The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 46 The Wind Dragon's Insight

"Start to speed up the march today. If you encounter thieves occupying us all the way, unless you take the initiative to harass us, ignore them for the time being!" In the early morning of the next day, when the army assembled, Liu Tao officially announced.

Liu Ge and Shangguan Yu were a little puzzled. They said yesterday that they would be eaten by the enemy. Why did they change their minds today?Jian Yong nodded slightly when he heard the words, he is a good master who can listen to advice!

But he didn't know that last night Liu Tao and the three brothers were open and honest, and after clarifying the direction, today's arrangement was made.

Let go of those small groups of thieves, and conduct guerrilla attacks against the small group of Yellow Turban thieves, and at the same time try to go south to join Lu Zhi.Of course, he still had another option, which was to take a detour to Changshan, where there were not many yellow turban thieves, and he could try to recruit Zhao Yun along the way.

It's just that he rejected this idea in the end. The detour was too far, and too much supplies were consumed. If there were too few thieves and too little supplies, then it would be a problem to eat in the end. It would be safer to meet up with Lu Zhi quickly.

Perhaps, when Lu Zhi gave himself a mission to go to Changshan to suppress the bandits, it wouldn't hurt to stop by.

After walking like this for a day, we started from Beixincheng County in Zhuo County, crossed the border of the county, and entered Zhongshan County.The moment he came here, Liu Tao felt a little emotional. The original Liu Deran was the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan, and the predecessor of Zhongshan County, Zhongshan Kingdom, was the fiefdom of King Jing of Zhongshan.Unfortunately, there was no Zhongshan King in the Eastern Han Dynasty, so there was no Zhongshan Kingdom.

But if Zhongshan Kingdom is really given to him, he will not be happy either. This place is almost in the middle of Bingzhou, Youzhou and Jizhou, and the key point is almost everywhere is a plain area. There is no danger to defend, and it is worse than Jingzhou.

"Brother, what are you thinking?" Seeing Liu Tao began to think, Lu Yan who was beside him asked.

"It's nothing, I'm just thinking, if this battle is over, where should we look for a place to stand. First of all, we need military power, and then it's best to have the power to govern a county..." Liu Tao didn't hide it either.

"Naturally, you need a border town. You can choose a county close to the border in Youzhou and Bingzhou, or even Liangzhou. But this is also dangerous. If you are in Bingzhou, you have to face the harassment of the Southern Huns and Xianbei at any time; if you are in Youzhou If you are in Liangzhou, you have to face the harassment of the Southern Huns, Xianbei and Qiang people..." Lu Yan replied.

"Border town..." Liu Tao was thoughtful, because it is a border area, almost only prisoners or criminals will be relocated here. Although there is also a county town, it is basically under military control, and no one is too idle to come here. Take office here.

So while taking into account military power, it is also equivalent to having governance power. The problem is that there is almost no population here.

Unless, go north to plunder the population of the Hu tribe, or migrate some inland.The former is risky, and the latter is not willing to be done by others.I always feel that border towns are a bit of a disadvantage...

"Except for the border towns, where can we balance governance and military power?" Liu Tao continued to ask.

"Unless the local bandits are in chaos, or the barbarians are making more trouble... For example, Kuaiji County, Yuzhang County, Changsha County, Wuling County, and Ba County will retain some military power so that the local government can suppress the bandits on its own." Lu Yan thought for a while this time before answering.

I remember that Ou Xing rebelled in Changsha, and Sun Jian, as the prefect of Changsha, also led the army to conquer. I remember that he did not have a military position at that time.It may be that this year's edict took advantage of the loopholes. After all, Liu Hong does not seem to have withdrawn the right to allow local counties to recruit troops to defend against the enemy.

So Sun Quan, as the prefect of Changsha at that time, should still have military power.In this way, the prefects of Wuling, Bajun, Kuaiji, and Yuzhang should also have certain military power.Even if it is extended, the prefects of county magistrates in various places probably have military power...

Wait, there is no need to focus on the south, there is a similar place in the north, and that is Shangdang County!

In the second year after the Yellow Turban Rebellion was pacified, Zhang Niujiao rebelled in the Taihang Mountains. After being quelled, Zhang Niujiao was also shot by an arrow.However, his subordinate and adopted son Zhang Yan (Chu Feiyan) collected the remnants and established the Black Mountain Army, which has been active in the Taihang Mountains.

