In mid-March, the spring is bright, and it is the time when the literati and poets and young ladies go out to enjoy the flowers. However, the official road from Bingzhou to Huazhou was a miserable scene. The refugees along the way were mostly haggard, with pale faces, dirty clothes, dirty faces, and dirty faces. The young and strong carts were carrying loads. The elderly and women were holding children. From time to time, they could see the elderly who could not walk leaning against the tree and waiting to die.

A group of fast horses rushed from the official road, raised the rolling smoke and dust, and was shocked by the pedestrians on the road to avoid the side. The leading black horse was charcoal. Jiang Anyi saw the miserable scene on the road and strangled the horse. Everyone around him stopped.

"Where is this?" Jiang Anyi turned around and asked. Xinfei is an old river and lake, and the road is more familiar than Jiang Anyi. She looked around and said, "This place should be in Anba County, Bingzhou, only more than ten miles away from the county town and seventy miles away from Nanfeng County. Anyi, we ran for more than half an hour and it's time to take a break."

Nanfeng County is the entrance to Bingzhou Jiehua Prefecture, only 160 miles away from Huiye Mansion. Chaoting ordered reinforcements from various states to gather in Nanfeng County, waiting for the Chaoting army to rescue Huiye Mansion.

The army of the Otaku Mansion was drawn from the Sixteen Guards and the Eastern Palace, with a total of 60,000 troops, half of the light cavalry and half of the infantry. The commander was Jiang Anyi, and the emperor appointed him as the governor of Huazhou. His official rank was third, and he was given a seal and full authority to dispatch military and political affairs in Huazhou. The two deputy commanders were Huang Jifei, the General of the Left Wu Guard (the second son of Huang Yongsheng, the Marquis of Xuanwu) and Yan Jiancai, the new Left Supervisor General.

Jiang Anyi divided the reinforcements into two parts. Yan Jiancai led 30,000 light cavalry to Nanfeng County first. Huang Jifei led 30,000 infantry to the back. He took Xinfei, An Yong, Shi Tou, Liu Yixing and others to Nanfeng County with fast horses.

Although the emperor promised him to select his followers, the emperor was suspicious by nature. He urgently followed the power of this matter and appointed himself as the commander of the State Administration and fully managed the matters in Huazhou. He was extremely powerful. After reading so many historical books, Jiang Anyi knew that if the emperor could not be relieved, the prince would be in vain for making great contributions. His final fate would be either killed or demoted.

His wife and children must be taken hostage. Huazhou is fighting, so Jiang Anyi is not at ease to take his family by his side. He will talk about everything after he settles down. To Jiang Anyi's surprise, the emperor actually ordered Xinfei to command the hundred dragon guards and secret guards who accompanied him as the Dragon Guard Supervisor.

It would be impossible to go to Huazhou without a trustee. An Yong must go. Shi Tou is already the chief minister of the Eastern Palace and was also drawn to the expedition this time. Jiang Anyi simply asked the prince to bring him to his side. Ning Hu was fine and decided to follow Jiang Anyi. In addition, Park Tianhao, Huang Zhu and other personal guards returned with An Yong, and the Wu side was enough.

In terms of literature, Liu Yixing accompanied him, Tian Shoulou and Fan Shiben were both interested in going there, but was persuaded by Jiang Anyi. The capital also needed manpower. He was far away from the world and was worried and greedy, and no one could inform him. Li Laigao took the initiative to volunteer to accompany him, which surprised Jiang Anyi a little. The test was imminent, and Li Donghong and Li Laigao were both famous and were lively figures who had passed the imperial examination today. Will going to Huazhou with him delay the future?

Li Laigao smiled and said, "Compared with the imperial examination, Li valued Brother Jiang's future more. My grandfather was also moved by me. If the Li family wants to rise again, they have to place bets from multiple sources, so Li bets on Brother Jiang."

"Jiang will never forget the virtue of helping each other, and there will be a reward in the future." Jiang Anyi was very happy. Li Laigao was good at coordinating and organizing, and better than Li Donghong's skill in documentary exchanges. With his help, he was like an arm.

Jiang Anyi was imprisoned. Xinfei wrote a letter to ask Mr. Zhang to rush to Beijing. The person was still on the way. Jiang Anyi asked the escort agency to tell him to go directly to the Huiye Mansion to meet. In addition, Jiang Anyi used to have some team members in Huazhou, so there should be no shortage of personnel after arriving in Huazhou.

There was a long pavilion beside the road. Jiang Anyi jumped off the horse and said, "Stop, Shitou, go and invite a few refugees to come. I want to ask about the situation. An Yong, please collect the dry food you carry with you and distribute it. We will go to the Anba Line and then replenish it."

Park Tianhao and others helped An Yong distribute dry food, and immediately surrounded a large circle of people. When they had food, the child quickly stuffed it into his mouth, while the adults lay on the ground to thank him. The stone led several old men into the pavilion to see Jiang Anyi. The leading old man was in his sixties and was wearing a shabby long gown. He could not see the color clearly, but his behavior was gentle. When he approached, the old man stared at Jiang Anyi who was sitting in the pavilion. His lips trembled for a long time and said, "Master Jiang, you are Master Jiang."

He turned around suddenly, and the old man shouted to the outside of the pavilion, "Friends, Lord Jiang is back, everyone is saved."

"Master Jiang", "Master Jiang is here", "Master Jiang save us", cheers, wails, and prayers are heard, and everyone standing outside the long pavilion kneels, and hope is revealed in their dull eyes.

