The next day, Hua Xiong received a general order from Lü Bu and took his infantry to the mountains north of Dongwuyang, where there were two rivers flowing through Dongwuyang, Zeshui and Weishui.

The soldiers carried hoes, and some did not know why.

"General, aren't we here to fight? Why are you still carrying a hoe now? ”

Hua Xiong, who was also striding forward, glanced back at the man and the other soldiers, made a tiger face, and said angrily: "You fools, where do you know the wisdom of the lord, don't make a noise, just follow this general's officer!" If you can complete the task of the main bus generation, you are indispensable. ”

Hearing this, many soldiers were happy in their hearts, for them, whether it was killing the enemy or planting crops in the fields, as long as they could accumulate merit.

But there are also a few soldiers who like to get the truth and still whisper.

"I think, it's not that simple, I heard that General Koji in the north has used the trick of flooding the Seventh Army, will we also dig the river to irrigate the city?"

"Li Ze, you kid doesn't have ears, do you? Do you want to come to my tent tonight to learn martial arts with General Ben? Hearing the muttering from behind, Hua Xiong turned his head again, and swept over with a little deep meaning in his eyes.

The angry young man who was named suddenly shuddered, his hair stood on end, goosebumps rose, and he didn't dare to say anything more.

Few of their general's hobbies can withstand it.

As for the hoes in the hands of the soldiers, they were borrowed from the farmers before, and their fields were burned by fire, and Lu Bu promised to lend them grain for the winter, without interest, and it was not too late to wait for the harvest to be harvested in the future.

These people were grateful for this, and when they learned that Lu Bu had sent someone to borrow a hoe and a shovel, they didn't blink their eyes and borrowed them all.

In the following period, Hua Xiong led his soldiers to cut off the flow of water, and forcibly changed the direction of the river that originally flowed in the direction of Dongwuyang.

Tobu Yang Castle, Imperial Palace.

"Hahaha......"

Before arriving at the main hall, I heard the sound of joyful laughter coming from the temple.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Doctor asks to see you." The old eunuch outside the palace entered and respectfully reported to the Son of Heaven.

Liu Wei was happy at this time, couldn't hide his smile, and beckoned: "Hurry up and invite Xun Qing in." ”

These days, Xun Yu is busy enough, almost not a moment idle, now Lu Bu is about to attack the city, and the people in the city are panicking. As the most important minister of the Son of Heaven, he naturally had to go everywhere in the city to appease the people, and at the same time, he also had to boost the morale of the army, so that the officers and men of the three armies could show their fighting spirit and resist the enemy together.

Stepping into the hall, Xun Yu saw that the Son of Heaven had a good face, and the laughter he had just heard, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Your Majesty, why are you so happy?" ”

At the mention of this, Liu Wei immediately laughed a few more times, and then shared with Xun Yu: "Xun Qing, I just heard a piece of information about the enemy army. It is said that Lu Bu sent his men to the north to cut off the water, and wanted to kill us in the city by thirst. ”

"I don't know which fool gave Lu Bu a plan, even if he forcibly diverted it, he couldn't cut off the water in my Dongwuyang City."

Liu Wei said it very firmly, and he did have a reason to be confident.

In Dongwuyang City, every household has dug deep wells, and the water stored under the surface is enough for them to use for two or three years, not counting the precipitation when it rains, so it is impossible for Lu Bu to cut off the water source.

Unless, the underground water source can be cut off, otherwise it will only be in vain.

Liu Wei smiled proudly, but Xun Yu frowned.

Lu Bu has a lot of talented people, how can he not know such a simple and simple truth?

I guess there must be something strange in this!

However, without waiting for Xun Yu to remind him, Xu Guang, the general of the overseer, rushed to ask for a meeting.

Seeing Xu Guang in such a hurry, Liu Wei had a bad premonition in his heart, and asked first: "But the Lu army is attacking the city?" ”

Xu Guang was slightly stunned, and then shook his head.

Seeing this, Liu Wei secretly exhaled in his heart.

As long as it wasn't Lu Bu's strong attack, it wouldn't be a big problem.

Xu Da's face was still wrinkled, and the things he wanted to report were no less than Lu Bu's siege.

"Your Majesty, the officers and men of our army are in abnormal health today, more than half of the soldiers vomit and diarrhea, and they are weak. After the examination of the military doctor, there was a sign of poisoning. ”

"Poisoned?"

Liu Wei was shocked, and then said in disbelief: "How is it possible! ”

The food in the army is strictly screened in order to prevent the soldiers from being poisoned, and there has never been a large-scale poisoning incident for so many years.

"Your Majesty, according to the military doctor, the thieves did not poison the food, but threw a large amount of crushed grass into the well water. After this poisonous weed is diluted in water, it is less toxic, and although it is not fatal, it can also make people tired, vomit and diarrhea, and breathe paralyzed......"

Xu Guang was full of worry, but these thieves were also smart, knowing that they wrapped Hu Mancao in a cloth bag, and then tied a rope with a stone, and fell directly into the bottom of the well with the cloth bag.

Looking down from the wellhead, there is nothing unusual at all.

"How many soldiers have been poisoned?"

"About 20,000 people."

What the!

Hearing this number, Liu Wei's heart trembled, which also meant that there were 20,000 soldiers who could not fight in a short time.

If Lu Bu attacked the city at this time, it would be dangerous!

"What about the people of the city?" Xun Yu asked again.

"The people were also sinned by this, and in the morning the number of poisoned people was small, and at noon almost all the city was filled with the sound of oh yo and screaming, alas......"

Xu Guang sighed.

Fortunately, the amount of thieves in the people's wells is small, and the symptoms of poisoning are much milder than those of the soldiers in the army.

Liu Wei gritted his teeth and slapped his hand on the table with resentment, "It must be a good thing that Lu Bu did here!" ”

Compared with Liu Wei's irritability, Xun Yu was calm, because he knew very well that irritability could not solve the problem, so he asked Xu Guang: "Is there a cure?" ”

Xu Guang nodded, and said truthfully: "The doctor has already prescribed a prescription to boil Sanhuang soup with skullcap, huanglian, and cork, and add licorice to make the toxicity temporarily contained. ”

However, the water in the well could no longer be eaten.

Hearing this, Xun Yu's brows furrowed deeply.

The two rivers of Ze and Wei are cut off, and the river water will not flow through Dongwuyang.

If you can't drink water, it's very uncomfortable.

"Xu Guang, from now on, you will lead people to search door to door, but if there is a suspect, you will be killed! Be sure to find out the person who poisoned me, I will break his body into ten thousand pieces, so as to relieve the hatred in my heart! ”

Liu Wei clenched his fists, his eyes full of angry fire.

"Your Majesty, catching thieves at this time is no longer useful. A large-scale search will only cause panic and centrifugation. What we should be thinking about now is how to solve the water problem. ”

Xun Yu shook his head slightly, persuading this irritable son of heaven.

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