Yuan Shao immediately stepped forward to help the two of them up, and looked at Yan Liang and then at Wen Chou.

Both of them are taller than Yuan Shao, with thick eyebrows and sharp eyes, short beards, and unrestrained boldness.

"What a mighty general!" Yuan Shao sighed.

Wang Fen stepped forward and said: "If these two generals hadn't protected me and Xu You from breaking out, I'm afraid we would have been captured by the Xiyuan Army. It's a pity that such generals were not found before. If not, Liu Hong would have been left in Jizhou!

"

Wang Fen is obviously still brooding over the failure.

"Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others have no background and have always been unknown in the Jizhou Army. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, they made some military exploits and rose to prominence. It was only after the battle with the Xiyuan Army that they showed their talents as generals." Xu You followed.

introduced.

Yuan Shao patted the arms of the two generals and said with a smile: "When you are born in troubled times, you must have the opportunity to fight!"

Yan Liang knelt down again: "My lord will not give up, I am willing to die to retaliate!"

"The same goes for so-and-so!" Wen Chou followed.

"Two generals, please rise. Today, the traitor Dong has usurped the throne and abolished the establishment. I, the Yuan family, will definitely be at odds with him. Now I am in Jizhou. It is time to appease the refugees, recruit troops, and raise the flag of righteousness to attack Dong Zhuo."

, it’s time for the two generals to show off their talents!” Yuan Shao said.

Yuan Shao was extremely happy. Originally he came here for Zhu Ao, but unexpectedly he got two generals. This was a complete surprise for Yuan Shao who had just arrived in Jizhou.

Three armies are easy to obtain, but a general is hard to find. Unlike the nobles like Chun Yuqiong, who have complicated interest backgrounds, Yan Liang and Wen Chou can be cultivated into confidants.

After leaving the camp, Yuan Shao took his people to Yangxin County and met Zhu Ao. After completing the purpose of the trip, he hurried back to Nanpi.

…

Liu Qing personally led 400 imperial guards, plus Dian Wei's 500 tiger guards, and Qian Ying's 1,000 personal guards. Although there were less than 2,000 people, the combat effectiveness of these soldiers and horses was completely worthy of the ordinary tens of thousands.

Soldiers and horses.

Liu Qing now has many soldiers and horses under his command, but unfortunately each of them has one point, and with the separate expeditions, they are immediately stretched.

Nowadays, the recruitment conditions under Liu Qing are still relatively high. The first priority is production. If large-scale recruitment is really carried out, Liu Qing believes that it can be done to double the number of troops and horses in one month.

Although they left Changshan, news continued to reach Liu Qing through Kuai Ma Xin Bao on the way.

"Zhang Ning said that the area north of the Fen River has been controlled by the Baibo Army, but the county seat has not been captured. Zhang Ning wrote a letter asking for instructions whether to continue to march south of the Fen River. Yuan Hao, what do you think?" Liu Qing asked.

"My lord, who is Zhang Ning? But the name is very familiar." Tian Feng thought.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce you. Zhang Ning is from your hometown." Liu Qing said with a smile.

"A fellow countryman?" Tian Feng's eyes widened and he finally remembered -

Julu Zhang Ning! Zhang Jiao’s daughter!

"Lord, Zhang Ning is not dead?"

"Well, not only is she not dead, but the power she now controls is not much worse than Zhang Jiao. Yuan Hao should know that there are many refugees in Changshan, all from Hedong County. This matter was done by Zhang Ning and Zhang He together.

Now the strength of the Baibo Army is no less than the total strength of my subordinates. However, it is strange that she is willing to serve me and I am willing to believe in her. Do you think it is amazing?"

Tian Feng digested the information Liu Qing said and still found it unbelievable. Liu Qing killed Zhang Jiao and Zhang Ning turned to Liu Qing?

"My lord is an extraordinary person. Zhang Ning is known as the Saint of Taiping Dao and the Saint General of the Yellow Turban Army. They are also extraordinary. There is something about these two extraordinary people. It makes sense." Tian Feng found an explanation himself.

What do you mean by a bit? Please explain it clearly to me! Liu Qing cursed secretly.

"Hey, I suddenly remembered something. Gong and Zeng said that my lord has a golden house to hide his beauties in Guangping and Yuan clan. Could it be that this 'beautiful' is Zhang Ning?"

Hey, are smart people so scary? Can you think of this?

Zhang Ning's matter was extremely involved, but Jushu didn't leak it. When Jushu said that the golden house was hiding the beauty, even he himself didn't know that it was Zhang Ning that Liu Qing was hiding.

But now that Liu Hong is dead and Shi Changshi is about to die, no one cares who Zhang Ning is.

Liu Qing would not use the evidence of Zhang Jiao's collusion with the nobles to target certain people. When Zhang Jiao told Liu Qing the secret in the past, he laughed at himself. Who would believe the evidence of traitors?

Because the Yellow Turban is just a tool in their hands from beginning to end, and can be thrown away after use.

"Before Zhang Jiao died, he made some deals with me and exchanged some secret messages for his daughter's life." Liu Qing briefly told what happened that day.

"Zhang Jiao may not be a good leader, but he is indeed a good father. Even in a certain death situation, he was able to design three ways out for his daughter, and all three ways out were feasible."

Tian Feng was thoughtful, as if wondering which three they were.

