Early in the morning, Lu Bu received the news from Zhang Liao, he once again occupied Runan without a single soldier, and with Zhang Liao's talent, he could not take it if he could sneak attack a Runan with empty troops, which would be unexpected by Lu Bu. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Lu Bu summoned everyone to announce the good news and discuss the next arrangements.

Lu Bu said: "Wenyuan has taken Runan, and the Chen Palace's headquarters is about to arrive in Runan. Chen Ang was instructed that the people in the Chaohu area would migrate to the Runan area after harvesting their crops. ”

Xun Gan took the lead in standing up and said: "Now the general is still in Yangzhou and Yuzhou, and Lujiang and other counties are still under his rule. Why didn't the general send troops to Lujiang to exterminate Liu Xun and unify Huainan first. The general shifted the focus to Runan, provoking Jingzhou Liu Biao to counterattack, which was not a good strategy. Runan is also not a stable place, such as Liu Pi, Gong Du and countless thousands of thieves who support the tribe, Wancheng Zhang Yan crossed the Lu Mountain and pointed to Runan, moving to Runan is not the best policy. ”

Lu Bu found out that he shouldn't have convened everyone to discuss this issue, only a very small number of his confidants knew about his strategic decision, Xun Gan and others thought that Lu Bu was going to live in Yangzhou for a long time, how could this be explained?

Xu Shu said with a smile: "Mr. Xun doesn't often say: the people can make it, but they can't make it known, the lord has his own reason for arranging it this way, and we, as subordinates, should not ask too much about the reason, just accept the drive." ”

Xun Gan was prevaricated by Xu Shu with his words, his old face turned red, and he sat back in his seat and bowed his head silently.

"The Lujiang River is guarded by Liu Xun, and if Jiangdong wants to cross the river to Shouchun, he must first annihilate Liu Xun, so it is better to stay as a southern barrier." Xu Shu said: "You can first transfer the grain and grass of Chaohu Lake to Runan. ”

Lu Bu is not a scavenger, and he won't stay in Shouchun for too long, what does Liu Xun have to do with Lu Bu in Lujiang?

"But there are countless bandits along the way, and if you don't clean it up first, I'm afraid that the grain and grass won't be able to reach Runan safely." Liu Ye said: "Now that Yuan Shu is dead, the general's army is useless in Shouchun, so it is better to clean up the bandits along the way first, so that the grain and grass can pass safely." ”

"Just what I wanted. Ben will go out in person. Lu Bu said. After the discussion, Lu Bu was about to dismiss everyone, and Yan Xiang came out and said:

"Yuan Shu is deceased, and the palace is vacant, so don't you live in it for the general to use it for office?" Yan Xiang thought that Lu Bu would live in Shouchun for a long time in the future, and it was indeed not a long-term solution to live in the barracks every day.

Yuan Shu's palace Lu Bu has been to see, magnificent, all made of precious wood and granite collected from all over the world, pavilions and pavilions stretch continuously, the wall has a layer of ice storage, specially used to hold ice in summer to cool down, the whole palace is luxurious and magnificent.

Lu Bu said in a high-sounding manner: "This palace far exceeds the specifications of the palace of the Son of Heaven, and it is not suitable for courtiers. Although the barracks are simple, I live here to show some respect for the Son of Heaven. ”

Pleasure will wear out people's will, Lu Bu knows what kind of goods he is, once he starts to enjoy himself, he is afraid that it will be the second Yuan Shu, he would rather respect and stay away.

Lu Bu suddenly remembered that the matter of the jade seal was sent to Xuchang, and now he pinched it in his hand, planning to delay it first, and then think of a way to use what kind of reason to use for the long-term occupation of the high-sounding state: "Now that the group of thieves is in charge, there are countless thieves on the official road to Xuchang, and when they arrive in Runan, the general will personally lead the troops to send the jade seal to the hands of the Son of Heaven, so as not to fall into the hands of thieves again." ”

"The general is really a loyal minister." Yan Xiang, Xun Gan and others stood up and chanted.

Lu Bu had long been tired of listening to the flattering words of Chen Deng's father and son when he was in Xuzhou before, and waved his hand impatiently to let them go.

