Nearly 80,000 troops on both sides plus the civilian coolies accompanying the army, more than 200,000 people wandered near Guazhou, countless grains, grasses, materials, armor and ordnance were transported to the Guazhou front, and several official roads were lined up with long queues of transport teams.

However, the military rations on Li Wenyuan's side were all transported from the official warehouse, unlike Li Liang's side, which was collected from the people on the spot, forcing the people near the front line in Guazhou to flee one after another and flee to Li Wenyuan's side. At first, Li Liangjun's army would stop these fleeing refugees, but later, after reporting the matter to Li Liang, Li Liang said to them with a smile: "For these refugees who have fled, there is no need to stop them, just let them flee to Li Wenyuan's side." The more people who flee, the better, which can just intensify Li Wenyuan's consumption of grain and grass. Didn't he always profess to love his people? Definitely will not let these people starve to death on their own territory, this time let Li Wenyuan taste the bitter fruits he has sown. ”

With Li Liang's approval, Li Liang's army also relaxed the control of the fleeing refugees. This also led to a large number of refugees pouring from Li Liangjun's side to Li Wenyuan's side in the east of Guazhou. After receiving the news that the refugees had fled to his side, Li Wenyuan was quite curious at first, why would Li Liang put these potential sources of soldiers and military rations on his side so easily? Later, during the night owl's investigation, he learned that Li Rail wanted to use these refugees to consume his own military rations, and couldn't help but sneer: "Li Rail's intentions are so vicious. Since he wants to let these refugees come to our side, drag down the supply of food for our army. That is a miscalculation, immediately let Qian Wentong lead the officials in charge of this aspect to the front line in Guazhou to evacuate these refugees to the resettlement of good students in Zhangye County, and after completing the household registration, we must treat them as our own people. ”

The northwest has been vast and sparsely populated since ancient times, and at this time, even after accepting a large number of refugees from the Central Plains, there is still a lot of land that has not been reclaimed. At this time, the refugees released by Li Liang have enough space to settle them, although this year they may have to come up with a large amount of food to ensure the lives of these refugees. But after next autumn's harvest, more food will be available.

This is not a bad thing in the long run. When the world is about to become in turmoil, these people are the most important resource. This is not something that these people can understand by those who are stuck in the context of the times, after all, at any time, as long as these people are still alive, they will be able to accumulate huge wealth for society again and provide more abundant soldiers. What's more, under the trade-off. The population of the people on Li Wenyuan's side is getting bigger and bigger, and the population of the people on Li Liang's side will be smaller and smaller. This also means that Li Wenyuan's ability to persist in a protracted war will become more and more sufficient, and the more he fights, the more confident he will become. On the other hand, Li Rail's side will have insufficient sources of military food due to the loss of the people, and it will only become more and more difficult to fight. Therefore, for the refugees who fled from Li Liang's side, Li Wenyuan raised his hands to welcome him.

After personally pacifying the refugees and handing them over to the appropriate officials. Li Wenyuan left the place where the refugees were temporarily living amid their voices of gratitude. I can't help but secretly say in my heart Throughout history, the founding monarchs of every dynasty are all given the title of loving the people like sons, but in fact, how many people are really loving the people like sons? They just saw the benefits that these people could bring to themselves. After all, the only way to make the lives of these people stable is to make their lives stable. Only then can more social wealth be generated, and with this social wealth, can we consolidate our own rule. In the final analysis, the so-called love for the people like a son is just for the stability of the country under his rule.

The matter of the refugees was properly settled, and it happened that news came from the Udrus side that they had finally caught the tail of the Turkic cavalry to the north of the Guazhou front. After receiving Li Liang's order, the Turkic cavalry only rested for one day in Guazhou, and then left Guazhou east and entered Li Wenyuan's territory. Burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil in the villages. In just a few days, more than a dozen villages have been wiped out, and countless people have been killed and injured, and the property damage is incalculable.

After getting the actions of this Turkic cavalry that entered his territory in the east, Li Wenyuan, who was suddenly angry, turned blue, his face was gloomy, and he gave a death order to Uderu: No matter what, he must catch the movement of this cavalry, as long as he catches the movement of this cavalry, he must inform himself as soon as possible, and he will personally lead the cavalry to exterminate this Turkic cavalry in his own place.

After getting the news from Uderu, Li Wenyuan directly put down everything at hand. Straight to Udrul's tent. Because Li Wenyuan's horses, horse lances and other equipment were temporarily stored in the tent of Udrud. On the way back to the handsome tent, I didn't see the usual lively scene as before. As far as the eye can see, the cavalrymen are wearing armor with sinking faces, feeding their horses with forage and water, as if they are about to go to battle.

Seeing Li Wenyuan enter his tent, Uderu hurriedly got up and said to Li Wenyuan: "Chief, the troops have been assembled and can set off at any time." As he spoke, he handed him Li Wenyuan's horse lance.

After Li Wenyuan saw the horse lance, he said to Uderu: "Okay, then set off immediately." This time, we must completely wipe out this Turkic cavalry that has done all kinds of evil, and avenge the suffering people. In addition, let each cavalryman write a white band on his arm. When they had killed all the Turkic cavalry, they stained me with their blood. When this battle is over, it will be used to pay tribute to the people who have been martyred. ”

Udror didn't speak, just nodded silently. Facing Li Wenyuan, he gave a salute, turned around and walked out of the handsome tent.

The mighty cavalry troops left the front line of Guazhou and hurried towards the location of the Turkic cavalry found in the north of Guazhou. As Li Wenyuan requested, the cavalry who attacked this time all tied a white belt to their left arm. These soldiers also knew that a few days ago, under the iron hooves of the Turkic cavalry, many civilians died. This time, they were all silent with the same hatred. The only thing that echoed in my ears was the sound of a horseshoe hitting the ground.

After the cavalry galloped, the smoke and dust on the ground were stirred up and did not disperse for a long time. Under the leadership of Li Wenyuan and Udru, the Fourth Army marched in a long line. And the direction that the dragon's head pointed to was the temporary garrison of the Turkic cavalry that the military lords had discovered, the Yinwa Gorge.

(End of chapter)