Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Fancheng is also an abandoned city. In this world, it was originally a small town opposite Xiangyang City. Although there was once a city wall, it did not have the status of a county.It is located on the plain on the northeast coast of Mianshui, and it has no military strategic value.

But now both Liu Biao and Yuan Shu have reached an agreement with Feng Yu to use Mianshui as the east-west boundary, which highlights the strategic value of Fancheng between the two.

"Master Hou is here! Master Hou is here!" Suddenly, there was a commotion among the busy craftsmen, and they all stopped their work and looked up.Sure enough, Feng Yu, surrounded by a group of generals, walked slowly towards this side.There are several large vehicles behind him.

Where Feng Yu passed by, the nearby craftsmen kowtowed one after another, and Feng Yu quickly ordered the soldiers to pass on the order, so there was no need to be so polite.Then, he ordered people to distribute the carts of sour plum soup to these craftsmen.Only then did he bring his staff and generals to the bank of Mianshui, watching the two armies fighting on the other side from afar.

While watching the battle, Feng Yu discussed the situation in the world with the generals and staff.

After Yuan Shu gained Sun Jian, his strength increased greatly.Sun Jian, whom he represented as the shepherd of Yuzhou, fought in the Yanzhou area of ​​Yuzhou. He not only took Yingchuan and all the remaining Yuzhou counties except Runan into his pocket, but even extended his power to the Fengqiu area of ​​Yanzhou, forcing Zhang Miao to retreat in Chen stay.

So Xin, Feng Yu had an appointment with Sun Jian, and Sun Jian's son Sun Quan was still pledged in Zhuyang, so Sun Jian did not move Wuyang.Wuyang is still hanging alone in Yuzhou like an enclave of Feng Yu.

After years of plagues, natural disasters, and military disasters, Yuzhou has become a relatively sparsely populated state.Relying solely on Yuzhou and Nanyang, an empty shell, is difficult to be the capital to compete in the world.

Therefore, the ambitious Yuan Shu tried to capture Liu Biao's Jingzhou, and then seize the world by virtue of the Jingzhou and Henan provinces.This led to the staged battle on the other side of the river.

Cao Cao of Yanzhou did not compete with Yuan Shu for Yuzhou because he is also very busy now, chasing and suppressing the Yellow Turban rebels who have risen in the Qingyan area for almost two years and have a population of more than [-].

Yuan Shao of Jizhou had completely replaced the cowardly Han Fu at this time, and actually controlled Jizhou, becoming a veritable Jizhou shepherd.At this time, he was marching into Bingzhou to conquer the rebel general Yufulo, the Right Wise King of the Southern Huns.So there is no time to pay attention to Yuan Shu's expansion.

Dong Zhuo, who had retreated into the pass, calmed down a lot, and did not go out to plunder the Quartet again.In fact, the population in Luoyang and Hongnong has fled and fled everywhere. If Dong Zhuoruo is still the same as before, he will have to travel six to seven hundred miles to find the looting target after leaving Tongguan.

Of course, except for Feng Yu's sudden capture of Shang County, which was almost unguarded and seemingly insignificant.The Guandong princes never took the initiative to trouble Dong Zhuo.

Although Shangluo County, where Shang County is located, is only more than 100 miles away from Chang'an, it is all mountain roads.Moreover, Shangluo County and Lantian County at both ends of the mountain road are still in Dong Zhuo's hands.

Therefore, Dong Zhuo didn't pay much attention to this, and only said that Feng Yu wanted to guard this north-south trade route in order to obtain tax revenue.Under Jia Xu's suggestion, Dong Zhuo strengthened the garrison and defense of Shangluo County and Lantian County, but did not take back Shang County.

In this way, Dong Zhuo enjoyed the wealth and honor in Chang'an City leisurely and leisurely.It's just that he hasn't solved the hidden dangers in his roots, that is, his roots still can't support so many soldiers and horses.It still needs to knock the bones and suck the marrow of the common people to barely maintain it.This stability is bound to be short-lived.

In the history of the original world, this factor has not been resolved until the defeat of Li Jue and Guo Si.In short, the entire Xiliang military system has always been a pure warlord group that cannot support itself, not a political entity like most vassal separatist forces.

