generation hero

Yuan Tang had a head problem, and was so excited that he almost stepped on his back foot, but he could only bow down and say: "The last general will see Your Highness."

Feng Cong wore the internal historian's official uniform, his hair tied up in a high crown, his eyes were bright, and he smiled at Yuan Tang.

General Su looked at Feng Cong and said, "I heard that Yuan participated in serving as an attendant to His Highness in Beijing."

Feng Cong said: "That's true."

General Su said with a smile: "Your Highness has come from a long way, and tonight there will be a banquet at the residence, and I would like to invite His Highness to honor you."

Feng Cong said: "There's no rush. I just heard that there are refugees from Yuzhou outside the city. What's going on?"

Everyone in the audience heard that Yuan Tang sent someone to report, Liu Changshi asked: "How is the situation in Yuzhou, did you bring someone back?"

Yuan Tang said: "The Yi Chi people in Yuzhou raised their troops, and I have brought the Lord back to Bai Yu."

Feng Cong said, "Come up, please."

When Hong Sunjian saw so many people gathered in the hall, he was a little dazed for a moment, and Yuan Tang hurriedly said: "This is the history of the county, and this is General Su, please tell the truth about the situation in Yuzhou that I just told you, Hong Xingzhu. Shi and the general report."

Hong Sunjian paused, and then began to talk about the passage of Yuzhou Yichi's army. General Su pondered and asked, "When you left Yuzhou, Beicheng had already sent troops to Yuzhou?"

Hong Sunjian said: "Exactly, the Di people and the Yichi people have already fought. The Yichi people forcibly recruited slaves and ordered all the families to hand over all the stored grain. In Yuzhou, the seeds have not been planted this spring, and the people are struggling to survive."

General Su has gone through vicissitudes on the battlefield, and there are several deep lines around his eyes and brows. At this time, his complexion is solemn, and the lines have become more serious.He also asked Hong Sunjian when he would set off from Yuzhou, where he would cross the river, what he had seen and heard on the way, and what he heard about the movements of the Beichengdi army, etc. Hong Sunjian answered them all and asked many more questions. Only then did General Su let someone take Hong Xingzhu away.

General Su asked Feng Cong with his eyes, but Feng Cong said, "I'm new here, please arrange it with General Su."

"The last general will not give way," General Su said, "What do you guys think about this?"

Sima Qinhe first said: "The general thought that the defense outside Baiyu City should be deployed as soon as possible, so he continued to send people to patrol around the city, and then sent spies to the border of Yuzhou to investigate, so as to prevent the military disaster in Yuzhou from affecting Baiyu or Beisheng. Take the opportunity to send troops to the south."

Liu Changshi said: "How does the general think the refugees outside the city will be resettled?"

General Su said: "Yuzhou is not far from Qizhou. The city will be strictly armed from now on. Naturally, we can't let the refugees flood into the city. We should resettle them outside the city first."

Liu Yanping frowned, but said nothing.

Next, General Su made some minor changes to the defenses inside and outside the city. Yuan Tang's thoughts had already flown, and he listened to the left and the right, and couldn't help but look at Feng Cong, who smiled at him.

General Su also invited Feng Cong to discuss matters in the study room where official business was handled. Yuan Tang went to his recording hall to deal with the backlog of paperwork for several days. The two lay down and waited outside the general's study.

Before Feng Cong came, he waited for Chang Shi Liu Yanping to come. Liu Changshi took several civil and military officials to inspect the situation of the refugees outside the city.

Liu Changshi selected a leeward area outside the city to set up a refugee camp, and Yuan Tang transferred soldiers from Xigaogang to help the refugees set up tents.

Until evening, most of the refugees moved into the camp.Liu Changshi asked people to take rice from the warehouse to make porridge and distribute it to them, leaving the officials to register the population and make a register, and he left the camp after dark.

Yuan Tang and Liu Changshi rode back to the city, Liu Changshi said: "Yuan Canjun used to serve as a student of internal history, why didn't I hear you mention it before?"

Yuan Tang also thought about Feng Cong for a long time. Hearing Liu Changshi talk about it, he replied with a smile: "Thanks to the appreciation of the Empress Dowager, I just accompanied His Highness for a few days, and I dare not boast in front of everyone."

Liu Changshi was young and had already grown a beautiful beard, which fluttered in the wind. He nodded while stroking his beard, as if he agreed with Yuantang's low-key approach.

