The origins of this town date back to ancient times.
At that time, the Central Plains flooded, and between Zhongmou and Zhengzhou, a huge swamp was formed due to the low-lying terrain, called Putianze, which was one of the nine swamps in the world.
In the Chinese dynasty, Putianze was larger than in the pre-Qin, Wei and Jin dynasties, and was the most important water source of Tongji Canal (Bian River).
Putian Town is right next to it. It prospered due to trade and became very prosperous.
After the Heyang War, the water transport of the Yellow River became smooth, and the imperial court seized the time to transfer money, grain, and goods. Merchants, scholars, and envoys from various towns stopped here to rest, and then set off again after feeling refreshed.
Fighting and killing are not everything in life. It is very helpless. The warriors do not understand this truth, and the common people still have to struggle to survive.
"I just heard from people on Luoma Street that Shao Shude entered Chang'an, humiliated the emperor, and killed all the kings." A businessman said, smelling of alcohol: "Even the late emperor's woman Meng Cairen let Shude sleep with her.
Shude stayed on the dragon bed at night and asked the emperor to call him "father". Concubine He Shu was miserable... she cried all night, and the saint stood outside the temple, not daring to move."
"How do you know? Could it be that he was a eunuch in the Daming Palace? He was standing by to serve him at that time?" Someone joked with a smile.
"Hou Er, you don't want to do business anymore, right? As long as I say something, no one in the entire Putian Town will sell horses to you." The half-drunk businessman said angrily: "That's what people say outside."
"It has only been a few days since Shude entered Chang'an? Has the news reached Bianzhou? Even a three-year-old would not believe it." A merchant in the lacquerware business sneered: "I have been to Weizhou several times to buy goods, and the local merchants
The disciples praised Shude all the time. He regained the old land of Helong, opened up trade routes, freed cattle and sheep, and made the people rich. Frankly speaking, he is a great hero and a great hero who has been seen for a hundred years."
"Since you have been to Weizhou, you should know how the people in Longyou call Shude. Do you call him Shaosheng?"
"This..." The lacquerware merchant was stunned.
The drunkard was even more proud, and laughed and said: "I also heard that Zhang Quanyi's female family members were all captured by Shu De. His wife is the Chu family, and his eldest daughter-in-law is the Xie family..."
"Bang!" A middle-aged man who had just entered the wine shop heard this and kicked the drunken drinker to the ground.
Behind him were several servants who, without the master's instructions, immediately came forward and surrounded the drunkard, punching and kicking him. The cruelty of their attacks was surprising.
"It's a big deal!" Zhang Quan'en snorted coldly and walked out of the wine shop.
After standing still for a while, he suddenly shed tears.
How could the Zhang family deserve this disaster?
"Your Majesty, why do you need to meet such drunkards?" The newly hired staff advised: "After a while, when the heat is over, no one will mention it."
"You don't know something." Zhang Quan'en sighed: "The day before yesterday when I was in Luoyang, I heard someone writing a poem to ridicule my brother. My brother's temper has offended some villains, alas!"
Zhang Quanyi was good at caring for the people and courteous to the nobles, but he was very narrow-minded. If he insisted on doing things, anyone who dared to raise an opinion would be dismissed from his position at the least, or be killed violently at the worst.
Zhang Quanyi was in town in Luo, and his supervisors got the sobering stone of the famous prime minister Li Deyu. Li Deyu's grandson Li Yangu asked Zhang Quanyi to ask for the sobering stone. As a result, the supervisors refused and said: "Since the Huangchao Rebellion, (Li Deyu's family) Luoyang Garden
If there is no way to defend the house, how can Pingquan be a stone?"
Zhang Quanyi felt that he was mocking him for being a nest thief, so he whipped him to death.
When a case is tried and decided, the party that files the lawsuit first is always preferred, and "the people suffer a lot."
In short, I still offended a lot of people, and it is normal for people to write poems and ridicule me.
"Your Majesty still can't see it." The staff sighed: "Now all you need to do is to be diligent in political affairs and be valued by King Liang. In the future, King Liang will conquer the world, and it will not be a problem for the Zhang family to make kings and marquises. Some small things will naturally be done.
No one mentioned it anymore. Look at Shao Shude. I think most of them didn’t kill the kings, but they definitely did oppress the saints and officials. But the scholars in the world still ran to Chang’an every day and fell into Shude’s tunnel. When
Do you think the Li family’s majesty has been ruined?”
Zhang Quan'en nodded and his mood improved slightly.
Then, he walked to a quiet place and asked in a low voice: "Zheng Sima thinks King Liang may win the world?"
