When he was closer, Wang Yu had seen the blue-gray city walls of Puyang City across the river, but strictly speaking, this was the first time he had come to Puyang City.

The tall city walls, neat official offices, straight streets, and vermilion gates are all scenes that cannot be seen in Gaotang or Qingzhou. Two years ago, compared with the rich mansions in Puyang City, Qingzhou Yamen was at most a dilapidated family.

As the center of Yanzhou and one of the cities with the highest concentration of clans, there is no doubt about the heritage and prosperity of Puyang, but what Wang Yu observed most carefully was the appearance of the city, so as to assess the war potential of Lü Bu's army.

Inside the city is the atmosphere of a big city and an ancient city, but after a few miles out of the city, you see another world.

One thatched hut after another is lined up in a dense row, and there is no end in sight. Most of them were only three feet, no more than five feet high, had no windows, and the door was just a handful of straw, and the owner of the shack sat at the door, his eyes blank and sad, apparently at the harvest time of August.

In contrast, there is the same endless wheat field, if it were not for the dull eyes of the shack owners, Wang Yuzhun would have thought that these people were not worried about the corn in the field, and specially built a shed here to harvest it.

But in reality, although the fields and the shacks were very close together, they had little to do with each other, and the people who owned the fields lived in the city, and those who built shacks outside the city lived in the poor.

In the shack area, which is closest and furthest from the city walls, there are always two lively bazaars. There was no supply of fish, meat, or food in the bazaar, and there was only one kind of goods in it, and that was the living -- three thousand for a boy, a thousand for a girl, five thousand for a young woman, and ten thousand for a young woman. and 20,000 girls.

In fact, if there is no money, the child can also be used to exchange, as for what to do after the exchange...... Wang Yu didn't ask, and he didn't dare to ask, he was praised as full of guts, but the answer that was about to come out made him tremble.

Since he came to this world, he didn't have much chance to see these dark sides, because the place where he was usually a battlefield was usually a battlefield. Even for people who have lost all hope in life. I also knew that I had to avoid war, and the only time I didn't travel on the battlefield was to Luoyang, the center of the Han Dynasty, so I naturally couldn't see these sad and helpless things.

Seeing this, Wang Yu remembered. Yanzhou, a place that is superficially rich, has also been repeatedly destroyed by war.

In the first year of the first peace, the Montenegrin army crossed the Yellow River under the leadership of Bai Huan and Zhenggu, and fought with Liu Dai and Cao Cao in Dongjun, and the war lasted for more than a year, from the bank of the river. It was fought all the way to the hinterland of Yanzhou, such as Jiyin and Shanyang, and it was not until before the start of the Hebei War that Cao Cao defeated the main force of Montenegro with the help of Yuan Shao. Entered the East County.

Later, Yuan Shu came to fight for Yanzhou, and fought in the dark between Chen Liu and Cao Cao.

This was followed by the Battle of Hebei, in which Liu Dai lost control of Yanzhou after the defeat of Chiping. Cao Cao was busy fighting with Liu Dai for power and profit, and he didn't care about anything else. As a result, bandits in the local area are everywhere, and chaos is rampant.

After that, it was the battle for Dongjun between Lu Bu and Cao Cao last year. It is said that it is the battle for the East County, but the scope of the battlefield is not only the East County.

These wars were not mainly about sieges, but on striking the enemy and plundering places, so the families hiding in the cities and dock forts did not suffer much damage, but they created countless homeless.

If there is no oneself, the people of Yanzhou will soon usher in a more fierce war, Lu Bu and Cao Cao's battle for Yanzhou, once fought thousands of miles of red land, people compete for cannibalism, Cao Cao had to temporarily give up Yanzhou, go to Yuzhou to eat. Only by seeing the present scene can we truly understand how cruel that war really was.

"Why won't these people cross the river? Don't they know that if this continues, they will die in the winter? "Wang Yu thinks that Qingzhou's reputation for good governance should be big enough, these people are already outside Puyang City, and Qingzhou is only separated by the Yellow River, why don't they know to cross the river?

"I don't want to, but I can't enter the door."

Zhang Chao looked a little embarrassed, but still explained truthfully: "Many homeless people rushed to Puyang after hearing the news of General Renzheng and tried to cross the river to Qingzhou. However, Chen Gongtai forcibly blocked the ferry on the grounds that he could not support the enemy. Qingzhou's merchant ships could load and unload goods at the ferry, and they could not stay for a long time, let alone carry the displaced people back. These people have struggled so hard to get here, and they no longer have the strength to hurry, so in the end they can only do this......"

"Chen Gong again?" A cold light flashed in Wang Yu's eyes, and his face became worse and worse: "What about Brother Ling?" Brother Ling doesn't care? ”

Speaking of which, his impression of Chen Gong is good, after all, he is a celebrity in history, because he is right with Cao Gong, and in the end he would rather die than give in, and his reputation is also quite good.

But now, being an enemy of oneself can also be said to be a difference in concept, and it is a bit wrong to prevent the displaced people from crossing the river. If we don't give them alms or give them a way out, do we want these people to wait here to die?

