The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Liu Zheng glanced at Xu You, and said lightly.

"If you don't understand, think about it carefully, and you will understand later."

For Xu You's question, Liu Zheng didn't explain at all, but let Xu You go down and think about it for himself.

For the next half a month, Jiaozhou was relatively busy.On the one hand, the training time of the new army has begun to have some effect, and it has begun to be reassigned to the major military camps. On the other hand, Wenpin has led [-] recruits and has already begun to attack Zhuyazhou.

It happened that with the cooperation of Jiang Tuesday, the navy was responsible for transporting the recruits, and they entered Zhuyazhou together to quell the chaos.

Liu Zheng didn't care about these things. Anyway, brothers Jiang Zhou and Wenpin led [-] troops to Zhuyazhou. With such a small island as Zhuyazhou, there shouldn't be any storms.

But Liu Zheng only has two things to worry about at this time. One is to deal with Yangzhou Shepherd Liu Yao together with Yan Baihu, and the other is to form a caravan and go to Youzhou and the Xianbei people. Trade to buy war horses.

Liu Zheng's other things are easy to solve now, but the war horse has always been a thorn in his heart. If he wants a war horse, he can't get it anywhere nearby.

And the only place where he can get it is the north. Liu Zheng can't count on it in the west. It's too far away, and he won't be lucky if he gets it.

You can only go to the north and use ships to transport war horses. This is also very risky. First, Liu Zheng has not traveled to Youzhou by sea, and second, even if he arrives in Youzhou, there is no way. Find the horse seller.

So this matter can only be shelved temporarily. The idea is easy, but it is not easy to implement.

Therefore, Liu Zheng decided to settle the affairs of Yangzhou first. If he could occupy Jiaozhou and Yangzhou in advance before the great chaos of the Han court came, then he would have a much greater chance of winning the world and pacifying the troubled times.

April.

Jiaozhou has started the busy farming season, and it is time to start sowing. Although Jiaozhou is not short of grain, in order to ensure the next year's grain harvest, Liu Zheng still ordered people to vigorously reclaim farmland and plant crops in Jiaozhou.

The climate here is good enough to grow two crops a year. For Liu Zheng, just one year is enough to harvest the food for the next three or four years. When the food is accumulated enough, he will be more able to recruit more soldiers. The horse is gone.

During the famine years, recruiting soldiers and horses does not require any money. Sometimes, as long as you can give them a bite to eat, they are willing to follow you.

And Liu Zheng is naturally not limited to this, he wants to accumulate grain widely, build high walls, and use Jiaozhou as a springboard. Planting grain is a big deal.

Not only did he arrange soldiers and horses to help reclaim the wasteland, but he also personally urged all the soldiers and horses to take charge of the crops.

end of May.

Mi Fang, who has already traveled several times in a row and transported a lot of goods to Jiaozhou, has finally mastered the best sailing from Xuzhou to Jiaozhou, and the distance between them has been shortened a lot.

After more than a month, Mi Fang has made a lot of money in Jiaozhou, but just like before, Mi's family will take the initiative to hand over part of the money earned in Jiaozhou to Liu Zheng. It's very interesting, not only the Mi family was exempted from all taxes in Jiaozhou, but also many places opened the door to convenience, allowing the Mi family to dominate the market in Jiaozhou.

At the same time, Liu Zheng's detailed work finally reported back from the Central Plains what happened in Luoyang.

Sure enough, as Xu You said before, He Jin died.

He Miao replaced He Jin as the new general.And once again took control of the imperial court, He Miao's superiors carried out another wave of sweeping.

Eliminate all political enemies who have hatred against him, and at the same time remove some of the team members and trusted people that He Jin had placed before.

After the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty experienced the successive massacres by the He Miao brothers, resentment gradually began to spread among the officials, and many people had great resentment towards He Miao.

He Miao's virtue does not match.

He Jin can be a great general. He Jin is a great general. He controls the court, and many people are convinced, but He Miao killed He Jin because of his alliance with Zhang Rang. He became a general and assisted the little emperor in place of the emperor.

It made many people feel dissatisfied.

The first person to stand up to dissatisfy was Huang Fusong who had been resigned and returned home by He Jinzheng.

Huangfusong stood up and reprimanded He Miao for his crimes, which made He Miao furious, and immediately killed Huangfusong on the spot.

