The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Anyway, in order to make things worse, he wanted to rob a few more docks.

In this way, outside Luoyang City, within a range of dozens of miles, a cavalry squad of nearly a thousand people quickly galloped between the various forts and camps in the entire Luoyang City.

This group of cavalry not only robbed food and grass, but also killed the private soldiers in Wubao, leaving only some old people and children.

Unless he encountered Wubao who directly surrendered, Liu Zheng would not kill them, and he would kill them.

One day later, Liu Zheng's men broke through seven or eight forts and robbed a large amount of food and grass, enough to feed his 5 men and horses for several years.

At this time, Liu Zheng sighed, understanding the suffering of the people.

Knowing what is the smell of rich wine and meat, the road has starved to death.

The common people couldn't eat because of the severe drought, but these dignitaries of the dynasty hid so much food and grass in the built Wubao. through this famine year.

But no one would do that at all.

After all, no one is a bad person, and no one's food is picked out of thin air, it is private property.Even if one or two people open a warehouse to release food, it is impossible for one or two people alone to feed so many victims.

And it is impossible for all the powerful and evil gentry in the world to take out their own food and grass and give it to those hungry people for no reason.

It was impossible for them to do this, so Liu Zheng came to help them do this. Only in this way, Liu Zheng could leave a greater reputation among these ordinary people.

Liu Zheng directly killed the private soldiers in the Wubao, and Liu Zheng let go of the poor peasants hired by dignitaries, and gave them a big bag of the large amount of food looted from the Wubao.

There was enough food for them to eat for several months. After dismissing them, Liu Zheng went on to attack the next Wubao.

And those poor peasants who were liberated by Liu Zheng were very grateful for Liu Zheng's actions. Some wanted to join Liu Zheng on the spot, but Liu Zheng had no intention of recruiting these people at this time.

He was going to attack Luoyang this time. Bringing these peasants along would not be of much use, but would be tiring because of them.

So Liu Zheng didn't intend to be included under his command. After he was dismissed, his purpose was to let them spread the news that Liu Zheng was attacking Wubao everywhere in Luoyang at this time.

In order to intensify the attack on Wubao, the 1000-man team always felt a little slow in action. Liu Zheng even divided his 1000-man team into two teams.

Let Xu Huang personally lead 500 people to raid other Wubao, while Liu Zheng himself led another 500 people to sweep from another direction.

It's faster to use two prongs than a team to sweep Wubao alone.

In this way, the original speed of only six or seven docks could be broken a day, and two groups of people could reach ten docks a day.

In addition, Zhou Cang and Huang Zhong's men also arrived near Luoyang City from Hulao Pass within a day, and began to receive orders from Liu Zheng.

Some people went to take over the food looted from the various forts, and the other part of the people followed Liu Zheng and Xu Huang to attack the various forts.

With the addition of a thousand shooters trained by Huang Zhong, their attack on Wubao was naturally much faster.

In just a few days, Liu Zheng's Yellow Turban Army was left behind in the major docks outside Luoyang City.

A large number of Wubao were breached, and tens of thousands of refugees began to gather towards Luoyang City.

The closed gates of Luoyang City kept these refugees out of the city, but the news could not be kept out. More and more people began to know that the Yellow Turban Army had already reached Luoyang.

Chapter 113 General He Jin

"Take it out of your wits? Could it be that Qu Shuai, you are sure that you will break into Luoyang City?"

When Xu Huang heard Liu Zheng's words, he immediately showed a hint of surprise, and hurriedly looked at Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng looked at Xu Huang, and then smiled faintly.

"There is no solution yet. After all, we have too few people, only ten thousand people. It is almost impossible to break Luoyang City."

"However, we can surround Luoyang City for the time being. The generals who want to come to the city will not dare to go out to fight us. We are not in a hurry. We can just waste time with the people in Luoyang City. Anyway, it is not us who are in a hurry, but The emperor's old man in Luoyang City."

