The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"Please don't worry, my lord, I will definitely persuade all the soldiers and horses in the Shanyue village in the cottage to surrender and let them join the lord."

After finishing speaking, Yuan Zhou took the order to go, and walked into the cottage alone.

Liu Zheng watched his figure gradually disappear before his eyes.Just sit anywhere.Start waiting here, and then Yuan Zhou will bring him news.

He didn't necessarily want Yuan Zhou to persuade these Shanyue people to surrender, but if he could successfully persuade these Shanyue people to surrender, it would be a good thing for him to avoid confrontation with swordsmen.

Not only can it reduce the losses of soldiers and horses in the battle, but it can also make these Shanyue clans take refuge in him and join him under his command to enhance Liu Zheng's military strength.

Why not?

Yuan Zhou didn't leave for too long, and soon came out again.

Seeing him come out of it unscathed, Liu Zheng felt much calmer.

Knowing that since Yuan Zhou was able to walk out of the cottage intact, it proved that his lobbying was half successful.

Sure enough, as soon as Yuan Zhou approached Liu Zheng, a gleam of joy appeared on his face, and he immediately whispered to Liu Zheng.

"Congratulations, my lord. I have successfully persuaded the soldiers and horses in the village to surrender. They are willing to surrender to the lord. I only hope that the lord will spare their lives."

"Okay! Very good, Mr. Yuan Zhou, you have done a great service for me. Don't worry, I, Liu Zheng, keep my word. As long as they are willing to surrender, I will definitely not hurt their lives."

Liu Zheng made a promise to Yuan Zhou, and after hearing Liu Zheng's words, Yuan Zhou became even more happy.Immediately, he handed over to Xu Huang and the others, and ordered Xu Huang and the others to take some troops into the stronghold to take over the defense tasks originally arranged by the Shanyue people.

Chapter 163 News from Luoyang

There should have been a big battle to decide the ownership of this Mingyue cottage.But now, with only a few words from Yuan Zhou, he successfully avoided fighting, and at the same time persuaded all the soldiers and horses originally belonging to Ou Xing to surrender.

In fact, this was as it should be. The reason why Yuan Zhou was sure of persuading these Shanyue people in the cottage to surrender was also because he had seen through Ou Xing and Mingyue Village.

Although Ou Xing is the leader of the Shanyue clan in Mingyue Village, not all the Shanyue people are loyal to the leader Ou Xing.

A large part of the people just belong to Ou Xing, because Ou Xing can give them a bite to eat, and their loyalty to Ou Xing is not high. Ou Xing's rule over the copycats is relatively tyrannical. popular support.

But this time Ou Xing took people out to rob the Yichun county magistrate's tax cart, and the part of the soldiers he took away were Ou Xing's own core soldiers, and they were also the ones who could really obey his orders and let him mobilize.

This part of the soldiers and horses had almost been killed or injured during the battle.

Almost all of Ou Xing's men and horses who could be completely loyal to him were taken away, and not many remained in the Mingyue cottage.

Therefore, this Mingyue cottage is of little use to Ou Xing, because even if he escaped from the place where the tax robbery was, his [-] elites were gone, and when he returned to the cottage, his ruling ability would be greatly reduced. And was replaced by other people in the cottage.

Because of this, Yuan Zhou could easily recruit these people, because Yuan Zhou knew that the remaining Shanyue people did not have a high sense of belonging to Ou Xing, so he volunteered to tell Liu Zheng to persuade him to surrender.

At the same time, the reason why Liu Zheng was able to agree to let them live was also because Liu Zheng knew that these people could be used by him.

Xu Huang quickly sent someone to take over the defense of the entire Mingyue Village, and at the same time called all the people in the Mingyue Village who were originally affiliated to Ou Xing, and prepared to let Liu Zheng's people give a lecture.

