The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

When Liu Zheng moved the people and troops of his Mingyue cottage, Liu Zheng got some news from Lu Jun.

Mainly news from Jingzhou.

What happened in Jingzhou before had never reached Liu Zheng's ears, but during this period, Liu Zheng finally found out.

Liu Biao defeated Guo Shi, and Guo Shi's uprising lasted for more than half a year, and was gradually suppressed. From spreading to several counties, it was now surrounded and suppressed by Liu Biao and Sun Jian's coalition forces, and could only retreat to Wuling County and Lingling The second place in the county.

Moreover, this situation is not very happy, and has been suppressed all the time. I am afraid that it will not be long before the coalition forces of Liu Biao and Sun Jian will be defeated.

Similarly, at this time, Liu Zheng knew that Sun Jian had been named the prefect of Changsha by the court. Although the prefect of Changsha was only a prefect, Sun Jian already had enough ability to recruit troops and form his own troops.

This news was even more surprising than Liu Zheng's surprise when he first learned that Guo Shi was defeated by Liu Biao.

Even if Liu Zheng had known for a long time that one day Sun Jian might be named the prefect of Changsha by the court, he was still lucky.

After all, history has changed now, and it is no longer what it used to be. Ou Xing was killed by Liu Zheng and will not cause chaos in Changsha. Is it possible that Sun Jian will no longer become the prefect of Changsha.

But a powerful person, even if his temporary light is covered, his strength will still be engraved in history, and the position of prefect of Changsha still falls on Sun Jian's head.

For others, Liu Zheng might not care too much about being the prefect of Changsha, but Sun Jian is different from others.

Sun Jian was the founder of Soochow, one of the Three Kingdoms.

Known as the Jiangdong tiger, its strength should not be underestimated. Once Sun Jian gained a firm foothold in Changsha, he would probably know about Liu Zheng's Mingyue cottage, and he would inevitably have to fight Sun Jian.

What's more, now that Liu Zheng occupies Jiaozhou, after a long time, he will definitely be known by the court. With the hatred between Liu Zheng and He Jin, He Jin may not let it go after he knows this.

At that time, Yangzhou and Jingzhou, which are the closest to Jiaozhou, will definitely be ordered by the imperial court to attack Jiaozhou and wipe out Liu Zheng. ,

Naturally, the battle between Sun Jian and Liu Zheng became the first to bear the brunt. Liu Zheng was afraid that the first opponent he would face would be Sun Jian.

"I didn't expect Sun Jian to become the prefect of Changsha. This is not so good."

Liu Zheng sat on the grand teacher's chair where Zhu Fu had originally sat in Hepu City, his eyes were a little gloomy.

Under the hall, all generals gathered here.

Gan Ning, Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, Zhou Cang, Su Fei, Pei Yuanshao and others.

"My lord, now that we have occupied Jiaozhou, even if Sun Jian becomes the prefect of Changsha, what do we have to be afraid of?"

When Zhou Cang heard Liu Zheng mention Sun Jian's name, he immediately said something.

Zhou Cang had also heard of Sun Jian's name. After all, when he was in Runan City, he had a battle with Sun Jian, especially Pei Yuanshao, who once fought against Sun Jian with Liu Zheng.

Now that Pei Yuanshao thought about Sun Jian, he could still think of how powerful that guy Sun Jian was.

"A mere Sun Jian, naturally there is nothing to be afraid of, but we will definitely attract the attention of the imperial court if we occupy Jiaozhou. At that time, the imperial court will definitely let people from Jingzhou come to deal with us. Sun Jian will definitely be the first opponent to face."

"My lord, there is no need to worry about anything. We are occupying Jiaozhou now. We only need to give us some time to stabilize Jiaozhou. At that time, we will recruit troops from Jiaozhou and have Jiaozhou as the backing. Even if the troops of Jingzhou attack, we may not will be afraid."

"I'm not afraid. What I'm thinking now is actually the same as you. I want to delay the time. We have just occupied Jiaozhou and the people's hearts are unstable. If there is a battle with the imperial court now, the counties and counties below may not If they can help us, they will take the opportunity to make trouble and cause us trouble."

