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Chapter 235: No poison, no husband
Hefei city.
Nearly a month and a half has passed since we were surrounded by Wu Jun.
Zhou Yu's "Rat" combat plan did not play a decisive role as previously expected.
Although Hefei City's food was consumed a lot by these tens of thousands of rats, because Zhang Liao and others promptly organized the city's military and civilians to carry out the "Pay attention to hygiene and eliminate the four pests" activities, most of the rats were exterminated in time, and the remaining The food is still enough to support the people of the city for half a year.
It seems that the cooperating Cao Jun successfully escaped another disaster.
But just when Zhang Liao and others were relieved and planning to laugh at Zhou Yu's ridiculous tricks, the real disaster followed.
It was the transition between late summer and early autumn, a time when epidemics were common. Although the rats in the city had been exterminated, the bodies of dead rats were everywhere, and plague soon began to break out in the city.
Zhou Yu¡¯s calculation was very accurate, he had been waiting for this moment.
After hearing that the plague had begun to occur in the city, Zhou Yu decisively took advantage of the last wave of rainfall in late summer to dig up Feishui and fill the city with water.
At that time, Liu Fu built the city of Hefei extremely strong, and the city was not located in a low-lying area. Although the Wu people dug up water from the city, it was not enough to destroy the city. The city was filled with water, but it just did not reach the feet. That¡¯s all.
If it were normal, this strategy of digging water to flood the city would not have any critical effect at all, but at such a time when a plague breaks out in the city, the effect is fatal.
The corpses of rats carrying the plague quickly spread throughout the city after being soaked in dirty water. The drinking water in the city was soon completely contaminated. Once the water was contaminated, the plague naturally spread rapidly.
In just half a month, one-third of the soldiers and civilians in the city were infected with various diseases. In severe cases, they died after being unable to survive for a few days. In mild cases, they vomited and had diarrhea and were severely dehydrated.
In one month, Hefei City has turned into a dead city filled with plague.
This is Zhou Yu¡¯s plan.
As long as this important military town leading to the north can be breached, even if all the people in the city are killed, all they get is an empty city.
While Hefei City was undergoing hell-like torture, Cao Cao was still working overtime to build the Shapi Dam in Shou.
Because the last wave of rainfall in late summer was more intense than in previous years, the floods surged and washed away several of the originally repaired dams. The date for Cao Cao's army to assist the war in the south had to be postponed.
While Cao Cao was working day and night to repair the dam, the news coming from the government was getting worse each time.
The latest emergency report came from the guard Xue Ti, saying that Zhang Liao and Le Jin were both sick and unable to see anything. Seventy percent of the defenders in the city were suffering from illness and had basically lost their combat effectiveness. The city of Hefei was in danger. In Danxi.
The flurry of calls for help made Cao Cao feel even heavier. He really didn't expect Zhou Yu to be so ruthless, and would not hesitate to use such vicious methods in order to get Hefei City.
The situation on the cooperative side was far worse than Cao Cao's imagination. The illness of Zhang Le and the two made him realize that he might not be able to wait until the dam was repaired on his side and the army rushed to rescue him. moment.
After repeated weighings, Cao Cao had to make a difficult decision and ordered the coalition defenders to abandon the city, break through and retreat to Shou.
Zhou Yu, who was besieging the city, seemed to have expected that Cao Cao would make this decision, so he ordered the withdrawal of the siege in the north of the city not long ago, taking the initiative to give an opening to the enemy.
A few days later, Xue Ti in the city received a secret order from Cao Cao. This secret order made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
That night, Xue Ti took the weak General Zhang Le and led two thousand troops who were still capable of fighting. Under the cover of night, they quietly left the north gate and walked overland to the enemy three hundred miles away. Shou removed.
At dawn the next day, when the remaining civil and military officials in the city learned that all the main generals, governors and other high-ranking officials had abandoned the city, they decisively opened the city gate and surrendered to the Wu Kaicheng.
After besieging the city for more than two months, Zhou Yu finally placed his banner on the top of Hefei City.
Ten out of ten residents in Hefei City were infected by the epidemic. Regarding how to deal with those suffering from the plague, Zhou Yu made a decision to get the best of both worlds.
He first ordered the establishment of an isolation camp ten miles outside the city, and moved civilians who had not been infected to the isolation camp to prevent them from infecting the outside world.
