Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Feng Yu came to a mountain depression in the southern suburb of Zhuyang, where there was a newly built mansion, which was the Falcon Training Institute, or Eagle House.The staff of the Eagle House showed Feng Yu two species of falcons, the golden eagle and the peregrine falcon (falcon falcon).

Because falcons are not domestic animals, they were procured from outside by Zhuyanghou at the beginning, not attached to the falcon house.Although golden eagles and peregrine falcons are the most common raptor species in the Central Plains.However, the ones trained in the system falcon house are high-quality products, with skills that ordinary falcons do not have.

Among them, the golden eagle can be used to pounce on the enemy on the battlefield. Although the probability of them directly killing the armored enemy is very low, it may cause the enemy to lose combat effectiveness or even the ability to act.

Feng Yu looked at a golden eagle carefully and found that it was wearing sharp metal toe covers on its claws.This claw is absolutely unbearable.

Although the peregrine falcon is not a fighting species, at most it can be used to harass or hunt small animals, but its role in the battlefield is far more than that of the golden eagle, because it can send signals from point to point in a short distance.

Although pigeons can also send messages and over long distances, it depends on the center of the loft.Peregrine falcons can communicate between any two locations that are not far apart.

The premise is that there must be someone who can play the eagle flute in both positions, and the unique low-frequency tone played by the eagle flute can be heard by the peregrine falcon.Of course, if there are multiple such falconers, the peregrines can be lifted and landed step by step like a relay race, so as to achieve long-distance transmission of information.

Although Feng Yu already knew about this in the system information, he still had some doubts about the reliability of this communication method.However, after a demonstration by the staff of the Eagle House, he was completely convinced.The eagle house staff also told Feng Yu that if there were some rarer species of raptors, more elite war eagles would be trained.

For example, there is a kind of giant eagle, which can be called the largest and most ferocious bird of prey in the world. It lives on an island in the extreme south. If it is trained as a war eagle, it will undoubtedly be a big killer on the battlefield.

Later, Feng Yu consulted the system information, and found out that the island was called New Zealand Island in the original world, and the bird of prey was called the Haster Eagle, which became extinct in the sixth century AD.

If I want to get this bird, I first need an outlet, and then I need ships and sailors who can sail across the ocean.The former is still far away, and the latter is unimaginable if the system does not provide assistance.

Just as Feng Yu was admiring the birds of prey with great interest in the Eagle House, a soldier rode over to present a letter to Feng Yu.Feng Yu opened it and found out that Zhang Zi died of illness last night.He hurriedly ordered people to prepare and went to Xiangyang, a hundred miles away, to express his condolences.

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After attending Zhang Zi's condolences, Feng Yu strolled around the top of the new Xiangyang City. Now that Xiangyang City has been restored, not only the 5000 Wancheng people who moved here live in the city.Instead, there are as many as [-] people.

These new populations are all Wancheng people who fled from Yuan Shu's rule.Back then they could not leave their homeland, so they chose to stay in Wancheng, but they regretted it.

Under his rule, Yuan Shu extorted violently to support his military campaign to conquer Jingzhou in the south.The people of Wancheng are in a worse situation than those in other places under his rule. It can be described as miserable.

Because of the proximity to the frontline battlefield, the people of Wancheng were conscripted in large numbers to deliver food to Yuan Shu's army and build roads.From Wancheng to Fancheng, it runs through more than half of the Nanyang Plain from north to south, and it is conceivable that the road construction project is huge.In the end, this led to a large-scale exodus of the people of Wancheng. They fled to the southwest with their families, and they could escape this hell-like suffering as long as they crossed the Mian River.

Feng Yu suddenly asked the Xiangyang officials who accompanied him, "Now, do you know the battle between Yuan Shu and Liu Biao?"

An official replied: "My lord, the two battles are still at a stalemate. However, Yuan Shu has transferred Sun Jian from Yuzhou to Nanyang, and it seems that he will have a decisive battle with Liu Biao."

