The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Rejected by Zhang Miao and Cao Cao, Yuan Shao's plan to support the new emperor was like being slapped in the face, but Yuan Shao was very angry, but he had nothing to do. People, found Liu Yu.

At this time, Liu Yu was not the governor of Youzhou, but the prime minister of Ganling Kingdom. Speaking of which, the reason why Liu Yu was able to become the king of Ganling Kingdom was thanks to the Yellow Turban Uprising. During the Yellow Turban Uprising, there was trouble in Jizhou One of the worst places.

In the two vassal states in Jizhou, one is Ganling State and the other is Anping State. The two princes were captured by the Yellow Turban Army and imprisoned in Guangzong County. Later, the court spent a lot of money to redeem the two princes. He went back, but the original Ganling State Prime Minister was killed by the Yellow Turban Army, so the court had to send a new State Prime Minister there, and this person was Liu Yu.

After the Yellow Turban Uprising ended, Liu Yu helped the Ganling Kingdom to re-establish the country, but it wasn't long before he was caught by Yuan Shao and wanted to directly support him as the new emperor.

Liu Yu met Yuan Shao, but after hearing Yuan Shao's intentions, he resolutely rejected Yuan Shao's proposal. After all, as a clan member of the Han Dynasty, Liu Yu naturally understood that this was a treasonous act.

It was impossible to agree to Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao didn't care whether Liu Yu would agree or not, he just dragged Liu Yu and left, and announced to the outside that Liu Yu would proclaim himself emperor in Jizhou and fight against the Luoyang court.

But Liu Yu refused, so Yuan Shao directly put Liu Yu under house arrest.He didn't give Liu Yu a chance to speak at all. At the same time, no one teamed up with Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao didn't panic. Since others disagreed, he would play with those who agreed.First of all, Zhang Yang, Shangdang prefect Zhang Yang is not far from Yuan Shao's territory, and Yuan Shao was the first to win over Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang didn't have much opinion on this, and quickly agreed to Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao felt that Zhang Yang was not enough to fight against the court, so he simply sent someone to contact Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju.

Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju were worried that they would not have a new identity. Yuan Shao directly promised the two of them a governor of Youzhou and a general who would protect Wuhuan Zhonglang. Received this reward, and stood with Yuan Shao.

In this way, in just two months, Yuan Shao pulled Zhang Ju, Zhang Chun, and those Karasuma people into his lineup. Yuan Shao, who originally had only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, jumped into a team with more than [-] troops. The powerful princes of the army, and directly annexed Youzhou, uniting Youzhou and Jizhou.

As soon as this news came out, Central Plains was shocked. Not only He Miao in Luoyang was extremely shocked, but also the little emperor Liu Bian, who was only 11 years old, was terrified.

Of course, all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were reprimanding Yuan Shao for his shameless behavior of communicating with foreign enemies, but no one dared to stand up and criticize. In addition, the war in Xiliang is becoming more and more tense, and the Huns in the north are ready to move. The troops can be used to deal with Yuan Shao.

They could only let Yuan Shao join forces with those Karasuma people for the time being, and start to issue King Qin's orders to eliminate Yuan Shao.

At the end of October 186 AD, King Qin's orders had already begun to be sent to the prefects and state pastors in various places. Of course, most of the prefects had no power, and the power was mainly concentrated in the hands of the state pastors.

Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai, Yangzhou Mu Liu Yao, Qingzhou Mu Huang Wan, these Zhou Mu who still have some troops, all received the imperial edict issued by King Qin.

But these people, although they have all received the imperial edict, each of them has different thoughts in their hearts.

After Liu Yan received the special envoy of the imperial court, he respected the special envoy on the surface, but in fact he sneered at the special envoy's order. He was in Yizhou, Yizhou, and he had only been here for a year. Conquered, the court said to let him send troops, he will send troops, then he is too useless.

So Liu Yan complained to the special envoy, saying that he had not fully ruled the barren land of Yizhou, and the troops left in Yizhou were not enough to suppress the rebellion here, and it was really impossible to send troops.

However, the special envoy was not a vegetarian, so he used the imperial court's order as pressure to force Liu Yan to send troops. After all, Liu Yan was still a member of the imperial court.

So he played with delaying means, first he talked and prepared immediately, let the special envoy wait for a few days, but after a few days, Liu Yan asked his own people to dig down the mountain road from Yizhou to Luoyang, and the road was covered with rubble Blocked, Yizhou's army couldn't get out for a while.

