In the blink of an eye, it was the wax moon. It's about to be the New Year again.

However, it is destined that many people will not be able to pass this year with peace of mind.

Cao Shuang was paying attention to the movements along the Yellow River all the time, and he didn't have the heart to celebrate the New Year at all.

It is winter, when the Yellow River has the least amount of water, and it is also the easiest time to cross the river. Therefore, Cao Shuang erected a pier every 20 miles along the Yellow River to warn at any time and prevent the enemy from crossing the river.

However, at this time, neither Xu Shu of Yanzhou nor Sima Yi of Qingzhou crossed the river. Both of them are old foxes, so they naturally know that Cao Shuang must be actively deploying along the Yellow River at this juncture, and if he crosses the river and is hit by a half-crossing, he will definitely not be able to eat the benefits.

Moreover, Xu Shu and Sima Yi also knew that whoever crossed the river first in this situation would become the first bird, which would attract the attention of Cao Shuang's main force, while the side that crossed the river later would face much less pressure. Both scheming men began to stand still, waiting for their time.

For Xu Shu, if he doesn't take the Yellow River, he can also go to Huguan and Youzhou to attack Jizhou, so Xu Shu is not in a hurry. Similarly, Sima Yi can also take the waterway and attack Jizhou, and now Sima Yi is also busy establishing Donglai Dagang. There is no very good timing, and there will be no rush to cross the river.

And this gave Cao Shuang a chance, the Wei State was on the verge of extinction, Cao Shuang took advantage of this opportunity to recklessly recruit soldiers, as long as there are people in the household register, they will send a few as soldiers. At the same time, he also ordered the counties to send people to prepare for the needs of war.

Finally, just after the New Year, this situation has changed because of God.

It stands to reason that the weather should gradually warm up after the Spring Festival, but the weather that has just warmed up has encountered a cold spring attack at this time, and the cold snap hit, and the weather is three points colder than the previous winter. More importantly, there was a flood in the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

The ice that has melted in the upper reaches of the river drifted to the downstream with the river, but it encountered this inverted spring cold, so there was this flood, the entire lower reaches of the Yellow River, the river surface was frozen by the accumulation of ice floe, and the places along the coast for dozens of miles were even more a mess of ice impact, not to mention farmland, even houses and villages were also washed away.

The lower reaches of the Yellow River were suddenly plunged into a frozen world, and for the people of the Three Kingdoms period, the only way to face this natural disaster was to escape, escape from their homes, and live in a suitable place.

A large number of victims appeared along the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and Sili, Xuzhou, Huainan and other places were affected by the victims. But now Xu Shu and Sima Yi are not concerned about the impact of the victims, but about the Yellow River.

Ling Xun made the Yellow River already walkable, not to mention the thick ice, even the vehicles can walk through.

When crossing the river, he was most afraid that the enemy would attack him halfway, but now Lingxun has made the lower reaches of the Yellow River unimpeded and can cross the river at any time. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Xu Shu and Sima Yi, who want to enter Jizhou.

Xu Shu and Sima Yi did not let go of this good opportunity, and the two sides immediately crossed the Yellow River, but Cao Shuang did not have the slightest way to take them.

After Xu Shu and Sima Yi crossed the Yellow River, they did not rush forward, but coincidentally chose to be stationed on the spot, stabilized the battle line, and put on the appearance of long-term combat. After all, now everyone knows that the Wei State is already at the end of the strong crossbow, and there is only one state left. This dog will jump off the wall when he is in a hurry, not to mention that there are so many sergeants in the Wei State. At this time, it would not be good if Cao Rong was forced to be in a hurry. Therefore, Xu Shu and Sima Yi both chose to avoid the edge for the time being, in order to plan for the future. Anyway, now that the two sides have established a battle line in Hebei, there is no need to worry about the troops supporting the river crossing the river being attacked by the half-crossing again, and the goal has been achieved.

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The spring sun shines on the land of Jizhou. The sprouts of the sprouts are greedy for the warmth of the sun, and the breeze blows slowly, bringing with them the smell of earthy aromas.

Tian Laohan put down the hoe, wiped the sweat on his head, and sighed.

Tian Laohan is actually not old, he is not yet fifty years old, but he is already a grandfather. Tian Laohan has three sons, the eldest son and the second son have already married their daughters-in-law and moved out, and the younger son is only fifteen years old and is about to marry a daughter-in-law.

The life of Tian Laohan's family was originally happy, but the sudden change broke the stability of Tian Laohan's family. An edict came, Tian Laohan's eldest son was conscripted into the army, leaving behind orphans and widows in the family, and then the second son was also recruited to be a people's husband, leaving his wife who was still in confinement.

