Looking at the little emperor Liu Xie angrily from a dozen or twenty steps away was a beautiful woman. She looked to be no more than twenty-three or fourteen years old. Her long black hair was pulled into a bun, covering the fair skin on the back of her neck. She was wearing a straight black robe, with a long sword hanging on her waist, and the palm on the sword's hilt was like a bright jade. Her chin was raised slightly and her red lips were pursed. Although her appearance was extremely beautiful, her expression was extremely cold, with a kind of indifference that would repel people thousands of miles away.
This woman is not alone. There is an elder in his fifties standing next to him. He has a white face and a long beard, wearing a silk scarf. He also has a long sword hanging at his waist. He squints a pair of triangular eyes and stares at the horse from a distance. The little emperor murmured: "It's weird, it's really weird. I haven't seen him for a few days, but he has become so heroic!"
The woman said coldly: "Mr. Wenhe, can't you see that the emperor has become a spirit?"
"Become a spirit? Ajaan, alas..."
The elder who was called "Mr. Wenhe" had a surname of Jia, a courtesy name of Wenhe, and a single name. It's the poisonous scholar Jia Xu who is famous for his "literary harmony and chaos in martial arts"!
The woman next to him, who was called "Ajaan", had a surname of Zhang, and her last name was named Jiang. She is Zhang Ji's little sister and Zhang Xiu's aunt Zhang Jiang. This Jiang is not a "mortal", but a "person who cultivates immortality". She is one of the few female crowns with a name in the history of the late Han Dynasty. When Zhang Ji was "cursed to death" by the little emperor, she was in the championship. After learning the "cause" of her brother's death, she immediately judged that the little emperor Liu Xie had either "become a spirit" or been possessed by some monster. Possessed.
As a "person who cultivates immortality" and discovers that the emperor has "become a spirit", of course he has the obligation to eliminate spirits and monsters in the world. However, her magic power was limited, and she was afraid that she would be captured and humiliated by the emperor instead of killing him... So she volunteered to help her eldest nephew Zhang Xiu go to Huayin to ask the poisonous scholar Jia Xu to come out and become Zhang Xiu. The mastermind plots "revenge" for the Zhang family!
Of course, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu are warlords and counselors. They do not belong to the "fairy world" of grudges and grudges. Revenge is not important. What is important is how to survive and develop in this troubled world.
So while Zhang Xiu invited Jia Xu to come out to help, he also begged for mercy from his uncle-killing enemy Liu Biao, and asked to become Liu Biao's "vassal".
Liu Biao publicly mourned Zhang Ji's death, indicating that Zhang Ji was a guest, and accidentally shooting him to death was not the way to treat guests... In short, it was all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, so don't take it seriously. . Later, Liu Biao also asked Zhang Xiu to station in Wancheng and watch over Cao Cao for him. Although Liu Biao and Cao Cao are allies and are still "supporting the emperor" together, who can guarantee that Cao Aman will not have evil intentions?
It’s never wrong to be careful!
As for Jia Wenhe, after being invited by Zhang Jiang, he immediately left Xiliang warlord Duan Xuan, who was based in Huayin and occupied half of Hongnong County, and followed Zhang Jiang on the road to Wancheng - he Duan Xuan is now suspicious of him. And this Duan Yan is the brother of Duan Jiong, one of the three famous figures in Liangzhou. He belongs to a wealthy family in Liangzhou and is not in the same league as Li Jue, Guo Fan, and Zhang Ji, who were born into powerful Liangzhou warlords. I have never done anything to disgrace the little emperor... Maybe I will cut off his Jia Xu's head as a gift and return to the little emperor's camp!
So Jia Xu has to run quickly!
Unexpectedly, he met the young emperor Liu Xie who had just returned in Luoyang City!
What a fate!
Zhang Jiang heard Jia Xu sigh and thought that the poisonous man was worried that the young emperor would also "curse" him! So he comforted Jia Xu and said: "Mr. Wenhe, don't worry. I looked at the sky at night and saw that the Ziwei star was dim. Now I see that King Luoyang's energy has dissipated, so I know that the emperor is going to be in trouble in the near future! With Sir's wisdom, as long as With a little trick, we can get rid of this impure emperor and eliminate a harm to the world!"
How dare you say that!
Jia Xu glanced at the little girl and whispered: "It's not just Luoyang who is going to be in trouble? Your nephew Zhang Gongshu is also going to be in trouble. Liu Jingzhou uses it to defend against Cao, and General Cao may also use it to attack Liu in the name of Zhang!"
At this time, Liu Xie, Zhuge Liang and others, escorted by a group of cavalry, had entered the Nangong near Kaiyang Gate, and one after another fully loaded diesel trucks began to appear on the street inside Kaiyang Gate!
Seeing these chariots, Zhang Jiang gritted his silver teeth, and then smiled: "Wealth and silk are touching! There are Baibo Army, Black Mountain Army, Yellow Turban Army around Luoyang... There are also Li Da Sima and Guo in Guanzhong. Ah Duo, I don’t believe that no one dares to touch Luoyang!”
Jia Xu said: "Ajiang, haven't you seen the soldiers guarding these chariots? They are all quite elite. They should be the Baibo thieves who were recruited by the emperor!"
"So what?" Zhang Jiang disagreed, "Sir, didn't you say that among the Bai Bo thieves, only Xu Gongming has a general, and there is no one around the emperor who can be a general? Not to mention Li Da Sima or Guo Aduo, they are entrenched Can Zhang Baiqi, who is half of Hongnong County, easily defeat Luoyang?"
Jia Xu shook his head: "Zhang Baiqi doesn't have that ability, and although Li Dashima and Guo Aduo have the strength to defeat Luoyang, they don't have enough troops to support their arrival. Unless..."
