The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

General Zu Lang!

The reason why Liu Zheng is so confident is precisely because he still has Zu Lang's trick behind him.

Zu Lang was the first navy under Liu Zheng, and Gan Ning no longer considers himself a navy after following Liu Zheng in the South and North Wars, so Zu Lang is the earliest navy under Liu Zheng.

Moreover, Liu Zheng has never dispatched Zu Lang's soldiers and horses, leaving him to stay in Poyang Lake and continue to act as a water thief.

When Liu Zheng fought Liu Yao before, he sent Zu Lang to assist Yan Baihu, and then he continued to stay in Poyang Lake. Now that his army has arrived in Poyang County, he only needs one order, and Zu Lang will lead the army to fight. Come.

On a shoal of the Ganjiang River in Poyang County, several warships appeared here. Looking from a distance, a huge ancestral character was written on several flags blowing in the wind. The flags hung on the boats were very conspicuous and eye-catching. He knew that this was the ship of the great water thief Zu Lang.

And on the shore outside the shoal, there are nearly ten thousand troops resting in place.

"My lord, Zu Lang led six thousand water thieves to arrive."

Wenpin walked into Liu Zheng's side and reported to Liu Zheng.

"Well, Zu Lang is here, let him come to see me."

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In fact, when Liu Zheng saw the warship on the shore, he already knew that Zu Lang's men had arrived.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zu Lang walked towards him quickly.

After approaching, the first sentence is congratulations.

"Congratulations, my lord, taking Yuzhang County and occupying Yangzhou is just around the corner!"

Zu Lang has already received the news that Liu Zheng has captured Yuzhang. Although he already knew that Liu Zheng was in Yuzhang County and sent people to attack Yuzhang, but as a general, he did not receive Liu Zheng's order, so he dared not take it lightly. Leave your garrison.

Therefore, they could only continue to stand by at the same spot, waiting for news from Liu Zheng, and at the same time send someone to inquire about Liu Zheng's results in Yuzhang.

"General Zu Lang, you are very well informed. You already know about the Yuzhang County that I captured a few days ago."

"Haha, my lord, you don't know about it. Is there any news in Poyang Lake that my Zulang doesn't know about? Although it may not be the fastest to know, but if something big happened, I will definitely be able to hear it."

Zu Lang was a little proud, but Liu Zheng was not angry, because he also knew why Zu Lang could know.

After he took over the territory of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, his family dominated the entire Poyang Lake. Although Yan Baihu was one of the four major water thieves in name, after occupying Kuaiji County and Wu County, he has become a small party. The princes don't care about this Poyang Lake incident at all.

The remaining water thief, Pan Linze, had no contact with Zu Lang, Zu Lang's family of water pirates remained in the entire Poyang Lake, and all the passenger ships going south and north had to pass through him, so the news was naturally very well-informed.

"My lord, there are only [-] troops stationed in Poyang County. It is not difficult to take it down. Do you think we should go directly to attack the city?"

After Zu Lang's soldiers and horses arrived here, Wenpin immediately began to talk about business.

"I didn't put Poyang here in the first place, but now that Zulang's troops are here to support, after the military strength has increased greatly, it is not easy to deal with a mere Poyang."

At this time, Poyang County cannot actually be called Poyang County. It is just a part of Yuzhang County, but because of its superior geographical location and the convenience of Poyang Lake, it can be independent from Yuzhang County.

Of course, it is precisely because of this that Liu Yao personally appointed the guard of Poyang County to control the official right to speak on the waterway of Poyang Lake, which is also Liu Yao's source of income.

If there is a problem here, Liu Yao's right to speak in Yangzhou will be completely lost. Without a source of money, the remaining land tax revenue alone will not be able to support Liu Yao's military supply.

"Poyang County is bound to be fought, and it must be fought in a short time."

"Master, you may not know that Poyang County is not so easy to fight."

"Oh?"

When Liu Zheng and Wenpin were discussing how to attack Poyang County, Zu Lang on the side immediately spoke to Liu Zheng, which caught the attention of Liu Zheng and Wenpin.

"Actually, if it's just Poyang County, there aren't many defenders in it, so it's really easy to take down, but it's not just as simple as a few thousand defenders stationed here."

"How do you explain this?"