"Report! Chengde urgently reported that last night the Baima Lake burst the embankment, Xuyi, Tuzhong, Tutang, Fuling and other Huai River along the disaster is huge, and the people have suffered heavy casualties, and there is not a single one in a hundred. A soldier covered in mud went straight to Lu Bu's tent with the support of the Shouchun defenders.

"Hakuba Lake burst?" Lu Bu was shocked and sweated, once the White Horse Lake bursts, the rolling flood will inundate countless counties in Huainan, and hundreds of thousands of dead and injured people: "Disaster relief." ”

Lu Bu only said two words, rushed out of the tent from the main seat, and went straight to the Dianjiangtai to beat the war drums.

Countless barracks drums rang out all around. Lü Bu sent 30,000 troops to guard against Shouchun, and the remaining 40,000 were sent to the banks of the Huai River for disaster relief.

Lu Bu asked Gao Shun to sit in Shouchun, and Xu Shu, Liu Ye and others led the army to Tuzhong, the most severely affected disaster. He took the lead in taking more than 400 cavalry archers with war horses to the shores of White Horse Lake.

Tu Tang's Lu Qiling and others had already withdrawn to Chaohu, and the losses suffered were very small, only Tu Zhong, who had a heavy army to defend Guangling and Xuzhou, was serious. Xuyi is under the rule of Xuzhou, and Lu Bu can't control it, once he goes to Xuyi, Liu Bei thinks he is going to attack Xuzhou.

Halfway through, Lu Bu's impatient mood was taken by anger, which should have been a good thing for Liu Bei. This year's rain is not sufficient, and the water in Baima Lake has not reached the point of bursting the embankment, why didn't the embankment break early and the embankment late, but it broke the embankment after Liu Bei resisted Xuzhou?

Lu Bu was furious in his heart, as soon as Liu Bei arrived in Xuzhou, he dug a lake and flooded Guangling, this kind of thing is afraid that Chen Deng, who is blinded by hatred, will not do it, but Liu Bei, who claims to be benevolent and righteous, dares to do it! Lu Bu never expected it.

In history, didn't Liu Bei flee from Xinye to Jiangxia sacrifice hundreds of thousands of people to escape for his life? Thousands of miles from Xinye to Jiangxia, and he has to cross the Yangtze River, and it is strange that the people are willing to follow him, and he burned the people's houses, and it will not work if he does not follow. In the end, Liu Bei arrived in Jiangxia safely, but the people who followed along the way were nowhere to be found. Where did it go? Of course, it was used to break the siege and kill Cao Bing and contain Cao Bing.

Fortunately, all the grain and grass on his side were transferred to Chaohu, otherwise Liu Bei would have cooked Sun Ce and him in one pot.

Everyone in the archery battalion did not hesitate to fight horses and galloped wildly, hoping to rush to the disaster area as soon as possible. Three hours later, approaching Chengde, Lu Bu jumped off the red rabbit horse and let his war horses rest.

The farther east he went, the low-lying areas were full of stagnant water, the roads were full of mud, and the horses' hooves were so deep that Lü Bu had to stop and rest unless the horses were exhausted. Turn a hill and there is an endless stream of water in front of you. Unable to ride a war horse anymore, Lu Bu and his entourage dismounted and led the war horse, and walked towards Chengde with one foot deep, the more he walked, the cooler his heart became, and the flood was far more serious than he imagined.

The people had already lost their lives at the moment when the flood swept in, who could he save when he came to the rescue? The only thing Lu Bu can do is to save the people who have taken refuge in high places in time.

Lü Bu came to the gate of Chengde City, and the water was up to his knees, but the city walls of Chengde did not show any signs of being hit by the flood, and there were only a few soldiers in Chengde City.

"Where is the guard Li Shang? Come and see General Lu. One of the soldiers came out of the column and looked up at the wall.

A soldier rushed out of the city: "Please forgive General Lu, the guard general took the soldiers to Tuzhong to rescue last night." ”

"Good." This Li Shang is an unknown figure who has been served by Yuan Shu, and Lu Bu has sent him to guard the inconsequential Chengde. If Li Shang was still in Chengde City at this time and didn't go to the disaster, Lu Bu might have beheaded him. Li Shang was able to provide timely disaster relief, could distinguish priorities, and was also a barely usable general.

