As Yuan Shu and his party went all the way north, there were more and more homeless people on the road. Gradually, it grew from a wave of dozens of people to hundreds of people and a wave of nearly a thousand. The situation of these displaced people is also becoming more and more emaciated. If it weren't for the fact that Lu Su had more doctors and food in some of the gathering places arranged along the road, I am afraid that these people would not have been able to support them for a long time.

"What the hell happened to Liangzhou? Why are there so many displaced people? ”

Among the displaced people not far away, there were many strong men with physical disabilities, and it was obvious that they had just come down from the battlefield. Yuan Shu instantly realized that something must have happened in Liangzhou.

In order to rescue the Son of Heaven, Ma Teng fought with Li Dao and Guo Yan of Chang'an. I really didn't expect that the Han Dynasty was in such a decline that there were still loyal ministers like Ma Teng. Lu Su said with emotion.

"Great loyalty is like treachery, great hypocrisy is like truth. In this case, Ma Teng's loyalty to the Han family is only due to his weak strength and lack of vision, Liangzhou is already barren, and Dong Zhuo has been a hero for so long, and the people who come out are short-sighted. Yuan Shu said disdainfully.

"Ma Teng is brave but unstrategic, and he is not like Gongsun Zhan who has a strong personality and can make a name for himself, this person has no male qualifications at all, so there is no need to worry. And Han Sui, although he is quite scheming, but he is a little clever and has no ambitions, if he is just a simple person in the Central Plains, he can still get a name for himself in Xiliang. ”

"Since Dong Zhuo, Xiliang has not had any people to take action, and the key to the situation in the whole world is still in the Central Plains."

Lu Su agreed: "The lord's words are good, the competition for the world is not only about ability, but also about vision. People like Xiliang are all people who keep to themselves, and they are not enough to achieve great things at all. No matter how happy I am now, it is just a grasshopper after autumn. ”

"You must settle these displaced people. I will send troops from Yizhou to Liangzhou in the spring of next year at the latest, and before that, you must repair the road out of Hanzhong, as well as the logistics preparations, and don't panic when the time comes. Anything can happen, and preparations must be adequate and comprehensive to avoid problems when the time comes. Yuan Shu said solemnly.

Lu Su bowed slightly: "Please rest assured, Su is provincial." ”

Suddenly, Yuan Shu felt the carriage stop, opened the window beside him, and frowned outside: "What's the matter?" Why did the carriage stop? ”

Dian Wei, who was patrolling on both sides of the carriage on horseback, hurriedly rushed over: "My lord, I found hundreds of homeless people lying on the ground on the side of the road in front, and they all seemed to have died, and someone had already sent someone to investigate." ”

Yuan Shu's eyes froze: "Hundreds of homeless people died? ”

Turning his head to look at Lu Su, who was also slightly surprised: "Zijing, what's the matter?" ”

Lu Su seemed to remember something and said: "Lord, some time ago, a small group of thieves with a size of about 1,000 people appeared near here, often raiding the surrounding gathering places, and I have sent someone to deal with it." However, this gang of thieves is as slippery as loaches, suddenly appearing and disappearing, and it is really difficult to track down, so I have to temporarily strengthen the defense of the gathering place near here, and wait until the army comes to deal with it. The army is coming in a few days, and for the sake of safety, why don't we take a detour first? ”

"Forget it, it's just some bandits, there's no need to change routes, it's better to solve it by the way." Yuan Shu doesn't care about the Tao.

"My lord, I asked about it, and there was a seriously injured and undead homeless who said that the group went to the gathering place in the northwest direction, and it seemed that they were going to loot the gathering place."

"What about the number of bandits?"

"The man was so badly wounded that he fainted after telling me where the robbers were. A certain medical soldier is treating him, but he is afraid that he will not wake up in a short time. ”

Lu Su was a little nervous when he heard this: "My lord, the gathering place in the northwest direction is not small, and there are about 10,000 displaced people in it. ”

"How many army guards?"

"Two thousand."

Yuan Shu frowned: "This bandit can wipe out this group of hundreds of homeless people so easily, it seems that there are more than thousands. Zijing, is there still a garrison around? Send someone to bring in some support from the past. ”

Lu Su smiled bitterly: "Lord, it will take half a day for the army of the nearest gathering place to arrive here, and I am afraid it will be too late by then." ”

Yuan Shu vaguely felt that something was wrong, but after pondering for a while, he still said: "Evil, you let Zhang Chi take a thousand tiger guards to help, give priority to saving the homeless, and it is best to destroy this group of bandits." ”

"Yes."

Looking at Dian Wei's departing figure, Yuan Shu muttered, "Zijing, did you say that I came so coincidentally?" ”

Lu Su smiled slightly: "The lord has already made up his mind in his heart, so why bother to ask Su?" ”

Yuan Shu looked at the desolate wilderness outside: "It seems that there are many people in Yizhou who want my life!" ”

"A bunch of unsightly things, if hidden in the shadows, maybe I'll have to do a little more work. Now he dares to jump out, he is really looking for death. ”

Lu Su smiled slightly, the gentleman did not stand within the dangerous wall, Yuan Shu only sent out a thousand soldiers, and did not send Dian Wei and Xu Chu out, it was indeed cautious enough. Now I don't know if the other party will dare to come if he only releases such a little bait.

But Lu Su doesn't care about this kind of thing, so what if he doesn't come? With Yuan Shu's control over his subordinates, these rats will be dug up sooner or later. It's good to be able to lure the snake out of the hole now, but it doesn't matter if it doesn't, but it just takes a little more time.

Yuan Shu sighed inwardly, he finally understood why Cao Cao killed someone in his dream. It's chilling to feel like there's an enemy lurking around you at all times and trying to kill you.

That is to say, Yuan Shu has a unique monarchial talent, and he can find out whether people are loyal or not, so that he can live so peacefully in Jinling, otherwise, the people who poison and assassinate every day will definitely not know how many.

But once they came out of Jinling, these cows, ghosts, snakes and gods all came out, there was no way, it was too hateful. Although the strength left by Yuan Shu is not weak, these people may not be able to bear it.

"My lord, the outcasts have woken up." Suddenly, Dian Wei said.

"Bring him here and ask." Yuan Shudao.

Soon, a ragged, bloodstained figure was brought up. This is an ordinary-looking middle-aged man, and his cloudy eyes reveal fear and trepidation.

"Old man, don't worry, I came to you just to ask," Yuan Shu looked at the old man in front of him very kindly.

"Who sent you?" The gentle words suddenly turned cold, and Yuan Shu looked at the seemingly ordinary old man in front of him with sharp eyes.

The old man looked frightened, and knelt on the ground with weak knees: "Adults spare their lives, adults spare their lives!" The little old man has offended the adult somewhere, and I hope the adult will forgive him! ”

The corners of Yuan Shu's mouth showed a sneer, pretending to be good. Replaced by ordinary people, no one can take this old man. However, in Yuan Shu's eyes, the bright red aura on his head completely betrayed him, and this person was not friend or foe.