When Gan Lai said this, everyone immediately looked at each other and mobilized all the carts in Guangping?

The implication is that the food and grass supply in Yixian County exceeds 100,000 dan.

"Gan Lai, why did you say this?" Jushu asked, he knew Luo Gan Lai's background.

"You still underestimated the Yellow Turban. Although its combat ability is a bit poor, its search ability is not bad at all. Because in the past, it was hungry and scared. Basically, wherever the Yellow Turban went, there were almost ten rooms and nine empty spaces. Ordinary people either

Spending all the money and family to follow, or being trapped and still having nothing, Cheng Yuanzhi swept through several major counties in northern Hebei, and it was absolutely impossible to leave money and food elsewhere. If Yi County was the last place where he stationed troops, it would be the gathering place.

As for the land of money and food, according to my estimation, it may not be enough even if the whole city is covered by carts." Gan Lai explained.

Everyone couldn't help being surprised after hearing this. It is common sense that when troops pass through the border, it is common practice to collect some money and food. After all, there were very few people in that era who could do nothing against the people. But like what Gan Lai said about the Yellow Turbans, a few people did.

Never seen it either.

Gathering the money and food of several counties in northern Hebei into one city, perhaps this is the reason why the lord wants to capture Yixian County.

"Gan Lai once worked with him, so he has a better understanding of his style of doing things. In this case, Gan Lai's words should be adopted. It doesn't hurt to suspend the work in Guangping for a few days. Then all the cars will be changed to grain cars, and first along the Zhangshui River

Go north, then turn east along the Zhang River, enter the Hejian Kingdom from Anping Kingdom, and then go to Yixian County!" Jushou pointed at the map.

"The matter of guarding the grain team will be left to Dian Wei and Jun Yi. Each of you will lead a thousand elite soldiers to take care of them." Guo Jia arranged, "Zhu Ling, you will lead another 500 cavalry to explore the surroundings. Be sure to

Make it foolproof!”

After speaking, Guo Jia said to Jushou again, "Magistrate Juxian, you must also pay close attention to the movements of the surrounding counties in the past few days, especially Guangzong. Calculate the time and the person who will replace Lu Zhi should be here soon. Now the army

We are stationed outside Guangzong, Lu Zhi has left, and the replacement has not yet arrived, so there may be changes."

"Fengxiao's words make sense, so just follow Fengxiao!" Jushou agreed.

Not long after, the order came out, and a long team came out from the north of Guangping, escorting the empty carts. The total number of people reached tens of thousands, including ox carts, horse carts, rickshaws, and cars connected with each other, stretching for dozens of miles. Zhang He

The leader leads the way, and Dian Wei leads the way behind.

Zhu Ling's cavalry dispersed and were on guard everywhere. A team of this size was moving slowly and it was difficult not to be discovered. What the cavalry had to do was to stay on guard and prevent people from approaching as much as possible.

Not long after the grain transport team left Guangping, Litao County, where the Julu Administrative Office was located, also welcomed an army of troops.

"Congratulations to Governor Dong and General Dong Zhonglang!"

At the city gate, the guards who had been discussed in advance greeted him in unison.

Guo Dian made a special trip back from the front line to greet Dong Zhuo.

"General, you have worked hard all the way, and a small banquet has been prepared in the palace." Guo Dian, dressed in military uniform and armor, greeted him.

Dong Zhuo entered the city gate and saw Guo Dian. He immediately got off his horse and greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Prefect Guo is too polite. We have long been accustomed to the life of a saddle horse, so why bother? Hahaha!" Dong Zhuo smiled and took Guo Dian's hand and walked into the city, "Let's go and drink and eat meat with us!"

Guo Dian was stunned for a moment.

Who is going to greet whom?

While walking, Dong Zhuo said: "Junye (Guo Dian's name), come and tell us how the current war in Jizhou is going?"

"The Yellow Turbans are currently stationing troops in three places. Zhang Jiao is guarding Guangzong. It is said that he has 200,000 troops stationed in the city. His younger brother Zhang Bao is stationed in Xiaquyang, with about 100,000 troops. There is also Cheng Yuanzhi's tribe, with about 50,000 troops.

