I practiced magic in the Three Kingdoms

"No, don't come over!"

"Don't touch my daughter!"

As Li Bao and Zhang Ming approached, the mother and daughter shouted for help.

"Help!"

"Someone come and save us!"

Zhang Ming panicked immediately and quickly called Li Bao forward: "Damn it, go cover their mouths quickly, if we provoke the military police, you and I will both die!"

Li Bao was indifferent to this: "Why panic? There is chaos in the city now, who would pay attention to such an inconspicuous place?"

However, the two of them did not know that on the street not far from the Gan family's gate, Wang Jing, who was originally planning to go to the county government office in the city to move the county annals and other documents, suddenly felt the magic weapon on his waist vibrate.

"Hmm? The Hongming Sword keeps vibrating and singing. Is it sensing the dragon's energy? There is actually a potential dragon of the future hidden in this small Xia Pi City. Who could it be?"

Wang Jing was very curious and thought about it carefully in his mind, but still couldn't figure it out. Looking at the entire history of the Three Kingdoms, it seemed that there had never been an emperor in Xia Pi City.

But since the Hongming Sword has already sensed it, the dragon energy must be real. I have to come and see it in person to feel at ease.

So Wang Jing brought the Twelve Xuanlin Guards and, under the guidance of the Hongming Sword, came directly to the door of the Gan family.

"Well, this should be it."

While Wang Jing was still hesitating, he suddenly heard a woman struggling and shouting in the house. Thinking that there might be thieves taking advantage of the situation or a traitor in the team, he immediately became furious: "I have repeatedly warned you, but I didn't expect someone would still dare to commit a crime. I want to see who is so bold."

bang~
With a light kick, the already broken door fell to the ground again.

In the room, Gan Mei and her daughter were in disarray, while Li Bao and Zhang Ming were lying on top of them, trying to commit violence.

Wang Jing only took a glance at Gan Wu lying on the ground in the corner of the room and he understood what was going on. Then he looked at the Han army uniforms on Zhang Ming and Li Bao and suddenly became furious.

What else can be said? Wang Jing raised his eyebrows in anger and shouted, "Catch him!"

The Twelve Black Scale Guards went forward to capture the men without saying a word. With their agile skills, it was easy for them to capture two big soldiers.

"Qi... Lord Qi, spare my life!"

Zhang Ming and Li Bao had seen Wang Jing before, and they had also witnessed how powerful the Twelve Xuanlin Guards were on the battlefield. Therefore, they did not dare to resist at all. They were frightened to the point of their limbs going limp, and were carried in front of Wang Jing by the sword guards like chickens.

The two men cried and kowtowed, begging for mercy: "Spare our lives, Lord Qi! We were bewitched for a moment, please be lenient with us!"

"Marquis Qi, please give us a chance to atone for our past contributions!"

Li Bao and Zhang Ming both hit their foreheads black and blue, with blood all over their faces, but Wang Jing was as hard as a rock and was completely unmoved.

His tone was as cold as the north wind in winter: "You want to atone for your crimes with merit? What a joke. As the saying goes, military orders are as heavy as mountains. You have ignored my repeated orders. How can I spare your lives? Come on, drag them away and punish them by military law!"

"Yes!"

"No, please spare our lives, Lord Qi!"

However, no matter how the two begged for mercy, how could personal feelings be tolerated under military law?
Wang Jingshen knew that the Qingzhou soldiers were originally surrendered Yellow Turbans. These people were different from ordinary people. They had killed people and seen blood. They were like beasts that had eaten human flesh. Once they had tasted the flesh, it would be impossible to make them become running dogs.

Only by dealing with them severely, strictly and quickly, and killing them to establish authority, can we make them realize the severity of military law, which is as heavy as Mount Tai and cannot be violated or changed.

In the end, Wang Jing ordered Zhang Ming and Li Bao to be dragged out and hanged, so that the equally restless Qingzhou soldiers would become a little more obedient.

"Reporting to the general, this person is still alive."

One of the personal soldiers went to check on Gan Wu's condition and immediately came back to report to Wang Jing.

"It's good that he's not dead. Try your best to save him."

After this incident, although Wang Jing was angry, he also felt helpless.

There are tens of thousands of people, and there are all kinds of monsters and demons. Even if the military law is very strict, there are still some stubborn people who don't believe in it and are willing to break the law themselves.

