The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

It also has two freshwater lakes, Poyang Lake and Dongting Lake.With abundant aquatic resources, even in times of famine, people can still make a living by fishing.

In addition, it is far away from the imperial capital.Liu Zheng can completely expand his strength here and at the same time occupy the nearby area first.

When the time comes, wouldn't it be wonderful to sit on the two counties of Jingyang and fight against the world.

Wu State, one of the Three Kingdoms in history, was able to compete with Cao Wei with only one county in Yangzhou.It is conceivable that the strength of the two places in Jingyang.The natural danger of the Yangtze River alone can stop the army from north to south.

Moreover, there are many clans and bandits in history.

Just the prince-level bandit forces that Liu Zheng remembered in the game included Yan Baihu, Ou Xing and others.

These people were all bandit forces that rose up in the late Han Dynasty, ranging from tens of thousands to more than ten thousand. However, they were all unlucky and were wiped out by the Sun family in Jiangdong.

There is also the famous Jinfan thief Gan Ning, who was also a bandit, and the famous generals Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin of the Eastern Wu Dynasty. They were all bandits at first, but after following Sun Ce, they gradually rose to fame and became famous generals.

And Liu Zheng wanted to go south, in fact, he also had the idea of ​​looking for those famous generals.

"Okay, I understand. I don't have any complaints about Jingzhou. I also like it there. I can leave at any time."

After Zhang Zhongjing asked Liu Zheng a word, he stopped talking.

But Zhang Zhongjing had no opinion, and the others naturally had no opinion either.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Liu Zheng asked them to tidy up recently, and began to tell the soldiers and horses below that they would leave Runan and go to Jingzhou.

Liu Zheng intends to take away the thousands of Liu Zheng's most elite troops. After all, they know the most important secrets in Liu Zheng's army. Liu Zheng will not let them go. At the same time, those newly recruited troops, those people, Liu Zheng gave them their own opinions.

If they are not willing to follow Liu Zheng and the others to the south, Liu Zheng will give them some food so that they can rely on themselves. If they are willing to follow Liu Zheng to the south, they will be guaranteed food and drink, at least they will not starve to death in this troubled world.

The reason why Liu Zheng wants these people to choose whether to go south with him is actually true. Liu Zheng now has a big family and a large number of troops under his command, more than 5 people.

Even if Sun Xia, Guo Tai and others left and took some of them with them, they still had more than 4 people.

These more than 4 people, in a short period of time, or during the war years, have no worries about food and drink, and they can support the war with war. But once there is no war, Liu Zheng will take them south to ask for a living. number.

Although he snatched a lot of food and grass from Luoyang, the amount was enough for tens of thousands of them to eat for a year or two.

But after one or two years, more food and grass will always be consumed.

So it can reduce some people who don't want to be soldiers, and Liu Zheng is happy to do so.

In this way, the things Liu Zheng ordered to go on were soon implemented. To Liu Zheng's surprise, he thought that there would be many people who were unwilling to continue serving as soldiers and would choose to disarm and return to the fields to continue working as farmers.

But Liu Zheng too underestimated the fear of these people caused by the famine. There were only more than 4 people out of 100 people, and he said that he was unwilling to follow Liu Zheng's army to go south.

The rest of the people chose to follow Liu Zheng, just to have a mouthful of food to eat.

Chapter 135 Target Changsha County

"Hey, stinky rascal, are you really going to Jingzhou?"

After Liu Zheng issued the order to evacuate Runan in Runan, Cai Yao also heard the news from some Yellow Turban soldiers.

So Cai Yao hurriedly found Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng looked at Cai Yao, he almost forgot about this girl.

After all, there were too many things going on recently, and he had just returned from Hulao Pass and was preparing to evacuate, so Cai Yao was naturally forgotten.

Seeing Cai Yao at this time, Liu Zheng immediately decided that he should clarify some things with her.

"By the way, I almost forgot to tell you that because something happened, we might have to leave Runan. If you don't want to go south with us, you can go back to Xiangyang, and I won't stop you."

Regarding Cai Yao, in fact, Liu Zheng never regarded him as a prisoner.

Before keeping her, it was only because Cai Mao's money was not brought back. Later, when Cai Mao's ransom came, Liu Zheng didn't intend to keep him, but she stayed on his own initiative, and Liu Zheng didn't drive her away.

