Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1459
Whether Xingtai will come forward to rescue these Hebei refugees, there is no doubt at all.It's not about how many difficulties there are in reality, or whether it can be done, but because this is a fundamental issue of principle related to whether the Northern Expedition was a righteous war!
So after the frontline letters came one after another, and after he became more and more aware of the situation in Xindu, Shen Mu made a decisive decision.Even if it will affect the overall strategic advancement of the Eastern Route Army, we must never give up on these Hebei Jin people who are desperate to vote, lest they lose confidence in Xingtai and Wang Shi's Northern Expedition.

Hebei Shengmin, who were confidently fleeing, not only appeared in the direction of Zaoqiang, but also in the direction of Guangchuan City, which is located between the east of Xindu and Bohai County, where Wang Shi was stationed, and a large number of wandering refugees appeared almost at the same time.

In this way, it can be confirmed that a major change has indeed taken place in Xindu of Jie State, and the rout of refugees is not an action used by Jie State to cover up military actions.Because the current Jie country no longer has the ability to fight on multiple fronts, if it exhausts the country's armored troops to attack Tobu City, it can still bring a threat to Tobu City, but if the troops are divided too much, even sending troops will be meaningless.

With such a large-scale fleeing of refugees, there is almost no possibility that Jie Kingdom deliberately did it to mislead Master Wang.Population is the first element of war. If the country of Jie still has such control over the refugees, it can continue to confront Wang Shi with such a large population base, instead of actively driving the people to enemy.

After confirming that there was no Jie country behind the fleeing of the refugees, Shen Mu turned his attention to the relief of these refugees.Even without considering the morality of the Northern Expedition, these are as many as hundreds of thousands of Hebei residents!
The collapse of the Jie Kingdom is a foregone conclusion, and if these hundreds of thousands of living people are scattered in the wilderness and fend for themselves, it is unknown how many of them will survive the lingering winter.This is the essence of the Jin people in Hebei, covering a huge population of several counties. Once they do not receive timely relief and a large number of people die in the wild, the land of several counties in Hebei will be desolate in the future.

More importantly, this will cause the people of Hebei to completely lose their trust in Xingtai, their lives will wither, their hearts will be scattered, and without people, where will the so-called Wangzhi be attached?

As early as last year, when Wang Shibing was approaching Xindu of Jie State, the general informed the frontline generals of the various ministries, and put forward two basic strategic ideas. For the people of Hebei, the second is to eliminate as much as possible the recalcitrant forces in Jie State.When these two goals conflict, the latter must give way to the former.

Xingtai already has as many as hundreds of thousands of mature and daring soldiers, killing the vital forces of Jie State can be carried out at any time, but these innocent people in Hebei, who have already suffered from the tyranny of Jie State, must not compete in the Northern Expedition A large number of casualties were caused on the eve.If you can't wipe out in one battle, then continue to fight again. If a person dies, he cannot be resurrected.

The truth is such a truth, but if it is actually implemented, there are no small difficulties.According to the current situation of the enemy, it can be determined that Xindu of Jieguo is in chaos, and the one closest to Xindu is the East Road Master led by Shen Mu.If you raise your troops at this time, you can imagine that this great feat of destroying the country will surely be included in the pockets of the Eastern Route Army.

But at this point in the war, the reserves of the East Road Master's reserves are no longer sufficient, and it is no longer possible to meet the two tasks of attacking the army and helping refugees at the same time.However, it is still early spring and February, and if they want to get supplies from the rear, at least they have to wait until late spring and early summer.During the two or three months, it is inevitable that there will be many variables.

When this predicament was in front of him, Shen Mu also had to feel the inhuman cruelty of the Capricorn master Shihu.

Obviously, the situation of the country is declining day by day, and it is no longer possible to effectively control a large number of residents in Hebei, but they still insist on gathering such a large number of residents outside the city of Xindu. When such a situation occurs, it is necessary to create a dilemma for Wang Shi to save the people or kill the enemy, so that at the last moment of the war, a large number of Jin people will be dispersed to create a time for his side to continue to retreat to preserve its strength.

After realizing this, Shen Mu couldn't help hating Shihu even more for his viciousness and cruelty, so much so that he couldn't help himself to march forward bravely, and after conquering Xindu, he personally killed this giant thief!
But now, for the sake of the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Hebei, he had to slow down the pace of the attack, and even completely stop the military operations of the East Road Master.But even so, the military reserve of Tobu City is still difficult to meet the relief needs of the living people.

Although he has mainly served as a military officer since his trip to the north, his previous years of experience in commanding Henan East Road have also made Shen Mu no longer a pure warrior who only knows how to fight waves.Relief is inevitable, but the method needs to be carefully weighed.

Those Hebei people gathered around Xindu are not just Jin people, but also many low-level people.Is it to distinguish Hu Xia, save only the Jin people, or provide relief together?
After gathering a group of staff members to discuss, Shen Mu still decided that it is not appropriate to emphasize the difference between Hua and Yi at the moment, and all those who come to vote will be treated as one and given as much as possible.

