Horse on the World

Chapter 450

When the news of Luoyang reached Li Qing, he was sitting in the hall of the county government in Zhuji County sulking. After the mountain wind, Wang Qinian, who had just arrived, and the other battalion generals also looked worried. The atmosphere is extremely depressing.

Li Qing had to admit that he had run into another formidable opponent, Quanzhou Liao Bin.

After capturing Nine Swords Peak, Liao Bin rushed to Zhuji County immediately. All the generals in Dingzhou, including Li Qing, believed that Liao Bin would stick to the front line of Zhuji, and it was true that nearly half of Liao Bin's main force was stationed here, but the current facts It proved that Liao Bin came to Zhuji in a hurry not to fight Li Qing to the death, but to organize a retreat.

Liao Bin did a great job. Excluding the annihilated Nine Blades and Wan Changlin Department in Zhuji, there were still about [-] officers and soldiers from the whole prefecture. Liao Bin dispersed about [-] soldiers into hundreds of people and scattered them along the Zhuji line. Among the mountains, lakes and swamps everywhere, the other [-] people followed him all the way back, and retreated in large strides without hesitation or nostalgia.The remaining dozens of elite soldiers became a problem that made Li Qing scratch his head. Relying on their familiarity with the terrain, they gathered like bandits in the forest. If most of them were to be wiped out, they would flee. Without a trace, there are fewer people, and I worry about being bitten by them.These small troops were extremely flexible. Within a few days of Liao Bin's retreat, Dingzhou's logistics and supplies were attacked several times. Although the losses were not large, it was a dangerous signal.

But what made Li Qing even more troublesome was not these small groups of guerrillas, but the tens of thousands of Zhuji people stranded in Zhuji.

Liao Bin didn't leave empty-handed. He robbed Zhuji of everything he could take away. He took all the food, cloth, and everything he could take away. Then he burned the houses of these people to nothing. However, through the reports from the sentry, he actually didn't even let go of some remote villages.These tens of thousands of Zhuji people can now say that they have no tiles to cover their bodies. Although there is land under their feet, the young shoots on the land have now been burned to nothing. But even rich.

How to accommodate these Zhuji people who are starving for food has become the biggest problem Li Qing faces.Now there are more and more disaster victims outside the county seat, and the people who have been robbed of all their property and food by the Quanzhou soldiers are spontaneously gathering towards the county seat. The Dingzhou soldiers who occupied Zhuji County were forced to close the city gate. Now there are tens of thousands of people in the city They all have nothing, and the food and grass brought by the Dingzhou Army can barely maintain the lives of the residents in the city except for their own use.

The victims who were unable to enter the city set up camp outside the city, and simple shacks began to spread like weeds outside the city. In just a few days, all the edible wild vegetables outside the city were picked, and even the bark was peeled off to satisfy their hunger. The vole hiding in the hole suffered a catastrophe, but it can last for a few days!Crying outside the city every day, countless old people, children, women and children begged and wailed under the city, which made people's faces change.What worried Li Qing even more was that a dangerous atmosphere was spreading in the city.

Hunger can make anyone take risks. Where there is food, they will go there. Now, inside and outside the city, only Li Qing's army has food. The old man, the disheveled child, the unarmed common people?
What should I do if I really have to face this situation?
Absolutely!This is Li Qing's evaluation of Liao Bin's plan.What is it to strengthen the wall and clear the country? Liao Bin's plan is much more vicious than strengthening the wall and clearing the country. Snatching everything will not only enrich his own material reserves, but also throw a huge burden on Li Qing.

Liao Bin saw through Li Qing, a person with aspirations in the world would never leave these people behind, or raise a butcher's knife to them, because such a person cares more about his own reputation, while he, Liao Bin, only cares about One's own life and death.

Li Qing rubbed his temples and felt a severe headache.Liao Bin's use of this trick is nothing more than delaying the time of his attack, and now, what he is most anxious about is time.Once he can't take down Quanzhou as soon as possible, and when the apocalypse recovers, Li's Yizhou will become an isolated island, and his bridgehead to the Central Plains will be lost.

"Fuck it!" Wang Qinian jumped up suddenly, "Marshal, this old thief Liao Bin owns Quanzhou, he doesn't care about these people's lives, we don't care about him, march straight in, and chase Liao Bin Bin go, these people dare to attack the barracks, don't we have swords and guns in our hands?"

Guo Shanfeng shook his head and said, "General Wang's words are wrong. Zhuji used to belong to Liao Bin, but now it belongs to us. The people of Zhuji are the general's people. How can we abandon our own people?"

Wang Qiming squinted, "This is obviously Liao Bin's trick. Now that we know it, why don't we just jump in?"

"This matter is not only of military significance, but also of greater political significance!" Guo Shanfeng said patiently: "General Wang, think about it, if we massacre these people here today, it will definitely stir up the whole state. The common anger of the people, all people will only see that we killed the unarmed people, and will not think that Liao Bin has robbed them of everything. Moreover, it is even more unfavorable for Shilin Qingliu to talk about the Marshal, and the Marshal is A person who wants to do great things and achieve great things, do you want to stain the name of the commander-in-chief, and then leave a strong mark on the history books?"

