Yuan Shu died, and the Runan Rebellion never stopped.

When Cao Cao led his army into Runan, what he saw was a scene of purgatory on earth.

"What happened to Runan?"

This is what Cao Cao and everyone else wants to know the most.

The spies who spilled out in all directions brought the news back, and Cao Cao and the others listened to the cause and effect in silence and shock.

There was a mutiny in Yuan Shu's army, and a civil rebellion also broke out again in Runanzhong, and there was more than one.

These rebels were not just ordinary people.

When a reign of terror is inflicted, ordinary people naturally suffer.

But in fact, Haoqiang is also miserable, these people are the main source of the army's elite, and they are also responsible for providing food and grass for the warlords, etc.

When you encounter a normal warlord, you can still cooperate, and when you encounter a tyrannical monarch, you can keep your family safe.

Obviously, the heroes in Runan County were not lucky enough.

Yuan Shu is equal to every person under his rule, whether he is noble or not.

Naturally, it caused everyone to rebel and leave their relatives.

The Runan Yuan clan ushered in a catastrophe, and they could only rely on the city to defend against the enemy, but they still lost their lives.

There were more than 1,000 people in the Yuan clan, and nearly half of them died, which can be described as a great disaster that has not been seen since the Later Han Dynasty.

Not only the offensive and defensive battles between the Yuan clan and the rebel army, but also the big battle between these rebel armies, and the entire Runan County became a pot of porridge.

Faced with the complicated situation in Runan County, Cao Cao only felt that his head wind was getting more and more serious.

What he wanted was an intact Runan County, so that he would have a complete Yanzhou and Yuzhou and Henan County, the core of Sizhou.

He will become the biggest prince in the world, even in the face of Yuan Shao, who captured Youzhou, he is not afraid at all.

Liu Bei, who was comparable to him at the beginning, was no longer his opponent at all.

But only if he receives the complete Runan County.

Without waiting for Cao Cao to ask Dong Zhao, he directly said in a deep voice: "Lord, the rebellion in Runan should be pacified vigorously and resolutely."

I think that when I soothe, I stroked at the same time.

Those who harbor treacherous intentions, harbor evil thoughts, and deliberately indulge in rebellion must be unceremoniously and resolutely killed.

And it's going to be a big kill!

For those who are willing to surrender to the stability of the situation, appeasement is given first to see the aftermath.

These people saw the blood, and their hearts were filled with indulgence.

It is no longer those good people, and it is necessary to be cautious, otherwise one careless will be counterattacked. ”

All the strategists had solemn faces.

People are like wild beasts, once a wild beast eats a man, it will never forget the taste, and will continue to eat people in the future.

Once a person is in turmoil, he will continue to make trouble in the future.

The people of this world have risen up at every turn, and these people who have experienced it are all restless elements in the future.

Cao Cao sighed, even if he occupies Runan, he must be careful here in the future, and he may not know when there will be another rebellion here.

Although Xun You had a dignified look on his face, he comforted him gently: "The lord doesn't have to be so pessimistic.

Among the prefectures and counties in the eastern part of the Kanto, which prefecture and county have not experienced the Taiping Army?

How can the chaos in the hearts of the people of the world be in this short moment?

Our army is pressing the border, and the head of the rebellion in the territory must be afraid, and it is not difficult to pacify, and the lord can send one man to lead the army to accept their submission.

Yuan Shu was defeated too quickly, and the rest of the princes may not have entered Runan.

Now you should personally lead the army to prevent Liu Biao, Luo Chu, and Liu Bei from entering the country, this is the most important point.

An intact Runan county would make the imperial court stronger and stronger. ”

After some more discussion, the group left the camp one after another and began the final step of the Runan raid.

As Xun You said, Yuan Shu's defeat, the strategists under the command of the three could guess it, but they definitely didn't expect it to be so fast.

The first to receive the news of Yuan Shu's defeat was Liu Biao in Jingzhou.

Few of the Jingzhou scholars were willing to take the initiative, because they had caused a lot of casualties when they fought with Yuan Shu, and many people had enmity with Yuan Shu.

After Liu Biao and Nanyang Taishou Zhao Hong reached a reconciliation, Zhao Hong temporarily became Liu Biao's vassal.

On the west side of Runan-gun is Nanyang-gun.

When Liu Biao led the army halfway, he saw a cluster of embarrassed people, and even some heroes fled from Runan County to Jingzhou in groups.

Kuai Yue felt bad when he saw this scene, when the two armies were fighting, it was the time when the control under the rule was the strictest.

During the Warring States period, whenever there was a war, it was even directly controlled like a prison.

