Chapter 505: The Evil Eunuch is Finally Executed
"Who are you and why are you so suspicious?"
Facing Sun Jian's questioning, the black-robed Taoist laughed strangely and turned into black mist, retreating as he disappeared.
Seeing this, Sun Jian was about to chase after him, but Xia Yu took a step ahead, put his left hand together in front of his chest, and rushed forward with a knife in his right hand.
"Don't even think about running!"
The dazzling Five Elements magic was performed by Xia Yu in an instant. Faced with Xia Yu's Five Elements magic that far surpassed that of ordinary alchemists, the Taoist priest in black robe was a little surprised, but still had a smile on his face.
Before Xia Yu could get close, the Taoist priest in black robe suddenly burst out with evil energy. A visible black mist spread out and the Taoist priest in black robe also disappeared in the black mist.
After Xia Yu waved his hand to disperse the black fog, there was no trace of the Taoist priest in black robe. Only the gradually fading laughter echoed here.
"Tsk, you coward."
Xia Yu was extremely disgusted with Yu Ji's behavior of pretending to be tough and then running away, but his current strength was not enough to deal with Yu Ji in an instant. He just wanted to test Yu Ji's strength, but who knew that Yu Ji was so cautious and didn't even give him a chance to test.
I just don’t know why Yu Ji is still provoking a war, even though he has already taken Zhuge Liang away.
"What an ominous aura this is..."
At this time, Sun Jian also stepped forward, looked at Xia Yu and said: "I didn't expect that you would be so fearless when seeing such evil spirits, and even dare to attack them. It's really admirable."
Xia Yu shook his head: "General Sun, you are overpraising me. Although I attacked that guy, I obviously did nothing. That guy is not someone who can be defeated so easily."
"oh?"
Hearing this, Sun Jian asked curiously, "Do you know the identity of that person just now?"
Xia Yu nodded and looked towards the night sky. "If my guess is correct, he is the mastermind behind the secret assistance to the Yellow Turbans. Whether it is the demon soldiers within the Yellow Turban Army or Zhang Jue's final transformation into a demon, he should have been involved."
"He is such a dangerous person!" Sun Jian slapped his helmet in annoyance. "If I had known this, I shouldn't have hesitated. I should have kept him."
Hearing this, Xia Yu said: "General Sun, there is no need to regret. Since the other party provoked the war, they must have some need for war. As long as we trace the source of the fight, we will eventually catch that person one day."
"Hahaha, you're right. It depends on you and me, who will be the first to tear apart the darkness that shrouds the world!"
After laughing, Sun Jian's expression became serious: "We must report this to Commander Cao. Let's go!"
"Um!"
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The stars shining in the sky indicate the destiny of the world.
Zhang Jue, the chief scheming of the Yellow Turbans that brought disaster to the world, fell along with his fellow generals.
But the war has not yet ended, disaster and death are spreading across the land. The main culprits of the war are the profit-seeking eunuchs and corrupt officials.
Of course, these have nothing to do with Xia Yu for the time being.
Although he is a volunteer in the game, he is not that volunteer at the same time. Naturally, he cannot participate in everything. He has his own things to do.
After the Yellow Turbans were defeated, it was naturally time to distribute military merits. Those who had made military achievements in the campaigns against Zhang Bao and Zhang Jue should be rewarded with corresponding military titles.
The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the Han Empire succeeded the Qin Empire. The Qin State's military merit titles were divided into twenty levels, and above the twentieth level of military merit titles were the princes.
As for the twenty levels of military merit titles, the highest is level 20 and the lowest is level 1. From the highest to the lowest, they are: Marquis, Marquis of Guannei, Great Shuzhang, Shuzhang of Siche, Great Shangzao, Shao Shangzao, Yougeng, Zhonggeng, Zuogeng, You Shuzhang, Zuo Shuzhang, Five Great Officers, Gongcheng, Gongdafu, Guandafu, Dafu, Bugeng, Zanniao, Shangzao, and Gongshi.
Since Xia Yu won almost all the first-class merits in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he was naturally granted the highest level of military nobility, Marquis.
However, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the marquises were divided into county marquis, township marquis, inner township marquis, pavilion marquis, and inner pavilion marquis.
Generally speaking, the fief of a county marquis was a county, the fief of a township marquis was a township, and the fief of a pavilion marquis was a village. There were also different levels of fiefdoms.
Since Xia Yu was neither a descendant of an aristocratic family nor from a prominent family, it was naturally impossible for him to become a county marquis, the highest rank, right off the bat. It would be good enough for him to become a pavilion marquis, the lowest rank.
But Sun Jian seemed to have high hopes for him. With Sun Jian's recommendation, his title was raised to a county marquis.
Because his fief was in An County, he was also called Anxiang Hou.
"Good guy, now I have accepted Sun Jian's favor. Sun Jian is indeed a straightforward person. " Xia Yu put down the imperial edict in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.