Now that he is going south to Jingzhou, even though Cai Yao is originally from Jingzhou, it is not an option to keep wandering around with these thieves.

If Cai Yao wants to go back, Liu Zheng is still willing to let him go back.

"I don't want to go back to Xiangyang. What's so good about Xiangyang? It would be better if you go south to Jingzhou. I'm from Jingzhou, so I want to follow you."

"Ha, interesting, you girl is relying on me, do you know why we went to Jingzhou this time?"

When Liu Zheng heard Cai Yao's words, he became interested for a while, so he simply chatted with her.

Anyway, after such a short contact with Cai Yao, Liu Zheng already knew that Cai Yao was very smart.

"What else can you do when you go south? Naturally, you are avoiding disaster. I heard that the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou has been wiped out. Now in the whole Han Dynasty, only the Yellow Turban Army in Runan and the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang are still there." It's hard to hold on."

"Although I haven't known you for a long time, I can see that you have a lot of ideas, and you don't seem to be someone who will die loyal to the Yellow Turban Army, so you definitely don't want to continue to fight against the official army. You probably want to stay away from the Han court. In the radiation area, go farther, so that it will be more difficult for the imperial court to encircle and suppress you, do you think I am right?"

Cai Yao's short sentence really impressed Liu Zheng. He could guess Liu Zheng's thoughts just by what happened in Jizhou, and she probably didn't even know what happened in Luoyang.

If she knew that the Emperor Han of Luoyang was dead, and that General He Jinda had the right to throw power over the government, I don't know what else she would think.

"You guessed right, but you only know part of the reasons. Although a large part of the reason for my leaving was because of the destruction of the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou, the Yellow Turban Army's successor was weak, and there was no way to return to heaven, but another part of the reason was, Not long ago, when I was in Luoyang, I saw with my own eyes that Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty was shot and killed by General He Jin’s men, and the world would soon be in chaos.”

Liu Zheng briefly told Cai Yao about Emperor Han's death. Cai Yao was startled, and a trace of panic appeared on her face.

"Emperor Han is actually dead, how is this possible?"

"Impossible? Is there anything impossible? I saw him hit by an arrow with my own eyes, and he probably couldn't be saved."

Liu Zheng smiled lightly.

"It's no wonder. No wonder you want to leave so soon. Once Emperor Han dies, there will be chaos in this capital city in a short time. It's better to leave."

After Cai Yao understood Liu Zheng's words, she nodded.

"Yes, you girl, you can clean up now, we are leaving here soon."

"I don't have anything to pack. I don't have many things anyway, but I'm curious. Where are you going to Jingzhou now?"

"Where? Go to Changsha County."

Liu Zheng originally wanted to go to Jiangxia County, because this is the junction of Jingzhou and Yangzhou, with mixed fish and eyes, it is a better place to fish in troubled waters.

In addition, Qin Jie, the original captain of Jiangxia, served as the prefect of Nanyang, and for a while Jiangxia was in a place where there were no capable people to control him.

However, after Liu Zheng thought about it carefully, he still felt that Jiangxia is not a good place. First of all, the clan here is very powerful. The more famous one is the Jiangxia Huang clan. There will be a Jiangxia hall in the ancestral halls of the descendants of the Huang clan. This is Jiangxia. source.

There used to be Huang Kingdom in Jiangxia, most of them were descendants of Huang's family. During the Three Kingdoms period, Huang Zu, a local tycoon, was quite famous. Huang Zhong, Huang Gai, Huang Chengyan and others were all from Jiangxia's Huang family in terms of seniority.

If Liu Zheng marched into Jiangxia with great fanfare, he would definitely be tightly resisted by Jiangxia's men and horses, just like Zhang Mancheng's men and horses had always wanted to capture Jiangxia but failed.

Now Liu Zheng doesn't want to fight, so all he needs is to recuperate and train his troops.

So Jiangxia County is not the most ideal place, but Changsha County is more familiar to Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng in his previous life was from the vicinity of Changsha County. He knew that the rivers in Changsha County were intricate and connected to the waters of Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake. The waterways were well developed, and there were many small natural reservoirs between the two lakes.

When Liu Zheng was a child, he lived in a city next to Changsha, and there were more than ten large and small reservoirs, all of which were far away from the city.The geographical location is hidden, and the waters extend in all directions, forming dozens of small islands of different sizes.

