"Your Highness, there are 23,724 household registrations in the city. The allocation of each urban area has been determined. Among them, 500 powerful men can be selected to train the new army, and another 3,700 people can defend the city and work hard." Qiao Deng submitted the latest household registration statistics in the city, waiting for the orders of Liu Dong, the prince of the Han Dynasty.

After a night of rest, Liu Dong regained his energy and was using breakfast at this moment. He didn't think it was surprising to see Qiao Deng enter, so the attendant opened the household registration record to make a brief review.

"There are so many people, it seems that there are indeed talents in the Duan clan." The prince Liu Dong conquered the cities and plundered the land all the way. Hebei is no longer surprised by the sparsely populated and deserted land. Although the plain is a capital in the county, it can still make up nearly 100,000 people, which is already a big city in Hebei.

All ethnic groups outside the Frontier cannot get rid of the circle of constantly plundering people's wealth for their own enjoyment, slavery, and growth. Therefore, the people in a county town often, who are of good age and strong health, are divided up by the Hu people who are stationed in Hebei. In Hebei, there is a court system, but the living outside the Frontier is still dominated by ethnic groups.

The plundered population is enslaved by all ethnic groups when it comes outside the Great Wall. With these enslaves, the original small ethnic groups can also flourish into large ethnic groups.

The Duan tribe cannot be separated from the world, but the number of people in Pingyuan City still has such a population after many wars shows that the Duan tribe, as one of the major tribes outside the Great Wall, does have a unique style and is not a person with a shallow vision.

"The captive Duan clan members are all in their mansion. Can your highness be tried?" Qiao Deng asked when he saw that the crown prince was interested in the Duan clan people.

Prince Liu Dong laughed and said, "The prisoners at the level are not enough. The most urgent task is to defeat the reinforcements of the Hu people and gain a foothold here."

Qiao Deng said: "According to the horse probing, Hu General Hu Yanming led 20,000 cavalry to arrive at the Central Plains at noon today. There are still two groups of people behind him and the situation is not clear."

"Since Hu Leique cannot detect it, it seems that the Hu people marched very quickly. Hu Yanming has never been famous, can you be familiar with it?" Crown Prince Liu Dong continued to eat and asked with a pause. Hu Leique both had their own deacons. Qiao Deng, as the confidant think tank of Crown Prince Liu Dong, even though he became a monk halfway, he now controls Hu Leique's resources to assist the crown prince.

The Later Han emperor Liu Yuan imitated the story of Liu Chan and established an organization similar to Hu Leique. For a time, the Central Plains' reconnaissance ability was greatly weakened, and even lost a lot of people. Although there is limited information to be found, he will not be stingy in the use of these people during the war.

The reinforcements of the Later Han Dynasty must have not stopped in the city along the way, but were garrisoned all the way, so the Han army spies in each city knew nothing. Military information is an important matter of war. If they lose intelligence, they will undoubtedly be worried and afraid of fighting.

Qiao Deng said with a shameful look on his face: "I only know that Hu Yanming is a general of Hu Yan's clan. He has always been a partial general in the clan. For some reason, he was promoted to the chief reinforcements by Liu Yuanhai. I have not been able to find out the enemy situation and ask the palace to surrender." At this point, Qiao Deng bowed and waited for the Crown Prince Liu Dong to speak.

Prince Liu Dong smiled silently and said, "You should not be underestimated by those who are valued by Liu Yuanhai. It is not easy to find out these things. Can Qiao Qing have breakfast?"

Qiao Deng still said respectfully: "Thank you, Your Highness, I have used it, and the ministers are waiting for Your Highness to pay a morning court."

Liu Dong, the prince of the Han Dynasty, still refused to change his habit of being in Xuchang. He would meet his ministers in the morning every morning. Even if there were few things to arrange, Liu Dong liked to listen to the ministers' progress tracking and reporting on the implementation of policies, to explore the highlights and find out the disadvantages.