Feng Yu said thoughtfully: "Oh? Sun Jian has returned to Nanyang again."

Chapter 103 Qinling Bashan

In the early winter of the first year of Chuping, there were also snowflakes in the Qinling Mountains.On the official road outside the south gate of Shangluo County, a small group of people came.The county soldiers guarding the gate immediately woke up, yelling.In half a moment, a large number of soldiers gathered at the checkpoint outside the south gate.

Shangluo County is the seat of Shangluo County.Half a year ago, Shang County, fifty miles to the south, was occupied by Feng Yu's surprise attack, and the county captain fled to Lantian.He was convicted of dereliction of duty by the court controlled by Dong Zhuo and executed.

The Ling Shou and County Captain of Shangluo County, as well as Gao Shun, the general of the Bingzhou Army who guarded Shangluo, still remember this incident.Under their strict orders, none of their generals and soldiers dared to be sloppy.

Soon, the small team approached the south gate.At first glance, they are a common caravan.This kind of caravan shuttles through the Wuguan Road, travels between the north and the south of the Qinling Mountains, communicates goods from the north and the south, and earns a huge profit difference.The gatekeepers saw not one hundred, but fifty every year.

It's just that when the snow is about to close the mountain, a caravan appears here, which makes the county soldiers feel strange.Because caravans usually prepare their supplies before the twelfth lunar month, they will no longer conduct business when the snow falls and the mountains are closed, especially in troubled times.

The leader of the county soldiers questioned vigilantly: "Who are you and where did you come from? What are you doing in Shangluo?"

A man with a mustache who looked like the shopkeeper of a commercial firm was all smiles, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Master, you must be a new transferer, and you don't recognize us. I'm from Xinlong Commercial Firm in Chang'an City." The caravan passed through your land, of course, to return to the headquarters of Chang'an City. We are very familiar with Shangluo Zhang Lingshou and Lu Dudu..."

The leader of the county soldiers said lazily: "Don't you know that since the rebel Feng Yu occupied Shang County half a year ago, the imperial court has issued a ban. No one can pass through this way."

The shopkeeper quickly said: "Of course we know about this, but we have the military supply clearance document issued by General Niu Fu. So we can pass on this road."

After finishing speaking, he took out the document that he had prepared long ago from his pocket and showed it to the boss, who didn't look at it carefully, just glanced at it twice, then rolled his eyes and said:

"What are the items in your car? Why did you return to Chang'an when the snow was about to close the mountain? I will check to see if it is really a military item, or some other smuggled item."

The caravans passing through this time will naturally cross the sea with the Eight Immortals, each showing their abilities to get the current documents from Niu Fu.So the leader didn't bother to look at it.

As soon as the shopkeeper heard his words, he knew what he meant.Putting a small package into the leader's hand, he said: "It's a little idea, it's convenient." The leader opened the package and looked at it, and the white things inside made his eyes shine, it was a whole package of snowflake salt.

"Since there is a pass order from General Niu Fu, then you can go there." The leader waved his hand as he said.The soldiers below hurriedly moved away the rejecting horses lying at the gate of the city, and the large group of soldiers who had assembled also dispersed.

The carriages passed by the corridors of the city gate, but the leader of the county soldiers became vigilant again, because the last one in the convoy was not a truck, but a chariot pulling people.

"Wait, who is the person in this car? We need to check." The boss asked the shopkeeper.The shopkeeper said calmly: "This is the young owner of our firm..."

Before he finished speaking, the young owner had already opened the curtain of the carriage by himself, and poked his head outside: "What's the matter? Why did you stop again? I still have to deliver the goods to Grand Master Dong's residence today. If it's delayed, who will take care of it?" up!"

The leader of the county soldiers looked at the young man, his face was full of knight-errant aura, he could see that he was from a powerful family.But this is not surprising, in today's troubled times, only such powerful people can run caravans.

The boss thought quickly, and before the shopkeeper could respond, he immediately said: "It's okay, it's okay, please get on the road quickly, if the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, I can't afford it." The young man snorted softly and put down the curtains of the carriage.

