The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"Boy, are you willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, break away from Huang Zu, and join me?"

1Chapter 16 Willing to do the work of a dog

Although Su Fei was in a daze all the time, Liu Zheng's continued questioning made Su Fei's face immediately reveal a look of ecstasy.

Immediately afterwards, his eyes turned red, and tears seemed to appear, he suppressed the gratitude in his heart, and immediately answered Liu Zheng.

"Yes, thank you sir for your appreciation, Su Fei is willing to do the work of a dog and a horse!"

Su Fei immediately knelt down and saluted Liu Zheng.

For Su Fei, the whole process was full of ups and downs.

He originally thought that he would devote himself to his duties and protect Huang Zu to the death. Even though Huang Zu didn't like him very much, he would take him away with his comrades in mind and the friendship of sacrificing his life to rescue him.

But Huang Zu didn't. At that moment, the two Su Fei gave up their hearts. They understood that Huang Zu was not a wise man. If he followed him, his future would be gloomy.

Su Fei thought he was doomed at first, but the next moment, Liu Zheng actually said that he wanted to recruit him, and showed that he was a good general and worth a thousand dollars.

The feeling of being recognized by others immediately flooded Su Fei's heart. He died for his confidant. At that moment, Su Fei recognized Liu Zheng. It is much better to be under the command of an officer than to be under the command of an officer who does not take his own life seriously.

So Su Fei didn't think about it at all, and when Liu Zheng asked, he immediately agreed.

When Liu Zheng saw that Su Fei agreed, he was also happy, and immediately said something to Su Fei.

"Very good. From now on, follow me. It is definitely better to be a general under my account than to be under Huang Zu."

After Su Fei heard Liu Zheng's words, although his face was very embarrassed, he couldn't say much, and could only let Liu Zheng say a few words.

At this time, Liu Zheng told Huang Zu to sell all the soldiers around Huang Zu to him at the price of one gold each. After all, Huang Zu still had to give him more than 700 gold.

Escorting Huang Zu to Huangjiawu Fort outside Jiangxia City, Liu Zheng easily rushed into Huang's hands and took away [-] gold.

Only then did they happily put these people back.

Huang Zu and the others lost their minds and left Liu Zheng's side with their helmets and armor thrown away. Huang Zhong watched Huang Zu leave and wanted to say something, but in the end he just sighed and didn't say much.

Although Huang Zhong and Huang Zu belong to the Jiangxia Huang family, they are only distant relatives, and their relationship is not deep. Before, Huang Zhong was willing to say a few words of kindness and beg for mercy for Huang Zu and others in front of Liu Zheng. For the sake of belonging to the Huang family.

But after Huang Zu went through such a battle, Huang Zhong knew that he and Huang Zu were not in the same way. Now that he has taken refuge in Liu Zheng and is going further and further away with Jiangxia Huang, Huang Zu will not understand his begging for his son. mood, so it is useless to say more.

Huang Zhong still sighed and didn't continue talking to Huang Zu.

Liu Zheng counted his losses in this battle. Although the 2 soldiers were overwhelming against the [-] under Huang Zu's command, they would still lose some manpower in battle.

He killed more than 1000 people from Huang Zu, and he also lost more than [-] people. Fortunately, he got a ransom of several hundred gold from Huang Zu, so he could barely compensate those who died under his command.

Huang's Wubao is not far from Jiangxia City. Liu Zheng led people out of Huang's Wubao.

Xu Huang leaned over to Liu Zheng's side.

"Qu Shuai, shall we go directly to Changsha next, or switch to Jiangxia?"

Xu Huang approached Liu Zheng, his voice was not loud, but the meaning was obvious.

Although Liu Zheng did not directly attack Jiangxia County's strength, he has heard a lot from Zhao Hong. Before that, Qin Jie recruited more than 1 townspeople from Jiangxia. Later, Zhao Hong, Zhang Mancheng and others attacked Jiangxia again and again.

The county soldiers in Jiangxia County suffered heavy casualties. Although there were some supplements later, the troops were all recruits who had not experienced much combat experience, and their combat effectiveness can be imagined.

But now Liu Zheng defeated the 2 people that Huang Zu brought over in one go, which meant that there must not be many people left in Jiangxia City.

Even if Huang Zu didn't take away all the people in Jiangxia City, he must have taken more than half of the people. After all, at this time, it is not the state pastoral system of later generations, and local officials don't have much right to recruit people.

Even if it is possible to recruit, it is only to recruit some county soldiers, and the number will not be too many. Twenty to thirty thousand is already the limit.