However, since something has already happened, it must be resolved. Wang Jing will never show any leniency to those who violate military discipline and military law.

After dealing with Li Bao and Zhang Ming, Wang Jing looked at Gan Mei with a slightly surprised look.

It was not because of Gan Mei's beauty, but because the dragon energy of the Hongming Sword actually manifested itself in this girl's body.

During the Han and Three Kingdoms periods, there was no case of a woman becoming emperor. So the dragon energy on her must not come from her, but most likely from the child in her belly.

Or in other words, future offspring?

It has to be said that Wang Jing became even more curious about the identity of the girl in front of him. You know, he has seen many stunning beauties. In terms of beauty, Diao Chan and Du Xiuniang are both stunningly beautiful, rare beauties in the world.

In terms of temperament and talent, Cai Yan is gentle, elegant, beautiful and intelligent, and is also an excellent choice.

But the fates of these three women are ordinary, but the girl in front of him with fair skin and snow-white skin actually has the fate of a phoenix and a crane!

Wang Jing looked at the beautiful girl with a burning gaze: "Do you have a name?"

"My humble self, Gan Mei, greets the general."

Gan Mei lowered her head cautiously, not daring to look at Wang Jing's face. Besides fear, she was more shy. Wang Jing was too handsome, and his masculine aura made her, a young and inexperienced girl, feel extremely nervous and didn't know what to do.

"Your last name is Gan?"

Gan Mei just reported a name, and Wang Jing suddenly understood.

It was indeed Madam Gan, the mother of Liu Shan, the last emperor of Shu in history. No wonder she had a faint dragon aura. This dragon aura was not hers at all, but her future son Liu Shan's.

"What happened just now was due to my failure to discipline my subordinates."

"My Lord, please don't speak like that. I don't deserve it."

Gan Wu's wife had never seen a nobleman as approachable as Wang Jing. What had just happened frightened her quite a bit, and she was now at a loss.

Wang Jing took the opportunity to take the two away in the name of taking care of Gan Wu.

When they returned to the camp outside the city, Guo Jia came over and saw two women and one man in the team behind Wang Jing. He was especially surprised to see the extremely beautiful Gan Mei. Then he walked to Wang Jing happily and congratulated him in a low voice: "My lord, it seems that this trip has been fruitful."

"Don't try to smear someone's innocence, I just happened to be there."

Wang Jing told him about Li Bao and Zhang Ming. As for bringing Gan Mei and her daughter back to take care of them, he was also worried that they would encounter other people with malicious intentions.

After all, with Gan Mei's beautiful face, how many men in the world would not have bad thoughts about her?

However, Guo Jia took the opportunity to persuade Wang Jing to take Gan Mei into his palace: "My lord, this girl has a very special fate. She has the spirit of a phoenix, which is extraordinary."

Wang Jing was puzzled: "I know that she was born with a phoenix-luan fate. It is said that people with this fate are destined to be the mother of the country in the future. But how can we take the study of numerology seriously?"

Guo Jia sighed and said, "My lord, you don't know that the so-called phoenix fate is essentially that a wife is honored by her husband and a mother is honored by her son. This woman has the spirit of a phoenix, which is very beneficial to offspring, so there are probably many people in the world who are willing to marry her. If my lord can marry this woman, he will surely give birth to a dragon son, and he will be born with good fortune. Why not do it?"

Wang Jing was quite moved after hearing this, but then he shook his head: "Let's talk about it later. Now is not the time to think about these things."

He had not yet completed the final stage of "Nine Refinements of True Yang", the New Yang of the Sun, and could not give birth to offspring born with a pure Yang body, so he had not thought about having a child for the time being.

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Tancheng, the residence of the governor.

Tao Qian was furious when he learned that Xiapi had fallen: "What on earth happened?"

Xia Pi and Pengcheng are both the most prosperous and wealthy cities in Xuzhou. In terms of economic and strategic significance, they are even more important than the government seat Tancheng.

These two cities have defensive formations, high walls and thick walls, and they are not ordinary county cities that can be easily breached. However, they were lost one after another at this moment, and the gates of Xuzhou were opened. If Wang Jing led his army to march straight in, how could he resist when he had not yet gathered his forces?

In panic, he took out the money and got angry, but quickly forced himself to calm down.

He was over 60 years old at this time. Although old, he was still a man-eating tiger. As the governor of Xuzhou, he would never hand over his territory to others.

