There was a fire in Chaoyang City, Zhang Xiu led the army to hold torches in the city, watching Liu Bei and his subordinates fight to the death, and finally outnumbered, surrounded by many soldiers, and died under the knife.

Immediately afterwards, many sergeants began to scramble for Liu Bei's body, and the head, arms, thighs, calves, and even internal organs were emptied, how cruel and cruel it was.

Liu Bei, who had been depressed all his life, ended his entire life in this way, and instead of keeping the whole body after his death, he was dismembered by the enemy soldiers, and they all 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, an ungrateful villain like Liu Bei should be punished like this.

Liu Bei died, the death was terrible, Zhang Xiu promised to reward those soldiers who finally held part of Liu Bei's broken body, Liu Bei's head was rewarded with 500 gold, and the rest were rewarded with 100 gold.

The battle ended like this, and those who died with Liu Bei, as well as the ten of his relatives, were also chopped into pulp with knives.

In addition to these eleven people, Zhang Xiu's soldiers killed seven people, three were hacked to death by Liu Bei, and the remaining four died at the hands of Liu Bei's subordinates, and sixteen people were injured.

As for the captives, Zhang Xiu clearly told them that he had taken refuge in the king of Yan, and the king of Yan was about to seize the entire Jingzhou in the near future, unifying the entire Han Dynasty, and there would be no more separating heroes. If they are willing to surrender. Just stay. Those who are unwilling to surrender will be given travel expenses and let them go back, but they can no longer be enemies of King Yan in the future.

The soldiers who surrendered were all from Jingnan, from various places in the four counties of Jingnan, and they were neither willing to be enemies with the King of Yan, nor willing to stay as soldiers, eventually. Zhang Xiu asked them to pay them the passage money and let them go back, but the weapons, armor and other baggage could not be taken away.

These soldiers were like arrows, Liu Bei died again, and they had no leader, so they received money one after another, went together, and went back to Jingnan.

These people did not dare to go to Xiangyang, but made a detour to Jiangxia. I'm afraid that Xiangyang will treat them as deserters, and there are more troops in Xiangyang. There really was a conflict, they had no weapons, no armor, they were not opponents at all.

After Zhang Xiu let these people go, Hu Che'er came up, looked at these departing people, and asked: "General, we let them all go, in case they become enemies of us again in the future, wouldn't that be a return to the mountain?" ”

"No, these people are homesick, they have long lost their fighting spirit, and they are Liu Bei's subordinates, once Liu Bei sent someone to assassinate Liu Qi is known by Xiangyang, they will inevitably become Liu Bei's scapegoats. I let them go, is to let them remember my kindness to them, and His Royal Highness King Yan's magnanimity, and when they return home, they will definitely say to the local people that King Yan's great kindness and great virtue, when the time comes, one will spread ten, ten will pass hundred, maybe Jingnan will be able to submit to King Yan without moving a single soldier. I did this in order to leave a way back when I took Jingzhou in the future. Zhang Xiu said.

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

"It doesn't matter if we are rewarded or not, the important thing is that we have military merits on the side of King Yan, and we have a foothold, and His Royal Highness King Yan still regards me as the Taishou of Nanyang, which means that he trusts me enough, and this kind of trust is not something that can be obtained casually. I Zhang Xiu has been adrift for so long, half a life of horses, and now I finally have a very good home, I am ready to stay here forever, to be a sharp sword in the hands of His Royal Highness King Yan, to remove all obstacles for King Yan. Zhang Xiu said.

After hearing this, Hu Che'er said with a smile: "If you are under the control of His Royal Highness King Yan today, and if you dominate the world in the future, His Royal Highness King Yan will ascend the throne, and then the general will be the founder of the country......

"No nonsense! His Royal Highness King Yan is not that kind of person at all. If he really is that kind of person, why bother to introduce a new deal? The introduction of the new policy was to limit the imperial power, and King Yan would not do such a thing of usurpation and rebellion at all. Zhang Xiu said.

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

Zhang Xiu frowned, he was very surprised that Hu Che'er could say this, and he said curiously: "Why didn't I find out that you were so smart before?" ”

Hu Che'er smiled: "I also followed the general to become so smart." But the general can think about it, is this what I am talking about? ”

Zhang Xiu thought about it carefully, and felt that what Hu Che'er said also made some sense, but he never thought that this was a means for Zhang Yan to cover up, or that he was referring to the behavior of a deer as a horse. Because with Zhang Yan's current status, he is only one step away from the emperor's position, and he can't afford to go to great lengths for such a thing.

No matter what Yan King 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 a sea of fire, he must break through, after all, he also has to plan for his next generation.

