Zhuge Liang is Zhuge Liang in the end, and this overall planning ability is really not bragging about it.

It only took him three days to solve the transformation of all the transport carts of the main force of the Northern Expedition, and he even had the spare strength to prepare the more than 10,000 Qiang Hu cavalry under Zhao Yun to wrap the horse's hooves and prevent slipping linen pieces.

In this way, all the problems of sending troops have basically been solved.

In this way, the main army of the Han Dynasty stationed in Meixian County finally moved again, Liu Bei took Wei Yan as the vanguard, set off for Wugong County first, and led the Chinese army and grain and grass to set off together, and after completing the assembly in Wugong County, he went straight to Huaili, the right Fufeng Zhishuo.

And Zhang Xi's preparations were a little slower, and he set off even a day later than Liu Bei.

This is not to blame Zhang Xi, the main thing is that Zhang Xi went to attack Zuo Fengyi, and he had to first get through the heavy snow in Weishui for more than ten days, and Weishui had already frozen.

Theoretically, Zhang Xi didn't even need a ferry at this time, and could directly cross the Weishui from the ice, but anyone who knew a little about hydrology knew that when the water was frozen, no one knew how thick the ice under the water was.

In order to figure out the thickness of the ice in Weishui, Zhang Xi had to spend an additional five days trying to find a suitable path to pass through the ice.

Not only did you have to be able to pass the soldiers safely, but most importantly, you had to find a way to pass on the ice with your food and grass, which was really not easy.

If it weren't for the help of the local people and fishermen, and at the same time, Zhang Xi also found some records of Weishui hydrological data in the Wugong County Treasury, it would not be so simple and easy to cross Weishui in this weather.

Even so, Zhang Xi also lost more than 20 people, basically all of whom were ice exploration soldiers who could not be rescued in time after accidentally falling into the ice cave for a while.

And once you can cross the Weishui, the rest of the things will be much simpler.

Zhang Xi and Liu Yin led the troops together, and this time there was no division of the front army and the rear army, that is, the large group of soldiers and horses acted together, and went straight to the Changling-Weicheng line of Zuo Feng Yi.

Gao Xiang, on the other hand, was left by Zhang Xi to guard Wugong County, and at the same time to take over Liu Bei's main army.

Not to mention Liu Bei's march this way, just say that Zhang Xi and Zhang Xi crossed Weishui, and the more they marched, the more they went, the more they felt that something was wrong.

It's still snowy, and although the days of heavy snow are in the past, occasionally, there will be bursts of light snow drifting by, and the northwest wind is still cold, so the speed of the march will naturally be greatly affected.

Fortunately, there was a lot of coal in the army, and Zhang Xi didn't dare to march too quickly, and he traveled about thirty miles a day, and set up camp early, so that the soldiers could stop and roast the fire, so that they would not choke on the cold.

It stands to reason that on this day, unless it is a march like this, there will be no one in the field, which is also a very normal thing.

On a cold day, the people stayed at home and didn't move.

At first, Zhang Xi didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but when Zhang Xi passed through three towns for three consecutive days and still didn't see any fireworks, Zhang Xi felt that there must be something strange about it.

When passing through the first town, Zhang Xi deliberately bypassed this town in order to avoid being discovered, and did not get close, and it was normal not to find anything unusual.

When passing through the second town, because the scale of the town is not large, it looks like a small town with a hundred or so families at most, and the reason for the lack of fireworks may be because this town is full of poor people who can't afford charcoal, and the weather is too bad to go out to chop wood, so they huddle at home and eat cold food, which is also a very normal thing in this era.

But when he passed through the third town, Zhang Xi still didn't find any fireworks, which was wrong.

Coupled with the march of about ten days, now Zhang Xi has marched to the vicinity of Maoling. You can also encounter towns without fireworks, which is not to say.

Maoling, is the mausoleum of Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty, as early as the pre-Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty migrated the people to enrich Guanzhong, divided a large number of people to Maoling, plus the guards of the tomb and their descendants said so, Maoling in this era, should be a densely populated, commercially developed area.

There is no fireworks in this place, which is extremely abnormal.

As soon as Zhang Xi and Liu Yin discussed, both of them felt that there was a problem, so they immediately sent scouts in the army and ventured close to Maoling County to find out.

As a result, the scout reported, not to mention Maoling County, even the villages near Maoling, and did not see any figures.

Zhang Xi and Liu Yin were a little confused, what the hell is this idea?!

In this world, it is not uncommon for villages to be empty under years of war, but they are basically in the wilderness of the war zone, or in some small villages. There is no one in the city, and it is impossible to think about it.

Even if the Wei thief abandoned Maoling in order to gather his troops, he couldn't even see the people or the local family?!

In this case, there is probably only one possibility - the Wei thieves are migrating the local people and families.

But the question is why?!

Let's think about this matter for a while, let alone Zhang Xi, even Liu Yin has understood.

The Wei thieves want to run, they want to give up Guanzhong Sanfu, move the people of Guanzhong, and retreat to the Central Plains.