In the first battle of Liu Zheng, Huang Zu's [-] troops were dispersed, and now there are no more than [-] troops in Jiangxia City.

With a mere 2 soldiers and horses, facing Liu Zheng's current army of more than [-], it can basically be said that he has no ability to defend Jiangxia City.

If Liu Zheng wanted to break down the city, although it would not be easy, he would definitely be able to take down Jiangxia City.

Liu Zheng glanced at Xu Huang, then at the direction of Jiangxia City, and finally shook his head.

"Forget it, our goal this time is Changsha County, not Jiangxia City. The vicinity of Jiangxia is still firmly controlled by the imperial court. If we attack, we will inevitably be flanked by Jingzhou. Don’t stop, don’t waste your troops here.”

Liu Zheng considered the long-term and finally chose to give up attacking Jiangxia County.

When Xu Huang heard it, Liu Zheng had no intention of attacking, so he didn't say much.

But Liu Zheng did show a sinister expression.

"Although we don't attack Jiangxia, it doesn't mean we can't cause trouble for Jiangxia County. Brother Xu Huang, you should immediately send someone to send a letter to Zhao Hong, telling him that we defeated Huang Zu's 1 troops, and now There are only less than [-] defenders in Jiangxia City. With Zhao Hong's ability, it may be somewhat impossible to deal with Jiangxia, which has an army of [-] to [-]. But if there are less than [-] troops, Zhao Hong is still capable of defeating it .”

When Xu Huang heard Liu Zheng's words, his eyes immediately lit up.

Although he didn't know why Liu Zheng gave up Jiangxia City to Zhao Hong, but Liu Zheng must have his intentions in doing so, and Xu Huang would not refuse, and immediately sent someone to deliver a letter to Zhao Hong.

But Liu Zheng took his troops and left directly from Jiangxia City, and hurried to Changsha County.

Changsha County, also known as Changsha Kingdom.

In the history of Hunan, the first marquis state appeared in the Western Han Dynasty, which was the fiefdom of Wu Rui, the founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty. The Changsha Kingdom period of the Wu family was a glorious period in the history of ancient Changsha. Dynasty's loyal vassal kingdom.

The eight princes with different surnames named Zang Tu, Han Xin, Yingbu and other seven princes and kings granted by Liu Bang were all wiped out. Only Wu's Changsha Kingdom was loyal to the court from beginning to end. Unfortunately, in 156 BC, the fifth Changsha King Wu After his death, he was abolished because he had no children. The Changsha Kingdom of the Wu family was handed down for five generations, which lasted for 46 years.

1Chapter 17 Changsha County

After the Wu family's Changsha Kingdom fell, the Han Emperor at that time let one of his bastards reset the Changsha Kingdom.

It was known as Liu's Changsha Kingdom in history.

The No.1 vassal king of the Changsha Kingdom of the Liu family is called Liu Fa. Speaking of Liu Fa, he is also an interesting person.

Liu Fa's mother, Tang Ji, turned out to be the maid of Han Jingdi Cheng Ji.Once, Emperor Jing summoned Cheng Ji, and because Cheng Ji "avoided something and didn't want to enter", "she played the role of servant Tang'er to make night enter".At that time, Emperor Jing didn't know it because he was drunk. It wasn't until Tang'er became pregnant that he realized that it was not Cheng Ji, so he named his son "Fa".

After Emperor Jing ascended the throne, he was entrusted with the titles of princes. Because of his mother's humble background, Liu Fa was granted the title of Changsha, which is far away from the capital.

According to legend, after Liu Fa left Chang'an and came to Changsha, he missed his mother very much.Later, this watchtower was called Dingwangtai because Liu Fayi was named Dingwang, and the site was the site of the Changsha City Library.

For more than 2000 years, Liu Fa's kindness, filial piety and family affection have deeply infected people and become a good story that has been passed down through the ages.These things are precisely because Liu Zheng is originally from Changsha, so he has listened to some books.

There is a big difference between Liu's Changsha Kingdom and Wu's Changsha Kingdom.

The Changsha Kingdom of the Wu family can still be called a country within a country, but when it came to the Changsha Kingdom of the Liu family, because the Emperor Han at that time saw that these vassal states were gradually growing, he carried out some reforms and put all the internal affairs of the vassal states into full control. Abolished, the princes and kings no longer governed the internal affairs of the country, and all officials were appointed by the court.

Therefore, the power of the vassal states was greatly weakened.

Why does Liu Zheng know so much about the affairs of the Changsha Kingdom? In fact, the main reason is that Liu Fa, the king of Changsha, doesn't have much topicality, but his descendants are amazing.

