Chapter Twenty-Six: The Rain Has Stopped, But Something Worse

The rain miraculously stopped, but no one was happy, and it was even bigger. In previous years, at this time, a snowfall was usually enough, but this year, God gave such a heavy rain, and millions of people suffered. Hundreds of thousands of people in several counties in the Danshui Valley of Nanyang could not get timely and effective assistance from Yuan Shu, and the local officials did not dare to open warehouses to release grain.

The county magistrates of the three counties of Shangyong were hurriedly summoned, and the county magistrates of Shangyong had no choice but to recall the county soldiers and officials of the county, and the displaced people in Shangyong City, and temporarily obtained Chen Lin's permission to recruit 1,000 young men to help. The county soldiers of Xicheng and the county soldiers of Fangling hurriedly returned to defend their own county, and the victims of the flood had basically been rescued, even if there were, it was a little, and it was most important to deal with the anti-people who might come over from Nanyang. Wu Kuang's 2,000 army hurriedly arranged Xicheng, and Chen Lin was already about to meet Nanzheng, one was to order Yan Pu to rescue the three counties, but to order the wolf to come to the three counties immediately.

There are very few people in Xicheng County, and the ground in Xicheng is still full of mud, and it can be seen that it has been flooded to the knees, which shows how serious the flood is. The city wall of Xicheng was soaked in water for three or four days, it is said that the water receded, I hope it will not collapse, Chen Lin thought of this and smiled helplessly, can the wall that fell after three or four days of soaking be called a city wall. There have been victims returning to their hometowns one after another, but when they heard that there was a rebellion in Nanyang, many people were willing to stay in Shangyong for a while.

"Wenhe, what's the news of the scout?" Chen Lin couldn't help but ask, in the county government of Xicheng, the county order arranged a row of office houses for Chen Lin, and Chen Lin and several people were discussing at this time. Jia Xu was squatting in front of the map and muttering to Zhang Song, when he heard Chen Lin's question, he raised his head and said: "Lord, how can it be so fast, I only knew that Nanyang rebelled yesterday, and the scouts were only sent out this morning, and they didn't come back so soon." However, Xu and Ziqiao analyzed that Danshui is three hundred miles away from Wancheng, and my Xicheng is one hundred miles away from Danshui, and our army definitely learned of the rebellion in the Danshui Valley earlier than Yuan Highway. I believe that the scouts will come back one after another tonight, and the lord will be at peace. ”

Yuan Shu must not have imagined how serious this rebellion was, and Yuan Shu would definitely not think that his governance in Nanyang had failed. The reason for the riots was simple: they couldn't eat and were hungry. Fangzheng is all dead, waiting to starve to death is death, and rebellion and food grabbing is also death, but it is good to be able to eat once, so thousands of disaster victims gathered together and started first in Suixian. Suixian is on the east bank of Danshui, across the river from Danshui County, and it is also the ferry on both sides of the Danshui River. The 8,000 victims of Suixian County were whipped out of the city by the defenders of Suixian, and the victims of the disaster rose up in anger to resist and attacked the county government, and countless grains were snatched away.

The victims of the neighboring Danshui County, Chaoyang County, Fuyang County, Nanxiang County and other places learned of the situation of the victims in Suixian County, and they followed suit, and suddenly the Danshui River Basin was in chaos.

On the third day, the scouts finally reported that there were at least 200,000 victims in the Danshui Valley, distributed everywhere, and the champion county in Xicheng was already occupied by the rebels at this time, with more than 20,000. These victims killed officials and grabbed food, and they were resolutely the Yellow Turban thieves of the year, but they were not as organized as the Yellow Turban Thieves, and the Yellow Turban Thieves had their own commanders, and these victims were now completely a rabble, without decent military force, and when they rebelled, they only knew that they were waving the weapons and sticks in their hands and rushing forward, exchanging their lives for the lives of officers and soldiers, and dealing with a group of county soldiers.

The scout also reported that Yuan Shu heard of the turmoil in the Danshui Valley, and was furious and hurriedly sent a general with 5,000 troops, who had already rushed over, hoping to temporarily block the mob to the west of Deng County, so that the rebels would not rush to the hinterland of Nanyang. Deng County is 100 miles away from the Danshui River, just like the distance from Xicheng to Danshui. So there are a total of 500,000 people in the seven counties of the Danshui Basin, what should happen to the lives of these people, Yuan Shu didn't bother to think about it. As long as the mob is blocked in the west, and then the troops are slowly sent to strangle, this is Yuan Shu's simplest idea.

At this time, Zhang Song offered a plan and said: "Lord, now that the Danshui Basin is in trouble, Yuan Highway is unable to take charge, if it is managed by the lord, what does the lord think?" "Ah, Chen Lin was shocked, Zhang Song was persuading Chen Lin to take the opportunity to occupy the seven counties of Danshui, and he didn't know where Zhang Song got such a big appetite, as if the 200,000 mobs were not worth mentioning, and as if Yuan Highway would not be mad. Chen Lin hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, no, now the disaster in Hanzhong is the time to try to rescue, this disaster will at least cost most of my savings in Hanzhong, if you occupy the seven counties of Danshui at this time, not to mention whether the 200,000 mob is good or not, and the hundreds of thousands of people in it are also waiting for rescue, where is there so much food in my Hanzhong." And how could Yuan Highway watch my Hanzhong occupy his seven counties for no reason, isn't this provoking a war? Guanghan and Brazil are all unstable places, and at this time, if they want to make enemies with Yuan Highway, who occupies Nanyang and Yuzhou, this is unwise and unavoidable. ”

