At the end of the Han Dynasty, various princes slaughtered people. Although the world was in chaos and the people were in dire straits, except for Cao Cao, who had a record of massacres, the other princes hardly made trouble for the people.
Seeing Lu Xun's confusion, Zhou Yu continued, "If I don't want to embarrass the people, what we are robbing is only the government's stock. The people still have surplus food in their hands."
"Think about it, what will happen if Cao's army returns to rescue without food? They can only mobilize them from various places. After the people escape and become refugees, Cao's army will have no way to snatch food from them."
"Furthermore, the people who have been driven away also need to be resettled. This can also buy some time for our army."
Lu Xun suddenly realized, "I finally understand."
"Yeah." Zhou Yu said with a grunt, "Xu Feng, Ding Feng, Jiang Qin, Jin Qi, you guys go together. Remember, soldiers are strictly prohibited from robbing the people's stock and property! Just drive them away!"
"promise!"
On the second day of February, there is no festival saying that the dragon raises its head, but this is the time for spring plowing.
As Huang Zhong's troops launched a massive attack on the city and captured territory, and Lu Xun and other generals drove away the people, the entire Xuzhou was affected.
Chen Jiao, the governor of Pengcheng, and Dong Zhao, the pastor of Xuzhou, finally got the news.
Dong Zhao looked at the military report in his hand with a look of disbelief on his face, "How come Liu Cong's army is in Langya? I just sent people to the Huainan front line to transport food and grass yesterday?"
Chen Jiao, who was sitting at the bottom, also looked ugly, "Gongren (Dong Zhaozi), now is not the time to talk about this. It is reported that Gaomi, Xichang and other places near Langya have been affected. We should respond quickly.
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Dong Zhao smiled bitterly and said, "There are less than 20,000 field soldiers in Xuzhou, and they are still scattered in various places. Now we can only gather these troops to resist for a while."
Chen Jiao nodded and said, "In addition, we need to gather the fleeing people, and then quickly send someone to send a message to General Xiahou, asking him to send troops to support us."
There are hundreds of thousands of troops on the front lines in Shouchun, Hefei and other places. Who would have thought that Liu Cong's army would suddenly cross the Huainan defense line and appear in Xuzhou?
As for the people who fled, Dong Zhao and Chen Jiao did not feel a headache. The military newspaper reported that there were only 140,000 or 50,000 refugees.
Cao Cao almost slaughtered all of Xuzhou back then. Now most of the people in Xuzhou are immigrants and family members of the army. The current population of Xuzhou is not large.
Xuzhou implements the strategy of farming, and has always been self-sufficient, and can still have some stocks. Recently, it has to transport grain and grass to the front line, and a large amount of grain from the imperial court will pass through Xuzhou, so people can still make arrangements for this.
What troubles them is that Xuzhou has just made some improvements this year. Now that the war has begun, affecting spring farming, how much energy will Xuzhou lose?
Dong Zhao had already picked up the pen to write a letter, "This letter should be sent to General Xiahou first. Returning to Xuzhou to aid is a top priority."
"Send this letter to Xun Shangshu and ask him to report this matter to the prime minister."
"This order is given to Xiapi Prefect, asking him to recruit troops quickly!"
"Order the prefects of all counties to guard the city strictly and not to fight! Anyone who dares to surrender will be killed without mercy!"
"I'll trouble Ji Bi to gather the people, and I'll recruit strong men and assemble the soldiers for the field."
Letters and orders came out from Pengcheng Pegasus!
Pengcheng was not far from Shouchun. One day later, the horse arrived in Shouchun, and the knight hurried to Shouchun Prefect's Mansion.
"What? Liu Jun has appeared in Langya? Bring me the letter." He was as disbelieving as Dong Zhao, but it was a pity that Xiahou Dun only had one eye to express his emotions.
Xiahou Dun was very important to Cao Cao. Unlike Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun was defeated almost every time! But even so, he never stopped getting promoted!
