The joint investigation team headed by Chen Lin rushed to Mianzhu and handed over Zhu Jun's handwritten letter to Liu Yan.

Liu Yan was very dissatisfied when the leaders of the Guandong princes and famous court ministers and generals stood up to speak for Zhao Bu, so he had to postpone the liquidation of Zhao Bu, the governor of Bajun. Liu Yan may not want Yuan Shao to save face, but Zhu Jun is different, although Zhu Jun has now left the central government The imperial court resides in the county seat, but his influence among the government and the public has not faded at all. If he is publicly criticized by Zhu Jun, it is likely to cause very serious reputational damage.

Liu Yan did not dare to take this risk.

However, he was not willing to release Zhao Bu easily.

When things have reached this point, the conflict between the state government and the Zhao Ministry has become public. It is impossible for everyone to pretend that nothing happened and continue to work together without grudges; on the other hand, whether it is the distribution of interests of local powerful people or the interests of In order to maintain the prestige of the state capital and Liu Yan, as well as to reduce the risk of possible local separatism in the future, Liu Yan must achieve results in suppressing the Zhao tribe. After all, Bajun is too big.

In short, Liu Yan would not let Zhao Bu off easily.

Zhao's resistance and external pressure may at most slow him down, but they won't really stop him.

As a result, Chen Lin and Yizhou Prefecture began long negotiations and consultations.

Before the outcome of the negotiation was reached, two incidents occurred in the game, one of which occurred in Yizhou.

Hanzhong changed hands and Zhang Lu came to power!

Historically, Zhang Lu was a warlord at the end of the Han Dynasty. He divided Hanzhong and spread the Five Pecks of Rice Road in Hanzhong. He was both a warlord and a sect leader. It is said that Zhang Lu was the tenth grandson of Zhang Liang, a marquis of the Western Han Dynasty, but no one knows whether it is true or whether it is his own. Put gold on your face.

Historically, Zhang Lu's separatist rule in Hanzhong began in 191. At that time, Liu Yan appointed Zhang Lu as the governor's commander. Together with Zhang Xiu, the commander of another department, they attacked Su Gu, the prefect of Hanzhong. Zhang Xiu killed Su Gu and Zhang Lu killed Zhang. Repair it, seize its soldiers, and cut off the inclined valley road.

It is now the summer of 1911 in the game, and Zhang Lu is rising at the right time.

The process of Zhang Lu's rise to power in the game is slightly different.

Due to the rebellion in Yizhou, Liu Yan gave Hanzhong to Zhang Xiu early in exchange for five measures of rice to send troops to support the suppression of the rebels. At that time, it was Zhang Lu who negotiated with Liu Yan on behalf of the measure of five measures of rice. Zhang Xiu came to power early, so he omitted In the process of PKing Su Gu, Zhang Lu directly sent Zhang Xiu off to get a box lunch, captured his soldiers, inherited five buckets of rice, and called himself "Master Shijun". The subsequent process was similar to that in history.

Zhang Lu killed Zhang Xiu and replaced him, which was the following act of rebellion.

After the incident happened, Yizhou government immediately severely reprimanded Zhang Lu and threatened to kick Zhang Lu's ass.

Zhang Lu did not seem to be afraid of the threat from the state capital, claiming that the Five Dou Rice Roadmen were all ready to fight and that they were welcome to fight.

The soldiers and horses have not moved, but the words and cannons go first.

The spokespersons on both sides shouted at the top of their lungs, saliva flew everywhere, and they had the momentum to spray the other side to death with saliva.

Despite the scolding, Yizhou Prefecture and the Hanzhong Army never started a war.

The reason given by Yizhou Prefecture was that the mountain road was difficult to travel.

The Hanzhong Army occupied a dangerous pass. One man held the pass and ten thousand men could not open it.

