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In the winter of the third year of Jian'an of the Han Empire, after the Yellow Turban King Ming married in barbarian customs and a large number of skilled craftsmen from the Central Plains entered southern Xinjiang. In less than half a year, the existence of the Yellow Turban Army had been accepted by the barbarian people in southern Xinjiang. Moreover, after Ma Yuanyi and Zhang
Under Lu's operation, some barbarian people in southern Xinjiang have begun to learn farming and smelting techniques, and have begun to build their own houses outside the mountains to cultivate farmland.
To Qin Yang's surprise, although Southern Xinjiang is known as one hundred thousand mountains, there is very little arable land. However, because it has never been cultivated, after countless years of sedimentation, the land turned out to be very fertile, and the climate is also warmer than in the north.
How many times. After cultivating terraced fields to plant three crops of rice according to Qin Yang's suggestion, the conditions in the fields were extremely gratifying. This situation made the Yellow Turban generals, who had been worried that southern Xinjiang would not be able to provide sufficient supplies for the army, finally relax and train in the fields with peace of mind.
Jiaozhou City in southern Xinjiang, the residence of Prince Huangjin Ming.
"Your Highness, General Zhang Baiqi sent people to report back the good news that our Eastern Expedition Army has entered the ancient city of Cangwu and successfully surrendered more than ten local tribes. I would like to ask your Highness if you can start the city construction plan."
"Well, I understand. Send someone to tell General Zhang to choose a place to build a city near Cangwu Plain. I will immediately send him 10,000 elite soldiers to protect a thousand craftsmen to help." Qin Yang nodded, and he said to Zhang Bai
I am extremely satisfied with the progress in riding.
Although there are many generals in the Yellow Turban Army who are good at conquering and fighting, there are only a handful of generals who are as good at fighting and defending as Zhang Baiqi, and who also know how to attack the heart first. Qin Yang knows better than anyone else that after all, Southern Xinjiang belongs to
The territory of the barbarians. Even from the barbarian king Meng Huo down to the barbarian people, the Yellow Turban Army was very welcome and got along well with them.
However, if a guest stays at a hospitable host's house for a long time, there will always be a lot of inconveniences. Therefore, a few months ago, Qin Yang had sent Zhang Baiqi to lead 10,000 elite Yellow Turban troops to conquer the vast territory eastward and secure a piece of territory of his own.
The main goal of this Eastern Expedition was the Cang Wu Plain close to South Vietnam.
After careful study by Qin Yang, although the Cangwu Plain is located in southern Xinjiang, it is surrounded by mountains and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, one can enter Soochow to the east, and one can send troops to the west to reach Jingzhou. It is an ideal place for both offense and defense.
A good place. Therefore, building a city in Cangwu was the first step for the rise of the Yellow Turban Army in Qinyang.
"Your Highness, the Lujin Pass garrison reported that there was a brief exchange of fire with the Xichuan Yizhou Army a few days ago, with very few casualties. According to General Zhang Niujiao, the Yizhou Army maintained its position after learning that it was our Yellow Turban Army currently stationed at Lujin Pass.
The frequent harassment of border officials in the past has rarely happened." Guo Jia handed Qin Yang the second report and said with a smile.
"Haha, is the current general of the Xichuan Army still Yan Yan? He must have restrained his subordinates... This is fine. As long as nothing happens on the border, we can develop with peace of mind. Send an order to Zhang Niujiao. Let him drink less and pay close attention to Xichuan.
He also restrained his subordinates not to cause trouble without my order." Qin Yang nodded and said.
Guo Jia nodded, and after making arrangements, he took out a report and said: "Your Highness, General Huang Zhong, who is building a garrison in Guilin, reported that a Jingzhou Liu Bei army scout was found near Guilin."
"Oh?" Qin Yang raised his eyebrows when he heard the news and said, "Has Jingzhou found any signs of Liu Bei's army being mobilized?"
Guo Jia shook his head and said: "Since our Yellow Turban Army went south, Yuzhou, Wancheng, Chang'an, and Xiliang have all surrendered to Cao Cao. Today, the territory of King Wei Cao Cao has spread across the entire north overlooking the Central Plains, and King Sun Quan of Wu is in Soochow
The momentum of the land is growing day by day, and soon we will be able to unify Wu. With these two powerful enemies by his side, Zhuge Liang will definitely not dare to send troops to our southern border."
Qin Yang nodded and said: "That's right. Tell General Huang Zhong to defend carefully. Guiyang is the border between our army and Liu Bei's army. We must not let Zhuge Liang take advantage of this."
