The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

But the result is self-evident, the thirteen states, this is the only place that has not had a unified emperor.

Of course, there has been a hereditary official who has been passed down for more than 2000 years, Yan Shenggong.

Yanshenggong is the descendant of Confucius, inherited from generation to generation. Yanshenggong was a privileged nobleman in the feudal society. In the Song Dynasty, he was equivalent to an eighth-rank official. In the Yuan Dynasty, he was promoted to a third-rank official. In the Qing Dynasty, he was also allowed to ride a horse in the Forbidden City and walk on the imperial road.

The Yanshenggong Mansion where he lived was the largest mansion in the country after the Ming and Qing imperial palaces.The Kong family in Qufu received the titles and gifts from the emperors of all dynasties.

Of course, those are all things to talk about. The current descendants of Confucius are just worshiping emperors and in charge of sacrifices. Their status is not particularly high, but they are not low in this land of Qilu. After all, the Confucius family is still very prestigious here. .

The famous Kong Rong is very famous here.

Because of the presence of Xu He and other locals, Liu Zheng and his party will not get lost here. They followed Xu He all the way to the west, and then asked someone for directions. After three days, they finally left Donglai County and came to Beihai County.

Beihai County is located in the central part of Qingzhou, and it is also the place where the Yellow Turban Army is most prevalent in Qingzhou. The Yellow Turban Army here alone has at least [-] warriors. Once Zhang Mancheng and they want to send troops, Beihai will definitely be the first to attack of the city.

The stronghold of Zhang Mancheng and others is on a floating smoke mountain fifty miles outside Beihai City.

Chapter 377 Qingzhou Yellow Turban

Fumoshan.

The name of Fuyan Mountain comes from the rise of clouds and mist, and the smog is suspended on the mountain, in the middle of the mountain, and on the slope of the mountain.Therefore, it is named Fuyan Mountain.A long time ago, the underground water veins in Fuyan Mountain were very sufficient, forming mist and clouds.It used to be a place of geomantic omen, and its hillside is also a very suitable place for human living and other life to multiply.There is a platform under the east slope of Fuyan Mountain.

It is said that Emperor Yao, one of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, once visited or lived here. Of course, it is only a legend. Now it is occupied by a large group of Yellow Turbans.

The remnants of the Yellow Turban Army did not dare to live in the towns, because the people of the imperial court were always exterminating these Yellow Turban thieves, and they could only gather together to form relatively large villages around the Fuyan Mountain.

The Yaowang Terrace on the top of the mountain has been occupied by the Yellow Turban, and it has become the residence of Zhang Mancheng, the envoy of the Yellow Turban Army God. This is also an excellent place for them to watch the people coming from the imperial court. , they can quickly find out, and then organize a defense.

Because of the large number of people and the powerful forces, it is difficult for Qingzhou's court soldiers to completely wipe them out. The former Qingzhou Mu Huangwan sent 3 Qingzhou soldiers to encircle and suppress them. The yellow turban army was defeated, but lost soldiers and lost generals, so they dared not continue to harass the yellow turban army. They could only confront each other.

To say that these counties and counties in Qingzhou can actually draw out enough soldiers and horses. Before the Yellow Turban Uprising, there were only two to 3000 soldiers in these counties and counties. However, after the implementation of the state pastoral system, Huang Wan took office. Start to rectify vigorously, so that counties and counties in various places can recruit more manpower to deal with foreign enemies.

Now every town in Qingzhou has at least 5000 standing county soldiers. In this way, it is not a problem at all to mobilize 6 or 10 soldiers, but the problem is that even if these prefects send troops to Huang Wan, Huang Wan's ability is There is also no way to clean up the Yellow Turban Army with more than [-] people.

This caused the troubles of the Yellow Turban Army to exist all the time, and Huang Wan not only had to face the trouble of these Yellow Turban Army, but also a few months ago, those Karasuma people from Youzhou would come to loot Qingzhou at any time.

In order to guard against the attack of the Karasuma people, Huang Wan had to mobilize manpower to build a defensive line to the north, and there was a shortage of troops. Naturally, the troubles of the Yellow Turban Army were put on hold for the time being.