When the court stopped, they went down the mountain to plunder and attack the enemy.When the imperial court came to conquer, they escaped into the Taihang Mountains, leaving the imperial court helpless.Let’s just say that Yuan Shao, from the time he seized Jizhou to being wiped out by Cao Cao, defeated the Black Mountain Army several times, but failed to wipe it out.

Changshan and Wei Jun said nothing to go, so Shangdang County should be the best choice!That's right, it's here!

"Brother seems to have thought of something?" Seeing Liu Tao's complexion constantly changing, and finally revealing a joyful expression, Lu Yan knew that Liu Tao had already made plans.

"It's true that I thought of something, but the Yellow Turban Rebellion hasn't been settled yet, so why think so deeply. I've heard people say that those who are half a step ahead of others are geniuses, and those who are one step ahead of others are fools." Liu Tao shook his head. Shaking his head, the schedule is the schedule, but with such a long distance, who knows if there will be any changes during the period.

"What brother said is very true..." Lu Yan nodded, it is still too early to say this.

"Report! Twenty miles ahead is Puyin County!" The scouts came back to report. Of course, the scouts didn't really walk twenty miles, and the investigation range of the official march was only ten miles.This scout should have known about it after asking the people in the village.

"Are there any yellow scarf thieves active in this area?" Liu Tao asked, this is what he asked the detectives to investigate.

"There is a group of about 2000 yellow scarf thieves entrenched in Xu Ting's side, and set up a camp, about fifteen miles away from here." The detective quickly replied, "Xu Ting is the only way to Puyin County!"

That is to say, walking along the official road, if you want to go to Puyin County, then you can't get around where Xuting is.

Liu Tao immediately took down the information of 'Fifteen Li away' and 'Xu Ting', and secretly used 'Wind Dragon's Insight'.

This is the magic that the novice level of air magic can master. In the game, it reveals the content of the shadow part of the game.It belongs to adventure magic, which can only be cast once a day, and consumes 10 magic points each time.In the novice stage, you can explore a radius of 5 cells, and the radius of the master level is increased to 7 cells.

After the magic tower passed through with him, the magic also changed slightly, and the detection range was changed from the so-called 'radius of 5 grids' to 'radius of 5 miles'.In other words, he who has cast this magic, at this moment, everything within a radius of 5 miles around Xu Ting is under his induction.

It's like opening satellite eyes, or "sky eyes" is more appropriate. Everything around Xu Ting, including houses, cattle, sheep, farmland, and yellow scarf thieves are all in his field of vision.

Within the 'line of sight' range, about two thousand thieves with yellow scarves on their heads are stationed in a temporary camp.This is to directly drive away all the people in Yili, and then occupy the camp built here, so most of the houses inside are the original houses of the people.

It's a pity that there is no sound, and they can't hear what they are saying, but the defense situation is clear at a glance.

"Brother?" Seeing Liu Tao suddenly closed his eyes and remained motionless, Lu Yan asked with some doubts.

"It's nothing, just thinking about something..." Liu Tao looked around and replied, then rode up to Lu Yan's side, and said in a low voice, "I was just opening the 'Sky Eye' to check Xu Ting's situation. There are really about 2000 Yellow Turban Thieves in the camp of the Yellow Turban Thieves! The key point is that these [-] people should all be soldiers of the Yellow Turban Thieves!"

"Brother has a new supernatural power?" Lu Yan was immediately excited when he heard this, the sky eye is really powerful, such a thief has nowhere to hide!

Chapter 47

Seeing Lu Yan's excited and admiring look, Liu Tao felt a little complacent.What he wants is this mysterious appearance, which is the best way to protect himself.

If possible, he also wants to finish the fire magic directly, and then see if he can learn meteor fire rain... Oh, there seems to be no meteor fire rain in Heroes of Might and Magic 7, only the doomsday judgment... Otherwise, learn Liu Xiulai's skills, the world Maybe it will come straight to my heart.

"It's just that it's getting late. If we march another [-] miles, I'm afraid the soldiers will be exhausted..." Lu Yan was agitated for a while, and then regained his composure. "At that time, the yellow turban bandits at the outpost will be waiting for their work, which will not be good for us."

