The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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At the end of last year, the imperial court was changed to Yuan Zhongping.

Zhongping, ZTE and Taiping, are indeed a beautiful vision.

But in fact, it was only two or three months after the era name was changed. The rebellion of Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou in the northwest and the Jiaozhi rebellion in the southernmost part of the empire had not yet been quelled, and Jizhou was in chaos again.

The contrast between vision and reality is ironic.

One after another, urgent and help-seeking feathers rushed from all over Jizhou to Gaoyi, the prefecture.

Jizhou is the base camp of Taiping Road, and there are far more people who believe in the Yellow Turban Road. Last year's battles at Julu and Xia Quyang destroyed the main force of the Yellow Turban Army, but there are still many Yellow Turbans like Zuo Xu and Huang Yan. , When there is no one to take the lead, these crowds are headless and have to hide and flee, but once someone takes the lead and raises the flag, then they will naturally gather together like a stream flowing into the river and sea. ——Zhang Niujiao also took a fancy to this point, so he named Zhang Jiao and called himself "General and Soldier Engagement".

Compared with the Yellow Turban uprising at the beginning of last year, this year not only believers of the Yellow Turbans, but also many more bandits and refugees, among them, are mostly refugees.

The famine at the end of last year and the pandemic at the beginning of this year caused thousands of people to leave their homes and flee. In order to survive, the desperate refugees rose up in groups, or went to Zhang Niujiao, Chu Feiyan and others, or simply gathered together to attack the township and county.

One day at the end of March, Prime Minister Cao Shi Luguang hurried to the lieutenant's mansion.

"Lieutenant, the situation is getting worse and worse."

"What's the bad news?"

Since the extermination of Wang Dang and Huang Beard, these rì sons, bad news comes every day, and Xun Zhen has already prepared for the worst.

"Zhang Niujiao captured the Yang family, Chu Feiyan captured Zhending, and Yu Du and others surrounded Ye County."

Xun Zhen stood up from behind the case, walked to the map hanging on the wall, and quickly found the locations of Yang's, Zhending, and Ye County.

The Yang family was in Julu County, only a few dozen miles away from the county seat of Julu, and only a hundred miles away from the county boundary in the far northeast of Zhao County. It really belongs to the country of Changshan, and it is only a few dozen miles away from Yuanshi, the capital of Changshan, and more than a hundred miles away from the northernmost county boundary of Zhao County. Ye County is the county seat of Wei County, only a few dozen miles away from Handan County, the southernmost of Zhao State.

Judging from the map alone, Julu Zhang Niujiao, Changshan Chu Feiyan, and Wei Jun Yudu have formed a situation of encircling Zhao Jun. After hearing about the uprising of Chu Feiyan and Zhang Niujiao, Xun Zhen knew that this day would come sooner or later, but she didn't expect it would come so quickly.

Since the uprising of Chu Feiyan and Zhang Niujiao, and Lai Xunzhen’s previous expeditions, Zhao State is the only county in the central and western Jizhou without rebels. On the other hand, he secretly rejoiced that Xunzhen was in this county, but unfortunately, the situation of "big chaos in the prefecture and Zhao county alone" seemed to be unable to last for a long time.

Lu Guang is not a person without courage, but he was sweating profusely at this time, and his voice was trembling. In a trance, he seemed to see the tragic scene of the Yellow Turban chaos last year.

He tugged at the sleeves of his shirt and wiped off the sweat beads that kept coming out of his forehead, as if he was looking for a backbone. He followed behind Xun Zhen's buttocks and peeked at Xun Zhen's face, only to see Xun Zhen's face sinking like water, just looking at the map , said nothing.

He couldn't stand the dullness in the hall, and said in a hoarse voice, "I really didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it!"

"Didn't think of anything?"

"I didn't expect Zhang and Chu thieves to make such a big noise!"

It seems surprising that Zhang Niujiao and Chu Feiyan can make such a big move, but it is actually reasonable.

After the Yellow Turban uprising, famine, and epidemics, Jizhou has already been riddled with holes, and even the slightest spark can set off a monstrous fire.

Xun Zhen murmured, "The sparks start a prairie fire."

Lu Guang didn't hear what Xun Zhen said, and didn't want to know what Xun Zhen said to himself, so he blurted out the question that he cared most about: "Lieutenant, Zhang Niujiao, Chu Feiyan, Yu Du, the thieves have been aggressive and aggressive. Meng, now they are less than two hundred miles away from me in Zhao County, and less than a hundred miles away, I wonder how the lieutenant plans to deal with it?”

