Chapter 103

First year of Chuping, mid-June

Li Ru's imperial edict caused the coalition of eighteen lords to collapse!

The Administrator of Bohai Commandery, Yuan Shao, on his way back, passed through Jizhou and took action against the then Administrator of Jizhou, Han Fu, seizing his position!

The Administrator of Nanyang, Yuan Shu, dispatched troops to Qingzhou, sparking the beginning of troubled times!

Guangling Commandery, inside the Jiangdu County government office

"This Great Han world has ultimately fallen into chaos!"

Watching the Great Han fall into such a state in just a few months, Cheng Yu muttered a sigh!

Although he had long guessed that the lords would wield military power for self-aggrandizement and inevitably carve out their own territories!

But Cheng Yu did not expect!

Dong Zhuo's mere imperial edict!

Would make the eighteen lords turn their weapons against each other!

"Where are my lord and the others now?"

Composing his mind, Cheng Yu looked at the messenger soldier below!

"Reporting to my lord, they have gathered over a hundred thousand disaster victims in Yangzhou, the army's marching speed is slow, and they have only just arrived at Huai'an!"

Hearing the report from the soldier below, Cheng Yu picked up the map beside him and frowned slightly!

"Huai'an!"

This position is not good!

If he is not careful, his lord might very well have to turn his weapons against the Administrator of Guangling Commandery, Zhang Chao!

"Notify everyone immediately to prepare the entire army for battle!"

Giving the order to the soldier below, the military officer in the government office immediately took the order and left!

During the time Lin Yang was away!

Cheng Yu had not been idle during his time in Jiangdu County!

Now in the military camp outside the city, there were a full eight thousand troops!

Relying on the abundant grain left by Lin Yang, plus the tens of thousands of gold earned from grain prices, Cheng Yu had been gathering refugees from all directions to expand the army during this time!

Compared to before, it had doubled!

After the order was issued, Cheng Yu quickly wrote on the bamboo slips and handed them to the messenger soldier!

"Depart immediately and make sure to deliver this letter to my lord!"

The soldier took the bamboo slips, nodded, and quickly turned to leave!

Watching the soldier's departing back, Cheng Yu was still a bit uneasy!

"The person who came up with this poisonous scheme wants to put my lord to death!"

Muttering to himself, a cold light flashed in Cheng Yu's eyes!

It seems!

He can only take some ruthless measures!

"Let's go, we are going to the military camp outside the city!"

Saying this, Cheng Yu led the government soldiers away!

Xuzhou, Huai'an County

At this moment, outside Huai'an County, in front of a camp set up by the great army, over a hundred thousand disaster victims gathered, sitting around the camp!

On the walls of Huai'an County, Song Ying, who served as the County Magistrate, felt his scalp tingle watching this scene!

Over a hundred thousand disaster victims were pouring in!

His small Huai'an County could not resist at all!

Especially!

Among them were several thousand soldiers!

"My lord, these refugees are outside, are we just going to watch?"

The County Commandant beside Song Ying spoke, only to be met with a roll of Song Ying's eyes!

If we don't watch!

Do you want to go out and fight?

In Huai'an County, there were only a mere thousand government soldiers, and they might not even be enough to defend the city!

Being able to serve as a County Magistrate, Song Ying was not a fool!

"These disaster victims are orderly, they don't look like they are fleeing here, as long as they don't attack the county city, don't worry about them!"

Song Ying gave the order and continued to stand on the city wall to watch!

And in the camp on the other side

"My lord, there are too many people, the army's marching speed is too slow!"

Zhao Yun stood out at this moment and reported!

In just a short time!

The disaster victims around Lin Yang had gathered from a few thousand at the beginning to over a hundred thousand now!

This is over a hundred thousand disaster victims!

Even if it's one bowl of white porridge and one white flour bun a day!

The amount of grain consumed is also extremely astonishing!

Zhao Yun really didn't know where Lin Yang's army got so much grain!

"The matter of the disaster victims is not important!"