Three days later, Liu Bogen indeed led 20,000 Donglai Army, and a large number of grain and grass supplies collected by the carriers from the rear arrived in Yidu City.

After Liu Bogen arrived, Liu Yu said in front of everyone that since Duke Xi returned to the army, he would return the positions of General of the Fu Army and the Prefect of Beihai, and return to his original Sima of another unit.

Liu Bogen sincerely rejected Liu Yu's proposal, saying that the "rebellion cause" is far from successful, and that powerful generals like Liu Yu have the opportunity to make achievements in the future.

Liu Yu continued to be called the General of the Army of Fu Army. Although he no longer commanded Liu Bogen's troops, he transferred two thousand people from the 20,000 new recruits he brought to Liu Yu.

Most of these two thousand people were the refugees Liu Yu met outside Xiami City, and they were Guan Tao and others who led them.

The two thousand newly attached refugee soldiers were extremely poorly equipped, most of which only had spears, long swords and other weapons, and basically no shields, bows and crossbows and other weapons. In addition to Guan Tao, the refugee soldiers, who were wearing leather armor, the other soldiers were only wearing coarse cloth clothes.

After Liu Yu finished watching it, he felt that the biggest function of this group of poor infantry on the battlefield was to consume the enemy's arrows and physical strength.

"Why are you willing to follow Mr. Xi to Yidu? There are only two thousand soldiers with almost no training and not enough armor and weapons. If you wait on the battlefield, you may be a life consumed by a meat shield." Liu Yu said to Guan Tao and others.

Guan Tao and others looked at each other, sighed and said, "It's okay if you don't come. Mr. Xi has plundered all the food in Xiami and Duchang and Pingshou, and told us who can get the food with him. If you don't follow him, then you can find a way to find the powerful tribes to ask for food."

"What about your family?" Liu Yu remembered that there were thousands of families among these refugees.

"Everyone followed him to Juxian. When he got there, Duke Xi said that after passing Yidu before, there would be war, and no longer be brought with his family, Duke Xi left a thousand men there to protect his family."

According to the county, forty or fifty miles southeast of Yidu, the city there is still solid, and a thousand soldiers are enough to guard and guard against bandits.

"The world will only become more and more chaotic now, and you can't escape." Liu Yu said to Guan Tao and the others, "Since that's the case, then you can follow me. When you have two thousand powerful elite soldiers, you will no longer be bullied like refugees no matter where you go."

Guan Tao and others swear to follow General Liu and go through fire and water without hesitation.

After Guan Tao's two thousand people met with one thousand people from Liu Yu's headquarters, Liu Yu drew some people from the middle of the brigade commander team in the headquarters. As officers of the two thousand new soldiers, they practiced according to the training methods of the Hexi Bian Army formulated by Gongsun Sheng.

On the third day, the Donglai Army, which completed the supply and reorganization, finally marched westward under the leadership of Liu Bogen and Wang Mi, aimed directly to Linzi.

After the confluence of Yidu, the Donglai Army had reached nearly 50,000.

As the rear army, Liu Yu was responsible for logistics and protection of the baggage and transportation at the end.

Liu Yu took this opportunity to learn about the size of 50,000 people.

So many people started from the west and north gates of Yidu City at the same time from the morning hours. When Liu Yu led all the troops behind the palace to walk out of Yidu City, it was already noon.

Liu Yu rode his horse forward and looked forward. The flat official road was filled with rows of Donglai soldiers and chariots and horses. He saw that the end of the road was still soldiers and chariots and horses.

Liu Yu couldn't help but feel astonished. It was only less than 50,000 troops, but he actually felt boundless. He really didn't know how the army of 200,000 or even 500,000 or 600,000 troops were deployed, marched and commanded in the history books.

Gongsun Sheng, who was following next to him, saw Liu Yu's expression in his eyes.

Gongsun Sheng chuckled and said to Liu Yu: "This is the first time that the general has seen 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers marching together."

"That's right. I was thinking just now that if I commanded 40,000 to 50,000 people to march, camping and fighting would be very difficult. I really don't know how the battle between 500,000 and 600,000 people on both sides was done in the history books." Liu Yu said without any concealment.

"Haha, according to my observation, less than half of these 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers account for less than 20,000, and as long as the command of 20,000 people is well, you can basically be able to advance and retreat freely." Gongsun Sheng walked closer and continued, "When he was fighting against the Xianbei thieves in Hexi, as long as the 20,000 Liangzhou border troops were properly commanded, it would be enough to fight the 100,000 Xianbei thieves who could run away in all directions."

"Twenty or three thousand soldiers can also be communicated with fast horses. How do the generals on both sides command the battles of 50,000 or 600,000?" Liu Yu was very curious about how to carry out a battle with a large number of hundreds of thousands.

"My uncle and my father participated in the battle to destroy Wu. When Emperor Wu sent more than 200,000 troops to destroy the Eastern Wu, the vanguard army often had already broken the city, and the latter army was still thirty or forty miles away. Only when the end of the encirclement of Jianye of the Eastern Wu, only tens of thousands of troops gathered in the north of the Yangtze River, and the camp was stormed for dozens of miles. In fact, most of the time, it was often a battle between 30,000 and 40,000 people on both sides." Gongsun Sheng explained.

"Haha, I understand that this kind of army marched like a snake fighting drama. The vanguard is the snake's head and the body is the remaining entire army. When two snakes meet, it is possible that the snake's head will bite and determine the outcome, or it may require the snake's body to fight and determine the outcome." Liu Yu said jokingly.

"Well, there is a reason for this. However, military battles are complicated and complicated. Sometimes, even if you have all your plans, you will suddenly encounter danger. It is much more complicated than fighting between two snakes." Gongsun Sheng said with a serious face.

"Sir, don't blame me, I'm wronged."

Liu Yu felt bored. People like Gongsun Sheng basically would not accept some of their own jokes. Dong Ping, Li Feng and others still thought they were the young Wei and Jin dynasty who liked martial arts and gambling.

He even felt a little lonely, and it was really not easy to find a good chat friend in the Western Jin Dynasty.

Gongsun Sheng also noticed Liu Yu's unhappiness, and he sighed and said.

"General, the so-called loyal words are unpleasant. The reason why I say this is just to make the general remember that marching and fighting must be cautious and careful, and must not be taken a joke. It is not only about victory or defeat, but also about the life and death of his subordinates."

Gongsun Sheng raised his hand and pointed to the long line ahead.

"So many good men, even if they win, they will die. If they lose, they will die."

After hearing Gongsun Sheng's words, Liu Yu was silent for a while.

It turned out that he was just thinking about how to escape Liu Bogen's defeat in history and how to survive by himself.

Now he suddenly realized that it was not just himself, but also so many living people who were also controlled by him.

Liu Yu looked at the soldiers moving forward, each of whom was a living person, and they were husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers of their own families, no longer a cold and simple string of numbers in history books.

"Mr. Gongsun's teachings, remember them." Liu Yu immediately bowed to Gongsun Sheng slightly.

One day later, nearly 50,000 Donglai troops crossed the shallow turbid water and marched to the city of Dong'anping, which was across the river from Linzi City.

Linzi, the ancient capital of Sanqi is three miles away.
Chapter completed!