Zhang Xiu's son Zhang Quan, who is only ten years old now, has been drifting with Zhang Xiu and has not lived a day of stability, so Zhang Xiu must plan for his son.

The next day, Zhang Xiu sent someone to inform Yang Xiu, telling Yang Xiu that Liu Bei had been killed, and brought Liu Bei's head to Yang Xiu as well. As a member of the army, Yang Xiu wrote a good news for this, and the table was given to Zhang Yan in Chen County.

Zhang Yan was relieved to learn that Liu Bei was dead, so he made Zhang Xiu a rebellious general for his merits, received the rank of colonel, and rewarded him with 2,000 gold to show his grandeur.

In addition, Zhang Yan still let Zhang Xiu be the Taishou of Nanyang, and turned Nanyang into a front-line base for attacking Jingzhou, a large number of grain, grass, and materials were transported to Nanyang from the rear, one of the teams was led by Ma Jun, the steward of the Tiangongfang, and the materials transported were also extremely important, and the newly developed siege weapon, artillery.

A cannon is very huge, the weight is also very heavy, not only need four oxen to pull in front, but also need twenty people to watch, taking advantage of this snowy road slippery, little by little to pull the artillery from Puyang to Nanyang, although it is time-consuming and laborious, but the hard work is very valuable.

In addition to artillery, in the army led by Ma Jun, there is also a fully armed new army, each of the new army carries a flintlock pistol, although there are only 2,000 people, but it gives people a bright feeling, not only the style of military uniforms is more special, but even the weapons and ammunition equipped are very different from other armies.

In addition, there are countless thunderbolts, thunderbolts, ballistas, etc., a series of new weapons developed by the Tiangongfang have been transported to Nanyang, and some of them have been transported to Runan, Lujiang, Jinling and other places.

Zhang Yan purchased a large amount of sulfur from the Western Regions, and after pacifying the Western Regions, he asked Ma Chao to send troops to search for sulfur mines, which were continuously transported to Puyang, as if Puyang had become an arsenal.

However, this arsenal has begun to move since this winter, and Zhang Yan plans to use Nanyang as a new arsenal, preparing to build a complete arsenal in Nanyang to provide a steady stream of weapons and ammunition for the attack on Jingzhou, Yizhou, Jiangdong and other places.

Zhang Yan sat in Chen County, and after learning that Liu Bei was dead, he was relieved. So, Zhang Yan left Chenjun, but he did not return to Pengcheng, but rode a white dragon horse, continued to go west, went to Yingchuan and Nanyang to see, and then turned from Nanyang to Henan, he wanted to see how the construction of Luoyang's new capital was.

With the continuous expansion of the scope of Zhang Yan's power, Pengcheng as the capital of the Han Dynasty, has become a little unqualified, the temporary capital is acceptable, but if you want to be the center of the national military, political, cultural and economic after unification, you must establish a new capital.

The construction of the new capital in Luoyang has already begun, and has been in charge of Yin Zhanghong in Henan, because the construction project of the new capital is huge, so it will take several years.

When Zhang Yan came back from the northwest last time, he passed through Luoyang and stayed in Luoyang for two days, when the construction of the city had entered the most advanced stage, the main body had been built, and the rest was the details of the interior, as well as the purchase of some items in the house.

In other words, it will not be long before the construction of the new capital will be completed, and when the time comes, the relocation of the capital will be an inevitable trend.

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

Liu Qi attaches great importance to this matter, and sent Sima Yi to investigate this matter thoroughly, if it was really Liu Bei's doing, then Liu Qi would definitely not be polite to Liu Bei, even if Liu Bei was dead, he would have to open the knife to his family to vent his 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 to report to Liu Qi.

Liu Qi was furious and ordered Liu Bei's nine clans to be killed, and sent people to Changsha to kill all Liu Bei's family.

also received the news of Liu Bei's death, as well as Liu Bei's sworn brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, as well as Liu Bei's family.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei escorted Liu Bei's family to the area of Jiangxia Green Forest Mountain, and happened to bump into the subordinates who followed Liu Bei to Chaoyang, at this time they were all wearing ordinary people's clothes, walking together, and when they met, it was a conversation, and then Guan Yu and Zhang Fei knew about Liu Bei's death, and also learned that Liu Qi 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 were extremely sad to receive such bad news, but now the top priority was to leave Jingzhou as soon as possible, and then find an opportunity to avenge Liu Bei.

But the world is so big, where is there a place for them?

After all, Liu Bei and Sun Quan had an alliance, and Guan Yu and Zhou Yu were also more familiar, so they discussed with Zhang Fei, and protected Liu Bei's family and went to Chaisang, where Zhou Yu was located...... (To be continued......)