People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 31 Who is the Big Brother in Zhuo County?
Wang Dang looked at Xu Chen, then at Zhang Zhongjing, and suddenly he felt a little annoyed. He felt that Xu Chen seemed to treat Zhang Zhongjing more intimately and friendly than himself. What was going on?
I am a local, but I am not as good as this outsider. Is there something wrong with me that makes me inferior to Zhang Zhongjing?
However, he was just muttering in his heart and did not really have any opinion. Since Xu Chen valued this guy so much, he would just give him some face in the future. After all, he is the leader.

After Xu Chen nodded, Wang Dang understood and did not avoid Zhang Zhongjing and continued to discuss the previous topic directly in person.

"According to our investigation and the interrogation of those nobles, we have roughly understood the situation in Youzhou.

Unfortunately, our Yellow Turban brothers in Youzhou failed in their uprising.

The governors of various counties in Youzhou of the Han Dynasty each raised their own troops to attack, and with the addition of Captain Zou Jing, who gathered elite troops from various counties to rush to the rescue, we finally defeated the Yellow Turban brothers in Youzhou.

Now, apart from us, the Yellow Turbans who escaped, there seems to be no other brothers in Youzhou."

Speaking of this, Wang Dang's expression was very heavy. After all, they were all from the Yellow Turbans. Upon learning that his brothers had been wiped out, he naturally felt a little sympathetic.

He had only managed to escape from the battlefield in Jizhou by chance, and when he thought about the Yellow Turbans' total defeat, he felt even more upset.

Huangfu Song of Jizhou cannot be touched, and the officers and soldiers of Youzhou are equally difficult to mess with. They were able to destroy the original Yellow Turbans of Youzhou, so don’t they have the ability to destroy their own small force?
The road ahead was uncertain, and Wang Dang was filled with worry, not knowing when he would be able to find a place to settle down.

Xu Chen pondered for a moment and became wary of the name Zou Jing.

“The local soldiers in each county only operate locally and may not be our biggest threat.

In comparison, Zou Jing's elite troops are the ones we should really pay attention to.

Is there any specific information about his force?"

Zou Jing was not a figure recorded in many historical records in the late Han Dynasty. The only impression Xu Chen had of him was because of another name related to him.

Sure enough, when Wang Dang continued speaking, this name appeared.

"Zou Jing was the captain of the Han army, with more than 3,000 soldiers and horses. He later recruited 2,000 volunteers from the counties, making a total of more than 5,000 soldiers.

He had previously defeated Youzhou leader Cheng Zhiyuan in Zhuo County, and later led his troops to provide support to various places. Now, no one knows where he is currently.

Among his army, there is only one person worth mentioning, who happens to be from our Zhuo County. His name is Liu Bei. He has followed Zou Jing in many battles and made many military achievements. He seems to be quite powerful and worthy of our army's attention. "

When the word "Liu Bei" came out, although Xu Chen was prepared, his heart still couldn't help but beat a little faster, because the name was really too loud.

But he soon calmed down. At this time, Liu Bei was not yet worthy of being on the stage, or was still far from being on the stage. In fact, he was not worthy of too much attention.

Of course, if he really falls into my hands, I will not be polite to him.

Coming to this era and choosing this path, you are destined to be on the opposite side of him.

It's not just him, but I will stand on the opposite side of most of the well-known figures of this era. This position has been destined from the beginning.

"Liu Bei."

Xu Chen's eyes flashed slightly, and he subconsciously read Liu Bei's name.

Wang Dang was a little surprised when he saw this. He just mentioned this person casually, but it seemed that the leader cared about him. In this case, he simply added a few more words.

"According to the people in the county, Liu Bei had a good relationship with the county magistrate who was chased away last night, and he took good care of him.

With this relationship, Liu Bei often called himself a knight-errant in the county and gathered followers, gradually gaining quite a reputation, which led to his later raising an army to join Zou Jing. "

After hearing this, Xu Chen actually figured out a lot of things. It is said that the Three Kingdoms is not about fighting and killing but about human relationships and worldly wisdom. To some extent, this is not wrong.

Gongsun Zan and Zou Jing once jointly led an army to attack the northern Hu people, so they must have had a close relationship.

He and Liu Bei were also old acquaintances. They both studied together under the great scholar Lu Zhi, so they could be called brothers.

If it were not for this kind of relationship, it would not have been so easy for Liu Bei to gather followers in Zhuo County, and he would not have had so many opportunities to make meritorious deeds around Zou Jing. Of course, all this is based on the premise that Liu Bei himself must have outstanding abilities.

They called themselves rangers and gathered followers. To put it bluntly, it was probably a gang from the Han Dynasty.

If Liu Bei didn't have some ability, he wouldn't be able to be the big brother if he only relied on Gongsun Zan's care.

"Master, you said that Jizhou is not a place to live for a long time, so we came to Youzhou. But now it seems that Youzhou is just as dangerous. Where should we go from now on?"

After talking about the situation in Youzhou, Wang Dang immediately became worried. The more he understood, the more difficult it seemed to him.

Although Youzhou had just experienced the Yellow Turban War, because of this, the government troops were at their most aggressive at this time. The Yellow Turbans, who were less than 4,000 strong, felt a bit like sheep among a pack of wolves.

Taking Zhuo County and defeating Gongsun Zan was nothing, it was just catching others off guard.

After the officers and soldiers learned of the existence of their own Yellow Turbans, they would certainly mobilize troops to encircle and suppress them. Not to mention the 5,000 elite soldiers under Zou Jing, each county alone could easily organize thousands or even tens of thousands of troops.

Even if his four thousand Yellow Turbans were capable of fighting, they could only fight small battles and no matter how they looked at it, they were unable to cope with the pressure from the entire Youzhou.

After all, the existing military force is too small. If it were in the past, as a commander with tens of thousands of troops under his command, he would be much more confident, but with only 4,000 people, it is really stretched to the limit.

Xu Chen's eyes fell on a map on the desk in front of him. It was a rough map of Youzhou.

A county town is not supposed to have a map of the entire state, but this is Gongsun Zan's office, so it is not surprising that he could find this thing. After all, Gongsun Zan is an extremely ambitious guy, and his vision will not be limited to one county.

However, this map is very rough and has little reference value. At most, it can only roughly show the locations of some important cities in Youzhou.

“Fleeing from exile is not a long-term solution. We must choose a place to develop, which is the foundation of our survival.

However, we only have 4,000 soldiers. We don’t have the energy to take over the entire Youzhou. At most, we can take over a county or even several counties. It all depends on which county in Youzhou is the most suitable for us.”

Having said that, Xu Chen's eyes fell on a place on the map, and he seemed to have a definite idea.

"Of course, the officers and soldiers will definitely not let us have our way. We must first overcome the current difficulties before we are qualified to talk about the future!"

(End of this chapter)