Three Kingdoms Eschatology

The woman was still crying and said: "Would you treat our family badly? Then we would not be placed in this small house in the outer city. Do you know how they treated our family? They gave ten hu grains and three bolts of cloth. Kam."

"Mother, don't worry, the child will grow up as soon as possible to support the mother and younger sister." Seeing that the woman was still in grief, the child hastily comforted her, with a bit of sadness in his words.

At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door, and the woman immediately stopped crying and turned into a horrified expression. At the same time, she made gestures to signal the child and a girl beside her who had been silent all the time to silence.This is an outer city where refugees are everywhere, so bandits are naturally emerging in endlessly, so it's not surprising that she behaved like this.

The people outside saw that the knock on the door did not answer for a long time, and kicked the courtyard door open with a bang...

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It was another summer morning when the birds were singing and the cicadas were singing. Feng Yu carefully removed the nephrite jade beside him and got off the bed, but he still accidentally woke up Li'er.

Li'er grabbed his arm and said: "Husband..." Feng Yu scratched her delicate nose and said, "Why didn't you feel satisfied after several times last night? Husband has some business now, so I will come to accompany Li'er in the evening."

Hearing this, Li'er, who has been with Feng Yu for many years, blushed a little, and said, "It's not about this. The concubine made a snack with her own hands. I wanted to let my husband taste it this morning, but I didn't." I want my husband to wake up so early..."

After Feng Yu left the mansion, he went to the prison in Zhuyang City.A prisoner of war, Hua Xiong, was imprisoned there.Hua Xiong was brought to Feng Yu by the jailer and released from the shackles.Seeing that it was Feng Yu, Hua Xiong snorted, turned his head and stopped talking.

Xu Rong has tried his best to persuade Hua Xiong to surrender many times, and Feng Yu also entertained Hua Xiong in prison with good wine and meat.But Hua Xiong didn't appreciate this, and still refused to surrender to Feng Yu. Besides, his friendship with Feng Yu hardly increased.It's still -50 so far.

Even though Feng Yu had two surrender purple cards in his package, he still had no confidence in forcing Hua Xiong to surrender.It is a bit difficult to increase Huaxiong's friendship value by 130 points with two cards.

"You can either kill me or let me go, don't think about other things." Hua Xiong said, rolling his eyes.

Feng Yu chuckled and said, "If you die, what should you do if your wife still has a daughter?"

Hua Xiong was startled and said: "How do you know that I have a son and a daughter?" Then he said angrily: "You don't need to worry about this matter, they have their own court to take care of them."

Feng Yu sneered again: "Where is the court now?"

Next, Hua Xiong's face suddenly looked extremely shocked.Because a group of people came from outside the hall, including his wife and children...

Since occupying Wu County and building a refined salt production workshop in Zhuyang, Feng Yu has almost monopolized the salt market in the entire Sanfu area and even the northern Hetao area.A large amount of salt was exchanged for war horses and other supplies that Zhuyang urgently needed.

The Hou State of Zhuyang took this opportunity to spread its influence among the salt merchants and horse traders traveling from south to north, and secretly spread spies.Of course, setting up a network in Chang'an City is indispensable.Under Feng Yu's instruction, they quickly found out the whereabouts of Huaxiong's family and brought the family of three to Zhuyang.

In fact, Feng Yu now also has the ability to secretly contact his father-in-law Cai Yong, but just to be on the safe side, Feng Yu does not intend to contact him in such a hurry.

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Wait for Hua Xiong to reunite with his family for half a day.Feng Yu accepted Hua Xiong as his subordinate with only one surrender purple card.

As soon as Hua Xiong settled his family in the mansion allotted to him, he hurriedly asked his own soldiers to take him to the barracks.Hua Xiong was full of curiosity about this army that made him suffer a crushing defeat.

In the barracks, the new main battle infantry - the elite spear-throwing spear and shield soldiers are training individual close-quarters short-blade combat skills.Xu Rong and some battalion captains also participated.Seeing Hua Xiong coming, he patted his shoulder and said with a grin, "Brother Hua Xiong, have you figured it out!"

