In the first year of Xingping, just before winter, everything was ready.
Early in the morning, the army swarmed out from the city gate of Linzi.
Wang Zheng led the Tianzhu camp forward, Wu Sheng and Yu Jin divided into two wings, Zhang Rao and Chen Jiao led their troops behind, and the civilian camp accompanied the Chinese army.
The men and horses set off one by one.
With the current size of the heavenly army of more than 20,000 people, it is already extremely powerful.
But the two teams behind them were even more conspicuous.
The second batch of people leaving the city was the large baggage team led by Xu Fang, Lu De, Wu Niu and others.
After capturing three cities, the rice, cloth, etc. collected from the wealthy gentry and noble families were enough for the heavenly army to consume for several years.
But for such a massive amount of baggage to travel with the army, the amount of truck and animal power required is equally astonishing.
For this reason, in the days before the expedition, Xu Fang almost evacuated most of Linzi before gathering enough trucks and the mules and horses to pull them.
In the same way, the entire Tianfu camp and private battalion must be fully mobilized to transport the baggage, which is enough.
As the entire property of the current royal government, he naturally did not dare to neglect anything, and directly arranged for nearly half of the second-order light cavalry to run in front and behind the convoy, guarding the left and right.
Therefore, even though they are inferior in numbers, in terms of battle formation, the logistics side is even more terrifying than the main force of the Heavenly Army.
In the eyes of Yan Fu and others who landed on the top of the city, they saw countless dense black spots covering the official road, extending from the bottom of Linzi City to the end of their sight!
At the end of the team, there were nearly 100,000 refugees.
This group of people, this time, did so out of their own free will, not under coercion.
After counting the harvest of the past few months, Wang Zheng discovered a happy trouble.
Grabbing too much...
Although the total number of the Heavenly Army is large, it is still foreseeable that there will be many battles to be fought due to this strategic shift.
The combat effectiveness of the team's main force must be maintained.
Therefore, there is an upper limit to the transportation capacity of the Heavenly Army.
And the Zizong piled up in Linzi's warehouse has exceeded this limit by a lot.
Therefore, during the last period of Linzi, Wang Zheng became extremely generous and distributed the extra grain and cloth to the refugees who had contributed to the capture of Linzi.
Those refugees who stayed would at least be enough to survive this winter.
As for the future, we can only look at the future Linzi County Governor and his powerful monarchs.
To his surprise, a few days before his big move, many elderly people among the refugees came to plead with him, wanting to continue to follow the army.
This made him laugh and cry.
Or maybe man is really a forgetful animal.
It was just a small favor, but it actually caused many people to forget their previous grudges and develop a good impression of Wang Zheng and his army.
So this happened.
Even if they left the city at a time when winter was about to begin, more than 1/3 of the hundreds of thousands of refugees still took the initiative to join the team.
Wang Zheng couldn't bear to refuse, and there was no need to refuse.
Xuzhou was already short of people after being massacred by Cao Cao. Since they are willing to follow me...
Then feel free to follow along.
It took more than half a day for the team to finally fully activate and slowly disappear from the eyes of everyone on the top of the city.
Seeing that everyone was looking happy and cheering, Yan Fu shook his head, but felt a mixture of emotions in his heart.
Yes. Linzi has returned to the hands of these nobles.
This should be something to be happy about.
But Wang Zheng's attitude towards Linzi was such that Yan Fu felt uncomfortable.
And the pair of sisters who took the initiative to give it away...
It even made Yan Fu feel aggrieved at the expense of being dumb.
Forget it, what's the use of regretting it now?
After gathering his thoughts, Yan Fu looked around and his eyes fell on an old man.
"Wen Gong."
When Wen Lian, who looked equally happy, approached, Yan Fu said in a deep voice: "We can't waste time now, we have to get ready immediately."
what to prepare?
Wen Lian was stunned and was about to ask a question when he saw Yan Fu pointing to the outside of Linzi City with a meaningful look on his face:
"Is it possible to live in a room with ventilation on all sides?"
Wen Lian was stunned for a moment, then he immediately woke up and his expression changed.
He also reacted.
Linzi at this time...is completely undefended.
The city defense army was either dead or surrendered, and most of the soldiers and equipment of the wealthy gentry were robbed by the bandit Wang Zheng.
Isn’t it just a room with ventilation on all sides?
As soon as Wang Zheng's army withdrew today, he felt relieved, but he and others were going to have a headache.
Severe winter is approaching, if there are any more refugees, bandits will attack Linzi...
But it was another disaster.
"What Mr. Yan said is true!" Wen Lian solemnly bowed his hand and immediately summoned a group of family heads to discuss it.
That afternoon, for the sake of their own safety, the nobles did not hesitate to reward them, mobilized the people, and summoned the young men.