Tao Qian looked around, scanning the crowd, and finally landed on a man in his thirties with an elegant appearance. He asked him, "Yuanlong, what do you think of the current war situation?"

The person whose name Tao Qian mentioned was Chen Deng, a famous Confucian scholar in Xuzhou.

Chen Deng had the ambition to help the world and the people since he was a teenager. He was well-read, elegant and literary, and was able to master both the prophecies and divinations of the classics and the sacred words of the modern text classics.

Four years ago, he was elected as a filial and honest official and served as the county magistrate of Dongyang. He took care of the elderly and orphans in the local area and treated the people like his own children. Later, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out and famine broke out in Xuzhou. Tao Qian, the governor of the state, asked Chen Deng to serve as the commander of agriculture to properly grow grains and reduce famine.

Chen Deng soon showed his talent in government. During his tenure, he built water conservancy projects, guided farming, and managed the dilapidated Xuzhou successfully, turning it into a paradise in troubled times.

In addition, the Huaipu Chen family is a big family in Xuzhou, and the Chen family's power is second to none. So now that he encountered difficulties, Tao Qian had to consult Chen Deng, and it was obvious that he attached great importance to his opinion.

To be more precise, they attached great importance to the Xuzhou family behind Chen Deng.

Chen Deng's eyes were calm, as if he was facing a collapse. When Tao Qian asked him about this, he just said calmly, "You don't have to worry, Governor. Although Marquis Qi is coming with great momentum, after such a fierce battle, he is already at the end of his strength and can't even break through the silk cloth of Lu. And I can guarantee that everyone in Xuzhou will stand on your side."

If it was someone else's guarantee, Tao Qian would just treat it as bullshit.

But Chen Deng was different. Although he was not even 30 years old, he was young and promising, and he was already an opinion leader among the Xuzhou gentry.

All the famous Confucian scholars in Xuzhou followed his lead.

Even Tao Qian's orders might not be as effective as Chen Deng's words.

Chen Deng's speech fully supported Tao Qian, which also represented that the local noble families and wealthy families in Xuzhou would support him with all their strength, provide him with manpower and material resources, and help him defend Xuzhou.

In order to counter Wang Jing's offensive, Chen Deng suggested recruiting more soldiers, strengthening the defense of Tancheng, and preparing for a protracted war.

In addition, Chen Deng also called on local noble families to contribute money and troops to work together to drive Wang Jing out of Xuzhou.

Chen Deng's appeal is extraordinary, and no one doubts his vision and judgment.

After leaving the governor's mansion, Chen Deng saw his father Chen Gui and immediately went forward to support him excitedly: "Father, you are back safely. I was worried when I heard that Xia Pi City had been captured..."

Chen Gui came from a prominent family and was once selected as a filial and honest official. He served as the magistrate of Beihai County in Qingzhou. After resigning from office, he returned to his hometown of Xia Pi to study and concentrate on educating his descendants.

Therefore, the father and son have a deep affection, and Chen Deng has always admired his father very much.

Chen Deng's character and talent were all learned from Chen Gui's words and deeds, and can be said to be passed down from the same source.

Chen Gui was very calm. As he was old, he naturally took life and death lightly. "If you have anything to say, go home and talk about it."

The Huaipu Chen family was a prominent family in Xuzhou, and naturally they also had properties in Tancheng. So after Chen Gui moved in with his family and settled down, he called Chen Deng to ask what had happened in the governor's mansion that day.

Chen Deng told him all about Tao Qian's anger. Chen Gui pondered over it carefully and soon figured it out. He smiled and said, "He is getting stronger with age. This Tao Gongzu is really amazing."

"Did father notice it too?"

"He is just taking advantage of the situation. He is old and it is understandable that he wants to pave the way for his descendants. This time, Pengcheng and Xiapi were lost one after another, and someone should have been punished, but he was angry and did not punish us. He wanted us to remember his kindness."

Chen Gui has lived for most of his life and has seen a lot of bizarre things. Tao Qian's little tricks could not be hidden from an old fox like him.

But if Tao Qian was not such a smart man, he would not have been able to sit firmly in the position of provincial governor for so many years as an outsider.

Without the support of local noble families and wealthy families, no matter how capable Tao Qian is, he will have to move away.

Instead of continuing to discuss Tao Qian, Chen Gui changed the subject and asked Chen Deng about another matter: "What do you think about Qi Hou?"

