Chapter one hundred and sixty-ninth plan to consume food
Yuan Yin was even more spineless than Lu Xun imagined...and even less aware of the overall situation!
A building in Hefei was given away like this?
Even if the strategic decision was wrong at the beginning and Bai Gong's cannon was slapped in the face, and the situation was very unfavorable, from Lu Xun's point of view, there was not nothing he could do.
Apart from anything else, if the city wall blessed by the founding of the People's Republic of China is really to be blown down by the Baigong Cannon, it will not take a day or two. The Baigong Cannon needs to collect and polish stones every day, which will provide opportunities for sneak attacks.
And like last night, paying some casualties and recapturing some of the acropolis camps can also limit the unscrupulous use of Baigong artillery.
Now is the time of severe drought. In order to be closer to the water source, Bai Tu's camp site is quite far from Hefei. If he wants to move forward, he can only "build a well step by step" and dig all the way there.
This also destined that Bai Tu's daily siege time would be very limited. If it were Lu Xun, he would even dare to take a gamble to rob the water source. Without these few water sources, how long can Bai Tu keep the army stationed?
Of course, the white picture was definitely dominant in the scene, and Lu Xun was confident of winning in the end, but he didn't expect that Yuan Yin's fighting spirit was so weak!
Bai Tu was welcomed into Hefei at noon the day after the Battle of Weiwumen, and at the same time... he also understood Yuan Yin's sinister intentions.
Before Yuan Yin left, he informed the Hefei County magistrate who stayed behind that he was attracted by the troops outside the city and took a detour to Xingye City to defend it. It was an acropolis about 20 miles away from the Weiwu Gate - Hefei County was moved.
It brings tears to my eyes.
Unexpectedly... Yuan Yin actually took away all the grain and grass he could bring, filling the rest with straw, and... none of the golden juice prepared for the defense was wasted, and was all sprinkled into the remaining granaries.
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Bai Tu speculated that he was worried that if he burned it directly, it would attract his attention in advance, and since he was going to evacuate, the gold juice he had saved would no longer be used, let alone taken away, so... he used this crazy method.
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The Hefei County Magistrate felt that something was wrong today. Bai Tu's military appearance did not look like there was already a garrison in Starry Night City, so he went to check the grain and grass and found... except that the granary in use was not damaged and was only filled with straw.
Several granaries are almost full of people!
Knowing that Yuan Yin must have escaped, how could the Hefei County magistrate be willing to work for Yuan? He immediately contacted Bai Tu outside the city to come in...
Although it was not considered a meritorious service for the city, Bai Tu did not make it difficult for the county magistrate who came from a prominent local family. He just dismissed him on the spot, and the other party had no complaints about this.
At this time, Bai Tu also learned about the situation in Hefei, or central and southern Jiujiang, and learned that what Yuan Yin took away last night were the only more than 10,000 Nanyang elite soldiers in the city - all of them were saved by Yuan Shu as the governor of Nanyang.
His family fortune gradually expanded.
Together with the soldiers from Runan, it is now the most elite army in Dazhong, with a total of only 30,000.
But those left behind by Yuan Yin were more than 30,000 weak, helpless, pitiful, and low-morale Huainan troops... but they were edible!
Many of them were forcibly recruited and synthesized by overdrafting manpower, but now they are abandoned, and they learned that the rations are no longer available...
In this case, although they will not reject Jiangdong, they are already distraught and may trigger a mutiny if they are not careful.
Bai Tu's way of appeasing people was also simple. He immediately arranged for middle-level officers from Jiangdong to take over the army. At the same time, he also sent food and grass to each battalion. Seeing the trucks of relief food, although the combat effectiveness and morale could not be restored much, at least it was not enough.
As for becoming a mutiny soldier.
At the same time, Bai Tu also sent out light cavalry to chase him all the way north - Yuan Yin actually brought a lot of food with him. Calculating the distance, it is still possible to catch him!
Killing and wounding the enemy troops was second, mainly due to the fact that in Hefei City, there were not only more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians, but also a large number of refugees gathered...
If it is not a work-for-relief program, but the purpose is just to survive, it only requires one-third or even one-fifth of the food rations used during work to accommodate refugees.
In the past, a majestic city like Hefei was where grain was stored. Even in Huainan where there was a severe drought, many refugees were attracted.
"This guy is probably planning to forcibly extract the manpower of the refugees to form new soldiers to defend the wall if there are too many casualties later!" Bai Tu speculated on Yuan Yin with the utmost malice.
After all, this guy's method was really damaging - the military rations he destroyed were not only needed by the army, but also necessary to provide relief to Hefei, and even to the central and southern parts of Jiujiang County.
"Fortunately, my lord, I didn't expect to be able to use the food from the treasury to help Huainan." Lu Xun comforted.
Yes, the relief food prepared by Bai Tu himself was enough to help Hefei, otherwise he would not have chosen to attack by force at this time...
Just looking at those granaries, Bai Tu's heart was bleeding, and he ordered at the same time: "The damaged grains will be transported out of the city immediately, burned and landfilled. The warehouses will be carefully cleaned and suspended from use to prevent epidemics. The relief grains we brought,
Still stored in Wengcheng.
