Changan.

"Huh...... Is it for this reason? Huangfu Song chuckled when he heard this, but his smile was so bitter, he did his best for the imperial court, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion has now guarded Sanfu to counterattack Liangzhou, although it has been defeated twice, but in fact it is just a few tentative wars. But now, he wants to be removed from his post for such a reason? Or even the person who replaced him to tell himself personally?

"Well, it's not just for that reason." Seeing this, Zhang Wen sighed softly, then looked around, and then leaned into Huangfu Song's ear and whispered, "In fact, the main reason is because of this period of time, because of the pressure of the Hu people's rebellion, so that Zhang Rang, the general, and Yuan Situ rarely unified their opinions on the issue of merging states and involving the Wushuang Marquis, and more than once!" ”

"This ......" Huangfu Song opened his mouth when he heard this, but he couldn't say a word in the end, because although he hated the battles in the court, it didn't mean that he didn't understand the Taoism in the court, otherwise, why would he hate it?

Huangfu Song was silent for a long time, his face kept changing, and in the end, he just sighed helplessly, "Alas, it's really ......" Huangfu Song shook his head, but in the end he still couldn't say anything. Because there are some things that it is enough to know, and there is really no need to say it too obviously.

However, since the removal of himself has nothing to do with the war, Huangfu Song is too lazy to dwell on these issues. Moreover, the imperial court sent Zhang Wen, which is enough to prove that the imperial court attaches great importance to the Liangzhou rebels, although Zhou Shen made Huangfu Song a little uneasy. Subsequently, Huang Fu Song and Zhang Wen discussed many issues about his rebellion in Liangzhou, especially during this time, Huang Fu Song's understanding of the Liangzhou rebel party was told to Zhang Wen without reservation.

At the same time, Meiyang County, somewhere inside the house.

Since arriving in Meiyang, Zhang Ning has been in constant contact with many powerful people who rebelled against the party in Liangzhou, hoping to find one person to support them. At that time, even if the Han dynasty cannot be overthrown, at least it will be able to cause chaos in the world. In this way, with the current situation of the Han Dynasty, it may not take more than ten years to completely enter history.

It's just a pity that these people she came into contact with made her really disappointed, "Alas, they are all unqualified candidates...... Zhang Ning sighed, "Whether it is Bian Yun or Han Sui, their vision is too short-sighted, and they began to be arrogant just by occupying Liangzhou, without any foresight, thinking about it, they are not far from failure." And although Zhang Xiu is very ambitious, Yizhou is congenitally deficient......"

Zhang Ning was very distressed by this, since she saw the power of Li Yi's cavalry in Jizhou, although she also knew that when facing the regular army, Li Yi's cavalry could not maintain such a strong power. But even so, she became very attached to cavalry. Therefore, she ignored the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Yuzhou, and came to Liangzhou alone.

At this moment, Huang Da hurriedly walked in, "Master, there has been a drastic change over there in Chang'an!" The Han court dismissed Huangfu Song and replaced Sikong Zhang Wen as the general of the left chariot cavalry, and at the same time appointed Jinwu Yuan Peng as the deputy general. In addition, the captured general Dong Zhuo and the general Zhou Shen were also under Zhang Wen's account. ”

"Deposed?" Zhang Ning was stunned for a moment when he heard this, "I remember that Dong Zhuo should be a eunuch, right?" ”

"Exactly, in addition, Zhou Shen was invested under the account of the great general He Jin in the early years." Huang Dagong replied.

"I see." Zhang Ning nodded when he heard this, and muttered with a little disdain, "Boring balancing technique." ”

After a long while, Zhang Ning shook his head and sighed, "Let's wait and see, I don't believe that the already terminally ill Han court will not have people with both ambition and talent!" ”

In July, and the state.

Although Li Yi didn't quite understand why his request for support for some grain and grass would be refused, since the imperial court didn't say anything to death, he was not too worried. And more importantly, now, the locust plague that Li Yi had feared for a long time has finally appeared.

The Flying Cavalry Battalion, as well as all the troops in Manbo County, were handed over by Li Yi to Zhang Ren, Zhao Yun and others, and they were concentrated in a camping camp between Meiji and Manbo, responsible for monitoring Meiji's Yufuluo Division. And he himself led the people to the farmland, ready to deal with the locusts.

Speaking of which, this should be the first time Li Yi has really seen the locust plague, after all, he didn't have that opportunity at all in his previous life, let alone the locust plague, and the flying locusts have not been seen in reality. And when I came to this era, I only heard about it. Now, he has finally seen with his own eyes why the locust plague is hailed as a heavenly punishment by the people of this era.

