The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Liu Zheng took part of the soldiers and horses, and continued to chase south in the direction of Lin Yiguo.

Although Xu Huang had been dispatched to lead more than a dozen cavalry to chase after him, Liu Zheng was worried that Fan Yi would have some followers, or that there would be more people fleeing with him, and Xu Huang's men might not be able to handle it.

Liu Zheng's men pursued all the way, and when they asked the direction of Fan Yi's escape and chased after him, they failed to catch up with Fan Yi for a full hour.

Even Xu Huang, who was chasing him before, did not see him, which made Liu Zheng even more worried.

He continued to walk for more than half an hour, and when the time was approaching evening, he came to Zhuwu County.

Liu Zhengcai finally heard the sound of fighting at this moment.

Immediately quickened his pace, brought more than 3000 people behind him, and quickly chased the past.

But when Liu Zheng arrived at Zhuwu County, he did see the battle. Xu Huang and a dozen cavalrymen were fighting with a group of Lin Yiguo soldiers.

The number of soldiers from the Linyi Kingdom is not large, probably in the hundreds. Although Xu Huang and others are at a disadvantage in numbers, the people behind him are all veterans carefully crafted by him, and they are very strong. Much more powerful.

Although there were only a dozen or so people, they fought like equals with these hundreds of people.

Liu Zheng was not in a hurry, but immediately glanced around among these people, but he didn't find Fan Yi.

Without seeing Fan Yi, Liu Zheng's complexion became a little unsightly, but he still immediately ordered the soldiers behind him to charge up and assist Xu Huang to quell the battle first.

Xu Huang and the others were still in a hard fight, but when they heard the shouts of killing suddenly coming from behind them, they turned their heads and saw that it was their reinforcements, they immediately became excited and killed even more vigorously.

Not long after, with the help of these people brought by Liu Zheng, this small-scale fight outside Zhuwu County came to an end.

Xu Huang and others beheaded the hundreds of soldiers of Lin Yiguo, and by the way relied on these people brought by Liu Zheng.Directly broke Zhuwu County.

This Zhuwu County was also one of the county towns of Rinan County at the beginning, but it was later occupied by soldiers from Lin Yiguo, leaving only a few hundred people to manage it along the way.

Hundreds of people still went out of the city to fight Xu Huang and others, but they were rushed over by Liu Zheng's army, and they were taken over without even causing any disturbance.

The city gate of Zhuwu County was taken down so easily.

When Liu Zheng took Zhuwu County, he took a few glances at the dilapidated county town, and then his expression was gloomy and his eyes were stern.

There are corpses everywhere in the county town, and a large number of male corpses are discarded on the side of the road. Old people as old as five or 60 years old, and children as young as seven or eight years old, men are basically killed.

The county had a population of only 1, and [-]% of them were men, but after Liu Zheng entered the city, looking around, there were only a few old and weak women and children left in Zhuwu County.

"What's going on here?"

Although Liu Zheng had guessed something in his heart, he still couldn't help but walked over, found an old woman by the roadside, and asked a question.

When the old woman saw Liu Zheng, she was obviously a little scared.

Chapter 279 I'm not as good as a beast

There was sadness and hesitation in the eyes of the old woman.

After seeing Liu Zheng and the people behind Liu Zheng, he gave a look of doubt.

"Who are you?"

The old woman looked very old, she seemed to be in her sixties, her body was bent, her eyes were already dull, and she looked at Liu Zheng full of doubts.

"Old man, we are the army of the great Han. We heard that Rinan County was attacked by the people of Lin Yiguo, so we came here specially to quell the chaos."

Liu Zheng changed his expression, put away his previous tense mood, approached the old woman actively, and then said something to the old woman.

After the old man heard Liu Zheng's words, his helpless eyes immediately became agitated. In the blink of an eye, tears welled up in his eyes, and he approached Liu Zheng excitedly, holding Liu Zheng's hands.

"Hi, madam, you guys are finally here, our savior is finally here!"

"What happened, why are there corpses everywhere?"

Although Liu Zheng didn't want to touch the heartache of this old woman, as the actual controller of Jiaozhou, he naturally wanted to make decisions for the people of Jiaozhou. After he figured out what happened here, Liu Zheng could make plans for the next step.

The old woman excitedly began to tell Liu Zheng about the Zhuwu County. Although she spoke slowly because of her excitement and her expressive ability was not very clear, Liu Zheng still understood what happened from the old woman's mouth, and finally knew What those beasts who killed Lin Yiguo did.

It turned out that a few days ago.

The army of Lin Yiguo has already arrived here. The population of Zhuwu County is not large, only more than [-] people. Among them, all the soldiers and horses in the county town were recruited and left by Zhu Fu.

The entire county has no actual military power. When Linyiguo's infantry appeared outside Zhuwu County, the county magistrate could only organize the young and middle-aged men in the city to deal with Linyiguo's people.

