Youzhou covers a vast area, especially after Qi Zhen was most prepared to operate this place as the base camp of the team, the entire Youzhou area is no longer what it was in history.
Daijun, which was originally closest to Bingzhou, has actually been connected with the land of Bingzhou for a long time, completely opening up the boundaries between states. Although there are still, they are not obvious.
This was mainly due to the policies implemented by Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan. It also affected Zhao Yun, who had been presiding over the overall situation in Bingzhou. The intermarriage and trade between the entire Central Plains and the Xianbei aliens had an outstanding effect, which directly led to the territorial and territorial expansion of both parties. The scope of jurisdiction was expanded again and again.
Those foreign races were still nominally independent from the Central Plains, but after discovering the advanced nature of the Central Plains' official and political system, they imitated each other and specially invited scribes from Youzhou to give lectures. After these years of continuous exchanges between the two sides With the integration, it becomes increasingly difficult for the two to distinguish each other. Although there are still some differences in living habits when living together, it does not hinder the overall situation.
This resulted in the fact that the jurisdiction of the four counties of Daijun, Shanggu County, Yuyang County and Liaoxi County to the west of Youzhou was not as narrow as it seemed. A large part of it was Xianbei land, but it is now difficult to distinguish them from each other.
Because Daijun is close to Bingzhou, Liang Sicheng has judged it as the place where Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are least likely to go.
As for the east of Liaoxi County, it was too far away from the Central Plains. Liang Sicheng thought that Zhuge Liang would never be crazy enough to build ships to invade Qingzhou from the Korean Peninsula, so he was excluded.
In addition to Guangyang County where Youzhou City is located, Liang Sicheng and Zhaka focused their attention on Shanggu County, Yuyang County, Youbeiping County, and the western part of Liaoxi County.
According to today's map, it is the land west of Shanhaiguan, south of Chengde, east of Zhangjiakou, and north of Tianjin.
When Liang Sicheng carefully explained to Zaka how big a place it was on the map, Zhaka rolled his eyes.
If there were high-speed rail in the modern world, the two of them could travel back and forth from any location on the map in one day, and a car would be enough for them to reach everywhere on the same day.
Unfortunately, both of them only have horses.
And I am not familiar with the ways of this world.
Fortunately, the North China Plain is really a plain, and there are not many mountain roads. The only Yanshan Mountains that we need to worry about have already built flat official roads, so it is not difficult to walk.
Another month has passed since Liang Sicheng and Zhaka decided to find Liu Bei's location by releasing the plague.
Due to the poor postal routes in ancient times, and the two of them having no power of their own in Youzhou, they had no way to inform Lin Biao of Luoyang of their thoughts. Naturally, it was difficult to judge whether their choice was right or wrong.
In one month, the two plague gods traveled eastward from Guangyang County and now came within the jurisdiction of Youbeiping County.
He walked along the official road and asked questions while releasing the plague. According to Liang Sicheng's own judgment, the entire Guangyang County and Yuyang County at this time should have been infected by the virus and turned into a complete hell on earth.
People who flee always bring the virus to other places.
When the two came to Youbeiping County, apart from some corpses with tragic deaths, several county towns near Yuyang County were already deserted and turned into dead cities.
Youbeiping County is no better than the west. It is vast and sparsely populated. Naturally, the number of cities and people cannot be compared with those in the Central Plains.
So the two decided to linger in Youbeiping County for a while. If they didn't find the closed city and there was no news of the movement of the army, they would turn back and head west. Liaoxi County would not go there because it was too far.
The reason why they did not go west to Shanggu County at the beginning was because the two of them came from that direction, and there was no abnormality in their stops and stops along the way. That's why Liang Sicheng concluded that Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan were leading their troops there. East is gone.
Now it seems that this may not be the case.
The weather in early autumn is slightly cooler, but the depression caused by the plague makes people feel colder physically and mentally than the autumn wind.
Just when the two finally found a remote county to stay, they finally heard the news about what happened in the south.
A battle broke out at Guangcheng Pass south of Luoyang City. Cai Mao died and the Jingzhou army was completely defeated. His Majesty has begun to appease the people of Jingzhou and restore the jurisdiction and order of Jingzhou.
Qingzhou and Jizhou have also been captured by the Xuzhou army, and they may rush north to Youzhou soon.
The news spread among the people, and it took a long way to get here. The transmission of the news went through a tortuous and complicated process.
However, for Liang Sicheng and Xhaka, this is tantamount to great news.
"Why is it different from what you said?" Zhaka was stunned when he first heard the news, and then asked Liang Sicheng.
"How do I know?" Liang Sicheng rolled his eyes at Zhaka and put the thumb of his right hand into his mouth again.
