Chapter 818

Zhang Jiao, with his eyes closed, leaned heavily on his staff to stand up, then turned his back slightly.

Duan Yu, holding his saber, understood Zhang Jiao's intent.

He carried his cold horizontal saber and arrived before Zhang Bao in one step.

"You... you cannot kill me!"

Seeing that he was about to die, fear finally appeared in Zhang Bao's eyes.

"Whatever he can give you, I can give you too!"

"Don't kill me, I can let you lead troops, let you lead troops to attack Luoyang, I can give you half of the empire."

"I..."

Swish!

Duan Yu's blade swept past.

All the expressions on Zhang Bao's face froze at the very moment Duan Yu's blade swept past.

It was over.

Zhang Jiao, with his back to Zhang Bao's corpse, took a deep breath, his body swaying slightly.

With both Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang dead, the Huang Jin Army in Xiaquyang City was left without a leader.

And since Zhang Jiao was nominally the founder of the Taiping Dao, he faced almost no resistance when taking over the Xiaquyang Huang Jin Army.

As for the confidants Zhang Bao had raised for many years, they had already been slaughtered by the Liangzhou elite led by Zhang Xiu after Zhang Jiao led his main force into Xiaquyang.

In an instant, the number of Huang Jin soldiers in Xiaquyang surged to over two hundred thousand.

And just after Zhang Jiao took over the Huang Jin Army in Xiaquyang, another force that had moved south from Youzhou, led by Channel Commander Cheng Zhiyuan, also entered the territory of Jizhou.

With this, the number of Huang Jin soldiers within Jizhou surged to over three hundred thousand!

Moreover, on the second day after occupying Xiaquyang, Zhang Jiao sent word to the world, calling for the followers of the Taiping Dao in Yanzhou and Qingzhou to come to Jizhou.

Suddenly, once this news from Zhang Jiao was released and the fact that hundreds of thousands of Huang Jin soldiers had gathered in Xiaquyang spread, the entire Jizhou was thrown into chaos.

Especially in the two regions near Xiaquyang: Zhongshan State and Changshan State.

Zhongshan State, Wuji County.

Wuji County was only a few dozen miles away from Xiaquyang.

A few days ago, when Xiaquyang was occupied by Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, Wuji County was filled with panic.

Because Huang Jin soldiers appeared near Wuji County from time to time, the city gates of Wuji County had remained tightly closed.

However, for the past two days, the entire Wuji County had been shrouded in fear.

With the number of Huang Jin soldiers in Xiaquyang surging, the officials in Wuji County had begun to worry.

They worried about whether the Huang Jin Army would move north to attack Wuji County.

After all, hundreds of thousands of people needed food and drink, and Wuji County was home to the Zhongshan Zhen clan, the largest merchant family in all of Jizhou and the wealthiest in terms of money and grain.

In front of an independent courtyard in the back residence of the Zhen clan's fortified manor.

A young general, no more than twenty years old, holding a silver spear and wearing a white robe, stood before the courtyard gate.

Besides him, several guards stood behind the young general.

It was nearing noon.

The courtyard gate opened.

Zhen Jiang, who had been under house arrest in the side courtyard for over a month, walked out from the gate with two maids.

Seeing Zhen Jiang, Zhao Yun, who was standing at the gate, hurriedly cupped his hands in salute: "Eldest Miss."

Zhen Jiang nodded with a smile: "Zilong, you've worked hard; this past month, it's all thanks to you."

Zhao Yun scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Why did Eldest Miss come out today?" Zhao Yun asked.

Zhen Jiang gave a knowing smile and said: "Jia Dong sent word, saying that..."

At this point, a look of anticipation and longing appeared on Zhen Jiang's face.

"Saying that the Former General is coming."