They did not dare to take the initiative to attack, and only more than 700 young and middle-aged men were left on the tower to defend, and they could not stand behind closed doors.

The people in Lin Yiguo didn't want to increase the casualties, they just kept spending their time here, using time to gradually wear down the morale of the guards in Zhuwu County.

He also threatened that if the county magistrate did not surrender, all men would be slaughtered when the city gate was broken!

The county magistrate was loyal to the Han court and did not want to surrender. As a result, after holding on for more than ten days, he still failed to withstand the army of Lin Yiguo who arrived later.

Under the attack of [-] troops, Zhuwu County fell in just half a day.

Those people from Lin Yiguo really fulfilled their promise. As soon as the city was broken, they slaughtered all the men in Zhuwu County, as long as they were taller than their belts, they would be massacred.

The massacre lasted for a whole day. Zhuwu County is not a big county, and there are not many houses, so the whole day is more than enough.

A large number of men were killed, and women were not spared. The young and beautiful were all taken away as slaves of Lin Yiguo, and the older and less attractive were robbed of their finances and left to be abandoned in this deserted city.

By the time Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses arrived in Zhuwu County, there were already very few people left, and most of the people left were old women who had lost their husbands and children.

After Liu Zheng heard the old woman's narration, the expression on his face became more and more ugly, and his hands immediately clenched into fists, and his nails pierced his flesh. A burst of pain made Liu Zheng sober.

"Bastard! War, I can understand fighting a war, but massacring cities and persecuting people is really inferior to animals!"

Liu Zheng gritted his teeth and spit out a few words from his own mouth.

At the beginning, he admired the prince of Lin Yiguo, Fan Yi. Although this guy took advantage of the fire to attack Jiaozhou, taking advantage of the death of Zhufu governor of Jiaozhou, it was a bit of a trick, but he can be regarded as a man who knows how to catch Seize the opportunity to examine the person who took the degree.

Even when he escaped from his hands, Liu Zheng admired him quite a bit, thinking that he was a smart man, but now, after he heard what the old woman said, Liu Zheng just wanted to kill him to vent his anger uneven.

"My lord, you have to decide for us. The old husband died for the country, and the son died at the hands of those Linyi soldiers. Even the daughter and the granddaughter who just turned 13 were snatched away by those beasts!"

The more the old woman talked, the more she shed tears, and the whole person cried even more pitifully in front of Liu Zheng.

This scene also made Liu Zheng's anger more obvious.

"Old man, don't worry, I am the state shepherd of Jiaozhou Xin. I will definitely make the decision for you, conquer Lin Yiguo, and save your daughter and granddaughter!"

Liu Zheng touched the old woman's hand and made a promise to the old woman.

Although his state shepherd was only canonized by himself, who cares about this now, this old woman can only pin her hopes on Liu Zheng.

After understanding what happened, Liu Zheng didn't even say anything to the old woman. He just comforted the old woman a few words, then immediately turned around, took Xu Huang and others, and decided to continue chasing Fan Yi.

"Xu Huang, when you chased here, did you find Fan Yi?"

Xu Huang followed Liu Zheng and heard the conversation between Liu Zheng and the old woman. At this time, his face was also very ugly, and there was a look of indignation between his brows.

"My lord, that Fan Yi is running this way, but that guy is riding a tall animal, running very fast, and he asked his subordinates to intercept my pursuit, so I caught up with him once, but Or let him run away."

Xu Huang briefly described the process of his pursuit to Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng understood what Xu Huang was talking about as soon as he heard it.

"Tall animals? Elephants?"

Rinan County was originally called Elephant County. There are some elephants in the forest here all the year round. Some people can tame the elephants and use them as mounts.

The elephant is seen as a huge and cumbersome animal, but once the elephant goes crazy, its running speed is not slow. Even in this kind of mountain, war horses may not be able to outrun elephants.

"No wonder that guy can escape from your hands, so you are riding an elephant!"

"Is that thing called an elephant? This is the first time I've seen it."

Xu Huang suddenly realized and nodded.

"It doesn't matter, if you can run away from the monk, you can't run away from the temple. We will chase after him immediately. Although we only brought 3000 people here this time, as long as he returns to Linyi Kingdom, 3000 people should be enough."

Liu Zheng did not stay in Zhuwu County, but only left a team of more than 100 people to deal with the aftermath. After doing some auxiliary and appeasement work in Zhuwu County, he continued to bring his own soldiers and horses, and chased in the direction of Lin Yiguo. past.

Chapter 2: Collaboration with the Enemy and Treason

Pursuing along a man-made gravel road, Liu Zheng and others only need to go all the way south to reach Linyi Kingdom.

From Zhuwu County, through Xijuan County and Lurong County, you can reach Linyi Country.

Lurong County is at the junction with Linyi Country.Normally, because Lurong County is very close to Lin Yiguo, many vendors gather here, because they can do some trade with Lin Yiguo and sell to earn money.

