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

"Please, Your Highness, Prince Liang, take control of Hanzhong."

Su Gu stood in front of the hall, clasped his hands in a gesture of respect, and bowed to Duan Yu.

Duan Yu stopped and looked at Su Gu with a smile.

Diligent and honest, but not stupid.

Have principles and bottom lines, but don't be blindly loyal.

He is a malleable talent.

Seeing that Su Gu had submitted, everyone in the hall quickly stood up and bowed to Duan Yu.

"Please, Your Highness, Prince Liang, take control of Hanzhong."

"Please, Your Highness, Prince Liang, take control of Hanzhong."

Under the night.

The inner courtyard of Zhang Lu's residence.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Duan Yu has now usurped the position.

Zhang Lu's enormous mansion has now been 'occupied' by Duan Yu.

Apart from Duan Yu, everyone who was invited to the banquet tonight, including Su Gu, is temporarily not allowed to leave this mansion.

This is just in case.

Although Su Gu had already captured Hanzhong.

But Duan Yu did not let his guard down.

So far, he and the assassins from the Military Affairs Bureau are the only ones in Nanzheng City.

If someone changes their mind, then all the effort put into this plan will have been wasted.

At that point, we will inevitably have to resort to force to take it.

Just now, Duan Yu ordered Liu Baitu to deliver a message to Tie Shitou, Zhao Yun, and Zhao Feng, who were already prepared, and also sent two of Su Gu's trusted men straight to Hanzhong.

With Su Gu's military seal and documents, as well as Su Gu's trusted subordinates, Tie Shitou, Zhao Yun, and others would not be hindered from leading their troops into Hanzhong.

In the master bedroom of the inner courtyard, Duan Yu was completely immersed in a huge wooden tub.

The rising heat enveloped the room, making it feel like a fairyland.

The maid continued to add hot water to the wooden tub.

Two pretty maids stood behind Duan Yu, gently wiping his arms, which were resting on the edge of the wooden tub, with silk handkerchiefs in their hands.

Duan Yu, on the other hand, rested his head against the wooden tub with his eyes closed.

Behind him, light footsteps sounded, and Duan Liuqing, dressed in a white dress and clearly dressed up carefully, came gracefully behind Duan Yu.

Upon seeing Duan Liuqing arrive, the two maids immediately moved aside.

Duan Liuqing knew the two maids from when she was in Chengdu.

After smiling at the two of them, Duan Liuqing took the silk scarf from their hands.

"Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to get some rest?"

Duan Yu didn't open his eyes, but he knew it was Duan Liuqing who had arrived.

"You've come all the way from Chengdu, a long journey, you should get some rest."

Duan Liuqing gently shook her head, then wiped Duan Yu's arm and said, "Master, Qing'er isn't tired. Qing'er just suddenly remembered something and wanted to tell you."

“Master, although you have now taken Hanzhong, the road to Yizhou is difficult to travel. Even if we advance from Hanzhong into Shu County, it will still cost countless manpower and resources.”

"So Qing'er has a plan."

"That's how it is. Although Zhang Lu is dead, Liu Yan of Shu County doesn't know, nor does Zhang Lu's mother."

"If I go back now, continue to infiltrate Zhang Lu's mother's inner circle, and then seize the opportunity to kill Liu Yan..."

"no!"

Before Duan Liuqing could finish speaking, Duan Yu rejected him.

“It’s too dangerous.” Duan Yu shook his head and said, “You were able to stay hidden by Zhang Lu’s side before because no one knew your identity. Now your identity has been exposed. Although Liu Yan and others do not know what happened in Hanzhong County, it is inevitable that the news will leak out.”

"If Liu Yan and Zhang Lu's mothers find out, do you think you can still save your life?"

"Your thinking is not advisable. What if something happens to you?"

Although Duan Yu's tone was stern, Duan Liuqing felt an extremely sweet sensation in his heart.

In fact, it wasn't just Duan Liuqing who thought of it.

Duan Yu initially thought the same thing.

He wanted to create a time gap, return to Shu County through Duan Liuqing, find Zhang Lu's mother, and take the opportunity to kill Liu Yan.

But Duan Yu gave up after only thinking about it.

Hanzhong cannot do without him now.

If Hanzhong, which has just been captured, is not suppressed by a large army, it is very likely to be retaken.

This would be counterproductive.

As for Duan Liuqing's suggestion to return alone, that is even more inadvisable.

Liu Yan is not Zhang Lu.

When Zhang Lu came to Hanzhong, he was like an outsider who had just arrived. Even if he died, he would only be like tonight, when the tree falls and the monkeys scatter.

But at least Liu Yan's situation wouldn't be like Zhang Lu's, where it would end as soon as Zhang Lu died.

Even if Liu Yan were killed, his loyal subordinates, including his son, would rebel.

Duan Liuqing will surely die at that time.

"Rest assured in Hanzhong. After Zilong and the others arrive, return to Chang'an with me."

............

More than ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Ten days after Zhang Lu's death, the first cavalry force, led by Tie Shitou and Zhao Yun, arrived in Nanzheng City.

From then on, Hanzhong Commandery was completely occupied.

Inside the official residence in Nanzheng City.

Su Gu, along with Tie Shitou who had just arrived in Nanzheng and Zhao Yun, stood in front of Duan Yu.

