A few days later, the Grand Sima and General Zhendong led the army to arrive late.

Looking at the devastation on the south bank of Zhangshui, Sima Feng had no expression on his face. After being silent for a long time, he asked:

"What's wrong with the people?"

Zhang Bao replied:

"Sima Yi broke the dike at night, and the flood flooded the south bank. The people were forced to escape south, and only a small number of people fled to the north bank."

"Then the day when the dam broke, we only saved a hundred people. However, after the flood receded, many people came back, but..."

"Just what?"

"But the houses and fields around Yecheng were destroyed by floods, the people had no food and clothing, and there was not much food in the army. No matter how much relief was, they would be able to barely starve to death."

Zhang Bao mostly fed the enemy along the way, and there was not much food in the army.

Before Sima Yi left, another torch burned all the granary and arsenal of Yecheng.

If Sima Feng came a few days later, he would have to let the victims die.

When Sima Feng heard this, he raised his eyes and looked around.

Not far away, rotten bean poles formed into a gray-green floating blanket on the surface of the mud, rising and falling, like a shroud of the undead.

The uprooted mulberry forest lies across the ground, with the corpses of drowning unknown to be foxes or animals. The abdomen are swollen and smelly.

"Why don't you clean it up?"

Sima Feng pointed to the animal's corpse and asked.

"All these days, everyone is busy gathering the affected people and cleaning up the silt on the official roads, and there is insufficient staff..."

Zhang Bao was talking when a soldier passed by carrying a body.

"I burned more than a dozen more today."

Zhang Bao used his gun to open the straw mat, revealing the purple corpse below, and a wave of rotten air penetrated into his lungs.

At the same time, the arm of the corpse suddenly fell off, revealing the thick white bones - the soft flesh of the flood water was already unbearable.

"No matter whether it is a human corpse or a beast's corpse, we cannot leave it alone."

Sima Feng glanced at the corpse and said, "If human corpses are not processed, there will be plagues, and animal corpses will also be infected with severe epidemics."

"From today, brother will not care about these matters and leave them to the staff officer."

"Also, the soldiers should not do these jobs. As long as they are responsible for maintaining good order, and leave these jobs to the victims, I will let people transfer more food."

"Remember, as long as there are victims, you can collect as many victims as you are not victims. It doesn't matter if you are willing to come over. You don't need to worry about too many people, and you don't need to worry about not having enough food. Just collect them."

Sima Feng said, holding on to the horse whip and pointing at the Zhangshui River, "In addition to cleaning up the bodies and roads, we also need to organize civilians to repair the shore and embankment again. The more you live, the better the more people you have."

The staff officer who followed behind quickly agreed and took out a small notebook to record it.

Work-for-relief, organizing the people to build water conservancy, build bridges and roads, and open up wastelands and farmlands. Students who come out of the college will be familiar with it.

Because most people do this internships.

With just a few words, Zhang Bao had a very troublesome thing these days.

Zhang Bao looked at his brother-in-law who looked plain and light, and then looked at the staff officer who had already started to discuss together, and couldn't help but be impressed.

He is not good at dealing with these things, as for his temporary teammate Zhao Guang...

never mind.

After a week of patrol, Sima Feng stood on the high ground, looked at the swamps everywhere, and suddenly sneered:

"There were rumors before that the old thief Sima was afraid of Shu like a tiger. Now it seems that this person is really afraid of our great man!"

Suddenly, when everyone said this inexplicably, everyone didn't know what Grand Sima had thought of again.

General Zhendong asked:

"How can I explain this?"

Sima Feng pointed to the dug-out shore and said:

"The old thief digging the Zhang River is not only trying to use floods to stop us from chasing, but most of them have another idea."

"What?"

"Forcing us to rescue disasters, consume our food and grass, and make sure we have no energy to chase him."

After a pause, Sima Feng said another sentence, "He knows we will definitely save the disaster."

From the unyielding people during the late emperor's reign to the prime minister's suppression of power and understanding laws and regulations, to Fatty Liu's new policies to benefit the people.

In recent years, people in Hebei have fled to the Han Dynasty, which shows that the Han Dynasty's reputation for treating the people has spread.

Sima Yi was probably sure that the Han army would not sit idly by and ignore these victims.