Liu Zheng and the others were not in a hurry to attack the city. After all, Xu You and others had restrained Zhonglang General Lu Zhi's troops at Hulao Pass. There were not many soldiers and horses in Luoyang City. In Liu Zheng's view, there were only two or three at most. Ten thousand people, these two 3 thousand people, may be more than enough to defend Luoyang City, but they absolutely dare not go out of the city to fight Liu Zheng.

In this way, Liu Zheng can do his best.You only need to use part of the soldiers and horses, only Luoyang City, and the rest of the troops can continue to plunder the resources you want in the surrounding areas of Luoyang.

At the same time, Liu Zheng also asked Zhou Cang to select some troops and start digging tunnels in the other direction of besieging Luoyang City. Since Luoyang City cannot be broken obviously, it can only be outsmarted.

The only way Liu Zheng could think of to outsmart him was to directly dig through the walls of Luoyang City through tunnels.Only in this way can he have the opportunity to kill his troops into Luoyang City and avoid the frontal battle at the city gate.

Liu Zheng's troops deliberately besieged Luoyang City, but did not attack.

Although the defenders in Luoyang City will pose a certain threat, they don't know what Liu Zheng is thinking at this time.

Two days after Liu Zheng's troops besieged Luoyang City.

The defenders in Luoyang finally couldn't bear it anymore.

General He Jin appeared on the tower of the east gate with his troops.

He Jin is not a person who has repeatedly made military exploits and gradually ascended to the position of general through his illustrious reputation.

It was only because of nepotism that he used himself as the queen's younger sister to keep blowing the pillow wind beside the emperor, so that He Jin, He Miao and others climbed to high positions. Foreign relatives like He Jin belonged to the Han dynasty. One of the two biggest cancers.

The interference of foreign relatives in the Han Dynasty began to sprout after Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty. At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty killed the biological mother of the prince Liu Fuling in order to prevent foreign relatives from intervening in politics. Even though Emperor Wu of the Han had such foresight, the descendants did not follow him.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Emperor He came to the throne at a young age, Empress Dowager Dou used the excuse of regent to start a new chapter of foreign relatives intervening in politics. This period also became a nightmare for later monarchs, starting from Emperor He to Emperor Huan In the end, the foreign relatives of the Han Dynasty reached the peak of power achievable.

Although the situation of Wang Mang usurping the Han did not happen, it was similar to the essence of the regime change. The emperor Cang made a display and his power was emptied.

Finally, things will turn against each other. The representative of the peak of foreign relatives intervening in politics, Emperor Huan's brother-in-law and general Liang Ji, was found by Emperor Huan, uprooted and forced to commit suicide. When Liang Ji was ransacked, the property confiscated was equivalent to half a year's tax revenue in the Eastern Han Dynasty , It can be seen how powerful Liang Ji was at that time.Since then, foreign relatives' interference in politics has declined.

However, after the death of Emperor Huan of Han, Emperor Ling of Han succeeded to the throne. He did not learn the lesson, and still reused his relatives, making his brother-in-law He Jin a general.

He Jin was originally just a butcher, but suddenly became a general. In fact, he didn't know anything about marching and fighting. The reason why he was able to serve as a general was nothing more than flattering in front of the emperor.

At this time, He Jin suppressed all the news about the siege of Luoyang City, so that the news had not reached the mouth of the emperor.

It's not that the emperor didn't have his own eyes and ears, those He Jin's political enemies didn't tell Emperor Han Ling the news, it was for the sake of Emperor Han Ling.

If Emperor Han Ling knew the news, Emperor Han Ling would not be able to sit still, he was afraid that he would abandon Luoyang and run away in the next moment.

So at this time, He Jin could only delay the time until Lu Zhi or other soldiers came to Luoyang for rescue.

In He Jin's view, the walls of Luoyang City are thick and solid, and it's not a matter of time before those yellow scarf thieves want to break in.

"Who is the leader here?"

He Jin stood far above the city tower and yelled towards the city.

Liu Zheng happened to be here at this time, and he didn't leave. He heard the people on the tower shouting loudly, but he walked out.