I saw a mixture of yellow, red, and green appear in the sky, "Everyone! Light the firewood now! The capture team is ready for me! Li Yi shouted loudly.

Seeing this, the people still stood still and did not move, just looked at the swarm of locusts that was getting closer and closer with fear and awe on their faces. They were a group of people specially prepared by Li Yi, because they didn't know how aggressive these locusts were, so Li Yi covered them all over with a linen cloth, and they also wore hats and masks on their heads.

Seeing this, Li Yi suddenly roared angrily, "Wei Zhong! ”

"The subordinates are here!" Hearing this, Wei Zhong hurriedly responded.

"Go and tell them that if they do it now, then even if the sky falls, I will hold it up! If they don't get their hands on it now...... Then confiscate their food and drive them out of Manbo! Li Yi shouted viciously, he was almost roaring, obviously not just for Wei Zhong.

Hearing this, Wei Zhong suddenly showed a shocked look, you must know that in his heart, Li Yike has always been a good official who loves the people like a son. And now, in order to fight against heavenly punishment, this method is used.

"Why don't you go yet?! Or do you want to try my sword first?! Seeing that Wei Zhong did not react, Li Yi immediately pulled out his sword and put it across Wei Zhong's neck.

"Yes...... Yes......" Wei Zhong replied with some trembling, although Li Yi had not experienced many wars, but every time it was very dangerous and difficult, he already had a terrifying murderous aura on his body.

"What are you doing in a daze?! Hurry up and get to work! Or do you really want to die?! Wei Zhong pulled the county soldiers and shouted at the people, "Or have you forgotten the grace of the Wushuang Marquis?!" Would you rather be that ungrateful person than go far to deal with these flying locusts?! ”

Hearing this, although those people were still a little reluctant, when they saw the sword in Li Yi's hand and the county soldiers who rushed in with great momentum, they still honestly lit the dry firewood quickly, and guarded the vicinity of the cultivated field with the net bag made by Li Yi.

"Gentleman, everyone is just afraid of legends, after all, this kind of legend has existed since ancient times, and even if gentlemen want to change their minds, they will not be able to change it in a while." Cai Yan walked to Li Yi's side and persuaded softly.

"I know that, but these locusts are eating crops very fast and in such terrifying numbers. If they move a little slower, it's hard to kill them too much......" Li Yiyan shook his head and explained.

Speaking of which, Li Yi could have asked more obedient soldiers to form such a team. However, he prefers to let these people do it themselves, because only if they have tried it themselves, will they know that there is nothing terrible about this kind of thing.

Just speaking of this, Li Yi suddenly looked ahead and whispered, "It's here!" ”

Cai Yan turned his head to look, but saw that the swarm of locusts in the sky was still in the sky, but in a blink of an eye, it had already come to the front, and the overwhelming picture and the accompanying huge humming sound suddenly frightened Cai Yan so much that he hugged Li Yi's shoulder. And Li Yi's expression was not much better, after all, in his previous life, he had never seen flying locusts in reality, let alone so many. And in this day and age, he only heard.

Even Xiao Bai couldn't help but lean towards Li Yi's side when he saw this situation, maybe this also proves one thing, that is, no matter how weak many things are, when they are gathered in a certain number, they will have the power to make any enemy fearful.

But soon, Li Yi came back to his senses and ordered again, "Gongs and drums are beating!" And with Li Yi's order, the sound of gongs and drums suddenly resounded through the heavens and the earth, and the buzzing sound instigated by the wings of the locusts in the sky competed with each other for the sovereignty of the heavens and the earth here.

Speaking of which, this is what Li Yi heard from a common person when he was preparing, although it was not the time of the locust plague, and even those insects were not locusts, but Li Yi still wanted to give it a try. After all, since you have decided to deal with the locust plague, it is not a big deal to try a few more methods. And compared with smoking and catching with nets, the people obviously do not have much resistance to beating gongs and drums.

Not long after, under the gaze of Li Yi and many other people, the swarm of locusts in the sky quickly fell to the cultivated fields. At this time, there was already thick smoke above the cultivated fields, and people who didn't know thought that there was a wild fire? This is naturally what Li Yi asked the villagers to do, because to be honest, Li Yi just remembered that locusts were afraid of fire and smoke, but he didn't know whether they were afraid of fire or smoke, and what kind of fear method they were. In that case, let's just make it bigger.

Speaking of which, Li Yi's treatment of the locust plague this time, strictly speaking, is actually the nature of some experiments and superstitions, if you can keep the crops, it is the best, but even if you can't keep it, you can also use this action to tell everyone that the locust plague is not a heavenly punishment, because after killing so many locusts, he Li Yi is still alive and well!

