The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 157
Jia Xu assisted Niu Fu in his early years, and later joined Zhang Xiu.

Cao Cao suffered a lot from him.

He is prudent in his work, and generally does not make suggestions, once he offers a plan, it will definitely be a strategy to kill off children and grandchildren, hence the name Poisoner.

People like Jia Xu generally don't look down on anyone.

Belittle someone verbally, it must be that he has already made plans to take down the other party without any suspense.

"Did Wenhe already have a plan?" Of course Cao Cao knew Jia Xu.

"My lord, please allow me to go to Lujiang." Jia Xu said, "The heads of Zhang Xun and Yuan Yao must be sent to my lord!"

"I want Zhang Xun's head, but Yuan Yao can keep him alive." Cao Cao said, "After all, Yuan Gonglu and I were ministers in the same palace, and the Suanzao Huimeng also fought against Dong Zhuo together. No matter what, we can't let him die. What's more, Yuan Yao is no more than a scorpion, even if he is kept alive, he will not be able to cause any troubles. But Zhang Xun is a bit of a headache."

"If I go to Lujiang, my lord will no longer have a headache." Jia Xu reiterated.

"Be careful in everything." Cao Cao reminded.

When Lu Bu attacked Shouchun, Zhang Xun, Yuan Ying and others escorted Yuan Yao into Lujiang.

Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang, belonged to Yuan Shu and followed Yuan's family in Huainan for many years.

When Yuan Yao and others came to Lujiang, he was very attentive and took good care of them.

Lu Bu withdrew, and Cao Cao followed.

Cao Jun was stationed in Shouchun, and only a small number of soldiers and horses went all the way south to test Liu Xun's reaction.

Liu Xun placed the Lujiang government in Hefei.

From Shouchun to Hefei, there is a long journey.

Since Yuan Yao and others arrived, Liu Xun sent many scouts to investigate Cao Jun's movements.

Cao Cao decided to let Jia Xu go to Hefei, and at the same time sent Li Dian to lead an army of two thousand to Hefei.

Just a few dozen miles south of Shouchun, not far from Lujiang, there is a small town called Yijing.

After walking a long distance, Li Dian felt a little thirsty.

He ordered the soldiers on the side to fetch water.

The soldier took out the water bag and handed it to him.

After receiving the water bag, Li Dian asked in surprise, "Why is there no water?"

"The departure was in a hurry, and there was not enough water." The soldier responded nervously.

Li Dian shook his head helplessly.

Being in the Jianghuai River, there are rivers and streams criss-crossing everywhere. If you die of thirst here, it will make people laugh out loud.

"General, there is a well ahead!" Li Dian was about to order someone to find a water source, when a soldier pointed forward.

He saw that there was indeed a well in front of him.

The well is just beside the road, and due to disrepair for a long time, the surrounding area is full of weeds.

"Go and have a look!" Li Dian ordered the soldiers.

Several soldiers stepped forward and fetched a bucket of water from the well.

The well water is clear and delicious.

But Li Dian didn't pick up the cow to drink immediately.

Smoke was coming from his already thirsty throat, but he had to be on guard.

When the two armies are at war, the river can still be poisoned, let alone a well.

Looking around, Li Dian saw several huts in the distance.

He told the soldiers: "There should be a village over there, ask a few villagers to come and ask questions."

A small group of soldiers ran to a distant house.

Looking at the past from where Li Dian is, the house is not too far away.

But the soldiers were not so close.

After waiting for a stick of incense, Li Dian felt that his throat was so dry that it was about to smoke.

If he hadn't been worried about the poison in the well, he would have picked up the wooden barrel and gulped down the cow.

When the soldiers came to him, Li Dian asked a little unhappy, "Why did you come back now?"

"The road is not very easy." The leading officer replied, "But we found a few old people from the village."

He turned around and greeted: "Bring people up!"

The soldiers escorted several old people forward.

When they came to Li Dian, several old men lowered their heads tremblingly, how could they dare to look at him more.

"I ask you!" Glancing at the old men, Li Dian asked, "Has anyone poisoned the water in this well?"

He asked if the well had been poisoned, and the old men raised their heads.

The eyes of the elders showed surprise.

Looking at Li Dian, one of the old men said, "All rivers, streams and wells have been poisoned by people, and no one dared to poison this well. The general asked this question, probably because he didn't know the origin of Yijing."

"It seems that there are allusions." Li Dian asked, "Can you tell me about it?"

Mentioning the reason for the righteous well, the old man's previous apprehension receded a little.

He stood up straight and told the origin of the place name.

From the old man's narration, Li Dian learned about the origin of Yijing's place name.

During the severe drought that year, most of the population fled abroad, leaving behind only the elderly, weak, women and children with limited mobility.

When people were about to die of thirst and starvation, a righteous man who was looking for relatives came here.

Seeing that the people here are in dire straits due to the drought, the martyrs did not leave, but chose to stay and fight against the drought together with the villagers.

He thought it would be better to take the initiative to open a well to solve the water source problem than passively waiting for the rain.

Driven by him, the villagers opened the well in front of them.

The sweet well water saved the lives of the villagers, and also brought the name of "Yijing" here.

The old man's narration did not dispel Li Dian's worries.

He said to the old man: "Although you say so, why should I believe you?"

Stretching out his hand, the soldier brought up the bucket of water.

Li Dian stared at the old man: "Since you think it's impossible for someone to poison you, then drink the water."

The water was drawn from the well, and the old man took the bucket without hesitation, and drank it in big gulps.

A bucket of water is quite a lot, before he finished drinking, Li Dian said: "Enough, I believe there is no poison in this well!"

He ordered the soldiers: "Get water, this general wants to drink a few more barrels!"

Like Li Dian, he was so thirsty that his throat was about to smoke. When the soldiers heard that the well water was drinkable, someone immediately stepped forward to grab the bucket to fetch water.

The first bucket of water brought up was of course delivered to Li Dian.

Li Dian took the bucket and drank it in big gulps.

When he finished drinking the water and was about to take a good rest to catch his breath, a scout came to him: "General Qi, the Huainan army was found nearby."

After sitting on the ground, Li Dian suddenly stood up: "Where is it? How many people are there?"

"Not far ahead, there are about 3000 people." The scout replied, "It doesn't look like the remnants of Shouchun who fled here, but more like the subordinates of Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang."

"Have you found out who is leading the troops?" Li Dian asked.

"It's a general named Li Mao." The scout replied: "This man has followed Liu Xun for many years, and he has made some achievements. He is one of the Lujiang Titans Liu Xun relies on."

"It's just Lujiang, where are the strong generals?" Li Dian ordered: "Send the order, let the soldiers get ready to fight the enemy with me!"

The military order was issued, and the thirsty soldiers lined up one after another.

Li Dian turned to the old men and said, "Thank you guys, there is going to be a big battle here, you should go home quickly!"

The battle was approaching, how could the old men stay here, they hurriedly resigned and left.

(End of this chapter)