When Huangfusong died, Manchu was shocked. The first to express their anger was Manchu Wenwu. Many people stood up on the spot and questioned He Miao.

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But apparently, He Miao didn't realize that killing Huangfusong would cause so many changes.

Many civil and military officials questioned He Miao in the court. He Miao was speechless for a while, but everyone had already been killed, and he was in power. At this time, no one could suppress him. The aggrieved air burst out at this moment.

He directly ordered that all those who opposed him be pulled out and beheaded.

For a while, the crowd was excited, but the court was full of He Miao's men and horses. After killing more than a dozen favorite people, those people finally kept calm and did not continue to fight with He Miao in the court. Against.

There was no voice of opposition in the entire imperial court, and He Miao's power suddenly reached its peak. Not only did he become more and more unscrupulous, but at the same time, he also started to collect money aggressively.

He was more cruel than Han Lingdi and He Jin, and he was able to amass more money, making the people and even the officials of Luoyang in a hot water.

Similarly, the greater the oppression, the people below will begin to resist.

The Han Empire, which had just experienced the devastation of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, was once again crumbling in the hands of He Miao.

The first to launch a counterattack was Yuan Shao, the fourth generation and third prince.

Yuan Shao was originally on good terms with He Jin. After He Miao killed He Jin, Yuan Shao, who had already been dispatched by He Jin, was naturally furious. He united with some of He Jin's remnant party, declared King Qin in Jizhou, and wiped out the emperor's side chaos.

Although Yuan Shao's strength is not strong, after all, he united with He Jin's former remnant party, and his strength skyrocketed. In addition, after He Jin occupied Jizhou, he was transferred to Jizhou by He Jin and became the new governor of Jizhou. Bit height weight.

At the same time, Cao Cao, Liu Dai and others in Yanzhou began to send personnel to meet Yuan Shao in private, and began to respond to Yuan Shao's policy of serving the king.

A chaos is brewing.

When this news reached Liu Zheng's ears, Liu Zheng looked forward to the coming of the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms even more.

Because only in this way, if he stays in a corner and gradually develops his own strength, he will be able to move faster, and the princes in the Central Plains will be able to forget him, and when he makes a move, he will be able to steal the entire world in one fell swoop. .

"It won't be long before the world will be in chaos, and the court will definitely change into a nameless existence. Our chance has come!"

Liu Zheng couldn't help saying something to Xu You. Xu You didn't understand why Liu Zheng was excited at this time, but he was happy to see Liu Zheng, so he was also happy.

Sure enough, in the next two months, news came out one after another.

Yuan Shao announced the crusade against the traitor He Miao, and the first person to stand up to support Yuan Shao was Yuan Shu, the prefect of Nanyang.

In fact, the so-called crusade against the vassals of the Eighteenth Route was nothing more than a joint effort of relatives and friends.

This time, although there were no eighteen princes like in history, most of them were Yuan Shao's friends.

For example, Yuan Shu, the prefect of Nanyang, is Yuan Shao's younger brother.

Yuan Yi, the prefect of Shanyang, is Yuan Shao's elder brother.

Cao Cao, who followed Huangfusong to fight against Wang Fen's rebellion and was named the prefect of Daijun, was a very good friend of Yuan Shao.

Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, had a deep friendship with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. After Yuan Shao raised his army, he joined them soon.

Zhang Chao, Zhang Miao's younger brother, is the prefect of Guangling, so naturally he also announced to join.In addition, Zhang Yang, the prefect of Shangdang under the territory of Jizhou.

As well as Wang Kuang, the remnant party left by He Jin, these people immediately announced the formation of a coalition army and entered Jingqin Wang.

Although this time, the coalition formed was far less powerful than the [-]th princes in history, but it was still very powerful and attracted many people.

After all, He Miao's behavior was too disgusting, so many people still had some resentment towards the court.

In just two months, the Eighth Route Allied Forces had begun to attack Luoyang from Jizhou, Yanzhou, Bingzhou and other places.

Of course, such a result did not scare He Miao. Although He Miao was just a general who had just taken office, He Miao was also in the imperial court anyway. He had been in business for many years, and it was better to have some friends. friend.

For example, when Lu Zhi was attacking Liu Zheng together, he made friends with Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan and others.

Even Zhonglang General Lu Zhi and He Miao made friends. After he killed Huangfusong, He Miao cleverly flattered Lu Zhi. Not only did he not transfer Lu Zhi back from the northwest, but he also promoted Lu Zhi At the third level, let Lu Zhi lead the army and continue to put down the rebellion in Xiliang.

