Because Jiangdong's army stopped at Anhui County and there was no grain route to Shouchun, Cao Cao couldn't borrow grain from Baitu.

Half a month later, although Cao Cao and Liu Bei successively transferred grain and grass, they saw that Huainan had no harvest, whether it was Guangling or Shouchun, they were still ignoring all kinds of schemes and going all out to defend the posture.

Moreover, under the founding effect of the Zhong clan, Yuan Shu's army was indeed a lot braver, and Ji Ling was defeated and fled after more than 30 rounds of head-to-head with Zhang Fei - the force was far superior to before.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei, not to mention that they are not sure, they will lay down Shouchun before the food is cut off, and if this continues, even if Yuan Shu opens the door and surrenders now, will they have the ability to accept it?

Huainan alone has a population of 1.5 million, plus parts of Yuzhou and Jingzhou, even now, Yuan Shu has a population of more than 3 million...... That's three million mouths waiting to be fed!

Even if Yuan Shu surrendered now, Cao Cao and Liu Bei would not be able to save the disaster......

When the world was peaceful, the local government could still have some grain stockpiled, but with the advent of war, it was not enough to be busy collecting military rations, and the ability of the local government to resist natural disasters was also greatly reduced.

Finally, in November of the second year of Jian'an, Cao Cao and Liu Bei withdrew one after another......

Not only did they evacuate from outside Shouchun City, but even withdrew their troops from Huainan, Cao Cao had already defeated most of Runan, and Liu Bei had conquered the northern part of Guangling County, and they also completely withdrew their troops back.

Judging from the current situation, next year's spring ploughing can be saved - staying here at this time is almost the same as going deep into the desert, relying on the supply of the rear!

When Liu Bei left, he also cried bitterly to the people, saying that the people who were willing to leave with him, even if they starved to death on the road, they would not lose a bite of food for the people.

However, firstly, it is difficult to leave the homeland, and many people still want to rely on the old grain, grass roots, tree bark or something to endure it, and secondly, it is a problem of trust and the speed of news transmission, and only a small part of them are willing to leave!

In the end, with 70,000 or 80,000 people, he crossed the Huai River and returned to Xiapi, which was also rumored to be a beautiful talk for a while, which greatly improved Liu Bei's popular feelings.

At the same time, Bai Tu of Jiangdong, looking at the disaster of the people of Huainan reported by the Wind Catcher, his heart was like a knife, and he resolutely sent troops to find Yang Ferry, Misukou, and Guazhou after Cao Cao and Liu Bei retreated.

Anhui County also occupies the stone pavilion to the north, and the dangerous stone road does not have to be forced.

It is said that it is definitely a disadvantageous thing to fight at this time, but ...... If Bai Tu only wants to occupy these three ports, it will not be too much of a hindrance.

Xunyangdu is Qichun City in the north, and the mouth of the wet beard is next to Chaohu Lake, Chaohu Lake is Hefei to the north, and Guazhou is to the north, which is naturally Guangling City......

These three are all big cities, Qichun is slightly worse, and the other two can be called strong cities behind the wall, which are difficult to conquer without hard fighting.

Bai Tu did not want to attack the fortifications, but carried forward the spirit of caring for his compatriots and boundless love, and helped the people of Huainan to cross to the east!

In addition to the Anhui County that has been controlled, along the north bank of the Yangtze River, the downstream section between Huainan and Jiangdong, there are four places under the control of Baitu.

In December, Bai Tu sprinkled a large number of scouts in Huainan, not to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, but to announce the news that as long as the people of Huainan arrived at Xunyangdu, Shiting, Chaohu, and Guazhou, any of the four Yangzhou army barracks, they could get relief food and go to Jiangdong to avoid trouble.

It is difficult to pass the army on the stone road, but the sporadic people and displaced people, unless it is a real desperate and dangerous road, otherwise the "easy to defend and difficult to attack" is ineffective against the people.

Historically, after Cao Cao occupied Huainan, he wanted to forcibly relocate the people, but the people were afraid, but instead went south to Jiangdong in large numbers...... In addition to Jiangdong, Xuzhou and Yuzhou can't afford to support so many victims!