On the other side of the school field, Zhao Yun and the tiger and leopard riders worked together in a cavalry formation.Together with the more than 4000 Luoyang refugees, he was included in the system by Feng Yu with five thousand-person shelter cards.Zhao Yun's current position is the commander of the First Army Corps.

Now there are ten battalions in Zhuyang, which are divided into two legions, Zhao Yun Legion and Xu Rong Legion.In addition, there are a small number of special forces that do not belong to these two regular legions.

Now Feng Yu still respects the Han Dynasty, and has not claimed to be the king or hegemony.Therefore, if you use the official titles of the Han court to appoint your own trilogy, either the rank of these official titles is very low, or there is a reality of coveting.Feng Yu simply stands on his own.The highest officer of the legion is called the commander, and the commander at the battalion level is the battalion captain.

In the scorching summer, Feng Yu came to Dankou's "city building" construction site fifty miles away to inspect.The construction progress of the entire "Dankou City" is normal, and at this time, it has begun to take shape.

Feng Yu looked down at the Mianshui River under the thousand-foot cliff. On the river, there was a fleet of boats full of sails, going up the water.

Now that the Danjiangkou Dam has not been built, it is difficult for ordinary ships to go upstream to the Hanzhong Plain, and it is even more difficult to travel up the Dan River to Shangluo County.But this fleet is very special, consisting of Viking warships with strange shapes.

As long as the wind is favorable, these Viking warships can travel against the current in the shallow and rapid mountain rivers.Their sailors are also warriors, belonging to special units that are not incorporated into the regiment sequence.

This is a fleet of 100 Viking ships, equipped with [-] Viking soldiers and sailors. At this time, it is carrying an infantry battalion to Shang County, Los Angeles County.Shangluo County is only more than [-] miles away from Chang'an, and more importantly, Shang County is the terminal of the Danshui Waterway.

Chapter 085 The Siege of Wan City

In the early morning, the south gate of Shang County.A few soldiers from Shangluo County kept looking into the city, wondering what they were looking forward to.After a while, two cooks came over pushing a four-wheeled cart with a large wooden barrel on it.

Several county soldiers cheered, leaned their crude weapons against the city wall, and greeted them.There is still a small half bucket of oatmeal porridge in the wooden barrel.The chef held a big spoon and made a bowl for each of them.At this time, no one noticed that there were several strangely shaped boats approaching the Danshui at the Baizhan outside the South City Gate.

One soldier began to complain: "Why is the porridge getting thinner and thinner?" Another corporal said: "Satisfied? We have this job, and we can still drink porridge. Now the farmers can't eat , Most of the food has been confiscated."

Someone else said angrily: "Soldiers should eat food, shouldn't they?" The corporal leader just now responded: "That's true, but no one will come to our Shang County, so we don't have to risk our lives as soldiers. ..."

Before he could finish his words, a gleaming spear blade hit his waist, and the porridge bowl in his hand fell to the ground with a thud and shattered.Then these county soldiers who raised their hands high saw a large number of soldiers wearing shiny iron armor, holding spears, and steel knives hanging on their waists pouring into the city.

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In Zhuyang, the barracks cafeteria was bustling with people.Both soldiers and generals receive breakfast here.Even generals who have their own residences have to eat in the barracks unless it is a holiday, which is the military rule of the Zhuyang Army.

Zhao Yun pinched his nose and poured himself half a bowl of goat's milk, but he couldn't drink the remaining half bowl, so he put it down.Drinking a glass of dairy products for breakfast every day is also the military rule of the Zhuyang Army, which means to strengthen the physique of every soldier and general.

Seeing Zhao Yun who couldn't bear the mutton smell, Xu Rong winked and smirked.Hua Xiong leaned over to Zhao Yun's side and shouted, "Brother Zilong, if you can't drink it, I'll help you drink it!" He was about to snatch Zhao Yun's half bowl of goat's milk to drink.

