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"It does. When Yide fought Henan Yin in front, most of the people in Xingyang and Chenggao fled into the Tiger Prison Pass. Li Yi explained to Xiao Sui with a smile, "After the army crossed the river and entered Yanzhou, Yuan Shao probably estimated that he would at least have to be on the front line of Fengqiu and Chenliu to stop us, so he took precautions and moved the people of those places south early." When we reached Guandu, we couldn't see a single person after walking hundreds of miles. ”

Xiao Xuan asked hesitantly, "Why did Yuan Shao do this?" Is he willing to give food out to help millions of refugees? ”

Xiao Sui had never been to the Central Plains before, in her cognition, Henan Yinhe, Chenliu, and Dongjun were the essence of the Central Plains, with a large population, and now although they have experienced some wars, the population will definitely not be less.

"If there are millions of people, it would be nice to have 500,000 people." Li Yi shook his head and said, "Starting from the Yellow Turban Incident in the first year of Zhongping, to Yuan Shao's alliance to crusade against Dong Zhuo, to Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Yuan Shu's struggle for Yanzhou, coupled with the continuous natural and man-made disasters, and now Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others are reckless in their military efforts and wantonly grasping strong men to replenish the army, how much population can be left in the Central Plains?" Look at how many Central Plains people we have in Hebei, and you can probably guess the population of the Central Plains now. ”

"Even if it is to give relief to hundreds of thousands of people, it is a heavy burden for Yuan Shao." Xiao Sui shook his head and said, "At the critical moment of the Central Plains War, he is still willing to do this kind of thing?" Didn't he drive the displaced people to Jizhou back then? Why are you robbing people again now? ”

"Mrs. Hui, Yuan Shao's purpose is very simple, that is, to recruit troops for himself and expand the army." Xu Shu explained, "Over the years, in the war with the Northern Xinjiang Army, Yuan Shao's strength has lost a lot. Especially after the Great War the year before last, Yuan Shao's remaining troops were only tens of thousands. In the past two years, Yuan Shao has expanded his army from tens of thousands to 300,000, almost reaching the limit of his territory. ”

"This Central Plains War also requires the consumption of a large number of troops, and if Yuan Shao wants to maintain his strength, he must quickly recruit and expand his army. However, if he wants to forcibly recruit troops in Luoyang and Yuzhou, it will inevitably affect the stability of Luoyang and Yuzhou. Therefore, how to recruit a large number of troops in the shortest possible time without affecting the stability of Luoyang and Yuzhou has become a headache, and the best way to solve this problem is to create displaced people, and then get the soldiers they need from the displaced people. ”

"The war in the Central Plains caused many people to be displaced and become displaced people, and in order to survive, these refugees either joined the army or were sold into slavery. In short, as long as they want to live, they have to be at the mercy of Yuan Shao, so that Yuan Shao's needs can be satisfied. In addition......"

Xu Shu pointed to the other side of the Yellow River and said to everyone: "Don't you think that the land around Guandu, Kaifeng, and Junyi is very fertile? Although the land around Baima and Yancheng to Yanjin and Suojube occasionally suffer from floods, they are all good land. ”

Li Yi and Xiao Sui looked at Xu Shu suspiciously, not knowing what he meant by this.

Xu Shu said: "Yuan Shao took advantage of the opportunity of the Great War in the Central Plains to move all these people away, and there is also a very important purpose, which is to seize these lands. ”

"Over the years, Yuan Shao was very generous to his subordinates, and often rewarded them with large amounts of land. In the past few years, he has rewarded the fertile land in Luoyang, Yuzhou and other places, and he has been shy in his pocket, and after the end of the Central Plains War, he needs more land to reward his subordinates, so he is impatient to move south. ”

"Although after he defeats us, he will definitely be able to occupy Yanzhou and get more fertile land, but it will take a while, relatively speaking, using the southward migration population to grab this fertile land in eastern Henan, and then rewarding his subordinates in time, is the most time-saving and labor-saving thing, why not do it?"

Li Yi and Xiao Xuan suddenly realized.

"You can grab thousands of acres of fertile land without much effort, and Yuan Shao's methods are really clever." Xiao Sui sneered disdainfully, "In my opinion, he probably gave him the most land, right?" ”

"If people don't do it for themselves, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed, this is the normal feeling of people." Xu Shu said with a smile.

At this time, Dian Wei came in and reported: "Lord, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Xian Yufu and other generals have arrived, they want to ask the lord, is the military discussion starting immediately?" ”

Li Yi thought for a moment and said to Dian Wei: "You go and tell them, I'll be there soon." ”

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Fengqiu City.

The two consecutive days of attacks caused the Northern Xinjiang Army to lose troops and lose its troops, and the defense line was frequently in a hurry, but the various units of the coalition army also suffered heavy blows, and the casualties were very heavy because of the poor weapons and equipment of the various units in the attack, the vast majority of the non-commissioned officers were newly recruited, the lack of training, the lack of combat experience, and so on.

In particular, the Jingzhou Army, Yuan Shao's Runan Army, Jiujiang Army, and Jiangdong Army, which arrived from both sides of the Yangtze River, suffered considerable losses. These armies themselves were severely reduced due to many reasons such as hot weather and unaccustomed water and soil, and most of their soldiers had never experienced such cruel battles, so heavy casualties were inevitable.

