Chapter 316

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The plan for one day lies in the morning, and the plan for one year lies in the spring!

In March, the desolation and farming should be the busiest season of the year. The spring sowing and autumn harvesting are arranged, and the seeds are sown for the farming fields. This is the hope of the people for the year.

However, in Xuzhou, the people had to give up their homelands that they had lived for generations in order to make a living. In their hometown, they could no longer see any hope of survival. Going south to Yangzhou is the only feasible way to make a living.

Thousands of people in Pengcheng County began to migrate to the south slowly. The huge team was like a giant dragon winding forward.

The expressions on the people's faces were very complicated. They were sad and regretful about leaving their hometown, but there was also a hint of hope. Since Jing and Yang states were under Liu Bei's rule, the years were unexpectedly good. They had good weather and good harvests for several consecutive years. In addition, the taxes were low, and the lives of the people in the two states were extremely prosperous.

In the eyes of the people of the rest of the Han Dynasty, Jing and Yang have almost become a paradise. Even with the huge disasters that occurred in the sky last year and hundreds of thousands of people in the Central Plains died, Jing and Yang had suffered only a small loss (here refers to the population.

The loss of money and food is still relatively serious).

As for the people of Xuzhou, the ruler of Jing and Yang, Liu Huangshu, the people of Xuzhou are actually not unfamiliar with them. The older people often lament that the period when Liu Huangshu took charge of Xuzhou was the most comfortable and Qingming period in the past few decades.

Although my home has been destroyed, moving to Yangzhou may be a major turning point in my future life.

It was under the influence of this idea that when Guan Yu's order to move to the relocation of the first day of the lunar calendar, tens of thousands of people responded silently and cooperated with the dispatching arrangements of Yangzhou soldiers. They began to move their families south.

Along the way, Yangzhou soldiers set up countless porridge sheds to provide three meals and food for the people who went south.

With the precedent, more and more people moved south. But at the same time, an undercurrent began to emerge...

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Pengcheng, Lu County, Main Head Pavilion

Hundreds of villagers gathered together with grief and were talking.

"The three and five in the Wan family also followed them south..." A middle-aged man with a pale face and thin skinny clothes struggled with his expression. "Or, let's follow us too. When we arrive in Yangzhou, life may be better..."

"What else can be worse than ours?" said an equally hungry young man eagerly, "How can you survive even after eating up the grass roots and bark?

The "Gao Mouse" who killed thousands of swords snatched away all our food. This bastard should have lost his son and grandson!"

The "Gao Rat" in the young man's mouth refers to Gao Rou, the prefect of Pengcheng. Because he forcibly searched for food in the people's homes after the major disaster last year. He did not organize relief, which made Pengcheng's land full of hunger, so he was denounced as "rat" by the extremely indignant people!

Many people around expressed their support.

"I heard that Jingzhou and Yangzhou have been harvesting for many years, and the barns with a lot of food cannot be put down, and a lot of food is fed to the animals." A villager with an ordinary appearance suddenly said angrily.

"They have so much food, why don't they take out some more? Are we Xuzhou people not humans, but Yangzhou people?"

"Yes!" another person said, "If they were willing to give more food, how could we throw away our houses and fields and go to Yangzhou to escape the famine?

Uncle Liu, like Gao Laomo, he doesn’t treat us as human beings. If you want to escape from famine, you will run away. If I don’t leave, I will die at home even if I die!”

After hearing this, many villagers who were already moved to move south were shaken again, looking at me one by one. I looked at you and couldn't take any attention. After all, running away from my hometown is indeed not an easy decision.

"If they don't let us live, we will fight with them!" the ordinary-looking villager said gritting his teeth, "They don't give food, we will rob it ourselves. Anyway, they will die, even if they are beaten to death when robbing food, it's better than starving to death.

I'm going to grab food. Are you going?"

It is one thing to not want to leave your hometown and escape from famine, but it is another thing to grab food. If you want to grab food, you will definitely have to have conflicts with those soldiers, and even many people will die.

When most people think of this, they hesitated.