Everyone knows that Yizhou is mountainous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Although Yizhou Prefecture has more troops than Hanzhong County, the geographical advantage is not mine, so what can we do? Let Chen Bingzitong intimidate Zhang Luna and make him suffer from fear all the time. As time goes by, the man will become sick with worry and die. At that time, it will be easy for the state army to clean up the mess and reorganize the country, and there is no need to sacrifice the soldiers needlessly.

Hanzhong used the power of a county to fight against the prefecture. There was a huge disparity in strength. If Yizhou prefecture did not fight, Zhang Lu had no reason to be stupid enough to initiate a war. The two sides fought for a while, and the situation gradually calmed down.

From the perspective of the NPC world, this incident seems very simple. Hanzhong changed hands and Zhang Lu rebelled.

However, many players know that things are definitely not that simple.

This is a play performed by Liu Yan and Zhang Lu.

It is said that Zhang Lu's mother was good at maintaining good health, "had a young face", "she also held the power of ghosts", and had frequent contacts with Liu Yan's family, so Zhang Lu gained Liu Yan's trust. Zhang Lu killed Zhang Xiu and became the prefect of Hanzhong. On the surface, it was a betrayal.

Yizhou, but as long as you think about how Zhang Xiu became the governor of Hanzhong in the first place, it is not difficult to understand Liu Yan's true attitude towards Zhang Xiu. To say that he has a close heart is undoubtedly deceiving himself.

Hanzhong is the northern gateway to Yizhou and the choke point from Yizhou to Sanfu and Liangzhou. Its strategic position is still higher than that of Bajun. For such an important place to be occupied by Zhang Xiu, Liu Yan had no idea.

Weird thing. But the person who appointed Zhang Xiu was Liu Yan, and Zhang Xiu kept his promise to send Taoist troops to participate in the war. If Liu Yan breaks his promise to deal with Zhang Xiu, he will definitely be disappointed.

Zhang Xiu is the founder of Wu Dou Mi and has a high prestige among the congregation. It is definitely not possible to take him down directly.

You can't do it forcefully, you can only do it wisely.

Zhang Lu's opportunity came.

Zhang Lu is a rising star of the Five Dou Rice Cult, and he is trusted by Liu Yan. If Zhang Lu replaces Zhang Xiu, it will not only stabilize the cult members, but also Liu Yan can rest assured.

Zhang Xiu died in a daze like this.

Without Liu Yan's approval, Zhang Lu could not occupy Hanzhong. After the incident, Yizhou Prefecture and Hanzhong had a verbal spat, which was just a way to deceive the outside world. On the one hand, it prevented Liu Yan from being criticized for crossing the river and demolishing the bridge and breaking his promise, and on the other hand, it cut off the connection between Yizhou and the imperial court.

, to realize Liu Yan’s ambition to separatize Yizhou.

After Zhang Lu became the prefect of Hanzhong, he quickly cut off the Xiegu Road!

The Xiegu Road is the only way to connect Yizhou and Sanfu. The road was cut off, and the imperial envoys going to Yizhou were intercepted and killed in Hanzhong. Zhang Lu did this, and the imperial decree could not be delivered to Yizhou. Liu Yan

In fact, the separatist rule of Yizhou was realized!

On the surface, Zhang Lu betrayed the Yizhou Prefecture, but in fact he was preventing the imperial envoys from entering on behalf of Liu Yan. Even if the imperial court wanted to open a road to Yizhou, it had to consider objective factors such as geography and the fanatical Taoist army with five buckets of rice, so it might not dare to act rashly.

Now that the power of the imperial court is in the hands of Dong Zhuo, it is too late for Dong Zhuo to guard against the princes of Guandong. How can he take care of Yizhou, which has not shown obvious hostility, and allow himself to fight on two fronts?

The imperial court did not send troops to attack Hanzhong, and Yizhou became Liu Yan's private territory.

Although Zhang Lu really separatized Hanzhong after Liu Yan's death and no longer obeyed orders from Yizhou, that happened later. Judging from the Hanzhong Incident alone, Liu Yan's move was extremely clever.