Looking at the young seedlings growing in the field, a smile appeared on Tian Laohan's face, it seems that this year is smooth and rainy, and when it comes to autumn, the harvest will definitely be good.

Subsequently, Tian Laohan began to worry about his two sons again. The second son went to be a people's husband, at best, he did some work to carry and carry, at most he was tired of his chin, at least his life was worry-free, but the eldest son was different, the eldest son went to be a soldier and worked hard with others. The sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and if one is not careful, he will break his arm and leg at the least, and lose his life at the worst.

Fortunately, news came from the south, the Wu army and the Han army were still standing still for the time being, and the two sides had not yet fought, and Tian Laohan's eldest son was temporarily free of his life. However, Tian Laohan's heart has been hanging for his eldest son.

"Da ......" In the distance, I suddenly remembered the sound of horses' hooves.

Tian Laohan raised his head and looked in the direction where the voice came, his face was full of confusion, his village was dozens of miles away from the official road, and in this poor and remote place, except for those merchants who traveled on their feet, only the officials who collected taxes would come here.

Finally, a black spot appeared in the distance, and the black dot was moving quickly, and finally, Tian Laohan saw clearly that it was a group of cavalry!

The cavalry walked through the fields, the horses' hooves constantly trampling on the new seedlings, and the dirt was turned up. Where the horses passed, the fields and seedlings had long since disappeared, only a mess.

"Ahh Tian Laohan exclaimed. For these croppers, these new seedlings in the sky are the root of life, and the whole family will live in the next year, but they will all count on these new seedlings.

Cao Cao has always attached great importance to farming, so there will be a "generational" thing, under Cao Cao's rule, the destruction of farmland is absolutely not allowed. Therefore, even if the children of those families go out hunting, they will not easily destroy the farmland. Tian Laohan has lived for so many years and has never encountered such a situation.

The cavalry rushed over ruthlessly, but ignored the old man Tian who was still staying. Instead, he rushed straight past him, and then headed straight for the village not far away.

Looking at the ride away, Tian Laohan suddenly reacted, his daughter-in-law and grandson are still in the village! In particular, there is a daughter-in-law who is still in confinement, and those cavalry who were fierce and vicious just now are definitely not good! Thinking of this, Tian Laohan rushed towards the village.

When Tian Laohan ran to the village, it was now that the village had been surrounded by the cavalry just now, and the men, women, and children of the village were all driven out and gathered together.

"It's good that there is no killing!" Tian Laohan let out a sigh of relief. In this era of war and chaos, the most worthless thing is human life.

One of the cavalry generals came out and shouted at the people of the village: "Listen to me, I will not kill or rob your things." ”

After the cavalry finished speaking, he took out three sticks of incense from his arms, inserted them on the ground, and then continued: "I will give you time for three sticks of incense, as soon as the three sticks of incense are over, I will start burning the village, you quickly clean up the house and run for your life!" ”

Before everyone could react, the cavalry bent down and lit the first incense.

Finally, a villager reacted, screamed, quickly turned around and ran towards home, and he also made a good start, and the others followed, running towards home, and the crowd panicked.

"The first incense stick has been burned, and now it's the second incense!" Han Sui rang out from outside, and the villagers began to pack up their things even more panicked.

The so-called broken family is worth 10,000 yuan, although the village is full of ordinary poor people, but when they really clean it up, they are reluctant to throw away anything.

"The third incense stick!" The sound sounded from outside again, and the villagers became even more panicked.

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Supporting his wife. Looking at the black smoke rising from the village in the distance, Tian Laohan had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

This group of cavalry is very strange, if you want to say that they are soldiers! There are no flags. But if you want to say that you are a thief, you don't rob things when you come. But this gang burned down the village, and at the same time destroyed all the fields around the village!

The fields were destroyed, the village was burned, and the dozen or so families in the village suddenly became nothing, and a group of people stood together at a loss, and everyone did not know what to do next.

"I think, let's go to the county and find the county magistrate! We have such a large group of thieves here, it is impossible for the county magistrate to ignore it! A voice rang out from the crowd.

The group of cavalry had long since disappeared without a trace, but this group of villagers had long since lost their backbone. Hearing this, I can only agree to this proposal.

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The same thing is still happening all over Jizhou, the Liangzhou cavalry is divided into zero, a few hundred people, and the most will not be more than a thousand, raging everywhere in Jizhou, bypassing the county seats, and directly attacking the local villages that have no power to fight back. The cavalry destroyed the fields and burned the villages, but they did not kill innocents indiscriminately, but this caused a large number of displaced people in Jizhou.