Xun Zhen didn't answer him, but asked, "Have you ever received an order from Uncle Fang?"

Fang Bo, the prefect.

After Huangfu Song left office, the imperial court abolished the governor of Jizhou, re-established the governor of Jizhou, and worshipped Wang Fen as the governor of Jizhou. Wang Fen is a native of Dongping Shouzhang, and has a family background. He has a clear and straight line of study, emphasizes righteousness and neglects wealth, and is famous in the world. He is one of the "eight chefs" of the party, and is as famous as Zhang Miao and others. It lasted for nineteen years. Last year, he was relieved of the party's restraint. He was re-conquered by the imperial court. This year, he replaced Huangfu Song and took over the post of the prefect of Jizhou. Speaking of which, his luck was not good either, and he ran into Zhang Niujiao and Chu Feiyan uprising before he took over.

The reason why Xun Zhen asked the prime minister's residence at this time if he had received an order from Wang Fen was because the prefectural government Gaoyi was in Changshan County, and it was not very far from Zhending. Luancheng two counties.

Lu Guang replied, "I received an order the day before yesterday."

"Oh? What is it?"

"Fang Bo ordered Xiangjun to transfer a batch of military rations to Gaoyi and Yuanshi."

When Wang Fenlai took office, although Chu Feiyan and Zhang Niujiao had not yet started an incident, the Jizhou prefecture was no longer peaceful, and the imperial court gave him the power to control the military and horses of the county and state. Therefore, although he was six hundred stone, he had the right to order two. Qianshi's prime minister.

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "Chu Feiyan's troops are close at hand, but Wang Fen is a brave man, but he refuses to abandon Gaoyi and come down south to Zhao County."

Wang Fen asked Liu Heng for military rations, obviously to stick to Yuanshi and Gaoyi.

Xun Zhen couldn't help but think again: "It's been half a month since Chu Feiyan and Zhang Niujiao have been uprising, and Changshan, Zhongshan, Julu, Wei and other counties and states have all been in an emergency, and I don't know when Wang Fen will give me an order to transfer my troops and horses. leaving the country?"

It is expected that this day will come soon.

While he was thinking about it, he heard Lu Guang ask the question just now: "The thieves are aggressive, I don't know how the lieutenant plans to deal with it?"

"Although they are getting closer and closer to my Zhao County, they can't be called for a while. For the time being, Zhao County is still safe."

Between Yang's and Zhao County, the county governing Yingtao of Julu is separated, and Zhending and Zhao County are separated by Changshan's county governing Yuan's.

As the county governors of Yingtao and Yuan, they are not comparable to the rest of the counties. Just like Handan in Zhao County, not only the city is strong, but also the soldiers are strong, so stick to it. In the short term, Zhang Niujiao and Chu Feiyan are impossible. If they were shot down, and as long as Ying Tao and the Yuan clan were not lost, then the northern and northeastern borders of Zhao County would be safe and sound.

As for Ye County, which was besieged by Yu Du in the south, Ye County is also a county government and is also a fortified city. Yu Du who besieged it was born from a bandit and had no experience in siege cities. If the defenders do not get dizzy, it will not be a problem to defend for a period of time.

However, even so, you have to prepare early.

Xun Zhen looked at the map and pondered for a moment, then instructed Xuan Kang and Li Bo in the auditorium to write an order: "Send the order to A Bao and A Deng, and order him to send scouts widely, and always pay attention to the movements in the direction of Ying Tao and Yuan."

When he heard about the uprisings of Zhang Niujiao and Chu Feiyan, Xun Zhen divided a thousand troops to Chen Bao and Liu Deng, and ordered him to divide the two counties of Tunbai and Zhongqiu to guard the northern and northeastern borders of Zhao County.

Xuankang and Li Boying agreed, laying paper and grinding ink, and writing decrees.

The order was written, Xun Zhen stamped the seal of the lieutenant with his own hands, summoned Yuan Zhongqing outside the guard hall, and ordered him to send someone to send him away immediately.

"Zi Gong, do you want to bring your relatives to Handan?"

Lu Guang was from Zhongqiu, no matter Chu Feiyan or Zhang Niujiao, as long as they came to attack Zhao County, Zhongqiu was a must.

"I can't control this, I have to listen to my parents."

"Handan has been very lively these days. I heard that a lot of taxis and citizens came to flee."

The taxis and civilians who fled to Handan included those from Zhao County, such as Zhongqiu and Bairen counties, as well as from Changshan, Julu, Wei County and other places.

"Lieutenant!"

"What's up?"

