Packed up the whole army and came out of the south gate of Haidu, and found Huang Zu and Liu Pan waiting by the city gate.

Seeing Zhao Yun and Liu Ye appear, Huang Zu and Liu Pan turned their heads to look at each other, and the two greeted them at the same time.

After greeting each other, Huang Zu brushed his beard and said:

"I have discussed with Mr. Pan, and decided to adopt Mr.'s opinion and move into Jingzhou with the people of Nanchang, and when Nanchang City is looted, it should not be a loss."

Liu Ye nodded affirmatively: "Zhou Yu took the risk to fight Jiangxia, and the hasty return army will inevitably fail to break the city, you have broken the city and captured the people, even if Zhou Yu reoccupies Yuzhang, there will be no one, no money, no food, and other counties will need to send supplies here, and Huang Taishou will only lose some warships, and he can slowly build it when he returns to Jiangxia;

Once there is a war in Huainan and Guangling, or a Shanyue rebellion breaks out in the rear of Jiangdong, the defenders of Yuzhang will inevitably be greatly reduced. ”

"Sir's plan is wonderful. But this defeat of the warship was not easy to come by."

Thinking of giving up the warship sponsored by Liu Biao, Huang Zu had a painful expression on his face.

Seeing this, Liu Ye smiled and said: "If Taishou is really reluctant, you can use the remaining warships on the Ganshui River to forcibly return to Jiangxia against the current, this section of the Yangtze River is relatively wide, and it is almost impossible to completely block it, but Zhou Yu is waiting for work in Chaisang, you may have to pay a huge price, how many warships can be rushed out in the end, and how many soldiers will be killed, these are not yet known."

"Huang Taishou, you must know how to make trade-offs at critical moments, what Mr. Ziyang said is true, those warships are dead things after all, and they can continue to be built without them, and the people in the troubled times are important."

Liu Pan interrupted Huang Zu's persuasion for a few words, and immediately turned to consult Liu Ye: "Mr. Ziyang, in your opinion, how many casualties will there be by land?" After all, with tens of thousands of people migrating, the movement is not small, and it is impossible for Zhou Yu to stand still. ”

Liu Ye thought for a while and replied: "There are a large number of warships in Jiangdong, you choose to use the land route instead to avoid the weaknesses, as long as you can act quickly, maybe you can get out before Zhou Yu finds out, after all, there is half the distance to evacuate to the west, and there are still two waterways to transport the old and weak;

If you still don't feel at ease, you can leave an army behind the Haidusk Palace, and then evacuate in the direction of Jianchang to attract attention, Zhou Yu will lead troops to chase after it, and it is best to send some warships to break the waterway."

"Not bad, not bad."

Liu Pan stroked his palms and nodded, then turned to Huang Zu and asked, "Huang Taishou, what do you think?" ”

Huang Zu pursed his mouth and looked solemn, and said in his heart that it was not your Liu Pan's warship that was abandoned, so it is not a big deal for you to see the excitement.

Huang Zu, as a county guard, was more comprehensive than Liu Pan, and after listening to Liu Ye's advice and Liu Pan's urging, he half-squinted his eyes and brushed his beard for a while and said:

"Eighty or ninety thousand people were evacuated together, and the supplies along the way were very large, how could they be arranged in a hurry? If there is an exhaustion of food or an outbreak of epidemic on the way, it may affect the safety of the army, and these are all things to be considered, and if we cannot bring these people back alive with a few hundred warships, it will be a big loss."

Liu Ye smiled and said: "With the existing grain stocks in Nanchang City, as well as the people's own families, it should not be a problem to insist on a few days, and there are ships to help transport the baggage, everyone is light and fast, I believe that it is not difficult to get out of this section of Yuzhang, as for the back to the Jingzhou boundary, can't the two ask friends for support?" ”

Huang Zu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately looked at Liu Pan meaningfully.