If Liu Zheng can occupy one side of the reservoir as the foundation, keep the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command away from the place of war, and then gradually plot the world, it will definitely have a surprising effect.

"Changsha County? Isn't that barren land?"

What Liu Zheng said made Cai Yao slightly taken aback.

"barren land?"

Liu Zheng at this time still doesn't quite understand what Cai Yao's words mean.

"do not you know?"

"Although Changsha County has established prefectures and counties as early as the pre-Qin period, there are so many mountains in this place that it is difficult to march. It is difficult for Wang Shi to exterminate the Shanyue people entrenched in these mountains, so these places are very difficult. Most of them are occupied by Shanyue people, except for the county town which may belong to the imperial court, the other small county towns are all thieves who don’t pay the king’s tax.”

Cai Yao thought that Liu Zheng didn't know these things, so she hurriedly reminded Liu Zheng.

But after Jizhi listened, he smiled lightly and quickly replied to Cai Yao.

"Hehe, so you're talking about this, so you don't have to worry about it. I've taken a fancy to these things. If it wasn't for these Shanyue people, I wouldn't plan to go to Changsha County."

Chapter 136 Goodbye Zhao Hong

The reason why Liu Zheng took a fancy to Changsha County was actually because of the situation here, a large number of counties were occupied by Shanyue people.Disobedient to the court's control, just like a local bandit.

And this is what Liu Zheng needs. Only such a place can allow his troops to avoid being conquered by the imperial army.

When Liu Zheng said this, Cai Yao quickly reacted, and immediately looked at Liu Zheng and smiled.

"Then I will follow you to take a look. I heard that Changsha County and Yuzhang County have beautiful scenery. The lakes and mountains are very beautiful. I didn't have a chance before, but now I have a chance. How can I let it go?"

Cai Yao quickly said something to Liu Zheng first.

Liu Zheng had already returned to Cai Yao's idea from the very beginning, so when he heard Cai Yao say this, he didn't refuse.

"Then you follow us, I guess it won't be long before we're leaving."

After Liu Zheng finished speaking with Cai Yao, he quickly continued to get busy.

After all, he still has a lot of things to do. The two thousand cavalry are the most elite part of Liu Zheng's army. For these people, Liu Zheng wants them to serve as the advance troops, led by Pei Yuanshao, to explore the road first.

At the same time, the blacksmith workshop left in Runan must be taken away completely, and if it cannot be taken away, it must be destroyed.After all, Liu Zheng has too many secrets in the hands of these blacksmiths, not only the forging of weapons, but also the matter of stirrups.

The role of stirrups has a huge influence on the current era. After so many battles, Liu Zheng has clearly felt how helpful these stirrups are to the cavalry, and Liu Zheng deliberately hid them in the battle. The stirrup thing.

As a result, after so many battles, it seems that other princes have not discovered the existence of the stirrups, allowing Liu Zheng to hide this killer for a while.

Except for the blacksmith to take away, there is nothing else worthy of Liu Zheng's nostalgia here. After all, he himself has nothing to be nostalgic about here. It took only one day for Liu Zheng to lead his people to evacuate from Runan City.

Going south from Runan City to Changsha County, the first place you pass is Nanyang County.

Although Liu Zheng could also go directly down from Runan City, to Jiangxia County, and then to Changsha, but he decided to go to Nanyang without further ado. After all, there is another remnant of the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang.

Zhao Hong still has tens of thousands of people in Nanyang. Although Zhao Hong's people cannot be confused with Liu Zheng, they are more or less allies. Although Liu Zheng is leaving the Yellow Turban Army, he can still maintain a good relationship with Zhao Hong and work together. Against the court.

When Liu Zheng came to Nanyang with his troops, Zhao Hong had already received the news and received Liu Zheng smoothly, but he didn't give Liu Zheng a good face.

Because Sun Xia returned to Nanyang directly after leaving Liu Zheng's side, and told Zhao Hong the news that Liu Zheng meant to leave the Yellow Turban Army.

Although Zhao Hong was very angry when he learned that Liu Zheng and his men planned to leave the Yellow Turban Army, he also knew that the current Yellow Turban Army had no ability to fight against the Han court, and the remaining Yellow Turban remnants could only do their own thing.

On the surface, it seems that they all belong to the Yellow Turban lineup, but in fact, it can be said that it is no different from leaving the Yellow Turban Army.

