Xinzhou, located in the center of the earthquake, was completely destroyed, and even half of the city was flooded. Humans seemed extremely small in such drastic changes in the world. Li Zhang and his team followed the collapsed city wall for half a circle and finally discovered the settlement of survivors in the northwest of Xinzhou.

It should be a farmland here, but now several huge mounds are suddenly rising, and the ground is also full of huge cracks. However, compared with other places, the ground here is still flat, and there are temporary shacks everywhere. You can see someone moving inside from a distance.

Seeing these survivors, Li Zhang couldn't help but show a hint of joy on his face. After all, he had seen too many dead people along the way, and now he finally saw living people.

At that moment, Li Zhang led his people to step forward quickly, and the people in the camp had already discovered them, especially Li Zhang brought hundreds of imperial guards, all wearing uniforms of imperial guards, which were very distinct. So after a riot in the camp, a group of people soon came out, just looking at their sticks in hand, it seemed that they were quite wary of Li Zhang and the others.

"Who are you, what are you here to do?" The leader was a burly man, who looked about thirties, and was holding a waist knife in his hand. From the weapon, he could see that his status was higher than the people behind him holding sticks. However, he had a cloth strap wrapped around his head, and there was still blood spilling over, and his face was a little pale, and he seemed to be seriously injured.

"I am the Marquis of Dingbei Li Zhang, who came to Xinzhou to rescue disasters under the order of Your Majesty. Are you the people of Xinzhou?" Li Zhang immediately stated his identity and asked. The order was destroyed under the disaster. He had seen it before. It is estimated that these survivors have experienced more, so it is normal to be vigilant.

"Marquis Dingbei?" The man led by the man was stunned when he heard Li Zhang's identity, and then shouted with surprise, "But Li Duwei, who invented the firearm and defeated the Dangxiang with the old general Cao?"

"Yes, who are you?" Li Zhang smiled again. Although he was no longer a Duwei, because he did many major things as a Duwei, the title Duwei was no longer a title, but was almost synonymous with him.

"Wang Wengong, the chief military commander of Xinzhou, paid homage to the Marquis of Dingbei!" The burly man immediately saluted Li Zhang at this time, with his face full of surprise.

The positions of the military and horse chief supervisor are quite wide. There are military and horse chief supervisors in the army. Local prefectures and county towns also have military and horse chief supervisors, so the scope of power is different. For example, the military and horse chief supervisors in the army are extremely powerful and are in charge of the mobilization and warfare of the army. Back then, Cao Bin, Cao Wei and his son were both in the military and horse chief supervisors, while the local military and horse chief supervisors were more detailed.

Generally speaking, there are two types of local military and horse supervision. One is the military and horse supervision, which is the military and horse supervision of the imperial guards in a certain prefecture. There is also the military and horse supervision of the city, which is in charge of local military and horse garrisons, which are in charge of local military and horse garrisons. The two are not subordinate to each other. Among them, the military and horse supervision is generally located in border prefectures and stationed with imperial guards. If a war occurs, the military and horse supervision of the military and horse supervision must listen to the dispatch of the Hou court to the battlefield to fight against the enemy.

"It turned out to be the King of the Capital, so there is no need to be too polite. How is the situation in Xinzhou now?" Li Zhang immediately asked with relief when he heard that the other party was a local official. The King of the Capital was obviously the local imperial guard stationed in the capital. Some places were eunuchs, but most of them were still military generals, such as Dong Ping, a famous double-gun general in Water Margin. He is the Military and Horse of the Dongping Prefecture.

When Li Zhang asked about the situation in Xinzhou, Wang Wengong, the general, suddenly turned red in his eyes and said with a very sad voice: "Report to the Marquis of Dingbei, Xinzhou City was completely destroyed. Most of the people in the city were killed and injured, and less than 10,000 survived, most of them were injured. During this period, I and Zu Zhizhou could only barely rescue the injured people, and were unable to organize the civilians to enter the city to rescue the people who might still be alive in the city!"

When Wang Wengong spoke at the end, tears also flowed down, because many of his relatives died in earthquakes. After all, under such natural disasters, both officials and ordinary people are equally fragile. There are quite a few officials who died in earthquakes, and even the imperial guards under him are now not one in ten.

Li Zhang also showed a sad look when he heard this. There were more than 30,000 people in Xinzhou City, but less than 10,000 people survived now. In other words, more than 20,000 people died in the earthquake. Although there may still be people living in the ruins in the city, nearly ten days have passed since the earthquake. Without rescue, they may have died of hunger and thirst.

Thinking of this, Li Zhang couldn't help but sigh, but now is not the time to be sad, so he said to Wang Dujian again: "Take me to see Zu Zhizhou, I want to learn more about the situation in Xinzhou!"

"Okay, Zu Zhizhou is injured. It is not convenient to go out now. Please follow me by Dingbei Hou!" Wang Dujian agreed immediately, and then asked the people behind him to make way.

Li Zhang looked at the people holding sticks and had some guesses in his mind, so he asked the Wangdujian as he walked: "Is it unsafe nearby?"

"Dingbei Hou guessed it well. All human nature was lost in the disaster, and we were not affected for a long time. There was a shortage of food among the victims. Some people lost their human nature when hunger. Not only did they use force to rob others of food, but they even had people. Most of my soldiers and horses died in earthquakes. Everyone survived was injured and they were unable to maintain the rules. In desperation, they could only organize these people..."

Following the story of Wang Dujian, Li Zhang also had a preliminary understanding of the situation after the Xinzhou earthquake. It turned out that after the earthquake, officials such as the prefect Zu Baishi were also injured, but they still tried their best to move the surviving people in the city to outside the city. Because after the earthquake, the city was very dangerous.

At the beginning, officials such as Wangdujian could barely maintain order among the victims. However, as the food shortage became more and more serious, many victims were hungry. Although Wangdujian had brought people into the city many times to find food, there was not much food available, which also led to some victims starting to snatch food and even eating people.

For this reason, Wang Dujian also personally led his people to kill several people, but he still couldn't hold back. Some time ago, a riot occurred in the camp of the victims. Some time ago, someone led his people to plunder food and women, and then fled to the nearby mountains. From time to time, he would go down the mountain to plunder the victims, so Wang Dujian and others were so nervous when they saw Li Zhang.
Chapter completed!