Chapter 161
Although the Qihuo Army is known as the first army, it does not have a formal official position or a fixed station. Instead, it is distributed in several counties in Jizhou and Sizhou.↙8↙8↙Reading↙,※o◇
From the beginning of following more than 10,000 households at the beginning of the eastward migration of Sima Teng in Bingzhou, he later absorbed many refugees from Bingzhou and Jizhou, and now he has grown to more than 30,000 households.
Except for the leader Tian Rui{y}, the other generals including Tian Lan, Li Yun, Bo Sheng, Wang Ping, Hao Ting, Chen Wu each had their own subordinates.
After Sima Teng's death, although these people were all under Tian Shu as the leader, they had to disperse their garrisons for their livelihoods. Among them, Li Yun led some elite troops to follow Sima Teng, the King of East China Sea, and were awarded the military position of General Longxiang.
This time, Wu Xin planned to recruit Hao Ting from the beggar army. Wu Xin and Hao Ting had already known each other. At this time, Hao Ting led his troops to station in Guangzong, Jizhou. Wu Xin set out from Jibei County and only took two days to arrive.
As soon as Wu Xin left Jibei County, he encountered many refugees who fled from Jizhou. Only then did he realize that Shi Le and Liu Ling from the Han Dynasty of the Xiongnu once again plundered the counties in Hebei. Generals of the Quaihuo Army Chen Wu and Hao Ting were surrounded in Guangping and Guangzong.
After learning about the situation, Wu Xin sent someone back to Qingzhou to report to Liu Yu, while leading his subordinates to take risks and continue moving forward to investigate the enemy situation.
After sending out the initial return, two days later, Wu Xin returned to Qingzhou in person and gave the latest report to Liu Yu.
Wu Xin told Liu Yu that Shi Le led 30,000 Hu soldiers to surround Chen Wu in Guangping, and Liu Ling led 20,000 Hu soldiers to surround Hao Ting in Guangzong.
Tian Su, Bo Sheng and others of the Qihuo Army were stationed in Wei County and on the front line of Han Dynasty, and were also facing attacks from the Huns, Liu Cong, Liu Jing and other Huns, and they were unable to lead the army to rescue for a while.
Wu Xin rushed back day and night, and it was already night. %∷8%∷8%∷read%∷book, ≮※o
After listening to Wu Xin's words, Liu Yu did not give any reply immediately, but thought about it.
Seeing Liu Yu like this, Wu Xin was anxious, thinking that Liu Yu was worried that he would be defeated by Shi Le and Liu Ling from afar.
"General, everyone in the charity army is a man who dares to fight. He confesses his confession and children. If he can be used by the general, this army alone will be enough to protect Heji. Moreover, although Shi Le and other barbarians have many troops, they have long been defeated by the Qingzhou army. The general only needs to send an elite army and do not need to move quickly. As long as he advances slowly, he can slightly remove the siege of the charity army in these two places."
Wu Xin slowed down his tone and continued.
"After all, Shi Le and Liu Ling are defeated generals under the general. As long as you look at the general's banner from afar, you will definitely escape by looking at the wind and most of them don't have to really fight."
After hearing Wu Xin's words, Liu Yu looked at the expression on his face and suddenly understood that Wu Xin thought he was afraid of losing his troops, so he was hesitating here.
Thinking of this, Liu Yu couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Haha, Brother Bocheng, do you think I'm afraid of Shi Le and other barbarians?"
After two fights, Liu Yu no longer regards Shi Le, a historical celebrity, as an invincible opponent. Instead, he has realized the saying "No heroes make the prince famous."
In history, Shi Le, who established the Later Zhao Dynasty, was quite high-profile in his self-evaluation. He was disdainful of Cao Cao, Sima Yi, a traitor like usurping power. Even Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu could only go with him. Only Liu Bang, the Taizu of Han, could make him a subordinate, and then he could compare military merits with Han Xin.
Well, very good, very powerful.
Although Liu Yu knew that Shi Le's words were about to turn a blind eye, and he was afraid that Shi Hu would usurp the throne after he died, so he deliberately said it to Shi Hu, but this shameless spirit still made Liu Yu admire him very much.
We will not mention the ability and achievements of power and ingenuity, nor will we mention the ability of Shi Le II to make the ultimate successor, just in terms of military merit.
Shi Le was first hit by Gou Xi, and then was repeatedly ridden by the Duan Xianbei in Youzhou. Finally, he met Zu Shi, who led only more than a thousand tribes, and was completely lost in Henan. I really don’t know where he has similarities with Han Xin.
If it weren't for the cooperation of Jin Ting, who had full internal fighting skills, Shi Le wouldn't have been able to recover again and again.
"Brother Bocheng, although I am not talented, I am not afraid of Shi Le, a defeated general. Even if I am only a master in the battle, the 20,000 Tiger Armored Soldiers in the Qingzhou Army are not something that Xiao Xiao Jiehu can deal with."
When Liu Yu said this, he felt that he was more shameless. He did not boast about himself, but praised the soldiers.
"The last general dared not think about this, but was worried that these beggar soldiers would not be used by the general." Wu Xin said.
"I know what Brother Wu said. The reason why I hesitated just now was because I had other concerns." Liu Yu said helplessly.
"Safe? What does the general mean?"
"There are two things I care about," said Liu Yu.
"These two things mean"
"The first thing is that military rations are insufficient. This year's drought is severe and there is insufficient food. After the autumn, tens of thousands of refugees were accepted, and there was not much food reserve. With these new populations, it was even less. If there was no war, it would be okay to let the soldiers and the people eat less. However, in the war, sufficient food must be guaranteed. Even the civilians who transport supplies must have sufficient food. In this way, Qingzhou's warehouses and private soldiers are not enough."
The first thing that Liu Yu was worried about was the most basic problem.
Today, the entire north was seriously affected, and the grain production in the fields was severely reduced.
Every family of the military soldiers in Qingzhou has food, and they can barely support them to spend the winter by eating thin food in their spare time and eating dry food during training. This is how they compare with the surrounding prefectures and counties.
After hearing Liu Yu's words, Wu Xin was not discouraged. Instead, he spoke confidently as if he was prepared.
"Food, this matter is not worth worrying about." Wu Xin continued.
"General, if you send troops to rescue the siege of the Qihuo Army in both places this time, you can use the Qihuo Army as your minions to collect food, grass and goods on the spot in several counties in Hebei."
After hearing Wu Xin's words, Liu Yu almost thought he had heard it wrong and was a little disbelief.
Liu Yu widened his eyes in surprise and asked.
"What? Brother Bocheng, what does this mean? Who are you plundering food and grass in Hebei?"
Liu Yu thought, could it be that the seizure after defeating Shi Le and others?
Wu Xin said confidently.
"Of course, it is to plunder the powerful men who surrendered to the Hu barbarians. If the Hu barbarians are defeated, wouldn't it be too cheap for them to be punished?"
After hearing this, Liu Yu understood a little. Once Shi Le and other barbarians failed, they would definitely scatter their birds and beasts, and would not take into account the powerful people who surrendered to them. In this way, these powerful people who surrendered to the barbarians could not escape. At that time, the army was approaching, wouldn’t they ask for it?
"I just don't know how many powerful people who surrendered to the enemy and surrendered to Hu, and whether the plundering gains were abundant?"
"There are dozens of thieves and powerful people including Zhao State and Wei County alone, including Shuai Shile, and at least 30,000 households. If you search for a while, it will be enough to support the food and grass consumption of tens of thousands of soldiers."
"If this is the case, wouldn't it be a battle to support the war?" 11
Chapter completed!