Geographically, Pingzhou County is close to the two core counties of Bingzhou (Taiyuan and Shangdang), in other words, the area is already bordering the agricultural advantage area – not suitable for large-scale grazing. That is, the Huns usually spent the winter and were not here before.

However, now, Liu Yuan gathered about 300,000 Huns here, and then when Guan Yi sent troops from Jiexiu, he actually led 30,000 light horsemen and about 60,000 or 70,000 war horses to run.

It didn't matter if he ran away like this, but he left more than 200,000 Huns who had lost their strongest and strongest to Guan Yi and Liu Meng.

"Da Sima, please also see how much food has been allocated to the clansmen below for the sake of the great Sima's devotion for many years! If Da Sima is generous, my whole Hun clan of 500,000 people will definitely be grateful to Da Sima for the rest of his life! ”

On December 6, after three days of rapid marching, the combined army of Guan Yi and Liu Meng arrived in Pingzhou with 70,000 men. The Huns in Pingzhou City were very happy to open the city and surrender.

All of a sudden, there were more than 200,000 subordinates, which made Liu Meng, who had never controlled more than 100,000 people under his control, laugh so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. But it didn't last long for him to be happy, and the Hun elders in the city of Pingzhou found him: King Youxian, Liu Bao and his son were gone, but they also took the best horses and warriors. A large amount of grain was also taken away. Now, more than 200,000 of us will not be able to survive this winter, and since you, the Right Virtuous King, have the ambition to ascend to the throne, then, in this matter, please show the heart of a king.

God is pitiful, the right part of the Xiongnu has always been oppressed by several other departments, if it weren't for Ji Han's side, the family would starve to death every winter. Even if life is a little better now, it is impossible to carry more than 200,000 people to eat, drink and Lazar at once!

Therefore, Liu Meng had no choice but to ask Guan Yi here.

But does Da Sima have a surplus of food in his hands now? Of course not!

Originally, this big battle between the Han and Jin dynasties, in fact, with Ji Han's obvious superior economic strength, dragged the Jin Kingdom to death. But Guan Yi still hopes to complete the war as soon as possible, at least within three years. The reason for this, of course, is the foresight of the traverser.

In Guan Yi's view, the longer the war dragged on, the more the vitality of the entire Han nation would be consumed. This is by no means a good thing for Guan Yi, who has the shadow of "Five Hu Chaohua" in his heart - when Huaxia is busy with civil war, isn't it the golden period for the surrounding alien races to gradually become stronger. Don't think that the Di people and the Qiang people in Yongliang are very docile now, if the Ji Han army is out all the year round, do you think it's really okay? Moreover, for the families everywhere, the longer the war drags on, the faster they will develop. It will be difficult to clean them up after the war.

Therefore, there is no such thing as Guan Da Sima dragging them to death that Pei Xiu and Du are worried about. Guan Da Sima has actually been working hard to find fighters. If there was no fighter, he even took the initiative to make a "faint move" and create a fighter.

However, he is smart, and none of the heroes who can leave a name in history in this era are not fuel-efficient lamps. Then Liu Yuan directly gave Guan Yi a ruthless blow: You have a lot of soldiers, I can't beat you! I'll go. However, I'm leaving, and I'll leave the problem of eating for more than 200,000 people, then I'll leave it to you.

Now, Liu Meng asked him for food. As for him, he did have some food in his hands. However, it is foreseeable that Jiexiu will be besieged in the near future, and this grain transit station will temporarily lose contact. Da Sima's own grain route is also very unstable.

And in Guan Yi's view, although Liu Yuan is a hero, he is by no means a ruthless and unrighteous person. He led the elite to flee away, but it was impossible for him to sweep away all the rations of the more than 200,000 people - in this way, no matter who won or lost in the future Han and Jin wars, his Zuo Xian King and even the future Shan Yu would not want to do anything. What kind of rations are insufficient now, it's just Liu Yuanhai's tired enemy's strategy.

Even so, it still makes Da Sima unhappy: Why didn't you Liu Yuanhai run with these more than 200,000 people? In this way, on the way of pursuit, I can continue to reduce the number of Huns for you! You don't live richly, don't you have too many people? When I snap my fingers, you will lose half of the ding, won't you be able to live a peaceful and orderly life?

But this Liu Yuan is really a hero, and he is ruthless enough to be a single. More than 200,000 people have honestly surrendered, do you Guan Da Sima dare to kill people? As long as you dare to kill, Liu Meng will immediately turn his face. The Tuoba tribe of the north will destroy your grain routes at once. The alien race of Yongliang and Nanzhong instantly separated from you!

"Hey, King Youxian. You know the situation of this officer. In the past few months, some grain has been stored, but now Jiexiu is about to be besieged...... Let's do it, soup kitchen, and make sure that everyone doesn't starve to death. This is the only way to go. ”

"Uh...... Thank you, Da Sima. ”

"Right Xian King, the more than 200,000 people in the left and central parts are actually not convinced by you in their hearts now. The root of this is that they still have thoughts in their hearts. Therefore, everything has to be solved only after getting the heads of Liu Bao's father and son in hand. ”

"Da Sima is right, I don't have to say, as long as Da Sima's side starts to give porridge, the cavalry under must take the first step and go to Meiji to explore the way for Da Sima."

