In the imperial palace of Luoyang City, Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong was still listless. His body was indeed getting worse by the day.
Moreover, there were more and more things that bothered him recently.
They thought that with the death of the Demonic Priest Zhang Jiao, the Yellow Turban who had swept through the seven states and twenty-eight counties would be able to calm down a little. However, although the three Zhang brothers were dead, Zhou Cheng had appeared.
Who was Zhou Cheng? Not to mention Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong, all the officials in the court had never heard of this nameless soldier.
However, it was the Zhang brothers who were defeated and the thirty-six commanders were killed. When the Yellow Turban was about to be destroyed, Zhou Cheng, a nobody, came out to disrupt the situation.
Killing Zhu Wei and defeating Sun Jian shocked the court and the world.
Moreover, according to the report from the minister, Zhou Cheng, that damned moth thief, had not left Changshe. He was still training in Changshe and continued to plunder Yingchuan, as if he did not want to leave.
Yingchuan's 17 counties all fell into the looting range of the moth bandits, and the people fled everywhere.
This way, even if Zhou Cheng was killed, in order to restore the lives of the people in Yingchuan County, he would have to spend a huge sum of money and food.
Liu Hong was a fatuous ruler who dared to sell his position as one of the three dukes for money. How could he not feel uncomfortable if he had to pay more money?
Moreover, what made Liu Hong even more uncomfortable was Liangzhou. According to the report of the minister, the Qiang people in Liangzhou had signs of rebellion.
The moth bandits had not been evaluated yet. If the Liangzhou barbarians rebelled again, how much more money would they have to spend?
Not to mention selling the three dukes, would it be enough to sell all the official positions and titles of the civil and military officials?
In fact, Liu Hong was not a completely incompetent ruler. At least he had an abacus in his heart and kept track of his small account book.
At this moment, General He Jin came out and said,""Your Majesty, this humble subject suggests sending Zuo Che Qi to attack. With the might of lightning, we can quickly eliminate the Yingchuan moth bandits!”
This time, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong stopped talking.
Zhang Rang had once suggested that Sun Jian attack Zhou Cheng, but Sun Jian suffered heavy losses and fled back to River East. The ministers led by He Jin were using this matter to impeach Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.
Fortunately, Liu Hong protected Zhang Rang and the others. Otherwise, Zhang Rang would definitely be punished.
"Yes." Liu Hong nodded and said.
Sending Huangpu Song to deal with the bandits should be able to eliminate the moth bandits in a short period of time and save a lot of money and food.
Next, the officials began to discuss the matter of Liangzhou.
It was nothing more than pacification or suppression. Everyone held their own opinions and argued endlessly.
Liu Hong was tired of listening. He even had the idea of abandoning Liangzhou, a place where disasters often occurred, but the ministers did not agree.
Civil officials advocated appeasement, while generals wanted to suppress. Regardless of the former or the latter, they needed to spend money.
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Outside Changshe City.
Zhou Cheng's progress in training his soldiers was not disrupted.
Ever since they let the troops watch the training of the Tiger Troop Battalion, the discipline of the troops had improved.
Of course, haste didn't eat hot tofu. Nothing could be done overnight.
It was enough to plan for improvements and work towards a strong army.
Other than training his soldiers, Zhou Cheng continued to send troops out to plunder and bring in more people and food.
At the same time, Zhou Cheng also sent people to put up posters everywhere, announcing to all the counties that the scattered Yellow Turban soldiers would come to seek refuge.
The Yingchuan Yellow Turban used to be a very powerful force.
Although the defeat of Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang had led to the defeat of the Yellow Turban, there were still many Yellow Turban hiding in the mountains and forests.
What Zhou Cheng hoped for the most was to recruit some fierce generals.
The ones who had a deeper impression were He Man, Zhou Cang, and Pei Yuan Shao.
He Man called herself the Sky-Intercepting Yaksha. She had fought Cao Hong for four hours without losing, but was killed by Cao Hong in the end.
However, He Man, Liu Pi, Gong Du and the others were all commanders who had led tens of thousands of troops. After being attacked by Huangpu Song, Zhu Xi and the others, they all fled. Even if they submitted, they might not be willing to submit to Zhou Cheng.
However, in this world, the strong were respected.
Zhou Cheng didn't care about He Man's past identity. Now, Zhou Cheng had more than 100,000 soldiers, killed Zhu Rong, and defeated Sun Jian. No one in the world dared to underestimate him. If He Man dared to come, Zhou Cheng would dare to swallow him up.
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Zhou Cheng brandished his spear and practiced alone outside the tent. He did not have a master teacher, so he did not know how to improve his spear technique.
Although Zhou Cheng also wanted to find Tong Yuan, Tong Yuan was an amazing person. He had nurtured three disciples, namely, Xichuan Spear King Zhang Ren, Northern Spear King Zhang Xiu, and Zhao Yun.
Putting Zhang Ren and Zhang Xiu aside, Zhao Yun was a top-notch general of the three kingdoms that Cao Cao was extremely envious of.
Therefore, it was needless to say how strong Tong Yuan's spear technique was.
But where was Tong Yuan? Even if he found it, would he be able to take the Moth Thief Leader as his disciple?
Zhou Cheng no longer thought about it. Even if he couldn't learn the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear Technique and the Seven Probing Coiling Snake Spear Technique, he could still conquer the world!
After the battle with Guan Yu and Sun Jian, Zhou Cheng had gained a lot of insight. Although his moves hadn't changed much, his techniques had improved considerably.
At this moment, a soldier walked over and knelt down on one knee. He reported loudly,"Canal Marshal, there are two generals who claim to be under General Earth Duke. They are leading a group of people and want to defect to the Canal Marshal.”
Zhou Cheng stopped practicing.
Zhang Bao's subordinate?
Zhou Cheng remembered that Zhang Bao's generals had either died or fled.
For example, Pei Yuanshao, Zhou Cang, Gao Sheng, Yan Zheng, etc.
"What's his name?" Zhou Cheng asked.”
"Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao," the soldier replied.”
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