The convoy started again and quickly passed through Shangluo County and entered the Qinling Valley Road.Pass through the Baili Valley Road, and then out of Lantian County is the current capital city - Chang'an.

This young man is Chen Tiao. Feng Yu wanted to present him as the captain of Hanzhong County, but he volunteered to go to Chang'an to be in charge of the spy network.And it is stated that this is mainly for the convenience of taking care of the family members of his old master Su Gu.

Feng Yu thought that his status as a ranger was suitable for this position, and also in order to fulfill his wish to repay the old master, so he agreed.

Not long after Chen Tiao entered Chang'an, the Qinling Mountains began to snow heavily, officially entering the season of closing the mountains.In the south, the Daba Mountains, which are only more than 300 miles away from the Qinling Mountains, have not yet fallen snow, because the Qinling Mountains block most of the cold air.

At this time, one figure after another still appeared in a valley of Bashan Mountain close to the edge of the Hanzhong Plain.They assembled quickly, and it turned out to be an army of more than 200 people.

When the sun was setting, they appeared in front of a powerful Wubao Manor.A palm bookman who came back from rent collection felt strange when he saw them. He thought they were the newly trained reclamation soldiers in Hanzhong, so he brought a few Zhuang Ding and asked:

"Stop, which department do you belong to? Why are you here? This is private land. You can know that the head of my family is the magistrate of Chenggu County..."

As soon as he said this, the human head fell to the ground in a flash of knife light.The other party still didn't say a word, all the soldiers raised their knives and fell, and several Zhuang Ding were also beheaded in a pool of blood.

These soldiers were none other than ghost soldiers sent by Zhang Xiu to fight Caogu in Hanzhong.

"Kill the demon!" The leader shouted loudly, and all the ghost soldiers rushed towards the manor.They didn't kill anyone they saw, but only Zhuang Ding who was holding a weapon, and people who were dressed as servants, staff or senior servants.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the two Zhuang Ding guarding in front of the owner's mansion rushed into the mansion and shouted loudly: "There are thieves attacking! Quickly notify the owner's family and retreat to Wubao." They didn't shout a few words, and the ghosts The pawn rushed up, but couldn't survive three moves, and was all beheaded on the spot.

A large number of ghost soldiers poured into the mansion, and there were screams, howls, begging for mercy of men, and screams and cries of women.Soon, the Wubao located in a corner of the manor burst into flames.The ghost soldiers coerced the farmers to pile up all the grain in the granary under the dock and set it on fire...

As night fell, corpses were scattered everywhere in the manor.The tenants were gathered in the open space to listen to the teachings of the leader of the ghosts, Jijiu.They were confused, but one of the meanings was that they understood that they had to follow these ghost soldiers to Berkshire.

At dawn the next day, they were coerced by ghost soldiers, carrying a large amount of looted supplies on their shoulders, and retreated to the deep mountains in the south.The ghost soldiers didn't let them use horses because the mountain trails required climbing rocks and walls, and horses were impassable.

Of course, this site was not the only one that was attacked. Within five or six days, the Hanzhong Plain and several manors and castles in the edge mountains were attacked by rice thieves.

Almost exactly the same, among the head of the family and his family members, except for the young woman who was taken away, all the others were killed.The tenants and parts were also taken away.Manors, docks, and mansions were all burned to the ground.

In the last day or two, several groups of rice thieves who had sneaked into Hanzhong even got entangled and tried to attack Chenggu County.

All of a sudden, Hanzhong became jittery again.

Chapter 104

In the county government office in Chenggu City, Zhao Song was fidgeting.In order to deal with the crisis of the rice bandits plundering Hanzhong, he temporarily moved the government office from Nanzheng to Chenggu, because this is the middle position on the southern edge of the Hanzhong Plain.At the same time, he sent two consecutive Feige letters to Feng Yu.

