Chapter 1017: Migration of the People in Progress
In the Jixian City and the Prime Minister's Mansion, the day's fighting had ended, and all the generals in the city came to discuss matters.
On the throne, the Prime Minister Cheng Huan also had a look of smoke and exhaustion on his face. He looked at the crowd and said, "Everyone, Cao Cao's army and Xia Houyuan's attack is getting stronger day by day. However, the pressure on Jixian County will be even greater in the next period of time. According to the order sent by the general, the population of Beihai and Donglai counties will be moved to Longhua as much as possible. The longer the time in Ju County is to contain Xia Houyuan's army, the easier it will be to move. "
Yesterday afternoon, Ju County received an order from Huangfu Chaobo, requiring the two counties to relocate soldiers, craftsmen, officials and their families. Of course, if ordinary people are willing to relocate, they can also go to the two port cities to wait for their flights. The ship goes north. Cheng Huan then arranged for envoys to convey the order to the counties below, and each city immediately began preparations.
As Lu Su said, Qingzhou originally had less land and more people, so when they heard the news that after arriving in Longhua, each household was divided into fields according to ding, and each household was allocated cattle and sheep, everyone still had some doubts in their hearts. The complaints suddenly disappeared. For the people, if they have fields to farm and cattle to help, they are happy to survive as long as they can. What's more, General Zhengdong also promised three years of rent-free rent for newly cultivated land in Longhua area. In this way, everyone's interest It's even bigger.
In fact, the people Huangfu Chaobo relocated this time were all those who were paid under the rule of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, such as soldiers, craftsmen, and officials. These people would have agreed to move even if there were no measures to divide fields and cattle, but they were forced to move The effect is completely different from that of active cooperation with migration.
The most obvious contrast is that after preparations last night, nearly 40,000 people from Xiami and Duchang cities have arrived in Shuanghe City in just one day today. Shuanghe City, which was notified in advance, immediately arranged for them Settlement at the pier, then wait for the boat to go directly to Laoting. Among the more than 40,000 people, in addition to half of them being soldiers and craftsmen of the Eastern Army and their families, nearly half of them were ordinary people in the city and their families.
This is only the first day, and other counties that are far apart have just started to move. After all, they are too far apart and the journey will take several days, so they are better prepared. However, judging from the feedback from various cities, the average number of people migrating in each county should not be less than 20,000. Calculated in this way, there are more than 500,000 people in the two counties of Qingzhou.
This is only the initial number. People are blindly obedient. Once these people leave, ordinary people will definitely leave the counties one after another and go to the two ports. By then, the number of relocated people may exceed 7.8 million. You must know that the population of the entire Beihai and Donglai counties is only 15.6 million. In this case, basically half of them will be removed.
This result made everyone very happy, but it was a pity that there were more than 100,000 people in Ju County, and it was impossible to move out now.
"General Xu, General Wu'an, it's useless to have 10,000 cavalry in the city. How about sending them out to protect the people's migration?" Chen Rong, the chief historian, suddenly asked;
Xu Rong and Wu Anguo were also stunned. Yes, there are tens of thousands of soldiers in the city now. If we are to defend the city, we won't need these thousands of cavalry for a while. We might as well send them out to protect the migrating people. Secondly, the people wandering outside Ten thousand cavalry can also better contain Xiahou Yuan's siege army.
The two looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
Chen Rong was overjoyed and stood up to express his gratitude to the two of them.
Cheng Huan suddenly said: "In addition to the cavalry, I feel that we need to send people to the two cities to coordinate and arrange this matter. According to my wishes, why not ask Chen Changshi to go to Shuanghe City?"
Lou Gui also said: "What Cheng Guoxiang said is very good. Not only does it need someone to deal with personnel placement, after all, personnel in more than a dozen counties need to be arranged, but also the soldiers in each county also need people to coordinate and arrange. Taking the counties of the two cities Neither Ling nor the county captain has the ability and prestige to take on this important task, so Chen Changshi has a heavy responsibility.
Please also make every effort to arrange the migration. "
When Chen Rong saw this, he quickly bowed and responded: "I will live up to my trust as an official!"
After the arrangements for relocating the people were settled, everyone turned their attention to the current war. Xia Houyuan seemed to have received Cao Cao's strict order. After arriving in Jixian County, he attacked the city with all his strength. Especially in the past few days, he had been receiving continuous reinforcements. The attack was even more coordinated than before.
"General Xu, how is the war situation today?" Cheng Huan turned to Xu Rong and asked. Because Xu Rongzai was responsible for the entire defense of the city, Cheng Huan asked this question.
"The fighting is fierce today, and the number of casualties is probably around a thousand."
"Leave the war to General Xu and Mr. Lou, and leave the treatment and arrangements for the civilians and injured soldiers in the city to my own arrangements. I will not let you two be distracted."
"Thank you so much, Prime Minister!"
"How can I say thank you for serving the same general? It's just a pity that the two counties of Qingzhou are located here!" After Cheng Huan finished speaking, he let out another long sigh.
An official next to him said: "If we defend with all our strength, we should be able to defend the two counties. Why, my lord?"
"We can hold it this time, but what about the next time? There are no reinforcements outside the two counties of Qingzhou. We can hold it for a while, but not for a lifetime. If we want to truly hold Qingzhou, we must bring Yanzhou under our control without any obstacles in between. , otherwise..." Lou Gui sighed, why would they want to give up Qingzhou?
Lou Gui's words made everyone fall into deep thought. After a long time, Cheng Huan said, "It is useless to think too much. Although we have to give up these two counties today, I believe that one day we will take them back. Now the most important thing is to complete the task of relocating the people assigned by the Lord. At the same time, the people in the city also need to quietly prepare for the migration. Once things are done, as many as possible will be taken away. With the help of 10,000 cavalry, I believe that many people can still be relocated."
Everyone agreed in unison and then left the Prime Minister's Mansion and returned to their own affairs. As for the evacuation, only a few senior officials in the city knew about it.
After the officials and generals left, Cheng Huan sent a pigeon letter to Chenliu and Donglai Prefect Wang Xiu respectively about the arrangements here. Although Kong Rong has always been the governor of Qingzhou, Kong Rong basically stayed in Luoyang. The affairs of Qingzhou were basically handed over to the two prime ministers and prefects for handling and arrangement, and Cheng Huan was the main one and Wang Xiu was the auxiliary one. Therefore, under normal circumstances, unless the Zhengdong General's Mansion directly ordered Donglai, it was basically conveyed by Cheng Huan.
This time, the order to move was first notified to Cheng Huan. After he discussed and confirmed with Lou Gui, Xu Rong and others, it was conveyed to Wang Xiu and the cities under the jurisdiction of Beihai State. As for the cities under the jurisdiction of Donglai, they were of course still under the responsibility of Wang Xiu himself.