The number of troops is not too much, but the number of war horses and horses is too much, more than 40,000. With so many horses, there is too much pressure on the logistics baggage, not to mention the unprepared Pingyu County, and even Xiapi There is a lot of pressure. Seeing that if he didn't leave, the people of Pingyu County and Chen Dao were about to go crazy, Tian Fan decisively ordered to return to Xiapi!

This is already the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Chen Zhi needs to be familiar with Pingyu, which is why he has been delayed for so long. Lu Bu had already retreated in advance, and he was accompanied by two thousand knights and four thousand foot soldiers from the wolf cavalry battalion. Of course, as when they came, there were five horses per person, and they had to be led if they couldn't ride.

There's no way, returning to Xiapi doesn't have to be the same as a raid, the raid is fast, and returning, it's almost the same as traveling, in fact, a horse is enough. However, after the end of this battle, the number of horses lost in Xuzhou was less than the number of soldiers, and if Lu Bu did not bring more when he retreated, he could only bring Tian Fan.

Tian Fan thought about it and felt that he had made a mistake. Cavalry for raids is actually better than infantry, of course, he is referring to when there is no snow on the road. Riding a horse is too demanding for logistical supplies, especially when there are a large number of horses. In the winter, there is no grass, and in order to reduce the load, the horses can only eat grain, which is too expensive. This time, in just ten days, the food consumed was comparable to the consumption of a hundred thousand troops in a month. Although it is a coarse grain, it is also very distressing!

Early in the morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Tian Fan, Gao Shun, Liyi, Pang De, Zhang Xiu, Jia Xu and others bid farewell to Chen Zhi and Ma Cheng and embarked on the road home.

The long line was full of cavalry, and although Zhang Xiu's men did not have many cavalry, his soldiers could ride horses, at least much better than the infantry under Gao Shun who had just learned to ride horses. So, each person had a horse to travel.

Pang De was the front army, Gao Shun was the rear army, and Tian Fan and others were the middle army.

In addition to the front and rear armies, there were some people in the middle army, riding in carriages without wheels. They were all soldiers of this war, and some of them were local people who wanted to join the Xuzhou Army, and they were naturally sledding. A horse pulled, and the sleigh was made of cowhide in the shape of a small tent, which protected it from the cold and the wind, and four or five soldiers sat cross-legged in it without crowding. With this treatment, not to mention that the soldiers didn't expect it, even the soldiers on horseback were very envious. In this way, no one wants to escape, and Tian Fan and the others can feel more at ease. In addition to the pawns, the grain was also pulled by sleighs.

When this thing was made, Tian Fan slapped his head several times in a row, what a fool! If you think of this thing when you are in Xuzhou, where you can use so many horses? Where is the need to freeze the soldiers to death? The larger one is pulled by two horses. The soldiers had a sleigh for every three people, one controlled the horse, and two slept, what a good way to go on an outing? I'm afraid that the GIs haven't finished enjoying such fun, and the journey of a thousand miles will be over. It's good to be yourself, endure the biting cold wind, and run all the way from Xiapi to Pingyu, it's so stupid, stupid!

Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu couldn't praise the sleigh, and patted Tian Fan red-faced, and felt a little better in their hearts. Along the way, I bragged and farted with Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu, but I also had a very happy chat. However, he did not say anything about the future fate of Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu, nor did he have the right to speak. According to his meaning, Jia Xu's gang is a scourge, and such a scourge should be kept by the White Tiger Legion as a military advisor, and if you want to be a scourge, you will harm yourself. But Jia Xu's ability has long been known by Liu Bei, and this may not exist. As for Zhang Xiu, Tian Fan naturally hoped that he could enter the White Tiger Legion, but unfortunately this was impossible. Zhang Xiu's uncle Zhang Ji is not a simple character, he himself is not simple, even Cao Cao can chase a character who is scurrying around like a dog, Liu Bei is assured that the possibility of putting him in the White Tiger Army is zero!

