Xuzhou is a miserable scene.

Hundreds of thousands of people with family members, men and women, old and old, crying and robbing the sky and the earth, heading south...

On the vast plain, there are moving people everywhere. I can't stand the hard work of traveling far away, and I have been short of food and food for a long time, and I feel weak. From time to time, there are elderly people who fall down as they walk and never get up again...

The family was unable to bury the burial, so they could only find Zhang Caomai to wrap the body behind him and dig a shallow pit to bury the matter.

This is pretty good! Some corpses are directly exposed to the wild, eroded by wind and frost, eaten by birds and beasts, and rotten. What's more, some hungry refugees will cook dead corpses to satisfy their hunger.

Some children who were separated from their parents cried bitterly, looking at the abortions of people who were walking south with their tears and their young eyes, looking so helpless and pitiful.

What's even more terrifying is that some hungry refugees have turned their greedy eyes to these children, as if they are looking at the slaughtered lambs.

The great way of human ethics, the general etiquette, becomes worthless in the face of hunger and survival. The most practical thing is to live.

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Some of these hundreds of thousands of refugees came from Xuzhou and some from Qingzhou, and were forcibly driven away from their homes by Cao's army.

According to Xun Yu's plan, Xiahou Dun led his troops to destroy the houses and fields of the people of Beihai, Linqiu County in southern Qingzhou, and Langya County in northern Xuzhou. He then forced more than 300,000 people of the three counties into Xiapi and Donghai County with force, and then secretly spread the remarks in detail, leading this huge refugee to the road of migration south.

Such a huge refugee team, no matter where they pass, is like a locust passing through the border, eating up all the things that can satisfy your hunger, leaving only a mess.

Although the local people were unwilling to accept it and fought with refugees, they were like a few stones falling into the torrent. They could only make a few slight ripples and then turned into invisible.

In desperation, these local people who did not want to leave their hometowns had to join the refugee team because they had only had some food to snatch away.

Gradually, the refugees became larger and larger, and the entire Xuzhou and half of Qingzhou were trapped.

Yangzhou! This is the way of life that refugees yearn for. But it is also the only place to go. The road to the north and west has been ruthlessly sealed by Cao's army, and it is only possible to kill one way to break through. To the east is the vast sea...

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On the north city of Xiapi County, Guan Yu stood tall, like a towering statue of a god, motionless. The spring breeze blew gently, waving up the lake-green battle robe, like the water waves. The long beard on his chest. Flying gently with the wind.

From the early morning, Guan Yu watched the city tower slowly moving south from the crowd. For an hour, he almost didn't move.

A slight footsteps came from behind...

Zhuge Liang, who was wearing a crane buckle, walked slowly to Guan Yu's side with his usual feather fan. He said nothing, and looked into the distance.

"Is the Northern Expedition wrong? " Guan Yu kept standing tall, seemingly calm but also implicitly.

Huangsha has been fighting for twenty years. Guan Yu, who has countless unjust souls under the Qinglong Sword, could actually say such words???!!!

The miserable situation in hundreds of thousands of refugees was so bad that even the iron man could not look at him.

Sixty-five thousand people! This is the number of refugees obtained by Zhuge Liang after comprehensively combining various information.

Xuzhou has become a huge quicksand trap, causing Guan Yu's Yangzhou Legion to fall into it without any movement.

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Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and did not answer immediately, after a while.

He said with a clear voice but affirmative attitude: "This time it is Qing and Xuzhou, and the next time it may be one of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty; this time it is six or seven hundred thousand people, and the next time it is six or seven million people...

Cao Cao has always been such a person, and he uses any means to achieve his goals. If he needs to, he will slaughter all Xuzhou like he did 14 years ago without hesitation."

When he said this, Zhuge Liang, who had always been gentle and did not show his joy and anger, couldn't help but feel annoyed. It was 14 years ago that Cao Cao wanted to avenge his father, and the other was that he wanted to embezzle Xuzhou.

More than 100,000 troops were launched to attack Xuzhou, and during this period he launched the most cruel massacre in nearly a hundred years————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

The exposed white bones can still be found in the fields from time to time even after 14 years. Hundreds of thousands of unjust souls are crying all the time.

Zhuge Liang's parents died in the bloody massacre.

The scene in front of him made Zhuge Liang recall the scenes when he and his elder brother and younger brother fled south alone.

After a pause, Zhuge Liang dispelled the anger in his words, regained his calmness, and said in a harmonious voice: "If we do not attack Cao Cao in the north, more people will suffer more miserable misfortunes than before us."

For the sake of the country and the people, Liang thought that he would attack Cao Cao, and that he would win. Only in this way would he be able to ensure that the people live and work in peace and contentment for a hundred years."

Guan Yu didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

"June, today the navy has just arrived a batch of grain, about 20,000 shi, and it can barely allow the refugees entering Xia Pi and Pengcheng to last for half a month.

"Zhuge Liang looked up at the distance and sighed, "The food needed in Xuzhou has far exceeded the original expectations. The power of joining Jing and Yang has been maintained quite difficult. The general stationed in Wancheng and suspended military service, which may not be due to the fact that food was saved.

