The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

With such a reputation, if he wanted to seek refuge in the imperial court, it would be just an illusion.

"Take refuge in the imperial court? Is it possible for a person like me to seek refuge in the imperial court? Liu Zhoumu is probably deceiving me."

"I'm lying to you. No, no, no, I, Liu Yan, really like you. Your surname is also Liu. I don't know which descendant of Gaozu you are? Speaking of which, we still belong to the same clan. If you are not kidding, for people of the same clan, I, Liu Yan Yan has always been very respectful, but I don't know why you have fallen into the rank of bandit."

"It's a long story. How did I become a bandit? I won't be able to explain clearly in a short while. If I have a chance in the future, I will naturally be willing to talk to Master Zhou, but this time I am here in Linwu County. , in fact, the main reason is to save you."

"help me?"

When Liu Yan heard Liu Zheng's words, he was puzzled for a while, not understanding what Liu Zheng meant by that.

Seeing Liu Yan's question, Liu Zheng thought about it for a while, and then asked without saying anything. ,

"Can you ask me more, what is Liu Yanzhou Mu's plan going forward?"

When Liu Yan saw Liu Zheng asking this question, he didn't know what Liu Zheng meant, but he said it honestly.

"Originally I planned to go to Jiaozhou and go to work, but seeing the rampant banditry in Jingzhou and Jiaozhou, I thought it would be no better to come to Jiaozhou, so I already had the idea of ​​quitting."

"Aren't you going to Jiaozhou? It's fine if you don't go. If you don't, I have a good suggestion. Liu Zhoumu can think about it."

"Where?"

"Xichuan Yizhou."

Liu Zheng said four words, causing Liu Yan's expression to change suddenly.

And another person in a Taoist robe standing beside Liu Yan also changed his face slightly after hearing these words.

"Why do you say Xichuan Yizhou is a good place?"

"I've heard people say that Xichuan has dragon veins, and I will surely become a dragon among men in the future. It's a pity that I, Liu Zheng, are a bandit, otherwise I would definitely want to go to Xichuan. Now that I have met Liu Zhoumu, seeing Liu Zhou's appearance, I must be Extraordinary people, after going to Xichuan, you will prosper in the future, don't forget about me, Liu Zheng."

After Liu Zheng finished speaking, he stopped talking, but turned around and glanced at the soldiers and horses beside him, signaling to retreat.

Liu Zheng was like this, took his own people, walked out from here, left Linwu County, and stayed on the tower, looking at Liu Yan, his counselor Dong Fu, who was looking at each other.

Chapter 200 Intended

Liu Zheng just left.

In the blink of an eye, the army that had surrounded Linwu County receded like a tide.

All that remained was the surprise and dullness of Liu Yan and the others standing in Linwu County.

"Father, what kind of medicine is sold in Liu Zheng's gourd? He came to Linwu County, is he really here to save us?"

Liu Zhang, who was standing beside Liu Yan, had no idea what Liu Zheng's intentions were, so he could only ask his father.

But Liu Yan also didn't know what Liu Zheng wanted to do, so he remained silent, and finally shook his head.

"No matter what he is doing, we have finally resolved some crises. Then we can't go to Jiaozhou. We will set off immediately and return to the capital, and then report to the court that we are going to Yizhou!"

"Do you really want to go to Yizhou as Liu Zheng said?"

Liu Zhang still doesn't know what Liu Yan and his counselors are discussing.

"You don't know about these things, so don't ask any more questions. Pack up your things immediately and prepare to leave."

After Liu Zheng left Linwu County, Xu Huang approached Liu Zheng, slightly puzzled by Liu Zheng's actions.

Obviously Linwu County is right in front of you, if Liu Zheng orders an attack, although there are only more than a thousand people under Liu Zheng's command here, but these thousand people are all elites, even if you take down Linwu County, it is not impossible.

But Liu Zheng just chatted with that Liu Yan, and then led the soldiers back.

"My lord, are we really leaving like this?"