Liu Qing couldn't help but laugh when he saw it, and directly announced the answer: "Zhang Jiao said that Huang Tian's luck has been taken away by me. Zhang Ning can either take it back from me, or he can take me as his master and restore peace. Zhang Ning chose the second option."

"Then what if she goes back on her word and goes against the lord again?" Tian Feng quickly discovered the problem, because Liu Qing just said that the Baibo Army's troops had exceeded Liu Qing's total troops and horses.

Liu Qing is not worried about this, because he knows that she is loyal, and besides, a believer like her is very religious.

"Now that the past has been revealed, you should still say whether we should march to the south of the Fen River." Liu Qing said.

"I don't think so. Hedong is the granary of Sili. North of the Fen River, it has been invaded by foreign insurgents and the court does not pay enough attention. But south of the Fen River, it will affect Sili's food supply. If you cross the river rashly, you may lead to suppression.

"Tian Feng said.

"I agree with Yuan Hao's view. Occupying half of the county's land and using the fertile fields east of the river can feed the people of several counties. It is better to plan it slowly and wait for changes in Luoyang before crossing the Fen River." Liu Qing said.

"There has been a change in Luoyang? What is the Lord referring to?"

"He Jin is dead. Sooner or later, Dong Zhuo and Yuan Wei will each have an emperor and fight against each other." Liu Qing guessed.

"Each one has his own emperor..." Tian Feng muttered again, but he still couldn't believe that it would come to this point.

"Take the emperor to control the world." Liu Qing said a classic saying.

Liu Hong died in front of Yuan Wei, and Yuan Wei would not miss such an opportunity. Even in history, after Dong Zhuo was deposed, Yuan Shao called on the heroes to challenge Dong, and he still went in the name of establishing the Young Emperor, so Dong Zhuo was eliminated once and for all.

The young emperor was poisoned and killed.

Tian Feng chewed Liu Qing's words over and over again, and Dian Wei came over and said, "My lord, we have arrived at the border of Hejian. One day further east, we will reach the Bohai Sea."

Hejian Kingdom was originally a feudal state of Liu Hong, and Cao Cao was still stationed in Hejian to arrest Wang Fen.

Liu Qing didn't know whether to take someone or not. Cao Cao deliberately fished here, but Liu Qing knew this.

Moreover, there is intelligence that Cao Cao is recruiting troops in Hejian, and his number of Dian military commanders has been seriously overstaffed.

Maybe he could visit this relative if he had time. Liu Qing knew that if he didn't develop something, he would definitely turn to the Yuan family.

And the Yuan family is already the enemy in front of them.

Yuan Shao had already arrived at Bohai County one step ahead of him.

What Liu Qing has to do is to return to the Bohai Palace and announce to the world that the king has returned——

Bohai State! Liu Qing is the new King of Bohai!

…

Southwest of Luoyang, it is peaceful and optimistic.

Lu Bu was lying in the forest, looking at the approaching carriage, holding Fang Tian's painted halberd tightly in his hand.

Under Ding Yuan's orders, he was going to intercept a group of people today to rescue an important person. Zhang Yang was responsible for responding in the south. What he had to do was to intercept the people and send them to Zhang Yang.

"General, here we come!" Hou Cheng reminded.

Lu Bu nodded and made a ready gesture.

Gu Jie

All the men and horses under his command held their nerves and waited for the cavalry to come slowly.

This is a carriage escorted by cavalry. There are about twenty riders in the front. There is a carriage in the middle. Behind the carriage are some maids, and then there are gifts. The real main force is at the back, with about a thousand people.

There are only 500 people on Lu Bu's side, but Lu Bu is very confident that these 500 are battle-hardened veterans brought by Bingzhou, known as Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, and he also has Wei Xu, Song Xian,

Hou Cheng, Hao Meng and others are all good players.

As soon as the front army passed by, Lu Bu launched an attack. He led several men to the enemy's front line, while Hou Cheng Wei Xu led the Bingzhou wolf cavalry to attack the enemy army in the rear.

Lu Bu waved his halberd and rushed to the enemy's front first.

"What a crazy person, how dare you..."

The sound stopped suddenly, because his head had already moved, Lu Bu's attack was much faster than he expected. He originally thought that he could scold him and then order the cavalry to fight, but he didn't even finish his sentence.

"Enemy attack! Protect King Hongnong!" another cavalryman shouted.

Lu Bu had already attacked him and killed him, but when he heard that it was King Hongnong, he stopped Fang Tian's painted halberd and said to him: "Who is on the carriage!"

The cavalryman broke out in a cold sweat. Although the deadly iron halberd stopped, the murderous aura and chill caused him to lose half of his life. His voice trembled as he said: "Yes, yes...it's King Hongnong!"

Lu Bu took back his halberd and was very generous in not taking his life, but ran towards the carriage.

Just as the cavalry breathed a sigh of relief, a long knife chopped off his head.

King Hongnong? How could he be King Hongnong?

Why did Ding Yuan ask him to kidnap King Hongnong?

Lu Bu was very confused. He came to the car and glared at the driver. The latter immediately got out of the way knowingly. Lu Bu opened the curtain and took a look. Sitting in the car was a young man in rich clothes. He had a long face and an expression.

Cowardly, covering himself with his hands, his eyes full of fear.
To be continued...