Three Kingdoms: Ten Times Speed, Diao Chan Says I'm Too Fast

Changshan Kingdom, Shangai County.

Nearly ten days have passed since they migrated from Xiaquyang.

Nearly 600,000 Taiping Dao believers from Julu County walked across Changshan Kingdom to reach Shangai County.

Further ahead, you need to cross the Black Mountain, which is the Taihang Mountain range, to reach the Taiyuan Plain.

However, the entire route to the Taiyuan Plain was mountainous.

That night.

The countless bonfires lit by Taiping Dao believers outside Shang'ai County resembled stars in the night sky.

Looking down from above, the lit bonfires resemble a vast expanse of stars, stretching as far as the eye can see.

Dozens of miles behind the hundreds of thousands of Taiping Dao believers, there was another group of people.

The Liangzhou army numbered over 10,000.

At this time, the westernmost side of Shang'ai County, which is also the closest to Heishan Mountain, is where the Taiping Dao believers of Youzhou Camp are stationed.

The Taiping Dao followers, numbering in the tens of thousands, were mostly refugees from Youzhou, but among them was a Yellow Turban army of over ten thousand men.

These more than 10,000 people were the elite of the Youzhou camp. They could not be called believers of the Way of Peace, but should be called the Yellow Turban Army.

This force of over ten thousand men was Cheng Zhiyuan's elite troops.

They were all composed of young and strong men, and the vast majority of them were armed.

In addition to these, there were more than 1,000 cavalrymen among the more than 10,000 Yellow Turban soldiers.

However, more than half of them were nags, not warhorses.

More than 10,000 Yellow Turban soldiers formed a large camp on their own, and Cheng Zhiyuan's central command tent was located within this camp.

At this moment, braziers were lit on both sides of the camp gate, extending for dozens of meters.

On both sides were elite Yellow Turban warriors under Cheng Zhiyuan's command.

The tent doors open to both sides.

Cheng Zhiyuan, the commander of the Youzhou camp, sat in his tent with wine and meat laid out on the table in front of him.

Cheng Zhiyuan, with a full beard, was enjoying his meal.

There were two other people sitting to his left and right.

One was Deng Mao, a striker under Cheng Zhiyuan, and the other was a young man in his early twenties with a fierce appearance.

The young man was holding a roast chicken and tearing off large chunks of meat from it.

Two bites of meat, a sip of wine, and their mouths were dripping with oil.

Beside the young man were two meteor hammers.

"Come, Brother Bian Xi, I'll toast you on behalf of the commander."

Sitting opposite Bian Xi, Deng Mao raised his wine cup and said, "I have long heard that General Di Gong has a fierce general under his command. It is a pity that we could not meet him sooner, otherwise I would have brought Brother Bian Xi to Youzhou."

"But it's not too late. The fact that the Holy Maiden has sent the Bian brothers to the Youzhou camp means that we are destined to meet."

"This cup is for Brother Bian Xi." Deng Mao raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp.

With disheveled hair and wearing a black short brown top covered by bamboo armor, Bian Xi put down the roast chicken in his hand, wiped his hands on his clothes, and picked up a wine glass.

He drank it all in one gulp.

Bian Xi was originally from Bingzhou.

Later, he went to Wuji County in Jizhou to make a living.

However, he never really made a name for himself.

When Zhang Bao was defeated and retreated to Quyang, he began to recruit soldiers again.

It was around that time that Bian Xi joined Zhang Bao's forces.

Because of his bravery, he was quickly given a position by Zhang Bao.

pity......

Zhang Bao died, but Bian Xi didn't know the specific cause of death. He only knew that Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang died after Zhang Jiao entered the city that day.

Later, after Zhang Jiao entered the city, Bian Xi became one of Zhang Jiao's subordinates.

The reason why Bian Xi is currently in the Youzhou camp is that after setting off from Xiaquyang, Zhang Ning dispatched a liaison battalion of several hundred men to each camp.

Its function is to convey orders and to provide timely feedback on the situation in each battalion.

But to put it bluntly, it also carries the connotation of surveillance.

It has been almost ten days since Bian Xi set off from Xiaquyang, and he has been staying in the Youzhou camp the whole time.

Whenever the army stopped for a rest, Deng Mao would immediately seek out Bian Xi for drinks.

Bian Xi also loved alcohol and would get drunk almost every day at Cheng Zhiyuan's place.

As Bian Xi picked up his wine bowl, Deng Mao's gaze secretly fell on Cheng Zhiyuan.

Cheng Zhiyuan nodded slightly in acknowledgment.

After filling his glass to the brim, Deng Mao raised it again.

"Brother Bian Xi is also a man of strong character. Our commander said that he and Brother Bian Xi hit it off immediately."

