Xuande

Chapter 576

In the next half month, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Pound's three troops were separated by more than a hundred miles, and they attacked frantically, but they wiped out all the Xianbei tribes with clear directions or other miscellaneous Hu tribes who did not know where they belonged.

Kill those who resist, capture those who surrender, and help with logistics. You can’t manage so much on the march, and you will die. If you can return to Zhuojun with them alive, you can continue to devote yourself to the great cause of building Youzhou. .

During this period of time, Zhang Fei and Pound's cumulative gains totaled more than [-]. They killed a lot of enemies and captured a lot.

Others, even Liu Bei didn't have the heart to take care of them.

In half a month, he defeated three Xianbei tribes in a row, big and small. He captured more than 40 people, captured more than [-] prisoners, and had more than [-] horses and livestock. The scale was already very large.

So right now it is no longer a question of whether the army has logistics, but a question of not being able to finish four meals a day.

This side hadn't finished eating yet, and another side was replenished. The soldiers ate meat and drank broth every day. All of them were flushed and full of strength.

Even many soldiers got angry because of this, and even missed those ordinary-looking pancakes. If it weren't for some surrendered Xianbei and Wuhuan people who accompanied them to dig up some wild vegetables to adjust, it is estimated that some people will be affected. no more.

Moreover, due to poor marching conditions and cold weather, many livestock died for this, and the loss was quite large, which made Liu Bei feel a little distressed.

But there is no way, this is doomed war loss.

When the Northern Expedition on the Grassland was carried out at the end of February, the three armies communicated with each other and learned that everyone had achieved great results. If they continued to fight, they might have reached their limits.

So Liu Bei gave up the idea of ​​continuing to advance, and announced that the first phase of the Northern Expedition was temporarily suspended. The three armies joined forces in the northern part of Youbeiping County, marched southward with a huge amount of war capture, and entered Youbeiping County on the first day of March. Passed the Great Wall and headed towards Yuyang County.

On the seventh day of March, the exhausted army arrived in Yuyang County, Yuyang County, ending the Northern Expedition.

Although the scheduled Northern Expedition tasks were not completely completed, about one-third of the road was not completed.

But they've done a good job, even exceptionally good, and no one can fault them for not making the final third of the way.

The one-month Northern Expedition of the three armies wiped out more than 40 grassland tribes, large and small. The specific number of livestock such as cattle, sheep and horses cannot be counted for the time being.

In fact, the number of people and livestock who died due to the relatively harsh marching environment was also very large, but the specific number has not been counted.

Coupled with the previous gains in Youzhou, it can be said that in this wave, the Eastern Xianbei and Youzhou Wuhuan were basically wiped out, and even some tribes in the central Xianbei were affected——

The Xianbei in the central area was lucky. This wave of Liu Bei's army was really exhausted and could not continue the Northern Expedition, so some tribes were not affected, and they narrowly escaped.

When Liu Bei returned to Yuyang County, because he was too tired, he fell asleep quickly, and fell asleep with all the soldiers who had returned from the Northern Expedition. They slept for a day and a night before waking up.

During his campaign, Northern Expedition, and sleep period, because the original command system of the government in Youzhou was basically destroyed, a large number of officials died and fled, so the general's mansion and subordinate officials he brought from Luoyang were in charge of the affairs. There are also hundreds of students from the Liangzhou prefecture who were transferred to the east.

Because they felt that Youzhou would be a very good training place this time, they were brought to Youzhou by Liu Bei, and joined it as an attache of the General's Mansion, serving as firefighters.

Because the prefects of many counties were killed and disappeared, it was impossible to achieve effective docking, and there were not many counties in Youzhou, so the General's Mansion directly erased the direct distinction between counties and counties at this stage, and set its headquarters in Yuyang County , The General's Mansion directly connects to every county that can be contacted and confirmed the situation.

If the county magistrate is still in office and competent, then take it directly and use it.

If the county magistrate is no longer in office due to various reasons, then the entourage of the general's mansion will be sent as the temporary acting magistrate to preside over the work and connect with the general's mansion.

Of course, a person from the General's Mansion cannot support the administrative work of a state. Even if the population of Youzhou is small, it is still not enough.

