"Great Chu Xing, King Chen Sheng!"

"We will have food to survive the winter after breaking through Ruzhou Town and occupying the granary!"

More than 100,000 peasant uprising troops attacked the main city of the three major military governors. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's talents were used to the entire uprising army. The uprising troops were as crazy as they were, and they fought to the death to climb the city.

They had not had enough food for a while, and many people had frozen to death in the cold winter. If they did not capture Ruzhou Town, Wu Yuanji, the governor of Huaixi, and completely defeated the three major governors, the entire peasant army would starve to death due to shortage of food.

The rebel army, which lacked food, heard that Wu Yuanji's Ruzhou Town had a large amount of food, so they attacked Ruzhou Town as if crazy.

At this time, the three governors of the Tang Dynasty lacked food and many soldiers fled. There were only less than 20,000 soldiers left in Ruzhou Town. Facing Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's army of more than 100,000 were in danger.

"Come on me and kill these dog thieves!"

Wang Feng commanded a rebel army to climb the city and fought against the Tang army of the three major military governors.

Wang Feng drew his sword and killed several people, leading by example.

It is precisely because of Wang Feng's bravery in fighting that Wang Feng became the captain of the rebel army.

The defenders retreated step by step, and the three major military governors had to ask someone to raise a white flag and surrender to Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.

Chen Sheng led his troops to the granary and plundered the Rushui River Basin where there was the most likely food.

However, Wu Yuanji's granary was left with less than 30,000 stones of grain.

"Where did the food go?!"

Chen Sheng saw that many granaries were empty and furious.

He originally thought that capturing the territory of the three major military governors would allow the rebels to obtain food and supplies to survive the cold winter.

But the landlords' family did not have any surplus food.

Thirty thousand stones of grain may be able to survive the winter for tens of thousands of people, but for Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, who have a population of 500,000, it is almost a drop in the bucket.

The angry Chen Sheng and Wu Guang asked the three major military governors to be escorted to interrogate them.

"Did you dig a cellar and store food and grass privately?"

The three major governors looked pale: "Even if the battles are in the moon, the people are living in poverty and the farmland is deserted. Our soldiers have to fish for food. Where can they still have food and grass? The 30,000 stones of food and grass in the granary were also plundered from the civilians to defend the city. There is really no surplus grain."

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang looked at each other, and the three of them should not have lie.

The war in the Rushui River Basin lasted for two years, with millions of corpses and thousands of blood bleeding. Finally, a severe wasteland broke out in this cold winter, and food was short of all regions.

Chen Sheng had no food, and Wu Yuanji had no food, both sides were on the verge of collapse.

If it weren't for the wasteland that led to the peasants of the three major military governors joining Chen Sheng's uprising army, Chen Sheng could not win with the strength of the three major military governors.

"The food and grass are about to be exhausted. Even if we save money, this food and grass cannot support this cold winter."

"I can only try to get food from other places. Anyway, it's a dead end, so it's better to die standing."

After a brief discussion, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang finally decided to plunder food from other places.

The destruction of the three major military governors of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, occupied the upper reaches of the Ru River, had a relatively stable rear.

"So what should these three people do?"

"They exploit the people, and the people here have many complaints about them. It is better to kill them and win the hearts of the people."

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang decided to kill three Jiedushi to enhance the hearts of the people in this area.

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang also discovered that if these big landlords were killed, the people's hearts would rise significantly.

Wu Yuanji's face was pale and said to Chen Sheng and Wu Guang: "I know there is a land with a large amount of food and grass, which is enough for millions of people to eat in a year. If the king's 500,000 people get this batch of food and grass, there is no need to worry about food and grass for two years, and he can achieve great things!"

“Where?”

"Heluo. There has been no war in Heluo for several months. More than 100,000 Rushui refugees entered Heluo to avoid the war. They are willing to surrender to the king, lead the vanguard troops, attack Heluo, and open the way for the king!"

Seeing that there was hope of survival, Wu Yuanji and the other two volunteered to surrender to Chen Sheng as the pioneer of Chen Sheng's march into Heluo.

"You three serve as commanders and lead troops to Heluo. I will support you in the rear."

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang thought for a while and agreed.

As long as Wu Yuanji and the other two can plunder food, so what if they spare their lives?

Wang Feng was next to Chen Sheng and Wu Guang at this time. When he learned that they were planning to rob food in Heluo, he remained silent: "King, we only obtained 30,000 stones of food and grass. We should not let the soldiers know about it, otherwise it will inevitably cause the morale of the army. At this time, the soldiers should have a full meal, replenish their physical strength, stabilize the morale of the army, and then march into Heluo."

Chen Sheng threw a look of praise: "Zhang Feng, you understand the art of war and have a plan. I decided to give you the General Seal and attack Heluo together."

Wang Feng replied calmly: "Thank you, the king."

Wang Feng was originally one of the leaders of the peasant army. Among Chen Sheng's uprising army, he was like a fish in water and was appreciated by Chen Sheng.

