When the Shang army arrived, there were only 300,000 troops at first, but later a batch of reinforcements was added, and the total number of expeditionary forces reached 400,000.

On the return journey, the total strength of the Shang army approached the 800,000 mark.

In the battle of Dong Min, nearly one million Xiliang iron cavalry were captured, and the surprise attack on Luoyang City was carried out, and Shang Ji captured more than 2 million demon pawns, and in the battle of Kwai City, Shang Ji once again divided 140,000 prisoners of war, and there were three million before and after.

However, most of the prisoners of war were sold to Diao Chan, such as ordinary demon pawns, and Shang Ji did not leave any of them, and all of them were packaged and sold to Diao Chan.

Xiliang Iron Cavalry also sold a large part of it, and only about 500,000 prisoners of war were brought back in the end.

After several fierce battles, the original 400,000 merchant troops were reduced by nearly half, leaving only more than 200,000, and the two added up to about 700,000 iron cavalry.

These prisoners of war have undergone a preliminary reorganization, although their morale is still very low, their loyalty needs to be improved, and they can't fight any tough battles for the time being, but they don't look weak at all!

The ones left behind by Shang Ji were all elites, and nearly 800,000 hundred battle iron horsemen went south, and many people were scared to death.

Of course, in addition to the army, Shang Ji also carried a large amount of supplies.

Captured armor and weapons, cherished building materials dismantled from dismantling special buildings, a large number of high-grade casting raw materials, high-grade medicinal materials, and so on.

Tens of thousands of carts of all kinds of materials were loaded, and it was no wonder that the princes were red-eyed, and even the merchants themselves were thrilled.

In addition to supplies, there are people!

As the imperial capital, Luoyang has gathered sixty percent of the world's senior talents.

Some of them died in Dong Zhuo's rebellion, and another escaped from the chaos and was lost to the people, and the remaining part was divided between Shang Ji and Diao Chan.

There are tens of thousands of such talents in the business team, forging, smelting, carving, water conservancy, agriculture, textiles, etc., covering all walks of life, and the lowest is also expert-level talents, it can be said that these people are the biggest harvest of the business trip!

If this group of people can successfully reach Xiangping, Shang Ji will immediately be able to leap to the top of the world in terms of productive talent reserves.

In order to protect the spoils and talents, Shang Ji also worked hard.

All members of the Flying Phoenix Fire Rider took to the air, and they conducted uninterrupted reconnaissance 24 hours a day. Zhao Yun led 100,000 iron cavalry as the vanguard to eliminate all threats, and Huang Zhong led 100,000 elites to break the rear, beware of someone chasing and attacking.

Tai Shici and Liu Meng each led 100,000 troops to guard the two wings, while Shang Ji led the main force in the middle.

By the way, although it was Shang Ji who nominally commanded the command and dispatch of the army, it was Xu Rong who actually commanded the specific command!

Xu Rong really deserves his perverted commander value of 99, more than 700,000 troops, tens of thousands of truckloads of supplies, nearly 200,000 civilians (including the families of those talents), all parties need to coordinate and coordinate, and Xu Rong has made some of them in order, which makes Shang Ji full of praise.

Along the way, there were a lot of businessmen and materials, but the real princes are still fighting in Luoyang, even if there are a few fools who are carried away by wealth and want to take the opportunity to loot, but they are easily defeated without even passing Zhao Yun's level.

There was no danger along the way, and it took Shang Ji more than half a month to return to Quanzhou!

Guo Biao, who stayed in Quanzhou, led the army to meet him early, and Shang Ji did not waste time, only rested for one night, and the next day took the naval warship to give priority to sending the spoils and talents back to Pingzhou.

On the Pingzhou side, Deng Yan had already learned the news, and arranged for manpower to meet in Jinjin as early as possible to properly dispose of the materials and talents that had been transported.

Seeing the last junk ship loaded with supplies set sail under the escort of the naval division's warship, Shang Ji also breathed a long sigh of relief.

Transporting so many things, running all the way from Luoyang to Quanzhou, the places they passed were basically semi-hostile forces, and Shang Ji was nervous to death throughout the whole process, fearing that something would happen all day long.

After all the materials and personnel are transported, the army will be transported.

There is no need for Shang Ji to worry about this, naturally Liu Yi and others will help to deal with it, and it is at this time that Shang Ji has time to talk to Guo Biao: "Huchen, how do you feel in Quanjin recently?" ”

"Thank you for your concern, everything is fine, but I don't see my lord in October, I miss it very much."

Guo Biao smiled a little innocently and said.

Shang Ji also smiled, and the two chatted for half an hour, and Shang Ji finally turned the topic to business: "Huchen, I'm afraid you have to stay in Quanjin for a while." ”

Guo Biao was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted, got up and hugged his fists and said, "Everything is subject to the arrangement of the lord!" ”

"Quanjin is a strategic location, and if Quanjin is completely controlled, the water division will have a strategic support point, and it can attack Jizhou in the south and Youzhou in the north, and this key position must be in our hands."

Business opportunities have long been interested in the location advantage of Quanjin (in fact, it is near modern Tianjin), and took the opportunity to occupy Quanjin under the pretext of begging Dong to transport grain and straw. Compared with the land route, the distance is shortened to one-third of the original, and the time is directly shortened to one-fifth, which is of extremely important strategic significance to the Shang army, and the Shang Ji does not intend to return Quanjin back.

"My subordinates understand! However, the troops in the hands of his subordinates are too thin, and he is afraid that he will not be able to complete the task assigned by the lord, so he implores the lord to send more people. ”

Guo Biao did not hesitate to follow Shang Ji's order, but then he also put forward the objective reality of insufficient troops.

Previously, due to the agreement of the coalition forces, although Shang Ji could temporarily borrow Quanjin, the number of Quanjin garrisons could not exceed 10,000. Once Shang Ji really played a scoundrel and refused to return Quanjin, these 10,000 people would not be able to keep Quanjin.

"Don't worry, Ben will know it. I will immediately order the expansion of Quanjin, and then send 30,000 black-armored Xuancai and 80,000 scale-armored sailors to Izumi, and the sailor will also send a fleet to Izumizu to assist you in your defense. ”

After listening to Shang Ji's promise, Guo Biao roughly calculated the military threats he might face, and then straightened his chest and said in a loud voice: "Don't worry, the lord will definitely guard Quanjin for the lord and ensure that Quanjin is firmly in our hands!" ”

Looking at Guo Biao's confident appearance, Shang Ji smiled and nodded: "Huchen will rest assured that he will quietly reveal a secret to you, you won't stay in Quanjin for long, as short as half a year, and as long as a year, you will be able to be freed from Quanjin!" ”

Hearing this, Guo Biao's eyes suddenly burst into a gleam, and he couldn't hold back his excitement, Guo Biao pointed to the north and said in a low voice: "What the lord said was the old thief of Gongsun?" ”

"Not bad!"

A cold glint flashed in Shang Ji's eyes, and he said in a cold tone.

Gongsun Zan gave up Bishui Pass as soon as he was defeated in Dong Zhuohu's prison pass, and then retreated frantically to the old nest in Youzhou. In order to curb the increasingly fierce Shang Ji, the princes took the initiative to give up pursuing Gongsun Zhan's betrayal, and even secretly provided convenience for Gongsun Zhan to return to Youzhou.

These small actions of the princes could not be concealed from Shang Ji's eyes, and he had already had the intention of killing Gongsun Zhan. Just like he said just now, in a short period of half a year, or as long as a year, Shang Ji will send troops to Youzhou to eliminate Gongsun Zhan!