Lu Dynasty

Chapter 381 Broken
Xun Yu heard Cao say that I threw Liu Xie to Cao because I saw that Liu Xie was too ambitious. Xun Yu said with a smile: "My lord, don't be joking! How old was Liu Xie at that time! A child in his teens, Lu Feng actually Can you see the size of his ambition?"

"There must be something that we don't know about!" Cao said: "Wen Ruo, you must not underestimate Lu Feng. He always does things for a purpose, and he is always the one who benefits the most!" Xun Yu It feels like Cao is about to cast a shadow on me!
"In my opinion, it was a foolish move for him to throw His Majesty to the lord! Lu Feng is the lord, but you are also the lord. Now that you have the weight of Your Majesty in your hands, it is naturally heavier than Lu Feng. After all, there are Many loyal officials of the Han Dynasty will gather under the lord's command! Among these people, there are many talented people!" Xun Yu said proudly.

Cao glanced at Xun Yu and thought bitterly in his heart: I also know that there are many loyal ministers in the Han Dynasty, but I can only use those people if Liu Xie is obedient.Just say Dong Cheng and Wang Zifu, which one is not a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty?Jiping is just a doctor!Under the command of Liu Xie, they dare to target me!People say: Birds are good bows, cunning rabbits are dead dogs!But now that the world is uncertain, Liu Xie already wants to get rid of me!Thinking of this, Cao couldn't help sighing secretly: If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have brought Liu Xie here!There is no regret in the world to take medicine, and now Cao is hard to get off.Cao said helplessly: "Wen Ruo! Since Yuan Shao is going to divide Qingzhou equally with me, you should go and prepare! Send me an order to Brother Xiahou, Brother Cao Hong, Yu Jin, and Cao Chun, and prepare to send troops to Qingzhou!"

Xun Yu asked: "My lord, there are only some yellow scarves in Qingzhou now, do you need to bring so many troops?" Xun Yu was worried that there would not be enough food.

"A few yellow scarves?" Cao said depressedly: "There are millions of yellow scarves in Qingzhou! Even if Lu Feng recruits some, it will still not be too few! If I only take more than ten thousand people, do you think it is enough?" Xun Yu thought that what Cao said was reasonable, so he didn't persuade him any more.However, this buddy Yuan Shao can talk nonsense, he insisted on discussing a date with Cao to send troops together, saying that he was worried that Cao would plunder the people, which made Cao very depressed!

It's finally time for Cao and Yuan Shao to send troops!It's a pity that they haven't sent troops yet, I know all about it.Guo Jia's intelligence personnel have already told me the date they agreed on.Cao took [-] elite soldiers to Qingzhou, and drove straight all the way, which made him very confused.Cao looked at the deserted small town and thought that the Yellow Turban Bandits would also use tricks.He sent two teams of scouts to investigate three times, but they didn't find even a single person. Cao thought to himself: No matter how miserable Qingzhou is, it won't be so miserable?Could it be that Lu Feng took away all the people in Qingzhou?Cao shook his head and expelled the idea. In Cao's view, such a thing is impossible.Because taking in the people of a state requires a huge amount of grain. Taking the productivity of two stones of grain per mu of Dahan's land per year as an example, even if I have high-yield grain seeds, in Cao's heart, I can at most have more than one grain per mu of land per year. Yields one to two stones of grain.The grain produced by Si Li alone is definitely not enough to feed the people of the four states.After all, Bingzhou and Liangzhou belonged to places with little grain production in ancient times.What Cao didn't expect was that sweet potatoes can be produced in a large amount anywhere, and the output is not doubled or doubled.

Seeing that there were no people in the small towns along the way, Cao Cao didn't stay any longer.Cao immediately ordered Xia Houyuan and others to go straight to Donglai and other big cities, and Cao himself led Cao Chun to slowly advance towards Beihai.When Cao arrived at Beihai, he was immediately dumbfounded!He looked at the dilapidated Beihai City. There were several crooked flags planted on the top of the city, and the words on the flags had long been blurred.The gate of Beihai City was open, making the whole Beihai City seem to be alone there, laughing at Cao with his mouth wide open.Cao ordered to enter the city in disbelief, but after entering the city, Cao's heart was even colder!
There are only deserted streets in Beihai City, and a few skinny old people are trembling on the road, not knowing what they are doing.Their frail figures seemed to be blown down by a gust of wind.The houses and shops on the side of the road were all closed, and the doors and eaves were covered with a thick layer of dust and covered with spider webs.Obviously, these houses have not been inhabited for a long time!Looking at this miserable scene, Cao shouted, "What's going on! Didn't Kong Rong manage Beihai well? Why does this place look like a dead city! Go! Get me some talking people!"

When Cao Chun heard Cao's order, he immediately ordered his tiger and leopard riders to arrest people everywhere. Finally, Cao found the school field in Beihai City that was originally used to count troops, and Cao gathered everyone there.Standing on the school platform, Cao looked at the sparse residents of Beihai City, and asked Cao Chun, "Zihe, are these all the people you found in Beihai City?"

Cao Chun nodded and said, "My lord, except for the people from Jimin Restaurant, who we didn't dare to touch, all the people in Beihai are here!"

Cao looked at the Beihai residents who had no more than 500 people under the school stage, and he felt like crying.He jumped off the school platform, grabbed a person who seemed to have some complexion in one hand, and asked viciously: "Beihai was originally a big city with rich people and food, why is it like this now!"

The person who was held by Cao looked at Cao with confused eyes, but did not respond for a long time.Cao Lian shook him a few times, and then he stretched out a hand that was as dry as a skeleton tremblingly and said to Cao: "Master, please give me a bite! I haven't eaten for five days!"

"As long as you tell me why Beihai became like this, I'll give you something to eat! Tell me!" Cao shook the man's shoulders violently, and the man's outstretched hand fell down with a snap.It turned out that he was dead!Cao excitedly shook the man's body and shouted, "What's going on! Tell me!"

"It's useless! He's dead!" An old man sitting in the corner looked up at Cao and said, "He can't answer you anymore!"

Cao finally saw a person who could talk, and he hurried over and asked, "Old man, how did Beihai become like this? Kong Rong and Kong Beihai have not been gone for long!"

"Kong Beihai has been gone for more than a year!" The old man glanced at Cao and said, "You are late! Kong Beihai only left for a few days, and Guan Hai took people to rob Beihai City! All the young and strong are not leaving. That’s right, I’ve defected to the Yellow Turban! Only us old things that no one wants are still lingering in Beihai City!”

"But I have walked all the way, and I didn't see half of the Yellow Turbans!" Cao asked: "If all the young and strong join the Yellow Turbans, and I come from Yanzhou, even if they don't come to intercept us, they won't disappear!"

(End of this chapter)