"My lord should know that in Poyang Lake, although water thieves occupy a large part of the water transportation, they are only on the bright side after all. On the bright side, this river is still controlled by the soldiers and horses of the imperial court. This is the river in Poyang County. navy."

"They are usually in charge of escorting the fleet on the river, but now that the world is in chaos, the official navy has been restrained a lot. When the world is better, the life of the pirates on the river is very hard."

Zu Lang began to tell Liu Zheng the situation in Poyang County.

"What does that have to do with our attack on Poyang County?"

"Because there is a naval army from the imperial court, it is not surprising that officials and bandits colluded in private. What I want to say is that there are only [-] official naval troops in Poyang County on the surface, but in private, he still has [-] soldiers and horses." water thief."

"Five thousand water thieves?"

When Liu Zheng and Wenpin heard Zu Lang's words, they were shocked.

5000 water thieves, this is not a small number.You know, Zu Lang, a big water thief, has only had 6000 soldiers and horses in Poyang Lake for so long. Even if he has [-] people now, it is because of the support of Liu Zheng, who later joined his men correct.

"You mean, there are more than 1 soldiers and horses in Poyang County?"

"Well, the leader of these five thousand water thieves is Pan Lin, one of the four great water thieves in Poyang Lake."

"Pan Lin! It's him!"

When Liu Zheng heard the name, he immediately had some doubts on his face, and finally showed the original expression.

He had heard of this name a long time ago. When he first wanted to get his hands on Poyang Lake, he heard Yuan Zhou tell him about the four major water thieves in Poyang Lake.

It's just that three of the four major water thieves, he has already dealt with each other, but this Pan Lin has never met, he thought it was Pan Lin's low-key style, and he didn't like to mess around. According to Zu Lang's description, Liu Zheng knew that it was not that Pan Lin was low-key, but that this guy was a water thief in collusion with the government, so he didn't need to come out to beg for life on the river.

"If it's this Pan Lin, it's not surprising. This guy should have this strength. In other words, this Poyang County is really not so easy to deal with. There are more than [-] soldiers and horses. Tsk tsk, this is comparable to Yu Zhangjun City is even more difficult."

"My lord, if that's the case, then we have to wait for the arrival of General Huang Zhong and General Zhou Cang?"

After Wenpin heard the news all of a sudden, he had no idea and could only ask Liu Zheng what he meant.

"If it's for stability, it's best to wait for the troops of the two of them to come over. What's your opinion, Zu Lang?"

"My lord, in my opinion, there is no need to wait for General Huang Zhong and General Zhou Cang. I have a plan, maybe it can."

"what's the plan?"

When Liu Zheng heard that Zu Lang seemed to have a solution, he immediately asked about it.

"Although Pan Lin is close to the people in the government, he is a water thief after all. In the heart of the government, he still doesn't treat him as one of his own. If we can send someone to say that he is coming to Pan Lin, we can recruit Pan Lin's people by the way. , Let Pan Linli cooperate with the outside world, and it will be much easier to win this Poyang County."

"At that time, not only will we not have to face tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but Pan Lin's people will share part of the pressure of the soldiers and horses for us, and we will be much more confident in taking down Poyang County."

"Then Pan Lin wished to come down?"

"My lord's army is pressing down on the border. Others may not surrender, but I think Pan Lin probably will. I can handle this matter."

Chapter 441 The Battle of Xiliang

With Zu Lang in charge of this matter, Liu Zheng didn't care. He continued to take his men and horses to drink wine by the river, look at the scenery, and just wait for the results Zu Lang brought back.

In just half a day, Zu Lang went and returned, bringing him the news from Pan Lin.

As Zu Lang expected, Liu Zheng's status is not the same now. He opened his mouth to persuade him to surrender, and he was able to catch him. If a water thief like Pan Lin fights against Liu Zheng, he will definitely end badly.

So Pan Lin, who was knowledgeable and interesting, joined Liu Zheng's command naturally.

As soon as Zu Lang opened his mouth, Pan Lin agreed repeatedly without any hesitation.

After all, in front of those officers and soldiers in Poyang County, Pan Lin was always a thief, and it was impossible for him to become a gang with them, but it was different for him on Liu Zheng's side, as long as he surrendered to Liu Zheng, he could immediately Changed his birth, from a group of water thieves to a regular army under Liu Zheng, just like Zu Lang.

