C405 (1/2)
It turned out that after Dong Zhuo sent the Emperor Han Qian to the Chang'an, he first forced the royal family and the Chieftain to move, and then began to urge the citizens to move. His goal was to clear out the land and turn the Luoyang into a battlefield. Even if the Luoyang were to be lost, it would only be a pile of ruins.
”As for you two, I have already thought about it, and hussar general has also agreed to it. You'll be moving right away, but you and Zhang Tian will have to separate. Go to Chang'an and tell Zhang Tian to go to Hanyang County. You can keep an inn there, and I'll send someone to contact you later. ”
According to Yang Lin's orders, the Zhang Banxian had long been in order. The next step, Yang Lin's main focus would be on Guan Zhong and Yi Zhou. He had already sent out a large number of intelligence personnel to Yue Zhong and Yi Zhou, allowing Li Liang and Zhang Tian to enter, in order to further strengthen their intelligence.
Along the way, Cao Cao took the Dan Yang Soldier that he had recruited from the Yangzhou back to the city. As there were only a thousand people left, Cao Cao was too embarrassed to reveal his identity and brought the soldiers back to his own camp.
What Cao Cao did not expect was that the entire jujube seemed to have quieted down a lot. There was neither a wine nor a chant for poetry, nor was there even a dancing bird song and a dancing kabuki girl. Cao Cao could not help but be puzzled, could it be that the Duke of Guandong were prepared to fight Dong Zhuo to the death?
On the night he returned, the only one who worshipped him, Duke of Guandong, Bao Xin, came to visit him. Cao Cao passionately invited Bao Xin into the Big Account, and the two chatted for awhile. Just as Cao Cao asked the Duke of Guandong why there was no banquet, he was unexpectedly attracted by Bao Xin and sighed.
”Sigh …” The State County s of the Central Plains had all failed in their harvests. However, the Hussar General Yang Lin had sealed off the border, not only did they prohibit a single grain from flowing out, they also wantonly purchased food, causing the price of food in the Central Plains to rise greatly. There was even money that could not buy food. Now that the dukes were running out of food, and all of them had thoughts of retreating and preparing to return home, who had the heart to drink and have fun? ”
”Hmph …” The Guandong Allied Army that they had painstakingly gathered had not fought a single battle in the past few months and had just dispersed like that. These dukes have words full of loyalty and filial piety, but with the world falling over, not a single one of them stood out to turn the tides. I wonder what their intentions were! ”
Cao Cao's face was suddenly filled with anger and hatred. What made Cao Cao even more intolerable was that he had just recruited soldiers and everyone had left. Who would be the one to provide him with food? Everyone else had their own territory, but once they split up, where would he go to settle down?
”Brother Cao, don't be angry. Alliance Master Yuan is also worried that we might split up and send Jizhou Mu Han Fu back to Jizhou to gather some food. At the same time, he also sent someone to ask Qingzhou Acanthopanax Jiao He to bring the soldiers and rations to the reunion of the alliance troops. Even if they can't gather enough food, my Qibei can still afford to support over a thousand of your soldiers. ”
Seeing Cao Cao being so anxious, Bao Xin of course knew what Cao Cao was thinking and quickly comforted him. Amongst these Duke of Guandong, the person Bao Xin respected the most was Cao Cao, even if he had to pay for the food, he wanted to pull Cao Cao along with him.
”With Brother Bao's words, Cao Cao is truly grateful! If you can't express my thanks with your words, then accept my, Cao Cao's, kowtow! ”
Cao Cao immediately stood up and clasped his fists and bowed deeply towards Bao Xin. He had already choked with emotions when he spoke and his eyes had also become moist. What was friendship? When a person was in a difficult situation, someone had to reach out to help him. That was true friendship.
”Lord Thorn, we only have three days worth of food.” Wang Gong walked into the Yanzhou Stinger Liu Dai's Big Account, and said with a heavy heart: ”Currently, Jizhou has not sent over Han Fu's food yet, and Qingzhou Acanthopanax has not received any news of her team, but Duke of Guandong's food is getting more and more nervous. Although the new wheat was already on the market, the price of the grains surrounding the jujube had already risen to a crazy level. The price of a stone of wheat had already risen to 120 yuan, which was four times more than the previous years' prices. ”We can't afford it either …”
”Where's our food warden? Why have you been gone for such a long time without any news? ” These few days, the Yanzhou Stinger Liu Dai could be said to be restless. Wang Gong came over every day to tell him about the food, causing him to no longer have the mood to watch the Kabuka Dance.
”Lord Thorn, our Yanzhou has a total of eight Countryside, one of which is the Eastern County, Chen Liu, Shan Yang, Dong Ping, and Ji Bei.” Lord Thorn, our Yanzhou has a total of eight Countryside, one of which is the East County, Chen Liu, Shan Yang, Dong Ping, and Ji Bei.
Yanzhou Stinger Liu Dai had only been in the Yanzhou for less than a year, so she was not very familiar with the situation there. As a member of the royal family, Liu Dai didn't like managing specific matters. Normally, things were handled by Wang Gong, so he just needed to listen to the reports.
”Now that the Taishan County has risen again, not only will they not be able to collect more food, even several counties have been taken over by the yellow cloth. As the harvest in Ji Yin County failed, the people fled in droves. Even if they wanted to, they could not find anyone. Only the harvest of Ren Cheng Country is still okay, but unfortunately Ren City is too small, and the food harvested is also not worth mentioning. ”