Chapter 21 Man-made Disasters and Natural Disasters

Let's talk about Zhang Xiu's generals, Hu Che'er, Zhang Xian and Lei Xu, who are currently older. Zhang Xian and Lei Xu are loyal enough, but their abilities are extremely mediocre. Now these two are still generals, but they are each in charge of 20,000 troops.

Hu Che'er, a partial general at the level of General Gao Pi. Now he is naturally a well-deserved number one general under Zhang Xiu, and he is a little smart. Zhang Xiu handed over the 800 ace Flying Bear Army and more than 4,000 Qianghu soldiers to him to command.

These three people are all Zhang Xiu's absolute pro-confidants, especially Hu Che'er, Zhang Xiu called him "My Dian Wei"!

With "Dian Wei", there is naturally "Xu Chu". Cao Cao had Wei Xu Chu as the captain of his personal guard, and Zhang Xiu promoted Zhou Cang, who had made meritorious contributions to killing the enemy, as the goalkeeper. Although the military rank was low, Zhang Xiu was awarded the position of commander of the Wuwei battalion. became Zhang Xiu's "My Xu Chu", and he was a new cronie general appreciated by Zhang Xiu.

There are also two friends of Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao and Liao Hua.

Pei Yuanshao won't explain much, he is still the goalkeeper. Zhang Xiu saw that he was good at finding out information and collecting channels, so he made him the leader of the scout. It can be regarded as making the best use of things and making the best use of talents.

Nonsense, every time a good horse passes by his hill, this thing comes out on time. In addition, although this goods are a bandit, they still have a bit of vision for war horses, Zhang Xiu also let this goods be a horse commander, in charge of daily care of war horses, which is commonly known as Bi Ma Wen.

As for Liao Hua, Zhang Xiu found that this person was not as unbearable as he said in the romance. Later generations commented that "there is no general in Shu, and Liao has become a pioneer", which satirizes the lack of talents in Shu Han. Since then, Liao Hua has become synonymous with incompetent and mediocre people.

But in fact, Zhang Xiu found that Liao Hua was an undiscovered manufacturable material. At present, although the force is mediocre, he is even defeated by Liang Gang, the general of Yuan Shu's department, on the battlefield.

But that was also because Liao Hua changed his profession from a bandit, and he had not been a regular army for a few months. Not to mention that he had no experience in fighting before. To be honest, under the desperate fight of Liang Gang, who was also the No. 1 fierce general under Yuan Shu, Zhang Xiu was very satisfied that he was not injured.

What's more, Zhang Xiu also found that Liao Hua still has some ability to command troops. This can be seen from the fact that he was able to complete the task of interspersing the enemy formation arranged by Zhang Xiu and smashing the ** from the first time he led the troops to fight.

Therefore, Zhang Xiu did not blame him for not catching Liang Gang's fault. also promoted him to the tooth goalkeeper and served as Li Tong's deputy. On the one hand, Li Tong's Tuntian affairs are heavy and the stakes are heavy, and Li Tong's burden is too heavy alone. On the other hand, it also allowed Liao Hua to learn martial arts and the ability to lead troops to fight from Li Tong.

There are also two pairs of difficult brothers, Liu Pigong Du and Lei Bo Chen Lan. Although the abilities of these four people are not outstanding, they can also be regarded as generals. At present, they are still partial generals, each commanding 20,000 headquarters men.

Not counting Zhang Xun and others who have not officially surrendered, these thirteen generals are Zhang Xiu's current generals. Although no matter how you look at it, it looks like a group of wine bags and rice bags, Zhang Xiu is already quite satisfied. Up to now, I can be regarded as a large number of generals, 180,000 troops, ten generals, and two counties, how can I have the capital to conquer the Central Plains.

After comforting himself and using spiritual therapy to completely forget that his subordinates were just a rabble of reckless and generals, Zhang Xiu was in a good mood to announce the start of the meeting.

Pei Yuanshao, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, Liu Bigong and others now have the appearance of regular army generals, knowing that they are lined up in two rows according to their military qualifications, and they are respectfully facing Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu remembered that a month ago, this group of guys stood in their tent in a mess, you pick your nose and I pick out my ears, Zhang Xiu almost ate a bite of beard when he came back, not to mention that there were people pushing and shoving in the middle, and he actually stepped on his feet several times!

