The joy of victory had not yet dissipated, and then trouble ensued. There are too many people, the ship can't be loaded, and it's a pity that the baggage can't be taken away, which makes people in a dilemma.

"General Wei, the grain and grass are tight at the moment, and the grain and grass must all be loaded onto the ship, and it is a pity that the fat water, calcium carbide, ironware, leather, and grease are discarded, and the only thing that can be discarded is the clothes. As a result, more than 60,000 people, to say the least, could not get on the ship, if we added the wounded of our army, the number of people who could be taken away was limited, what did General Wei think he should do? Ye Xin asked, seemingly overwhelmed by yesterday's victory.

At this time, Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) asked:

"Does General Ye want to plan to withdraw to the Yongxing River the same way?"

"Hmm." Ye Xin nodded and said: "Our army has been advancing westward for thousands of miles, although there are supplies of grain and grass, but it is too far away from the Yongxing River, it is difficult to withdraw in time, in case the Black Turban Army raises troops to fight, there will be no warships available to retreat to the east at this time, and the slightest carelessness will wipe out the whole army." ”

"What the general said is reasonable, but since our army has already reached this point, and there is plenty of food and grass, it has only been out of the west for only ten years, and it will retreat at this time, and the next time it will advance west along the Milong River, the Black Turban Army will definitely block it layer by layer. Especially this time, they have suffered a big loss, and they are bound to intensify their efforts to get it back.

In the next thought, it was still necessary to continue to advance westward and continue to harass and destroy the hinterland of the Black Turban Army to reduce the pressure on Zhao Shuai on the Yongxing River. ”

"What about the people who can't board the ship, has General Wei ever thought about it?"

"If it is the last general, it is better to take people away than to leave them behind. Some people can cultivate and work, and even foreigners can also farm for the people. However, what Governor Ye said had to be worried. In addition to the clothes, other things are urgently needed by our army, and it is a pity to abandon them.

If you can't take it away, you can either let yourself destroy yourself, or you will join the Black Turban Army again, and you can't kill it, which is not good for the reputation of our Xian country. After this battle, our army lost 2,500 casualties, more than 1,000 seriously wounded, and more than 2,600 lightly wounded. ”

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate, they are not from the Xian country, what if there is a mutiny."

"This matter is not difficult, but first recruit 4,000 Xian nationals from the prisoners on the ship, and then recruit 4,000 people from the prisoners of Zhiguo, Xu and Sun, so that their families can be put on the ship and transferred to the east bank of the Yongxing River for resettlement, and those who are enlisted are treated the same as the soldiers of the Xian army, and those who have contributed to killing the enemy can also serve in the Xian army, and then these people will be scattered to all armies and battalions, so that they cannot collude and collude, what does Governor Ye Dadu think?"

"Well, that's a good idea. But even so, only seven or eight thousand more people can be accommodated, and more than 20,000 people cannot be on the ship, so what should we do? ”

"Well...... this Bai Liyan looked at the map, and his eyes fell on Shao Ping: "This is four hundred miles west of the road is to enter the boundary of Shao Ping in Xianxi County, the last general thinks, why doesn't our army fight Shao Ping?" ”

"Siege!" Ye Xin was taken aback: "This place is more than 400 miles away from Shaoping, the situation is unknown, and it is difficult to win if you rashly attack the city!" ”

"Yes, our army really doesn't know anything about Shao Ping, and Shao Ping also doesn't know anything about our army. Why don't you borrow the uniform of the Black Turban Army and trick him into opening the door? ”

"What do you mean? What does this have to do with 20,000 people? ”

"Governor Ye, before passing through Xiaocheng, the Black Turban Army had about four or five thousand defenders, and most of them were miscellaneous soldiers. Judging from this, Shao Ping shrank in the rear, only less and not more. Even if our army of 30,000 people attacked, it would be more than enough to defeat Shaoping.

Of course, in this way, our army may be dragged under the city for ten days or even half a month, and the Black Turban Army in the territory of Changsun Kingdom is very likely to cross the border and enter Xianxi County, which is very unfavorable to our army. Therefore, it is definitely not possible to attack strongly, you can only outwit. ”

At present, there are still more than 20,000 people who cannot arrange to get on the ship, and it is obviously not possible to abandon them, so there are enough horses, and in addition to the loss of more than 5,000 war horses in this battle, more than 12,000 pack horses, war horses, and donkeys have been captured one after another, and more than 8,000 pack horses and 10,000 donkeys were handed over yesterday.

At present, there are 80,000 horses and donkeys alone, and it is impossible for these to be taken away by boat, either kill them or accompany the army, and it is a pity to kill them, and the army is bound to become a burden.

Since there were still more than 20,000 people who could not be taken away, it was better to select men from among the captives to ride horses and act as herdsmen to drive donkeys and horses. Not only can people and donkeys and horses carry supplies with the army on the road, but at the same time, the army is equivalent to carrying a mobile logistics force to supply, and the casualties of the soldiers can all be recruited from the captives.

The tributaries of the Milong River stretched all the way to the south of Shaoping, and Chen Feishi's navy immediately set off east to unload supplies and personnel, and then brought all the remaining 10,000 sailors with him, and 20,000 sailors marched west to Shaoping by empty boat.

After Shaoping is taken, all the population and materials of Shaoping will be withdrawn by land and water, leaving only an empty city for the Black Turban Army, so as to leave a white area with no white land and manpower, and throw the burden to the Black Turban Army. And Sikong Nan's hometown Shao Ping, this time the city is not Sikong Nan.

"Governor Ye, if this plan is to be successful, you must pretend that the Black Turban Army is passing by, and deceive it to open the door.