As for the princes in Xuzhou and Yangzhou in the southeast, they are all conservative generations, and they are far away from Zhuyang, so there is no need to worry about it.Liu Yan of Yizhou seemed to be doing nothing.

After some discussion, Feng Yu was convinced that no force would take the initiative to provoke him in the short term.It seems that Zhuyang will go through a long period of peace.

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Autumn is high and crisp, and on the Hanzhong Plain covered with golden rapeseed flowers, there is a long procession.

It's just that most of the "members" of this team are not people but horses.In Guanzhong and Hanzhong, such horse teams are often seen.But the status of this horse dealer is a bit special. They are horse dealers who specialize in transporting horses for the Zhuyang Hou Kingdom.

At this time, in order to improve the quantity and quality of cavalry, Feng Yu added [-] mu of alfalfa fields, and added two high-end horse farms to replace the original ordinary horse farms.Advanced stud farms can provide better breeds, as well as special breeds of horses.

It's just that the Zhuyang Army urgently needs to increase the number of ordinary good horses.Feng Yu couldn't wait for the natural breeding of horses in the racecourse, so he wanted to import a large number of good horses from Liangzhou and Hetao.

The leader of the horse dealer who rode his horse at the front turned his head and shouted loudly: "Brothers, work harder, the Mianshui Wharf is five miles ahead, and it will be easy for me to wait when I get on the boat."

The horse dealers in the rear responded happily one after another.But when the leader turned his face back, a surprised expression suddenly appeared on his face.

Sixty or seventy battles ahead, a large group of soldiers and horses were blocking their way, and the livery and armor of these soldiers and horses did not look like the costumes of Hanzhong County soldiers.

The leader hesitated for a moment, so he immediately stepped forward to ask what happened.

Chapter 088 The Dao Ke Dao

The leader of the horse dealer clasped his fists and declared his name: "We are the cavalry team that transports horses for the prince of Zhuyang. May I ask who you are waiting for, can you make it easier for me to wait?"

When he saw these soldiers wearing short-fronted Tsing Yi and armored vests, they didn't respond with expressionless faces.He added another sentence: "I have a deep friendship with the prefect of Su Gu. Here is a guide issued by the Hanzhong County government."

At this time, a man walked out from among these strange soldiers, and he was actually wearing Taoist robes.

The Taoist squinted at the leader of the horse dealer, snorted coldly and said: "All the ghost soldiers obey the order, take down all these monsters on the opposite side, and take their horses to fill their warehouses!" These expressionless soldiers agreed loudly.

[Ghost soldiers! ] The leader of the horse dealer was shocked when he heard these two words.From this, he immediately thought of the Five Dou Rice Road that had been active in Hanzhong Bajun area for more than ten years.

It was only a few years ago that the leader of the teaching, Zhang Xiu, responded to Zhang Jiao's uprising on Taiping Road and openly rebelled.As a result, he was attacked and encircled by the Han court.In the end, he was expelled from the Hanzhong Plain by Su Gu, the new prefect of Hanzhong, and fled to the deep mountains of Berkshire in the south to continue his activities.The soldiers recruited by the five buckets of rice are called ghost soldiers.

Now for some reason, these believers of Wu Dou Mi Dao, who had been hidden in the mountains of Berkshire, suddenly appeared on the Hanzhong Plain.

The leader of the horse team didn't have time to think about it, because the ghost soldiers had already swarmed here with guns and knives.The leader pulled out the steel knife hanging from his waist in an instant, and roared: "Fight...".

Before he finished speaking, he swung the steel knife in his hand, and cut off the right arm of the famous ghost soldier who was close to him with one blow.But at the same time, a spear pierced his unarmored body.

Behind the fallen leader's body, forty or fifty horse dealers had already swung their knives and rode out, galloping towards the group of ghost soldiers.When they were still more than twenty battles away from each other, two hundred ghost crossbowmen unanimously pulled the hanging knives of the strong crossbows in their hands.A wave of dense arrows flew towards the horse dealers.