Jiang Anyi helped several old men up and came to the pavilion, saying, "My fellow villagers, Jiang returned to Huazhou with the order of long live his life to drive away the evil thieves in the Western Regions and let everyone return to their homes. Brothers, the army in the court will arrive later. Don't flee anymore, just stay nearby for a while. Jiang will find a way to solve your food."

The cheers were deafening, and the desperate refugees finally had hope. Jiang Anyi asked the old men to sit down, and after asking their names, he said, "Where are the elders? Aren't the court asking governments from all over the country to rescue the fleeing people? Why do you still have to go into exile?"

The old man with a long robe named Zhou sighed, "I am from Wenjin County, Huazhou. Han Yuanshi, an old thief who sold his country and sought honor to win the Anxi army. Wenjin City fell. I took my family to Huiye Mansion for a temporary retreat. The Western Regions coalition arrived immediately. Seeing that the city was limited, the city was crowded, and the city was crowded, worried that there would be no food, so he took advantage of the Western Regions army that did not block the north gate, and he escaped with his family again. The county towns along the way were closed, and we had nowhere to live, so we could only go east."

Jiang Anyi frowned and said, "Nanfeng County and Anba County have closed the city gates?"

"Nanfeng County has become a barracks, and the government soldiers from various states and recruited tens of thousands of soldiers were stationed there. How dare we stay there? Anba County heard that the city gate was open the day before yesterday, and then there were more refugees coming in. County Magistrate Hong asked the city gate to close, saying that the city had insufficient grain storage and everyone could eat elsewhere."

Jiang Anyi asked, “How many refugees are there along the way?”

The white-bearded old man next to him replied, "No less than 100,000 people, some of them were so hungry that they could not walk. They sat on the side of the road and waited for death. It's so miserable. Please help us."

Jiang Anyi felt ache and took out a gold medal from his arms and handed it to Shitou and said, "You go to Wuyang Prefecture to ask for the governor of Lord Quan, and then I asked him to order the counties to open the city gates, open warehouses and release grain to provide relief to the refugees, and the food consumed will be repaid twice as much in Huazhou in the future. If Lord Quan does not agree, you will show this gold medal."

He Xigui received the order and got up and rode his horse to the road. Jiang Anyi said again, "An Yong, go back to see General Yan, let him only keep the military rations for three days, and the rest of the military rations will be provided to the refugees. When they arrive in Nanfeng County, there will be food." Nanfeng County is a gathering place for the army, and the court had accumulated hundreds of thousands of stones of grain there.

"Mr. Zhou, please tell the fugitive people about the news of relief in court, and don't let them be displaced. Food will arrive later and you won't let everyone starve to death."

Zhou Kangning burst into tears and sighed to the sky, "Sir, I will return to Huazhou, and I will get my parents again."

Under the kneeling of the people, Jiang Anyi led everyone to move forward, only more than ten miles away from Nanba County, and arrived in almost a quarter of an hour. He saw a lot of refugees gathering under the East Gate from afar, and the city gate was indeed closed.

Slowing down his horse stance and coming closer, hearing the refugees under the city gate begging to the city heading, Jiang Anyi ordered Park Tianhao to say "hold the flag."

The flags were collected in the bags, and Park Tianhao obeyed the orders to raise the vermilion flag. The red flag was golden, "Qinming Huazhou Rules, Jiang" shining brightly in the sun. Park Tianhao held the flag and rushed to the east gate first. The people at the gate quickly flashed beside the road. Park Tianhao shouted loudly, "Listen to the officers and soldiers on the city, Qinming Huazhou Rules, the master Jiang Anyijiang, passed by Anba County, and quickly open the city gate."

The officers and soldiers on the city wall did not respond yet. The people next to the road shouted in surprise, "It's Lord Jiang who is back, we are saved." The people fell to the ground and shouted loudly, "Master Jiang, we are all people of Huazhou, save us."

Jiang Anyi jumped off his horse, helped the people next to the road, and comforted him, "Don't worry, fellow villagers, the court sent a large army. Jiang came to the emperor's will and will definitely help you return to your hometown."

The people stepped forward one after another and surrounded Jiang Anyi to express their suffering. Jiang Anyi said kindly. After a stick of incense, the city gate opened, and the county magistrate Hong Degong brought his subordinates to greet him. He did not know Jiang Anyi, and the court documents did not arrive. He could not recognize the flag rashly. He was privately dependent on the clerk and the official seal of the clerk. Huang Zhu handed Jiang Anyi's seal to him for inspection. Then the county magistrate Hong bowed and said, "The subordinate Hong Degong has seen Lord Jiang. Please go to the county government to rest."

Jiang Anyi said, "Mr. Hong, Jiang just passed by Guixian and did not enter and disturb him. The reason for disturbing Guixian was that Jiang saw the city gate closed and the refugees were sad and helpless under the city, so he wanted to ask the magistrate Hong to open the city gate to store these refugees so that they could stutter and live in a tiled place."

Hong Degong looked embarrassed and said, "Master Jiang, it's not that the officials are not polite to the people, but Anba County cannot accommodate so many refugees. The grain stored in the warehouse is only enough for 50,000 refugees to eat for half a month. If people are released, I'm afraid the people in the city will also flee."

Jiang Anyi said, "Don't worry, Lord Hong, I will order the transportation of military rations and relief. Anba County can send people to Nanfeng County to transport grain to get food. Please trouble Lord Hong to build a long shed outside the city to gather refugees. After the war is quelled, I will ask the emperor and the prince for the emperor to make merits."

After making a clear explanation, some food and drinking water were added. Jiang'anyi passed Anba County and did not enter, so he went directly to Nanfeng County.

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