Reborn in the Three Kingdoms

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Leping County is located more than [-] miles east and north of Bingzhou, close to the Taihang Mountains. It is a county with a medium population. Although Leping County is not big, it is an important transit point for trade between the grassland and the Central Plains.People in Leping County used to make a living mainly by farming and hunting, or as porters for caravans traveling from south to north.Since Chen Chu led Leping County, Chen Chu vigorously developed the handicraft industry, and at the same time relied on the iron ore resources of Huxiao Mountain to vigorously develop the iron smelting industry. Gradually, the people in Leping County changed their original living habits, and Leping County also changed from The original agricultural and commercial county developed into a comprehensive county with handicrafts as the mainstay, commerce as the link, and agriculture as the supplement.

The ensuing Yellow Turban Rebellion did not spread to Leping County. On the contrary, because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, many people in the Central Plains fled to Leping County with their families to avoid the disaster of war. Technically, some know how to smelt iron, some know how to forge iron, and some know how to weave.In the ensuing years, the handicraft industry and iron smelting industry in Leping County have made great progress.

The handicraft industry and iron smelting industry in Leping County were not affected by the war in the Central Plains. On the contrary, during the war in the Central Plains, Leping County took the opportunity to do business with all parties (excluding the Yellow Turban Army). In recent years, for Leping County, It can be said that the wealth is rolling in.

Chen Chu's Northern Conscript Army had hundreds of thousands of troops. The reason why he was able to support such a huge army was not only the captures on the battlefield, but another very important reason was the huge wealth earned by Leping County support.Every year, a considerable part of the wealth earned by Leping County in the handicraft and iron smelting industries is used to support the consumption of the Northern Expedition Army.It is absolutely a miracle that a small county can afford almost half of the consumption of an army of hundreds of thousands. [

While vigorously developing the handicraft industry and iron smelting industry in Leping County, traditional agriculture has not been neglected. After all, agriculture is the foundation of everything. If there is no food, everything will start.

In recent years, due to the influx of a large number of refugees, in order to solve the problem of food for the increasing population, and at the same time to provide for the North Army, Leping County organized the refugees to reclaim wasteland. After several years, not only the people in Leping County But all the reclaimable land has been reclaimed, even the reclaimable land of Baima County, Chen Chu's fiefdom (Chen Chu was added as Marquis of Baimating before), has basically been reclaimed.Grain production has doubled over the past few years.Although the momentum of the influx of refugees has not abated, there has not been a case of starvation.

Chen Chu has been fighting outside these years, and the various affairs of Leping and Baima were handed over to the first few old people who followed him. There is Zhang Liao's younger sister, Zhang Rui, who is now rumored to be Mrs. Chen Chu, and others.

Deng Gong is in charge of Leping’s agricultural administration, Lu Bu’s father, Lu Gong, is in charge of industry, commerce and handicrafts, Wang Han is in charge of internal security, and Zhang Rui is in charge of defense. Currently, there are more than 3000 militiamen in Leping County, all of whom are Zhang. Rui recruited and trained them, but Chen Chu and the generals were not there, so the heavy responsibility of defense fell on Zhang Rui, who did not give way to men.

But no matter how talented and strong Zhang Rui is, she is still a woman. In a woman's heart, feelings always come first.It has been several years since Chen Chu and Zhang Liao left Leping, and the originally agreed return date has long passed. Due to various reasons, Chen Chu and Zhang Liao failed to return to Leping to have a look.In the past few years, Chen Chu and Zhang Liao have been thinking about Zhang Rui and everything about Leping all the time, and Zhang Rui is not thinking about his brother and Chen Chu all the time. Not only did the passage not fade, but it became more and more intense.

On this day, Zhang Rui, who had been busy all day, sat quietly on a hillside next to Longhu Village with her knees hugged as usual.Looking at the gradually setting sun, Zhang Rui couldn't help muttering to herself: "Another day has passed! Brother, big brother, when will you be able to come and see Rui'er?!"

While Zhang Rui was staring at the sunset in a daze, a middle-aged man with a kind face also walked up the hillside and came to Zhang Rui's side.

"Mr. Lu, you are here." Zhang Rui glanced at the middle-aged man and said.It turned out that this middle-aged man was Lu Bu's father, Duke Lu.

Lu Gong smiled kindly, stood beside Zhang Rui, looked at the sunset hanging in the sky and asked, "Rui'er, are you thinking about the Lord again?"

Zhang Rui blushed, and quickly turned her face away, "Mr. Lu, you are talking nonsense! No way!"

Lu Gong laughed, "Is there, Ruier, you know it in your heart. We old guys have already discussed it. When the lord comes back, we will propose marriage to the lord. Ruier, do you think it's okay?", Lu Gong's tone Quite a bit of ridicule.

