The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Because after he proclaims himself emperor, he can bring enough benefits to his followers. As long as the benefits come, who will care about you and who the emperor is.

"Is being emperor really so important?"

Liu Zheng asked a question in return, immediately making Zhou Cang and Zu Lang stunned.

To be an emperor, in this era, who doesn't want to be an emperor, it doesn't matter why, but Zhou Cang and Zu Lang dare not speak to Liu Zheng like this, so they can only smile awkwardly and mutter to themselves.

"Proclaiming the emperor is indeed very important, but it is also necessary to figure out the timing. Isn't proclaiming the emperor at this time a dead end? That guy Yuan Shu is not sure. A camel is bigger than a horse, and the Han Dynasty still had a bunch of vassals, and if you claim to be emperor now, you are looking for death, and you will definitely become the target of public criticism."

"Instead of being besieged by everyone like this, it is better to build high walls, accumulate food widely, and become king slowly!"

After returning to the Three Kingdoms, Liu Zheng has always believed in this wise saying.

Build walls high, accumulate grain, and slowly become king.

As long as the city is strong enough and there is enough food and grass, he will be invincible. If he doesn't dominate and provoke many enemies, then basically, he can develop slowly during the Three Kingdoms period, and he will die when he is beaten. When the time comes, step in and reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Liu Zheng's thoughts are so simple and unpretentious, so real. Originally, Zu Lang and Zhou Cang didn't understand, but after hearing Liu Zheng's description, they both nodded, as if they understood.

At the same time, I also understand that it's not that Liu Zheng has no ambition to become emperor, but he just feels that it's not the time to become emperor now.

"How long has Yuan Shu's envoy been here?"

"Three days."

"Three days? It's so fast, three days should be enough, let's go, we will meet the messenger later."

Liu Zheng heard that Yuan Shu's envoy had been here for three days, so he dropped the poker cards in his hand, got up and took Zhou Cang and Zu Lang to meet Yuan Shu's envoy for a while.

The envoy sent by Yuan Shu was none other than Yang Hong.

Yuan Shu didn't have many advisers, but Yang Hong was one he trusted. It was precisely because of his trust in Yang Hong that he sent Yang Hong to lobby Liu Zheng. After seeing Liu Zheng's strength, Yuan Shu wanted to do well Win over Liu Zheng and become close allies with Liu Zheng.

Of course, becoming an ally is one aspect, and another aspect is that Yuan Shu wants to learn from his elder brother Yuan Shao and find a backer who is strong enough to deal with the Han court together.

What Yuan Shao was looking for was Karasuma Rennanlou. After the two sides got together, their strength really increased, and even the court was shocked by it. However, Yuan Shu didn't have any strong enough allies around him. Cao Cao and others also looked down on him. , in the end, he could only focus on Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng's strength, among the many people Yuan Shu has met, is considered to be at the forefront, and he can take on the task of being an ally. That's why Yuan Shu paid such a high price to see Liu Zheng.

"This is Mr. Yang Hong?"

Liu Zheng walked into the living room and saw Yang Hong sitting calmly on a chair, not knowing what he was thinking, so he opened his mouth immediately and motioned for him to come in.

Yang Hong stood up very politely, and then saluted Liu Zheng, expressing his respect for Liu Zheng.

"My lord, Yang Hong, Bo, under Yuan Shu's account, is ordered by my lord to come to see Mr. Liu Zheng."

Chapter 448 Goal Danyang

Liu Zheng waved his hand, indicating to Yang Hong that there is no need to be polite, and then told Yang Hong why he came this time.

"I already understood what Yuan Shu meant. He wanted to become emperor. To me, this matter really surprised me. However, thinking about it, he is the only eldest son of the Yuan family who has four generations and three generations. You are qualified to become emperor. Go back and tell Yuan Shu, just tell me what he asked me to do, and I agree."

"I can form an alliance with him and help each other. If there are troops from the imperial court attacking either of us, I will send troops to help. Of course, I can't control the matter of his wanting to become emperor. I can support it, but this Is it a bit too stingy to only give me three thousand gold for big things?"

