On March 18, the sun became more brilliant, the temperature began to rise, the mountains and hills were covered with layers of green, the queue of people fleeing south and east stretched endlessly, the nursery and the daughter of the family ran away in panic, and the crowd of people gathered into a greater wave of refugees, and on the way to their actions, the seeds sown in spring were also turned out of the soil and eaten raw, but most of them were still sallow, weak, unable to stand the hunger, or could not walk and squatted on the ground and cried.

Along the way, a lot of people have starved to death, but more are still killed by the Qingzhou soldiers who destroyed the village, the fleeing people will occasionally meet one or two on-the-head soldiers and horses, the other party rushed over one by one and waved the blade, killing the people who saw it, spoiling the women, and then taking away the looted things and walking away, the people who survived by luck continued to go to the deeper city of Xuzhou to avoid the war, if there was smoke and dust rolling up on the way, most of the people would choose to stand in place and look at each other vigilantly, until the army left from sight, He continued to walk forward.

"When we get there, Tao Thorn Shi won't leave us alone." Most of them have that hope.

From north to south, an army of about 3,000 infantry and cavalry caught up with a refugee team, Liu Bei rode on horseback and walked in the crowd, his eyes swept over the panting, vegetable-colored faces, a mother vigilantly held her child and looked at him, cautiously and panickedly shrank into the crowd, afraid that the only treasure would be taken away.

A black horse rushed over, dancing with his big palms, and shouted, "Brother, just give some food to these people." ”

The other rider also came over, hanging the Qinglong knife upside down, seeing the hungry and dying girl in his eyes, his half-closed eyes widened, and he nodded: "The third brother is right this time, these people have been An'an's croppers all their lives, if it weren't for Cao Cao's slaughter of Xuzhou, they would not have suffered this calamity, and my brother couldn't bear it." ”

"How much food do we have?" Liu Bei's face was calm, and he pursed his lips and thought for a while before he spoke: "...... It is not far from Tan County...... Let everyone take out the dry food and distribute it to the villagers. ”

"Hahaha, this is my good brother-" The thick black burly figure nodded with a bold smile, rode into the crowd and tore his voice and shouted: "Come and get food, one for each person, don't grab it, otherwise I won't recognize people with this spear, all the fellows, come over, line up one by one, and have something to eat." ”

Large and small cloth bags were taken out, each soldier probably had two days of dry food, but some reluctantly handed it over, over there, hundreds of refugees looked greedily at the good things poured out of the bag, swallowing saliva and rushing over, an old man was hungry, not afraid, rushed over and grabbed a hard cake and ran to the side to squat on the ground to gnaw hard, the people nearby were bold enough to go over and receive the dry food to hide in their arms, I don't know who cried first, and then there were pieces of whimpering.

Most of them live on a little bit of land in nearby villages, towns and counties, and they have never gone further in their lives, and when the military disaster comes, they come to the wider world to walk, only fear and hunger, and they can only go farther away, and when they go to their hometown, the soldiers stop, and they stop and go back - no one knows whether this is the right thing to dodge, but they just want to avoid the knife that is cut down, as long as the family does not die, then even if it continues to take root, there will be a spiritual seat in the future.

"Look at Cao Cao's scourge of them, wait for it to pass, poke him in a hole—" Zhang Fei shouted angrily with a spear.

The three brothers were about to take the team to set off towards Tan County again, and there was a message from there, and then more news came.

Liu Bei's face turned pale for a while, and then turned red......

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When the sun was getting westward, on the head of Tanxian County, Cao Bao looked at the big banner of Cao Zi erected on that side and sighed slightly.

Behind the city, in the direction of the government office, a large number of figures are going in and out, busy and noisy government yamen, crowds come and go, carrying all kinds of news to and from all over the place, and the horse stake at the entrance of the government has not stopped for a moment The sound of horses chirping. Initially, Cao Cao's army attacked Xuzhou, Tao Qian led the army to meet it, and after being defeated, he first fled to Pengcheng, and then transferred to today's Tan County, and constantly sent additional troops to rescue the counties besieged by Cao's army.

