Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 5
Huangmen Pavilion, Deng's Ancestral Hall.

After the Deng family moved to Huangmenting, the people of the family spread all over the village, and there are more than [-] genealogies.

The Shen family followed closely behind, with more than 1000 people, plus other surnames, there are probably several villages around Huangmenting, and more than [-] people live here.

At the earliest time, Deng and Chen lived together in two townships near Huangmen Pavilion. Later, after development, Deng and Chen gradually grew stronger, and all townships were headed by them.

There are six descendants of the Deng family's generation, scattered in villages around Huangmenting, in charge of the clan power, and they must nod if they want to hold a clan discussion.

After Deng Hong learned that Cao Cao had been worried, he responded to Shen Chen's speculation, and quickly sent people to send letters to the elders of the Deng family scattered in various villages, hoping that they would respond to the call and hold a clan meeting.

Although Deng Hong was the youngest son, the Deng family strictly abided by filial piety, and when they learned that the youngest was in a hurry, the elder brothers did not refuse. The oldest, Deng Mao, was over fifty, and discussed matters in the ancestral hall.

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

In the hall, the clan elders sat down one by one, Deng Hong explained the whole story clearly, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.After a while, Deng Mao said in a deep voice: "Sixth brother, this matter is related to the life and death of the whole family. It must not be careless. Are you sure it is true?"

"Eldest brother, did you forget that I borrowed a horse from elder brother a few days ago." Deng Hong said: "The clansman sent to inquire about the news reported that he saw it with his own eyes, if elder brother doesn't believe it, call him to inquire, and you will see for yourself. "

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

Deng Mao asked people to call the clansmen who were going to inquire about the news, they waited outside, and then came in and reported what they saw and heard to Deng Mao.

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

Qulu was the closest to Pengcheng, and the butcher's knife fell on Qulu County immediately. When the members of the Deng clan who went to inquire about the news arrived at Qulu, Cao Jun had already left.

What they saw was devastation and countless corpses in the wilderness. Cao Jun was extremely cruel. He not only slaughtered all the villages and pavilions, but even burned down the houses. At that time, the villages were mostly concentrated on both sides of the river.

There are two most important rivers in Xuzhou, one is Sishui and the other is Huaihe River, and Qulu County is located between Sui River and Sishui. The corpses drifted from the upper reaches of Sui River to the lower reaches of Surabaya, piling up the entire river.

Hearing this situation, Deng Mao and other clan elders were extremely astonished.

The means of communication in the Han Dynasty were extremely backward. The villagers lived in one place all their lives, and their range of activities might not exceed [-] kilometers. They didn't know the changes in the world, who the current emperor was, and they didn't even know that the Han had long been The country is not the country.

So when Cao Cao slaughtered a county and left no survivors, the people in other counties didn't know about it at all. Otherwise, how could the people in Xuzhou not know how to escape when Cao Cao slaughtered five cities in history?
Therefore, when the elders of the Deng clan learned about this, they all panicked. Deng Hong's second brother, Deng Kai, said in a trembling voice: "Cao Cao. Is Cao Cao really going to slaughter the entire Xuzhou? Is he crazy?"

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

Shen Chen sat cross-legged on the mat, looking around like a little adult, looking around, and said in a deep voice: "Uncles, I hope you can recognize the reality clearly."

"Then what should we do now?"

Deng Mao said worriedly: "Cao Cao has sent troops to attack, Huaibei is already in chaos, even if you want to run, there is nowhere to run."

Shen Chen said: "I said this two months ago, and the whole family thought I was lying. If I escaped at that time, I might be able to avoid disaster in Jingzhou now. For the current plan, I can only flee north first Go hide in Niqiu Mountain, wait for Cao Cao to slaughter Xuzhou, and then make further calculations."

"Can't you go east?"

