At this time, more than half a month has passed since Shouchun learned that the Karma Nu was about to invade the south on a large scale, and if you add the time for the news to spread, then more than a month has passed since the Karma Nu issued the text.

At this time, the news from the north was that the slave Shihu was still gathering an army in Luoyang, and it was said that more than 200,000 people had been gathered, and at the same time, the counties and states were still stepping up the collection of Ding Zhuang and people's wealth.

Of course, this is not enough to show that the slaves were inefficient, in fact, according to the conditions of ancient times, it was normal for soldiers of a similar scale to be recruited and prepared for months or even more than a year. Even in the afterlife, this level of mobilization will not be possible in a short period of time.

If we do not consider the preparations before the proclamation, the Karnu were able to mobilize more than 200,000 troops in more than a month, which was already very efficient.

Of course, on the one hand, this is also related to the characteristics of the Hulu regime, which is often keen to recruit a large number of people and place them in the heart of the ruling area, directly exercising personal control, and once a major war occurs, these people will naturally be recruited into the army and become stable soldiers.

On the other hand, it was possible to mobilize an army of 200,000 in such a short period of time, plus the food, food and equipment needed by the army. Based on the control of the local prefectures and counties, it is conceivable that this is not a normal collection of levies and distributions, but should be based on looting and cleaning the places!

In fact, it is true, what is the situation in Henan, Yanzhou and other places farther away, Shen Zhezi is not clear at the moment. However, judging from the situation of the counties near the north bank of Huaishui, the slaves came south this time, and the fierceness of the local looting has reached an extreme!

Recently, with the activities of the Huainan Army on the north bank of Huaishui, the number of displaced families who have gone south through Huai and poured into Shouchun has reached more than 2,000 families and more than 10,000 Dingkou!

Most of these people are from the countryside near Runan, Qian and Pei, and they are still far away from the center of the Qiang slave levy. But even so, the plundering has reached its extreme.

According to the levy order, the local county households should be three dings and one battle, regardless of men and women, and all those in their prime were included in the levy. Five households have one car, and at the same time, they must prepare grain and rice, and use the car to enter the official warehouse.

With such a strict levy, even Wuxiang, Jiangdong, which is still rich and stable now, can ruin the persecuted families of the small people, let alone on the north bank of the Huaishui River, which has been in chaos for a long time!

As a result, most of the households in Zuo Jinzhou County have fled from their homes, and it is difficult for them to make a living under such tyranny. And those slave soldiers in Huaibei, although they did not perform well in the Huainan Army, they were very active in bullying the unarmed people.

Therefore, even if there was no attack by the Huainan army, the countryside in these places would have already been chaotic and disorderly, and most of the people fled to the wilderness. As for what can be crossed, it is only a tiny fraction.

After returning to the town, Shen Zhezi summoned some of the Huaibei Township clansmen to inquire about some information. After hearing these people describe the chaos in the counties of Huaibei today, their mood can be described as extremely bad.

It was not that he did not think about increasing the investment of boats and boats to welcome more displaced people to the south, but he had to face a helpless reality. Although the Huainan Army has the prosperity of boats and boats, it does not mean that it can unscrupulously sail along the river. If you underestimate the slave soldiers in the north, you are likely to suffer a big loss.

What's more, at present, the use of Huainan boats is also tight, and a considerable number of warships have to maintain the scale of the navy. The other part also has to maintain the transportation of goods and logistics supplies, and it is simply impossible to dispatch too many ships to the north of Huaishui.

Moreover, when Shen Zhezi discussed affairs with Du He earlier, he already felt that the internal affairs of Huainan had reached a critical point. The more displaced people come to the south, which will increase the burden of internal affairs to a greater extent.

These displaced people, among whom also have a township organization, are likely to have riots if they are not properly resettled, and then quarrel with the local families in Huainan, which will make Huainan, which has just restored order, chaotic again.

But if this is ignored, and the compatriots who are close at hand are trampled by the Hu cavalry and ignore it, then what is the point of the Northern Expedition? Moreover, once a large number of these people were captured and plundered by slaves, whether they were voluntary or not, they would be used by slaves, and they would be killed by Wang Shi, which would bring more pressure to the Huainan army.

One person is short, so Shen Zhezi gathered the generals who are still in the town to discuss how to solve this problem.

Today, Huainan's military strength is still based on the front line of the original Liang County, such as Guo Yu, Mao Bao, Lu Yong, Xu Mao and other generals who can take charge of themselves are all leading troops and guarding everywhere.

As for the newly built several armies of the local villagers, they were divided into various parts of Huainan as the second echelon. At present, the great enemy, similar to Ling Zhuo, Li Cang, and Feng Ju, the three extremely independent Wubi military masters, have also sent their own family members and children to share a part of the troops and help in the battle.

When Shen Zhezi raised this question, Qiao Qiu, who was also a leader at the same time, said: "Let the king enter the town, Puli is stored in Tianjin, and the villagers have been sick for a long time, and there is no food and clothing in this realm for decades. Benevolence and righteousness, the villagers are all grateful. Now that Huaishang is in turmoil and the people are not making a living, we and other villagers naturally do not want to be alone, and are willing to share the rest of Houze. But at present, the military affairs are like fire, if the river defense is opened, it is very likely to cause chaos inside! ”

"The river defense must not be opened, at this time, only military affairs should be the first, and the rest must be behind!"

Of course, Shen Zhezi knows the priorities, and he will never be so kind as to provoke a bigger disaster, and this gathering of people is also to discuss a way to save as many people as possible while maintaining the current military defense affairs.

"The strong slaves are coming in an instant, and if Shouchun does not keep it, there will only be more victims. But hearing and witnessing it, the people of Huaibei are suffering, and it is really painful. I'm new to the town, and I don't know much about the situation after all. Many of you have lived in this township for a long time, and I wonder if you can choose to settle those poor people in addition to Shouchun? ”

Shen Zhezi's question is mainly asked by the local villagers, similar to Han Huang, Hurun and others, who do not know as much about the place as they do, and it is useless to ask.

When they heard this, everyone fell silent and began to think. The fierceness of the slave thieves' forced conquest in Huaibei is outrageous, and it also makes them happy. Otherwise, the current situation in Shouchun may not be better than that of the counties in Huaibei.

Although they may not be the old Huainan, because of the first-come, first-served problem, there is actually no lack of vigilance for the successors. However, since the horse has promised not to interfere with the current situation of Shouchun, he is naturally willing to help these compatriots as much as he can.

After a while, one of the people in the banquet spoke: "Outside of Shouchun, it's not that there is no choice. I have a superficial opinion, so since you have a question, I will make a little comment. As for the trade-off, whether it is feasible, I will ask the envoy and you to discuss it together. ”