However, although Zhao Hong directly stated to Liu Zheng that he was angry with the way of leaving the Yellow Turban Army, Zhao Hong knew that Liu Zheng was powerful, and learned from Sun Xia that Liu Zheng actually attacked Luoyang and entered Luoyang City He also captured the Crown Prince Liu Bian alive, and expressed his shock at this incident.

Before thinking about it, Liu Zheng captured Qin Jie alive in the Nanyang area, beheaded Zhu Jun and other series of performances. This illustrious military exploits allowed Zhao Hong to think of the terrifying character of Liu Zheng, so although he felt angry with Liu Zheng, he did not Hao and Liu Zheng will have a deadlock in their relationship.

Under the current situation, Zhao Hong can only curry favor with Liu Zheng and build a good relationship with Liu Zheng, and strive to form an alliance with Liu Zheng, so that they will not be so passive in this troubled world.

Liu Zheng naturally understood what Zhao Hong meant. In fact, he didn't want to have a deadlock with Zhao Hong. The two were more or less friends. In the absence of allies, a small person like Zhao Hong could be considered a good ally.

Liu Zheng and Zhao Hong met in Nanyang City.Liu Zheng told Zhao Hong the current state of the world, and asked Zhao Hong to pay attention that if any imperial soldiers and horses appeared, he would be invincible, so he would try his best to abandon the town and lead people to hide in the mountains to wait for an opportunity.

Where there is life, there is hope.

This is Liu Zheng's opinion to Zhao Hong. Although Liu Zheng doesn't know whether Zhao Hong and his gang can listen to it, that's all he can do. If Zhao Hong and others still want to fight with the court Oppose, if you continue to use the remaining Yellow Turban soldiers to continue to attack the imperial court counties.

It will definitely arouse the fear of the imperial court. At that time, a large army will be formed to attack again. Now that Zhang Jiao in Jizhou is dead, the remaining Yellow Turban remnants are nothing to worry about. .

A few hours later, Liu Zheng bid farewell to Zhao Hong and the others in Nanyang, and then directly diverted from Jiangxia County to Changsha County.

Going south from Nanyang County, there are two roads leading to Changsha County, one is to go to Jiangxia from the east, and the other is to go to Nanjun from the west.

However, neither of these two roads can erase the place of Dongting Lake. In addition, Liu Zheng himself took a fancy to the waters of Dongting Lake this time, so he simply divided his troops into two groups.

Some people who are familiar with water were separated, and some boats were found, and they were asked to pass through the Han River and go directly south. Using the river, they went to Changsha County first to inquire about news for Liu Zheng.

People and horses who are not familiar with water, and Liu Zheng's army, went to Jiangxia, passed Jiangxia's official road, and went directly to Changsha.

Although this distance is only two counties away, it is still hundreds of miles away, and it will take several days to reach it at the speed of marching with so many horses and horses.

Liu Zheng left Nanyang with his troops, and arrived in Jiangxia County two days later.

When passing by Jiangxia County, Liu Zheng did not take anyone to Jiangxia City, but took the road. Because Jiangxia lost the protection of Qin Jie and other officers and soldiers, he was repeatedly attacked by Zhang Mancheng's troops. It was not many, and was attacked several times by Zhao Hong's men.

Although it was not completely occupied by the Yellow Turban Army, Zhao Hong led people to Jiangxia to loot several times, so the Jiangxia City at this time has no meaning for Liu Zheng to occupy.

Chapter 137 Huang Zu Attacks

Even if Liu Zheng led people to forcibly capture Jiangxia County, he would not have too many resources, and instead would waste time here and lose soldiers and horses.

Therefore, Liu Zheng's men and horses did not pass through the gate of Jiangxia City, but tried not to get close to Jiangxia City, and headed for Changsha on the official road.

But even so, Liu Zheng brought an army of more than 3 men and came towards Jiangxia County aggressively, which still aroused the vigilance of Liu Xiang, the prefect of Jiangxia County.

Liu Xiang is also a clan member of the Han family. His father, Liu Yao, was the prefect of Cangwu. After all, in the Han Dynasty, if the clan members surnamed Liu had titles, most of them were divided into various parts of the Han family. In terms of dynasties, there are countless.

And Liu Xiang himself, in fact, is not very famous in history. The only deeds are that during Dong Zhuo's chaos, the eighteen princes challenged Dong. Exhale through one nostril.