Huangmen Pavilion, Tang's ancestral hall.

After the Deng family moved to Huangmen Pavilion, the clansmen spread out all over the township, and the genealogy has more than 300 people.

The Shen family followed, there were more than 200 people, plus other surnames, and there were probably several townships around the entire Huangmen Pavilion combined, and more than 1,000 people lived here.

At the earliest time, Deng Shen lived in two townships near the Huangmen Pavilion, and later after development, Deng Shen gradually grew, and each township was headed by them.

There are six descendants of the Deng family, scattered around Huangmen Pavilion, and are in charge of clan power.

After Deng Hong learned that Cao Cao had slaughtered and responded to Shen Chen's speculation, he hurriedly sent a message to the elders of the Deng clan who were scattered in various villages, hoping that they could respond to the call and hold a clan meeting.

Although Deng Hongnai is the youngest son, the Deng family abides by filial piety, and when they learned that the eldest child had an emergency, several brothers did not shirk it, and the eldest Deng Mao was over 50 years old and discussed in the ancestral hall.

It stands to reason that outsiders are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall of the Deng family, but there are priorities, Deng Hong also took Shen Chen into the ancestral hall, and discussed with many brothers in the hall on the right side of the room.

In the hall, the clan elders sat down in turn, Deng Hong explained the reason for the matter clearly, and everyone looked at each other. After a long while, Deng Mao said in a deep voice: "Sixth brother, this matter is a matter of life and death for the whole clan, and it is not sloppy, are you sure it is true?" ”

"Big brother must have forgotten, I asked my eldest brother to borrow a horse a few days ago." Deng Hong said: "The clansmen sent to inquire about the news reported that they had seen it with their own eyes, and if the eldest brother did not believe it, he summoned him to inquire and he would see for themselves." ”

"Well, it's better to be cautious."

Deng Mao asked people to call the clansmen who went to inquire about the news, and they waited outside, and when they came in, they reported to Deng Mao what they had seen and heard.

Cao Cao personally led the army south, and after passing through Pengcheng, he entered the territory of Xiapi.

The butcher's knife fell to the county seat of the county as soon as possible, and when the Deng clan who went to inquire about the news arrived at the county, Cao Jun had already left.

What they saw was devastation and countless corpses in the wilderness, and Cao's army was so cruel that they not only slaughtered all the villages, village pavilions, but even burned down the houses in their passes, and the villages were concentrated on the banks of the river.

Xuzhou has two most important rivers, one Surabaya and one Huai River, and the county is located between the Sui River and Surabaya, and the corpses float from the upper reaches of the Sui River to the downstream in the direction of Surabaya, piling up the entire river.

Hearing this, Deng Mao and the other clan elders were extremely shocked.

The means of communication in the Han Dynasty were extremely backward, and the villagers lived in one place all their lives, and the range of activities in their lifetime may not exceed 20 kilometers, and they did not know the changes in the general trend of the world, did not know who the current emperor was, and did not even know that the Han Dynasty had long been a country.

So when Cao Cao slaughtered a county town and didn't leave a living, the people of other counties didn't know about it at all, otherwise Cao Cao slaughtered five cities in history, how could the people of Xuzhou not know to escape?

Therefore, after the elders of the Deng clan learned about this, they suddenly panicked one by one, and Deng Hong's second brother Deng Kai said in a trembling voice: "Cao Cao...... Did Cao Cao really want to slaughter the whole of Xuzhou? Is he crazy? ”

"He's not crazy, he knows very well that his strength must not go head-to-head with Yuan Shu, so in order to prevent Yuan Shu from seizing the rich Xuzhou, he must kill Xuzhou to pieces."

Shen Chen sat cross-legged on the seat, like a little adult, the old god was there, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "Uncles, I hope you can recognize the reality clearly. ”

"That'...... So what's the case now? ”

Deng Mao worried: "Cao Cao has already sent troops to attack, and Huaibei is already in turmoil, even if you want to run, there is nowhere to run." ”

Shen Chen said: "I said this two months ago, the whole clan is lying to me, if I run away at that time, I may be able to avoid Jingzhou now." For today's plan, he can only flee north to hide in the Niqiu Mountain, and then make plans after Cao Cao slaughters Xuzhou. ”

"Can't you go east?"

