I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 531, Liu Bei's Transformation, Dealing with the Locust Plague

Liu Bian was stunned when he learned that the three princes and nine ministers of the imperial court had not decided to support Liu Bei. It is not an exaggeration for Liu Bei to say that he is the Optimus Prime Stone of the Xiangyang court. General?This is to give up the general, Liu Bian thought of how he was betrayed by these people back then!

He approached Liu Xie carefully and said: "Your Majesty, you have to be prepared to prevent Lei Gongzhen from attacking Xiangyang City. Compared with the generals, the court's three princes and nine ministers have no bottom line. Be careful that they will betray Your Majesty to please Lei Gong! They've done it more than once!"

Compared with the young Liu Xie, Liu Bian is already 21 years old this year, and the perennial threat of death has made him mature very quickly. He has nothing to do in Xiangyang City these years, and he often recalls the mutiny in Luoyang City. After thinking about the matter for more than ten years, he has already thought clearly about the things back then. He knew that it was not Dong Zhuo who forced him to be the emperor, but the elite clan headed by Yuan Kai. Dong Zhuo was just a black glove. In order to catch up with Dong Zhuo and get more people's support, Yuan Kui even forged his own edict to rebel, and wanted to use Dong Zhuo's hand to kill himself.

Liu Bian knew how many people ran away from Luoyang City back then. If Yuan Kai was really loyal to him, he should have taken him out of Luoyang City and then issued an edict, instead of keeping Luoyang City by himself and making some edict. It's not that I want to get myself back in position, but I want to borrow a knife to kill someone!Yuan Kai can force himself to abdicate for the sake of power, and he will also use tricks to kill himself with Dong Zhuo's knife, so now Yang Biao and the others will definitely sell their young brother for the continuation of their family.

Liu Bian didn't want to see his younger brother being pushed into the desperate situation by Yang Biao and the others just like he was back then!He didn't think his younger brother would be as lucky as he was back then!

Liu Xie was surprised when he heard this: "Taiwei, Situ and the others are highly respected, how could they betray me?"

Liu Bian said in a novel: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten how Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang City? And how did he gain power? Luoyang City had hundreds of thousands of elites back then, while Dong Zhuo had only [-] Xiliang troops in his hands. No matter what Dong Zhuo did It is impossible for him to become the Prime Minister of the Great Han, but the reality is that he easily became the Prime Minister of the Great Han, and he also controlled more than [-] forbidden troops in Luoyang City."

Liu Xie was too young to know what happened in Luoyang City back then.But he was deeply impressed by the mutiny in Chang'an City. Dong Zhuo, whom he had a good impression of, suddenly became a rebel. He tried to help Dong Zhuo preserve his body but failed. No courtier at all was willing to listen to him as the emperor.

In the end Dong Zhuo was defeated, Yang Biao, Wang Yun and the others controlled the power of the whole big man, and that time was also the time when he was most frightened, even now he would have nightmares about what happened back then.This situation was not improved until Liu Huangshu led the army into Chang'an City!
Thinking of what happened back then, Liu Xie finally wasn't as confident as he was just now, but he thought about it after a long time and said in a decadent way: "It's not time for me to rule in person, and I don't have any cronies in the court. Lei Gong is really going to attack Xiangyang City. I'm afraid I can't even command a single soldier!"

Liu Bian said: "It's not that your Majesty has no cronies at all. Now people in the whole world may betray His Majesty, but the clansmen of the Han Dynasty will not, because if the world is captured by Lei Gong, we Han clansmen just want to betray you." It is impossible to be an ordinary person. The only people His Majesty can rely on are the clansmen of the Han Dynasty. Liu Biao and Liu Ye in Xiangyang City are both talented among the clansmen of the Han Dynasty. Your Majesty can rely on them!"

Liu Bian continued: "And your majesty can't hide under the general's wing all the time. Instead, you have to find a way to govern yourself and control your own destiny. The general is going to fight Lei Gong now. It's extremely dangerous. I'm afraid it's difficult Take care of His Majesty, when the time comes, His Majesty can only rely on himself! And maybe the General also needs His Majesty's support, just like this time, if His Majesty holds the power, he can personally support the General!"

After being educated by Liu Bian, Liu Xie could no longer restrain his desire to be in charge of the government. He didn't want to continue to be a bird in a cage.

The next day, he began to summon Liu Biao, Liu Ye and others, and proposed to the ministers of the imperial court that Liu Biao become the shepherd of Yizhou to prevent Lei Gong from attacking Yizhou!

