Zhen Ku's statement is not wrong.

Sure enough, not long after Liu Hui walked there, the two Taishan Army sergeants who came to knock on the door of Zhen Ku's house came before.

One of them carried a small flag, the other held a piece of paper in his hand, and when they came, they first pasted a note with "Supporting the Army" on the door of Zhen Ku's house, and then shouted to Zhen Ku and handed him the small flag.

The sergeant with a Yanzhou accent said to Zhen Ku:

"You will hang this flag on the wall in a while, and you won't have to donate rice and clothes later. You are also lucky, our flag, only those who have made outstanding contributions to us can be awarded. You take it, and take care of it."

After speaking, he stuffed the flag to Zhen Ku.

Zhen Ku was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly hung the pennant on the door of the house.

However, he thought while hanging, and learned from the words of the sergeant with the Yanzhou accent that the Taishan army still had to donate rice and clothes when it entered the city.

In fact, what Zhen Ku said is not accurate. This is not the first time that the Taishan army has entered the city, and they all have their own rules. In addition to achieving a rare autumn in this era, it also has its own set of collections.

All in all, after entering the city, in addition to the official money, millet, and silk warehouses, the Taishan army will also clean up the three types of people in the city.

One is to help the Han army to attack the city, and it is to bring it to justice. The other is that the people have great grievances, that is, they are strict, and the other is that they are powerful, that is, they are divided and ordered to donate money and silk to help them.

And it turned out that Zhen Ku belonged to the first and third categories, if it weren't for the fact that Yun Dao came this time and saved Liu Hui, he would have to shed his skin this time.

As for Zhen Ku, how did the Taishan Army know about Shangcheng? That's too knowing. After all, his neighbors were too willing to confess to others.

After putting the flags and yellow paper, the two Taishan troops were ready to leave.

But Zhen is the best at doing business, so he invites the two of them into a meal when he is busy.

The one who spoke with a Yanzhou accent was obviously older than the sergeant who spoke the local dialect of Zhao, so after hearing this, even if the Zhao people were moved, they still looked at their companions on the side.

The sergeant with a Yanzhou accent thought about it, but still refused, and he politely refused Zhen bitterly and said:

"Thank you for your kindness, I still have a ministry, and I still need to guard this street, and I can't do without the two of me. That's why I'll thank you."

When ordinary people encounter this, it will be over, but Zhen Ku hurriedly asked the servant to fetch the food box, ordered to put more meat, and then handed it to the Yanzhou scholar diligently:

"Your Taishan army is really a righteous teacher. We people were saved by you from fire and water, and it is not too much to build a monument and an ancestral shrine. So please be sure to accept this bit of food, you can eat well, and you can better protect everyone's safety."

Therefore, ordinary people can only be ordinary people, but Zhen Ku can become a big grain merchant in Hebei, and the gap is here.

At this point, the Yanzhou priest agreed.

Although there will be dinner later, but in the end, this is a piece of people's hearts. Our Taishan army prohibits plundering people's property and is not allowed to accept any property, but the people are still forbidden to eat spontaneously, which reflects the single-minded fish and water situation of the army and the people, and can help the sergeants quickly integrate into the local area.

Yanzhou Shi took out ten copper coins from his pocket and said to Zhen bitterly:

"Uncle, we have ten dollars for you, you have to accept it, otherwise we won't dare to eat this meal."

Seeing that he was resolute, Zhen Ku was moved and said:

"You Taishan army really haven't seen it, it's really disciplined."

Then he didn't refuse, and ate with the two of them.

The fastest way for humans to get closer is through eating. If you can eat the same meal, then this trust is established.

Soon Zhen Ku became familiar with the second sergeant, and also knew some simple information about the two people.

That Yanzhou Shi is indeed an old senior, it is the army that entered after the Taishan Army defeated Puyang, and participated in the Battle of Fengqiu, the Battle of Yingyin, the Battle of Henan and the Battle of Xingyang, and he is also an old pawn.

And the one next to him who spoke with Zhao Di's accent was the one who joined the army after the Taishan Army defeated Handan at the end of last year, and his qualifications were much weaker than those of Yanzhou Shi.

But from Zhen's bitter and vicious eyes, this Zhao Shi is not simple, after all, he joined the army

It didn't take long for him to be able to partner with this Yanzhou scholar, which shows that there must be something outstanding.

Therefore, Zhen Ku is not small, and it is a temporary choice to praise both of them.

Seeing that the atmosphere had arrived, Zhen Ku boldly asked:

"Those in the city who have no flags and yellow paper will survive?"

Yanzhou Shi also looked at Zhen Ku and replied:

"It's all said, our Taishan Junqiu is not guilty. What does that mean? It is to close the door at home, do not commit or kill. As long as you don't get dizzy, don't be afraid if you have to be buried with the Han family."