After Liu Zheng took control of the entire Mingyue Village, he did not make any changes to the Shanyue people in the original Mingyue Village. What they did before, they will do next.Liu Zheng gave them enough freedom and forgiveness, and treated him as his own people.

It's just that in order to manage these Shanyue people, Liu Zheng selected a leader from among the more than 6000 people born here, and he will be responsible for managing these Shanyue people, and Liu Zheng only needs to manage this leader.

At the same time, Liu Zheng strictly controlled the entrances to and from the Mingyue cottage, and then allocated a large part of the land for the [-] soldiers and horses he brought over.

Among the 5 soldiers and horses under his command, many of them have the habit of bringing their families with them when they come from Runan. Although there are only [-] regular troops, counting the families of these soldiers and horses, Liu Zheng is the most powerful soldier in this army. , the number even exceeded [-].

How to arrange the 5 people, Liu Zheng naturally had to properly arrange them in the mountains of the Mingyue cottage.

In the first two days, there was a lot of construction work, and many civilian houses were built.

Although the construction is a bit crude in order to be able to live first for the time being, but Liu Zheng has 5 people here after all, so it is no problem to let these people temporarily build shelters and camps. The longer the time, the more slowly it will be expanded.

Originally, there were only more than 1 people in Mingyue Village led by Ou Xing. These 1 people killed and injured thousands of people, and a lot of houses were vacant, but there were only so many idle materials, and they could not be fully accommodated. The 5 people brought over.

And Liu Zheng didn't drive away the original Shanyue people, so the main work in the first two days was to do basic construction, double the size of the houses in the entire mountain range, and change all the defense facilities.

While strengthening, change the position of the previous defense. This is a defensive measure that must be modified, in order to prevent the potential crisis left by the Shanyue clan.

After a few days like this, the situation here in Mingyue Mountain was on the right track.

Half a month later, Liu Zheng took Ou Xing, who was no longer of any use to him, to Yichun County, planning to hand over Ou Xing to the county magistrate Lu Jun, and let him do whatever he wanted.

After all, Liu Zheng's identity was not a bright and upright evil-fighting hero. He always carried the identity of the former Yellow Turban Army Commander Qu, so he still had some scruples about meeting Lu Jun.

So the two discussed and met in the tavern where they met last time.

Wait until Liu Zheng meets Lu Jun and hand over these matters to Lu Jun.

Both parties were very happy. After discussing the official business, Lu Jun began to tell Liu Zheng some important events in the world that he heard when he went to Nanchang City to pay the taxes of the previous season.

Liu Zheng heard some news from Lu Jun, but Liu Zheng began to be surprised.

This time Lu Jun escorted the tax cart to Nanchang City.

In Nanchang County, I heard some news from the Central Plains.

It turns out that this news is nothing else, it is what happened in Luoyang.

Since Liu Zheng led his troops to plunder Luoyang and left Luoyang with Liu Bian, the eldest son of the emperor.

The situation in Luoyang has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The emperor died, the eldest son of the emperor was kidnapped, and the general He Jin led people directly to control the government and the public.

He Jin took advantage of the chaos and killed all the eunuchs who did not deal with him.

He Jin wanted to conceal the news that the emperor was dead, but the news could not be concealed at all, because too many people knew that the emperor was dead, and within two days, Lu Zhi rushed to Luoyang with more than 1 soldiers and horses .

With Lu Zhi and others returning to the court, it was futile for General He Jin to cover the sky with one hand.

Originally, he wanted to find his nephew Liu Bian to succeed him to the throne, but after he killed those eunuchs, he found that his nephew had disappeared at all. Zhang Rang, brought back by Lu Zhi, told He Jin, Liu Bian Bian had already been captured by Liu Zheng, and He Jin suddenly realized that he had been caught in Liu Zheng's trick.

But at this time, Liu Zheng had already fled, and there was no trace of Liu Zheng here.

Even if General He Jin wanted to find Liu Zheng's bad luck, he didn't know where Liu Zheng had gone at this time.

