Before Deng Jingwen evacuated Mozhou, the destruction of Mozhou can be said to be very thorough, the arson army looted the people under his rule, raised grain, grass and winter materials, and under his organized looting, even some charcoal in the people's homes were looted. A great number of people had nothing but their clothes and their empty houses.

When hunger and cold make people steal their hearts, and people can't survive, even if they are usually kind and polite, they are afraid that they will reveal the darkest side of people's hearts.

After the news of Deng Jingwen and Liu Siyuan's escape was publicized, Mozhou set off a wave of fleeing, and officials, squires, and heroes fled with Deng Liu, even those who were robbed of nothing, when they were confused and helpless, there were many people who followed together in the heavy snow towards Pingzhou.

In such weather, it is conceivable that countless people starved to death and froze to death along the way.

The army led by Deng Jingwen naturally marched at an extremely fast speed.

And a big man like Liu Siyuan has united many small and medium-sized landlords and squires, which can be regarded as well-organized and have material guarantees, and they can closely follow the army.

The worst thing was the ordinary people, and in a few days, they were far behind, and when Li De's rangers defeated the Khitan cavalry and continued to pursue, these people became the best candidates to block the pursuers.

Li De had to stop.

Of course, he could get rid of these people and continue to move forward to expand his victory, but Li De, who was also a beggar back then, couldn't sit back and watch these people cry and starve to death in the cold winter, so he stopped.

Li De set up refugee shelters one by one, took out the military rations he carried with him and began to rescue these people, and each cavalryman carried cotton clothes and bedding were all given to these people.

Later, Li De became a scavenger, and sent many people to these camps one after another.

When Liu Chenglin's main force arrived in Mozhou, Deng Jingwen and Liu Siyuan had already entered Pingzhou.

"Childe, it's my fault." Li De bowed his head and said: "Originally, I could catch up with their tails and continue to expand the results, but this delay is a delay in the fighter." ”

"No, no, no, you didn't do anything wrong." Li Ze waved his hand again and again: "The enemy fled and fled, a group of lost dogs, there will be time to clean them up in the future, and they are not in a hurry, but these people, if they die of cold and starvation, then there will be nothing, if we get Mozhou, but it is a dead land, then what is the use of coming?" Didn't I tell you before, people-oriented, people-oriented? This time you killed hundreds or thousands of enemies, but saved thousands of people, not only did you do nothing, but you did a great job! ”

"Gongzi Xie is not guilty." Li De, who originally had a bitter face, suddenly smiled, saying that he was brought over by Liu Chenglin this time, and he was guilty of it.

"Cheng Lin, Mozhou is so chaotic now, is it possible to form a large-scale bandit?" Li Ze asked with some concern, this was the question he was most concerned about.

"At the moment, it seems that not yet." Liu Chenglin said: "After we entered Mozhou, we began to provide relief as soon as possible, stationed troops in the state city and various major county seats, and transported a large number of grain and grass from Yingzhou, Jingzhou, Shenzhou and other places, although it is still a drop in the bucket, but at least it also makes the people of Mozhou see a little hope, on the whole, the situation is still under control." ”

"Beware of Deng Jingshan and others leaving nails and deliberately organizing riots." Li Ze admonished. "In the future, the town will find a way to bring in more food and winter supplies, but in the process, you will need to do your best to stabilize the situation."

"This is natural, but when it is time to suppress it, you still can't be soft." Liu Chenglin clenched his fists.

Li Ze nodded: "The specific situation, you can grasp it yourself, in principle, you still have to kill as few people as possible, the town government will send officials such as Assassin Shi and Changshi to take office, and the Yixing Society will also send teams to various parts of Mozhou." Now that Mozhou has become like this, it is convenient for us to reformulate our household registration and clear the acres of land. What was shattered by Deng Jingshan, we must use the shortest time as possible to re-establish it and standardize it into the situation we want. ”

Liu Chenglin said with a smile: "Jie Shuai, this is the matter of those civil officials, I hope that the Jiezhen Government will send a capable Thorn Shi to Mozhou as soon as possible to take over the local civil affairs." After Deng Jingshan retreated to Pingzhou, Pingzhou's strength suddenly increased greatly, and now the cavalry under his command is deliberately moving in the direction of Jicheng, Deng Jingshan is directly stationed in the strategic place between Jizhou and Pingzhou to manage the city, looking at its plot, but wants to establish a connection between Jicheng and Pingzhou, and reconnect the two places to fight against us. ”

"Do you want to take Guancheng first?" Li Ze asked.

