after being kidnapped by the general

As a teacher, Ouyang Ting was able to ask his disciple Yuan Li for help, which is enough to show that the situation in Xuzhou has reached an unoptimistic level.

The letter stated that Xuzhou has been raining continuously since July, and floods occurred during the summer flood season. Many cities were submerged, the people were displaced, and there were many deaths and injuries.

Ouyang Ting sent distress letters to the imperial court and several surrounding states, but no one responded.If it wasn't for the moment of life and death, Ouyang Ting would not ask his disciple for help.

After reading the letter, Yuan Li decided that he would go to Xuzhou himself.

Ouyang Ting is his teacher, if the teacher asks for help, the disciple will naturally do his best, and it is only natural to go there in person.And Xuzhou is in the north of Yangzhou, geographically it has always been a battleground for military strategists, and there can be no mistakes here.Yuanli can adapt more freely if he goes in person, maybe he can take advantage of this opportunity to take Xuzhou down and make it his own territory.

He informed his subordinates of this decision, and Liu Jixin and the others did not object. They just asked, "Who is your lord going to take with you to Xuzhou?"

Yuan Li murmured, "I'm going to take the water, which one of you doesn't get seasick?"

Several people looked at each other.

In the end, only Guo Mao and Zhou Gongdan stood up among the counselors.

Zhou Gongdan's hometown is in Jingzhou, and there are many waterways. He used to take a boat.Guo Mao traveled all over the thirteen states during his study tour, and it was no problem to take a boat.

As for the generals, Yuan Li originally wanted to take Jia Qing, Wu Kai, and Wang Er with him, but Wang Er had escaped in a boat and vomited so much that he almost lost half his life.Yuanli asked him to station in Jizhou to protect the safety of Jizhou, and only brought Jia Qing and Wu Kai with him.

Xuzhou was in dire straits, Yuanli didn't delay too long, and planned to go to the side of the Bohai Sea today, and take the navy and their warships southward.

He didn't even ask Chu Hechao if he was going, and asked his servants to pack their bags.

When Chu Hechao came back in the evening, he said directly: "Look at what else you haven't brought, we'll set off tomorrow morning. First go to Bohai Sea to see how Gu Yue and Kong Ran's sailors are doing and how our ships are built. How about going to Xuzhou by boat from Bohai Sea."

Chu Hechao raised his eyebrows and looked at his luggage, "When did I agree to go with you?"

Yuan Li was even more surprised, and turned to look at him, "Aren't you going with me?"

"..." Chu Hechao said, "Go."

Early the next morning, they rushed to Bohai Sea with their own soldiers.

After a catastrophe, there must be a catastrophe. In case of an epidemic in Xuzhou, Yuanli also brought a lot of disease doctors with him.

Carloads of food and medicinal materials had already been shipped to Bohai Sea one step ahead, and the benefits of a large territory became clear at this time.Yuanli only needs to transfer grain from counties and counties near the Bohai Sea, saving a lot of manpower for transporting grain.

When they arrived at the military base by the Bohai Sea, they saw the navy carrying these grains and medicinal materials onto the ship.

The sea is vast and cloudless.The waves rolled, and the fishy sea breeze rushed against their faces.

People who have never seen the sea raised their heads and looked into the distance in amazement.

The seagulls circled and chirped, and the huge ships stood on the coast, lined up neatly, and it was shocking to see the majesty and magnificence.

When Gu Yue and Kong Ran heard that they were coming, they hurried over to salute.

Long time no see, they have changed a lot from before, darker, stronger, and more confident when speaking.The eyes are bright, which makes people know that they have had a good life in recent years.

After meeting, Gu Yue said, "My lord, do you and the general want to take a look at the naval camp?"

Seeing the nervously clenched hands and expectant expressions of the two of them, Yuan Li and Chu Hechao looked at each other, nodded and said, "Then let's have a look."

Gu Yue and Kong Ran took them for a walk around the Bohai Sea.From the shipyard to the naval training camp, and from the grain depot to the place where fine salt is refined.Yuan Li looked at the abilities and status of the soldiers one by one, and nodded with satisfaction in his heart.

These two have done a good job. No matter how you look at it, this navy is already looking good.

After reading it, Yuan Li praised the two of them fiercely, until the two of them blushed before stopping, and asked: "When will the ship leave?"

Kong Ran replied embarrassingly: "My lord, because there are too many grains and medicinal materials, the shipment will take longer. You should be able to leave in five days."

Yuan Li nodded slightly, "Then when can I arrive in Xuzhou?"

"Don't worry, my lord, the wind is blowing right now, and our boat is also fast. We will be able to reach the east coast of Xuzhou within a month."