Kuai Yue pulled the fleeing people over and asked, and learned the news of Yuan Shu's defeat.

Liu Biao was directly dumbfounded: "Yuan Shu's grain and grass forces are all superior to Cao Cao, even if he is defeated, how can he be defeated to such an extent?" ”

Kuai Yue gritted his teeth and said: "Is it not just a defeat like a mountain?

It's like paper paste, and he failed without any struggle at all, even if he let the hundreds of thousands of people not move and let Cao Cao chop, for three days and three nights, the blade was rolled up, and the arrows were shot out, he couldn't finish cutting and killing.

Yuan Shu, this waste!

Rubbish! ”

The more Kuai Yue thought about it, the more angry he became, and the sudden failure of Yuan Shu was likely to make Cao Cao's power suddenly grow and stand tall with Yuan Shao.

This is simply the worst ending for Jingzhou.

Kuai Yue is a typical Jingzhou local, unwilling to spend Jingzhou's strength to fight for the world for Liu Biao, and is ready to wait for the Central Plains overlord to appear and surrender directly, still without losing the position of the marquis.

Kuai Yue has always stood with Yuan Shao before, because he thinks that Yuan Shao has the capital to unify the world, and sooner or later he will sweep the Central Plains.

But not necessarily now, if Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are about the same strength, who should they turn to?

Kuai Yue couldn't see who would win, so he didn't dare to stand in line.

He also didn't dare to jump sideways between the two repeatedly, the two ends of the first rat are taboo, even if Jingzhou can still surrender normally in the future, but what should the Kuai clan do?

The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, and there was no way to break the game.

……

On the big river, the waves are monstrous, and the big ships will press down the wind and waves, and the Jiangdong army will attack, naturally by boat.

Jiangxia County is just south of Runan County, and people have also fled here.

Luo Chu and other high-ranking military officials in Jiangdong are all on the big boat, and it can be said that except for the civil servants of pure internal affairs like Erzhang, they all came with the army.

Luo Chu was really ready to fight Cao Cao.

Zhou Yu and Lu Su were by Luo Chu's side, discussing the matter of letting Cao Cao cede the five southern counties of Runan County to Jiangxia County.

Then I heard the forward's boat, and Zhou Tai's surprised voice came.

"Childe, there are corpses under the river!"

Corpse?

Luo Chu and the others walked to the deck of the ship when they heard the sound, and as soon as they took a look, they saw a corpse floating out of Runan County in front of everyone.

It's really a lot of corpses!

And the corpse, I don't know how long it has been soaking, just went down the river.

After being completely swollen and rotten, it is no longer visible to the original appearance, but the tragic scene still makes everyone feel that it will be difficult to forget for the rest of their lives.

How many people have died?

Can it flow here?

This is what Luo Chu and the others thought, it was completely unbelievable, Lu Su said with some uncertainty: "Is this a big war in Nanyang?"

Impossible!

Jiangxia County doesn't have any early warning, it's impossible for me not to know, this is the big battle between Yuan Shu and Cao Cao? ”

Luo Chu looked at the swollen corpses that were soaked, and only felt a burst of cold attack his whole body.

Then there is the sensation of tingling on the scalp.

He had never been more afraid of his heart than he was now.

Almost at the moment when that heart-wrenching feeling enveloped his heart, he shouted: "Immediately warn everyone, don't touch these corpses!"

Watch out for the plague!

Watch out for the plague! ”

In order to find out the identities of these corpses, some of them were carried onto the deck, and after receiving Luo Chu's order, they were hurriedly thrown into the water.

Luo Chu recovered from his momentary fear, and found that it was even more dangerous to still float downstream from such a corpse!

Because the downstream is Koto!

Let these corpses float to Jiangdong like this, in such a hot weather, the south of the Huai River is already warm and humid, and it is simply a natural place for the plague to occur.

But just salvaging the body is even more looking for death.

The high incidence of plague in the army is already there, and since Luo Chu came to Jiangdong, the relatively large-scale plague in the army has actually occurred twice.

It's just that they were all controlled, but it still interrupted the process of conquering Shanyue.

It is too late to prevent it on weekdays, how can it be possible to naturally take the initiative to provoke the corpses that are extremely likely to carry the plague at this time.

Between two fires!

In this era, the treatment for the plague was still too weak, and it was almost entirely up to people to fight it.

Zhou Yu, Lu Su and the others had never seen Luo Chu's frightened expression.

Since Luo Chu entered Jiangdong, no matter what he does, he has a calm and breezy appearance, and it seems that there is nothing difficult in this world.

But not now!

Luo Chu knew that he could only accomplish what those people could do, and that the plague was beyond his ability.