It was also because Zu Lang came to personally persuade him to surrender that Pan Lin agreed so quickly.

Pan Lin is also very familiar with Zu Lang. They are both one of the four water thieves in Poyang Lake. Zu Lang was not even as strong as Pan Lin in the past, but now Zu Lang is about to dominate the waters of Poyang Lake. , The strong status is all because Zu Lang took refuge in Liu Zheng.

And Pan Lin also wanted to change his situation, so it was no surprise that he took refuge in Liu Zheng.

With Pan Lin's surrender, it was naturally not difficult for Liu Zheng to deal with those people in Poyang County, and they quickly discussed a plan.

Let Pan Lin's people sneak into the city first, and when Liu Zheng's army comes, kill the guards guarding the city, open the city gate directly, and welcome Liu Zheng's army to enter the city.

Only in this way can this kind of county be conquered in the fastest time.

Just when Liu Zheng and his men were discussing how to break into Poyang County.

At this time, in the Xiliang area.A big battle is also going on.

The Xiliang area is now the top priority of the imperial court, and more than [-] troops have been dispatched here to quell the Qiang turmoil in Xiliang as soon as possible.

At the beginning, when Huangfusong was still dealing with these matters in Xiliang, because of the strength of the Xiliang rebels, they did not solve the turmoil in Xiliang in a short period of time, but made the turmoil in Xiliang more and more intense.

But later, after Huangfusong was killed, Lu Zhi replaced Huangfusong to suppress the rebels in Xiliang, and his strength became apparent. Lu Zhi first asked Dong Zhuo to lead [-] troops to Longxi to regain the lost ground.

Then he ordered Ding Yuan, who came to support from Bingzhou, to lead [-] soldiers and horses, and gradually approach Jincheng from Anding County.

Dong Zhuo's army intercepted the Qiang army from south to north, while Ding Yuan's army intercepted the Qiang army from east to west, and Lu Zhi's own army led 5 horses, shrinking step by step from Tianshui County The line of defense, taking back the city that was previously occupied by the Qiang people little by little.

The rebellion of the Qiang people involved a huge amount. If the court does not deal with it, it will be terrible when it becomes unmanageable. After all, if something happens in Xiliang, the cavalry of the rebels can directly attack Sansuke, and it only takes a day or two With a little effort, he can directly kill Luoyang City.

This can't be a headache for the adults in Luoyang City, so rebellions in other places can be put aside for the time being, but Xiliang must be taken care of.

On Jincheng's side, the rebel forces are divided into three parts.

The leader of the Qiang people, Beigong Boyu.

The governor of Liangzhou was engaged in Bian Yun, and later changed his name to Bian Zhang.

Liangzhou engaged in Han Yue, and later changed its name to Han Sui.

Beigong Boyu, Bian Zhang, and Han Sui, the three of them occupied more than half of today's Xiliang, with more than [-] troops under their command, among which Beigong Boyu had the largest number of Qiang people.

In fact, the only ones who rebelled against the imperial court at the beginning were only a group of Qiang people led by Beigong Boyu. The governor killed him, leaving only two high officials, Bian Zhang and Han Sui.

Bian Zhang and Han Sui were not the most powerful officials, but they were of high status. The reason why Beigong Boyu didn't kill them was to encourage them to rebel with him.

Because Beigong Boyu himself was an unknown teacher, so after capturing Bianzhang and Han Sui, he supported Bianzhang as the leader. Using Bianzhang's status as the governor of Liangzhou, he rebelled and rebelled. Kill relatives.

At this time, the imperial court was successively controlled by two brothers He Jin and He Miao. These two brothers had always been unfriendly to Xiliang, so Beigong Boyu wanted to rebel against the imperial court.

Originally, Bian Zhang and Han Sui had no intention of rebelling, and they were coerced by Beigong Boyu to join them, and the imperial court actually issued a warrant for them. In a fit of anger, they actually rebelled with Beigong Boyu.

This is what comes after.

"General, Lu Zhi's troops have already passed Tianshui, and they will soon arrive at Jincheng. If we don't try to fight back, once Lu Zhi's troops arrive at Jincheng, we will be attacked from three sides."