When Zhang Bao heard his brother-in-law's words, he thought it was true. Seeing that Sima Yi had retreated, he saved the people first, but he didn't think about continuing to pursue the old thief.

General Zhendong frowned: "How poisonous the old thief is!"

Sima Feng said slowly:

"When Dong Zhuo was dead, the thieves dispersed. Jia Xu caused trouble with a few words. Li Jue and Guo Si were rebellious again, and disaster spread to the world."

"The world's rigorous ranks have reunited, the great trajectory has flowed, the country has lost its grief, and the people are so cruel that they are all said to have risen from Jia Xu."

"Therefore, after Cao Pi usurped the world, he made Jia Xu take the position of the Three Dukes and was laughed at by Sun Quan."

"From my perspective, Sima Yi's actions are even better than Jia Xu's actions to encircle Chang'an for self-protection."

Jia Xu instigated the Liangzhou troops to besiege Chang'an, but at least he targeted the Kanto political group to save himself.

Sima Yi, the old thief, actually attacked the people directly.

Speaking of this, Sima Feng let out a breath and said slowly:

"I think Jia Wenhe's reputation of being cruel and ruthless is really something that Sima Yi should be led by talent."

Zhang Bao twitched the corner of his mouth, and couldn't help but turn his head slightly, and glanced at Zhao Guang.

Zhao Guang, who seemed to be quietly attending behind Sima Feng, was actually wandering outside the sky. His instinct on the battlefield made him feel something keenly and immediately looked back.

Seeing that it was Zhang Bao, there was a little confused doubt in his eyes, as if he didn't understand why the Zhang family's gaze looked at him was so strange.

General Zhendong said:

"The old thief Sima does not regard the people as human beings at all. He is cruel and ruthless. He is a jackal, violent and arrogant, and invincible person's principles. It is appropriate."

After his own Alang has been brutal and ruthless for so many years, if Sima Yi acted like this, he would take away this reputation. How could Alang have used to benefit the people?

Don't think about it!

When Sima Feng heard this, he nodded in agreement:

"Yes! Sima Yi's move can indeed be called a jackal, violent and arrogant, and indecent."

He has led a large army to fight many times, and Sima Feng has seen tragic scenes, but I don’t know how many of them are.

Tens of thousands of Hu people burned in the valley without blinking.

But the scene in front of him actually made him feel a little uncomfortable.

There was a man named Chang Kaishen in later generations who also did this.

In order to prevent the enemy from moving south, the Yellow River embankment was blown up.

The flood directly flooded about 60,000 square kilometers of the three provinces of Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu, killing nearly 900,000 people and displaced 12 million people.

A yellow flood zone of up to 400 kilometers was formed, with about 10 million mu of fertile land being sanded and unable to cultivate, and the drainage system in the Huaihe River Basin was permanently damaged.

Paying such a great price was just delaying the enemy for only three months.

Therefore, reactionaries from ancient times to the present have always had certain common virtues.

"Since ancient times, those who govern the world must be able to manage water conservancy. Sima Yi's move is tantamount to extinguishing himself in Hebei."

Sima Feng's tone was calm:

"In the name of the pseudo-Wei Taifu, he did such an injusticable thing in the founding place of the pseudo-Wei. It seems that he intends to completely give up Hebei."

When Zhang Bao heard this, he immediately asked:

"Give up Hebei? He is going to retreat directly to the south of Henan? What should we do? Should we just let him leave like this?"

"You know, this time he crossed the Zhang River south, but he led 50,000 or 60,000 troops, and many of them were cavalry."

Sima Feng shook his head and said:

"Don't worry, there are no 60,000, up to 50,000. In addition, this hastily retreated, and you were intercepted and killed by your brother. In the end, there are 40,000 people who can retreat back, even if Sima Yi is in good condition."

With such a strong army as the Han army, many people will fall behind when they march in a hurry.

At this time, the Wei army was not an exaggeration to say that it was a frightened bird. It was defeated and there were only more people behind.

Zhang Bao reminded: "Don't forget that there is Jiang Ji in Hanoi, and there are many people there. If Sima Yi had prepared for it, he would definitely notify them in advance."

When Sima Feng heard this, he looked calm:
To be continued...