Zhang Rui's heart was pounding, she lowered her head and said nothing.

"Rui'er, if you don't speak, I'll take it as your consent."

Zhang Rui's head hangs even lower, but she still doesn't speak.

Seeing Zhang Rui's shy appearance, Lu Gong not only felt affection and love in his heart, just like a father to his daughter.

While Lu Gong was talking to Zhang Rui, a militiaman ran up panting.

"Miss, it's not good! Ding Yuan's army is coming towards us in Leping!", the militiaman knelt in front of Zhang Rui and said anxiously in a terrified tone.

"What!?" Zhang Rui stood up abruptly, her pretty face full of shock.Lu Gong on the side also had a look of astonishment.

"How did this happen?! How far is Ding Yuan's army from us?" Zhang Rui asked anxiously. [

The militiaman swallowed, calmed down the confusion, and then replied: "Our team is in charge of security on the western periphery. When they found Ding Yuan's army, they had already entered our security range. The captain asked me to ride back alone. Report, and they try their best to hold each other back. Ding Yuan's army is all light cavalry, and I'm afraid they will arrive here within an hour!"

Lu Gong looked at Zhang Rui in shock, waiting for her order.Faced with this situation, only Zhang Rui has the ability to deal with it.

Zhang Ruixiu frowned, and after thinking for a while, he ordered: "Immediately order all the militiamen to assemble quickly, and at the same time notify all the people in Longhu Village to enter Leping as soon as possible."

"Yes, miss." The militiaman took the order and went down to deliver the order.

"Wait." Zhang Rui suddenly stopped the militia.

"Miss, what else do you want?"

"An order was sent to Tiger Roaring Mountain to let the workers and technicians there hide in the mountain, and not to come out without an order. In addition, an order was sent to Wang Han to burn the small warehouse in Longhu Village."

The militiamen froze on the spot and did not leave immediately.

Zhang Rui couldn't help frowning, and lightly scolded: "What are you still doing in a daze! Hurry up and pass the order!"

The militiaman came back to his senses after a shock, and hurried down the hillside to deliver the order.

The small warehouse in Longhu Village stored tens of thousands of tans of grain, which could not be transferred to the city in a short period of time. Rather than leaving it to Ding Yuan, it would be better to burn it.Fortunately, the small warehouse in Longhu Village is only a temporary, transit warehouse. Although there is a lot of grain stored in it, it is actually less than one level of the total grain reserves, so even if it is burned, the loss will not be too great.Of course, the big warehouse in Leping was built in the city of Leping, which is protected by the city wall, next to the county government. Most of the money and grain harvested in Leping are stored in this big warehouse.

Ding Yuan's men were coming, and the whole Leping panicked.People who received the news fled into Leping one after another, and the four city gates in the southeast, north, and west were full of fleeing people, and the scene was very chaotic.

At the same time, flames suddenly rose from a corner of Longhu Village, and Wang Han, who had received the order, had already ordered Xiaocang to be set on fire.The flow of people fleeing in fear, coupled with the rising flames, made the whole scene look a bit desolate and sad.

Standing on the west wall of Leping, Zhang Rui could not help frowning as she watched the frightened flow of people under the city gate.Ding Yuan's men will arrive at any time, the most sensible thing to do now is to close the four doors immediately.But the people hadn't fully entered the city yet, so Zhang Rui couldn't bear to ignore those people and ordered the four gates to be closed.

Now Zhang Rui's only hope is that the people can all escape into the city before Ding Yuan's army arrives.

Time passed quickly in a tense atmosphere.I don't know how long it has passed, it seems like a long time, and it seems like only a moment, when the black cavalry suddenly appeared in the field of vision.Everyone standing on the west city wall couldn't help being shocked.

"Miss, Ding Yuan's troops have arrived, and the city gate must be closed immediately! Otherwise, it will be too late!" Wang Han urged anxiously.At this time, only Wang Han was by Zhang Rui's side, while Lu Gong and Deng Gong were in charge of settling and comforting the people in the city.

Zhang Rui frowned tightly, and held the hilt tightly with the palm on Qinggang's sword hilt, even the knuckles were white due to too much force.

All the people under the city gate were about to enter the city, but a small group of cavalry from Ding Yuan's army was coming at a gallop. According to the situation, before the people had time to enter the city, the opposing team of cavalry would arrive.

The situation was extremely critical, and everyone was watching Zhang Rui nervously. "Miss, you must close the city gate immediately! Otherwise, the whole city will be destroyed!" Wang Han urged again, with an extremely anxious expression.

Zhang Rui ignored Wang Han, turned around suddenly, walked down the city wall quickly, stepped on her bay red horse, and rode out of the city under the surprised eyes of everyone. ! ~!