Although the horse dealers had fast horses and steel swords, they had no armor. Under the strong arrows, three or forty people fell off their horses like autumn leaves.The remaining dozen or so cavalry had no guts to continue attacking these hundreds of ghost soldiers.They turned their horses' heads, leaving four or five hundred healthy horses behind, and fled aside.

The Taoist laughed proudly, and a leader of the ghost soldiers asked him: "Jijiu, do we want to continue chasing the remaining dozen or so demons?"

The Taoist replied lazily: "Chasing? Can you catch up with four legs with two legs? Just take these horses away. We should rush to Nanzheng as soon as possible, join up with the main force of Master, and besiege Nanzheng. It's important. I Now that we have captured hundreds of horses for the Heavenly Army, Master will definitely reward us." All the ghost soldiers readily agreed...

Outside the city of Nanzheng, the seat of Hanzhong, there were flames of war everywhere, and the sound of killing shook the sky.Several large city-climbing vehicles were poured with hot oil by the defenders and then ignited, billowing thick smoke.Hundreds of ladders climbed onto the top of Nanzheng City, and a large number of ghost soldiers with five buckets of rice in their mouths held steel knives and large shields in their hands, climbing up the ladders.

At the head of the city, Su Gu, the prefect of Hanzhong, was commanding the defense hoarsely.And at a remote location below the city wall, an old man in Taoist robes with a red face was watching the battle intently.Next to him stood a middle-aged man respectfully.

This old man is none other than Zhang Xiu, the teacher of the Heavenly Master Way, and that middle-aged man is Zhang Xiu's most important altar, Yanpu.

At this moment, in their line of sight, a strong ghost soldier blocked the stones and arrows flying from the top of the city with a big tiger-head shield in his hand.Unexpectedly, just as he appeared at the battlement mouth, he was stabbed in the chest by a gun.

The ghost soldier fell backwards while grabbing the gun, and the Hanzhong soldier who was holding the gun was almost taken off the wall, so he hurriedly let go of the gun to escape.But a sharp arrow shot into his face.

Yan Pu said anxiously to Zhang Xiu: "Master, it's not good for me if the situation is so stalemate. Disciple, I think it's better to transfer our elite-King Kong warriors."

Zhang Xiu waved his fly and said, "Don't worry, wait until my nephew Zhang Lu arrives. He will bring the elite soldiers from Yizhou, and then Nanzheng will be defeated, so there is no need to go out as a vajra warrior."

At the end, he raised his eyebrows again and said: "It is passed as the division's military order, call gold to withdraw troops. We will fight again when Zhang Lu comes."

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Zhuyang, the front hall of the Junhou's mansion.All the generals gathered here, and even Shen Dan and Shen Yi, who were far away in Shangyong and Xicheng, took a boat down the Mian River and came to Zhuyang to participate in this important meeting.

Feng Yu summoned them just to discuss Mi Thief's trouble in Hanzhong again.The news that the Zhuyang cavalry was robbed and killed reached Zhuyang half a month ago, and after half a month of intelligence gathering, Feng Yu finally figured out what was going on.

The problem lies with Yizhou Mu Liu Yan.He recruited Zhang Xiu, a rice thief who had been making trouble in the west of Berkshire.Then he took Zhang Xiu as the Sima of the other tribe and Zhang Lu as the governor and Sima to attack Hanzhong.

As for why Liu Yan was able to recruit Zhang Xiu?In other words, why did Zhang Xiu get close to the big tree Liu Yan?We have to start with Zhang Lu's family.

When Zhang Xiu founded the Five Dou Rice Road in the Guanghe period, Zhang Lu's family had been preaching for a long time in Qingcheng Mountain and Heming Mountain in Shu County.

Tianxia Daomen is a family, and the two Daomen located in Yizhou naturally have a doctrinal inheritance relationship.Zhang Xiu also referred to Zhang Lu's father, Zhang Heng, as a teacher and brother.In fact, even Zhang Jiao's Taiping Dao has a certain inheritance relationship with Zhang Lu's Qingcheng Mountain Daomen.