The generals of the unified army of various departments originally thought that they could pick up a bargain by relying on the strength of the people and fighting with the Northern Frontier Army, but who knew that after two days, not only did they not take Fengqiu City and cross the Jishui River, but they suffered unprecedented losses.

The loss was not something they were willing to accept, so their personal resolve to fight began to waver, and their morale plummeted as casualties mounted.

At present, the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army has withdrawn from Guandu and is moving to the front line of Yanjin and Suojube, and in the next few days of fighting, they will face more and more Northern Xinjiang Army, and the loss will be greater and greater, and the hope of killing the Jishui River to capture Yanjin Suojube and block the Northern Xinjiang Army is becoming more and more slim with the continuation of time.

Since there is no hope of completely annihilating the Northern Xinjiang Army, there are people who do not want to waste their troops in vain.

Especially Ji Ling's Jiujiang Army and Sun Fu and Lu Su's Jiangdong Army, the reason why they rushed all the way to the Central Plains battlefield was purely forced by Yuan Shao, so their determination to fight was not strong. After all, the Central Plains War, no matter who wins or loses, will not have much impact on them for a long time in the future, how should they live.

On the third day of the battle, the Jiujiang Army and the Jiangdong Army took the lead in stopping the offensive under the pretext of serious losses in troops and extremely low morale.

Cao Cao was very angry, and directly accused Ji Ling of disobeying military orders, shaking the morale of the army, and suspected that he had colluded with the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Ji Ling's family is now in Hebei, which is the best reason to be suspicious.

Ji Ling didn't pay attention to Cao Cao's set at all, he stood up and kicked the flying table, pointed to his head and shouted: "Cao Mengde, Lao Tzu's head is here, you come to cut it......"

Ji Ling was unwilling to follow Yuan Shao's instructions to lead the army to the Central Plains, but due to Liu Bei's repeated persuasion, he reluctantly led the army north, so Cao Cao's unreasonable accusation not only angered Ji Ling, but also angered Zhu Ling and Zhou Cang of the Xuzhou army.

Zhou Cang had a great grudge against Cao Cao's Yanzhou army because of the sneak attack on Changyi City, and this time he had an opportunity to vent. He stood up after Ji Ling, kicked the case, blushed his face, and scolded Cao Cao, and words such as eunuchs and butchers gushed out.

Cao Hong, Shi Lian, and Xu Chu, Cao Cao's subordinates, saw that their lord was insulted, how could they bear it, they jumped up on the spot, scolded and yelled, pushed and shoved each other, and moved their hands and feet.

Zhou Cang's eyes were quick, and he picked up a wine bottle next to the case, hugged his head and covered his face and smashed Shi Lian's head, smashing Shi Lian's head on the spot.

Before Shi Jian could react, Xu Chu had already pounced.

Zhou Cang roared angrily, and hit Xu Chu's face with a punch, beating Xu Chu to the point of a long nosebleed.

Xu Chu is not easy to mess with, after all, his force value is much higher than Zhou Cang, so he immediately fought back and kicked Zhou Cang upside down and flew out.

Lu Su was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, so he yelled and said, "Oh no, General Zhou has fainted and is going to die." ”

Xu Chu is a relatively honest person, after listening to Lu Su's words, he believed it to be true, and immediately became a little confused, he didn't want to beat Zhou Cang to death, after all, everyone is still an ally now.

Zhu Ling was furious, pushed away Gan Ning who was blocking him with one palm, and kicked Xu Chu who was in a daze with one leg and flew out.

Zhou Cang got up dizzily and yelled: "Copy guy, copy guy, chop Cao butcher, chop him ......"

There was chaos in the tent.

Cao Cao was protected by the guards on the side of the big tent, looking a little dazed. He didn't expect things to be so bad.

Kuai Yue, Deng Yi, Pang Ji, Xu Xuan and others tried their best to dissuade them.

Zhu Ling considered that this was Cao Cao's camp, worried that something would happen, so he hurriedly pulled Zhou Cang and Ji Ling, and rushed out in a hurry under the protection of a group of guards.

Things have developed to this point, and the matter of continuing the offensive naturally cannot be discussed. Kuai Yue temporarily replaced Cao Cao's command, he ordered all troops to stop the attack, rest for a day, and at the same time urgently told Liu Biao, asking him to rush to Fengqiu to command the overall situation.

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Fengqiu City.

Just as the officers and men of the Northern Xinjiang Army on the front line of Fengqiu and Wuchao were about to fight to the death, they were surprised to find that the rebels did not continue to attack while they were in danger.

Xu Huang, Li Jing, Gao Shun, Tai Shici and other generals in Northern Xinjiang were unbelievable, could it be that something happened to the rebels? Judging by the morale of the rebels in the past two days, there was no reason for them to give up such a good opportunity to attack.

The Northern Frontier Army was lucky enough to get a respite. While ordering all units to strengthen the defensive line, Li Jing once again urged Xu Maogong to send reinforcements.

In the afternoon, Zhang Yan led reinforcements to Wuchao in a hurry.

That night, Lu Yi also led his army to arrive and stationed in Fengqiu City.

Xu Mao Gong Feige passed a message to Li Jing that the main force of the army had withdrawn to Yuanwu and Yangwu City, and would cross the ditch water tomorrow and withdraw to the line of Yanjin and Sujujube, so Li Jing must hold on for another day. (To be continued.) )