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Xu Shu first received secret letters from various cities. Of course, these secret letters were sent back to Miyun and Fang Zhiwen through channels from Shi A, Zhen Jiang, and Li Xueyin. The reason why he sent a copy to Xu Shu was because Xu Shu was directly responsible for the affairs of this direction and was closest to him.

Cao's strange movements immediately aroused Xu Shu's alertness. Xu Shu made a quick decision and immediately summoned Xu Huang.

"Gongming, you immediately lead the entire army to Mengyin, completely control Mengyin City, and then guard the surrounding area, accept disaster victims from all over the country, prevent the defeated army and bandits from causing trouble, move quickly, and wipe out all the unknown armed forces, and see Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's troops expel them."

"No!" Xu Huang responded excitedly, then asked in confusion: "Sir, are we going to start a war with Cao Cao? But why did we just expel Cao's army when we saw him?"

Xu Shu raised his head from the map and shook his head with a smile: "It's not about starting a war, but about occupying this unprepared city. Cao Cao is withdrawing troops from Mengyin, probably from Taishan County, Lu County and other places. It is very likely that he reached an agreement with Yuan Shao. This time Liu Bei is going to suffer, so we will also get some advantage. Moreover, Mengyin is very well located, so it's not a waste!"

"Oh, I understand! But what does this have to do with the people? Where does the disaster victims mentioned by the military advisor come from?"

Xu Shu's eyes flashed, and he glanced at Zang Badao, who was also confused next to him: "Cao Cao has never been a honest gentleman, so he will definitely play with chaos after retreating. He has not done such a thing before. He wants to leave Yuan Shao a mess, and definitely not want to give Yuan Shao a treasure pot."

Xu Huang and Zang Ba suddenly realized. Zang Ba said excitedly: "Mr. Military Advisor, then we should be more proactive! The population is not a burden to us."

"Haha, the population may not be a burden to Yuan Shao. Cao Cao may have thought it a little wrong this time. If Yuan Shao is smart, he should take the opportunity to move the population north. More employed farmers are probably very welcome to the aristocratic tribes in Jizhou. So if we go too far, Yuan Shao will jump, and Yuan Shao is our thug now. We are not in a hurry to weaken him."

"oh......"

"Then we can do something in Mengyin, right?" Xu Huang said thinking.

"Yes, Xuan Gao will then organize food and grass to deliver to you. I will ask the detailed works of each city to encourage refugees to come to Mengyin City, so you must be prepared. Xuan Gao will also cooperate with transporting refugees."

"promise!"

"Okay. Let's go quickly and contact other matters to resolve anytime!"

"promise!"

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Xu Huang hurriedly rectified the cavalry left in Xintai, and then informed the cavalry cruising outside to assemble in the direction of Mengyin.

Xu Huang's cavalry arrived not far from Mengyin City and had already met the people who escaped from the city. It turned out that the riots in the city had already occurred.

The incident happened in the early morning of yesterday. I don’t know who discovered that the army had completely evacuated Mengyin City in the early morning. Then some big families didn’t know what they thought. They cleaned up their fine lines and planned to evacuate with the army. In the process, looting occurred. At first, Yi Ren took action, and then it became chaotic. During this period, there seemed to be a large number of organized people looting them, but it did not cause large-scale killings, but looting was everywhere.

Xu Huang ordered these people to go towards Xintai, telling them that there would be porridge sheds and troops to respond along the way. The displaced people had to advance to the northeast half-believingly and half-doubtedly. Soon after, they met the Zang Bajun that followed.

Xu Huang led his men straight to Mengyin City. He did not rush to enter the city, but commanded the troops to surround the city gates, and could enter but not exit. Anyone who could leave the city would be detained to check the famous posts, and if they found something wrong, they would be killed and detained.

After controlling the road, Xu Huang continued to take over the city gate and then ordered the city gate to be closed. The guys in the city were immediately panicked, throwing away the stolen bags and then climbing over the city walls to escape. However, the cavalry outside the city is not a decoration, and there are very few people who can escape by chance.

As more troops arrived, Xu Huang's cavalry began to enter the city. Anyone who dared to resist and refuse to undergo inspection, whether it was the indigenous people or the Yiren, would be killed, and Yiren belonging to Cao Cao's camp would be killed. Under Xu Huang's thunder methods, the order in the city quickly returned to normal.

Zang Ba, who arrived the next day, happened to help Xu Huang, who was short of troops. While cleaning up the chaos in the city, he packed up all the owner's finances, identified and resettled the people. The last count was that in the past half day from last night to today noon, thousands of people died in Mengyin City. Many wives and children were separated, and countless houses were destroyed. What's even more terrifying is that the food in the city was completely gone, and the food in the people's homes was burned, destroyed, and a lot of food was even thrown into cesspools and wells. This was obviously premeditated destruction.

Xu Huang and Zang Ba couldn't help but be afraid. Fortunately, Xu Shu had the foresight and asked Zang Ba to transport food and then arrive, otherwise the people of this city would have to escape from the city to find a way out.

