Chapter 40: The Subduing Governor
In fact, Zhang Zhi had no time or opportunity that day, so he drew the second type of junk food that the pit system helped him.
The Han army arrived outside Qilan City on the afternoon of August 26th. Although the progress was smooth, they relied on the help of their internal support to enter Qilan City. However, due to lack of experience and lack of understanding of the terrain in the city, the Han army was unable to actually control the entire Qilan City, let alone completely eliminate the remaining enemies in the city.
As a last resort, the Han army fought overnight with torches, hunting down and capturing the remaining enemies of the defenders hiding in the civilian streets, as well as seizing the four gates of Qilan and the granaries, arsenals, and official temples in the city. Fortunately, the instant noodles that had been full of food these days provided sufficient heat for the Han army soldiers. By the time the second update approached, the Han army successfully basically took control of Qilan, captured a large number of prisoners of war, and basically eliminated the sporadic enemies in the city who were fighting stubbornly.
The same was true the next day. After finally entering the prefect's mansion, which originally belonged to Chen Can, Zhang Zhi also had no extra time to get entangled with the poisonous tongue system. He had to arrange officials and servants to post a list to appease the people in the city, organize people to clean the battlefield, open warehouses and release grain to provide relief to the people affected by the disaster in the city whose houses were burned by the war. At the same time, he had to arrange troops to guard prisoners of war, send people to closely monitor the path leading to Wulianshui, comfort the injured soldiers to reorganize the army, and prepare to fight against the army of Xi County, which may withdraw from the Wulianshui Road at any time. He was so busy that he had to seize the time to eat and drink water.
The matter proved that Zhang Zhi had to race against time. Just after that afternoon, the scouts sent out of the city sent an urgent report that the four garrison troops led by the county general Wang You had already retreated to the vicinity of Qilan on the Wulianshui Road. Zhang Zhi did not dare to neglect when he heard the news, so he quickly led the Han army of ten garrison troops out of the city. With the five garrison troops who did not participate in the battle yesterday, he hurriedly took the initiative to face the garrison troops, determined to eat the four intact county troops.
The Han army, which appeared like a divine weapon descended from the sky, immediately gave the army of Xi County a heavy blow. Seeing the Han army coming towards us, the army of Xi County went from Wang You who was commanding the army to ordinary soldiers, and none of them screamed in surprise, "Oh my God! I'm not dreaming, right? How could Zhang Zhi's thief army be here? Where is our Qilan army? Where is our Qilan army?"
To do his best, Zhang Zhi forced Chen Can to come forward in person and continued to directly order the army of Xixian County to surrender as the prefect of Ji Ke. However, Wang You still refused to give up. Not only did he flatly refuse to surrender, he also tried to lead the army of Xixian County to break through the north and flee back to his hometown in Xixian County. With no choice, Zhang Zhi had to order the Han army to launch an attack and use force to solve this stubborn enemy.
This was also the first wealthy battle that the Han army fought in front of the county soldiers after the revival. Not only did the troops have an absolute advantage, but the physical strength and endurance after eating a large amount of instant noodles had the upper hand. There was no difference in geographical advantage, and the weapons were finally on the same level as the county soldiers for the first time. In addition, the Han army's paper armor advantage, after a fierce battle, the Han army successfully annihilated the stubborn army of Xi County, killed Wang You in a formation, killed more than 100 enemies, and captured more than 260 people. Less than fifty soldiers of Xi County who had four teams escaped into the mountains and forests by chance, allowing the Han army to achieve the first annihilation victory.
After doing this, it was dark again. After escorting the prisoners back to the city, Zhang Zhi, who was responsible for heavy responsibility, still couldn't find time to withdraw the second type of junk food assistance.
Time was so tight that Zhang Zhi simply gave up. The next morning, Zhang Zhi still didn't handle the cheating system. First of all, he devoted his energy to counting casualties and counting the results. The result was quite good. The Han army's losses in the siege and blocking war were not too great. After two battles, the casualties of the Han army soldiers were only about one hundred. Although it was equal to the entire organization of a garrison team, the losses were far smaller than what Zhang Zhi had worried about before.
The losses were smaller than expected, and the harvest was much richer than Zhang Zhi expected. In addition, the city civil war and the city outside war combined, the Han army successfully captured nearly 600 county soldiers and captured prisoners of nearly 600 people. Even if they fulfilled their promises, they would definitely be able to recruit a large number of surrendered soldiers to strengthen the army with the delicious taste of instant noodles. At the same time, they also seized a large number of food, weapons and supplies in the county treasury, as well as the bows, crossbows, feathers and arrows that the Han army had always been in short supply, which greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Han army.
