Li Meng bowed his head and bowed, and it was only at this time that he really understood what he had done all these years. Why do you go back to your hometown and see everyone you see are frowning at you? Can't wait to report to the police to arrest you? It turns out that all this is my own fault, and I have to find a way to make up for all these mistakes in order to get by with my conscience. so that the fathers and villagers in their hometown will no longer poke their backbones; So that under the nine springs of the parents, they can really look at it.

These five hundred relatives and guards are all Yuyang people, and when everyone returns to their hometown, they are wronged, and only then do they know that all this is self-inflicted, and they can't complain about others! Li Meng knelt down in front of Chen Yong and said, "General Chen, I, Li Meng, am willing to forgive my sins for the first half of my life in this life, and I hope the general can give me this opportunity." You were named the general of the expedition to the north by Liu Yu of Youzhou, protecting the three counties of Wuhuan, and the land of Yuyang happens to be the hometown of our 500 people!

General Chen, don't worry, we will definitely behave well. We must set an example in front of our hometowns. Let them all see that the general is willing to make these contributions for the happiness of the people at the border gates, which cannot be given by others. I know what the general wants, you want to make some contribution to the country. Even so, let's do it together! Rest assured, we're 'prodigals' who won't let the general down!" ”

Chen Yong replied, "Okay, Li Meng! I can understand the suffering in your heart, even if this is the case, you have to bear the unbearable weight in order to achieve the results you want! No matter what others think of you, as long as you have the heart to do practical things for the people in your hometown! Rest assured, with all of us working together sincerely, this Yuyang will be able to develop quickly and well! ”

This night, Li Meng was really drunk in front of Chen Yong, and he said everything in his heart. This confiding made Chen Yong better understand the pain in this man's heart. Why did Li Meng follow Zhang Chun to do the things that endangered the people of the Han Dynasty? It turned out that Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju were originally from Yuyang, and they were both wealthy families.

Zhang Ju did Taishan Taishou, but he was dismissed from his official position because of a small mistake and returned to his hometown. Zhang Chun has known Zhang Ju since he was a child, and the reason why he was able to become a Zhongshan minister later was because of Zhang Ju's recommendation, so he became this official. Zhang Ju is more than ten years older than Zhang Chun, and the families of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju have always controlled the iron smelting and salt in Yuyang, so Zhang Chun naturally got acquainted with a group of salt sellers.

Li Meng's family was poor, but he was righteous, so he was appreciated by Zhang Chun, and he was willing to give him a piece of the pie, so he had Li Meng's career as a smuggled salt seller. This year, Zhang Chun, who was the prime minister of Zhongshan, actually returned to his hometown and found Li Meng. And this year, Li Meng's family happened to have an accident, his mother was seriously ill and spent all his savings, and his father also stood up for Li Meng and was arrested by the government.

Zhang Chun saved Li Meng's father, and spent a lot of money to invite a famous doctor to take care of his mother's illness, so Li Meng was willing to go to the soup for Zhang Chun, and he did not give up. And Zhang Chun, who returned to his hometown at this time, naturally had a plan, what he wanted was Li Meng's benevolence and righteousness, and the brothers under him who sold illicit salt!

It turned out that in the first year of Zhongping, the imperial court carried out a large-scale replacement of the official positions at all levels from the three dukes to the county guards, and the local officials in various places were mostly sold to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and Zhang Chun also lost his official position at this time.

After more than a year, the Liangzhou rebellion broke out, and under the full efforts of Bian Zhang, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others, the war fell into a stalemate, and the military situation became increasingly urgent. As a result, the imperial court began to mobilize and recruit troops across the country to supplement the source of soldiers from the five schools of Sanhe.

Zhang Chun, who was eager to recover, felt that his opportunity had finally come after hearing the news of the recruitment. He immediately asked someone to tell Zhang Wenshangshu, the general of the Che Cavalry, who was in charge of the crusade at that time, that he could mobilize the Wuhuan tribe in Youzhou to serve the imperial court.

