Dong Bai also knew in his heart that she and Tong Yuan couldn't beat this little bit of soldiers and horses no matter what. Especially Xu Rong, who is the most capable of fighting, is over there, this person is experienced and ruthless in his soldiers, but because he was born in Liaodong and is not Dong Zhuo's descendant, there is no hope of persuasion.

Even though she didn't relax at all, she knew in her heart that she might be dead, so she couldn't help but have sad feelings.

During the stalemate, Dong Wei walked into the hall from behind Tong Yuan, and he was not polite, knelt down and sat down and persuaded directly: "This time is extraordinary, Bai Mei is better to be obedient."

After Dong Bai heard this, her shoulders trembled slightly, her heart was faintly painful, and vague tears flashed in her eyes, and she held back her tears and said, "I really don't want to go to Hedong, then it will be far from revenge."

Dong Wei said: "We really can't hide anymore, but we can't help but cherish ourselves. Since Tong Shaojun chose this place earlier, and thought that the situation would definitely fall in our favor, how about we stay in Xiayang and stick to it? ”

Dong Wei looked at Tong Yuan and smiled.

Tong Yuan understood and said gently: "Since this is the case, then please stay in Xiayang County with peace of mind, and I will let Zhang Ji organize the militia to cooperate with Zhang Lu's soldiers and horses to guard here."

"But you can rest assured, if the enemy doesn't take Haoyang City, he won't dare to ignore Haoyang and our army will rush directly to Xiayang. Yuan must lead the soldiers of the new army to hold the city and win them to surrender to our army. ”

Dong Bai stopped his sadness, and his eyes gradually returned to his former majesty and haughty look. She finally agreed to Tong Yuan and Dong Wei's approach, but emphasized that Tong Yuan must protect his own safety and cannot sacrifice himself.

Tong Yuan said goodbye to Dong Bai, walked to the front yard and looked at the sky of Xia Yang, who had ruled for less than five days, and couldn't help but sigh secretly. In history, Dong Bai died soon after Dong Zhuo's assassination, although he struggled this time, I really don't know if this level can be turned into a disaster.

"Will Tong Shaojun also be nervous?"

Dong Wei walked from behind and caught up with Tong Yuan with a smile on his face.

The two looked at each other next to the landscape in the front yard, only to see Dong Wei's heroic posture, revealing a temperament that was not angry and self-assured, although he was wearing a brocade robe, his demeanor was without the Confucian spirit of an ordinary scribe.

Tong Yuan clenched his fists and replied: "Our army will win, although Wang Yun succeeded for a while, but he acted perversely, and he could not tolerate the existence of the Xiliang army or even the Lu Bu and Zhou army." I believe that in a few days, the enemy will be in disarray. ”

Tong Yuan thought to himself: "I still know the direction of history, and it will definitely not be wrong for Wang Yun to fall soon." He has already mastered a thousand well-equipped professional weapons, and with the strength of a county, he will not easily admit defeat. ”

Dong Wei's face did not change, and he looked at Tong Yuan carefully, only to feel that although he was not Kong Wu mighty, he was also calm and relaxed, and he was more than enough to be the commander of any county.

"I'm curious why you're so confident, but I've seen what you've done over the years, and I have to say I'm very impressed. In this case, there is a young gentleman who guards Haoyang. ”

"Goodness"

Tong Yuan didn't know why every time he faced Dong Wei, he could feel an invisible pressure, as if he had a look and mentality like examining his prey in addition to his vigorous posture.

He didn't have time to think about it, so he left the courtyard and communicated with Zhang Lu, who was stationed in Xiayang, and after organizing the evacuation of the people and coordinating the guards, he rushed back to Haoyang directly.

……

At the same time, in the territory of Gaonu County, Shangjun.

The flat grass was littered with arrows, and most of the surrounding tents had been torn apart by sharp blades, and if you looked closely, you would find that there were many people on the ground motionless. This is a certain tribe of Qianghu, apparently just slaughtered.

"Damn! Neither did this tribe. ”

The owner of this voice was none other than Lu Bu, who was hunted down based on fragmentary information and some traces. After exterminating two small tribes, a large tribe of more than 2,000 people, they found nothing, and they stomped their feet there angrily and cursed.

Zhang Liao analyzed on the side: "Lord, we are chasing the wrong direction, the previous traces may have been forged, I really didn't expect Dong Bai to use a strategy?" ”

"Humph! I can't spare him! ……”

Lu Bu was so indignant that he was still angry there, and even Zhang Liao didn't dare to say anything.

Historically, Zhang Liao became one of the most famous generals in history after serving Cao Cao. But it is unlikely that he will be so good under Lu Bu, an important reason is that Lu Bu looks down on him at all, let alone gives him many opportunities to be independent.

"My lord, there is a situation."

The tower-like Gao Shun came from the other side, and the trap camp he led broke through the enemy's light cavalry and entered the camp in the battle with the Qianghu tribe just now. At this time, the battlefield was already being cleaned.

"There are empty cars found in the camp, a total of ten times, and the style is definitely not something that the Hu people will use."

Lu Bu can still hear this, "You mean to say that this is a deliberate suspicion of the enemy." Tempting us to come after us. In fact, more baggage went somewhere else? ”

"Probably yes."

"Report!" There was a messenger from King Situ.

……

Tong Yuan returned to the outside of Haoyang City and immediately summoned the scouts to learn about the latest situation.

According to the scout, at present, the enemy army is still plundering in various places, and nearly 1,000 people from various townships in Yaxian County have fled to the area of Haoyang Township in Xiayang County. According to them, the total strength of the enemy is probably more than 10,000, and the cavalry is afraid to exceed 3,000.

Tong Yuan said, "How are the three military marquis preparing?"

"Hu and Huang are preparing for city defense, and Geng Junhou is collecting refugees and preparing to hand them over to Mr. Zhang Ji to take to Xiayang."

"Okay, you go and rest first, and get ready for the big battle ahead."

"No"

Tong Yuan went straight to Geng Qing's headquarters outside the city, and saw Geng Qing and the refugees in Yaxian County.

He asked directly: "How many people have been gathered so far?" How many of them are young? ”

Geng Qing replied: "Tell the captain that those who fled in the direction of Haoyang have all been gathered here. There are more than 1,000 people in total, of which only twenty or thirty are young and strong. According to them, the enemy took most of the strong men away as coolies, and a few of them fled with their families. The rest have either been taken away or have been killed for defiance. ”

"However, there were many peasant women, old and young, and many of their family members were slaughtered. The enemy army is very cunning, robbing them of their food and property, driving the old and weak to create panic and consume our army's food. It's really hard to do. ”

Later, Tong Yuan heard that the peak of the Eastern Han Dynasty had a population of 55 million, but by the middle of the Three Kingdoms, the population was only more than 8 million. Although it is not counted due to the large number of people controlled by the noble clan, the true population is estimated to be up to 20 million. It shows that in more than 20 years, more than half of the population has died of hunger, plague and war.

A flash of anger flashed in his eyes, now is only the beginning of the troubled times, these women who lack combat effectiveness, the old and weak are the first to become the targets of aggression and plunder, only the young and strong can become strong men and coolies, and live for a few years.

Tong Yuan knew the necessity of killing decisively, but he still couldn't ignore these most ordinary people, he believed that he could organize them or them to produce and live as well as possible.

After some thought, he asked Geng Qing to gather all the women, the old and weak who had relatives who died in the enemy army, and leave the rest to Zhang Jihaosheng for arrangement.