"In this way, thank you to King Youxian. King Youxian can leave some people to preside over the soup kitchen in this Pingzhou county, which is a good opportunity to win the hearts of the people. The troops going to Meiji must not be in a hurry, they must advance steadily, and be careful of the ambush of Liu Bao's father and son. ”

"Okay! Thank you Da Sima for your kindness! ”

After watching this stupid back slowly walk away, the corners of Guan Yi's mouth pulled cruelly, and then beckoned to Geng Teng, who was in charge of logistics in the army's expedition behind him.

"What does Da Sima command?"

"Well, I'll leave this soup kitchen matter to you."

"The lower officials received the order, but these more than 200,000 people, and the daily consumption of food is not a few. Moreover, according to Xiaguan, the Huns also said that Liu Bao's father and son burned their stored pasture before leading the troops to leave, could it be that Xiaguan still had to divide part of the fodder for the horses in the army? ”

"How is this possible? Hey, it seems that you still don't understand what this official means. Come, I'll tell you a story. ”

The story that Guan Yi told Geng Teng is actually an article by Mr. Zheng, a famous fairy tale king in later generations: "The Last Egg". The general content of this story is: The King of Chickens is unwilling to be slaughtered by others and wants to turn over, so he issued a royal decree prohibiting the laying of eggs by the whole clan. Initially, this order did stop humans from eating chickens and listed them as rare and protected animals.

However, because a hen received the order of the king chicken too late, the last egg on earth was laid. As a result, the hen was treated better. Then, the other hens were dissatisfied with such a differentiated treatment. Finally, a hen disobeyed the king's command and gave birth to another egg...... Then, countless hens follow suit and the chickens return to the table.

"Xia Guan understands that the so-called not suffering from widowhood but suffering from unevenness. When the lower officials distributed the grain, they must treat them differently, thus dividing the Xiongnu ethnic group. ”

"Hehehe, that's good."

After waving his hand to Geng Teng to retreat, Guan Yi summoned his generals for a closed-door meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this Liu Yuanhai is really a masterpiece. It's so decisive. Now, what is the next step for our army, can you teach me? ”

"Da Sima, the enemy is far away, and for a while, I am afraid it will be difficult to capture. The last general just carefully looked at the map of the West River, and the land of the West River is full of hills and small streams. As long as the enemy army hides supplies at a few points, it can deal with us for a long time. ”

"Well, according to Ji Wei, if everything goes well, how long will it take us to catch Liu Yuan's brigade?"

"At least three months."

"Well, that's pretty much what I thought." Guan Yi smiled slightly: "However, this official actually didn't have the idea of arresting Liu Yuanhai. ”

"What Da Sima means is that you didn't really want to fight Liu Yuanhai at the beginning. Just deliberately exposed the flaws and let Du Yuankai give up the land and interest rate army to come to Jiexiu City? ”

"Definitely. At first, I wanted to hunt down the migrating Huns all the way and help them reduce their numbers. But now......" Guan Yi spread his hands: "If you can't reduce Ding, the official will not be interested." ”

"So what is Da Sima's current strategy?"

"Meiji is where the Xiongnu have been in the court for a hundred years. Although since Hu Chuquan was detained by Cao Mengde, there has been no new Shan Yu born there. However, that place was no less holy than a holy place for the Huns. So, Liu Yuan went there, and of course Liu Meng wanted to go too. Of course, although Liu Meng was a little stupid, he was not stupid enough to directly use the strength of 10,000 people in his headquarters to fight against Liu Yuan's 30,000 people. Let him go, and our cavalry will follow him. If we can trick Liu Yuan into coming out and fighting with us, that's the best. If not, it is also convenient for the cavalry to turn around. ”

"No, the last general will go down and personally lead the cavalry westward later. And what about these 40,000 infantry? ”

"Hehehe, I was originally afraid that too many infantry stationed in Pingzhou would make Na Du Yuankai suspicious. Now, these more than 200,000 Huns have gathered, and my tens of thousands of infantry will be hidden. Round into parts, transfer slowly, and ......"

"The last general understands."

"Well, ladies and gentlemen, the situation on the battlefield is ever-changing. For the sake of the general, we should not stick to the inherent plan and insist on going our own way, but constantly adjust according to the changing situation. The official's previous plan was to drive the Xiongnu to the west to reduce his ding. Now, our 20,000 cavalry will follow Liu Meng to see if we can lure Liu Yuanhai out to fight. Our infantry had to slowly turn back in the direction of Jiexiu in small groups. After Du Yuankai and Wang Shizhi are tired of the veterans of the division in Jiexiu City, they will kill them in one fell swoop! If we can defeat Du Yuankai's main force, we can achieve a complete advantage in merging states. Hehe, it was Liu Yuanhai who beheaded Liu Meng, and he didn't want to prostrate in front of this official! ”

"Da Sima Gaojian, I'll wait for you!"

Just after Guan Yi made a new plan according to the set of circumstances given to him by Liu Yuan, Ju Ning's voice outside the door suddenly sounded: "Da Sima is having a secret meeting, why is it so urgent?" ”

"Qi Qi Da Sima, his subordinates are coming from Chang'an! Soochow, it's time to raise troops! ”