Zheng Sima hesitated for a moment and said: "When I had no food and clothing, I relied on my envoy to help me, so I stopped telling lies. If King Liang wants to conquer the world, he must first destroy Erzhu and Wang Shifan, and then plan for Hebei."
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The implication is, can we achieve this step? If we can't do it, everything will stop.
"I'm afraid it will be difficult." Zhang Quan'en said worriedly: "This year's defeat in Heyang has resulted in the loss of a lot of men and horses, which have not yet been replaced. The King of Liang seems to want to increase his wealth and select brave men to join the army to make up for the losses. This
Once this happens, the good reputation of Qingfu will be gone. Xia thieves are rampant, and they will probably continue to attack, without even having a chance to breathe."
In this regard, Zheng Sima had no good solution and could only sigh together.
This cannot be changed by any magic trick.
Shude's strategy is upright and laid out in the open. Is it possible for you to crack the four battles that force you to do so?
Looking at his staff's expressions, Zhang Quan'en knew what he was thinking, and his worries deepened.
Could it be that even such knowledgeable people who have read poetry and books also feel that cultivating virtue has a greater chance of winning?
If the fighting continues, if the warriors in Bianzhou see it this way, wouldn't it mean that some of them will surrender to the enemy?
Zhu Zhen!
For some reason, Zhang Quan'en suddenly remembered this general who was the oldest and most accomplished in the Bian Army. If he led his troops to surrender to the enemy, the situation would be irreversible.
Zhang Quan'en was worried and wished he could go back to Caizhou now to have a good discussion with his brother.
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In Yunzhou City, Zhu Xuan was in a bad mood.
Zhu Jin suffered a more serious defeat than him, but he looked nonchalant. He kept teasing with the prostitutes during the dinner, and he was very happy.
Yun, the generals of Yan'er Town also gathered together, eating and drinking.
Zhu Xuan glanced at it.
Zhu Wei, the governor of Qizhou, Zhu Qiong, the general of the state, and Zhu Jue, Qiong's younger brother, were generals from Qizhou. Like Zhu Jin, they belonged to their old Zhu family.
Yamen generals He Gui, Liu Cun, and Zhang Congchu are all old men in Yunzhou. Although they may not be Zhu Xuan's old men, they have been with him in battles for many years and can be trusted.
Yanzhou generals Hu Gui, Kang Huaizhen, and Yan Bao were the generals of his younger brother Zhu Jin.
Alas, every one of them was defeated by the Bian thieves. What’s so special about me was that they were defeated not once, but multiple times!
Zhu Xuan even doubted whether everyone's military meals for so many years were in vain. Why did they keep losing in battles?
Of course, he didn't know that these generals who were tortured to death by the Bian people would one day be able to ride on the heads of the Bian army generals and command the Bian army to fight.
In his later years, Zhu Quanzhong abandoned most of the generals of the Bian Army, and exclusively used people from outside to lead the troops in combat, which resulted in fierce internal strife. The sergeants did not like these airborne people from other towns, and the generals saw that generals with less qualifications than them were sitting on their heads.
, one can imagine his mood.
In order to cut down the feudal vassal and suppress the veteran generals, Zhu Quanzhong did not hesitate to weaken the combat effectiveness of the Bian army. It was also a strange thing for the Jin people who had been beaten to shame and retreated to Taiyuan to revive.
"I heard that Shao Shude was in Chang'an, eating the saint's food and drinking the saint's food. He was so happy." Zhu Xuan slammed the wine bottle on the table, splashing a pool of turbid liquid.
Everyone looked for the voice, and Zhu Jin also let go of the half-undressed Leqi in his arms, and looked over with some surprise.
"He sent two Tibetan generals who were cunning in fighting and specialized in looting." The more Zhu Xuan said, the more annoyed he became: "In this battle of Jishui, only 300 cavalry were killed, so they refused to fight again. Those bad things in Qizhou
, but half of it was done by them, and it’s all on me.”
Everyone heard the words and laughed.
Qizhou was the territory of Wang Normal University. After it was captured by them, they robbed money and food every three days and robbed women to enter the camp. If we really talk about this, who has no share? They can't escape.
"Brother, why did you suddenly mention this?" Zhu Jin pushed the prostitute away and said with a smile: "Shao Shude's soldiers are indeed not very good. I don't know how they can defeat the Bian bandits."
He didn't think highly of those Tibetan cavalry, which were far inferior to the elite Yanzhou cavalry he once led. Unfortunately, that elite cavalry was defeated by the Bian thieves a few years ago, and all of them surrendered and died. Now they are all dead.
