The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Everyone knows this.

Liu Zheng is also quite satisfied with this. Now his strength is different from before. Although his background is indeed not very good, the Yellow Turban Army is the brand of his life, but this does not completely become his lifelong identity. Now His identity is the actual controller of Jiaozhou and Yangzhou.

Sitting on these two major states and counties is the entire foundation of Soochow in history.Liu Zheng wants to imitate Soochow, starting from Jiangdong and sweeping the world.

After the four major families all agreed to pursue Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng was still very happy. At least on the surface, he didn't need to do some ugly things. Everyone talked well and everyone was happy.

On Lu Jun's side, Liu Zheng didn't want to embarrass them now. Liu Zheng was very relieved to have Lu Jun in Liu Zheng's army as the prefect of Yuzhang.

Then Quan Rou, Liu Zheng didn't know much about him, he just knew that he had some abilities. However, Liu Zheng soon wanted to go. Another military general named Quan in the Eastern Wu Dynasty in history was named Quan Cong.

Quan Cong will be a famous general of the Eastern Wu in the future. He offered a plan to capture Guan Yu, joined forces with Lu Xun to attack Cao Xiu, and even took Sun Luban, the eldest daughter of Sun Quan. He will be a famous general in the later period of the Eastern Wu.

Come to think of it, based on age, Quan Cong is probably Quan Rou's junior, maybe Quan Rou's son.

So Liu Zheng has to treat Quan Rou better, hoping that he will give birth to a son with some abilities so that he can properly train the next generation.

However, for the convenience of management, Liu Zheng divided Ji County into Jian'an County, and then divided Yuzhang County into Luling County and Poyang County.

Quan Rou was promoted to be the prefect of Jian'an County, and Zhang Yun was promoted to be the prefect of Luling County.

And let them recommend talented juniors in the family to come and obey Liu Zheng's dispatch.

Both Quan Rou and Zhang Yun have been reused by Liu Zheng, and Gu Yong is naturally more talented. Liu Zheng intends to bring him by his side and train him personally.

After all, Gu Yong's age is only 19 years old today, and he is not a few years older than Zhou Yu who is beside him.

Of course, Liu Zheng wanted him to hone his skills and learn how to govern the region first, so the position of prefect of Kuaiji was still indispensable.

These people are all Liu Zheng, in order to appease the Jiangdong wealthy family, deliberately promised them some benefits, so that they can get close to Liu Zheng.

On the one hand, Liu Zheng is trying to win them over. On the other hand, Liu Zheng also wants to take this opportunity to see if they are really talented, and if they really pursue Liu Zheng.

If he is half-hearted, or only superficially pursuing Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng can also see through these things, and when the time comes, the relationship between close and distant can also be distinguished.

After the award was finished, Liu Zheng was about to tell them his thoughts. When he wanted to take the Jiangdong land back to the county, these people were of course opposed, but when he thought of becoming the prefect.

The initial objection in my heart was immediately suppressed.

If the land is returned to the county, it will become theirs. There is still a reason why they disagree.

Of course they would agree, but the little wealthy people in the underground would not agree, but so what if they disagreed, no one resisted in front of them, so they could only endure in silence. Feel better.

The state-owned land was directly distributed by Liu Zheng's subordinates to ordinary people in various places, as well as refugees who had fled from Yanzhou and other places.

As long as these people farm, Liu Zheng not only does not collect taxes, but also guarantees their personal safety.

These things, one or two sentences, are easy to say, but when Liu Zheng actually implemented them, it took several months.

During this period of time, he has been busy with trivial matters in Yangzhou.

From autumn, it has been busy until winter.

Not only did Zhou Cang and Wenpin start recruiting men and horses in Danyang again to replenish their troops, but they also let Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's navy come directly from Zhuya Prefecture to Danyang County, and Zulang's navy went east and west. , Poyang and Danyang, which were stationed on the left and right, formed a defensive line. With the defense of the [-] navy and the attack from the north, Liu Zheng could breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time, because of the occupation of Yangzhou, Liu Zheng's previously arranged military deployment has undergone new changes. The fifth battalion of soldiers and horses is simply not enough to defend such a large territory. Liu Zheng also began to think about forming the sixth battalion of soldiers and horses. thing.

After the war, Zhoucang's men returned to Jiaozhou and re-camped in Guiyang County to guard against threats from Jingzhou. Wenpin's men were stationed in Yuzhang to contain Jingzhou and Yanzhou. Huang Zhong's men were stationed in Danyang. The navy troops stationed in Poyang, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin stationed in Wujun, and the people of Ganning stationed in Kuaiji.Xu Huang's first battalion is still training in the rear, while guarding the Hepu base camp.

But if this is the case, there will be fewer soldiers and horses who can directly participate in the battle beside Liu Zheng. It is indeed imperative to have some soldiers and horses in the sixth battalion.

Chapter 485 The Cai Family's Servant

Winter 187.

After finishing the tedious affairs in Yangzhou, Liu Zheng finally started to form the sixth battalion.

In fact, it is not as difficult for Liu Zheng to form soldiers and horses now as it was a few years ago. After he conquered Danyang County, he can directly recruit soldiers and horses from Danyang.