Li Yi believes that as long as the people do not dare to hunt and kill locusts because they are afraid of locusts, the threat of locust plagues will be much reduced. After all, in this era, every time there is a locust plague, the people and even the local officials only burn incense and pray, and they have no idea of stopping the locusts from eating the crops. It's a pity that many things have failed to do, but it's hateful not to do them and let them fail!

Under Li Yi's gaze, the group of locusts quickly rushed into the smoke layer, and soon after, Li Yi was pleased to see a large number of locusts falling directly into the cultivated fields. "It worked! It really works! That's great! Li Yi hugged Cai Yan and shouted, his overjoyed appearance made him look like a child.

"Quick, let the people go in and catch it! Catch them and put them in the smoke! In addition to being excited, Li Yi ordered again. Because the locust swarms were so numerous, there were still many locusts that rushed through the smoke layer and pounced directly on the crops.

Hearing this order, the people with nets moved towards the fields, and although their hearts were still afraid and unwilling, in the end, the fear of death prevailed over the fear of legends. After all, no one has ever seen what kind of natural disasters will happen to the locusts, but Li Yi wants to kill them? Will they believe it? At least they never doubted Li Yi's ability to kill.

I saw them waving their nets and waving them at the swarm of locusts, although they didn't aim much because they were too afraid, but obviously, such a large number of locusts, even if they didn't aim? If you go down in a net, it's basically full.

Later, the peasants were seen running back with their nets and then placing the locusts they had caught in the smoke. After a while, the locusts, who were still struggling desperately, stopped moving.

The action on Mamber's side quickly spread to Miji's side, "Huh?! Li Yi stationed all his troops between the two cities? And there was a sound of gongs and drums beating over there?! Juvro looked at the spy with a puzzled expression.

According to the villain's investigation, it seems that Li Yi ...... It seems to be ......" The spy looked hesitant and panicked, as if he was hesitating whether to say or not.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Yuvro rebuked angrily.

"Then Li Yi is leading the people of Manbo to hunt and kill the heavenly insects!" When the spy heard this, he immediately reported loudly.

"What?! Catch the Celestial Worm?! When Yu Fuluo heard this, he immediately stood up in shock, his face full of disbelief. Because he didn't understand, how dare Li Yi do this?! Yes, even if Yu Fuluo was a Xiongnu Shan Yu, he only allowed the locust plague to gnaw on the crops and grasslands, even if these were the sources of their lives, he had no intention of stopping them.

Because although the Huns are not afraid of heaven and earth, in many cases, they are more superstitious than the Han people. This can be seen from the Xiongnu and even the Hu tribes such as the Xianbei, Qiang, and Wuhuan tribes in the north, and the status of shamans is very lofty.

"Quick! Hurry up and ask for a shaman! Juvro shouted in panic.

"No!" The spies hurriedly took orders and left.

And after he left, Yu Fuluo's face kept changing, and finally kicked the small desk next to him, "Li Zikang!" Are you planning to condemn us from Heaven together?! ”

Obviously, Yu Fuluo was very angry at what Li Yizhu had done, and even wanted to lead his army to kill him directly. Thankfully, the only reason he had told him not to be impulsive, but he didn't know what to do now.

In a short time, Shaman Jindan hurried over, and his expression was extremely solemn, apparently having learned about Mamber's side from the mouth of the spy.

So as soon as he entered the door, Jin Erdan immediately said solemnly, "Shan Yu! Immediately I will build a high platform, and I will burn incense and pray to the gods to tell me what is going on. Otherwise, when the heavens send us down, we will definitely be implicated! ”

Jinerdan's tone was full of urgency, and there was even a hint of command, but Yu Furo didn't care about it. Because the status of the shaman itself is very high in their place, let alone an old shaman like Jinerdan. Even when Franco was preparing to seize the throne, he first consulted Jinerdan before taking action. And it is precisely with the support of Jinerdan that Yu Fuluo's actions will be so smooth.

Soon, the high platform had been erected, and Jinerdan, dressed in sacrificial costumes, stood on the stage and danced with unknown meaning, muttering words that no one could understand. Below, including Yu Fuluo, all the high-ranking Huns in Meiji City had already knelt under the stage, and they also had words in their mouths.

Fortunately, Li Yi didn't know that this was the case in Meiji City now, otherwise he would probably die laughing to death. Well...... Well, when this kid first crossed over, wasn't he still quite in awe of the gods? Maybe it's because the gods are different between Han and Hu?