Xu Huang posted a notice, allowing the people to choose to stay and stay freely. Those who are willing to stay should rebuild their homes. Those who are willing to leave will be protected by Zang Ba to go to Xintai, and then settle in Youzhou or Qingzhou.

What surprised Xu Huang was that most of the people chose to leave. It seemed that they were already quite afraid of war in the Central Plains, but this would be good, so they could make room in Mengyin to prepare to accept more refugees.

Zang Ba and Xu Huang were busy with their division of labor. One was responsible for continuously transporting food and food resources to Mengyin and taking away the people who were leaving. The other was busy rebuilding Mengyin and inspecting and suppressing more and more rioters and bandits of unknown origins around.

"General, those horse thieves are very strange!"

"What kind of horse thief? They are clearly the Xiliang cavalry. These guys are pretending to be horse thieves and doing dirty work for Cao Cao! This guy Yan Xing is really a tough guy."

"A tough character?"

"Yes, let's not say that I'm forcing my father-in-law to death, I'm really working for Cao Cao now. I'm willing to do this kind of looting the people. If the damaged tribes will counterattack in the future, he will suffer!"

"This is also a confession!"

"Haha, too. Let's go, chase after them and destroy them. The Xiliang cavalry is nothing!"

"promise!"

Xu Huang's actions quickly dissipated the horse thieves and bandits around him. Although Yan Xing was willing to help Cao Cao do dirty work with a shameless face, he also knew that his soldiers were precious and he would not be able to die in vain.

What happened in Mengyin City was also generally in Mount Tai, Lu County, Rencheng and eastern Shanyang. Yuan Shao is still in trouble now. The agreement has been signed, and Cao Cao also withdrew his troops as agreed, but Cao Cao retreated at the same time. No matter how fast Yuan Shao's troops were, it was impossible to take over this huge area at the same time.

In addition, these bandits and horse thieves who came out from somewhere, and those strange people who were afraid of the world's chaos, the entire handover area was in chaos. Yuan Shao was in a state of turmoil. The only thing he could do was to send troops south desperately, station in every city as soon as possible, stabilize the city's public security, restore local order, and kill those who are making trouble.

If Cao Cao's army had a backlash at this time, it would be possible that Yuan Shao would be completely defeated. However, Cao Cao really couldn't take this face. If this was true, who would still believe in Cao Cao? After all, the enemy now is Liu Bei, and Cao Cao could only bear the pain and missed this great opportunity.

The turmoil caused a large number of residents to escape from the city. Under the propaganda of those who were interested, these people fled to the east, and most of them were saved after escaping into Mengyin. Some people also ran to Xintai, Yangdu and even Laiwu. Anyway, Fang Zhiwen picked up a small advantage this time. Afterwards, this time, Fang Zhiwen accepted nearly 600,000 refugees in this escape.

"Damn Cao Cao, what a sinister and cunning person!"

Yuan Shao directly started scolding in the lobby. This lack of grace showed his extreme anger.

"Lord, Cao Cao has always been insidious and cunning. This time he did not take advantage of our rush to make a comeback. It is already the end of his kindness and righteousness!"

Shen Pei responded coldly, and Zheng Ji's eyes flashed and he said slowly: "Lord, what Zhengnan said is very much. Cao Cao now hopes to win over our army. Therefore, trouble can be done, but provocation will definitely not be possible."

"Hmph! I actually did some despicable things, and Cao Aman is so capable!"

"Lord, Cao Cao's idea is to throw a mess at us so that we can hold our backs and prevent us from attacking the south after digesting these territories!"

Yuan Shao nodded, took a breath and slowly exhaled it, calmed the anger in his heart, and stroked his beard and said, "Everyone, how should we deal with this mess now?"

Xu You drooped his eyelids and didn't make a sound. He didn't need to make a sound. Sure enough, Guo Tu almost immediately took the lead.

"Lord, now Mount Tai and Lu County are all destroyed, and the investment required for reconstruction is by no means a small amount. Moreover, these people still need to be raised until next summer. The expenditure on reconstruction, grain, seeds, agricultural tools, etc. is quite huge, which will seriously drag down our army's strategic plans."

"What do you think?"

"Lord, these people are now nothing, and the land of Hebei is now lacking in employed farmers, lacking manpower to repair water conservancy, and a large amount of arable land is lost. It is better for us to learn the practice of Youzhou and use labor for relief to let these people go north and replenish the labor force for Hebei."

"This policy is wonderful, and I will discuss it with you!"

"I'm going to discuss it too!"

Yuan Shao glanced at everyone. This idea was considered a public-private and private situation. How could Yuan Shao not see it? Now due to frequent wars and fleeing north in Jizhou, the labor force is very tight. Many big landlords have lost land at home. Isn’t these refugees a supplement now?

Moreover, this also solves the problem of having to pay for these people. The only bad thing is that these three counties may become completely militarized war zones, which is not conducive to future continuous combat.
Chapter completed!