"How many refugees were brought back yesterday?" Right now, Li Yue is most concerned about the refugees, and he asks about the population statistics every day.
Everything is based on the population base.
The 150,000 people in Heiyun Mountain are really weak among the surrounding forces.
The Black Cloud Army's ability to maintain its current situation relies on the war dividends from the two wars.
But the dividends will eventually pass, and everything must depend on strength.
"More than five thousand seven hundred." Zhou Qian turned and looked at the bamboo slips, "The refugees knew that I was intercepted by Heiyun Mountain, so they deliberately refused to go south from Yanzhou and transferred to Qingzhou to Lujun."
There were more than 8,000 people the day before yesterday, but yesterday there were only 5,000, which was cut in half.
In the past twenty days, Chen Liu has collected more than 100,000 refugees.
However, Li Yue has been hungry for a long time, and this number of people is still not enough.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xingyang had a population of 300,000, the surrounding Yingchuan and Liang states each had a population of more than 400,000, and Runan had a population of up to 2 million.
Li Yue had three counties in his hands, which was less than one county in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
On the opposite side of Hebei, in any county, the total population of Hu and Jin is five to six million.
In the past twenty years, Shi Hu has worked tirelessly to migrate the Hu people from the Western Regions and fill Hebei. He also uprooted the Yao Yizhong, Pu Hong and other tribes and flooded Hebei to suppress the Jin people.
This is like a thief who accidentally robbed the owner's house, but after all, he was single and weak, so he brought all the ruffians around into the owner's house to embolden himself.
The Chinese ethnic group, which has lived on this land for thousands of years, has been weakened to a very dangerous level after so many years of persecution and massacre.
Yecheng, the residence of the Emperor, became the capital of the barbarians...
"There will only be fewer and fewer refugees in Yanzhou, unless..." Zhou Qian hesitated to speak.
"Unless we can send troops to Lu County?" Li Yue finished his words for him.
"The general is the shepherd of Yanzhou who was granted the title of Yecheng. Lu County is naturally under the general's rule. The Zhao army has no military discipline and harms the people. How can the refugees be justified in sending troops to Lu County this time?"
When sending troops to Lu County, Li Yue had to consider the reactions of Li Nong and Chu Pei.
Chu Fei had 30,000 elite troops stationed in Pengcheng and fought steadily. On the surface, it seemed that the Jin army had a great advantage.
However, Li Nong suffered repeated defeats and was in a state of decline.
"General, there is an urgent report from Lu County. Jin generals Wang Gong and Li Mai secretly sent troops to replace Bei. Li Nong took advantage of the situation and went south, doubled the route, defeated three thousand elite Jin troops in one fell swoop, and captured Wang Gong and Li Mai alive!"
As soon as they reached Lu County, news from the scouts came.
Li Yue quickly asked someone to find a map. The Battle of Daibei could only be regarded as an outpost battle. The three thousand Jin troops were wiped out and had little impact on the overall situation.
Victory or defeat is standard issue.
Moreover, this battle failed because Wang Gong and Li Mai disobeyed Chu Su's military orders and did not go to Lu County to join the rebels.
Apart from the loss of 3,000 troops and horses, Chu Su's two rebellious generals did not suffer much loss.
But the impact on morale is certainly not small.
Li Nong fought this battle very well. He concentrated his superior forces and attacked decisively, annihilating the Jin army, which impressed Li Yue.
After thinking for a long time, he smiled and said: "Sikong is my benefactor in Heiyun Mountain, and he is sending troops to Yanzhou. How can I not go and worship him!"
Li Nong won a victory, and Li Yue had to take some advantage.
This battle cut off Chu Su's hand to the south of the Yellow River, making it difficult for Lu County's rebellion to gain momentum.
Zhou Qian smiled and said, "When Sikong sees the general, his head will be as big as a fight."
He, who was always cautious about his words and actions, actually made a joke.
Li Yue also smiled and said: "Aren't you trying to sow discord between me and Sikong? The beggar army is in the same spirit. Sikong has come to our territory. If you don't go, it will be a big rudeness and make outsiders laugh."
Zhou Qian laughed.
Yue Ji, who was copying the records on the side, also covered her mouth and smiled.
Going to Lu County has two major benefits. First, it can legitimately expand the power of the Black Cloud Army to the east. Second, it can accommodate the refugees. Third, it can ease the relationship with Li Nong.