In addition...begin to publicize the matter of immigrating to Jiangdong in the city, and start the immigration plan after the first batch of troops arrive."
Bai Tu also knew that it was not a time to feel distressed, so he should destroy the wasted food immediately. Otherwise, with the current medical level, neither humans nor Ji Zao soldiers would be able to resist bacterial infection in the stomach, let alone induce bacterial infection in the stomach.
Disease.
As for the immigration plan, Bai Tu had prepared it a long time ago. Although the refugees must be relocated, more food will be needed in the short term. After all, moving around will definitely eat more than staying still, but...this disaster relief
Is it a long-term project? It would be better to send them to Jiangdong to save food - otherwise, there will be losses in transporting them time and time again.
To a certain extent, Yuan Yin did bring a lot of trouble to Bai Tu.
At this time, Bai Tu could no longer be polite. The migration of refugees was semi-compulsory. If he wanted food relief, he had to migrate. Otherwise, Bai Tu would not be able to resist the constant flow of food being transported from Jiangdong.
After arriving in Jiangdong, various places will allocate farmland to each household...or in other words, they will use relief food to cultivate the land. The population of Jiangdong is basically concentrated in the north and southeast. Yuzhang County and Zhangling County are both truly vast.
Sparsely populated.
Of course, after the drought has passed, they can choose to stay and receive part of the reclaimed wasteland and a one-year tax exemption, or they can choose to return to Huainan, but then the wasteland reclaimed in Jiangdong will definitely be returned and land rent will have to be paid.
,The cost of relocation...is borne by oneself.
Bai Tu estimated that except for the prominent families with property in Huainan, ordinary people would not be willing to go through such trouble. Even if it is difficult to leave their homeland, they must consider the actual situation!
And in a few months, even the noble families huddled in Wubao may not be able to bear the need to move, and Bai Tu will have time to liquidate non-performing assets.
Many fields and mines are occupied by local prominent families, but there are no title deeds. They are just "conventions". This happens everywhere. It is just because they are encouraged to reclaim wasteland and pay more for food, so everyone turns a blind eye.
But now that Huainan is empty, Bai Tu will definitely measure the land clearly, and then wait for them to move back... There are land deeds, and there are industries indicated in the county files. Bai Tu will not bully them, but other gray property rights
...Sorry, it's already taken.
This is why Huainan was historically the most successful farming land during the Three Kingdoms period - this drought gave the northern regime that would take over Huainan the best opportunity to clean up.
And no one can say anything yet. After all, since they evacuated during the disaster year, the gray industries without credentials... whether developed privately, colluded with the government, or occupied illegally, will naturally be regarded as abandoned.
Do you still want to go back afterwards?
Do you see the fist as big as a casserole?
As for ordinary families with little property, when they arrived in Jiangdong, their fields were re-granted, and the wasteland was reclaimed with great difficulty. As long as they stayed, they would get points. If they didn't... they also had to find ways to raise travel expenses. Everyone knew how to choose.
News of the relocation soon spread in Hefei City. Baitu's reputation was there, and real relief grains had been distributed, so there were not too many complaints.
After all, Baitu didn't force them to leave, it's just that...except for the elderly and children who are really not suitable for long-distance migration, everyone else must obey the command so that relief food can be distributed!
The victims did not have so many demands. Compared to crowding in shacks and drinking porridge with few grains of rice, Bai Tu had liberalized the supply of relief food and pointed out a way to survive. What else could there be to complain about?
The conditions of the shacks arranged by Yuan Yin before were so poor... Bai Tu always felt that he didn't leave a plague to him, and that God was already targeting him!
The reward from the pursuit at night made Bai Tu a little depressed.
Because the situation in the city is complicated, there are a large number of surrendered troops with unstable mentality, and there are a large number of refugees. Bai Tu does not dare to send out too many troops to pursue. There are only 3,000 light cavalry. Lu Xun and Lu Bu are also in the city. Bai Tu needs
The adoptive father's intimidating power and Lu Xun's brains...
The commanders of the cavalry pursuit were also two "veteran generals" - Cheng Lian and Cao Xing, who were both old men who joined the state army with Song Xian. When Wei Xu and Hou Cheng were incited to rebel, they were not found at all. To a certain extent,
It also shows that they are indeed more trustworthy than Wei Xu and Hou Cheng.
However, Yuan Yin played a trick and pretended to be overtaken, then abandoned his baggage and fled.
When Cheng Lian and Cao Xing happily seized the baggage and prepared to return to the city, they killed him again...
If it were Lu Xun leading the troops, he would definitely be able to detect the deceit from chasing the opponent's position. If it were Lu Bu, nine times out of ten, he would also be able to detect the deceit in the opponent's defeat, and in such a small-scale battle
In the story, there is no way Lu Bu can forcefully charge into battle with force...
Even if it were a white picture, he should be on guard!
However, for Cheng Lian and Cao Xing, this was already a "very sophisticated" tactic, and the two were killed by surprise.
Fortunately, Bai Tu's cavalry were not trapped troops whose eyes turned red when they saw food and grass, and Yuan Yin did not have the courage to fight after all, so he only left half of them behind.
Just because the grain and grass carts were blocked between the armies, the advantage of the cavalry could not be revealed, so they suffered a small defeat and the other party burned all the baggage left behind...