Lu Zhi and He Miao had some friendship at first, and He Miao took the initiative to get close now. Although Lu Zhi wanted to get rid of the relationship with He Miao, he had no choice but to accept He Miao's reward and become the leader of the court. The new hussar general.

Hussar general, but a higher position than chariot general, only under the general, and even comparable to the three princes of the imperial court.

With such a high and powerful position, although Lu Zhi spoke slightly to He Miao, he was still loyal to the Han court. Although He Miao took action against civil and military officials, he was still loyal to the Han court and respected the little emperor. .

However, Yuan Shao and others sent troops privately in the name of destroying He Miao on the side of the Qing emperor, which also violated the rules, so Lu Zhi, as the court's hussar general, still wanted to suppress Yuan Shao and others' private dispatch of troops.

He Miao recruited Lu Zhi back from the Xiliang area in the shortest time possible. At this time, the coalition forces of Yuan Shao and others finally joined together and fought all the way from the three states and counties to Luoyang.

It is precisely because the coalition forces of Yuan Shao and others are not too far away from Luoyang, and they are located near the Sili area, so they assembled their troops and marched into Luoyang very quickly. In just two months, they had already killed the eight guards in Luoyang. Beyond the pass.

Hulao Pass.

This is the closest pass to Luoyang, where the soldiers and horses of the eight princes are gathered here. Although the eight princes don't have many troops, the number of people is only 12, and the number of people is only a few thousand. In total, it is only [-]. People and horses.

But these 12 troops were enough to frighten He Miao who lived in Luoyang. He hurriedly asked Lu Zhi to lead [-] soldiers and horses to fight, and at the same time asked King Muqin of the nearby state to wipe out these rebels.

Of course, the rest of the people who made friends with He Miao were only Gongsun Zan who was in Youzhou at this time. He directly sent an edict to Gongsun Zan in the name of the little emperor, and promoted Gongsun Zan to be the governor of Jizhou, replacing Yuan Shao's position, and let Gongsun Zan He led troops to attack Yuan Shao.

At the same time, he also sent an edict to the three brothers Liu Bei, making Liu Bei the new Nanyang prefect, and cooperating with Gongsun Zan to attack Yuan Shao's coalition forces from the rear.

Chapter 331 Take the initiative to send troops

Of course, in order to destroy the coalition forces of Yuan Shao and others as much as possible, He Miao also sent edicts to King Qin to Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai, Yangzhou Mu Liu Yao and others.

It's just that these princes surnamed Liu may not be able to play any role at this time. First, Liu Dai from Yanzhou is busy dealing with some local Taishan thieves and remnants of the Yellow Turbans at this time, and he can't spare much troops. Second, Liu Biao He was using troops to guard against Liu Zheng in Jiaozhou, and Liu Yao was also fighting against Yan Baihu at this time.

Even if Liu Yao could spare part of his troops, he would not be able to go to serve the king. Yangzhou is located in a remote place, too far from Luoyang.

So mainly rely on Lu Zhi at Hulao Pass. As long as Lu Zhi can block the coalition forces at Hulao Pass for a period of time, so that Yuan Shao and others can't beat Hulao Pass, then the Qin King soldiers and horses from all over the country will gradually recover and free up their hands. Slowly send troops over to support, and Yuan Shao and others can be wiped out.

At the same time, after hearing the news, Liu Zheng from Jiaozhou thought that his chance had come.

In the scuffle that started in the Central Plains, Liu Zheng can flex his muscles at this time, directly dispatching soldiers and horses to Yangzhou to eliminate Liu Yao and occupy Yangzhou.

Liu Yao sent troops at this time, and Liu Yao didn't have any helpers to seek. He could only rely on his own strength to stop Liu Zheng. Now Liu Zheng's powerful strength cannot be stopped by Liu Yao.

Half a month later, Wenpin, who went to Zhuyazhou to quell the chaos, returned to Hepu City with his troops.

This time, it took him two months to lead the troops to pacify the tribes of all sizes in Zhuyazhou. Although he lost [-] troops, he brought Zhuyazhou into Jiaozhou's territory.

Regarding this point, Liu Zheng has a very high opinion of Wenpin. It is worth the price to recover Zhu Yazhou with the loss of two thousand soldiers.

