By April 19th, the remaining four armies of the Jin Army's East Route Army returning north had all crossed the Yellow River and headed north from Huazhou. They passed through Anli Army, Xiangzhou, and Cizhou, and settled in Handan on the evening of the 19th.

After Di Lie learned the latest news, he finally breathed a long sigh of relief, and his tense heartstrings relaxed.

The distance from Handan to Wuren Mountain is more than five hundred miles. Even if the Jin Army wakes up at this moment, it is impossible to go back and cause trouble for itself. In other words, from this moment on, Wuren Mountain Village is truly safe.

To be honest, Di Lie had repeatedly pulled the golden man's tiger beard, and even pulled out a large piece of fat from the "tiger"'s mouth. This was a huge risk.

Because at this time, the Wuren Mountain Stronghold was still within the Jin Army's march route back north, no more than twenty miles away from each other. Once the Jin Army's commander became aggressive and the scouts and cavalry were out in all directions, their traces would most likely be exposed.

Di Lie had no doubt that if the Jin army knew that such a huge amount of wealth that they had lost was stored in this barren ravine, they would pounce on him like crazy and eat up even a little bit of his achievements during this period.

Not a single scrap is left.

Fortunately, the commander of the Jin Army's East Route Army was Zong Wang, who was always cautious in marching and fighting. During the Jin Army's first southern campaign, Zong Wang heard the news that Huizong Chan was located in Qinzong. Zong Wang was afraid that the Song Dynasty would be prepared and wanted to retreat.

Master. At this time, pharmacist Guo (Wanyan), who had just surrendered gold, said: "The Southern Dynasties may not be prepared. The wealth and palace ban in Bianjing are not comparable to those in Yanshan. If the prince Langjun's army is very fast, he can take advantage of this opportunity to break the bamboo and rush towards the river."

, the soldiers will definitely defeat the enemy, but they can return without fighting. If they are well prepared, they will show off their troops in Hebei and look at the Southern Dynasty to show the country's prestige. It is not too late to return."

Zong Wang followed the advice of pharmacist Guo (Wan Yan) and drove straight down. Finally, he surrounded Bianjing, forced the Song Dynasty to negotiate a peace, and returned with a full load.

From this point, we can see that Zongwang is cautious in using troops. He will never act rashly when the enemy's situation is unclear. Especially at this time, the strength of the Jin Army's East Route Army was divided into six, and it also brought a large amount of baggage and prisoners. The whole army was bloated.

Unbearable, it has long lost the refined determination and nimbleness it had when it went south.

The most important task of the Jin Army at present is to safely transport the results of the Song dynasty and the rich loot back to Shangjing. Everything else is secondary. Zong Wang, as the commander-in-chief, knows this very well.

Although the Jin Army lost supplies and prisoners along the way (Bulu Village only lost part of the supplies that the Jin Army could not transport, and since most of them were sundries that the Jin Army did not like, Zong Wang selectively ignored them)

, but it is still within the tolerable range. In addition, the enemy's whereabouts are so secretive and their methods are so horrifying that even the great wizard is talking about it. As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Zong Wang will certainly not do this kind of thing.

It's a stupid thing for an army to go looking for an enemy who looks like a shadow.

Zong Wang's "reason" enabled Di Lie to escape a devastating blow - this was just like a replica of Zong Wang's first invasion of the Song Dynasty. If he had hesitated that day, the Song Dynasty would have also avoided it.

After a catastrophe. But at that time, there was still a pharmacist Guo (Wan Yan), leading Zong Wang's army, and kicked open the door of the Song Dynasty. But now, where to find a Guo (End)

Yan) Pharmacist? Even if you find him, will you listen to him again?

Di Lie breathed a sigh of relief, but Hou Fangjing was too busy to breathe.

Di Lie brought in piles of various grains and supplies, gold, silver and jewelry, as well as nearly 10,000 people and an equal number of cattle, sheep, mules and horses. The statistics of these people and physical objects were all like a mountain.