Chen Deng smiled bitterly and said only eight words: "You are so brave, so stay away from the sharp edge for now."

After listening to this, Chen Gui showed an approving expression: "I was worried that you were young and hot-tempered and would not admit defeat and wanted to launch a counterattack. It seems that you really paid attention to the military books I asked you to read every day. At least you know how to advance and retreat."

At that moment, everyone in Xuzhou thought that Chen Deng was just a civil servant with outstanding talents, but they did not know that his attainments in military strategy were also outstanding and few could match him.

In history, after Sun Ce dominated Jiangdong, he coveted Xuzhou several times and asked Sun Quan to lead troops to attack, but was repelled by Chen Deng. In the attack on Guangling, Sun Quan led ten times the number of troops, but was defeated by Chen Gong.

From this we can see that Chen Gong is a man of both literary and martial talents who can stand on his own.

Wang Jing's army was sharp and powerful, and they captured two counties in succession, shocking the entire state.

Therefore, the noble families were all terrified and uneasy. Only Chen Deng remained rational and keenly judged Wang Jing's tactical intentions: "Father, Qi Hou's troops are getting stronger every year, but defeating Xia Pi is already the limit. Moreover, the 10,000 Qingzhou soldiers have no strength to launch an offensive after fighting to this point."

Chen Gui listened, nodded repeatedly, and asked with a thoughtful look: "Then when do you think we can fight back?"

Chen Deng thought about it, and his eyes suddenly became firm: "When Cao Bao's army is defeated, it will be the day for us to strike back."

"Oh, you think he will lose?"

In response, Chen Deng said only four words: "Arrogant soldiers will be defeated."

Chen Gui was pleased to hear this, and stroked his beard and smiled: "Since this is the case, I will write a letter and ask Gong Wei to be ready to send troops to fight against Qi Hou Wang Jing at any time."

Chen Yu, whose courtesy name was Gongwei, was also from the Huaipu Chen family. He was the cousin of Chen Deng and the son of Minister Chen Qiu. He served as a counselor, governor of Yangzhou, and prefect of Wujun.

At this time, Chen Yu had already commanded an army in Wu County, ready to seize a foundation for his family in troubled times.

The rebellion in Xuzhou gave the Chen family an opportunity.

…………

In Xia Pi City, a grand trial is taking place.

Wang Jing called on the people and mobilized the masses to wipe out the noble families, powerful people, or local evil forces that usually caused trouble in the area.

Anyone who resists will be pushed down and crushed violently.

Wang Jing only cracked down on lawless tyrants, but was very lenient to the people of Xuzhou. He even executed many Qingzhou soldiers who violated military discipline. Therefore, although he was clearly an invader, he strangely gained a lot of popularity in Pengcheng and Xia Pi.

If we retreat in the future and Tao Qian sends someone to take over, I'm afraid he will be so angry that he vomits blood.

After all, Tao Qian's so-called benevolence was nothing more than encouraging farming and production so that the people of Xuzhou could survive.

However, Wang Jing generously distributed the captured grain on the spot. The people are also human beings and will make comparisons. Therefore, it would be difficult for Tao Qian to win back the hearts of the people.

This was the difficult problem that Wang Jing left for Tao Qian, and it was also a revenge for what happened to Sun Guan.

Reciprocity is reasonable and logical.

Wang Jing sent out scouts to investigate, but found no attack from Tancheng.

Even Xiao Jian, who had previously sent troops to garrison at the foot of Gefeng Mountain, raised the banner of avoiding war and chose to remain in place.

Wang Jing immediately called Guo Jia and Xun You to discuss countermeasures.

Guo Jia was also thinking about this question in his heart. When he heard Wang Jing mention it, he spoke his thoughts: "It seems that there are still capable people in Xuzhou who have seen through our army's plan to lure the enemy."

Xun You also shook his head and sighed: "Our soldiers are tired now. Although the morale is high due to the successive victories, they can only fight counterattacks and are unable to continue to attack cities. I am afraid that there is a tactical expert around Tao Qian who has seen through our combat intentions. It is useless to fight any further. We should consider retreating."

After continuous high-intensity siege operations, the Qingzhou soldiers' combat effectiveness has been almost exhausted.

Now, the right thing to do is to quit while you are ahead.

Xun You suggested: "We can stage a play with Xiao Jian, pretending that there is civil unrest in the city, and then retreat overnight." (End of this chapter)