As soon as Yan Xing asked questions, it was Xi Zhi who first came out and reported to Yan Xing.

He is the history of military planning in the army, and he is also the person in charge of Yan Xing who stayed to coordinate the whole army, as soon as this epidemic appeared, it aroused his great concern, for this matter, he has not closed his eyes and slept well for two days, and he is also talking with heavy bags under his eyes and a hoarse voice.

"In the Kui Military Waiting Center, 48 people were found to be infected before and after, 6 people have died of illness, and 42 people are still infected in bed, and Kui Military Waiting is also sick in bed."

"Zhai Sima's department, twenty-five people were found to be infected before and after, two have died of illness, and there are still twenty-three people, including Han Wuyi led by the team."

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Listening to Xi Zhicai's report, Yan Xing's brows also furrowed from time to time, as far as it seems now, there are nearly 200 soldiers in the army who have been confirmed to be infected with the epidemic, but fortunately, Xi Zhicai deployed medical craftsmen, medicinal materials and isolated patients in time, so that it did not spread in the army on a large scale, but it is not a way to go on like this, and measures must be taken in time to curb this sudden disaster.

"There was a sudden epidemic in the army, although the news was blocked, and not many people knew about it, but when I entered the camp, I also saw that the morale of the army was not high, what is wrong in the army recently?"

After Yan Xing heard about the situation of the sick soldiers in the army, he did not dare to slack off, and began to understand the morale and morale of the army again.

He can't help but be careless, and the current confrontation with their army is the Baibo Army, which claims to have inherited the legacy of the "Great Virtuous and Good Teacher", and the army happened to have a sudden epidemic at this time, and the people nowadays are superstitious about ghosts and gods, even if it is a soldier who licks blood with a knife, it is no exception, if someone with a heart links the epidemic with theories such as Taipingdao, Baibo Army and Heaven's Punishment, and misleads the public, it will inevitably greatly shake the military heart of the soldiers of the army.

"In addition to the news of the epidemic in the blockade army, we have also sent soldiers to strictly investigate those who fabricate ghosts and gods and bewitch the sergeants.

Xi Zhicai's mind was thoughtful, what Yan Xing was worried about, he could understand it as soon as he heard it, and he hurriedly explained his arrangement and the situation in the army.

After Yan Xing listened, he nodded, he was naturally relieved of the military affairs arranged by Xi Zhicai, and before leaving, he specially granted Xi Zhicai the right to temporarily control the personal guards of the Chinese army, just to avoid the lack of prestige of Xi Zhicai and the inability to suppress the arrogant soldiers and fierce generals of the various departments.

"What happened to the exiles who joined us?"

In addition to the situation of the soldiers in the army, Yan Xing was most concerned about the return of the displaced people in the northeast of the river.

"Before and after the war, a large number of displaced people and refugees fled to the south, totaling nearly 40,000 people, and those who could be resettled have been resettled in Jiangyi and Linfen.

Hearing Xi Zhicai's words, Yan Xing asked again:

"Is there enough manpower to resettle the displaced people, and who is currently in charge?"

Where the division is, thorns are born. After the great army, there will be a fierce year. At present, after the war, even the well-organized army has appeared epidemics, and those homeless people who are not clothed and hungry are more likely to be a major hidden danger of the outbreak of the epidemic.

"For the time being, Duke Yan was in charge of this matter, and he asked for two soldiers to build sheds outside Linfen City and resettle the displaced people."

"How can this little manpower, this matter should not be underestimated, Jiangyi left Yan Xing in charge, and Linfen transferred Huang Po here, and asked him to bring manpower and medical craftsmen to come over to help settle the displaced people in Linfen and prevent and control the epidemic among the people. Well, in terms of arrangement, Yan Gong is the main one, and he will do it according to his strategy. ”

In Yan Xing's view, Yan Zhi is obviously a great talent, and his Tuntian Anmin technique also has great merit, although there may still be some differences, but at present, there are so many capable officials who can be used under his hands, Xi Zhicai wants to assist him in handling military affairs, and the civil affairs simply rely on Zheng Duo and Huang Po, the two small officials who were born as sword and pen officials, are also stumbling from the left and right, since Yan Zhi is willing to take over the civil affairs of the two places that are waiting to be revitalized, then Yan Xing simply uses people without doubt, and lets Yan Zhi do his best to give full play to his ability to feed the people.

Just when Yan Xing was discussing military and political matters with Xi Zhicai, Xu, Cao and other military officials, there was a sound of leather boots stomping on the ground outside the tent, but it was Ma Lin and Zhai Hao, who had originally attacked, who returned victoriously and came to give orders.

"Captain, I'll wait here to attack, destroy four thief sentry posts, behead the ninth level, and capture one thief along the way. However, the thief, claiming to be the envoy of Guo Tai, the commander of Baiboqu, had no grudge between the two armies, so he came to ask for peace and wanted to meet the captain. ”

After Ma Lin and Zhai Hao entered the account, they quickly handed over the order.

"Nope!"

Hearing that Ma and Zhai had also captured a messenger sent by Mrs. Guo, Yan Xing's eyes lit up and his words blurted out.

Ma Lin was stunned for a moment, and then asked:

"This person has been escorted out of the gate, since the captain is gone, what should I do?"

