Tian Feng wiped the corners of his clothes, and most of the dry food residues on his hands stuck to the corners of his clothes, but he didn't care, and his face couldn't hide his excitement.

"These 50,000 soldiers and horses are enough to suppress any group of garrisons outside Luoyang City, as long as the time is ripe, we can take advantage of the situation and save the 10,000 people of Luoyang from fire and water!"

Cheng Liu smiled slightly and helped him into the carriage.

"If it's only 50,000, it's just enough to take Luoyang, but the followers of this horn have exceeded 100,000, and over time, more than 300,000 soldiers and horses will be derived. Although they are all peasants, they are still not to be underestimated. ”

Xu Shu also answered at this time: "Moreover, Zhang Jiao continues to convey faith to the people in the south with Julu as the core point, and more and more forces from the states and counties on the northwest side have joined them. ”

Tian Feng smiled and asked, "Is there a map?" ”

Cheng Liu hurriedly ordered the sweet potatoes to be presented and spread out on the carriage.

This is a carefully laid out map of Cheng Liu, which has marked the diffusion route of the Giant Deer Zhangjiao Taiping Road, which goes directly south from the northwest and encircles Luoyang in a fan-shaped trend.

Among them, the most profound impact is the merger of states, after all, it is between Julu, followed by Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yuzhou, each geographical location has a point of Cheng Liubiao, indicating the time dividing line.

Tian Feng pointed to a line and said, "Is it passing through here?" In this way, this soldier is inevitably a little too scattered. ”

Cheng Liu explained: "It won't always be like this, Zhang Jiao will divide the location of the forces after that, and set up a commander to lead the troops and horses, but this time may be more than half a month, and it shouldn't be so fast." ”

Zhang Jiao is a smart man, and from the beginning of establishing his beliefs, every move is equivalent to playing chess, and those believers are his pawns.

Although the road to the south was slow and far, he integrated the soldiers and horses of the eight states into thirty-six directions, and Cheng Liu's mind recalled the record of the "Later Han Book Volume I", and his finger lightly tapped on the map.

"The forces of these eight states will be divided into thirty-six parties, and these thirty-six parties are divided into large and small parties, of which there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the big side, and more than 7,000 people in the small side, and each side will have a commander in charge, and he will act under unified command."

Xu Shu suddenly smacked his tongue: "If you add it up like this, these hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses have already separated the forces of the north and the south, even if Luoyang's reaction is fast, there is no way for the states and counties to make unified deployments!" ”

Cheng Liu shook his head: "This is the final result, and the development of things is far from as simple as you think, although those people in the palace are corrupt, they are not idiots." ”

Tian Feng asked with some curiosity: "I wonder how the big officials know all this?" As far as I know along the way, the total number of believers at this time is only more than 10,000, and it will take at least a few months to develop into a peasant army of hundreds of thousands, right? ”

Cheng Liu said with a smile: "Brother Tian's words are reasonable, but don't forget, faith is a long drought and a rain for the people, and the speed of condensation is far beyond what you can imagine." ”

Before the carriage moved, Sweet Potato suddenly walked up, holding a note in his hand, which at first glance was the information given by the hidden stake in front of him.

Previously, Xiudong and Qiuhong did not leave Luoyang for a long time, but went north to directly lay secret agents in Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou prefectures and counties, and set up Yizhuang and hidden piles, but they were not mobilized and commanded by Cheng Liu personally, but acted flexibly under the orders of Sweet Potato.

This seems to be a bit like the role of scouts on the battlefield, but it is hidden in the world, broken into parts, and much more flexible than the scouts on the battlefield.

Cheng Liu hurriedly took the note and asked softly, "Do you have anything else to explain?" ”

The sweet potato glanced left and right, and stopped talking.

Cheng Liu had no choice but to get out of the carriage and walk on the other side, keeping a proper distance from the homeless.

"When the winter snow fell in the north, the rebel army tied a yellow scarf on its head as a signal, and Zhang Jiao sent Ma Yuanyi south to Yangzhou and Jingzhou to expand the believers, and the momentum was huge at this time, with more than 10,000 believers."

Cheng Liu stood with his hands on his shoulders, and then asked, "What else?" ”

"Childe, there are others, it's not good news."

Sweet potato looked at Cheng Liu, although he was still confident, but there was a little more haze between his eyebrows, and he was slightly distressed.

"No problem."

Cheng Liu just replied lightly, and then turned his head to the other side, with a long stream of people in his eyes.

"A lot of relatives of eunuchs in the palace have been bought, among which Feng Yu and Xu Feng have been bought, just waiting for the inside and outside to meet. Moreover, there were Luoyang eunuchs to collude, and Zhang Jiao took March 5 of the Jiazi year as the time of the uprising, and first let Ma Yuanyi build a military army and attack Luoyang directly. ”

This is the bad news that Cheng Liu has long known, but with the help of history, Cheng Liu suddenly found that he had undercounted.

It is the general trend of the world and the national fortune, the decline of the Han Dynasty, Luoyang is not only suffering from the people, but also the loyalty in the palace, if Jianye is handed over, Cheng Liu can expect that even if the Yellow Turban Army no longer gathers many people, the 10,000 soldiers and horses of Ma Yuanyi alone can burn Luoyang to the ground.

However, this situation can only be consumed outside Luoyang, and Cheng Liu has to wait for a time node.

Zhang Jiao and the three Zhang brothers conspired for more than ten years, just to use their religious beliefs to confront the imperial court and take advantage of the pain points of the peasants to expose the uprising, so Cheng Liu did not have a good impression of them, and even in a certain way, he was eager to fight against the Yellow Turban Army with the imperial court soldiers and horses.

But the Ouroboros is still hot, and Cheng Liu still maintains his sanity.

Sweet potato was silent for a long time before he cautiously asked, "Childe, do the soldiers and horses in the outer city of Jianye want to intercept them?" Or will you take advantage of the situation and join them in the struggle against the imperial court? ”

Cheng Liu sighed, and said helplessly: "Wait, there are still discerning people in the imperial court, and it will be rearranged soon, we are not in a hurry." ”

Back in the carriage, Tian Feng was still studying the map, and Xu Shu would talk from time to time.

"Forced by the situation, I don't know how many heroes and heroes will rise up with the trend."

Xu Shu also sighed a little, touched his beard, and said in a deep voice: "Our opportunity is fleeting, we have a lot of Yizhuang along the way, why don't we directly and blatantly recruit soldiers and horses?" ”

If he hadn't received the information about the sweet potato, Cheng Liu might have really done it, but after thinking about it at this moment, he made a new decision.

"It is certain to recruit soldiers and horses, but it is still necessary to use the banner of Yizhuang, not the banner of our Danyang Army, and this matter can be handed over to Brother Tian to do."