When Deng Kai was young, he traveled around Sifang. He said it was Sifang, but he actually walked around Xuzhou and Yangzhou. He knew that he could go south to Guangling County from Qu County, which is the area around Lianyungang in later generations. In this way, he could bypass Xiapi and travel from Guangling Enter Yangzhou, 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 Ruo Rong. This thief has always been vicious, and those who come and go will be exploited by him. We will flee south and pass by his place. It’s like a sheep entering a tiger’s mouth.”

"Oh, this world is really difficult."

Deng Mao sighed, looked around and said: "Brothers, what Ah Chen said is reasonable, it involves the lives of the whole family, and it should be done when it is done, what do you think?"

"we can only do this."

"I have no objection."

"Then make sure to go north and escape into Mount Niqiu."

Finally, Deng Hong made a final decision: "Several brothers, please call all the people in the township and pavilion immediately, and move to flee."

"It's not too late, we should start now. Cao Cao slaughtered Xiapi, and he will never let Shan County go. In addition to preventing Yuan Shu from going north to invade Xuzhou, revenge on Tao Gongzu is also an important reason!"

Shen Chen said.

During this period of time, he has been analyzing all the actions since Cao Cao attacked Tao Qian last year, and finally concluded that his main strategic intention is to prevent Yuan Shu from going north.

But the secondary intention is also obvious, he really wants to avenge his father.

Xuzhou is rich, but mainly rich in Donghai State, Xiapi State, and Guangling County. Of these three places, Guangling was severely damaged by Ze Rong, and it was too close to Jiangdong and too far from Cao Cao, so he couldn't kill him.

Donghai Kingdom still has Tao Qianyu's troops entrenched, and Donghai is closer to Cao Cao's territory, so he doesn't want to wipe out Donghai Kingdom, after all, he still wants to get Xuzhou.

Therefore, Xiapi, which is just in the Huainan area of ​​Yuan Shu and the middle section of Cao Cao's Yanzhou area, became the main massacre area of ​​​​Cao Jun.

It was Cao Cao's intention to turn hundreds of kilometers in the middle into no-man's land, but that didn't mean he wouldn't attack Shan County.

Because Tao Qian was his enemy after all, he had to eliminate Tao Qian to avenge his father.

Deng didn't believe Shen Chen's words at first, but now the facts are in front of his eyes. His previous prediction that Xiapi will be slaughtered has been fulfilled, and everyone dare not neglect, and immediately called on the villagers to prepare to flee.

However, the millet seedlings have just been planted not long ago, and the homeland is hard to leave. How easy is it to convince all the villagers immediately?

After Xun Yu found out that Dong Zhuo had usurped the rebellion, he immediately abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown. He tried to persuade the elders to leave Yingchuan to escape the war. As a result, the people in Yingchuan were unwilling to leave. In the end, many people were killed after Dong Zhuo’s rebellion. This is a typical example. .

Fortunately, Deng and Chen's two families are married to each other, so if you talk to Deng's family, you can talk to Shen's family.

Half of Huangmenting are from the Deng-Shen tribe, and the rest of the people are headed by the second surname. After everyone's persuasion, most of the people are still willing to follow them, and they pack their belongings and prepare to leave.

And not only Huangmenting, the Han people have been a society of personal affection since ancient times. When the news spread to Huangmenting, they learned that Cao Cao was massacring Xiapi. Everyone in Xiangben County knew about it.

In the next few days, the incident spread farther and farther, starting from Xiangben County to the next county town, and there was an uproar in a radius of [-] to [-] miles, and it quickly reached Tao Qian's ears.

Shan County in the East China Sea, Shan County is very close to Xiangben County. In recent days, many villagers in Xiangben County are moving their families. When it was fermenting, Tao Qian had already sent someone over to inquire about the situation.

Cao Hong, Tao Qian's confidant, went to Xiangben to investigate the incident. After learning the ins and outs, he returned to Shan County to report the incident to Tao Qian.

(End of this chapter)