Sigh!

The original camp of Loudi is wide open.

Amid the neighing of the horses, the cavalry of the battalions pursuing the rout returned to the camp one after another.

In just one day, the Allied company camp, which had been sparsely populated, boiled again.

The tents were full of armor and horses, as well as tens of thousands of prisoners of war, and there was a tendency to overcrowd.

The tent of the commander of the Chinese army, which was once the big tent of Yuan Shao's alliance leader, is luxuriously decorated and atmospheric, magnificent and majestic.

Now, all the qiē here have been preserved intact and become the temporary commander of Li Li, the commander of the Western Liang Army.

At dawn yesterday, when Yuan Shao hurriedly led his troops to abandon the camp and flee, Zeng ordered a team of more than 500 troops to burn all the grain and grass in the marshal tent and the rear camp, and then fled from the camp. Unexpectedly, as soon as Yuan Shao left, Xun Chen and Guo Tu, who were lucky enough to escape their lives, entered the camp from the west gate and happened to miss Yuan Shao. Immediately, in order to protect themselves, the two of them stopped the soldiers from burning down the camp in time, so that the entire camp was preserved intact. At the same time, the two of them took advantage of the situation to collect the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the camp who had not yet fled while preventing the soldiers from burning the camp, and temporarily took over the entire Allied camp.

Facts have proved that the hasty decision of Xun Chen and Guo Tu is indeed a wise move, and it is also the greatest reliance on saving their lives. If the camp is burned down, or if the grain and grass of the camp are burned, then when the camp is breached, it will be the time when the two of them die, and the plan will not be spared. Once the grain and grass baggage that Li Li had placed high hopes on were burned, he must have been furious, and in his rage, he would inevitably execute all the captured Allied generals. And Xun Chen and Guo Tu are the first to bear the brunt and will definitely die.

However, Xun Chen and Guo Tu's impromptu actions invisibly saved their own lives. When Li Li saw that the entire camp was intact. With a smile on his face, he was very happy, so he had already decided to kill Guo Tu, but because Guo Tu took the initiative to open the city to ask for surrender and prevent the soldiers from burning the camp in time, he opened the net and fell lightly.

Afterwards, Guo Tu was handed over to Guo Jia for full handling, and the details of the incident are unknown. I only knew that less than half an hour after the fall of the camp, Guo Tu hurriedly left from the east gate with dozens of cronies and soldiers, and quickly disappeared from the sight of the Xiliang army. Other words. Guo Jia privately decided to let his brother Guo Tu go, and asked him to leave calmly with his cronies Hu Cong and his own soldiers.

When Guo Tu and dozens of his own soldiers rode away, Li Li was on the tower of the East Gate and witnessed this scene with his own eyes. But he turned a blind eye. Neither stepped in to stop it. Afterwards, he did not specifically ask Guo Jia about the reason for this matter, and really handed over the matter to Guo Jia for full disposal, no matter what the result was, he didn't ask. This open-mindedness made Li Zhi and Jia Xu, who followed him, secretly smack their tongues and admired.

At noon yesterday, the Xiliang Army completely took over the entire camp and counted all the money, grain, grass, baggage, and prisoners of war in the camp. This matter is the sole responsibility of the law. It wasn't until the fourth watch of the night that all the registrations were completed. It was then reported to Li Li.

With stacks of bamboo slips piled up on Li Li's handsome case, and hastily flipped through them at a glance, Li Li laughed heartily with relief. As he had predicted, the monthly rations and forage required by more than 400,000 allied troops were more than three times the monthly expenses of the Xiliang army. Therefore, when Yuan Shao abandoned the camp and fled in a hurry, the camp still stored a month's worth of grain and grass for a month and a half, as well as enough ordnance and baggage to form a 100,000-foot army. In addition, there were a large number of fire oil, catapults, storming carts and horse harnesses in the rear camp, as well as more than 4,000 war horses. These captures were equivalent to the expenses of the Hanguguan army for three full months, and the weight of ordnance was equivalent to the total loss of the Xiliang army in the battle of Sili. With such a huge capture, the Xiliang army could continue the campaign for three months after a little rest.

It stands to reason that the Allied army is only twice as large as the Xiliang army, but the monthly expenditure of the Allied army is three times that of the Xiliang army, and even exceeded; The gap is so big that it's a bit unbelievable.

Such a disparity may seem puzzling at first glance, but it is no longer surprising to know the distribution of food and grass to the Allies.

There are three reasons why the Allies are spending so much.

First, the Allied princes and generals lived in luxury, and the amount of money and food they needed each month was very huge. Only the Xiliang army captured more than 4,000 beautiful concubines, dancing girls, maids and other female dependents in the camp, on average, to all the princes and generals of the allied army, each general has at least eight to nine female dependents in the camp tent, and the marshals of all walks of life have less than ten people, and more than nearly 100 people. And this is only the tip of the iceberg of the luxurious life of the princes, in addition to the maids and maids, each prince also has a special catering team and servants, such as Yuan Shao's meals and servants, there are more than 400 people, and the other princes are not less than one or two hundred. As the so-called upward and downward effect, the princes are still like this, then the generals under their command are not fuel-efficient lamps, and there are dozens of servants and miscellaneous servants behind the camp tents of each general. In this way, there were as many as 20,000 servants and miscellaneous servants in the camp.