Liu Fa's direct descendant, the fifth grandson Liu Xiu, is the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu known as the son of the plane!Comparable to Han Gaozu Liu Bang's son of destiny.

He is a man who gathers luck from all planes, and even Wang Mang, the time traveler, will be defeated by him.

Of course, the Changsha Kingdom had been abolished during the time of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and it has always been Changsha County. However, although this Changsha County belongs to the imperial court, it is far away from the Luoyang imperial court due to its remote location and dense forests. A large number of Shan Yue people exist.

Several larger cities near Changsha County were also ruled by the imperial court. In many places outside the cities, the Shanyue people basically established camps and villages and exercised their own rule, especially many bandits and rogues.

On the surface, Changsha County is still under the rule of the big Han, but in fact it has long been an illegal place that does not pay royal taxes.

The so-called Shanyue people are actually bandits.

Those bandits who didn't pay the king's tax took over the mountain as king, recruited people on their own, occupied the top of the mountain, and formed an armed separatist force. The number ranged from hundreds to tens of thousands.

Some people made a lot of noise and even attracted the attention of the court. Unfortunately, they were not strong enough after all. Facing the power of the princes at the end of Han Dynasty, they were easily eliminated.

But now, when these Shanyue forces have not been eliminated, they are quite a terrifying force.

In fact, the origin and ethnicity of Shanyue has always been a point of contention.Some historians of later generations believe that "Shanyue people are the descendants of the southern Yue people in the Qin and Han Dynasties", among them there are theories of the natives on the mountain, the survivors of Wuyue, and the theory that Emperor Wu fled to Fujian and Ou.

There are also some historians who believe that "Shanyue is the mountain people and clan", which is no different from ordinary Han people.Occupying the mountains as bandits, or the descendants of ordinary Han people who have lived in the mountains for a long time to avoid chaos, are similar to those described in Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Spring.

There are different opinions.However, Shanyue, as a scattered armed group in five provinces, is unlikely to have a single source, and more likely to have a combination of them, including local aboriginals, ordinary Han people who went to the mountains to become bandits, and ordinary people who immigrated from outside.

In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the bureaucracy was chaotic, the pastures were separated, and the soldiers continued to rob, and the working people fled to the mountains to avoid wars. Some powerful families often joined the mountains, and even developed into bandits.For example, in the Xuwu Mountain in the north, Tian Chou led his clan, plowed and guarded, and accepted other Han people who entered the mountain. In a few years, it developed to five or six thousand families, and also established its own law.

Another example is Guanzhong Mountain Bandit Mountain Zheng Gan, Lushui and so on.This was a common phenomenon during the Three Kingdoms period.In Jiangnan under Sun's rule, terms such as Shanyue, Bandit, Mountain Min, and Zongbu were often used interchangeably. , Zu Lang and so on.

What Liu Zheng needs is the current separatist phenomenon of these Shanyue forces. He intends to take advantage of the chaos in the world and He Jin's troubles for the court to wipe out the Shanyue forces in Jingyang and Yangzhou.

Incorporating the Shanyue forces under his command can not only strengthen his army in a short period of time, but also serve the purpose of training and raising troops.Countless in one fell swoop.

Just like the later Sun Quan, the great emperor of the Wu Kingdom, he sent people to the Shanyue area to suppress bandits from time to time. He could not only collect the money and food they had accumulated for his own use, but also bring all these captives into his command to supplement the army.

Two days later, Liu Zheng led his 2 remaining troops to a small county town around Changsha County.

When he met Zhou Cang here, he did not take people to attack Changsha County directly. If he attacked Changsha County directly, he would still offend the Han court to some extent. At that time, the Han court will continue to organize manpower and come to attack instead.

This is not something Liu Zheng wants to see now.

So he didn't take people directly to attack Changsha, but chose a small county between Changsha County and Yuzhang County with Zhou Cang to temporarily settle down.

This is a small county called Yichun.Just established hundreds of years time.It was originally built in the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, when Liu Bang asked the counties and counties of the world to build the city together. It is said that it was the Yichun City built in the second year when General Guan Ying built Yuzhang County.It is one of the earliest eighteen counties in Yuzhang County.

This place happens to be between Changsha County and Yuzhang County. It is only two hundred miles from this place to Yuzhang County, and it is also two hundred miles to Changsha County.It can be arrived in one or two days. If you march fast and speed up, one day is enough for one round trip.

The reason why Liu Zheng chose to stay here temporarily was because he knew that this place belonged to the waters of Poyang Lake.There are many lakes, dense forests, and jagged rocks. Some places are very suitable for hiding soldiers and horses.Especially a lake near Changsha County is like a fairyland on earth, a paradise.