But this proposal was vetoed by Yang Biao and the others. Yizhou had already produced Liu Yan and Liu Zhang. If another Han family clan was to be brought there, Liu Biao would occupy the mountain as king again, and the imperial court would really have no way out.According to Yang Biao and the others, Yizhou has become their most important back line, and Yizhou Mu must be their talent!So for the position of Yizhou Mu, the entire Xiangyang court was in chaos!
In July of the second year of Jian'an (197 AD)!

Huang Long, Yang Feng and the others are still waiting to join Xu Wei and conquer Nanyang County with an army of [-], making preparations for the next large army to conquer Xiangyang City.But they never expected that instead of Xu Wei's reinforcements, they waited for Xu Wei's order to retreat!
"Sili was changed to Yongzhou, with Yang Feng, the general of Zhennan, as the governor of Yongzhou, in charge of the military and political affairs of Yongzhou, and Huang Long, the general of Zhengdong, as the governor of Yuzhou, in charge of the affairs of Yuzhou. The governor of Yuzhou and the governor of Yuzhou can keep 3 standing troops in various ways!" The staff officer who sent the order said to the crowd.

Huang Long couldn't believe it and said: "Our army's attack can be said to be overwhelming. In less than three months, we have captured the entire Sili and Yuzhou. Even now we have surrounded [-] Jingzhou troops. Our army is completely capable. The capture of Nanyang County lays the foundation for the capture of Xiangyang, why is the ruler in such a hurry to retreat!"

Yang Feng and the others also looked at the staff officer who sent the order with puzzled faces!
The staff officer who sent the order said sadly: "The locust plague broke out in Yanzhou, because everyone is paying attention to the battlefield, no one dealt with this locust plague, and the locust plague broke out completely. Tens of millions of people have been affected by the locust plague, and many places will lose their harvest this summer, and the war can no longer be fought!"

Huang Long, Yang Feng and the others looked horrified. Their confidantes in the Central Plains had resisted the outbreak of such a large-scale locust plague. In addition to the drought ahead, this year's summer and autumn harvests were completely hopeless.No wonder they are in such good shape, the ruling still wants to evacuate Jingzhou!

Huang Long could only helplessly say: "Retreat!"

If such a large-scale locust plague broke out, millions of people would have starved to death in the Han Dynasty. Even if they were better than the Han, it would be a huge problem to help tens of millions of victims. The granary will be completely emptied again this time!
Now Huanglong and the others admire the three-year ration plan in power. If it weren't for the large storage of hundreds of millions of shi of grain and grass, and the folks also have a large amount of grain, I am afraid that the Central Plains will have to change their sons to eat now!But now this locust plague is just a big trouble for Daqian!
The next day, Zhang Fei was surprised to find that the Dagan army was dismantling the barracks. One day later, only the empty foundations remained in the Dagan army camp, and the hundreds of thousands of troops all retreated to the north!Zhang Fei and the others couldn't believe it when they saw the smoke and dust in the north getting farther and farther away!There are only a few strategies to siege the city. Water attack and fire will not work. Luring the enemy out of the city is a common method!
"Is Lei Gong trying to lure us out of the city?" Zhang Fei hesitated.

Wei Yan beside him said: "General, if we want to know the movement of the main army, we will send a few scouts to investigate and find out whether they are really retreating or trying to lure us out of the city!"

But Zhang Fei thought for a while and said, "No matter what Lei Gong and the others think, we won't be able to hold on. Holding Luyang City is the greatest victory for us!"

But Daganjun really never came back, Zhang Fei and the others didn't see the shadow of Daganjun even for 10 people!

Ten days later, Liu Bei led an army of 5 to support Luyang City!Zhang Fei opened the city gate to welcome Liu Bei and the others into the city!

Seeing Zhang Fei who was unharmed, Liu Bei said excitedly: "The third brother's ability is getting better and better, and he can actually hold off the army of hundreds of thousands!"

Zhang Fei said with a look of embarrassment: "The big army didn't fight with us at all. After the eldest brother left Luyang, they also led the army to leave Luyang City very quickly! The younger brother doesn't know what Leigong wants to do now. Why did you withdraw all of a sudden!"

