The Xuzhou Army entered the city, and the people of Shouchun were surprised to find that the ant tide that had been raging in the city for a long time began to retreat one after another, disappeared into the ground, and would no longer come out to grab food. However, by this time, every household in the city was almost out of food.
Already.
Although they were surprised, the people in the city still looked at the Xuzhou Army slowly entering the city with numb faces. No matter who was the Lord of Shouchun, they had no hope for tomorrow.
"Quick, here!" Just as the people were numbly watching the Xuzhou Army enter the city, they saw a large number of Xuzhou Army officers pushing grain carts in. Xuzhou officials were among them, and they quickly occupied the original Huainan Yin Yamen Office.
In fact, it was the government office of the Jiujiang Prefect, and the prepared posters were posted in the most eye-catching locations everywhere.
In the astonished eyes of the people in Shouchun, grain trucks were pushed in one after another, and at the same time someone read the list loudly:
Hearing that there had been a recent disaster in Shouchun, Lu Bu, the herdsman of Xuzhou, felt that it was not easy for the people to survive, so he opened a warehouse to release grain and mobilized Xuzhou grain and grass to come to the relief of the victims. All Shouchun people can receive ten kilograms of rice per person based on their household registration!
Those without household registration can go to the government office to register, and they can also receive rice grains!
The contents of the list are not complicated. The writing is too complicated and the people cannot understand it. Just tell them directly what they will give. For the people of Shouchun today, any policy to benefit the people is fake, no matter how good the policy is.
, and the current life-saving food is not as reliable as it is.
For a time, the originally numb people in Shouchun seemed to suddenly come to life, and they rushed to various food distribution places to receive rice grains.
"Line up for me, anyone who dares to cause trouble will be killed without mercy!" Among the crowd, there are Xuzhou Army officers and soldiers maintaining order. Naturally, they cannot be very gentle. At this time, if you don't use ruthless methods, the hungry people will be crazy.
No matter how bad you are, they might just come up and rob you.
After killing several hungry people who were causing trouble, and people began to receive rice grains, the mood calmed down.
At this time, people who were interested could see that the Xuzhou Army had obviously known what happened in the city for a long time. In other words, the ant tide incident was planned by the Xuzhou Army. Otherwise, as soon as the Xuzhou Army came in, they would provide disaster relief and conduct household registration checks. This had obviously been done for a long time.
Prepare.
Moreover, after the Xuzhou Army came in, the ant tide disappeared quickly. Under the covert propaganda of the Xuzhou Army, this was naturally Yuan Shu's misconduct. Ordinary people did not know much about divine power, and the Xuzhou Army was indeed solving their food problems.
question, naturally he quickly began to support Lu Bu.
But in the eyes of many scholars, this move was not very clever and was full of flaws. After all, the Xuzhou army started providing relief as soon as they entered the city, and they carried it out in an orderly manner. This is really not normal. Under normal circumstances, who would bring so much food with the army? Enough.
The generals and officers of the army only need to eat it. Too much food and grass will only slow down the marching speed.
But no matter what, the people will not think about this. Lu Bu's goal of winning people's hearts and popularity has been achieved at this moment. People who can understand can't say anything now. If they say it, they are seeking death. Lu Bu may directly deal with them. The people
I don't think much of them, and more importantly... they also need to eat.
Although I understand in my heart, now in Shouchun City, even the homes of the wealthy families have no food left. At this time, it would be a bit unethical to eat other people's food and talk about their faults.
Shouchun, Imperial Palace.
Chu Nan looked at the twenty people prepared by Yuan Shu with some speechlessness. Except for Yang Hong, Yuan Shu's son Yuan Yao and his three daughters, the others were all Yuan Shu's wives and concubines.
"General, are you sure these are the people?" Chen Gong also looked at Yuan Shu speechlessly.
Yuan Shu looked into their eyes and nodded gloomily: "Mr. Youlao."
"General, don't worry. After General Ji Ling helps us sort out the armies, he will immediately rush to Hong County to join the general. He must arrive before tonight. The lord has already sent a letter to the officials in each county to take charge of the general's daily life.
In addition, the messenger to Qingzhou has also set off. When the general arrives at Langya, he should send someone to pick him up." Chu Nan looked at Yuan Shu and said with a smile.
"Thank you." By now, Lu Bu's troops have entered the city. Even if Yuan Shu wants to go back on his word, he doesn't have the ability.
At that moment, Chen Gong followed his words and sent Yuan Shu, his women, children and Yang Hong to Hong County.
Chu Nan looked at Ji Ling and said: "General Ji, I hope the general will help you with the next matter. We will keep the best of the 200,000 troops. We have already discussed that at most 50,000 of the 200,000 troops will be left. The remaining
All of them were returned to their places of origin and engaged in farming."
Most of Yuan Shu's 200,000-strong army are new troops and do not have much combat effectiveness. If they are retained, they will only have momentum and no actual combat effectiveness. Instead of keeping them and wasting food, it is better to go home and farm, which can also increase agricultural output.
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"I'm afraid it will be difficult to finish these things before sunset." Ji Ling was a little confused. Let alone half a day, so many things may not be able to be dealt with in three days.
"There is no need to finish everything. Just tell the generals to follow our command. At sunset, we will send the general to Hong County. But the general must not forget that from now on, the general is my father-in-law's general." Chu.
Nan looked at Ji Ling and said seriously.
"Don't worry, sir. Since my lord is willing to let my old master live, from today onwards, Ji Ling will be my lord's general. I am willing to bring shame on my lord!" After Ji Ling finished speaking, he bowed to Lu Bu.
"Okay, haha, if General Ji is willing to join our army, I will definitely not treat the general badly!" Lu Brown laughed loudly. Ji Ling was the only general under Yuan Shu that he liked.
