Guo Tai held the lamb ribs but could not eat. Zhoucang in Heishan was so powerful that many of the remaining Yellow Turban tribes defected to him, but he knew that Zhoucang had already defected to the people of Youzhou. Liu Xiang of Youzhou was known as the envoy of the gods, but he did not recognize it.
The title of Divine Envoy was given to Brother Mancheng by Master Shijun, who was an old brother who followed the Great Master with him. Master Master died of illness, General Ren Gong died in battle, General Di Gong was killed, and the Yellow Turban Army was defeated.
The mountain bandits and water bandits who used the name of Yellow Turban had changed their taste. He was very sad, but there was nothing he could do.
He couldn't defeat him. He only had more than 20,000 people, and he could defeat less than 10,000. So he had to go south from Bingzhou and retreat to Baibo Valley to avoid the sharp attack.
But not long after, Liu Xiang came with his troops.
He has heard the name of this person for more than a year. He is really capable of fighting. If there were such a general in the Yellow Turban Army, he would not be in this situation now, right? Especially a few days ago, I heard that this person was
The altar method is to drive the yellow dragon down the river and annihilate 50,000 Xianbei barbarians in one battle. His magic power is higher than that of the Great Master? No way, but the master can only draw talismans to cure diseases and cannot summon the dragon.
What should we do? Baibo Valley is also by the river. If that man summons a dragon to control the water again, how can he resist it?
"Shuai Qu, Yang Feng and others are here."
"knew."
He sent letters to several major forces in the valley, asking them to talk and discuss forming an alliance to resist the Han army.
Not long after, leaders from several parties gathered outside the gate of the mountain village, including Guo Tai, the yellow turban, Han Xian, Li Le, Hu Cai, the white wave bandit, and Yang Feng, who had channels to communicate with the authorities.
Famous generals and powerful troops came to the door, everyone was terrified, and the alliance was immediately agreed upon.
But after forming an alliance, they still felt guilty. The five tribes totaled 60,000 to 70,000 people. Excluding the old and weak, there were only a little over 30,000 capable of fighting. A few of them looked at each other, probably, maybe, should, and couldn't defeat them.
Yang Feng cautiously asked several people: "How about we ask someone to inquire about it?"
Several people understood this. They walked around and talked about the conditions. If it worked, then vote. Whose life is not life? No one wants to die if he can live. Han Xian, Li Le, and Hu Cai all nodded in agreement. Mrs. Guo
Being stared at by several people, it was hard to go against everyone's will. If he didn't agree, he would be fired today, so he had no choice but to agree.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Yang Feng continued: "A certain person is from Yang County. I have an acquaintance in the county who is the prefect Cao Yu. I would like to ask him to visit Liu Zhenbei and find out the intentions of the officers and soldiers. However, he is not polite and cannot enter."
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"What's the problem? Let's collect a big gift and send it to Liu Zhenbei."
The five of them went back to the village and collected a hundred kilograms of gold and a few jade treasures that they had not yet sold. Yang Feng went out of the valley in person to meet his fellow villager Xu Huang.
Xu Huang knew what the Yang County Township Party was doing. It was to take care of the financial resources of several wealthy families in Baibo Valley. Now that General Zhenbei was stationed in Linfen, these bandits and thieves were panicked.
He was about to join Liu Zhenbei, but he didn't have the opportunity to pay homage, so he might as well use this merit as a way to get promoted.
"If Brother Yang sincerely surrenders, I will go there. If he is just pretending to delay, please come back. According to my opinion, it is a hundred times better to go to Liu Zhenbei than to stay at the bottom of the deep valley. Brother Yang can give me a sure word, but
Don’t try to cheat and harm Xu’s life.”
Yang Feng smiled bitterly: "What Liu Zhenbei's soldiers pointed out, how can we dare to resist? We are just trying to survive. Who among the immortals who can fight with dragons dare to be his enemy?"
"Okay, I will set off to meet Liu Zhenbei now."