What made Zhang Zhi laugh the most was the population. Although the population of Qilan is not as good as that of Xi County, the largest grain-producing area of Jingke County, it is far better than Zhang Zhi's old nest. The registered population alone exceeds 8,000. In addition, the hidden population of the landlords and powerful people, the actual population of Qilan is definitely not a big problem, so Zhang Zhi even wanted to continue to calm down. After the population of Qilan was thoroughly investigated, he would draw the second junk food aid given to him by the pit system.
The only regret that Zhang Zhi was still unable to kill Su Ding, who was hated by the Han army soldiers, but there was nothing he could do. Su Ding was so slippery that he was really too fast. The county soldiers reserve team he led was defeated by the Han army. This man rushed to the stable with a few confidants to rob the horses and escaped. Of course, the Han army without cavalry did not have any chance to kill this Xiaoqiang, and he could only place the opportunity for revenge next time with great regret.
Cao Luoyin, the sacred household of the sacred family, was unable to catch it. Depending on the situation, Luo Yin, who was the first to persuade Chen Can to surrender, did not even return his family. He led a few confidants out of the city from the north gate and fled to the direction of Xi County, the main grain producing area of Xi County. On the contrary, the county magistrate of Qilan knew the general idea. Not only did he not escape in the chaos, but he also immediately took the county magistrate of Qilan and surrendered to the Han army after the Han army rushed into the sacred county temple, in exchange for Zhang Zhi to continue to take charge of Qilan's grassroots civil affairs.
While sitting in the lobby of the prefect's mansion, news suddenly came from outside the hall that Chen Can asked for a meeting. Zhang Zhi, who was discussing with Xue Rang how to appease the people outside the city, did not hesitate and immediately ordered the summons. Then, Chen Can led a middle-aged woman, a girl and a half-grown boy to the lobby. When Zhang Zhi looked at it casually, his squinting green bean eyes immediately frozen on the girl Chen Can brought.
It’s really not to blame Zhang Zhi for being lustful. The main reason is that this girl is indeed too pretty and charming, because she is located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and the ultraviolet rays are too strong. The woman Zhang Zhi saw in Wu Lian before was generally a little dark in no matter her age. This girl has no regrets. Her skin is so fair and delicate that Zhang Zhi rarely saw in the 21st century. At the same time, she has big eyes, small mouths, cherry lips and a graceful figure, which made Zhang Zhi, who was a magician in both lives, couldn’t help swallowing his saliva and felt itchy.
The answer was quickly revealed. Under Chen Can's leadership, two women and half-grown boy saluted Zhang Zhi together. Then Chen Can said again: "The Ming court is above, please allow Chen Can to lead his wife and children to thank you. If it weren't for the Ming court, you would take down Qilanjian City directly in a battle. The wife and children under him will really not know how much torture and humiliation they will suffer."
"Premier Chen, are they your wife and little family?" Zhang Zhi smiled and gave a tribute, but his eyes were still staring at the beautiful girl.
"Report to the Ming court, that's right." Chen Can introduced to Zhang Zhi one by one: "This is the wife Feng of the lower house, this is the daughter of Chen Jiao and the son of Chen Liu. Because of the lower house, they were all ordered to be arrested and imprisoned by Luo Yin the day before yesterday. Fortunately, the Ming court captured Qilan that day, so they did not suffer too much torture. Come on, madam, Jiaoer, Liuer, thank Zhang Mingting again."
Chen Can's family thanked Zhang Zhi again. Zhang Zhi hurriedly returned the salute and said actively: "Madam Chen, you must not be polite. It should be because I have implicated you. It's all my fault for reviving the Han Dynasty. I didn't consider your danger and forced the prefect Chen to come forward to persuade the soldiers of Ke County to surrender. This led to you being imprisoned. It was me who caused you to suffer."
After saying that, Zhang Zhi turned to Chen Can and said, "Premier Chen, the officials must thank you. Only today did the officials realize that you had decided to return to the Han Dynasty more than ten days ago and help the Han government rebuild the Han Dynasty. What a great determination and what kind of sacrifices you were prepared to make. Please rest assured that after the Han government led the Han army soldiers to rebuild the Han Dynasty, you will definitely repay the prefect."
"The Ming court is polite." Chen Can bowed and said solemnly: "Please rest assured that since Can has been surviving the Han Dynasty and has received much favor from the country, he will never have any worries in the future. He will definitely do his best to assist the Ming court in reviving the Han Dynasty, and to repay the Ming court's life and great grace of the court."