As for the Yellow Turban Army, there is a big difference from the history. In history, the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou did not have a single person with enough prestige. Hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban Army fought on their own. you.

Everyone is not on the same page with each other, and they don't think about fighting cities and occupying counties and counties. As long as they have wine to drink and meat to eat, they are enough.

But now, with the appearance of Zhang Mancheng, all the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou has been integrated and turned into a single-minded person. The 20 army is a very serious threat in Qingzhou.

So their minds became active, and the first town they aimed at was Beihai.

As long as we conquer Beihai, cut off the connections between counties and counties in Qingzhou, advance and attack Linzi City, the state capital, and retreat to occupy Donglai County, there will be no delay on both sides.

It only takes one month for their people to spread the flames of war in Qingzhou, and within three months, Qingzhou can be completely defeated.

At that time, once the land of one state is stabilized, you can slowly plot the world, and become a local emperor like Liu Zheng.

This is what Zhang Mancheng thinks now.

After a brief description with Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng nodded. After understanding their plan, Liu Zheng actually felt that their plan was not impossible, and there was even something that made Liu Zheng feel good.

"Sending troops at this time is indeed an opportunity. When Huang Wan sent a large number of troops to the north to guard against those Karasuma people, sending troops at this time, Huang Wan and others must not be able to react. There is a big problem. Chances are, you have captured Beihai City, and they haven't heard the news yet."

"However, you also need to pay attention to the developments in Xuzhou. After all, once you rebel in Qingzhou, the people in the court will definitely not sit idly by, and since Qingzhou borders Xuzhou, there is nothing to use in Xuzhou today. If you all show up, you will definitely attract the attention of officials in Xuzhou, and you must take precautions at that time."

Liu Zheng confessed to Zhang Man, and after observing the terrain of Fuyan Mountain, he had nothing to say. After all, these Yellow Turbans had nothing to do with him now.

Moreover, he is not a ruler, no matter how much he has to say, the other party may not listen to it.So instead of saying more, it is better not to say anything, and when Zhang Mancheng and Zhang Ning need help, he will express some of his own opinions.

At that time, Zhang Ning and Zhang Mancheng will be more able to listen to his opinions.

After not staying for long, Liu Zheng just got to know the strength of the various counties and counties in Qingzhou, and after he got it generally clear, he didn't plan to stay here anymore. After all, the place he planned to go this time was Youzhou.

But when Liu Zheng asked to leave, Zhang Ning looked at Liu Zheng with a reluctant expression, which made Liu Zheng somewhat reluctant. After all, Liu Zheng also knew Zhang Ning's thoughts about Liu Zheng.

After all, Zhang Ning liked Liu Zheng's eyes, and although Liu Zheng also had intentions for Zhang Ning, the two of them never pierced the window paper.

"Are you really leaving?"

Before leaving, Zhang Ning was reluctant to part with Liu Zheng and came to see Liu Zheng off.

However, during this period of time, Zhang Ning has also grown a lot. In her heart, although she still wants to have an affair with her children, avenging her father and recovering the Yellow Turban Army are also what he wants to do. Zhang Ning was very conflicted in his heart.

She wants to be by Liu Zheng's side, to be a woman who is crazy about love, and also wants to be a strong woman who inherits her father's will.

"Well, I still have a lot of things to do, it's impossible for me to stay in Qingzhou."

"Then can we meet again?"

Zhang Ning hesitated for a moment, and asked what he most wanted to ask.

Although he is a powerful woman in the eyes of other people, but in front of Liu Zheng, she will always show her most feminine side.

"Of course I will. What nonsense are you talking about? I will come to Qingzhou again soon. We will be able to meet again then."

Chapter 378

Zhang Ning regards every parting as life and death. After all, after experiencing life and death, he always has some sentimentality, but this kind of sentimentality like a little girl will only be revealed in front of Liu Zheng.

"Go back. When I come back from Youzhou, I will come to you again. By then, I hope you have captured Beihai County."

