The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

Guan Yu and other generals were quite puzzled by this and didn't understand why they didn't take advantage of the situation to continue expanding their territory.

Just when they were confused, they suddenly received another order from Li Jing.

The army was ordered to withdraw all the people from the occupied villages and towns back to Hulun within three days, and no belongings were allowed to be left behind.

Even crops and farmlands that were about to mature would be burned down.

This order immediately caused an uproar, and the people cursed Hu Lan, accusing him of being cruel and unjust.

Guan Yu and other generals did not understand, but they had no choice. Since it was Li Jing's order, they could only carry it out.

In just three days, all the farmland was reduced to ashes, and not a single grain of food was left.

A total of more than 30,000 people were also relocated to Hulun.

It was not until this time that scouts brought back news that reinforcements from the Anxi Protectorate had arrived in Beiting.

Guan Yu and others then realized why Li Jing suddenly gave such an order.

It turned out that he had long guessed that Beiting would ask Anxi for reinforcements.

The 30,000 elite Anxi cavalrymen had no chance of winning against them in the wild.

So retreat is inevitable.

Burning crops is also a helpless move.

Although the crops will be ripe in just a dozen days, it is too late to harvest them and we cannot leave them to Beiting.

"General, I admire your strategy."

After understanding the whole story, Guan Yu admired him.

"Haha, General Guan, you're too polite. Beiting hasn't made any movement for such a long time. There's no doubt that they are holding back some big move."

"Put yourself in their shoes, and asking Anxi for help is inevitable."

Li Jing smiled.

"Haha, General Li is right, it is indeed true."

"It's a pity that these people have suffered so much and have to leave their homes with us."

"General Li, you don't know that Guan has been scolded by the people along the way."

Guan Yu laughed heartily.

"Haha, General Guan has been wronged."

"But everything is fine now. The people's problems will be solved soon. The Prime Minister has already made arrangements."

Li Jing said with a smile.

"arranged?"

Guan Yu hurriedly looked at Zhuge Liang beside him and asked.

"Hehe, here is a notice, General Guan will know after taking a look."

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, took out a notice and handed it to Guan Yu.

"Prime Minister, is this true?"

After reading the notice, Guan Yu's eyes suddenly narrowed and he looked at Zhuge Liang in shock.

It turned out that this was a compensation notice. In order to compensate the people for their losses, Hulan decided to give each citizen five taels of silver as compensation.

"Of course it's true."

"Please, General Guan, announce this to the people."

Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

"okay."

Guan Yu happily agreed.

"My fellow countrymen, please listen to me."

"I know you are angry and hate Hulan for forcing you to leave your homes and burning your crops."

"But Hulan had no choice but to do this."

"You must understand that Hulan is the orthodox one and represents the imperial court. What is Beiting? They are just a group of guys with their own troops!"

"As early as half a month ago, they sent troops to attack Your Highness, and now an army of 60,000 is marching towards Hulan."

"Hulan is the prince's fiefdom. What Beiting did is rebellion! It's treason!"

Guan Yu said excitedly.

"What! Attacking His Highness?"

"Sixty thousand troops are coming to attack Hulan?"

"Is this a rebellion?"

Hearing this, the people were in an uproar and talked about it.

How could they know that these things had happened?

"My fellow countrymen, our Daqian has been repeatedly invaded by foreign tribes over the years, and the people living along the border are suffering."

"Especially the Xiongnu, they come every year to burn, kill, and loot. You have all experienced this firsthand."

"But what did Beiting do? Did they protect you?"

"Three months ago, a 100,000-strong Xiongnu army invaded. Did Beiting send troops?"

"No, it was His Highness who single-handedly stopped the Huns and ensured your safety."

Guan Yu continued to shout.

Upon hearing this, the people fell silent.

"So, please bear with me for what happened before."

"Of course, we will not ignore everyone's losses."

"We will give each person five taels of silver as compensation!"

"You don't have to worry about food and accommodation. You will be temporarily housed in tents until you return home."

"Don't worry about food or drink. We can not only ensure that you have enough to eat, but also eat well."

Guan Yu's voice resounded all around and spread in all directions.

"This...is this true?"

"Five taels of silver per person, and room and board included?"

"Five taels of silver is enough to buy several acres of land."

"Yes, it's enough for our family to live on for a long time."

"seriously?"

Hearing this, the people were surprised and delighted.

After all, giving silver to the people was something that had never happened before.

Not to mention it was five taels of silver!

Five taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family to live for several years.

"My fellow countrymen, this is of course true."

"The silver is ready, just go to the city gate to collect it."

Guan Yu laughed.

"Great, I'll go right away!"

"I'm going too, let's go!"

The people cheered and rushed to the city gate.

At the city gate, dozens of tables had already been neatly arranged, and behind each table were wooden boxes filled with silver.

Dozens of officials were also ready and were responsible for the registration and distribution of silver.

To prevent fraudulent claims, the people who received the silver would be immediately taken away by soldiers and sent to the Hun camp for resettlement, thus preventing secondary fraudulent claims.

Seeing that they could really get the silver, the people became even more excited and rushed to register. The scene was extremely chaotic and there was almost a stampede.

If there were no soldiers maintaining order, there would probably be chaos.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly.

Half a day later, all the silver was distributed.

After statistics, a total of 130,000 taels of silver were distributed.

Thirteen thousand taels of silver is not a small amount, but Hu Lan is rich, so this amount of money is nothing.

"Huh.....finally finished."

When the last group of people left, Zhuge Liang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yeah, it's finally finished. Now I have to prepare for the battle."

"I estimate that the enemy will arrive in three days at most."

Li Jing nodded.

"Well, then let's prepare for battle."

"The soldiers of Qinglong Village have been trained and are very useful. If we add the Persian soldiers, our available force will reach over 20,000. Defending the city will not be a problem."

"The only weak point is the Xiongnu camp. If we can't defend it, not only will the people and slaves in the camp be taken away, but also the cattle, sheep and horses."

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and frowned slightly.

"Don't worry, Prime Minister. Li Chenglin will not attack the Xiongnu camp because it is completely unnecessary."

"And we still have three days, which is enough time for us to reinforce the camp again."

"As long as the defense facilities are sufficient, Li Chenglin will not ask for trouble."

Li Jing smiled slightly.

"Well, General Li is absolutely right."

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang nodded slightly.

Li Jing's command ability is trustworthy.

Afterwards, all the troops were quickly mobilized and made intensive preparations.