Then again, Manber County.

As time passed, the sky grew darker and darker, but the locusts in the sky did not decrease in the slightest.

"Lord, this flying locust is endless......" Wei Zhong said hesitantly, still looking to stop Li Yi from hunting these locusts, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know how to persuade them. After all, having killed so many people, what if you stop at this time? And if he really continues to persuade, who knows if Li Yi will directly execute himself for disobedience?

Although Li Yi has always loved the people like a son, and he also has great respect for him, as a ruler and governor who controls the power of life and death in various parts of the state, and at the critical moment of suppressing the Hu rebellion, Wei Zhong does not want to use his head to test Li Yi's patience.

"Endless?" Li Yi suddenly laughed when he heard this, and then pointed to the sky and said with a smile, "Isn't there no longer there?" Then he pointed to the fires that surrounded the fields, "Boxian, do you see there, have you found many locusts diving into the fire?" What does this prove? Prove that we are right to do so, otherwise why would those locusts choose to kill themselves? Li Yi said casually.

As he spoke, he suddenly walked towards the cultivated field not far away, and seeing this, Wei Zhong, Cai Yan and others hurriedly followed. After a short time, Li Yi came to the edge of the cultivated field, and as far as the eye could see, countless flying locusts covered the sky above the cultivated field, even if those people began to hunt these flying locusts frantically because of habit or broken jars at this time, they could not see how much the flying locusts had decreased.

At this moment, Li Yi suddenly stretched out his hand and fished it in the air, and suddenly a flying locust was caught in his hand. Suddenly, Wei Zhong and Cai Yan cast puzzled glances, obviously not understanding what Li Yi wanted to do. And the movement here also quickly attracted many onlookers, after all, Li Yi, as the order to hunt and kill locusts, it is difficult not to attract the attention of others in this situation. Incidentally, almost all the residents of Mamber County gathered here at this time. And they were basically confused, shocked, and even resentful of Li Yi's order.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Everybody come here! Li Yi suddenly turned his head to look at the many people shouting, and then walked quickly to a dirt slope. Hold up the locust in his hand and say in a loud voice, "Look at it, this is what you call the Heavenly Worm, and the legend says that it is a disaster sent to us by the heavens!" ”

"Legend has it that if you hunt these so-called celestial insects, you will provoke the wrath of the heavens, but who of you has really seen it?" As he spoke, Li Yi waved the poor locust in his hand again, "Take a closer look at this flying locust, is there any difference between it and the various insects you killed casually?" ”

Hearing this, Cai Yan suddenly stretched out her hand to fish, but also caught a flying locust, although because of lack of preparation, she was quickly frightened by its struggle and let go of her hand, but then she caught another flying locust, this time, it was firmly in her hand.

Seeing this, Wei Zhong also did the same, followed by those county soldiers, and then the rest of the people. Although they were still in awe of these locusts, they seemed to have begun to grow in courage when they saw Li Yi, Cai Yan, Wei Zhong and even a group of people catching them in their hands, and a large number of locusts were killed not far away.

"Take a closer look! Although they are very ugly, how many of them are beautiful among the many insects in the world? Although they can fly, there are countless insects that can fly! Although they eat crops, how many insects eat all kinds of flowers and plants? Even if they are in swarms, haven't you seen a large number of floaters? Li Yi kept shouting.

And with Li Yi's words, although the people's awe of the locusts has not been completely removed, it is obvious that the effect that Li Yi wants to achieve has emerged, even if the effect is still very weak, but at least it has been. Many times, I'm afraid that you won't be able to open that opening no matter what, because most things, as long as a precedent is set, even if you don't do anything later, this opening will slowly expand.

However, Li Yi obviously will not do nothing, or rather, he still wants to open this opening wider.

"But how?" Li Yi looked around at everyone and thought secretly, and then looked down at the locust in his hand.

Speaking of which, Li Yi was actually quite afraid of insects in his previous life, especially this kind of flying and jumping insects, such as moths, bees, butterflies, and spiders. Because every time these things appeared in his home, he always felt that when he attacked them, they would pounce directly on his face. The slightest thought of this feeling made him shudder.

And now, I don't know if it's because of martial arts training or because I killed a lot of people, and this fear has long disappeared. It was as if he was not afraid of the locust in one hand, but was observing it with great interest.

It was a green locust, constantly struggling in Li Yi's hands, looking pitiful. "Anyway, but in terms of insects, whether it's appearance or feel, you are indeed the kind of ...... that can be accepted," Li Yi looked at the locust and muttered in his heart.