Ji Ling saw that the grain and grass were lost, his face was pale, he knew that the land of Nanyang was poor and there was little grain, or he would not have retreated to Jiujiang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoHow can these tens of thousands of troops survive the lack of food? Even if it was forcibly requisitioned from the people, it was now impossible, and the retreat was hastily arranged.

At this moment, the Chinese army came to report that countless torches appeared around the camp.

Ji Ling was shocked, hurriedly put on his horse, and galloped out of the camp, only to see countless torches rushing over in the three directions of the camp. Ji Ling didn't dare to hesitate, and retreated to Ping's.

It was just before dawn, it was pitch black, how Ji Ling ran fast, seeing countless torches surrounding, Ji Ling dared to stay and escape. Liu Jun caught up with the big killing, just escaped more than ten miles, the sky was just bright, Ji Ling looked at the chasing soldiers behind him as if they were gone, breathed a sigh of relief, and raised his eyes to see that there were less than 10,000 soldiers left around him, all of them were exhausted.

With a sigh, Ji Ling was just about to bury the pot and make rice, when there was another drum sound, and countless military horses appeared on both sides. First, a group of military horses plunged into the camp like a whirlwind, cutting Yuan's army into several sections, slashing back and forth, and then countless foot soldiers rushed over.

Ji Ling hurriedly beat his horse and hurried away, escaped for dozens of miles, looked back at his side, there were less than three thousand, his heart was desolate, and he was about to make a little repair and then reason, only to hear the sound of horses' hooves behind him, Ji Ling hurriedly got on his horse and fled again.

When they returned to Jiujiang, there were only less than 2,000 people.

Yuan Shu was furious and ordered Ji Ling to be pushed out and beheaded.

The generals were shocked and hurriedly interceded for Ji Ling.

Yuan Shu glanced at the generals with anger on his face, and saw that Ji Ling was covered in blood, his heart softened, and he wanted to let him go. Thinking about his 30,000 army, there are less than 2,000 left when he comes back, how can he endure this breath. It's just that although Yuan Shu is crazy, he also knows that this Ji Ling is one of his most proud generals, but this evil breath is difficult to come out, and after thinking about it, he will be pulled down and beaten with fifty military sticks, so he can be regarded as stopping.

After this battle, Yuan Shu no longer dared to underestimate Liu Shi, and Yuan Shu himself encountered a lot of trouble, appointing several county guards in Jiangdong, except for one or two who arrived, the rest of the people were rejected by the locals, which made him very annoyed. What's even more annoying is that the Son of Heaven appointed Liu Miao as the assassin of Yangzhou, which made him hate it so much.

He Yi, who was attacking Ye County, saw that Liu Yu was reviled by Peng Tuo, so he took his own 20,000 soldiers and 10,000 family members to Nanyang, and hurriedly returned to Yingchuan. When he heard that Ji Ling was defeated by the Nanyang army and fled back to Jiujiang with only a few thousand men and horses, he breathed a sigh of relief. He knows Yuan Shu's temper, he is cruel and unkind, if Ji Ling breaks into Wancheng and retreats to Yingchuan by himself, Yuan Shu will not let him go.

In the Xinye Annan General's Mansion, Peng Tuo brought Liu Yu to meet Liu Shi.

Liu Shi looked at a strong man in front of him, about thirty years old, with a majestic figure and yellow skin, and nodded slightly.

Liu Bi saw Liu Shi hurriedly bowed, and Liu Shi went down the steps to help him up, watch and sit, and ask about the situation in the army.

General Liu Yu reported the number of soldiers and family members to Liu Shi one by one, and said: "As long as the troops can have food, let the general deal with it." ”

Liu Shi pondered for a moment, named Liu Yu as a lieutenant, and trained soldiers with Gao Shun, Liu Shu's subordinates and family members, after rectification, accepted 8,000 of them as military soldiers, and implemented tuntian for about 3,000 young people between the ages of 12 and 18 in their families, cultivated when they were busy, studied and practiced martial arts in their spare time, and all expenses were borne by the government, and their families could be exempted from taxes according to the calculation of entering the service, which was regarded as reducing some burden on their families. The rest are arranged to live near Wancheng, with three acres of land per capita, and can lease government land, pay taxes according to the laws of the Han Dynasty, and be exempt from tax in the first quarter.

Liu Yu was overjoyed, and recommended his deputy Gong Du to Liu Shi, saying: "This person has courage, is skilled in marksmanship, and is quite proficient in the art of war." ”

Liu Shidao: "Since you recommend it, you can first serve as a military marquis, and then appoint it after making meritorious contributions." Liu Yu thanked him and left.

After this battle, except for a few thousand people who fled and returned to the township, the rest were all captured, and Liu Shiling arranged them one by one, so that they could be tuntian, and Nanyang increased by more than 50,000 people for a while.

Yuan Shu's matter was temporarily resolved, but nearly half of the county magistrates in the thirty-seven counties of Nanyang had not taken office, which made Liu Shi quite annoyed.

Recently, there have been many people in Chang'an who have passed through Nanyang to Jingzhou. Liu Shi greeted him warmly and invited the other party to join Nanyang Mansion or General Annan's Mansion, but the other party refused.

Liu Shi found Li Ru and Liu Zhen to discuss.

Li Ru said: "In his early years, the lord taught many young people to read the scriptures and rites, and now he is in power in everything, and he can select a group of people from among them, and postpone the urgent need, and it is not too late to wait for the talents and celebrities to be recruited from the new assessment." ”

Liu Shi had no other choice but to agree with Li Ru's opinion and let him and Liu Zhen be admitted.

