After returning to the city, he was in charge of government affairs. The first priority was to repair the city wall. As the army was training, they could not stop, so they could only recruit civilian workers to repair the city wall. Zhao Xin instructed that these civilian workers must be given preferential treatment and that they should be fed and clothed as much as possible.
On the other hand, Zhao Xin's request to Xun Yi was to improve the lives of the people in the city as soon as possible. He could not let the people die like before.
Due to the recent busy administrative matters in the city and the lack of manpower, Zhao Xin asked Guo Jia to stay in the city to help with the administrative matters. Zhao Xin had completely let go of Xun He and Guo Jia, leaving all the big and small matters in the city to them. He thought to himself, It would be a waste not to make good use of such a talent!.
After more than a month, the affairs of Runan City slowly got on track under the control of Xun and Guo Jia. The city wall did not look so broken, but it would take a long time to repair it. In this month, they only repaired some important parts.
The city was no longer as chaotic as before. Everything seemed to be in order. Seeing all this, Zhao Xin couldn't help but praise Xun He and Guo Jia's talent.
In the past month, the training of the army was in full swing. Most of the people in the army were already used to Zhao Xin's training method. Zhao Xin could basically be handed over to Taishi Ci and Dian Wei. The army had also formed a certain combat strength.
During this period, Zhao Xin frequently sent out scouts to scout for traces of the Yellow Turban Army. Before long, the Yellow Turban Army's tracks were firmly grasped by Zhao Xin. Zhao Xin felt that the time was ripe to deal with the Yellow Turban Army.
In the tent, Zhao Xin summoned Taishi Ci, Dian Wei, Guo Jia, and Xun Zheng to discuss how to deal with the Yellow Turban bandits.
Zhao Xin said,"This battle is our army's first battle, so we have to be very confident that we can hit it in one strike. We have to fight to solve the Yellow Turban problem in Runan!" "
"Now that Runan's grain is ripe and the Yellow Turban's are running out," said Xun,"the Yellow Turban's will certainly come to rob them. Our army can set up an ambush halfway and defeat the Yellow Turban in one blow. "
Zhao Xin replied,"This plan is feasible, but we still need to consider where to set up the ambush." "
Guo Jia said," My Lord, the Yellow Turban army claims to be fifty thousand. In fact, there are only ten thousand at most who can fight. The rest are the old, weak, sick, and disabled. With our current morale and strength, we are completely capable of defeating the enemy head-on." "
"In a head-on clash, our army will inevitably suffer some losses, but this can also test our strength and allow our army to gain more experience in actual combat.""Moreover, if we want to establish ourselves in Runan City in the future, we have to show our strength and let the people believe that we have the ability to defend our territory. "
"Wen Ruo, what do you think? "Zhao Xin asked Xun Dao.
"My lord is right. "Xun-replied
"In that case, please prepare the city defense equipment. Our army will prepare for war! "Zhao Xin said.
In the Yellow Turban camp, Gong Du said,"General, our army is running out of food. Now that Runan is ripe, we can rob it." "
Liu Pi said,"It's just that Runan has just added 5,000 soldiers. I'm afraid it'll be difficult for our army to take down Runan City with our strength. Even if we take it down, our casualties will be difficult to estimate!" "
Gong Du said,"Commander, our army is surrounded by Runan City. We still have the strength to fight. If we don't attack Runan, our army will starve to death." "
Liu Pi said,"That's true. Tell our brothers to get ready and prepare the siege weapons. Tomorrow morning, the army will set out." "
In Runan City,"General, the Yellow Turban Army has set out for Runan!" "
"General, the Yellow Turban Army has more than 15,000 men heading toward Runan. The army is 100 miles away from the city. "
"General, the Yellow Turban Army is ten miles away from the city. "
In Zhao Xin's tent, Zhao Xin said," Taishi Ci, listen to my orders. You lead a thousand cavalry to lie in ambush on the left side of the city. Once the bugle in the city sounds, you lead the army to charge out. "
"Dian Wei, listen up. Lead a thousand soldiers to lie in ambush on the right side of the central army. When the cannon in the city sounds, lead the army to kill. "
"I'll lead three thousand troops out of the city to meet the enemy. "
"Xun, Guo Jia, listen up. I order the two of you to lead three thousand troops to guard the city. "
Liu Pi led the army to the city gates and saw that the gates were wide open. The leader was wearing a silver helmet and armor, holding an iron spear and carrying an iron bow on his back. He led thousands of soldiers out of the city in a single line.