Yuan Li knew that this was the fastest speed now, so he sighed in his heart.

But he believed in Ouyang Ting, Ouyang Ting wrote to him and would set aside the time for him to receive the envelope and deliver the relief food to Xuzhou, one month would be faster than Ouyang Ting thought.

It's still early now, Gu Yue looked at the sky and wind direction, pondered for a moment and said, "My lord, do you want to take a boat to the sea to have a look around?"

Yuan Li turned his head to look around, and his subordinates looked at Yuan Li eagerly, wanting to go was written all over their faces.Chu Hechao also gave Yuanli a wink, and he was also ready to move.

Yuan Li waved his hand, "Let's go! Just let me see who gets seasick."

The boat they were on was a slightly smaller sailboat, and the sailors on the boat were busy, walking like walking on the ground.Yuan Li had never been seasick in his previous life, and he was confident that he would not get seasick in this life, and he did not feel any discomfort after boarding the boat.

Compared with himself, he was more worried about Chu Hechao and others who had never done a boat before.

As soon as the boat started, Chu Hechao swayed for a while, but quickly grabbed the pillar next to him to stabilize his figure.Seeing his pale face, Yuan Li quickly asked, "Do you want to vomit?"

Chu Hechao raised his hand to stop him from coming, rolled his Adam's apple, and said sharply: "Don't move, hold on to the rope next to you, don't move."

Yuan Li didn't listen, and walked over in two or three steps and hugged the pillar beside Chu Hechao, and pulled Yuan Congyun up when he almost fell, and raised his hand to pat Chu Hechao's back.

Chu Hechao was so angry that the veins on his forehead tensed up, "Stop patting me, hurry up and hug the pillar with both hands."

"It's okay," Yuan Li said confidently, "I'll just hug this arm."

The others sat against the side of the boat, holding onto it tightly.

Sitting felt much less shaking than standing, Yuanli looked out, the sea was as deep as night, it was quite scary to look at.The deeper the boat goes, the bigger the waves are. Although there is no cloud today, there is wind. The wooden boat is not as heavy as the iron boat, and the boat is not very big. Even Yuanli has a slight dizziness after standing for a long time.

He looked back and saw that except for Chu Hechao who was still standing stubbornly hugging the pillar, the others had already sat down by the side of the boat.

Chu Hechao's face was livid, but his expression was much more stable than before.Yuan Li was about to ask him if he was alright, but Gu Yue immediately shouted: "The big waves are coming, everyone hurry up!"

As soon as the words fell, the big waves swayed the boat left and right.Yuan Li grabbed the pillar in his hand, and was about to pull Chu Hechao, but Chu Hechao's hand had already grabbed Yuan Li's arm first, holding him tightly, for fear that Yuan Li would fall.

They drove on the sea for about half an hour. Chu Hechao gradually adapted to the shaking of the sea, and everyone else adapted well. Only Wu Kai was seasick, his face was haggard, his stomach was overwhelmed, and his legs were weak when he got ashore. , almost tripping over himself.

Seeing his situation, Yuan Li knew that he couldn't take Wu Kai on the waterway.

Wu Kai also knew that he might not be able to go with him. He was anxious but could not speak, "Master, I can do it. A big boat is more stable than a small one. I will try my best to overcome it. If it is really impossible, I can just lie on the bed and go to Xuzhou." .”

Yuan Li sighed, and scolded: "How can you do this? You are so seasick. If you vomit on the boat for a month, you will die half of your life. Listen to me, don't go on this waterway."

Wu Kai's expression dimmed, "Yes."

It's all his fault...

Yuan Li looked at the expression of self-blame on his face, then suddenly smiled and said, "However, you can go by land."

Wu Kai suddenly raised his head and looked at Yuan Li in surprise.

Yuan Li smiled and said: "I originally planned to send troops to station in Xuzhou after the disaster in Xuzhou passed... Now that you are seasick, it is a good thing. We will go by water to deliver food to Xuzhou first, and you will bring [-] Youzhou soldiers will go to Xuzhou by land, and I will wait for two to three months, and when you arrive in Xuzhou, Xuzhou should be stable, but it saves the time to send troops from the north."

Wu Kai's eyes lit up slowly, and he immediately stood up and saluted, "Your subordinate has orders."

Yuanli nodded, "Go."

Wu Kai didn't see the physical discomfort just now, and strode back excitedly.

Five days later, after the shipment of food and other materials was completed, Yuanli headed for Xuzhou in a mighty way with [-] sailors loaded with ten ships and twenty ships with relief supplies.

