The strongest devouring system in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 246 Make a Big Money

After seeing Guo off, Feng Ji laughed heartily. He had really made a profit this time. Not only did he gain a large sum of money, but he also solved a major problem and could show off his face in front of his lord.

Feng Ji hummed a little tune happily, turned around and went into his room. After sorting out his thoughts, he ran towards where Yuan Shao was.

As Feng Ji ran into Yuan Shao's room, he deliberately tripped and fell. Seeing Feng Ji's flustered appearance, the unsuspecting Yuan Shao thought something urgent had happened and didn't mind that Feng Ji had come in without knocking. He quickly got up, helped Feng Ji up, and asked, "What happened? Why are you in such a panic?"

"My lord, it's alright, it's alright," Feng Ji said.

Yuan Shao was displeased: "Nothing wrong? What kind of behavior is this, all flustered!" Hearing that nothing was wrong, Yuan Shao was even more unhappy. This Feng Ji, who was usually very composed, was acting so frivolously today.

"My lord, good news, good news! It's good news!" Seeing that Yuan Shao was unhappy, Feng Ji quickly said: If you keep acting like this, it will really be pretentious.

Hearing Feng Ji's incoherent words, Yuan Shao said dismissively, "What good news? Yuan Tu, if you don't give me a reasonable explanation today, I'll punish you for your rashness."

“My lord, I just met someone I saw in Xianyang before,” Feng Ji said.

"Xianyang?" Yuan Shao asked Feng Ji with some confusion.

“That’s right, it’s Xianyang. He’s Wang Lang’s subordinate, the covert agent I developed last time. He’s here and brought us good news,” Feng Ji quickly said.

"Wang Lang is dead?" "No."

"What good news is that?"

"Wang Lang is willing to submit!" Feng Ji said excitedly.

Upon hearing Feng Ji's words, Yuan Shao was overwhelmed with joy. This was indeed good news that could make Feng Ji lose his composure like this.

Yuan Shao himself was quite excited. He said to Feng Ji, "Yuan Tu, you have done a great service this time. Tell me, what reward do you want?"

“My lord, now is not the time to talk about rewards. Besides, I am not serving you for those rewards. We should send someone to contact Wang Lang as soon as possible to discuss the specifics of our surrender,” Feng Ji said.

“Yes, Yuan Tu is right.” Yuan Dao nodded and said to Feng Ji, “Since this news was brought by your people, Yuan Tu, then the matter of contacting Wang Lang is entrusted to you.”

"Yes, my lord! Your subordinate guarantees to complete the mission!" Feng Ji immediately answered Yuan Shao loudly. At the same time, he was overjoyed. Wasn't the reason he had just risked everything to keep this matter firmly in his own hands? As long as Wang Lang's organization laid down their weapons, he would become the person who made the most outstanding contribution in this campaign in Yongzhou!

As Feng Ji walked out of Yuan Shao's temporary residence, he finally couldn't hold back anymore and burst into laughter at the door. It took him a while to calm down. "Hmph, Xu Wenyuan, let's see how you compete with me this time!"

Back at his residence, Feng Ji could not contain his anxiety. He had his servants pack a few changes of clothes and, accompanied by two attendants, went to the organization camp. He produced the order signed by Yuan Shao, which drew a platoon from the organization camp to serve as his personal guard.

The situation in Yongzhou is far from peaceful. Although there are official forces in the cities, there are still many bandits and robbers in the wilderness. Feng Ji has no ability to protect himself, so he needs to bring his guards to leave the city and head to Xianyang.

While Yuan Shao occupied Chang'an, Liu Bei also launched an attack on Hanzhong after occupying Nanjiang. In the Battle of Nanjiang, after waiting for Guan Yu to arrive, Liu Bei concentrated more than twenty cannons and bombarded the city walls of Nanjiang.

Lacking artillery, the Hanzhong organization had no means of retaliation and could only watch helplessly as the enemy's artillery ravaged the city. Finally, after several cannons exploded, the walls of Nanjiang City were breached. This time, Zhang Lu's organization was unable to salvage the dire situation.

After a bloody battle, Zhang Lu ordered the withdrawal from the city and abandoned Nanjiang. At the same time, he also transferred all the garrison troops of Wuxiang back to the city, which was his last stronghold. If Hanzhong city could not be defended, Zhang Lu had to hold it and inflict heavy casualties on Liu Bei's forces.

However, the artillery organized by Liu Bei during the Battle of Nanjiang left an indelible mark on the soldiers of Hanzhong. Although Liu Bei's organization only had about twenty cannons, their power truly instilled fear in all the Hanzhong soldiers who faced them.

This fear spread throughout the entire organization after the Nanjiang garrison withdrew to the county seat. By the time Zhang Lu learned of this, it was too late. Fortunately, the county seat also had some artillery.

It was over a year ago that Zhang Lu managed to get it from Liu Yu through persistent pleading. Although there were only eight gates, at least they were there. This helped Zhang Lu regain some morale and prevented his soldiers from losing their fighting spirit before the battle even started.

"We will definitely defend this fertile land of Hanzhong! This is the free territory of all of us, and we will not allow anyone to invade it!"

Zhang Lu claims to be a representative of democracy, but outsiders can see that the Five Pecks of Rice sect is a true religion disguised as democracy. Their democracy is really just a matter of a few bigwigs discussing and arranging things.

Yes, of course, at the very bottom level, some democratic elements are still present, and it is precisely because of this that the vast majority of ordinary people at the bottom have been fooled.

In any case, Chen Er scoffed at Zhang Lu's views on democracy. In an era where ordinary people couldn't even read or understand the true meaning of democracy, democratic politics was nothing but a fantasy.

"For freedom!" The followers of the Five Pecks of Rice sect, who had been brainwashed by Zhang Lu for a long time, were extremely superstitious about Zhang Lu's words, and they hated Liu Bei, who wanted to oppress them!

"Destroy the invaders!"

It has to be said that those who play with religion are experts in brainwashing. The followers of the Five Pecks of Rice sect were actually fooled by Zhang Lu's fraudulent democracy.

Everyone even firmly believed that Zhang Tianshi was a savior of them, otherwise why would the Tianshi not ask us for anything and even let us manage ourselves!

War was imminent. On April 11, Liu Bei led his troops to the city gates. Even those people in Hanzhong who were not followers of the Five Pecks of Rice sect were incited by Zhang Lu.

Under the influence of numerous followers of the Five Pecks of Rice sect, Liu Bei had become a heinous sinner in the eyes of the people.

Zhang Lu even spread rumors that Liu Bei's organization would massacre the inhabitants of any city they captured, and that if they did not resist, they would all die, including themselves and their families.