Guo Jia smiled and said: "General Huang Zhong is the most serious person among the generals under His Majesty's command, not to mention the fact that he is assisted by Ma Di, who has joined the army, so there should be no problem. I have two more confidential letters here, and I would like to ask His Majesty to read them in person...
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Guo Jia's voice suddenly dropped. He reached out and took out two volumes of silk books from his arms and said, "These two confidential letters were sent by General Wei Yan this morning..."
"Wei Yan..." Qin Yang's eyes lit up and he hurriedly took it and started to look at it.
The handwriting on the first silk letter was scrawled, like a drunken person scribbling. There were only three names that caught Qin Yang's eyes, "Liu Zhang", "Liu Bei", and "Yan Yan". And the two names Liu Zhang and Liu Bei
They are connected by a horizontal line, and an almost illegible Chinese character is written on the connecting horizontal line. Yan Yan's name is written alone below, and besides these two characters, there is a large
circle.
Qin Yang smiled slightly and said calmly: "Tell Wei Yan to pay close attention to the movements between Jingzhou and Yizhou. Liu Zhang is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, so he certainly does not want the Han Empire to fall. However, Liu Bei may not want Liu Zhang to surrender.
Easy... Oh, by the way, tell our people that if there is an emergency, they can go to Yizhou General Yan Yan, he should be able to help."
After that, Qin Yang unfolded the second silk letter. The handwriting on the second silk letter was very neat, but Qin Yang could faintly smell the smell of urine. Looking carefully, he saw that there was indeed a corner of the silk letter.
There, I found a yellowish water stain. On top of the water stain, I could vaguely see a tiny paw print and a few black hairs.
"Damn it, this guy is too frugal, isn't he? He actually used this to send me a message?!" Qin Yang hurriedly slapped his nose, frowned and cursed with a smile.
Guo Jia also sweated a little and said, "Your Highness, what does the letter say?"
Qin Yang pinched his nose and handed the silk silk to Guo Jia and said: "You can see for yourself, it has been in your arms for so long..."
Although this piece of silk has been "contaminated" by the urine of some kind of animal, the writing on it is clearly legible, "Strengthen the army, march south, and declare yourself emperor!"
After reading it, Guo Jia couldn't help but frown and said, "Did he mean that?!"
Qin Yang nodded and said: "This is normal. Even before we went south, Cao Cao had surpassed us in terms of generals and military strength. And now he is in charge of half of the powerful princes. He doesn't want to
Who else wants to proclaim himself emperor? But Cao Cao has always been extremely cautious. I think the word "strong soldiers" means that Cao Cao is accumulating strength now..."
"Gather strength?!" Guo Jia took a deep breath and said, "Then let's..."
Qin Yang said calmly: "We are not in a hurry. After all, there are still two big human shields in front of us. But now that we know Cao Cao's thoughts, I am afraid there will definitely be big moves in the north in the near future. Please pay attention recently.
No matter if it is Liu Bei, Sun Quan or Cao Cao's envoy who wants to see me, he will stand in his way! I don't need to tell you how to do it specifically?"
Guo Jia chuckled evilly and said: "Don't worry about this, it's just collecting money and not doing anything... I'm pretty good at this kind of thing..."
"Is His Highness Prince Ming here? I have something important to see His Highness Prince Ming!..."
Just as Qin Yang and Guo Jia were laughing at each other like two profiteers, suddenly there was the sound of "Teng Teng" footsteps outside. The bold and bold voice came from far away, shaking almost all the ashes on the entire mansion.
Falling with a splash.
Hearing the voice, Qin Yang knew who the visitor was, so he looked at Guo Jia and said with a smile: "The Barbarian King has arrived in person, why didn't he send anyone to notify me, so that I could be prepared."
"Haha, what are you preparing for? Your Highness is too polite." As he spoke, the door of the room was opened wide. A tall figure blocked the light outside the door.
Seeing the smile on the face of the Barbarian King Meng Huo, Qin Yang couldn't help but smile and stood up and said: "Brother Meng Huo, I see you are so proud of your success, but what happy event is there?"
Meng Huo was not polite and directly found a seat to sit down before laughing and saying: "Haha, I thought only Commander Guo in the Yellow Turban Army could tell fortunes. It turns out that His Highness also has this ability. Eh? By the way, how did His Highness know that there was a happy event?
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"Nonsense, isn't your expression obvious enough?" Qin Yang secretly cursed in his heart and then smiled: "What on earth could make the Barbarian King so happy? Why don't you tell me?"