Now he has finally changed the habits of those Yellow Turban bandits. Zhang Xiu walked down the main seat of the main hall. Rather than sitting on top of everyone to discuss things, he still prefers to walk around the hall and get close to his subordinates.

Goo~Porphyry...... A familiar voice came from someone's body, and then an equally familiar smell spread throughout the hall, and everyone who heard it covered their noses and vomited.

Zhang Xiu's face was slightly embarrassed, but Hu Che'er couldn't help but scold: "Erri, stuff the dripping fart, the stinky drops are afraid, and the old Hu dripping fart stinks!" ”

Pei Yuanshao immediately pointed to Zhou Cang in front of him and said: "It must be Zhou Cang, he is in front of me, I have a lot of taste here!" ”

Zhou Cang immediately turned around, clenched his fists and bluffed: "Let go of your fart, Lao Tzu has already vacated the contents of his stomach this morning in order not to be ashamed, you owe kick!" ”

Everyone laughed, and Lei Xu said: "General Pei, it won't be you, the thief shouts to catch the thief!" ”

Pei Yuanshao's eyes immediately turned red: "How is it possible, don't you know that my old Pei Pingsheng loves horses the most in his life, and hates things like croton the most?" I'm in charge of horse feed, and even horse breeders aren't allowed to eat beans! ”

Everyone laughed again, Zhang Xiu really couldn't stand it, and he was afraid that he would have to stage a full martial arts show in the main hall again. immediately coughed and said, "No need to argue, I know who fart, that's ......"

Zhang Xiu hadn't said his name yet, but Liu Bi had already made a bet with Gong Du next to him. Liu Bi said: "I'm sure it's the lord's fart, as long as it's not the lord's fart, the bet will come according to the old rules." ”

Zhang Xiu glared fiercely at Liu Bi and Gong Du, who were in high spirits. Directly pointed to Pei Yuanshao next to Liao Hua, who looked calm, and it was none of my business if the house was demolished by you.

"It's Liaohua who farts!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Liao Hua. Liao Hua's face changed suddenly, and he changed into an amazed face, and he hugged his fists and sighed: "Lord God!" ”

Get! As soon as I let out a fart, I started to pat myself on the back.

Everyone looked incredulous. Zhang Xiu explained: "General Pei Yuanshao Pei is naturally unlikely, and General Pei said that there is a big smell next to him. When General Pei and General Zhou Cangzhou looked at each other angrily, you all watched their good show. The real murderer took advantage of the corner of his mouth to smile a little at this time, isn't it, General Liao Hua? ”

Liao Hua once again looked convinced: "The lord's eyes are like electricity, and he is meticulous, and Liao Hua admires it." ”

"Don't be a sycophant, General Ben has already ordered that whoever makes these indecent actions on a formal occasion will be fined a hundred dollars! General Liao, after the meeting ended, he consciously went to pay the money. Zhang Xiu pretended to be serious. There is no way, there is no substantive punishment, and it is difficult for them to consciously change their bad habits by themselves!

"There is also General Zhou Cang, who openly threatened his colleagues, Liu Bigong openly gambled, and he was a first offender, and he would not be held accountable, but he must submit a review like Liao Hua!" Zhang Xiu said viciously: "If you can't write it or ask someone to write it, you will be fined for one month!" ”

Hearing that he was fined again, Liao Hua looked at Zhang Xiu with a grateful look, but turned his face to Jia Xu with a pitiful look. Unexpectedly, as soon as Dr. Jia heard Zhang Xiu say that he would be fined, he immediately closed his eyes and wandered. I'm thinking about things, I can't see it. Well, Wen Jin is making rapid progress, and his observation and understanding of people's hearts are about to catch up with the old man.

It's just that this Liaohua, the money for dozing off in the last meeting was still paid by the old man for you, don't think about it this time!

All of the people who were named looked wilted, and it seems that Zhang Xiu's review is not so easy to write.

Next, the matter of Guangling was formally discussed. Han Song undoubtedly served as the ambassador with full power to appease this time, not only responsible for appeasing Guangling County, but also leading Guangling for a considerable period of time in the future, responsible for governing Guangling.