"This is wrong. It stands to reason that there are less than 100,000 defenders left in Luoyang. If Jingzhou wants to attack Luoyang, it needs to prepare an army of 300,000 at least. Even if Guangcheng Pass is difficult to fight, then Cai Mao can bluff. , in the name of attacking Luoyang, they cut off the arms supply line and turned around to attack Yizhou. How could they be defeated so completely?" Liang Sicheng said to himself.
"You ask me? Who should I ask?" Zhaka said angrily.
"There's something even worse over in Xuzhou. Where did Yuan Shao get so many soldiers, and how did he convince Zhao Yu and Mifang to accompany him and go north to fight?" Liang Sicheng continued to mutter.
Zhaka looked at Liang Sicheng as if he were an idiot.
"There is a problem, there is definitely a problem here." Liang Sicheng slapped his thigh.
"Yes, yes, there is a problem, but please tell me first, should the two of us still go to Liu Bei?" Zhaka asked.
"Liu Bei should still be found, but there is no need to release the plague." Liang Sicheng sighed, "Originally, I wanted to completely tie Liu Bei to Youzhou through the plague, so that he would not be able to go south. At least let Lin Biao be able to Free up energy to guard against Cai Mao's possible attack at any time, or even if you can force him out, let him leave Youzhou and go south, and set up a posture on the line between Jizhou and Qingzhou, you can also form a suppressive force on Jingzhou. At that time, Cai Mao We had to concentrate on defending this side. In short, the goal we achieved was to help Luoyang escape the siege. Now it seems that it is a bit unnecessary."
"Then what are we going to do next?" Zaka asked, his head hurting after hearing Liang Sicheng's analysis.
"If I were Liu Bei, I would have foreseen what is happening now. It is just that I no longer need the land to the west of Youzhou, and I would simply go to the Korean Peninsula and become the emperor, or..."
"Either what?"
"Either I am holding back some other thoughts. I will definitely not go to the east. Instead, I will station myself nearby and wait for the opportunity." Liang Sicheng said.
"So we're going the wrong way?" Zhaka glared.
"Well, I'm sorry." Liang Sicheng laughed.
If Zhaka wasn't afraid that Qi Zhen would fight with him, he would really want to slap him.
"What about the plague in Youzhou?" Zaka asked next.
"Treat along the road. Anyway, we went to the front battlefield and it won't be of much use. Now that we are not in a hurry, we can treat as much as we can." Liang Sicheng said tentatively, looking at Zaka cautiously.
Zhaka did not show any impatient expression at this time, and nodded slightly: "Then let's stay along the road for a little longer, so that we can save more people."
Hearing what Zaka said, Liang Sicheng looked a little unnatural and said softly: "Did I do something wrong?"
Zhaka was noncommittal and said softly: "We also saw many scenes of devastation along the way and saw the fragility of life. You told me before that these are the prices that must be paid to complete the mission. I have never refuted you. What."
He paused, then shook his head firmly: "But this is wrong."
"Perhaps you don't understand what I have experienced before, nor what has happened in my world, but no matter how bright and just the original intention is, such a means cannot be used to achieve the goal. At least I personally think that this way It's inappropriate." Zhaka's voice was not loud, but every word was heartfelt.
"Then you didn't persuade me before, but you still helped the tyrants to do evil?" Liang Sicheng didn't understand.
"It is a simple thing to use force to make you surrender." Zhaka said, "When I was young, my mother was not around, and all the so-called good and evil, right and wrong, were all achieved by relying on myself. Yes, maybe for me, teaching by example is far more unforgettable than words..."
Zhaka didn't seem to know how to educate others, especially since he didn't seem to have the right to teach this boy who was smarter and not much younger than him as an experienced person, so he was at a loss for words for a while.
"I hope you will always have good intentions in this world and never resort to any means to achieve your ends."
"I'm sorry." Liang Sicheng said sincerely to Zhaka, with tears in his eyes, but he resisted crying.
"It's okay. Fortunately, we are in the game, right, and it's not too late to save it now... right?" Zhaka scratched his head, not wanting the two of them to fall into such a dull atmosphere.
"Many people died because of me." Liang Sicheng obviously didn't buy it.
After losing the two most original motives of helping Luoyang to rescue the siege and assisting his teammates to complete the game, Liang Sicheng looked back and realized that he could not justify his actions at all. He was no different from the demons who were trying to destroy the world. any difference.
"I said, if you have that time to feel sorry for yourself, why don't we seize the time, and maybe we can save more people. As for regrets, let's wait until we leave this game safely, right?" Zhaka comforted.
Liang Sicheng nodded and agreed with his statement.
