Liu Cun and Wang Qi humbly saluted and sat down, and the 32-year-old county magistrate Yan Fan and a group of officials actually shouted wine, and then raised their wine glasses and talked happily, highly praising Xiao Jian's exploits and Liu Cun's righteous rescue, but Xiao Jian and other military attaches were still very useful.

Although Liu Cun and Wang Qi had already made up their minds to occupy Dongguan, they were still deeply disappointed by the performance of the civil and military officials in front of them.

At the end of the night's banquet, Xiao Jian, who was burly and extraordinary, left Liu Cun to talk alone, and unashamedly announced that he had completely defeated 30,000 Yellow Turban thieves and kept 50,000 living beings and the kingdom territory in Dongguan, and then very politely asked Liu Cun to take over the defense of Dongguan, and he would immediately lead his troops south to defend the west and north of Kaiyang in Wangcheng, and prevent the Yellow Turban Bandits from attacking the Feixian County and Mengyin areas in the west of Wangcheng.

Liu Cun wished that Xiao Jian would get out of here quickly, but he was unwilling to let him go like this, and told with a sad face that the grain and grass in the headquarters were about to run out, and pointed out that the more than 20,000 Yellow Turban thieves who fled west would come again at any time, with the current strength, it was really difficult to hold the dilapidated Dongguan City, and hoped that Xiao Jian would leave enough grain and grass and half of the people, otherwise he would definitely not be able to withstand the more and more crazy Yellow Turban thieves.

Xiao Jian, who was like an arrow, was very distressed, but he still promised to take away only five days' grain and grass and all the cavalry, and left 2,000 Juxian soldiers and 1,800 county soldiers to Liu Cun.

Early the next morning, after eating, Xiao Jianjian led 7,000 horsemen to leave Dongguan, and marched south in triumph.

What made Liu Cun cry and laugh was that Yan Fan, the county magistrate who was still toasting and talking at the banquet last night, actually left Dongguan with his family and Xiao Jian's army on the grounds of "overwork and sudden back sores", accompanied by a group of officials and disciples of the family.

Immediately afterwards, more than 30 wealthy families in the city also drove their horses and moved their families south, and the county seat within a radius of two miles was suddenly half empty, and there were only more than 28,000 people left in the city of more than 7,000 households and more than 40,000 people in the blink of an eye.

Liu Cun was helpless about this, and on the one hand, he urgently ordered Wang Qi to mobilize the people to clean up the inside and outside of the city, and on the other hand, he wrote a letter and sent someone to send it to Sun Pei, the prince of Xiahe, and transferred Zhao Rong, a confidant who guarded Dong'an City, to urgently discuss countermeasures.

Fortunately, after the quartermaster took stock of the county treasury, the grain and grass were sufficient, enough for 10,000 troops to eat for two months, and a large number of wealthy families who hastily moved their families also left a lot of grain that could not be taken away, so that the people in the city would not starve within a month.

But what happens a month later? More than 500,000 acres of fields outside the city are barren due to war, and there will be no harvest in the second half of the year, even if winter wheat is planted at the turn of autumn and winter, it will have to wait for the next year to harvest, and in the long days before the harvest, only by relying on relief from the outside world will not starve to death.

In addition, there are still tens of thousands of people in the surrounding villages who have fled into the surrounding mountains to avoid disaster, and there are no people to see when they are fighting, and most of the houses they live in have been demolished by the yellow turbans to attack the city or burn the fire for cooking, once the situation settles down, coupled with the bitter cold after the arrival of winter, these people will definitely leave the mountains and gather in the city to survive, even if only half of them come, it will bring a huge burden to Liu Cun.

In the evening, Zhao Rong entered the Dongguan County Government accompanied by Wang Qi, and Liu Cun, who redrew the topographic map of Dongguan according to the scout report, hurriedly threw down his pen and ordered the guards to deliver a meal and dine with Wang Qi and Zhao Rong.

Zhao Rong saw the simple two plates of melons and fruits and a plate of salted fish on the low table, and sighed in his heart, put down the bowl and respectfully saluted Liu Cun: "The Lord can't be so bitter, no matter what you say, the Lord is the Lord of the side that cares about the well-being of all people, please take care of your body!" ”

Liu Cun didn't care, drank a big bowl of corn porridge in a few sips, grabbed a courgette and nibbled on it: "Just enough nutrition, Dongguan has just calmed down, there are many big and small affairs, I will order it, I also want to eat and drink well, but I have to wait until I settle down to be in the mood, haha!" Sir, please take a seat, we don't have to be restrained...... Big brother, how about the more than 3,000 new soldiers? ”

"Zhai Yue and Xu Sheng have been sent to take over, Xu Sheng is a good kid, and he got along with two thousand Juxian soldiers, and many people in it knew him and obeyed him. The 1,800 soldiers in the counties that Zhai Yue took over are also very stable, I heard him say that most of the soldiers in it are from all over Qingzhou, it seems that these soldiers are also recruited from the counties from the displaced people, tomorrow the two of them will work with Yan Shen to re-select these more than 3,000 soldiers, it is estimated that nearly half of the soldiers who meet the requirements of our army can be selected, and after being selected, they will be scattered and incorporated into various parts of our army, and the rest will be formed according to your will to form an engineer battalion and repair the city and the surrounding official roads. Wang Qi reported in detail.

Liu Chu put his mind down: "I have written to Mr. Gongsun and Mr. Ziyi to inform them of the situation I am facing, asking them to come up with a proper solution, but I can't afford to invest too much in Dongguan and Dong'an in the near future. In addition, I have sent letters to the monarch and Mr. Deheng respectively, giving a detailed report on the situation of the war and the difficulties in dealing with the aftermath, and requesting that the monarch send the prefectural commander and other officials to govern the two prefectures as soon as possible. ”

Zhao Rong nodded: "The lord has done a good job, the letter to the monarch is very timely, and it is the right move to ask the monarch to send officials to govern the two counties that have just been recovered, not only to show the lord's humble temperament, but also to quietly transfer the pressure to the monarch, with the kingdom's current stretched finances and the monarch's intentions, the monarch seems to have no way except to throw these burdens to the court as soon as possible, if the estimate is good, after the monarch receives the lord's submission, he will soon summon the lord to ask for advice, at the latest...... It won't take more than five days. ”

"I also thought about it, but I don't know when I will be able to come back, Dongguan and Dong'an counties seem to have to rely on Mr. and Big Brother." Liu put down the leftover half of the courgette and sighed.

Wang Qi said with a smile: "Brother Xian can rest assured as soon as possible, there are Mr. and Brother Yu sitting here, plus thousands of soldiers whose confidence has been greatly increased after this battle, I dare not say that it is still possible to defend the two counties." ”

Zhao Rong also nodded and smiled: "Although the Lord goes back, the family can't grasp the overall situation without the Lord." ”

Liu Cun thought for a while and asked: "Sir, why don't I recommend to the monarch with Mr. Deheng, and ask the monarch to appoint you as the commander of Dongguan County, I wonder if Mr. is willing?" ”

Zhao Rong laughed: "In this way, it is justified for us to occupy Dongguan, although the Lord lets go, Zhao Rong will not live up to the Lord's expectations." ”

Liu Cun was moved in his heart: "Sir, I want to transfer your eldest son, Zhao Li, from Mengxue to my side as a clerk, is Mr. willing to cut his love?" ”

Zhao Rong was stunned for a moment, quickly stood up excitedly, took a step back and prostrate on the ground: "Zhao Rong thanked the Lord!" ”

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