"The county guards in Jingnan are newly appointed by the lord, I am not very familiar with them, and there must be an intersection between the commanders of Pangongzi stationed in Youxian County, I believe that Gongzi can arrange the supplies behind?"

"Well, I'll give it a try. It shouldn't be too much of a problem."

Liu Pan had a credit in the battle of Yuzhang, and Huang Zu divided 20,000 people with him as a reward, and he had to do something for it after taking the benefits.

Youxian was originally a small border county, and it was difficult to feed Liu Pan's army, and he usually needed to be helped by Changsha County, so he was ready to divide half of the captured people and give them to Taishou Han Xuan as a return gift.

Now that Huang Zu made a request, Liu Pan had to consider the 20,000 soldiers in Jiangxia and the 30,000 new people in Nanchang.

But let Changsha County provide supplies for 80,000 people, Han Xuan may not sell Liu Pan's face, so Liu Pan hit Guiyang County with his idea.

Due to the raging plague in Jingnan at the end of the Han Dynasty, the population loss of the four counties was very serious, and Guiyang County was the least populous among the four counties, but at this time the foreign population moved in to replenish.

Liu Pan originally planned to split it in half with Han Xuan, but after thinking about it, he decided to divide the 20,000 people into three parts, so that everyone would be willing to contribute money and food if they had benefits.

After thinking clearly, Liu Pan clenched his fists and asked Liu Ye: "Which route does Mr. plan to evacuate from?" ”

Receiving Liu Ye's eyes, Zhao Yun hugged his fists and replied to Liu Pan: "Back to Gongzi, we plan to take the line of Haiduan and Jianchang." ”

Liu Pan frowned and said: "The road from Haidusk to Jianchang Mountain is narrow, and General Zilong is working hard with his husband, so it is better to follow my pioneer, and take care of each other by taking the southern river." ”

"Ahh

Zhao Yun looked at Liu Ye hesitantly.

Seeing Liu Pan's sincere face, Liu Ye responded with a smile after a little thought: "We are in a hurry to return to Xiangyang to resume our lives, I'm afraid we can't wait for the pioneer of the son."

"Don't wait, they're going to the front, so they're going to leave right away."

Liu Pan hurriedly interrupted Liu Ye and waved his hand to explain: "Huang Taishou and I want to supervise the main force to move slowly, and the pioneer has to coordinate with the officials of Guiyang and Changsha counties. ”

"That's right"

Liu Ye suddenly realized, and said in his heart that as long as it didn't affect the return trip, it didn't matter if he said two more words, so he nodded and responded: "Okay, I don't know how many pioneers there are in Gongzi?" The leader of the team is."

"It's just a colonel, sir, wait a minute."

Liu Pan first clenched his fists and bowed slightly to Liu Ye, and then turned around and gestured to the military formation not far away.

When the general in the formation saw the summons, he immediately stretched out his hand and shook it, then strode forward, walked to Liu Pan's side, and saluted everyone with his fists.

Liu Pan pointed to the visitor and introduced: "This is my captain Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng, and he will be accompanied by you to open the way back to Jingzhou, and I hope that Mr. will mention more on the way."

"It turned out to be General Huang, fortunately I will be lucky"

Liu Ye bowed his hand and greeted gently, saying in his heart that this general's beard is mottled, and some places are completely white, not sixty but also more than fifty, such a veteran is not stable enough?

"I've seen Mr. Ziyang."

Huang Zhong clenched his fists and said sonorously: "The last general's command has been assembled, and he can set off at any time." ”

"And now?"

After Liu Ye replied to Huang Zhong, he looked at Liu Pan again for a request.

Liu Pan nodded and waved his hand: "Don't do it and leave as soon as possible, Huang Taishou and I will follow later, in short, there is Mr. Lao on the road." ”

"Don't worry, Childe."

Liu Ye arched his hand in return, and then turned around and ordered Zhao Yun to set off, only to find that he was staring at Huang Zhong with a serious expression.

(End of chapter)