On the 15th of March, Cao's army started again, and after collecting the Qingzhou soldiers, a large number of cavalry and tens of thousands of foot soldiers appeared in Cao's army and began to march east or south, attacking various places, and immeasurable news rushed here, and then all kinds of emotions exploded in people's hearts.

In the main hall, Tao Qian was very old and unable to handle government affairs, so he looked through a few pieces of news sent by Mi Zhu from all over the world, rubbed his eyebrows, and next to him, Chen Qian was coming in, shaking his head over there: "...... Where did Cao Cao come from so many cavalry-" The last voice shouted out abruptly hoarsely.

There was a bang.

A stack of bamboo slips flew out from the long case and sprinkled on the ground, Chen Qi bent down one by one to pick it up, he was almost the same age as Tao Qian, these days Cao Jun suddenly launched a thunderous offensive, like an iron needle inserted into a person's heart, the huge 'pain' spread instantly, after receiving the news, he hurriedly came to the mansion, is to see this old guy is furious.

Lightly put the bamboo slip back on the long case, sat down on the side, Tao Qian raised his head with difficulty and looked at Chen Qi on the side seat, and knocked on the table with his right hand: "Han Yu, do you know why Cao Cao has so many more cavalry, attacking the two cities of Jimo and Kaiyang in one day, and half a day later, he turned to attack Suiling and Xiaqiu counties, this is to force the old man to death!" ”

"Reinforcements should be coming soon...... Chen Qi said slowly, as if comforting the old man.

"No, Cao Jun must also have reinforcements, there must be ......"

Tao Qian rubbed his eyebrows and got up, walked back and forth with his body a little shaky, took a deep breath, and gritted his teeth: "...... The war has tired the people of Xuzhou, my fault! But the old man never regretted killing Cao Mengde's father, if it wasn't for his Cao Cao repeatedly beating me in Xuzhou, how could I treat him like this. ”

"Alas...... But after all, the bitterness is the people of Xuzhou. The old man on the other side looked at the walking figure and closed his eyes: "Gongzu should go out and have a look, on the way I came, I was starving all over the field, and it was unbearable to see, and if I continued to fight, the tragedy of Yizi's cannibalism would not be far away." ”

Tao Qian turned around, and the spit star flew out of his beard: "That's also the sin created by him Cao Mengde!" ”

At the same time, a number of figures outside the house rushed into the house, a large amount of news was gathered, and the old man who was originally angry opened it one by one to see it clearly, "Ah-" sounded, the cloth silk that recorded the news was torn apart, and the whole person held his head and shook, several guards hurriedly stepped forward, and Tao Qian fell.

On March 16, Cao Cao reprimanded Tao Qian in the name of revenge, and sent troops from Yinping to attack Pengcheng and Fuyang, the eastern gateway of Xuzhou, and the Northern Expedition to Xiangben and Yanguo, and then to the seventeenth day when the war ignited letters asking for help flew to Tanxian County one after another, stimulating the old man to faint.

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The people woke up quietly, and there was a smell of medicine in the air.

It was dark outside the window, Tao Qian opened his eyes and saw Chen Jue standing there in front of the bed, his head dozing off little by little, he uncovered the cloth on his forehead, weakly propped himself up, and woke up others.

Han Yu ...... How long has the old man fainted......"

Chen Qi helped him sit up: "Soon...... Soon...... When it was dark, news came again, and it was good news! ”

"Reinforcements are coming? Or did Cao Cao retreat? Tao Qian leaned on the couch, waved weakly, and said with a smile: "I would rather believe in the former." ”

"Cao Cao has withdrawn."

The old man leaning on the head of the bed stiffened his smile for a moment, and his eyes lowered and fell silent: "...... Finally got through it. ”

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Back to the normal timeline, the perspective came to Liu Bei's side.

"Cao Cao has withdrawn?"

Zhang Fei's eyes widened and he shouted, "Then what should we do with our brothers?" I hung up the plain seal ribbon and ran here...... I don't have the face to go back......" and then muttered in a low voice: "...... And there is no dry food left. ”

Guan Yu next to him didn't have an idea, and the two of them looked at the brother in front of them.

"Since you have come to Xuzhou, you must always meet the history of the assassination, and save the number of courtesies."

Liu Bei said softly with a calm face, shook the reins, and continued to move towards Tan County.