Jizhou, Yecheng.

Now that Wei has officially moved its capital to Yecheng, Cao Rui has also come here.

"Hmph, what a bunch of rubbish!"

In the study, Cao Rui was furious.

Cao Rui patted the table and shouted angrily: "More than a month has passed since the relocation of the people, and the people who can move to Hebei are less than 300,000, less than ten or three of the people south of the Yellow River.

And most of those people are old, weak, sick and disabled, didn't I say, as long as you are young and strong, don't you want to be old and weak? What do those local officials eat? If you don't want to do it, tell me, and I'll change people immediately! ”

"Your Majesty!" Chen Qun arched his hand and said: "The matter of relocating the people, the work is indeed difficult to carry out, first of all, the people's homeland is difficult to leave, even if His Majesty said that Hebei will give the people the same amount of land, many people are still very resistant.

Second, the interests of the powerful landlords are in the locality, and once they are relocated, they will have nothing, and these people, many of whom are local officials, are the main force resisting the relocation.

Finally, there is the meticulous work of the Shu Kingdom, who spread rumors everywhere and sabotage the progress of the relocation of the people. They even contacted the local tyrants and openly established Wubao villages and towns to rebel against the imperial court. ”

Chen Qun still hasn't said a word, that is, many of those local officials have colluded with the powerful landlords to openly disrespect the orders of the imperial court, and they really don't want to do it.

Chen Qun didn't dare to say this, Cao Rui's condition was not good last time, if he said this, he was afraid that he would vomit blood again.

After listening to Chen Qun's words, Cao Rui was puzzled: "Then according to Aiqing's opinion, what do you think?" ”

Chen Qun arched his hand and said: "Weichen thinks that we should focus on relocating Si Li, as well as the people north of Xuzhou and northwest of Yanzhou.

First of all, the place of the division, the north of the state, the east of Jizhou, my Wei for several years, very rich, if this is given to Shu, Shu can continue to use troops against my Wei without resting.

If the people are relocated, it will take a long time for Shu to recuperate, and even move the people from other regions to Sili. In this way, my Dawei will have more time to recuperate.

And Xubei and Yanbei are the places that will be flooded in Sima Zhongda's strategy, and the people in this place must also be forcibly relocated, otherwise, the lives of people will be ruined in the future, for fear of damaging His Majesty's wisdom.

Therefore, Weichen thought that he could first concentrate manpower and material resources to relocate the people of Sili, Xubei, and Yanbei. As for the people in other places, they can only let it go, otherwise it will be delayed for a long time, and there will be turmoil in northern Henan and Yannan, and Sima Yi will be in the south, so it will not be easy to retreat. ”

"Good!" Cao Rui nodded when he heard this: "I will do it according to Aiqing's wishes, what is the situation in Yangzhou?" ”

Chen Qun replied: "A few days ago, Zhao Yan had given up the land of Yangzhou Jiangbei, asked Jiangdong to settle in, and retreated all the way to the north, assisting local officials in the work of relocating people along the way, and is currently residing in northern Henan. As for the people of Yangzhou, they did not move much, and they were all left to Jiangdong. ”

Cao Rui bowed slightly, and immediately ordered: "Okay, send an order to Zhao Yan, let him go to Yanbei, take charge of the relocation of the people, and tell Sima Yi that he can slowly retreat!" ”

"No!"

On the other side, the Wei army camp is located in Pingyu, Yuzhou.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, a general said to Sima Yi: "General, Your Majesty has a letter, the people of northern Henan are quite resistant to relocation, and now there is turmoil in the rear.

Your Majesty listened to Chen Qun's suggestion and gave priority to the relocation of the people of Yanbei and Xubei, which will inevitably delay for a long time, and it will be unfavorable to retreat, so I ordered you to move immediately and retreat slowly. ”

Sima Yi sat in front of the handsome case, took out a piece of paper from his arms, handed it to a general, and said: "There is no hurry to retreat for the time being, you immediately send someone to build this thing!" ”

The general took the paper and looked at it, only to see that what was drawn on the paper was a waterwheel.

This waterwheel, with four wheels underneath, is a large wooden box on top, which is open and can be used to fill water, and at the end, there is a small hole for releasing water.

In some arid areas, crops are not irrigated, so these water wheels are often used to carry water to irrigate crops.

The general looked at the drawings of the waterwheel and couldn't help but be stunned: "General, at this time, what are you doing to build a waterwheel?" This mere waterwheel doesn't seem to be able to deal with the Shu army, right? ”

Sima Yi waved his hand and said, "Ben will have his own plans, you just have to listen to orders!" ”

"No!"

And on the other side of the Han army camp.

In the big tent of the Chinese army.

Chen Zhi reported the latest news from the scouts to Zhuge Liang: "Da Sima, according to the news from the scouts, now that Wei has completely abandoned the land south of the Yellow River, Zhao Yan, the assassin of Yangzhou, has withdrawn from Shouchun, ceded the territory to Jiangdong, and went to the north of Yanzhou to preside over the relocation of the people. ”

Zhao Yun muttered when he heard this: "As far as I know, the people in the north of Yuzhou and the south of Yanzhou, the Wei State has not yet finished moving, right?" Now that Zhao Yan is going to the north of Yanzhou, don't the people in the south plan to take it away? ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "The people's homeland is difficult to leave, how can it be so simple to move the people?"

Moreover, His Majesty sent a large number of fine works to northern Henan, spread rumors in Yannan, and create chaos in Sima Yi's rear to prevent Sima Yi from retreating.

It seems that Wei understands this and is worried that if it continues to delay, the rear will be unstable, and Sima Yi will not be able to leave, so he plans to give up the people in the south and give priority to the people in the north.

In this way, this Sima Yi is planning to retreat!

Pass the order down, so that the army is ready to pursue Sima Yi at any time. ”

"No!"

Wei army camp!

Three days have passed in the blink of an eye, and the time has come to the end of November, and the weather is extremely cold in the early morning of this day.

In Sima Yi's tent, coals of fire had been lit.

The generals walked into Sima Yi's Chinese army tent, Sima Yi had not yet gotten up, and was sleeping soundly in the bed.

The first general said loudly: "General, it's been three days, when will we retreat?" ”

"The Shu army has cavalry, it is not easy for us to retreat, at least discuss how to retreat first, right?"

Sima Yi had woken up at this moment, sat up from the bed, and a gust of cold wind blew from outside the camp, making Sima Yi shiver.

"It's so cold!" Sima Yi put on his clothes and walked to the brazier to make a fire.

One of the generals said, "No, it's frosty outside." General, the weather is getting colder and colder, and if you don't withdraw your troops, you're in trouble. ”

"Frost?" Sima Yi's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he ran outside the tent.

I saw that there was indeed frost outside, and the camp tent was covered with a layer of snow white, and I stretched out my hand to gather the city, as if it were snow.

And on the ground, there was also a layer of frost, and Sima Yi rubbed it on the ground with his feet. But after a while, the ground was trampled into mud.