At this time, the news of Emperor Han's death had spread, and Huangfusong and Dong Zhuo, the second of the three major Zhonglang generals, also gradually returned to Luoyang.

Huangfusong and He Jin are not in the same way, but Huangfusong is in control of the military at this time and has great power, but at this time Dong Zhuo is He Jin's subordinate and takes orders from Dong Zhuo.

This is also Dong Zhuo's shit luck. Originally, he defeated Liu Zheng in Runan, which was a great crime. Even if the Yellow Turban Army was wiped out, he would definitely be punished when he returned to Luoyang because of his defeat, but Emperor Han Death, he is He Jin's man, He Jin doesn't care about those trivial matters at all.

Veteran generals such as He Jindang and Lu Zhihuangfusong began to confront each other.

Chapter 164 Two Han Emperors

A country cannot be without a king for a day, civil and military officials and others began to urge He Jin to establish a new king, and He Jin wanted to find his nephew Liu Bian to come back to succeed him.

He Jin resisted the pressure and delayed for half a month.

But in the end, he couldn't stop the various urgings of civil and military officials, and in the end He Jin's counselor gave He Jin an idea, asking He Jin to agree to the request of the officials first.

Let the youngest son Liu Xie who is still alive succeed the throne.

Although this is something that He Jin doesn't want to see, but at this time, there is no other way. After all, Liu Xie succeeds to the throne. Since Liu Xie is only eight years old, it is naturally impossible to manage the government. .

This will inevitably require a person who assists the government, and there are only two people to choose for this person, one is the general He Jin, and the other is the current queen, He Jin's younger sister.

In this way, no matter which of the two will assist the government, He Jin can still be in charge of the government. He can be a minister of the government and follow Huo Guang's example, and use the power of regent to invade the government and the opposition.

Although this is very different from what he thought of making his nephew the throne at the beginning, it can be the same now. When the time comes, he will find his nephew and learn from Huo Guang. , abolished the Han Emperor Liu He at that time, and made Liu Xun, the great-grandson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the emperor, the same.

After He Jin agreed, within two days, the imperial court began to hold the enthronement ceremony for Liu Xie.

On the imperial court's side, they were busy in Luoyang and spent a week trying their best for Liu Xie's ascension to the throne.

But the imperial court just announced that Liu Xie was made emperor, and a group of people appeared in Jizhou not far away. If the words are not right, the court was directly re-established in Jizhou.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately shocked the Quartet, not only the whole country, but even the civil and military officials in Luoyang were also shocked.

Of course, the most shocking thing was General He Jin. His nephew Liu Bian, whom he had tried so hard to find, was actually proclaimed as another emperor in Jizhou.

For a time, there were actually two courts and two emperors in this world.And they were all the sons of the former Han Lingdi.

Lu Jun thought that Liu Zheng would be shocked when he heard the news, but after Lu Jun said these things, he found that Liu Zheng's face was not too moved.

Although it seemed a little surprised, it seemed that Liu Zheng already knew these things.

This made Lu Jun quite puzzled, and immediately asked Liu Zheng a question.

"Hey, looking at you like this, it seems that you have known this news for a long time?"

Seeing Lu Jun's question, Liu Zheng smiled, and then explained something to Lu Jun.

"I didn't know this news before, but it was within my expectation."

"As expected? What do you mean?"

"I don't know how much Brother Lu knows about me?"

Although Liu Zheng's name is very famous in the Yingchuan area of ​​Runan, and even in the vicinity of Luoyang, he is not a well-known person in Luoyang and Yichun in the Central Plains.

In Yichun, except for the county magistrate Lu Jun who has occasionally heard of Liu Zheng's name, many people actually don't know who Liu Zheng is.

Even if Lu Jun knew about Liu Zheng, he only heard a few words about it when he went to Changsha County or Yuzhang County, or heard about it from the passing merchants.