He can form a strong cavalry force of more than 10,000 people, composed entirely of fierce and good shooters. He is in charge of supervising this army with super mobility, all the way west, bound to attack the traitor's lair Jincheng. Using the Northern Hu cavalry to exterminate the Xiliang Hu cavalry, this can really be said to be a Hu system.

However, Zhang Wen, who had already been applied for by Emperor Ling several times due to the unfavorable war, and was in a state of anxiety, did not have the time and energy to pay attention to Zhang Chun's wishful thinking plan of the opposition gentry. In his opinion, this person is completely a dream. He requisitioned 3,000 Wuhuan cavalry, appointed Gongsun Zhan, who was the county commander of Zhuoxian County, as a general, and led these 3,000 Wuhuan cavalry to Liangzhou to quell the rebellion.

Zhang Chun has always been worried about this, so he looked around for opportunities to strengthen his power. When Zhang Chun was the prime minister of Zhongshan, he managed the trade of the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes who moved from Liaodong, Yuyang, Shuofang and other places in Zhongshan, and these Hu people traded privately with the people of the Central Plains.

One of the main responsibilities of the Zhongshan minister was to assist the Wuhuan lieutenants appointed by Luoyang to jointly manage a large number of Hu people, who numbered hundreds of thousands of people, who ostensibly belonged to the imperial court, but in fact went their own way and had complicated interests. Zhang Chun often argues and arbitrates for the Hu people who kill each other, and he is a wealthy befriend with the surname Hao. As a result, he was extremely influential among the major local tribes.

But it wasn't until two years later, in the fourth year of Zhongping, that he completely broke out. Because the imperial court owed the Wuhuan cavalry food, they ran away directly. The three thousand Wuhuan horsemen fled back to Youzhou, and naturally Zhang Chun seized the opportunity. Although he has stepped down as the prime minister of Zhongshan, in the eyes of these Wuhuan people, he is still the Han official who can do things for his own people.

Zhang Chun, who was full of ambition, united with Zhang Ju, the former Taishan Taishou of the same county, to incite the Wuhuan people to launch a rebellion together. Zhang Chun attached himself to Lord Wuhuan Qiu Liju, which can be said to be an alliance or a defection. Wuhuan participated in the rebellion not only Qiu Liju, the lord of Wuhuan in Liaoxi, but also Su Fuyan, the lord of Wuhuan in eastern Liaodong.

In the fourth year of Zhongping, the war in Liangzhou broke out again, and Zhang Chun, who had been planning for a long time, thought that the opportunity could not be lost, and he immediately raised the banner of "General Mitian" and openly rebelled. Zhang Ju of the same county was even more arrogant, he called himself the "Son of Heaven" and threatened to fight Luoyang and become the co-master of the world.

Zhang Ju and Qiu Lijuce cooperated, and more than 100,000 Wuhuan cavalry began to wreak havoc in Youzhou. Because the main force of the official army was led by Huangfu Song at that time, he was fighting fiercely with the general kingdom of Longxi, and he had no time to care. Therefore, Zhang Chun's troops seized this rare strategic gap and fought smoothly. Jicheng, the state pastoral office, was easily attacked by him.

Captain Ji Chou of Wuhuan was killed by him in one fell swoop, Yuyang, Shanggu, Fanyang, Youbeiping, Liaodong, and Liaoxi counties, either the county guards were killed in battle, or they opened the door and surrendered. Liu Zheng, the Taishou of Youbeiping, and the Taishou Yang of Liaodong died in battle. Most of Youzhou was caught in the flames of war.

The crazy "Mitian General" Zhang Chun, at this time, can no longer be satisfied with his title of general, he can't wait to proclaim himself a new name - "King of Stability", he is going to be the lord of Youzhou. And Li Meng and his brothers who sold illicit salt had also been promoted to the pro-army of the "King of Stability" at this time! What a glory it is that they went from being smugglers who licked blood with knives to becoming the prince's personal guards in one fell swoop?