We stationed ourselves in Yi County, Hejian State, to contain the troops from Youzhou. Now that the three parties are at each other's horns, and their numbers are overwhelming, it would be disadvantageous for us to start a full-scale war. Therefore, General Lu led 50,000 troops to blockade Guangzong.

The trenches and fortresses were built, and siege equipment was built on the spot, while I led my troops and horses to station at the crossing of the important road to block the connection between the two."

“How is device manufacturing going these days?”

"It will take some time. Most of the people in Jizhou are coerced by Zhang Jiao, including many skilled craftsmen, so the manufacturing progress is quite slow." Guo Dian also said helplessly. If there were enough helpers and craftsmen, he might be able to attack the city as soon as possible. Lu

General Zhonglang will not be humiliated and return to the capital.

"Prefect Guo, according to your Majesty's order, we intend to use all the strength of the army to fight the rebels to the death. If the time delay is too long, we may not be able to explain it. Besides, the army's food and grass will not last that long."

Guo Dian was speechless for a moment, but what Dong Zhuo said was the truth.

After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, they swept away all the money and food of the people of Jizhou and gathered them in Guangzong. Now it is extremely difficult to collect food on the spot, and transporting food from the court is not a long-term solution.

"General, judging from the current situation, encirclement is the most appropriate method of warfare. There are many thieves and soldiers, and food and grass cannot be maintained for a long time. Holding on to the city is a battle between trapped beasts, and the only way is to perish. Don't advance rashly.

"

"Let's think about it. Let's not discuss matters today. Let's have some fine wine and food first. We ate dried meat and cakes along the way, and our throats hurt, hahaha." Dong Zhuo changed the subject, "Eh?

Which way to go?”

"This way!" Guo Dian pointed in the direction, thinking that Dong Zhuo was still familiar with him.

If you don’t know the way, you still have to lead the way.

"Prefect Guo, when I come here this time, I also brought five hundred people with me. These five hundred people are brothers and sisters with us. I also hope that the prefect will entertain us today and don't ask us to drink wine and eat meat while they watch."

"Don't worry, General, I'll make arrangements!"

Governor Dong loved his soldiers as much as his sons, and Guo Dian was even more curious about Dong Zhuo.

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Yi County.

The days of waiting became boring, and Liu Qing rarely had a long period of leisure to take stock of the current situation.

Liu Qing wrote it down with a notebook.

At present, he has 1,500 cavalry in his hands, 500 in Yixian, 500 in Guangping, and another 500 trained in Yuxian.

There were 2,000 spearmen, and 1,500 were equipped with metal lances.

There were a thousand halberdiers, but only three hundred were equipped with iron halberds.

In addition, there are 500 archers and 500 shield soldiers. Liu Qing has never seen these two arms in the current Yellow Turban campaign. Even the official army is mainly infantry and cavalry.

There are currently 5,000 people, so we will take advantage of these few days to expand the guards to 50 people.

When they left Guangping, they only had 600 war horses. However, after a round of fighting, they surrendered about 1,500 horses from Peng Tuo, including Zhang Miao's 1,000. Bo Cai's defeated army also had nearly 1,000 horses.

After the battle at Bu Si, another two thousand horses were surrendered. After all the battles were completed, there were nearly five thousand horses.

It’s not that I don’t know, it’s just that I was shocked.

As for money and food, if this batch of money and food can be moved back to Guangping, I may not need to worry about food, grass and coins for a long time in the future.

So there is no room for error in this matter!

We still have a group of yellow turban surrendered soldiers, which is easy to deal with. After losing the yellow turban, they are ordinary people. Now there are more than 20,000 in Yingchuan, 30,000 in Yu County, and nearly 10,000 in Guangping. In addition, they have just joined

of eight thousand refugees.

Liu Qing found that he was about to become the leader of the refugees. He could regard the population as a treasure while others discarded it like worn-out shoes!

Who told me to love my people like my own children, Liu Qing thought.

Currently, the cities under actual control include Guangping and Yixian. Yixian plans to give up. Guangping is the core place and Yuxian is considered to be under semi-actual control. Xunyu sits in Yangzhai, selects elite soldiers, and purchases grain and iron in the name of trade.

The prices of grain and iron have been at a high level for some time now, and everyone thought they would drop after the Yellow Turbans were pacified, but who knew better than Liu Qing that the "good times" were still to come!

And one more thing.
Chapter completed!