After the first urgent letter was sent, Feng Yu's reaction didn't seem to be strong.He just ordered Xu Rong to strengthen the defenses of the five counties and counties, and sent two tiger and leopard cavalry battalions to patrol the Hanzhong Plain to prevent rice thieves from going deep into the hinterland of the Hanzhong Plain to harass.At this time, Zhao Song was waiting for Feng Yu's second response.

Over the past month, dozens of Zongbu Wubao in the south of the Hanzhong Plain have been destroyed under the continuous attacks of rice thieves.The rice thief also forced some powerful clans located in the southern mountainous area to attach to the thief.

Hanzhong's newly-organized county soldiers, the reclamation soldiers, have just started training and have not yet formed combat power. It is impossible to use them to deal with the special attack of rice thieves.

Xu Rong's army stationed in the Hanzhong Plain is more than enough to defend the five counties and cities, but to defend the southern edge of the Hanzhong Plain, which is more than [-] miles long, the strength is really short of strength.

Theoretically, there are only two roads for large groups of troops to travel from Berkshire to Hanzhong, one is to take the Micang Shu Road directly through Micang Mountain, and the other is to take the Jinniu Shu Road that bypasses Shu County.Feng Yujun only needs to guard the key points of these two mountain roads, and he can keep the southern border of Hanzhong safe.

However, the troops Zhang Xiu sent were not large groups of troops, and most of the soldiers were mountain people who were familiar with the local geographical environment and were good at climbing mountains, and even some barbarians.Plus, they're hit and run and don't need logistical resupply.Therefore, they may suddenly emerge from any forest.

Just when Zhao Song was in a state of anxiety, an official came to report: "I am reporting to Governor Zhao, and Xun You, the Prime Minister of the State, is asking to see me."

When Zhao Song heard that Xun You was coming, he felt as if he had let go of a big stone, and went out to greet him in person.

Although in Zhuyang Hou State, Xun You's actual status is much higher than that of Zhao Song.But from the perspective of the official system of the Han court, Zhao Song was the prefect of a county, and Xun You was just the prime minister of a state.Therefore, if Xun You wanted to see Zhao Song, he had to "seek to see" formally.Of course, Zhao Song, the prefect, would not be recognized by the Chang'an court.

After Zhao Song welcomed Xun You into the hall, he couldn't wait to ask: "The Prime Minister came to Hanzhong this time, but the lord has a plan to defeat the enemy? May I ask how many soldiers and horses the Prime Minister brought?"

Xun You stroked his beard and smiled and said, "Just a certain person and dozens of personal guards came here, without the rest of the soldiers and horses." Seeing Zhao Song's dumb expression, Xun You went on to say:

"My lord is afraid that you will be anxious, so I specially asked someone to come to Hanzhong in advance. The first is to assist the prefect to defend Hanzhong. The second is to ask the prefect Zhao to rest assured that the lord will send troops to come in a month or so. During this period, the prefect only needs to communicate with the prefect. General Xu Rong can guard these five counties and the villages in the hinterland of the plain."

"Ah! It will take more than a month, what will the rice thief do to me in the south of the Hanzhong Plain..." Zhao Song exclaimed in surprise.

Suddenly, Zhao Song stopped talking, staring at Xun You with his eyes wide open, and said, "It turns out that my lord's intention is to drive away tigers and devour wolves!"

Xun You smiled without answering, and nodded slightly.

Over the years, Hanzhong can be described as a place favored by heaven.It has not suffered from foreign military disasters, nor natural disasters, and even the great plague has not spread widely in the territory.During the Great Plague during the Zhongping period, Su Gu promptly closed the pass and saved the people of Hanzhong from suffering.

But also because of these, the powerful clans in the Hanzhong area, instead of being weakened by severe blows, became stronger.

The parts they have range from thousands to hundreds.These concealed people evade taxes, not to mention military service, and actually emptied the grassroots power of counties and counties.This is impossible for Feng Yu to tolerate.