There was nothing he could do about his skinny shoulders. Who made him the financial controller (temporarily appointed by Di Lie) and the first old man to follow Di Lie.

Fortunately, along with the large amount of supplies, there were also a large number of officials and scholars from the Song Dynasty, as well as thousands of clan members. If you pick any one of these people, you can surpass Hou Fangjing by a few blocks in terms of knowledge. Used

To assist Hou Fangjing and do the counting work of a small official is really a sign of humiliation.

These original upper-class people did not want to do such "dirty work". However, they suffered many hardships on the way, and the aura of "the best" had long been worn away; secondly, the group of Zhao Zhao who felt that they were noble

The Song clan and some officials had been threatened by Di Lie before, saying, "If you don't work, you won't be able to eat." They were forced to starve for a whole day. As a result, on the way back to Wurenzhai, no matter how dirty or tiring the work was, they had to do it.

I have to work conscientiously and don’t even dare to let go of one more thing.

With sufficient and capable manpower and several days of continuous work, Hou Fangjing finally obtained the final statistical results.

"86,212 hu of rice and grain, 38,450 hu of beans, 20,000 pieces of cloth, 100 carts of leather and dyes, 200 carts of fine iron and bronze wares, and 3,000 armors

, five thousand leather armors, more than five thousand bows and crossbows, and ten thousand swords and guns; in addition, there were five hundred gold ingots, each weighing fifty taels, a total of twenty-five thousand taels; and two thousand silver ingots, each ingot.

It weighs fifty taels, totaling 100,000 taels of silver; 500,000 taels of copper coins, not counting jewelry, jades, porcelain, and other miscellaneous items, such as medicinal stones, wine, dried meat, salt, tea, etc., totaling more than 2,000 carts…

…”

While Hou Fangjing was thinking, he peeked at the face of Di Lie, who was sitting at the top of the meeting hall. As expected, the expression of surprise was similar to the one he had when he got the results an hour ago.

"Where are the people and livestock?" Di Lie asked eagerly.

That has to give me a breather! Hou Fangjing rolled his eyes and continued with a strong breath: "The population is 11,328 people, of which 3,422 are women, and most of them are

The people in the palace... include the women that His Highness brought back yesterday (the identities of the Huan Huan women have not been disclosed yet); there are more than 35,000 mules, horses, cattle and sheep, and 2,000 sound horses available, all of which are fully saddled.

, tall and strong Hequ horses... All the materials, people and livestock mentioned above include those previously obtained from Buru Village."

Hou Fangjing could finally breathe a sigh of relief. In fact, these supplies, especially rice grains, were actually more than this amount. It's just that the population is too large. More than 10,000 people, if they are not engaged in production, they will consume at least nearly a hundred hu of rice a day. This is a waste of money.

, it's okay in the short term, but not in the long term. Hou Fangjing felt it was necessary to remind Di Lie to pay attention to this matter.

"This is only one-seventh, one-seventh..." Di Lie murmured to himself, the expression on his face could not tell whether he was lucky or regretful.

The Jin army returned from the north in a total of seven ways. He only captured one of them, and his mouth was full of food. It can be imagined how amazing the wealth of the other six routes combined was. It was really "the Song Dynasty fell, the Jin Kingdom

"Eat enough" and use the flesh and blood of one country to nourish another country, it will be difficult for it not to prosper.

Di Lie sighed softly. Unfortunately, his "black and white operation" could only end here. Everything can be done once and twice, not twice. A sniper rifle, plus a few reasonably powerful gun bags,

It is not invincible. Previously, it caught the Jin soldiers by surprise and used various means (such as provoking internal strife between the Jin army and the signed army), plus a little luck (Guxin divided the troops and the camp was empty), and the Jin army

The fear of unknown weapons... only narrowly achieved the current results. Such a war example cannot be replicated again.