As for Lu Yi, he ignored Zhang Xiu along the way, and when Zhang Xiu talked to him, he either um, or ah, which made Zhang Xiu very embarrassed. But this matter can't be persuaded yet, who let the two of them have such a deep grudge? On the third day of the march, Koji Yi took the initiative to replace Gao Shun as the rear army of the army. Tian Fan looked at his stubborn eyes, sighed and agreed. It seems that I will be busy in the future! It's really fucking up to think about it, the world is so big, Ko Yi and Zhang Xiu, such top figures are mixed in Liu Beijun, and they can even be coincidental to the point of having a big feud, it's really fucking enough.

A heavy snowfall on the second day of junior high school was very large and the scope was also very large, at least on the way back to Tian Fan, there was a thick layer of snow. Maybe it was God's compensation for last year's big man, in short, Tian Fan was very satisfied, and the sled has been going very smoothly. Look at this situation, after three years of Jian'an, there will be no drought, look at this weather, I am afraid that there will be no locust plague, this is good, what Xuzhou needs most now is to recuperate.

The first battle of Yuan Shu, the military rations, the food to rescue the people, and the drought, the treasury of Xuzhou was exhausted, and now Liu Bei is worried every day, there is money, and the treasury is full of copper coins and cloth, which is full, but there is no food. The landlord's family has no surplus grain! And what about the people? Now there is no place to buy food even if you have money!

It took less than four days when I came, and it took eight days to return. On the fourteenth day of the first month, Tian Fan and his entourage finally arrived at Xiapi.

Xiapi is still that Xiapi, and it is not that Xiapi. Prosperity is what it feels like for everyone to come to this city for the first time!

The development of commerce in Xiapi has led to many related industries, leading to the extraordinary prosperity of the entire Xiapi City and the surrounding places. There was no longer enough space in the city, and Liu Bei had to relocate the shops except for normal daily necessities to the east and west of Xiapi City. In both places, there is now a small city, which is one mile long and wide, and all the shops in it are all kinds of shops. Many outsiders can only buy and sell in the markets outside the city, because every inch of land in the city is expensive, and the rent of shops is prohibitively expensive.

The East Market specializes in bulk goods, grain, cloth, salt, furs, wood, porcelain, lacquerware, copperware, etc., and the West Market sells small things, from gold, silver and jade to spirits and soaps, even needles and threads, etc., everything is included. Along the banks of Surabaya, huge warehouses have also been established, and as long as you pay money, you can store anything. Of course, not with arms.

At night, both markets are closed and locked, protected by special sergeants. The security of Xuzhou, the businessmen are still at ease, so they all abide by the rules here. Doing business during the day and living in the city at night, it's not far anyway.

Liu Bei had already received the news and was waiting in the camp.

Zhang Xiu is a very popular person, he is like Zheng Bao and Zang Ba, he knows who he is, and his position is very correct. Liu Bei just liked this general at a glance. Wen Yan soothed, nothing more than saying some, what hello, I'm good, everyone, follow me and do a good job, if I eat, you won't be hungry, you will definitely be able to drink soup when I eat meat, okay, don't say much, let's make you a general first, you're welcome, who is with whom do our buddies?

Zhang Xiu had tears in his eyes, sighed, and shouted that he would definitely be loyal to Liu Bei, otherwise he would be a grandson or something. In short, Liu Bei was very satisfied, and Zhang Xiu was also very satisfied.

As for Jia Xu, let's join the army for the time being! Jia Xu also happily agreed, and he didn't see the appearance of a poisoner at all, and he smiled harmlessly.

When he arrived at Tian Fan, Liu Bei had nothing to say, patted him on the shoulder, and said that he had worked hard, and it was okay!

Zhang Xiu is very good at being a person, he is Tong Yuan's eldest disciple, and he is a real disciple, unlike Chen Zhi, who is just a registered disciple. However, when he first saw Chen Dao, he did not look down on Chen Dao, the two met very happily, and he also instructed Chen Zhi in some martial arts. Now that they meet Zhao Yun, the two brothers naturally have to get close!

