Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 68 Locust plague
Not only was there a war in Juancheng, Cao Jun from Dong'e and Fan counties also came out to harass the rear of Xue Rengui's army from time to time, which made people tireless, but helpless.

After Lu Bu in Puyang City fought several times with Li Songjun, Lu Bu insisted on defending Puyang City, and the two sides were at a stalemate.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's mid-August, Li Song's big army camp, inside the Chinese army camp, Li Song summoned everyone here.

Everyone speculated that since the confrontation with Lu Bu, there has been no military meeting for more than a month. Li Song summoned everyone to the camp this time, whether there is any way to capture Puyang City.

"Two military advisers! This time, the lord summoned us, but for the affairs of Puyang City?" Zhang Liao, Liu Bowen, and Xu Maogong asked each other after greeting each other.

"Wenyuan! We just received a notice from the lord, let us come here to discuss matters, and didn't tell us what it is."

"Therefore, the two of us don't know whether we want to discuss the matter of Puyang City." Liu Bowen and Xu Maogong said.

"So that's it! I'm disturbing the two military advisers!" Zhang Liao said, and turned to discuss with the others.

"The lord is here!" Just as everyone was speculating, there was a shout from outside the tent, Li Song walked in from the outside and sat down on the lord seat.

"My lord!" Everyone waited for Li Song to sit down, and hurriedly saluted.

"Everyone don't need to be too polite! Please sit down!" Li Song gestured to everyone, "This time, everyone is summoned to the camp of the Chinese army, and there is something that needs everyone to do."

"I don't know what's going on? My lord, please tell me!" Gao Shun stood up and saluted.

"I asked everyone to come here this time. I asked everyone to catch all the birds. They must live." Li Song said with some difficulty.

After all, at this time, the war was still going on, and everyone was very busy, but Li Song asked everyone to catch birds at this time.

"My lord! It's the time when the great war is about to take place. My lord's actions like this will make everyone feel cold!" Zhang Liao stood up and accused Li Song of being playful and unwilling to make progress. If this continues, the morale of the army and the people will be lost.

Li Song naturally understood this truth. He wanted to catch birds not for fun, because according to the book, there will be locust disasters in Yanzhou in September, and he wanted to use birds to hunt locusts to protect food.

"Yesterday, I had a dream. I dreamed that the gods came down to earth. The gods told me that there have been conflicts in this world for a long time, and they were all caused by the powerless people. God will punish this world." Li Song said.

In ancient times, when there were natural disasters, it must be that those in power were innocent and made God angry, so natural disasters were sent down to punish the innocent. forgive.

Everyone gasped when they heard this. After all, in this era, people still have some respect for gods. Li Song continued: "The gods also said that Yanzhou is also within the scope of punishment, and asked me to catch birds as much as possible. When the locusts come, let these birds eat the locusts."

"So, please work together to handle this matter well. At the same time, send someone to inform Xue Rengui that he also send people to catch the birds."

By doing this, Li Song is implying to everyone that he is a person who has achieved the Tao, and even the gods are helping him.

"No!" Everyone hurriedly responded, regardless of whether it is true or not, everyone is still more willing to lean towards the theory of gods.

"My lord! I suggest gathering all the domestic chickens and ducks raised in Bingzhou that can prey on locusts, so as to deal with the locust disaster." Liu Bowen said.

During the high-speed development of Bingzhou in the past few years, Li Song had people raise a large number of chickens, ducks and other poultry, which greatly improved the living standards of the people in Bingzhou.

"Okay, what the military adviser said is polite, it reminds me that if the military adviser doesn't say it, I may not be able to remember it, everyone should act quickly!" Li Song said.

"That's right! To prevent Lu Bu, Cao Cao and other people with malicious intentions from spying on our army, Xiang Yu and Zhang Liao lead an army of [-] to guard the camp."

"No!" Everyone responded, and after clasping their fists and saluting, they retreated and carried out Li Song's order.

In the prefectures and counties controlled by Li Song, a large number of bird-catching operations were carried out, and the news quickly spread to various princes. Li Song didn't know how many princes' minds his action had affected.

"Wen Ruo! Tell me, what is this Li Song trying to do? Why is he suddenly catching a large number of birds? Is there something strange about it?" Cao Cao asked Xun Yu, his chief adviser, in Juancheng.

"How about I ask Cao Hong to bring a troop of soldiers and horses to test it out?"

"My lord! I can't see through this matter either. Our opponent is not an incompetent person. This is most likely a trap."

"The trap that lures our army has to be guarded against! In my opinion, it's better to wait and see what happens." Xun Yu thought for a while and said.

"If what Wen said is reasonable, we will wait and see." Cao Cao agreed.

In Puyang City, Lu Bu called all his subordinates to discuss the matter, "Now, Li Song's son actually ordered to capture all the birds. Such behavior is a great opportunity for our army to rush out of the city."

"Zang Ba and Hou Cheng are the vanguard, leading a troop of soldiers and horses, going out of the city to face the battle. Song Xian and Wei Xu..."

"Hold on, Marquis Wen!" Chen Gong said in a hurry to stop Lu Bu.

"Gongtai, why do you want to stop me!" Lu Bu glared at Chen Gong. Now Li Song's army is basically going to catch birds. At this time, there must not be many soldiers left behind, and it is the best time to attack them. .

At this time, Chen Gong jumped out to stop him, how could he not be angry.

"Marquis Wen! Be careful there is deceit here! Our army has fought Li Song many times, and we know them a little bit. Could it be that Marquis Wen has forgotten how Li Song lured our army into the bait in the last battle?"

"This matter is very strange, and we still need to find out before drawing a conclusion!" Chen Gong said.

It's a pity that no matter what Chen Gong said, it was useless. Lu Bu still insisted on going his own way, leading the troops out of the city and killing Li Song's camp.

Lu Bu was defeated by Li Song's army who had been prepared for a long time. If Lu Bu hadn't been able to escape by fighting hard, the casualties were heavy, and even he himself almost couldn't come back.

Regarding Li Song's behavior, Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Yuan Shu in Huainan, Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, and Liu Bei in Xuzhou all maintained a wait-and-see attitude.

In September, a plague of locusts broke out in Yanzhou, and the crops in the fields were baptized by locusts. Only the prefectures and counties controlled by Li Song, because they had been prepared for a long time, did not cause the crops to fail.

In other places, Cao Cao's Juancheng, Fanxian, Dong'e, and even the crops in Puyang controlled by Lu Bu were eaten by locusts.

(End of this chapter)