Zhang Zhi thanked him solemnly and said, "Premier Chen, there is another thing to bother you. Although there is little hope, I still ask Prefect Chen to write a pen. With the reputation of Prefect Jing Ke, I will issue an order to the other five counties of Prefect Jing Ke immediately to change their flags and return to the Han Dynasty, continue to obey the orders and commands of the Prefect Jing Ke's office of the Han Dynasty, and provide people to help our Han army rebuild the Han Dynasty."
"No problem, this is Can's responsibility. Can will give the other five counties of Ji Ke to order them to raise the Han flag again."
Chen Can agreed immediately and said, "But Zhang Mingting, as the saying goes, it is not right, but your official title should be changed? Otherwise, if you continue to lead troops as the county magistrate Wu Lian, you would have a small prestige and would not be convenient for you to issue commanders."
"Ming Dynasty, Prefect Chen is talking about the right reason." Zhang Zhi, the first civil servant of the county magistrate of Ke County, also said: "Chengdu is now broken, and Your Majesty has been robbed to Luoyang by the Wei people. The Han Dynasty's court no longer exists for the time being. The Ming Dynasty might as well act expediently and take a court official position. In this way, it can not only issue commanders to Ke County and various places in Nanzhong with legitimate reasons, but also facilitate the appointment of official positions, and promote rewards and punishments to be transferred to new and old officials."
After saying that, Xue Rang suggested: "If the Ming court thinks it is appropriate, the subordinate officials suggest that the Ming court might as well lead the general and record the Secretary of the Shangshu and the governor of Yizhou. How can we not only order civil officials but also control military generals?"
"It's so exaggerating." Zhang Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "We have just two counties. I led the general to record the Shangshu and the governor of Yizhou. Isn't it a big laugh if I laugh?"
"Which official position is more appropriate to take on his own for the time being?" Xue Rang asked.
Not to mention, Zhang Zhi really has a little political talent. After a moment of calculation, he said: "Let the surrender of the Governor. The position of surrendered by our Han Dynasty was established as the general supervisor of the military, political and civil affairs of the Nanzhong. Our current development direction must be within the Nanzhong territory. I will temporarily take the surrendered Governor and take the military, political and civil affairs of the seven counties in Nanzhong."
"Wonderful!" Chen Can and Xue Rang applauded together, and both said, "The governor is indeed very smart. The governor who surrendered to the governor is not too arrogant, but can actually take power. He can also directly issue commanders to General Annan Huo Yi in accordance with the national laws. The governor uses this reputation to command the seven counties in Nanzhong, which is the most appropriate."
"I'll change my name so soon?" Zhang Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "I haven't even cast the seal yet. Even if I, the surrendered governor, have to accept his appointment, if I want to change my words, at least I have to wait for the official seal to cast it, right?"
Chen Can and Xue Rang laughed together. At that moment, Chen Can immediately picked up his pen and still used the reputation of prefect of Jing Ke to order the other five counties of Jing Ke to surrender to Zhang Zhi, who was self-proclaimed as the governor of Sui Ke. Chen Can's family bowed and left. Of course, Zhang Zhi would not force himself to stay. He politely sent Chen Can's wife and children out of the lobby, peeking at Chen Can's beautiful daughter who watched Chen Can leave.
Zhang Zhi's true face of pervert who was patient, failed to deceive those who were interested. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Chen Can writing orders in the hall, Xue Rang came to Zhang Zhi and lowered his voice and said, "Governor, Chen Taishou is a senior official of my Han Dynasty. His father, Shangshu Chen, was of high power when he was alive, and had great connections with many Han Dynasty officials. If the Governor could marry Chen Taishou, it would be of great benefit to the Governor's great cause of the Han Dynasty."
Zhang Zhi, who is quite politically wise, was a little hesitant, but after careful consideration, Zhang Zhi shook his head and refused to say anything, thinking: "You can't consider this yet. Chen Can just surrendered, so I immediately forced him to marry my daughter. He would definitely think that I was taking advantage of others' danger, or wait patiently for a while, and wait until my power has developed to a certain extent before considering it."
On that day, Zhang Zhi was busy with many business tasks. In addition to arranging the envoy to carry Chen Can's orders and some instant noodles to rush to the other five counties of Jingke to recruit surrenders, he also summoned the main civil and military officials of the Han army and announced his decision to surrender himself. At the same time, he promoted the meritorious ministers and adjusted personnel. All the four generals Wu Ma, Zhao Quan, Zhu Xiang and Fu Gong who stayed in Wu Lian were promoted to the governor. He gave Xue Rang, who had been tested, served as his chief lieutenant, appointed Zeng Kai as his Cao Zheng, and Zhang Ju led the county magistrate of Jingke, and promoted a group of grassroots generals represented by Liu Ju who performed outstandingly in the battle. In addition, he reformed internal affairs according to the methods of Wu Lian, reduced taxes and bought the hearts of the people, encouraged the people of Qilan to join the army and cut down high-end wood for instant noodles.