After commending Wenpin, Liu Zheng directly dispatched these troops, and then asked Gan Ning to lead his third battalion headquarters troops, together with Wenpin's remaining 8000 people, formed an army of [-] , from Hepu County to Nanhai County gradually.

Two months have passed, and the [-] sailors on Liu Zheng's side have almost trained. Although they haven't really experienced a big battle yet, Liu Zheng also went to find Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin on the way, and met the sailors. The current training of the army, knowing these men and horses, can be pulled into the battlefield.

In order to sharpen these sailors, Liu Zheng asked Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to pull the sailors onto the boat and head for Yangzhou.

Nanhai County is close to Yuzhang County. Later in history, Sun Ce saw that Yuzhang County's territory was too large, so he divided Yuzhang County and created Luling County.

Luling County is the area that is now adjacent to Nanhai County.

This place is mostly the place where the Shanyue people live, and Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, can't control it at all, although it is also a part of the imperial court.

However, there are many trilogy in Shanyue, most of them are Hequxing, bandit leaders like Zhou Dynasty, who did not pay the king's rent, occupied the mountain as king, gathered on a mountain, and became the emperor of the land.

When Liu Zheng's soldiers came here, Liu Zheng was not even interested in attacking Luling, because the places where bandits gather here can be raided at any time, and now his main target is Kuaiji County.

Yangzhou has a vast territory. In fact, in front of the Central Plains people, Yangzhou, like Jiaozhou, is a remote area. At the same time, there are many southern barbarians and bandits gathered. It is a place where the imperial court is not willing to send people there.

The territory of Yangzhou is one of the best among the thirteen prefectures of the Han Empire, but there are only a handful of small counties that can be controlled by the imperial court.

Danyang County, Lujiang County, Yuzhang County, Kuaiji County and other places in the north of Yangzhou.

The southern part of Yuzhang County and the southern part of Kuaiji County are mostly occupied by Shanyue bandits. Although the imperial court intends to exterminate them, there are so many bandits, and they cannot be completely wiped out.

To attack Yangzhou from Nanhai County, you must first pass through Jian'an. Although the speed of taking a boat will be faster, Liu Zheng does not have so many boats and can transport more than 1 people in a short time. To establish the connection between Jiaozhou and Yangzhou, sooner or later the territory in between must be conquered, so Gan Ning and Wenpin were ordered to lead their own troops all the way from Jian'an to Houguan and then to Kuaiji.

Before marching, Liu Zheng had ordered people to go to Wucheng County to tell Yan Baihu by boat, so that Yan Baihu could prepare to deal with Liu Yao together.

With the speed of the soldiers and horses under Liu Zheng's command, it would take less than half a month to kill from Jiaozhou to Kuaiji.

At the same time, within the city of Kuaiji County, Yangzhou.

In Liu Yao's mansion, several spies came here in a hurry.

"My lord, my lord, something is wrong!"

At this time Liu Yao was still warming up with his concubine, and when he heard the voice outside, he quickly showed a displeasure expression, but he couldn't say much, so he could only get up from the concubine's side, and then walked out of the house.

As soon as he went out, he saw Fan Neng and hurried in.

"Fan Neng, what are you doing in such a panic early in the morning? Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on the movement in Jiaozhou?"

"My lord, something big happened, something happened in Jiaozhou!"

In fact, at the first sight of Fan Neng, Liu Yao had already guessed something vaguely, but still patiently, he asked Fan Neng a question.

"What happened, could it be that Liu Zheng and others called?"

Fan Neng nodded sharply.

"Well, a few days ago, our spies in Jiaozhou sent back news that that fellow Liu Zheng had assembled 3 to [-] thousand people, set off from the South China Sea, and came here after rushing to Kuaiji."

Fan Neng was under Liu Yao's order. During this time, he has been monitoring the movement of Liu Zheng in Jiaozhou. After all, Liu Zheng and Liu Yao have a grudge. After Liu Yao has cleaned up Yan Baihu, he will definitely trouble Liu Zheng again. Yes, so I want to pay close attention to Liu Zheng's dynamics.

But before he made a move against Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng had already made a move in advance, and dispatched soldiers and horses to come over to his Kuaiji County.

Liu Yao's expression changed when he heard the news, but he didn't panic.

"There are only 3 to [-] people, does he think he wants to defeat me with this little manpower?"