Liu Xin now controls many places, but in order to form these places as a whole, in addition to relying on strong force and a developed economy, he also wants to make the people everywhere have a kind of cohesion from the heart, and a nation is often the most likely to produce such cohesion when fighting disasters together.

Therefore, under Liu Xin's arrangement, Si, Jing, Yi, and Liang prefectures have carried out vigorous donation and disaster relief activities, calling on the general public to help those homeless Xuzhou refugees tide over the difficulties. All counties and counties have set up donation acceptance points, and the items that are donated include old cotton clothes, old quilts, grain, etc., but do not accept donations of gold, silver, and copper coins, the purpose of which is to prevent people from enriching their own pockets, and also to prevent some local officials from increasing the burden on the people for the sake of political performance.

In order to speed up the transportation of the people of Xuzhou across the river, Liu Xin also transferred all the naval ships stationed in Changsha, Jiangxia, and Jiangling to Wu County, and mobilized civilian ships from all over the Yangtze River to join the battle of transporting the people across the river.

Just when Liu Xin had mobilized almost all the soldiers and civilians in the whole territory, Qin Yi had just received the order and was hurrying home to say goodbye to his wife and children. For this mission, he was very resistant in his heart, he had already smelled a hint of fierceness and auspiciousness, but Liu Bei's order was there, but he didn't dare to disobey it. Although Qin Yi didn't have much ability, he could clearly feel that Liu Bei gave this order, as if he wanted to "frame" him.

Qin Yi couldn't understand that whether he was in front of Liu Bei or Guan Yu, he had always been cautious in his words and deeds, and he was submissive to their orders, and he didn't dare to be negligent. In fact, Guan Yu was indeed good to Qin Yi, not only promoted him to be a deputy general, but also personally instructed him in martial arts, and even this opportunity to go home to say goodbye to his wife and children was won by Guan Yu for him.

With a stomach full of suspicions, Qin Yi returned to the courtyard located in the slum. Pushing open the courtyard door, I saw Du Xiuniang on tiptoe drying diapers in the yard. Since his residence is located in a slum, it is naturally not so exquisite, with a total of three thatched houses, and of course the matter of washing and scrubbing has to be solved in the courtyard.

Seeing Qin Yi suddenly appear in the courtyard, Du Xiuniang was very surprised, and asked repeatedly: "Master, why did you come back at this time?" ”

Qin Yi sighed and said, "The Lord ordered me to lead my troops to clear out the Zhenrong entrenched in Guangling, and I will set off immediately, and I am coming back to say goodbye to you." ”

What woman doesn't want her man to be productive? Du Xiuniang is no exception. Hearing that Qin Yi was about to lead the troops to the battle, Du Xiuniang couldn't help but be surprised and happy, surprised that there were no eyes on the battlefield, Qin Yi would face countless dangers, and she was happy that her husband finally had the opportunity to make a contribution.

Du Xiuniang didn't say a word, put down the diaper in her hand, wiped her hand on her body, and turned around and entered the house. With little effort, Du Xiuniang walked out with two pottery bowls in her hands, replaced one for Qin Yi, and said: "Master, your expedition is imminent, and the concubine doesn't dare to invite the master to drink, so replace it with water, and wish the master an early victory!" ”

Qin Yi was already sullen, after listening to Du Xiuniang's words, and seeing Du Xiuniang's beautiful face, he suddenly remembered a past incident, and a nameless anger couldn't help but rise in his heart, and with a "snap", he slammed the pottery bowl in his hand to the ground and shattered it into countless small pottery pieces.

It turned out that Qin Yi was originally a personal soldier under Lu Bu, and the reason why he was able to become a colonel and captain was that there was an experience that made him unspeakable. Lu Bu is not only brutal, but also lustful, he wantonly plays with folk women, not to mention, even the women of his subordinates, but anyone who has a bit of beauty, as long as he knows, it will be difficult to escape his poisonous hands.

Du Xiuniang is so beautiful, naturally someone made a small report to him in order to please Lu Bu. Lu Bu immediately sent someone to summon Du Xiuniang to take a closer look, and sure enough, she was as beautiful as a fairy, and an overlord came on the spot and forcibly took possession of Du Xiuniang.

Qin Yi is Lu Bu's personal soldier, so he naturally knows Lu Bu's hobby, and when he saw that Du Xiuniang was summoned by Lu Bu and did not return all night, he knew that it was difficult for her to escape Lu Bu's clutches. However, Qin Yi also dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, once he provoked Lu Bu, his life would definitely not be guaranteed, and when it came, Du Xiuniang would inevitably fall into the hands of Lu Bu.

Lu Bu "unspoken" Qin Yi's woman, seeing that he swallowed his anger and still lowered his eyebrows in front of him, as soon as he was happy, he rewarded him with the position of captain, which can be regarded as compensation for him.

As a woman from a good family, Du Xiuniang certainly didn't want to be wantonly humiliated like a doll, but she didn't dare to resist, and she didn't have the ability to resist, so she could only let Lu Bu call her and leave as soon as she was called. In fact, don't say that Du Xiuniang is an ordinary woman, even the concubines left behind by Liu Hong, under Dong Zhuo's authority, they are not only smiling and happy on Dong Zhuo's lap. Dong Zhuo didn't know how many women from good families he had ruined in Luoyang and Chang'an, most of them were born in wealthy families, except for the widow of a general Huangfu, there was no second one to resist. The reason for this is that people at that time were not very particular about chastity, and between preserving their lives and avoiding insults, most people still chose to save their lives.

