Qian County, north of Liang County, Ma Chao and Tian Xin have been connected.

Ma Chao woke up from his sleep in the middle of the night, the camp was cold and peaceful, he walked out of the sleeping tent with a collar of sheep, and saw Ma Dai sitting in front of the bonfire to barbecue meat and dine.

Sensing that Ma Chao came out, Ma Dai got up and moved half of his body, seeing Ma Chao's uneasy expression, he asked, "Brother?" ”

"I dreamed of my father again."

Ma Chao sat down, took a sip of the warm milk tea handed by Ma Dai, and his throat was much more comfortable: "Father shouted for revenge...... I also dreamed that Xiao Xian and I raised troops to kill back to Jicheng and Shangqi, and wiped out Yang Fu. ”

Cao Cao killed more than 200 people including Ma Teng and Ma Tie, and Liangzhou Haoqiang hacked his wife, concubine and children to death in front of Ma Chao at the head of the city.

But the Beifu soldiers have decided to retreat to support the Wankou battlefield, and now they are running back to Nanyang with all their tails, which has already laid the foundation for the absolute victory in the future.

The Beifu soldiers were going to withdraw, and they also notified the left army to withdraw together, looking at the encircled county, Ma Chao was entangled.

With this withdrawal, it is impossible for him to command the troops in his life, and it is impossible to lead the troops for revenge.

Now there is no doubt that the Chinese army can be attacked or debated, as long as it joins the Chinese army and the army returns to Nanyang safely, it will be a great strategic victory.

There is no need to kill or wound many Wei troops, the Wei army will fight on their own, or disperse in a hurry.

After drinking all the milk tea in the cup, Ma Chao closed his eyes and recuperated: "I am unwilling to withdraw from the army." ”

"Brother, Chen Gong has sent a long letter to our army, and the military order is like a mountain, and it is definitely easier to do it."

There was no emotion on Ma Dai's face: "Our army is already invincible, and this must be something Sun Quan does not want to see." The Wu army will go out of the river, which is intended to isolate the Huaishui, and our army can only join the Beifu soldiers and return to Wankou by galloping through the Central Plains. If you hesitate now, Liang County is occupied by the enemy, and our army will not say that it will break the blood revenge of Qian County...... I'm going to be lost here. ”

"I know myself, I don't know!"

Ma Chao was distressed and frustrated, and was indignant: "I am really unwilling to withdraw from the army like this!" ”

"Brother, if the way back is cut off, most of our military officials are from the army, how can you and I have a way to live?"

Ma Dai lowered his voice: "Thanks to our army's successive victories, the officers and soldiers in the army have done their best. If the road ahead is hopeless, and the officials will have two hearts, what should be done then? ”

Even if he could break through and run back to Jingzhou with the cavalry of his descendants, such a huge defeat since the founding of the People's Republic of China was enough to destroy everything.

Ma Dai stretched out his hand and grabbed Ma Chao's forearm and shook it vigorously: "Brother, you and I are no longer in the prime of life, why should we be obsessed with the affairs of the old people now?" Since my brother served His Majesty, he has been knighted by Duke Zhao, and the glorious lintel and the Han have shared weal and woe, and should be content. should also make long-term plans for the newcomer in the family, and if you want to resurrect your uncle, you will also weigh it in the same way. ”

"Yes, you and I are old."

Ma Chao pushed Ma Dai's hand away, squeezed the sheep fur on his back, looked around with dull eyes, and muttered in a low voice: "It's time to be content...... But I'm not reconciled. ”

The figures of sons and daughters flashed in front of them, and the children who were killed in their early years were vaguely remembered.

Ma Dai persuaded again: "My brother is a tiger general in the world, how can the court be idle for a long time?" ”

What responded to Ma Dai was only a sigh from Ma Chao.

When Sun Quan's envoy attached to the above table made a detour to Pengcheng and was conveying his wish to Cao Zhi and Zang Ba to support the Han Dynasty together, Ma Chao took the initiative to withdraw from the siege and join Tian Xin in the north.

On the 18th, the Beifu soldiers were in the front, and the 32nd battalion of the new army was in the middle with the 40,000 households of people who were willing to move to Nanyang with the Han army.

At this time, Wankou is like the Changban Slope in those years, Yingchuan, Chen County, Liang County, and Chen Liujun fled earlier, and the people who fled earlier helped the old and the young, like a stream converged, and finally converged into one in Wankou.

Every day, the number of people who take refuge in the relocation ranges from 3,000 to 5,000.

Without a choice, the people will suffer; If given a choice, the people would vote with their feet.

From when Cao Xiu abandoned the Wuyang defense line, when Xiahou Shang retreated and abandoned the Yunxian defense line, the people of Yingchuan and Runan began to evacuate to Wankou.

The local officials could not stop, and could not soothe the people, resulting in the loss of population in the government, and they had to be held accountable and punished, so some officials simply fled with the people, and the smarter officials would cheat to death, create the illusion of their own death, and migrate to Nanyang in the group of fleeing people.

The people of Yiyang County were simpler, migrating over the mountains and mountains to Jingzhou.

In the entire Central Plains, with Tian Xin and Ma Chao's thousand-mile march across Yuzhou, as well as the new establishment of the Eastern Han Emperor, these two incidents caused a large range of people to panic and join the fleeing team.

I have never heard of the Han army killing good and risking merits, as long as it encounters the Han army, it is impossible for the Han army to sit back and watch themselves starve to death.

Liu Bei's good reputation accumulated for more than 30 years was fulfilled in this special period.