For those who are already infectedZhou Yu then allocated them a few days of rations and gave them some obsolete ships that were about to be obsolete, and drove them north along the F¨¦i River to the Cao-occupied area on their own.
Zhou Yu made another ruthless move, clearly intending to bring trouble to the north.
Once these tens of thousands of infected people go north to the Shou front line and enter the densely populated Cao-occupied area, they will definitely cause considerable panic. Once the epidemic they carry spreads, the consequences will be very serious.
"And these people are the people under Cao Cao's rule. If you, Cao Cao, refuse to save them and refuse to accept them, you will lose the hearts of the people."
"If you take in these infected people but mishandle them during the introduction, causing the epidemic to spread in Huaibei, you will still cause resentment.
No matter how Cao Cao responded, Cao Cao would have to pay the price for Zhou Yu's ruthless move.
Cao Cao, who was stationed in Bingshou, planned to repair the Shaopi Embankment before sending his army south to seize the compound feudal lords in one fell swoop and avenge the blood feud on the Wu people.
However, the tens of thousands of refugees who fled back from Hefei became a thorny problem for Cao Cao, forcing him to give up the idea of ??going south.
Of course Cao Cao knew Zhou Yu's "insidious" intentions. Facing tens of thousands of refugees who were like time bombs, Cao Cao did not hesitate for too long. He quickly made a cruel decision.
All refugees were driven into isolation camps in the wilderness far away from the city. They were only provided with limited food rations and left to fend for themselves.
In order to prevent these refugees from escaping, Cao Cao ordered several deep trenches to be dug near the isolation camps. The army that originally planned to go south to fight the Wu people was closely guarded around the isolation camps. If anyone dared to escape, they would be killed. Shoot to kill.
Of course, Cao Cao knew that his actions would inevitably arouse complaints from the people, and even his opponents would use those words of benevolence, justice and morality to use public opinion to attack him.
But Cao Cao also knows that those ignorant people are best at "healing the scars and forgetting the pain."
Today, they can complain about their cruel practices. After complaining, as long as they are given some sweetness, they will be grateful to themselves in the blink of an eye.
Therefore, based on this consideration, Cao Cao ordered in the name of the imperial court to reduce the taxes of 30% of the people in the war-torn areas of Huainan.
Sure enough, with the tax reduction order, the people of Huainan were very happy, and the originally agitated public opinion gradually subsided because of this.
However, Huainan has experienced successive catastrophes, and the Tuntian District that Cao Cao worked so hard to manage has suffered heavy losses. Under these unfavorable factors, Cao Cao can only temporarily give up his plan to enter the south and join forces with Fei, and focus on restoring Huainan's economy.
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Chengdu City.
In the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion, Liu Feng looked at the information that had just arrived from the southeast on the case table, and there was a feeling of emotion between his brows.
He really didn¡¯t expect that Zhou Yufang would stage such a big drama as soon as he came out of the mountain, giving Cao Cao, his defeated general a few years ago, another head-on blow.
"I didn't expect Zhou Lang to be so ruthless. Our Duke Cao lost miserably now. The failure of the alliance is no less than the defeat of Chibi."
Liu Feng shook his head and sighed, feeling vaguely in his heart that this "resurrected" Zhou Yu seemed to be more terrifying than the previous Mizhouro.
Liu Feng considers himself to be "unscrupulous", but compared with Zhou Yu's trick of flooding Huainan and destroying the epidemic, Liu Feng is already very kind.
"My lord, Hefei has been lost and Huainan is shaken. This time Cao Cao will be dragged to the southeast. I believe that we will not be able to threaten Jingzhou again for a while. We will take advantage of this opportunity to advance northward, wipe out Liu Bei and Zhang Lu, and occupy Bashu. , then attack Long in the north and unify the world."
The person who made the comment was none other than Meng Da.
As a branch of the Dongzhou scholars, Meng Da and Fazheng both belong to the Fufeng scholars in Guanzhong. What they think about day and night is to fight back to their hometown in Guanzhong.
Even though Meng Da has surrendered to Liu Feng and his former comrade Fa Zheng has become his enemy, Meng Da's original political intention has never changed.
"Liu Bei is a lost dog, so there is nothing to worry about. Zhang Lu is just a follower. Even if the two of them join forces, they can't stir up any trouble. Now that the war in Yizhou is about to end, and everything is devastated, I think it's time for your lord to stop and rest and accumulate strength. , and then send troops to capture Hanzhong, and success will be achieved immediately."