But Zhao Yun held him down and said, "Thank you, General Hua Xiong, for your kindness. But I think the generals can't take the lead in breaking the military regulations, so I should drink it myself."

At this time, a voice said with a smile: "Zilong doesn't need to drink this goat's milk anymore. From today on, anyone with the rank of Lieutenant and above can choose milk to drink." Hearing this voice, everyone bowed their hands and said: " My lord!" It was Feng Yu who came, and the soldiers behind him brought two barrels of boiled milk.

The livestock farm in Zhuyang City has recently added a lot of cows. Although they are not dedicated to dairy cows, they can still provide daily milk for a few generals.

Zhao Yun took a sip of the milk cautiously, then gulped down the milk mixed with honey, and said with a smile: "My lord, this can relieve a certain heart problem, and I don't have to think about how to drink goat milk every morning. gone."

When Feng Yu and the generals sat around the table for dinner, the guards came in and whispered to Feng Yu: "There is a letter from the pigeon coop." Feng Yu smiled: "It must be that our army has won Shang County, I guess As long as Dong Zhuo is in that place, there will be no defense."

Ling Bing replied again: "My lord's words are correct, but it's not just this one letter, but two letters came one after another, and one is from Wancheng."

"Oh?" Feng Yu frowned, and immediately took the letter and read it carefully.

The system's task prompt panel jumped out of his sight again:

[Mission: Rescue the siege, task content: Rescue the siege of Wancheng, rescue Zhang Zi.Mission rewards: Thousands of People Shelter Card x5, Thousand Acres of Alfalfa Field Facility Building Card x5 Advanced Horse Farm x2]

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In the suburbs around Wancheng, there are tents and flags all over the place.Groups of soldiers walked among them with spears and knives.At the head of Wancheng, Zhang Zi looked at Yuan Shu's army that surrounded Wancheng, frowning and crying, without saying a word.

Yuan Shu has coveted Wancheng for a long time.After Luoyang defeated Dong, he actively prepared to attack Wan.Conquering Wancheng means that the whole of Nanyang falls into his hands.Then you can use Nanyang as a springboard to attack Liu Biao's Jingzhou in the south.That is a big state with tens of thousands of people and tens of thousands of armored people!

When the sun was about to set, someone from the city came to persuade him to surrender: "Zhang Zi, don't be ignorant of current affairs, open the city gate and surrender early. My lord can still save your life and the safety of the people in the city. If you are stubborn. The day the city is broken is the time when your family will die! The whole city of Wan City will be slaughtered!"

Zhang Zi was terrified inside, but he still tried to remain calm on his face.He snorted coldly to the city: "You are the prefect of a majestic Han county, you are not worthy to talk to me! I want your lord, Yuan Shu, to come and talk to XX in person!"

The people under the city snorted coldly and said, "My lord has no time to see you. If you don't open the city, just wait for the city to be destroyed and be slaughtered!" After saying that, they rode away.

Zhang Zi knew that the other party was definitely not intimidating.Looking at the back of the other party, Zhang Zi, who is frustrated and restless, can only place his hope on one person—Zhuyang Hou Feng Yu.At dawn yesterday, Zhuyang's contact point in Wancheng had already released pigeons. I don't know if Feng Yu will lead troops to rescue them.

Suddenly, Zhang Zi noticed a jagged black shadow several miles wide rising on the horizon to the west of Wancheng.It was the silhouette of the military banners formed under the setting sun.Immediately afterwards, the sound of military music, drums and horns came leisurely from afar.

Zhang Zi was overjoyed: "This must be the Marquis of Zhuyang County, General Fenwei Feng Yu arrived as scheduled." Immediately afterwards, he saw the soldiers of Yuan Shu's army running under the city, panicked, and then the drums and horns of the assembly also sounded. Start beeping.

There were nearly [-] people besieging Wancheng, and [-] of them, urged by drums, quickly assembled in the west of Wancheng and formed an army formation, ready to meet the invading enemy.

