The Reincarnation of Lu Bu at the End of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 1014
The next day, Hua Xiong received a general order from Lu Bu, and led his infantry to the mountains north of Dongwuyang, where there were two rivers, Zeshui and Ruishui, flowing through Dongwuyang.

The soldiers are carrying hoes, some don't know why.

"General, aren't we here to fight? Why are you still picking up a hoe now?"

Hua Xiong, who was also striding forward, glanced back at the man and the other soldiers, with a haughty face, and said angrily: "You idiots, how do you know the wisdom of the lord, don't make noise, just follow the general to do things! To be able to complete the task of the master's representative is indispensable to your credit."

Hearing this, many soldiers were very happy. For them, it doesn't matter whether they kill the enemy or go to the fields to plant crops, as long as they can accumulate merit.

But there are also some soldiers who like to figure out the truth, and still whisper.

"I think it's not that simple. I heard that General Quyi in the north used a conspiracy to flood the Seventh Army. Are we going to dig rivers to irrigate the city?"

"Li Ze, you don't have ears, do you? Do you want to come to my tent tonight to learn martial arts with this general?" Hearing the muttering from behind, Hua Xiong turned his head again, with a playful glance in his eyes. past.

The angry young man who was called out suddenly shuddered, his hairs stood on end, his skin got goosebumps, and he didn't dare to say anything more.

Few of them can stand up to the hobby of their general.

As for the hoes in the hands of the soldiers, they were borrowed from those farmers before. Their fields were burned by the fire. Lu Bu promised to temporarily lend them grain for the winter without charging interest.

These people were grateful for this, and when they learned that Lu Bu had sent someone to borrow hoes and shovels, they borrowed them all without blinking.

In the following period of time, Hua Xiong led his soldiers to cut off the diversion of the water, and forcibly changed the direction of the river that originally flowed in the direction of Dongwuyang.

Tobu Yangcheng, the Imperial Palace.

"Hahaha……"

Before reaching the main hall, he heard joyful laughter from inside the hall.

"Your Majesty, the imperial censor seeks an audience." The old eunuch who was outside the hall entered and reported respectfully to the emperor.

Liu Bian felt happy at the moment, couldn't hide his smile, and waved: "Please come in Xun Qing quickly."

These days, Xun Yu was so busy that he hardly had a moment of idle time. Now that Lu Bu was about to attack the city, the people in the city were in panic.As the most important minister of the emperor, he naturally had to go around the city to appease the people, and at the same time, he also had to boost the morale of the army, so that the soldiers of the three armies would show their fighting spirit and fight against the enemy.

Stepping into the hall, Xun Yu saw that the emperor looked good, and with the laughter he had just heard, he couldn't help asking curiously: "Your Majesty, why are you so happy?"

At the mention of this, Liu Bian laughed again, and then shared with Xun Yu: "Xun Qing, I just heard a piece of information about the enemy army. It is said that Lu Bu sent his men to cut off the water in the north, trying to kill us from thirst. in the city."

"I don't know which idiot came up with the plan for Lu Bu. Even if he forcibly diverts the people, he can't stop the water in my Dongwuyang City."

Liu Bian said it with absolute certainty, and he did have reasons for his confidence.

In Dongwuyang City, every household has dug deep wells. The water stored under the surface alone is enough for them to use for two or three years. This is not counting the precipitation when it rains, so it is impossible for Lu Bu to cut off the water source.

Unless the groundwater source can also be cut off, it will be a waste of effort.

Liu Bian smiled triumphantly, but Xun Yu frowned.

Lu Bu has many talented people and strange people under his command. How could he not know such a simple and obvious truth?

It is expected that there must be something strange in this!

But without Xun Yu's reminder, General Xu Guang rushed to see him.

Seeing Xu Guang's anxiety, Liu Bian had a bad premonition, and asked first, "But Lu Jun attacked the city?"

Xu Guang was slightly taken aback, then shook his head.

Seeing this, Liu Bian breathed a sigh of relief inwardly.

As long as it is not Lu Bu's strong attack, it is not a big problem.

Xu Da's face was still full of worries and wrinkles. What he wanted to report was no less than Lu Bu's siege.

"Your Majesty, the generals of our army are not in good health today. More than half of them suffer from vomiting and diarrhea, and they are exhausted. After the examination by the military doctor, they are poisoned."

"Poisoned?"

Liu Bian was surprised, and then he didn't believe it: "How is it possible!"

All food in the army has been strictly screened to prevent soldiers from being poisoned. For so many years, there has never been a large-scale poisoning incident.

"Your Majesty, according to the military doctor, the thieves did not poison the food, but threw a large amount of crushed vine grass into the well water. After the poisonous grass is diluted in water, its toxicity is weak. It can also make people feel weak all over, vomiting and diarrhea, paralysis of breathing..."

Xu Guang was full of worried reports, but these thieves were also clever, knowing that they wrapped the Humancao in a cloth bag, tied a rope with a stone, and fell into the bottom of the well together with the cloth bag.

Looking down from the wellhead, nothing unusual could be seen at all.

"How many soldiers were poisoned?"

"About 2 people."

what!
Hearing this number, Liu Bian's heart trembled, which also meant that [-] soldiers were unable to fight for a short time.

If Lu Bu attacked the city at this time, it would be in danger!
"Where are the people in the city?" Xun Yu asked again.

"The common people have also suffered a living crime because of this. In the morning, the number of poisoned people is still small, but at noon, almost everywhere in the city is full of voices screaming, oh..."

Xu Guang sighed.

Fortunately, the amount of thieves in the common people's wells is small, and the symptoms of poisoning are obviously much milder than those of lieutenant soldiers.

Liu Bian gritted his teeth, and slapped the table angrily, "It must be Lu Bu who did something good!"

Compared to Liu Bian's irritability, Xun Yu was calm because he knew very well that irritability would not solve the problem, so he asked Xu Guang, "Is there a cure?"

Xu Guang nodded and told the truth: "The doctor has already prescribed a prescription, using Huang Cen, Huang Lian, and Phellodendron Phellodendri to make Sanhuang Decoction, and adding licorice, so that the toxicity can be curbed temporarily."

However, the water in the well can no longer be eaten.

Hearing this sentence, Xun Yu frowned deeply.

The two rivers of Ze and Rui are cut off, and the river will not flow through Dongwuyang.

It's hard not to be able to drink water.

"Xu Guang, from now on, you will lead people to search from house to house, but anyone who is suspected will be shot to death! Be sure to find out the person who poisoned me, and I will smash his body into thousands of pieces, so that I can only hate him!"

Liu Bian clenched his fist, his eyes were full of angry fire.

"Your Majesty, catching thieves is useless at this time. A large-scale search will only make people panic and centrifugal. What we should think about now is how to solve the water problem."

Xun Yu shook his head slightly, persuading the irritable emperor.

(End of this chapter)