This secret report was sent from Xuzhou, saying that Liu Bei and Guan Yu garrisoned Xiaopei, because Liu Xin had ordered him to pay attention to collecting information about Cao Ying, Liu Bei, and Sun Jian in the past, so when he got the secret report, he didn't dare to slack off, and sent it directly to Liu Xin.

Knowing that Liu Bei arrived in Xuzhou, Liu Xin couldn't help but be surprised, this is several years earlier than in history, and then think of Sun Jian's attack a few days ago, so far there is no news, and the jade seal of the country is still on Sun Jian, now it seems that Liu Bei's suspicion is not small,

Although Jingzhou and Xuzhou are still separated by Yangzhou and Yuzhou, Liu Xin still decided to create some trouble for Liu Bei, and could not let him enter Xuzhou so smoothly, Liu Xin knew that the premise of Liu Bei's entry into Xuzhou was that Tao Qian died, as long as Tao Qian lived one more day, Liu Bei, who was hypocritical and righteous, would be embarrassed to accept Tao Qian's abdication, if he occupied Xuzhou, his true colors would be exposed,

Tao Qian is weak and sickly, if he wants to live a few more years, he has to help him heal and strengthen his body, which can not only make Liu Bei's conspiracy not succeed, but also close the relationship between himself and Xuzhou Wenwu, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Liu Xin didn't know what kind of disease Tao Qian had, but there were two great miracle doctors here, even if it couldn't be cured, it shouldn't be difficult for him to extend his life for a few years, Liu Xin thought, when the time comes, he should also capture Xichuan and even Chang'an, and he can free up his hands to deal with Cao Ying and Liu Bei, of course, now that the army is in chaos, Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji can't leave, Liu Xin doesn't want them to encounter any danger, without further ado, Liu Xin immediately asked Zhang Ji to send his most proud disciple Zhang Qing to Xuzhou to diagnose Tao Qian, and also let him bring Hua Tuo's newly created five poultry plays, taught to Tao Qian, let him practice in the morning and evening, strengthen his body, in order to ensure safety, Liu Xin also sent Zhang Liao with 5,000 elite soldiers to escort him,

After another two days, Zhang Ren, who stayed at Yique Pass, also sent a letter, more and more people fled from Luoyang to the south, and the food on the pass was no longer enough to help, after reading the letter, Liu Xin finally understood why the princes would give up Luoyang so quickly,

Although there are 300,000 people in Luoyang City, some people have almost nothing except the grain distributed to them by Liu Xin, and now they have missed the spring ploughing production, and the summer sowing grain does not know where, when the princes' army just started, they were able not to disturb the people, and they were able to live at peace with each other.

Soon, the princes found that these people had nothing to rob, and they had no ability to pay a penny in taxes, and they stayed in Luoyang, not only did they have no benefit, but even had to bear the responsibility of relieving the refugees.

Putting down Zhang Ren's letter, Liu Xin looked stunned, these princes are no better than Dong Zhuo, he shouldn't have believed Yuan Shao's promise at the beginning, insisted on staying, and even did not hesitate to fight with the princes, maybe these people will not be ravaged for the second time, Liu Xin sighed, and said to Tian Feng: "Yuan Hao, you quickly order people to allocate food and medicine, and gather the people who fled south to Yingchuan, properly resettle, and then divert them to various places." ”

Kuai Liang frowned and said: "The young and strong men and women have been taken away by the princes, and most of the people who have fled are old and weak women and children, with nearly 200,000 people. ”

Liu Xin knew that since he rescued Zhu Qian outside Xiangyang City and copied the Chen family, not many people dared to fight the idea of the victims, and in the past, many victims would become slaves of the rich in order to survive, he thought about it and said: "If you can't afford it, you can't ignore it, they are all the people of the Han Dynasty, and we are all officials of the Han Dynasty, so let's do it, transfer as much food as possible from the treasury, no matter what, no matter what, the phenomenon of starvation to death cannot occur, in addition, they are allowed to entrust the rich as slaves." ”

Kuai Liang represents the local scholar family group in Jingzhou, he is actually waiting for Liu Xin's words, Jingzhou's economy has developed rapidly in recent years, many people have become rich, everyone has a good life, who will go to others to be slaves, now the rich people in Jingzhou, the most lacking is slaves, and some people have even begun to do the business of selling slaves, don't look at these refugees as many as 200,000, as long as Liu Xin opens his mouth, it is conservatively estimated that half of them will be bought by rich people, so that The pressure on the state capital will be much lighter,

However, it was said that Cheng Pu and Huang Gai took the seriously injured Han Dang, more than 40 remnant soldiers, and more than 10 horses, protecting Sun Jian's body at night, quietly walking in the direction of Lujiang, and walking halfway to the road, he suddenly met Zhu Zhi who stayed in Lujiang, and took more than 100 people to run eastward in a panic. Everyone was inevitably sad, there was no way, they could only find a way to cross the Yangtze River first, go to Yuzhang, and then say, they didn't know that Yuzhang had fallen into the hands of Yan Baihu at this time.

The two teams of people have gathered together more than 100 people, the number of people is large, and the goal is also big, Cheng Pu is afraid of being discovered by Yuan Shu's people, so he does not dare to take the main road, so he chooses a sparsely populated path and travels to the riverside, finds a small fishing boat, and divides it into more than a dozen batches, only to cross the Yangtze River in the dark of night.

