Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Feng Yu looked at the yellow farmland on the side of the road, and couldn't help sighing: "Hanzhong is really a land of abundance. I have been to many places after the Zhongping Year, and I have never seen a place with a large population and prosperous farmland like Hanzhong."

Regarding this aspect, it is natural that Zhao Song, who was once the chief bookkeeper of Hanzhong, has the most say.He cupped his hands to Feng Yu and said:

"My lord is right. Although the Hanzhong Plain is not as fertile and wild as the Shuzhong Plain, it still has 500 million mu of arable land. Since the Zhongping Great Plague and the Great Rebellion, the population of Hanzhong has not only not decreased, but has nearly doubled. The increase in the population is mainly from refugees from the Sanfu area of ​​Guanzhong, Liangzhou, and Hongnong.”

"Oh, so Master Zhao knows how many people are there in Hanzhong now?" This question was not asked by Feng Yu, but by Dian Qing.

"Not counting the Banyuman tribe in the mountains around Hanzhong, and the three eastern counties of Hanzhong County. The Hanzhong Plain alone has a population of nearly 15."

"So many! This half of Hanzhong County has more people than half of Yuzhou." Dian Qing was surprised.

Feng Yujun was not surprised by this number, because he could check the approximate number on the system panel.

Zhao Song nodded, and continued: "However, although the five counties in the Hanzhong Plain have so many people, most of the population belongs to the tribes of powerful clans. When Su Taishou was in charge, he adopted the method of cooperating with these powerful clans to jointly The political strategy of protecting the environment and the people, so not reporting the number of people hiding in them is also turning a blind eye."

At this time, Chen Tiao said with a smile: "It is such a person, but this is different from other tycoons. The family assets of this are mainly used to entertain friends and followers from the Jianghu. They are all used to buy land and gather tenants." The part is on."

Hearing this, Zhao Song sighed and said, "So, in the future, if my lord avenges Su Taishou and revises Zhang's law, after obtaining the Hanzhong Plain, it may take a lot of trouble to truly control Hanzhong."

Chen Tiao, who had a smile on his face, became solemn again when he heard Zhao Song mentioning Su Gu.

Feng Yu said indifferently: "These are all things to discuss later. We must defeat Zhang Xiu first. Even if we can't kill him for a while, we must drive him out of Hanzhong."

While the few people were talking, they came to the city of Chenggu.The gates of Chenggu were closed tightly, but this state is not surprising when the rice thieves are aggressively invading Hanzhong.

Chen Tiao yelled for a long time at the base of the city, and just now the county soldiers and Xiang Yong opened the city gate.As Su Gu's confidants and celebrities, Chen Tiao and Zhao Song knew each other.It's just that they don't know Feng Yu.The county magistrate Wang of Chenggu had already been notified and went to the city gate to meet them in person.

The county magistrate, Chen Tiao, and Zhao Song exchanged polite greetings, then with a sad expression on his face, he sighed and said, "Hey, Governor Su died at the hands of rice thieves. This is really sad news for my elders in Hanzhong. What to do!"

Zhao Song suddenly asked back: "Su Taishou just died yesterday, how did Wang Lingjun know that Su Taishou has suffered bad luck?"

The county magistrate Wang coughed lightly, and then replied: "I am worried about the battle situation in Nanzheng, and I send military scouts to check it out every day, so I know about it." After a pause, he pointed to Feng Yu and asked again : "Dare to ask, this is...?"

Chen Tiao replied angrily: "This is Feng Yu, General Fenwei, Marquis of Zhuyang County. He was originally here to help Hanzhong County fight against the rice bandits. Now that the prefect Su is dead, the junhou will lead Hanzhong on his behalf."

After hearing this, County Magistrate Wang had an extremely surprised expression on his face: "Oh, it turned out to be Lord Zhuyang. His reputation as a monarch has long been famous all over the world. Now that he personally visits Bi County, it really makes Bi County flourish. .”

At this time, a group of people have arrived at the county government office.