"Unless what?" Zhang Jiang blinked and looked back at Jia Xu.
"Unless... someone provides food to Li Dashima and Guo Aduo!"
"Is there such a person?" Zhang Jiang looked at Jia Xu and asked.
Jia Xu twirled his beard and thought for a while: "The possibility is very high..."
Zhang Jiang nodded, as if he had made a lot of determination, and then lowered his voice: "Mr. Wenhe, I can no longer accompany you to Wancheng. I have to stay in Luoyang to get a glimpse of the reality!"
...
A group of knights are marching on the desolate land of Guanzhong.
It is now the coldest winter, and the land in Guanzhong is covered with ice and snow, and everything is in a chilly state. But even without the white snow, the land in Guanzhong is still a ruined scene. The fields and ditches were all ruined and abandoned, and occasionally a village was found, but it was also completely deserted. Even the large and small forts owned by aristocratic families were almost completely abandoned.
The people in the fortress knew that they could not fight against the successive natural disasters and the Xiliang army that only knew how to burn, kill and loot. They had to either go far away and become homeless refugees, or flee to Yizhou City and Dongzhou. The backbone of the people were either hiding in the mountains to the north of the Qinling Mountains or the Guanzhong Plain.
This place is already thousands of miles away from Luoyang, where the young emperor Liu Xie lives, but Huangbaicheng in Chiyang County, where Li Jue is entrenched, is right in front of us!
There were about fifty knights, their uniforms were messy, and most of their horses were thin and long-haired. There was no such thing as a formation during the march. However, everyone has a fierce expression and their words are rude.
And their words are actually related to the little emperor Liu Xie!
"I never expected that Zhang Ji would be cursed to death by the little emperor!"
"This is too evil... Could Zhang Xiu be lying to us?"
"How is this possible? If he wants to lie to us about this, isn't it equivalent to cursing Guo Aduo and Da Sima?"
"And this matter can be verified. When Guo Aduo gets his head chopped off next year, won't everything be clear?"
"This... Guo Aduo just lost his head alone, but Da Sima wants to wipe out three..."
"What nonsense?"
When someone mentioned that Li Jue would be annihilated by the three tribes in the year to come, a man with a ferocious look immediately roared. When he yelled, no one else dared to speak. This man is not an ordinary person. He is the younger brother of Li Jue, the great Sima who lives in Huangbaicheng City in Chiyang. His name is Li Ying - if Li Jue wants to destroy the three tribes, he can just come in!
Can you not be annoyed when you say that it's so bare...?
The people below didn't dare to mention any of the pots that were not opened, so they quickly changed the topic to a more pleasant topic.
"Lieutenant of the Military Academy, I heard from Zhang Xiu that Liu Biao has sent a large amount of property to Luoyang since September... Thousands of carts of good things! Cao Cao, the herdsman of Yanzhou, and Yuan Shao, the herdsman of Jizhou It seems that he also sent good things to the emperor! Now Luoyang City might be extremely rich!"
When Li Ying heard this, he just snorted: "It's useful... Luoyang is a thousand miles away from Huangbaicheng. How much food and grass are needed along the way? This time we go to Nanyang to attend Zhang Ji's funeral. We have endured a lot of hardships along the way. How many of us are there? We really have to have an army of tens of thousands, haha... half of us will starve to death on the way first!"
It turned out that he was returning from a "dinner" in Nanyang. That's why he was so clear about the emperor's "curse of Zhang Ji"! I also learned about Liu Xie selling his official position and Liu Biao buying his official position. But even if you know that Luoyang City is full of goods and food, what can you do?
Now the Xiliang Army in Guanzhong is close to the end of its rope, to the point where it can't even afford the travel expenses for a long trip to rob!
But it is a pity that such a good opportunity was missed. Moreover, there is no solution for the Xiliang army to starve in Guanzhong. Now Guanzhong is thousands of miles away, and no one is farming at all. How can this food shortage be solved?
If this continues, the emperor's "prophecy" will definitely come true!
Thinking that he was probably going to be captured and beheaded in Luoyang, Li Ying was not in the mood to talk nonsense with his men anymore. He just covered his head and hurried on. Finally, when the sunset reflected the Huangbai Ancient City, he returned to Li Jue's house exhausted. Old camp.
After entering Huangbaicheng, Li Ying was shocked by the lively scene in front of him. Since the emperor moved eastward and Guanzhong suffered a severe drought, few people came to visit Li Jue's Huangbaicheng, not even Guo Aduo from Xiwu. No one would give money or food to the yellow and white carts... But today, I don't know what kind of good day it is, but the Huangbai City is full of diesel carts loaded with cattail bags, and there are many with happy faces. The Xiliang soldiers were unloading the truck, and they were carrying the heavy cattail bags to the granary.
Is this someone delivering food to the Li family?
Li Ying was busy asking a subordinate of the Xiliang soldiers, and the latter replied cheerfully: "As for the military commander, it is Hongnong and Zhang Bai who are riding through Hedong County to deliver grain to our Grand Sima!"
"Who? Zhang Baiqi? That Black Mountain bandit? How could it be possible... that he was almost starving to death himself and still gave us food?"
"Lieutenant of the Military Academy, please stop calling Zhang Baiqi a thief!" The small leader of the Xiliang soldiers said, "Zhang Baiqi is now the guest of Da Sima, and Da Sima even said that he has become the Yin of Henan!"
Another Xiliang Army colonel added: "Commander, in addition to Zhang Baiqi, Guo Aduo has also come to Huangbaicheng and is drinking with Da Si and Zhang Baiqi right now!"