"Oh, how's that a trick?"

"The Black Turban Army still doesn't know the intentions of our army, so they can't expect that our army will drive hundreds of miles to fight Shao Ping, and the Shao Ping garrison will never expect that our army will come to the city.

Therefore, we can first send Sikong Nan to lead the people of the headquarters to wear black scarf robes, in the name of receiving grain and grass, to deceive Shaoping grain and grass, and our army pretended to be a black turban army and camped in 30 places outside Shaoping City, posing that our army was only passing by and not entering the city, so that Shaoping's defenders were paralyzed and careless.

When Sikong Nan entered the city and the black turban garrison transferred grain and grass to garrison carelessly, Sikong Nan took advantage of the night to kill and open the gate, and our army took advantage of the night to ambush the elite soldiers outside the city, and the inside and outside should take Shaoping City, so that Shaoping could be obtained.

Then, when Chen Fei led the naval army westward to the south of Shaoping, it was not too late for our army to evacuate. ”

"This plan is wonderful, but is it too risky, if a prisoner escapes in the middle, our army's intentions will be exposed."

"It's a bit of a risk, but our army doesn't have much to lose, and even if the Black Turban Army comes to fight, our army can still flee on horseback, so that it can't catch up. Moreover, within a radius of hundreds of miles from Shao Square, the Black Turban Army has no heavy troops, even if the troops are transferred back at this time, it is too late to catch up, and when our army takes Shaoping, the Black Turban Army draws troops from the bank of the Yongxing River to fight. ”

Previously, because Ye Xin's department was equipped with two war horses per person, and traveled more than 250 miles a day, which was more than twice the marching speed of the cavalry of the Black Turban Army, the Black Turban Army failed to intercept it several times, and the reason was that the quality of its horses was far less than the 50,000 highland high-quality war horses borrowed from the Liang Army by the Xian Army.

The Black Turban Army only had 60,000 or 70,000 miscellaneous horsemen on the west bank of the Yongxing River, and half of the horses were the best war horses among the pack horses, and their performance was very poor, and they were all deployed in the northern section of the Yongxing River, so they had no time to pursue.

Even if the strategy of one man and two horses is adopted, at best it is 30,000 against 30,000, the Black Turban Army is not good at riding and fighting, and it will not be cheap at all, on the contrary, if it loses, it will lose 60,000 war horses, and the Xian army will get it.

If you don't consider the economic cost of raising horses for grain and grass, the Xian army can equip 100,000 cavalry with one person and one horse, and it will do whatever it takes to go out, and the army of the Black Turban Army on the west bank is trampled on in minutes, and it categorically does not dare to dispatch 30,000 miscellaneous horsemen to fight with the strategy of one man and two horses. If 70,000 cavalry are dispatched, and the speed cannot catch up with Ye Xin's department, the horse can run to death if he is tired.

Considering all the circumstances, even if the Black Turban Army is now chasing behind the cavalry, there are still more than three to four days away from Ye Xin's department, and now that it is set out, Ye Xin's department can still reach Shaoping before the Black Turban Army and open the city gate. If they hesitated, the vanguard of the Black Turban Army could catch up in three or four days at the earliest.

As long as you take Shao Ping first, and then use Shao Ping as the foundation with your backhand, while waiting for Chen Feishi's navy to come to help, you can kill back the horse pistol, ambush the cavalry of the Black Turban Army, and drag it to Shao Ping when Chen Fei arrives.

"Governor Ye, don't miss the opportunity and don't come again, as long as Shao Ping is defeated, all the problems at the moment will be solved, if you return the same way at this time, I am afraid that you will be surrounded and suppressed by the Black Turban Army, and I hope that Governor Ye will think twice."

Baili Yan said as much as he could, but Ye Xin still hesitated:

"How sure are you of Shao Ping?"

"Sixty to seventy percent." Bai Liyan affirmed: "The black turban army has exhausted the elite main force in the rear, the cultivators are mostly old and weak couples, and there are very few strong people, most of the soldiers defending the city are not strong, and the armor is not fine, as long as Sikong Nan can open the city gate with two thousand elites, even if it is a strong attack, it can defeat the defenders." ”

Ye Xin twisted his short beard, was silent for a moment and said:

"This plan is feasible, so we will act on General Anwei's plan, and tomorrow our army will immediately set off to the west to attack Shaoping."

"The Governor of the Metropolis is wise!"

Shaoping is a combination of Qiunan and Xianxi counties, interrupting Shaoping, and there is at least 300 miles of uninhabited land between Qiunan County and Xianxi County, where the Black Turban Army will not be able to get any manpower and material resources, and its logistics supply to Xianxi County will be greatly weakened.

The Black Turban Army invaded the northwest of Zhiguo last year and swept away more than 2 million people in the two northwestern counties at one time, causing the army of the Gongliang clan of Zhiguo to stagnate, and it was never able to launch a fatal blow to the rebels in the territory of Sun Kingdom.

The reason for this is, in the final analysis, that the Black Turban Army emptied all the populations of the two counties in the northwest, increasing the cost of grain and grass transportation in Zhiguo, making it impossible for the Gongliang Army to go north.

Bailiyan proposed to clear the wilderness with the intention of relying on the convenience of the river to empty all the residential areas on the supply line of the Black Turban Army, turning it into a no-man's land and increasing the cost of grain transportation.

In order for the Black Turban Army to maintain the cost of hundreds of thousands of troops entrenched in Xianguo, it is almost impossible to complete the task with the two million people of Xianxi and Qiunan counties alone, and it is necessary to move in the population from abroad, and when these populations are swept away by Bailiyan, the supply line on which the Black Turban Army depends will be completely destroyed.