It's just that the garrison generals sent to Guangling made it difficult for Zhang Xiu. Guangling is located on the edge of the Central Plains, and its strategic location is not very important. But because of this, Guangling has never been affected by major wars. In addition, the land is fertile and the people live and work in peace and contentment, which can be regarded as a happy land in the Central Plains, a place where the heroes are divided.

These are all thanks to the Huai River today. The Huai River of the Three Kingdoms does not flow all the way eastward into the Yellow Sea, but makes a 90-degree bend to the south when it is about to enter the sea, and flows into the Yangtze River, from which it flows into the sea.

This section of the Huai River, which suddenly turns to run north-south, is Guangling County in the east and Jiujiang County in the west.

Therefore, Guangling County is not actually within the Huainan area. On the contrary, Guangling belongs to one of the six counties of Xuzhou and has a closer relationship with Xuzhou. Since Zhang Xiu wanted to have this land of grain for himself, he had to send a general who could take charge of Guangling alone.

As mentioned earlier, Li Tong's conditions are sufficient in all aspects, but the matter of Tuntian is more urgent. Because Zhang Xiu knew that a major drought was about to fall in Huainan, which had been smooth in the past years.

At the same time, there was also a ***.

Originally, after the drought, the grain production was reduced, and the famine occurred. But the famine that broke out in Huainan this time actually happened earlier than the drought!

This is against the laws of nature! Yes, it does sound hard to believe. But you can't help but admire Yuan Shu's talent in making death.

The first is heavy conscription, and in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, it is very common to catch strong men as soldiers. Even Liu Bei, who prides himself on being benevolent, also captured thousands of hungry people as soldiers on the way to rescue Tao Qian.

But Yuan Shu not only frantically recruited strong men to expand the army, but also frequently recruited people to expand his Shouchun Palace, or to build palaces everywhere! Just taking Shouchun Palace as an example, at least 100,000 people were transferred before and after, but the women in Huainan were really not angry, and there were too few men to meet Yuan Shu's needs. So Yuan Shu recruited child laborers and women to satisfy his desire for poverty and luxury.

Even more terrible than conscription was the extremely high taxes, which directly caused most of the people in Huainan to abandon their land and flee to other places. To give an example, a family only harvests ten quintals of grain in a year, but Yuan Shu collects nine quintals of taxes. Nine quintals is enough, and the key layers of bureaucrats are distributed, and at least 20 quintals of grain are collected. This is okay, at the end of a year of farming, you have to stick it upside down if you don't eat or drink?

Therefore, Yuan Shu only ruled Huainan for five or six years, and the people of Huainan were either tortured to death by tyranny or went into exile. The loss of population is several times more than all the previous wars in Huainan that caused the loss of population, this is the real harsh government is fiercer than the tiger!

These two articles alone have made it impossible for the people of Huainan to live a normal life. If you can't even eat enough, what strength do you have to farm? If the rations are not enough, where will the seeds come from? So it makes sense that famine preceded drought.

Walking all the way from Ruyin, the closer you get to Shouchun, the more you can't see people. Passing through ten villages, nine were empty. Fertile fields are overgrown with weeds, and rivers and canals that were once densely networked with water are clogged. This is the Huainan that is known as having a lot of land and grain? This is the Huainan that is known as densely populated and has fertile soil?

It's just that Zhang Xiu's Yongliang Army has an indifferent look, because their hometown is even more tragic than this! No matter how Huainan says that there are fewer wars, Guanzhong can only be described as hell on earth, slaughtering the village! Slaughter the city! It's a common thing in Guanzhong. If you don't do something shocking, you don't have the face to say that you are a warlord of Xiliang.

But Zhang Xiu knew that Huainan was not far from hell on earth. If the phenomenon of cannibalism caused by tyranny only occurs in remote areas, the natural and man-made disasters in the second half of this year will lead to the spread of this kind of human tragedy throughout Huainan.

Huainan didn't grow much grain at all in last year's winter planting, just look at the color of the fields this year. But now that spring planting is approaching, if we don't grow any more food, famine will inevitably break out.

Therefore, Zhang Xiu had to complete three things before he could completely exterminate Yuan Shu to ensure that Huainan survived this famine. One of them is to take Guangling County, because Guangling is under the governance of Wu Jing, and the money and grain situation is relatively good. At that time, we can still support some food relief in Huainan.

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