It is not easy for more than ten thousand people to form an army formation.When they barely formed a formation of ten thousand people, Feng Yu's army also moved in front of them.

Because the reclamation soldiers in Wu County and Wuyang had been trained quite maturely, the two battalions from these two cities had been transferred back to Zhuyang.At this time, only one infantry battalion was stationed in Shang County, Shangluo County, which had just been captured.Zhuyang currently has nine battalions of 4500 troops.

This time Feng Yu left a supply battalion to look after the house.Pull out the full Zhao Yun army and the half Xu Rong army.Anyway, Zhuyang and Nanyang are also close, so there is no need to worry about the lack of troops at home.If you march in a hurry, you can reach it in one day and midnight after a distance of two hundred miles.

His purpose of doing this was to try to achieve his goal with deterrence, not to really want to meet Yuan Shu in battle.Of course, if Yuan Shu insisted on being tough, he could only accompany him to the end.

By this time the sun had set on the horizon.Under the effect of the afterglow of the setting sun, a halo appeared on the edge of the unique iron armor of the Zhuyang Army.Every soldier seems to be shrouded in a halo.

In the eyes of Yuan Shujun soldiers, they exist like heavenly soldiers and generals.And the row of ferocious-looking vicious dogs squatting on the ground, sticking out their red tongues made people feel that this was not an army of mortals.

The two armies faced each other for a while at a distance of more than a hundred battles. Feng Yu rode his horse into the formation, Zhao Yun, Xu Rong and more than a dozen personal scouts guarded the surroundings.Dian Qing was also behind the formation with a bow and arrows, whenever Feng Yu was in any danger, or Feng Yu gave an order, he would shoot with his arrows.

"Rear General Yuan Shu, please come and discuss things in the battle!" Feng Yu shouted.His personal guard repeated these words every few breaths, each time with a higher pitch.

"Rear General Yuan Shu, please come to discuss things in the formation!"..."Rear General Yuan Shu, please come to discuss matters in the formation!"

Chapter 086

Yuan Shu finally came to the front of the battle surrounded by shouts and hugs. He was wearing a full set of fine iron armor, guarded by elite armored knights, and did not face Feng Yu directly.Instead, he talked to Feng Yu through a row of knights.

Feng Yu said: "General Empress, why do you want to mobilize troops to besiege Nanyang?"

Yuan Shu squinted his eyes and said, "Zhang Zi is guilty. He doesn't listen to the orders of my future general. Therefore, this general wants to dismiss him as the prefect and ask him for the crime."

Feng Yu said with a smile: "General Empress, we don't need to be bureaucratic here. We have to follow the court's law. Even if you want to ask about Zhang Zi's crime, you, the Empress General, should not ask about it. What's more, the imperial court has been ruled by Dong Bandit." Usurpation. Where does this question come from. You just say what you want? Then we can talk."

Yuan Shu rolled his eyes and said, "Hey, Marquis Zhuyang. What does this have to do with you? I advise you not to meddle in your own business!"

Feng Yu said sternly: "Of course, this is related to someone, because Zhang Zi and I are actually an alliance. You should also know this through the incident of Sun Jian's Rangcheng last time. I will stand on the world with trust, since I have a relationship with Zhang Zi Consulting and forming an alliance, seeing that it is difficult, there is no reason to sit idly by!"

Yuan Shu's complexion changed, and he replied, "Okay, then let's have a serious talk!"

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Night fell.Under the city of Wancheng, in front of the formation of the two armies, the heavy soldiers set up a big tent, and the lights in front of the big tent were brightly lit.Feng Yu, Yuan Shu, and Zhang Zi sat in their tents surrounded by personal guards.

Yuan Shu glanced at the other two people proudly, and said unhurriedly: "A certain request is very simple. Zhang Zi's whole family will withdraw from Wancheng and hand over Wancheng to our army. You can let the past go!"

Zhang Zi's face was flushed with anger: "When I was the first emperor, the Nanyang prefect who was officially appointed by the court, how can I let you be driven out of Wancheng with a single word...cough cough...cough"

He didn't know whether it was because of his emotional excitement or he was really sick, and he coughed violently before he finished speaking.