A fifteen-mile march would take at least one or two hours. Today, we have already marched for five hours, and it is really difficult to continue marching.

"Rest on the spot first, and order the supply troops to be on duty. We are only fifteen miles away from the enemy, so be careful." Liu Tao thought about it and decided to rest on the spot first.

"My lord, there are yellow turban thieves fifteen miles away, right?" Jian Yong stepped forward, his position was slightly behind, and he couldn't hear some words clearly, but Liu Tao suddenly didn't move, and after a while Lu Yan suddenly became excited, as if what happened.

"Well, the detectives heard from the common people that there are thieves fifteen miles away." Liu Tao nodded and looked at the detectives beside him.

"Yes, I heard from the villagers that he came to Xu Ting's side a month ago and was ordered to set up a camp there. For convenience, all the people in Yili were directly recruited, and the camp was established on this basis. .” The detective replied.

"The yellow turban bandits don't go to attack the city, don't try to coerce the people, but they still set up outposts here...Military adviser, master secretary, what do you think?" Liu Tao cleverly opened the topic.

"As expected, Puyin County should have surrendered to the Yellow Turban Bandits..." Jian Yong thought for a while after hearing this, "This area is already the territory of the Taiping Sect, and the Taiping Sect has been in chaos for nearly two months. The place has been conquered, and the people who should be coerced have been coerced. They have begun to consciously use Jizhou, such as Julu County and Zhongshan County, as their own sites and start operating..."

"Wait a minute, if the county town has already surrendered to the Yellow Turban Bandit, why do the villagers only talk about the Yellow Turban Bandit camp?" Lu Yan seemed to realize something.

"There are two situations. One is because we are the crusading army of the imperial court. The villagers themselves are deeply attached to the imperial court, but they have no choice but to accept the management of the Yellow Turban Bandits. When they saw us come to ask, they told us what they knew. In other words, he did not Know the situation in the county; secondly, the villagers are afraid that they are also from the Yellow Turban Bandits, and they will tell us about the camp, so that we will not be suspicious, and after the scouts leave, they may have already run to the camp and the county to report!" Jane Yong replied.

"Could it be that the villagers haven't been to the county seat recently, so they don't know about it?" Guan Yu rushed forward.

"No, if there is a military disaster, the villagers will often think of going to the county to seek asylum immediately, or to escape to the mountains for refuge. If you escape into the mountains, you must not be able to return for three to five months. Besides, there are yellow scarves near your hometown. How can you still live here?" Jian Yong retorted.

That is to say, the villagers themselves had entered the county seat for refuge and witnessed the process of the Taiping Sect taking Puyin County with their own eyes.Those who don't want to live under the Yellow Turban bandits are probably already coerced or even fled elsewhere.And those who are willing to stay must be the so-called "obedient people" of the Taiping Sect.

It is also possible that under the step-by-step attack of the imperial crusade army, they gradually got rid of the dream of "capturing Luoyang", started to fight steadily, and gradually began to operate their own existing sites.In other words, prepare for a long-term confrontation with the imperial court!

"Although it is not ruled out that the villagers who temporarily succumbed to the Yellow Turban Bandit and still stand on the court's side in their hearts, since we are going deep alone, we should consider the worst case scenario." Jian Yong replied.

To put it bluntly, it is to despise the enemy tactically, but to value the enemy strategically, which is exactly the opposite of the theory of later generations.The Yellow Turban Thieves have no weapons, and no tactics at all in the early stage.It's just that it's impossible to treat the yellow scarf thief too much as a reckless man who has no brains and only knows how to charge desperately.

For example, the three brothers of the Zhang family are preaching everywhere, and their believers are all over the Kanto states. At the same time, they are secretly preparing to revolt. With so many believers, is Tang Zhou the only one who is a traitor?But if this is not the case, then why was no one in charge before?The government didn't know about it, or didn't deal with it even if they knew about it. How could the yellow turban thieves who could do this step be a group of reckless people? !

Liu Tao even thought that if Lu Zhi was able to surround Guangzong for more than two months but failed to defeat him, could there be other reasons?If yes, what exactly is it? !