Xuzhou, Xiapi Governor's Department.

Ouyang Ting has grown a lot of gray hair recently, because of the waterlogging, he seems to have aged ten years.

During the day, he had to work hard to resettle the victims. At night, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. He dressed and went out before dawn, and continued to deal with the government affairs of the counties.

He didn't come out of the study in a hurry until breakfast.

The breakfast in their house is extremely simple, there is only a bowl of porridge in front of everyone, a pile of small pickles in the middle of the table, only Ouyang Ting's little grandson has half an egg in the bowl.

Two five or six-year-old children have been eating rice porridge for more than a month, and they look tired and can't eat any more.The little granddaughter ate the eggs in the bowl, pushed the bowl in front of Mrs. Lu, and asked expectantly, "Grandmother, can you sprinkle Yue'er with some sugar that Uncle Le Jun sent?"

Lu smiled kindly, "You can sprinkle some on Yue'er."

The little grandson also opened his eyes and said, "Sheng'er wants it too!"

Mrs. Lu asked a servant to bring a sugar bowl, poured some into the two children's bowls, dipped a chopstick and put it directly in the two children's mouths.

The two children squinted their eyes happily and began to drink porridge honestly.

The food of this family is extremely simple, not at all like the food that the governor's mansion should have.Ouyang Ting felt bitter in his heart, and the food tasted like nothing in his mouth, so he whispered to Mrs. Lu, "I'm the one who made you suffer."

He took out all the rice and grain in the family to help the people, and even his family didn't have much food in reserve.

Mrs. Lu looked at him with a smile, dipped a chopstick of sugar and stuffed it into his mouth, "Eat something sweet, don't think about so many troubles. You have written a letter to Le Jun, and Le Jun will definitely support Xuzhou of."

The sweetness dissipated some of the bitterness, and Ouyang Ting sighed, "Youzhou and Bingzhou are remote and desolate, and Jizhou has just entered Le Jun's hands. Although Le Jun told me that the three northern states have changed greatly, I am also afraid of this. It is he who reports good news but not bad news. Most counties and counties in Xuzhou have been flooded, tens of thousands of victims, and the food needed is counted in tens of thousands of stones. I am afraid that my letter will increase the pressure on Mr. Le. I'm afraid he has no food."

But now, Ouyang Ting has nowhere to go, besides his disciple Yuan Li, he doesn't know who to turn to for help.

Mrs. Lu comforted him a few words, but Ouyang Ting was still frowning.After breakfast, he took the soldiers of the assassination department out to have a look at the victims.

The streets were full of mud and water, and the injured people were wrapped in coarse cloth, lying or sitting on the side of the street, numb and mournful.There were children crying and crying for hunger and cold, while the woman was holding the child and sobbing.

There is a man who was originally strong and broke his legs due to the flood, and a woman who just gave birth to a baby has no milk to feed the baby and can only cry silently.The broken walls and ruins, at a glance, there is no trace of life.

The more Ouyang Ting looked at it, the more sour his eyes became, and the heavier he felt in his heart.

He walked to the porridge place with difficulty, and seeing the refugees lined up crying and begging for an extra bowl of thin porridge, his heart ached even more.He turned his head and asked, "How long can our food last?"

The porridge soldier said in a hoarse voice: "Master, if you give porridge once a day, you can last for a month."

Ouyang Ting closed his eyes deeply.

Xiapi, where he is located, is still shallow, how difficult is it in other places?

Ouyang Ting was very sad.

As soon as the waterlogging appeared, he began to think of ways to deal with it, and wrote letters to the governors of several surrounding states, but no one responded to him, and they all dismissed him because of the lack of food surplus.He wrote to the court again, to King Chen, but King Chen was unwilling to give food to this old guy who had always been against King Chen, and he just pretended not to hear it.

Ouyang Ting went to look for the powerful gentry in Xuzhou again, but in the face of disaster, everyone can only take care of themselves, how can the high-ranking aristocratic family care about the useless little refugees?

Naturally, they refused to give food, and told Ouyang Ting that "everyone has his own life".

Everyone has their own life, everyone has their own life...

How did this world become like this.

Xuzhou instantly turned into an isolated island that was about to be submerged in water. Ouyang Ting was isolated and helpless, and now he could only put all his hopes on Yuanli.

The soldier serving porridge asked in a low voice: "My lord, is this porridge still available?"

"Shi," Ouyang Ting opened his eyes, concealed his uncertain wavering, and said forcefully, "Continue to Shi! In a month's time, the relief food will arrive."

He was talking to the soldiers, and he was also talking to himself.

He will definitely come, and his disciples will definitely come to help him.