Finally, when it was dark, considering Zhuge Liang's exhaustion and death lesson, Zhang Zhicai forced himself to let go of the bamboo slips that were still piled up and return to his room to have a meal and rest - completing the doomsday mission of the "Last Han Banner", it must last for a long time, so Zhang Zhi must take care of his body so that he can have the capital to fight a protracted war with Sima Jin and the Eastern Wu who were about to replace Cao Wei.
However, even so, after lying on the couch with his tired body, Zhang Zhi couldn't help but recall Chen Jiao's pretty appearance, and then he thought of the system of cheating on his father as a woman. He even said in his heart, "System, can you appear in the image of a woman? Although your mouth is vicious, your voice is still pretty good. After turning into a human appearance, he should be considered a big beauty."
To Zhang Zhi's surprise, the system of cheating father responded and said in Zhang Zhi's mind: "This system does not have that interest. Besides, even if this system can appear in a female form, what can you do if you host?"
"You can quench your thirst with plums." Zhang Zhi replied with a lewd smile: "In this era, there are no *****s from island countries, no model photos. It is too lonely to sleep alone at night. Looking at the system, you can imagine sleeping with you..."
"Enough!" Zhang Zhi interrupted with a sharp voice in the pit system and said angrily: "Please shut up your mouth and don't defile the pure heart of this system like the snow water in Tianshan Mountains! Also, host, when will you withdraw your second junk food aid?"
"What's the hurry? I'm not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry?" Zhang Zhi smiled and said, "It's not too late to wait until I count the hidden population of Qilan and then draw again."
"Host, your little abacus is pretty good. After counting out the hidden population of Qilan, you can get more free junk food aid from this system. Want to increase the aid cost of this system, right?"
The cheating system directly pointed out Zhang Zhi's vicious intentions and sneered: "If the host likes to do this, this system will not block it, but this system must remind the host you a few words, are you all fools when you are a landlord and powerful man of this era? Can they obediently hand over the population they have finally hidden and then pay taxes to the host? If you forcefully count the host, can they not try their best to resist and obstruct?"
"Of course, in this case, you can choose to suppress with force." The pit system smiled even colder and said, "But in this way, do you still have time to prepare for war and welcome the military conquest of the South Central Army? Does the host think that after receiving the news that you captured Chen Can alive, the South Central Army will ignore it and continue to give you a chance to develop in a vulgar way? I am afraid that at this time, the South Central Army, who sent Huo Yi to attack the host, is already on the way to advance eastward."
The words of the cheating system reminded Zhang Zhi, reminding Zhang Zhi that with the virtues of the landlords and powerful people in this era, it is indeed impossible to hand over the hidden population in their manors. They refused to cooperate and chose to suppress them by force. Not only would they waste precious time for military preparation, but they were also destined to offend the landlords and powerful people in Qilan. Then when Huo Yi sent troops to attack him, these landlords and powerful people would definitely stand on the side of the Nanzhong army like Mo Zhu and others to be enemies with him!
"No, I must solve the problem of hiding population in Qilan. I must be careful to solve it. I must not be careless and make the hilan mess up in the current situation of the enemy. The best way now is to quickly pull out the second type of junk food, take the real things into your hands and find a way to make use of them. Anyway, I can mobilize the people to cut high-end wood and sell them for high prices, and there is no need to care too much about the free aid of thousands of people."
Thinking of this, Zhang Zhi made up his mind and immediately shouted: "Come on, boil a few more pots of hot water, and then bring the bathtub."
When the personal soldiers outside the room agreed, the cheating system also angrily said in Zhang Zhi's mind: "Host, what do you want to do? Do you want to force me to see your ugly body?"
"I am going to take a shower first, and then pray for Prime Minister Zhuge and General's blessing, and then I will get a second aid." Zhang Zhi replied angrily: "You should be satisfied with the cost of aid you will reduce, right?"
"This is almost the same." The pit system snorted coldly: "In the sense that the host's conscience has not been eaten up by the dog, this host now sincerely hopes that even if the host draws jelly or potato chips, he can draw 30 grams of jelly or potato chips per person every day."
Chapter completed!