Li Ru was right, Li Yi did not continue to attack after capturing Pi City, because ...... There really isn't much food left. Li Yi led more than 70,000 men and horses to the expedition, and now, the number of troops is almost more than 130,000.

However, the so-called did not continue to attack, but it just did not continue to attack in the direction of Chang'an. "Bowu, order you to be the main general, Zilong and Wen Yuan as deputy generals, and lead an army of 50,000 to attack in the direction of Linfen." Li Yi ordered lightly.

"In addition, Feng Xian and Yun Chang, you two each lead 10,000 flying cavalry battalions and lead the army south to plunder the population and materials! If you encounter an enemy, a small group will be killed directly, and if there are many people, you will retreat directly, and plunder will be given priority. Li Yi looked at Lu Bu and Guan Yu again and said in a deep voice.

"This ......" Hearing this, Lu Bu and the others showed puzzled expressions. If they turn to attack Linfen and other cities in the east, they can also be understood as preventing attacks from behind. But the troops sent south to plunder the population and materials...... It's hard for them not to think of the Hu people who went south to raid when they were children.

Seeing this, Li Yi smiled, but still said, "The reason for doing this is very simple, troubled times...... It's coming! ”

"What?!"

"How is that possible?!"

"Wouldn't it?!"

The words immediately shocked everyone, although there was Dong Zhuo's cholera government, although there was a big war between local heroes against Dong Zhuo, but for Lu Bu and others, the troubled times or something were unimaginable!

"If I'm right, it won't be long before we get into chaos. So before we do that, we need to strengthen our strength...... Especially the population! Li Yi looked at everyone calmly and said.

Population, the most troublesome thing for Li Yi, although according to the news from the rear, the group of Huns has been completely subjugated, but even so, it has only increased the population by about 400,000. It sounds like a lot, but you must know that Dong Zhuo just looted the population within a hundred miles of Luoyang, and he made a population of nearly one million. In other words, if these people are all the people of Bingzhou, then there are no other Han people in Bingzhou except for those Huns.

"No!" Although I still don't quite understand what Li Yi meant, since Li Yi said that troubled times are coming, Lu Bu and others firmly believe that troubled times will come. In this way, those territories that have not been conquered will naturally be the territory of the future enemy.

At the same time, after Zhang Ren, Yan Liang and others led an army of about 40,000 to Yong'an, they immediately began to attack the city, and soon captured Yong'an, all the way south to Linfen.

"Hehe, this Li Yi is a bit interesting......" Li Ru chuckled as he listened to the report from Hedong County.

"Wen You, do you see something?" Hearing Li Ru's words, Dong Zhuo, who was originally very anxious, suddenly calmed down. Because of Li Ru's appearance, it means that things are not a big deal.

"Hehe, lord, since Li Yi is just going south to plunder the people and supplies, then we don't need to pay attention to him. After all, if there is a field war, the local troops will just be sent to death. And if the army is mobilized again, the counties, which do not have many troops left, will not be able to provide a large number of troops at all. Li Ru replied with a smile when he heard this.

"What about Linfen and other counties?" Dong Zhuo asked in a deep voice when he heard this.

"Then Li Yi wants it, just give it to him." Li Ru shook his head and said, "Although the subordinates have concluded that the coalition army will definitely retreat, if our army and Li Yi continue to entangle, it is difficult to guarantee that those people will not change their minds." ”

"Humph! In this way, it can only be left to Li Yi to plunder Hedong?! Dong Zhuo asked with some dissatisfaction, but it was not aimed at Li Ru, but at Li Yi.

"It's just Hedong, even if you lose it, it's nothing. The important thing is the situation after that......" Li Ru shook his feather fan lightly, looked up at the eastern sky and muttered softly.

"It's also ......" Dong Zhuo looked in Li Ru's direction and nodded in response.

On the other side, Luoyang.

During this period of time, Yuan Shao and others have held banquets almost every day, but among these people, Yuan Shu is not included. After showing his face and visiting Luoyang by the way, Yuan Shu directly led his troops back to Nanyang, leaving only Sun Jian and his 10,000 soldiers stationed in the south of Luoyang City, which can be regarded as saying that he has not withdrawn from the coalition army.

And Cao Cao, Zhang Miao, and Bao Xin, because they had been persuading everyone to continue westward before, were directly ignored by Liu Dai and others. Only Yuan Shao comforted the three of them a little from time to time, but most of the time, he was still busy continuing to win over Yuan Yi and others.

"I see, Li Wushuang is also short of food over there......" Yuan Shao looked at the letter that Li Yi replied to and said lightly, after speaking, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Cao Cao. Because if it was according to the situation in the past, now Cao Cao should jump out and ask him to provide grain and grass to Li Yi. It's just that now, Cao Cao just sat quietly with his head down, and he didn't mean to speak at all.

Seeing this, Yuan Shao sighed a little helplessly, and then forced himself to look around at everyone and asked, "Everyone, Li Wushuang is unable to go west because of lack of food, I don't know if you are suitable for this?" ”

"Alliance leader, I think that with the current situation, not only Li Wushuang is short of food, but even the food of our coalition army is very scarce. Not to mention the westward expansion, even if you stay in Luoyang and stay still, I'm afraid you won't be able to last long. Although the autumn harvest is approaching, there are still more than ten days to go. Coupled with harvesting and transportation, I'm afraid the army won't be able to hold out at that time......" Hearing Yuan Shao's words, Yuan Yi, who is a member of the Yuan family, said quickly.

"I'll second!" As soon as Yuan Yi's words fell, he was echoed by everyone.

Yuan Shao nodded, then turned his head to look at Cao Cao, Zhang Miao, and Bao Xin, and finally, his eyes fell on Cao Cao's body, "Meng De, I don't know what you think?" ”

Hearing this, Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao, then turned his head to look around at everyone, I don't know why, when Cao Cao's eyes came over, whether it was Yuan Yi or Liu Dai and others, they couldn't help but lower their heads, not daring to look at them.

Seeing this, Cao Cao suddenly burst out laughing, and in the laughter, he was full of anger, helplessness, and disappointment, and he heard that the faces of Yuan Shao and the others were constantly changing, but they didn't know what to say.

After a long while, Cao Cao stopped laughing, looked at everyone and laughed, "Yuan Cheqi and you already have a plan in mind, so why bother asking me?" So saying, he went straight out of the tent. It's just that just as Cao Cao was about to leave the camp, Cao Cao suddenly stopped, turned his head to look at everyone and said lightly, "If Dong thieves are not removed, the world will be in chaos, I hope you ...... Think it through! ”

"Mengde!" Seeing this, Zhang Miao and Bao Xin hurriedly shouted and chased after them, while on the side, Yuan Shao and the others sat in place with complicated faces, but they did not stop them.