Chapter 1252: Cao Ang Surrenders (Page 1/1)

Mrs. Ding and her sisters looked at each other, and they both felt that they had misheard.

"Zixiu, what are you talking about? Yanzhou is in trouble, why don't you ask Yuan Benchu for help, but ask General Sun for help? This...... What's going on? ”

Cao Ang smiled bitterly. "Mother, auntie, don't worry, listen to me slowly."

Soon after the Battle of Rencheng, an epidemic broke out in Yanzhou. The situation was not serious. It is very common for there to be an epidemic after the war, and it is normal for many corpses to be eaten by wild dogs after fighting in the north and south battlefields in eastern Yanzhou for so long that many corpses have not had time to be buried and eaten by wild dogs. So Cao Ang didn't care at the time, he was busy resuming production, striving to replant crops, reduce losses, and prepare for another battle after autumn. Who knew that the epidemic became more and more serious, more and more people were sick, and there was a tendency to spread, so they knew that the situation was not good, and immediately organized medical assistance.

After more than two months of tossing, the situation was just a little better, the Qingxu epidemic broke out, many displaced people poured into Yanzhou, and the epidemic in Yanzhou spread again. In the previous epidemic, Yanzhou's medicines had been almost exhausted, and there was no longer enough medicine to cope with this wave of epidemics. Cao Ang originally wanted to purchase from Yanzhou and Jingzhou through a pharmacist, but there was also a major epidemic in Yuzhou, and Sun Ce transferred Nanyang's medical craftsmen and medicines to Yuzhou to control the epidemic and no longer sell drugs to the outside world, and Yanzhou immediately fell into a desperate situation.

Cao Ang also sent people to ask Yuan Shao for help, but Yuan Shao fought in Youzhou, thousands of miles away, and it would take half a month for the news to come and go, and if there was a delay in the middle, I don't know how long it would be delayed. Anyway, since the second outbreak of the epidemic, Cao Ang sent more than a dozen groups of people to send news to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao did not reply once, a few days ago Xu You came to Changyi, brought him a message, or asked him about the Yanzhou epidemic, the implication is that if the Yanzhou epidemic can end within two months, Yuan Shao hopes that Cao Ang can rearm and prepare to launch an attack on Yuzhou.

After receiving this news, Cao Ang was desperate. He said to Xu You, you report to Yuan Mengzhu, the epidemic in Yanzhou has gone out of control, and the people have been exposed to the wilderness, not only is it impossible to prepare for war, but it may also affect the people who enter the country, including the army.

"Silly boy, Yuan Benchu has always been conceited, the most unbearable contempt, even your father doesn't dare to be presumptuous in the face of him, you talk to him like this, isn't it self-inflicted, how can he still help you?"

Cao Ang shook his head. "Mother, I also figured it out, even if I respect him again, he won't help me. I'm a knife in his hand. When it is useful, you can grind it, put on some grease, and maintain it, but now Yanzhou is desolate, not only can it not help, but it may also drag him down, where is he willing to help. ”

Sister Ding was relatively speechless.

"Mother, do you think General Sun will help me?"

"General Sun is benevolent and filial, and he is also very good to the people, he will not sit idly by and watch the people of Yanzhou die of illness and death. But the epidemic in Yuzhou this time is also very serious, he is tired of coping, and it is really hard to say whether he can spare the strength to help you. And ......" Mrs. Ding looked at Cao Ang distressedly. Compared with the last time they met, Cao Ang was taller and thinner, and his face was dark and sad. "If you ask General Sun for help, Yuan Benchu will not allow you, are you ready to break with him?"

Cao Ang bit his lip and shook his head. "It's a big deal that I give up Yanzhou and return to the field. I heard that General Sun gave land to the people, so I went back to Qiao County to cultivate and study, maybe I could redeem my father's fine house, and in the future, I would wait for my mother, marry a wife and have children, and be an ordinary person under General Sun's rule. ”

Mrs. Ding let out a long sigh and touched Cao Ang's face. "You kid......"