Don’t be fooled by the word “Xiang” in the title of Xianghou. In fact, the title of Xianghou and Tinghou is the same as that of Xianhou. Both are marquises, the highest level of military merit titles.
Moreover, the marquises had fiefs. Although a township marquis only had four to five thousand households, overall, this title of marquis had exceeded Xia Yu's expectations.
As for the levels above the Marquis, that is the level of the princes. If you want to become a prince, without a good family as a background, you can only find a backer on your own.
However, when the chaotic times began and the warlords ruled the country, anyone with the strength could call himself a prince, and only with strength could one win respect.
"Kong Ming, what do you think?" Xia Yu handed the imperial edict to Zhuge Liang beside him and asked.
At this time, Zhuge Liang had begun to grow a beard in order to make himself look more like a military advisor, but he was still very young, and even with a short beard, his face still looked quite immature.
How to watch it? I want to watch it blindfolded.
Zhuge Liang couldn't help but complain in his heart that Xia Yu tore off the black cloth covering his eyes as soon as he came back and told him that with Master Zuo Ci, he didn't have to worry about the awakening power being out of control due to the disorder of qi.
But he felt quite uncomfortable when the black cloth that had covered him for so long was suddenly removed.
After sighing in his heart , Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said: "Since the lord has become a marquis, in my opinion, the lord can first organize the power in his hands to deal with the future chaos."
"Oh? Troubled times?" Xia Yu looked at Zhuge Liang curiously.
"Yes, the chaotic times!" Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "I have seen with my eyes that after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the eunuchs still maintained their corrupt politics, the people's dissatisfaction increased day by day, and the chaotic times of war became more serious."
"My lord, since you want to open up a new era, it is necessary to accumulate strength. Only in this way can you occupy a place in the troubled times."
Xia Yu nodded but did not answer, although he really wanted to tell Zhuge Liang that I know much more than what you see.
But what Zhuge Liang said was indeed correct. The most important thing now was to organize and accumulate the strength in one's hands, and it would be best if one could directly take control of Wan County in secret.
An County is in Lujiang County, and he doesn't know who the current prefect of Lujiang County is. He vaguely remembers that when Sun Ce was active, the prefect of Lujiang County was Liu Xun, an old general of Yuan Shu.
But no matter who he is, he is determined to take over An County. What he said is useless even if Emperor Ling of Han comes.
After deciding on the future development plan, Xia Yu immediately took action.
At the same time, all kinds of major events are happening in the world as time goes by.
After the Yellow Turban Rebellion was quelled, the White Wave Bandits and the Black Mountain Bandits who had echoed the Yellow Turban uprising still held sway and continued to kill and plunder in various places.
In order to guard against these rebels, the capital formed the "Xiyuan Army", an elite force directly under the emperor led by young talents such as Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.
In addition, the court adopted the advice of Liu Yan, a member of the imperial clan, and restored the provincial governor system, strengthening local military capabilities and doing its best to prevent bandits and new unrest.
The irony is that these measures also marked the beginning of an era of warlordism, but at this point in time, no one can think about the future.
In the first year of the Guangxi reign, because of the corruption of the eunuchs, He Jin, the emperor's brother-in-law and general, adopted Yuan Shao's advice and planned to purge the eunuchs.
However, Zhang Rang, who sensed something was wrong, took the initiative and killed He Jin, and through the power of elixir, he controlled the entire court.
Upon learning that He Jin was dead, Yuan Shao was furious and wanted to avenge He Jin. He and his childhood playmate Cao A'man sneaked into Zhang Rang's residence and successfully eliminated Zhang Rang and fulfilled his lifelong wish.
But what was unexpected was that while Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were fighting against Zhang Rang, the young emperor and a large amount of elixirs in Zhang Rang's hands had fallen into the hands of Dong Zhuo, a border warlord who went to the capital after learning of the coup.
The tyrannical Dong Zhuo successfully seized power over the world through the young emperor and numerous elixirs, further worsening the chaos.
As the war was approaching, the princes on all sides began to recruit soldiers and prepare for war.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao suspected that Zhang Rang's lost elixir was related to Dong Zhuo, and decided to raise an army to attack Dong Zhuo. Under the call of the two, various princes responded and formed an anti-Dong Zhuo alliance with as many as 18 armies.
In the first year of Chuping, Wancheng.
"Hiss...time flies by so fast. It feels like not much time has passed, but suddenly it's this time."
In the main city, Xia Yu touched the beard he had grown deliberately and couldn't help muttering to himself.
In this Three Kingdoms era, even military advisors would grow beards. As the lord, how could he be fair-faced and beardless?
Even the Liu Bei I had seen before, although he had no hair on his chin, he still had a mustache on his upper lip.
"My Lord, time has passed very slowly. You have already secretly taken over Wancheng. Do you still feel that time is passing quickly?"