Zhang Chao shook his head and smiled bitterly: "My brother intends to provide them with dry food, so that they can go to Luoyang or return to their hometown to settle down, but there are too many people, in order to meet General Lu's soldiers and horses, my brother has spent a lot, and now he has more than enough strength to do so." ”

He didn't finish his words, Chen Gong deliberately let the homeless people wander on the riverbank, also to show the Qingzhou army on the opposite side. This can be regarded as an alternative scorched earth tactic, if the Qingzhou army crosses the river to attack, the first thing to solve is not the defenders at the ferry, but these displaced people outside the city.

The Qingzhou Army is known for its benevolence and righteousness, and these displaced people can at least slow down the Qingzhou Army's advance and create fighters.

Zhang Chao was not afraid that Wang Yu would be angry with him, but this young general had a good temper, and he didn't dare to stimulate the other party with words. In case Wang Yu had a seizure, if he wanted to ask Chen Gong, or directly cross the river to launch an army attack, it would be a big deal.

“…… It seems that the task of this negotiation has been increased again. What reassured Zhang Chao was that Wang Yu finally suppressed his anger and entered the city without saying anything more.

He sighed and rode his horse to follow, followed by five hundred cavalry rushing in. Although Wei Yan followed Wang Yu's side, the Hidden Fog Army still did not show up, and the series of battles in Xuzhou mainly achieved the reputation of this army.

As long as they don't show up, even if they don't come at all, it will make the enemy suspicious, speculating about where they are hidden and what kind of unbelievable way they will appear, causing great deterrence.

Entering the city and placing Wang Yu and his cavalry in the courtyard of the Bian family's house, Zhang Chao hurriedly rushed to the Assassin's Mansion to pay the order to Lu Bu, thinking about arranging for Wang Yu and Lu Bu to meet as soon as possible, but he didn't expect to have a closed door.

"Zhang Yuanjun, it's not that the prince is deliberately slacking, it's just that his wife is sick, and the prince is worried and can't be ...... In fact, in such a state of the prince, if he really meets Wang Hussar, it will be even more worrying, right? ”

"This little brother reminds me," Zhang Chao nodded after being taught, raised his hand, and a bulging money bag had been handed over quietly, looking at the other party after getting the money bag, he skillfully pinched it, and then showed a surprise smile, he asked softly: "Dare to ask the little brother, what kind of disease is the lady born of?" ”

"This ......," the servant could not answer, but his eyes were rolling.

Zhang Chao is also a person who has been in the sea for a long time and has become a fine character, who doesn't know the other party's greed, he smiled, tore off the peiyu around his waist casually, clamped it between his two fingers, and stretched it forward.

The servant's eyes lit up, and he was about to reach out to take it in a hurry, but he didn't want to take it, and then looked at Zhang Chaoshi, the jade had already received it in his sleeve, and he was looking at himself with a smile.

"How noble the lady is, what kind of illness she has, we who are subordinates naturally don't know. However, before Madame fell ill, someone had visited the house, like a plague god, and before he came, Madame was very good, and as soon as he walked on his hind feet, Madame suddenly became ill......"

"Oh? I don't know where this plague god is......" Zhang Chao's cuffs moved, and the piece of jade was exposed again, exuding a warm luster in the setting sun.

The young servant stared at the jade with straight eyes, stretched out his hands together, his movements were not fast, and his speech speed was even slower: "Madame's maiden family is far away in Taiyuan, and there are no relatives around, will there be many people who can go straight to the back house to see Madame?" ”

"I see." Asking the truth, Zhang Chao didn't know about this greedy servant, and casually threw the jade into the other party's arms, "This little brother, you can help me keep an eye on the movements in the house, no other need for anything else, just the names of the people who come and go." If you do this, you will benefit from it. ”

The servant caught the jade in a panic, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this little thing will be wrapped up in me." ”

behaved very calmly in front of the servants, and when he returned home, Zhang Chao's face was already clouded: "Big brother, this is trouble." The servant said that General Lu and his wife have a deep relationship, and since they got married, they have not even blushed, and it doesn't matter if she is only sick for a few days, if it takes a long time, I'm afraid it will be ......."

On the way, he had already figured out the intention of Wei Xu's move, and it was indeed difficult to rely on Mrs. Yan to influence Lu Bu's strategic decision-making. Wei Xu and the people behind him had the idea of dragging.

If it can be delayed for a day, Lu Bu can afford it, Chen Gong can afford it, Wang Yu definitely can't afford it.

dragged it out to the end, whether it was Lu Bu who changed his mind and turned his face to make a move, or Wang Yu couldn't wait and left by himself, Wei Xu and the others could achieve their goal.

"Indeed......" Zhang Miao frowned, this move is indeed troublesome, even if you don't consider the general trend of the world, Wang Yu is in danger, it is impossible to hang like this all the time? There are many dreams at night, and there are changes when it is late, which is counted.

"I have no choice but to tell the truth."

"Well, isn't it?" Zhang Chao was taken aback, and told the truth, isn't it equivalent to forcing Wang Yu to go?

"Chen Gongtai is resourceful, if you and I don't be honest with each other, wouldn't it be worse if he deliberately leaked the news to Wang Hussar? It's better to tell me calmly, and at worst, you and my brother can be removed from this matter. ”

"That's what Big Brother said." Zhang Chao suddenly said yes.