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Sun Ce strode into the atrium and glanced at Mrs. Ding's sister sitting in the hall and Xiahouba and the others at the bottom of the stairs, and was very surprised. He pinched Xiahou Cheng's little face with his hand, and patted Xiahou Ba's head again.

"Why are you back again?"

Xiahou Ba shrank his head, bit his lip, and didn't say a word. Xiahou said in a snort: "Yanzhou...... Yanzhou is even worse than Yuzhou, and there is no way to go. ”

Sun Ce frowned and glanced at Mrs. Ding. He originally felt strange that Mrs. Ding was going to see him as soon as she returned to Pingyu, which was not quite like Mrs. Ding's style. Now listening to Xiahou say this, this matter may be related to Yanzhou and Cao Ang. He came to the hall and looked at Mrs. Ding, not knowing how to speak for a while.

He knew that the situation in Yanzhou was not good. In a way, there is a credit for this. The purpose of pushing the battle line to Yanzhou is to push the losses caused by the war to Yanzhou and reduce the losses in Yuzhou. After the battle of Rencheng, there was a small-scale epidemic in Yanzhou, which had gradually subsided, and then the Yuzhou epidemic, although Yanzhou did not receive many displaced people, but Yanzhou's manpower and material resources were exhausted, and there was no ability to prevent it, so the epidemic spread again. Although it is not as serious as Yuzhou, Cao Ang does not have the manpower and material resources that Yuzhou can have, so the loss is not small at all.

War is like this, no matter how prosperous a place you are, after a few years of fighting, a few more plagues and famines, it will be completely destroyed. This is the case in Yanzhou now, and the same is true in Qingzhou and northern Xuzhou. If he hadn't seized Yuzhou, Yuzhou would not have escaped this disaster.

"How is Cao Yuanjun?" Sun Ce took a seat on the main seat given up by Yuan Quan, and at the same time gave Yuan Quan a look. Yuan Quan smiled helplessly, quietly held Sun Ce's hand, and squeezed it gently. Sun Ce held it with his backhand and scratched it in her palm. Yuan Quan comprehended, glanced at Sun Ce, looked around a little weakly, and wanted to withdraw his hand, but Sun Ce held it tightly and refused to let go.

"Not good." Mrs. Ding bowed, took out a letter from her sleeve, and handed it to Xiahou Heng on the side, who took it and sent it to Sun Ce.

Sun Ce took it, but didn't look at it, and put it on the case in front of him. He quickly analyzed the situation. Cao Ang asked him for help, but naturally he was cornered. This shows that he did not get support from Jizhou. There has been no major war in Jizhou in the past two years, and there is no epidemic, there should be enough medicine to support Yanzhou, Yuan Shao is not pulling out a dime, it is not out of stinginess, but the materials in his hands are of other uses.

For example, conquest. The army needs a lot of materials to go on the expedition, to heal the wounded and heal, to prevent the epidemic and to prevent disasters, and the drugs needed are basically the same as those needed when the epidemic breaks out. Tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people, are indispensable for this kind of medicine, and even more important than food, and must be stockpiled months in advance. This is not a small operation of hundreds or thousands of people, which can be extracted from the treasury at any time.

If that's the case, then he won't be able to help Cao Ang. He also needs medicine reserves and prepares for a big war.

"Madam, what did Cao Envoy Jun say? Is this a war letter, or a letter of surrender? ”

"If the general wishes, he might as well take it as a letter of surrender." Mrs. Ding sighed lightly: "Yanzhou is already unsustainable, if General Sun is only willing to rescue the people under his rule, Zixiu is willing to give Yanzhou away." He is still in his own clan, and as long as the general has a warrant, he will come alone to ask for surrender, only hoping that the general can save the people of Yanzhou from hanging upside down. ”

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