Liu Zheng didn't want Zhang Ning to talk to him here, because he was also a little scared, and he couldn't bear the women's flirtatiousness. If his heart softened and he really stayed, it would be terrible.

In fact, Zhang Ning didn't really want Liu Zheng to stay with her, but she wanted to take this opportunity to say a few more words and chat with Liu Zheng, and she would be satisfied.

After hearing Liu Zheng's urging, Zhang Ning nodded tactfully.

Liu Zheng took Gan Ning and Zhou Tai with him, and the three were about to say goodbye and leave.

It is still a long way from Fuyan Mountain to the place where the boat stops. If it is by walking, it will take a day and a half. In fact, you can also test horses, but there is also a shortage of horses in the Yellow Turban Army, so there are no extra horses for them. Liu Zheng used it.

There was no way, Liu Zheng could only take his two generals and walk back.

After walking for a long time, I returned to the border of Donglai County. Before I walked far, I met a group of traveling merchants.

This is a group of traveling merchants who just came down from Youzhou in the north, wandering around Qingzhou and Jizhou, selling horses purchased from Youzhou.

Liu Zheng didn't have any opinion on these traveling merchants at first, but when he saw that what these traveling merchants sold were horses, he was a little surprised.

After all, war horses are a military resource, an important war resource, and those who can get war horses at this time are not ordinary businessmen.

And the dozens of businessmen who formed a team in front of him gave Liu Zheng the idea to go up and find out. After all, if these people have a way to transport the war horses from Youzhou to Qingzhou, why would Liu Zheng go to Youzhou? It's fine if you can't buy it in Qingzhou.

After Liu Zheng saw those traveling merchants, he decisively brought his people closer.

"Several, where are you businessmen from?"

Liu Zheng stepped forward very politely, and bowed his hands to a few big men who seemed to be the main persons in charge, signaling for acquaintance, and then asked questions.

The few people gathered together, as if they were talking about something, and when they heard Liu Zheng and others approaching, they stopped talking and looked at Liu Zheng in unison.

After sizing up Liu Zheng, one of them spoke.

"We are traveling merchants from Youzhou, selling horses. Why, does the guest officer need horses?"

Liu Zheng's clothes are not bad either. Liu Zheng is now the leader of one party after all. The ruler of Jiaozhou is no longer the little yellow scarf soldier he used to be.

Those traveling merchants could tell from Liu Zheng's clothes at a glance that Liu Zheng and the two people behind Liu Zheng were not ordinary people.

"Yes, I see that you have dozens of war horses here. I happen to need some horses, so I want to ask how you sell these horses."

When Liu Zheng spoke, those people immediately became interested. One of them, a taller man, approached Liu Zheng and laughed immediately.

"Guest officer, we are also looking for a buyer. How many horses do you need? We will definitely give you the most affordable price!"

This person's answer made Liu Zheng a little strange, but he didn't think about it at this time, but asked back.

"How many do you have?"

When Liu Zheng asked this question, those people looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then continued.

"There are only more than 30 war horses here, and there are more than 200 horses in another place. How much does the guest officer need? If it is not enough, we can go to Youzhou to sell it again."

The burly man answered directly.

"I want them all, what's the price?"

"take them all?"

Liu Zhengcai's majestic appearance made those merchants a little surprised immediately, but there was a look of surprise on their faces. There was no doubt about this kind of surprise. After all, whoever met such a big customer , and feel lucky today.

"Wait, let's discuss it."

Then, without waiting for Liu Zheng to say more, these people walked a few steps with Liu Zheng behind their backs, and then gathered together, yelling a few times at the same time, so that a few people from farther away also came over, more than a dozen people, gathered around They were talking together, looking at Liu Zheng from time to time.

Liu Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at those people. Behind him, Gan Ning and Zhou Tai came up at the same time, and whispered to Liu Zheng.

"My lord, the situation is wrong. These people don't seem to be serious businessmen."

As soon as Zhou Tai spoke, Liu Zheng's face remained unchanged, but he continued to smile, then turned his head and glanced at Zhou Tai.