Liu Xiang didn't know what was going on in the Baibo Valley, nor did he care. He was now focused on the Northern Expedition. He couldn't miss the opportunity to overthrow the Xianbei royal court. The cavalry in the army was ordered by him to move around, make raids, and train for night battles.
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The infantry and Shesheng battalions of the Northern Army were not spared. They were training to march at a high speed. Liu Xiang said that he would not take them if they could not keep up with the cavalry's marching speed. That would not work. The great military achievements were right in front of them. Who wouldn't want to?
Eat fat, practice to death if you can't practice to death, the princes can run very fast, and the mere cavalry is just a ball.
Those civilian husbands were not trained. They did not need to go to Saibei. They had to follow Fan Xian back to Youzhou. With so many stallions and mares, they could not always fight with the army. Seeing that the breeding season was coming, they had to be sent back to Youzhou Racecourse.
Go. It will be spring plowing in one month, and Fan Xian has to go to Youzhou to take charge of the plowing matters. He is a farmer, not an army staff officer. They will follow the army to Yanmen County, and then return to Zhuo County via Puyin Trail.
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The footsteps of spring gradually moved to the north. On the eighth day of February, the Fen River was opened, and ships and materials were ready. Because of spring plowing, no peasants were recruited.
Liu Xiang felt that everything was ready, the soldiers were willing to fight, the generals were murderous, and everything was ready, just waiting for the edict.
The imperial edict did not arrive, so he waited for Yuan Huan and a thousand soldiers led by him.
Yuan Pang had already mentioned in his letter that there was nothing to hesitate about. He just happened to take over Fan Xian's team and serve as a meritorious officer in the army. He would first take him to fight the Xianbei people and then conduct inspections on the way.
But before we get down to business, Yuan Huan first acted as a matchmaker.
"I have a nephew, whose surname is Cai Mingyan, whose nickname is Zhaoji. He is knowledgeable about books and rituals, and has a comfortable home. I would like to make good friends with the general in the Qin and Jin Dynasties."
Yuan Huan thought that the key point in what he said was that Qin and Jin were good, but Liu Xiang felt that Cai Zhaoji was the key point.
Yuan Pang sent his legitimate son to serve under him and wanted to get married. The meaning was very clear. It was a political marriage. There was nothing difficult to understand.
As the leader of a force, he is not qualified to fall in love freely, but thinking about the woman from Youzhou who has the potential to be a foodie, drinks freely, and is completely inconsistent with her temperament, and the help of Zhen, he does not want to break his promise, this is human
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"I have a marriage contract, so I must not break my promise. Please forgive me, Yao Qing. When I come back, I will personally visit you to apologize to Mr. Yuan."
Yuan Huan felt regretful and had to settle for the next best thing: "The general has misunderstood. My nephew has a hard life. He is twenty-five years old this year. Three years ago, my husband died without a son. Her husband's family made things difficult for her, so she had no choice but to stay at home. My father thought that the general had a gentle temperament.
She has a noble character and can be trusted for life, so I would like to ask the general to take Zhao Ji as his concubine so that she can rely on her."
It was normal for women to remarry in the Han Dynasty. Those who had given birth to children were more popular, which meant that they were able to have children and had survived the most dangerous first child. The idea of a good wife was not exclusive to Boss Cao. All men in the Han Dynasty had almost the same virtues.
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Liu Xiang would not have any misunderstandings about this.
Moreover, what man doesn’t like taking a concubine? Who would refuse to take Cai Zhaoji as a concubine? A woman is twenty-five years old, when she is at her most attractive. I wonder what kind of style Cai Zhaoji has?
Liu Xiang was very curious and thought he could obey his male instinct.
In fact, what made him most happy was the surrender of the Yuan family of Chen County. This was a noble family that had produced three nobles and had served as high-ranking officials for many generations. It was the first political family to join him. No matter how the cooperation would be in the future, this was a sign.
Liu Xiang's identity has begun to be recognized, and his reputation and prestige have reached the point where people take him seriously. The second condition for world hegemony has been met.
He has now truly become a prince and can be called a hero.
hehe.
hero?
Once the hero draws his sword, another ten years of calamity will befall the common people.