With the annexation of the prefecture and county, the situation in the prefectures south of Zhenzhou has stabilized one after another, but on the Zhending side, there are more and more refugees and displaced people who have gathered. Many people have heard about the situation here, and they regard Zhending as a place of refuge and survival, and they have come to vote one after another.

Most of these displaced people came from the four prefectures of Ding, Mo, Tai, Yi and Ding in the north. These prefectures and counties have always belonged to the tug-of-war between the two countries, and have been invaded by wars all year round, the fields are barren, the population has been lost, and there are not many people, but according to rough statistics, there are more than 60,000 people in Nantou this time, which accounts for almost three or four percent of the population of the prefectures.

Although the population has been constantly draining, this sudden concentration of southward flow is obviously abnormal, and it does not take much thought to guess that it must be related to the Khitans.

According to the detailed investigation and the report of He Fujin in Yingzhou, plus the mouths of the homeless people, Liu Chengyou found that tens of thousands of Hu cavalry plundered the prefectures, fell into the cities, burned houses, and destroyed farmland, as if they had abandoned these prefectures and counties and shrunk their forces to the north.

What is different from the past is that this time the Khitans did not take the Han people as slaves, and they didn't even kill people, but just grabbed money and grain, and expelled the Han people.

The Khitans' actions were obviously strange, and after intensive discussion and collective efforts under the command and military, a conclusion was reached that the Khitans were on the defensive, and they were preparing for Liu Chengyou's army. Between Youzhou and Zhenzhou, a no-man's land was cleared to prevent it from attacking Youzhou north.

As the Hu soldiers in various states retreated north one after another, Youzhou slowly gathered a large army, and Yelu Ruan also had some means to soothe the morale of the army, and his morale was restored. In this case, it should be Liu Chengyou who should be nervous, but Yelu Ruan's order is obviously not simple.

Yelu Ruan is ready to lead the army north to seize the throne of Liao! This is the judgment of Guo Rong and Wei Renpu, and Liu Chengyou also thinks so, which can also explain his strange behavior of destroying the four states.

Originally, if Yelu Ruan could completely take over the Khitan army to destroy the Jin Dynasty, with hundreds of thousands of troops in hand, he would have enough strength to control the situation in Hebei, and while maintaining coercion, he could also mobilize troops and horses to return to Beijing and seize the throne.

However, after the battle of Luancheng, the Khitan suffered heavy losses and greatly reduced their troops. With the strength in Yelu Ruan's hands at this time, it is impossible to take care of both sides. If you want to go north, soldiers and horses are indispensable, so the defense of Youzhou will inevitably be emptied.

Although looking at the situation in the world, it is unlikely that Liu Jun will go north, but he has to guard against it. In the eyes of Yelu Ruan and others, Liu Chengyou dared to attack the Khitan army of more than 100,000 with 8,000 soldiers, and what else did he dare not do. Liu Chengyou sent He Fu into Yingzhou, even if he adopted a defensive posture, it still stimulated the Khitans in Youzhou. It is really far from Youzhou, but it is only more than 400 miles.

Of course, in order to concentrate his forces on seizing the throne, Yelu Ruan may have the option to abandon Youzhou. However, this is clearly not possible. In recent years, the Liao army has been able to give full play to its cavalry advantages, gallop vertically and horizontally, and plunder wantonly, which is to take advantage of Youyan's geographical advantage and attack the south without hindrance.

Such a strategic advantage cannot be seen by people of insight among the Khitans. Over the years, the Khitan cavalry has basically pressed the head of the Jin army and outsourced the horse, how can it be easy to give up the advantage of hand.

Or, thinking about his family and country, taking into account the overall situation, in order to maintain the stability of the country, Yelu Ruan can be selfless and surrender to Shangjing. But obviously, Yelu Ruan couldn't do it, so he could only try to ensure Youyan's safety while competing for the throne.

