Ma Biao received a letter from Jiang Hexing, allowing his fleet to leave part of it first, and immediately organized personnel to leave. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Except for the necessary food and simple medicine, the rest of the space of the 5 galleons was vacated and all used to carry refugees. The deck of the cabin was all full of people, and all the livestock were left behind, one was left here, and two were returned to Pingzhou, and Ma Biao ordered people to lay down IOUs one by one. Only then did the fleet set off, and more than 500 people were carried on one ship.

There were still people coming from the Jindi, and Ma Biao sent people to camp on the Jindi, provide food, maintain order, and persuade them to wait patiently.

On the sixth day of the first month of October, from Baima County to Dong County, and then to Fan County, looking down from the Golden Embankment, the crowd began to converge on the Golden Embankment. In the past few days, Ma Yuan has been walking around the village and alleys, distributing leaflets, and delivering refined salt, and the surrounding people all know about it. There are refugees who can't go on and want to leave, there are people who want to watch the excitement, and they want to see what the heavenly army sent by heaven to rescue all living beings looks like.

The Pingzhou army maintained this order and sent the ones who were going to leave one by one to the ship, the same cabin was crowded, the deck was crowded, and 10 galleons were loaded, and it took two full days to complete the fleet.

The horse reinforcements left all the cavalry and chariot soldiers, and the sailors took 10 galleons and went downstream. The rest of the people set up camp on the banks of the Golden Causeway to guard the refugees who could not leave this time. Give them food, refined salt, to reassure them.

Everyone looked at the strange big ships, carrying so many people, and the ships were moving fast, this was not sent by heaven, could it still be built by man?

Seeing that the news was spread farther, Ma Yuan didn't have to spread it himself. Wait for the arrival of new ships from Phoenix Island and Xianwu City with peace of mind. The Dongjun government did not dare to close the city gates, because everyone said that this was the will of heaven, and there were also people who got on the boat and left, many of them were not unable to survive, but were afraid of war, and many were merchants. Of course, Zhang Meng did not refuse to come, and arranged to get on the ship one by one, and after 10 days of the agreement that he could not get on the ship, there were more ships to come.

It's the same with Ma Biao's side, the crowd is still gathering, but there are not enough boats, so I have to wait slowly.

On October 15th, the large fleet came, and when it set off, the Liao River in Xianwu City had not yet frozen, and Li Xiaowen had recruited almost all the merchant ships in Xianwu, and the same was true in Phoenix City, and the entire Yellow River was almost covered by these ships. Personnel, livestock, all were pulled onto the ship, and every day the fleet left, and after walking for 5 days in a row, all the talents on the Jindi were sent away. According to the statistics of Jiang Hexing, Ma Yuan, and Ma Biao, about 100,000 people have been pulled away.

New people are still converging, and all the grain and refined salt are moved to the embankment, and the ship is vacated as much as possible. A few days later, the first ships returned, pulling away the assembled people again.

In this way, after almost a month, 200,000 people were pulled away. The weather is getting colder and colder, and the river is starting to show signs of freezing. There were fewer people coming, and Jiang Hexing told his subordinates that he would not pick up newcomers to Pingzhou in 5 days. It's not that I don't want to, but once it freezes in the Yellow River, the consequences are unimaginable.

The news spread, and the last group of people also hurried to Jindi. Ma Yuan heard a piece of news, and got the news from the refugees, and immediately went to Jiang Hexing in person.

After seeing Jiang Hexing, Ma Yuan said: "King He, have you heard of the chaos in Chang'an? ”

Jiang Hexing nodded and said: "I heard that some refugees have said it, and they have also heard that it is Zhao Ming and Huo Hong, who are from Huaili, have raised troops, and it seems that the troops have already reached Chang'an." ”

Ma Yuan said: "I heard that the same is true, you see that we have taken so many people here, if Chang'an can also take away people, maybe there are more than here." ”

Jiang Hexing shook his head and said: "I have thought about it, but now the weather is cold, and it will snow heavily at any time, and the road from here to Chang'an will definitely not pass." I can't think of a good way, do you have any way? ”

Ma Yuan said confidently: "Hewang, what do you think of this? How about we walk the Yangtze River, enter the Han River, and go straight from Hanzhong to Guanzhong? ”

Jiang Hexing asked very indifferently: "What if you enter the Guanzhong?" ”

Ma Yuan replied: "As today, call on the refugees to leave. ”

Jiang Hexing asked again: "Even if there are refugees leaving, what can you do to get them to leave?" There are no waterways, there are gaps everywhere on land, do we have to fight a battle, or do we have to fight all the way? If there is a real war, how can the refugees be protected? ”

Ma Yuan was silent for a while and said, "There is no perfect strategy. ”

Jiang Hexing nodded and said: "I've thought about it for a long time, I can't go to the Yellow River, and our boat can't pass the danger of Sanmen." Walking the Yangtze River, entering the Han River, until Hanzhong, there will be no major problems. After entering Hanzhong, it will be difficult, take the meridian road, there is the meridian pass, now I don't know what the situation is, on the occasion of the war, it must be a place where soldiers must fight, these places are all a master, ten thousand people do not open. When the time comes, I'm afraid we will probably be held back from the gates. There is also a praise slope, and Chen Cangdao is the same, which will inevitably be valued in wartime, and the two sides will definitely compete fiercely.

We are here to save people, not to fight, and if we can't protect ourselves, we shouldn't protect others first.

In addition, even if we can enter the customs from these roads, the customs will inevitably be in chaos now, and the people are suffering from soldiers and bandits, but our participation may aggravate the disaster of the people. We are in the rear of the battlefield here, after all, there is no big chaos. There is still order in some places, but I am afraid that Guanzhong is in chaos now, and we will only make the chaos even more chaotic if we go in. As a result of the chaos, I am afraid that the people will suffer even more.

Even if we call the refugees, how will we go when the time comes? There are gates everywhere in Guanzhong, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to get in and out when the time comes. If we really use force to fight it, I think we can do it in terms of strength. But if we do this, I am afraid that if the war lasts longer, it will only cause the people to suffer more.

Our goal is to save people, and if our people are more unlucky, we might as well not save them. It's different here, we bring food, the troops are basically far away from the battlefield, and we can easily solve some small bandits. Not a big burden on the local area, and not much killing.

If we enter the customs, it is estimated that we will not be able to bring too much food, so we will have to eat locally. They also had to fight with the soldiers of the imperial court or the soldiers of the uprising. may have killed more than ten families in order to save one family. If there is no better way, we will have to let it go, and when the war is over, we will try to remedy it as soon as possible. ”

Ma Yuan thought for a long time, sighed and said, "There is really no better way, then we have to go back to Pingzhou first." ”

Jiang Hexing nodded and said, "I'm afraid it's the only way to go." ”

Five days later, the large flotilla left with the personnel used. On the Yellow River, ice drifted over from time to time, and the river line ordered to march day and night, quickly marching towards Phoenix Island.