The Hanzhong Incident was actually somewhat related to the Zhao Division.

Hanzhong must be controlled by the state government, but Liu Yan did not plan to kill Zhang Xiu so early in the beginning. He originally planned to deal with Bajun first and then attack Hanzhong later. However, Zhao was as slippery as a loach and quickly turned around.

He moved around, fished in troubled waters, and Leng asked Liu Yan not to take him down until now. Liu Yan was not a rigid person. The Bajun problem could not be solved for a while, so he immediately launched a secret offensive against Hanzhong, and finally helped Zhang Lu do it.

Lose Zhang Xiu and win the first city.

The Hanzhong Incident has almost no impact on players.

Another incident is closely related to players.

After the end of the campaign against Dong Zhuo, everyone thought that we could usher in a rare period of peaceful development. It would be a long time before the next national battle, the Battle of Guandu. But leaving everyone idle was obviously not the answer. The game also prepared a series of special

Plot, when certain conditions are met, the relevant special plot will start immediately, making players' gaming career more colorful.

The first special plot to be launched is called "Summer of Pirates".

National system announcement: "Ding dong: Player territories and legion stations are booming, attracting pirate covetousness. Various pirate forces have decided to plunder the wealth of player strongholds, and the plot of the Pirate Summer has officially started."

As soon as the announcement came out, the player world was in a state of excitement.

"Summer of Pirates? What the hell!"

"Sounds awesome."

"Are there any pirates these days?"

"I don't know, it doesn't seem like there is."

"Is this a forced insertion into the plot of One Piece? The Straw Hat Pirates? Luffy! Goose Maiga!"

"Hey, wake up, there were pirates in the late Han Dynasty! You stupid humans!"

…

This is the first special plot of "Three Kingdoms". Before this, there has never been any special plot information on the official website and forums. Therefore, the Summer of Pirates has aroused great curiosity and attention from players. Some smart players,

After seeing the announcement, I immediately went to the official website to find information. Unfortunately, the official website did not mention anything about the Summer of Pirates. It seemed that there was no intention to make the specific information of this special plot public to the public like the previous national battles.

There is no announcement, but it can actually be regarded as a statement.

To paraphrase a sentence that often appears on the official website: players are invited to explore on their own in the game.

The silence speaks……

Before the players could figure it out, the pirates arrived.

Xuzhou, a territory near the sea.

A group of free players who were killing monsters and leveling up on the beach stared at the sea in shock.

A dark fleet appeared on the sea, heading towards the coast against the wind and waves.

"Is there any mistake, there are so many in one wave?"

"This battle is a bit big, and are the pirates coming too fast?"

"Kill them!"

A warlock player suddenly said: "Brothers and sisters, I have to withdraw."

Everyone was shocked: "Withdraw?"

"I have experience! I think it would be honorable to fight with pirates, so..."

"Look at your potential, which one of you here has no experience? You don't know what the Summer of Pirates means, so you're not interested in exploring it?"

The warlock said angrily: "I think so, but my experience is 98%!"

Immediately some people started to back off. After all, upgrading now requires more and more experience, and the fourth floor of the Yellow Turban Village was overcrowded. Many players had to give up doubling their leveling points. Upgrading experience was hard-earned.

Others cheered for these wavering guys.

"Afraid of fur!"

"You bastard of experience, keep practicing if you don't have any more experience!"

"The system announcement said that pirates covet the wealth of players' strongholds, and most of them go directly to the territory. Let's watch the show quietly here. The pirates should not cause us trouble."

"Yes, if we really want to fight, go ahead. You can take action based on the situation. If it doesn't work, retreat. You, a warlock, can blast from behind. It's relatively safer. Don't be afraid!"

It was hard to reject the warm hospitality, but they were lucky enough to think that a few players who wanted to retreat decided to stay.
To be continued...