Because this urgent report in Hua Fei's hand came from Jia Xu, it was a great success. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ma Chao, who was trapped in Wuwei City, had already changed his banner and opened the city gate to surrender, and had already embarked on the road accompanied by his brother Ma Dai, and was coming to Chang'an to meet Hua Fei.

Ma Chao's submission also means that Hua Fei's plan to take Xiliang has been a complete success, and after getting the treasure land of Xiliang and Ma Chao, one of the five tiger generals, Hua Fei is naturally so happy that his eyes are sweet.

However, as the urgent report saw the back, Hua Fei, who was smiling from ear to ear, gradually disappeared with a smile on his face, and turned into a solemn face.

After congratulating Hua Fei, who was about to win the land, Jia Xu made a request to Hua Fei, that is, he begged Hua Fei to exempt Xiliang from paying taxes for one year, and send as many men as possible to settle in Xiliang.

Hua Fei was not worried that Jia Xu, a person from Xiliang, wanted to pretend to be public or use power for profit or anything, but from this urgent report, he saw that the people of Xiliang were living too miserably.

According to Jia Xu's report, Xiliang, an already bitter cold place, has experienced a terrible population after a hundred years of Qiang Rebellion and the devastation of Dong Zhuo, Han Sui and others.

At present, according to the statistics of various counties, there are only more than 420,000 people left in Xiliang, and the land is barren everywhere, and the people's livelihood is poor.

After reading the letter, Hua Fei was silent, Xiliang includes eleven counties such as Wuwei, Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Zhangye, Jincheng, Longxi, and Tianshui, and the total population of the entire eleven counties is less than 430,000.

You need to know that a county today is equivalent to a city in later generations, but on average, a county is less than 40,000 people, what kind of situation is this?

Hua Fei knew that the statistical results of these 420,000 people were investigated with the assistance of Yan Yan, Su Ze, Zhang Ji and other capable subordinates, which means that the data error or the population of black households is definitely not much.

Moreover, in the population of 420,000 people, there are also Xiliang soldiers who went south with him to fight against Cao Cao. According to Jia Xu, the rest of Xiliang's population is now dominated by women, while the elderly and children make up only a tiny fraction.

This is talking about the families of the people of Xiliang, which have broken down to the point that they are not what they look like, a home without children and men, can it still be called a home?

In other words, there are many fertile fields called "women" in Xiliang, and a large number of men are needed to cultivate them, otherwise I am afraid that there will be a phenomenon of green and yellow.

At the same time, Hua Fei also understands that in this era, men are the first labor productivity, and women's physique must be weak, and many things are incompetent.

Therefore, sending a large number of men to Xiliang to reorganize the family in order to heal the wounds brought by the long-term war to the people of Xiliang is already an imperative and a major event that must be carried out quickly.

"War is always the most harmful to the elderly and children!"

Hua Fei let out a long sigh, he understood that in addition to the fact that the elderly and children did not have enough self-protection ability, the old people were old and no longer had much use value, and the children were even more unbearable than the old people!

What good can little children do to the cruel and weak-sighted rulers? How can they survive without the protection of their families?

"Taxes must be exempted, and men must be sent quickly!"

Hua Fei made up his mind with a clenched slightly cool Buddha bead, and then opened the letter from Xu Shu, and Xu Shu, who was in charge of important military and political affairs in Guanzhong, told Hua Fei.

The foundation of Guanzhong was already weak, and after only a year of development, it shouldered the burden of pacifying Xiliang, and when Cao Cao's army invaded the border, he moved a large number of people in Guanzhong to a relatively safe inner line in order to protect the people, which led to a delay in agricultural time.

In addition, there are a large number of soldiers from Xiliang and Cao Cao in Guanzhong, although these soldiers are obedient, they also have to eat and dress, so the daily cost is very huge.

At present, although the military rations in Guanzhong have not yet bottomed out, they will definitely not be able to withstand a long war, and Xiliang Xinding is in ruins, so Xu Shu asked Hua Fei to end the battle with Cao Cao as soon as possible, so that he could settle down and make every effort to develop internal affairs.