Unfortunately, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang had the talent to become the leader of the peasant uprising army, but they did not have the qualifications to be a hero.

The rebel army broke through the granary of Ruzhou and finally had a full meal and the morale was high.

Human life is like grass, and it is already very good to have a full meal in troubled times.

More than 100,000 rebels absorbed 10,000 Tang troops from Wu Yuanji, and took Wu Yuanji's Tang troops as the vanguard to march into Heluo.

Heluo is already a paradise for the various areas that are fighting outside, with countless food.

After Fan Zhongyan's military farming, the grain output in the second year was indeed amazing. The grain and grass accumulated in the granary exceeded one million stones, and refugees from all over the country came to join us. The population of Heluo area increased from 750,000 to 800,000.

In other words, even if Zhang Hua does not try to guide Guanzhong and farm in Heluo, the population can continue to increase.

Jiang Qin was ordered to station in Yishui County and accept refugees from Rushui.

The population of Yishui County increased to 100,000, and the defenders increased from 3,000 to 5,000.

Since Jiang Qin guarded Yishui County, he has been training troops for several months.

County magistrate Du Mu was responsible for managing civil affairs, accepting refugees, and conducting military farming.

However, the news from Rushui is becoming increasingly unfavorable.

After Chen Sheng's uprising army completely defeated the three major military governors, he noticed the Heluo area with sufficient food and supplies.

Capture Yishui County and then pass through the narrow Yique Pass, you can reach the Yiluo Plain where Xia County is located.

"It is said that the number of the rebels of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang has reached 600,000. If they bring their families to attack, the 5,000 troops in Yishui County will be difficult to defend."

County Magistrate Du Mu was pessimistic about this.

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang adopted the tactic of the sea of ​​people, and their talent could also transform the township heroes into peasant uprising troops and strengthen their ranks.

The 5,000 troops in Yishui County are not elite, but are basically all low-level troops. Maintaining public order and attacking small bandits is OK, but it is difficult to deal with more than 100,000 rebels.

Chen Sheng and Wu Guang wiped out all the forces upstream of Rushui and seized a lot of excellent weapons and armor, which were no longer the early peasant uprising army.

"Seeking help from Xia County, Xia County should be able to transfer 10,000 troops, enough to defend this place."

Jiang Qin despised Chen Sheng's uprising army and believed that 15,000 troops could block Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's uprising army.

Du Mu made a deduction: "Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were not well-off, and we were strong and cleared. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang would definitely lose."

A small official from the post station came to report urgently: "Two lords, the lord decided to return from Guanzhong to suppress Chen Sheng and Wu Guang!"

Du Mu and Jiang Qin looked at each other. It seemed that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were in trouble this time.

Xia Town, Zhang Hua took advantage of the tug-of-war between Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and An Lushan, secretly led 10,000 cavalry from North Wushan Road, passing Tongguan and Hangu Pass, and returned to Xia Town, and saw the prosperous Xia Town.

After Zhang Hua left, he appointed Fan Zhongyan as the county magistrate and successfully upgraded Xia Town to a third-level town, which was at the same level as the current Chang'an Town of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

"The lord left for several months and fought in Guanzhong, and seemed to have grown up."

Seeing that Zhang Hua had been in Guanzhong for several months, his eyes became more firm and he couldn't help but feel relieved, and it was not in vain that he had been staying at home for so long.

"Thanks to Xiwen's loyalty and duty in these days, I can feel at ease to use my fists and kicks in Guanzhong."

Zhang Hua was also glad to recruit Fan Zhongyan, a talented person.

If Fan Zhongyan had not managed the rear and resisted the threat from Nurhaci in the east, then Zhang Hua was worried that there would be any mistakes in the rear and would not dare to attack Guanzhong at all.

"The lord told me to recruit 10,000 troops here. Is this going to attack Chen Sheng and Wu Guang?"

Fan Zhongyan can guess Zhang Hua's intentions from Zhang Hua's actions.

Sun Ce in the north and Nurhaci in the east, these two forces are not powerful enemies that can be solved with 10,000 or 20,000 troops.

After thinking about it, Fan Zhongyan only had Chen Sheng's uprising army, which was easily defeated by others with fewer people.

"Xiwen guessed well. Ten thousand cavalry is enough to deal with Chen Sheng and Wu Guang. The ten thousand new soldiers I ordered you to recruit are only used to assist in the construction of fortifications."

"In addition, we convene Chen Wu, who guards Luoshui County, and Zhong Shidao from Hangu Pass."

Zhang Hua returned to Xia Town and immediately summoned all his troops.

Chen Wu and Zhong Shidao were ordered to lead troops to meet immediately.

"Chen Wu, I never thought we could drink and have fun!"

Tian Rui was very excited when he saw Chen Wu, who was also handsome.

They were once subordinates of Sima Teng, the governor of Bingzhou, the Western Jin Dynasty. Due to the chaos of the times, they went their separate ways and the beggar army was divided into pieces.

Now, the two beggars meet again, sighing.

"Mr. Yang Ye!"
To be continued...