The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 529 Chapter 528 Liu Bei's fate (16)

Chaoyang City was ablaze, Zhang Xiu led the army holding torches in the city one after another, watching Liu Bei and his subordinates fight to the death, in the end they were outnumbered, surrounded by many soldiers, and died under the chaos of knives.

Immediately afterwards, many soldiers began to scramble for Liu Bei's body. His head, arms, thighs, calves, and even internal organs were all emptied, as cruel as he could be.

Liu Bei, who had been depressed all his life, ended his entire life in this way. Instead of keeping the whole body after his death, he was dissected by the enemy soldiers, and they took part of his body to Zhang Xiu to ask for credit.

Zhang Xiu watched this scene happen, but did not stop it. For him, Liu Bei, an ungrateful villain, should be punished like this.

Liu Bei died, and his death was terrible. Zhang Xiu promised rewards to those soldiers who finally took part of Liu Bei's fragmented body.

The battle ended like this, those who died together with Liu Bei, and those ten followers of him, were all chopped into flesh by random knives.

In addition to these eleven people, seven of Zhang Xiu's soldiers died, three were hacked to death by Liu Bei, and the remaining four were killed by Liu Bei's subordinates, and 16 were injured. There were no casualties either.

Zhang Xiu asked the soldiers to clean up the blood in the city, and then occupied Chaoyang County. The whole Han Dynasty is unified, and there are no more independent heroes. If they are willing to surrender, they will stay. If they are not willing to surrender, they will be paid travel expenses and let them go back separately, but they will no longer be enemies of King Yan.

The soldiers who surrendered were all from Jingnan. They came from various places in the four counties of Jingnan. They went back separately, but weapons, battle armor and other supplies could not be taken away.

These soldiers returned home like an arrow, and Liu Bei died again. They had no leader, so they received money one after another, and went back to Jingnan together.

These people did not dare to go to Xiangyang, but detoured to Jiangxia. They were afraid that Xiangyang would treat them as deserters. Moreover, there were many troops in Xiangyang. If there was a conflict, they had no weapons or armor, and they were not opponents at all.

After Zhang Xiu let these people go, Hu Che'er came up, looked at the people who had left, and asked, "General, let's let them go. If they become enemies with us again in the future, wouldn't that be the case?" Let the tiger go back to the mountain?"

"No, these people are homesick and have lost their will to fight. Moreover, they are Liu Bei's subordinates. Once Xiangyang finds out about Liu Bei's assassination of Liu Qi, they will definitely become Liu Bei's scapegoats. I will let them go. Leaving is to let them remember my kindness to them and His Highness King Yan's generosity. When they return home, they will definitely tell the local people about King Yan's great kindness. Bai, maybe Jingnan can submit to the King of Yan without using a single soldier. I did this to leave a way out when I take Jingzhou in the future." Zhang Xiu said.

After hearing this, Hu Che'er said in admiration, "The general is such a clever plan. Now that Liu Bei is dead, I don't know what kind of reward King Yan will give the general?"

"It doesn't matter whether the reward is rewarded or not. The important thing is that we have gained a foothold on the King Yan's side, and His Royal Highness King Yan still regards me as the prefect of Nanyang, which shows that he has enough trust in me. This kind of trust , It’s not easy to get. I, Zhang Xiu, have been wandering for so long, half my life as a soldier, and now I finally have a very good home. I am going to stay here forever, and be a sharp sword in the hands of His Royal Highness King Yan. King Yan removes all obstacles," Zhang Xiu said.

After hearing this, Hu Che'er laughed and said, "Now the world is under the control of His Royal Highness King Yan. In the future, His Royal Highness King Yan will rule the world, and His Royal Highness King Yan will ascend to the throne. At that time, the general will be the hero who founded the country..."

"Don't talk nonsense! His Royal Highness Yan Wang is not that kind of person at all. If he is really that kind of person, why bother to launch new policies? The introduction of the New Deal is to limit imperial power, and Yan Wang will never do such a thing to usurp and seek rebellion matter." Zhang Xiu said.

Hu Che'er said: "General, why are you so confused? The reason why His Royal Highness King Yan wants to introduce the new policy is to test the reaction of the world. In fact, this is what His Royal Highness Yan wants to cover up, just like Zhao Gao in the Qin Dynasty, referring to a deer as a horse , the reason is the same."

Zhang Xiu frowned, and was very surprised that Hu Che'er was able to say this. He said curiously, "Why didn't I realize that you are so smart before?"

Hu Che'er smiled and said, "I also followed the general to become so smart. But the general can think about it carefully, is what I said right?"

Zhang Xiu thought about it carefully, and felt that what Hu Che'er said was somewhat reasonable, but he still didn't think it was Zhang Yan's way to cover up, or that he was referring to deer as horse.Because with Zhang Yan's current status, he was only one step away from the position of emperor, so there was no need to spend a lot of trouble for such a thing.

No matter what Yan Wang Zhang Yan thinks, Zhang Xiu has already identified Zhang Yan anyway, and is determined to serve him alone in this life, even if it is a mountain of swords and seas of fire, he must make a breakthrough. After all, he also has plans for his next generation. Intend.