The special envoy could only give up temporarily, urging Liu Yan to speed up the process while waiting patiently.

But Liu Biao is different from Liu Yan. As a clan member of the Han family, Liu Biao is more sincere to the big man. After receiving the news, he immediately ordered his general Huang Zu to lead [-] troops to Luoyang Qinwang.

These 3 troops were drawn by Liu Biao from various counties and counties. Although he wanted more, he still had to defend Liu Zheng in Jiaozhou, so it was impossible to draw all his troops away. Only [-] people.

Liu Dai, brother Liu Yao, was rather embarrassed.

In Yanzhou occupied by Liu Dai, in fact, he himself does not have much power under his control. Many eunuchs do not listen to him at all. Although Liu Yao has some real power, after being fought by Yan Baihu and Liu Zheng several times, the strength of his subordinates is also low. Not to mention the big reduction, it is hard to guarantee yourself, and you can't spare many people at all.

Therefore, 1 people can only be dispatched symbolically to Luoyang.In this way, 5 soldiers and horses were finally formed and gathered in Luoyang.

What Liu Zheng didn't expect was that Liu Bei, who was still an unknown person in history at this time, was now banned by the court because he followed his teacher Lu Zhi at Hulao Pass and made many contributions to rejecting the princes of ten towns. Canonized as a post-general, commanding an army of [-], guarding Hulao Pass.

Chapter 371 Zhang Ning's Request

And Cao Cao, Zhang Miao and others also disagreed with Yuan Shao's idea.

The reason why I disagree with Yuan Shao's method of supporting the new emperor is that Cao Cao is different from Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao's idea is to openly resist the Han Dynasty. He has bound He Miao and the Han Dynasty together.

And Cao Cao didn't want to directly resist the Han Dynasty. Although the Han Dynasty court has gradually declined, the world still belongs to the Han Dynasty after all, and it still belongs to the Liu family. Cao Cao still wants to be a loyal minister and serve the great Han.

It's just that Cao Cao objected to He Miao. He Miao's indiscriminate killing of innocent people and killing Huang Fusong made Cao Cao most angry, so he chose to join Yuan Shao's alliance to fight against He Miao.

But he was still unwilling to let Cao Cao directly resist the big man, so Cao Cao, Zhang Miao and others refused.

Rejected by Zhang Miao and Cao Cao, Yuan Shao's plan to support the new emperor was like being slapped in the face, but Yuan Shao was very angry, but he had nothing to do. People, found Liu Yu.

At this time, Liu Yu was not the governor of Youzhou, but the prime minister of Ganling Kingdom. Speaking of which, the reason why Liu Yu was able to become the king of Ganling Kingdom was thanks to the Yellow Turban Uprising. During the Yellow Turban Uprising, there was trouble in Jizhou One of the worst places.

In the two vassal states in Jizhou, one is Ganling State and the other is Anping State. The two princes were captured by the Yellow Turban Army and imprisoned in Guangzong County. Later, the court spent a lot of money to redeem the two princes. He went back, but the original Ganling State Prime Minister was killed by the Yellow Turban Army, so the court had to send a new State Prime Minister there, and this person was Liu Yu.

After the Yellow Turban Uprising ended, Liu Yu helped the Ganling Kingdom to re-establish the country, but it wasn't long before he was caught by Yuan Shao and wanted to directly support him as the new emperor.

Liu Yu met Yuan Shao, but after hearing Yuan Shao's intentions, he resolutely rejected Yuan Shao's proposal. After all, as a clan member of the Han Dynasty, Liu Yu naturally understood that this was a treasonous act.

It was impossible to agree to Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao didn't care whether Liu Yu would agree or not, he just dragged Liu Yu and left, and announced to the outside that Liu Yu would proclaim himself emperor in Jizhou and fight against the Luoyang court.

But Liu Yu refused, so Yuan Shao directly put Liu Yu under house arrest.He didn't give Liu Yu a chance to speak at all. At the same time, no one teamed up with Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao didn't panic. Since others disagreed, he would play with those who agreed.First of all, Zhang Yang, Shangdang prefect Zhang Yang is not far from Yuan Shao's territory, and Yuan Shao was the first to win over Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang didn't have much opinion on this, and quickly agreed to Yuan Shao, but Yuan Shao felt that Zhang Yang was not enough to fight against the court, so he simply sent someone to contact Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju.

Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju were worried that they would not have a new identity. Yuan Shao directly promised the two of them a governor of Youzhou and a general who would protect Wuhuan Zhonglang. Received this reward, and stood with Yuan Shao.

In this way, in just two months, Yuan Shao pulled Zhang Ju, Zhang Chun, and those Karasuma people into his lineup. Yuan Shao, who originally had only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, jumped into a team with more than [-] troops. The powerful princes of the army, and directly annexed Youzhou, uniting Youzhou and Jizhou.

As soon as this news came out, Central Plains was shocked. Not only He Miao in Luoyang was extremely shocked, but also the little emperor Liu Bian, who was only 11 years old, was terrified.

Of course, all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were reprimanding Yuan Shao for his shameless behavior of communicating with foreign enemies, but no one dared to stand up and criticize. In addition, the war in Xiliang is becoming more and more tense, and the Huns in the north are ready to move. The troops can be used to deal with Yuan Shao.

They could only let Yuan Shao join forces with those Karasuma people for the time being, and start to issue King Qin's orders to eliminate Yuan Shao.

At the end of October 186 AD, King Qin's orders had already begun to be sent to the prefects and state pastors in various places. Of course, most of the prefects had no power, and the power was mainly concentrated in the hands of the state pastors.

Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai, Yangzhou Mu Liu Yao, Qingzhou Mu Huang Wan, these Zhou Mu who still have some troops, all received the imperial edict issued by King Qin.

But these people, although they have all received the imperial edict, each of them has different thoughts in their hearts.

After Liu Yan received the special envoy of the imperial court, he respected the special envoy on the surface, but in fact he sneered at the special envoy's order. He was in Yizhou, Yizhou, and he had only been here for a year. Conquered, the court said to let him send troops, he will send troops, then he is too useless.

So Liu Yan complained to the special envoy, saying that he had not fully ruled the barren land of Yizhou, and the troops left in Yizhou were not enough to suppress the rebellion here, and it was really impossible to send troops.

However, the special envoy was not a vegetarian, so he used the imperial court's order as pressure to force Liu Yan to send troops. After all, Liu Yan was still a member of the imperial court.

So he played with delaying means, first he talked and prepared immediately, let the special envoy wait for a few days, but after a few days, Liu Yan asked his own people to dig down the mountain road from Yizhou to Luoyang, and the road was covered with rubble Blocked, Yizhou's army couldn't get out for a while.

The special envoy could only give up temporarily, urging Liu Yan to speed up the process while waiting patiently.

But Liu Biao is different from Liu Yan. As a clan member of the Han family, Liu Biao is more sincere to the big man. After receiving the news, he immediately ordered his general Huang Zu to lead [-] troops to Luoyang Qinwang.

These 3 troops were drawn by Liu Biao from various counties and counties. Although he wanted more, he still had to defend Liu Zheng in Jiaozhou, so it was impossible to draw all his troops away. Only [-] people.

Liu Dai, brother Liu Yao, was rather embarrassed.

In Yanzhou occupied by Liu Dai, in fact, he himself does not have much power under his control. Many eunuchs do not listen to him at all. Although Liu Yao has some real power, after being fought by Yan Baihu and Liu Zheng several times, the strength of his subordinates is also low. Not to mention the big reduction, it is hard to guarantee yourself, and you can't spare many people at all.

Therefore, 1 people can only be dispatched symbolically to Luoyang.In this way, 5 soldiers and horses were finally formed and gathered in Luoyang.

What Liu Zheng didn't expect was that Liu Bei, who was still an unknown person in history at this time, was now banned by the court because he followed his teacher Lu Zhi at Hulao Pass and made many contributions to rejecting the princes of ten towns. Canonized as a post-general, commanding an army of [-], guarding Hulao Pass.

Chapter 372 Goodbye Zhang Mancheng

The person who walked in from the door was none other than Zhang Mancheng, the envoy of the Yellow Turban Army God whom Liu Zheng had met several times before.

"God's envoy, Zhang Mancheng! It's you!"

When Liu Zheng saw that it was Zhang Mancheng who came, his eyes showed surprise. Liu Zheng still had some feelings for Zhang Mancheng.

A person who was already dead in history unexpectedly survived because of his appearance, and later led people to Jizhou to support the Yellow Turban Army, but accidentally led to the destruction of the Yellow Turban Army.