Zhang Song turned around and smiled with Jia Xu, and Jia Xu also smiled, as if to say, "Look, it's as you wish." How could Zhang Song and Jia Xu's eyes escape Chen Lin's eyes, Chen Lin was furious: "Okay, what are you two doing to see people, come quickly." Jia Xu laughed and said to Zhang Song: "Look, let's just say that the lord will find out, hahahaha." He turned to Chen Lin and said: "The lord is angry, the lord is angry, Xu and Ziqiao have analyzed, my Hanzhong is rich, although this disaster affected more than 100,000 people in the three counties, but my Hanzhong is enough to bear it." At this time, it is not a problem for the majority of 10,000 people to join Hanzhong, as the previous lord said, but he is afraid of causing Yuan Highway to be dissatisfied, and it is not good to blatantly accept the displaced people in Nanyang. But at this time, the mob in the Danshui Valley gave us this opportunity, and even Yuan Highway thanked me Hanzhong. ”

Chen Lin asked urgently: "Oh, say, how to act?" ”

Jia Xu laughed: "The lord can send a letter to Yuan Highway first, asking him to pacify the mob quickly, and don't want the mob to flee to my three counties in Hanzhong to make trouble." With Yuan Highway's temper, he will definitely ignore the letter of the lord, and at this time the lord can take the lead in righteousness. Yuan Highway was fortified in Deng County, and the mob could not go east, so they had to go west, which was my Hanzhong, and the mob came to the three counties at that time, not the people came to vote. After speaking, he looked at Chen Lin.

When Chen Lin heard this, he was overjoyed, yes. First asked Yuan Shu to exterminate the mob, Yuan Shu has always been at odds with Chen Lin, and Yuan Shu will not do what Chen Lin asks. At this time, the mob in Danshui could only come west, and Chen Lin lured him again, these were just out-and-out peasant people, how could they not surrender. At that time, Hanzhong will be able to recruit these mobs and outcasts openly, what can Yuan Shu say, my Hanzhong is just recruiting a group of anti-thieves. Or help you Yuan Shu do things, tell you to quickly calm down the riot and you are uneven, now you are incompetent, Yuan Shu, a dumb man, has to suffer. Chen Lin laughed and said, "Okay, quickly plant the grain from Hanzhong, except for the three counties of Shangyong, and prepare an extra 100,000 stones." "100,000 stone of grain, if you drink porridge, it is enough for 30,000 or 40,000 people for more than half a year. These 100,000 stone grains are enough for Chen Lin to deal with the affairs of 70,000 or 80,000 people temporarily, and it is impossible for 70,000 or 80,000 displaced people to come to Hanzhong, Chen Lin thought to himself.

At this time, the affected places are dealing with the disaster situation in their own jurisdictions, and Liu Yan and Jia Long in Shuzhong are not very affected, and the two are busy managing internal stability and installing cronies. And Jingzhou and other places are the most serious, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao almost single-handedly came to Jingzhou to take office, Liu Biao and the Jingzhou clan Cai family marriage, but also persuaded the Kuai family to support themselves, at the same time Liu Biao this person is gracious and powerful, seducing in a way, plus Liu Biao is a body, the Great Open Scripture School, and suddenly Jingzhou was properly subdued by Liu Biao except for Nanyang. Jingzhou was also the hardest-hit area this time, and Liu Biao and the Cai family of the Kuai family tried their best to rescue and were very busy. Dong Zhuo has already rebelled against hundreds of thousands of displaced people first, and there is only one word in Dong Zhuo's eyes: kill. The bloodthirsty Xiliang Iron Cavalry slaughtered hundreds of thousands of unarmed people without any scruples, and Chang'an was full of corpses, and the Manchu civil and military forces in Chang'an became more and more disgusted with Dong Zhuo, and the undercurrents were frequent. Nanyang's Yuan Shu won't talk about it, he's busy with Yuzhou. However, Liu Bei's 200,000 or so people in Luoyang were particularly active, and I saw Liu Bei borrowing grain everywhere and encouraging the people to rebuild their homes, and Liu Bei's fame increased greatly for a while.

Chen Lin is calculating how to better implement this plan to recruit Nanyang refugees, although there are nearly 200,000 mobs in the Danshui Basin, but Chen Lin is not afraid at all, as long as Chen Lin and Wu Kuang's 2,000 troops plus 1,000 county soldiers firmly hold Xicheng, the mob in the Danshui Basin will not think of passing.

I saw Jia Xu say: "Lord, when the three thousand wolves of the second general arrive in three or two days, the lord can rest assured that he will implement the plan, and he will have to be busy for a while." "In the face of a group of irrational mobs, and in the case of the mob's victory all the way, it is estimated that it is impossible to persuade these people to surrender, and there must be some opportunity to calm these mobs and be willing to lay down their arms and surrender. Therefore, Jia Xu Zhang Song and Chen Lin discussed a feasible plan to subdue these displaced people, but the troops in front of them were too small to be implemented. Chen Ze's wolf ride is estimated to arrive in two or three days, and then he can act.

Just as Chen Lin was waiting for Chen Ze, Chen Ze had not yet arrived, but he was waiting for a letter from Yan Pu, Chen Lin opened it and looked at it, and was surprised and exclaimed: "Ah, Ba Shanyi." ”