Of course, Liu Zheng felt that it had nothing to do with disagreement, but the three thousand gold Yuan Shu sent made Liu Zheng feel that it was not generous enough.

The main reason is that Liu Zheng wanted to extort more money from Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu's family was rich, and he definitely wouldn't be able to get only three thousand gold. Even Cai Mao could grit his teeth and give out more than 2000 gold. His status as Yuan Shu was not Cai Mao was comparable, but no matter what, he would have to extort five thousand gold from Yuan Shu.

After Liu Zheng thought of this, he revealed his thoughts to Yang Hong.

Yang Hong is also a smart person. When Liu Zheng mentioned such a simple point, he immediately understood it.

Especially after knowing Liu Zheng's intentions, he showed a happy look on his face, because when he came, he was still worried that Liu Zheng might not agree to Yuan Shu's request, but now he has made it clear that Liu Zheng agreed Yuan Shu's request was just that the price Yuan Shu gave was not enough. Liu Zheng wanted to ask for more.

Regarding this, Yang Hong was not worried at all, because this was something Yuan Shu needed to think about, and he only needed to go back and return his orders.

Anyway, Liu Zheng's side has already been resolved, so there is no need for him to waste any more words.

"Lord Liu Zheng, I understand what you mean. I'll go back and reply to my lord right away, discuss a satisfactory result, and send it to you. As long as Lord Liu Zheng is willing to support my lord to proclaim the emperor, my lord will definitely I will give Lord Liu Zheng a satisfactory return."

Yang Hong's answer made Liu Zheng very satisfied. He smiled and glanced at Yang Hong. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that this Yang Hong was getting more and more pleasing to the eye. If Yuan Shu was defeated and killed in the future, maybe Liu Zheng He is really willing to take in this Yang Hong, and it is also possible to recruit him and give him an official position like Master Bo.

"Then send Mr. Yang Hong back."

The meeting between Liu Zheng and Yang Hong was very short, and soon the matters to be discussed were settled, and after the end, Liu Zheng saw off the guests.

He didn't have much time to deal with Yuan Shu at this time. Although Poyang was defeated, there were still three counties in Yangzhou, which were in the hands of the court.

One is Lu Kang's Lujiang. With Lu Jun's relationship, Liu Zheng will definitely not go to Lujiang at this time.

The second is Wu Jun. Although Wu Jun is still under the control of the imperial court, it is only in name only. Part of the territory is occupied by Yan Baihu, and the other part is occupied by Yuan Shu's troops. The rest will not last long, sooner or later will be annexed by them.

As for the third one, it is Danyang County.

Danyang County is a place that Liu Zhengzhi must win, not for anything else, but for the people here in Danyang.

The people in Danyang County are sturdy and have always been famous for their strong fighting power. In 99 years ago, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Li Guang's eldest grandson, Li Ling, was ordered by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to go to the Xiongnu. The Danyang soldiers fought against the [-] main force of the Xiongnu in isolation and helplessness. At one time, the Huns were terrified. After fighting for thousands of miles, they were exhausted and captured. It can be seen that the fighting power of the Danyang soldiers is really strong.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Danyang soldiers still maintained the tradition of being brave and good at fighting, and they were the first choice for the princes of the world to recruit soldiers. There was no one in the second phase, such as "General He Jin sent the captain Wu Qiuyi to Danyang to recruit soldiers", and Cao Cao also recruited soldiers in Danyang , "Taizu had few soldiers, but he and Xia Houdun and others recruited soldiers from Danyang."

Many people in the Three Kingdoms praised Danyang's soldiers. For example, Yuan Shu said: "This place is famous for producing a large number of elite soldiers." Zhuge Ke also said when he served as the governor of Danyang in the Eastern Wu in the future: "Danyang Mountain is dangerous, and the people are more fruitful and good at martial arts. War, the noble strength, it ascends the mountain to face the danger, reaches the thorny thorns, like a fish walking in an abyss, a monkey climbs a tree." Danyang soldiers have almost become synonymous with strong soldiers.