Zhuge Liang couldn't help but complain that Wancheng was Wan County in Lujiang County. At present, Wancheng was still very peaceful and no one thought it would be a battleground.
But Xia Yu knew that the Sun and Cao families would engage in frequent offensive and defensive battles here in the future, and Wancheng would become a must-fight place in Jiangdong.
"That's what I say, but I always feel that it's not real. It's as if I got it in an instant, and then I was here in an instant."
Hearing Xia Yu's slightly pretentious words, Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes, too lazy to argue about the issue anymore, and spoke instead.
"My lord, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are gathering the eighteen princes to fight against the traitor Dong Zhuo. Will you not respond to the call?"
"Who said I won't go?" Xia Yu suddenly stood up: "Not only will I go, I will also fight this battle beautifully, after all, my big brother is there."
"Brother?"
"It's Dong Zhuo's adopted son Lu Bu. Tsk, such a proud man is actually willing to be someone else's adopted son. I really don't know what he is thinking."
Zhuge Liang looked a little surprised. It was the first time he knew that Lu Bu, the fierce general who could fight against ten thousand enemies alone, was actually related to his lord.
"Then Lu Bu is the lord's relative..."
"That's not the case." Xia Yu shook his head and interrupted Zhuge Liang's guess, and said again: "He is Hong Jing's biological brother and also my senior brother, but I have called him Big Brother before, so there is no problem in calling him Big Brother."
"I see."
"Alright, alright, it's time to go. If you don't leave now, you probably won't be able to see the famous scene. Kong Ming, Lu Bu is relying on you."
"ah?"
Zhuge Liang was a little dumbfounded. What did he mean that Lu Bu had to rely on him?
Xia Yu glanced at Zhuge Liang and said with a smile: "Although he is my elder brother, Lu Bu is still a general under Dong Zhuo, so there must be a battle between us, but I thought about it and realized that you can't rely on me for everything."
"Now that you, Kong Ming, have learned martial arts and special skills, you will definitely be able to kill Lu Bu with warm wine!" Xia Yu patted Zhuge Liang's shoulder hard and laughed.
Zhuge Liang felt cold sweat running down his neck, and said in a trembling voice, "My Lord, I don't understand what you mean."
"No, you understand."
Xia Yu put his hands on Zhuge Liang's shoulders and said seriously: "I will warm a bowl of wine for you when the time comes. You need to wait until you cut off Lu Bu's head and the wine is still hot. This is your assessment task!"
Zhuge Liang: “…”
I'm afraid you said it the wrong way. The real scene would be when Lu Bu cuts off my head while the wine is still wet.
Afterwards, Xia Yu took Zhuge Liang, who looked pale, and Hong Jing, who looked expectant, and rushed towards Sili.
At present, Yuan Shao's anti-Dong Zhuo coalition forces have already attacked Hulao Pass in Sili Henan Yin. Under the pressure of the large army, although Dong Zhuo has a large army of demons, he is still defeated.
I'm afraid that before long the enemy will retreat to Meiwu, leaving Lu Bu alone to resist the enemy.
Then there will appear stories that have been passed down through the ages, such as "Beheading Hua Xiong with Warm Wine" and "Three Heroes Fighting Lu Bu".
Therefore, in order to avoid being late, Xia Yu specially summoned the demon Suanyu to replace the fast horse to travel. It must be said that flying is faster than running.
Hulao Pass is located on the east side of Luoyang. It is an important pass guarding the road between the Yellow River and Mount Song. The name "Hulao" comes from the fact that King Mu of Zhou once raised tigers here.
Because the coalition forces of the Guandong princes and Dong Zhuo's army fought fiercely here, this place has turned into a tragic battlefield.
At this moment, under the crush of the armies of various princes, Dong Zhuo had already fled to Meiwu, leaving only Lu Bu to cover the rear and buy time for his adoptive father.
Currently, in the large camp where the eighteen princes gather, all the princes and generals are gathering together to discuss plans.
Some people in the field were frowning in deep thought, some were smiling but keeping silent, some were indifferent and indifferent, and some were just having fun, looking at the expressions of the princes and suppressing their smiles.
Xia Yu was the one who was having fun. He was sitting next to Sun Jian at the moment, looking at the expressions of the princes in the field, and trying hard not to laugh out loud.
The expressions of these princes kept changing, just like changing their faces, which made him laugh.
Only Yuan Shao, who was sitting in the main seat, and Cao Cao, who was sitting beside Yuan Shao with a confident smile, were able to hold up the anti-Dong Zhuo alliance.
"I have General Pan Feng! He can kill Hua Xiong!"
Here it comes, the first famous scene is here!
Xia Yu looked happily at Han Fu who was not far away from him, and the unrivaled general Pan Feng who was behind him. He didn't know how many seconds Pan Feng could last.