Seeing that the other people's reaction was mediocre, the villagers who advocated robbing grain land looked sad and hated her incompetent expression and said loudly: "You don't dare, I will go by myself. I want to rob the grain and let my parents and children have enough food!"

With a shake of his head, the man was about to leave.

"I'll go too!"

"Including me..."

Several younger villagers couldn't stand the excitement and followed.

"Okay!" the man turned his head and said excitedly, "Who else will go with me?"

After a slight agitation, many people were moved and prepared to follow.

"Nothing!" An old voice suddenly rang out.

The crowd in the gathering place automatically separated a road, and a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old boy walked in with an old man over 60 years old.

"Dad, why are you here?" A middle-aged villager hurriedly stepped forward to support the old man and asked worriedly.

"I'm not here, you're going to die!" The thin old man hit the wooden stick with his right hand heavily on the ground and said angrily, "'Gao Mouse' robs our food, and Uncle Liu opens a porridge shed and places grain to help us.

Good people and bad people, can you still distinguish them?"

The old man is a retired Lizheng. Although his position is low, he has a high prestige in the four towns and eight miles.

"Who can eat those porridge?" said the villager who advocated robbing grain dissatisfied, "Uncle Liu has so much food, why don't he give us more? He clearly doesn't treat us as human beings..."

"Is that the food of other people, or ours? Is it what Uncle Liu owed us to put food and open a porridge shed?" The old man's beard was so angry that he blew up, "Uncle Huang is compassionate. He took the food to save us.

In addition to the emperor, will anyone else use grain to open a porridge shed? "Gao Laofu" is the prefect of Pengcheng. Has he ever given a grain of food?

If the emperor’s uncle doesn’t come, we can only sit at home and wait for death. If you want to grab grain, can you beat the soldiers? Even if you grab the grain and offend the emperor, will we still have a way out once the emperor leaves?"

"I'm 67 years old. I don't know how many officials I've met. I dare say that the only one who can really think about us ordinary people is the only one who can think about us.

This child..." The old man pushed the young man to help him out, "When he was two years old, he fled with his parents, and his parents were killed by the soldiers of Prime Minister Cao in Xuchang. If he had not been rescued by Uncle Liu's soldiers and placed in my house, how could he have lived to this day?

You actually want to steal the emperor’s food. Are you still considered human?"

Faced with Lao Lizheng's angry questioning, some people who agreed to grab the grain and land were lowered their heads in shame.

The villager who advocated robbing grain land looked disappointed and was about to say something else, but he didn't expect that Lao Li was looking for him directly.

"I have been a regular person for more than 30 years. Most of them know each other. But this guy looks very handsome. I wonder where he is from?"

The man's face changed slightly, and hesitated for a while and then reported a place name.

"You are from Wuyuan County. How could you come to Ye County?" Lao Li said with even more confusion. "I heard that Wuyuan's food is even short of better than ours. Why does the young man look so good?"

"He must be a spy sent by 'Gao Mouse'!" someone suddenly shouted in the crowd.

The man's face became even more ugly, and he slowly retreated under his feet, then turned around and ran wildly.

"Catch him!" More than a hundred people chased after him together with shouts.

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Xia Pi, County Magistrate's Office

"......... After more than three days, a total of 166 Cao troops were captured. More than half of them were discovered by the people of various counties in Pengcheng!" After reporting the situation, Xu Sheng said with a little excitement, "The military advisor's method is indeed useful.

Unexpectedly, just relying on the villagers and fellow pavilions, the Cao army could make it impossible to hide in detail. “

Zhuge Liang gently shook the feather fan, smiling without saying a word.

Zhuge Liang's method of "exploring" Cao's army's detailed work was not complicated, but the effect was surprisingly effective. He ordered people to secretly search for the villagers in the townships in various counties and find out how powerful they are. He asked these villagers to assist in the investigation of the spies in Cao's army.

These spies from Cao's army always hide among the people. They incite people who don't know the truth to make trouble with certain things. Once their identities are exposed, they will no longer be able to make trouble.

Because many people's homes are far apart, they are not very busy when they come and go. They only work from sunrise to sunset. Even people in a village (grassroots administrative units, pavilions under the county, and pavilions under the pavilions) may not know them all.