"The commander-in-chief also said that if possible, he would like to petition the Great Teacher of Virtue and the Holy Maiden to keep the Bian brothers in the Youzhou camp and then govern the Youzhou camp together with the Bian brothers."

When Bian Xi put down his wine glass, he was stunned by what he heard.

She looked at Cheng Zhiyuan with a slightly surprised expression.

Jointly govern Youzhou Camp?

"Haha." Cheng Zhiyuan laughed heartily, wiping the wine off his beard, and said in a hearty manner, "Deng Mao wasn't talking nonsense."

"To be honest, Brother Bian Xi, I really admire you."

"The first time I met you, I knew you were definitely someone who could do great things. You had the courage and the vision!"

"If General Digong hadn't passed away so early, the Bian brothers would have become great generals who commanded a region sooner or later."

"It's a pity that General Di Gong passed away so early, burying the talents of a brother like you. Now you're just a lowly messenger. What a waste," Cheng Zhiyuan said, shaking his head and sighing.

Bian Xi, holding his wine glass, suddenly felt a sense of frustration.

Yes, he was highly skilled in martial arts and had great courage, yet he was assigned a lowly messenger.

Then look at Zhou Cang. He was not as good as him before, but he was promoted all the way and has now become the commander of Zhang Ning's troops, leading a battalion of soldiers.

In terms of skill, isn't he much better than Zhou Cang?

Just thinking about it makes me feel so frustrated.

"What can we do? They look down on us." Bian Xi picked up his wine glass with a sullen face: "Drink, drink."

Cheng Zhiyuan also raised his wine glass, then said with a smile, "Brother Bian Xi, there's no need to underestimate yourself. With your courage and boldness, you're bound to rise to prominence sooner or later."

"only......"

Cheng Zhiyuan paused slightly before saying, "But now is not the time."

"Come, come, drink, drink!"

After a lavish meal, Bian Xi, who had drunk too much, was carried out again.

Only Deng Mao and Cheng Zhiyuan remained in the tent.

“General, if we go any further, we’ll enter the Black Mountain.” Deng Mao said in a low voice, “Bian Xi also said that the Great Teacher of Virtue has not shown himself even once.”

"Your subordinate suspects..."

Cheng Zhiyuan's gaze sharpened: "You mean..."

Deng Mao nodded cautiously and said, "So many people saw the Great Teacher of Virtue being carried away that day, and then he never appeared again."

"Didn't Bian Xi also say that the Holy Maiden and that divine envoy have been in the Great Teacher's tent all this time?"

"General, this is a golden opportunity!"

"if......"

"What I mean is, if the Great Teacher of Virtue is really gone, then someone has to take over the Way of Peace. We can't let the Holy Maiden take over, can we?"

"Currently, the commander-in-chief is the strongest."

"Isn't this the natural thing to do?"

Cheng Zhiyuan narrowed his eyes, pondered for a while, then raised his head and said, "Then what do you think we should do?"

Deng Mao looked outside the tent, then got up and went to Cheng Zhiyuan's desk, bowing and speaking in a low voice:

"General, Bian Xi is a stubborn fool. As long as you keep deceiving him for a while longer..."

"If we use some more methods, he will surely side with the commander-in-chief."

"Then the commander-in-chief can use him to trick the saintess and that divine envoy."

"At that time, everything will fall into place naturally. With the commander's bravery, as long as the Holy Maiden comes to the commander's Youzhou camp, how can the commander not take her down?"

Deng Mao chuckled and said, "We'll kill that so-called divine envoy and then imprison the Holy Maiden here."

"Not to mention that the Holy Maiden is not yet married, the Marshal will marry her directly when the time comes."

"Won't the Taiping Dao be under the command of the Grand Marshal in the future?"

"With these hundreds of thousands of troops, the commander-in-chief could easily be granted a fiefdom."

"In this way, the commander-in-chief not only gained the beauty but also greatly increased his power. It would be natural for him to follow the example of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang."

"Chen Sheng and Wu Guang had only eight hundred men, while the commander-in-chief had hundreds of thousands of troops under his command. Why should we worry about not having a great empire?"

As Cheng Zhiyuan listened to Deng Mao's words, a glint seemed to flash in his eyes, and a greedy expression gradually appeared on his face.

After thinking for a moment, Cheng Zhiyuan said, "We need to find out the situation first, and see if the Great Teacher is really...."

"And Zhang Niujiao and his group..."

Deng Mao smiled and shook his head, saying, "General, there's no need to worry about Zhang Niujiao and his men. As long as the Great Teacher is really dead, and if you can control the Holy Maiden, everything will fall into place naturally."