Wang Qinian jumped three feet high, "What kind of scholars are talking about things, who dares to say a bad word about the commander, I will chop him with a knife, and see if their necks are hard, or my knife is sharper!"

Li Qing glared at Wang Qinian, "Huzi, what nonsense are you talking about? There are hundreds of millions of people in the world, how many people can you kill? Since ancient times, rumors can kill people, and people's words are terrifying! General Guo said it well, these people Not only can’t they be killed, we have to settle them down as soon as possible.”

"Commander, in this case, don't we want to stay here, the army has not moved, the food and grass go first, and there is no food and grass, how can we fight this battle?" Wang Qinian asked anxiously.

Li Qing waved his hand, "I know, I have sent people eight hundred miles to rush to Xu Yunfeng in Fuzhou, Lu Yiming in Dingzhou, and Jiewei in Bingzhou. Immediately deploy more grain, mobilize more civilians, and transport it to Zhuji. It is estimated that Xu Yunfeng is there. , the first batch of grain will arrive in ten days. Let's stay in Zhuji for ten days!"

"Marshal, what should the people in the city do now?" Guo Shanfeng asked.

Li Qing leaned back heavily, "Ministries outside the city should set up porridge sheds to provide these people with two meals of gruel every day. You can't starve to death. If the food is tight, let the soldiers also eat two meals of porridge a day." Well, good or bad, there are only ten days, and it will pass after a while."

"Yes!" The generals of the battalions stationed outside the city immediately stood up and bowed to accept their orders.

"The medical officers of each battalion must go among these refugees to diagnose and treat diseases, and guide these refugees to pay attention to hygiene. It is now spring, and the plague is very easy to spread. Once the plague spreads, it will be a disaster. " Li Qing said sharply: "This matter must be taken seriously, and it must not be sloppy. This is not only related to these refugees, but also closely related to our tens of thousands of soldiers! Do you understand?"

"Understood, handsome!"

"General, you immediately send people out of the city, and announce among the refugees that our army will immediately open porridge sheds to help the people. At the same time, we must also send out guards, be careful that Liao Bin will leave behind spies to make trouble."

"Yes, handsome!" Guo Shanfeng said.

"Let these refugees live together in villages. The original village elders are responsible for the organization and relief. At the same time, they must also be investigated. As long as these refugees are divided into villages, there is no way for those spies to hide." Li Qing reminded.

"Thanks for the reminder, Commander!"

"Go do it now!"

The generals resigned one by one, but Wang Qinian stayed behind, "Commander, the soldiers only drink two meals of porridge a day, so, how can they fight?"

Li Qing said with a smile: "It's only ten days. After ten days, the food will come."

"However, during this period of investigation, what should we do if the troops sent by Liao Bin came? These people are well-equipped and come and go like the wind, so they are not easy to deal with? If we don't wipe them out as soon as possible, let them land in these places Take root, once our large army leaves, the rear will be unstable, so that’s not a solution!”

Li Qing sneered, "I still don't believe that these small troops of hundreds of people dare to attack your barracks, not to mention that you can still drink gruel for a day, even if you don't eat for a few days, you have thousands of people in a battalion, one person Even a mouthful of spit drowned them!"

"As for the future you said, hehe, ten days later, our large army will set out to pursue Liao Bin. These small groups of enemies will be dealt with by ourselves. I have dispatched the Flying Eagle and the special forces of the Statistics and Investigation Department to deal with them. Against the small stocks, the elite against the elite, old thief Liao Bin, do you want to play special operations with me? You haven't started yet!"

"The commander called Sun Zewu and Wang Qi over here?" Wang Qinian said happily, "That's right, with them, these small gangsters don't have to worry anymore!"

Hmph, Li Qing slapped the table, "Old thief Liao Bin, when I catch you, see if I don't skin you!"

"Marshal, this time we delayed our march because of this incident, but let the old thief see our weakness, and he will follow the prescription in the future, what should we do?" Wang Qinian said worriedly.

"This time he caught me off guard. I really didn't expect him to act like this. Now that it's the first time, will we still be unprepared in the future? Is there such a good thing out there?" Li Qing said.

"That's right!" Wang Qinian said.

"Huzi, you have to learn more from Guo Shanfeng. Military is just a continuation of politics. If you are simply capable of fighting, you can only be a general, just like Jiang Kuina. If you really want to stand alone in the future, You have to learn a lot to become my powerful helper. Like this time, you have never thought about Shanfeng, why don’t you think about it from another angle? This time we are indeed delayed, but Liao Bin’s doing this, we His behavior is in stark contrast to his. The common people's eyes are discerning, whoever treats him well and who treats him badly, they know it in their hearts. This will save us a lot of effort in ruling this place in the future. Sometimes, To lose is to take advantage!" Li Qingchun taught Wang Qinian.

"Marshal, I remember it!" Wang Qinian nodded solemnly.

"Okay, just keep it in mind. Read more books, not only military books, but also more history books. Taking history as a mirror can help you understand more things." Li Qing waved his hand, "Go, go and help Shanfeng, will Everything is ready!"

(End of this chapter)