The new Yanzhou Mu Yang Jun was afraid of the Han army's attack on Yanzhou, and was organizing the slaves confiscated by the Tuntian and government offices in the past two years to transfer them to Chen County.

Among these Tuntian guests and confiscated slaves, many of them were relegated to Tuntian guests and slaves because of the involvement of their younger brothers and husbands in surrendering to the Han army.

Tian Xin didn't have time to sift through it, and the most important thing now was the population.

The decisive battle of Wankou may break out at any time, and he has no time to save the families of the soldiers in the army, but he must also save them.

If Yang Jun didn't do anything, Tian Xin would divide his troops into Yanzhou to rescue the families of the surrendered soldiers.

Fortunately, the main force of the Wei army was assembled to the west of Xudu, and it was the Han army that had the final say to the east of Xudu.

The migration of the population consumes a lot of food and logistics, and the only benefit is that the population takes the initiative to move, is willing to cooperate, and has the enthusiasm to march.

By the time Tian Xin arrived in Chen County on the 20th, there were about 70,000 families of immigrants gathered around him, and many more people were on their way.

"Gongshang, the land of Chen County, the population of each county at the end of the Han Dynasty was nearly 100,000, which was the basis for Chen Wang Liu Chong to dominate the Central Plains in the past."

While resting on the side of the road, Zhang Wen couldn't help but speak: "Now that the weather is cold, it is difficult for our army to transport grain, and if the war does not go well, our army will be in danger of running out of food." The minister thought that the public should be a gift to His Majesty, and implemented a military camp in Chen County, expanded the government soldiers, and guarded the tun. When the Han army comes out of Wankou again next year, it will be able to sweep the Central Plains! ”

Mi Zhu's spirit is not very good, sitting on the side with a blank gaze, the people of Xuzhou followed to support Liu Xie, which was a bit of a big blow to him.

The people of Xuzhou listen to the Wang family, the Chen family, and the Zhuge family, and they don't recognize the Mi family, nor do they recognize him Mi Zhu.

Pang Lin was silent, settled in Chen County, and now he can still have time to plant winter wheat, there are ready-made ripe fields abandoned by the Wei army, and he can also ask for winter grain from Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Qingzhou.

As long as it survives until next spring, with the enthusiasm of production under the government military system, Chen County may be able to reach a population of 300,000.

With Tian Xin's level of governance and the ability to lead the army to fight, within three years, Chen County could gather a population of about 500,000.

The new army was organized to set up shelters along the way, providing hot food and simple grass shelters to avoid the cold, but the people still suffered from diseases during the migration.

"No, our army is staying in Chen County, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, Yang Jun, Sun Quan and others are timid, and they will unite to protect themselves and grow far from harm. Our army can only retreat to Wankou, there will be a battle between Sun Quan and Yang Jun, and it will be difficult for Cao Zhi and Cao Pi to be good. ”

Tian Xin looked at the Yanyu people who were supporting the old and the young on both sides of the road and leaving their hometowns, and blinked his eyes: "Another five hundred miles, I will settle the people in Yexian, Kunyang, and Luyang." ”

Too many people are running for Liu Bei's reputation, not because they can fight well, but because they believe that they can live a good life by following Liu Bei.

The Yanzhou scholars were frenzied and re-established Liu Xie as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, which caused great panic among the scholars and people of Yanzhou.

It's not that I'm afraid that Liu Bei's Han army will come over, but I'm afraid that the Wei army will fight back, and it will really be hard to be good when the time comes.

Thinking of the good things that Yang Jun had done, Tian Xin intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Guo Yi who was following at the edge of the team, wearing a hat and white veil to cover his face, and coughing a few times from time to time.

I always feel that what Yang Jun and his gang are doing is behind Guo Yi's instructions.

The reason for Guo Yi's betrayal of Cao Pi is too simple and very direct, Guo Yi doesn't want to die silently, and he doesn't want to die of illness, he wants to find himself for treatment.

In his ears, he heard many cries in the queue of people who had migrated from near and far, and Tian Xin turned his head sideways to look at Yang Yi: "Send an order to the left-behind chief Shi Guo Yuzhi, the left-behind Sima Fu Wei, and Chen Xianglu Yi, and order the soldiers of the two mansions left behind in the North Mansion to send out a single one, led by Lu Yi, to escort the cold cloth to Wankou." Maicheng and Zhaoyangyi tried their best to raise cloth, with a limit of 80,000 horses. If it is insufficient, it is limited to 100,000 stone grain stamps and exchanges cloth for the people. ”

Transferring Lu Yi to Wankou, holding the eight battalions of Beifu soldiers in his hands, can always offset the hidden dangers brought by Zhang Liao.

Yang Yi grabbed the pen and wrote, frowning: "Publicly, this move is an invitation to buy people's hearts, and I am afraid of provoking criticism." ”

"I have a good conscience, why should I be afraid of criticism?"

Tian Xin looked at the refugees on the side of the road, let out a sigh of relief, raised his eyebrows to look at the gray sky, and estimated the possibility of snowfall.

In a heavy snowfall, at least one-tenth of the displaced people will freeze to death.

If they stay in the Central Plains, if the Wei army goes east to quell the rebellion, if the Wei army goes crazy, the devil knows what they can do.

It was precisely because he was aware of this huge, unstoppable, and growing tide of immigrants that Tian Xin gave up attacking Cao Zhi.

Protect the people to retreat to Jingzhou and divide the Wei state, and the battle will be completed.

There is no need to hit the main force of the Wei army hard, the Wei country is cracked, how can the Wei army not be cracked?

I just don't know if Cao Pi will go crazy after Cao Zhi leaves, and if he goes crazy, he will do something shocking.