Gao Shi was killed by Luo Yi formation in Hejian County, and 50,000 troops were gone. Luo Yi only paid a small price to be defeated at the beginning. As soon as Gao Shida's head was sent to Chen Pojun's tent, Chen Kefu was very satisfied that Luo Yi could completely eliminate Gao Shida in Hejian County in such a short time, and that the headquarters had only a slight damage.

I also thought in my heart that Luo Yi was indeed a donkey, so I retreated and fell in. I thought that the ancients had a saying in the art of controlling the subordinates, and that it was better to use faults than to make merits. As expected, the ancients did not deceive me.

At this time, Chen Pojun led 70,000 troops to Jingcheng, Hejian County, and was three days away from Leshou. However, until now, Chen Pojun was in a stable position. Although he was defeated at the beginning, he had lost 10,000 troops. However, now Li Jing led his troops south and had already captured Pingyuan County and Bohai County. Luo Yi had just pacified Gao Shida from Hejian County, and the peasant army in southern Hebei was only Dou Jiande left.

Although Dou Jiande performed outstandingly several times, he could not stop the general trend.

He was no longer worried about the encirclement and suppression of Dou Jiande. Instead, he was more concerned about the local people in Hebei. When he first entered Hebei, the situation of Zhuo County also surprised him. As the largest city in Hebei, the people were mostly fed with vegetables, and the markets in the city were even more desolate. There were even many refugees fleeing famine gathered under Zhuo County. Seeing the people who were blinded by their families, Chen Kefu was also very shocked.

In the past, it was said that Liaodong was bitter and cold, but in fact, in the past few years, Liaodong has been exempted from taxes because of the newly occupied land, and secondly, because all local governments were newly built, there were fewer fees. In addition, most of the people who entered Liaodong were civilians and disabled retired soldiers in the Liaodong army, as well as the families of the military families who moved to Liaodong. After Liaodong was pacified, there was no war or heavy harshness. Moreover, the people who moved to Liaodong were all assigned to many fields and had relatives with generous pay. In addition, in recent years, Liaodong's business has been very active and developed, with countless workshops and workshops. People can work and make money when they are not alive. Over the years, every household has enough food and clothing, and even some wealth.

I was used to seeing the people's food and clothing life in Liaodong. On the first day of the first day, I saw such a tragic situation, which made him feel very uncomfortable. Chen Pojun lived in Zhuo County for more than 20 years, and Hebei was the plain, which can be said to be the granary of the Great Sui Dynasty. Also, it is close to the outside of the Great Wall. There are many people who go out to do business every year, and most of the people's lives are rich.

But now in just a few years, Hebei has become a piece of wilderness and hungry people everywhere. Even those aristocratic families are not easy to live. This time, the southern expedition went south. Although it was only from Zhuojun to Hejian, the further south the place went, the more desolate it became, and many places were even uninhabited for hundreds of miles.

Even some county towns and markets that were prosperous in the early years have long been ruined. Along the way, you can see collapsed huts from time to time, and even the bright white bones on the roadside are lurking in the wild.

From the seventh year of Daye to now, for six consecutive years, Hebei and Shandong are the most important places. One time, the government army crossed the border to suppress bandits, the other time, the bandits crossed the border, and even in the end, the people could no longer distinguish between the government army and bandits. Every family went bankrupt, every household fled, and the people were in dire straits.

He knew that most of the people in ancient times had no remaining income, and it was not easy to get enough food and clothing in a stable and good year. However, during the disaster year, they often needed to escape famine and go out to beg for food. This behavior of going out to beg for food was even encouraged by the government during the disaster year. Even historical records record that in the early years of Zhenguan, when the Tang Dynasty was rich, there were several severe droughts in the pass, and the court could only place the victims outside the pass to beg for food.

It was the era of unification and peace, and now it was the war-torn era at the end of the Sui Dynasty. The situation of the people can be imagined. Chen Kefu was considering the issue of Hebei along the way. He knew clearly that it was not difficult to conquer Hebei. Now Hebei has basically fallen into his pocket.

However, how to manage and manage Hebei well is a big problem.

It is easy to conquer the world immediately, but it is difficult to dominate the world immediately. Now that he moved the capital to Beijing, he had already planned to operate Hebei as his forward base and serve as his food and food production base. But the current situation is very strict. There are large and small riots everywhere, with traffic blocked in various places, deserted fields, and people are displaced everywhere. What's more serious is that the grain just now has not been harvested this year, and there are already hungry people everywhere in Hebei. So before the harvest of food next year, how can those people live in seven or eight months? It's winter soon, where will those displaced people live?

Even when they reoccupied the cities in Hebei, how to get the people back to their hometowns, how to renovate their houses, and how to distribute the life-saving food they need? Even how will the bandits in the surrounding mountains, forests, sands, and waters, and even the aristocratic families in the city protection competition in various places, deal with it.

