Rise of the Heavens

Chapter 242 Assassination (Part [-])
Gao Cheng didn't know that he had already become the eunuch's partisan in Yuan Shao's eyes.And secretly calculated, ready to borrow a knife to kill someone.He stayed in Luoyang for several days, admiring the prosperity of the capital of the gods to his heart's content, and then left with everyone and galloped towards Yingchuan.

After leaving the scope of Luoyang, we arrived at the land of the Central Plains, and what we saw was the endless wilderness and ruins. A large number of people were displaced, and fell to the side of the road and became starved.The prosperity of Luoyang and the misery of the Central Plains formed a sharp contrast.

Seeing such a scene, Liu Bei showed a trace of grief on his serious face. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Gao Cheng's subordinates all became serious. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion subsided, the whole world seemed to become more chaotic. Yuzhou was first attacked by the Yellow Turban The military chaos, and then the drought, the original population of tens of millions directly lost more than half, leaving only one third.

Many refugees on the road thought they were horse thieves when they saw Gao Cheng and his party, and they fled in fright. There were also many hungry skinny children who fell to the ground and cried weakly.Seeing such a scene, Gao Cheng waved his hand, and the people around him and the two hundred cavalrymen immediately slowed down, so as not to be misunderstood by these refugees.

"Lujiang is vast and sparsely populated, and needs to be filled. These people have been displaced. If we can bring them back to Lujiang for resettlement, we can not only increase our household registration, but also select strong soldiers from among these refugees to train the county soldiers and envoys. This is a good opportunity. You can't miss it!" Liu Bei's eyes flashed a little unbearable, and then he galloped to Gao Cheng's side and suggested.

When other people heard this, they felt that it made sense.Gao Cheng laughed, and said, "Mr. Xuande thinks the same way too? It seems that we are heroes who see the same thing!"

Xu Xuan who was next to him smiled and said: "Mr. Xuande, when my lord was in Luoyang, he had already decided to collect the refugees from Yuzhou and go to Lujiang River. He also bought a large amount of grain and grass in Xuzhou and transported them to Yingchuan County along the Huaihe River and Yingshui River. Calculating the time, there will be news in two days, and when we receive the news, we can start to gather the refugees!"

Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard the words, and quickly cupped his hands and said, "I admire you for your benevolence!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also nodded repeatedly, and had a better impression of Gao Cheng.No matter what purpose Gao Cheng has, if he can keep these refugees alive, he can be called a benevolent person with countless living people.

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Two days later, as Xu Xuan said, the messenger from Xuzhou arrived, and it was Zhou Cang who came to report. message delivered.

"My lord, Lu Dai has led the fleet to Yingshui and is heading north against the current. In ten days or so, we will reach Yingyin County!" Zhou Cang reported respectfully.

Yingyin is located in the east of Yangdi, and after meeting with Xi Zhicai, it will take a few days to arrive there.This time, a large amount of food and grass was purchased through Mi Zhu, and Lu Dai personally led the merchant ship to the north, strangled countless water bandits who wanted to rob the food along the way, and even fought fiercely with a few yellow scarf rebels.

With Lu Dai commanding the ship and Gao's elite family soldiers sitting in command, they finally repelled waves of ill-intentioned strongmen.

After Gao Cheng heard this, he felt more and more that Yuzhou was like a powder keg, accumulating the power of destruction.If the imperial court does not want to find a solution, all the tens of millions of people in Yuzhou will become refugees, and the essence of the Central Plains will be destroyed.

At that time, the strength of the Han Dynasty will drop by [-]% out of thin air.

Gao Cheng turned his head and glanced at Liu Bei, and said, "Mr. Xuande, I will leave it to you to gather the refugees! As for Yun Chang and Yide, you will follow me to select the elite and strong refugees, and first weave out some soldiers and horses. When we get to Lujiang, these people will be our reliance!"

Liu Bei accepted the order gladly, Gao Cheng's arrangement was very in line with his ideas, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had no objections, they were also very happy that Liu Bei could be reused, besides, this was not to separate their brothers, Liu Bei recruited refugees, they selected training Strong and strong, they all need to cooperate with each other.

After getting the specific situation of the food and grass, Gao Cheng had the confidence to gather the refugees. Liu Bei seemed to have a special temperament by nature, and he could gain the trust of others. After Gao Cheng delegated power to him, he gathered more than 5000 people in less than three days. refugees.Among them, there are 700 strong people.

Gao Cheng handed over the military training to Jiang Qin, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, and Xu Xuan and Liu Bei the matter of gathering refugees and registering them.Take a look at the big picture yourself.

Before arriving at Yingyin, the food and grass these refugees needed was not a small amount, and as those refugees got the news, they kept coming, and the number of people was increasing, and the food and grass that Gao Cheng carried would soon be used up.

However, Gao Cheng had already expected that Jiang Qin, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei would take turns leading Jingzhuang to sweep up the bandits along the way according to the method in Yuzhou last time.Moreover, a large number of refugees gathered in the cottage.Originally only [-] soldiers and horses expanded rapidly.

Sweeping the cottages is one way. In addition, Gao Cheng also spent the remaining five baht to buy a lot of food and grass from those aristocratic families. With the official seal of Lujiang prefect as proof, these aristocratic families also gave some face and sold some. forage.

Through these two methods, more than 1 refugees barely died of starvation. They followed Gao Cheng and walked towards Yingyin. According to Gao Cheng and Liu Bei's reassurance, they already knew that as long as they arrived in Yingyin, they would be able to eat enough.

On this day, Gao Cheng rode his horse and looked ahead. Guan Yu led a hundred cavalrymen and a thousand strong men, and escorted hundreds of bandits and a dozen grain carts back.With this super master of the seventh level of Gang Gang going out in person, the Yellow Turban rebels in Yingchuan territory are no match for him at all.

In just a few days, he destroyed more than a dozen cottages and looted thousands of stones of grain and grass.

Except for Guan Yu, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Jiang Qin were all busy in the distance, and Zhou Cang was the only one left by Gao Cheng's side.

"Yun Chang has worked hard!" Gao Cheng led Zhou Cang forward, with a smile on his face.

Seeing this, Guan Yu cupped his hands and bowed, "I'll pay my respects to the envoy. I'm fortunate enough to not disgrace my life. I've broken through Leopard Wei Village. I've obtained a total of [-] stones of grain and grass, and three hundred captives! Dare I ask the envoy if these captives also followed the rules above?" Dispose of them in the next way, and absorb them into the army?"

Gao Cheng nodded, and said: "Let's deal with it according to the method last time, but Yun Chang must pay attention to those who have cruelly harmed the people by means of vicious means, all of them will be screened out and killed, and we must not let these people affect the people's trust in us. !"

Guan Yu said: "I understand!"

Then he took many prisoners and prepared to go to the refugee team behind. At this time, several soldiers pushing the grain cart suddenly fell to the ground, and the rice on the cart spilled all over the ground.There are also many five baht coins looted from the cottage.Gold, silver and jewelry were also exposed.

"Ah! It's gold!"

These soldiers are all strong and strong soldiers who have just been selected from the refugees, and they have not completely transformed into qualified soldiers. After seeing the gold, silver and jewelry, they immediately became agitated. Rise.When the others saw this, they were also greedy, and the whole team suddenly became chaotic.

"Stop it all!" Zhou Cang saw this, a trace of anger appeared on his face, and urged him to go forward immediately to suppress the chaos.

At this moment, a bright sword light roared out from the crowd, the sword light was like a comet sweeping across the moon, piercing Zhou Cang's chest with a swish.

(End of this chapter)