Time came to October, and Liu Xin had learned about the different reactions of Liu Biao and Liu Bei for more than a month.

Almost all the Wu Dou Mi Taoists in Yizhou have been persuaded to resign. The die-hards who do not resign are now being strictly monitored. It is impossible for them to rebel.

Sizhou Cao Cao's approach was even more absolute. He decided that the Five Pecks of Rice Road was a cult. Once discovered, everyone was imprisoned and went to work with the construction team in Yizhou. Anyone who resisted would be executed.

The people are very dissatisfied with this, but what can you do if you are dissatisfied? If you are dissatisfied, you can leave Sizhou and go to other places to follow the Five Pecks of Rice Road to make trouble. Sizhou will not give you a chance anyway.

Liu Biao had also been persuading the people not to join the Five Dou Rice Road. He explained to the people why they should boycott the Five Dou Rice Road based on the propaganda in the Shu County Newspaper of Yizhou. Then when he saw the Five Dou Rice Road stronghold, he arranged for an army to guard the base and arrested anyone who was causing trouble. His attitude was kinder than Cao Cao's.

Much.

Liu Bei paid the price of tens of thousands of soldier casualties to retake most of the occupied Yangzhou from Liu Biao. Only Danchun County and Lujiang County were still in Liu Biao's hands. The rivers in these two counties ran through the entire county. It would be difficult to get here without ships.

Since Liu Biao's naval force was the strongest in the world, Liu Bei did not dare to let his soldiers enter these two counties at will. He could only station troops and train his navy in the northern part of Yuzhang County. Guan Yu was sent to take charge here.

The Five Pecks of Rice Road in Xuzhou became more and more rampant. The people felt that there was an omnipotent heavenly master Zhang Lu behind them, and they were even more unscrupulous in causing trouble. However, Liu Bei paid little attention to this. His officials did not have enough troops, so they only

The people outside the city were allowed to cause trouble, but in October officials could not even go out of the city to collect taxes. Liu Bei's grain tax revenue this year was less than 30% of last year's.

Seeing this, Liu Bei also felt a little regretful. He now only hopes that the Five Pecks of Rice Road will be in Jingzhou and Yizhou will also cause trouble, so that everyone will be in chaos. It doesn't matter if he develops the navy in Yangzhou, and the navy in the south is the key.

Pang Tong rarely gave him advice anymore, and Liu Bei also felt Pang Tong's dissatisfaction with him. He could only continue to wait for opportunities to come after this crisis. Liu Bei knew that Pang Tong also wanted him to submit to Liu Xin.

However, in mid-October, the news of Zhang Lu's uprising in Yizhou was getting closer and closer. There was no news about the Five Dou Rice Road in other states. However, the Five Dou Rice Road in Yuzhou was so rampant that it began to attack the county. It seemed that Zhang Lu was about to take control.

I can no longer control my own congregation.

But at this time, Zhang Lu was furious in Xuzhou. He had lost control of all the ministries in Yuzhou. Forces had penetrated into their religion. A large number of his middle-level managers were assassinated. Now more than 70% of the strongholds in Yuzhou are

They are all in the hands of unknown forces, and the entire Yuzhou has lost his control.

At this time, only Liu Xin could be so generous and could shake the rule of Wu Dou Mi Dao in Yuzhou. Liu Xin did not know how many conspirators were arranged under him. Zhang Lu knew that Liu Xin would definitely kill him, so he no longer dared to show his face.

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Zhang Lu had no choice but to take action this year. Yizhou is getting stronger and stronger, and there is no trace of chaos. Zhang Lu is now 45 years old. If he waits any longer, he may not have any chance.

With the attention of everyone in the world, the time comes to October 19th. At this time, the autumn harvest has ended, and it is the last time for the government to collect grain taxes. Yizhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Sizhou, Jizhou

At the same time in the Eight Prefectures, there was an uprising among the Five Dou Rice Taoists. They gathered together to attack nearby villagers, and then forced these villagers to take out Five Dou Rice to join their sect.

Although some people were reluctant, they all took out rice at this time, because five buckets of rice only cost a few cents, and it was not worth losing their lives for this little food.

As for those who have handed in food and joined the church, the Five Pecks of Rice will indeed not attack them anymore. Instead, it will send priests to treat their illnesses and solve their difficulties. This makes the Five Pecks of Rice spread even more widely among the poor people.

When the number of Five Pecks of Rice Taoists in a county increased, Zhang Lu saw that it had become a force, so he sent elite soldiers who had been trained in the past few years to help attack the county. After taking the county, they would kill all the wealthy families and rob them.

With their money and food, they forced all ordinary people in the city to join the Five Pecks of Rice Road.

This method of seizing the county seat is much stronger than Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Army. At this time, the strength of the world's aristocratic families has reached its weakest level. Coupled with the propaganda of the idea of ​​equality for all in Yizhou, even if the poor people have not reached the point where they cannot survive,

At this point, everyone will start booing.

Xuzhou is the fastest-falling county town in the world. Many county towns in Yuzhou were quickly captured by the Five Dou Rice Road. News of the Five Dou Rice Road siege came from Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Yangzhou from time to time. Everything in Yizhou, Jingzhou, and Sizhou was destroyed.

It was very stable. Although there were reports of riots on the Five Pecks of Rice Road, there was no such thing as an attack on the county seat.

