The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 125 Liu Bei's Acting Skills Natural Disaster and Drought

For several days in a row, although the coalition forces besieged the city, they did not attack the city. After Cao Cao gathered a meeting that was not successful, Lu Heng and Liu Bei had a very unhappy fight.

Cao Cao also did not gather the princes here, lest the already fragile alliance break up early!
And counselors like Guo Jia, Yu Yunwen, Ding Wei, Chen Gong, and Luo Jun met frequently to discuss how to attack Shouchun.

Yuan Shu in Shouchun City left all the military affairs to Zhang Xun and was appointed a general, but he never showed up.

In the harem day and night, singing and dancing every night, drinking and eating, drinking and dreaming, accompanied by three hundred beauties, and being a groom every day!

The siege of several major princes lasted for a month. During this period, Liu Chong did not believe in evil, and beat him several times, and lost thousands of people without even touching the top of the city. They all died in the moat.

And Lu Heng carefully inspected the surrounding area of ​​Shouchun. The capital of Chu State is well-deserved, with a moat several feet wide, completely inland, hundreds of miles away from the Huaihe River, and it is not like a certain game map. There is a dam next to it that can be dug. Dike.

In short, the height of the city is several feet, the width of the moat is several feet, archery towers, bed crossbows, rolling logs, and stones are all available, and it is a proper fortified city!
There are tens of thousands of Yuan Shu's troops in the city. Lu Heng scratched his head and felt that even if he spent all his tens of thousands of people, he would not be able to defeat Shouchun!

In the next few days, Liu Chong became ruthless, and at the cost of nearly ten thousand people, he finally filled up Shouchun's moat.

Liu Bei also pretended to attack several times. Lu Heng saw that there were only shouts, and even the Shouchun archers didn't shoot a few arrows, so Liu Bei retreated.

Lu Heng has been thinking, no wonder Yuan Shu in history can persist for a few years after becoming emperor. With this strong city, he can indeed persist for a long time.

The siege lasted for several months. During this period, Cao Cao wrote several letters to Lu Bu and Lu Heng, asking them to attack Shouchun together.

Of course, Lu Heng and Lu Bu also cooperated with Cao Cao to attack several times. The best record was that soldiers attacked the top of the city, but they were defeated by Yuan Shu's generals Lei Bo, Chen Lan, Chen Ji and others.

The coalition forces have been besieged for several months, and God seems to have forgotten something. There has not been a drop of water in these few months, and it has entered midsummer after a few months.

The summer is scorching hot, let alone a war in this weather, standing there will be sunburned to death by the vicious sun, Lu Heng clearly remembers that the last spring rain was in the early spring.

In this era, there were no sprinklers or water plants, and the rain was the biggest source of water for farmland.

If the cities along the river are okay, they can still be irrigated with canals, and the inland cities will be finished. Now it is midsummer, and the severe drought has reached a large scale.

Even if the rainy season comes, it will greatly affect this year's harvest!
Not to mention, now what I see every day is the scorching sun, not to mention the rain, not even a cloud!
On days when you would sweat even if you moved, let alone siege the city, soldiers would suffer from heatstroke at any time, and the princes from all walks of life just surrounded Shouchun.

There is no rain in Huainan, and I learned from Lu Bu that Xuzhou is also the same. Fortunately, Xuzhou is along the Yellow River, but the severe drought will definitely affect this year's harvest. I believe the same is true of Cao Cao's Yanzhou.

Lu Heng was very worried about the situation in Jiangdong. There were many geniuses under Lu Heng who knew astronomy. Yu Fan, Ding Wei, and Kan Ze were all proficient in astronomy. Yu Fan and Kan Ze jointly wrote several letters to Lu Heng, asking Lu Heng to pay attention. This year is likely to be a drought year!

Lu Heng asked Jin Yiwei to run back and forth several times to inquire about the rainfall in Jiangdong, and to give Lu Heng the news if it rained.