The reason is that the Eastern Han Dynasty is no different from other dynasties, and the generals who go out on expeditions generally bring a few maids, servants and miscellaneous servants in case of emergency. Prior to this, the leading generals were usually not too extravagant, so as not to disturb the morale of the army and affect morale, so they would be restrained and try to be as subtle as possible to avoid being too dazzling.

As early as the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, the military discipline was strict, and the style of the generals was also very strict. At the beginning of the restoration of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was also the same, and the army was strictly governed. It's a pity that with the turmoil in the court in the past hundred years, the army has also been relaxed, and there is a tendency of swords and guns to be put into storage and horses to be put in Nanshan, which has made the military discipline of the border army relaxed, the military spirit is weak, the discipline is broken, and the law is lost.

Now the Han family is declining, the imperial power is falling, the world is in chaos, and the heroes are rising, which makes the leading generals bold and reckless, and more and more unruly. As a result, when going out to fight, it is not uncommon for the commander of the army to bring beautiful concubines, dancing girls and servants, and it is repeatedly prohibited. Over time, it has become commonplace, forming a norm, everyone is the same, and no one should gossip.

It can be seen that although the princes and generals of all walks of life led their troops to fight abroad, they did not prevent them from enjoying a luxurious life in the slightest. Therefore, the large amount of money and food used can be seen.

Second, the army of the princes was formed by the union of the princes of all walks of life, and the money, grain, and baggage were distributed according to the number reported by the princes themselves, rather than unified dispatch and overall distribution. In this way, it is difficult to estimate how much water is in it, and the weight of the money and food received each month must be only a lot more, and it is better to have a surplus than not enough.

Third, and most importantly, it is inevitable that the princes of all walks of life will have their own evil intentions among themselves, and it is inevitable to take advantage of the great war to collect money, food, and armaments. Just like Cao Cao and Sun Ce, they tried their best to recruit troops and horses, and where the money, food and ordnance came from, they must have taken it from the Allied treasury, otherwise they had no foundation of their own, and how could they have the remaining money, food and weapons to recruit soldiers.

Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine why the Allies consumed so much money and food, and required so much armor and baggage, and it was completely impossible to have such a large army of good and bad and each seeking his own interests, even if he wanted to save. Moreover, this is also the result of the shortage of grain and grass after the sneak attack on the Feiyundu grain and grass camp, before that, the allied forces needed more and the attrition was more severe.

Compared with the huge attrition of the princes' allies, the Xiliang army was not. First of all, the Xiliang Army is a complete army, with unified orders, and there is no such phenomenon as seeking personal interests and recruiting troops without authorization. Second, the whole army uniformly distributes money, food, and baggage, makes overall arrangements, increases and decreases as appropriate, and does not have the strange appearance of running out of money and food and eating empty salaries; When supplies are sufficient, more will be distributed, and when supplies are in short supply, the whole army will have to tighten their belts and tide over the difficulties together. In the end, the Xiliang Army has strict military discipline, except for the commander Li Li, all the remaining generals are not allowed to bring their female dependents into the barracks without permission, and it is impossible for anyone who has nothing to do with them to stay in the barracks. In addition, there is also Jin Yiwei in the army who is responsible for supervising and inspecting all battalions, including the commanders and generals of each battalion must accept supervision, unconditionally implement military discipline and military orders, and once verified, they must directly face the questioning of the commander Li Li, and then punish them according to the law.

Therefore, in the Xiliang Army, the commanders and generals of each battalion are the role models of the officers and men, and they must set an example, strictly enforce and abide by military discipline, and no one dares to deduct military salaries or lose the weight of the air force without authorization. At least so far, no general has dared to disobey Li Li's military orders and commit crimes against the wind. The generals who were once suspected of wantonly collecting money and grain, such as Hu Zhen and Yang Ding, have all died on the battlefield one after another, and their crimes will not be investigated, but their mansions and the income from money and grain will also face an inventory, and what they can really get is to retain their loyal and brave names, and then bury them in a grand manner, that's all.

In contrast, it is not difficult to see that the monthly grain and grass required by the Allied army far exceeded the wear and tear of the Xiliang army. Therefore, the capture of an allied battalion was enough to tide over the difficulties of the Xiliang army, which was short of money and food, although it only filled part of the consumption of the fierce battle of Sili, but it could allow the army to ease up in the shortest possible time, and there was no difficulty in food and grass, and it could still continue to fight.

In addition to the capture of a large amount of grain and grass, there were nearly 40,000 prisoners in the Allied camp, including more than 4,000 female dependents and more than 20,000 miscellaneous servants mentioned above, and only more than 10,000 real prisoners of war and 5,000 wounded soldiers.

In the crisp sound of horses' hooves, tens of thousands of Xiliang iron cavalry pursued and returned, all the soldiers were fully loaded, prisoners of war, silk, gold, silver and jade and the damaged weapons of the whole vehicle drove into the gate one after another, and when the sun approached the West Mountain, all the battalions returned to the camp.

At this point, the decisive battle of Loudiyuan, which lasted three days and two nights, came to an end, and ended with a complete victory for the Xiliang army.

―――――――――――――― (To be continued......)

PS: The transition chapter, which is also a summary.

[The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, Tiger Ben and Xiaoqi wish the book friends a family reunion, all the best, happiness and health! ] 】

At the end of the day, he shouted again: "Ask for a monthly pass!" Recommended Ticket! ”

--Echo――-Thank you!

Hu Ben was excited, and sat on the ground with a butt: "It's too violent, I can't stand it!" ”

It hurts so much that he turned his head to look around: "Fortunately, no one saw it!" ”

Life has to go on.