Unlike Meng Da, Huang Quan did not support the immediate northward march. As a purebred Yizhou scholar, after his hometown was traumatized by the war, he acted as the representative of the Yizhou scholars and naturally had to stand up to safeguard the interests of the Yizhou people. .
In fact, Liu Feng was originally inclined to recuperate. Of course, Yizhou was suffering from the war, which was not enough to support him in launching a war to wipe out Liu Bei and Zhang Lu. On the other hand, he also considered the possibility of cooperation. After the war, Jingzhou could come under pressure from Cao's army.
But now that Hefei was unexpectedly lost, Liu Feng saw another opportunity. At this time, Liu Feng was really a little unsure about whether to go to war with Zhang Lu.
While he was weighing himself, Shi Wei hurried in and presented a silk book with a solemn expression.
"My lord, the urgent report has just arrived from Jingzhou."
Liu Feng opened the silk book and took a look. His originally plain expression turned into ice in an instant.
Liu Qi is dead.
The heart that I thought was as hard as iron is actually an uncontrollable pain at this moment.
The person who had the same unfortunate life experience as himself, the brother who once risked his life to block a fatal arrow for himself, the friend who fought side by side to find a way out, are gone just like this.
Long before Liu Feng left Jingzhou, Liu Qi was already critically ill. At that time, Liu Feng had been mentally prepared. He had a premonition that Liu Qi would not be able to survive until the day of his return.
However, now when the expected fact happened, Liu Feng still felt extremely uncomfortable.
"Brother, brother"
With this title in mind, Liu Feng was silent for a long time before he put down the silk book and said to Meng Da at the foot of the stairs: "Zidu, it seems that your plan to take Hanzhong from the north will be temporarily put on hold. I must return to Jingzhou immediately."
Meng Da asked uneasily: "My lord, what happened in Jingzhou?"
Liu Feng sighed softly and said silently: "Brother Zide has passed away."
This sentence caused everyone present to fall into silence.
Meng Da, who was eager to take the test, had to give up his previous ideas at this time.
Jingzhou is the foundation of Liu Feng. It was in the name of restoring Liu Qi's foundation that he raised troops to capture Jingzhou.
Now that Liu Qi is dead, Liu Feng has lost a banner to recruit Liu Biao's old troops. In order to ensure the stability of Jingzhou, Liu Feng must return to Jingzhou and properly deal with the negative impact of Liu Qi's death.
And once Liu Feng returned to Jingzhou, his plan to attack Hanzhong from the north was naturally shelved temporarily.
Liu Feng had to return to Jingzhou, but Yizhou was the only one to get it. He had to make corresponding arrangements before returning east.
Liu Feng basically adopted the Shu people's policy of governing Shu for the governors of various counties in Yizhou, and even for the governors of the state capital, and most of them were local scholars in Yizhou such as Huang Quan.
In this way, although it was helpful to win over the Yizhou gentry, Liu Feng had to take corresponding preventive measures in order to ensure his control over Yizhou.
Liu Feng first appointed Huang Zhong as the prefect of Zilu in the name of Yizhou Mu, commanding 10,000 troops to guard the Beida gate in Yizhou. At the same time, he also appointed Ma Su as the prefect of Bajun, commanding 10,000 troops to guard the key areas of Jiangzhou.
These two counties are both in strategic positions. Liu Feng can guard them with trusted Jingzhou people, which can ensure that the Shu people can govern Shu without worrying about their being too careless or having evil intentions.
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When Liu Fengdong returned to Jingzhou, a team of more than a hundred cavalry was marching on the mountain road heading north to Hanzhong.
Standing high on his horse, Liu Bei's gray face was filled with an imperceptible uneasiness.
This is not the first time he has such an expression.
??He defected to Lu Bu, to Cao Cao, to Yuan Shao
It seems that Liu Bei is already familiar with it, but for some reason, he still feels uneasy every time.
"My lord, there is no need to worry, everything is under our control."
Fa Zheng beside him understood Liu Bei's thoughts and comforted him in a low voice.
The three-person group that had conspired to welcome him to Shu was killed by Liu Zhang due to leaks. Meng Da surrendered to Liu Feng and turned against him. Only Fazheng was left, still following him in adversity.
Various changes made Liu Bei not fully trust the arrogant Fufeng man in front of him, but in the difficult situation before him, he could only choose to believe in Fa Zheng.