After only a second of silence, Luo Chu had already made a decision in his heart.

He immediately said to Lu Su and Zhou Yu: "Quickly send a team of men and horses to intercept these corpses that flow to Jiangdong, and then cover them all with lime and burn them."

After they were burned, all the soldiers who salvaged the bodies were cleaned with boiling water and then formed into a separate army.

Isn't there a Shanyue slave army in the army that has just been captured?

Just let them go, and when they have done this, they will be credited with a credit, and they can slowly atone for their sins.

Immediately send someone back to Jiangdong, and at the same time invite the doctors in the county, and then gather all the medicinal herbs in the county, so as to be prepared.

The rest of the people followed me to Runan to see what was going on? ”

Lu Su was taken aback, Luo Chu's arrangement was to focus on defense, rather than pursuing offense, he first responded, and then asked suspiciously: "Childe, there is not much disposal of corpses after the war, why are you so cautious this time?" ”

The plague is such a thing, it is impossible to say, and no one knows when it will come.

Sometimes when you see mountains of corpses, flies flying, and a rancid stench, everyone thinks something is going to happen, but nothing happens in the end.

Sometimes there is no major event, but there is a big epidemic just because the army is not adapted to the soil and water and does not pay attention to hygiene, who can say for sure?

Hearing this, Luo Chu said coldly: "Benzhou was born in the Luo family, and he is naturally more proficient in medical skills than you, and my uncle is the holy hand of the current doctor, and he often studies plagues.

Since entering Koto.

The number of plagues in Koto has decreased, and the degree of harm has also decreased, which is why the state has taken proper precautions.

Now south of the Huai River, the sun has not been seen for more than a month, and the plum rain has been repeated for several days, which is the time when the plague breeds.

Although this river depends on the survival of thousands of people, in fact, there are countless diseases and diseases in it.

That's why the state requires everyone to drink cooked water

It is to prevent the diseases in these raw waters.

Hundreds of corpses gather together during the warm and humid rainy season, when corpses are decomposing and soaked in rivers, and it is terrifying!

The state has never been more fearful!

The epidemic kills people invisibly, you all have to be 120,000 careful, and you don't want to die young under the epidemic before you have achieved your fame, right? ”

At this time, Zhou Yu and Lu Su both felt a chill attack, and the chill poured straight into their necks.

The Jiangdong army, which was supposed to go directly to Runan, began to dispose of the corpses in separate people, and most of them left here at a faster pace.

What Luo Chu encountered, Liu Bei naturally encountered the same, but the problem appeared.

Luo Qi guarded in Donghai County, and by the way, taught the disciple he had just received, Zhuge Liang.

The reason why Luo Qi didn't follow Liu Bei out was because if it was a simple trick, it would be enough to have Liu Ye and Xu Shu, who had just joined Liu Bei's camp.

Liu Bei led the Xuzhou army to march quickly towards Runan County, and he would never allow Cao Cao to get a complete Runan County.

The traditional five states east of Luoyang, namely Jizhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou, were the foundation of Emperor Guangwu's prosperity in the Han industry.

These five states, together with the Sanhe region, are the most populous and economically prosperous regions in the world in the 100 years of the Later Han Dynasty.

The people who occupy these five states are Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and he Liu Bei.

Yuan Shao had the whole Jizhou and most of Qingzhou and Hanoi County, and it was very likely that Youzhou and Bingzhou would be allies later, Cao Cao had Yanzhou and Henan County, and Liu Bei had Xuzhou and Taishan County.

This was originally the pattern of Cao Cao and Liu Bei resisting Yuan Shao, two weak against one strong, which is very reasonable.

If Cao Cao gets Runan County, Cao Cao will have Yanzhou plus Yu Prefecture and Henan County.

The situation in the five states will instantly become Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's double strength and Liu Bei's weakness.

How can Liu Bei endure this?

No matter who is the boss between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, Liu Bei knows that he must be dead, and those two people must unite to divide themselves first.

For the current Liu Bei, his failure is sad, but Cao Cao's success is even more painful!

Even if he tried his best, he must break Cao Cao's wings to take off, so that Cao Cao could only be a difficult brother with him and fight against Yuan Shao together.

Cao Cao thought of flying alone and being beautiful, it was simply a dream!

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In the summer and May of the eighth year of Jian'an, Yu Xu was pan and everywhere in Zeguo.

In the summer and June of the eighth year of Jian'an, there was a drought in Yanyu and thousands of miles of red land.

In the summer and July of the eighth year of Jian'an, the corpse floated in the river, and a major epidemic occurred. - The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Five Elements

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