After all, he is also the leader of the Beggar Army. He has a huge influence in Hebei and will be useful to each other in the future.
Li Yue then summoned each battalion of Heiyun Army, and together with Cui Jin and Wei Shan, led eight thousand troops to the east.
Before reaching Jiyin, news from the east came one after another.
"General, the Zhao army is slaughtering the refugees in Lu County. Corpses are piled up on the ground. Counties and counties from all over the country have also sent troops to intercept and kill people crossing the border. The refugees have no food and will starve to death or fall prey to wild beasts."
Several young scouts had angry faces.
They are also from the North. Many of them were inspired by Li Yue's ethnic and national consciousness in Shangwu Hall. Zhao Jun massacred the refugees, which made them resentful.
What Li Yue was most worried about happened.
Shi Hu tried every means to harm the Jin people. As an important minister of Jie and Zhao, Li Nong was greatly favored by Shi Hu, so he naturally had the same feelings for him.
Shi Hu is dead, but Jie Zhao is still the same Jie Zhao as before, without much fundamental change.
Li Yue was angry and helpless at the same time. He had said before that the refugees under the Heiyunchi banner were not allowed to be touched, but these refugees were not under the Heiyunchi banner. With Li Nong taking the lead, Zhao Jun from the county would naturally not polite.
This is also one of the rules of the times, regardless of north or south.
Even if these refugees go south successfully, they will face a crueler fate when they arrive in Jiangdong. The Eastern Jin Dynasty is full of powerful nobles, and it is not uncommon to plunder the population. In the past few years, the Jin army even massacred the refugee men and plundered their wealth and women. .
"I am passing on the Yanzhou Shepherd's Order that all counties and counties are not allowed to plunder or kill refugees, otherwise military law will serve! The cavalry goes first, the infantry follows, and quickly march into Lu County!" Li Yue showed the spirit of the Yanzhou Shepherd.
The reason why I held back before was because there was no need to develop too much eastward.
But now I have to move.
"What if Li Nong blocks it?" Cui Jin looked at Li Yue and said.
Li Nong was the instigator, and Zhao Jun in these counties also followed him.
Li Yue thought for a moment, "Then block Sikong at Daibei and let Chu Su deal with him!"
Killing Shi Bin would make him and Jie Zhao irreconcilable.
How is Li Nong's actions different from those of Shi Hu, Shi Sui, Shi Xuan, and Shi Bao?
In the past, Li Yue only thought that Li Nong was forced by the situation and passively stood on Jie Zhao's side. Now it seems that this is not the case. He is protecting Jie Zhao's interests at every turn.
"What a spirit!" There were only soldiers around, so he was not so restrained. Cui Jin smiled at the blue sky, "Jie Zhao is in chaos, Shi Chong has a hundred thousand troops in the north, and Shi Bao is in chaos in the west. I am really falling out. How can I, Heiyun Mountain, Are you afraid?"
A man's aura is born from power.
Cui Jin leads an army alone to guard Xuanyuan Mountain. He has a brotherly relationship with Li Yue and is slowly transforming.
"Yesterday the Cui family of Qinghe sent someone to contact me." Cui Jin whispered.
"Huh?" Li Yue was stunned.
The Qinghe Cui clan was one of the top noble clans in Hebei. They sent people to contact Cui Jin, and the amount of information there was huge.
"Back then, I escaped privately and was removed from my family name by the elders of the clan. Now, Black Cloud Mountain is famous all over the country, and the Cui family has written my name back into the family tree..." Cui Jin smiled bitterly.
"That's a good thing."
"What a good thing? It's just mutual use. Now that the Shi family is in chaos, the Cui family just wants to find another supporter. I haven't replied yet."
In order to curry favor with Shi Hu, the Cui family of Qinghe spared no effort and offered her eldest daughter to Shi Hu as his first wife. However, she was framed by Shi Zun's mother Zheng Yingtao and committed suicide.
Cui family in Qinghe has been in bad luck for several years.
Now that Shi Zun is in power, Cui of Qinghe will naturally find another way out.
"Brother, what are your plans?" Li Yue said.
The Cui family of Qinghe is looking for Cui Jin instead of herself, so there must be a lot of trouble in it.
Cui Jin cupped his hands and said: "General and I are brothers and sisters. If the Qinghe Cui family can help the general, my subordinates will win over her. If the general does not want to borrow the Qinghe Cui family's power, my subordinates will reject it!"
(End of chapter)