"Did you see it too? This group of people is indeed suspicious. It's because of suspiciousness that I want to find out what the hell these people are doing here."

"Where is there a merchant who doesn't say anything when asking the price, but wants to discuss it, and when you ask him how to sell the horse, he actually asks how much you want."

"Normal people will directly quote a low price to attract your attention first. These people are not serious businessmen at first glance."

"Furthermore, traveling merchants travel all year round, eat and sleep in the open, and don't have such a strong body at all. These people are all burly, and there is a faint blood in their bodies. I guess it is very likely that they are nearby thieves pretending to be merchants."

Gan Ning also opened his mouth immediately, and responded to Liu Zheng, describing the traveling merchants that Liu Zheng encountered here, and it seemed that they were not normal traveling merchants.

"Yeah, these people are pretending to be traveling merchants, and they don't know what they want to do, but the dozens of horses around them are not fake, and these horses are all real Karasuma horses, all of them are strong and strong, It is best to use it as a war horse, no matter what, if we can get these dozens of war horses, we still need to get in touch with them."

Although Liu Zheng could tell that these people were not serious businessmen, but for the sake of those war horses, Liu Zheng decided to communicate with them to see if there was any chance to get some war horses from them.

On Liu Zheng's side, after discussing the possible problems of these traveling merchants, these traveling merchants seemed to have finished their discussions, and they opened three soon, and a dozen people immediately joined Liu Zheng's side.

"We discussed it and decided to sell it to you at a price of [-] yuan per horse. What do you think?"

Chapter 379

Eighteen thousand dollars.

This price can be said to be an absolute conscience price.

Regarding the price of war horses, in fact, there is no need for these traveling merchants to describe them to Liu Zheng. Liu Zheng already knew about them a long time ago. Ordinary cattle and horses cost at least 1 yuan, and better ones cost more than [-] yuan. .

These oxen and horses cannot be used as war horses. The oxen and horses used to drag goods on the civilian farmland, and the horses that can be used as war horses, are at least [-] yuan or more.

A slightly better war horse can easily be sold for 20 to [-] yuan, especially some rare and good horses, but it can be sold for [-] yuan.

And these traveling merchants offered Liu Zheng a price of [-], which can be said to be an absolute price of conscience. I am afraid that Liu Zheng went to Youzhou in person and found those Karasuma people who raised horses, or even The Huns may not be able to buy the most war horses at such a low price.

"There's a ghost!"

When Liu Zheng heard the price of the war horses from these people, he knew that these people must be planning something. Otherwise, according to the quality of these war horses that Liu Zheng saw, even if the price was [-], it would not be worth it. The lion opened his mouth.

The only thing Liu Zheng could think of was that the reason why these people offered such a low price must be some kind of trick waiting for Liu Zheng.

But Liu Zheng didn't panic, he glanced at the leader in a calm manner, and then said.

"Eighteen thousand? Well, well, the price is affordable, I want them all!"

Liu Zheng immediately transformed into a second fool who thought he had taken advantage of it, and wanted to finalize this matter as soon as possible.

"We have thirty war horses here. Have you brought enough money? If you have enough, you can take it now."

Thirty war horses, even if they were bought directly, they would cost more than 50 gold in one go.Although there is more than 50 gold, it is just more than 50 ingots of gold, and one ingot of gold is half a catty in later generations.

But the more than 50 kilograms of gold weighed more than ten kilograms. No one can casually carry more than ten kilograms of gold with them.

So Liu Zheng spoke immediately.

"I want all the war horses, but I don't have so much money with me. What do you think about this?"

"Not so much money?"

As soon as Liu Zheng opened his mouth, those people frowned in unison.

"What kind of horse do you buy if you don't have money?"

When one of them heard Liu Zheng said that he had no money, he immediately showed a displeased expression.

"Hey, fourth child, he just said that he doesn't have so much money on him, maybe he has money in other places?"

"Yes, yes, I don't have so much money, but I still have more than 300 gold in the merchant ship on the shore. How about I go to get the money and buy your war horse?"