So they also found all the officials and officials they could find, brought them into the management system of the General's Mansion, and temporarily assigned them some responsibilities so that they could start working immediately without any doubts.

During Liu Bei's conquest of Liaodong and the Northern Expedition to the Grassland for more than two months, the General's Mansion under his command temporarily supported Youzhou's administrative work and post-war clean-up work in this way, and it did a pretty good job.

With the deepest qualifications and the oldest age, Chang Shi Manchong undertook the main logistics work and the distribution and resettlement of war seized.

Zhang Hong, Zhang Zhao, Chen Qun, Zhong Yao, Mao Jie, Wang Shang, Qin Mi, Zhao Wei and other officials in the general's mansion were so busy surrounding these matters that the sky was dark and the sun was dark and the moon was dark.

Many of them were sent to temporarily act as county magistrates in counties without county magistrates to handle affairs. While handling local county affairs, they had to go back to the headquarters to report the news, running back and forth, and they were really exhausted.

Every day and every hour, there is the latest news, every latest news must be summarized, and changes must be made at any time, and then handed over to Manchong for comprehensive sorting.

After Man Chong finished processing, he sent the news back to the Luoyang court to let the court officials and the little emperor know how Liu Bei's war results were.

Coupled with the very heavy logistics and seizure and resettlement work, it is considered that their administrative literacy is very good if they don't drive people crazy.

Mao Jie, who worked the hardest and had the most energy, set a work record for three days and two nights without closing his eyes. The price was that after the most difficult set of tasks was completed, he passed out directly, and only woke up after a day and a night.

Of course, as the actual master of the General’s Mansion at this stage, Man Chong is also very conscientious. He wakes up earlier than chickens and sleeps later than ghosts. It's almost on top.

They worked so hard day and night, and finally, when Liu Bei was fighting desperately, they didn't lose the chain and didn't let the backyard catch fire.

They managed the prisoners of war very well, and carried out the work of sending the rescued people back to their hometowns according to their origins, which can be regarded as the first step for local reconstruction.

Of course, they were still a little worried about the huge number of prisoners of war of all ethnic groups.

There are so many people with so many mouths to eat, even if they are only given a simple meal a day these days, that is still a large amount of food expenditure. At present, it can be encouraged to maintain it. After a long time, the food supply may not be able to be supplied. up.

If Liu Bei doesn't have any better arrangements, it's better to kill them all.

However, Man Chong mentioned Liu Bei's method of dealing with the 30 Xianbei prisoners of war in Liangzhou.

"I heard that in Liangzhou, the general adopted the method of betrothing all the women of childbearing age to the people of Liangzhou and registering them in the household registration, which increased the population of Liangzhou by 10,000+. I think this time, the general is the same The idea is to add 10,000+ population to Youzhou."

Chen Qun thought for a while, then asked doubtfully, "Then what about the part that is not a woman of childbearing age?"

Man Chong looked at Chen Qun.

"All those with special skills are selected, such as those who can herd, raise livestock, make special food, and those who can make some grassland specialties. These people are selected and appointed according to their skills, and they are also registered in the household registration.

The rest are all used as hard labor, roads, cities, water conservancy projects, bridges, wherever they can be used, they are all used, and they are also used to transport logistics to the Liangzhou army, Liangzhou For this reason, people are deeply grateful for the kindness of the general, which saved them a lot of trouble. "

"Oh, that's a good idea."

Chen Qun nodded and said: "Youzhou has indeed suffered heavy losses after this catastrophe. If production is not resumed as soon as possible and reconstruction is stepped up, it is estimated that many people will die because of it."

"Speaking of which, the chaos in Youzhou this time is indeed very serious. I am very worried that there will be some unfavorable remarks against the general in the court this time. Didn't those people from the Modern Literature School give instructions to attack the general?"

Zhong Yao, who had been burying his head in writing official documents, suddenly raised his head and looked at Man Chong: "Man Changshi, you said, if someone wants to punish the general because of this matter, other people in the court will What do you think?"

"view?"

Man Chong sneered without looking up: "When they see hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war, millions of livestock, and a peaceful frontier, I want to see what they think!
They want to punish the general, but they also want to ask me if the Northern Expeditionary Army agrees!Do they think that they still have the final say in this world?Gongsun Zan, on the other hand, should surely die. "

(End of this chapter)