In the end, his whereabouts were unknown, and no one knew whether he was alive or dead.

This is all Liu Zheng knows about Zhang Mancheng.

But now Zhang Mancheng appeared in front of Liu Zheng, and judging by his appearance, he was living well, and he seemed to be doing well.

"Liu Zheng Qushuai, I haven't seen you for two years. I didn't expect that you are no longer the little Qushuai you used to be, but you have become the lord of this huge Jiaozhou. I just don't know whether to call you Qushuai or Jiaozhou Mu. "

Zhang Mancheng looked at Liu Zheng with envy and sarcasm in his eyes.

After all, Zhang Mancheng was willing to accept that he was once a small person who he didn't even look down on, and now he has become the leader of a state, much more powerful than him.

"My God, I heard that you were missing and your whereabouts were unknown. I didn't expect you to be alive. It's just great. With a mainstay like you, the Yellow Turban Army is in sight."

If there are still some prestigious people in the Yellow Turban Army, Zhang Ning may be one of them, but Zhang Mancheng, the envoy of the gods, is not inferior to Zhang Bao, the general of the land, and Zhang Liang, the general of the people.

If Zhang Mancheng came out and raised his arms, he might be able to capture some remnants of the Yellow Turban Army. After all, after the destruction of the Yellow Turban Army in history, there were not a few remnants of the Yellow Turban Army scattered all over the place, including the Baibo Army, the Black Mountain Army, and even the Taishan bandits. , etc., are all remnants of the previous Yellow Turban Army.

If Zhang Mancheng really has the ability to regroup the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, maybe he can really occupy a place in the already torn Han court.

After all, the current Great Han Dynasty is not the Great Han Dynasty two years ago. Now the princes are fighting on their own, the Qiang people are in turmoil in the west, Yuan Shao and Karasuma in the north are in turmoil, and the princes in the Central Plains are not on the same page. However, if the Yellow Turban Army breaks out of turmoil at this time, it will definitely be able to occupy some territory and gradually grow stronger.

Of course, this also requires a leader who is smart enough. Without a leader who is strong enough, a group of mobs will still not be able to become a great tool.

"I didn't disappear, but I lost my troops after a battle with them in Jizhou that day, and I was surrounded by the officers and soldiers, so I had no choice but to flee and fled all the way to Qingzhou."

"Later, I reorganized the army in Qingzhou, and joined forces with the remaining Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou to gradually establish a stronghold in Qingzhou. Now I occupy a large territory near Niujiao Mountain in Qingzhou and gather more than 20 people!"

Qingzhou already had some remnants of the Yellow Turban Party.It’s just that there has never been a commanding officer with enough prestige. Now that Zhang Mancheng has fled to Qingzhou, he has naturally become the backbone of those remnant parties. A force big enough.

However, because the headquarters of the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou was wiped out by the official army, after he fled to Qingzhou, he did not think about how to continue to fight against the court, but chose to stay dormant and continue to develop and grow himself.

But only a year later, he heard the news that Liu Zheng had occupied Jiaozhou. Although Zhang Mancheng was very interested in Liu Zheng's performance, after all, Qingzhou was too far away from Jiaozhou, and he couldn't contact Liu Zheng at all. So he didn't send anyone to look for Liu Zheng, and he didn't know Liu Zheng well, so it was useless to come to Liu Zheng.

But later, when he heard that there was a Yellow Turban Army in Lingling County, Jingzhou, and that the leader of that group of Yellow Turban Army was actually Zhang Ning, Zhang Mancheng couldn't sit still.

Liu Zheng may be able to ignore Zhang Mancheng, but Zhang Ning is different. As long as he gets in touch with Zhang Ning, he can continue to gather Zhang Ning's troops together, and the Yellow Turban Army will be even stronger by then.

After making up his mind, Zhang Mancheng hurried here with his cronies.

After seeing Zhang Ning, the two were also pleasantly surprised. After all, Zhang Ning thought that Zhang Mancheng was dead, but Zhang Mancheng was not only still alive, but when there were more than 20 people under his command, Zhang Ning knew that their Yellow Turban Army would take revenge The opportunity has come.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the world and the rise of heroes, their Yellow Turban Army can also come out to do things and regain their place.

However, before leaving, Zhang Ning still decided to come to Liu Zheng's place. She wanted to pull Liu Zheng together and be with Liu Zheng. If Liu Zheng could be with them, they would be more confident.