If you want to talk about fighting, Xiahou Dun was indeed not very good at it, but he was a good hand in domestic affairs. He was proficient in water conservancy management, agricultural development, grain and grass reserves, etc.
When Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, Xiahou Dun stayed in Puyang, but his family was stolen by Lu Bu and Zhang Miao. To this day, Cao Cao still leaves the rear area to his most trusted brother.
Perhaps Cao Cao also knew about his brother's ability, so he specially sent Xun You to assist him, and also transferred Zang Ba from Xuzhou to him. Even this was not enough, so he even transferred Zhang Liao from Youzhou!
"Let's take a look at it, too." Xiahou Dun handed the letter to Xun You and others, and then asked the messenger, "The letter said that the enemy army numbered 40,000 to 50,000. Do you have any proof?"
The messenger handed over his hand and replied, "After many investigations by our army, we have found that the enemy army indeed has tens of thousands of people."
"You go down."
"promise."
After the messenger left, Xiahou Dun looked at Xun You and asked, "What do you think, sir?"
Xun You frowned and said, "Dong Gongren and Chen Jibi will not lie to us. I am afraid that the enemy army really has 40,000 to 50,000 people."
Zang Ba asked in confusion, "Then how did they appear behind us? Is it possible that Liu Jun can fly?"
Xun You shook his head and said, "I'm afraid he took the sea route!"
Zang Ba still couldn't figure it out, "Sea route?"
"Report! General Zhang Liao reports urgently that Pang Tong led his army across the river from the east of the Yangtze River and has captured Juchao!"
"Report! General Li Dian reports urgently that Cai Mao has led 20,000 troops to garrison in Shiting!"
After Juchao is Hefei. And Shiting belongs to Lujiang County!
Two battle reports in succession made Xun You frown even more tightly, "This is to send troops to disrupt our rear first, and then take the opportunity to attack Huainan!"
Xiahou Dun became a little anxious and asked, "Sir, the rear is unstable and there are enemy troops on the front. What should we do?"
Xun You thought for a while and said, "We must quickly send troops back to support the rear, and then report to the prime minister what happened here. The general must also go to the front line of Hefei to support Zhang Liao."
"Li Dian of Lujiang also has 20,000 troops. Let him stick to the city and not fight Cai Mao. As long as we defeat Pang Tong, Cai Mao will naturally retreat."
Xiahou Dun nodded, sat back and faced Zang Ba, "Xuan Gao, I'll give you 20,000 cavalry, and you go back to support Xuzhou."
"I will obey your orders!"
"General, wait a minute!" Xun You stopped Zang Ba, who was about to return for reinforcements, and continued to Xiahou Dun, "General Xiahou, Liu Jun has always had many tricks, and 20,000 men may not be enough to defeat Liu Jun in Langya. I would like to suggest that Zang Ba
The general's 30,000 cavalry united with Xuzhou's field troops to deal with Liu's army in Langya. The rear is unstable and the frontline troops are uneasy. Therefore, the war in the rear can only be won but not defeated!"
Xiahou Dun hesitated and said, "Huainan only has 130,000 troops. If we give him 30,000 troops, Shouchun and Hefei will only have 80,000 troops. What if we lose to Pang Tong and Huainan loses?"
Xun You replied, "General, Pang Tong's army heading north is only a hundred thousand. Our army is guarding the city. He cannot easily capture it no matter what. After stabilizing the rear, let Zang Ba support the front."
Xiahou Dun finally made up his mind, "Zang Ba, you can lead 30,000 troops. You must defeat Liu Jun in Langya."
"promise!"
"Le Jin, you lead 10,000 cavalry to support Hefei quickly. I will arrive shortly with my army."
"promise!"
"Come here, send an order to Li Dian, telling him to hold on to the city and not go to war!"
"promise."
After arranging the order, Xiahou Dun said to Xun You, "Sir, please write a letter for me to write to Xun Yu, the minister."