At the same time, let the engineering and agricultural directors of Jiangdong Academy jointly come up with a way to use river water and river water for irrigation.

Zhang Zhao wrote to Lu Heng and said, "My lord, the northeastern part of the Jiangxi River is also affected by severe drought, and this year's harvest is definitely not as good as last year's!
However, in the early spring, the rainfall was very unsatisfactory. The directors of engineering and agriculture of Jiangdong College, after receiving Lu Heng's order, attached great importance to it, and took out the 'overturned car' built by Bi Lan back then and built it in Jiangdong.

Nowadays, the conditions of farming, civilian settlements, and military settlements are relatively ideal, and the basic harvest in Jiangdong can still be guaranteed.

At the same time, Zhang Zhao also said that Jiangdong was a bumper harvest year last year. The output of both military and civilian villages far exceeded that of previous years. Only Danyang County had enough grain to feed [-] troops for half a year, allowing Lu Heng to plan the northern part of Yangzhou with peace of mind. "

Zhang Zhao's report made Lu Heng feel relieved, and Jiangdong was also affected by the drought, but because it was done properly, it shouldn't have much impact!

Lu Heng, who has food at home, does not panic, and has confidence in his heart, is even more calm, and expresses deep sympathy for Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others.

As for Lu Bu, if the father-in-law spoke, he would still agree to fully support him, but with the character of the father-in-law, Lu Bu, he would never speak to Lu Heng unless it was absolutely necessary.

Cao Cao's Yanzhou, Lu Bu's Xuzhou and Lu Heng's Jiangdong were all affected by severe drought, and Huainan was attacked even worse!
Huainan, which has been fighting for years, has delayed spring plowing, and now there is a severe drought, and many areas under Yuan Shu's rule have no harvest.

This is especially true for Shouchun, who was surrounded by groups. What Lu Heng, Cao Cao and other princes outside the city did not know.

In Shouchun City, there is a purgatory. No matter how defeated Yuan Shu is, there are still tens of thousands of troops. How can Yuan Shu distribute food to the people as a man.

What's more, in Shouchun, they wantonly robbed the people's food and carried out bloody suppression. Anyone who wanted to flee outside the city would be killed!

Now the soldiers in Shouchun City are not killing the enemy troops of the allied forces outside the city, but the people who sneaked away and stormed the city gate to survive!

The people in Shouchun had no way to survive, and there was even a tragic situation of exchanging children and eating people, and people cannibalizing people!
In Shouchun City, a quartermaster named Shu Shao, who was in charge of grain and grass, distributed all the [-] hu of rice to the hungry people in the city!
Yuan Shu was furious when he found out about this!
He rushed out from his 'palace' to question Shu Shao!
Let the soldiers behead Shu Shao!

This is the first time that the princes left his palace after besieging Shouchun!

Shu Shao said: "Shu knew he was going to die, so he did it on purpose. I'd rather take Shu's life to save the people of Shouchun from suffering."

When Yuan Shu heard Shu Shao, he looked generous and his face was uncertain.

Yuan Yin, a clan member under his command, said in Yuan Shu's ear: "My lord, Shu Shao's release of food is kind to the people. If he is killed at this time, it will not be good for the people and may cause a civil uprising! The safety of Shouchun is the most important thing!"

Hearing Yuan Yin's advice, Yuan Shu changed his expression and said, "Zhongying, you only want to enjoy the world's reputation, and you don't want to share it with me? Someone let Shu Shao go! Food for the people!"

After finishing speaking, Yuan Shu turned around and returned to the palace, and continued to enjoy himself. Although the [-] Dendrobium military rations were large, it was not enough to make Yuan Shu feel distressed!

In the Shouchun Palace, there is at least one year's worth of food and grass for the army. It was Shu Shao's righteous act that prevented the riots of the Shouchun people and allowed Yuan Shu to survive for a long time!
(End of this chapter)