The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 126

The severe drought in Huainan, it should not be said that the severe drought in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty temporarily saved Yuan Shu's life!
Years of wars, especially in Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Sili, and Guanzhong, the farming was severely damaged, and the people were displaced and fled one after another.

Not long after Cao Cao settled in Yanzhou and Yuzhou, the supply of food and grass was insufficient. After a few months of siege, Cao Cao was the first one who couldn't stand it.

In order to maintain the alliance, Cao Cao wrote a letter to Lu Heng, asking Lu Heng to borrow [-] hu of grain and rice. Cao Cao couldn't bear it anymore and was about to retreat.

Also unable to support Lu Bu, the drought in Xuzhou is also very serious, and the war in Xuzhou is not weaker than that in Yanzhou.

Lu Bu told Lu Heng several times that the army was running out of food and grass, and Yuan Shu hooked up with Lu Bu and promised some benefits.

Chen Gong persuaded him several times to no avail, so he could only ask Lu Heng to help.

Lu Heng persuaded him for a long time, and analyzed with Lu Bu that Liu Bei is now relying on Cao Cao, and cutting off Liu Bei's food and grass is to wipe Cao Cao's face, and the gain outweighs the loss for these food and grass.

Even if the father-in-law is not afraid of Cao Cao, but now Cao Cao is coercing the emperor to order the princes, it is impossible for Cao Cao, an old boy, to use the name of the emperor to make a fuss.

In the end, Lu Heng shared food and grass with Lu Bujun, so Lu Bu had no idea of ​​robbing Liu Bei.

Lu Heng can remember that Lu Bu, the father-in-law in history, hooked up with Yuan Shu and attacked Liu Bei privately, causing the alliance to break up, and then Cao Cao had an excuse to turn back and deal with the old man Lu Bu the next year.

No matter what, you can't have a handle. Leave it to Cao Cao, an old boy, and the impact will be very serious!The consequences are bad!
And Cao Cao also found out from Xiaozuo that Lu Heng and Lu Bujun had almost no shortage of food, so he realized that only he, Cao, had tight belts!Poor sum!
Liu Chong's country of Chen was rich and rich, and the country of Chen had hardly experienced wars. Although the severe drought affected the country of Chen's autumn harvest, the army would not run out of food.

It's like being the boss and the most proud person in the class, suddenly discovering that the mine at home is the smallest, and the friends around you are more prosperous than the other!

Cao Cao, this old boy, feels this way now!

Although Cao Cao borrowed food this time, it was impossible to repay the food and grass because he fetched water from a bamboo basket. However, Cao Cao, an old boy, agreed to take the lead in retreating, so that the responsibility for destroying the alliance could not be shouldered by Lu Heng and Lu Bu.

After that, things were simple. Cao Cao, who got the food and grass, directly announced that there was a severe drought in the Huainan River Basin, the army food was exhausted, and the alliance was temporarily disbanded!
Cao Cao led Liu Bei to withdraw northward first, and Lu Bu naturally prepared to return to Xuzhou. Seeing that the two princes had left, Liu Chong had no choice but to return to Chen State.

Lu Heng waited for this opportunity for a few months, and it was already the end of summer. Although the weather was still relatively hot, the sun was not so vicious!
Lu Heng ordered Tai Shici, Niu Gao, and Hu Yanzan to order [-] troops to be directly inserted into the city of Decheng, and then continue to capture the important town of Hefei.

As early as when the grain and grass were delivered to the old boy Cao Cao, Zhu Huan, Ling Cao, Xu Sheng, and Liu Ye cooperated with Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai's navy to send orders to attack Liyang City with all their strength to ensure the smooth flow of grain roads.

When parting from Lu Bu, the father-in-law was very surprised that Lu Heng didn't go back to Xuzhou with him, and then back to Jiangdong!

Only at this time did Lu Heng get rid of Yu Yunwen's plan and Lu Bu's plan.

When Chen Gong heard about Yu Yunwen's plan, he shouted for a clever plan!
The entire Jiujiang County is planned in this way, except that the line from Shouchun to Xiacai is under the control of Cao Cao and Yuan Shu respectively.