"Yan Ping was not born in the world early, and he never saw the demeanor of Prince Wenxi. Now, looking at the words and deeds of internal history, he is similar to the appearance of the former prince."

Yuantang thought that Feng Cong and the Prince Wenxi in your hearts must not be of the same type, but there is nothing wrong with praising him.

After returning to the mansion, Yuan Tang remembered that General Su was going to entertain Feng Cong that night, so he went back to his residence, changed his clothes and rushed to the general's mansion.

The banquet over there was already open, and it was still the same as when Yuan Tang was cleaned up. The lieutenants who joined the army were a little more restrained than when Yuan Tang first came.The banquet is over, Bai Yucheng has not yet prepared the internal history mansion, Liu Yanping wants to invite Feng Cong to live in Liu's house temporarily, Feng Cong saw Yuan Tang eagerly looking into his eyes, declined Liu Changshi's kindness, and went back to the mansion with Yuan Tang Ya.

In the car, Yuan Tang couldn't help throwing himself on Feng Cong, and said happily, "Why are you here!"

The two hit the wall of the car with a "bang", Feng Cong looked at him with a smile, and said, "I've made progress, not only is it stronger, but it's also stronger than before."

Yuan Tang chuckled, thumped Feng Cong and said, "I was taken aback. When did you leave Beijing? Will the Empress Dowager let you go? Why didn't you write to me when you came? How did you become a national of Qi County?" history..."

Yuan Tang's questions were like a cannonball, but Feng Cong said, "Get up first."

Yuan Tang realized that he was riding on Feng Cong. He backed away slightly, and his face was a little hot. Feng Cong put his backhand on his shoulders, pulled him closer, and said, "I have a surprise for you. His edict is one step slower than mine."

Yuan Tang said: "Didn't the Empress Dowager want to crown you king, why did she let you go to Baiyu?"

Feng Cong said flatly: "She can't meet my conditions, so she can't keep me anymore."

Yuan Tang remembered that Feng Cong told the Queen Mother that night that he wanted to change Prince Wenxi to be the emperor, but the Queen Mother did not agree.

"Then she doesn't need you for the royal family..."

Feng Cong said casually: "Wang Qu has arrived in Huizhou, the Queen Mother and Wang Shangshu are still in court, and the Wang family's family is not in trouble within a day or two. Rather than leaving me to continue to trouble her in the capital, it is better to let me out." .”

Yuan Tang wondered, "Did you want the Queen Mother to annoy you and drive you out of the capital?"

Feng Cong raised his eyebrows, but did not deny it.

Yuan Tang thought to himself that you are really not afraid that the queen mother will "click" you.

Feng Cong seemed to see through his thoughts, and said with a casual smile, "The queen mother wants to keep me and remind my uncle all the time that she has ignored me for so many years, and she hasn't let others kill me, so she won't kill me."

Yuantang felt that the Queen Mother might also feel guilty towards Prince Wenxi, and it is hard to say how much these guilts weighed in her heart, but she did cry very sadly that night.

"Bai Yu is too far away from the capital. Why did the Empress Dowager let you come here to suffer?" This time the king was not named, and he was appointed as an internal historian. With Feng Cong's background, he could be named the king of Qi. A little embarrassing.When Yuan Tang said that, he completely forgot that he was "suffering" at Bai Yu.

King Feng Cong leaned against the chariot wall and said, "Baiyu City is no ordinary place. It is already the nearest town to the Changhe River in Nanxia, ​​and it is not far from the waterway of the Changhe River, and in order to resist Beicheng, Baiyu City At the time of Yu, heavy troops were assembled, and other generals stationed at the border often needed to be mobilized. The competition for the position of Shangjun Township General was not for the strength of Shangjun Mansion and Bei Sanzhou. The sergeants are all for their own use. If Su Shoukui establishes enough prestige in Qizhou and can control Qizhou's troops, even if the Wang family and the Xiao family lose in the battle for Shangjun Township, they will be able to use Su Shoukui's Qizhou and Shangyun in the future. .”

General Su still had such an arrangement when he arrived in Qizhou, and the Queen Mother really took every step of the way. With Yuan Tang's limited knowledge, he had never seen such a thoughtful and deep-minded person like the Queen Mother.

"So," Yuan Tang said, "Bai Yu and Qizhou are very important to the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager cannot keep you in Beijing, so she sent you to Bai Yu."

