The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 390 News from Yizhou

Chapter [-]: News from Yizhou

"stop!"

As the words fell, a huge convoy stopped ten miles away from Yangping Pass, and the trucks covered with sackcloth finally stopped, and the horses pulling the carts finally got a chance to rest.

"Second steward, the guards at Yangping Pass are here."

A small servant bowed down in front of a carriage to report, and there was a light acknowledgment from the carriage, and then a man in brocade clothes with half-haired hair came out and stared at the hundreds of cavalrymen who were approaching rapidly, with a haughty expression and no sign of nervousness.

As for the grooms and guards under him, they didn't care about the murderous cavalry at all, because they had seen such scenes a lot.

"Who are you waiting for?"

The ranger captain who came out of Yangping Pass ordered the cavalry to spread out, and then slowly moved towards the convoy, and was prepared to attack immediately if they found something wrong with the convoy.

"This old man is Zhang Fu, the second housekeeper of the Zhang family in Chengdu. This is the Zhang family's convoy. Hurry up and inform your general Zhang Li." The second housekeeper Zhang Fu put on a majestic look, and gave orders to the cavalry captain.

When the captain of the cavalry heard that he was from the Zhang family in Chengdu, his face changed. After observing carefully for a while, he whispered something to the small captain beside him, and the small captain led the four cavalry towards Yangping Pass.

"Housekeeper, they don't intend to move away, look..." the servant who was serving beside Zhang Fu asked worriedly.

"No need to worry." Zhang Fu waved his hand lightly, and said loudly: "This is an important border area. The defenders must act carefully. Once the order from the eldest young master arrives, we can pass through the border safely."

Sure enough, the team leader who left came back soon, and brought back a school lieutenant who knew Zhang Fu. After seeing that his identity was correct, he took Zhang Fu and others to Yangping Pass.

"You wait to pass the customs quickly, you are not allowed to stay here, and the entourage is not allowed to leave the team, otherwise you will be killed without mercy." Although it is your own caravan, it is the Zhang family's caravan to find money for the Zhang family, but how important is the Yangping Pass? , and Zhang Li is just one of the lieutenants in Yangping Pass. It’s okay to pretend to be public for personal gain. It is absolutely taboo to let the caravan stay in Yangping Pass, and it will bring disaster to oneself.

"Young master, this is a letter from the master. Everything is fine at home..." Zhang Fu said in a low voice in front of Zhang Li, and then led the caravan out of the customs without daring to stay any longer.

Although the Zhang family has great influence in Yizhou, there are many families older than them. The most important thing is that some taboos must not be touched. Zhang Fu knows this very well.

"Thank you, General, for your convenience."

After watching the caravan pass through the customs all the way, Zhang Li came to the tower to thank the general Wu Ban of Yangping Pass. Without Wu Ban's nod, even Zhang Li would not dare to let his caravan pass through Yangping Pass, otherwise he would definitely be punished by military law.

"The situation is getting more and more serious." Wu Ban nodded and said, "Liu Bei's army has already begun to mobilize troops to Hanzhong. Countless supplies have entered Hanzhong from Qishan Mountain. The big battle is coming."

"Yes." Zhang Li hurriedly said, "Liu Bei's soldiers and horses outside the pass have blocked the news. It is difficult for our scouts to find out the news, but Yangping Pass is not the main direction of Liu Bei's army's attack. It will not be difficult for us to hold Yangping Pass."

"Well." Wu Ban nodded in agreement and said, "After your team comes back, don't go out, at least don't go this way, take the waterway to the south."

"Yes." Zhang Li replied, "I'll write a letter to inform my family, but the things over there are very profitable, and they are all good things..."

Of course, that side refers to Liu Bei's side. Under Liu Bei's rule, commerce developed, and there were a lot of goods, and all kinds of good things emerged one after another, which can be said to attract all directions. Although Yizhou and Liu Bei are in a hostile relationship, for businessmen, their own interests are the most important. of.

"It seems that Liu Bei really values ​​business, so the caravan is safe to let them enter..." Standing on the tower, watching Zhang's caravan being stopped by Liu Bei's defenders, after a search, he let it go The convoy passed by and couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes." Zhang Li also frowned and said: "According to the news from the Zhang family's caravan, no matter where the caravan comes from, as long as it does not transport contraband and pays the corresponding business tax, it can go unimpeded. Inside, absolutely no one dares to hit the attention of these caravans."

Liu Bei is willing to do business with the world. There are even caravans going to the grassland to do business.

Not to mention Yizhou, where there are many clans, even under the very strict management of Cao Cao, some people went to Liu Bei to buy goods. After Cao Cao collected a large amount of business taxes, he turned a blind eye.

As for Jiangdong, the relationship with Liu Bei is the most friendly. Sun Quan also encouraged him to do business with Liu Bei and introduced many advanced things from Liu Bei.

"Take care of everyone, don't act alone, don't contact with outsiders, otherwise drive out of the caravan, so that they don't hurt their families." Zhang Fu sternly said to the captain of the caravan: "For those who violate the law, those who can be dealt with quietly Dispose of it, forget it if you can't, don't let those people get hold of it."

"Don't worry, butler, it's not the first time for everyone to leave the car, and they all know the rules." The captain of the guard nodded slightly and promised that the caravan traveling between the two countries is afraid of the enemy's dark side, which will implicate the entire family, so they can follow the caravan Those who came out were all well-informed, and their family members were controlled.

But Zhang Fu didn't know that a secret letter had already been sent out of the convoy, and was being delivered to Chen Ziming by the secret guards.

"Liu Zhang has reached an agreement with Cao Cao to obtain some excellent armored weapons from Cao Cao. Among them, there are many bed crossbows and many catapults. I don't know the exact number."

"Liu Zhang ordered [-] elite soldiers from other races to be recruited to set up camp in the mountains and control the main roads in the mountains of Yizhou."

"Yizhou had a bumper harvest last year, and a large amount of grain will be shipped to Jingzhou and other places..."

The specific situation of Yizhou was quickly fully grasped by Chen Ziming, and at the same time, Chen Ziming's idea of ​​taking Yizhou was strengthened. A strong attack was no longer advisable. With Cao Cao's support, countless elite soldiers supplemented the shortage of Yizhou soldiers, and Yizhou soldiers Horses have now reached 50 people, and they are no longer so easy to bully.

"Cao Cao has brought us a lot of trouble. Those weapons alone can make it difficult for our army to move an inch in Yizhou..." Cao Cao made a decisive move, but Chen Ziming and others looked at him differently and gave up attacking Yizhou decisively. Instead, Yizhou was given a large number of weapons, which greatly increased Yizhou's strength. That is to say, Cao Cao did not hesitate to suffer a big loss in order to let Liu Zhang of Yizhou block Liu Bei's army.

As for food, the most indispensable thing in the Central Plains is food. The food Cao Cao got from Yizhou was just to store it up, just in case.

(End of this chapter)