Liu Chengyou didn't care what Yelu Ruan's thoughts were, but he was a little pleased to guess the general direction of his actions. Although he was an enemy, Liu Chengyou was very supportive of Yelu Ruan and went north to seize the throne, and he even had this in his heart.

But it has to be said that the sabotage actions of the Khitans in the four prefectures of Yi, Ding, Mo and Tai did add great trouble to Liu Chengyou. A large number of refugees came to defect, which brought great pressure to Zhending, especially the pressure on food, tens of thousands of mouths, and it was not so easy to satisfy them.

Before welcoming Liu Chengxun, Liu Chengyou devoted most of his energy to it, managing the army, the people, and the government.

It's not that no one suggested that Liu Chengyou disperse the defectors and leave them to fend for themselves, such things are not uncommon in this troubled era, but Liu Chengyou still chose to withstand the pressure and contain them.

Although the process will be difficult, once you get through it, the harvest is bound to be huge. Not to mention fame and the like, just for the grace of the "living person", after this incident, he Liu Chengyou will be able to add tens of thousands of fans, and the impact will be hundreds of thousands of people. At any time, don't underestimate the seemingly ethereal thing of people's hearts.

Of course, if it weren't for the seizure of a large amount of materials before, which made Liu Chengyou feel a little confident, he wouldn't dare to do this. After all, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

Even so, the consumption of food has accelerated, even if it has been tightly supplied. For this reason, Liu Chengyou also broke his heart, and while throttling, Liu Chengyou racked his brains to collect grain.

In addition to organizing the displaced people to go up the mountains and into the water to forage for food, it is to coordinate the rest of the states to assassinate the history and guard the food to support, although the life is also difficult in various places, but there is always some support for Zhending's side, and most of the newly attached state generals have given Liu Chengyou face and supported some. At the same time, he borrowed money and grain from large families in the private dock fort and manor.

Even after the exploitation and looting of the Hu people, the landlord's family will always have surplus grain. A person who does not have three or five secret money and grain storage depots is not a qualified landlord. Compared with the Hu people's brutal looting, killing people and goods, Liu Chengyou's methods are naturally very soft, very reasonable, and only need food.

If it is said to be borrowed, it is borrowed. Several "grain envoys" were dispatched, holding IOUs stamped with Liu Chengyou's seal, looking for big households to borrow. Because the IOU is blank, fill in the number when borrowing, and people call it "white slip" at the time.

However, with Yelu Deguang's previous policy of "borrowing people's money", the people of various states suffered greatly. Liu Chengyou came to this again, although it was borrowed, it was always unpleasant. As a result, there are a lot of "anti-borrowing" situations.

In this process, it is also very natural that some soldiers rob and oppress. In this regard, Liu Chengyou had already been prepared, and he was very decisive in arresting and beheading all those soldiers who violated military discipline. Later, it was widely publicized, and after the news spread, the officials and the people praised it, and the matter of relieving grain was indeed much easier.

Liu Chengyou did a very good job in this matter, it can be said that he can count it in one fell swoop, borrow grain, win the people, and establish authority. At the same time, military discipline was once again corrected and the three armies were deterred. In the previous expansion of the army, although it was reorganized, the overall quality of the Longqi Army was definitely reduced.

Those Jin soldiers, although they were originally the Shi Jin forbidden army, but the military discipline is not good, although it has improved in a short period of time after being annexed, it is far from being strict. Previously, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, Liu Chengyou took care of Sui, waited for the situation to stabilize, and strictly rectified the matter of including grain, and the three armies were solemn.

The family has surplus food and does not panic, and with the assistance of civil and military ministers, Zhending has always maintained a stable situation. In this process, Liu Chengyou's governance ability has been greatly improved.

Although he was very tired, Liu Chengyou was willing to be like a glutton, and he enjoyed the feeling of coordinating and straightening out hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians.

If Zhenzhou is not governed, how can the world be governed, this is Liu Chengyou's firm idea before. In Zhending, he has enough experience.