Chapter 160: Scratching the Boots

Last time, it was said that Liang Xu was desperate to drink the righteous wine, Liu Bei suggested changing the tea for Liang Xu, and Zhang Fei said that he only had wine.

Liu Bei didn't bother to pay attention to Zhang Fei's muddy man, and instructed Guan Yu: "Second brother, you can pour a cup of tea for the fourth brother." ”

Without waiting for Guan Yu to pour the tea, Zhao Feng had already handed the tea to Liang Xu.

Liang Xu had no choice but to take the righteous tea and drink it all.

In the end, the Taoyuan Three Knots became the Taoyuan Four Knots, or the Taoyuan Four Knots without any beautiful artistic conception.

Although he has formed a righteous relationship with Liu Bei, Liang Xu has already made up his mind, he will never follow Liu Bei to wander the world, and his brothers come to join him, the fourth brother, as long as he Liang Xu eats, he will definitely not starve his brothers.

Just when Liang Xu and the others were busy tying up, Xiao Lizi left the village without anyone noticing, and walked south with Liang Xu's letter.

When Xiao Lizi returned home, he found the letter on the table. The envelope does not have the sender's name written on it, nor does it have the name of the recipient, only a few symbols. Xiao Lizi recognized that it was a secret code used within the Taiping Sect, so he hurriedly put away the letter, closed the doors and windows, and then took out the letter again to look at it carefully. When he found out that the recipient of the letter turned out to be a great sage and good teacher, he did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly set off for the nearest village in the south.

Now the spies of the Yellow Turban Army rely on the plane method of nearby series to transmit messages, and they use the method of transmitting messages at the imperial court station. This kind of spy organization is easy to be devastated, and if there is a problem in one place, many nearby points may be paralyzed, but this method of formation is simple and direct, and the Han Dynasty officials have not realized the importance of intelligence, so after Zhang Ping suggested that Zhang Jiao establish an intelligence agency, Zhang Jiao chose the easiest way, because the time was too tight at that time.

Xiao Lizi did not deliver the news in the direction of Jizhou, but chose the direction of Qingzhou, this is because he has received a notice that the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou has entered Qingzhou, and it is Zhang Jiao and Feng Zhen who lead the army, and Zhang Liang is guarding the nest in Jizhou.

At present, except for the main force of Jizhou, the Yellow Turban Army will attack the city, and the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army will cooperate with the main force to cut off the connection between the cities in Qingzhou, and the Yellow Turban Army in the other six states all pursue the principle of guerrilla harassment and do not collide with the main forces of the imperial court. Therefore, the Yellow Turban Rebellion seems to be powerful, but in the eyes of the behemoth of the Han Dynasty, it has a feeling of scratching the boots, and it is not taken seriously by the central government of the Han Dynasty.

There is more turmoil in the Han Dynasty now, and the natural and man-made disasters reported by various local counties and counties are continuous, and from time to time there will be nomads in the north to break through and harass, or barbarians in the south, Shanyue rebellion, and disobedient mud-legged riots in various places, this Yellow Turban Rebellion is just a mud-legged riot, except for Jizhou because of the ambitious feudal lord who ran over to win over a group of guys who ate outside the grill and took Jizhou away, other places are still under the control of the imperial court.

Now the court is making trouble over who to send to pacify Jizhou. Emperor Liu Hong said that he would form a new army to deal with the Yellow Turban thieves, and the general He Jin said that after forming a new army, he would have to practice for a period of time before he could use it, and it was better to send troops from states where the Yellow Turban thieves had not been found to come over to quell the chaos. Liu Hong rejected He Jin's request on the grounds that various localities needed to defend themselves, and still insisted on building a new army. The Ten Standing Servants came out to obstruct it and suggested that the Central Army be sent to suppress the Yellow Turban Thieves. Liu Hong saw that no one supported him, so he could only compromise. Then Liu Hong and He Jin continued to quarrel over who led the army.

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Liu Hong insisted that Jian Shuo lead the army, and the ministers refused the emperor's appointment on the grounds that Jian Shuo had no experience. He Jin suggested that his younger brother He Miao lead the army, Liu Hong had heard Zhang let them say that He Jin and his younger brother were not in harmony, but he no longer dared to believe what the ten permanent attendants said, how could he let He Jin grow, so Liu Hong also resolutely opposed this.

In the end, Taifu Yuan Kui and Taiwei Yang Biao jointly recommended Lu Zhi in the service. Since Lu Zhi was one of the leading figures of Qingliu, neither the emperor's echo worm nor the general's lackey, Liu Hong and He Jin each backed down and agreed to Lu Zhi as the leader candidate, but they also proposed a candidate and sent Lu Zhi as a deputy.

After the selection of people, the imperial court began to prepare for sending troops, raising grain and grass, and mobilizing officers and soldiers from neighboring states and counties in Jizhou to cooperate with the encirclement and suppression. But because of the harassment of the Yellow Turbans in all states, the preparations did not go well.

At this moment, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Jiao in Jizhou is confronting the main force of the Qingzhou official army. The Yellow Turban Army was not in a hurry to attack, Zhang Jiao's plan was to consume the main force of Qingzhou, because the officers and soldiers of Qingzhou were attracted by him, and the rear of Qingzhou became empty, except for the county seat, it became the world of the Yellow Turban Army, and now it has become extremely difficult for the Qingzhou Army to even transport grain to the front line. They wanted to withdraw from the army, but they were bitten by Zhang Jiao, and the situation was precarious.

At this time, a horse from the north flew in and entered the Yellow Turban camp. The person who came was the Taiping Sect spy with Liang Xu's letter.

Zhang Jiao saw that the mark on the envelope turned out to be from his eldest apprentice Zhang Sheng, and he couldn't help but be startled, feeling uneasy, and thinking that something had happened to his son. However, Zhang Jiao is Zhang Jiao, although he was restless, he still calmly arranged for the messenger to go down to rest, and then retreated left and right, before opening the envelope with trembling hands.

After he read the content of the letter, his hanging heart settled down, and he felt very relieved, knowing that his son was also concerned about him, and confirmed that he felt that someone was peeping at him several times before, and his heart was a little warm. On the other hand, I also feel resentful, dissatisfied with the nonsense of the former imperial court forces headed by Feng Zhen, the letter tells about the crime of Ergou, Zhang Jiao only heard about this Ergou a few days ago, this guy's full name is Zhao Ergou, is one of the people who came up from Liu Weibao to harass Zhuo County in the rear of Changshan County, killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions, for his specific position and praise, Zhang Jiao did not write it down, because Zhao Ergou is just a petty official, not worthy of Zhang Jiao's attention, who knows that this guy's conduct is so bad, completely contrary to the teachings and beliefs of the Taiping Sect. But it was also inconvenient for Zhang Jiao to use his son's letter as a voucher to punish Zhao Ergou, because he couldn't let others know that he had a son. So how to deal with Zhao Ergou, the bastard, can only be handed over to his son.

Zhang Jiao wrote a reply, but it was not for his son, because even if he wrote it, he didn't know how to send it to his son, and he couldn't let the spy personnel pass it on, wouldn't this expose his son? This letter was addressed to the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Youzhou, informing the leader to give the green light to the People's Self-Defense Army, saying that it had sent personnel into their high-level internal and told the Yellow Turban Army not to trouble them.

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