In Zhang Ning's view today, she can't see through Liu Zheng, but Zhang Ning believes in Liu Zheng. With Liu Zheng's help, their Yellow Turban Army will definitely be able to dominate the world and fulfill his father's will.

In addition, Zhang Mancheng also had a high opinion of the current Liu Zheng, so he agreed to Zhang Ning's proposal, and then came to Hepu and met Liu Zheng.

"You mean, you want to decide to raise troops at this time and resist the court again?"

After Liu Zheng listened to Zhang Ning's description of the reason for his visit this time, he finally understood Zhang Ning's thoughts in his heart.

"Yes, I have 20 soldiers in Lingling County, and my elder brother Zhang Mancheng has 5 soldiers in Qingzhou. Although these people can really recruit elites, they are only [-], but I want to rely on these people. State land, there should be no problem."

Zhang Ning expressed his thoughts to Liu Zheng.

After Liu Zheng listened, he did not answer Zhang Ning directly, but was silent for a moment, thinking for a while.

After pausing for a moment, he raised his hand and looked at Zhang Mancheng and Zhang Ning before continuing.

"Then do you have a feasible plan?"

"There is no specific plan yet, but our current plan is to attack Qingzhou or Jingzhou."

"Attack Qingzhou and Jingzhou?"

Liu Zheng frowned. After Zhang Ning finished speaking, he couldn't help but began to think for himself. Liu Zheng knew something about Qingzhou and Jingzhou.

Let’s talk about Jingzhou first. The current ruler of Jingzhou is Liu Biao.

Although it wasn't long before Liu Biao came to power, Liu Biao was a capable person. In just over a year, he had already firmly controlled Jingzhou in his own hands.

Chapter 373 The Proposal to Rise Up

In the entire Jingzhou, except Wuling County, Lingling County, and Guiyang County among the four Jingnan counties, they are not yet under Liu Biao's control. The other states and counties have completely fallen into Liu Biao's hands.

Moreover, Jingzhou is a huge state with a large population. Just controlling half of Jingzhou, Liu Biao has at least 10 soldiers and horses under his command. In addition, there are many powerful families here. Jingzhou, which wants to take down Liu Biao, is not so Easy.

However, thinking about it, Zhang Ning would look at Jingzhou because he also felt that Liu Biao had sent [-] troops to the court to serve as king. Now Jingzhou is weak, so it would be easier to attack.

In particular, Jingzhou is close to Liu Zheng's Jiaozhou. Once a fight breaks out, Liu Zheng probably won't stand idly by.

As for Qingzhou, the current state shepherd is called Huang Wan.In fact, Liu Zheng also knew about this Huang Wan. He had some impressions. When he was in Jiangxia before, he had met Huang Zu.

Huang Wan was the great-grandson of Shang Shuling Huang Xiang and the grandson of Taiwei Huang Qiong. He was also a minister who was highly valued by the court. Apart from several Zhou Mu with the same surname, he was the only one with a different surname.

And Qingzhou has always been the hardest-hit area for the Yellow Turban uprising. Although the imperial court is responsible for suppressing the Yellow Turban Army here, it has achieved initial results.But in fact, the Yellow Turban Army was not wiped out here, but they were all hidden, hiding in the deep mountains and old forests, and no longer came out to roam openly like before continuing.

The number of Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou is not much less than that in Jizhou.This can be seen from when Cao Cao occupied Qingzhou in later history and the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army who surrendered Qingzhou. At that time, the Yellow Turban Army who surrendered to Cao Cao counted millions of people, and there were 30 soldiers who could fight. There are as many as ten thousand people.

These 30 people were selected by Cao Cao in the future to form the famous Qingzhou soldiers.

From this, one can imagine the power of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou.

Relying on the terrible number of Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, Zhang Mancheng does have the possibility of conquering Qingzhou. After all, there are no powerful princes guarding Qingzhou today. This is mainly due to the remote location of Qingzhou and the fact that it has been far away from the chaotic Central Plains since ancient times. .

It was the land of Qilu again, where the sage Confucius appeared, and emperors appeared in the entire thirteen prefectures of China, but Qingzhou did not have any unified emperors.

In contrast, attacking Qingzhou is indeed more certain than attacking other states.

"If you have to choose between Jingzhou and Qingzhou, I recommend you to attack Qingzhou."