"Let him go back, let him go back and give a message to Mrs. Guo, just say, 'Han and thieves don't stand together', the court is dignified, how can there be a reason to accept the thief's invitation to make peace, our army's follow-up grain and grass have been prepared, just wait for the division to go north, choose a day to fight, if he still boasts of a little husband, don't run away like by Fenshui, and fight to the death with our army!"

Yan Xing's words were passionate, and after Ma Lin wrote it down, he hurriedly turned around and went out, and the other military officials in the tent were infected by Yan Xing's words, and their confidence in the victory in Fenshui, their morale increased a little more, and Zhai Hao personally asked for battle, to act as the vanguard for the army to go north, drive directly to Pingyang, and attack the headquarters of Guo Tai of the Baibo Army.

However, Yan Xing did not arrange the relevant combat tasks, but ordered all departments to reorganize their equipment, recuperate, and make all preparations.

When the generals and military officials in the tent came out and dispersed, Xi Zhicai, who was left behind by Yan Xing last, stood in the tent with his hands tied.

Yan Xing also took off the scarf on his head, rubbed his temples on both sides tiredly, he slowly got up, pressed his sword and walked to the tent door, listening to the sound of the barracks horn outside the tent, looking at the neat and orderly figure of the sergeant walking, Yan Xing didn't make a sound for a while, and only after a while did he slowly turn around, staring at Xi Zhicai, whose face looked haggard.

"This battle can't be fought anymore!"

Unlike the impassioned main battle in front of many generals and military officials, Yan Xing said the true choice in his heart in front of Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai smiled bitterly and said:

"Huainanzi" has a saying that those who are in a hurry to plan a few things are not the emperor of a thousand miles. The captain and I planned before, within a year, swept away the white wave thieves, embraced the northeast border of the river, and watched the world change, although there is a slight setback, but after all, it is still right, can not take advantage of the victory to extinguish the white wave thieves in one fell swoop, even if we are unwilling, but I will accumulate strength, and then wave the army to the north in the next day, it is not too late! ”

Yan Xing nodded, not knowing whether it was to agree with Xi Zhicai's words or to comfort what he said. After the victory in Fenshui, the Xiliang army under Yan Xing's command did have a great opportunity to take advantage of the victory to pursue and completely defeat the Baibo thief, but due to many internal and external reasons, this great opportunity finally slipped away from Yan Xing's hands.

The shortage of grain and grass in the rear, the short-sightedness of Niu Fu, the attitude of the surname Anyi, the continuous rain on the front line, the unyielding military morale, and the sudden epidemic all restricted the smooth development of a large-scale military operation at the same time.

Fortunately, Yan Xing faced a lot of problems from the beginning, he shook his spirits, cleaned up his mood, and soon strode to the map hanging on the tent, pointed to the place that had been marked on it, and said to Xi Zhicai:

"In the current situation, I intend to suspend the original planned military affairs, the army retreats to Linfen City, with Baibo Valley, across the Fenshui to Jiuji Mountain line as the boundary, temporarily do not attack and control the Baibo thieves in the hands of Xiangling, Pingyang, Yangxian and other cities, the Baibo thieves in the Linfen battle suffered a lot of losses, if my expectations are not bad, we encounter thorny problems, Baibo's Guo Tai will not be less, after that, the enemy and our two armies will form a north-south confrontation on this line."

After finishing talking about the battle with the Bai Bo army, Yan Xing clicked on the two places of Jiangyi and Linfen on the map, and continued:

"After the truce of the retired soldiers, the soldiers can rest for a period of time, and the problems of untimely medical and health security in wartime can also be alleviated, and the spread of the epidemic can be controlled, and the epidemic in the army can be effectively suppressed. We will also go all out to settle the refugees in Linfen, after the war in Linfen, there are many abandoned fields, Yan Gong said before, Tuntian can choose one or two of them, priority in this place, and the next period of truce time, operating Linfen City is the top priority! ”

"In addition, those displaced people who have joined Linfen City cannot be ignored, if those refugees have epidemics, or if there are spies from the White Wave Thieves mixed in, it is also a disaster to stir up the crowd, after retiring from the army, we must have sufficient manpower to take care of these things left in Linfen."

At this time, Yan Xing's brain, who was pointing at the map, was running rapidly, so that he blurted out many words, so that Xi Zhicai couldn't react for a while. After accepting Yan Xing's exposition on the military and political affairs after the retirement, he couldn't help but ask questions about the southern city under Yan Xing's finger.

"What about the situation in Anyi and other places?"

"Although Ruoyang has fallen, but Sun Jian's army is also the end of the strong crossbow, plus the Kwantung Prefecture and counties have their own thoughts, the coalition army of Luoyang is unable to forge ahead, and the southeast border of Hedong must be worry-free, but the surname of Anyi——"

Speaking of the Wei and Fan families, Yan Xing's eyes also flashed with a haze, and he quickly said:

"They boast that they are deep-rooted, and they have the attitude of sitting and watching success or failure, waiting for the price to sell, and in the future, when the army goes south, there will be people who resist adversity and do not change as a disaster, and then it will be like a quick knife to cut the mess, and the chaos must be cut!"