Chapter 198: Plunder Plan
"I know in general, but I don't know the details of the front of the team." Xu Rong thought for a while and said.
"Let's tell me what you know."
"Yes, as far as I know, there were nearly 200,000 sergeants on this march, 1.2 million people detained, and 40,000 or 50,000 carts of various supplies."
"At the front, there is an army with a number of less than 50,000 to open the way, and then there is a team of Dong Zhuo personally in charge, with the Son of Heaven and a group of courtiers."
"Behind them, there is the accompanying baggage team that received the order first, and the baggage team can be divided into three parts, the first is the gold, silver and jewelry, then all kinds of supplies, and finally a large amount of food."
"At the back is the people's team, and I don't know the deployment of the army in front, but between the grain and the people, there is an army of tens of thousands of people to prevent the people from rioting and snatching food."
"And all the people, every two hundred to three hundred, were formed into a team, guarded by five soldiers, and finally I came to the back of the palace, one to prevent the pursuit of the coalition forces, and on the other hand, to prevent the people from escaping." Xu Rong explained.
From Luoyang to Chang'an, most of them are rugged mountain roads, and the two sides are either lofty mountains or adjacent to the river, as long as the front and back are blocked, these people have nowhere to escape.
In addition, Dong Zhuo would not let these people eat at all, at best, to ensure that most of the people would not be killed, in that state, the people had no strength to resist at all.
"Maocai, is you the only one in the team behind the palace?" Zhang Hao thought for a moment and looked at Xu Rong and asked.
"That's right, there is only my team behind, and among the soldiers escorting the people, there are no senior generals, the highest is just a few military horses, and they are in charge of some of the sergeants who escort the people." Xu Rong nodded and said.
"Okay, why don't we make it bigger." Zhang Hao listened to Xu Rong's words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said excitedly.
"Big? What's big? A group of people became interested all of a sudden, and they all came to Zhang Hao's side and asked excitedly.
"Bring these more than a million people back to our Liaodong." Zhang Hao said with a slight smile.
"What?"
"Hundreds, millions? Population? ”
"Bring them all back to Liaodong?"
A group of people were surprised and one was bigger than the other's mouth, and they all looked at Zhang Hao in disbelief.
"What's wrong, what's the problem? These populations are the best resources, but no amount of gold and silver treasures can be exchanged, with these populations, coupled with our Liaodong technology and new crops, how much grain must be produced. ”
"It's not just food, we can improve our strength in all aspects, and these are the people of Luoyang, and there are countless hidden talents in various industries, far from being comparable to the people in other places." Zhang Hao looked at everyone and said.
"But we have less than 30,000 sergeants in total, this is a million people, we don't even have a fraction of them, and the way back to Liaodong is long, I'm afraid it's a little difficult." Zhang Fei was the first to jump out and said.
"There is another problem, the food consumed by more than one million people every day is an astronomical amount, and I am afraid that we will not be able to afford it." Zhou Yun also frowned and said.
"Maocai, what do you think?" Zhang Hao suddenly threw the question to Xu Rong, Xu Rong was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, it seems that Zhang Hao is testing him.
"My lord, I think this is feasible." Xu Rong thought for a while and said.
"But what's the plan?" Zhang Hao nodded secretly in his heart and continued to ask.
"First of all, it is not difficult to take these people out of Dong Zhuo's team, as long as you secretly solve Dong Zhuojun's escort people, and then replace them with our people."
"As for saying that we have few people and it is difficult to escort, we can follow Dong Zhuo's example and implement the joint sitting system, now there are two or three hundred people in each team, if anyone in this team does not cooperate, the whole team will be punished, or even directly kill the whole team."
"In this way, the team will monitor each other, and if someone does something unwise, the people of this team will try desperately to stop him in order to survive."
"After that, there is the problem of food, although we don't have food, but Dong Zhuo has it, he has brought all the food in Luoyang, I'm afraid it will be enough for more than a million people to eat for a year."
"Due to the particularity of this road, the defense in the middle is bound to be weak, and after we control the people, the grain team will be in front of the people, and we can take the grain with us."
"There is also the problem of solving Dong Zhuo's chasing soldiers, and then we have to pass through Hangu Pass, and there is a section of road after Hangu Pass, which is called Kunhan Road."
"The Kuihan Road runs through the mountains on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the mountain roads are narrow, as long as we burn some of the baggage, we will definitely be able to stop Dong Zhuo's army for a while."
"And we can occupy Hangu Pass, it is not a problem to block Dong Zhuo's pursuit of troops for ten days and eight days, and then we can go far with the people." Xu Rong said as he continued to lay out the stones on the ground, planning the whole thing perfectly.
"Hmm...... Roughly this can be done, but for the people, whether we can use the Huairou policy or the Huairou policy, otherwise if it arouses public anger, it will also cause a lot of trouble for our future management. Zhang Hao said with a deep groan.
"My lord, the number of our army is too small, if we don't take iron-blooded measures, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deter these people." Xu Rong thought for a while and said.
"Otherwise, now that Luoyang has been destroyed, it is basically impossible for these people to rebuild their homes alone, and it is probably a big problem for them to go back, so there is no situation where it is difficult to leave their homeland."
"In this way, they can only run to other places, Dong Zhuo is cruel and unkind, I'm afraid no one will be willing to choose to go to Chang'an, so as long as we can make them believe, they can fill their stomachs when they go to Liaodong, and I believe that they will be willing to go with us." Zhang Hao said with a smile.
"But how do we get them to believe us?"
"Hmm...... In this way, a group of clever soldiers were selected, disguised as ordinary people and mixed into the ranks of the people, and the situation in Liaodong was spread first. ”
"If we say it directly, the people may not believe it, but if this matter is spread by the people themselves, when we say it again, the credibility will be high."
"Then these soldiers mingled with the people, and when we spoke to the people, they could also guide the minds of the people, and in the process of marching, they could also discover those who had ulterior motives." Zhang Hao thought for a while and said.
"Wonderful, lord."
"Admire, admire."
"I can't wait." A group of people said babblingly.
"What can I do?" Lu Bu looked at Zhang Hao and said.
"Feng Xian, let's act according to Dong Zhuo's orders for the time being, until the moment of life and death, you'd better not expose it." Zhang Hao shook his head and said.
"Okay, then I'll leave first." Lu Bu nodded and said.