Feng Yu nodded and said: "Mr. Ling, let's talk in the hall, why stand outside and blow the air." The county magistrate Wang showed an imperceptible hesitation, but then returned to normal, and said: "Please, Please, everyone, please come in."

A group of people filed in, Feng Yu's hundred personal guards, and Chen Tiao's thirty rangers also entered the county government.According to common sense, they should be waiting in the compound.But the hundreds of personal guards continued to follow Feng Yu to the lobby, and County Magistrate Wang's face suddenly changed, even Chen Tiao and Zhao Song didn't know what Feng Yu was going to do.

"Hey. Your Majesty, it's enough for the soldiers to stay in the courtyard. The county hall is not that big, it can't accommodate so many soldiers, and it's not in line with etiquette... Your Majesty, what are you..."

County magistrate Wang couldn't continue his words, because Feng Yu's sword was already on his neck.

"Listen, everyone in ambush in the lobby, get out! Throw away your weapons, or you will be killed without mercy!" Feng Yu yelled loudly into the lobby.Chen Tiao, Zhao Song's face changed from doubt to surprise.County magistrate Wang closed his eyes, acting desperately waiting to be killed.

Suddenly there was a shout, and a general rushed out of the hall with nearly two hundred swordsmen.Dian Qing, who was behind Feng Yu, had already held a bow and set up an arrow, and shot the head general between the eyebrows with one arrow, knocking him to the ground.

Feng Yu's hundreds of personal guards had already drawn out their weapons, raised their shields and stalked away.How could these county soldiers be their opponents, thirty or forty of them were cut down in an instant.Chen Tiao and his rangers also reacted, drew their swords and went up to help.In a short while, the soldiers of these counties and counties were already shattered, kneeling down and begging for mercy.

In fact, Feng Yu didn't use the system to discover the ambush in the lobby of the county government, so he knew there was a fraud.But as soon as he saw County Magistrate Wang, he knew something was wrong.

Because when he first met County Magistrate Wang, Feng Yu discovered that the friendship value on his head was actually negative.At this time, County Magistrate Wang didn't know that he was Marquis Zhuyang, so the magistrate Wang's hostility was definitely not aimed at Feng Yu, but at Chen Tiao and Zhao Song.

After Feng Yu noticed this, he secretly called up the system to overlook the scene and checked, and he found that there were nearly two hundred swordsmen ambushing in the government office.

Later, when County Magistrate Wang knew that he was Feng Yu, he showed hesitation.Apparently it was because this was beyond the expectation of County Magistrate Wang, making it difficult for him to decide whether to proceed with the original plan.

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Zhao Song turned over the general who had been shot dead with his feet, and found that it was the county lieutenant of Chenggu County.He said to County Magistrate Wang in a cold voice: "Wang Lingjun, please explain what's going on!"

County magistrate Wang beat his feet and chest, pointed at the county lieutenant's body and said, "It's because of this fellow's encouragement that this order will make a big mistake..." Then tremblingly, he told the truth...

Chapter 094 Ambush

In the lobby of the Chenggu County Government.The county magistrate Wang has been stripped of his official uniform and crown, kneeling on the cold bluestone slab in the center of the hall, intermittently confessing what happened.Everyone knows what's going on after listening.

It turned out that just this morning, when Feng Yu and others were robbing the execution ground in Nanzheng, Zhang Xiu's envoy brought a letter of persuasion to the Chenggu county government.

Only then did the county magistrate and county lieutenant know that Su Gu was dead and Nanzheng was captured by soldiers and horses from Yizhou.They thought that the general situation was over, and after discussing with each other, they agreed to surrender to Zhang Xiu, and agreed with the envoy on the time of surrender.

Unexpectedly, Feng Yu and others came to the city of Chenggu that afternoon.At this time, the magistrate Wang and the county lieutenant didn't know that Feng Yu, Marquis of Zhuyang, was in the team, and of course they didn't know what happened in the execution ground outside the East Gate of Nanzheng.It was only Zhao Song, and Chen Tiao retreated to Chenggu with the remnant soldiers.

