Yuan Shu refused to send troops, and Qin Yilu could not return.

Cao's soldiers besieged Xiapi. In addition to attacking from the front, they also listened to the advice of their advisers and flooded the area with water.

Lu Bu went to the Baimen Tower in the south of the city every day to supervise the battle. It was not that the offensive in the south was the strongest, but that he still had illusions about Yuan Shu.

If Yuan Shu sends troops to rescue him, reinforcements will appear in the south immediately.

Lu Bu waited for ten months to no avail, and Cao's army's offensive outside the city continued unabated, so he personally escorted his daughter, planning to break out of the siege and go to Shouchun to get married. By the way, he personally asked Yuan Shu for help, and then led Huainan's reinforcements back to rescue Xia Pi.

Lu Bu thought that even if the city was destroyed, nothing would happen to his wife and children in Xiapi. After all, he had captured Liu Bei's wife and children twice before and treated them politely and kindly.

Lu Bu naively thought that people could do this, but he forgot that the opponent outside the city was Cao Cao.

Unfortunately, Cao Jun finally broke through and was beaten back to the city, so Lu Bu's hypothesis could not be verified.

Cao Cao's troops traveled thousands of miles to attack Xuzhou;

Cao Cao's people migrated thousands of miles to Hefei.

In November of the third year of Jian'an, Xu Ding and Xu Chu led more than 4,000 villagers to Hefei after traveling through mountains and rivers for nearly two months.

Long Xiang was overjoyed when he heard the news and took Tang Hui and Cao Xing with him out of the north gate of Hefei to greet him.

The reason why the migration of Xu Village took so long was because the old and young were walking slowly. Not only were they harassed by Han Hao north of the Huai River, but they were also mistaken for rogue bandits by the Huainan defenders after crossing south.

Once they got close to the city, officers and soldiers came out of the city to drive them away. In order to reduce casualties, the Xu brothers had no choice but to take a detour through a remote path.

Long Xiang took Xu Ding and walked and chatted. When he learned about the difficulty of migration, he said that he would make proper arrangements for the people of Xu Village to ensure that they could live and work in peace and contentment in Hefei.

"Tiger Crazy" Xu Chu followed behind the two men. He was tall and round-waisted, with a majestic body and even wider than Zhang Fei.

Although Long Xiang was very happy in his heart, he could not be enthusiastic without reason, so the starting point was still Xu Ding.

As long as you have a good relationship with Xu Da, Xu Er will naturally succeed.

Xu Chu was a ruthless person and didn't talk much. He followed the two of them and observed secretly.

I found that although Long Xiang was young, his every move showed confidence, and I guessed that he must be a person with great ambitions.

Hefei may be the right place to come.

Birds of a feather flock together and people divide into groups.

During the Han Dynasty, the world was divided among the princes. The gentry and officials under the princes recommended each other according to their interests and married into alliances. The people at the bottom also hugged each other for warmth. They mostly formed small groups in villages and townships.

The first batch of people who came to Hefei were Long Xiang's family members who moved from Shouchun. Not only did these people have the spirit of being together as a bond, but they also lived together in groups and were the ballast of unity and stability in Hefei.

stone.

Although refugees continued to join later, and the total number far exceeded the previous family members of the same comrades, but because the cluster was not large enough, they could only form scattered groups around it, which was difficult to pose a threat to public security and the execution of government orders.

This time, more than 4,000 people moved to Xu Village. They all looked up to the Xu family brothers. They were a group of people with pure status and easy management.

At the same time, the total number of people in Xu Village exceeded the first batch of residents, becoming the largest group in Hefei society.

Long Xiang is not worried about this kind of group joining. Instead, he feels that introducing competition is a good thing. It will be of great benefit to the sustainable development of Hefei to prevent a specific group from being too prominent.

Based on Long Xiang's suggestion, Lu Su concentrated the resettlement of people in Xu Village in the northeastern area of ​​Hefei. After calculating the number of households, he immediately distributed corresponding rations.

In addition, Long Xiang also exempted the people of Xu Village from the 'inspection period'.