Hua Fei knew that Xu Shu was right, after he fought these battles, Cao Jun's soldiers and Xiliang's soldiers were as high as more than 150,000, and they were all young and strong men, that guy was all able to eat!

A person who eats half a kilogram of rice a day is considered less, and he will eat more than 200,000 kilograms of grain on this day, not counting diesel salt!

"Fuck! It's hard to be a boss! ”

At this moment, he fully understands the difficulties of being a boss in the future, and both of them are opening their mouths to themselves, if they can't make money, then they can't be annoyed to death?

It's no wonder that in later generations, I heard that many bosses couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and got up to run, and those who knew understood that they were too stressed to sleep, and those who didn't know thought they were working out at a premium......

Since two of the three urgent reports were for him to withdraw his troops, and this is indeed the case, and now he has recaptured Xihan Valley Pass, and it is enough for Cao Cao to suffer for a while with a few broken armies, then Hua Fei is also ready to accept it when he sees it.

"Report - Lord, there is good news from the front: General Pang De, General Xu Chu and General Hu Che'er have already broken through the enemy's position with their troops, and the generals are rushing to chase the defeated Dian Wei and Xia Houyuan and others, heading towards the direction of Donghan Valley."

"Oh?" Hua Fei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked the guard who came to report urgently, "Have you caught Cao Cao?" ”

There is a way to capture the thief and capture the king first, if Cao Cao can be captured, then the situation will undoubtedly be very good for Hua Fei, so he can't help but be anxious in his heart.

However, the answer was disappointing after all, as soon as the words came out, Hua Fei knew that he had asked in vain, because even Dian Wei and Xia Houyuan had run away, how could they catch Cao Cao?

These two people are loyal to Cao Cao, if Cao Cao falls into the hands of the army, then Hua Fei dares to guarantee that these two people will not only not run, but will also fight with their subordinates.

When the guard who came to report confirmed his guess, Hua Fei couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but then his eyebrows danced with excitement.

Because although Cao Cao ran away temporarily, Pang De and Xu Chu were leading the army to pursue, not to mention that Gan Ning and Zhang Ren were afraid that they would have already gone ashore to cut off Cao Cao's way back, so the possibility of catching Cao Cao was still very great.

And although this information was not a big victory, it also told Hua Fei a piece of news, that is, Cao Cao was defeated, and because of this, he thought of a good way to solve the current predicament.

Of course, if you want to solve the current food shortage, sparse population and delayed agricultural difficulties, it is best to catch Cao Cao or force Cao Cao to be embarrassed.

Therefore, Hua Fei immediately issued a loud order: "Order Xu Chu, Gan Ning, and Zhang Ren generals to lead the army to attack with all their might, and don't use the fastest speed to capture Cao Cao alive." ”

"Whoa!"

The guard Gao Ying turned around and hurried away, and Hua Fei immediately turned into a slight cool Buddha bead in the faint sandalwood fragrance in the cooling southeast wind, and took precautions.

Soon after, a snow-white carrier pigeon rose from the Xihan Valley Pass, flapping its wings and flying towards the setting sun, and at the same time, several fast horses galloped in the direction of Chang'an.

After arranging the matter, Hua Fei, under the protection of Bao Chu and the guards, rode his horse and galloped towards the direction of Donghan Valley.

thought that Cao Cao's original 40,000 troops should have little left after losing three battles in a row, and he was demoralized under the defeat.

The combined strength of Gan Ning, Zhang Ren, Pang De, Xu Chu and other generals is as high as more than 50,000 people, and the cavalry accounts for more than half.

Therefore, he was very relieved to give the order for the whole army to pursue with all his might, but when he was planning things, Cao Cao had already been advised by Guo Jia to push the ambush of the army in the direction of the Yellow River according to the time of day, and pushed it nearly ten miles away.

And Gan Ning was also in a hurry to lead his 9,000 sailor brothers, hurriedly chasing after the Li Dian Department who had abandoned the banner of baggage and fled in the wilderness, and went straight to this open tiger's mouth.

ps: This chapter is very difficult to write, very slow, and it has been getting slower and slower lately, and I don't know why, so please bear with me, thank you! (To be continued.) )