This gave me an opportunity to take advantage of it. However, those villagers who have served as masters are different. They are usually very familiar with people from all over the country and have deep prestige.

Zhuge Liang's method was to rely on these fellow villagers to completely cut off the "soil" of Cao's army as a living "substance".

"The third brother defeated Cao's army in Nieyang for two consecutive battles, defeating nearly 20,000 enemies." Guan Yu lowered the silk book he had just obtained and said with joy and regret.

"The general is indeed extraordinary!" Zhuge Liang smiled, and then said as if he saw through what Guan Yu was thinking, "Your Majesty does not have to regret it. I think Xuzhou will not be calm!"

"How do you say this?" Guan Yu was excited and asked with great interest.

"Cao Cao originally wanted to use the people of Xuzhou to implement the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields to drag down our army. However, our army captured Pengcheng without bloodshed. After the two counties of Xia Pi, hundreds of thousands of hungry people were unable to trap our army.

Tens of thousands of people are moving south. Although there are minor riots, they will not hurt our army. "Zhuge Liang replied with a smile, "How can Cao Cao stand it if this continues? It is obvious that he will send troops to harass our army and those who migrate south."

"I just hope they will come here soon. The Qinglong Sword will not drink blood for a long time and will rust!" Guan Yu gently stroked his long beard and said in a deep voice.

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With the careful dissemination, the news that Cao Cao was trapped in Wancheng soon spread in Yu and Sizhou, causing panic.

In Xuchang City, civil and military officials visited the Shangshutai one after another, hoping to confirm the matter from Shangshuling Xun Yu.

Although the Xuchang regime is full of talents, the court and the county and the states and counties are not lacking in abundance. But there is no doubt that in this huge regime system, Cao Cao is the absolute core.

It is precisely with Cao Cao's powerful personality charm, extraordinary talent and far-sighted strategic vision that the Xuchang regime has been established and continued to grow.

Although Cao Cao had committed the slaughter of the people and the ministers, and even suspected of killing the emperor in rumors, a large number of talents still believed that only Cao Cao was the hope of unifying the country and served him loyally.

At this point, even Xun Yu, Xun You and others cannot compare with Cao Cao, let alone Cao Pi who is unvirtuous and hopeless.

Once Cao Cao suddenly dies, the huge Xuchang regime will face a great crisis, and may even split or even collapse.

It is precisely because of this that the officials and gentry in the city attached great importance to this matter.

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Prime Minister's Mansion

"When my father was in danger, how can we ignore it?" A young man with an extremely burly figure waved his arms and said with a sigh, "I will personally lead my troops to Wancheng and kill all the thieves in Jingzhou!"

"Ziwen, don't be reckless!" Cao Pi waved his hand lightly at the burly young young man, "With Xun (Xun Yu), Chen (Chen Qun), Dong (Dong Zhao), and Zhong (Zhong Yao) here, there must be a proper way to break the siege of Wancheng!"

The burly boy was Cao Zhang, the third son of Cao Cao. He was brave and powerful by nature, and was deeply loved by Cao Cao.

Although Cao Zhang was a little unwilling to be dissuaded by his brother, he still calmed down for the time being.

"Mr. Xun, I wonder what your opinion is?" Cao Pi turned around and asked Xun Yu respectfully.

"The Prime Minister was trapped in Wancheng, and the complete ties between Xuchang and Wancheng over the past few days are proof of this.

"Xun Yu said in a deep thought, "But this news spread to Yu in just a few days. Almost everyone in the two states of Si are well-known, and there is even a tendency to spread to other states and counties, which is too abnormal.

If what I expected was not bad, this might be Zhang Feidi's trick again."

"Mr. Xun means..." Cao Pi thought for a moment and said understandably, "Zhang Fei used this to lure our army to reinforce Wancheng, so how could he take the opportunity to surround the points and attack the aid?"

"As the prince said!" Xun Yu nodded, "If you urgently reinforce Wancheng, you will easily encounter Zhang Fei's plan. In this way, not only will the trap of Wancheng not be solved, but it will also damage military strength."

"What kind of tricks does Mr. Xun have?" Cao Pi asked anxiously.
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