That is to say, new people entering the city need to undergo an inspection for three months. Adult men and women must be incorporated into the ranks of civilian workers and assigned to voluntary labor at various construction sites in the city. Monthly rations are distributed according to the minimum standard.

At the end of the three-month inspection period, the Military Sima Mansion (Hefei Marquis Mansion) will issue an identity number, and then allocate fields according to the number of households, or be incorporated into a team of full-time craftsmen, and they will become official Hefei residents.

Xu Wei stayed in Hefei for three days in the summer and was very aware of the inspection period system.

Long Xiang gave the green light to the people of Xu Village at this time and won the gratitude of the Xu family brothers.

After settling the people in Xu Village, Long Xiang immediately gathered generals at the Army Sima Mansion, and he planned to redistribute the defense of Hefei.

There are six seats on the left and right of the main hall. The three seats on the right are Lu Su, Feng Zhong, and Cao Xing, and the three seats on the left are Tang Yu, Xu Ding, and Xu Chu.

Seeing the six civilized and martial people in the hall, Long Xiang inexplicably thought of Water Margin.

At that time, when Wang Lun founded Liangshan Village, it was probably the scene before him, with only a few leaders.

"I remember when I was...ahem..."

Long Xiang almost sang "Shajiabang". Fortunately, he reacted in time and changed his tune and sighed: "Last year when I first arrived in Hefei, Zijing, Bo'an, and Zhongkang were not here, so the four of us were busy.

,I feel more and more relaxed now..."

"Who would have thought that the former Marquis of Qu would now be the lord of Hefei and manage it very well." Xu Ding cupped his fists and complimented.

Long Xiang nodded slightly and responded with a smile: "We are here now thanks to the support of our brothers. We will also rely on Bo'an and Zhongkang in the future."

"Yunqi may give you orders, but my two brothers are willing to follow the example of dogs and horses."

Xu Ding and Xu Chu looked at each other, stood up and clasped their fists to show their loyalty.

Xu Ding brought the whole village to vote because he was interested in Long Xiang's character.

Xu Chu had some reservations at first, but after getting along with him for a few days, he found that Long Xiang was indeed a gentleman who was generous and kind to the people as his brother said, so he recognized the young man.

Long Xiang signaled to Xu Ding, and Xu Chu sat down, turned to the chief registrar Lu Su and asked:

"Zijing, Uncle Zhong built the craftsman camp during this time, Bo'an, and Zhongkang brought more than a thousand warriors from the countryside to join him. Now Hefei's soldiers are close to three thousand. If the traitor commander Zheng Bao comes to seize the city at this time, he can stop him.

no?"

Lu Su glanced at the Xu brothers, raised his hands and faced Long Xiang and replied: "The strong men in Xu Village all practice martial arts, which is indeed a great help to us. I think there should be no problem in guarding Hefei."

"So good."

Long Xiang had no experience in defending the city. After hearing Lu Su's answer, he felt reassured and then said to everyone: "Although Hefei's current defenders are sufficient, they are severely lacking in weapons and armor. It is time to send people out of the city to mine.

After logging, smelting, forging, and arrow-making workshops can also be slowly started..."

"That's what I mean too." Lu Su nodded in confirmation.

Long Xiang looked at the generals and ordered: "Since there are new soldiers, I will re-adjust the division of labor, Uncle Hui..."

Feng Zhong's craftsman camp already has a thousand people, and will continue to expand the number of multi-functional craftsmen as needed based on Hefei's population growth. Tang Hui is still fully responsible for Hefei's city defense, and Cao Xing is still responsible for external intelligence.

The newly added Xu Cunxiangyong was divided into two parts by Long Xiang.

Among them, Xu Ding commanded 200 people and assisted Tang Yu in charge of Hefei city defense. Originally, only the north and south gates were opened. However, because the defenders became more abundant, they were adjusted to open all four gates, which greatly facilitated the people.

Xu Chu commanded the remaining 1,000 men as emergency troops in Hefei, wherever needed.

Since then, Hefei has slowly transformed from hidden development to semi-open development.
Chapter completed!