Feng Cong glanced at Yuan Tang and said, "I'm the one who wants to come."

Yuantang's heart moved, and he wanted to ask Feng Cong if he came for him, but he felt that it was too narcissistic to ask.

After the joy of meeting, Yuan Tang hesitated to take the opportunity to confess his love to Feng Cong. The two of them sat in the carriage and whispered something that could not be heard outside.How should I speak?

The car was quiet for a while, Yuan Tang started to have nothing to say: "If I had known that the Queen Mother would let you go out of Beijing, I wouldn't have to be so sad when we parted."

Feng Cong propped his chin and smiled: "I'm not sure about the Queen Mother's next arrangement."

"Then what does the Empress Dowager want you to do in Baiyu?"

"Take control of Baiyu with Su Shoukui and rein in Qizhou's troops," Feng Cong said.

The queen mother originally planned to let Feng Cong go to Shangyun and send another veteran to assist her. Now Feng Cong is sent to Qizhou. It can be advanced or retreated. From this point of view, sending Yuantang to Qizhou may also mean to serve as an outpost.

"Are you going to do what the Queen Mother wants?" Yuan Tang asked.

Feng Cong had been wrestling with the Queen Mother a lot in the capital, and what he was going to do now was beyond the reach of the Queen Mother. Yuan Tang wondered if the Queen Mother was a little too relieved about Feng Cong leaving the capital.

Feng Cong's eyes flickered, and he frowned and said, "Now the situation between Qi Zhou and Bai Yu is unknown, let's go through this pass first."

Yuan Tang suddenly understood that the Queen Mother probably knew that Feng Cong was casual but not rash, so she dared to send Feng Cong here.

Feng Cong looked at the northern sky in a daze.

Yuantang's head suddenly cleared up, and he saw Feng Cong's intention of going away from Feng Cong's eyes.

Feng Cong lost his parents in Xia Kingdom, had no freedom, and could not take revenge because of his oath to Prince Wenxi, so he must have lived a very miserable life here.

Bai Yu is already very close to the Changhe River. If you go west along the Changhe River, you can reach Yaojing by water or land, and then go northwest to the outside of the pass.

Feng Cong can stay in Baiyu temporarily, but he won't stay here forever. After leaving the capital, Feng Cong's goal has been achieved. Sooner or later, he will spread his wings and fly to where he wants to go.

Perhaps the queen mother didn't realize Feng Cong's determination to leave, so she let him go to Baiyu.

Yuan Tang had to stay in Xia Kingdom. No matter what his relationship with Feng Cong was, he couldn't ask Feng Cong to stay for him. This was really selfish, but Yuan Tang found that he really wanted Feng Cong to stay.

Yuan Tang lowered his eyelids, unable to utter some of the words he had prepared, for he was afraid that saying them would turn into another meaning.

Originally, there was no post of internal historian in Qizhou, but when Feng Cong came, the chiefs of counties and counties in Qizhou came to Bai Yu to meet Feng Cong one after another.The Empress Dowager did not let Feng Cong come to Baiyu alone, but also sent a group of people to serve as officials of the Internal History Office, and quickly established the Internal History Office.

As expected, more and more refugees came from Yuzhou, and the Beicheng army deployed along the river to the south of the Changhe River. Occasionally, the Yi Red Army came across the river to fight the Beichengdi army.

Yuantang's Xigaogang camp is the frontier of defense outside Baiyu City. He often encounters soldiers from Beichengdi and Yichi when patrolling. Both sides seem to not want to start a war with Nanxia for the time being.

At this time, thousands of refugees crossed the river to reach Baiyu City. Even though Baiyu City had abundant grain reserves, so many refugees still caused a lot of pressure on Baiyu.

Yuantang brought another group of refugees to the refugee camp outside the city. This group of more than 300 people just came from Yuzhou, which was in turmoil. The leader was also a son of a local rich family. The battle by the river was in full swing. When they set off, there were five to six hundred people in their group, all of whom were from the local villages. In the end, less than half of them survived.

When he arrived at the refugee camp, Pang Xingzhu asked, "Why are we placed outside the city? Can't we be allowed to enter the city?"

Yuan Tang explained: "Recently, there are too many people coming from the north, and the city can't accommodate them. There are tents in the camp."