"So we need time now. We only need to give us half a year so that we can further rule Jiaozhou, let our ideas spread in Jiaozhou, let the construction of schools get on track, and then further open the imperial examination system. At that time, replace Jiaozhou officials, after a blood exchange and complete control of Jiaozhou, they will have no scruples about going to war with the imperial court."

Liu Zheng told everyone what he thought in his heart.

"My lord, it turns out that you just want to delay the time. I have a solution for this."

"any solution?"

As Liu Zheng said, Zhou Chao, who was standing at the end of the line, came out voluntarily.

Although Zhou Chao has only joined Liu Zheng not long ago, after this period of fighting, he has gradually integrated into Liu Zheng's command. From a small village head, he was promoted step by step to Qu Chang, who can control thousands of people up.

"Remember Guo Shi?"

"Well, remember, Liu Biao and Sun Jian have almost wiped out the soldiers and horses of this guy's uprising. I'm afraid they will be wiped out by Liu Biao and Sun Jian in less than two months."

"A few days ago, when I was in Yulin, I met some refugees who escaped from Wuling. From their mouths, I learned that Guo Shi's situation is not optimistic, but my lord, I think we need to give Guo Shi some help."

"Help Guo Shi?"

"You mean, you want Guo Shi to help us block Sun Jian and Liu Biao, and delay the time?"

As soon as Zhou Chao spoke of the method, Liu Zheng had already thought of it.

Even before Zhou Chao opened his mouth, Liu Zheng had already considered this method before, but he and Guo Shi had no friendship. Even if Liu Zheng wanted to help Guo Shi, whether Guo Shi was a dou who could support him or not? things to say.

Besides, even if he really wanted to help Guo Shi, Liu Zheng didn't have enough troops.

"My lord, I think it's good to help Guo Shi deal with the Jingzhou army. Guo Shi is not short of manpower, but his strength is not very good. He has been suppressed by Sun Jian and Liu Biao's people, leading to successive defeats. If we can let the elite of our army, Go to assist Guo Shi, Guo Shi will definitely be able to hold on longer, buy us some time."

"This is also a way. Guo Shi's strength is not very good. If we participate and block Sun Jian and Liu Biao, it should be able to increase some time. Let's do this for now. I will send you and Mr. Yuan Zhou to contact Guo. Shi, talk to him and see what he means."

"Of course, it is not so easy for us to help Guo Shi. Now that Guo Shi is at a disadvantage, go and tell Guo Shi that it is okay for us to send troops, but we need to give us some military expenses to send troops to help him."

Chapter 241 Guo Shi

Guo Shi's strength, in Liu Zheng's view, is not strong, and there is no room for fighting back when Liu Biao and Sun Jian jointly attack.

If Liu Zheng is going to help Guo Shi, the main force against Liu Biao and Sun Jian must be Liu Zheng's side.

Although it is said that dealing with Liu Biao and Sun Jian is Liu Zheng's business sooner or later, but so long in advance to face Liu Biao and Sun Jian, it is still under the banner of helping Guo Shi, of course Liu Zheng can't do it for nothing.

It is always necessary to seek some benefits from Guo Shi.

It just so happened that Liu Zheng knew that Guo Shi, this guy, had occupied several states and counties since the uprising, and robbed a lot of property from these states and counties.

It happened to be a good way to blackmail Guo Shi.

When Yuan Zhou and Zhou Chao heard what Liu Zheng said, they already understood what Liu Zheng meant.

It was still Yuan Zhou who understood Liu Zheng, a smile appeared on his face immediately, and he quickly answered Liu Zheng.

"My lord, I understand. I'm going to see Guo Shi right now and fulfill your order."

Yuan Zhou accepted Liu Zheng's words, and then followed Zhou Chao to Guo Shi's lair.

A few days later, in a county town in Wuling County.

Today's Guo Shi is already in danger. The battle with Liu Biao, Sun Jian and others not only caused Guo Shi to be seriously injured and has not improved so far, but also caused his army of more than 3 to be killed all the way, leaving less than [-] million people.

For these people to deal with Liu Biao and Sun Jian who are getting stronger and stronger, it is simply a dream.

Even the barbarian allies behind Guo Shi began to question whether Guo Shi was capable of changing the status quo.

"Master, what shall we do?"

"The city of Wuling County has been occupied by Sun Jian again. Next, Sun Jian's troops will definitely continue to attack and come to our place. I'm afraid it will not take a few days."