Only later, Zhang Xiu responded to Zhang Jiao of Taiping Road and openly raised the flag to rebel.Zhang Heng was afraid of causing trouble to his upper body, so he cut off contact with Zhang Xiu.Soon thereafter, Zhang Heng died of illness.

During the Zhongping period, Liu Yan came to Yizhou to take a post with his soldiers, in order to take the scattered local powers into the hands of himself, the state shepherd.Liu Yan tried his best to win over the forces of various factions, unite vertically and horizontally, and finally relatively stabilized the situation in Yizhou.Among them, one faction that has won over is the Qingcheng Mountain Daomen of Zhang Lu's family.

In fact, this is not Liu Yan's unilateral initiative to win over, Zhang Lu's mother Huang also took the initiative to lean forward.Later, under Huang's go-between, Zhang Xiufang took his more than ten thousand ghost soldiers and tens of thousands of believers to join Liu Yan.

In the lobby, Feng Yu asked the Zhuyang officials in charge of intelligence to summarize the situation to the generals again.

Xun You asked a little puzzled: "Zhang Xiu has been active in Hanzhong for more than ten years, and his roots are deep. It is not surprising that Liu Yan sent him to counterattack Hanzhong with rice thieves and ghost soldiers. The strange thing is why Liu Yan would let someone who is not famous It is said that Zhang Lu is the governor and Sima, leading Yizhou soldiers to cooperate with Zhang Xiu to attack Hanzhong? Logically, he should send a general to do this."

Hearing his question, the Shen brothers, who knew a lot about Yizhou Hanzhong affairs, smiled strangely.Shen Dan took the initiative to explain:

"Xun Guoxiang didn't know that Lu's mother, Huang, is proficient in the art of retaining the face and the art of amalgamating men and women, and can also do divination. Although she is over half a hundred years old, she still has the face of a young girl. She hooked up with her. Liu Yan is deeply favored by Liu Yan, and he can come and go freely in Liu Yan's bedroom. With such a relationship, the Huang family will naturally let Liu Yan reuse her son Zhang Lu."

It was only then that everyone suddenly realized that the little-known Zhang Lu relied on his mother for his position.

Chapter 089 Very Dao

As a result of the discussion in the Zhuyang Hall, Feng Yu decided to completely ban the Wudou Rice Road in the areas under his control.The focus is on Shangyong and Xicheng.There are already signs of Wudoumi believers infiltrating and preaching in these two places.

Shen Dan and Shen Yi accepted the order happily, and said to Feng Yu with solemn expressions: "But please rest assured, we will never let Mi Thief take root in Fangling, Shangyong, and Xicheng."

Feng Yu reminded: "The five buckets of rice follow the origin of its teachings. In addition to Taoism, it also absorbed the witchcraft elements of the local witches. Therefore, they also have a certain influence in the Banchu barbarian tribe. You should also pay attention to cutting off their connection with Banchu. Great connection."

The Shen brothers all responded: "We will obey the imperial edict!"

Just in case, Feng Yu transferred an infantry battalion to Shangyong, led by Hua Xiong himself.

This task may seem mundane, but it is actually quite important.Shangyong is located in the center of the triangle formed by Xicheng, Fangling, and Wuxian, and the garrison in it can quickly support these three places.In the unlikely event that the enemy invades the three cities, Hua Xiong can temporarily and fully command the reclamation troops in the three places to fight together.

After finishing these, Feng Yu just started to dispatch troops and generals, and wanted to capture the entire Hanzhong before Liu Yan.

It is not so easy to make this determination. To do so means directly declaring war on Liu Yan in Yizhou, who has hundreds of thousands of household registrations and more than [-] armored troops.Wu County, which was not under much pressure before, will suddenly become a frontier position and face heavy pressure.

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In Xicheng, the westernmost and northernmost city in Feng Yu's hands, the streets and alleys are covered with notices.Warn the common people that the five buckets of rice road has been strictly prohibited, and anyone who dares to follow the rice thief will be severely punished, and the highest can be executed.

From time to time, yamen soldiers can be seen escorting prisoners in and out of the city gate.Those who came in were the Wudoumi believers brought out from the outskirts of the city or nearby mountain villages, and those who were escorted out were the felons who were about to be executed.

