The nail of Xindu was finally removed, Cao Liang was secretly relieved, and taking Xindu can be regarded as completely changing the situation in Jizhou, according to the latest intelligence, the forward troops of Sima Division have arrived in Yecheng, and if they continue to go north, they can arrive in Xindu within three days.

But now the loss of Xindu will inevitably make Sima Shi give up his intention to advance north, after the reinforcements arrive in Yecheng, they have stopped advancing, after Sima Shi and Zhong Hui meet, they will definitely discuss a new offensive strategy, and the Bingzhou army has won a short rest.

The continuous operations made the Bingzhou army more tired, especially the attack on Xindu, and the four infantry battalions of the Bingzhou army were almost at full strength and never slackened for a moment.

However, the result is still relatively ideal, if they still do not take Xindu, not only will it be difficult to recover from the exhaustion of the state army, but they will also face the flanking attack of Sima's army, the situation will become more difficult, and they will even face the danger of collapse.

And now with the fall of Xindu, the situation has become clearer, and with the loss of this fortress and stronghold, Sima Shi did not dare to rush in lightly, which undoubtedly left Cao Liang a lot of time to clean up the mess.

After being submerged by the flood, the entire Xindu was almost reduced to an ocean, and even after the flood, it was almost a ruined city, and it was no longer able to resettle hundreds of thousands of refugees.

In order to clear the wilderness, during the retreat, Lu Zhao ordered the burning of most of the county towns and county seats, and only some of the county towns that had been abandoned in advance were preserved, but they were abandoned for two years, and most of them were dilapidated.

This is the cruelty of war, Lu Zhao can die, but the mess he brought is unmanageable, hundreds of thousands of people have no fixed place to live, food and clothing, and it is really quite tricky to solve this problem.

And Cao Liang can't put all his energy into the resettlement of refugees, after all, he will face a decisive battle of life and death, Sima Shi's army has arrived in Yecheng, the two sides may start a war at any time, Cao Liang must put all his attention on this decisive battle.

The commanders of the various cavalry battalions and infantry battalions, as well as Cao Liang's entire think tank, must seriously prepare for this decisive battle and not be distracted by other affairs.

But these refugees in Xindu Cao Liang can't ignore it, if they are still under Lu Zhao's rule, of course they don't have to worry about Cao Liang, but now that Lu Zhao is dead, these soldiers and civilians in Jizhou have all surrendered to him, Cao Liang naturally can't ignore it, regardless of it, even if it is out of the principle of soil doctrine, Cao Liang must lend a helping hand, not to mention that after these soldiers and civilians are submissive, they have also become the people under his rule, Cao Liang will definitely not allow these people to die because of their own mistakes.

After thinking about it, Cao Liang decided to transfer Xiahou Xuan to Jizhou and let him deal with the affairs of these refugees, after all, the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of people is by no means a thing, and it is related to the livelihood and economy of Jizhou, and long-term planning must be made.

In dealing with civil affairs, Cao Liang felt that Xiahou Xuan should be the most suitable candidate, and with him to do the aftermath, Cao Liang could really let go and go all out to prepare for the decisive battle with Sima Shi.

After receiving Cao Liang's order, Xiahou Xuan quickly flew to Xindu.

At this moment, the situation of Xindu is very bad, although the flood has subsided, but Xindu is in a low-lying area, the stagnant water cannot be removed quickly, there is knee-deep stagnant water everywhere, even if there is no stagnant water, there is also a large amount of silt, as if the area around Xindu has become a swamp.

In order to ensure the survival of hundreds of thousands of Rao, Cao Liang has done his best to transport grain to relieve the emergency, and even did not hesitate to embezzle the army's reserve grain to solve the urgent need.

But many people were drowned in this great flood, and as the temperature rose, these soaked corpses quickly decomposed, and the stench was stinking. After the great plague, there will be a great plague, and if it is not dealt with, it will soon be a plague

After Xiahou Xuan arrived in Xindu, he also felt the severity of the situation, and he immediately proposed three points to Cao Liang, one is to send additional manpower to find and bury these corpses, and use lime water to clean them, and isolate the people who have already had epidemics, especially to isolate the Bingzhou army from these refugees, so as to ensure that the fighters of the Bingzhou army are not affected.

The plague is always an enemy that cannot be underestimated, it cannot be seen or touched, but no matter how strong an army encounters it, it will lose its combat effectiveness and become a weak army.

The situation in Jizhou did not become favorable with the victory of the Battle of Xindu, on the contrary, with the arrival of Sima Shi's army, the situation was even more severe than before.

The main task of the Bingzhou army now is to prepare for war, not to clean up the mess of Xindu, so Xiahou Xuan first proposed that Cao Liang and the state army withdraw from Xindu, as for the matter of Xindu, Xiahou Xuan has another way.

Among the hundreds of thousands surrendered by Xindu, at least 60,000 or 70,000 were the original army, but after laying down their arms, they also became civilians, and Xiahou Xuan decided to recruit 10,000 or 20,000 people from them to deal with the aftermath.

The second point is to continue to implement the evacuation plan that Cao Liang has ordered, the current situation in Xindu is no longer suitable for the people to live, the city is flooded, the houses have collapsed, the epidemic is rampant, so many people continue to stay here, which can only increase the risk of death, so it is necessary to speed up the pace of relocation and resettle these people to other places.

The third point is the problem of resettlement, the previous Jizhou army's strong walls and wilderness, resulting in a large number of cities in Jizhou being wasted and barren, after these hundreds of thousands of people surrendered, it will become a big burden for the Bingzhou army, just hundreds of thousands of food, clothing, housing and transportation, is a relatively big problem.

Not only in the meantime, there was still a good news, after Lu Zhao's son Lu Xun surrendered, he took the initiative to expose a top secret plan of Lu Zhao, that is, Lu Zhao once ordered to prepare to burn the grain depot treasury and the key places in the city, and even did not hesitate to burn the Xindu City, and was not prepared to leave it to the Bingzhou army.

Cao Liang and the others were secretly surprised when they heard this, originally Lu Zhao had already had the heart of breaking the net, if Lu Zhao's conspiracy succeeded, not only would all the grain and grass materials in Xindu City be burned, even if it was the people and troops in the city, I am afraid that it would be difficult to have a chance to escape, and many people would be buried in the sea of fire because of this, Lu Zhao's desperate plan was really ruthless and poisonous enough.