Before Yang Hu's main force arrived in Hepu County, Xu Lin's cavalry camp had already crossed Yushui to the south, and took the lead in taking Hepu County to welcome the arrival of the main force of the Right Legion.

Of course, all this was due to Yang Hu's instruction and arrangement. Before Yang Hu left Panyu, Yang Hu had roughly learned about the situation after the Wu army withdrew.

The Wu army withdrew quite cleanly. Along the way, they looted almost all the counties they passed by. They moved away and took away those who could not be taken away. As for those who could not be moved, they were destroyed and burned all. Anyway, they did not leave a grain of food for the Wei army, and continued to work on their strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields.

In fact, the Wei army was not affected at all. After all, the Wei army had never expected to obtain supplies from Jiaozhou. All the food, grass and materials needed by the Wei army were transported from Wujun.

The people who were truly suffering were the people of Jiaozhou along the way. This time, in order to ensure the speed of the march, the Wu army retreated, in addition to forcing some young and middle-aged men to be exiled, the other common people, such as the elderly and the weak, who were regarded as burdens by them, did not take any of them.

However, the food in the hands of these ordinary people was not left to them. In order to prevent this food from falling into the hands of the Wei army, the Wu army robbed and plundered them all. Even if they carried too much weight and could not take away the food and grass, they would set a fire to burn them all.

The people were there calling for the sky and the earth, and wailing sadly. These foods were their lifebloods, but they were killed by the Wu army so much, and their hearts were bleeding.

However, the Wu soldiers turned a blind eye and ignored the demands of these people. They just numbly executed the orders from their superiors, robbing and burning along the way, which was even more evil than those bandits and thieves.

The people along the way naturally hated them to the core and made great mistakes in the people's hearts. However, it seems that the Wu army did not care at all. It is not important to be filled with the people's eyes. The key is that their strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country must be implemented, and it is easy to say that the people will be abandoned. If they have the opportunity in the future, they will be able to regain Jiaozhou.

Of course, even they themselves felt that there was little hope. What they lost will eventually be lost. It is a blessing to be able to save what they have not lost. The Wei army pressed forward step by step, and the Wu army retreated again and again. When will this kind of day end?

When the Wu army retreated, they committed all the sins, but the Wei army had to wipe their butts. These bullied and looted people were not food and clothing. Of course, the Wei army could not watch them starve to death, so the relief they should be provided and the resettlement should be placed.

It seemed that the Wei army was the master of this land, and the Wu army became the invaders instead. What the Wu army did naturally pushed the civilians of Jiaozhou to the side of the Wei army without any doubt. The Wei army advanced westward without much effort. As long as they took out some food, they instantly captured the hearts of the people.

Without comparison, there is no harm. How the Wu army treats the people, and how the Wei army treats the people, the people are naturally as clear as a mirror in their hearts.

Of course, so many people in Jiaozhou need help, which is still a great test for the Wei army's supply of food and grass. Fortunately, Yang Hu had an early plan for this. In order to ensure the outbreak of time, the Wei army's food and grass reserves were basically double redundant. In other words, if there is a problem with the shipping and transportation problem, the Wei army could not transport the food and grass for a while, there would be no problem for the Wei army to persist in Jiaozhou for one or two months.

In the past two months, there is basically enough time to transport grain and grass. In case the grain transport fleet really encounters a strong storm and destroys the entire army, the Wei army also has enough time to retreat or use the reserve grain and grass from the Dong'an Grain Store.

Therefore, Yang Hu still has long-term plans for grain and grass reserves. At this time, bringing these excess grain and grass to the people of Jiaozhou will not have much impact on the Wei army. At most, the reserve grain will be gone. As long as the Wei army increases its transportation efforts, the shortage can still be compensated.

However, the people's hearts lost by the Wu army can be picked up in this simple way. Originally, the Wei army took down a new territory and defeated the enemy, but it took a long time and a lot of effort to regain the local people's hearts, and it is difficult to work in a short period of time.

Now that the Wu army committed his own evil, the Wei army saved a lot of trouble. Wherever the Wei army went, the people of Jiaozhou supported the elderly and the young, welcomed the elderly and burned incense and bowed, which was more cordial than treating their own soldiers.

Such people have completely become obedient without being appeased.

This result surprised Yang Hu deeply. It is still possible to violate the evil of heaven. People do evil without survival. Shi Ji and Tao Ji are digging their own graves. The people of Jiaozhou have lost their hearts. What qualifications do they have to stay here?

The people's support is the key to the war. The people are water, and the court is a boat. Water can carry boats and can also overturn the boats. Shi Ji and Tao Ji are so vicious that in order to create a so-called solid wall and clear the country, they have harmed the people and completely pushed these people to the Wei army. If they are immortal, what is the law of heaven?

Yang Hu arrived in Hepu County, Xu Lin led his army out of the city to greet him, and the cavalry camp arrived here in advance and had everything settled.

Yang Hu asked about the situation of the Wu army in detail, and Xu Lin informed him one by one.

Now the Wu army has retreated to Jiaozhi County, but they set up defense lines in the area of ​​Jilongling, the main peak of the 100,000 mountains, with the intention of preventing the Wei army from advancing westward.

Since the 100,000 troops were full of deserted primeval forests, the Wei army's scouts could not go deeper, so they could only find some general situations. As for how many Wu troops were in the Jilong Mountain area and how to deploy defenses, they have not yet grasped this information and need further investigation.

"Oh, Jilongling?" Yang Hu pondered for a moment. Jiaozhou is full of mountainous areas, especially the areas bordering Hepu County and Jiaozhi County, all of which are steep mountains. Yang Hu had already studied the map of this area in advance and still had some understanding of the terrain of this area.

Yang Hu was actually not afraid of such mountain wars. When they were in Bingzhou, they basically fought with the Sima army and the Huns in the valleys, but there were few deserted places in Bingzhou. Even if the mountains were steep and the small paths were shabby, there were still roads to follow.

But primeval forests like the Ten Thousand Mountains are uninhabited. There is no feasible way except for the way of birds and beasts, so it is still difficult for the Wei army to cross the Ten Thousand Mountains.
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