A moment later, in the temporary residence of Pingyuan, the Han Dynasty was divided into two sides with the civil and military forces. Liu Dong, the prince of the Han Dynasty, sat high and listened carefully to the reports and suggestions of the ministers. It is necessary to gain a complete foothold in Pingyuan County. It is necessary to resist the continuous impact of the Hu army in military terms, and to win people's hearts as soon as possible politically. It is carried out land reclamation farming in areas that the Hu people cannot invade, to ensure income in the county, so that the people can also relieve the burden of transportation.

"Information from multiple parties confirmed that the Hu army general arrived in the county at noon. Hu Yanming had no name and took on such an important task. Our palace thought that Liu Yuanhai had not yet arrived at a confused time, so this person should not be underestimated. All my dear ministers are pillars of my great man, so we must know that the outcome should not be careless at all!"

"Liu Yuanhai's army will be restrained by Xiu Ze's army, but the movements of Liu Xun's army after entering Liaocheng are not clear. Shao Xu and Qu Te sent a message to Zu Shizhi to Boping, preparing to attack Qinghe County, and people also need to respond. These three routes are all urgent now and should not be neglected. What strategies do you have?"

Liu Dong talked happily and knew the current situation, especially regarding Hu Yanming's troops as great enemies. This was beyond the expectation of many people, and it made many people express their appreciation and support for such a cautious attitude.

The general of the army, Linghu Sheng, came out and said: "The last general thought that since Liu Yuanhai was following Hu Leique, this war would require some means. Any vague military situation should be considered as the greatest threat. Only in this way can our army exert its military advantage and blindly believe that intelligence is not the best consideration for our army at present."

"The biggest threat?" Prince Liu Dong saw Linghu Sheng so cautiously, he said unconsciously.

Linghu Sheng expressed his opinion in a deep voice and said, "Hu Yanming is a man with no reputation and has never heard of any talent. Reinforcing the plain is an important military operation for the Hu people. How to hand over tens of thousands of troops to this person? If Hu Yanming is the yang side, one of the yin side needs to be paid attention to. This is one of them."

"The ancestors were weak and had no power. They could only fight against Liu Yuan's army on the southern route. If the Hu people on the northern route were mainly cavalry and were unobstructed along the way, they could only arrive in the plain at noon today. However, if the vanguard of Liu Yuan's army had arrived in Liaocheng, the time would be too coincidental. Once the attack on both sides is formed, our army is very unfavorable, and this is the second one."

"If the Hu people really had this idea and the 20,000 cavalry did not march with all their might, the remaining troops would not be far away. Our army should be fully prepared, rather than facing the enemy alone, which is the third speculation of the last general!"

Although he was a general who surrendered to Jin State, every word Linghu Sheng said was reasonable. Even if he did not agree with his judgment, he could not completely refute this possibility.

"Liu Yuanhai is very scheming. If Pingyuan is regarded as an abandoned son in his strategy, such a design is quite possible." Han general Yuan Yan said in support after hearing this.

Both Linghu Sheng and Yuanyan were all military generals from Jin State. They hated the Hu people to the core and had a deep and complex emotion towards the hometown of Hebei. In fact, during this Northern Expedition, Liu Dong activated many military generals from the Jin State system and military generals from Hebei. With these people's feelings for the land of Hebei, they drove the morale and fighting spirit of the three armies.

After several days of marching and fighting, these people also proved such a rare opportunity with their own performance, and they are still continuing to prove it.

Seeing Prince Liu Dong closing his eyes and pondering, Qiao Deng asked a question: "When Xiu Ze, the Guan Yi army was in Chiping. This army was enough to resist Liu Yuan. Even if he could not win, he would be able to restrain him. In this way, Liu Yuan's plan was completely out of his mind?"

Linghu Sheng said with a serious expression: "Xuze and Guan Yi army have just defeated Hu Yandun. Even if Liu Yuan gets the news, he cannot change his strategy. This is the variable!"

