On the whirlpool river, the boats are one after another, and there is no end in sight.

The draft of the ship was very deep, almost pressed on the boat, and it was full of millet, rice, beans and a small amount of wheat brought from Huainan and Jiangnan.

On the deck of each ship stood more than a dozen troop transporters and shipwrights.

Most of the transporters were not armoured, only about one-third had leather armor, and a small amount of iron armor - fighting on the river, it was really inconvenient and dangerous to wear armor.

Chen Yan rode a horse and walked on the shore, followed by more than a thousand troops, pulling some of the baggage vehicles.

It is already close to Yangxia, and further northwest, it will enter the border of Fugou County in Chen Liuguo.

Chen Yan is on the river, but he is not ignorant.

At the beginning of May, the Xiongnu had been going south for ten days.

In the past ten days, there has not been much movement in Xingyang, but Yanzhou has made a lot of noise. Especially in the areas of Puyang and Chenliu, the cavalry surged south, grazing and plundering at the same time.

A large group of infantry followed behind the cavalry, escorting away the money and grain they had stolen and Ding Zhuang who had been pulled away, and the whole Yanzhou was in chaos.

The result of the chaos is obvious -

Ahead was already a wharf in Yangxia County, and outside the roughly walled camp, thousands of people gathered there, crying and begging for a little food.

After seeing the ship coming, the crowd was even more agitated and shouted loudly.

"Living the minister, not living the people?"

"Please, give me a bite to eat, do whatever you want."

"Hurry up and put the grain!"

There were more than 1,000 people stationed in the dock camp, all of whom were members of the family who were mobilized by Chen Hou.

They stood on the wall, looking coldly at these homeless people.

If it is a local, for their pity, they may be able to give a few mouthfuls of food. But outsiders, how is it possible? Their own food is scarry!

The first ship docked.

The slender man found a place to rest for a while. They don't need to be responsible for the back section of the river, it's someone else's territory, and if they cross the line rashly, they may be beaten.

There were transporters who fetched water and lit a fire directly on the deck to cook. After a while, the smell of food overflowed, causing more and more commotion among the hungry people on the shore.

"Grab food!" Someone shouted and rushed towards the river.

The slender men scattered in fright.

"Shoot the arrows!" There was an order from the troop transport officer.

"Whoosh! Sou! The arrows flew out of the ship. At first, it was sparse, but slowly it began to become dense.

The homeless people who rushed to the boat were swept to the ground, and the rest crawled and fled into the distance.

Chen Yan's troops formed a semi-circular formation.

They had practiced, and some of them had participated in the battles to quell the Stone Ice Rebellion, but most of them had never fought any battles, were inexperienced, and were very nervous.

When they saw the homeless people rushing over, some people even shouted and were directly beheaded by the officer.

Fortunately, the homeless people were not strong soldiers, and they were mixed with men, women, and children, and after being shot with an arrow, they were frightened and scattered.

Chen Yan pushed away several transporters and stepped forward.

Dozens of corpses lay on the ground, old and young, men and women.

He sighed twice, lamenting the hardships of the people.

Eighty percent of these people were not homeless before, at least they were also people who lived in a dock. The reason why he got mixed to the point of not having enough to eat and helping the old and the young to go south is not difficult to guess: he was plundered by the Huns and forced to go south to beg.

Small dock forts and small settlements are the most dangerous.

They don't have the bargaining power of the big families, and when they are attacked by a large army, they have no way.

But he just sighed twice.

Now there is a shortage of food everywhere, and if the displaced people are given food, the army will not have enough to eat, and many of the residents will starve to death.

In fact, he also heard the shouts of the homeless people. To some extent, there is nothing wrong with people's questions.

Save the minister, don't you save the people?

But Chen Yan received an order to transport the grain back to Luoyang, and he didn't dare to release grain to help the people without authorization, and he didn't want to do so.

The negative effects of last year's drought are only becoming more powerful this year.

After consuming a whole year's worth of grain, everyone now knows the preciousness of food, and it is impossible to put it out as much as possible unless it is absolutely necessary.

The displaced people couldn't resist Wang Mi and Shi Le, and after handing over most of the grain, they were doomed to death.

No one will save them, because no one can conjure food.

After a day of rest in Yangxia, a new group of slender men arrived, and the fleet continued to move forward, going north along the Suiyang Canal, arriving at Junyi through Fugou and settling in Shuizhai.

Junyi is a land and water transfer hub, with a huge cangcheng, as well as the transportation of troops by Yang Bao, the captain of the Sizhou branch.

Chen Yan noticed that the grain stored in Junyi Cangcheng had bottomed out, and it was probably all transported to Luoyang. When the grain he escorted arrived, he would be able to replenish the stock a little.

But these stored grains will not last long, and will soon be transported away by Yang Bao's people by boat, entering the big river through Xingyang, and then entering Yishui, and being transported upstream into Luoyang Taicang.

This journey is full of dangers.

It was indeed inconvenient for the Huns to attack the ships on the river, but they could beat the slender men. Once successful, the grain will accumulate in Junyi and Aocang, and it will still be impossible to enter Luoyang.

The soldiers are in danger and fierce, and they don't deceive me! I don't know how to deal with this time.

After unloading the grain, Chen Yan returned with the fleet.

Along the way, hunger can be seen everywhere.

What's even more terrifying is that the locusts seem to be on the rise......

******

In Baima County, Puyang, Dahushile has crossed the river.

Recently, he had fought several battles with Sima Yue's troops, and they had won and lost each other.

To be exact, six battles of modest proportions, four of which were won.

