Three Kingdoms King of the North

He thought very clearly in his heart that if he wanted to save his life now, returning to Jizhou might be his only choice.So when he heard that the holy lady's carriage was outside the gate of the camp, he didn't even care about putting on his shoes, so he ran straight out.He came to Zhang Ning's car, knelt down on the ground with a thud, and said, "See you holy lady! Zuo mustache was delayed by something, so I came to see you at this moment. Please don't blame holy lady."

"Okay, let's get up." Zhang Ning got out of the carriage with Yu Jigen's help, walked up to Zuo Miao and Zhang Ba, and said to them, "Bring me to the camp."

When Zhang Ning wanted to enter the camp, Yu Ligeng and Zhang Baiqi definitely wanted to follow. Tai Shici also followed in order to understand the content of the talks between the two sides in time.As for the 5000 men he led, in order not to cause unnecessary panic, he only brought 500 with him.

When the group arrived at the big tent, Zhang Ning glanced inside the tent and saw that there was no food or drink at all, so he knew that his guess was correct. Zuo Miao just wanted to avoid seeing him, and he was not preparing any banquet at all.After everyone was seated, Zhang Ning asked, "Zuo Miao, Zhang Ba, I want to ask you. How many people have you kidnapped this time?"

Hearing Zhang Ning's question, Zuo Miao and Zhang Ba hurriedly stood up from their seats, and replied respectfully, "Did you never coerce the common people when you returned to the saint?"

"Oh, you didn't coerce the people?" Zhang Ning sneered after hearing the two people's answers, "But when I entered the camp, I saw many women and children in the village, and even babies in swaddling clothes. Can they also charge forward?"

"Holy aunt," Zuo Miao hurriedly gave Zhang Ba a wink at Zhang Ning's question, signaling him to answer the question.The understanding Zhang Ba hurriedly replied: "This year's food harvest is poor, and the people have no food to eat. In order not to starve to death, we had to raise the flag to rebel. Unexpectedly, tens of thousands of people were gathered under our command. This point, the Holy Spirit Auntie can go and inquire about it, she is absolutely not coercing anyone."

After listening to Zhang Ba's self-defense, Tai Shici couldn't help snorting, and said to himself: Everywhere you go, you loot all the food, and the local people can only follow you in order not to starve to death. .But Zhang Ning didn't speak, so he couldn't interrupt, so he could only keep silent.

After Zhang Ba finished speaking, he heard someone snorted heavily, and just about to get angry, when he saw clearly Shi Tai Shici, he couldn't help shivering all over.He obediently looked down at the ground, not daring to speak any more.

Seeing that Zhang Ba had finished speaking, Zhang Ning looked at Zuo Miao and asked, "Zuo Miao, I'm asking you. Is there any other army besides yours?"

"There are some," Zuo Miao waited for Zhang Ning to finish speaking, and quickly nodded his head and said, "In addition to our road, there are tens of thousands of troops from Liu Shi and Ping Han on the left wing. In addition, there are Qingniujiao, The 20 troops led by Huang Long, Zuo Xiao, Guo Daxian and others are heading for this place. In three days at most, another 30 troops can gather here."

"Liu Shi and Ping Han, you can't wait." Tai Shici couldn't help interjecting when he heard this, "I got the news today that the two of them committed a lot of evil and were full of evil, and they were killed by our army yesterday. "

"What?!" Tai Shici's words seemed like a thunderbolt had been thrown in the tent, stunned Zuo Hu and Zhang Ba.The two men stared wide-eyed in surprise, looked at Tai Shici and asked, "General, I don't know about this, who did you listen to?"

"It's a message from my master." Tai Shici glared at the two of them, and then continued: "Liu Shipinghan's body was identified by Guan Hai. It can be said that even if your soldiers on the left are not fully It is only a matter of time before the army is destroyed."

After Zhang Ning heard this, he snorted heavily, and then said in a stern tone: "Let Zuo Miao come out to see my holy lady!"

Zhang Ba didn't dare to neglect Zhang Ning's instructions, and quickly turned around to tell a yellow scarf thief behind him: "Hurry back to the village, please come out with Commander Zuo Qu."