Zhen nodded hurriedly.

Yanzhou Shi saw what Zhen Ku meant, and smiled:

"Do you want to donate money and materials outside, can you save your life?"

Zhen smiled bitterly, and was about to explain, when he listened to the Yanzhou Shidao:

"And relax, as long as they don't violate the taboo of my Taishan army, their lives will naturally be good. But it's not that our Taishan army is all muddy and can't kill people, it's just that we pay attention to rules and regulations when we kill people, and it's okay if you don't commit it. But yes, hehe."

Behind his laughter, it is self-evident.

After eating for a while, Yanzhou Shi patted the ash on his legs, adjusted his clothes and armor, and left with his companion, and when he left, he specially instructed Zhen Ku:

"We're just patrolling this street, and generally no long-sighted bandit rangers will come to plunder you. But if there is, remember that no one who knocks at the door unless I have come will open it."

This is too important, because after the city is broken, there will always be a group of rangers who will take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune, and people like Zhen Ku are naturally the ones who will be robbed.

After the two sergeants left, after a while, there were really four people who were also tied with yellow scarves, holding ring-headed knives and viciously blocking the door of Zhen Ku's house.

One of them stepped forward and slammed on the door, and the other shouted in a low voice:

"Open the door, we belong to the Tarzan Army."

Zhen Ku's heart tightened, he glanced at the yellow flag that was still fluttering, and said uncertainly:

"Heroes, there is a flag at our door, and Taishan Junqiu will not commit any crimes."

There was silence outside for a while, and suddenly he was annoyed and angry:

"What yellow flag is not yellow flag, but the public does not know this. Hurry up and open the door, or you will not be able to survive or die."

Zhen Kuwan couldn't imagine that the four Taishan soldiers outside were like two people from the previous two, how could they be more robbers than bandits.

Zhen Ku first glanced outside from the crack, and saw a beard on the head, with a fierce face. The latter three are also rough and wild, and Zhen Ku guessed in his heart that these four were not from the Taishan Army.

But he didn't dare to be sure, because the accent of the first shouting was not native to Xiangguo, but more Yanzhou accent, which was a bit similar to the previous Yanzhou Shi accent.

This made Zhen Ku dare not bet, after all, what the two people who walked in front of him said, Zhen Ku was still uncertain in his heart. What kind of virtue are these soldiers, and he will not know if he goes south and north? In his opinion, the four people in front of him are more realistic.

was hesitating to open the door, when a familiar shout suddenly came from outside the door:

"Who are you? What's the matter here?"

Zhen Ku listened to it, isn't this voice Liu Hui who left in the morning? I didn't expect him to come back so soon.

The four people who were blackmailing Zhen Ku outside were also startled by this voice, and they subconsciously wanted to run.

But when the bearded man looked back, he saw that there was only one young man who scolded them, and that there was a knife in his hand, so he scolded:

"Donkey begging, dare to dump Naigong? Don't run, *** man."

Saying that, he took the lead, and stabbed Liu Hui with a knife.

But Liu Hui just lowered his body, and the knife in his hand picked at the bearded legs, and picked the man's hamstrings. Then the beard fell to his knees with a scream.

Then Liu Hui flipped over with a knife, and in a standard decapitation posture, he slashed the person's head away, and the blood spurting out of his neck was scattered to the ground.

The remaining three people saw that their eldest brother was hacked to death with one breath, their legs were weak, and they couldn't run if they wanted to, and then they were stabbed to death by Liu Hui.

In an instant, Zhen Ku's home

There was blood all over the house, and four bodies were lying there.

Liu Hui wiped the blood on the knife with his arm sleeve, and then said to Zhen Ku, who was looking in horror through the crack in the door:

"Lao Zhen, it's okay."

Looking at Liu Hui, who was killing people like drinking water, Zhen was in a cold sweat, as if he really knew this person at this time.

Guan Yu's army defeated Xiangguo, and even Wei Jun Taishou was taken prisoner by his subordinates. It can be said that the Northern Expedition was a complete success.

But there are still two shortcomings, one is that this frustration is too strong, not afraid of death, not surrendered. But don't say it, Guan Yu appreciates such loyalty, so after letting people take care of him, he plans to dedicate it to Qu Shuai to see if Qu Shuai has a way to say that this person can be effective.

Another disadvantage is that Zhang Nan and Guo Mo, who were originally deployed in Yiyang, failed to hold the eastern defense line, allowing the Julu Han army to kill Handan in the rear.

He already knew that Qu Shuai led the main force of the Central Protector Army to the north to relieve the siege of Handan, and told Guan Yu to lead the army to stay in the area of Xiangguo, sweep away the remaining remnants of the Han army here, and establish the grassroots forces of the Taishan Army.