The two defeats were caused by the failure of the cavalry to cooperate in time, resulting in the defeat of the infantry army, which made him a little vigilant: just a year and a half was not enough for him to train an elite infantry.

Overall, he still recognized the combat effectiveness of the tens of thousands of people in Sima Yue's hands, but he had many ways to kill these people.

"The King."

"Governor."

"General."

"Big ...... Big beard. ”

When he heard the last salutation, Shi Le glared at this person, but he didn't pursue it, but said: "The king of Chu and the king of Quyang have sent people to urge again, what do you think you should do?" ”

"Governor, drag it out." Peach Leopard said directly: "Sima Yue is sick, and the army is mainly infantry, but now he is shrinking into the city and giving up the township, which is just right for me to grab a handful." After snatching the grain, wouldn't it be beautiful to throw the people who were waiting to be fed to Sima Yue and Shao Xun, and let them sit back and watch the people starve to death and bear the notoriety? ”

"It's over!" Shi Le commented a few words, but did not directly veto Taobao's proposal.

Peach Leopard is a little clever and resourceful, and what he said is what their group has been doing on both sides of the river. It's just that it's not as ruthless as Peach Leopard said, and there will be some food left more or less to make the people farm with peace of mind.

If you snatch it up at one time, you will get more, but what about next year? Can't get by?

Restraint, those who know how to restrain are qualified to taste the final victory.

"Meng Sun, tell me how this battle should be fought?" Shi Le looked at Zhang Bin and said.

Diao Ying and Zhang Jing glanced at each other quietly, and they both felt a little anxious.

In recent months, Zhang Bin and Zhang Mengsun have received significantly more attention, although they are not as good as the two of them who are the left and right history, but the momentum is very wrong, which is worrying.

"Dare to ask the general, what is Wang Shizhong doing?" Zhang Bin asked.

Shile realized.

Wang Mi didn't dare to take the initiative to pick up the tiger whiskers of the Shao thief after eating the bear's heart and leopard gall. In fact, his soldiers are even worse than the Jin troops, at least they are not formed every year.

In the battle of sour jujubes, he hid in the camp, and finally retreated without defeat, with more than 3,000 dead. As the attacker, Sima Yue died almost this number, in fact, he won.

"Wang Mi is also looting." Schler said.

"I ask again, if the general raises the grain, grass and military materials, and moves westward, with 20,000 cavalry and 60,000 infantry troops, a total of 80,000 soldiers to attack Shao Xun and 20,000 infantry, can he win the field battle?" Zhang Bin asked again.

Schler hesitated.

80,000 cavalry, what can really deal with Shao thieves is only those 20,000 cavalry.

The infantry who have been trained for more than a year can fight other people, but if they face the silver spear army, most of them will not work.

It's not a matter of a lot of people.

The art of war is very clear, there are many people, the left does not hear the right, the right does not hear the left, the front does not know the back, the back does not know the front, the thousands of elites will stare at you in a formation, the contact area is so large, most of the 60,000 infantry troops may not have a chance to meet the enemy, and it is not impossible to be chiseled and collapsed by people in a daze.

"Maybe we can win." Shi Le looked at Zhang Bin's eyes and said.

"The general himself is not sure, why bother to say it?" Zhang Bin said: "Shao Thief has too few cavalry troops, which is his biggest disadvantage. In that case, don't fight him in the field. If I want to fight, I can fight, if I don't want to fight, I can leave, Shao thief can't catch up, so I can only call in vain. ”

Shi Le was noncommittal, and asked again: "What if the king of Chu sends someone to urge?" ”

"The king of Chu is sweeping away the remnants of the enemy in Hanoi, and he may not be able to go south for a while." Zhang Bin said without hesitation: "Delay it first, until you really can't drag it anymore." ”

Shile was very justified when he heard this.

Actually, that's what he thinks, too. How sick his brain is before he takes the initiative to find a decisive battle with Shao Thief, even Wang Mi, that fool, knows to avoid Xingyang.

Let me suffer a loss, you are amazing.

Let me suffer twice in the same place, that's my stupidity.

The battle of Mustang is a loss, and it is enough to eat it once.

Avoiding the truth and making a false statement, attacking the east and west, and outflanking in a roundabout way is what he should do.

"Peach Leopard." Schler quickly made a decision and immediately began to call the shots.

"The servant is here."

"You led 3,000 horsemen and 10,000 infantry troops, and went south from Jiyin to plunder the Liang country."

"Yes."

"Kui'an."

"The servant is here."

"You led 5,000 cavalry and 15,000 infantry troops, and went south from Chenliu to plunder Chen County."

"Yes."

"Zhixiong."

"The servant is here."

"You led 2,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry troops, plundering Yingchuan and Xiangcheng."

"Yes."

"Remember, it's the same old rules." Shile reminded: "Leave enough food and grass for the return trip. If you can, you can fight, and if you can't, you can leave. If you raise food and grass, stay for a while, and come back as soon as possible if you can't raise it. Scouts spread out, looking around for news, and they must not slack off. The cavalry should not be used separately, but drive the Jin cavalry, intercept its messengers and scouts, and make them deaf and blind, understand? ”

"Yes." The three of them responded in unison.

Zhang Bin watched silently, nodding secretly in his heart.

After the nightmarish defeat of Mustang Gang, Dahu finally knows how to fight.

It may not be very proficient or clear, but the rule of "if you can fight, you can fight, and if you can't, you can leave" is memorized and used very well.

People are not born with everything. Knowing that mistakes can be corrected, and good is great.