Chapter 0060 New Plan
As soon as the city gate opened, Han Zhan took the lead in riding his horse outside the city, pointed at the Yellow Turban Army, which was already in chaos in the distance, and said loudly: "Brothers, the Yellow Turban thieves are right in front of us. Today is the day for us to avenge those people who are in danger. Everyone should move forward bravely and never fall behind. Kill!"
As soon as Han Zhan's shout fell, Dian Wei roared, waved his halberds, rushed out with his horse, followed by more than ten cavalrymen, followed by more than two hundred infantrymen, and private soldiers from wealthy merchants such as Hu Cha.
Although there were more Yellow Turban soldiers outside the city than the officers and soldiers, they were no longer fighting spirit at this moment, and it was only a matter of time before they could destroy them. Therefore, Han Zhan did not charge forward, but instead headed towards Zhao Yun, who was immediately attacking in the distance under Rob's escort.
The attack of the city's officers and soldiers made the Yellow Turban Army, which had been extremely chaotic, become more and more chaotic. Their last bit of courage had disappeared, and they could only run around like headless flies, running toward wherever there were many people. For a moment, there were defeated soldiers everywhere on the battlefield, and soldiers chasing them everywhere.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the smart Yellow Turban Army quickly threw away the weapons in their hands and begged for mercy. Whether it was Zhao Yun's cavalry or Dian Wei's infantry, they ignored the Yellow Turban Army that was kneeling on the ground and surrendered. They only chased and killed the Yellow Turban Army that were still fighting stubbornly or running around. Seeing that they could survive by begging for mercy on the ground, more and more Yellow Turban Army immediately threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy to the officers and soldiers.
When Zhao Yun saw Han Zhan riding a horse with Rob, he hurriedly urged the horse to meet him. It was not until the distance was only seven or eight steps that the two of them stopped the war horses at the same time. Zhao Yun first turned over and dismounted the horse, inserted the steel gun in his hand to the ground, and walked towards Han Zhan quickly.
Instead of sitting on the back of the horse waiting for Zhao Yun to come to greet him, Han Zhan turned over and got off the horse, walked over and grabbed Zhao Yun's arm, stopped him from saluting, and said excitedly: "Zilong, you are looking forward to you. If you hadn't arrived in time, you would be in danger today!"
"Encourt," although Zhao Yun was also excited, he still bowed respectfully and replied: "Yun Xun has not humiliated his mission. He recruited 600 cavalry from Zhending to serve the mission."
"Zilong, don't call me a lord again." Han Zhan felt that there was a good opportunity in front of him, so he must seize it in time, so he deliberately looked stern and pretended to be unhappy and said, "You and I are the same age and have similar ambitions. Zhan wants to become a life-and-death brother with Zilong. I don't know what you mean?"
Regarding Han Zhan's wishful thinking, Zhao Yun said with some embarrassment: "Is this not appropriate, isn't it?"
"There is nothing wrong," Han Zhan said carelessly: "After handling the matter of the Yellow Turban thief, you and I will choose a good day to officially become sworn brothers."
Seeing Han Zhan so kind, Zhao Yun could no longer refuse, so he could only bow and bow and bow to him: "Since the envoy said this, then Yun would be more respectful than obedient."
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Han Zhan ordered people to find Hua Hu and asked him to assist Dian Wei in cleaning the battlefield, collecting prisoners, and treating the wounded, and then took Zhao Yun back to the county government office to meet Xun Yu who had just returned.
Han Zhan thought of those cavalry who were uniformly dressed and used Han army's standard weapons. He thought that the little money he gave Zhao Yun would be good enough to recruit hundreds of people. How could he equip them with such good horses, as well as the standard weapons and armor of officers and soldiers. He couldn't help but ask Zhao Yun curiously: "Zilong, why are the Yi soldiers you recruited this time wearing official army uniforms?"
"The envoy is unaware that when Yun returned to Zhending to recruit Yi soldiers, he received help from noble people." Zhao Yun explained to Han Zhan: "Originally, with the help of his brother, Yun only recruited 500 infantrymen, but when the magistrate of Zhending County Hu Zhi heard about Yun's recruitment, he went to his home in person. He said that when there was a great chaos today, I don't know who was the wise ruler, and the people were in danger of being in the uproar, so he decided to follow the place of benevolent politics. Therefore, he helped Yun recruit new recruits, recruiting a total of 1,000 infantrymen and 600 cavalry. In addition, Zhending Order also provided our army with horses, a large number of weapons, money and food."
