The Liu brothers and sisters are determined to leave Yuezhou.
The next day he told the people in the city what had happened.
It's voluntary to stay or go, don't force it.
The people had been living in dire straits before, but these days the Liu brothers and sisters were in power, and they were finally able to have enough to eat.
But now that the Liu brothers and sisters are leaving, how can they stay in Baling and wait to die?
Everyone knows what the fields around Baling are like. Not to mention food, if you can find grass roots, you are considered good.
Under such circumstances, all the people in the city decided to follow the Liu brothers and sisters and leave.
As for the surrounding counties, those who could run had already run away, and those who couldn't basically chose to follow the Liu brothers and sisters south.
Last night, the main target of the Liu family's discussion was Tanzhou.
Tanzhou is larger than Hongzhou, and in terms of transportation, it is more convenient to go south to Tanzhou.
The waterway from Yuezhou to Tanzhou can be reached directly by taking the Xiang River.
However, there is no convenient waterway to Hongzhou.
Large-scale movement of people requires not only people to move, but also livestock, supplies, weapons, and a lot of other things. Everything that can be used must be taken away.
Tanzhou, with its convenient water transportation, became the main target of the Liu brothers and sisters.
It only took one day to pack because there wasn't much to bring.
Early the next morning, the Liu brothers and sisters led three thousand soldiers and more than 60,000 people southward.
A long line of people lined up along the east bank of Dongting.
The common people supported the old and the young and embarked on the road to escape famine.
The fishing boats and water boats on the water are filled with various supplies.
The Liu brothers and sisters even found a warship, which became their main warship.
It took a day and a half to cross Xiangyin by boat and by foot.
At this time, Lin Yong also received a reply from Song Yang.
Also coming to Puqi with the reply was Wang Ran.
Song Yang's reply was first sent to Wang Ran in Yangxin.
When Wang Ran saw that Song Yang had plans to recruit and surrender the Yuezhou rebels, he personally went to Puqi, the front line, to prepare for the surrender.
"Surrendering? It is a way. If successful, it can reduce some losses."
Lin Yong read the letter and expressed that he understood Song Yang's intentions.
"Send someone to contact them. Since we have this plan, let's talk about it first."
"This gap in contact is just right for repairing the fortifications."
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The envoy from Ezhou traveled openly and openly this time, with three fast horses galloping westward from Puqi.
There are more and more refugees on the road.
Almost all the people in Baling City followed the Liu brothers and sisters.
But in Linxiang and Changjiang, the two counties close to the east, there are some people who are unwilling to leave.
There was nothing to eat in Yuezhou, and the Liu family left again, and they had no way to hold on in Yuezhou.
"Sir, why are there so many refugees?"
"I'm afraid something happened. Find someone to ask!"
The messenger's expression was solemn, although there were refugees from Yuezhou who fled to Jiangzhou and Ezhou before.
But the number of people is only dozens or hundreds.
There were at least three to five hundred people in front of me, and there were scattered refugees in the distance.
If it weren't for the fact that these people were old and weak, the envoy would have thought that the Yuezhou thieves were here.
Soon, his subordinates came back to report the news.
"The Liu brothers and sisters, the leader of the Yuezhou bandits, have gone south!"
"You! Go back and talk to Wang and Lin right away!"
"Let's speed up to Baling!"
The envoy made a quick decision and sent someone back to report the news, while he and another assistant hurried to Baling.
After running for two hours, the messenger and his assistant were confused.
Baling is at your feet.
They stood on the streets of Baling and looked at Baling City stupidly.
There was no one, the place was in a mess.
That's right, not even a bird feather was left behind.
The Liu brothers and sisters were werewolves and decided to leave, so they packed up everything they could in the city and took them away.
"This... Sir, what should we do?" The assistant looked at the messenger in confusion.
The envoy was born in the Guards and was currently a member of Puqi Baihu, but he didn't know how to face this situation.
"Shout and see if there's anyone else!"
The messenger walked around and then ordered his assistants to shout.
