The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"Brother Meng De, you and Yuan Shao rebelled against the imperial court before because you know that the current Han Dynasty is no longer the original Han Dynasty. Then He Miao replaced He Jin. After all, He Jin did not have one heart. Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, if he can continue his life for another 200 years, so can I, Liu Zheng."

Liu Zheng and Cao Cao were talking, but they spoke their truth.

Liu Zheng actually didn't want to be king and emperor that much, but there are some things that people can't help themselves when they reach a certain position.

Cao Cao in history may not want to be emperor, he just wants to be the king of Wei, but even if Cao Cao agrees, none of his advisers and generals can agree.

Because if Cao Cao is not the emperor, then there will never be that canonized official position, and people who follow Cao Cao cannot be granted the title of marquis and minister.

Only when Cao Cao proclaims himself emperor, can the people under Cao Cao rise and rise, and the same is true for Liu Zheng at this time.

Liu Zheng didn't proclaim himself emperor, but just used the words of princes and kings. Liu Zheng was always a head shorter than the little emperor and Yuan Shao's Emperor Liu Yu and Han.

Now that there are two big men in this world, it is not impossible for Liu Zheng to have another big man.

The great Han of the little emperor Liu Bian is called the Great Han, the Liu Yu supported by Yuan Shao is called the Northern Han, and the great Han that Liu Zheng will establish is called the Southern Han.

But Liu Zheng is very confident about this.

After all, the ancient kings may not all have the quality of kings. In most cases, hereditary kings often lack the aura of kings. After all, the real look does not come from hereditary, but the accidental good fortune of nature.

Like Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others, are they all from hereditary blood?

After Cao Cao heard Liu Zheng's words, he fell into deep thought. What Liu Zheng said was not wrong. After all, Cao Cao and He Jin had a good relationship at the beginning, and it was precisely because He Miao manipulated the little emperor to make Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, etc. People, stand up against He Miao's hegemony.

Now that Yuan Shao has gone it alone, Cao Cao really thought about being recruited by the court for a while, but he only objected to He Miao, not the big man.

In Cao Cao's heart, he still has a lot of affection for the big man.

He didn't want to destroy the big man, but now Liu Zheng has expressed his thoughts, he wants to build a brand new big man, so Cao Cao is also a little moved.

After all, the great Han created by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu back then, those who followed Emperor Guangwu, who Xiuxiu called the 28 generals of Yuntai, also left their names in history.

In addition, now that his son Cao Ang is here, Cao Cao feels sorry for his son, so he still responded to Liu Zheng.

"I am willing to help you, but you also know that a big man is a big man after all, and my family is within the range of a big man. It is impossible for me to deal with a big man because of you, or I will only bring destruction to my family. , so even if I rely on you, I can only do some things that don't affect the overall situation."

"Haha, brother Mengde, as long as you trust me, I happen to have an important matter here that needs you to do."

"what's up?"

"As I said just now, I conquered Funan Kingdom in the south, but Funan is not my end, it is just the beginning. There are many countries around Funan. My big man's army is bound to be in my lifetime. Take them all under my command and return them to the king's land, so Meng De, you are my reliance, I want you to go to Funan, turn all the people in Funan into people loyal to the great Han, and then gradually conquer the world!"

"Our eyes should not be limited to a big man. There is an empire called Rome on the other side of the sea. It is not much weaker than the big Han Empire!"

"Roman Empire?"

Cao Cao, who was still a bit puzzled at first, was like a child eager for knowledge after hearing some news from Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng was also not stingy, and slowly told Cao Cao what he still knew about the world, such as how many continents, how many oceans, and countries there are in this world.

This kind of news, heard by Cao Cao, is like someone who has seen the sea at once, and his eyes will not be confined to the small pond of this big man.

"Brother Liu, I understand. Our goal is the sea of ​​stars, not the small Han Dynasty."

"Yes, brother Mengde, you set off now. I will entitle you to be the shepherd of Funan Prefecture and take full responsibility for the affairs of Funan. When you arrive in Funan, Zhou Cang's soldiers and horses will cooperate with you. Whether you are guarding Funan or attacking the city, I support you all!"

Liu Zheng's gaze was never limited to the little big man.

Although he hasn't even been able to defeat the big man now, Liu Zheng has already set his sights on all parts of the world at the same time in this era.

When Liu Zheng completes the unification in the future, he will not stop his footsteps, and will follow the example of Genghis Khan in his western expedition.

After Cao Cao was simply brainwashed by Liu Zheng, he didn't know what emotion he was in, so he agreed to Liu Zheng's words. That night, Liu Zheng released Cao Cao and the generals who belonged to Cao Cao.

Chapter 677 Yuan Shao Attacks

Cao Cao's generals, Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Xia Hou brothers and others, have been a little irritable in being locked up these days.

Their life is not as comfortable as Cao Cao, living in an independent courtyard.