Later generations even directly developed it into a tourist attraction, but now it is nothing more than a barren mountain and wild forest.What Liu Zheng needs is such a mountain range as a foothold to establish a base here.

Chapter 148

"Shuai Qu, I've already found out the lake you asked me to inquire about. It's just like what you said, and it's fifty or sixty miles away from Yichun County."

After Liu Zheng and Zhou Cang met, Zhou Cang began to report to Liu Zheng the news he had inquired around Yichun County these days.

As soon as Liu Zheng heard Zhou Cang said that he really found the tourist attraction he said, he became interested at that time.

"Really, tell me quickly, what's the situation over there now? Is it the same as what I described to you?"

"Shuai Qu predicts things like a god, and what he said is true. I asked some people in Yichun County, and they said that there is indeed a mountain range called Mingyue Mountain. There is a Baizhang Waterfall flying down from the top of the mountain, and the scenery is quite spectacular.”

"That's the area where wild beasts often come and go, and it's far away from the county seat, so there's very little human presence."

Before Zhou Cang came to Yichun County to explore, Liu Zheng had already told Zhou Cang some things he vaguely remembered in his mind.

After all, this so-called tourist attraction called Mingyue Mountain in later generations was quite famous in the city where Liu Zheng lived at the time. Legend has it that it was the place where Chang'e flew to the moon.

Not only the mountains are steep, but also the cliffs are very steep.If you march from the mountain peak, it is very difficult and dangerous, and it is impossible for large troops to pass through. The only way to enter is to use boats from the lake.

But the small river leading from the lake to Poyang Lake is not spacious enough to pass large ships, only small boats can pass, so it means that it is impossible for the army to arrive quickly.

And in this place, the lake divides the mountains into many small islands. Although each small island is not big, it can hide thousands of people.

This excellent location is just right for Liu Zheng's need for a foothold. Once he settles in this kind of place, he will spontaneously organize a cottage, and he will be able to temporarily recuperate among these mountains and ravines just like the black bandits.

"Very well, that place is the foothold we are looking for. As long as we occupy that area and build some residences, let us men and horses temporarily cultivate on those small islands. Self-sufficiency should not be a problem."

"Shuai Qu, that place is really good, but in the past few days, I've heard in Yichun County that there seems to be a group of Shanyue people occupying that place. I heard that those people are still very strong, so I'm afraid it's hard to deal with them."

"Oh? That's even better, so we don't have to build a house, we just have a ready-made one, and just go and occupy their territory."

When Liu Zheng heard Zhou Cang mention that a group of Shanyue people had already occupied the place he was looking for, not only did he not feel that it was difficult, but he showed a little interest on the contrary.

"Shuai Qu, those Shanyue people are not simple in strength, and they are quite fearsome in the vicinity. Even the magistrate of Yichun County has to pay rent to those bandits on weekdays!"

Zhou Cang reminded Liu Zheng again, saying that the strength of those Shanyue people made Liu Zheng look dismissive at first, but at this time he finally took what Zhou Cang said squarely.

"There are other things like this?"

"Yes, Shuai Qu, I didn't lie to you. When we go to attack those Shanyue people, we will know. It seems that the leader of those Shanyue people is called Ou Xing!"

At first, Zheng didn't care too much about the names of those Shanyue people, but after Zhou Cang said the word Ou Xing, Liu Zheng frowned.

"Ou Xing, you said the leader of those Shanyue people is called Ou Xing?"

Liu Zheng frowned, and before he could speak, Su Fei, who was standing not far from Liu Zheng, spoke to Zhou Cang first.

"you are?"

Zhou Cang turned his head and looked at Su Fei a few times, but he didn't recognize Su Fei.

After all, Su Fei had just joined Liu Zheng's command, and he wanted to meet Zhou Cang, so it was normal that Zhou Cang didn't know him.

Liu Zheng immediately stepped forward to introduce Su Fei to Zhou Cang.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you, Zhou Cang, this person's name is Su Fei, and he just joined us on the way here from Runan County. From now on, everyone will be brothers who work together!"

Zhou Cang didn't ask much about Liu Zheng's introduction, and immediately showed a friendly expression to Su Fei.

Su Fei also gave Zhou Cang a friendly smile, and then continued to speak.

"Ou Xing, this man is very famous in this area. He is a very powerful thief. He often operates in Changsha and Jiangxia. The next time, the prefect of Jiangxia wanted to join forces with the prefect of Changsha to wipe out the stars in this district, but they never knew where the star's lair was."