Deng Kai traveled to the Quartet when he was young, saying that it was the Quartet, in fact, he had walked around in Xuzhou and Yangzhou, but he knew that from Qu County, that is, the Lianyungang area in later generations, he could go south into Guangling County, so that he could bypass Xiapi, enter Yangzhou from Guangling, and then find a way to go to Jingzhou.

However, Shen Chen shook his head and said: "I often talk with merchants and tourists, and I know that Guangling has been occupied by Zhenrong, this thief has always been fierce, and those who come and go will be exploited by it. ”

"Alas, this world is really difficult."

Deng Mao sighed, looked around and said, "Brothers, Ah Chen's words are reasonable, it involves the lives of the whole clan, when it is decided, what do you think?" ”

"That's all it can be."

"I have no objection."

"Then let's make sure to flee north into the Nichu Mountains."

In the end, Deng Hong clapped his hands and said: "Brothers, please immediately gather the people of the township pavilion and move to flee." ”

"Without further ado, you should set off, Cao Cao slaughtered Xiapi, and he will never let go of Yan County, in addition to preventing Yuan Shu from going north to encroach on Xuzhou, revenge against Tao Gongzu is also an important reason!"

Shen Chen said.

During this time, he had been analyzing all the moves since Cao Cao's attack on Tao Qian last year, and finally concluded that his main strategic intention was to prevent Yuan Shu from moving north.

But the secondary intention is also obvious, he does want to avenge his father.

Xuzhou is rich, but the main wealth is in the East China Sea, Xiapi and Guangling County, among which Guangling was seriously harmed by Zhenrong, and it was too close to Jiangdong and too far from Cao Cao to be killed.

The East China Sea Kingdom still has Tao Qian's remnants entrenched, and the East China Sea is closer to Cao Cao's territory, so he doesn't want to slaughter the East China Sea Kingdom, after all, he still wants to get Xuzhou.

Therefore, it happened to be in the middle of the Yuanshu Huainan region and Cao Cao's Yanzhou region, and Xiapi became the main massacre area of Cao's army.

It was Cao Cao's intention to turn the middle hundreds of kilometers into a no-man's land, but it didn't mean that he wouldn't do anything to the county.

Because Tao Qian is his enemy, he still has to destroy Tao Qian to avenge his father.

The Deng clan originally didn't believe Shen Chen's words, but now that the facts are in front of him, his previous prediction that Xia Pi will inevitably be slaughtered has been fulfilled, and everyone does not dare to slack off at the moment, and immediately calls on the villagers to prepare to flee.

However, not long ago, the millet seedlings were planted, and it is difficult to leave the homeland, so how easy is it to talk about it immediately to mobilize all the villagers?

After Xun Yu found out that Dong Zhuo had usurped the rebellion, he immediately abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown, trying to persuade the villagers to leave Yingchuan to escape the war elsewhere, but the people of Yingchuan were reluctant to leave, and finally Dong Zhuo was killed after the rebellion, which is a typical example.

Fortunately, the two Deng and Shen clans married each other, and if the Deng family is moved, it will be said that the Shen family is moved.

Half of Huangmen Pavilion are from the Deng Shen tribe, and the rest of the people are headed by the second surname, under the persuasion of everyone, most of the people are still willing to follow them, and they have packed their belongings and prepared to leave.

And not only Huangmen Pavilion, the Han people have been a personal society since ancient times, the news reached Huangmen Pavilion, learned that Cao Cao was slaughtering Xiapi, the people rushed to tell each other, and relatives and friends in the nearby townships and neighbors publicized the matter, and soon the entire Xiangben County knew about it.

In the next few days, the matter spread farther and farther, starting from Xiangben County to the next county seat, and there was a lot of uproar within a radius of forty or fifty miles, and it soon reached Tao Qian's ears.

In recent days, many villagers in Xiangben County are moving their families, and it is impossible for local officials and villagers not to report, so it has only been two days, and when the matter is still fermenting, Tao Qian has already sent people to inquire about the situation.

Tao Qian's confidant Cao Hong went to Xiangben to investigate the matter, and after learning the ins and outs, he returned to Yan County to report the matter to Tao Qian.