Qiao Deng was stunned and then understood what Linghu Sheng pointed out. Even if Liu Yuan knew about the existence of Xiuze and Guan Yi, he had no time to change the original deployment strategy. Therefore, Liu Yuan had only two ways to go. One was to ignore the Han army on the flanks to attack Gaotang and Pingyuan with all his strength; the other way was to defeat Xiuze and Guan Yi's Han army first, and let the reinforcements on the northern route fight against the Han army near the Pingyuan, waiting to cut off the reinforcements of the Han Dynasty and then fight against the Han army in the Pingyuan area.

These are two strategies that cannot be guessed. No one knows how Liu Yuan chooses. Only when Hu Yanming's army arrived on the north road of the Hu people can see whether Liu Yuan is taking a gamble or choosing others. After all, Liu Yuan once went south wildly, exhausted the Central Plains soldiers and suffered heavy casualties, and only 30% of the Han Navy survived.

Such a crazy person, who dares to say what must be like?

Crown Prince Liu Dong shook his head slightly at this moment and said, "In this way, the military force used to fight Hu Yanming should not exceed half of the army. We will lose all our advantages, so we should be a hard battle."

It is necessary to make a defense that Liu Yuan's army can reach at the same time. If the Han army cannot devote all its strength to fight Hu Yanming, Liu Yuan can choose to fight Xiu Ze, Guan Yi and all his troops will do all his strength. But the Han army can only make two preparations, and the Han army will undoubtedly have the advantage in the overall strategy. However, Liu Yuan divided his troops into two groups a few days ago, and set the speed and time of the march. Such far-reaching considerations can be said to be a scheming, which is exactly what Liu Yuan is terrifying.

Occupying the plains, he fell into an unfavorable situation, which allowed the Han Chinese and civil servants present to truly experience the power of their opponents.

"Qinghe County is probably delayed all the way. What's even more terrible is that once Xiu is invincible, our army will be hanging on the plain, and the back road is worth a lot of danger!" Liu Dong inferred the most extreme possibility and the most pessimistic result based on the current situation. No one felt how easy this battle was. Everyone cast a layer of shadow on the prospects for the next battle.

"Your Highness, there are 23,724 household registrations in the city. The allocation of each urban area has been determined. Among them, 500 powerful men can be selected to train the new army, and another 3,700 people can defend the city and work hard." Qiao Deng submitted the latest household registration statistics in the city, waiting for the orders of Liu Dong, the prince of the Han Dynasty.

After a night of rest, Liu Dong regained his energy and was using breakfast at this moment. He didn't think it was surprising to see Qiao Deng enter, so the attendant opened the household registration record to make a brief review.

"There are so many people, it seems that there are indeed talents in the Duan clan." The prince Liu Dong conquered the cities and plundered the land all the way. Hebei is no longer surprised by the sparsely populated and deserted land. Although the plain is a capital in the county, it can still make up nearly 100,000 people, which is already a big city in Hebei.

All ethnic groups outside the Frontier cannot get rid of the circle of constantly plundering people's wealth for their own enjoyment, slavery, and growth. Therefore, the people in a county town often, who are of good age and strong health, are divided up by the Hu people who are stationed in Hebei. In Hebei, there is a court system, but the living outside the Frontier is still dominated by ethnic groups.

The plundered population is enslaved by all ethnic groups when it comes outside the Great Wall. With these enslaves, the original small ethnic groups can also flourish into large ethnic groups.

The Duan tribe cannot be separated from the world, but the number of people in Pingyuan City still has such a population after many wars shows that the Duan tribe, as one of the major tribes outside the Great Wall, does have a unique style and is not a person with a shallow vision.

"The captive Duan clan members are all in their mansion. Can your highness be tried?" Qiao Deng asked when he saw that the crown prince was interested in the Duan clan people.

Prince Liu Dong laughed and said, "The prisoners at the level are not enough. The most urgent task is to defeat the reinforcements of the Hu people and gain a foothold here."