Bai Tu not only promised that in the disaster year, he would ensure that every household "was young and strong and the whole family had food", but also promised that after the recovery of Huainan, he would arrange for everyone to return to their hometowns......

It will not be until the Three Kingdoms period that the warlords will understand that the real strength of a force is not how much arable land it occupies, how many swords and horses, but how many laborers!

In Jiangdong alone, the easiest place to cover water conservancy projects is the northern part of Yuzhang, which is now Poyang County, and the northern part of Wu County, and the plains near Zhenze.

After the completion of the laying of these two water conservancy sites, if they are completely reclaimed, the cultivated land will reach 1.5 million hectares, and the Han system will be able to cultivate 100 acres of 500 acres, and if it is returned to the people, it will support 750,000 households -- more than the total population of Jiangdong now, even if all the black households are dug up, there may not be so many people.

And if it is collected by the government, in the case of ploughing cattle and several kinds of ploughs suitable for large-scale flat land have also been developed, hundreds of thousands of young people will also need to be cultivated here, and the income will be enough to exempt Bai Xiang from grain tax in other areas like other traversers!

Therefore, "people" are the real foundation, Bai Tu was like a hamster before, saving so much relief food, isn't it just for "people"?

Even if the people are reluctant to leave and still need to think about it, they can still receive enough rations for the family for a few days at the Baitu garrison, and they will be the best propagandists!

With Baitu's popularity, coupled with the fact that the relief grain was really "scattered", for a while, not to mention the villagers living outside the city, even in big cities such as Hefei and Guangling, there were people who quietly sneaked out of the city.

After Yuan Shu got the news, he angrily ordered that all cities in Jiangbei should be under martial law, strengthen scout patrols, and kill people on the spot if they were lured......

However, for Lu Mian, Shu Shao and others who are really in charge, it is obvious that they cannot fully implement the lord's ...... Or rather, an order from "Your Majesty"!

Today's drought has left them with little room for manoeuvre, and it is easy to stop the displaced people from fleeing to Baitu, but ...... And after that?

Yuan Shu only asked them to intercept the people with all their might, but they did not allocate food for disaster relief, and they did not even have a plan for disaster relief.

Do you want to watch them starve to death?

As for killing on the spot or something, Lu Mian and Shu Shao tacitly agreed that they didn't hear it.

Let's not mention that Yuan Shu's Nanyang lineage is concentrated in Shouchun, such as Qichun, Guangling, and Hefei...... Most of the defenders in the city are from the local area, and if they dare to do this, they will cause a mutiny in minutes.

And their own moral bottom line does not allow them to do this......

Generally speaking, at this time, you just need to splash dirty water on your opponent - do it yourself, it's difficult, but spraying people, it's very simple!

It can be said that Bai Tu sent people to Jiangdong as slaves, the old and weak women and children could only starve to death, and the young and strong would also wear shackles to mine, and even be bolder, it can be directly said that Bai Tu wanted to use human flesh as relief food......

In fact, Yuan Shu is indeed this kind of guidance and propaganda, but ...... It's too small!

"Killing a person is like killing my father" The voice of gold and jade still echoes in my ears, on the one hand, Yuan Shu, who is rampant and tyrannical in Huainan, and on the other hand, Bai Tu, who cares about the people and is benevolent and brave, the multiple-choice question of "who to believe" is too simple......

Guangling City, where Shu Shao is located, is in a slightly better situation in guarding against disasters, so he took it upon himself to open a warehouse and release grain to the people, which for a while calmed down the hearts of the people in Guangling County a little.

But because of the misappropriation of military rations, it attracted Yuan Shu's reproach, and he directly sent someone to recall Shu Shao back......

In the chaos of Yuan Shu, throughout December, more than 300,000 people crossed the river to the east, which is equivalent to the population of most of the ordinary county!

And Bai Tu understands that this is still the homes of the people of Huainan, and many of them still have stored grain, and they ...... We are looking forward to next year's harvest.

When the drought continues, more people will flee to ......