But the faster it rises, the faster it falls! When Zhang Chun was the king in Youzhou, Zhang Ju was the emperor in Yuyang, and the rhythm of the two of them was more than the other, how could they not be suppressed by the imperial court? Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty sent the Zhonglang general Meng Yi to lead the cavalry commander Gongsun Zan to quell the rebellion! Due to the large strength of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's thieves, Liu Hong used Liu Yu again and ordered him to be the pastor of Youzhou.

At this time, Zhonglang General Meng Yi and Gongsun Zhan, the cavalry captain, had joined forces to defeat the rebels. When Shimen was victorious, Gongsun Zhan heard a bad news that the Youzhou Mu he was worried about had been obtained by Liu Yu, a clan member of the Han family. Gongsun Zhan, who was angry and violent, ignored the dissuasion of his generals, insisted on going his own way, reduced his cavalry, and only led his own descendants, and 3,000 iron cavalry chased and killed Zhang Chun, the "King of Stability" who was defeated in Shimen.

Because of this, there was an incident in which Guanzicheng was trapped for more than 200 days, and Zhang Chun, the "King of Stability", was killed by his own subordinate Wang Zheng, and was defeated by Shimen, and finally had to obey the orders of Lord Qiu Liju in Wuhuan, Liaoxi, and lived in Liucheng to take care of the money for Lord Qiu Liju. At this time, the person who will never abandon is Li Meng's most loyal.

However, Li Meng was bent on repaying his kindness, but Wang Zheng, who did not think carefully, was even more appreciated by Zhang Chun. In the end, Zhang Chun, the "King of Stability" who likes to listen to flattery, ended up in a different place. Li Meng led Zhang Chun's troops to light fires everywhere in Liucheng, burn and loot at Simen, but he still left his cronies who had followed him for many years by his side.

In the end, it was discovered that Zhang Chun's old enemy Gongsun Zan suddenly appeared in Liucheng, and Xianbei led a large army to attack Liucheng again. Li Meng was almost awake at this time, so he led his army of "private salt" and fled back to Youzhou together! He wanted to lead his guards back to his hometown in Yuyang, reunite with his relatives, and spend the rest of his life.

However, after Li Meng surrendered to Chen Yong, the general of the expedition to the north, he returned to Yuyang to learn that not only Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju were wiped out by the nine clans, but also the people of Yuyang who followed Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju in rebellion, all of whom were beheaded by the imperial court! They were still filled with righteous indignation, and they had the urge to kill people and set fires and make another big fuss. But when they saw the tragic situation of Yuyang being harmed by the war, none of the people in Yuyang had a good impression of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, and they really knew that they were wrong at that time.

Li Meng went to the graves of his parents to worship his ancestors, and those soldiers who followed him all found their family's spiritual position to pay tribute to their ancestors. When they came back, they lost their energy and lost confidence in their future lives. However, Chen Yong's ideological education to Li Meng made him realize again that the mistakes he made in the first half of his life should not be escaped!

I need to make up for it in the second half of my life, to atone for my sins, to compensate for the relatives of the Yuyang villagers who died because of the disaster, so that they can get a new life. Those whose families and wives have been separated by the war have been displaced and who are still living on the streets. These are the people they need to atone for, and Li Meng and his guards work together to build Yuyang first, so that these homeless people have a new home, which is the top priority.

Chen Yong informed Li Meng that Youzhou Mu Liu Yu had agreed that he could establish his own territory in the land of the three counties of Wuhuan. It can shelter refugees, reclaim wasteland, and let them, the soldiers, have their own small homes. Chen Yong not only hopes that the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who follow him will have families, but also hopes that Li Meng's troops will settle down here and continue the family's bloodline.

Only in this way can they be worthy of their parents and relatives. Only by building Yuyang better, can they be right for the villagers and people who died due to the war. It is even more important to settle the displaced people so that they do not die of starvation this winter.

Early the next morning, Chen Yong ordered Fang Ming to lead Li Meng's troops to Yuyang, and asked them to find a piece of land there so that they could build it into a base for his people......