Both Cao Cao and Sun Quan were silent about the use of cannons. Long Fei's five armies each brought a cannon to the city. Even if they didn't fire a word, the city went crazy. Some small towns saw the erected cannons from a distance.
After the gun barrel was fired, they surrendered to Kaicheng. Most of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Qingzhou surrendered one after another. After cleaning up the mess here, Long Fei immediately ordered to continue going north and cross the river.
Pan Zhang early chose a plan suitable for crossing the river and built multiple pontoons on the Yellow River. The soldiers of the Dragon Army marched across the Yellow River as if they were walking on plain ground. The soldiers responsible for guarding the Yellow River disappeared without even daring to show their faces. They immediately stood on the bank of the Yellow River.
On the side, looking at the endless plains, this is the famous North China Plain, the granary of great rivers and mountains. Now it is so depressed that it is incomprehensible.
After years of drought, the land has cracked, and some of the originally fertile land has dried up and become as ravaged as tree bark. Even so, the people wearing rags are still looking for food inside. What catches the eye at a glance is
It was dim and yellow, and there wasn't even a single weed. The trees beside the road, not to mention their leaves, had even their bark stripped clean.
Seeing the arrival of the army, the people just turned around and looked at it without feeling much surprise. Maybe they had no strength to run anymore. Or maybe they thought that whether they ran or not ran, the result would be death, and they would die happily.
It is much better than slowly starving to death. Walking along the official road, you will see dead bodies beside the road from time to time. A piece of human skin is covered on the skeleton. Brown crows are guarding beside them, stretching out intentionally or unintentionally.
Give them a peck. If no one drives them away, they will not fly away.
"How could this happen?" Long Fei was puzzled. He had passed here when he attacked Gongsun Zan. Although Yuan Shao was cruel and greedy, he did not turn Hebei into this state. Cao Cao was also considered a tycoon, having occupied Hebei for so many years.
Instead of improving, it is getting worse.
Xu Shu sighed: "Hebei has been suffering from disasters for many years. Cao Cao is obsessed with expanding his territory and has no energy left to organize. In order to fight against us, Cao Cao did not hesitate to drain the last drop of blood from the people."
"It seems like it was a mistake to hand over Hebei to Cao Cao!" Long Fei frowned: "How much military rations do we still have, give them some!"
"No!" Guo Jia immediately stopped: "According to the tradition of our army, there is no need to bring food. These people will eventually be the people of our empire. Your Majesty, why did you break the rules? Why don't you hurry these people to join our logistics troops and let them do some work?
Work as hard as you can so that they don’t lose their final dignity.”
"Fengxiao has thought carefully about this. This is a very good thing!" Li Ru also agreed.
Long Fei immediately ordered that all armies crossing the Yellow River must recruit local people into their logistics troops, and they would not hesitate to slow down their marching speed. After passing Guandu, an army horse led by Long Fei arrived at Wu
After Chao was stationed, Li Ru was responsible for recruiting refugees. In just one day, there were 20,000 refugees, and the logistics troops were overcrowded, much more than the combat troops. Of course, there were many deserters from the Wei army.
Long Fei turned a blind eye to these people and treated them as common people as long as they did not cause trouble. As the news spread, people with no livelihood nearby came one after another. Wuchao was as lively as when it had a duel with Yuan Shao. At night
There was a huge buzz of people, and it radiated for several miles from the center of the circle where Yuan Shao once stationed grain. They were all people who were anxious to come to Long Fei.
With the increase in population, the consumption of military rations is also unprecedented. There is no place to get food locally, so we can only rely on calls from Jingzhou and Yizhou. However, the distance is far away, and the food and grass transported are only a drop in the bucket. Seeing that the grain depots are running out, the grain officials can only
He came to find Long Fei. Long Fei didn't have any good ideas for a while, so he sent him down first and was anxious for Guo Jia and others to discuss it.
Everyone shook their heads. Xu Shu suddenly said: "This place was originally a granary. I believe that the local rich households may have food, so why not..."
"No need, just do it!" Long Fei didn't hesitate at all. He looked at Dian Wei and said, "Go! If you can't get food, don't come back!"
Dian Wei was well versed in doing this. From Luoyang to Chang'an, then to Wancheng and Jingzhou, Dian Wei handled all the affairs of the local landlord class. Dian Wei had considerable experience in this matter. Sure enough, Dian Wei was away half a day.
At that time, he returned with his soldiers and more than a dozen cartloads of grain. When everyone asked why, Dian Wei just laughed and didn't answer. For two days, a strange thing happened in Yanjin, northeast of Wuchao. The Huang family, a big local family,
He disappeared overnight and not even his body was found.
Those who didn't know the inside story said that the Huang family was the worst, bullying the villagers, and it was best to die. Those who knew the inside story all looked at Dian Wei, who still had that honest smile on his face. If Long Fei was at the bottom, Dian Wei was not afraid.
, he was the busiest during this period, leaving early and coming back late, and he could get more or less food every time he came back. Until Dian Wei's secret was discovered, the local wealthy households finally panicked.
The smart ones quickly took out the food and offered it to Long Fei in order to avoid death, while the stupid ones took the food and tried to escape, and the consequences can be imagined. Those who donated food were praised by Long Fei and personally agreed to confiscate the land, so they could use it
They used the funds to do business, and these grains were purchased. Those who escaped, like the Huang family, disappeared mysteriously.