Outside the north gate of the West City, on the riverbank of Mianshui, the felons dressed in ochre-colored prison uniforms knelt in a row.Dressed in red and holding a ghost-headed sword, the bare-chested executioner stood in a row behind them.

At the order of the executioner, a row of heads fell on the river beach.There was an exclamation from the crowd, and someone covered his child's eyes.The body that fell to the ground spewed out a fountain of blood, dripping into the mists.

In the Mian water, there are constantly strange shaped Viking ships approaching the west city. They are either full of soldiers and horses, or full of grain, arrows and other war materials.

At this time, Xicheng has been used as the forward base of Feng Yu's western expedition.The army, food and grass are continuously concentrated here, but the volume of the Viking ships is not large, and it took a little longer than expected to prepare.

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Hanzhong Plain, Nanzheng City.

The ghost soldiers launched a fierce attack again, arrows shot towards the top of the city like migrating locusts, and ladders continued to approach the top of the city.The ghost soldiers and those regular Yizhou Army soldiers rushed towards the city like waves.

Two rebuilt building cars were also pasted up. This time, the ghost soldiers learned their lesson and poured water on the building cars to make them extremely wet.There are ghost soldiers waiting in full battle on the stairway of the building.

The Hanzhong defenders at the head of the city are still trying their best to resist.But they have been besieged for more than a month, and their morale has obviously dropped a lot.

A ghost pawn finally made it to the top of the city, but a spear gun and a steel knife attacked him one after the other. He held the spear gun with a shield, and the steel knife was inserted into his back.But the Hanzhong soldier who performed the knife was also shot by the arrow and fell to the ground.Another ghost soldier who climbed to the top of the wall cut the throat of the spear-wielding Han Zhongbing with a steel knife in his hand.

As the casualties of the defenders in Hanzhong increased, the number of Yizhou soldiers and ghost soldiers on the top of the city gradually increased.With two bangs, the ladder of the building car was also put on the wall stack, and soldiers rushed out of the building car...

Su Gu was still yelling loudly at the top of the city, Zhao Song, the head of Hanzhong, grabbed his sleeve and said, "My lord, hurry up. Nanzheng can't hold it anymore!"

Su Gu's eyes were red, and he said in a low voice: "You go, I won't go. People are in the city, but the city is lost!" Su Gu galloped down the city, followed by Zhao Song.

A moment later, the Nanzheng city gate was opened.Thousands of ghost soldiers and Yizhou soldiers outside the city poured into the city like a tide.With a smile on Zhang Xiu's face, he raised the whisk and said, "Infinite Heavenly Venerable, I will accomplish great things."

Then he ordered to the left and right: "Pass down the military order of my lord. After entering the city, innocent people are not allowed to be killed indiscriminately. Anyone who rapes and loots, beheaded! But the pseudo-prefect Su Gu and his officials and officials are all beheaded! All property in the family is confiscated! Serve me as a servant!"

After all, Zhang Xiu went back to the camp surrounded by his own soldiers, Nanzheng had just been captured and it was not suitable to enter the city yet.Beside Zhang Xiu, apart from Yan Pu, there was also a young man in his thirties who was wearing a Taoist robe followed him.This person is Zhang Lu.

At this time, Zhang Lu was in addition to the identity of Yizhou governor Sima given to him by Liu Yan.There is another identity - Zhitou Dajiu of Wudou Mi Dao, and also the master's direct disciple.This was given to him by Zhang Xiu not long ago.Zhang Xiu has three intentions in doing this:

One is to express goodwill and loyalty to Liu Yan. [Look, I put your lover's son in such a high position in the teaching, you Liu Yan should believe me. 】

The second is to win over Zhang Lu himself. After all, Zhang Lu came with [-] elite Yizhou troops.

The third is that although the "Five Dou of Rice Dao" was created by Zhang Xiu himself, it is inherited from the Qingcheng Mountain Daomen created by Zhang Lu's grandfather Zhang Daoling in terms of teaching system.Designating Zhang Lu as the inheritor of the Five Dou of Rice Dao demonstrates the orthodoxy of his own Daoism.