Unexpectedly, after the yellow-turban thief entered the camp, it took a full incense stick of work, but he still hadn't seen Zuo Miao appear.Zhang Ning got a little impatient with the wait, and asked dissatisfiedly, "Where did Zuo Miao go? Knowing that the saint is here, he dared not come out to greet her. Could it be that he didn't take the teacher and the saint seriously?"

Seeing that Zhang Ning was showing signs of getting angry, Zhang Ba just laughed dryly, but dared not speak.

"Since he won't come out to see the holy lady, we won't go in the camp." After Zhang Ning said this to Zhang Ba, he turned to Tai Shici who was riding on the horse: "General Tai Shi, let's go back."

Before Tai Shici set off, he had been instructed by Huang Zhong, and he had to follow Zhang Ning's orders when he came out this time.So hearing what Zhang Ning said, he quickly clasped his fists and agreed, "Obey!"

Seeing that Zhang Ning was about to leave, Zhang Ba panicked immediately, and quickly persuaded him, "Please wait here for the holy lady. When I go to the camp to find Zuo Miao, I must let him come out to see the holy lady."

After getting Zhang Ning's permission, Zhang Ba trotted all the way into the camp, and found Zuo Miao lying in the tent, sleeping soundly.And the yellow scarf thief who came to report earlier has long since disappeared.

Seeing that Zuo Miao was fast asleep, Zhang Ba suddenly lost his temper. After shaking him vigorously to wake him up, he asked angrily: "The holy lady is outside the camp. I have already sent someone to invite you. Why? not going?"

Zuo mustache sneered and said: "The saintess came with the officers and soldiers. Their purpose of coming is the most obvious. They just want to persuade us to submit to the imperial court. The days of eating meat and drinking in big bowls are not enough. , how can you easily submit to the imperial court and be subject to various constraints?"

After figuring out the reason why Zuo Miao didn't want to go out to meet Zhang Ning, Zhang Ba stomped his feet anxiously, and said to Zuo Miao: "Sister Sheng is already angry when she sees that you haven't shown up for so long. In my opinion, if you don't show up again , Maybe the officers and soldiers will attack the stronghold in a big way next time. Do you think our existing soldiers and horses can stop them?"

Zhang Ba's statement made Zuo Hu feel terrified, but he still bit the bullet and said: "Although the soldiers and horses of Jizhou are powerful, their numbers are not as many as ours. Although we were defeated yesterday, we only gathered 3 There are more than 8 people, but there are 20 or 30 soldiers from Liu Shi and Pinghan on the left wing, and more than 6 soldiers from Qingniujiao, Huanglong, Zuoxiao, Guo Daxian and others are also on the way here. Don't you believe that [-] troops can't defeat his [-] or [-] troops?"

"Although our total strength is as many as 30, how many good fighters are there?" Zhang Ba specially reminded Zuo Miao, "Don't forget, when we attacked Tugu County yesterday, our total strength was almost 3. As a result, after a big defeat, there were only more than 30 people left. Even if we gathered enough [-] soldiers and horses, if we fought with the Jizhou army, we probably had no chance of winning."

Zuo Mustache gasped, and couldn't help but recall the scene yesterday when Tai Shici led his troops into battle.The opponent only dispatched [-] cavalry to disintegrate his [-] army.If there were not [-] cavalry at that time, but [-] cavalry, maybe his entire army would have been wiped out.Thinking of this, white sweat broke out all over his body, he quickly got up from the couch, and asked in a panic, "Where is the holy lady?"

He thought very clearly in his heart that if he wanted to save his life now, returning to Jizhou might be his only choice.So when he heard that the holy lady's carriage was outside the gate of the camp, he didn't even care about putting on his shoes, so he ran straight out.He came to Zhang Ning's car, knelt down on the ground with a thud, and said, "See you holy lady! Zuo mustache was delayed by something, so I came to see you at this moment. Please don't blame holy lady."

"Okay, let's get up." Zhang Ning got out of the carriage with Yu Jigen's help, walked up to Zuo Miao and Zhang Ba, and said to them, "Bring me to the camp."