After crossing the river, Cheng Pu still didn't dare to march during the day, and he always dared to move slowly until it was dark, so it was delayed for several days, but Han Dang's injuries were not treated, and he gradually became serious, and began to have a high fever that did not go away, and he was unconscious.

This day, the remnants of the army hid in a reed bush to rest, Cheng Pu thought of Han Dang's injury, and was anxious, but this place was not far from the border of Yuzhang, Cheng Pu knew that the more he needed to calm down at this time, so he took more than ten soldiers to inspect outside the reeds.

Before he walked out, he heard a slight sound in the grass not far away, Cheng Pu's heart tightened, raised his hand to signal the soldiers behind him to stop, and quietly walked forward, not a few steps, four or five people suddenly popped out of the grass, dressed differently, but they all held sharp blades in their hands, looking at Cheng Pu with a vigilant face,

Cheng Pu didn't know if there was an ambush around, so he didn't dare to force each other too much, he clenched the snake spear with both hands, and asked sharply: "Who are you, sneaking around here, what do you want?" ”

The first person on the opposite side looked at Cheng Pu carefully for a few moments, and suddenly said: "You are a subordinate of Sun Taishou in Lujiang, I don't know where Sun Taishou is now." ”

Cheng Pu suddenly became nervous, he was a careful person, and he could hear that there was no malice in the other party's words, but he was in a state of concern, but he refused to relax his vigilance, still holding the snake spear, and asked rhetorically: "Who are you?" ”

Several people on the opposite side glanced at each other, and the leader continued: "It doesn't matter who we are, but Yuzhang City has now been occupied by Yan Baihu, don't continue to move forward, so as not to fall into the net, Sun Taishou's family has been rescued into Xiangyang City, if you can trust us, please follow us down the path and turn to Changsha, and someone will send you to Xiangyang when you get there." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that Cheng Pu's body shook, and before he could react, a cold spearhead had been pointed at his throat, only to hear Cheng Pu say in a deep voice: "What you said is true or false." ”

At first glance, when he heard the news of Yuzhang's fall, Cheng Pu was like five thunderbolts, but he understood better that he must not mess up at this time, and first of all, he had to determine the accurate surname of the news, however, the person who was controlled by him was not afraid at all, and just said lightly: "Believe it or not, we just bring the words to you, of course, you can also transfer our words to Sun Taishou, and it is up to him to decide." ”

Cheng Pu looked at his expression, he knew that this person was not an ordinary person, he must have received some kind of training, he couldn't take anything out of his mouth, Cheng Pu was difficult to choose for a while, Xiangyang and Changsha were Liu Xin's territory, they had already fought with Liu Xin's army twice, it was difficult to say whether it was a friend or an enemy now, Cheng Pu's hand holding the snake spear couldn't help but tremble, if what this person said was true, then they couldn't go to Yuzhang, if this person said a lie, then going to Changsha became a self-throwing net,

Seeing that Cheng Pu didn't squeak, the leader reached out and gently pushed away the snake spear that was against his throat, and continued: "The situation is urgent, I hope you will make a decision as soon as possible, if you are discovered by Yan Baihu's people, everyone will be finished, it doesn't matter if you die, I can't involve the brothers, take me to see Sun Taishou quickly." ”

Cheng Pu gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll believe you once, my lord is no longer alive, you can take us to see the young master." ”

The look of surprise in the eyes of the leader flashed, and he immediately regained his composure, clasped his hands into fists and said: "I can't imagine that God is jealous of talents, and the general's day is mourning, so I will take you off." ”

Hiding in the reeds, Huang Gai and Zhu Zhi learned the news, and they were also sad, everyone quickly packed up their things, protected Sun Jian's body and the seriously injured Han Dang, followed these people around left and right, and after a while, they arrived at the edge of a small river, only to hear the whistle of the leader of the man, and a few boats rowed on the water, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai did not dare to be careless, they each held their weapons, and the person at the head said a few words to the boatman, and turned to Cheng Pu and said: "Everyone, please get on the boat, the future is answered by someone, let's say goodbye." ”

Without waiting for Cheng Pu to agree, those people quickly disappeared in the wilderness, Cheng Pu at this time, he no longer knew where he was, he could only use the dead horse as a live horse doctor, and took everyone on the boat.

Just when Cheng Pu and they were still struggling to Changsha, Liu Xin came to the small courtyard where Mrs. Wu's mother and son lived again, although there were still many guards guarding outside the courtyard, and idlers and others could not approach, but the courtyard was much more lively, and Fu Zhu had already selected more than ten official slaves to be sent here, responsible for taking care of the diet and daily life of Mrs. Wu's mother and son, and the Wu sisters and those children also recovered from the initial fright, especially after learning that Sun Ce's injury was gradually improving, Mrs. Wu's face showed a smile again,

In fact, Liu Xin did not restrict their personal freedom, but these two women, who usually don't go out much, have a natural vigilance against the unfamiliar environment, and would rather stay in this courtyard all day than move around casually, the only requirement is to go and see Sun Ce, however, considering Sun Ce's injury needs to be quiet, Hua Tuo did not agree to their request,

Liu Xin glanced at the two beautiful young women who had recovered a little bit of vitality, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Mrs. Wu, can you take a step to speak, I need to discuss something with you alone." ”