"Of course it's a happy event..." Meng Huo laughed, took a sip of the tea served by his servants and said, "Brothers from the barbarian tribe all said that His Highness is the lucky star of our barbarian tribe. This is indeed true. No,
Not long after you arrived in our Southern Wilderness, there were signs that the Beast God Cave in our Southern Wilderness would be opened..."
"Beast God Cave? Is that what the Barbarian King is talking about..." Guo Jia couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard the three words "Beast God Cave" and he asked tentatively.
Meng Huo nodded and said: "Yes, it is the Beast God Cave on the overseas fairy island. It is the holy land of our barbarians."
Guo Jia lost his voice and said: "Is there really a beast god cave in this world?"
Meng Huo seemed to be extremely disdainful of Guo Jia's question. He said scornfully: "Why not? Does Military Advisor Guo think where do these strange beasts under our barbarians come from?"
"Hey, what are you talking about?" Qin Yang listened to the conversation between the two as if listening to heavenly scriptures. Finally he couldn't help but ask.
"Oh? Doesn't His Highness know about the Beast God Cave?" Meng Huo looked at Qin Yang in surprise, as if it was strange to see someone who didn't know there was a sun in the sky.
"Uh...I've never heard of this." Qin Yang touched his nose and said calmly. The feeling of being despised by Meng Huo was not that good.
"Well, it's no wonder that His Highness is from the Central Plains. Even if his knowledge is a little shallow, it makes sense..." Meng Huo nodded and tried to smooth things over for Qin Yang very understandingly. However, the unconcealable sense of superiority in his expression was
It is obvious.
Wipe... shallow knowledge... The black line appeared from Qin Yang's forehead, not because he looked down on the barbarians. But being called "shallow knowledge" by a barbarian who didn't even know how to boil rice with water undoubtedly hurt the Yellow Turban greatly.
His Highness Prince Ming’s self-esteem.
"Ahem... Your Highness, this is what happened..." Guo Jia took up his responsibility as a minister at the right time and whispered in Qin Yang's ear: "According to legend, there is a world deep in the sea in the south of the sky.
The Outer Immortal Island. There are all kinds of rare and rare beasts on the island. The strength of these strange beasts is often very powerful. Any one in the world is not inferior to a powerful fighter. The Beast God Cave is the place where these immortal beasts are found.
The island is similar to the cave where the king lives. Only when the Beast God Cave is opened can mortals enter the fairy island. If by chance, mortals may be able to bring back one or two strange beasts back to the mainland."
After Meng Huo heard Guo Jia's words, he nodded and said: "Commander Guo is right. It's just that this is not a legend, but a fact that has been passed down by our barbarians for thousands of years. You Central Plains people tend to worship the powerful.
Douqi fighters and spell masters naturally disdain our barbarians, but these strange beasts have always been the patron saints of our barbarians..."
Having said this, Meng Huo's eyes couldn't help but darken. He must have thought of the King Kong Giant Ape who died in the Battle of Gepo. That giant ape was the one he brought to the Beast God Cave more than ten years ago when it was opened.
Brought back from overseas fairy islands.
After listening to the introductions of Guo Jia and Meng Huo, Qin Yang suddenly said: "I see... Isn't this Beast God Cave opened regularly?"
"Of course not!" Meng Huo said flatly: "According to the legend passed down by our barbarian ancestors, the Beast God Cave is not opened regularly, but only when we barbarians are about to undergo a major change or encounter a major crisis.
Opening. This time is almost a hundred years apart. I remember that my ancestors said that the Beast God Cave was first opened more than a thousand years ago. Oh, that was when the Great Shang Empire in the Central Plains declined. That was also when our barbarians had just established
At that time, the world was in chaos. It was the blessing of the beast god that allowed the barbarian tribe, which only had a few hundred people at that time, to develop in this mountain of 100,000 people..."
"After that, every hundred years among us barbarians, several or even dozens of warriors favored by the beast god will appear to protect the barbarians through many difficulties. The opening of the beast god cave can be regarded as a big deal for us barbarians.
The sign of the beginning of changes is also the time when a new beast god warrior appears."
Speaking of this, Meng Huo laughed and said: "This time the Beast God Cave was opened again after more than ten years, it can be regarded as a major event that we barbarians have never seen in the history. Our ancestors once said that once the Beast God Cave is opened in a hundred years,
It was opened one after another. That must be a sign of the great prosperity of our barbarian tribe. But I didn’t expect that it would come true for me now..."
"Oh? So it seems that the barbarians are about to rise in the hands of the barbarian king?" Qin Yang laughed.
Meng Huo shook his head and said: "Although this is a prophecy left by our ancestors, for thousands of years, it is really the beast god who has been protecting our barbarians from being annihilated by the Central Plains people. Now His Highness King Ming and the Yellow Turban Army have just arrived. Not long ago, the beast god
The Divine Cave has been opened for the second time in a hundred years, which shows that the rise of our barbarians must be related to His Highness."