So, the county lieutenant gave magistrate Wang an idea.Since you want to surrender Zhang Xiu, why don't you do one thing, kill Zhao Song and Chen Diao, and use their heads as a gift to surrender Zhang Xiu.The county magistrate Wang couldn't stand the county lieutenant's instigation, so he agreed to the plan.

Immediately, they selected two hundred trusted soldiers from the county soldiers, and asked them to ambush in the hall as swordsmen, but they were finally spotted by Feng Yu.

Feng Yu suddenly asked: "Which part of the army did Zhang Xiu send to Chenggu to accept the surrender? When will he come? How many troops will he bring?"

"My lord, it's Zhang Xiu's great sacrificial wine, Yan Pu, who came to accept the surrender. It could arrive this evening as early as tomorrow morning. As for how many people he will bring here. This... I really don't know anything about it!"

"How dare you lie to us!" Chen Tiao drew his sword and stepped forward angrily.County Magistrate Wang said frightenedly: "Every sentence I said is true, I really don't know how many troops Yan Pu will bring here, if I know, I would never dare to hide it from the prince."

"Guiyi, it's really unlikely that he knows this, and there's no need to force him." After Feng Yu finished speaking, he waved his hand and ordered the magistrate Wang to be detained.At this moment, everyone looked at Feng Yu, waiting for him to make a decision.

Feng Yu first asked: "How many soldiers and horses are there in Chenggu City?"

Zhao Song replied: "My lord, after we take over the military power of Chenggu, there will be 800 soldiers and horses that can be mobilized in the barracks."

"Why are there so few people?"

This time it was Chen Tiao's response: "My lord, I don't know. Previously, the prefect Su hoped to keep the enemy out of the Hanzhong Plain, so he assembled the county soldiers and Zhang Xiu to fight fiercely near Dingjun Mountain, the entrance of the Shu Road in Hanzhong. So Nanzheng also has to gather heavy troops. Therefore, the main forces of the troops and horses in each county have been transferred away, leaving only a small number of troops for public security."

Feng Yu paused for a while and said, "The current situation is that Zhang Xiu has occupied Mianyang and Nanzheng counties in the west of the Hanzhong Plain. If Zhang Xiu is allowed to further occupy the entire Hanzhong Plain and block the exit of Mianshui, our army will It is difficult to enter the Hanzhong Plain by water. If we attack from the mountains, it will be difficult to take advantage of our army's cavalry. Therefore, we cannot abandon Chenggu and the area east of Chenggu."

Chen Tiao replied excitedly: "Then, let's set up the city defense and fight the bandit army decisively at the top of the city. Although our army is small, there are [-] county soldiers plus the master's elite personal guards. It will last for a few days. , Waiting for the vanguard of the lord to arrive at the city, it won't be a problem."

At this time, a system task prompt panel appeared in Feng Yu's sight again:

[Mission: Ambush, mission content: Ambush the Yanpu tribe who came to accept surrender in Chenggu City, and annihilate them.Mission completion rewards: Water Mill Building Card x10, Thousands of People Shelter Card x3, Light Cavalry Flying Feather training unlock]

Feng Yu immediately said: "It is not necessary to stick to the city. We may let them enter the city."

"Ah! My lord, what is the meaning of this?..."

"If Yan Pu encounters our army's steadfast defense, besides asking for reinforcements from the rear, he may turn to attack Anguo County in the east. Although we can send an urgent letter to inform Anguo County to prepare early, it is difficult for Baoguo County not to fall. It is difficult for the Lingshou of Baoan Guo County to surrender to the enemy like the Lingshou of Chenggu when the soldiers approached the city. Therefore, it is the best plan to ambush Yanpu in Chenggu."

Only then did Chen Tiao realize Feng Yu's intentions, and nodded.Zhao Song replied: "Then immediately send a messenger to inform Anguo and Pingyang counties, and ask them to make preparations early."

Feng Yu added: "We still need to ask the messengers to explain to the magistrates and lieutenants of the two counties that the army of the Zhuyang Kingdom will enter the Hanzhong Plain within a few days. I hope they don't need to panic."