The next thing was much simpler. Ji Ling first summoned all the generals in the city to come and pay homage to Lu Bu. Those who were willing to submit would submit, and those who were unwilling would not leave anyone behind. As long as they relinquished military power, they could do whatever they wanted.
Although there are many generals under Yuan Shu, there are really not many who can be used. Otherwise, 100,000 people would not have been defeated by Lu Bu in just a few blows. This is not only a problem of Ji Ling's limited ability as a commander, but also the unbearable ability of these generals under his command.
Dayong is not as good as Song Xian and Cheng Lian, so how can he fight?
Therefore, Chu Nan did not feel sad about the departure of these generals.
But when they arrived at the outer city, something went wrong. The troops guarding Huai River rebelled a lot. When Gao Shun arrived, these people wanted to take the opportunity to capture Gao Shun, but they were killed by Gao Shun four times. They were in a terrible state.
's return.
"Lord, someone has sent the message to the other side!" Ji Ling came back and looked at Lu Bu with an ugly expression.
Now that Yuan Shu has given up and is preparing to go north, these ministers naturally have to find another way out, but Lu Bu's reputation is too bad, especially Xuzhou's new policy has offended the entire gentry group, and Yuan Shu hires people not based on ability, but only based on family background, civil service, and military skills under his command.
Except for these people who followed him in the early years, almost all of them were victims of Lu Bu's new policies. How could they be willing to surrender to Lu Bu? As early as when Chu Nan left the city, they had already secretly united and prepared to shut out Lu Bu and welcome Cao Cao across the Huai River.
But they didn't expect Lu Bu to move so quickly. Chu Nan came back not long after he left, and Ji Ling, the former Zhong family general, helped to clear the way, so Shouchun was quickly controlled by Lu Bu.
"Cao Cao?" Lu Bu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at Chen Gong and Chu Nan: "How?"
"Order General Gao to retreat quickly and let Cao's army cross the river!" Chen Gong looked at Lu Bu and said in a deep voice.
Let Cao Cao cross the river, and then...
Chu Nan looked at his teacher, he was still an educated man!
Once Cao Cao crosses the river, behind him is the Huai River, and in front is Shouchun, which has been captured by Lu Bu. Tsk tsk~
Lu Bu nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, pass on my military order and order Gao Shun to withdraw immediately. Don't enter the city. Just wait for Cao Cao's army to cross the river and cooperate with the main force of our army to attack Cao Cao!"
"Here!" One of the guards went to deliver the order.
"Zi Yan, take your troops and take charge of the defense of Beicheng immediately. Don't let Cao Cao surprise you!" Lu Bu looked at Chu Nan.
"Take the order!" Chu Nan nodded, and immediately took Huang Zhong and Wei Yan to the North City Gate to prepare for precautions.
Lu Bu and Chen Gong continued to settle Shouchun soldiers and civilians in the city.
On the other side, after Cao Cao got the news that Yuan Shu was going to open the city to welcome Lu Bu into the city, he immediately summoned the generals to discuss the matter.
"If Lu Bu is allowed to get Shouchun, all the land in the Yangtze River and Huaihe River will belong to Lu Bu." Cheng Yu frowned.
No one blamed Lu Bu for accepting Yuan Shu's surrender. It was meaningless. It was Cao Cao's business to maintain the dignity of the court and had nothing to do with Lu Bu. Killing Yuan Shu was also their business and had nothing to do with Lu Bu. Lu Bu's request was to get the land of Jianghuai.
Now once Shouchun is acquired, Lu Bu will be the master of Jianghuai. With Xuzhou, Lu Bu already has the capital to compete with Cao Cao. Shouchun must not be acquired by Lu Bu.
"Pass my military order and the three armies will cross the river immediately!" Cao Cao stood up and said in a deep voice: "Inform those people and ask them to persuade the soldiers guarding the Huai River as soon as possible to get out of the way. We will attack Shouchun immediately."
"Here!"
The generals agreed and prepared to cross the river.
But before Cao Cao's army was ready, Gao Shun had already come over with his troops and killed the Jianghuai army guarding the Huai River to a pulp. They fled or surrendered one after another.
By the time Cao Cao was gathering on the north bank to cross the river, Gao Shun had already prepared a defensive line.
"Bastard!" Cao Cao was a little angry, and Lu Bu's reaction became faster and faster.
"Lord, there is news from the south bank that Lu Bu has entered the city." Cheng Yu hurried to Cao Cao's side and sighed.
Cao Cao looked at the Xuzhou Army on the other side with deep eyes. He didn't speak, and he didn't want to speak. This battle allowed Lu Bu to gain the land of Jianghuai. Coupled with Lu Bu's control over Xuzhou, it would be more difficult for him to capture Lu Bu than it was a year ago.
Several times more.
"Lord, there may not be no chance of crossing the river at this time!" Le Jin said in a deep voice.
Cao Cao shook his head and was about to say something when he saw Xu Chu pointing to the other side and saying: "My lord, look quickly, the defenders have retreated!"
After hearing this, Cao Cao looked up and saw the Xuzhou Army on the other side of the river withdrawing from the river bank defense line in an orderly manner, seemingly preparing to abandon the defense.
Xu Chu saw this and said excitedly: "Master, we can cross the river soon."
"Crossing the river at this time is asking for death!" Cao Cao was not so optimistic when he saw this. He instantly understood the other party's intention, shook his head and said: "Send an envoy to congratulate Lu Bu, and ask Lu Bu to hand over the imperial seal!"
Since we can't fight, let's talk about it later. We can't fight here, but Xuzhou can still fight. It's a pity that Lu Bu, a reckless man, has gained power! This made Cao Cao very unhappy!