"Su Gu, although I now occupy Hanzhong Commandery, you are still the governor. I am very reassured to entrust Hanzhong Commandery to your governance. The people here probably do not want you to leave Hanzhong."

"This is Tie Shitou. He has been following me since Jinyang for several years. Although he is still young, he is a veteran of many battles."

"I will leave him here to assist you as the Commandant of Hanzhong, to command the troops of Hanzhong. The two of you will work together to govern Hanzhong."

Duan Yu, sitting in the main seat, looked at Su Gu.

Su Gu looked at Duan Yu with a surprised expression and said, "Your Majesty still appoints me as the Prefect of Hanzhong?"

Duan Yu smiled and nodded, saying, "You have been doing a very good job. Why don't you continue to do so? Not only Hanzhong County, but all the people in the world need a good official like you."

"You've already been put to a lot of hardship by serving as the prefect of a prefecture. Do a good job, I have high hopes for you."

"One more thing, you can rest assured that I am not Liu Yan."

Su Gu quickly clasped his hands in thanks and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. On behalf of the people of Hanzhong County, I thank Your Majesty."

“Stone, there are many things about Lord Su that you can learn from. From now on, you will stay in Hanzhong and learn from Lord Su. You are not young anymore. After a year of training in Hedong County, you should know how to be an official. Don’t disappoint me, and don’t embarrass Hu Nu.”

"I'm entrusting Erhu to you as well. Let him train well under your command. Take good care of Erhu, and Hu Nu can rest in peace in the afterlife."

Tie Shitou took a deep breath and nodded vigorously, replying, "Your Majesty, rest assured, I understand."

"Ah."

After explaining the situation to Su Gu and Tie Shitou, Duan Yu turned his gaze to Zhao Yun.

"Zilong, wait for your brother in Nanzheng City. After the main army arrives, prepare for war in Hanzhong County."

"After I return to Chang'an, I will mobilize troops, conscript laborers after the spring planting, and then attack Yizhou."

"Work hard, and I'll be waiting for you to achieve great things and be promoted to a high rank."

Zhao Yun clasped his hands in a gesture of respect: "This humble general understands, Your Majesty, please rest assured."

After settling everything in, Duan Yu set off back to Chang'an that afternoon.

Yizhou was important, but it was not the main battlefield.

The main battlefields were Guanzhong, Bingzhou, and Jizhou.

According to the plan devised by Li Ru and others, they must take over Bingzhou this year and expand their territory.

Then, they split their forces from Bingzhou into two routes, one to take Youzhou and the other to take Jizhou, completely blocking the area north of the Yellow River and cutting off the supply of troops and provisions from Jizhou and Youzhou to Luoyang.

Thus, they swept through Hebei, occupied the north, and swept across the remaining prefectures and counties from a superior position as they moved south.

..............

April, early spring.

Jinyang County, Taiyuan Commandery, Bingzhou.

The warm April breeze had already swept across Bingzhou, but Zhang Yang, who was located in Jinyang City, felt no warmth at all.

Instead, I felt a bone-chilling cold.

Starting in March, the Liangzhou army began to assemble in Hedong County.

About half a month ago, more than 50,000 Liangzhou troops were divided into three groups and launched an attack on Taiyuan County, Xihe County and Shang County at the same time.

Upon receiving this news, Zhang Yang immediately sent a distress call to Luoyang.

With the military strength of Bingzhou, it was completely impossible to stop the iron cavalry of Liangzhou.

Moreover, it is currently spring plowing season.

With war underway, Bingzhou should forget about spring planting. Even if the Liangzhou army only besieges the area without attacking, the entire Bingzhou will suffer a complete crop failure by autumn.

Zhang Yang originally thought that Luoyang had already gathered an army of 600,000 to 700,000, and that it would send troops from Hangu Pass in Henan and Xin'an County to contain the Liangzhou army, giving Bingzhou some breathing time, and then attack the Liangzhou army from both sides.

But what Zhang Yang didn't expect was...

The reply from the Luoyang court was that he should do everything in his power to resist the Liangzhou army.

As for sending troops to contain and attack the Liangzhou army, not a single word was mentioned.

But Zhang Yang had no choice but to bite the bullet and order all cities to hold their ground and not come out.

But the Liangzhou army seemed to have gone mad, and in less than half a month, they swept through Xihe County and Shang County.

Now tens of thousands of troops are at the city gates.

At that moment, standing atop the city wall of Jinyang, looking at the Liangzhou army surrounding Jinyang from all sides, and seeing that the characters on each of the generals' flags were different, Zhang Yang's heart sank.

Has he broken some kind of divine law?

Why did all the generals of Liangzhou come to the gates of Jinyang?

Of course, there was some good news as well.

The good news is that Duan Yu didn't come.

But Zhang Yang also knew that as long as Duan Yu arrived, Jinyang City would surely fall.

This is where Duan Yu made his name.

The soldiers and civilians in Jinyang City basically had no will to resist Duan Yu.

Zhang Yang felt that perhaps when Duan Yu arrived, he, the governor of Bingzhou, might be bound by his soldiers and handed over to Duan Yu.

The thought of being delivered to Duan Yu a second time by his subordinates made Zhang Yang feel that defending the city was no longer of any significance.

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