Before Deng Jingwen evacuated Mozhou, the destruction of Mozhou was very thorough. He plundered the people under his rule, raised food and grass and winter supplies. Under his organized looting, even some charcoal from the people's homes were plundered. Apart from his clothes and empty houses, the vast majority of people had nothing.

When hunger and cold are caused by robbery, even when a person cannot survive, even if he is kind and polite, he will probably reveal the darkest side of his heart.

After the news of the escape of Deng Jingwen and Liu Siyuan was announced, Mozhou set off a wave of escape. Officials, gentry, and powerful people followed Deng Liu to flee. Even those who were robbed and had nothing, when they were confused and helpless, many people followed them in the heavy snow toward Pingzhou.

Under such weather, you can imagine that countless people starved to death and froze to death along the way.

The army led by Deng Jingwen was moving at an extremely fast speed.

A great tyrant like Liu Siyuan has united many small and medium-sized landlords and gentry, which is also organized and guaranteed by materials, so they can follow the army closely.

The worst thing was the ordinary people. In a few days, they pulled themselves far behind. When Li De's rangers defeated the Khitan cavalry and continued to pursue, these people became the best candidates to block the pursuers.

Li De had to stop.

Of course, he could leave these people behind and continue to expand his results, but Li De, who was also a beggar at the time, could not sit still and watch these people die of starvation in the cold winter, so he stopped.

Li De built refugee shelter sites one by one, took out the military rations he carried with him and began to rescue these people. Each cavalryman brought all the cotton coats and beddings.

Then Li De became a scavenger and sent many people to these camps one after another.

When Liu Chenglin's main force arrived in Mozhou, Deng Jingwen and Liu Siyuan had already entered Pingzhou.

"Young master, it's my fault." Li De lowered his head and said, "I could have caught up with their tails and continued to expand the results of the battle, but this delay delayed the opportunity for the battle."

"No, no, no, you did not do anything wrong." Li Ze waved his hand repeatedly and said, "The enemy fled and ran away. A group of stray dogs have time to deal with them in the future. They are not in a hurry. But if these people die of cold and starvation, they will have nothing. If we get Mozhou and are dead, what's the use of coming? Haven't I told you before, putting people first and people first? This time you killed hundreds or thousands of enemies, but saved thousands of people. Not only did you have no mistakes, but you made great contributions!"

"Young Master Xie is not guilty." Li De, who was originally bitter, immediately smiled. He said that this time he was brought over by Liu Chenglin, was apologizing.

"Chenglin, Mozhou is in such a turmoil now. Is it possible to form a large-scale bandit?" Li Ze asked with some concern. This was his most concerned issue.

"At present, it seems that it will not be there yet." Liu Chenglin said: "After entering Mozhou, we started to provide relief as soon as possible. We dispatched troops in the Zhoucheng and various major counties, transporting a large number of food and grass from Yingzhou, Jingzhou, Shenzhou and other places. Although it is still a drop in the bucket, at least it has given the people of Mozhou a little hope. Overall, the situation is still under control."

"Be careful that Deng Jingshan and others leave nails and deliberately organize riots." Li Ze reminded. "Next, Jiezhen will find ways to transport more food and winter supplies, but in this process, you need to try your best to stabilize the situation."

"Of course, but when it's time to suppress it, you still can't be lenient." Liu Chenglin clenched his fists.

Li Ze nodded: "You should grasp the specific situation yourself. In principle, you should try to kill as little as possible. Before the New Year, the town government will send the governor, chief and other officials to take office, and Yixing Society will also select a working team to enter all parts of Mozhou. Since Mozhou has become like this, it is convenient for us to re-establish household loans and clear the fields. We must use the shortest time possible to re-establish things that were broken by Deng Jingshan and standardize them into the situation we hope."

Liu Chenglin smiled and said, "JieShi, this is what those civil servants do. I hope that Jiezhen will send a capable governor to Mozhou as soon as possible to take over the local civil affairs. After Deng Jingshan retreated to Pingzhou, Pingzhou's strength suddenly increased. Now his cavalry is moving towards Jicheng, and Deng Jingshan directly entered Guancheng, a strategic location between Jizhou and Pingzhou. Judging from his plans, he wanted to establish a connection between Jicheng and Pingzhou and reconnect the two places to fight us together."

"The next step is to take down Guancheng first?" Li Ze asked.

