Wang Can nodded honestly, he did encounter something difficult.

Guan Hai brought back too many refugees this time. After visiting and counting, Wang Can found that the residents in the city had become saturated and it was difficult to resettle. So he came here just to ask Xiahou An if he could place these people in the village?

Before coming, Wang Can checked the county map and found that there were eleven townships under Duchang County, each township could be divided into about two thousand people. In this way, the problem of population overflow could be reasonably solved.

Xiahou An was silent for a while.

He had thought about this method before. If it was a peaceful and prosperous era, there would be no problem with this approach. However, in the current chaotic era, the rampant bandits have become a common feature in various places. If these refugees are returned to their hometowns, they will most likely have to go back to the old path again when they encounter robbers.

This is something Xiahou An didn't want to see.

Moreover, some villages are far away from the county town and are attacked by bandits, even if Xiahou An sets out as soon as possible, it will be difficult for them to ensure their personal safety in time.

But if the troops were divided into various townships, if someone sneaked into the county town, it would be worthless.

In response to Xiahou An's concerns, Wang Can re-proposes a plan.

First, four towns closest to the county town will be arranged for pilot projects. Each town will add a patrol and change guards day and night. If thieves attack, the county town will receive the news as soon as possible and send troops to rescue as quickly as possible.

This solution is extremely feasible.

Xiahou An, who could not think of a better way than this, had to do so and let Wang Can start doing it.

A flash of time passed, and it was more than a month in a blink of an eye.

Inside the Beihai County Governor's Mansion.

Yuan Tan is in a good mood these days.

The fourteen counties under Beihai County were under the jurisdiction of the county town and Yingling, and there were still thirteen counties left. Among them, the magistrates of the twelve counties wrote letters to express their willingness to obey the orders of Prince Yuan.

Only Xiahou An, who occupied Duchang, had no movement for a long time.

Due to Cao Ang's relationship, Yuan Tan never went to find Xiahou An's bad luck.

On this day, Ju Su came to ask for a meeting.

After seeing Yuan Tan, Ju Su looked solemn and said the first thing he said was: "Young Master, we can no longer leave Xiahou An alone."

Yuan Tan was inexplicably asked, "Where is the military supervisor talking about this?"

Ju Su did not answer, but asked back: "Young Master, can you tell me how many soldiers and horses are under Xiahou An's command now?"

How many areas can a mere county be?

Yuan Tan didn't care, but asked humbly: "I don't know, so I'll ask the military supervisor to show me."

Ju Su said in a deep voice: "According to the information coming, the total population of Duchang City currently exceeds 40,000, and Xiahou An's troops have more than 8,000!"

Yuan Tan's heart thumped, and an unreal feeling arose.

He still asked disbelief: "Military Supervisor, Duchang is just a county in Beihai. How could there be so many people? Will there be any information incorrect?"

At present, the world is full of famine, war, natural disasters and man-made disasters. Most counties and lands have basically only two or three thousand households, and some areas with severe disasters are less than 1,000 households. Even Yingling, Beihai County, has a total population of more than 5,000 households.

In Duchang County, there are more than 40,000 people, at least 10,000 households. How is this possible?

Yuan Tan didn't believe it from the bottom of his heart.

Ju Su explained in detail.

When Xiahou An took over Duchang, there were only a few hundred people in the city, but later he absorbed the thieves brought by He Man, and the number of people soared and grew to nearly 20,000. More than a month ago, Guan Hai brought back more than 20,000 people. This is not the case with some refugees who joined one after another on the way...

Xiahou An refused everyone.

In addition, Xiahou An also specially selected the elite three thousand from the refugees to train with Xu Rong.

Before, Han Gou attacked Duchang, most of his troops were captured. Now Han Gou has surrendered and surrendered to Xiahou An, and the prisoners are naturally divided into Xiahou An's name. In addition to the more than a thousand Cao family members who came, there must be no less than eight thousand people.

After hearing Ju Su's plan, Yuan Tan's face stopped relaxing and his brows gradually frowned, but he was still puzzled: "Can Xiahou An afford to have so many mouths?"

Xiahou An is not a local. When Kong Rong was there, he could still take care of him. Now Kong Rong is dead, where can he get so much food?

Ju Su replied: "Duchang can't afford to support so many people, but Xiahou An seems to have colluded with the Mi family in Xuzhou. I don't know what kind of agreement the two sides have reached secretly. Just yesterday, we sneaked into Duchang City and witnessed that thousands of grain trucks were transported into Duchang City, so we passed on a letter to me."

So much food is enough to eat until next year!

Mi Family?

Yuan Tan's eyes turned cold. He clearly remembered that when his father was the prefect of Bohai, he sent someone to recruit the Mi family, but Mi Zhu refused. Later, his father was promoted to Jizhou Governor and sent someone to visit again, but he still failed.

Such a difficult Mi family will actually favor Xiahou An.

While Yuan Tan felt unwilling, he was also particularly angry: "Xiahou An is really a good deal of tricks!"

In this way, we can no longer let it go.

"I underestimated Xiahou An before, Junjian, you are right. We can't let such a guy grow stronger, we must kill him!"

Yuan Tan's tone was decisive.

However, a new question has come again, what kind of name should be used to conduct the conquest?

It is definitely not possible to use Kong Rong's death. After all, Han Gou and Wang Xiu have their own opinions and have their own witnesses. It is really difficult to distinguish between true and false, so you have to think of a more reasonable excuse.

Ju Su had already thought about this. He told Yuan Tan that the main population of Duchang City now comes from He Man and Guan Hai. These two were called great thieves among the moth thieves before. The court did not have a special amnesty document, so Xiahou An's surrender was not established. We only need to go there in the name of fighting the thieves and let Xiahou An hand over He and Guan two.

"Will Xiahou An interfere with each other?" Yuan Tan asked in a slight question.

Ju Su shook his head and replied with certainty: "He won't hand it over."

"Why is the military supervisor so sure? If Xiahou An gets someone in trouble, wouldn't we have a trip?" Yuan Tan was puzzled. In his opinion, in this case, anyone with a little wise mind would know that abandoning the car and protecting the coach was a wise move.

Ju Suze said: "If you have a relationship, people's hearts will be dispersed."

Even his subordinates can't keep them, who will work hard for them in the future?

Once people's hearts disperse, no matter how many troops there are, they will be futile.

After listening to Ju Su's analysis, Yuan Tan immediately became convinced: "The military supervisor has a far-sighted vision, I can't do it!"

Then he asked: "Then how many soldiers we bring this time?"

"As little as 30,000, to as much as 50,000."

Ju Su was not sure, but he had a strong premonition that Xiahou An, who was entrenched in Duchang, would be an extremely difficult bone, even more difficult to deal with than Tian Kai, who held tens of thousands of soldiers.

Yuan Tanna said serenely: "Okay, I'll write to Zhang Nan and Jiao Chu, asking them to gather their troops and horses. As for Tian Kai, let's put it aside for the time being, and get rid of Xiahou An, the little thief, first!"
Chapter completed!