Lu Guang was anxious and angry, and said: "The thieves of Zhang and Chu responded, and Jizhou was shaken, and it would be in danger of overturning. Although our county is temporarily safe due to the lieutenant's conquests, but if Changshan, Julu, and Wei are lost. , I, Zhao County, are under attack from three sides, how can I be alone? This is the autumn of sincerity and danger. ... Lieutenant, at this time, it is still lively in Handan.

After Xun Zhen returned to the case, he nodded his head and said, "What Zigong said is very true. If this is the case, I don't know what Zigong can teach me?"

"..." Lu Guang was dumbfounded, if he had to do something, he would not come to Xun Zhen.

Xun Zhen sighed and said, "Hey, Zi Gong, I won't hide it from you, there is nothing I can do about the current situation."

Although Xun Zhen had some troops, firstly, according to the Han system, there was no order from the imperial court, and the soldiers of the county were not allowed to leave the country. Second, even if he led troops to leave the country, given the current situation, he faced the rebellion of 100,000 that swept the counties. If there are too few troops and horses he brings out of the country, it will not be enough to break the chaos. If there are too many, Zhao County may be in danger. All in all, there is only one strategy at the moment: to wait for Wang Fen's order, or to wait. Chu Feiyan, Zhang Niujiao, Yu Du and others came to attack Zhao County.

Lu Guang knew in his heart that Xun Zhen was right, and in the current situation, there was indeed nothing he could do.

Xun Zhen asked, "What do you mean by Xiangjun?"

"Xiangjun is also helpless."

Liu Heng didn't understand military affairs, Xun Zhen had no choice, and he had no choice.

Speaking of Liu Heng, these days, Liu Heng has invited Xun Zhen to the Prime Minister's Mansion for no other reason than to hear Xun Zhen say "Zhao County is no problem", so that he can feel at ease. In addition to Liu Heng, the king of Zhao, his state minister, servants and other high-ranking officials in the country often invited Xun Zhen to meet, or came to the lieutenant's mansion to pay respects. The purpose was the same as Liu Heng.

Xun Zhen also heard that Duan Cong had been restless during the past few days, and he seemed to have the idea of ​​abandoning his office and fleeing to Luoyang. Anyway, his father, Duan Gui, was a regular servant in the middle, so even if he escaped, he would not be punished.

It is not surprising that Duan Cong had this idea. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion last year, there were many officials who abandoned their officials and fled. Duan Cong didn't escape last year because Zhaojun was too close to Julu, the base camp of the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou, and the road to the south was cut off. If he escaped, he would easily encounter the Yellow Turbans, so he didn't escape. This year is different, there is no road to the south to Kyoto. Completely cut off, as long as you are careful, you can always escape.

Compared with the fathers, brothers, children, relatives and friends of most eunuchs who are officials in various prefectures and counties, Duan Cong is not bad. At least he hasn't run away until now. There are also eunuchs' fathers, brothers and children in Julu, Changshan, Zhongshan, Wei and other counties. As officials, all ten of them have escaped.

Liu Bei and a government official came in from outside the hall.

Xun Zhen said dissatisfiedly: "Xuande, didn't I let you rest in bed? Why did you get up again?"

Liu Bei's life is quite big. The last time he was injured was serious, but the injury was not fatal. Hua Tuo's son Fan A was a surgical master~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The people sent by Xunzhen found Zhao Jun and gave it to him again. After prescribing a few good medicines, the injury is almost healed, but the blood loss is too much, so I have to rest for a while.

He smiled and said, "Fan Jun is a wonderful doctor, and he is 80% better."

As he spoke, he first bowed to Xun Zhen, and then to Lu Guang. Lu Guang hurriedly returned the gift.

There are ready-made seats in the hall, and he finds a seat to sit down.

Xun Zhen asked the government official who followed him in: "But something?"

The government official bowed to the ground and said, "Lieutenant, a person from outside the house has come to see the lieutenant. He claims to be the true family of Changshan, and his name is Zhao Yun."

Xun Zhen was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted, got up overjoyed, and said, "Is Zilong here?" Greeting Liu Bei and Lu Guang, "Xuande, Zigong, hurry up, follow me out of the house to meet me."

Liu Bei came to Xun Zhen because he wanted to ask how the situation of thieves in the other county had changed in the past two days. Who knew that he was seated and called up by Xun Zhen. Seeing Xun Zhen's face full of joy, he didn't realize it was strange, and said to himself, "Since Zhang Niujiao , Since Chu Feiyan started the chaos, it is rare to see a lieutenant laughing, who is this Zhao Yun, who actually makes the lieutenant so happy?"