After Zhang Fei was captured alive, the Yizhou Corps began to retreat, but because the enemy was very numerous, the battle did not end so quickly, and fierce attacks were still going on everywhere in the city.

The battle continued until midnight, when the Gunpowder Army once again forced the defenders into the western city, and the whole city fell silent.

Zhuge Liang also made arrangements at this time, moved the rifle battalion led by Huang Zhong to the outskirts of Xicheng, and used explosives to blow up all those labyrinthine low walls, only the earthen wall closest to the enemy side remained.

When the Gunpowder Army established a defensive line and the artillery went into battle again, the city that had just quieted down sounded the rumbling cannon again, and the West City immediately turned into a sea of fire.

Looking at such a miserable Xicheng, the corners of Yuan Yun's mouth raised slightly, what he liked most was this kind of long-distance attack, so that the enemy in the war would only have to watch, and his own people would not be damaged at all, so he was naturally very happy.

It was only Yuan Yun's idea that he found that some of the heavy armored infantry in the front were full of unhappiness, as far as they were concerned, now they could only watch the artillery battalion snatch the military merits, and although they fought for a long time during the day, they still felt that their physical strength was still very strong, and they should have been fighting with the enemy all night.

"General Zhang Fei has been captured, doesn't the lord want to meet him?" When Zhuge Liang asked, he had already come to Yuan Yun's side.

Yuan Yun only frowned when he heard Zhuge Liang ask like this, and then sighed: "I have nothing to say, listening to Xiaoliu's report, Zhang Fei has been yelling and scolding, and it is estimated that it will be even worse when he sees me, so don't see me now." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled, shook the folding fan and asked, "How does the lord plan to treat General Zhang Fei?" Do you plan to send him back to Xiangyang to be detained? ”

Yuan Yun replied: "Let's be locked up in the army first, I'm worried that if he is escorted to Xiangyang, a lot of bad things will definitely happen on the way, Zhang Fei is fierce after all, if he finds that he is being sent to Xiangyang for detention, he will definitely fight back, in case ...... Anyway, let's lock him up here first, after we take Yong'an County, I need a while to set it up, so I have a lot of time to see him. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded when he heard this, didn't ask anything more, but shook his feather fan, and then took a few personal soldiers to the front, although the enemy army has now been suppressed in Xicheng, but anything can happen on the battle array, especially the other party still has powerful strategists, so this will have to be completely prepared.

After Zhuge Liang left, Yuan Yun shook his head, did not follow and went to the front, but returned to the camp with Xiao Liu and other personal soldiers, Yong'an's battle was fought to this extent, then even if it was already victorious, the next thing that needs to be considered is the follow-up arrangement, and the follow-up is to attack Yizhou, and there are more places to consider.

When he arrived at the camp, Yuan Yun first took out the map, this kind of thing actually didn't have much effect on him, it was more for the officials around him to see, these officials were mainly responsible for logistics, and there was naturally a lot of stakes in this.

As for Guo Jia, who doesn't ask from him, Yuan Yun is also used to it, in short, after this goods comes here, he will haunt his handsome tent if he has nothing to do, and he smiles all day long, which is very annoying to look at.

"Yuan Xiaoxian plans to build a dock in Yong'an?" When Guo Jia asked, he had already finished scanning the paperwork on the table.

Yuan Yun nodded and said, "This is exactly what I want, and it must be established very quickly, so that the baggage supplies behind can be sent through the waterway, which is not only safe, but also much faster." ”

Guo Jia sighed when he heard this, and then continued: "So Yuan Hou plans to seize Jiangling County again, so that the waterways can be connected, so as to facilitate the transportation of Xiangyang, but after taking Jiangling County, our defenders in Xiangyang will be divided into troops, according to the previous form, I am afraid that this division of troops will fall into an endless war of attrition, and Xiangyang's troops are mainly Wancheng soldiers, their combat power is not as strong as the gunpowder army, and General Cao Hong is good at business, but not good at fighting, Yuan Xiaoxian can think about it carefully." ”

Yuan Yun shrugged his shoulders disapprerovingly, and then pointed at Jiangxia and Paxia in the west with a finger and said: "I will announce the withdrawal of our defenders in these two places, and then transfer the troops to Jiangling County, so that we can not only narrow the scope of defense, but also ensure that the transportation line is safer, killing two birds with one stone." ”

Guo Jia looked at Yuan Yun's fingers, and was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "These two places are facing the important places in the direction of Yangzhou, and they are not allowed to take them, is it too much of a pity to give up now, and once Yuan Xiaoxian orders the withdrawal of the army, those Jingzhou resistance forces will inevitably take over immediately, so I am afraid that it will bring pressure to Prime Minister Cao Cheng, who is fighting in Yangzhou at the moment." ”

When Yuan Yun heard Guo Jia say this, a wicked smile immediately rippled, and then replied leisurely: "Prime Minister Cao Cheng has a lot of generals, and it's just a little pressure, so naturally he can be caught with his hands, which is definitely not a big problem." ”

Guo Jia saw Yuan Yun with a wicked smile on his face, and immediately laughed, and said: "Yuan Xiaoxian is not honest, he is always thinking about pitting people, you are worried that after Prime Minister Cao Cheng takes control of Yangzhou, he will immediately return to the west, so that your gunpowder army will inevitably be incorporated into the army immediately, which is equivalent to losing autonomy, and now you have given several states and counties close to Yangzhou to the enemy, so if Prime Minister Cao Cheng wants to go west, he must deal with these states and counties first, which is equivalent to buying you the most important time." ”

Yuan Yun was told by Guo Jia, there is nothing to care about, anyway, now Guo Jia also belongs to Luoyang's weaving, and it is natural to give priority to Luoyang, as long as his old lord Cao Cao in the past, as long as he does not rebel, there will be no problem.