However, Du Xiuniang did not think about changing the status quo, her hopes were pinned on Qin Yi to get ahead one day, so that Lu Bu and others would not dare to impose "unspoken rules" on her. Therefore, when she heard that Qin Yi was going to lead the troops to the battle, Du Xiuniang congratulated him with joy.

However, Qin Yi didn't see it that way. Du Xiuniang is so beautiful, so beautiful that Qin Yi doesn't dare to let her appear in front of those dignitaries, which is also an important reason why Qin Yi wants to settle his home in the slums. When Qin Yi was under Lu Bu, he also participated in the Xiliang army's raids on the people many times, and more or less accumulated some gold, silver and jewelry. After he came to Xuzhou, in order to get a position in the army, he gave out some property, although there was not much left, but with the land price of Xuzhou, it was still possible to buy a small house in a better location.

Especially a few days ago, Guan Yu saw Du Xiuniang's performance after that, which made Qin Yi even more vigilant. However, his wife was lying on the sickbed, and he needed this job too much, and he had to turn a blind eye to Guan Yu's performance. However, in the following days, Guan Yu did not have the slightest inappropriateness, and even took great care of him. Therefore, Qin Yi was not much worried about Guan Yu. He now suspects that maybe it was the sanctimonious Liu Bei who accidentally saw Du Xiuniang's beauty, so he suddenly became lustful and wanted to kill him.

Du Xiuniang had never seen Qin Yi get so angry, even if she was played with by Lu Bu many times, Qin Yi never had a seizure, she couldn't help but stand on the spot, and the two lines of tears couldn't help but flow.

Qin Yi saw Du Xiuniang crying silently, his heart softened, and he said: "Xiuniang, don't cry, I swear with a bowl that I must let you two live a good life!" ”

Du Xiuniang suddenly burst into tears and laughed, and said, "Master, what you said is true? ”

Qin Yi admired this lie in a hurry, he was afraid that his words would be too wrong, so he quickly nodded, changed the topic, and said, "What about Lang'er, I'll take a look at him again." ”

Du Xiuniang shook her hand and said, "My mother and Lang'er have just fallen asleep, so don't go to see them, so as not to wake them up." ”

For this mission to Guangling, Qin Yi thought that there was no life or death, he really wanted to look at the old mother and young children before leaving, so as not to leave any regrets, but after hearing Du Xiuniang say this, he was afraid of arousing her suspicion, so he gritted his teeth, took a deep look at Du Xiuniang, and said: "In this case, my mother and Lang'er will ask the good wife, and Qin will go!" ”

Qin Yi left Xuzhou City with 3,000 soldiers and horses and went all the way south. Compared to those "alternate" officers who were obviously a little excited, Qin Yi's mood was extremely low. Although his subordinates reminded him several times that he should be fast, Qin Yi still adopted a strategy - drag!

At the moment of leaving the house, Qin Yi figured out a truth, if he died, Du Xiuniang would definitely fall into the hands of others, and his old mother and young children would be difficult to continue, therefore, he couldn't die, he had to live well. He didn't believe that the 3,000 soldiers and horses under his command could be defeated by the 10,000 tiger and wolf soldiers of Zhenrong, and the only thing he could do was to delay as much time as possible, wait for Cao Bao to lead the 10,000 reinforcements to arrive, and maybe he could defeat Zhenrong by combining his troops together.

In fact, the problem Qin Yi encounters now is the same as what Liu Xin thought when he met Cao Cao outside the south gate of Luoyang, in Liu Xin's words, this is called "the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty". Liu Xin thought that there were only two ways to choose the solution, either not to be a puppet, or not to conceive of it, Liu Xin chose the former himself, so he is now thriving. However, this Qin Yi wants to continue to be his "puppet", but he is also unwilling to give up the "Qibi" in his arms, so it is not surprising that he has fallen into such a situation.

While Qin Yi was marching slowly, Gan Ning, Mi Zhu and others, as well as Zhang He, Zhang Liao and others who had just arrived from other places, were in full swing to implement the "Guangling Great Retreat" plan formulated by Liu Xin. Due to the addition of a large number of naval ships and civilian ships, the speed of picking up and dropping off Xuzhou refugees has suddenly increased. Moreover, the speed of the ships of the navy is much faster than that of civilian ships, and the carrying capacity is much larger than that of ordinary civilian ships, and they can carry out four round-trips in one day and night, and one round trip can transport 50,000 or 60,000 Xuzhou people, plus the transportation of civilian ships, more than 200,000 Xuzhou people can be transported across the Yangtze River in one day.

From Guangling to Wu County, it is necessary to pass through a section of the river under Danyang, which is the territory of Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou. So many warships and civilian ships came and went on the river every day, and the river flowed endlessly, which made Liu Miao very nervous, and the line along the river was strengthened, and his general Zhang Ying also personally led the troops to inspect the river embankment.

Liu Miao also moved his Chinese army tent to the riverside, and was gathering the generals to guess what these fleets were doing. Suddenly, as soon as the tent door was opened, a young general broke in in a rage, and said: "Lord, these ships come and go freely on our river, and there is simply no one in sight. ”