Zhao Yun's words made Han Zhan jump from his seat, "What, in addition to the cavalry outside the city, there are another thousand infantry?" He asked nervously, "Where are they now?"
"The infantry was led by my righteous brother Xiahou Lan and my sister Xiahou Yun, and is still a hundred miles away." Zhao Yun quickly replied: "It will take two days at the earliest to arrive in the county of Sheguo."
"Envoy, Zhao County Wei recruited 1,600 new recruits for us, so that our strength could be improved." Xun Yu asked without any chance: "I wonder what your plans are next?"
If Zhao Yun had not returned to Sheguo County and had not told Han Zhan that Hu Zhi, the county magistrate who was far away in Changshan, supported him and helped recruit 1,600 new recruits, it is estimated that Han Zhan's idea would continue to stay in Sheguo County and slowly cultivate his own power. Han Zhan walked back and forth behind the table with his hands behind his back, and began to plan future exhibition plans in his mind.
He knew very well that before he left Jizhou, he was a rootless duckweed. No matter how good his relationship with those great people in the Three Kingdoms era, others would not defect to him. After becoming the county magistrate of the Sheguo County, although he had his own territory, his strength was too weak. He wanted to find talents like Zhao Yun or Xun Yu, unless he had a miracle. Now that he had just defeated the invading Yellow Turban Army, he had more than a thousand more troops, and finally had a foundation. What he had to do next is to consolidate his foundation, quietly display his power, and strive to have a place to live in the upcoming troubled times of the Three Kingdoms.
Thinking of this, he stopped and looked at Xun Yu and said, "Mr. Xun County Master, there are many bandits around the county town, and if they are not cleared as soon as possible, there will be endless troubles."
"What the envoy said is very true." Xun Yu expressed his agreement with Han Zhan's statement: "I wonder what you planned?"
"I plan to ask Zilong to lead his troops to clear out the bandits and small groups of Yellow Turban thieves, and use the method of suppressing and pacifying the enemy. Those who can be recruited will be recruited will be recruited. Those who cannot be recruited will be completely wiped out to avoid future troubles." Han Zhan turned his face and stared at Zhao Yun and said, "You must have worked hard for a long journey. Why not take a rest for two days before leading the troops to suppress the bandits?"
Zhao Yun did not say anything polite in a pretentious manner, but gave a deep courtesy and said respectfully: "Abide by the order of the envoy."
Hua Hu, who had counted the prisoners of war, returned to the county government office and reported to Han Zhan and Xun Yu: "Report to the envoy, county magistrate, we killed 2,617 Yellow Turban thieves in total and captured 2,524 alive, of which more than 40% of the injured were asked by his subordinates, how should we deal with these Yellow Turban thieves?"
After hearing this, Han Zhan turned his eyes to Xun Yu and said, "Mr. Xun County Master, there are many good people among these Yellow Turban thieves. It would be inappropriate to kill them all. Why not give them all to you and let them open up land and farm?"
"I am a great good deed!" When Xun Yu heard that he had captured more than 2,000 Yellow Turban prisoners, he thought Han Zhan would order all these people to be executed. Unexpectedly, he actually gave all the prisoners to him, and quickly said respectfully: "My subordinates must use all their own things and use their talents."
"By the way, Hua Zhengzhu." Han Zhan couldn't help but feel angry when he thought of the tragic situation he saw in the village yesterday. He asked Hua Hu again: "Has the coach Qu and leader of the Yellow Turban thief ever caught?"
Hua Hu shook his head and said, "According to the captured Yellow Turban thief, the Yellow Turban thief's coach Qu saw that Zhao County Wei came with cavalry, and felt that something was wrong. He quietly fled with four or five leaders, and he was missing."
When Han Zhan heard that the culprit of massacre of the villagers had missed the net, he couldn't help but feel so angry that he ordered Hua Hu: "Chief Hua, immediately post a list in the city and offer a reward for capturing the escaped Yellow Turban Thief Qu Shuai. He must live to see people and corpses, and live to be rewarded with 50 gold, and die to be rewarded with 10 gold."
Chapter completed!