"Anyone!"
"Is there anyone?"
The two of them shouted stupidly for a long time without any response.
"Damn it! You're actually late!" the messenger cursed.
The prince asked them to negotiate with the thief, but the thief didn't even know where he was, so it was a nonsense!
"Let's go, we're back!"
The messenger curled his lips and was about to mount his horse and leave.
"Huh? Sir, look over there!" the assistant pointed to the Dongting Lake to the west.
The messenger looked over there and saw two speedboats approaching on the lake.
The two immediately came to the shore and waited.
After a while, the clipper docked.
"Holy shit! Wang Zhen!"
"Huh? Song Tian?"
Okay, these two people know each other.
The two clippers that came were sent by Niu Laosan.
Song Yang asked him to talk about the reality of Yuezhou, and Niu Laosan immediately sent a clipper out.
Wang Zhen, who leads the team, is the deputy envoy of the navy team and is also a member of the Hundred Households.
He was also from the Jiangzhou Guards, and was comrades-in-arms with the negotiator Song Tian.
"What's going on in Baling? Have you already occupied Baling?" Wang Zhen looked at Song Tian in confusion.
When Song Tian told the thief away, Wang Zhen was even more surprised.
"Holy crap! Is this a wasted trip?"
"Ha! I'm not? I'm leaving! Go back and tell me about this quickly. I'm leaving too. Mr. Wang and the others are still waiting!"
Song Tian twisted his mouth, ignored Wang Zhen, got on his horse and ran away.
"Fuck! Let's go too!"
Wang Zhen returned to the boat and drove it back to Fengzhou.
At this time, Wang Ran and Lin Yong already knew the news that the Fengzhou thieves had left.
Lin Yong immediately sent out multiple detectives to let them find out the thief's movements.
He also ordered Puqi and Tongcheng to enter a state of war readiness to prevent the thieves from suddenly attacking.
"The problem here in Puqi is not big. The main thing is to look at the direction of Tongcheng. If there is no problem in Tongcheng, they may really go south." Lin Yong said with a frown.
"How about... go to Baling and see for yourself?" Wang Ran looked at Lin Yong and said.
"Going to Baling? That's fine. Baling is an important waterway. Since they left, we can capture Baling!" Lin Yong immediately agreed.
The detectives sent out multiple routes, so even if the thief suddenly came back with a killing blow, they would have time to react.
Moreover, Baling is connected to a waterway, so it is more convenient to retreat by waterway.
So Wang Ran and Lin Yongyi combined their forces and immediately detached 1,000 revival troops and 500 minzhuang from the Puqi garrison, and immediately set off for Baling.
As soon as we arrived at the edge of the county, we saw a large number of refugees.
A guide was left for the refugees, and Wang and Lin continued westward.
When we arrived in Linxiang, we met Song Tian who was returning home.
"Two adults, Baling is empty! There is no one left!"
"Really gone?" Wang Ran and Lin Yong said in unison.
"Really, we searched all over the city to make sure they were gone!" Song Tian nodded.
"Okay! Let's rush to Baling!" Wang Ran clapped his thigh and led the team forward.
At noon the next day, 1,500 Puqi troops arrived in Baling.
The detective horses sent out also sent back news.
Traces of thieves were found south of Yuezhou.
Their front team has passed Xiangyin and entered Tanzhou.
Later, they were temporarily stationed in Xiangyin County.
"Ha! The recruitment and surrender were not negotiated, but we got a city for free!" Wang Ran smiled mockingly to himself.
Lin Yong also shook his head and said: "Hurry up and report to the prince, this Baling City will probably be kept."
On the way here, they had seen the agricultural situation in Yuezhou, which can be described as barren and barren for hundreds of miles.
It is impossible to rebuild Yuezhou.
You can only choose places with convenient transportation and establish several strongholds.
Yuezhou is like this, and there is no hope of improvement in less than ten years.
When the two of them were writing a letter to Song Yang.
Niu Laosan came in person and brought five hundred Fengzhou troops with him.