This kind of thing, Wei thieves can't do it, they have a criminal record - when Cao Cao withdrew from Hanzhong, he moved all the people of Hanzhong and Wudu County to Guanzhong, and even the donkey was not left for Liu Bei's group.

If that's the case. Zhang Xi immediately ordered the whole army to scout, and all the people who could move moved moved quickly, and marched quickly in the direction of Zuo Fengyi to find out the news.

Don't worry about finding out your whereabouts after being discovered, the most important thing now is to find out where Cao Wei's migration brigade is, and then report it quickly.

Really, if you Cao Wei just move the Guanzhong family into the Guannei, then Zhang Xi may be able to help you, and it's okay to scare the Guanzhong family with a little rhythm. With these people gone, it would be possible for Guanzhong to re-allocate and plan the land and eliminate the influence of the family.

But the people really can't let you take it away, which involves the big problem of paying taxes in Dingkou and restoring production in Guanzhong.

It's all come to this point, Zhang Xi can't do anything surprise, and while scouting around, he doesn't forget to send a messenger to Liu Bei on the south bank of Weishui to inform him of this situation.

If the Cao thief wants to move the people in Guanzhong, he will definitely not only attack Zuo Fengyi, but also the right Fufeng, and even Chang'an, will definitely take action.

According to intelligence, there are nearly 300,000 households and a population of one million. With such a large-scale Dingkou, it is definitely impossible for Cao Wei to move to Guannai safely, otherwise God knows when this Guanzhong will really regain its vitality.

Even if you can't intercept all of them, cutting off half of them is a great thing for Guanzhong.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xi didn't care about being cautious, and immediately led the army to advance in the direction of Zuo Feng Yi at full speed, striving to catch up with Cao Wei's migration troops as much as possible.

And Liu Bei's side, after receiving Zhang Xi's urgent report, was also anxious.

Although Liu Bei set off a day earlier than Zhang Xi, Meixian was still at least five days away from Wugong County, and the snowy march could not be compared with the speed of the normal march, and the delay was longer.

Therefore, when Liu Bei received Zhang Xi's urgent military report, he had only arrived in Wugong County for three days.

Originally, under the persuasion of Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei also felt that the matter of marching into Huaili should not be too impatient, and he must be cautious, after all, Huaili is the seat of the right Fufeng County, and the defense will not be relaxed, and there is Guo Huai, where is Cao Zhen stationed, although the two of them led the defeated army, but this is almost a month, and the rest is almost over, and it is not so easy to deal with.

Therefore, Liu Bei did plan to rest in Wugong County for a few days, and then lead the army to set off, focusing on a surprise, when Guo Huai and Cao Zhen were unexpected, the troops came to the city and attacked Huaili.

But for now. Who can have the heart to rest?

The migration of millions of people, it would be strange if Liu Bei could still calm down in the face of this situation.

Today, the three-legged stand is strong, but why is it recognized in the world that Cao Wei is the strongest, while Han and Wu are weak? !

You have to see from the map that Liu Bei now occupies Jingzhou, Yizhou, Liangzhou, and will soon occupy the entire Yongzhou, and in terms of land area, it is actually about the same as Cao Wei.

But no one still thinks that the current Han is about the same as Cao Wei in terms of strength.

The most obvious difference between the two is the area of arable land and the population.

In the land of Jingxiang, the essence area is only Nanyang and Nanjun, and the rest of the four counties, whether it is Jiangxia or Jingnan, are all places with many mountains and little land, and rarely can produce grain on a large scale.

And Yizhou is similar, except for a Chengdu Plain and Hanzhong Plain that can produce grain, half of Yizhou is the Nanzhong region, although there are a lot of minerals, but until now, Nanzhong can't even be self-sufficient in grain, and must rely on Chengdu subsidies.

As for Liangzhou, this place produces horses, but it does not produce grain, and it is notoriously sparsely populated.

Therefore, the million people in this Guanzhong land can be said to be something that can seriously affect the balance of strength between the Han and Wei sides, and no one dares to abandon it.

Liu Bei immediately ordered the whole army to suspend rest and recuperate, and immediately marched to Huaili.

In fact, Liu Bei had a more efficient way to delay the time for the Wei army to migrate the people - send Zhao Yun to lead the Qianghu cavalry, relying on the mobility of the cavalry to find the main force of the Wei army to migrate the people.

As for the millions of people, if Cao Wei really wants to move these people into the customs, it will be easy to find them after going deep into the Sanfu area.

To be honest, Liu Bei did have this thought, but in the end, he gave up himself.

Isn't this equivalent to another Nagasaka slope?!

The people who followed Liu Bei to retreat all the way from Xinye, Fancheng, and Xiangyang experienced what kind of human tragedy they experienced when facing the pursuit of tigers and leopards, Liu Bei can be said to have seen it in his eyes.

At that time, he was powerless, and he was able to save 50,000 people, which was the result of Zhang Xi's preparation in advance, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun's hard work.

Now, he has become the pursuer, and the Wei thief has become the retreating party, and Liu Bei doesn't want to direct another drama by himself, a tragedy like Nagasakapo.

After all, the Qianghu cavalry is about military discipline and trust among the people. Why don't you ride a tiger or a leopard!!

(End of chapter)