In order to maintain his rule, Liu Zheng decided to relocate the administrative offices of Jiaozhou and Yangzhou to Wujun.

Therefore, the formation of the sixth battalion will be completed in Wu County, and Huang Zhong's people will be responsible for recruiting soldiers and horses in Danyang County, recruiting 5000 people, and then rushing to the state to select 5000 people from the original local reserve army. Arrive at Wujun together and form the sixth battalion.

The position of battalion commander of the sixth battalion was held by Tai Shici. At the same time, in the military school in Jiaozhou, two students with the best grades graduated that year were selected, and one was sent to Huang Zhong to take over the post of Tai Shici's deputy battalion commander. .

The other one came to the sixth battalion to serve as the deputy battalion commander.

The soldiers and horses of the Sixth Battalion had just arrived in Wu County, and they were ready, and it was the time of the new year.

This year, Liu Zheng did not return to Jiaozhou, but spent time in Wujun.After all, today's territory is huge, and there are many places to defend. Some things can't be done as one likes.

Once he left, the crisis in Yangzhou was still very serious. Two months ago, Zhang Chao in Huainan finally couldn't resist the coalition forces of Cao Cao and Liu Bei. He was defeated and killed, and Huainan officially fell into the hands of Cao Cao.

On Xuzhou's side, because of the rebellion of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, Xuzhou's former governor was unable to resist, so he was quickly replaced by the court, and Tao Qian was appointed Xuzhou governor.

Tao Qian, at most, Liu Zheng knows that he has given Xuzhou to Liu Bei three times in history. In fact, Tao Qian is still very powerful. He was famous in the county for his unrestrained personality when he was young. The bamboo horse plays with the children in the village.

His fellow countryman, Gong Gan, who was the prefect of Cangwu, met Tao Qian when he was going out. Seeing Tao Qian's extraordinary appearance, he called him into the car and talked with him. He was very happy and married his daughter to Tao Qian.Gan Gong's wife was very angry about this, but Gan Gong said to his wife: "This child has a strange appearance, and he will become a great weapon when he grows up."

Tao Qian later liked to study. First, he was admitted to Zhusheng, and then became an official in the prefecture and county.Later, he moved to Youzhou to be the governor and was conscripted as Yilang.

The most important thing is that Tao Qian followed Lu Zhi when Beigong Boyu invaded, and has been attacking the Qiang people in Xiliang. Serving as the governor of Xuzhou, he wanted to use Tao Qian to contain the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou.

With Tao Qian guarding Xuzhou, Xuzhou's military strength is also much stronger than before, which made Liu Zheng's thoughts on Xuzhou temporarily put on hold.

In addition, Liu Guanzhang and Cao Cao's deployment of soldiers and horses in Yanzhou has increased the pressure on Liu Zheng. Although the imperial court is already sunset, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse. If you want to defeat the Han Dynasty so easily, It is impossible to rely on Liu Zheng alone.

Therefore, apart from accelerating the increase of his own strength on the one hand, Liu Zheng also had to think about how to create some turmoil in the Han court.

For example, it is impossible for Liu Zheng to watch the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou be wiped out. If Yuan Shao in Youzhou has been suppressed by Lu Zhi, maybe Liu Zheng needs to support them.

Only with their existence can Liu Zheng develop with peace of mind. Otherwise, once Yuan Shao and the Yellow Turban Army are wiped out, then Liu Zheng will face the full force of the imperial court's attack. At that time, Liu Zheng will be difficult to deal with.

Now is not the time for him to turn against the court directly. After all, his strength is not enough to directly confront the entire Han Dynasty. He still needs to accumulate some strength until he becomes strong enough.

He is no longer afraid of the attack of the Han Dynasty, then he can feel at ease.

Early 188.

What is different from previous years is that this time the Chinese New Year has added a bit of chill. There is snow in Wu County in winter. Although this layer of snow is not as thick as that in the north, it can still make the earth look new and turn it into a snow-white color.

Because of the tight war, the war was fought all year last year. The harvest in Yangzhou was not good, and some people could not even survive the winter. Liu Zheng was not in the mood to celebrate the New Year by himself. Most of the time, he was giving These people commanded the construction of houses, and at the same time took in refugees, so that those who fled from other places had a home in Yangzhou.

Of course, Liu Zheng did not forget the matter of Jiaozhou. The winter in Yangzhou is cold. Many times, Liu Zheng transported the refugees here to Jiaozhou by boat.

In this way, the population of Jiaozhou can be supplemented, and at the same time, the refugees can have a warm enough place to spend the winter. Moreover, Jiaozhou, which is vigorously developing now, is short of population. Many people from Kuaiji County were moved to Jiaozhou by Liu Zheng. .

After everything was dealt with, Liu Zheng sat in his room, drinking wine.

This cold drink is warm and warm, but it will cool down soon.

When he is free, Liu Zheng will occasionally think of Cai Yao.

He still doesn't know where Cai Yao went.

Sometimes he also wonders why Cai Yao hides from him. He still has a lot to say and wants to ask Cai Yao, but he has no way to talk about it.