Due to geographical and historical reasons, most of these powerful manor lands are concentrated in the southern part of the Hanzhong Plain.It is the area where Zhang Xiu's ghost soldiers are rampant now.Zhang Xiu had no intention of doing Feng Yu this favor, Feng Yu naturally wanted to seize this opportunity and make use of it.This is why Feng Yu has not sent troops to reinforce Hanzhong for a long time.

In the spring of the second year of Chuping, a brigade from Zhuyang finally arrived in Hanzhong.The leading generals are Liao Hua and Wei Feng.Because they had been stationed in Wu County and Fangling for a long time, and had certain experience in marching and fighting in the mountains and forests, Feng Yu ordered them to carry out this mission.

But they didn't have many troops, thirty Viking warships, three hundred Viking sailors, and two hundred mountain scouts.

In addition, there are thirty mysterious armored soldiers.These soldiers are unusually tall, as tall as a battle, like giants.They were covered in black iron armor from top to bottom.

Except for the greaves, which are forged from a single piece of iron plate, the other parts of this black iron armor are made of zip armor. Each piece of black iron armor is three times thicker than ordinary iron armor.The bottom is also lined with cowhide.Even their faces are covered with a layer of mail masks, only two eyes that are different from ordinary people are exposed.Those eyes and gaze were indescribably weird.

The weapons of the black iron soldiers are also very special. The main battle weapon is a long-handled saber, but it is not the machete of Guan Yu.The blade is actually an enlarged version of the Jushou Dao, a few inches wider than the latter, and three feet long. It can be cut or stabbed, it is both a knife and a spear.

The shaft of the knife is two feet long, and the rod and blade have caught up with the spears of the pikemen.But compared with the figure of their owner, they don't look long.In addition, there are two sharp hatchets hanging from the waist of the black iron soldier.

The officer leading the Black Iron Giants was an ordinary person with normal body.The officer's clothing logo showed that his rank was actually a battalion captain.

When Zhao Song saw Liao Hua and Wei Feng's strange armor, he became puzzled again.He asked Xun You in private: "Minister Guo, with just a small number of people, can we prevent and repel the raids of the rice thieves? No matter how good the soldiers are, they have a defense line of more than 200 miles. How can we defend it?"

Xun You laughed and said, "Prefect Zhao, don't worry, my lord and I have already planned this for a long time. Of course we can't defend, but how about we use offense as defense?"

Zhao Song was surprised again: "Attack! Do you want to use these hundreds of people to attack the hinterland of Berkshire?"

Xun You said solemnly: "Not bad! Not only will it attack the hinterland of Berkshire, it may even go deep into the Central Sichuan Plain!"

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Chengdu City, inside the State Shepherd's Mansion.Liu Yan and Huang Shi had just finished "Aiki training" on the study floor, when they heard a report from the guards outside the door: "I want to report to the envoy, the secret envoy of Berkshire has returned and is waiting here."

Huang moved the ankle resting on Liu Yan's shoulder to his chest, then pushed him away lightly, and said, "Master, business is important."

The two quickly dressed neatly and sat down on the table before Liu Yan summoned the secret envoy.The emissary didn't say a word, bowed his body and presented a letter with both hands, and then retreated carefully.

Liu Yan opened the letterhead, pulled out the letterhead, and roasted it on a lighted oil lamp before starting to read.Huang who was next to him asked, "Is it a letter from Lu Er?"

Liu Yan nodded and handed the letter to Mrs. Huang.After reading it, Huang said leisurely: "Zhang Xiu is not under the control of the envoy, should we do it?"

Liu Yan fell silent, blinking his eyes in thought.

Chapter 105 Armored "Giant"

In March of the second year of Chuping, the frequency of rice thieves looting Hanzhong was obviously reduced a lot.In addition to the fact that it is already the spring sowing season, the ghost soldiers who are half farming and half fighting need to be busy with farming.The more important reason is that with the help of the mountain scouts, Xu Rong's army successfully ambushed them several times, forcing them to restrain themselves.