Night fell, but Nanzheng City was still brightly lit.Zhang Xiu and Zhang Lu's soldiers searched carefully from house to house.

Su Gu has already transferred his family to Chang'an.In Su Gu's mansion, Zhang Xiujun found nothing but a few servants.Zhang Xiu ordered to find Su Gu even if he dug three feet into the ground.

He was full of resentment towards Su Gu.Since he founded the five buckets of rice road in Guanghe period, he has worked hard in Hanzhong for nearly ten years.As a result, once the army was defeated, Su Gu uprooted him.He was also expelled to the northwest of Berkshire in the south of the Hanzhong Plain, where he hid in a ravine for several years.

At this time, in the dry well of a small house in the corner of Nanzheng City, there were a few whispers of human beings.It turned out that there was a secret room hidden under the dry well.

"Is this place safe?" It was Su Gu's voice.

Zhao Song replied: "Don't worry, my lord. This is a small house that Song secretly bought and dug a secret room here. Now in Nanzheng City, no one else knows about it. It is impossible for the rice thief to find this place." .”

"It's not a problem for us to hide here for a long time. I don't know if Chen Tiao has contacted Feng Yu, Marquis of Zhuyang. He is the only one who might be able to help us."

Both fell silent.It stands to reason that Chen Tiaoduo should have contacted Feng Yu a few days ago, and he should have returned to Nanzheng to report to Su Gu a few days ago, but there has been no sign of anyone.

After a few breaths, Zhao Song volunteered and said, "If Chen Tiao comes back now, he won't be able to contact us. Why don't you hide here first, let me go out and investigate. See if I can get in touch with Chen Tiao."

Su Gu pondered for a moment, then Fang nodded solemnly.

Chapter 090 Entering the Enemy Camp Alone

Late at night, Nanzheng City.Piles of illuminated bonfires lit up beside the road and gradually died down.There are still many ragged people on the street, basically homeless refugees from Guanzhong Liangzhou.

Most of them are resting or lying down or lying under the eaves on the corner of the street.There was only one person walking back and forth on the street with his tattered hat lowered, as if looking for something with his head down, muttering in his mouth: "Where did my longevity lock go? It was left to me by my parents." of…"

But his pair of eyes hidden under the shadow of the hat did not look at the ground, but scanned the surroundings with piercing eyes.This person is Zhao Song.After he left the burrow, he disguised himself as a refugee from Guanzhong, walked casually in Nanzheng City, and observed carefully.

Zhao Song discovered that the Yizhou Army in Nanzheng City was heavily guarded, and soldiers patrolling the streets could be seen from time to time.There are also strict checkpoints at the city gate, making it difficult to enter and exit.So he thought to himself, even if Chen Tiao returned to Nanzheng at this time, he would not be able to enter the city.Then Chen Tiao will definitely return to his villa first.

Thinking of this, Zhao Song decided to find a chance to get out of Nanzheng City.But waiting left and right did not wait for the opportunity.At this late night, if he wants to go out of the city alone, no matter what the reason is, it will definitely arouse the vigilance and suspicion of the guards at the city gate.

A long night passed.At dawn the next day, Zhang Xiu's troops stationed in the city needed firewood for cooking, so they called the refugees out of the city to collect firewood for them.It was only then that Zhao Song mixed among the refugees and left Nanzheng City under the leadership of a Yizhou army cook.Then when he was collecting firewood, he found a loophole and slipped away.

Zhao Song ran wildly all the way to the mountainous area southeast of Nanzheng.There is a mountain called Mopan Mountain.Chen Tiao, who used to be a powerful knight-errant, has a villa there called Chenjiazhai.

After more than two hours, Zhao Song, who had traveled more than 40 miles, finally arrived at Chenjiazhai.But to his disappointment, Chen Tiao did not return to Chenjiazhai.

Zhao Song was worried about the situation of Su Gu who stayed in Nanzheng City, so he had to leave a letter for the chief manager of Chenjiazhai to pass it to Chen Diao, and then hurried back to Nanzheng.It's just that he had just walked for two hours, and a group of people came along another mountain road leading to Chenjiazhai...