Among the prefect's office in Jincheng, Bian Zhang, Han Sui, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou and other rebels gathered here.

Li Wenhou was the general of Beigong Boyu. He led the army to fight Dong Zhuo's men and horses in Longxi County for a long time. Although Dong Zhuo was not repelled, he also blocked Dong Zhuo's men in Longxi County and could not enter Jincheng County.

That's why I have the time to gather here and discuss with everyone how to fight against Lu Zhi. In the past few months, they have fought with Lu Zhi, Dong Zhuo, Ding Yuan and others, big and small, and there have been ten battles. Several times, but these dozen or so battles have each won or lost.

They seldom confronted Lu Zhi's army directly. They just took advantage of their own cavalry and plundered towns while engaging in field encounters, which made Lu Zhi's troops exhausted and unable to catch these rebels at all.

It was precisely because of this that Lu Zhi divided his forces into three groups to form three lines of defense, and gradually narrowed the range of activities of these rebels, so as to achieve a situation of encirclement, and took some time to defeat the rebels in one fell swoop.

"Come on, come on, they thought they could contain us by dividing the troops into three groups. In fact, it was the opposite. This gave us the opportunity to break through gradually. At that time, we will gather an army of [-] troops and attack one of the three groups of troops in one fell swoop. , killing one of them with lightning speed, I want to see if Lu Zhi will vomit blood in anger!"

The corner of Bian Zhang's mouth reveals a hint of complacency, he is the nominal leader of these rebels, even the most powerful Beigong Boyu must give the current Bian Zhang some face.

Because Beigong Boyu wanted to rely on Bian Zhang's reputation to win over the Han people in Xiliang, so that ruling Xiliang would not be so strenuous.

Chapter 442 Han Sui's Peak in Life

"Divide the troops and attack, combine all our strengths, and defeat one of them. It's a great plan, brother Bianzhang, you are really powerful!"

As soon as Bian Zhang's plan came out, Beigong Boyu who was sitting next to him immediately smiled and complimented him.

Only Han Sui frowned slightly after hearing Bian Zhang's words.

"Brother Bian, if we fight Lu Zhi in the Jincheng area, I'm afraid we don't have much chance of winning. Although we have an army of 15, the number of cavalry is only [-]. Once Lu Zhi knows that we are attacking one of the roads, the other two Lu will definitely launch a crazy counterattack, and at that time, I'm afraid we will lose a lot of people."

"It's nothing to lose a little manpower. As long as Lu Zhi can be defeated, the Han Dynasty will have no soldiers to use. At that time, it will not be a problem for us to invade Chang'an or even Luoyang. Wealth and full strength are close at hand. You still care about this." Is it manned?"

Han Sui's disappointment immediately displeased Bian Zhang.

Bian Zhang's displeasure was noticed by Han Sui. He restrained his tone and said nothing more.

"Okay, since you have already made your decision, Brother Bian, then do everything according to Brother Bian's wishes."

Han Sui stopped talking, Bian Zhang finally became happy, and Bei Gong Boyu and others on the other side naturally had no objection, and just followed Bian Zhang's intention and began to wait for Lu Zhi's army to arrive. , Find the soft persimmon Ding Yuan among the three ways to start.

Everyone discussed in the prefect's mansion for a long time, and then they disbanded.

Han Sui returned to his military tent. In Han Sui's military tent, there were still some of his cronies, including Li Xiangru, the former governor of Longxi, Huang Yanfan, the governor of Jiuquan, and Ma Teng and others.

Li Xiangru, Huang Yanfan, Ma Teng and others are actually officials from Xiliang, either former prefects or other high-ranking officials, but after the Qiang people rebelled, their prefects could not continue, and the court No reinforcements came, so they had no choice but to rebel. In order to survive, they joined Bian Zhang or Han Sui's command.

Of course, they didn't intend to rebel, they just wanted to find a way to survive, otherwise they would be killed if they didn't rebel with them, and they could only bow down to the thieves.

"General Han Sui, what did you talk to Beigong Boyu this time?"

In Han Sui's military tent, as soon as he came back, Li Xiangru, Ma Teng and others came forward, trying to get some news from Han Sui's military tent.