Liu Xiang stayed in Ji County for three days, and the army arrived with food and supplies.

This time, 20,000 shi of grain will be transported, and will continue to be transported in the future. Liu Xiang is preparing to store 200,000 shi of grain in Ji County to help the victims of Guangyang and deal with the consumption of the army's attack.

Zou Jing's entire army was wiped out and Zhuo County was empty, which was a good opportunity to conquer the city and plunder the land.

Before sending troops, there are still some hidden dangers to deal with, and the first one to be affected is the Yellow Turban Army.

A total of 12,000 Yellow Turban Army in Ji County surrendered. Due to the repeated wars, the young and strong were seriously injured, and less than 6,000 could fight, and the rest were the elderly, weak, women and children.

Yan Gang visited for many days and ordered the cannibalism to be ordered to be the deputy general of Cheng Zhiyuan, named Zhao Gui. His subordinates had more than 3,000 subordinates, and most of them were cannibalism. The rest of the departments did not participate.

Then there is no need to hesitate. Liu Xiang ordered: "Let them dig a pit in the tomb area in the north of the city, and call a crossbowman and a soldier to monitor the outside world. After digging the pit, they will be executed on the spot. If there is any resistance, they will be shot and killed.

After the execution, the people in the city were asked to see and tell them that these Yellow Turbans were eating people, so they were executed.

If the people have any grievances, they can come to sue them, and the Anping Army will uphold justice for them."

Yan Kang led the military talisman and arrows, took the Ti cavalry of the headquarters to the Shooting Camp and the Guardian Camp to dispatch troops, and drove the Zhao Gui's troops of the Yellow Turban Army to the north of the city to conduct a execution.

Liu Xiang didn't go, he was afraid that he would be soft-hearted.

After dealing with those who cannibalism, the remaining Yellow Turbans will be selected in batches, and Taiping Taoist people will be demoted to slaves, and sent to various mine caves;

Nearly 5,000 elderly, weak, women and children were eliminated, and they were kept in Ji County, which was considered to be labor-for-relief;

More than 3,000 young and strong men were recruited to serve the people and transport food, grass and supplies to the army. After this battle, they were taken to the military farm together with the young and old Yellow Turban Army who remained in Ji County.

The captured 1,500 soldiers from Zhuo County were serving labor in Ji County, repairing city defenses, and unblocking moats. Their fighting will made Liu Xiang a little afraid and he didn't dare to take them in the army. When they arrived in Zhuo County, what should they do if they caused trouble?

The civilians recruited by Zou Jing in Guangyang were captured by more than 4,000 people. These people transformed into civilians of the Anping Army. Liu Xiang agreed with them that after this battle, they would send them home and divide their land.

As soon as the magic weapon of the dividing field was sacrificed, the mental outlook of these civilians immediately became different. At least with hope, they no longer looked lifeless.

Guangyang County has been in war since the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the early spring. The population of nearly 300,000 is probably less than 100,000 now. Especially in the countryside, the fields are deserted, houses are empty, and almost no people are there. It is really a bandit who has been combing the army and combing. The disaster of war is more serious than the disaster of water and fire, and it is a catastrophe for the people.

In just a few county towns, some residents were hungry and were not far from death.

For Liu Xiang, there are no obstacles to taking Guangyang County. As long as you capture Anci County and Guangyang County again, even if you take over the entire territory of Guangyang County, it will be no difficulty.

The difficulty is how to resume production and how to feed the remaining people. The fields in Guangyang County have been abandoned for a year, and there is no harvest this season. The people have no food in their hands and no one can provide relief, so they have to wait to die.

Liu Xiang would have to support them for at least one year.

But what should I do next season? There are not many young and strong people in Guangyang County, and only a bunch of old, weak, women and children are left. If you expect them to farm, you will probably not be able to support yourself. Liu Xiang has to find a way out for them.

Another problem is the field. A large amount of fields is abandoned and is about to turn into wasteland. It takes several years and a lot of effort to build wasteland.

After all, it is the problem of insufficient population. This is an era of low productivity and farming requires a large amount of labor.

Zhuo County has a large population, with more than 600,000. However, Zhuo County has not reached the level of overpopulation and cannot make up for the labor gap of more than 100,000.

Youzhou is really short of people. Liu Xiang thinks that there are quite a lot of people in Qingzhou and Jizhou, so he has to think of ways to get some people. If he doesn't do some moves, he will not be able to understand his thoughts.