Qiao Deng said: "According to the horse probing, Hu General Hu Yanming led 20,000 cavalry to arrive at the Central Plains at noon today. There are still two groups of people behind him and the situation is not clear."

"Since Hu Leique cannot detect it, it seems that the Hu people marched very quickly. Hu Yanming has never been famous, can you be familiar with it?" Crown Prince Liu Dong continued to eat and asked with a pause. Hu Leique both had their own deacons. Qiao Deng, as the confidant think tank of Crown Prince Liu Dong, even though he became a monk halfway, he now controls Hu Leique's resources to assist the crown prince.

The Later Han emperor Liu Yuan imitated the story of Liu Chan and established an organization similar to Hu Leique. For a time, the Central Plains' reconnaissance ability was greatly weakened, and even lost a lot of people. Although there is limited information to be found, he will not be stingy in the use of these people during the war.

The reinforcements of the Later Han Dynasty must have not stopped in the city along the way, but were garrisoned all the way, so the Han army spies in each city knew nothing. Military information is an important matter of war. If they lose intelligence, they will undoubtedly be worried and afraid of fighting.

Qiao Deng said with a shameful look on his face: "I only know that Hu Yanming is a general of Hu Yan's clan. He has always been a partial general in the clan. For some reason, he was promoted to the chief reinforcements by Liu Yuanhai. I have not been able to find out the enemy situation and ask the palace to surrender." At this point, Qiao Deng bowed and waited for the Crown Prince Liu Dong to speak.

Prince Liu Dong smiled silently and said, "You should not be underestimated by those who are valued by Liu Yuanhai. It is not easy to find out these things. Can Qiao Qing have breakfast?"

Qiao Deng still said respectfully: "Thank you, Your Highness, I have used it, and the ministers are waiting for Your Highness to pay a morning court."

Liu Dong, the prince of the Han Dynasty, still refused to change his habit of being in Xuchang. He would meet his ministers in the morning every morning. Even if there were few things to arrange, Liu Dong liked to listen to the ministers' progress tracking and reporting on the implementation of policies, to explore the highlights and find out the disadvantages.

A moment later, in the temporary residence of Pingyuan, the Han Dynasty was divided into two sides with the civil and military forces. Liu Dong, the prince of the Han Dynasty, sat high and listened carefully to the reports and suggestions of the ministers. It is necessary to gain a complete foothold in Pingyuan County. It is necessary to resist the continuous impact of the Hu army in military terms, and to win people's hearts as soon as possible politically. It is carried out land reclamation farming in areas that the Hu people cannot invade, to ensure income in the county, so that the people can also relieve the burden of transportation.

"Information from multiple parties confirmed that the Hu army general arrived in the county at noon. Hu Yanming had no name and took on such an important task. Our palace thought that Liu Yuanhai had not yet arrived at a confused time, so this person should not be underestimated. All my dear ministers are pillars of my great man, so we must know that the outcome should not be careless at all!"

"Liu Yuanhai's army will be restrained by the Huize army, but the movements of Liu Xun's army after entering Liaocheng are not clear. Shao Xu and Qu Te sent a message to Zu Shizhi to Boping, preparing to attack Qinghe County, and people also need to respond. These three routes are all urgent now and should not be neglected. What strategies do you have?"

Liu Dong talked happily and knew the current situation, especially regarding Hu Yanming's troops as great enemies. This was beyond the expectation of many people, and it made many people express their appreciation and support for such a cautious attitude.

The general of the army, Linghu Sheng, came out and said: "The last general thought that since Liu Yuanhai was following Hu Leique, this war would require some means. Any vague military situation should be considered as the greatest threat. Only in this way can our army exert its military advantage and blindly believe that intelligence is not the best consideration for our army at present."

"The biggest threat?" Prince Liu Dong saw Linghu Sheng so cautiously, he said unconsciously.

