"Start to speed up the march today, all the way over, if you encounter thieves entrenched again, unless you take the initiative to attack us and others, ignore it for the time being!" In the early morning of the next day, the army was assembled, and Liu Tao officially announced.

Liu Ge and Shangguan Yu were a little puzzled, they just said yesterday that they would eat the enemy, why did they change their hexagram today? Jian Yong bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and he could listen to the advice, this is a good lord!

He didn't know that Liu Tao and his three brothers were open and honest last night, and after clarifying the direction, today's arrangement was made.

Letting go of those small groups of thieves, they carried out guerrilla attacks specifically against the small forces of the Yellow Turban Thieves, while trying to move south to join Lu Zhi. Of course, in fact, he has another choice, that is, to take a detour to Changshan, there are not too many Yellow Turban thieves there, and at the same time, he can try to recruit Zhao Yun along the way.

It's just that he vetoed this idea in the end, the detour is too far, the consumption of materials is too much, if the thieves are too few and the supplies are too small, then it will be a problem to eat in the end, it is better to hurry up and meet Lu Zhi safely.

Perhaps, when the time comes, Lu Zhi will give himself the task of going to Changshan to suppress bandits, so it will not hurt to pass by the way.

After walking like this for a day, I crossed the county border from Beixincheng County in Zhuo County and entered Zhongshan County. The moment he came here, Liu Tao was a little emotional, the original Liu Deran was the former Zhongshan Kingdom after King Jing of Zhongshan, and the predecessor of Zhongshan County was the fief of King Jing of Zhongshan. Unfortunately, the Eastern Han Dynasty did not have the king of Zhongshan, so there was no Zhongshan Kingdom.

But if he really gives him Zhongshan, he won't be happy, this is almost in the middle of Bingzhou, Youzhou and Jizhou, the key is almost everywhere in the plains, there is no danger to defend, worse than Jingzhou.

"Brother, what are you thinking?" Seeing that Liu Tao began to ponder, Lu Yan next to him asked.

"Nothing, just wondering where we should seek a place to base if this battle is over. First of all, it is necessary to have military power, and then it is best to have the governing power of about one county......" Liu Tao did not hide it.

"That is naturally a border city, and you can choose a county close to the border in Youzhou and Merge Prefecture, or even Liangzhou. But there is also a danger in this way, if you are in the annexed state, you must face the attack of the Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei at any time; If it is in Youzhou, it will have to face the attack of the Xianbei Wuhuan people; If you are in Liangzhou, you will have to face the attacks of the Southern Xiongnu, Xianbei and Qiang people......" Lu Yan replied.

"Border city, ......" Liu Tao thought thoughtfully, because it is a border area, almost only criminal officials or prisoners will be relocated here, although there is also the establishment of the county seat, but it is basically a military management, and no one is idle and will come here to take office.

So while taking into account military power, it is also equivalent to having governing power, and the problem is that there is almost no population here.

Unless, the population of the Hu tribe who went north to captivate comes, or some migrates in the interior. The former is risky, and the latter is not willing to be pursued. I always feel that the border city is a bit of a loss......

"After deducting the border city, where can you take into account both the power of governance and the power of the army?" Liu Tao continued to ask.

"Unless the place is chaotic, or the barbarians are more noisy...... For example, Huiji County, Yuzhang County, Changsha County, Wuling County, and Ba County will retain some military power, so that the local government can suppress bandits on their own. Lu Yan thought for a moment this time before answering.

I remember that there was a rebellion in Changsha, and Sun Jian, as the Taishou of Changsha, also led the army to conquer, and I remember that he had no military position at that time. may have taken advantage of the loophole in this year's edict, after all, Liu Hong does not seem to have taken back the right to allow local counties to recruit troops to defend against the enemy.

So at that time, Sun Quan, as the Taishou of Changsha, should still have military power. In this way, Wuling Taishou, Bajun Taishou, Huiji Taishou and Yuzhang Taishou should also have a certain amount of military power. Even if it is extended to the general, the county orders in various places are too guarded, and it is estimated that they all have military power......