At this time, Hou Fangjing also carefully raised his hidden worries.

Di Lie praised: "As expected of a businessman, he thought of this problem so quickly. So what do you think?"

When it comes to ideas, Hou Fangjing has already had them. As Di Lie's strength snowballed, Hou Fangjing, as an adventurous businessman, began to feel his heart. When he heard Di Lie's question, he immediately became enthusiastic

Said: "Actually, Your Highness also knows that this Wuren Mountain is just a temporary shelter. As soon as the Jin army returns to the north, we can escape. At that time, we will use Lianghe (Hebei East and West Road, then called 'Lianghe'

"

"no!"

Hou Fangjing was eloquently talking, making a crouching dragon pose, but Di Lie interrupted him unceremoniously and objected.

Hou Fangjing's face was red and he was speaking with great enthusiasm, but his words were cut off suddenly. He almost choked and said, "Your Highness... what... what does this mean?"

Hou Fangjing's statement actually makes some sense. Wurenshan is indeed not an ideal base. Not to mention its pitifully low altitude, small area, and little strategic room for maneuver, its geographical location alone is very

It’s nerve-wracking. Wuren Mountain is only a hundred miles away from the Yellow River and only three hundred miles away from Bianjing. It’s surrounded by large and small cities. It’s a place of four battles. It’s okay to use it to avoid the limelight temporarily, but if you stay there for a long time,

But it's hanging.

Di Lie smiled bitterly and shook his head. Hou Fangjing's idea of ​​finding a new base was right, but his direction was wrong.

At this moment in mid-to-late April of the second year of Jingkang, no one except Di Lie knew what would happen in the future.

From the standpoint of people of this era, such a development is indeed understandable. If possible, Di Lie would also like to do this. But he knew very well that although the noise he made during this period was not small, it was only a small one.

Butterfly wings are not enough to flap history. Although the Southern Song Dynasty established by Zhao Gou is still missing, it will appear sooner or later.

Once the Southern Song Dynasty is established, its position in Lianghe will fall into an embarrassing situation. If the Southern Song Dynasty does not agree to stand on its own, the Jin State will not agree. Well, it seems that there will be a pseudo-Qi State later, and it will establish its capital.

In Damingfu on Hebei East Road, it would not agree even more. The result would be that we would face enemies on all sides and the game would be over sooner or later.

If you can't stand on your own, what about joining a certain family?

The Kingdom of Jin? That is an enemy that will never stop fighting!

Southern Song Dynasty? Forget it, think about Yue Fei...

Puppet Qi? I hate the Puppet Army the most. They kill people of the same tribe more ferociously than people from other tribes. Even if they defect to you, they have to go through it first. How can they turn to the other side?

The most important thing is that in the future tug-of-war between the Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty that will last more than ten years, the area around these two rivers will be the rear area of ​​the Jin army. The Jin army repeatedly attacked the Song Dynasty and attacked along this route. Just imagine that when the army went out, the Jin army

How could the army tolerate the existence of such a hostile force in their own backyard? If Di Lie really defended a certain city, he would undoubtedly have become the guard dog of the Southern Song Dynasty and a stumbling block for the Jin Kingdom's southern invasion.

Although Di Lie's historical knowledge is not very good, he still understands the future trends of the Song and Jin Dynasties to some extent. Combined with the topography of the two rivers, how can he not understand the truth? Now, if you are greedy for territory, you can certainly gain it for a while.

Convenient, but in the future we will be in a situation of being attacked from both sides, like a rat in a bellows, being crushed at both ends!

But it’s no wonder that Hou Fangjing and Di Lie understand the future development trend, but people at this time don’t understand it.

Di Lie looked over and over the crude map where the Jin Army was captured, and said decisively: "We can't enter the city, we can only enter the mountains!"

At this moment, a rough voice suddenly came from outside the door: "In that case, why not go to Taihang!"
Chapter completed!