Faced with these countless problems, Chen Pojun is now one of the first two. These days, he sent Luo Yi and Li Jing to fight, but he walked slowly every day. Along the way, he constantly sent troops to encircle and suppress bandits in the mountains, forests, and waters, and used them. On the one hand, he continued to gather refugees from all over the road, transport military rations from Hebei to relieve the people, and also cleared the cities on the road, temporarily appoint officials, and arranged the people.

He deeply understood that the war in Hebei was too severely damaged. If the people could not be appeased, then he would defeat all Hebei, and maybe new rioters would appear in Hebei soon. Especially in Hebei, there were too many powerful families and their clans were very powerful. Chen Pojun slowly moved south, and he also deliberately tried to find some solutions along the way.

In history, Hebei was the first to rebel against the Sui Dynasty, and after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, it also rebelled several times. Chen Pojun did not dare to be careless about his future base camp. However, he also had some plans in his mind... He could only pay equal attention to the suppression and pacification of Hebei.

While continuing to suppress the Hebei peasant army, which was still dissatisfied with the Liaodong Army, it also expressed its kindness and righteousness to the refugees from all over the country, appeased the people and returned to their hometowns and continued to produce.

The severe situation in Hebei has made Chen Kesheng lose a lot of weight, and he is not very happy when facing the head of Gao Shida sent by Luo Yi.

Looking at the generals in the tent, Chen Kefu put their expressions in his heart one by one. He understood that all the generals were all determined to go south quickly to make contributions, especially when Luo Yi destroyed Gao Shida, Li Jing pacified the plains and the two counties of Bohai, and they were even more itchy.

"Everyone, General Luo Yi has now sent troops to pacify the bandit leader Gao Shida in Hejian County, and General Li Jing has gone south to pacify the plain and Bohai counties. Now there is only one Dou Jiande left in the southeast of Hebei. Dou Jiande is currently living in Leshou and is constantly recruiting troops. This time, we must destroy and strike him."

Yuchi Jingde made a list and said, "Your Highness, let me lead 3,000 troops to fight the vanguard. I will never let you down." Cheng Yaojin, Luo Shixin and other generals also asked for their orders, and they couldn't wait to jump forward and wipe out Dou Jiande.

Chen Kefu shook his head, "You must not underestimate the enemy, Dou Jiande is not an unknown person. In the battle of the plains, Dou Jiande defeated Zhang Jin with a number of 50,000, and called 250,000 horses. In the battle of Leshou, Dou Jiande even surrounded and annihilated 10,000 elite cavalry in Hebei with 60,000 peasant troops. It was because Guo Xun underestimated the enemy that someone killed the head of the Xiang Shang. I don't want to see your head hanging on the flagpole in front of Dou Jiande's military camp."

As he said that, Chen Kefu looked at the deputy commander Xue Shixiong next to him. But he found that he was still as usual, without saying a word and silent. Xue Shixiong was unparalleled in the Hebei army.

Luo Yi killed the Hebei general Li Jing, and cooperated with him inside and outside to present Linyu Pass to Chen Pojun. After this incident, although Luo Yi was valued by Chen Pojun, his reputation in the Hebei army dropped a thousand feet. Although Luo Yi is now valued, except for his old subordinates and some of his old friends, most of the Hebei army is not ashamed of his character.

Now that the Hebei Army has died and Luo Yi has been despised, Xue Shixiong, one of the former Hebei Twin Generals, immediately became the most prestigious among the Hebei surrendered army. His words and deeds have largely influenced the more than 200,000 Hebei surrendered soldiers who have surrendered Chen Pojun.

Originally, Chen Pojun also had high hopes for the Xue family. After all, Xue Shixiong's reputation was there, and Xue Dingguo and the four tiger generals of the Xue family were also famous. However, no matter how he wins over, Xue Shixiong would not be able to make any progress. Although he surrendered to himself on the surface, in fact, he was not violent and did not cooperate. Chen Pojun was not very satisfied with such surrendered generals. For him, there were only two types of surrendered generals, either to use them quickly. He would also reward such people at all costs, such as Luo Yi.

Either just be more straightforward, like Li Jingyun, anyway, he will not surrender, so he can still get some respect.

But someone like Xue Shixiong is the most disgusting thing he is. While surrendering, he is also half-hearted. Such a person is also the most dangerous time bomb. If he is not good, he will cause something shocking to come.

This time he went south, he specially led Xue Shixiong, Luo Yi, Guo Xun and other Hebei generals to the south. First, he avoided leaving them in the rear to make trouble, and second, he was prepared for it and planned to use this southern expedition to slowly digest these surrendered soldiers and generals. If they could not be digested, then they would have to consume.

Looking at Xue Shixiong's cold face, Chen Pojun made a decision in his heart and said calmly, "Dou Jiande has been in chaos in Hejian for a long time and is deeply aware of the terrain. In order to prevent Guo Xun from being buried again, I ordered the deputy commander Xue Shixiong to be the main general and Xue Dingguo as the deputy general. He led three troops to attack Dou Jiande immediately, and would never give him a chance to breathe."
Chapter completed!