Zhang Quan, Zhang Xiu's son, is only ten years old now, and has been wandering with Zhang Xiu, and has never lived a stable life. Therefore, Zhang Xiu must make plans for his son.

The next day, Zhang Xiu sent someone to inform Yang Xiu that Liu Bei had been beheaded and brought Liu Bei's head to Yang Xiu.As a member of the army, Yang Xiu wrote a good report and sent it to Zhang Yan in Chen County.

When Zhang Yan learned that Liu Bei was dead, he was relieved. Because of his meritorious service, he named Zhang Xiu the general of rebellion, received the rank of colonel, and rewarded him with two thousand gold to show his grandeur.

In addition, Zhang Yan still made Zhang Xiu the prefect of Nanyang, and turned Nanyang into a front-line base for attacking Jingzhou. A large amount of food, grass, and supplies were transported to Nanyang from the rear. The steward Ma Jun led the team, and the materials they transported were also extremely important. They were officially the newly developed siege weapon, the artillery.

A cannon is huge and heavy. It not only needs four cows to pull it in front, but also needs 20 people to watch beside it. Taking advantage of the slippery road in this snowy day, the cannon is pulled from Puyang to it little by little. Nanyang, although time-consuming and labor-intensive, but the hard work is very valuable.

In addition to artillery, the army led by Ma Jun also has a new army armed with a flintlock. Although there are only 2000 people in the new army, they are impressive. The style of the military uniform is quite special, and even the weapons and ammunition it is equipped with are quite different from other armies.

In addition, there are countless thunderbolts, sky thunders, continuous crossbows, etc. A series of new weapons developed by Tiangongfang were shipped to Nanyang, and some of them were also shipped to Runan, Lujiang, and Jinling. and so on.

Zhang Yan bought a large amount of sulfur from the Western Regions, and after the Western Regions were pacified, he asked Ma Chao to send troops to search for sulfur mines, and transported them to Puyang continuously, turning Puyang into an arsenal.

However, this arsenal has been relocated since this winter. Zhang Yan intends to use Nanyang as a new arsenal, and plans to build an arsenal with complete specifications in Nanyang, so as to provide a steady stream of weapons for attacking Jingzhou, Yizhou, Jiangdong and other places. Provide weapons, ammunition.

Zhang Yan was in Chenjun, and after learning that Liu Bei was dead, he was relieved.So Zhang Yan left Chen County, but he did not return to Pengcheng. Instead, he rode a white dragon horse and continued westward to visit Yingchuan and Nanyang, and then turned from Nanyang to Henan. How is everything built?

With the continuous expansion of Zhang Yan's sphere of influence, Pengcheng has become somewhat unqualified as the capital of the Han Dynasty. The temporary capital is acceptable, but if it wants to be the military, political, cultural, and economic center of the unified country, it must be established. A new capital city.

The construction of the new capital in Luoyang has started long ago, and has been in charge of Henan Yin Zhanghong. Due to the huge construction project of the new capital, it will take several years.

When Zhang Yan came back from Pingding Northwest last time, he passed by Luoyang and stayed in Luoyang for two days. At that time, the construction of the city had entered the final stage, and the main body had been built. thing.

In other words, it won't be long before the construction of the new capital will be completed, and by then, moving the capital will be an inevitable trend.

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The news of Liu Bei's death spread to Jingzhou, Xiangyang City was still under martial law, and the assassin had not been caught yet, but the news of Liu Bei's death came, and along with it, there were rumors that Liu Bei sent people to assassinate Liu Qi.

Liu Qi attached great importance to this matter, and sent Sima Yi to thoroughly investigate the matter. If Liu Bei did it, then Liu Qi would not be polite to Liu Bei. anger.

Sima Yi asked Zhou Yuncong to go to Nanyang, and found out that it was indeed Liu Bei who sent someone to assassinate Liu Qi, so he came back and reported to Liu Qi.

Liu Qi was so angry that he ordered to kill all Liu Bei's nine clans, and sent people to Changsha to kill all Liu Bei's family members.

Also receiving news of Liu Bei's death were Liu Bei's sworn brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, as well as Liu Bei's family members.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei escorted Liu Bei's family to the Lvlin Mountain area in Jiangxia, just in time to run into his subordinates who followed Liu Bei to Chaoyang. At this time, they were all dressed in ordinary people's clothes and walked together. When they met, it was a chat. Then Guan Yu and Zhang Fei knew the news of Liu Bei's death, and also learned that Liu Qi had issued an order to kill Liu Bei's nine clans, so Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were also within the scope of the killing.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei's family members were all extremely sad when they received this bad news, but the top priority now is to leave Jingzhou as soon as possible, and then find a chance to avenge Liu Bei.

But the world is so big, where is their shelter?

After much deliberation, Guan Yu finally thought of Sun Quan in Jiangdong. After all, Liu Bei had an alliance with Sun Quan, and Guan Yu and Zhou Yu were also familiar, so he discussed with Zhang Fei, and the family protecting Liu Bei went to Chaisang, where Zhou Yu lived. go……

(End of this chapter)