Just after the autumn harvest, the thief handsome Zhou Cang led thousands of thieves out of Tongbai Mountain, and entered Huyang County, where they burned and looted, robbing the people of the grain they had just harvested.

And the small bandits in Huyang also took advantage of the opportunity to move, and they raised the banner of the Yellow Turban Thieves one after another, raging and looting everywhere.

With the exception of Huyang County and a few Dayi, most of the villages in Huyang were attacked by thieves.

There were hundreds of soldiers in the county, nominally under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou Mu, but the Huyang County Commander vacillated between Xiangyang and Xuchang, coupled with its weak strength, it was simply unable to send troops to suppress the bandits.

Now, the Yellow Turban thieves have grabbed enough food for wintering, and they are afraid of being surrounded and suppressed by the officials and soldiers, so they retreat to the old nest of Tongbai Mountain. Although there are still many small groups of thieves in Huyang, they are all weak. Although there are only more than 100 men in Sanshui Village, many of them have served in the military and know how to fight, and among them, there are sharpshooters like Zhang Jin and Zhang Ji, who are not afraid of small thieves.

"I thought I could help, but I didn't expect that there would be no danger along the way." Xu Shu said to Zhang Miao with a smile.

Zhang Miao smiled: "Isn't this very good, it's better to have no danger than to really encounter thieves to grab food." ”

Xu Shu smiled: "Of course." Now that the food has been delivered safely, we will leave and return to Xiangyang. ”

Zhang Miao hurriedly said: "Brother Yuanzhi, please stay for a few days, I still have some things to ask for." ”

It's so easy to meet Xu Shu, how can you let him go easily.

Cui Zhouping said: "In this case, Yuanzhi, you will stay for the time being, and I will take them back to Xiangyang." ”

For Cui Zhouping and more than a dozen rangers, Zhang Miao didn't keep it anymore, and took out the money and food that he had said in advance and gave it to the rangers, thanking them for escorting them all the way. The rangers excused themselves and accepted it, after all, they lived on it.

Deng Tu didn't ask for any compensation, and Zhang Miao didn't say anything.

After staying in Sanshui Village for one night, Deng Tu took people away, saying that he wanted to go back to Dengyi to gather with friends.

"Deng Tu must have been afraid that we would propose to him, so he left in a hurry." Zhang Jin said to Zhang Yu with a smile.

Zhang Yu said: "The Deng family is wealthy, and his brother is an official in Xiangyang, not something like us can climb." ”

Zhang Jin sneered: "I'm afraid not." Ah Miao is only fifteen years old now, has become a professor of Shangzhou Studies, and has become famous in Xiangyang, the future is limitless, I don't know who is climbing whom! What is the appearance of the Nine Heavens of the Phoenix Dance, I am afraid that most of it is boasted by the Deng family brothers. ”

Deng Tu looked like he was afraid that he would propose marriage here, which made Zhang Jin quite annoyed, and he was polite in his words.

Zhang Yu shook his head: "I still don't believe that Ah Miao can write poetry and know what arithmetic!" I raised him since I was a child, and I don't know what virtues he has? In addition to fighting, in addition to causing trouble, has he done anything serious over the years? ”

Zhang Jin said: "Didn't I tell you, eldest brother, Ah Miao was hit in the head by Deng Lihua, and then suddenly opened her mind." Maybe Liuhou can't bear to let our branch decline like this, so God bless us. ”

After being annoyed, Zhang Jin no longer pulled the reason for the enlightenment on Deng Lihua.

Zhang Yu said categorically: "It must be so, it is estimated that the old man who stayed behind him did not want to see his descendants suffer too much, so he gave grace to A Miao!" ”

Zhang Yu and Zhang Jin muttered in private, Zhang Miao naturally didn't know, at this moment he was taking Xu Shu around the village.

In the few days he went to Xiangyang, Zhang Yu and the villagers had already cleaned up some of the villages after the fire.

The rammed earth house, with its roof burned and the walls remaining, was repainted with mud, and the surrounding trees were cut down to make rafters, and the roof was covered with thatch and mud. Of course, the burned furniture in the house can only be purchased slowly later.

With the efforts of Changyu and hundreds of villagers, a small half of the houses were rested in a few days, barely allowing the villagers to live in them without having to sleep in the open.

"Looking at the experience of Sanshui Village, and then thinking about the prosperity and stability of Xiangyang, a Han River is separated, as if there are two worlds." Xu Shu sighed.

Zhang Miao said: "Our village is relatively good, the grain has been robbed, and most of the houses have been burned, but at least the people are fine." ”

Xu Shu said: "It stands to reason that it is enough for the thieves to steal the grain, and there is no need to burn the village." It is estimated that the Yellow Turban thieves burned the village to cut off the back road of the people in order to bring the people to join, forcing the people to follow them. ”

Zhang Miao nodded and said, "What Brother Yuan said is very true. ”

Zhang Miao still knows about Zhou Cang, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhou Cang is the one who carried the big knife for Guan Yu, but it is not recorded in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Now Zhou Cang is still a yellow turban thief, so it can be seen that he has not met Guan Yu.

Well, according to the progress of history, Guan Yu should still be under Cao Cao now, Liu Bei doesn't know if he is there with Yuan Shao, or if he went to Runan to collect the Yellow Turban thieves?

It won't be long before Liu Bei will flee to Xiangyang in a hurry, attach himself to Liu Biao's command, and be placed in Xinye, dozens of miles away from Huyang, and become neighbors with himself.

However, with his own appearance, Liu Bei Xiu wants to take Xu Shu under his command again!

For Liu Bei, Zhang Miao felt very complicated. On the one hand, he admired Liu Bei's tenacity and perseverance, a poor man who sold straw sandals, under the banner of a descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan who did not know the truth or falsehood, met two fierce men, and then fought all the way in the Han Kingdom, relying on thieves to achieve the county order, and then going back and forth between the major forces, and finally achieved such a high-ranking official as Xuzhou Mu Yu Zhou Mu.

It stands to reason that if Liu Bei is content with the status quo and honestly enjoys wealth as his high-ranking official, with Cao Cao's mind, he will not treat him well. But Liu Bei's ambition is too great, he has to be a national-level cadre, and after experiencing ups and downs, he really realized his ideal!

Liu Bei's life is definitely a model of Diaosi's counterattack, and in terms of the degree of twists and turns he has experienced, he is better than his ancestor Liu Bang. Zhang Miao also appreciated Liu Bei's experience.

But the process of Liu Bei's rise is too controversial. has successively surrendered to several forces, but they have all betrayed others, and from this point of view, it is not too much to give in to Lu Bu, a slave with three surnames. In the name of benevolence and righteousness, he led more than 100,000 people to the south, but many people died tragically under the pursuit of Cao Bing. In a way, it's a bit of hypocrisy. Well, this may be a necessary quality for a hero, otherwise it can't be a big thing.

In this regard, although Zhang Miao does not appreciate it, he will not despise it very much.

However, it was unwilling to let Zhang Miao defect to Liu Bei, because it was too difficult to support Liu Bei. And since I am here, history has countless possibilities, so why bother to be subservient to others?

Zhang Miao not only didn't want to take refuge in Liu Bei, but also wanted to dig into Liu Bei's corner, such as starting with Xu Shu in front of him.