Accompanied by a little maid, these generals basically lived in prisons. Although Liu Zheng did not restrict his freedom, he could only walk around in his own room for a day, and it was a bit annoying to be locked up personally.

They were already desperate, but who knew that Liu Zheng could still let them out.

After knowing that Cao Cao had surrendered, they could only sigh, and followed Cao Cao to confirm the result.

Although they looked down on Liu Zheng from the bottom of their hearts, they lost to Liu Zheng one after another, and the arrogance in their hearts was almost wiped out by Liu Zheng during this period of time.

So at the banquet, the Xiahou brothers also toasted Liu Zheng respectively. Compared with the Xiahou brothers, the most embarrassing one was Cao Ren.

At the beginning, Cao Ren still had an arrow wound to Liu Zheng, which almost killed Liu Zheng.

It is better for Cao Cao and Liu Zheng to cease their military service now, and Cao Ren can only bite the bullet and apologize to Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng wasn't that stingy person either. Besides what happened back then, Liu Zheng had already regained his face, so naturally he wouldn't embarrass Cao Ren. After a glass of wine, both sides had already dispelled all the grievances.

After the banquet, the people around Liu Zheng and Cao Cao became more acquainted. They were no strangers to each other. Now that they could sit down and have a good meal, the relationship became closer.

On the second day, Liu Zheng asked Yuan Zhou to prepare the boat and send Cao Cao and his party away.

Presumably, after Cao Cao arrived in Funan, the fart in Funan was enough for Cao Cao to toss about.

Anyway, Liu Zheng can't find time to manage the affairs of Funan for the time being, so Cao Cao will manage some things in the frontier.

After absorbing some political measures of the past dynasties, Liu Zheng has a clear understanding of what kind of country he should build.

From ancient times to the present, the policies of the empire have been nothing more than two, the central government and the local governments.

Needless to say the central government, local stability is very important.

And the place is nothing more than two policies, the county system and the enfeoffment system.

The most representative system of prefectures and counties is the Qin and Han Dynasties.The disadvantage of this system is that local officials are prone to rebellion.

For example, at the end of the Han Dynasty, the reason why the chaos of the Three Kingdoms evolved was precisely because the local forces gradually became stronger, so powerful that the central imperial power was threatened.

The county system, as long as the military power of the local governor is controlled, is actually a very good system.

The Jin Dynasty absorbed and eliminated the disadvantages of the prefecture and county system, and instituted the system of enfeoffing kings with the same surname. They were thinking that no matter who rebelled and seized the world in the end, it was still their own family's blood, at least the throne was still their own.

But he never imagined that after the internal fighting in his family consumed his strength, it would be easier for others.

And the most stupid thing about the Jin Dynasty is that local kings can serve in the court and have the right to speak in the central government, which can greatly curb the imperial power, and the chaos of the eight kings will happen sooner or later.

Therefore, Liu Zheng feels that it is entirely possible to adopt the method of combining the county system and the enfeoffment system.

The county system must still be important, but the enfeoffment system is also indispensable.

It is very similar to the parallel system of prefectures and states in the Han Dynasty.

The counties and counties are responsible for the management of the people, the vassal states have military power, and at the same time set up the Jinyiwei, the Supervisory Yuan.

Separation of powers.

In this way, the place will be safe and secure.

As for the central power, the emperor alone has the final say. It should be the cabinet system, appointing the cabinet head and assistant system like the Ming Dynasty, electing the four strongest counselors, and participating in the designation system. The emperor only chooses the plans of the four of them. .

In this way, even if the emperor does not go to court for decades, the country is still functioning.

Of course, the supreme power of the emperor still exists, but not some island countries. Although the emperor is still the emperor, even called the emperor, he is actually a mascot without any rights.

Liu Zheng's idea slowly took shape in his heart, and after he decided to become emperor, he would follow this situation.

On the third day Cao Cao left Wu County.

Jin Yiwei, whom Liu Zheng sent out to inquire about the news, had already sent him the news.

And it's bad news.

Sure enough, the news that Xu You sent back from Youzhou was not groundless.

Yuan Shao and Lu Zhi really reached an agreement.

Yuan Shao took the lead in dispatching troops. Three days ago, he had assembled an army of [-] troops and marched directly from Jizhou to Qingzhou.

When this news reached Liu Zheng's Wu County, several days passed. Presumably by this time, Yuan Shao's vanguard army had already arrived in Qingzhou and launched an attack on Qingzhou.

Immediately, Liu Zheng mobilized immediately.

Liu Zheng first ordered Xu You to go to Qingzhou to temporarily act as a counselor, and cooperate with Zang Ba, Guan Hai and others to deal with Yuan Shao's attack. At the same time, Liu Zheng himself was going to lead his troops to Qingzhou to support.

Of the three major battlefields, Liu Zheng does not need to worry about the Jingzhou battlefield. What Liu Zheng needs to worry about is Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

In order to prevent the flames of war from reaching Wu County, Liu Zheng could only take the initiative to go to Xuzhou and Qingzhou, so as to draw the eyes of Lu Zhi and Yuan Shao.

