"It should be possible. In fact, he knows about our Xingyuan Society and where the young master lives? But he kept silent. I visited him once and hoped that he would support our rebellion."

"How is the result?"

Xun Chen couldn't hide his excitement and said: "He didn't express his position, but he said that we are alone and we can't succeed, but if it is now, with Jiang Xia's support, and Cao Cao suffered a serious setback in the south, I'm afraid we won't be able to succeed." It's the same."

Li Fu nodded. If this is the case, if more than 1 regular troops can surrender, then the chances of success will be greater.

At this time, the attendants came up with three yamen servants, "Sir, they are here!"

The three yamen servants are all Guo Song's subordinates. Guo Song has a very wide network of contacts. He spent money to buy a job as a gangster Cao in Yi County, and he was in charge of some of the yamen servants. He then used his power to arrange a dozen capable subordinates. Yamen servants.

Three yamen servants stepped forward and saluted: "See Mr. Xun!"

Xun Chen immediately asked, "How is the situation at the county government?"

"Reporting to Mr., tens of thousands of hungry people gathered outside the county government office, begging for disaster relief and food distribution. They were very emotional, but the granary was empty, and all the official food was resold by the county magistrate. Now the county government office is very anxious, and the county magistrate is preparing to garrison troops in the warehouse Help."

Xun Chen and Li Fu glanced at each other, the time was ripe, Xun Chen immediately ordered the three yamen servants: "Go back quickly and tell Guo Gong that we will do it in an hour!"

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The square in front of Yixian county government was crowded with tens of thousands of hungry people kneeling on their knees. Since the morning, hundreds of elders from families had come to plead with the county government for food relief, but the county government never responded. ignore them.

When the time came in the afternoon, more and more hungry people came to hear the news, carrying empty rice bags and old pottery pots, kneeling down and begging the county government to release grain and porridge. wave.

"I beg the county master to release the food!"

"We have run out of food and have been hungry for two days."

At this time, several big men stood out from the crowd, and they shouted loudly: "We grow these grains, why not give them to us? We want our own grain!"

Some people took the lead in agitating, and the hungry people's emotions were gradually mobilized. They stopped begging and started shouting, "Give us back the food! Open the warehouse to release the food!"

Someone in the crowd kept shouting: "That's our food, ask the government to open the warehouse to release the food!"

"Release the grain!" More than [-] people roared loudly, and the roar shook the sky. The granary was on the east side of the county government office, and tens of thousands of hungry eyes were staring at the tall spire of the granary next to the county government office.

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In the hall of the county government office, several officials were devastated and looked at the county magistrate helplessly. The county magistrate, surnamed Zhou, was a county magistrate in his fifties. He was a native of Yi County. He has worked hard for 30 years, is very good at observing words and deeds, and is also good at adapting to the situation. Last year Cao Cao was stationed in Yi County, and he was the chief bookkeeper at that time.

But he seized the opportunity to show shrewdness in front of Cao Cao, and took good care of Guo Jia. After Guo Jia died of illness, he buried Guo Jia in a beautiful place, and the tomb was well built. He was deeply comforted and promoted him to the county magistrate.

County magistrate Zhou is 56 years old, and his career path has been cut off, so he is focused on his own pension issues. The locust plague did not send supervisory officials down, so he seized the opportunity.

He colluded with the tyrants of Yi County, embezzled [-] shi of the [-] shi of grain in the official warehouse, and shipped it to other places to sell it at a high price to make huge profits. However, the people of Yi County only used [-] shi to relieve the disaster, but the account went away to relieve the [-] shi In this way, he became rich overnight and solved the pension problem.

But now he encountered a problem, the official warehouse was empty, but the hungry people refused to disperse, which made him a little panicked. On the one hand, he urgently asked the county government for food allocation, and on the other hand, he asked the Cangcheng garrison for help.

At this time, Cao Guosong, the new thief from the sect, rushed over and said loudly: "Magistrate Zhou, the hungry people are making trouble outside, go and comfort them!"

"The granary is out of food, how do you ask me to appease you?"

Magistrate Zhou paced restlessly back and forth with his hands behind his back, and the county magistrate advised him in a low voice, "Magistrate, there are still 5000 million yuan in the treasury, why not put a little money in to appease the victims, I am worried that they will attack the county soon." It's over."

"Are you crazy?"

Magistrate Zhou gritted his teeth and said, "It's the court's tax money, and the account has already been reported. If the tax money is released, how can we explain it to the prime minister?"

The county lieutenant also couldn't help persuading: "The imperial court doesn't know our current situation. Once the hungry people break out, not only will the tax money be robbed, but none of us will survive. Instead of being killed by the hungry people, it is better to release a little less. 300 million or 500 million is fine, first appease their emotions, so as to buy time and wait for the arrival of the Cangcheng army."

Magistrate Zhou is also conflicted. The only thing he can count on now is the army in Cangcheng, but he is also afraid that there will be too little time. His wife, children and parents are all in the back house.

He finally made up his mind, and whispered to several officials: "All of us are paying 300 million tax dollars to save our lives. Once the prime minister sends someone to question you, you have to prove it for me!"

Several officials nodded together, "Don't worry, the county magistrate, everyone is here to save their lives."

County magistrate Zhou suddenly changed his mind, and said to the county magistrate: "3000 million relief funds should be written on the account."

The county magistrate immediately understood, and smiled meaningfully: "The county magistrate is wise, anyway, there are countless hungry people, and there is nowhere to find out if the relief is released."

The county lieutenant next to him suggested again: "Since this is the case, let's find some people to pretend to be robbers and set fire to the warehouse. Even if we come to investigate, we can also infer that it was the hungry people and the robbers looting."

County magistrate Zhou narrowed his eyes. He understood what the county magistrate and magistrate meant. There were tens of millions of money in the treasury. This was a good opportunity to make a fortune.

"Then make an account of 3000 million yuan, 300 million yuan will be given to the hungry people, and the rest of the money will be just us..."

Guo Song stood behind and cursed secretly, "This group of corrupt officials should really die!"

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