Xu Huang was a little worried, so he asked Liu Zheng.

"Brother Xu Huang, if we don't leave, what else do we want to do? Is it possible to really attack Linwu County? I only brought two thousand soldiers and horses here, so I knew that I didn't come here to attack the city."

"However, my lord, let's leave like this. If Liu Yan leaves, if he returns to the capital, if he reveals our news to the great general He Jin, I'm afraid."

Xu Huang didn't continue talking, because it was enough for him to clarify the powerful relationship in it.

Liu Zheng knew that what he wanted to say was enough.

At this time, after Xu Huang finished speaking, although Liu Zheng's face changed slightly, he still responded to Xu Huang very flatly.

"It doesn't matter, even if the imperial court knows we are here, it doesn't matter too much. Today's imperial court has internal and external troubles, so there is no time to take care of us. He Jin is thinking about how to deal with Wang Fen at this time. , how to rescue his nephew, and there is also a rebellion by the Qiang people in Xiliang in the north, and the imperial army is fighting outside."

"Even if he can gather an army to deal with us, are we still afraid of the imperial court's troops when we reach this level in Yichun?"

"Moreover, the most important thing is that I came here to persuade Liu Yan to leave Jiaozhou, because Jiaozhou will be controlled by us in the future."

"We take control?"

Xu Huang was stunned for a while, and then understood Liu Zheng's intentions.

"My lord, what do you mean, our next goal is to attack Jiaozhou?"

"Well, during the recent period, the spies we have sent out have been inquiring about information in the surrounding area. I have thought about it again and again. Only by attacking two places can I regain my foothold without triggering a massive counterattack from the imperial court."

"One is to attack Sichuan and Shu, and the other is to attack Jiaozhou."

"The location of Sichuan and Shu is too far away, which is not conducive to our long-distance trek and sneak, so I set my sights on Jiaozhou."

"Jiaozhou is located in a remote location, far away from the Central Plains. Once there is a war, the imperial court simply ignores it. After all, Jiaozhou is not Xiliang. In the Xiliang uprising, if you drive straight down, you can kill the land of Gyeonggi. If you can get Jiaozhou, even if you occupy the whole territory of Jiaozhou Even now, there is no way to threaten Luoyang."

"Because of this, Jiaozhou is a place that the imperial court doesn't care about at all, and the imperial court's rule in Jiaozhou is also weakening year by year. The real control of Jiaozhou is the local powerful clan. We only need to fight those clans, and that's enough. After taking control of Jiaozhou and training for two years, you will have the capital to compete in the Central Plains."

Compared with Xu Huang, Liu Zheng trusted him very much, so he told Xu Huang all the plans in his heart at this time.

Xu Huang understood what Liu Zheng was thinking, and the doubts in his heart were resolved. After nodding, he stopped talking and waited for Liu Zheng's order.

In fact, it is not so easy to attack Jiaozhou.

Jiaozhou is geographically remote and far away from the Central Plains. Both in terms of culture and economy, it is very backward.

But it is precisely because of this backwardness that most of Jiaozhou is lived in groups of tribes, each of which is a group of ethnic minorities, with tens of thousands of people at most and thousands of people at least.

These people even disobeyed the imperial government's control and became Jiaozhou's persistent disease, and the imperial court had nothing to do with them.

Not to mention anything else, based on the news that Liu Zheng has learned so far, Zhu Fu, the governor of Jiaozhou, levied taxes in Jiaozhou wantonly, causing people to live in distress. Four or five counties in the nine counties under the Jiaozhou government are already undergoing mutiny.

From time to time, soldiers and horses rebelled against the court.

Moreover, the imperial court did not care about these rebels. For one thing, most of the counties and counties in Jiaozhou were occupied by local tyrants, and the imperial court's orders could not be fully implemented here.

At the same time, it was difficult for the imperial court to dispatch troops to Jiaozhou, mainly because it was inconvenient to transfer troops from other places to Jiaozhou. Due to the complex terrain of Jiaozhou, it was difficult to march, and it often took more than half a year to mobilize tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to Jiaozhou.