They are new recruits. Although they are all children of martial arts families who have been in the army for generations, and their riding skills are good, fighting is still not interesting.
Zhu Xuan didn't answer, but just sighed: "Seeing others getting up day by day, but we have fallen into this situation, I feel something in my heart, and I feel depressed in my chest. I don't want to vomit and feel unhappy."
"Brother, what do you mean?" Zhu Jin was a little puzzled and asked: "Now that the Bian thieves are restrained by Shude and cannot attack me with all their strength, why are they worried?"
Zhu Jin, I don't know whether to call him optimistic or stubborn. Anyway, he almost never won the battle with the Bian Army, but he was unswervingly determined. He would come back after losing, and he would fight again and again, without being discouraged at all.
This may be the mental state of most martial artists at this time.
They fought repeatedly, defeated and came back again. In the end, there was only one city left, but they were still extremely stubborn. Even the last city was gone, and they were forced to join others. When working under others, they still found opportunities to make small moves and try to separate themselves.
Or rebel and regain power.
This fighting spirit is breathtaking.
"This attack on Quanzhong resulted in the loss of troops and generals. Although the rebels were forced to retreat by relying on the fortified city, five and three counties in Puzhou were plundered by them, resulting in serious loss of household registration." Zhu Xuan sighed: "I think of it for my brother, the people of Bian are already like this.
I don’t want to provoke them anymore.”
Zhu Jin was a little surprised and asked: "Caozhou doesn't want to take it back either?"
"There is no hope." Zhu Xuan shook his head and said, "I am determined to kill the enemy, but the sergeants are afraid of the Bian people. Whenever we fight, if there is the slightest disturbance, their morale will plummet. This battle can no longer be fought."
Zhu Jin frowned.
"Shao Shude unified Guanzhong, Lingxia, and Helong, and also invaded Hezhong, Shaanxi, Guo, Heyang and other towns. His momentum was even more terrifying than Zhu Quanzhong's." Zhu Xuan continued: "After the difficulties, the three towns in Hebei will have their own troops, as if they have ears, eyes, and hands.
Rescue each other. If Wei dies, then Yan and Zhao will be the second best; if Wei survives, then Yan and Zhao will be safe."
"Ears, eyes, and brothers rescue each other" is constantly being staged among the three towns in Hebei. The three towns of Yan, Yun, and Xu were attacked by Zhu Quanzhong, so why not? It is a deep-rooted instinct among the warlords to protect each other. The three towns of Hebei
He and Hedong and Zhaoyi are able to fight each other, and they are also able to hook up with each other. Their flirtations are all based on basic skills.
Among martial artists, few were as face-conscious as Li Keyong, and few were as kind-faced and dark-hearted as Shao Shude. More often than not, Zhu Quanzhong was like Zhu Quanzhong, who acted in spite of himself as if nothing had happened.
Zhu Quanzhong is a villain, but Shao Shude is not a villain?
"First prepare the troops and finish the city, then defend your own home. If Quanzhong attacks, we will fight again soon. If Quanzhong doesn't come, wouldn't it be a good thing if Quanzhong can block Shude?" Zhu Xuan said: "Today is the royal family's day.
I'm humble, I don't have orders to go abroad. We have nothing else to ask for. It's nothing more than a plan by our descendants to pass on this inheritance. Quanzhong has ambitions, but Shude has no ambitions? He will also take away our inheritance.
It can last a day. If you are really too busy, you might as well go and fight Wang Shifan's son. He doesn't have many talented people at his disposal, but Liu Xun (Xun) has some abilities, so it's not difficult to deal with him."
Zhu Jin was speechless for a moment.
He Gui glanced at Zhu Xuan and sighed secretly. The commander had lost his spirit and no longer had the heroic spirit he had in fighting Wei Bo's army alone.
Kang Huaizhen and Yan Bao looked at each other and both thought that Zhu Xuan had lost his spirit and feared that there would be no possibility of progress.
My lord Zhu Jin seems to have not lost his fighting spirit, but with only the Taining Army in the four states, I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve anything.
Zhu Quanzhong of Bianzhou was caught in the middle of the towns because of the Four Battles. Now in the world, it seems that Shao Shude has the best momentum.
It's a pity that they are just Yanzhou Yamen and don't even have a piece of land. It's really annoying.
If we can really conquer Wang Shifan, Zi, Qing, Deng, Lai, and Di, the five prefectures with prosperous household registrations, and get one of them, we can pass it on to future generations as a legacy, and our journey in this world will not be in vain.
If even this doesn't work, then it might as well be...