He took a closer look at the tower, although the sunlight was a bit dazzling, making him feel that he couldn't see the other person's face clearly even when he looked up.

But when the general on the tower was covered in armor and emitted dazzling refracted light, Liu Zheng could still roughly guess that this person's status was probably not low.

"I am, Your Excellency, I think it is the famous general He Jin."

Although He Jin had never revealed his identity and appearance in front of Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng had already guessed that the person in front of him was probably He Jin based on his feeling.

He Jin on the city tower recognized himself when Liu Zheng opened his mouth, and a look of surprise appeared on his face immediately.

However, he didn't show too much expression, but immediately looked at Liu Zheng.

Then he asked Liu Zheng immediately.

"this"

He Jin looked at Liu Zheng, and for a moment didn't know how to address Liu Zheng. After hesitating for a while, he finally called the opponent's general.

"General, what do you mean by leading people to surround Luoyang City? Do you want to attack the city? Why don't you see you attacking the city? It's hard for you to just surround Luoyang City like this?"

He Jinming knew that Liu Zheng wanted to attack the city, but at this moment, it was not easy to pursue and angrily denounce Liu Zheng, so he could only use a good attitude to ease the relationship with Liu Zheng.

He Jin also wanted to stabilize Liu Zheng first, and looked forward to the return of Lu Zhi's soldiers and horses. He didn't want to provoke Liu Zheng and let Liu Zheng attack the city with all his strength.

"Your Excellency, General, we are not bandits from the Yellow Turban Army. We are just refugees. If we want to take refuge in Luoyang City, we hope that the General will open the city gate."

Since He Jin was pretending to be stupid, Liu Zheng also responded immediately, pretending to be stupid for He Jin.

As soon as He Jin heard this, his expression immediately turned ugly.

"Huh, Liu Zheng, you are really shameless, why do you trouble me because I don't know your identities? The Yellow Turban Bandit Qu Shuai of Runan County, who has tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans under his command, fought all the way from Runan City to Luoyang. If I open the city Wouldn’t it be self-defeating to let you in through the door?”

When He Jin heard Liu Zheng's words, he immediately stopped talking.Instead, he exposed Liu Zheng's identity and told Liu Zheng all the information he had.

After Liu Zheng listened, he smiled lightly and was not angry.

Chapter 114

"Since the general knows my identity, I will not hide it. That's right, I am Liu Zheng, General He Jin. Since you have heard of my name, you should know why I came to Luoyang, right? .”

"Then don't be cold. I know you are here to attack Luoyang, but Hulao Pass is now being attacked by Lu Zhi's army. Although you have tens of thousands of people, it is impossible to take them all away. You must stay at Hulao Pass. There are a large number of soldiers and horses, so although you intend to attack Luoyang, the city wall of Luoyang is not something you can easily break through."

He Jin put away his relaxed and casual expression at the beginning, and replaced it with a threatening expression, telling Liu Zheng that Luoyang was not so easy to be defeated by him.

But Liu Zheng was not intimidated by He Jin's aggressive and unfriendly tone.

He was able to fight to Luoyang City, so how could he be frightened by He Jin's few threatening words?

"Lord He Jin, I see your calm appearance now. I guess, the person in the palace probably doesn't know that Luoyang City has been besieged. If he knows that Luoyang is surrounded by us yellow scarf thieves, Do you think he will be scared out of his wits?"

Although Liu Zheng's words were not loud, He Jin on the tower immediately changed his face when he heard them.

What He Jin thought was right by Liu Zheng.

At this time, Emperor Han Ling really didn't know that Luoyang had been surrounded by enemy troops. Emperor Han Ling thought that the Yellow Turban Bandit was blocked in Hulao Pass. Right after this time, he didn't want Liu Zheng to find out the truth of the matter, so he simply Changed the core of the dialogue between the two.

"Hmph, don't worry about these things. As long as you can't break into Luoyang City, then everything is easy to talk about. When the people from Hulao pass come in, I'll see how long you can be arrogant."