Linghu Sheng expressed his opinion in a deep voice and said, "Hu Yanming is a man with no reputation and has never heard of any talent. Reinforcing the plain is an important military operation for the Hu people. How to hand over tens of thousands of troops to this person? If Hu Yanming is the yang side, one of the yin side needs to be paid attention to. This is one of them."

"The ancestors were weak and had no power. They could only fight against Liu Yuan's army on the southern route. If the Hu people on the northern route were mainly cavalry and were unobstructed along the way, they could only arrive in the plain at noon today. However, if the vanguard of Liu Yuan's army had arrived in Liaocheng, the time would be too coincidental. Once the attack on both sides is formed, our army is very unfavorable, and this is the second one."

"If the Hu people really had this idea and the 20,000 cavalry did not march with all their might, the remaining troops would not be far away. Our army should be fully prepared, rather than facing the enemy alone, which is the third speculation of the last general!"

Although he was a general who surrendered to Jin State, every word Linghu Sheng said was reasonable. Even if he did not agree with his judgment, he could not completely refute this possibility.

"Liu Yuanhai is very scheming. If Pingyuan is regarded as an abandoned son in his strategy, such a design is quite possible." Han general Yuan Yan said in support after hearing this.

Both Linghu Sheng and Yuanyan were all military generals from Jin State. They hated the Hu people to the core and had a deep and complex emotion towards the hometown of Hebei. In fact, during this Northern Expedition, Liu Dong activated many military generals from the Jin State system and military generals from Hebei. With these people's feelings for the land of Hebei, they drove the morale and fighting spirit of the three armies.

After several days of marching and fighting, these people also proved such a rare opportunity with their own performance, and they are still continuing to prove it.

Seeing Prince Liu Dong closing his eyes and pondering, Qiao Deng asked a question: "Wuze, Guan Yi's army is in Chiping. This army is enough to resist Liu Yuan. Even if it cannot win, it will be restrained. In this way, Liu Yuan's plan is completely inadvertent?"

Linghu Sheng said with a serious expression: "Huoze and Guan Yi army have just defeated Hu Yandun. Even if Liu Yuan gets the news, he cannot change his strategy. This is the variable!"

Qiao Deng was stunned and then understood what Linghu Sheng pointed out. Even if Liu Yuan knew about the existence of the troops of Xiuze and Guan Yi, he had no time to change the original deployment strategy. Therefore, Liu Yuan had only two ways to go. One was to ignore the Han army on the flanks to attack Gaotang and Pingyuan with all his strength; the other way was to defeat Huize and Guan Yi's Han army first, and let the reinforcements on the northern route fight against the Han army near the Pingyuan, waiting to cut off the reinforcements of the Han Dynasty and then fight against the Han army in the Pingyuan area.

These are two strategies that cannot be guessed. No one knows how Liu Yuan chooses. Only when Hu Yanming's army arrived on the north road of the Hu people can see whether Liu Yuan is taking a gamble or choosing others. After all, Liu Yuan once went south wildly, exhausted the Central Plains soldiers and suffered heavy casualties, and only 30% of the Han Navy survived.

Such a crazy person, who dares to say what must be like?

Crown Prince Liu Dong shook his head slightly at this moment and said, "In this way, the military force used to fight Hu Yanming should not exceed half of the army. We will lose all our advantages, so we should be a hard battle."

It is necessary to make a defense that Liu Yuan's army can reach at the same time. If the Han army cannot devote all its strength to fight Hu Yanming, Liu Yuan can choose to fight Xiu Ze, Guan Yi and all his troops will do all his strength. But the Han army can only make two preparations, and the Han army will undoubtedly have the advantage in the overall strategy. However, Liu Yuan divided his troops into two groups a few days ago, and set the speed and time of the march. Such far-reaching considerations can be said to be a scheming, which is exactly what Liu Yuan is terrifying.

Occupying the plains, he fell into an unfavorable situation, which allowed the Han Chinese and civil servants present to truly experience the power of their opponents.
Chapter completed!