The rest of the regions will be under the control of Lu Heng and Lu Bu's son-in-law!
It's just that Lu Bu's face is stinky. Lu Bu was complaining that Lu Heng had been hiding from him for so long, staring at someone Lu for a long time, until Lu Heng got a little hairy from being stared at by Lu Bu.

Lv Bu brought Zhang Liao and Chen Gong out of the big tent and was about to leave. Lv Bu's last words were: "Wen Yuan and Gongtai are stationed in Zhongli. There is no need to go back to Xuzhou. A certain one will go back to Xuzhou!"

Lu Heng was delighted to hear Lu Bu's order, but the father-in-law was still reluctant to part with his precious daughter.

Letting Zhang Liao and Chen Gong station in Zhongli is to let them defend Lu Heng's flank to prevent Yuan Shu and Cao Cao from counterattacking!

Lu Heng smiled, this man with a hard mouth and a soft heart!
In addition to Yuan Shu from Shouchun in Jiujiang County, there are also two wandering forces running around. These two people are no longer considered forces, and they are more or less described as wandering robbers.

These two forces are Yang Feng and Han Siam, who greeted the emperor and were beaten by Cao Cao.

These two people first rebelled against Yuan Shu and then Lv Bu, and no force would accept them.

After rebelling against Lv Bu, the two of them each brought more than a thousand soldiers and horses, and fled around the territory of Jiujiang, looting houses everywhere, and had no intention of meeting the bandits.

Jiujiang County and Lujiang County are the two counties of Yangzhou in the Eastern Han Dynasty to the north of the Yangtze River. During the reign of Emperor Ling, there were about 80 people, accounting for nearly a quarter of the entire Yangzhou.

However, Yuan Shu didn't pay much attention to the common people at all. He imposed heavy taxes, military service, and hard labor. The population lost nearly [-]% in just a few years!

Most of them fled to the south, and fled to Jiangdong, Jingzhou and other places. There are tens of thousands of Liu Xun stationed in Lujiang County.

In addition to Liu Xun in Lujiang, there are Zhang Duo, Xu Qian and other local tyrants. Yang Feng and Han Xian dare not enter Lujiang County, so they can only wander around Jiujiang.

Taishici, Niu Gao, and Huyanzan's [-] troops swept southward, and the cities of Chengde and Hefei fell in anticipation.

More than ten days later, his nephew Zhu Huan sent a letter to report that he had successfully taken Liyang City, beheaded Yuan Shu's defender, and recruited more than 3000 people.

Now Zhu Huan asked Ling Cao and Xu Sheng to divide their troops into Fuling City and Quanjiao City.

Lu Heng, on the other hand, led the army and rushed to Hefei. Now that Tai Shici had taken Hefei, Lu Heng asked Tai Shici to divide his troops to take over Junqiu City.

The entire Jiujiang County and all the land south of Shouchun will be taken over by Lu Heng. Along the way, Lu Heng saw that the drought in Huainan was very serious, and hungry people were everywhere.

Large swaths of farmers died of drought, the rice fields failed to harvest, and the land was cracked piece by piece. Lu Heng's little arm would shatter with his fingers.

In the entire Jiujiang County, although there are not ten houses and nine empty houses, there are still seven or eight empty houses, and most of the people left behind are old people and women.

When Lu Heng asked the local people, all the answers were very uniform. Either he was arrested by Yuan Shu to serve as a soldier, or he was arrested to build an 'imperial palace'!

Lu Heng looked at this land in a daze. It would not be possible to recover its vitality in ten years. Now that Lu Heng took over Jiujiang, he needed to continuously transport food from Jiangdong.

There is also a major problem of population. Most of the population of Jiujiang County was gathered in Shouchun by Yuan Shu. Years of wars and this year's severe drought made the situation even worse!
Lu Heng's only advantage is that he won the important city of Hefei!

Although there is no Hefei city yet, and Hefei is still a small county seat, occupying this important area, Lu Heng will not have the situation where Sun Quan's Northern Expedition has been in vain for more than ten years in history!

(End of this chapter)