Three Kingdoms: Jiehu becomes stronger from the beginning of Taoyuan's three knots

Chapter 35

Bi Lan already fully understood Jushou's intentions, and also understood Liu Ce's intentions.

What they mean is to exchange benefits for meritorious service.

In front of the rich gold and silver, Bi Lan didn't care too much, after all, it is rare to get so much oil and water these days.

After meeting with Bi Lan, Ju Shou left the city that night, leaving only Chen Dao and fifty euphorbia soldiers in the city.

On the morning of the second day, Bi Lan secretly disappeared in Hejian County. No one knew when he left, let alone where he went.

At noon on the third day, Liu Ce led an army into Hejian County, and Que Chao came to join him with a group of men.

Que Chao gave a detailed report on the specific situation in the Hejian area. Liu Ce decided to open a warehouse to release grain on the day after listening to the report, and he also used Hejian as a base to launch a conquest against the surrounding Yellow Turban Army.

At the same time, the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army at the junction of Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou also began to move.

Zhang Niujiao, the leader of the Black Mountain Army, felt ashamed, and specially appointed the second leader, Chu Yan, as the vanguard general, and led an army of 25 to attack Guangping City again.

Chu Yan led his army to attack for ten days and finally broke through the Guangping City Gate, but unfortunately Ju Shou and Liu Ce were not found in the city.

At the city gate of Guangping, 110 court officials and military academies were beheaded by Zhang Niujiao in public.

More than 300 gentry and gentry who originally assisted Jushou in defending the city were also beheaded.

The whole Guangping city was full of blood all of a sudden, within twenty miles around the city, wild beasts often appeared at night, they were all attracted by the bloody smell in the city.

On the tenth day after the city was broken, Chu Yan strode into the prefect's office.

At this time, Zhang Niujiao was drinking and having fun with two beautiful wives of squires in his arms.

As soon as Chu Yan came in, she immediately kicked the women out very rudely.

"Brother, that guy named Liu Ce, I have already sent someone to find out where he is!"

When Zhang Niujiao heard this, his eyes immediately brightened.

"His grandma's, I have been looking for him for more than ten days! Where is he? Now I will lead the army to kill him!"

Chu Yan immediately unfolded the map on the table, and then tapped the location of Hejian with her finger.

"They are now using Hejian as their base, and are aggressively suppressing our Yellow Turban brothers' troops in Jizhou!"

Zhang Niujiao is recognized as the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou, and Liu Ce's doing so is tantamount to declaring war on him openly.

"His grandma! This Liu Ce really has a grudge against our Yellow Turban Army! Why can't he survive anywhere? How many people does he have under his command? What is his background?"

Chu Yan thought about it for a while before speaking again.

"This Liu Ce really has a lot of background! He is the younger brother of Liu Yu, the current governor of Youzhou, and he is a serious royal family member! There are now [-] plays in his hands, and he has not yet been officially appointed by the court. .”

After hearing Chu Yan's introduction, Zhang Niujiao's eyes were already full of murderous intent.

"I said, why have you been fighting against us all the time! It turns out that he is a loyal lackey of the imperial court! Okay, this time I'm going to fight him! Second, how many days will it take for us to fight all the way to Hejian?"

As Zhang Niujiao spoke, he lowered his head and began to study the map.

If it's just about fighting, his little brother Chu Yan is much better at it than himself.

Chu Yan didn't look at the map, but frowned and said slowly.

"If it is fast, it will take a year, if it is slow, it may be three or four years!"

When Zhang Niujiao heard this, he was so angry that he almost spit out blood.

"How much time? Three or four years? The hundreds of thousands of brothers under our command are all vegetarians? I don't think this place is far from Hejian!"

As he said that, Zhang Niujiao picked up the map and showed it to Chu Yan.

Chu Yan took the map with a smile, and then pointed to two place names with her fingers.

"If we want to successfully attack Hejian County, we must capture the two cities of Juhe and Xindu! These two cities are full of soldiers and generals, with high walls and deep pools! Conquer these two big cities one after another! Besides, we still have dozens of small cities to fight on the way, and it will take time..."

When Zhang Niujiao heard this, his expression turned ugly, and he was so angry that he pulled out his saber and cut off a corner of the table.

"Hateful! How can this guy run so fast! It's really hateful! If he runs back to Youzhou, wouldn't we have no chance?"

Chu Yan looked down at the map, studied it for a while before speaking again.

"That's not necessarily true! It's not easy for us to come over, but it doesn't mean it's not easy for him to come over!"

Zhang Niujiao didn't understand the meaning of Chu Yan's words, so he hurriedly approached and asked with a smile.

"Second brother, what do you mean by that? Do you have a way to get that kid Liu Ce to come to your door?"

Chu Yan nodded with a smirk, then pointed at Julu City vigorously.

"We can besiege the city and fight for aid!"

Zhang Niujiao's eyes lit up instantly after hearing this.

"I understand! Brother, you still have a way! Then our more than 20 people are not enough! You immediately pass my order and ask the brother troops from Bingzhou and Yuzhou to come over! If we gather 50 people, the giant Deer surround me with water!"

Chu Yan clasped her fists in agreement, then turned around and left quickly.

Half a month later, an army of 50 led by Zhang Niujiao and Chu Yan captured Guangzong City.

A month later, 60 Yellow Turban troops besieged Julu City.

The Julu defenders immediately sent out several envoys to ask for help from surrounding counties and cities, while also asking for help from Luoyang.

The prefect of Hejian County naturally received a letter from Julu asking for help, but the prefect didn't have the guts to lead an army to conquer Zhang Niujiao and Chu Yan.

Therefore, the prefect directly forwarded the letter to Jushou.

After Jushou communicated with Liu Ce, he immediately put forward two conditions to the prefect of Hejian.

The first condition is to allow them to issue a recruitment order in Hejian County to recruit people of insight to fight bandits together.

The second condition is to require the prefect of Hejian not to interfere with the affairs of the army, and all military operations must be under Liu Ce's command.

The prefect of Hejian thought about it for two whole days, and finally gritted his teeth and agreed to these two conditions.

Therefore, Jushou personally wrote the recruitment order, and the notices were posted in several cities, counties, counties and villages near Hejian.

The recruitment order is limited to one month, and after one month, Liu Ce's department will send troops to conquer the Yellow Turban Army that besieged Julu City.

Liu Ce knew that many insightful people from Jizhou would come to join him, but he never expected that the first capable person would be recommended by Tian Meng.

That day Liu Ce was discussing with Jushou and Xi Zhicai in the government office about marching into Julu, when Tian Meng suddenly brought a jade-faced scholar to the door of the study.

After Que Chao informed, Tian Meng walked into the study first.

"My lord, my elder brother heard that you were going to attack Julu, so he came here specially to join you! Please give me a favor!"

Tian Meng cupped his fists respectfully to salute, looked at Liu Ce with joy and said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)