It took a whole year to go back and forth, and it was difficult to maintain the supply of food and grass, and the consumption was huge, and the court could not afford such a figure.

After all, this is not Xiliang and the north, the kind of flat area, the marching speed is very fast, and it can be reached in three or two days between counties and counties.

In mountainous and forested areas like Jiaozhou and Yizhou, not only is it difficult to march, but even the supply of food and grass is extremely difficult. This can be seen from the future Shu Han Northern Expedition.

Therefore, most of the safety in the Jiaozhou area has been taken care of by the local prefects and county magistrates in Jiaozhou.

This also allowed the officials in the Jiaozhou area to increase their power day by day, and to ignore the orders of the central court.

As far as Liu Zheng knows, during the Three Kingdoms period, the Central Plains fought for 30 years, but the Jiaozhou area was actually in a very peaceful state under the jurisdiction of Shi Xie.

In this state, Jiaozhou is like a paradise.

Of course, while Shi Xie governed Jiaozhou, he strengthened the management of the Shanyue people and local forces in Jiaozhou, so that Jiaozhou was completely under the jurisdiction of the Shi Xie family, and once became the local emperor here.

Even the orders of the imperial court were ignored at all, if it weren't for the gradual strengthening of Sun Quan's Soochow power.Let the entire Shixie family submit to Sun Quan.

Shi Xie's power may not be without the ability to compete in the Central Plains.

Chapter 2 Guo Shi

And Liu Zheng's idea now is to take advantage of the fact that the Shixie family has not fully controlled the entire Jiaozhou. Liu Zheng intervenes to lead Jiaozhou under his command. At that time, Liu Zheng can take advantage of the situation to rise.

From the north to the south, the Central Plains will be determined in one fell swoop.

Of course, with his current strength, it is still a bit whimsical to want to win the entire Jiaozhou.

What is before Liu Zheng is not Jiaozhou, but the countless Shanyue tribes between Jiaozhou and Jingzhou.

These Shanyue tribes spread throughout Jiaozhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou and even Yizhou.They occupy mountains as kings and even gather water as their strongholds.

He refused to obey the imperial court's control, and often confronted the imperial court.

They are a headache for the court, but for Liu Zheng, they can be used by Liu Zheng.

Whether it is to incorporate them into their own forces.It is still a good choice for Liu Zheng to use them to hone the newly recruited troops.

Of course, if they can be recruited, Liu Zheng is naturally willing to recruit them. Now that he cooperates with the Mi family, he has a stable source of finances, and he doesn't have to worry about how to support these troops for a while, so he recruits more troops. Yes. For him, he can protect himself in this troubled world.

If he can recruit all these Shanyue troops and expand them under his command, it will also improve the strength of the entire Mingyue Village.

At that time, Liu Zheng will be able to go south to invade Jiaozhou, and confront those local tyrants and Shanyue tribes in Jiaozhou.

At the same time, Liu Zheng came to Linwu County this time to fight against Zhou Chao. In fact, he wanted to start with Zhou Chao and gradually annex the nearby Shanyue tribe.

He's the first, and he won't be the last.

When Liu Zheng digested the troops of the Zhou Dynasty, he would take advantage of this time to continue to attack the surrounding Shanyue troops, either submitting to him or destroying them all.

Back to the cottage.

On Liu Zheng's side, let those students continue to go to the school, and at the same time let the soldiers who are going out this time have a holiday.

After two days of recuperation, Zhou Chao, Zhou Cang and others returned.

Sure enough, Zhou Chao did not disappoint Liu Zheng. This guy still had more credibility than Ou Xing. Under Liu Zheng's order, after returning to his own cottage, he quickly mobilized his own troops and surrendered to Liu Zheng.