The reason why Sun Ce was able to sweep Jiangdong with a hurricane after breaking away from Yuan, apart from his own bravery and combat skills, as well as the help of his father Sun Jian's old army and the talents he recruited, there is another important reason, that is, Sun Ce recruited from Danyang at the beginning of his army. After obtaining hundreds of Danyang soldiers, Sun Ce started his business with these hundreds of Danyang soldiers and Sun Jian's old troops. The snowball got bigger and bigger step by step, and his strength gradually grew. Finally, he unified the six counties in Jiangdong and established a foundation that is one-third of the world.

Liu Bei's fortune is also closely related to Danyang soldiers. Xuzhou Mu Taoqian is from Danyang, so he has many Danyang soldiers under his command. This is also the basis and basis for him to survive surrounded by heroes.When Cao Cao marched east to Xuzhou, Tao Qian generously sent [-] Danyang soldiers to Liu Bei when Liu Bei led his army to help Tao Qian.

It can be said that the best army in the world is this Danyang.

Of course, no matter how early the army is, it also depends on the commander. If the general who commands the army is an idiot, it will not help if he is trapped in the camp with [-] troops.

As for Danyang, the personal quality is strong enough. If recruiting troops, it is easier to recruit elite soldiers with sufficient quality than other places.

Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses are already powerful. If he can capture Danyang County and recruit some elite soldiers from Danyang, it will really improve Liu Zheng's strength by a lot in an instant.

However, it is not easy to defeat this Danyang County.

The prefect at this time was called Zhou Xin. A few days ago, Liu Zheng had already dispatched scouts to sneak into Danyang County and inquire about the news of Danyang County.

Zhou Xinben was the subordinate of Wang Lang, the prefect of Kuaiji County. Speaking of which, he was able to become the prefect of Danyang County, and he had some relationship with Liu Zheng.

When Liu Yao was still in Kuaiji County, he had a good relationship with Wang Lang.

Wang Lang is a master of Confucian classics.He is also a well-known person, a contemporary celebrity, so Liu Yao naturally likes to visit him, and he takes a fancy to him every time he visits. Zhou Xin, the general under Wang Lang, and in order to have some close cooperation between Kuaiji County and Danyang County, will let Zhou Xin go to Danyang He served as the prefect.

It's a pity that Liu Yao made a wrong calculation, and Zhou Xin did not take corresponding responsibilities after arriving in Danyang.

Chapter 449 The Arrival of the Crisis

After Zhou Xin took office in Danyang, according to Wang Lang's instructions, he began to vigorously reform, while consulting the bandit forces near Danyang County, while recruiting people.

It can be said that in the whole of Yangzhou, apart from Huainan, which has the most soldiers and horses, the rest is Danyang.

There are more than a dozen counties in Danyang County, and each county has at least [-] garrisons. When calculated, the combined strength exceeds [-].

Of course, they can get together, and the entire team can attack with only [-] people.

Although these 3 people were distributed all over Danyang County at the beginning, after Liu Zheng's army entered Poyang County, Zhou Xin, who received the news, quickly gathered soldiers and horses from all over the place. Danyang County has at least [-] soldiers and horses.

With so many people, although they did not dispatch because they were afraid of Liu Zheng, and went to Huainan to support Liu Yao, part of the reason was that Zhou Xin knew that Liu Zheng's first plan was to attack Danyang, so in order to protect himself, he could only The entire state was on alert.

Zhou Xin really thought too much. After Liu Zheng captured Poyang, his next goal was Danyang. However, after being scouted by Liu Zheng, the strength of Danyang was really difficult for Liu Zheng.

Compared with Yuzhang and Poyang's tricks, this Danyang County is probably going to be a tough battle, and it will be a bit difficult to rely on soldiers who won't fight without fighting.

After all, Zhou Xin has 3 troops under his command. These 3 soldiers are genuine Danyang soldiers, which can give Zhou Xin a lot of confidence.