"Is it related to me?" Qin Yang was amused by Meng Huo's logic.
Meng Huo affirmed: "Since the founding of our barbarian tribe for thousands of years, foreigners have never been allowed to enter southern Xinjiang. In other words, His Highness and the Yellow Turban Army are the first foreigners to enter southern Xinjiang.
From our interactions with His Highness and our previous fights, I am more certain than anyone else that His Highness is definitely the one who helped our barbarians rise!"
Facing Meng Huo's burning eyes, Qin Yang couldn't help but feel stagnant. He had never seen such a desire in the eyes of this rough and arrogant man. You know, in the deepest part of Qin Yang's heart, he had never seen the barbarians.
He took this semi-primitive race that did not even have the most common armor to heart. The reason why he came to the Southern Wilderness and vigorously developed farming and military technology was mainly because the Southern Wilderness could provide him with a sufficient supply of combat troops and the ability to restore the Yellow Turbans.
time of military strength.
However, he saw deep trust and sincerity in Meng Huo's eyes. He saw that a race that had always been looked down upon was eager to rise and have equal status with those in the Central Plains.
Yes, whether in Gepo or Ruyin City, Qin Yang has always had the dark thought of "taking advantage of the barbarians" in his heart. But when he recalls now, those barbarians calling for equality among Gepo
Warriors, the barbarian army that came all the way outside Ruyin City to support him. As well as the enthusiasm of the barbarian people when the Yellow Turban Army first arrived in the Southern Wilderness, and even the extremely enthusiastic scene at his wedding...
Qin Yang's heart began to change from this moment on. He felt deeply guilty for his past thoughts. It was only now that he truly began to put himself in the Barbarians' shoes for the future.
"Great Barbarian King. What do you want me to do for you?" Qin Yang took a deep breath and said seriously.
Originally, he had no interest in the Beast God Cave mentioned by Meng Huo. In Qin Yang's mind, how many generals are there in the entire Southern Wilderness who can drive alien beasts? On the battlefield in the Central Plains, there are easily dozens or even several of them.
In a war involving 100,000 people, it is no longer possible for a few powerful generals to control the situation. Rather than spending time caring about the Beast God Cave, it is better to develop military strength as quickly as possible and strengthen yourself. But now Qin Yang's mind has changed
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When Meng Huo saw what Qin Yang said, he couldn't help but look happy and said: "Your Highness, I'll tell you the truth. Originally, the opening of the Beast God Cave would usually take more than a hundred years, so by then there would naturally be a group of warriors from our clan who could control the strange beasts.
Appeared. But this time it was opened only more than ten years ago. After the last war with the empire and the battle with His Highness Gepo, our barbarians suffered huge losses to the warriors, and the beast god did not allow the warriors who had obtained the alien beasts.
Landing on the Fairy Island again. So now there are almost no warriors in the clan who can control the strange beasts... But we don’t want to miss this opportunity to rise, so I hope that His Highness can select warriors with strong fighting spirit from the Yellow Turban Army to replace us
The barbarians went to the fairy island to tame the strange beasts and help our barbarians rise!"
"Oh?" After listening to Meng Huo's words, Qin Yang was ashamed again. Originally, he thought Meng Huo wanted him to send craftsmen and generals to help the barbarian warriors cross the sea to the fairy island. Naturally, he was unwilling to do such a thankless task.
But he didn't expect that Meng Huo would actually send the Yellow Turban Army's generals to the fairy island to subdue the alien beasts. This was like leaving the future fate of the barbarians in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army...
Thinking of this, Qin Yang stood up, walked to Meng Huo's side and said with an emotional expression: "Great Barbarian King, don't worry. I will never let down the barbarian brothers..."
At the same time, somewhere in the mountains of the Central Plains.
A woodcutter wearing a coarse cloth, a bamboo hat on his head, and carrying a bundle of firewood suddenly raised his head. After a moment, a sparrow-sized bird landed gently on his shoulder and kept chirping, as if in the air.
It's like telling a woodcutter something.
"Oh? Are you saying that the Beast God Cave is about to open? I understand, thank you..." The woodcutter nodded as if he could understand the chirping of the birds. He also took out half a piece of dry food from his arms and handed it to the birds.
in front of me.
Just as the little bird happily started to peck at the dry food, the woodcutter looked at the southern sky and murmured to himself: "Qin Yang... your luck is not generally good. Since
God is helping you, so I can’t hide away anymore..."