Liu Chenglin nodded: "Take Guancheng and completely isolate Jicheng, so that Youzhou has to face our siege independently, once Jicheng is taken by us, Youzhou will not exist, so that Yanzhou and Danzhou will lose their reason to insist." In this way, we can be regarded as completely pacifying the northwest direction of Lulong, and then concentrate on a large-scale attack on Pingzhou and open the passage to Yingzhou and Liaozhou. So in my opinion, the position of the city is extremely important. If Deng Jingshan really establishes a solid defense in Guancheng, and we can't take it for a while, it will inevitably boost Lu Longren's morale. ”

Li Ze muttered: "Your right guard, in the past half a year, has been fighting, and has not been rested, the geographical location of the city is indeed important, Lu Long's army will definitely do its best to protect, and when they are not fully prepared, they rush into battle, but I am afraid that there is no chance of victory." ”

"We're fighting, and the Lulons are fighting, and we're not ready yet, and they're the same, they probably didn't expect the war to come to this point at all, and of course, we didn't expect it." Speaking of this, Liu Chenglin smiled, looked at Li Ze and said: "This is mainly a battle of the marshal on the bank of the Yishui River, which completely changed the situation of the war, so that the advantage was greatly transferred to our side, since both sides are not ready, then in comparison, I think we still have a certain advantage, at least in terms of morale, we are steadily defeating them, striking while the iron is hot, and working hard, if it is really idle, I am afraid that the soldiers will be bent on the New Year." ”

Li Ze pondered for a long time, "In this matter, you can make some corresponding arrangements first, and then I will discuss it with Zhang Hui, Cao Xin, You Yong and others before replying." ”

"This matter also asks the marshal to make a decision as soon as possible, and the fighter will not wait for anyone." Liu Chenglin was a little impatient, "I have already ordered Yeluqi to lead a part of the rangers to insert in this direction, and when I go back with Li De, the rangers will enter the whole line, and the main foot soldiers are also making corresponding preparations." ”

"With the burden of Mozhou, I am afraid that the logistics supply will become a problem." Li Ze shook his head and said: "Even if you fight Guancheng, you still need Wang Sili's cooperation, just you, I'm afraid that I can't take it, you know, if you enter it, it is equivalent to facing the enemies of Guancheng and Pingzhou, even if Wang Sili joins, he will also face the enemy in the two directions of Guancheng and Jicheng, Jicheng is Fei Zhong, the Fei family is in Youzhou, in Jicheng, the power is extremely huge, and the foundation is also very deep, and the enemy cannot be lightly attacked." ”

Liu Chenglin nodded: "I will deal with it carefully." ”

Xue Ping said on the side: "Jie Shuai, this time the three thousand Shence army in Yingzhou are willing to go to the front line, whether it is to manage the city or to Pingzhou, you can do it." ”

"Brother Xue, are you sure they're ready for battle?" Li Ze asked with a smile.

"Of course." Xue Ping said.

"Okay, Brother Xue wants to sit in Yingzhou, so these three thousand divine forces will be handed over to Liu Chenglin for unified deployment?"

Xue Ping nodded in affirmative. "Cheng Xu's battle also aroused the fighting spirit of the Shence Army, and everyone has the heart to make contributions."

Li Ze laughed when he heard this, changes were happening, but Xue Ping hadn't noticed it yet, and it was a good thing that the Shence Army began to take the initiative to fight. Lu Longren has been suppressed from the most prosperous momentum, and now that the offense and defense are changing, Xue Ping probably feels that the opportunity has come.

However, Li Ze didn't think that Lu Long would be better at fighting now, on the contrary, they were only more dangerous now, a wounded beast was more keenly aware of the crisis, and at this time, they were also the most ferocious.

This is also the reason why Li Ze has a cautious attitude towards Liu Chenglin's eagerness to attack Guancheng.

First, Li Ze did not want to be frustrated because he was in a hurry.

Second, how Wu Wei will fight next, he still needs to balance the situation in the world as a whole before making a final decision.

And these are obviously not considered by Liu Chenglin, he is just making a judgment from the military level.

Overall, Li Ze is still very satisfied with this inspection, the matter of Dizhou has been fundamentally solved at one time, Dezhou New Town has made rapid progress, far exceeding his own estimates, the new policies in Cangzhou, Jingzhou, Yingzhou and other places are progressing smoothly, Wuwei's policies have begun to be thoroughly implemented, although there are still some messes to deal with in the new Mozhou, but for the people of Wuwei, one victory after another can always stimulate everyone's greatest motivation and make everyone more confident in themselves. And this is the most basic support point for his next victory.

I made a special trip to Death Valley to see the crude oil, and now there are a lot of people stationed there, digging and salvaging crude oil day and night, and then continuously transporting it to Wuyi, in a deep valley in the Daqing Mountain, there is a special place for refining the latest fierce fire oil.

After staying in Shijiawu for two whole days, Li Ze had to cancel his visit to Mozhou, and give some kindness to the people there to let them feel their caring trip, because Gao Xiangsheng and Tian Bo rushed to Shijiawu and Zhaoyi Festival Town, after all, something happened.