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Under the deep night, on the road from Nanzheng to Chenggu, a long "fire dragon" is advancing rapidly.Yan Pu, who led the army, was still urging the soldiers to speed up.

Originally, he didn't need to rush to Chenggu to accept the surrender in such a hurry.But the fact that Zhao Song was robbed in the execution ground made Zhang Xiu furious and alert.

Zhang Xiuben believed that after annihilating the main force of the Hanzhong army in the west of the Hanzhong Plain and capturing Nanzheng, the seat of government, it was a matter of passing the call and surrendering the entire Hanzhong.But now he thought he was oversimplifying the matter.So Yan Pu was urgently ordered to accept the surrender of the city, so as not to have long nights and dreams.

Yan Pu came here this time with [-] soldiers and horses.The reason why I didn't bring more people here is of course mainly for the speed of marching.Secondly, he knew that there were only a few hundred defenders in the city, and he didn't need too many troops to accept the surrender.

In the middle of the night, Yan Pu's soldiers and horses finally came to the city of Chenggu.Yan Pu could clearly see many soldiers patrolling with torches at the top of the city.So he ordered the soldiers to shout to the top of the city, and after a while a figure appeared on the top of the city. Naturally, it was the county magistrate of Chenggu.

"Under the city is Mr. Yan Pu, the great sacrificial wine of the Heavenly Master Dao?"

"Exactly, quickly open the city gate and let me in!" Yan Pu shouted loudly.

Behind the magistrate Wang stood Feng Yu dressed as a soldier. He was using the system to overlook the army outside the city.

It's not that Feng Yu took off his pants and farted, it's superfluous.But from the system's bird's-eye view, he can see even if there are no soldiers holding torches.Even those blocked by objects can see a green fluorescent silhouette.

After Feng Yu was sure that Yan Pu only brought less than [-] soldiers, he whispered to County Magistrate Wang, "Open the city gate and let them in."

The county magistrate of Wang hurriedly shouted to Yan Pu under the city: "Okay, wait for Yan Jijiu, I will order the soldiers to put down the drawbridge and open the city gate!"

After a few breaths, the suspension bridge was lowered, and the city gate creaked open.Yan Pu ordered in a cold voice: "Enter the city! After entering the city, first control the city gates, the county government, and the barracks."

The ghost soldiers immediately lined up and marched into Chenggu City. The first soldiers to enter the city gate, a hundred soldiers climbed up the tower along the corridor and took over the guard at the top of the city.Then 500 troops passed through the city gate and the urn in a column and entered the city.

After a while, Yan Pu also boarded the top of the city surrounded by a large number of soldiers, and the county magistrate Wang hurried up to greet him.The two exchanged a few words of politeness, and County Magistrate Wang stammered a little: "If... so, Yan Jijiu will go to the county government office with a certain person to hand over... the seal ribbon."

Chapter 095 The eve of the decisive battle

While County Magistrate Wang was talking to Yan Pu, Feng Yu noticed that the last ghost soldier had entered Chenggu City.The steel knife in his hand has already come out, and he started to attack without saying a word.Those scouts also shot at almost the same time.

With a sound of "ah", a certain ghost pawn let out the first scream.Yan Pu saw that the soldiers around him were suddenly attacked, so he knew it was not good.But he was alert and reacted instantly.County magistrate Wang was slow to react, he couldn't retreat in time, Yan Pu grabbed the hem of his clothes.

Yan Pu put the steel knife on the neck of the county magistrate Wang, and shouted: "Put down your weapons, or you will be slaughtered by your order!"

Up to now, he still thought that it was the magistrate Wang who came out and instead surrendered, so he arrested the magistrate Wang first.At the head of the city, he had nearly 200 soldiers, while the opponent had only five or sixty soldiers, and he held the "thief chief" hostage again.So he is confident that he can turn the situation around.

