The 20,000 enemy troops captured in Heyang must not be let go, because once they are released, it is equivalent to restoring Cao Cao's strength, and as long as they are armed again, they will be more than 10,000 new forces.

But if he slaughtered them, Pan Feng couldn't bear it, and this time he was in a dilemma.

Guan Min stood up and proposed: "Heyang is only a Taihang away from our Shangdang County, and the enemies in various places along the way are oppressed by the four generals, so they can only retreat in the towns and cities around the city and dare not go out of the city for half a step, we simply escort these prisoners back to Bingzhou, which can be regarded as a huge capture for us." ”

Pan Feng thought about it and felt that this matter was very right, so he immediately decided: "Immediately send someone to find the fourth general, let him pick him up along the way, and you will take 5,000 men and horses to escort these captives back to the east." ”

Guan Min immediately bowed down and accepted the order.

Since he escorted nearly 20,000 young and strong captives back to the east, of course, he couldn't let them go empty-handed, so he took Xiahou Shang's looting over the years and packed all the materials from the Heyang Mansion Treasury together, and let these young and strong captives carry the burden as a free transport team.

This habit is very Lu Peng, as the so-called boss and soldier, every battle is not captured, Lu Peng is for his own loss, so the people below have also developed the habit of looting and seizing, everyone comes back every battle, not to compare how many enemies are killed, but to capture more than whom.

As a result, as soon as the news of escorting the captives to the east came out, Heyang City immediately boiled.

Youzhou, that's a fairy-like paradise, everyone wants to go and hasn't had a chance yet, with this opportunity, how can you give up? So those captives responded happily and positively, but Pan Feng really didn't expect it.

But trouble also followed, these soldiers were all recruited from the left, and each of them was dragging their families behind them, since they were able to go to Youzhou Paradise, why not bring a family of young and old? As a result, they begged to bring their families with them, and promised that they would never drag down the army's movements.

Pan Feng was benevolent, and he didn't want to see these people parting with their families, imagining that Heyang was only more than 300 miles away from Gaodu County in Shangdang County, and bringing the families of these captives could also make them feel at ease in Bingzhou, right? What's more, my own three states, now due to the vast number of places, there is a temporary population vacancy, and a little more is a little more, so I agreed.

But as soon as this opening was opened, the trouble was big, as soon as the news came out, in a blink of an eye, the people called friends and friends, recruited relatives and friends, surrounded the entire Heyang Mansion, and asked to follow Pan Feng's army to Bingzhou, looking at the crowd of people who couldn't see the edge at a glance, it was almost the same if there were no 100,000.

And no matter day or night, there are still people gathering in Heyang, no matter how Pan Feng explains, he can't take so many people north, the people still don't care, just kneel down and beg, crying and begging is earth-shattering, even if they are hard-hearted, they are all moved to tears.

In the end, Pan Feng gritted his teeth: "Okay, since the more than 10,000 captives brought their families, as the saying goes, one sheep is also driven, and two sheep are also released, then everyone should follow." ”

As soon as this order was delivered, the original cry and pleading became a cry of cheers and "General Pan, Marquis Wandai", and the cry became today's movement.

Hearing such blessings from the people, Pan Feng was full of bitterness.

Without further ado, after all, there were still Xiahou Yuan's 50,000 troops chasing 200 miles away, and once Xiahou Yuan caught up with these people who went east, it would be a tragedy in the world.

300 miles, if you follow the normal marching speed, you can march 50 miles a day, of course, this is not the marching speed of the Lu family's army, if the Lu family's army sits on a four-wheeled carriage, a hundred miles a day is not a problem.

"Okay, according to the speed of 50 miles a day, at most six days, I can take the people to Shangdang Gaodu, and Xiahou Yuan is still 200 miles away from us, in fact, now Xiahou Yuan has been chasing us for half a month, he is also exhausted, according to the report that Jinyiwei reconnaissance came back, they have reduced from the original 50 miles a day to only thirty or forty miles a day, and this speed has a downward trend, so it will take at least 5 to 8 days for them to catch up with us, We still have a chance. This is Pan Feng's good wish.

As a result, things far exceeded Pan Feng's expectations.

The calculation is correct, but Pan Feng made a common-sense mistake, that is, the terrain and the physical fitness of the people.

From Heyang to the high capital of Bingzhou, there is still a certain plain on the side of Sili, which was originally the heart of the empire, and there are also some official roads, but as soon as it is close to the junction of Sili and Bingzhou, the huge Taihang Mountain is in front of you, Taihang, it is the highest and steep mountain range in the Central Plains, there are several roads along the way, and it is rugged and difficult, how can the speed go up?

Another is the physical condition of the people, everyone is deprived by the impoverished Cao Cao and has no food every other day, and the body is weak, how can it be fifty miles a day?

At this time, the people gathered more and more, and finally counted no less than 300,000, these people dragged their families and their families, the old and weak, and one by one they had already won and weakened, with such physical fitness, it was impossible to achieve a long-distance march of 50 miles a day.

And there is one most crucial thing, these people who dragged their families and mouths took away all their belongings that they thought they could not abandon, and if their dilapidated houses could be put on and pushed, these people would definitely not hesitate to push.

In this way, it is a big trouble, Guan Min took 5,000 men and horses to open the road in front, when it was dark, Lu Jiajun stopped and stopped, and still walked out of 30 miles, but those people, who were strong and strong to take care of their families, staggered forward with old age and weakness, and had walked out of 30 miles in front, and had not yet left Zhongshan City.

Pan Feng regrets it now, but the words have been sent out, and the people have already set off, even if they regret it, it is impossible, this is really difficult to ride a tiger.

"All the four-wheeled carriages will be allocated to carry the people forward, and quickly report to General Zhao Yun, hurry up to gather and protect the people, and quickly send people to fly pigeons to pass the book back to Youzhou, and report the situation to the lord and the cabinet." Then he said firmly: "Our remaining soldiers will no longer be guerrillas, just stick here and cut off the rear for the people returning to the north." ”

After arranging all this, before Pan Feng could take a breath, another situation appeared, that is, these people had been squeezed defenseless by Cao Cao, and at night, hundreds of people were hungry and cold, and their cries and shouts shook the four fields.

There was no way, Pan Feng had to directly allocate the seized grain and grass to those people, so that they could be fed so that they could continue to move forward.

But for more than 300,000 people, the captured poor grain and grass can barely support 3 to 4 days, but the people can't eat enough, and the speed of the march is even slower.

"Ask the lord for reinforcements." Pan Feng hung his head and released a letter asking for help again.

It's getting messed up and getting messy.

(End of chapter)