It is only in the dead of night that Liu Zheng can think of Cai Yao, this somewhat strong girl.

While Liu Zheng was drinking, Wen Pin came over from the outside.

"My lord, there is a man who claims to be Cai Mao's servant and wants to see you."

Wenpin's words came in to report, making Liu Zheng frowned and put down the wine glass in his hand.

"What do you say?"

"Cai Mao's servant?"

Liu Zheng was thinking about Cai Yao, why did Cai Mao run over at this time.

Although I don't know what this guy is here for, but he is Cai Mao's man after all, so Liu Zheng still wants to see him.

"Let him in."

Liu Zheng was silent for a while, and asked Wen Pin to call him in.

Not long after, a young man walked in from the outside. He didn't look very old, but Kong Wu was powerful and burly, like a soldier.

"Are you Cai Mao's servant?"

"Well, my lord, we have met before, when the lady escorted the money to Runan, I was among the crowd."

As soon as this person saw Liu Zheng and confirmed Liu Zheng's identity, he immediately said something.

Liu Zheng didn't have much impression of this person, because at that time there were hundreds of people who followed Cai Yao to Runan. Even if Liu Zheng had met, he couldn't remember these people without names.

Chapter 486 Zhongjing's Visit

"Oh, what's your name?"

"The villain's name is Cai An."

The servant answered Liu Zheng's words respectfully.

In fact, after Cai An left Xiangyang, he went all the way to Jiaozhou. According to Cai Mao's instructions, he went to send a message to Liu Zheng. After half a month's work, he finally arrived in Jiaozhou, but Liu Zheng was not in Jiaozhou.

Cai An couldn't leave directly, because Cai Mao told him personally that he wanted him to bring the message to Liu Zheng. If he didn't see Liu Zheng, it wouldn't be considered as completing the task.

So after waiting in Jiaozhou for half a month, Cai An asked where Liu Zheng was, and followed Liu Zheng's men all the way to Yangzhou. .

"Cai An, well, I remember, you are here because that guy Cai Mao has something to tell me."

Liu Zheng opened his mouth to ask, and asked directly. After all, if there was nothing wrong, Cai Mao probably didn't want him either, but Liu Zheng was afraid that Cai Mao would say that he wanted to see Cai Yao. After all, he didn't know where Cai Yao had gone.

So before Cai An spoke, Liu Zheng seemed a little nervous.

"The head of the family asked me to bring a message to the adults, just say a word."

"What?"

"The head of the family said that the young lady is in the mansion."

"Miss is in the mansion?"

After Cai An finished speaking, Liu Zheng was obviously taken aback, completely unaware of what Cai An meant.

And Liu Zheng looked at Cai An suspiciously, making Cai An think that Liu Zheng didn't hear clearly, so he spoke again.

"My lord, Patriarch Cai Mao said that Miss is in the residence."

"I hear you, Miss what?"

Liu Zheng naturally understands what Miss means, but what Liu Zheng is not sure about is the meaning of Cai Mao's words. After all, Cai Mao has more than one sister, and another elder sister. Cai Yao is just Cai Mao's younger sister.

Although Liu Zheng had already guessed that it was Cai Yao, but he didn't hear Cai An's personal confession, so Liu Zheng couldn't make a conclusion. After all, this matter was of great importance, and Liu Zheng really wanted to know Cai Yao's whereabouts.

There is a faint excitement in my heart.

"Miss, Miss Cai Yao."

Cai An was also taken aback, and answered Liu Zheng stupidly.

"You mean, Cai Yao is in your house?"

At this moment, after hearing Cai An's prepared answer, a hint of excitement finally appeared on Liu Zheng's face.

He couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately asked Cai An affirmatively.

"Well, Patriarch Cai Mao asked me to tell you this."

"Tell me, what else did he ask you to say?"

"Gone."

"Gone?"

Liu Zheng was taken aback for a moment, his excitement gradually subsided, and he didn't know for a while what Cai Mao meant. He obviously asked someone to bring him a message, but he only had this sentence.

"The head of the family said, just such a sentence, I guess you must understand the meaning."

Cai An didn't know what Liu Zheng was thinking now, but since he had brought the words to him, there was nothing wrong with him.

Liu Zheng didn't want to say more, he shook his hand and asked Wenpin to take Cai An down and treat him well.

Judging from what Cai Mao told him, Liu Zheng knew two things.

First, Cai Yao, who has been missing for two years, finally has news.This point finally made Liu Zheng feel relieved.

After all, there was no news of Cai Yao for two years, and Liu Zheng was faintly worried that something happened to Cai Yao. Now that he finally knew that Cai Yao was in Cai Yao's residence, Liu Zheng felt much more relieved, at least Cai Yao's life was not in danger.

Most likely they went home to visit relatives during the Chinese New Year. As for why they didn't come to see Liu Zheng, there might be other reasons.

The second point is that Cai Hao asked this Cai An to pass on a message to him. Obviously, he wanted to tell Liu Zheng and Cai Yao, and at the same time let Liu Zheng go there.