"As long as you have filial piety, I will naturally feel at ease." Liu Bei chuckled and his expression became much more relaxed.
While talking, a scout on horseback galloped forward, reporting that Zhang Lu's men and horses had left Yangping Pass, and there was only less than twenty miles left.
"How many troops did Zhang Lu bring?"
"There are about three thousand cavalry."
"Three thousand"
Liu Bei silently recited this number.His expression became solemn again.
Fazheng smiled lightly and said: "I said, everything is under our control. Even if Zhang Lu brings ten thousand people, there is nothing to fear."
It was obvious that he was risking his own life, but the Fa Zheng in front of him was so confident, as if he didn't have any worries at all.
This person is a born gambler.
Liu Bei stroked his beard and smiled, his expression returned to normal, and he said happily: "I, Liu Bei, have never seen what kind of hero, so why should I be afraid of a mere Zhang Lu? Let's go and meet him for a while."
Liu Bei patted his horse and marched quickly. The team of more than a hundred people accelerated their march and hurried towards Yangping Pass.
At this moment, twenty miles away, three thousand Han Chinese troops were camped in the wilderness.
In order to show the importance to Liu Bei, Zhang Lu specially went out of Yangping Pass to greet him. However, in order to prevent unexpected events, Zhang Lu also made corresponding arrangements at Ma Chao's suggestion.
The garrison at Yangping Pass had now increased to 10,000, and was led by his confidant Yang Bai. In addition to Ma Chao, he was accompanied by his younger brother Zhang Wei, and these three thousand soldiers and horses were all elite soldiers from Hanzhong.
Despite this, Zhang Lu did not dare to go too far out of the pass. He only camped thirty miles south of Yangping Pass, waiting for Liu Bei's arrival. At the same time, he sent scouts into Yizhou for reconnaissance.
At dusk, Zhang Lu received news that Liu Feng was about to arrive. The scouts reported that Liu Bei had only brought more than a hundred people as promised.
Zhang Lu finally relaxed his mind completely, and ordered a banquet to be prepared in the big tent, preparing to wash away Liu Bei's dust.
Before dark, the team of more than a hundred people finally arrived at the camp.
Zhang Lu, surrounded by Ma Chao, Zhang Wei, and a group of athletes, personally welcomed him out of the gate.
"I've heard about Xuande Gong's name for a long time. It's really a blessing to meet him today." Zhang Lu smiled and came forward to greet him.
Liu Bei, who dismounted from his saddle, stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "Master Zhang's reputation for benevolence and righteousness has spread far and wide throughout the world. I only came to pay my respects now, and I hope that Master Zhang will forgive me."
Although he knew it was a polite comment, Zhang Lu still found it very helpful and said with a smile: "Xuande has been praised. In terms of benevolence and righteousness, I am not as good as Xuande."
"How dare you? How dare you." Liu Bei behaved very respectfully.
Zhang Lu felt more and more proud, and he entered hand in hand with Liu Bei with a full face.
Entering the Chinese army's tent, the banquet was prepared, the guest of honor was seated, Zhang Lu was on top, Ma Chao and Zhang Wei were on the left and right, and there were more than ten fully armed soldiers standing around the tent.
Zhang Lu made such an arrangement because he was obviously worried about Liu Bei.
Liu Bei glanced sideways at Ma Chao, who was on Zhang Lu's right, and asked, "I see that the general next to your master is very majestic and extraordinary. Do you know his name?"
"I am Ma Chao from Xiliang."
Ma Chao replied coldly, his tone seemed to be full of hostility towards Liu Bei.
When he heard that it was Ma Chao, Liu Bei was shocked and said hurriedly: "It turns out to be General Ma Mengqi of Xiliang. I'm disrespectful."
Seeing Liu Bei's shocked face, Zhang Lu couldn't help but look proud.
The world-famous Jin Machao has become Zhang Lu¡¯s general, and the famous Liu Huangshu is about to join my command. It¡¯s strange to be dissatisfied.
Liu Bei seemed to admire Ma Chao very much. He immediately raised his glass and stepped forward, smiling: "I have heard about the general for a long time. It is a great honor to see the general today. Come and have a drink in honor of General Meng Qi."
Liu Bei was extremely polite, but Ma Chao snorted coldly, "Chao was ordered to protect my lord. It is your responsibility. Please forgive me for not drinking."
Liu Bei's good intentions were met with disgrace, and Liu Bei's face suddenly became very embarrassed. .
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