"My lord, the counties in Yuzhou and Xuzhou are now out of contact. Many of our officials were killed by the Five Dou Rice Road. Many city guards have defected to the Five Dou Rice Road. Now the voice of the Five Dou Rice Road is also in the north of Yangzhou. If my lord does not pay attention, the two states will

The ground will definitely get out of control." Sun Qian came to Liu Xin and said to him.

"Is there still no news about the Wu Dou Rice Taoists causing trouble in Yizhou?" Liu Bei asked with a grimace.

"There are caravans coming back from Yizhou. They say that everything is fine in Yizhou. Only in the villages outside the city are the Five Pecks of Rice Taoist followers, but they dare not go out with weapons. The counties and counties in Yizhou have increased the penalties for causing chaos. There

Everything is fine." Sun Qian said.

"It seems that we have to wait for a while, let Yunchang go back to Jianye first, and we must not let chaos arise in Jianye County." Liu Bei could only pray that the noble families in each county could withstand the attack of the Five Pecks of Rice Road, as long as the county town was not destroyed.

If it's more, he can still accept it.

Liu Bei has been waiting for news from all parties, and is also asking people to inquire about Zhang Lu's location. He hopes to form an alliance with Zhang Lu, but how can Zhang Lu appear at this time?

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Everyone in the world is targeting the Five Dou Rice Road. The chaos of the Five Dou Rice Road in Xuzhou and Yuzhou is getting bigger and bigger. Zhang Lu took over Xuzhou in just ten days.

Several counties and even Yuzhou have been completely separated from Liu Bei's control.

Zhang Lu's uprising did not meet his expectations, especially after Yuzhou broke away from control. He had lost confidence in the central and western regions of the Central Plains. Most of the elite troops were in Yangzhou, Xuzhou, Jizhou and even Qingzhou on the eastern coast. Zhang Lu also wanted to

Understand, now that Liu Xin is powerful, he should deploy his forces along the coast. He can control the people along the coast and stay away from Liu Xin and cut off all contact with the outside world.

Winter is coming soon, and the Little Ice Age has not completely passed. In December, snow begins to fall in all states and counties in the Central Plains. The war cannot continue. This year, all parties have seen the strength of the Five Pecks of Rice Road. They control the people's Taiping Road than Zhangjiao.

But it is much stronger, and the weapons and equipment are more sophisticated. There are no natural disasters and food shortages now, and the power of Five Pecks of Rice suddenly exceeds the power of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Everyone is preparing for next year. Liu Xin has not returned to Chengdu County in Rui County. This time, Zhang Xiao led the Jin Yiwei and the Yuzhou underground organization personnel to control the Five Pecks of Rice Road. As a result, Zhang and Lu's forces were unable to connect and had abandoned the western states and counties. Such treatment for Liu

Xin no longer poses much of a threat.

Yuzhou is still apparently under the control of Wu Dou Mi Road. Liu Xin is considering how to resettle Yuzhou. Should he send troops to occupy it now and send officials?

"Lord, we are just around the corner to capture Yuzhou. Although the population of Yuzhou is only over two million, its area is not very large. There is only Xiangyang County between Nanjun and Nanyang. If we send troops from Nanjun, I believe Liu Biao will not do it.

What will you say.

If we capture Yuzhou, we will be able to border Yanzhou. By then, we can sell Yizhou products to Jingzhou and Qingzhou through Yuzhou. Capturing Yuzhou next year will cost us a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, but considering the long-term interests, we should send troops to capture it.

Yuzhou." Cheng Yu came to Ruixian County with a group of officials from the Prefectural Mufu, and together they discussed with Liu Xin the matter of laying down the five pecks of rice.

"Yizhou is now developing steadily, people live and work in peace and contentment, and the population is growing rapidly. By the end of this year, the population of Yizhou will exceed 44 million, but only 47% of them are over 16 years old, which is less than half of the total population. A pair of

The average couple has six children, and many couples have more than ten children. The population seems to be large, but the labor force is not very sufficient. If Yuzhou is built again, how many people will we have to send there? This will have a great impact on our Yizhou.

"Huang Xu said, he does not want to send troops to Yuzhou, stabilizing the situation in Yizhou is now the key.

"But regardless of Yuzhou, should Commander Zhang Xiao continue to lead Yuzhou as a five-douchin man? If the people of Yuzhou stop farming next spring, the situation in Yuzhou will become increasingly chaotic, which we don't want to see." Zhang

Song said.

"This year our railway has been built to Nanqiang City, and by the end of next year it will be built to the northwest border of Nanqiang County. The state pastoral office plans to build a large city of 300,000 people there in Dingqiang City within two years. If we fight on two fronts

We still need to carry out construction, which will affect the development of our Yizhou." Lu Yu said at this time that he did not agree to send troops.

"Fengxiao, tell me what you think!" Liu Xin said, looking at Guo Jia who was silent on the side.

"Back to my lord! I think we must send troops this time," Guo Jia said.

"Tell me what you think!" Liu Xin said to Guo Jia.

"If we don't send troops and let Commander Zhang Xiao still control Yuzhou as the Five Dou Rice Road, it will make other states and counties feel that the Five Dou Rice Road is still powerful, and more people will follow him, which will encourage Zhang Lu's power.

Second, we can actually win Yuzhou without investing too much. The counties and counties in Yuzhou do not need to allocate money for development every year like we do in Yizhou. We also do not need to dispatch too many construction personnel. We only need to dispatch officials to be independent of Yizhou.

Just develop it. Yizhou can provide some financial support." Guo Jia said.
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