At this time, Feng Yu, Zhao Song, and all the scouts had been in trouble for a long time.Around Yanpu, there were sixty or seventy ghost soldiers, who were caught off guard by the chaos of weapons and spears and fell to the ground.Only Feng Yu himself killed three people in a row.

No one paid any attention to Yan Pu's threats.Only then did Yan Pu realize what was wrong, and he lost his mind.Feng Yu had already stabbed his temple with a knife.

Yan Pu's blood and brains were all over the face of Wang County Magistrate who closed his eyes tightly, and he was so frightened that he collapsed like chaff.

There were about 200 ghost soldiers and Yan Pu's personal soldiers who came up first from the city, and more than half of them were killed in an instant.Seeing that Yan Pu was also dead, the remaining ghost soldiers either ran down the city screaming or knelt down and begged for mercy.The suspension bridge of Chenggu City was immediately pulled up by the scouts.

The scouts kept throwing straw bales stained with vegetable oil and turpentine down the tower.The fire blazed between the drawbridge and the city gate, and finally burned the drawbridge.Then, except for twenty scouts staying here, Feng Yu led the rest of the people and rushed to Wengcheng.

In the city, the ghost soldiers walking at the forefront have already found a large number of roadblocks blocking their way.Dark shadows appeared on the roofs on both sides of the street.

The sound of killing was already everywhere, and the rockets continued to shoot towards the street like flying meteors.The pre-placed firelighters on the street burned blazingly, igniting some of the clothes of the ghost soldiers, and at the same time brightly illuminated the entire street.

The crossbowmen of the two hundred county soldiers continued to shoot at the ghost soldiers in the street intensively.Cover in small blocks.Every place that is covered, the pawns here will be shot into hedgehogs.

The panicked ghost soldiers screamed and led by the generals to break out in all directions, but they immediately found in despair that the alleys on both sides of the street were also full of roadblocks to resist horses.Behind is a dense forest of guns and knives, and those who approached were killed on the spot.

A small group of ghost soldiers tried to climb up to the roof with a human ladder. As soon as their heads were exposed on the roof, several spears would attack, and the skull would be pierced by one of them.

Dian Qing stood on an attic, shooting heavy arrows one after another.Specialized in killing ghosts and high-ranking generals. More than 30 black shadows also jumped into the street, killing ghost soldiers in the chaos, and they also picked the leader to intercept and kill.They are the rangers of Chen Tiao.

Inside the Wengcheng, it was even more appalling.The entire Wengcheng has been burned into a sea of ​​flames.Without exception, all the ghost soldiers behind Yan Pu's team fell into the flames...

In the early hours of the morning, the fire gradually subsided.The shouts of killing all over the city were also much smaller, replaced by the howling of ghosts and wolves throughout the night.It was ghost soldiers and wounded soldiers howling mournfully.Feng Yu ordered to go down and end the suffering of the seriously wounded soldiers one by one.

At dawn, the fire was basically extinguished, but there was a thin layer of smoke over Chenggu City, and wisps of green smoke could be seen rising from a certain corner of the city from time to time.

All the ghost soldiers brought by Yan Pu were wiped out except for more than 500 people who were captured.The Chenggu garrison suffered more than 200 casualties, and Feng Yu's scouts suffered more than ten casualties.

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Three days later, Feng Yujun entered the Hanzhong Plain one after another.The first batch to enter was the Xu Rong Army formed by three battalions, in addition to the 500 reclamation soldiers drawn from Xicheng, Shangyong, and Fangling.Combined with the original county soldiers in the three counties of Anguo, Pingyang and Chenggu in the eastern part of the Hanzhong Plain, the total strength is [-].

The Zhang Xiu and Zhang Lu troops occupying Nanzheng and Mianyang counties in the west of the Hanzhong Plain totaled more than [-] people.

The two sides quickly deployed troops everywhere on the Hanzhong Plain, arranged troops and opened up their posture.Things confront each other.

Feng Yu hoped that this battle could be resolved quickly, not only because it was too difficult to rely on the Mianshui waterway and Viking ships to supply food, grass and supplies, but also because Feng Yu was worried that a long-term war would lead to poor harvests and population loss in Hanzhong.