With food in hand, Long Fei asked Xun Yu to send officials to organize people to build water conservancy projects around the Yellow River to save themselves and rebuild their homes. Then he led the army to continue northward.
At first, Sima Fu, the governor of Jizhou, was very happy. Long Fei gathered the hungry people, which made him secretly happy for a long time. He also thought about the food and grass problem. As long as Long Fei couldn't solve it, the hungry people might eat Long Fei in turn. Just in time.
It was a good thing to solve Long Fei's problem without taking matters into his own hands. However, when he saw the big local households donating food and mobilizing the people to build water conservancy projects, Sima Fu knew that Long Fei had settled the matter.
Regarding these matters, it concerns the State of Wei and, more importantly, the future of the Sima family. Sima Fu immediately reported it to his second brother Sima Yi. Upon hearing this, Sima Yi regretted that he had not moved these wealthy households to Yecheng as early as possible, instead of transferring the grain to Yecheng.
It was better to keep it in my own hands than to give it to Long Fei for free. However, I have no regrets since then, and a war is inevitable.
Seeing that the Wei Kingdom was about to perish, but since it was not destroyed, the damage to the dynasty would continue. Today's topic is still the matter of withdrawing the troops. Uncharacteristically, Cao Pi obeyed Sima Yi's words, with no dissatisfaction or hesitation on his face. As long as Sima Yi felt that he
As a supervisor of the country, Sima Yi had already issued an edict. This made Sima Yi a little uncomfortable, and he didn't use a word of the words he had prepared to deal with Cao Pi.
Seeing that the Yellow River in Yecheng was too close and Long Fei's army was already in sight, Sima Yi decided to move the capital of Wei State from Yecheng to Fanyang. No one objected to such an important decision, and the court was filled with applause. Cao Pi immediately let him go.
Jiang Ji drafted the decree, stamped it with his seal in front of Sima Yi, and ordered preparations to begin tomorrow, leaving all matters to Sima Yi with full authority.
Cao Pi's last words almost moved Sima Yi: "The general has worked hard for our country of Wei. My father and I both understand the general's thoughts. Long Fei and we both have a big hatred. My father has decided that from today on, as long as we The general needs it, and the entire Wei country is at the mercy of the general. We have a common goal, and that is Long Fei."
After coming back, the more Sima Yi thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Looking back carefully, Cao Pi did not object, and neither did the old ministers of Wei, which was unreasonable. Dong Zhao has always been known for his outspokenness, and he was mute today, which made Sima Yi I don't think it's a good thing.
Now that he is preparing to move the capital, Youzhou Governor Du Shu must prepare a reception and build a palace. Fanyang is located in Youzhou, close to the outside of the Great Wall. This is also the northernmost big city in China. If you still can't get rid of Long Fei when you get here, then It really shows that the power of the Wei State has been exhausted. Du Shu was a little embarrassed after receiving the order from the court. Gan Ning in western Liaoning was building a military port, but the Goguryeo and Wuhuan people who had promised it had not done anything yet. He sent people to urge them many times, and the two Fang Du used various excuses to evade, which made Du Shu feel that it was not a good thing.
Just when Du Shu was about to urge him, bad news suddenly came from Shanggu and Daijun. The Xianbei people were coming. The Xianbei people were not here to help them, but to rob. The entire Shanggu area was annexed by the Xianbei people, and so was Daijun. The situation was in danger. The prefect urgently asked Du Shu for help. Du Shu didn't know whether to fight or not. Logically speaking, the Xianbei people were his allies, and an attack would destroy unity. However, Shanggu and Daijun were both Wei territories, and the Xianbei people As the governor, he ignored the invasion and was blamed by the imperial court, so he could not escape his punishment.
Du Shu originally wanted to ask Sima Yi for instructions first. But this group of Xianbei people came with great force and soon crossed the Great Wall and headed towards the hinterland of the Central Plains. Du Shu could not wait any longer and the cavalry resisted. Unexpectedly, it was he who raised the troops and caused trouble for himself. Big trouble.
Murong Feng, a master of Xianbei in the east, had been observing the battle between Wei and Long Fei. Soon he found an opportunity, a good opportunity for the Xianbei people to go south. So he united with Ke Bineng, a master of Beida in Xi'an in the middle, and Bu, a master of Xianbei in the west. Gendu jointly recommended Tan Shihuai's son Helian to succeed him as king, and prepared to take advantage of the battle between Wei and Long Fei to gain strength. Even if they just entered the south of the Great Wall, it would be considered a victory.
When the Dragon Army crossed the river and Cao Wei sent Sima Lang to ask for peace, Murong Feng thought the time had come. On the one hand, he agreed to Sima Lang's idea of joining forces, and on the other hand, he was anxious for the Xianbei tribe leaders to hold a meeting to invade Cao Wei. It was Xianbei general Yuwen Mogui, the leader of the Yuwen tribe, the second largest tribe in Northeast Xianbei. Murong Feng sent him to test Cao Wei's attitude, and he was indeed blocked by Du Shu in Daijun.
Hearing that his army and horses were blocked by Cao Wei, Murong Feng smiled instead of being angry: "Okay! Send people to Yecheng immediately. I want to see how Sima Yi deals with this sinner who attacked the allies."