I have heard of Liu Zheng's name, but it is not particularly clear what earth-shattering events Liu Zheng has done.

So when Liu Zheng asked, Lu Jun simply shook his head.

"I don't know much about you. I just know that you are the commander-in-chief of the Yellow Turban Army. I heard from Yuan Zhou that you have left the Yellow Turban Army now, so you can be regarded as a mountain refugee at most."

Lu Jun's understanding of Liu Zheng made Liu Zheng smile. Liu Zheng thought that Lu Jun would know more, but he didn't expect that it was just such a superficial content.

Simply, Liu Zheng began to speak briefly to Lu Jun.

"Actually, before I left the Yellow Turban Army, I did several important things."

"What's the big deal?"

"For example, captured Nanyang prefect Qin Jie alive, beheaded the three major Zhonglang generals Zhu Jun, stormed Hulao Pass, and captured Han Emperor alive in Luoyang!"

Liu Zheng briefly stated some of the things he had experienced, and Lu Jun looked at Liu Zheng in horror after hearing Liu Zheng's words.

"This"

"You didn't lie to me?"

"What did I lie to you, otherwise how would I know that Emperor Han is dead? Not only do I know that General He Jin will take control of the court, but I also know that the little emperor who proclaimed himself emperor in Jizhou is actually behind the governor of Jizhou, Wang Fen. support!"

Liu Zheng said something lightly, which immediately made Lu Jun look at Liu Zheng with admiration.

"Even if the government and the opposition change, even I can't do anything about it. The world is about to be in chaos. The most important thing is to protect yourself and those brothers who follow you in this troubled world. What kind of generals and princes, what yellow weather luck, are all in vain. .”

Lu Jun expressed surprise at the horrifying things Liu Zheng said, but he did not doubt what Liu Zheng said.

After the two exchanged for a while, Lu Jun slowly asked what he had always wanted to ask.

"Then what's your plan, Brother Liu?"

This is what Lu Jun wants to ask. Although Liu Zheng and others have left the Yellow Turban Army, they are still bandits after all. For Yichun, if Liu Zheng makes trouble like Ou Xing, Lu Jun will still be very afraid.

But when Lu Jun asked this question, Liu Zheng already understood Lu Jun's concerns in his heart, and immediately promised Lu Jun.

"I don't have any clear ideas for the time being. I can only cultivate in Mingyue Village temporarily. After all, Mingyue Mountain is a good forest land, enough for my brothers to live and work in peace. Brother Lu, don't worry, I'm not the kind of person Ou Xing, no I will cause trouble for you people in Yichun County."

"On the contrary, with my presence, Yichun County will be peaceful for quite a long time, and there will be no bandits and bandits. Correspondingly, I also like Brother Lu to give me some help."

"What help?"

"Yichun has a well-developed waterway, and at the same time, it connects Changsha County and Yuzhang County. I may build a fleet in the future to travel between the two places. I will ask Brother Lu for help."

What happened in Luoyang has already happened, but now Liu Zheng doesn't expect to be able to intervene. Before He Jin has the energy to deal with him, Liu Zheng must first accumulate food and build high walls.

As for the two things of accumulating grain widely and building high walls, neither of them can be separated from the thing of money.

So the first thing, for Liu Zheng, is to make money.

Chapter 165 Rest and Rest

In fact, Liu Zheng is not short of money and food now.

The money and food he plundered from Luoyang was enough for the troops under his command to have enough food and drink for two or three years.

But he still understands the truth of sitting on a mountain and eating nothing.This can be regarded as having two or three years of money and food without worrying about it, but now his family has a big business and nearly 5 horses under his command.

The food and drink of these tens of thousands of people depended on him alone.

If he didn't do anything and just occupied Mingyue Village like this, sooner or later the money and food he looted from Luoyang would be spent and there would be nothing left.

He can't plunder like Ou Xing, and at the same time, he can collect taxes from Yichun County and even several surrounding towns to support himself.