Asked about spring plowing and military supplies, Li Ru said: "When the lord took over Nanyang, the early ploughing had already passed, and except for some farmland that had been sown, most of the peasants had not planted the land at all, so where was the idleness. Through Steward Su's self-consultation, he urgently transferred grain seeds to make up for it, but as a result, some of the grain seeds were eaten by the people on the grounds of hunger. Another batch was purchased from Jingzhou, and the planting was completed under the supervision of the government. It's just that the population is sparse, there are still a lot of vacant land, and a lot of manpower has been added this time, but unfortunately the season has passed, and only some millet can be replanted. If all of them can be collected, except for the people to eat themselves, the Nanyang soldiers may need to buy hundreds of thousands of stones from other places. The lord should prepare in advance. ”

Liu Zhendao: "After this battle, the Nanyang Army has more than 40,000 soldiers, and the young Tuntian Army that has just been replenished is nearly 10,000. Although there is a lot of military needs to capture Yuan Shu, it is also consumed, especially the strict training of college captains, and the great demand for food among the soldiers, plus the prince said last time that he would replenish the trapped army to 3,000 people. In this way, the cost is even more amazing, plus the cost of Mr. Su's purchase of food, in less than a month, more than half of the property obtained from Yuan Shu has been spent. Therefore, open source is needed. ”

After a pause, he thought for a while, and then said: "There is a young warrior in this battle, surnamed Wei Mingyanzi Wenchang, a native of Yiyang. Only twenty years old, recruited locally in Nanyang, he was trained in the high school lieutenant camp. Due to the urgency of the war, he was sent to the military camp of the lieutenant after only ten days of training. Listening to the captain, this person is extremely brave, but he is the chief, and with the Shi where he is, he is the first to break into Biyang City and attack the granary. Because of his merit, he was assigned to the team rate by Dian Weiti. ”

Liu Shi became a little interested, and said with a smile: "There is such a thing? Bring him to me to see. ”

He added: "The open source problem you mentioned is also what I have been thinking about recently. There are many rivers and lakes in Nanyang, which can allow the people to plant more hemp, mulberry trees, and fruit trees. It can not only exchange money, but also prepare for natural disasters and famines. The matter will be handed over to Wen You. In addition, now that the war is continuous, the amount of weapons required is large, so the people can collect some damaged weapons and send them to the government to refine them from the new, which can not only be used for their own use, but also allow Mr. Su to sell them to Jingzhou, I think Liu Jingzhou needs a lot, I heard that there is a rebellion in the four counties of Jingnan. ”

Liu Zhen hesitated for a moment and said, "Most of the blacksmiths in Shang Yu have been transferred to Nanyang, and there are currently more than 100 people. Some time ago, Yuan Shujun's weapons were considered inferior by our army, and most of them were handed over to the ironsmith. It's just that the amount is too large to catch up. Do you want to recruit another batch? ”

Liu Shi frowned and said: "We are in Shangluo, there are only two thousand soldiers, and there is no fight, a hundred blacksmiths is obviously enough." Now the number of regular soldiers has expanded to 40,000 and nearly 50,000. This blacksmith must be expanded, and it is best to divide it into several ironsmiths, so that it can be easily transported, taken nearby, and sold. Also, the uniforms of our soldiers last time were obviously not in order, and they were very messy, and this garsmith had to add them. Where you should spend your money, you have to spend it. ”

Li Ru said: "It's because I didn't think about it enough, I didn't prepare enough, and the army expanded too quickly. I have arranged for people to go to the counties to recruit skilled craftsmen. It's just that the demand for this number is too great, and it can't collect all the craftsmen from each county. Causing inconvenience to the people's lives, can some apprentices be recruited among the young people in Tuntian? ”

Liu Shidao: "Of course you can!" We took in these teenagers, first, we saw that these teenagers were not very old, and they consumed a lot of food, which brought great difficulties to the family. Adopting them can be both training and finding some usable talent. In addition, I also want to include these teenagers, so that these teenagers, their parents, and brothers can have a kind of meaning for us, and stay in business and Nanyang together. ”

Li Ru praised: "The lord is far-sighted! Only then can there be today's brave soldiers. ”

Xiangyang Mansion. Liu Biao looked at Kuai Yue and said, "The battle between Liu Shi and Yuan Shu is over?" ”

Kuai Yue said: "It's over, this Yuan Shu is not human, and Ye County only relies on the old Yellow Turban Department all the way." Who knew that this Yellow Turban Marshal Peng Tuo had already joined Liu Shi's army, and what was even more coincidental was that Liu Tuo was Peng Tuo's subordinate earlier, this time Peng Tuo said the opposite of Liu Tuo, He Yi naturally did not dare to attack Ye County alone. Ji Ling's heavy grain and grass were robbed by Liu Shi again, Ji Ling received the news, hurriedly retreated and was robbed and killed by Liu Shi all the way, and when he returned to Jiujiang, there were less than 2,000 left. ”

Liu Biao frowned and said, "How can this be so easy to break through than Yang?" Could it be that this Ji Lingkong has its name, and it is a straw bale? ”

Kuai Yue said: "It is said that Liu Shi's treacherous investigation learned that a large family in Biyang City had dug a secret passage to the outside of the city, and Liu Shijun stole into the city from the secret passage and took the city in his sleep. ”

Liu Biao said: "This kid is really lucky! ”