Liu Bei saw that Zhang Xiu could quickly integrate into the Xuzhou Army, and the smile on his face never broke.

Then, celebrate the feast!

The protagonists are naturally Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu, Tian Fan has been the protagonist too much, and he doesn't care about it once or twice, so everyone's firepower is aimed at the two of them. In the end, Zhang Xiu couldn't do it, but Jia Xu became more and more energetic the more he drank, his eyes lit up, and he didn't like to drink enough, but launched an attack on the people present. Obviously, he worked in vain, Zhang Fei and Lu Bu such barrels, the Xuzhou army has. In the end, Jia Xu was also glorious.

Tian Fan's mind has already flown home! There are his relatives at home, and his wife is about to give birth to a baby, so it's better to go back quickly!

As soon as the banquet ended, Tian Fan couldn't wait to go home, and he didn't even hear Liu Bei's shout.

At home, naturally warm, even without a stove, warm.

Just when Tian Fan was enjoying the warmth brought by his family, Deng Zhan spat hatefully and took people away from Chaoyang Valley.

Chaoyang Valley is very large, with rivers, hills, caves, etc., everything, and the terrain is complex and outrageous. Since the Chinese New Year's Eve raid, when Lu Shuang and Lin'er were rescued, Deng Zhan sent people to guard the exit and led the remaining hundreds of people to launch a carpet search of this place. Unfortunately, to no avail. The three of them seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and Deng Zhan dug three feet into the ground, but still found nothing. In order to lure out the three people who might be in the valley, Deng Zhan did everything he could, and even tortured the people who were not killed in the attack that night to death in various cruel ways, but still no one appeared.

In the end, Deng Zhan finally believed that the three of them had left. He knew that the people in Chaoyang Valley were all members of the Lu family, seven aunts and eight aunts, uncles and nieces and daughters, and the relationship was complicated, as long as it was an individual, there was a certain relationship. If the three of them are still there, and he abuses the captives, it is impossible for the other party not to endure it. He could only call out for bad luck, and he couldn't think of any other way out of Chaoyang Valley.

Soon after Deng Zhan and the others left, a person came out of a hidden place in the valley, and it was Lu Shuang.

Lu Shuang rushed to the village, and when she saw the tragic situation in the village, the charred corpses, and the mutilated relatives, she wanted to cry without tears. It's not that she doesn't want to cry, she has been hiding in the cave for half a month, she can hear the scene outside, and her tears have long since dried up.

Hearing footsteps behind her, she asked in a whisper, "Why, why didn't you save them?" ”

The person behind him didn't answer, he just said coldly: "Don't think about revenge, our Lu family has already done enough!" I'll find your brother. As for your grandfather, he has Guo Sheng and Poinsettia by his side, and he will be fine. If you want to go to Tian Fan, I'll send you. If you don't want to go...... I'll send you to find Lu Bu! After that, I'll go find your brother. Our Lu family must leave a bloodline! ”

Lu Shuang wanted to cry aggrievedly, she asked astringently, "Until now, are you still thinking about your brother?" Mother's death, can you hate me until now? ”

The man didn't squeak, and after a while, he let out a long sigh and said, "I never hated you!" I just don't have as much ambition as your grandfather, especially after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, I saw too many dead people...... I don't want our Lu family to die anymore. For the sake of two so-called treasures, seven brothers of my father's generation, and several top knights, he is the only one left, is it worth it? Isn't it good to live a peaceful life? Does he have to be happy if our Lu family dies? Your brother is indeed inferior to you, he can't lead our Lu family to strength, but he ......"

Shaking his head, he didn't continue. Lu Yi's ability is not enough to defend Chengdu. This is God's revenge on the Lu family, so that they don't even have a suitable heir! ps: It's still a chapter, I've been too busy lately, the raw materials are coming, and I often need to work overtime, sorry. It's probably one chapter a day this week