Because the people fled without much organization, and the Hu people and the Jin people had already merged and mixed together. If they still insist on dividing at this time, when those hopeless Hu people are desperate, they will inevitably go into a dying madness. The people will not count the casualties, so the so-called relief will be meaningless. There must be many more people who died in the riots than those who received relief.

Moreover, it is already a fact that there are a large number of Hu people in Hebei. Xingtai will have a large number of people in the world in the future.If you want to completely wipe out the Hu people in Hebei in a very short period of time, then there will be no hope of Hebei quickly entering the government.The inner barbarians will be enlightened, and the frontier barbarians will be destroyed!

How to subdue and solve the problems of the barbarians in the future is a headache for the general.But right now, Shen Mu can only ensure that as many people as possible are rescued.

There is also the way of relief, and it must not be as simple as just giving food to relieve the hunger.Moreover, the reserves of Tobu City are difficult to maintain for too long. Right now, only a part of the refugees are fleeing in this direction. Once the news of Master Wang's relief spreads, refugees from other directions will inevitably flock to them, which will increase the relief pressure several times.

Therefore, in the process of relief, it is necessary not only to provide real supplies, but also to pay attention to giving people hope of life, instilling the concepts and cognition of the system into these old people who are suitable for chaos, and evacuating the refugee groups as much as possible.In this way, even if there is a temporary shortage of food, the chaos caused and the possibility of riots will be controlled within a limited range.

After making this decision, the [-] troops led by Shen Mu were already on the way to Zaoqiang, and they chose a nearby place to station and set up the front line of relief and consolation. Afterwards, the direction of Tobu City continued to transport northward. supplies, and set up relief bases along the way, through which the refugees will be diverted to Qinghe, Pingyuan and other places in southern Hebei.

Those places have formed a preliminary order, and the experience and means of relief and resettlement of refugees must be much richer than that of Tobu Castle Wangshi.Moreover, through this kind of food relief method for refugees, it is also possible to better control consumption and help more people with limited funds.

After determining the idea of ​​relief, there is another important issue, that is, the problem of forming groups among the refugees.This is almost as important as the relief of refugees and has far-reaching consequences. Among other things, the problem of many refugees between Yongjia Nandu and Huaisi is enough to serve as a lesson.

For example, the exile commanders who had a profound impact on the Jiangdong Dynasty in the early years, such as Xi Jian, Liu Xia, Su Jun, etc., were in the process of moving south, either through personal moral inspiration, or through annexation by force. As a result, it was able to grow and continue to impact the order of Jiangdong.Regardless of whether the results are good or bad, the power these vagrant commanders have is a problem that cannot be ignored.

Although the problem of Xuzhou's refugee handsome has been perfectly solved, the twists and turns in it are really beyond the scope of the book.What Shen Mu considered was simpler. In order to help these fleeing refugees from Hebei, he even gave up the opportunity to attack Xindu, and sacrificed his efforts, in order to establish a strong power among the refugees, because it is absolutely impossible. Allow those rural tyrants to steal this to enrich themselves!

Every grain and meter is a gift from Xingtai, and every strand is the benevolence of the general.If anyone has any greedy thoughts in this regard, and uses his hands and feet recklessly, as much as he stretches out, he will cut off as much as he can!

Therefore, before starting to give relief, Shen Mu first recruited Hebei Xiangxian Shiliu who were in the camp of Dongwu City, and each assigned them temporary duties, and clearly told these people that they were used because they were worthy of honor. , and after they take up their new positions, they must also deeply remember the grace and power of Xingtai's rules and regulations, and be responsible for Xingtai. Anyone who secretly sells his private reputation and expresses his hometown wishes will be killed without mercy!

Of course, just stern reprimands still can't put an end to the trend of the country willing to steal virtue.After these Hebei Shiliu went to different places, Shen Mu arranged for a group of cronies to rush to different relief locations. The task of these people is very simple, that is, to ask the refugees from Hebei when they are here to receive relief.

Once a certain name frequently appears in the words of praise of these refugees, it must be the thief of Xiangyuande, and he will be detained immediately for crime!You are in the office of Xingtai, and you are responsible for the relief matters arranged by Xingtai. What is it again!
The people are simple and simple. Once they feel that they have accepted the favor of some people, it is human nature to remember it, and they are willing to promote such virtues.But after Shen Mu took such tough measures, the praise of the villagers, who was originally the favorite of the rural family, became a rope tightly around their necks.

And the wide range and scale of the people who need relief this time also make this kind of rural voice collection have a high degree of fairness, not to be indulged in vain, and not to be killed.

For a while, these Hebei rural people felt insecure and complained endlessly, lest they be burdened by the old reputation.Now they have no room to resist at all, the collapse of the Jie country is imminent, and it is a fact that a large number of living people are fleeing.Only Xingtai and only Master Wang can provide these endangered people with a way of life. Even if they want to use the reputation of the village to make waves, they can't do it at all.

After arranging these relief matters properly, Shen Mu wrote a detailed record and submitted it to the general in the rear.

When this letter was sent to the general, it was already March, and the general had already left Yecheng and arrived in Guangzong. After reading the letter carefully, the general was overjoyed and couldn't bear it. Lived in admiration to the left and right: "This elder brother of my family already has the demeanor of a great weapon in the community!"

(End of this chapter)