After He Jin dropped a word coldly, he shook his head and left.

He was worried that if he continued to chat with Liu Zheng here, Liu Zheng would see through all his secrets later.

He Jin's sudden visit and departure did not make Liu Zheng particularly concerned. At this time, the people in Luoyang City showed no sign of leaving the city to fight.

And Liu Zheng is not in a hurry, he is also waiting for his men to dig through the gate of Luoyang city so that he can directly enter Luoyang city.

But just when Liu Zheng thought that his troops had dug through the gate of Luoyang.When it was time to enter Luoyang, a sad news came from Hulao Pass that changed his expression drastically.

Pei Yuanshao hurriedly rode his horse from Hulao Pass to Liu Zheng's barracks, his expression changed drastically.

Panting heavily, he found Liu Zheng.

As soon as he saw Liu Zheng, he immediately yelled at Liu Zheng.

"Qu Shuai, something is wrong!"

When Liu Zheng heard Pei Yuanshao's words, he thought Hulao Pass had been broken by Lu Zhi's soldiers, and his heart skipped a beat.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"Looking at your flustered look, is it possible that the Hulao pass has been broken by Lu Zhi and his gang? How is Mr. Xu You? Did you escape with you?"

Although Liu Zheng was nervous, he still forced himself to calm down and asked Pei Yuanshao exactly what happened.

Pei Yuanshao shook his head and immediately explained to Liu Zheng.

"No, no, Shuai Qu, Hulao Pass has not been broken by Lu Zhi. Mr. Xu You still uses our soldiers to confront Lu Zhi at Hulao Pass, but the bad news comes from Jizhou!"

As soon as Liu Zheng heard what Pei Yuanshao said, Hulaoguan had not missed yet, his nervous mind immediately calmed down a little bit, but when Pei Yuanshao said that the bad news came from Jizhou, Liu Zheng inevitably raised his concerns again. Heart.

And he probably already guessed in his heart what the bad news that Pei Yuanshao will say is.

Sure enough, when Liu Zheng was thinking about what the bad news was, Pei Yuanshao had already told the news.

"Shuai Qu, our people have found news from Jizhou that the great virtuous teacher has passed away."

The great virtuous teacher Zhang Jiao is dead!

Zhang Jiao in history also passed away at this point in time.In fact, Liu Zheng had already thought about it in his heart, but the news hadn't been spread before, and Liu Zheng couldn't guess whether Zhang Jiao was dead.

But now after hearing Pei Yuanshao's news that Zhang Jiao had passed away, he affirmed Liu Zheng's thoughts.

When he heard the news, he wasn't too surprised. After all, he had already guessed this matter in his mind, so naturally he couldn't say how surprised he was.

"If you die, you die. After all, people are mortal. How is the situation in Jizhou?"

Liu Zheng didn't really care about Zhang Jiao's death. What he cared about was the news from Jizhou. If Zhang Jiao's death would lead to the defeat of the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou, he was more worried about whether Jizhou was very passive, so he was worried. The next deployment of the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou.

"What I want to say is exactly this. After the death of the great virtuous teacher, Zhang Mancheng, the envoy of the gods, and Zhang Bao, the general of the earth, competed for the position of the general of Tiangong. Surround Huangfusong's men and annihilate them all!"

"General Zhang Bao died on the spot. God made Zhang Mancheng flee with the remaining thousands of remnants and retreated to Qingzhou. The Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou was wiped out in just a few days. At this time, the officials and troops have already begun to clean up In the major cities, there is news that General Huangfu Song Zhonglang has returned with his army and went to Hulao Pass to support Lu Zhi."

When Pei Yuanshao told the news, Liu Zheng's expression became more and more ugly.

Although he knew that Zhang Jiao would die within this period of time, he never thought that such a thing would happen once Zhang Jiao died.

After Zhang Jiao's death in history, although the Yellow Turban Army began to show signs of great defeat.

However, the current situation did not appear, it was just that the remnants of the Yellow Turbans led by Zhang Bao continued to contend with the three generals.