Fortunately, our army did not continue to go deeper after capturing Pengcheng, Xiapi and Donghai counties. It was possible to transport food and grass more conveniently by relying on the navy, otherwise it would have been in chaos now."

"Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren and the two thieves are too abominable. If they can get two thieves in the future, I will poke them to ashes!" Guan Yu suddenly said hatefully.

Zhuge Liang knew that Guan Yu was considering Cao Cao's kindness back then and did not directly reveal the real culprit. In fact, Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren were just executors, not decision-makers.

"Even though he was ambushed by the flying army many times, Cao Ren's harassment of Pengcheng and Xia Pi was becoming more and more frequent..." Zhuge Liang did not say anything more about the question just now, and changed the topic: "Judge, for Liang's opinion.

I'm afraid the Cao army and the land counterattack are not far away..."

Guan Yu nodded lightly and looked into the distance.

Under the city, five or six relief porridge sheds are constantly giving hot porridge to refugees. The soldiers in charge of the guards also persuaded refugees not to be greedy for drinking porridge from time to time, so as not to burn their inner abdomen.

There is a long line in front of each porridge shed, winding and twisting, without seeing the back and the back...

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Lu Meng led more than ten cavalry guards to Jiangling City, the capital of Nanjun County.

"Zi Ming. You have finally arrived!"

As soon as he entered the governor's mansion, Lu Meng heard the cheerful greeting.

"Brother Yuan Jian, Brother Gong Miao..." Lu Meng rushed forward, hugged Liao Hua, He Qi and others for a moment, and said excitedly.

"Good boy, he's much stronger! He's so much darker?!" Liao Hua slapped Lu Meng's chest hard and said with a laugh.

When Liao Hua arrived in Jingzhou, Lu Meng had already led his army south to Wuling. Before that.

Liao Hua has always stationed troops in Kuaiji, responsible for guarding the three counties of Kuaiji, Wu and Yue, and Lu Meng has always stationed troops in Jiaobei, responsible for defending the Southern Central Barbarians and Liu Zhang in Xichuan. The two were nearly a thousand miles apart. They have not seen each other for many years.

"I've been running around outside all day long, and the sun is getting too much sun!" Lu Meng laughed and said, "Brother Yuan Jian, we have been missing for three years, right?"

"It's been three years and four months!" Liao Hua nodded and sighed with a smile, "The boy who was the first to be a general who was guarding the country, and his position was higher than mine!"

Touching the back of his head, Lu Meng chuckled, "Brother Yuan Jian, don't make fun of me!"

Lu Meng and Liao Hua have a good relationship and are familiar with each other's personality. They are very clear that Liao Hua's words have nothing to do with jealousy, and are more of sincere joy.

"Zi Ming, go and see the governor!" After greeting the little brother, Liao Hua patted Lu Meng on the shoulder and reminded him.

With a light response, Lu Meng stepped forward and rushed to Lu Xun, who was studying the map at his desk, saluting: "I have seen the governor in the end!"

He straightened up, Lu Xun's handsome face had a gentle smile on his usual face. He chuckled and said, "Zi Ming is here very quickly!"

"It happened to be Nanfengtian. Take the boat smoothly!" Lu Meng replied with a smile.

After Lu Meng greeted others, Lu Xun put away the map on the table. Also known as the soldier lifted a huge sand table and placed it in the middle of the hall.

"Zi Ming is here, and everyone is together, so let's officially start discussing matters!" Lu Xun's voice was gentle and harmless, but he had an invisible demeanor.

The generals in the hall held their breath and looked at Lu Xun with concentration.

During this discussion, Lu Xun was going to stay in Jingzhou. All the main generals except Liu Pan, who was training the county and state soldiers, gathered here. In their hands, they were controlling more than half of the military forces in the heartlands of Jing, Yang and the three states.

The importance of discussion can be seen.

"The Lords may have known that after two months of hard work, the general defeated Cao Cao several times, and has successfully captured all the county in Nanyang. The troops are heading towards Xuchang, and the leaders of Yu and Sizhou are greatly shocked.

In Xuzhou, the king and the princes had gone to Pengcheng, Xiapi and Donghai counties without fighting.

"Lu Xun said with an excited expression, "The situation of the Northern Expedition is very good at present. It can be said that the first step of the Northern Expedition strategy, which was previously determined by the four military advisors Xu, Zhuge, Pang and Lu, has been realized."

Lu Meng and others clenched their fists in the hall, and looked excited. Although they did not directly participate in the Northern Expedition, they also felt the same way.

"Although the prospects for the Northern Expedition are great, the war may be even more difficult in the future. Cao Cao will never be willing to be defeated, and a big counterattack is bound to emerge.

"After a pause, Lu Xun continued, "In order to make the king and the general co-conscientiously cope with the enemy, the first thing to do is to ensure the peace in the rear. Among them, Jingzhou is the most important.

A few days ago, chaos arose in Xichuan, which greatly reduced the dangers in Jingzhou. However, according to the latest information, Meng Huo, the leader of the Southern Central Barbarians, had gathered tens of thousands of barbarian troops. It seems that the day of his invasion in the east is about to come.

In addition, the Cao army in Hanzhong is also ready to move, which means to invade upwards, but I think Xiahou Yuan may have other plans..."
Chapter completed!