Chapter 14 The Three Zhang Brothers
The sun rose from the horizon , the day dawned, and it also illuminated the hearts of the soldiers.
The war has ended, the air is filled with a strong smell of blood, and the ground is littered with corpses.
The dead soldiers were placed together by Guo Hao and his men. A torch was thrown out, and the pile of corpses was ignited, making crackling sounds.
Under the blazing flames, Guo Hao and others were like Shuras.
"Zhao De, Wang Ming, Li Ji... they are all great! Beifeng Village will never forget them!"
[System prompt: You commanded your troops to defeat a powerful enemy and achieved a brilliant victory. Military Strength +1, Command +1, Reputation +20.]
"Unlock the achievement 'One Hundred Kills'"
[The battle is over. Congratulations on your complete victory. You received a reward in this battle.]
"Loss: 36, Kills: 103, Enemies annihilated: 882;"
[Congratulations, you have upgraded. You have gained 1 free attribute and 1 skill point.]
[Congratulations, you have upgraded. You have gained 1 free attribute and 1 skill point.]
Guo Hao looked at the burning fire, listened to the continuous prompts from the system, and finally let out a long sigh.
Won.
The crisis of Beifeng Village has been resolved, and it will enter a period of fastest development.
"Clean up the battlefield, gather all the horses, collect all the property, take the food and cattle and sheep, and let's go home!"
"Yes, sir!"
The small tribe's collection was extremely rich. Guo Hao even found a blood-stained gold lock in the leader's tent, an ornament that only infants and young children would wear.
"Bah! He deserves to die!"
Guo Hao looked at the blood-stained harvest in his hands and immediately guessed that these things came from the Central Plains and from the lowest class of people.
The original reluctance to the massacre disappeared, and what remained was only the resentment towards the Hu people. If you open the history books, what is mentioned are just a few words: exploitation and oppression.
Even this tribe in the Han territory had robbed Han people, which made Guo Hao feel even more hatred.
Fearing the appearance of other Hu people, Guo Hao and his party hurriedly looted the place and then began to retreat with the spoils.
For fear of alerting other tribes, Guo Hao did not even set the tribe on fire and left in a hurry.
Behind them lay a large pile of corpses and a ruined camp that reeked of corpses.
They hurried all the way without delaying for a moment. Guo Hao and others drove the cattle and carried food back to the village.
Seeing Guang Lao and others coming to greet them, the soldiers finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell into coma.
Before Guo Hao could say anything, he himself fell into complete darkness.
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Guo Hao climbed out of the game cabin, his face full of fatigue. The tense and exciting battle concentrated all his energy, and the sleepless journey afterwards also exhausted him.
He climbed onto the bed and fell asleep without caring about anything else.
It was not until noon that Guo Hao woke up driven by hunger.
After quickly eating fast food, he planned to log into the game, but found that his character was still in a coma and could not log in.
With no other options, I could only browse the forum to see the latest news.
It would have been fine if he hadn't read the forum, but after reading it, Guo Hao took a deep breath.
Near the seventh year of Guanghe (184 AD), the Taiping Sect was extremely active in various places. Unlike the eight states in history books, this time Qing, Xu, Ji, Jing, Yang, Yu... thirteen states were all involved.
[War Civilization] magnifies the scope of land and also magnifies the scope of human greed.
Originally, the land was enough for a smooth transition of the Han Dynasty. Even though the court was incompetent and there were many heavy taxes and levies, it was enough to support a family.
However, the noble families in the game are even more greedy. They stir up trouble over excessive taxes and levies, and abuse their power for personal gain, leading to serious land annexation.
The oppression of the common people and the poor was even worse than recorded in history books. Even though the government granaries and the granaries of wealthy families were piled with grain like mountains, and unscrupulous businessmen were even pouring the rotten grain into the river, the government was unwilling to open the granaries to provide relief. Their purpose was to drive up the price of grain and squeeze more profits from the common people.
The original 36 Yellow Turbans had chiefs, but now they have become 72. There are even a few players who have infiltrated to act as chiefs. Although they are in name only, it is still a position that is superior to others.
Moreover, this corrupt and incompetent situation of the imperial court made many players extremely dissatisfied, and they chose to join the Yellow Turbans to overthrow the imperial court and intend to rebuild the world.
Moreover, compared to the high prices for buying and selling official positions which were not open to players, Zhang Jiao of the Yellow Turbans was not stingy in teaching skills to players. A large number of players learned the technique of making talismans from the Taoist priests under Zhang Jiao. Even the most primitive talismans benefited the players a lot.
As one side gained strength while the other lost, players became more inclined to support the Yellow Turbans, and the Yellow Turbans, which were originally destined to fail, also saw a turning point in their fate.
Players who are familiar with the reasons for the Yellow Turbans' failure, through continuous efforts, not only supplied large amounts of food and supplies, but also withdrew the bad guys like Tang Zhou early.
The players who bet on the Han Dynasty were jumping up and down in anxiety, but without any fame and low status, they could not influence the overall situation at all.
On the contrary, all the suggestions made by the players on the Yellow Turban side were adopted by Zhang Jue. The entire Yellow Turban seemed like an enterprising new force that was rising , and all obstructing forces were paper tigers.
Moreover, the three Zhang Jiao brothers have repeatedly taken action to eliminate monsters, ferocious beasts, bullies, and bandits, and have gained a large number of fans.
Watching the video in the forum, Guo Hao broke out in a cold sweat.
Zhang Jue held the nine-section staff and swung it lightly. The sky became gloomy and several thunderbolts fell from the sky. All the enemies that were hit, whether they were monsters or enemies, were turned into charcoal by the thunderbolt. So far, no one could survive three thunderbolts.
Although Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao did not have the divine power of Zhang Jiao, the fighting ability they displayed was also inhuman.
Zhang Liang was a master of Taoist magic. With one move, he could turn beans into soldiers. Hundreds of Yellow Turban strongmen were willing to fight for him. Each Yellow Turban strongman was as tall as a human figure and could throw a hundred-pound stone with his bare hands as if it were a feather.
Zhang Bao rushed into a large mountain stronghold with a spear and broke down the gate of the stronghold with just one shot. A deep yellow light was shining on his body, and neither swords nor bows and crossbows could shake him in the slightest.
Moreover, someone in Liangzhou actually made friends with Hua Tuo by using medicinal materials, and someone invited Zhang Zhongjing from Changsha. The two great doctors were invited to Julu at the same time.
There was only one patient in Julu, the great and virtuous teacher Zhang Jue.
Seeing the word "medicinal materials", Guo Hao felt uneasy. Previously, someone on the forum offered 12,000 taels of silver for medicinal materials. Could it be used to treat Zhang Jue? No wonder it could be sold for so much silver.
Everyone can accept Zhang Jue's outrageous performance. After all, he is a great and virtuous teacher who was taken away by heaven, so it is normal for him to be a little exaggerated. However, the strength shown by Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao is simply a foul.
There are also videos of generals like Zhang Fei and Sun Jian taking action on the forum, but they are far inferior to Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao.
"It's all over now, how can we fight this?" After reading the forum, Guo Hao fell into confusion and could not find any hope of winning at all.
This time the Yellow Turbans are well prepared, and the player starts with at least millions of troops, and Zhang Jue is suspected to have recovered and returned to his peak state. As for the Han Dynasty's generals who have not yet developed to their peak, there is little hope of victory.
Guo Hao even had the idea of joining the Yellow Turban Army, but since he couldn't fight them, he decided to just surrender.
