Jizhou, Yecheng.

There was a serious atmosphere in the Yuan Mansion, and the servants who were mixed with nervousness couldn't help but take a second look, and were reprimanded by the steward for a few words, bowed his head and ran away, and the steward snorted, "It's not long." After that, looking at the hall of the meeting, there were hurried figures coming and going inside and out, and occasionally someone opened the door, pinched the official document and ran out of the house quickly, and left across the horse.

The main hall seemed a little quiet, Yuan Shao was dressed in regular clothes, and looked at the plain silk in his hand in a daze and sat silently behind the long case, next to several strategists, Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Tian Feng, Judge, Fu Zhu, and Xun Chen sat on both sides.

At this time, the news in Yuan Shao's hand came from Yanzhou in the early hours of this morning, when he first saw this information, he suddenly lost his sleepiness, and he was ecstatic, and when he got to the back, he gradually became silent, and a group of strategists on both sides were talking in low voices, and some of them had a strong smile on their faces, and the outbreak of plague in Yuzhou destroyed Cao Cao's roots, which was naturally a good thing for Hebei.

At a certain moment, in the voice of conversation, the eyes of two people looked at each other, one of them was Tian Feng, he looked at Yuan Shao at the top, and Shi Li arched his hand: "Lord, the epidemic in Yuzhou is a happy event, and Feng may be going to hit the head today." ”

"Yuan Hao, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." Yuan Shao put down the silk and raised the corners of his eyebrows, as if he had expected it.

"Lord Qi, since ancient times, the plague has been difficult to prevent, nine out of ten people have died, and corpses are everywhere, such as today's hot light, if it spreads in Yanzhou and comes to Jizhou with people, the consequences are unpredictable." Tian Feng said in a low voice: "...... At this time, it is a little too early to talk about Cao Mengde. ”

In the seat, Fu Zhu nodded, and also raised his hand: "Yuan Hao's words are not unreasonable, the plague is the enemy under the eyes, when the south of the Yellow River is blocked, no ordinary people and merchants will be allowed to enter Hebei." ”

"That's not the case, Ji feels that it's okay to rest assured." On the other side, a strategist named Feng Ji took a sip of warm wine and smiled absently: "The plague is serious, but it will definitely not be able to pass Yuzhou, let alone Yanzhou?" Cao Mengde is also a resourceful and decisive person, and his subordinates Xun Yu and Xun You are also knowledgeable people. He glanced at Xun Chen, who was sitting diagonally opposite, and put down the cup lightly, "..... How is it possible to allow the plague to wreak havoc? ”

"Talking about business at this time, what does it mean to be in the distance?" I can't see it.

Here, Yuan Shao quietly listened to the words of the guns and sticks in everyone's words, his expression did not change, but his hands became more and more forceful, and then with a snort, he pressed Su Bao on the table, and raised his eyes: "Shangdang County has not won or lost, it has been too long, so I will notify Yan Liang and let them retreat." ”

"It's all this time......" He took a breath, walked to the middle with his hands, and lowered his voice: "...... What else are you guys messing about? ”

If Cao Cao was greatly injured in this plague, it would have been a thing worth celebrating for him, but some things could only be seen clearly when he was in such a position, as Tian Feng and Fu Zhu said just now, in case the plague came to Jizhou, it would be difficult to resist.

However, at the moment, there is one of the most urgent things in Yuan Shao, a month ago, there was a large force of cavalry in the Jizhou area around the burning and looting, the other party led the person is also brave and abnormal, the ordinary general led the troops to pursue, but was defeated by the other party, and then he ordered Koji Yi, but that person did not accept the enemy, relying on the speed of the cavalry to attack elsewhere, directly threw out a large section of the first camp led by Koji Yi.

The lord of the four states, who had been recuperating for more than a year, finally broke out against the strategists under his command, and when he passed by Tian Feng and Fu Zhi, his footsteps stopped for a moment, looked at the two of them sideways, and then looked at the open door, the sun was shining outside, he squinted his eyes, and said with a complicated expression: "The plague is powerful, but it won't make me panic to such an extent, early years...... Abunai and I are close friends..... My best friend..... That's the kind of ..... That kind of messing around together..... Inseparable......"

"When he was young, he sent it to Dongjun, what he wanted, what I gave, and now in turn, he Cao Cao wants to resist...... But you know what? I wish that one day he would reappear to me and say, 'Originally, that family seemed to have a bride, and we used to make trouble with him.' ’........ Come to think of it, it's impossible again. ”

After saying this, Yuan Shao's figure shook a little confused, and then, he stepped over the threshold with his negative hand and stood in the light, and soon, he waved his hand to everyone in the hall.

"Ordered a batch of grain to cross the Yellow River, send it to him, and then tell him that in the future, he will be cut off from righteousness, and see you on the battlefield."

The setting sun burns a magnificent red glow in the sky, and the birds fly across the field of vision.

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The sun is in the west, and the imperial city of Xudu.

"The queen has an accident in the city today."

Ren Hongchang, who was dressed in a palace dress, found Fu Shou who was walking back in a flower garden in the harem, and the two beautiful faces were close to each other and talked softly.

"What's wrong?"

“...... Gongsun Zhi, who had already left, turned back abruptly, burned Geng Shilang's mansion, and killed the other party, so the national abbot was also implicated, and he was dismissed as the general of the auxiliary state and the doctor of Sanzhong...... Now the queen's plan has to be aborted. ”

A flower broke in the girl's hand.

Thinking of the humiliation of that day and night, his heart burned again inexplicably, gritted his teeth and calmed his face, and after a while, he shook his head again and said in a low voice: "...... That day, you came up with the plan to separate Gongsun Zhi and Cao Cao, but it was unsuccessful, and the two of them are still close to each other...... Forget it, at present, the epidemic outside the city is abusive, the victims are all over the wilderness, and the queen of the Han Dynasty alone cannot take the life and death of the people as a child's play, this matter is temporarily put aside, everything is mainly based on the disaster, and Lone no longer wants to see the scene of Chang'an appear again in Xudu. ”

"Since the queen thinks so, Hongchang will naturally not stop her." Ren Hongchang raised his head, a smile hooked up at the corner of his mouth, the smile was a little sad, and then he turned around and left slowly.

The glamorous back is going farther and farther away in the setting sun.

.......

At the beginning of July, several groups of Xudu prisoners wore ankle chains and walked out of the city gates to publicize the need to pay attention to hygiene among the victims, and in the afternoon, hundreds of porridge sheds began to be built, and the city officers and cavalry went out everywhere to search for some guilty gentry and confiscate food.

On July 11, the official warehouse was opened, and the only surplus grain left was also pulled out of the city, and a large number of errand servants went to the streets, knocking on the door of the officials' homes.

On July 13, some victims found that some dried meat was added to the gruel, although it was very small, but it was indescribable for those who gnawed on the bark of grass roots...... Delicious.

In the following days, porridge and decoction became indispensable things every day, until July 17, when the first chaos broke out in the crowd, some people cried, some people shouted, some people fainted and collapsed.......

Until black smoke rose from the sky, and an even more unacceptable complication fell on the heads of everyone outside the city.