Liu Xiang has a lot of ideas, but he still has to do things one by one.

Now I still have to focus on the war.

Liu Xiang planned this war for several months and had already achieved the harvest, so he could not neglect it. He could travel a hundred miles a day and a half ninety. He understood this principle.

On July 27, Liu Xiang led his troops to surrender to Anci, and only 8,000 hungry people remained in the city, and was moved to Jixian to live.

The rear army was ordered to lead 10,000 militias to station in Jixian, transport supplies, hoard food and grass, and protect the grain route from Luxian to Jundu County.

He ordered Yang Jun to send troops to the capital and feint attack Juyongguan, and involved the troops of Shanggu County to create a fighter opportunity for Yan Rou.

He ordered Yan Rou to wait for an opportunity to advance to Juyong County, attack Juyong Pass with the Right Army, and open up the road to Shanggu County.

On July 28, Liu Xiang led 16,000 troops, 5,000 militiamen, and 7,000 civilians to cross the river to Guangyang County.

Guangyang County is close to Zhuo County, and it is the food road node when Zou Jing advances. The situation is better than that of other counties. He can get some relief and tens of thousands of people gather. However, the young and strong people are all drawn by Zou Jing, and Liu Xiang's army will not encounter any resistance at that time.

Liu Xiang was also helpless and could not ignore it, right? But he couldn't always use military rations to supplement it. This is not a solution, it will not last long.

Yuyang did stock up on some food, but those were useful. They had to raise soldiers and horses, craftsmen, recruit civilians, and prepare for war.

No matter how you calculate it, it's not enough.

We still have to rely on the food in Zhuo County. We must take over Zhuo County as soon as possible. We cannot delay until winter, and we cannot wait until next year.

Five hundred soldiers and one thousand militia were left behind, and they ordered them to protect the food road. The army did not stop here, but the troops entered Zhuo County and headed straight for Liangxiang County.

Liangxiang is more than 50 miles southwest of Guangyang County, located on the north bank of the Shengshui River. The entire area is a plain, which is quite suitable for land reclamation and farming.

Unfortunately, there are few people.

As soon as the army arrived, the county magistrate of Liangxiang obediently opened the city and surrendered. After taking over the city defense, Liu Xiang ignored the others and went straight to the treasury.

Liangxiang County has less than 3,000 stones of grain reserve.

He had no choice but to take his troops to borrow grain from the large households in the county. He cut off more than a dozen heads, searched all the mansions of the powerful landlords in Liangxiang County, and only collected 10,000 stones of grain.

It's just enough for the victims to eat for a month.

Leave a thousand soldiers and a thousand militiamen, transporting some grain back to Guangyang County for emergency treatment, guarding the grain road, and guarding the retreat route.

The army rested overnight, continued to set off, and marched towards Zhuo County. Zhuo County was more than 80 miles away from Liangxiang and was the county seat of Zhuo County.

Under the guidance of the local guide, I crossed the Holy Water and walked south for a day, avoided the muddy section at the junction of Yuanshui and Taoshui. The next day, I crossed Taoshui again and turned east. At noon, I arrived in Zhuo County and set up camp ten miles from the east gate of the county town.

Liu Xiang took Suwei to Guancheng. Zhuo County was Zhuozhou in later generations, and it was known as the world's largest state. It was located in Taihang in the west and was adjacent to Yanshan in the north. The city was nine miles around, and the city wall was more than three meters high, with four gates open.

According to legend, Huangdi's car was split into Chiyou, and some of his corpses were abandoned in Zhuodi. In order to avoid Chiyou's evil, when building the ancient city, the west gate was concave, forming a shape that was folded in the northeast and protruded in the southwest. It is commonly known as the "concave" character city in the local area.

Because it looks like a lieniu, it is also called "Wouniu City".

More than a hundred steps west of the city, Taoshui flows from south to north, and turns east to three miles north of the city. Taoshui is a tributary of the Juma Water. It turns east in Zhuo County, converges to Heyuan Water, and continues to flow eastward in Yangxiang, and flows eastward into the holy water and flows eastward into the sea.

More than 20 miles northwest of Zhuo County, there is also a small town in Xixiang, which is a fief of the Marquis State. It forms a corner with Zhuo County and supports each other.

Liu Xiang was worried that this city was not easy to fight.
Chapter completed!