In the early summer of early April, the warm southeast wind blows over the Hanzhong Plain from time to time, and the wilderness is already lush.A few farmers who had finished their farm work were chatting around the field ridge.

An old farmer suddenly opened his eyes and murmured: "The boat...why did the boat come out of the field?" The other farmer who faced him laughed and said: "We don't rely on water, where did it come from?" Boat?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately noticed that the rest of the people were looking behind him, and quickly turned their heads to look.

A fleet is "sailing" on the "green sea" in the wilderness.Those ships were not small in size, and there were a large number of soldiers behind the fleet, some of which were extremely tall.

These are Viking ships that have been placed on wooden planks with wheels on them.Being towed towards the southern edge of the plain.There, they will be carried on the shoulders by the soldiers and the summoned peasants, enter the Mi Cang Road, and pass through two mountain ridges.Then put them into the Ba water.

In the early morning of the second day, the sun had just risen from the mountain ridge.In Hanchang County next to Bashui, the city gate opened on time.Against the sun, the ghost soldiers on duty at the top of the city found a strangely shaped ship turning out of the Bashui River bend.Then there were two, three..., more and more strange ships appeared in his eyes.

These ships had no sails, for they sailed from north to south, and it was late spring and early summer when the southeast wind blew.

The ghost soldier finally understood that this was not a civilian ship, let alone a warship of one's own side, it could only be an enemy ship. As soon as the shout of "enemy attack" came out, four or five arrows were already flying towards the city, and one of the sharp arrows was hitting the ghost soldier's abdomen.The ghost soldier squatted down clutching his stomach, but still screaming intermittently.

It was shot by the mountain scouts who lurked outside Hanchang County first.The ghost soldiers at the city gate heard the movement and hurriedly closed the city gate.At ten battles outside the city gate, a dozen black shadows flew out of the reeds on the bank of the Bashui River.There are shadows of people and dogs, flying towards the ghost soldiers at the city gate,

Before the city gate was half closed, some of the forearms of the ghost soldiers who closed the gate were bitten by the mountain dogs, and some of their calves were bitten through.Howling in pain, they continued to close the city gate with all their strength while trying to get rid of these vicious dogs that did not let go.

The city gate was closed until there was a gap left, but there was a mountain dog stuck in this gap, even so, the dog didn't say a word, it was biting the opponent's forearm firmly.The ghost soldier roared: "Quickly take a knife and cut off the dog's head...".Before he finished speaking, a steel knife pierced through the crack of the door and hit his throat,

The gate of Hanchang County was pushed open again by four mountain scouts.The steel knife slashed away, beheading the ghost soldiers who were still fighting with the mountain dog to the ground.Later, three more Feng Yujun mountain scouts came up, and the seven quickly controlled the Linshui City Gate.

But on the streets in the city and on the towers, a large number of ghost soldiers came after hearing the sound.A mass of darkness rushed towards the city gate.The faces of the seven mountain scouts were serious, knowing how important they were to this battle.

"Array!" A corporal-like person shouted, and the seven stood shoulder to shoulder, back to back.Of the four mountain dogs, one was dying, two were seriously injured, and only one was still fighting.

The fierce dog suddenly burst into a rage and ran along the edge of the street in the city.When everyone thought it was about to flee, it suddenly jumped up after running into the city, and rushed towards the middle of the black ghost pawns.

There was a shrill scream from the crowd of ghost soldiers, and there was a chaotic commotion, and then they continued to kill at the gate of the city.Crowds ran by, and the bodies of a dog and a man appeared on the street.The mountain dog had been beheaded into several pieces, but the dog's head was still biting the throat of a ghost soldier's corpse.

Hundreds of ghost soldiers rushed towards the seven scouts with knives, spears and halberds, and the two sides fought together immediately.Amidst the clinking of weapons, the stone road at the city gate has been covered with flowing blood.

The seven scouts fell down one after the other, until only one remained.He threw away the broken shield with his left hand, and threw the first steel knife with his right hand, hitting the head of a ghost soldier, and then several spears pierced his body.