Three Kingdoms Star System

Chapter 191

Liu He led the army to Youzhou after rectifying the troops and raising food and grass in the Yuan family.

In fact, if the high-ranking officials hadn't found various reasons for delaying the requisition of food and grass, it is estimated that Liu He's army would have arrived at Fanyang City in Youzhou by now, but it has just arrived at the boundary of Wuji.

Although he was very dissatisfied, Liu He didn't say anything. After all, a large part of his food and grass was provided by others, and he had to bow his head under the eaves. On the contrary, Qu Yi felt guilty. He always thought it was because He had conflicts with high-ranking officials, which caused the high-ranking officials to express their anger at Liu He, causing the army to be delayed for several days.

However, Liu He knew that this had nothing to do with Qu Yi at all, and there must be other reasons.

Because with the intellect of a high-ranking official, since Qu Yi could no longer stop Qu Yi from following him to conquer Youzhou, there was no need to do such frivolous things as postponing the requisition of grain and grass.

But what is the specific reason, Liu He still can't figure it out, Guo Jia and Xun You also don't know, but they all secretly reminded Liu He to be careful of the conspiracy of senior officials.

Although he knew that this matter had nothing to do with Qu Yi, Liu He did not explain it to Qu Yi. First, he did not know the specific plot of the other party, and even if he explained it, there was no evidence. The conflict between them is getting bigger and bigger, which is actually something that Liu He likes to hear, because Liu He has long admired Qu Yi, and very much hopes that Qu Yi can turn to his side.

But at this moment, a soldier of the forward Zhang Yan's army suddenly came to report: "My lord, when my general was marching ahead, he suddenly saw a large number of people fleeing. General Zhang became suspicious and stopped a civilian to ask. , but I heard that a large number of bandits suddenly came to Wuji County and were looting everywhere, and the people felt unsafe, so they fled, so General Zhang asked the villain to ask the lord, should we take a detour?"

"Rebels? Why are there still rebels here, and there are still a large number of rebels? Hasn't the Black Mountain Army already surrendered?" Liu He frowned after hearing the words, and said in doubt.

Guo Jia stepped forward and said lightly: "My lord, according to Jia, this is likely to be a conspiracy by high officials, or Yuan Shao's conspiracy. Jia once said that Yuan Shao is lenient on the outside but jealous on the inside. It’s still the same, let alone the Lord? He definitely didn’t want us to pacify Youzhou so quickly, so he tried to slow down our march. If the thief appeared in Wuji, if it is not as expected, the senior officials will definitely use this as an excuse to ask us to let General Qu Yi stay to stabilize the situation."

Then I saw Xun You said: "Fortunately, we speeded up our march and happened to come to Wuji County. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to discover the hidden secrets. In fact, Yuan Shao would be fine if he didn't pretend to be smart. Now that he is doing this, not only will he fail to achieve the desired effect. , on the contrary, it’s just a matter of stealing chickens and losing money, and eventually causing trouble for myself.”

Liu He nodded slightly, and then said: "I guess since Yuan Shao wanted to slow down my speed, he would definitely not just do this one thing. It is very likely that Gongsun Zan at this time already knew that we were going to attack Youzhou. Something happened, so we must be careful not to fall into Gongsun Zan's ambush, and since we ran into the incident of a thief in Wuji County, we certainly can't sit idly by, not only can't ignore it, but also help Yuan Shao find out the truth behind the scenes. Fierce, let him let General Quyi go to Youzhou with complete peace of mind."

"My lord's words are very true." Guo Jia and Xun You could be said to know the elegance of the stringed songs, they nodded and laughed together.

Then Liu He sent an order to Zhang Yan to lead his soldiers into the city at a high speed, to put down the Wuji thieves with strong means, and to capture their leader alive, waiting for Liu He's personal interrogation.

"Okay, you go and tell the lord, please rest assured, haha, I really didn't expect that I, Zhang Yan, would have such a chance to make meritorious deeds before I left Jizhou. Soldiers, give me a good performance. This is our first opportunity." The first time I performed in front of the lord, there must be no mistakes. Also, always remember to abide by military discipline, not to violate the common people, and keep in mind the lord's words "don't demolish houses to death from freezing, don't plunder to death from starvation", dare to have Violators, don't wait for the lord, I will kill you first!"

Zhang Yan issued the military order with a serious expression, and then rushed the army to Wuji City. When the people fled and the gate of Wuji City was wide open, he led the army into the city, and then divided the soldiers under his command into more than a dozen teams. During inspections, any thieves who rob the people will be immediately suppressed with thunder.

The soldiers dispersed after taking orders, and Zhang Yan did not dare to neglect, and led his [-] soldiers to patrol the city. When he led the army to a large mansion, he suddenly heard There was a sound of cursing, and he immediately cheered up, and said loudly: "There must be bandits coming here, brothers, go, follow me to have a look."

Zhang Yan cheered up and led the soldiers to the main entrance of the mansion. When he saw the two characters "Zhen's Mansion" written on the plaque at the entrance of the mansion, he was surprised and said: "It turned out to be the mansion of the giant merchant Zhen's family. I really didn't expect such a thing." The behemoth would be robbed by the robbers, but it's reasonable to think about it. The patriarch of the Zhen family, Zhen Yi, is dead, and his sons are not officials now. "

Zhang Yan originally planned to go directly to the mansion to save people, but found that the door of the mansion was closed, no matter how much he called the door, he couldn't open it, so he came to the wall in a hurry, jumped over the wall lightly, and came into the mansion.

Inside the gate of the mansion, Zhang Yan clearly saw that the servants of Zhen's mansion were tied up, and a group of people dressed as robbers gathered together to gamble. Gambling.

Zhang Yan stepped forward, laughed and said, "How much money did you rob? Can you share some with the official?"

"Where are you officers and soldiers from? We can tell you, don't meddle in other people's business, this is beyond your control." A leader looked at Zhang Yan, surprised how he got in, and at the same time gave a solemn warning.

"I can't take care of you. Grandpa will take care of this matter today." Zhang Yan sneered, and caught up with them and knocked down the bandits to the ground.

"You, who are you? How dare you even beat us! Do you know that although we look like bandits, we are officials sent by the county lord to handle affairs. Your Excellency is very skilled in martial arts, and we will never dare to pursue anything, but your Excellency It's better to leave quickly, let's pretend that this incident never happened, otherwise, if you pursue it, you will definitely not be able to afford it, because our errands were directly assigned by Yecheng."

Seeing Zhang Yan's skill, the leader did not dare to be as arrogant as before, but he still issued a stern warning not to interfere.

"It's really the case, then you can't leave." Zhang Yan stepped forward, opened the door of the mansion, and asked the soldiers under his command to tie up all these people, and then led the soldiers into the Zhen Mansion.

(End of this chapter)