Pang Xingzhu and his party had just gone through the chaos of war, so they couldn't help but feel relieved, someone said: "There is no shelter outside the city, if the enemy troops attack, we will be trampled under the horses."

"Please join the army, please, let us enter the city."

"Yes, you can do it."

More and more people gathered in the camp. They fled to Baiyu, knowing that Baiyu was not a safe place, and they all wanted to continue going south.The Southern Xia court has always strictly controlled the refugees who migrated to the south, and only allowed the refugees to be resettled on the north bank of the river. General Su had already written to the court to report the matter, but the order to resettle the refugees has not yet been issued.

With so many refugees, they couldn't be allowed to cross Qizhou to the southern states indiscriminately. The refugees stayed outside Baiyu City for many days, and they were quite dissatisfied.

Hearing that some people complained, others also talked to each other, more people came up and surrounded Yuan Tang and the soldiers, Yuan Tang was afraid that the refugees would clash with the soldiers, so he said at the top of his voice, "Quiet, everyone calm down! !"

Feng Cong and Liu Changshi were also in the refugee camp. Hearing the movement, Liu Changshi hurriedly asked the accompanying officials to pull them away.

When the common people saw Feng Cong, some people cried out.

They all knew that Feng Cong was from the clan, not just because of his background, but when they yelled at His Royal Highness, Feng Cong scratched his ears and scratched his head a little awkwardly at first, but gradually got used to it.

Feng Cong asked, "Why are you making such a fuss!"

When Pang Xingzhu heard someone calling King Feng Cong, he walked up on his knees, pulled Feng Cong's clothes and said, "The remnant people have not heard of Enhua for a long time, and they have returned from thousands of miles south. They escaped from death, and I beg your mercy."

Negative emotions are easily contagious, and many people shed tears when they heard the words.

Feng Cong frowned, and Liu Changshi couldn't bear it.

Feng Cong helped that Pang Xingzhu up, and said: "The military government has contacted the counties and counties of Qizhou, and will send people to other counties and counties of Qizhou tomorrow. I will also personally bring civil and military officials to accompany me, so you don't have to worry. "

When the refugees heard what Feng Cong said, they all showed joy. Although they were still in Qizhou, they were better than staying in Baiyu.After finally persuading the gathered refugees to disperse, Yuan Tang asked, "Hasn't the court responded yet?"

Liu Changshi said: "The imperial court orders not to let the refugees disperse. Starting tomorrow, Qin Sima will select the strong ones from among the refugees to enlist in the army." Handle the affairs of the refugees."

Feng Cong said, "It's okay, it's just my job."

The government officials came to report the shortage of tents in the camp, and Liu Changshi arranged for people to fetch cloth to set up tents.

Feng Cong pulled Yuan Tang aside and said, "How about the garrison outside the city?"

Yuan Tang didn't hide his secrets from Feng Cong, and whispered: "Everything has been fortified, the general asked us to patrol day and night, Beicheng garrisoned by the Changhe River, never approached south, but there are some Yichi people wandering around on loose horses , but none of them approached the camp. Beicheng sent a large army to Yuzhou to suppress it, and the Yichi people also gathered the tribes around Yuzhou to fight back. The general speculated that there would be a result of the battle in Yuzhou at the latest in early summer, regardless of whether the Yichi people would win If the people of Beicheng and Di are victorious, the generals of the capital will be victorious, and they may take advantage of the victory to seize Bai Yu."

Feng Cong nodded, looked at Yuan Tang, and liked Yuan Tang's energetic appearance in military uniform very much, and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and I look more and more like a general."

Yuan Tang didn't know whether to laugh or cry and said, "It's hard to join the army. The soldiers are not well trained, so every step counts." Then he said, "Are you really planning to leave Bai Yu as an internal historian?"

Yuan Tang actually wanted to ask Feng Cong when he planned to leave Nanxia. Feng Cong could leave as soon as he was in Shangyun, but now that he is far away from the capital, it is not easy to escape.

Feng Cong looked at him with raised eyebrows: "Why, you want me to leave early."

"No," Yuan Tang blurted out, but said insincerely, "But if you leave now, I can really help you. Let's cover it up so that others can't find it. From now on, you can fly away."

Feng Cong said with a smile: "My internal history disappeared as soon as I took office, and there is chaos outside, Baiyu City can't be messed up."

He patted Yuan Tang on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, don't leave yet."

Yuantang felt bitter if he didn't leave or had to leave.