When Zhang Ning wanted to enter the camp, Yu Ligeng and Zhang Baiqi definitely wanted to follow. Tai Shici also followed in order to understand the content of the talks between the two sides in time.As for the 5000 men he led, in order not to cause unnecessary panic, he only brought 500 with him.

When the group arrived at the big tent, Zhang Ning glanced inside the tent and saw that there was no food or drink at all, so he knew that his guess was correct. Zuo Miao just wanted to avoid seeing him, and he was not preparing any banquet at all.After everyone was seated, Zhang Ning asked, "Zuo Miao, Zhang Ba, I want to ask you. How many people have you kidnapped this time?"

Hearing Zhang Ning's question, Zuo Miao and Zhang Ba hurriedly stood up from their seats, and replied respectfully, "Did you never coerce the common people when you returned to the saint?"

"Oh, you didn't coerce the people?" Zhang Ning sneered after hearing the two people's answers, "But when I entered the camp, I saw many women and children in the village, and even babies in swaddling clothes. Can they also charge forward?"

"Holy aunt," Zuo Miao hurriedly gave Zhang Ba a wink at Zhang Ning's question, signaling him to answer the question.The understanding Zhang Ba hurriedly replied: "This year's food harvest is poor, and the people have no food to eat. In order not to starve to death, we had to raise the flag to rebel. Unexpectedly, tens of thousands of people were gathered under our command. This point, the Holy Spirit Auntie can go and inquire about it, she is absolutely not coercing anyone."

After listening to Zhang Ba's self-defense, Tai Shici couldn't help snorting, and said to himself: Everywhere you go, you loot all the food, and the local people can only follow you in order not to starve to death. .But Zhang Ning didn't speak, so he couldn't interrupt, so he could only keep silent.

After Zhang Ba finished speaking, he heard someone snorted heavily, and just about to get angry, when he saw clearly Shi Tai Shici, he couldn't help shivering all over.He obediently looked down at the ground, not daring to speak any more.

Chapter 405 Qingzhou Great Victory

In order to conquer Qingzhou, Han Zhan made a lot of preparations in advance.Not only had a large amount of food and grass been hoarded in Beihai in advance, but also a station was established every fifty miles.In order to understand Zhao Yun's progress in attacking Qingzhou in a timely manner, and to convey some new orders to the past.

When Han Zhan proposed to his subordinates to build a post station, he was opposed by Xun Yu, Tian Feng, Ju Shou and others.Xun Yu said to Han Zhan: "Master, from Yedu to Qingzhou, there is a post station built by the imperial court every thirty miles. There is no need to build a new post station."

"I don't know about the long history." Han Zhan didn't understand in his heart that when the court had post stations, but who knew how many cronies were placed among the post posts in these post stations, he didn't want all his secrets to be in the court. Therefore, he explained with a high-sounding reason: "We have recruited tens of thousands of yellow scarf thieves, many of whom are young and strong, and they are not qualified to be incorporated into the Jizhou Army. They are afraid of causing trouble if they stay in Tuntian Village. In the newly established inn, it can be regarded as making the best use of people's talents and resources."

Hearing what Han Zhan said, Xun Yu felt that there was some truth to it. Last time, some yellow scarf thieves outside Guantao City couldn't bear to live in the farm village, so they gathered together to rebel, and Han Zhan personally led his troops to wipe out them.Let them work as postmen and have a monthly income of money and food, which is still helpful to stabilize people's hearts.

Through the persuasion of Zhang Ning, Zuo Miao, Zhang Ba and others, Zhao Yun recruited more than 20 troops from Qingniujiao and Huanglong, wiped out the remnants of Liu Shiping and Han, and sent eight messengers back to Yedu to return to the city.At that time, Zhao Yun and Xun You had a quarrel when confirming the number of winners.

Xun You said that according to the usual practice, it is enough to send up to three messengers, but it was Zhao Yun who insisted on using eight.When Xun You asked the reason, Zhao Yun said eloquently, "Military commander, don't forget that the eight messengers happened to be able to represent us in Qingzhou, and wiped out Zuo Miao, Zhang Ba, Liu Shi, Ping Han and other Bafang Qu commanders."

