Chapter 171 No one dares to poison the well
Jia Xu assisted Niu Fu in his early years, and later joined Zhang Xiu.
Cao Cao once suffered a lot of losses in his hands.
He is steady in his work and generally does not make suggestions. Once he makes plans, he will definitely be a plan to kill his descendants, so he is named Poison.
People like Jia Xu generally do not underestimate anyone.
If you verbally despise someone, it must be that he has already made plans and can take the other party without any suspense.
"Did Wenhe already have a plan?" Cao Cao of course understood Jia Xu.
"Please allow me to go to Lujiang." Jia Xu said: "I will definitely send the heads of Zhang Xun and Yuan Yao to the lord!"
"I want Zhang Xun's head, Yuan Yao can let him live." Cao Cao said: "After all, Yuan Gonglu and I were ministers in the same palace, and the Sour Jujube Alliance also attacked Dong Zhuo together. No matter how much he said, he couldn't let him die. Besides, Yuan Yao was just a clan, and even if he was alive, he would not cause any storm. Zhang Xun was a bit troublesome."
"If I go to Lujiang, my lord will never have to have a headache again." Jia Xu reiterated.
"Be careful in everything." Cao Cao reminded.
When Lu Bu attacked Shouchun, Zhang Xun, Yuan Ying and others protected Yuan Yao into Lujiang.
Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang, belonged to Yuan Shu and followed the Yuan family in Huainan for many years.
Yuan Yao and others came to Lujiang. He was very attentive and cared for him very attentively.
Lu Bu withdrew, and Cao Cao arrived later.
Cao's army was stationed in Shouchun, and only a few troops went south to test Liu Xun's reaction.
Liu Xun settled the Lujiang Prefecture in Hefei.
There is a long journey from Shouchun to Hefei.
Since Yuan Yao and others arrived, Liu Xun sent many scouts to investigate the movements of Cao's army.
Cao Cao decided to let Jia Xu go to Hefei, and at the same time sent Li Dian to lead two thousand troops to Hefei.
It is only a few dozen miles south of Shouchun and not far from Lujiang. There is a town called Yijing.
After walking a long journey, Li Dian felt a little thirsty.
He ordered the soldiers beside him to get water.
The soldier took out the water bag and handed it to him.
After taking the water bag, Li Dian asked in surprise: "Why is there no water?"
"I set off in a hurry, and I didn't have enough water." The soldier responded nervously.
Li Dian shook his head helplessly.
Being in the Jianghuai River, there are crisscrossing rivers and streams everywhere. If you die of thirst here, it will make people laugh out loud.
"General, there is a well in front of you!" Li Dianzheng planned to order someone to find the water source, and a soldier pointed forward.
He saw that there was indeed a well in front of him.
The well is right by the roadside, and due to disrepair, it is full of weeds.
"Go and have a look!" Li Dian ordered the soldiers.
Several soldiers stepped forward and drew a bucket of water from the well.
The well water is clear and delicious.
But Li Dian didn't immediately pick up the cow drink.
Smoke was coming out of his thirsty throat, but he had to be wary of it.
When two armies are fighting, the river can be poisoned, let alone a well.
Looking around, Li Dian saw that there seemed to be several small houses in the distance.
He instructed the soldiers: "There should be a village over there, and find a few villagers to come and ask questions."
A small team of soldiers ran towards the house in the distance.
Looking out from where Li Dian is, the house is not very far away.
But the soldiers were not that close to each other.
After waiting for about a stick of incense, Li Dian felt that his throat was dry and smoking.
If he hadn't been worried about the poison in the well, he would have picked up a wooden barrel and drank a large cow.
When the soldiers came to him, Li Dian asked with some displeasure: "Why are you back now?"
"The road is not easy to walk on." The leading officer replied: "But we found a few elderly people from the village."
He turned around and greeted: "Bring people up!"
The soldiers rushed forward with a few old men.
When they came to Li Dian, several old men lowered their heads tremblingly, and how could they dare to look at him more?
"I'll ask you!" Li Dian glanced at the old men and asked, "Has the water in this well been poisoned by someone?"
When he asked if the well had been poisoned, several old men raised their heads.
The old men showed surprise.
Looking at Li Dian, one of the old men said: "All rivers, streams and wells have been poisoned, and no one dares to poison this well. The general asked this because he didn't know the origin of Yijing."
"It seems that there are allusions." Li Dian asked, "Can you tell me?"
When the reason for the uprising was mentioned, the old man's previous uneasiness was slightly relieved.
He stood up straight and told the origin of the place name.
From the old man's story, Li Dian learned about the origin of the Yijing place name.
The drought was severe that year, and most of the people here fled abroad, leaving behind the elderly, weak, women and children with mobility difficulties.
When people were about to die of thirst and starvation, a righteous man who was looking for his relatives came here.
Seeing that the people were living in poverty due to drought, the righteous man did not leave, but chose to stay and work with the villagers to fight the drought.
He thought that it would be better to passively wait for the rain in the old days, and it would be better to open a well to solve the water source problem.
Under his guidance, the villagers opened the well in front of them.
The sweet well water saved the villagers and also brought the name "Yijing" to this place.
The old man's story did not dispel Li Dian's concerns.
He said to the old man, "Although that's what I say, why should I believe you?"
He reached out and the soldiers brought the bucket of water.
Li Dian stared at the old man: "Since you think it is impossible for someone to poison it, then let's drink this poke water."
The water was shot out of the well, and the old man took the bucket without any worries and drank it in big mouthfuls.
A bucket of water is quite a lot. Before he could finish drinking it, Li Dian said, "It's enough. I believe there is no poison in this well!"
He ordered the soldiers: "Get water, I will drink more buckets of water!"
Just like Li Dian, he was so thirsty that his throat was about to smoke. When the soldiers heard that the well water could be drunk, someone immediately stepped forward to grab the bucket and fetched the water.
The first bucket of water that was brought to Li Dian of course.
After taking the bucket, Li Dian drank in big mouthfuls.
When he finished drinking water and was about to take a good rest and take a breath, a scout came to him: "Report to General, Huainan Army is found nearby."
As soon as he sat on the ground, Li Dian suddenly stood up: "Where is there? Are there some people?"
"It's not far ahead, about 3,000 people." The scout replied: "It doesn't look like the remaining soldiers who fled here in Shouchun, but more like the subordinates of Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang."
"Have you found out who is leading the troops?" Li Dian asked.
"He is a general named Li Mao." The scout replied: "This man has followed Liu Xun for many years and has made some contributions. He is one of the Lujiang generals whom Liu Xun relied on."
"Where are the strong generals from Lujiang?" Li Dian ordered: "Send the order and let the soldiers prepare and kill the enemy with me!"
Military orders were issued, and soldiers who quenched their thirst lined up one after another.
Li Dian turned his head and said to several old men: "Thank you, there will be a big battle here, so you should go home quickly!"
Chapter completed!