Three Kingdoms: I choose Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao, why are you crying, Diao Chan?

Chapter 335 The most terrible natural disaster! (Thanks to Brother Marandu for the many monthly tickets support~)
"Xichuan Geographical Map?!"

Zhang Liao's eyes widened in surprise.

The biggest problem in attacking Yizhou is the terrain.

Many mountain roads are rugged and difficult to find, and even locals may not know how to get there.

This resulted in the fact that even though they had powerful weapons such as black powder, it was very difficult for them to transport food and fodder.

If it weren't for the wooden ox and flowing horse invented by the lord, the pressure would have been greatly relieved.

Otherwise, the difficulty of their previous attack on Jianwei County would undoubtedly increase significantly!
Now that we have this geographical map of Xichuan, it is equivalent to having a detailed route map.

By then, it will be much easier to transport food or launch a surprise attack!
Zhang Liao took the brocade box and was about to open it when he suddenly thought of something. He smiled and said to Zhang Song:
"Mr. Zhang has come from afar, please come into the village and rest.

"Hurry up and prepare the banquet. This general wants to have a drink with Mr. Zhang!"

Zhang Song saw Zhang Liao's worry, smiled and took the brocade box back from Zhang Liao, took the initiative to open it, revealing a rolled-up drawing inside.

Zhang Liao, who was originally worried that there might be poison in the brocade box, suddenly smiled awkwardly.

He then picked up the blueprint and opened it, and it turned out to be an extremely detailed map!

With this map, it will surely be easier to attack important places such as Luo County.

Zhang Liao put the map away carefully, then took Zhang Song's arm and invited him to the camp to entertain him.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhang Song suddenly raised his glass to Zhang Liao and said:

"With the geographical map of Xichuan that I provided, it is only a matter of time before you conquer Yizhou.

"It's just... I have an unwelcome request, I wonder if the general can agree to it?"

Zhang Liao showed a generous smile:

"With this map, my army will save a lot of time and sacrifice fewer soldiers!

"Sir, you should take the top credit. If you have any requests, feel free to ask!"

Zhang Song was in a good mood and smiled brightly:
“In fact, I hope that when you capture Liu Mao or Liu Zhang, you can… spare their lives.

"After all, they are the descendants of my predecessor.

"In consideration of the kindness shown to us by our Lord, I hope they can have a good ending..."

After hearing this request, the smile on Zhang Liao's face froze slightly.

Letting the enemy leader go would undoubtedly leave hidden dangers for one's own side.

Even if he agreed, Lord Chu might not agree.

However, considering people like Liu Mao and Liu Zhang, they do not have great talents or strong ambitions like Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Liao replied:
“I will report this matter to Lord Chu.

"I believe that as long as Liu Mao and Liu Zhang don't do anything bad, Lord Chu should be able to let them go."

After receiving such an uncertain answer, Zhang Song understood that this matter was not something that Zhang Liao, the third-in-command, could decide directly.

However, with the other party's help in persuading him, the chances of Lord Chu agreeing to this matter are not small!

Zhang Song toasted Zhang Liao with gratitude.

The next day, Zhang Liao brought Zhang Song to the city of Guanghan.

I saw Liu Qi leading a group of officials waiting outside the city to welcome him.

Zhang Liao personally dismounted and met Liu Gui.

Even with absolute strategic advantage, Zhang Liao still demonstrated his humble attitude to the fullest.

Liu Gui, who was originally a little nervous, immediately felt relieved when he saw Zhang Liao's courtesy.

I secretly praised Zhang Song in my heart for making the right decision!

Zhang Liao then led the army to take over Guanghan City, and captured another city and an army of 10,000 without losing a single soldier!
This is undoubtedly a good thing for Zhang Liao.

Because he knew that the reason why Zhang Song and his men surrendered was largely due to black gunpowder. The biggest benefit of this invention was not that it was invincible on the battlefield.

Instead, it will make the enemy terrified and give them great psychological deterrence!
Just when Zhang Liao was planning to wait for Lu Bu's army to arrive and then continue attacking Mianzhu County.

A terrible natural disaster is suddenly about to happen!
In the evening, when Zhang Liao was eating noodles in a noodle restaurant in Guanghan City, a dark brown locust suddenly jumped into his bowl!
Looking at the locusts kicking their legs in the noodle soup, Zhang Liao frowned, but still picked them out with chopsticks.

Just as Zhang Liao continued to eat the bowl of noodles as if nothing had happened, another locust fell into the bowl!

Zhang Liao was stunned for a moment, with a hint of anger in his eyes.

Although it is now late summer and early autumn, the crops planted by the people are about to be harvested, and the locusts are increasing in number.

But it is still very rare to see them appear one after another like this.

At least in the territory of Chugong, it is rarely seen.

But soon, Zhang Liao remembered the horrible scene he had seen in Bingzhou, and his face became visibly solemn!
He suddenly raised his head and looked around, and sure enough, he found a lot of locusts jumping around.

The sudden appearance of so many locusts in the city may mean that the locusts outside the city have become a plague!
At this moment, outside the city, there are tens of thousands of acres of fertile land planted with crops that are almost ripe.

Once all the food is eaten up by locusts, countless people will starve to death in Guanghan County and even the entire Guanghan County!

Zhang Liao quickly stood up.

Faced with this kind of locust plague that he had seen countless times in Bingzhou, he was very worried because he had lived too comfortably under the rule of Duke Chu in the past two years.

I almost forgot what the most terrible natural disaster is for ordinary people these days!

Taking away someone’s food is like killing their parents!
The key is that it is these disgusting insects that steal people’s food!

They can’t spit out the food they eat!

Zhang Liao hurried to the top of the city wall and saw that the sky in the distance was dark and it was flying towards the fields outside the city.

In this situation, he must do something!
After all, Guanghan City has been captured by him. As a general commanding the three armies and the people, he naturally has to be responsible for the people in the city!

Zhang Liao immediately ordered 5,000 of the 40,000 troops in the city to leave behind to defend the city.

The remaining 35,000 people and tens of thousands of civilians in the city went out in full force, carrying tools and rushing to the outside of the city to carry out the most primitive manual method of beating the fireflies.

Of course, this was not the first time that people had faced a locust plague, and they did not just fight them off indiscriminately.

They would use bamboo poles to hold up an eight-foot-long white cloth and chase the prey from three sides in the direction of the wind.

After driving the locusts to one place, concentrate your strength to kill them.

But faced with the overwhelming locust plague, many people were even shocked to the point of being unable to open their eyes.

Some ignorant people were even worried that they would be eaten by locusts, so most of them fled in panic.

Zhang Liao wanted to command these people, but no matter how loud his voice was, it was drowned out by the squeaking of the locusts, so he had to give up.

The 10,000 soldiers under Liu Gui were only slightly stronger than the common people.

In contrast, the 25,000 soldiers under his command were obviously much more efficient in exterminating locusts!

Zhang Liao was well aware that the difference in the quality of the soldiers meant that Liu Mao's army was no match for his own army.

Even without the appearance of black powder, they would not have been able to hold out for long.

But the birth of black gunpowder not only accelerated the pace of their annexation of Yizhou, but even reduced casualties to some extent!

Zhang Liao didn't think much about it and devoted himself to the battle to kill the locusts.

However, soon the soldiers began to lose strength.

The sky was filled with locusts, and it seemed as if they could never be completely eliminated. They kept flying towards the crops in the fields.

Just then, something even worse happened.

The soldiers on the city wall who had been responsible for observing the surroundings suddenly discovered that there was an army of more than 10,000 people in the northwest, rapidly approaching the locust-killing team!

(End of this chapter)