Jian Yong sighed: "God blessed me this time. Not only did drought break out again in the Central Plains, but also locust plagues broke out at the same time. Both Bingzhou and Jizhou, the core areas of Leigong, suffered disasters at the same time. Although the water conservancy facilities in Hebei can withstand the drought, But in the face of the locusts, there is nothing we can do. According to our spies Feige, this year, the land of Hebei, Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Bingzhou have basically failed to resist the Yellow River. Lei Gong must find a way to help tens of millions of victims. If we don't retreat, I'm afraid the people in Hebei won't even be able to eat grass!"

The locust plague is even more dangerous to the people of the Han Dynasty than drought and flood. Because of the outbreak of these two disasters, everyone gnaws on the leaves, and the grass roots can barely survive, but the land where the locust plague broke out can be said to be barren. Nothing to eat, this is the most desperate thing.

Liu Bei said solemnly: "This time the plague of locusts saved us, but next time there won't be such a good thing. Now it's finally our turn to face Lei Gong. Yizhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou have all become the front lines against Lei Gong." , I, Jiangnan, will no longer be able to stay out of the battle in the future, and we must prepare for the toughest battles!"

Liu Bei thought that he and the court were prepared to deal with Lei Gong, but this defeat made Liu Bei clearly realize that they were not prepared at all!

Lei Gong's striker only hit Nanyang County, and the Xiangyang court was in chaos. Not only could he not support himself on the front line, but he also became a hindrance. He led hundreds of thousands of Jingzhou troops to resist Lei Gong on the front line, but it was reported from the rear that he would abandon Xiangyang City , the news of moving the capital to Chengdu, Yang Biao and Wang Yun did not stop the spread of this news, so this rumor spread to the front line of Nanyang County.

When Liu Bei heard the news, he wanted to rush to Xiangyang City to hack Yang Biao and Wang Yun to death. The front line had to rely on the soldiers of the Jingzhou Army to resist Lei Gong, and there were rumors of abandoning Jingzhou from the rear. The morale of the tens of thousands of troops collapsed, and the hundreds of thousands of troops from Hebei rushed straight to Xiangyang City. Just look at how Lei Gong is in the Central Plains this year, and they should also know the consequences of the collapse of morale.Why do I always have such pig teammates around me.

Because of Yang Biao's relationship with them, Liu Bei didn't even dare to bring his own army to support Zhang Fei, for fear that his army would also collapse like Yuan Tan's army.

Fortunately, God bless, an unprecedented locust plague saved the big man.

But Liu Bei has decided that he wants to change the current situation, and the alliance with Yang Biao and the others has no effect on him anymore!It is to clear them out of the court.The big guy needs some fresh blood to fend off Lei Gong!

At the same time, Xu Wei led his army all the way across the endless plains of Yanzhou.Since there has been no rain for several months, and locusts are everywhere, eating up the sparse weeds, it is difficult to see a little green in Yanzhou now, and the whole world has become gray. There was a scorching breath, making the soldiers sweat profusely as if they were in a furnace.

In the arable land on both sides of the road, busy farmers can be seen everywhere, but the farmers are not harvesting in summer, but they are also directing flocks of chickens and ducks to devour the locusts in the field. It is a pity that there are too many locusts in the field, and these chickens and ducks eat one by one Hold on, and start to turn a blind eye to the locusts flying around!
Xu Wei recruited a commoner to go up and ask, "How is the summer harvest? I see that there are no wheat seedlings in the field. Is it harvested?"

The people said bitterly: "The government has already harvested ahead of schedule, but the wheat is not yet mature, so it can only be sold as fodder, and the autumn wheat is completely lost!"

If it is said that the summer harvest can still receive some points, but the autumn harvest is completely over!

Xu Wei looked at the locusts and said with relief: "Our autumn harvest is over, and everyone will use these locusts for autumn harvest. From now on, everyone will find a way to catch locusts. I will buy them for a pound of dried locusts!"

The people were pleasantly surprised: "I will tell you the good news right now!"

"For more than ten years, disasters on both sides of the Yellow River in the Central Plains have followed one after another. This is because God does not allow people to survive!" Jia Xu sighed.

The big man is in the predicament of extinction in the natural disasters again and again. Now that the Central Plains has become the territory of the Dagan Army, it is the turn of the Dagan Army to resist these disasters. I really don’t know how long the ruling can resist!

Jia Xu was even worried that the disasters in the Central Plains would continue like this, which would not only affect the progress of their great army to unify the world, but even the newly born Dagan country might not be able to withstand these disasters and lead to disintegration!
(End of this chapter)