The expression on Xing Daorong's face was not very good-looking. These days, as Guo Shi's most capable subordinate, he began to solve Guo Shi's worries and problems. Only at this time did he really understand the hardships of fighting.

In fact, with Xing Daorong's strength and qualifications, it is very difficult to mix into Guo Shi's left arm and right arm. However, all of Guo Shi's cronies died, and too many were killed by Liu Biao and Sun Jian. No one can use Guo Shi , can only promote young people like Xing Daorong.

"How many people can we use?"

Guo Shi, who was silent for a moment, looked at Xing Daorong and the few remaining generals.

Xing Daorong paused, and immediately answered Guo Shi.

"The head of the family, there are still 7000 people."

"Is there only 7000 people left? Although Sun Jian only has 5000 people, the strength of these 5000 people is too strong. Even if we have ten times his number, we may not be his opponent."

The expression on Guo Shi's face became even more difficult to look at.

"Master, I heard that the Zhou Dynasty who came to us before is doing well in Jiaozhou now."

Xing Daorong remembers the Zhou Dynasty, because the name of the Zhou Dynasty is still a bit loud around here, especially now that the Zhou Dynasty has joined Liu Zheng, and under the leadership of Liu Zheng, he has been fighting in Jiaozhou. A month ago, Liu Zheng defeated The entire Jiaozhou.

Although the news did not spread quickly, Wuling County, not far from Jiaozhou, still received the news.

"Didn't that guy from the Zhou Dynasty take refuge with Liu Zheng? Liu Zheng is a remnant of the Yellow Turban Army. He had already become famous when he was in the Yellow Turban Army. Zhu Jun, one of Lang's generals, died at the hands of Liu Zheng, if we had Liu Zheng's help, would we be afraid of a mere Sun Jian?"

"That's right, I also heard that Sun Jian once suffered under Liu Zheng's hands. If we can ask Liu Zheng for help, then we don't need to be afraid of Sun Jian."

Guo Shi, Xing Daorong and other generals discussed in the lobby, and soon the topic came to Liu Zheng.

Speaking of Liu Zheng, soon there were soldiers outside the lobby, and they ran in quickly.

"The head of the family, a few people in military uniforms asked to see him, and he said his name was Zhou Chao."

Everyone is still thinking about how to go to Liu Zheng for help, hoping that Liu Zheng can send troops to help them.

But now, when they heard Zhou Chao's name at this time, they were immediately shocked and overjoyed.

"Quick, please hurry up!"

"No, I'm not invited, I'll pick him up outside myself!"

Guo Shi originally wanted to ask his subordinates to invite Zhou Chao to come in, but when he thought that this was not grand enough, he immediately stood up from his seat, strode directly to the outside of the house, and decided to meet Zhou Chao himself. towards.

Not long after, Guo Shi took his most trusted group of people out of the city, and saw a small team standing outside the city from a distance.

Guo Shi met Zhou Chao. They were all well-known thieves in Jingzhou. In the early years, Zhou Chao also came to Guo Shi's cottage to pay a visit to Guo Shi. The two had some business contacts before.

So there is no fake, Guo Shi has already recognized Zhou Chao when he saw Zhou Chao.

He was even more happy at the moment, hurriedly opened the city gate, walked out of the city, walked quickly in a few steps, and walked to Zhou Chao's side.

"Brother Zhou Chao, what kind of wind brought you here? It's a rare visitor. Hurry up and invite you!"

Guo Shi had a smile on his face, and as soon as he approached Zhou Chao, he immediately made a gesture of invitation, asking Zhou Chao and the group of people behind Zhou Chao to enter the city and talk about other things after entering the city.

Zhou Chao was not in a hurry, and after a polite exchange with Guo Shi, he took his own people and went straight into the city.

Guo Shi pulled the Zhou Dynasty, and began to tell the Zhou Dynasty about the prestige of Guo Shi's army on the Jingzhou battlefield a while ago, how they revolted, how they captured several counties in a short period of time, and developed to more than One hundred thousand soldiers and horses.

These things, if the Zhou Dynasty was still the previous Zhou Dynasty, and it was just a bandit leader, perhaps after hearing Guo Shi's words, he would be surprised, and even have a feeling of admiration for Guo Shi.