From Wujun to Qingzhou, the fastest way is to take a boat. It only takes a few days. If you have a horse, you can reach Qingzhou in a short time. However, riding a horse is always uncomfortable. Over time, the body will fall apart.

There are not so many troubles by boat, at most there will be some sequelae of seasickness, but it will be better after a short rest.

Because there was no troops to go there to support, Liu Zheng only let Xu You bring a few thousand sailors there, while he himself planned to go north from Xuzhou with Xu Huang's [-] troops who had already rushed from Jingzhou to Wujun.

With Xu Huang's [-] cavalry as support, Liu Zheng wanted to defeat Yuan Shao in one battle, and then end the battle when Lu Zhi couldn't react.

Let Lu Zhi and Yuan Shao know how powerful Liu Zheng is.

Mid-May 190.

Yuan Shao raised troops in Yecheng, issued a call to action, called Liu Zheng a traitor, falsely accused Liu Zheng of intentionally brewing a plague disaster, causing chaos in the world, and crusaded him.

Raised [-] troops, went straight to Qingzhou, walked from Julu County to Pingyuanjun, and then directly attacked Le'an County, Qingzhou.

Zang Ba, who was guarding Qingzhou, only received the news when Yuan Shao's troops arrived in Le'an County. He had no time to defend Le'an County, so he had to abandon Le'an County and retreat to Qi County.

When the news came, Zang Ba was extremely furious, and joined forces with Liu Zheng's 2 Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, and began to fight Yuan Shao's army.

However, the troops under Yuan Shao's command are numerous and powerful, plus there are elite soldiers and strong generals. The [-] vanguard army alone has already defeated Zang Ba one after another, losing troops and losing generals.

Chapter 678 Qingzhou Crisis

Yuan Shao has Hebei Sitingzhu under his command, and any one of them is not inferior to Zang Ba in strength.

Yan Liangwen is ugly, Zhang He is Gaolan.

Even without these four people, Yuan Shao still has the top general Ju Yi under his command!

Even Chunyu Qiong, Zhu Ling and others.

They are all very powerful characters.

These people, under Yuan Shao's command, are the mainstays, and they are the factors that support Yuan Shao's power.

It's a pity that Yuan Shao couldn't make good use of these talents.

This time, the vanguard army sent by Yuan Shao was [-] vanguard soldiers and Karasuma cavalry headed by Gao Lan and Ju Yi.

Yuan Shao has two ace troops under his command.

One is Euphorbius, elite heavy armored infantry, capable of restraining almost all arms except light cavalry.

The other is the dead men who climbed first, as the name suggests, they are the first to climb the city wall. These dead men who climbed first are the death squads, the vanguard. , then break.

Moreover, Yuan Shao's first ascended dead soldiers were all equipped with heavy crossbows. In addition to fighting bravely, they also had the function of restraining cavalry.

Cooperating with Yuan Shao's euphorbia warriors is almost the reliance of Yuan Shao's men.

Yuan Shao was able to have Lu Zhi fight in Hebei for so many years, in addition to relying on his own powerful generals and counselors, these elite soldiers under him were also an important reason.

Now Ju Yi has not been feared by Yuan Shao, nor is he proud of his achievements. He is still a general trusted by Yuan Shao under Yuan Shao.

Some of the first climbers led by him, together with the [-] Karasuma cavalry led by Gao Lan, are invincible, and they are really unstoppable in the Qingzhou area.

Even though Zang Ba's personal strength is indeed good, the cottage under him is always full of mobs.

In addition, without any special training, when Ju Yi and Gao Lan's cavalry arrived on the Qingzhou battlefield, the bandits suffered heavy losses.

Even Zang Ba himself was injured on the battlefield, so he had no choice but to retreat temporarily, and cooperated with the joint resistance of the Yellow Turban Army in the rear to barely block the attack of these people.

Linzi City, the largest city in Qingzhou, is also the seat of the state government of Qingzhou.

Guan Hai, Chu Yan and others rushed to help Zang Ba from Beihai County, and saw Zang Ba who was defeated by Ju Yi's Xiandeng dead soldiers on the battlefield.

"Brother Zang Ba, how are you? Are you all right?"

Although people like Guan Hai and Zang Ba didn't know each other before, it was because they belonged to Liu Zheng at this time.During this period of time, we were stationed in Qingzhou together, and we also cultivated some feelings.Although they were stationed in different counties and counties, Zang Ba was actually their superior in terms of official positions.

Guan Hai and Chu Yan were also very nervous after hearing the news that Zang Ba was injured.

Zang Ba sat up from the bed where he was lying, his body was already bandaged.Although he was injured a little on the battlefield, but this injury is not serious, it is just some flesh wounds, not life-threatening.

"I'm fine with my injuries, but guys, we've hit some hard bones this time."

"I heard from you earlier that some Karasuma people from Jizhou came to attack us?"