A series of actions began.
Dig the filled moat.
Repair the dilapidated city wall.
Collect iron tools, wood and stone from the people at high prices, quickly open the furnace, and strive to re-arm each family's personal guards as soon as possible.
as well as...
He sent countless people to ask for help from several neighboring princes at the same time.
At this time, they only care about their own family and don't care about the thoughts of Cao Cao, the nominal state pastor.
What's more, the other party is competing with Lu Bu for Yanzhou, and it is beyond his reach to save Kong.
Nowadays, if you have breasts, you are a mother. Whoever sends troops to Zi will enjoy their support and support first.
At this time, Wang Zheng, who was driving out of Linzi City, sat high on his horse and looked back.
The weather is not good today.
Looking into the distance, you can see the majestic city and the towering mountains and forests, all with a gloomy atmosphere.
When his eyes glanced back towards him, he saw the flags fluttering and the spears and halberds standing in the air. It was all about high-spirited and vigorous efforts.
There were even more people in front and behind, and smoke and dust were flying.
Wang Zheng was filled with emotions.
At the beginning of time travel, it was also the late autumn dusk, approaching the end of the year.
Now, a year has passed by in a hurry, as if it were a snap of the fingers.
It seemed that just a moment ago, he was still a grass bandit refugee rushing around for a bite to eat.
In the blink of an eye, he became a high-ranking person with tens of thousands of people and responded to every call.
When he heard that his former enemies were now completely buried under the loess of Qingzhou, Wang Zheng smiled mockingly to himself.
You are now completely relaxed and can take a long sleep.
But I still have to trudge forward step by step.
He was full of ambition and looked ahead. The hot and bright eyes in his eyes actually made the dim daylight suddenly seem a little brighter.
drive!
With a loud shout, Wang Zhengyang spurred his horse and galloped forward.
In the vast world, there is much that can be done.
...
Carrying a large number of refugees and luggage, this team was large but also bloated.
Fortunately, more than 10,000 system soldiers obeyed the king's generals and controlled and supervised meticulously. In addition, Yu Jin, Xu Fang and others also commanded with restraint.
Except for the first day out of the city, the entire army's daily journey remained at about twenty miles.
Compared with Guangrao's march to Linzi, the speed this time is not too slow.
Of course, there is actually another reason.
This time, Wang Zheng did not set up obstacles to abandon the old and weak refugees, and did not deliberately treat them harshly in their daily meals.
First, I am wealthy now and no longer care about consumption in this area.
two is...
Wang Zheng thought that he should start paying attention to his reputation.
Especially the image in the hearts of ordinary people.
...
Such a huge team naturally made a lot of noise along the way, which could not be hidden from the counties along the way.
For example, officials in places like Linqu, Zhuxu, and Anqiu were recruiting troops, training, and strengthening city defenses, while constantly praying in their hearts.
These yellow turban thieves who deserve to be punished must not attack their own city first.
They were not thinking that they would be able to stop the bandits in a little more time, but they were hurrying to pack up their belongings so that they could run out of the city.
After all, these small county towns have city walls that are more than four or five meters tall, and there are only a few hundred city defenders, most of whom are top-notch village warriors, and they don't even have a moat.
Facing a big bandit who can conquer the entire city of Linzi, no matter how hard we reinforce it or recruit troops, it is meaningless.
Everyone knows this very well.
Soon after, under the joint attention of the three counties, the approaching Heavenly Army seemed to begin to approach Zhuxu County.
The other two counties were naturally overjoyed.
At this time in Zhuxu County, everyone in the county felt like they were mourning for their heir.
While the county magistrate once again called on the entire county to work together to defend against enemies and thieves, he tried hard not to let the despair in his heart show on his face.
"Your Majesty, please don't worry too much. It's been less than a year since a group of thieves started their army. How can they be so strong?"
A famous strong man in Zhuxu County rolled up his sleeves and shouted loudly: "The thieves may seem to be numerous, but most of them are old, weak, women, children, and ordinary people. There are more than a thousand of us here now. It may not be possible to fight to the death against the city wall."
We can’t let the thieves retreat when faced with difficulties.”
The county prince forced a smile and said, "I hope so."
Just when everyone in Zhuxu County was panicking, the next scene surprised everyone again.
The Yellow Turban Bandits actually passed through the door without entering...
When I saw them pouring down the official road, they continued to move towards the south.
Ten thousand people in Zhuxu County were overjoyed and shouted loudly at the same time, the sound shaking the sky.
Until the figure of the thief disappeared completely, the county king on the top of the city took a long breath, and the will to die in his heart finally subsided.
The right hand that had been hidden in the lapel of his clothes slowly came out.
That hand had always been holding the handle of a dagger until now.