But today's Zhou Dynasty is already a general under Liu Zheng's command. In these days, after following Liu Zheng in Jiaozhou's southern and northern wars, Zhou Dynasty has completely worshiped at Liu Zheng's feet, and Liu Zheng's use of troops like a god is even more important. I admire the five-body cast.

Compared with Liu Zheng, Guo Shi's achievements are nothing. After his vision was improved, Zhou Chao nodded his head to Guo Shi's ostentatious achievements in a symbolic sense, and then hummed a few times. sentence.

Seeing that Zhou Chao was not very interested in what he said, Guo Shi began to bring the topic to Zhou Chao.

"Hey, by the way, Brother Zhou Chao, a few days ago, I heard from my subordinates that you are no longer a bandit in Guiyang? I heard that you went to seek refuge with a man named Liu Zheng. How are you doing now? ah?"

Chapter 242 Calling for Help

Just now Guo Shi flaunted his achievements, Zhou Chao didn't even speak in silence, now he waited until Guo Shi asked.

Zhou Chao also finally had a chance to show off, so he immediately pretended to be understated and said lightly to Guo Shi in a nonchalant manner.

"Me? Well, it is true that I am no longer a bandit."

"Recently, I followed Liu Zheng and Qu Shuai, and I was fighting the world. A while ago, our army defeated Jiaozhou. I, because I don't have much talent, I can only serve as a little Qu Chang Dangdang under Qu Shuai's men. Recently He also served as the prefect of Yulin County."

Zhou Chao said it lightly, although Guo Shi may not be able to tell what position Qu Zhang is in, but he is also the prefect of Yulin County, which surprised Guo Shi.

Guo Shi has struggled for so long. Although the uprising captured several states and counties, these states and counties did not regard him as the prefect. He only occupied here for a short time.

"Is Liu Zheng so powerful that he defeated the entire Jiaozhou?"

Guo Shi still didn't believe it, so he asked Zhou Chao.

Zhou Chao said to Guo Shi indifferently.

"That's not true. A month ago, our Commander Qu had conquered the entire Jiaozhou, and now we are consolidating the rule of Jiaozhou. We are recruiting troops to deal with the upcoming official army."

"Actually, when I came to your Wuling County this time, I just wanted to inquire about the situation first. After all, Brother Guo Shi, if you are defeated by the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, those imperial court people will target us next."

Zhou Cang did not say at the beginning that he was here to assist Guo Shi. This was taught by Yuan Zhou. This kind of matter cannot be brought up on his own initiative, but Guo Shi needs to bring it up, and he has to be reluctant In order to extort some military resources from Guo Shi.

When Guo Shi heard Zhou Chao's intention, he just came here to inquire about the situation, Guo Shi showed a mixed look on his face.

He also knows that Zhou Chao is now with the right person and is doing well, but Guo Shi has not been having a good time recently.

In addition, Guo Shi had already been discussing with his subordinates whether he should go to Liu Zheng for help. Now that Zhou Chao appeared, what else did he have to think about, so he began to cry to Zhou Chao at this time.

"Brother Zhou Chao, it's too late for you to come. Alas, to tell you the truth, our uprising was really good before, but now, the imperial court has sent Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou, and Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, to encircle and suppress me. In a few months, my troops suffered heavy losses."

"Nowadays, it is even more so. After being defeated by Sun Jian and Liu Biao, only a small half of the land in Wuling County and Lingling County is left under our control."

After Guo Shi said these words, he roughly told Zhou Chao about the current situation. The Zhou Dynasty had known this news before, and now hearing Guo Shi's description, it just affirmed this information.

"Sun Jian's name I heard from my Qushuai. My Qushuai once fought against him. That person is really not easy to deal with. Brother Guo Shi, it's normal for you to be defeated by him."

"That's right, Sun Jian's strength is very strong, and his ability to command soldiers and horses is even more formidable. With just a few thousand troops, my army was defeated and retreated. Many of my troops were killed or injured in his hands."

When Guo Shi mentioned Sun Jian to Zhou Chao, he suddenly became angry and couldn't help complaining a few words.

"It's just the defeat of my Qu Shuai's subordinates. When my Qu Shuai's troops are trained, it will be the end of that guy."