The number of people in Linyi Kingdom is small. At the beginning, there were only 5 to [-] people, just three or two counties. Later, with the continuous expansion of the territory over the years, after occupying some of the surrounding villages of the Cham people, some new cities were built. , allowing the land area of ​​Linyi Kingdom to grow rapidly.

Now that decades have passed, Linyi Kingdom has more than 30 citizens, most of whom have annexed the villages of the nearby Cham people, relocated those Cham people, and expanded the population.

Although the country is getting bigger and the population is increasing, but because of the severance of contact with the Han Dynasty, the scientific and technological development of Linyi Kingdom is not very good. In addition, there are no minerals, mostly trees, and a lot of ironware, all of which have to be imported.

It is also the reason why many businessmen gather in Lurong County.

When Liu Zheng and his party gathered in Xijuan County with more than 3000 soldiers and horses, the situation they encountered was similar to that in Zhuwu County.

There are also hundreds of soldiers from the Linyi Kingdom left behind, who are in charge of guarding Xijuan County, which has just occupied less than half a month.

Although Liu Zheng said that he wanted to pursue Fan Yi, but when he encountered the county town occupied by Lin Yiguo, Liu Zheng decided to take it back together.

It was already night in Xijuan County, and Liu Zheng took advantage of the night to attack Xijuan County.

After beheading hundreds of soldiers of Lin Yiguo, Liu Zheng simply did not continue to pursue Fan Yi. It was getting late, and although the moon was hanging in the sky, illuminating the earth, the soldiers under Liu Zheng's command had a tiring day, and continued on their way. The gain was not worth the loss.

Anyway, the next stop is Lurong County, and he will definitely meet people from Lin Yiguo at that time. With only 3000 troops, it is difficult for Liu Zheng to fight against Fan Yi. After the troops arrive, make plans.

That night, Liu Zheng didn't sleep peacefully.

His mind was full of what the old woman said before, and the indignation in his heart made him more and more unhappy. He had been waiting for the dawn. When the dawn came, he would take his own troops and kill Lin Yiguo directly, flattening Linyiguo's palace.

At midnight, the follow-up troops led by Wenpin also rushed to Xijuan County.

Gathered together with Liu Zheng's advance troops, more than 9000 troops were scattered in Zhuwu County and 200 in Bijing County each. Now in Xijuan County, there are almost [-] soldiers and horses.

After Liu Zheng arranged for the rest of these soldiers and horses, he asked everyone to have a simple meal and then rest for four hours.

At dawn, Liu Zheng ordered people to continue raising the pot to cook food, and let the soldiers and horses rest for a while again.

Liu Zheng began to boost the morale of the soldiers present.

After breakfast.

Outside Xijuan County.

Nine thousand soldiers and horses stood aside one by one.

"Generals!"

Standing on the tower, Liu Zheng shouted out of the city with his chest.

None of the soldiers below dared to speak, they all looked at Liu Zheng on the tower, waiting for the commander's order.

"I'm afraid you all know what happened in Bijing County, Zhuwu County, and Xijuan County."

Liu Zheng paused for a moment, and then said something slowly. He was also hesitating at this moment, not knowing how to describe this matter.

"How cruel are those beasts in Lin Yiguo, I don't need to talk nonsense to you anymore, I just ask you a word, if someone takes advantage of your absence, kills your father, takes your wife by force, and even takes away your Daughter, can you bear it?"

"cannot!"

Below, 9000 people let out a roar.

"Yes, I can't! I can't either, I can't stand it, I want to attack these bastards, wipe them out completely, let these inhumane guys kill them all, and vent my hatred!"

"Right now, those bastards are all in Linyi Kingdom not far away. Although I don't know how the defense of Linyi Kingdom is and how many soldiers and horses there are, I, Liu Zheng, intend to avenge the people killed by Linyi Kingdom and the people who were robbed. Those people are in the heat of the water!"

"Deal with the common people and slaughter Lin Yiguo!"

Xu Huang roared, and the nine thousand soldiers behind him immediately roared.

"Deal with the common people and slaughter Lin Yiguo!"

"Deal with the common people and slaughter Lin Yiguo!"

"Deal with the common people and slaughter Lin Yiguo!"

Seeing the atmosphere mobilized by Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng waved his hand immediately.

"set off!"

Seeing that the sky was bright, Liu Zheng no longer hesitated or paused, and immediately took these soldiers and horses and marched towards Lurong County quickly.

Xijuan County is only a few dozen miles away from Lurong County.

Liu Zheng and the others were people who were impatient to be looted, so they took a quick march and brought the army to Lurong County in just one morning.

Lurong County suffered the least trauma here. Because of the prosperity of trade, it is more prosperous than the capital of Linyi Kingdom. Many people have contacts with Lin Yiguo, and even intermarry.