The two immediately started a verbal quarrel, and finally Yuan Shu said with a sneer: "I'm too lazy to waste my time here with you. Anyway, if you don't give up, I will come and take it. At that time, you may not be able to get out of your body." gone."

Feng Yu, who hadn't spoken for a long time, said: "In my opinion, it's better than this. Both sides take a step back. Let Zhang Taishou take the people of Wancheng out of Wancheng, and move to the abandoned city of Xiangyang under the control of our Zhuyang army. Then Wancheng Is it feasible to give it to General Lu?"

Zhang Zi and Yuan Shu shouted almost at the same time: "No!"

Yuan Shu continued, "What use is an empty city to me? There are so many empty cities on the Nanyang Plain!"

But Zhang Zi said: "The tens of thousands of acres of grain fields outside the city still have to be harvested in autumn. If Wancheng is abandoned at this time, where will the ration gap of 3 to [-] people be made up for in the coming year? What's more, I govern Nanyang with benevolence and righteousness. Can you force people to follow me and leave their homes?"

Feng Yu pondered for a moment and then said: "Well, let the people of Wancheng decide where they want to go, stay in Wancheng or follow Zhang Taishou to move to Xiangyang, in addition, they can also choose to settle in our Zhuyang Hou Kingdom. But they have to wait for their autumn harvest. Afterwards, General Lu will take over Wancheng. The grain for the autumn harvest will also be distributed according to the head."

After pausing for a moment, Feng Yu glanced at the two of them with stern eyes and said: "If Zhang Taishou refuses to agree to this condition, I will be benevolent, and I can only let this matter go..."

Zhang Zi, who had been thinking for a long time, cupped his hands and said to Feng Yu: "Zi is according to Junhou's will. Zhang Zi didn't covet the power and position of the county guard, but he was worried about the way of tens of thousands of Nanyang Wancheng people. Junhou let them Choose for yourself, that's fine."

Feng Yu turned his attention to Yuan Shu again and said, "If the general does not agree, I can only form an alliance with Zhang Taishou and fight with you to decide this matter."

A sneer appeared at the corner of Yuan Shu's mouth: "If Zhang Zi doesn't retreat to Xiangyang, it's okay. If he retreats to Xiangyang, won't he choke the throat of the north and the south? How will our army develop to the south of Jingzhou in the future? It seems that we can only fight. Ru Although the Zhuyang army is elite, it combined with Zhang Zi's mob is no more than [-] people. It is still unknown who will win the battle!"

Feng Yushi calmly said: "It turns out that the general later was worried about this, so I proposed another agreement. As long as your army is operating on the northeast bank of Mianshui, I and Zhang Taishou promise not to interfere in any way." After he finished speaking, he watched He glanced at Zhang Zi.

Zhang Zi quickly responded: "Zi attached to the proposal of the prince!"

Yuan Shu still looked suspiciously and said, "But how can this be guaranteed?"

Feng Yu's expression suddenly became solemn, "There is nothing to guarantee, the only thing that can be guaranteed is the credit of XX. XX stands in the world with faith. As long as an agreement is signed in black and white or a promise made by XX himself, XX will definitely follow through! Never! Break your promise!"

Yuan Shu frowned, took a sip of the tea soup on the desk.In the past few breaths, countless thoughts have passed through his mind.

If I really had a fight with Feng Yu and Zhang Zi, I can't say that I have no certainty of defeating them, but even if I win, I will capture Wancheng.He must have suffered heavy losses, and the captured Wancheng must also be in ruins, with most of the population lost.

What's more, the western area of ​​Mianshui occupied by Feng Yu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it belongs to a remote mountain county.In his own strategic planning, this is basically the place where the world will be determined, at least after capturing Jingzhou.To gnaw on this hard bone so early is to toss yourself and make other princes cheaper.