"Is there any news that Tu Zhong Mei has become an army?" Lu Bu asked, he came along the way, and did not meet a single citizen who escaped from the Tuzhong area. Tu Zhong had an army of 4,000 plus the soldiers recruited by Xu Xuan in the East China Sea, a total of seven or eight thousand people, and once the whole army was flooded, Lü Bu lost nearly one-tenth of the total number of soldiers.

"There's no news yet."

"How was the water in Chengde last night?"

"I can only hear a slight loud noise in the east." The soldier said. Lu Bu didn't hear any sound at all in Shouchun.

Lu Bu pointed to the flooded earth: "Then what's going on with all this water?" ”

"It was after dawn that the Huai River overflowed. It should be that after the Baima Lake burst its banks, the alluvial sediment blocked the course of the Huai River. The soldier said.

"Okay, you go back and hold on to the city." Lu Bu walked the soldiers and continued to Tu Zhong.

Approaching Tuzhong, there was not much standing water on the ground, and he could step on the war horse again, and there were endless bare mud slabs, countless roots that had fallen to the ground and washed white by the flood, and countless bare tree poles that had lost their leaves.

"Somewhere seems to be a person?" Wei Yue pointed to a large tree branch in the distance and said.

From a distance, Lu Bu saw a corpse stuck on a branch. The corpse still clung to the trunk of the tree in its original position.

The closer you get to Tuzhong, the more desolate the land becomes, as if it has been combed with a comb countless times. Along the way, there were only a few families living on the top of the hill who were collecting corpses stuck somewhere, and there were no living people, let alone living people, and there were not many corpses. It is even worse to see the corpses all over the ground, and even the corpses have been swept into the Yangtze River by the flood, or buried under the earth by mud and sand.

In the distance, more than a thousand soldiers armed with mud-stained knives and guns, covered in mud, came into Lu Bu's sight. When the other party saw Lu Bu and his entourage coming, he sent a few soldiers to block the road from afar, and shouted: "The coming will stop, my general has an order, and the passing crowd will be recruited to help dig the river." ”

Wei Yue was furious, drew his sword and pointed at the soldiers who ran to block the road: "Bold! Meet Lu ......"

"Stand down." Lu Bu stopped Wei Yue and asked the rushing soldiers: "General Lu Bu, how long will it take to dig the river?" ”

"Ahh The subordinates did not know about the general's mastery, and they were offended by the general. The soldier knelt down on the mud in fear.

"Brothers are conscientious, how can you offend. Brother hard work. How long will it take to dig the river? The soldier was so frightened that he forgot to answer Lu Bu's question. Lu Bu picked up the soldier, patted the mud off his trouser leg, and asked.

The soldier saw that Lu Bu patted the thin mud on his trouser legs, and his hands were covered with mud, so he was so excited that he wanted to use his shirt to help Lu Bu wipe his hands, but after being stopped by Lu Bu, he replied, and opened his arms to gestilate: "I don't know, the river is blocked for a long time, and it may take two or three months to dig it up." ”

"So long?" According to the soldier, I am afraid that the downstream river channel is basically filled with sediment, so wouldn't it be a new river to be dug again? How much time will this take? Lu Bu simply didn't have so much time to dig the river, and he couldn't leave it alone, otherwise Yingshui and Huaishui would flood, and it would be the countless people who would suffer in Runan and Huainan who would suffer in the end.

The soldiers only heard about it, and it was impossible for Li Shang to explain this problem to the soldiers: "I don't know how many places I know, General Li Shang is taking the soldiers south along the river to check." ”

Lu Bu asked, "Is there any news of Tu Zhong?" ”

"We came back from Tuzhong. Tu Zhong bore the brunt of the blow, and the city wall was uprooted by the flood and turned over. The city was flooded, and there was not a single intact house in the city, only countless corpses lying in the corners, and there were less than a hundred survivors and civilians. The soldier said.