He was originally the boss of the Shanzhai, with a high right to speak, and the people under the Zhou Dynasty believed in the Zhou Dynasty quite a bit. Seeing that the Zhou Dynasty was not killed by Liu Zheng, but after being entrusted with a heavy responsibility, he respected Liu Zheng's The degree of hatred has decreased a lot.

Although Liu Zheng beheaded and killed many brothers in the Zhou Dynasty, how could he not die in the march and battle? Even if there was resentment, he could only bear it.

After nearly [-] people who surrendered from the Zhou Dynasty joined Liu Zheng's Mingyue Village, Liu Zheng did not let them all relocate, but continued to stay where they were, and only sent three or four soldiers under his command. Changqian went to the stockade of the Zhou Dynasty and managed the stockade of the Zhou Dynasty.

At the same time, Yuan Zhou was temporarily dispatched to act as a military adviser to teach the common people.

Half a month later, Liu Zheng recruited hundreds of troops from the stockade of the Zhou Dynasty. These troops were carefully selected by him and added to Liu Zheng's army. Good children, put into the school, studying temporarily, and plan to wait for the students of the first class to graduate, and they will study as the second class of students.

At the same time, Liu Zheng began to ask the Zhou Dynasty about some Shanyue tribes nearby.

The place where Liu Zheng is located is actually the outer edge of the contact between the Shanyue tribe and the imperial towns. The inside of the real Shanyue tribe is not called the Shanyue tribe, but the barbarian tribe.

Especially in Yizhou and Jiaozhou areas, the strength of those barbarians is particularly terrifying.

The famous Meng Huo, Sha Moke and others in history are all leaders among them.

And if Liu Zheng wants to attack Jiaozhou, the first thing to do is to subdue all the soldiers and horses in the mountains between Jiaozhou and Jingzhou, so that he can fight against the people in Jiaozhou.

Liu Zheng is not very familiar with the distribution of forces in the vicinity, but Zhou Chao is more familiar with it than Liu Zheng. He quickly told Liu Zheng about some large and small forces in the vicinity.

Changsha County and Guiyang County are one of the four counties in Jingnan.

The other two counties are Wuling County and Lingling County.

The biggest force in Lingling County is Guo Shi who has some friendship with Zhou Chao and others, but Wuling County is different.

Wuling County is the territory of the barbarians, and there are five famous streams among them, and those barbarians are also called Wuxi Man or Wuling Man.

Among them, the famous general Sha Moke who shot and killed Gan Ning in history was once the leader of the Wuxi Man.

I'm afraid, Shamoko at this time is still a child.

In addition to some information about the four counties in Jingnan, Liu Zheng also learned another piece of news from Zhou Chao.

This news, learned from the Zhou Dynasty, strengthened Liu Zheng's belief in occupying Jiaozhou.

The current governor of Jiaozhou is named Zhu Fu.

Liu Zheng knew about this news, but Zhu Fu's father was killed by Liu Zheng, Zhu Jun, one of the three Zhonglang generals.

Zhu Fu is Zhu Jun's son, which Liu Zheng didn't know before.

If it is true, then after Zhu Fu learned about Liu Zheng, he would definitely not let it go. When the time comes to raise troops to Yichun County, he will definitely attack aggressively.

As the governor of Zhu Fu, it is not a problem to recruit tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and it will definitely be a bloody battle.

Liu Zheng's current strength, although not afraid of Zhu Fu, Zhu Fu will not be a soft persimmon, let Liu Zheng handle it.

"This is unexpected news. Brother Xu Huang, you should pay more attention to the news from Jiaozhou in the future. If there is any sign of the transfer of soldiers and horses in Jiaozhou, report it to me immediately. At the same time, we must be ready."

Now the news that Liu Zheng is in Yichun may spread gradually. When Zhu Fu receives the news, he will come to attack in a short time, which will definitely be bad for Liu Zheng.

At the same time, in order to increase the number of troops under his command, Liu Zheng's first thing was to go with the Zhou Dynasty to recruit another Shanyue force in Lingling County.