Xun You really couldn't refute Zhao Yun's extremely far-fetched statement.He thought that the opposition to the Eastern Expedition in the imperial court was not small, and if he didn't get some results back as soon as possible, Han Zhan would be under a lot of pressure in the court, so he agreed with Zhao Yun's arrangement.

The postmen at the post stations along the way, except for the post officials, were almost all surrendered Yellow Turban soldiers.When they saw the messenger who came back from Qingzhou, they took advantage of the change of horses to ask questions.The messengers who reported the news, seeing that the postmen were so flattering to themselves, couldn't help bragging a few words, especially the deeds of Tai Shici's 2000 people defeating Zuo Miaozhang's 500 people, and Xun You's military marquis leading 5000 people to defeat [-] people. Brag several times over and over again.

The postmen half believed what the messenger said.But when one courier says so, when two couriers say so, when all the couriers say so, the postmen have to believe it is true.I even wondered in my heart, if I was still in the Yellow Turban Army, would I be able to block the attack of Jizhou soldiers and horses.

The messengers traveled on the road for three days and finally arrived outside the city of Yedu.The eight messengers found a shady place to stop, ate and drank water, and waited until their physical strength and horsepower had almost recovered before remounting and galloping towards the north gate.A Dubo was guarding the north gate. He saw a group of cavalry approaching in the distance, and he didn't know what happened, so he quickly ordered the soldiers guarding the gate to be alert.

The courier leading the team saw the defenders near the city gate on guard, fearing that there would be a bigger misunderstanding, so he shouted at the top of his voice, "Great victory in Qingzhou, wipe out 40 Yellow Turbans!"

Hearing this shout, Du Bo was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that these cavalry came from the Eastern Expedition. He quickly ordered the soldiers blocking the door to make way, and drove the people entering and leaving the city aside first, so that the cavalry who reported the news could pass.

Eight messengers rode their horses and galloped, shouting loudly as they ran: "Great victory in Qingzhou, wipe out 40 Yellow Turbans!"

After the people standing on the side of the road heard the messenger's shout clearly, they couldn't help being stunned, and began to discuss: "It's been less than a month since the imperial court dispatched troops to Qingzhou, how could they have wiped out 40 people, isn't it fraudulent?"

"No for 40, maybe 10,000+." Someone said in an uncertain tone after listening.

"Couldn't it be killing the good and taking the merits?" Another bolder person said: "Dong Bandit used to do this when he was in the capital." However, before he finished speaking, he was covered by his companions Mouth: "Speak carefully, speak carefully, be careful not to incur the disaster of killing yourself."

The messengers came to the State Shepherd's Mansion, but Han Zhan went to court.Guo Jia, who stayed here, saw that he came from Qingzhou to report victory. After reading Zhao Yun's victory report, he called all the messengers in and asked in detail about the whole process of clearing the Yellow Turbans.After knowing all the truth and rewarding the messengers, he ordered people to take them to rest, and he went to the palace with the report book to announce the good news to Han Zhan.

The general guarding the palace gate knew Guo Jia, and when he saw him coming in a hurry, he guessed that there must be something urgent, so he quickly said to him: "Mr. Guo, please wait here for a while, and the last general will report to him."

Guo Jia nodded after hearing this, and said to the General of the Forbidden Army: "Thank you, General!"

Above the court hall, Yushi Zhongcheng Zhongyou and Shangshulang Han Bin are attacking Han Zhan.Zhong Yao first asked: "Jizhou Mu, I want to ask you, your soldiers and horses have been on the expedition for nearly a month, but is there any battle report?"

Han Zhan shook his head and replied honestly, "No!"

Hearing Han Zhan's answer, Han Bin immediately went on to ask: "Have Jizhou Mu ever thought that Qingzhou has a poor harvest this year, and you dispatched [-] troops and the same number of civilians to enter Qingzhou, and how much it will bring to the people of Qingzhou?" burden?"