In addition, Wang Lang, the prefect who was in Kuaiji County before, fled with Liu Yu when Kuaiji County was breached, and also came to Danyang. At this time, he stayed with Zhou Xin. There are still some things that make Liu Zheng feel a headache.

These days, Liu Zheng did not directly attack Danyang, but just asked Huang Zhong to lead his troops, and Chen Bing was on the border between Danyang and Poyang, ready to attack at any time and put some pressure on Zhou Xin.

"Master, General Wenpin sent an urgent report to Master."

Not long after Liu Zheng sent Yang Hong and the others away, Zhou Yu ran over panting and looking for Liu Zheng.

"Yu'er, isn't Wenpin still staying in Poyang to guard? What information did he send me?"

"Master, General Wenpin said that there is an urgent matter, that the imperial court is mobilizing troops and horses, and it is aimed at us. Let Master prepare early!"

Zhou Yu soon came to Liu Zheng and handed Liu Zheng a memorial.

Liu Zheng took the memorial from Zhou Yu's hand, opened it immediately and read it.

This look immediately made Liu Zheng's face darken immediately.

What was written in the report was the news sent by secret agents from all over the country that Wenpin was stationed in Poyang from among the merchant ships traveling on Poyang Lake.

Naturally, the envoys sent from Luoyang to Yanzhou were also known by the people in Wenpin to call Cao Cao, Liu Dai and others to a truce in Yanzhou.

The secret operation arranged by Liu Zheng in Yanzhou brought Liu Zheng the news that Cao Cao, Zhang Miao and others were secretly moving towards Yangzhou after reorganizing their troops and horses.

The information is not detailed, but it also gives the general situation of Cao Cao and others.

Cao Cao's headquarters has more than [-] soldiers and horses, and Zhang Miao's headquarters has more than [-] soldiers and horses. At this time, the [-] troops formed have already moved south from Chenliu County.

They only need to take advantage of Qiao County and take Huainan County directly, and then they can directly connect with Liu Zheng's Poyang. At that time, Liu Zheng will have to directly compete with the troops of Cao Cao, Zhang Miao and others.

Of course, the intelligence also said that Liu Dai had prepared [-] soldiers and horses, and they also went from north to south to Huainan County.

Wenpin did not tell that Cao Cao, Zhang Miao and others came for Liu Zheng, but only said that Zheng was going to Huainan County, which must be a military mobilization against Yuan Shu. After all, Yuan Shu killed the Han court. The state shepherd of the state aroused public anger, especially Liu Yao was still Liu Dai's younger brother, and it was normal for Liu Dai to send troops.

The three forces of Cao Cao, Zhang Miao, and Liu Dai have assembled more than [-] troops and are approaching Huainan County.

The purpose is obvious, which is to deal with Yuan Shu who just killed Liu Yao and occupied Huainan County.

But others may not care, but Liu Zheng is unusually concerned, he is too clear about this matter.

To deal with a Yuan Shu, there is no need to go to war at all. Yuan Shu only has 6 to 2 troops. Even if you count the part of Yuan Shu's troops in his lair, there are only [-] to [-] troops. You don't need so many troops to deal with Yuan Shu. From Liu Zheng's point of view, Cao Cao's own [-] people can easily defeat Yuan Shu.

But now not only Cao Cao dispatched more than 2 people, but also led Liu Dai, Zhang Miao and other three forces to form an army of [-].

Let alone Yuan Shu, even Liu Zheng would be wiped out by the [-] army.

This kind of military action immediately attracted Liu Zheng's target, because he could see from the military transfer of these people that the target of Cao Cao and others was not Yuan Shu at all, but Liu Zheng.

"Hurry up, tell Huang Zhong to withdraw from Danyang County and follow me to Huainan immediately!"

When the news reached Liu Zheng, a few days had passed. A few days was enough time for Cao Cao and others to travel all the way south from Yanzhou to Huainan.

Liu Zheng was really worried. He was going late. He was afraid that Yuan Shu would be dead if he couldn't stop the attack of Cao Cao and others.