Sure enough, Guo Jia thought for a while before continuing to smile: "This is indeed a good way, so to drag Prime Minister Cao Cheng westward, we can also make more preparations before attacking Yizhou, the war is a logistics supply, so this method is very good." ”

Xu You saw that Yuan Yun and Guo Jia said the same, so he interjected: "It is not difficult to build a dock, but the difficult thing is when will we launch an attack on Jiangling County?" After all, it was the most tenacious place for the resistance in Jingzhou. ”

Yuan Yun heard Xu You's inquiry, and immediately smiled proudly: "It's not when to attack, but it's already taken, the last time Xu Yi regretted Xiangyang to escort supplies, he had already sent my order to Cao Hong, Cao Hong also performed perfectly, using the troops withdrawn by Pasha and Jiangxia, he broke through the defense of Jiangling County in one fell swoop, and at this moment that side is already under our control, as for the so-called rebel army, it is just a group of clowns jumping off the beam at the moment, with a new rifle battalion in Luoyang over there, they can't make any waves at all." ”

When Xu You heard this, he began to touch his beard with satisfaction, and his words also turned to the construction of the wharf.

Yuan Yun saw that the two of them had understood the whole situation, and then they really began to arrange, in addition to the wharf, the most important thing is to build a ship, and as soon as this sentence was said, Guo Jia and Xu You didn't seem to have much surprise, but nodded in agreement, because from Yong'an, you can pass through the river, all the way to Jiangzhou and Wuyang, if these two drops are taken down, then Chengdu, the important land of Yizhou, is in front of you.

Several people chatted like this for a while, when Yuan Yun said that he planned to transfer five thousand craftsmen from Luoyang to Yong'an, Guo Jia once again showed a look of surprise, although he had been in Luoyang for a while, but most of the time he was studying strategy with Cao Ang, and he rarely paid attention to these workshop facilities in Luoyang, and at this moment he heard that Yuan Yun was going to use five thousand craftsmen at a time, he would naturally be surprised.

"Luoyang has transferred so many craftsmen, will it affect Luoyang's production, now it is the guarantee of front-line armaments, and it must not be trusted." After Guo Jia finished suggesting, his expression became more serious, he was very worried that Yuan Yun was desperate.

Yuan Yun saw that Guo Jia was so worried, but when he just wanted to explain, he was robbed of the conversation by Xu You, only to hear Xu You smile lightly, and said: "It's just five thousand craftsmen, and these craftsmen must be mainly civil carpenters and shipbuilders, even if these two craftsmen are all transferred, it will not affect the production of Luoyang, Feng Xiao is probably too worried." ”

Even after listening to this explanation, Guo Jia still didn't believe it, so he continued to ask cautiously: "How can such a large-scale craftsman being sent to Yong'an not affect production?" That's 5,000 manpower. ”

As soon as this question came out, Guo Jia seemed to react immediately, smiled in an instant, changed the topic and asked, "How many craftsmen are there in Luoyang now?" ”

Xu You looked at the ceiling of the camp tent with his eyes on the beads, and then replied: "There are about 100,000 workshops in the government, and as for the workers in the private workshops, it is difficult to count, but there are 50,000 at least, so there are at least 150,000 craftsmen in Luoyang who are responsible for the production of the workshop." ”

When Guo Jia heard this number, he was stunned for a while, and then said with a smile: "Tut-tut, I said why is Luoyang's output so large, and now it is said that most of the world's goods are sent to Luoyang, this rumor is really true, but even if I hear it now, I am really surprised, so many people are not agricultural personnel, and it takes a lot of food to feed them......

Xu You didn't wait for Guo Jia to finish speaking, and immediately continued: "By the way, there are also 150,000 people in Luoyang who are in charge of farming, all of whom are displaced people from all over the country before Yuan Hou, Fengxiao should still remember the batch of Han slaves received before, and there were 50,000 of them that time, so Luoyang has long been self-sufficient in terms of grain, in addition, Hongnong and Chang'an under the rule of the Shizi shogunate also have specially established farms, and the grain output is also very high, not to mention that we will get a lot of non-staple food from the Western Regions, so eat this piece ......"

"Okay, okay, I already have a general understanding, these five thousand craftsmen are really nothing to Luoyang." Guo Jia didn't wait for Xu You to finish the introduction, he didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore, and he finally had a general understanding of Luoyang's current strength.

Yuan Yun saw that Guo Jia finally understood, but he was a little confused, so he asked: "Guo Jia was very concerned about Luoyang before, why do you seem to know all these things?" ”

Guo Jia smiled bitterly, and then pointed to Xu Yu in front of him and said: "This is all thanks to Mr. Ziyuan, the official document reported before only mentioned the total population of Luoyang, but it has never been subdivided into various occupations, if it wasn't for Mr. Ziyuan who just gave me detailed figures, where would I have guessed so much." ”

Yuan Yun only understood at this time, Xu You was in charge of intelligence work in Luoyang, these detailed figures, he naturally chose to keep them secret, no wonder Guo Jia didn't know before, it is estimated that even Cao Cao himself only has a general understanding of Luoyang, not the number of craftsmen.

After thinking about this, Yuan Yun returned to the business and said: "As soon as these craftsmen from Luoyang come, we can really launch an offensive against Yizhou, and I have to fight all the way to repair, just fight all the way to Liu Bei's nose, and the fortifications will also be repaired all the way." ”