Slowly, in fact, there is no need to focus on the south, there is a similar place in the north, that is, Shangdang County!

In the second year of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Zhang Niujiao rebelled in Taihang Mountain, and then was pacified, and Zhang Niujiao was also ambushed by an arrow. However, his subordinate and adopted son Zhang Yan (Chu Feiyan) gathered the remnants and established the Montenegrin Army, which has been active in the Taihang Mountain area.

When the court stopped, they went down the mountain to raid and attack the enemy. When the imperial court came to conquest, it fled into the Taihang Mountains, leaving the imperial court helpless. Let's just say that Yuan Shao, from the beginning of the capture of Jizhou to the elimination of Cao Cao, defeated the Montenegrin army several times, but failed to eliminate it.

Changshan and Wei County said that they would not go to anything, so Shangdang County should be the best choice! Yes, yes, this is it!

"Brother seems to have something in mind?" Seeing that Liu Tao's face was constantly changing, and finally showed a happy expression, Lu Yan knew that Liu Tao already had a plan.

"I did think of something, but the Yellow Turban Rebellion had not been calmed down, so why think about it so far-reaching. I've heard people say that those who are half a step ahead of others are geniuses, and those who are one step ahead of others are stupid. Liu Tao shook his head, the reservation is the reservation, but the matter is so far away, who knows if there will be any changes during the period.

"What my brother said is extremely ......" Lu Yan nodded, it was too early to say this.

"Report! Twenty miles ahead, there is the county seat of Puyin! "The scout cavalry came back to report, of course, the scout cavalry did not really walk twenty miles, and the reconnaissance range of the official march was only ten miles. This scout should have asked the people in the township to find out.

"Are there Yellow Turban thieves active in this area?" Liu Tao asked, this is also what he asked the detective to investigate.

"There is a group of yellow turban thieves of about 2,000 people, entrenched on Xu Ting's side, and set up a camp, about fifteen miles away from here." The detective hurriedly replied, "Xu Tingnai is the only way to Puyin County!" ”

That is to say, if you want to go to Puyin County along the official road, then you can't get around where this Xu Pavilion is.

Liu Tao immediately wrote down the two pieces of information 'Fifteen Miles Away' and 'Xu Ting', and secretly displayed the 'Wind Dragon's Insight'.

This is a magic that can be mastered by novice level of qi magic, and in the game, the content of the shadow part of the game is revealed. It is an adventure spell that can only be cast once a day and consumes 10 mana each time. In the novice stage, you can explore the radius of 5 blocks, and the master radius is increased to 7 blocks.

As he crossed the tower, the magic changed slightly, changing the detection range from the so-called 'radius of 5 blocks' to 'radius of 5 miles'. In other words, he who had already cast this magic, everything within a radius of 5 miles around Xu Ting at this moment was in his senses.

It's like opening a satellite eye, or the 'eye of the sky', it is more appropriate, everything around Xu Ting, including houses, including cattle and sheep farmland, including the yellow turban thief, is in his field of vision.

Within the 'line of sight', 2,000 thieves with yellow scarves tied to their heads were stationed in the makeshift camp. This is a camp that was built by directly driving away all the people in Yili and then occupying it, so most of the houses inside are the original people's houses.

It's a pity that there is no voice, and I can't hear what they are saying, but the defense situation is at a glance.

"Brother?" Seeing that Liu Tao suddenly closed his eyes and remained motionless, Lu Yan asked with some doubts.

"It's nothing, it's just thinking of something...... Liu Tao looked left and right, and then rode his horse to Lu Yan's side, and said in a low voice, "I was just opening the 'Heavenly Eye' to check the situation in Xu Ting, and sure enough, there is a Yellow Turban Thief camp, and there are really about 2,000 Yellow Turban Thieves in it!" The key thing is that these two thousand people should all be soldiers of the Yellow Turban Thieves! ”

"Brother has a new supernatural power?" Lu Yan was immediately excited when he heard this, this heavenly eye is really powerful, such a thief has nothing to hide!