At the same time, Qu Shuai also quickly informed Guan Yu to replace the two cavalry armies of Feilong and Feihu in the area of Bairen in front of him from the front line, and then let these two move to the area of Julu in the east, directly threatening the grain route of the Julu Han army.

Obviously, Qu Shuai is planning to play a set of combination punches, intending to annihilate the Julu Han army under Handan City.

I just don't know what's going on with Qu Shuai now?

Thinking of this, Guan Yu wrote down the battle reports of these days and the idea of hoping to raise the army to go south to participate in the battle in Handan, and then called the three flying soldiers to carry the flag and carry the military report to Handan quickly.

In this way, the three flag-bearing feathers flew and galloped on Guangyang Road, heading towards Handan in the south.

At this time, in the big camp outside Handan.

Zhang Chong was picking up the lamp and looking at a military newspaper sent from Gyeonggi in the west, which wrote the war between the two capitals during this time.

Even if Zhang Chong put the current main battle direction in Hebei, he still did not let go of the intelligence between the two capitals. Because Zhang Chong knows that the most important thing in the world now is the contention between these things.

The history he was familiar with had long since been changed beyond recognition by his deep involvement. Zhang Chong did not have the foresight and foresight of his past, so he had to attach importance to the role of intelligence.

This is also the purpose of his previous split of the Flying Army's back flag into internal and external armies. The foreign army carrying the flag is in charge of foreign intelligence, and Zhang Chong arranged most of the carrying flags to the area of Liangjing, which shows that he attaches great importance here.

Now Zhang Chong is looking at the results of the recent new round of war between the two capitals.

At that time, in the spring and February of this year, the first confrontation broke out between the eastern and western capitals. The result ended with the defeat of the Kwanti Army outside the pass and the embarrassed withdrawal to Hangu Pass.

Later, thanks to the victory in the war, the Kanto court decided to launch a general attack on Kansai.

He ordered Zhu Jun and the following generals on the front line to return to Kyoto to discuss the future of the war. It was inconvenient for Zhu Jun and others to violate the edict, but they were reluctant to leave the troops to others to take charge, so they temporarily retreated from outside Hangu Pass to the Xin'an area.

But this retreat caused heavy losses to the Kwantung Army.

It turned out that just before the Kwantung Army retreated, a group of 8,000 Henan soldiers sent by the Kwantung court had already crossed the river from Mengjin north of Luoyang, and was advancing along the narrow passage at the southern foot of Wangwu Mountain, heading towards the east of the river.

The commander of this army is none other than Yuan Shao.

This time, he led the army to set off from Hedong because Dong Zhuo's side officially fell to the Kanto side. And he, Yuan Shao, was going to take the army to receive Hedong and prepare to open a second road from Pujin to the customs.

Yuan Shao is ambitious and knows that his future is not in the court, but in the locality. The current court is really changing the order every day, and there are many orders, and people of insight do not think that the court can do things.

Therefore, Yuan Shao wants to develop his own power in this vacant period, and holding military power is the top priority.

Of his current 8,000 soldiers, his core force comes from three blocks.

One is the Chunyu Qiong Division, the main force of the former Henan Han Army, which has 2,000 elite soldiers, is very good at fighting, and is the current main force of Yuan Shao's army. The relationship between him and Chun Yuqiong is very unusual, and his people have long taken refuge in his feather

Under the wings, this part of the soldiers is also Yuan Shao's descendant.

In addition to this part, there were two thousand southern Kyoto troops. This part of the army was originally transferred to block the Henan army before the puppet emperor ran west last year, and later as the puppet emperor fled, these southern troops surrendered to the Henan army. The 2,000 people were absorbed by Yuan Shao along the way, mainly including Li Guan, Liang Sheng, Ling Hujian and other generals of the Southern Army.

The last part of the army is the powerful troops in many regions of Henan. As many county guards in Henan fell to the Luoyang court, from time to time there were powerful people in these areas who entered Luoyang with their troops.

These people all hope to get a reward in the war between the two capitals, and maybe they can also be a Taishou. Among them, there is Li Quan from Jiyin County, Chen Gong and Li Tong from Jiang Ru, and *** from Chen Liu, who is also his nephew. and the Mengjiang Yan Liang from Langya.

In addition, Yuan Shao also has a tribal clan soldier supported by his own family, about 800 people, all of whom are sharp soldiers, and his protector is his henchman Han Meng.

Among these, the combat power of each department is different. The strongest is his eight hundred clan soldiers, and then there is the Chunyu Qiong department, as for the remaining Henan Haoshi troops and southern soldiers, Yuan Shao is not very clear about their combat power, and he is not very assured.

But no matter what, this time I just went to Hedong to receive Dong Zhuojun, and it was not a big problem!

In this way, Yuan Shao took his accumulated belongings and embarked on the journey to Hedong.