Another most important factor is that Feng Yu is worried that Zhang Xiu will drag him on for too long in Hanzhong, and he will have long nights and dreams.Now the main force of Zhao Yun's cavalry has also been transferred to Xicheng as a reserve team.Zhuyang is empty of troops. If Shang County and Wuyang are attacked, there will be no soldiers to support them.

Feng Yu hoped for a quick battle, so why not Zhang Xiu.It was ten thousand times more difficult for him to transport supplies from Shu Road than Feng Yu.

In addition, he tried to quickly gain a foothold in the Hanzhong Plain, so that he could get rid of Liu Yan's control and stand on his own.If Hanzhong had a large population loss due to long-term wars, it would be impossible for him to fight against Liu Yan with Hanzhong.

Both sides in the battle have the desire for a quick victory, which means that the war will soon enter the decisive stage.

The two sides used the Hanzhong Plain as a chessboard, and you came and went to test each other's weak points, waiting for the other to make mistakes.

Zhang Xiu tried to send a partial division deep into the eastern part of the Hanzhong Plain, and stationed troops in the Mianshui of Anguo County to enter the gorge of the mountain, but was ambushed by Feng Yujun.Three out of ten escaped.

Feng Yujun moved Xu Rong's army to the southern suburbs of Mianyang County with [-] reclamation soldiers, making a gesture of blocking the exit of the Shu Road.Tried to lure the Mianyang County defenders out of the city for a decisive battle, but the opponent was not fooled.Instead, Zhang Lujun, who was stationed in Nanzheng, moved behind Xu Rong's army.Xu Rong's army was forced to withdraw.

Feng Yu tried to lure the enemy into the depths again, and lured Zhang Xiu and Zhang Lujun to Chenggu and Pingyang to fight at the middle point of the triangle formed by Anguo, but he failed.

In this way, the two sides have gone through a series of battle attempts, such as cutting the opponent's food path, assaulting the opponent's weak link, and luring the enemy to go deep.They all found that no one can afford to wait like this.

In the end, the two sides began to form a large camp at a place called Liulin 24 miles west of Chenggu, 26 miles north of Nanzheng, and confronted each other at close range.And continue to gather troops here.Apparently, this location became the place where the two sides reached a tacit agreement for a decisive battle.It is only seven miles away from the north bank of Mianshui.

Both sides believe that this is the most beneficial place for their own battle if the other party is willing to accept it.

Chapter 096

In autumn, the central Sichuan plain is cloudy and rainy, and the sun can hardly be seen. In a room of a mansion compound in Chengdu, there is boundless spring.From time to time, wisps of sandalwood smoke of agarwood emitted from the copper censer, but the sexual sounds of men and women could be heard from the bed curtain from time to time.

The man looked at least sixty years old, and the woman was at most in her early twenties, and she had a pretty face.This man is Liu Yan, the lord of Yizhou, and the woman is Zhang Lu's mother, Huang Shi, the head of the Taoist sect in Qingcheng Mountain.

Her age is actually not much younger than Liu Yan, but she has the art of retaining the face and the way of keeping in good health.Over half a hundred years old, not only does she not look old, but her moon body skin also has no fat or wrinkles.In the bed curtain, there is still a jade body lying horizontally.

Finally, the two completed the "practice" of the art of Aiki for men and women.Huang Shi slipped off Liu Yan's body and put on her clothes while standing by the bed.He said at the same time: "Master, can Lu Er write to you?"

Liu Yan was still lying on the bed shirtless at this time, admiring Huang's half-clothed and half-covered Yuetong body.Seeing that Liu Yan didn't answer, Huang said sullenly, "Ask you something!?"

Only then did Liu Yan come back to his senses, and squeaked: "Here we come. It is said that there is something unexpected about the situation in Hanzhong."

"What accident?" Huang asked.In fact, Zhang Lu would of course inform her about the situation in Hanzhong through a letter from his family.She asked this question knowingly just because she didn't want Liu Yan to be distracted.