On April 22, the cavalry commanded more than 10,000 livestock, carrying nearly 5,000 large chariots, and carrying ten-day rations, the cavalry commanded Fang Hong's three hundred cavalry (back to the mountain of Wuren,

More than 200 cavalry were recruited, totaling 500 cavalry. Although there are still plenty of horses, unfortunately there are few people who know how to ride) and Yang Zhechong and Shi Zhihe's 1,500 infantry (there are already 2,000 infantrymen) guards.

Next, set off as scheduled.

Because there were too many supplies, five thousand large trucks could not be loaded at all, and the cattle, mules, and horses needed to pull the cart and could not carry heavy objects. In desperation, he had to migrate in two batches. The first batch,

The focus is on transferring population, food, fodder, silk, gold, silver and jewelry, weapons, medicine and stone (various herbs and minerals), and salt and tea.

Only a part of the rice, grain, leather, a large amount of arrows, copper, iron and alcohol, and other items were left. After the first batch of migrant workers arrived at their destination, they evacuated the vehicle and then turned back to load the vehicle and set off for the remaining materials. These materials were

The two hundred cavalry of Yang Fen and the five hundred infantry from the left were guarded. At this time, there was no civilian in the sacred village, but only seven hundred well-armored cavalry and infantry, as well as mountains of materials.

, from an ordinary copycat to a military camp.

From the migration of the large army to the personnel arrangements of the left-behind chief officer, it can be seen that Di Lie has put some thought into it.

The military chiefs who migrated to the large army were Yang Zhechong, Fang Hong, Shi Zhihe, and Hou Fangjing was responsible for the civil affairs. The left-behind army was Yang Fen as the main one, and Zuo Kai was the deputy.

Among them, the Yang brothers and Hou Fangjing were both people who experienced hardships together before Di Lie started his business. They should be said to be relatively reliable in terms of loyalty. Others, such as Fang Hong, Zuo Kai, Shi Zhi and these people, although they cannot show any performance.

But after all, they have a short time to get along, so of course they cannot dominate the army. You should know that Di Lie's possession is equivalent to the annual taxes of the Song Dynasty (equivalent to provincial level). This piece of meat is too fat

It's too tempting, Di Lie has to be careful in this regard.

Di Lie, who arranged everything, did not follow the migration team, and he had more important things. On the earlier day, on April 21, Di Lie led A Shu, Zhang Rong's Liangshan brothers, and

Guan Zhongyong and more than ten Taihang Rebels and other Taihang Rebels set out in advance.

According to Di Lie's official statement, we should first go to visit the leader of Liu Dazhai and negotiate the joint forces. If it goes well, when everything is settled, the large army will arrive. Guan Zhongyong and others agree deeply and happily accompany them.

Di Lie's true meaning was that he didn't want Guan Zhongyong and others to see all his belongings, so as not to speak loudly for others at that time, and that would be passive.

Di Lie and his party originally planned to follow the route of the Jin army northward, go to Tangyin, Xiangzhou, Cizhou, and Handan, then go from Xingzhou to Zhaozhou, then walk around Luancheng, turn westward, pass through Baoduzhai and pass through

Jingxing, and finally to Tianping Village.

Because the Taihang Rebel Army, a group of old horses, led the way, and the route had just passed by a large number of Jin troops, they swept through it all the way thoroughly, basically within a hundred miles, and almost no one dared to leave in the short term.

Therefore, five days later, Di Lie and his party arrived in Handan smoothly.

Earlier, seven days ago, the four Jin army returned north and all the troops had joined hands in Handan. At this time, probably the head coach of the Jin army, Wanyan Zongwang, also realized the disadvantages of the division of troops. It was because of thousands of troops.

When crossing the Yellow River, it was very congested. In order to get the army back north as soon as possible, and to believe that there would be no obstacles on the road, the troops were divided into six groups.

Now, two armies have been destroyed inexplicably, and the loss of troops and generals has not counted, but a large number of materials and population have been lost. Zong Wang had to change his course and integrate the remaining four armies into a group. In this way, the entire army has been defeated.

More than 70,000 people, plus nearly 200,000 prisoners, a huge crowd and a large amount of material transportation will inevitably lead to a slow marching speed.

However, at this time, Zong Wang was thinking about safety first. If the ghost-like man dared to stroke the tiger's beard, then he wouldn't mind letting the other party try the 70,000 cavalry siege to surround him.