Therefore, if he formed a relationship with Feng Yu now, he would put himself at a great disadvantage in the process of competing with other princes for hegemony.For example, if Feng Yuruo and Liu Biao join forces, the strategically important Xiangyang alone will be able to reach tens of thousands of their own troops.

Yuan Shu had already made up his mind when he put down the tea bowl, and said to Zhang Zi: "This is to give you a step for the sake of the prince. But I can't wait until the autumn harvest. Now we need to let the people of Wancheng choose where to go, and then you give up Wancheng. As for the grain, someone will immediately allocate some of it from the grain depot to the people who are leaving Wancheng as compensation. But it will definitely not be based on the amount of grain waiting to be harvested outside the city.”

Feng Yu looked at Zhang Zi and said, "I will also allocate some food and grass to make up for the losses of the people who left Wancheng. What's Zhang Taishou's intention?"

Zhang Zi nodded silently, and then coughed violently.Soon the agreement was drawn up by the military staff, and all three parties signed it on paper.

At dawn the next day, Yuan Shu's army began to withdraw from the siege, but they did not leave. Instead, they withdrew to camp ten miles east of Wancheng.In Wancheng City, the streets and alleys are covered with notices, announcing the news that General Yuan Shu will take over Wancheng.

The notice also said that nearly [-] civilians in the city were asked to choose for themselves whether to stay in Wancheng or follow Zhang Zi to Xiangyang to rebuild the abandoned city of Xiangyang.Or go to Zhuyanghou to settle down.It also stated that the people who left would give compensation for the loss of autumn grain.

After a few days, the results will be counted.More than 5000 people were willing to follow Zhang Zi to Xiangyang to open up wasteland, nearly [-] people were willing to go to Zhuyang Houguo, and more than half of the remaining people stayed in Wancheng.Most of the remaining people are local people in Wancheng, after all, it is hard to leave their homeland.

After several days of preparation, under the escort of soldiers, a large number of people helped the old and the young, pushed carts and pulled cattle, and left Wancheng to go southwest.Yuan Shujun then marched into the city.

Chapter 087

At the end of summer, on the lush wilderness of the Nanyang Plain, an invisible stream of people is winding.They are the people who evacuated from Wancheng and the soldiers who guarded them.

Among them, after 5000 people arrived in Zhuyang, they were naturally taken in by Feng Yu with five thousand-person shelter cards as part of the system, and agricultural facilities were built, and production facilities arranged for them to farm and work.As usual, according to the population ratio, Feng Yu added another battalion of troops.

Another 8000 people arrived in Xiangyang with Zhang Zi.At this time, Xiangyang Wubao has been expanded to a large Wubao that can accommodate more than a hundred scouts daily.Zhang Zi will lead these 8000 people to rebuild Xiangyang City. According to the plan, Xiangyang Wubao is not in the city, but outside the city as a satellite castle of Xiangyang City.

But Zhang Zi fell ill shortly after arriving in Xiangyang.Zhang Zi solemnly handed over his seal and ribbon to Feng Yu before his sick bed, and said: "Your Majesty, a certain family member, and the eight thousand people of Nanyang are entrusted to you..."

In fact, even if Zhang Zi didn't fall ill, he was ready to attach himself to Feng Yu.Although he has heirs, he knows in his heart that it is impossible for his heirs to inherit his power and be independent in this troubled world.He can only find someone who is trustworthy, capable and promising to entrust.Feng Yu is undoubtedly the best candidate.

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In the early autumn of the first year of Chuping, the weather was still sultry.

In the wilderness on the other side of the Mian River, amidst the sound of drums and trumpets, the two groups of flags got closer and closer.Then the dust flew up, and the banners were rolled up.The horse roared, and the sound of weapons hitting could be heard endlessly.It is obvious that the two armies have fought together here.

The hot and humid southeast wind blowing from the opposite bank, mixed with the smell of blood, made the peasants who built Xiangyang New City on the river bank frown.The folks are no strangers to the battle between the two armies on the other side of the river. It was Yuan Shu's army and Liu Biao's army fighting for Fancheng opposite Xiangyang.