Liu Chenglin nodded: "Taking Guancheng and completely isolating Jicheng has to face our siege independently. Once Jicheng is taken down by us, Youzhou will not exist. In this way, Guizhou and Tanzhou will lose the reason to persist. In this way, we will completely pacify the northwest direction of Lulong, and then attack Pingzhou in large quantities to open up the passage to Yingzhou and Liaozhou. So in my opinion, Guancheng's status is extremely important. If Deng Jingshan really builds a solid defense in Guancheng and we cannot take it for a while, it will inevitably make Lulong's people very angry."

Li Ze pondered: "Your Right Guard has been fighting for the past six months and has not received a rest. The geographical location of Guancheng is indeed important. Lu Long's army will definitely do its best to protect it. When you are not prepared in a thorough manner, you will hurry up and have no chance of winning."

"We are fighting, and the Lulong people are fighting, and we are not ready yet. They are the same. They probably didn't expect the war to develop to this point, of course, we didn't expect it either." Speaking of this, Liu Chenglin smiled and looked at Li Ze and said, "This is mainly the battle of Jishuo on the banks of the Yishui River, which completely changed the situation of the war and greatly shifted the advantage to us. Since neither side is ready, in comparison, I think we still have a certain advantage. At least in terms of morale, we will beat them steadily, strike while the iron is hot and work hard. If we are really idle, we are afraid that the soldiers will be thinking about the New Year."

Li Ze pondered for a while, "You can make some corresponding arrangements for this matter first. I will discuss it with Zhang Hui, Cao Xin, You Yong and others before making a reply."

"I'd like to ask the coach Jie to make a decision as soon as possible for this matter, and the fighter planes will not wait for anyone." Liu Chenglin was a little impatient, "I have ordered Yelu Qi to lead some of the rangers to insert in this direction. When I and Li De return, the rangers will enter the entire line, and the main infantry are also making corresponding preparations."

"With Mozhou's burden, logistics supply may become a problem." Li Ze shook his head and said, "Even if you attack Guancheng, you still need to cooperate with Wang Sili. You alone are afraid that you can't get it. You must know that if you enter, you will have to face enemies from Guancheng and Pingzhou. Even if Wang Sili joins, he will face enemies from Guancheng and Jicheng. Jicheng is the only one who stays in Jicheng. The Fei clan is in Youzhou and Jicheng. The power of the Fei clan is extremely large, and the foundation is deeply rooted, and he cannot underestimate the enemy."

Liu Chenglin nodded: "I will deal with it with it carefully."

Xue Ping said on the side: "Jie Shuai, this time the Three Thousand Shence Army of Yingzhou is willing to take the front line, whether it is to go to Guancheng or Pingzhou."

"Brother Xue, are you sure they are ready for the battle?" Li Ze asked with a smile.

"Of course." Xue Ping said.

"Okay, Brother Xue wants to take charge of Yingzhou, can you leave these three thousand Shence troops to Liu Chenglin to be uniformly allocated?"

Xue Ping nodded in affirmation. "Cheng Xu's battle also aroused the fighting spirit of the Shen Ce Army. Everyone has the desire to make achievements."

Li Ze laughed when he heard this. Changes were happening, but Xue Ping had not noticed it yet. The Shen Ce Army began to take the initiative to seek war. This is a good thing. The Lu Long people have been suppressed from their peak momentum. At the moment, the offense and defense are changing. Xue Ping probably also feels that the opportunity has come.

However, Li Ze didn't think that Lu Long would be better now. On the contrary, they are probably more dangerous now. A wounded beast can more keenly detect the crisis, and at this time they are also the most fierce.

This is also the reason why Li Ze was cautious about Liu Chenglin's eagerness to attack Guancheng.

First of all, Li Ze was unwilling to be frustrated because he was too hasty.

Secondly, how to fight Wuwei next, he still needs to balance the situation in the world as a whole before making the final decision.

And Liu Chenglin obviously could not consider these things. He just made a simple judgment from the military.

Overall, Li Ze was still very satisfied with this inspection. The matter of Dizhou was fundamentally resolved at one time. Dezhou New City was progressing rapidly, far exceeding his own estimate. The new policies in Cangzhou, Jingzhou, Yingzhou and other places were progressing smoothly. Wuwei's policies began to be thoroughly implemented. Although there were still some chaos to be dealt with when the newly won Mozhou, for the people of Wuwei, one victory after another can always stimulate everyone's greatest motivation and make everyone more confident in themselves. And this is the most basic support point for his next victory.

I went to the Death Valley to see the crude oil. Now there are many civilians who have been digging and salvaging the crude oil day and night, and then transported it to Wuyi. In a deep valley in the Daqing Mountains, there is a special place to refine the latest turbulent oil.
Chapter completed!