After dawn, several people let the inn clean up, and each led the people and horses to set off.

When parting, Hongrui stuffed some of the Hu cakes and a few pairs of insoles she made into Li Xiaofei's hands. Li Xiaofei took it with drunken eyes, and Hongrui poked his head and looked at Murong Ling: "General Murong, when you get to the front line, you will help me take care of him, don't allow him to drink, and you must bring him back with all his beards and tails."

Murong Ling smiled: "If you have a full tail, I'll shoot a tiger and put a tiger tail on him, okay?" ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and Xiang Xiaoyu's wife and child also came over: "General Murong, my family will take care of him with you, I just need to live"

As soon as he said this, the people who came to send off more than 1,000 people shouted and surrounded Murong Ling.

Seeing that there were more and more people, Li Xiaofei turned over and shouted: "Please rest assured, fathers and villagers, we will wait for the imperial army to attack after we go to build the city this time, if the enemy crosses the river to attack us, I will run back with everyone when we can't beat us, I won't let everyone die in vain."

Huang Banxian and Meng Crow also echoed: "Lord Li can't fight, it's a must to take everyone to escape."

"Rest assured, our thousand men are not the main force, and the enemy will not attack our idea"

"We'll be back when the city is built."

At this moment, it is still these veterans who instigate and work, at this time, it can only be said that this Lord Li likes to run away and everyone can rest assured, if it is said that Lord Li will win the battle and win, then the big guy will not be at ease. The Lord will love to fight and be greedy for merit, and those under his hand will suffer.

After laughing and tearing goodbye, Li Xiaofei finally set off with more than 1,500 people.

The thirty heavily armored cavalry brought by Shen De walked at the end of the ranks, and these thirty people were not simple, and they had built fifty military chariots with the recruits in the city in the past few days.

This military chariot was improved by Chen Hongyi after seizing the felt chariot of the Fire Dragon Clan. In the past, the four-wheeled or two-wheeled chariots in the Central Plains were too cumbersome, but the felt carts on the grassland were made light because of the lack of trees, only three wheels in front of a low baffle, the wheels were covered with a few wooden planks and a wooden pole, and a piece of felt cloth was raised to make sails, and with the help of the wind, when resting or raining, the felt cloth was surrounded by wooden poles and could be set up into tents to block the rain and wind. Chen Hongyi's improvement was very simple, he added a few brackets under the military chariot, and the army could stand up the military chariot on the plain to defend against the enemy's cavalry.

The military cart was tied with grain, grass, clothing, and tools, the heavy ones were pulled by oxen, and the lighter ones were pushed by four people in the back and pulled by the one in front. Some of the people made their own wheelbarrows and pushed them faster than everyone else. Li Xiaofei was very happy to see it on the horse: "Everyone still has a way, if you rely on me alone, you won't be able to build a car for a few more years."

Xiang Xiaoyu on the left smiled and said: "Everyone has their own strengths, these carpenters have to rely on our people, Master Li doesn't have to learn this, people who are officials, taking care of the people is much better than doing carpenter work by yourself."

Li Xiaofei asked him: "Brother Xiang, do you say that the Northern Expedition and the reconquest of the lost territory have anything to do with the people of our Shou County?" As soon as I thought about going to Lishui to build a city this time, some of them couldn't go back home, and I had some doubts in my heart."

Xiang Xiaoyu took a breath: "It matters, but it doesn't matter." After the recovery of the north, there will be more places where the state collects taxes, and Shou County may collect less taxes. But for the common people, whoever becomes the emperor has to pay taxes and serve in the military, and they are all the same, so I said it doesn't matter. Besides, if you meet Mingjun, you may be lightly punished, and if you meet a faint monarch, you will suffer. The unification of mountains and rivers may not be worth a load of millet in the hearts of the common people, after all, millet can be eaten as food, but it cannot satisfy hunger."

Li Xiaofei nodded: "Brother Xiang, I am also a person who has fought many battles, and I have seen many dead people, this time I have already made the worst plan, that is, we are besieged by the enemy army in the city." By then, will Big Brother Xiang still be able to fight side by side with me? ”

Xiang Xiaoyu smiled: "Over the years, I have also sent a lot of people to serve in the military, and I have crawled out of the pile of dead people several times, and I don't care if I have one more time." And I believe that with General Murong's skills, it should not be difficult to break through. When we build the city, I will also leave a way back for my brothers in advance."

Li Xiaofei was a little surprised: "Brother Xiang has planned a retreat in advance, I want to know about it"

Xiang Xiaoyu smiled lightly: "It's useless to say it at this time, and you will naturally see it when the time comes."

Murong Ling opened the road at the front alone, and after leaving Shou County, there were some starving people who fell to the ground along the road, and a large group of crows pecked at the corpses on the ground.

When Li Xiaofei passed by, he wanted to stop and bury these corpses, but was stopped by Murong Ling, who rushed back: "It's best not to touch these corpses, if there is a plague infection, we won't be able to live."

At this time, it was winter, and it was sunny for several days, and the dry grass was very dry, so Li Xiaofei ordered the last heavy cavalry of the team to set fire to the dead grass and corpses on the wasteland.

The army was gone, and the crows flew into the sky, and in an instant the sun was obscured, and the sky was overcast.

Li Xiaofei's army encountered hungry people who were either starving or dying for several days, and suddenly had doubts in his heart, so he asked a hungry person who had been rescued: "Hasn't Huainan been appeased for half a year, shouldn't there be so many starving people?" ”

The hungry people struggled and wept and said: "We are people who fled from the north, and the people of the court said that the northerners planted the northern soil and the southerners planted the southern soil, and the fields we originally planted were confiscated, and we were driven out."

Li Xiaofei's eyes were red: "What southerners and northerners, aren't they all Chinese people, not to mention that it is a barren land, you have gone through hardships to grow it, and they have come to take advantage of it, how can there be such a truth in this world!" ”

Several other hungry people persuaded: "My lord, just blame our bad life, it should be this starving life, they have an army, we can't fight, even if the adult is a good person, it is impossible to go to war with the imperial court soldiers and horses for us."

handed over a few pieces of Hu Biscuit to Xiao Yu: "We are going to Lishui to build a city now, you might as well follow us, at least have something to eat, once we can fight Lishui, you can also return to your hometown, wouldn't it be a good thing"

The hungry people knelt down one after another and begged Li Xiaofei to take him in, and Li Xiaofei took advantage of the situation to accept more than 300 people and follow the team.

When they arrived on the south bank of Lishui, the team already had 3,000 people, because they all knew that there was food to eat when they followed Li Xiaofei, so they attracted more than 1,000 hungry people.

Fortunately, Xiang Xiaoyu is very good at taking care of it, mixing corn, rice and wild vegetables, and feeding these 3,000 people along the way. When we arrived in Lishui, there was still more than half of the military rations, so there was no need to worry about the military rations.