The taste.

On April 23, the Jin army escorted 200,000 prisoners and countless spoils, and drove out of Handan City. The army was vast and stretched for hundreds of miles, looking north.

When Di Lie and his party arrived at the corner of Handan City, the Jin army had been away for three days.

Di Lie discussed with everyone and decided to temporarily pause and rest for a few days. Otherwise, if you continue at this speed, you will be able to catch up with the Jin army in less than a few days - you should know that the Jin army had basically become a baggage force at this time.

It would be great if you could walk thirty or forty miles a day with so many livestock and tens of thousands of carts.

Di Lie did not have the intention to steal the camp at this time. His current thoughts were surprisingly consistent with Wanyan Zongwang: he wanted to send his respective battle results to his destination safely, and everything was secondary.

Di Lie is waiting for the end of this major move, and then he catches up with the Jin army, and follows the opportunity to see if there is any chance to save people. Anyway, the speed of the Jin army's marching is burdened by the baggage, so it is easy to catch up.

At this time, the Jin army was unprecedentedly powerful. Not to mention snatching food from a tiger's mouth, even if you want to get into the Jin camp to save one or two people, it will be extremely difficult.

But no matter how difficult it is, you have to try it. Those two people are too important. One can control the Zhao Song royal family and a large number of officials at his hands; the other has the core secrets of his military industry.

Just as Di Lie and his party were stationed in an abandoned temple outside Handan City to rest, Guan Zhongyong and Gao Liang came together and proposed to send a few brothers to take the lead and return to the mountain village to find the master of the village. Let's talk to him first and learn about it.

His attitude and decisions were more secure. The two repeatedly stated that Liu Dazhaizhu was a generous and honest person, and that eight out of ten things would be successful.

Di Lie naturally had no reason to object and agreed immediately. So Gao Liang led five Taihang brothers to bring enough dry food and ten ingots of gold as gifts to go north in advance.

After three more days, after receiving the news from the sentry sent by Yang Zhechong, the migration team had arrived in Cizhou safely. Di Lie and his party continued north with confidence.

The more Di Lie and his party headed north, the more relieved they felt. Because the Jin people destroyed Song too quickly, their country was completely unprepared for military and political preparations to accept the territory of Song; that is to say, the territory was captured, but only a small number of capitals**

The team did not even have its own army, but could only rely on the new affiliated army with low combat power to garrison. Moreover, the Jin army adopted the leap tactic of attacking Song. The state prefectures along the way could be taken if they could be taken, and bypass if they could not be taken.

This caused the officials and soldiers of many prefectures and counties to abandon the city because they were afraid of the Jin army's siege and massacre, and the people in the city also fled.

Di Lie and others walked along the way, except for a few large cities in the prefectures, such as Xiangzhou, Cizhou, Handan, Xingzhou, etc., there were a small number of Jin troops (most of which were minions, few Jurchens) and some of them surrendered to the Jin Dynasty.

In addition to the new affiliated army, a large number of other counties and towns, such as Wei County, Tangyin, Fuyang, Linming, Shahe, Neiqiu, Lincheng, etc., were basically empty cities.

In such a situation, it is very beneficial to Di Lie's move, and at least there is no major problem in terms of safety and confidentiality. Of course, Di Lie also knew that this situation would not last too long.

After the Jin army retreated to the north, these vacant counties and towns would turn from no one to the most popular. The Song army wanted to rob, the rebel army wanted to rob, the bandits wanted to rob, and the pseudo-Qi Dynasty would even rob.

These prefectures will become a battlefield and a sluggish slumber, and it will be difficult for anyone to get stuck in it.

At that time, even if a small caravan passed by, it would probably be exploited and lost all his money. Maybe he would lose both his people and money, and he would be swallowed up by various forces along the way so that he would not even have any bones left.

However, this will happen at least a month later. At that time, Di Lie's relocation plan had been completed long ago, and no matter how fierce the place was, it would not affect him. I have to say that Di Lie really chose the best one.

opportunity.

On the second day of the fifth month, when Di Lie and his party walked to Baixiang County, northeast of Lincheng, they met Gao Liang and his party who were rushing back in dust unexpectedly.

When Gao Liang saw Guan Zhongyong, he rolled down from his horse, couldn't help crying loudly, and sobbed and reported a bad thing:

The leader of the village is dead!
Chapter completed!