For now, although Yuan Shu is not a very good ally, in Liu Zheng's view, no matter how you look at it, he is currently on the same boat as Liu Zheng.

If Yuan Shu is defeated by Cao Cao and others, then Cao Cao and others will definitely come to fight Liu Zheng next time. Liu Zheng will not fail to understand the reason why his lips are dead and his teeth are cold.

But he had just delivered the order, and then he immediately remembered something, turned around and yelled at another guard.

"You, go to Wu County immediately to pass orders to that guy Yan Baihu, and let Yan Baihu launch an attack on Danyang County with all his strength. I don't want him to take down Danyang County, as long as he restrains the people in Danyang County. Give him a generous gift in return!"

Liu Zheng suddenly thought that if Zhou Xin and Wang Lang were to withdraw their troops from Danyang County like this, they would definitely be suspicious and would definitely send someone to inquire about the news. Once Zhou Xin and Wang Lang knew that Cao Cao, Liu Dai and others were sending troops to attack In Huainan County, Wang Lang and Zhou Xin would probably make some noise behind their backs.

In case, when Liu Zheng was concentrating on dealing with Cao Cao and others, Zhou Xin and Wang Lang suddenly rushed out from behind and killed Liu Zheng by surprise. It was enough to put a lot of pressure on Liu Zheng.

4 Fifty Chapters Three-way Army

So, after a moment of silence, Liu Zheng decided to think of a way to restrain Zhou Xin, Wang Lang and others first.

And the only one who can help Liu Zheng is Yan Baihu who has this qualification and ability.

After all, Yan Baihu's power has skyrocketed recently. Originally, he had [-] to [-] soldiers and horses. Especially after occupying less than half of Kuaiji County and more than half of Wu County, Yan Baihu's strength has expanded a lot. It is seen that there are more than [-] soldiers and horses.

If Yan Baihu directly defeated Zhou Xin and Wang Lang, maybe Yan Baihu couldn't do it for a while, but he just restrained Zhou Xin and Wang Lang so that they would not show up to disrupt the situation when Liu Zheng was dealing with Cao Cao and others. It was enough to catch Liu Zheng by surprise.

In this case, Yan Baihu's strength should be more than enough.

It's just that Yan Baihu is not Liu Zheng's subordinate. Yan Baihu may not necessarily obey what Liu Zheng asks Yan Baihu to do, so Liu Zheng needs to use some rewards to promise Yan Baihu that Yan Baihu will help him contain Zhou Xin and Wang Lang.

The messenger sent the order out, Liu Zheng was still not at ease, so he said something to Xu You beside him.

"Mr. Xu You, I will leave you and Zu Lang's 1 troops to station here. If Wang Lang and Zhou Xin make any changes, remember to help me stop them. I will then lead Zhou Cang's 1 troops, and Huang Zhong I will send [-] troops to support Yuan Shu, Wenpin, and I will let him lead his men to temporarily garrison Yuzhang to guard against Liu Biao in Changsha County."

Liu Zheng made a close defense, and after he settled these troops, he began to decide to take his troops and go to Huainan.

Although Liu Zheng is now in Yangzhou, he can mobilize nearly 4 troops, which seems like a lot.

But the place he needs to defend is too big, with [-] soldiers and horses, it is impossible to gather all together. Now he has a big family and a big business. He is no longer like before. He has no territory and can flee at will. The world is so big that he can go anywhere up.

Now that he has a territory, he needs to defend, so he must divide his troops. At the same time, he needs to prevent other people from attacking. All counties and counties need troops to maintain law and order. Therefore, the only one who can really mobilize is Huang Zhong, who has traveled all the way from Jiaozhou. The headquarters army, and Zhou Cang's headquarters army.

Huainan County, also known as Jiujiang County.

The original name was Jiujiang County, which was one of the 36 counties that the first emperor divided the world. However, later Han Gaozu sealed a Huainan Kingdom here, and then it was sometimes called Huainan County and sometimes called Jiujiang County.