Liu Pi's subordinate, Gong Du, rushed out and shouted. The general did not answer. He rode his horse to meet Gong Du. In four or five rounds, he stabbed Gong Du under his horse. The general raised his spear and pointed. The army charged over. The general rode his horse straight towards Liu Pi. Liu Pi's heart was about to break. He turned his horse around and ran.
Suddenly, a cannon was fired from the city, and countless troops rushed out from both sides. On the left, Taishi Ci led the cavalry and rushed over. Taishi Ci took the lead and caught up with Liu Pi. After ten rounds, he swept Liu Pi down with his spear. The soldiers behind caught up and captured Liu Pi.
The general was captured, and the Yellow Turban army fled in all directions. In just an hour, they were defeated.
After packing up the army and returning to the city, the people cheered along the streets, competing to comfort the souls of the dead in the city.
In the tent of the central army, Zhao Xin asked Taishi Ci,""Second brother, how was the battle? "
Taishi Ci stepped forward and replied,"My lord, our army has wiped out three thousand enemies and captured more than ten thousand men. Only a thousand of them have escaped and captured their commander, Liu Pi. Our army lost 112 men and more than 300 were injured. This battle could be considered a complete victory. "
"Fengxiao," said Zhao Xin,"how should we deal with these ten thousand prisoners? "
"My lord," said Guo Jia,"we have captured the Yellow Turban commander, Liu Pi. If we can subdue him, Runan will no longer be plagued by the Yellow Turban army. "
"So, Liu Pi comes up again. "Zhao Xin said.
After a while, Liu Pi was escorted into the tent. Zhao Xin looked at Liu Pi and thought that this person was not afraid of death in his memory. It would take a lot of effort to recruit this person.
"I told you to invite General Liu over. How can you be so rude to him? Hurry up and untie him!" "
After untying himself, Zhao Xin went over to help Liu Pi up and said,""General, you're a monster. I was rude to you. I apologize on your behalf. "
After saying that, he was about to bow to Liu Pi. Liu Pi, this rough person, had never seen such a scene. How could a general be so polite to a captured general? He could not help but be speechless.
"Where do you want to go, General?" Zhao Xin asked."If you want to return to the Yellow Turbans, I will let you go." "
At this moment, Liu Pi suddenly knelt down.""I am willing to serve you with such courtesy. "
"Good, good," said Zhao Xin with great delight."With the General's help, I have nothing to worry about." "
"Come, quickly prepare a banquet for General Liu. "
Liu Pi said,"My lord, how many brothers were captured in this battle? I'll tell them to surrender." "
Zhao Xin said," Alright, I was just worried that this big problem in front of me would not be easy to solve. You go and do it. If there are any among them who are unwilling to surrender, you don't have to force them." "
"Yes, my lord. "Liu Pi left the tent.
The next day, Liu Pi reported that all the captured Yellow Turbans were willing to surrender. He also asked for orders to tell the rest of his troops to surrender. Zhao Xin did not hesitate to let him go. "Isn't the lord afraid that he'll never come back?" asked Xun. "
Zhao Xin smiled,"I've always believed in the principle of not using people I suspect and not using people I trust." "
Zhao Xin incorporated these 10,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, sifting out the strong and eliminating the weak, leaving 6,000 to be incorporated into the army. The rest were scattered in the city. These 4,000 people were registered and naturalized by Xun and announced the new laws in the city.
After six or seven days, Liu Pi led more than 30,000 people to surrender. In this way, the grain in Runan City was only enough for five months. It was far from enough when the grain was ripe next year. Fortunately, the Yellow Turban surrendered with two thousand taels of gold and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Thus, Zhao Xin sent people to buy grain while recruiting the Yellow Turban.
As soon as the Yellow Turban army was incorporated, Zhao Xin, Xun and Guo Jia discussed the report of victory. They said that they had defeated more than 50,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, beheaded 5,000, and incorporated more than 40,000. Runan was in urgent need of food and grass, or it would be even more disastrous. Another person sent three hundred taels of gold to Xun You, let him beat Zhang Rang and others, request to be Runan prefect.
Not long after, the imperial court issued an imperial edict, granting Zhao Xin the title of General Pingkou, Marquis Qi Liang, and Governor of Runan. He also sent someone to send three million coins and twenty thousand stones of grain. This reward was too generous. Zhao Xin thought that through Zhang Rang, he could really do anything.
Zhao Xin appointed Xun as the prefect engaged in, in charge of Runan government affairs; Guo Jia was appointed as the commander of the army, Taishi Ci as the commander of the army, and Dian Wei as the commander of the tiger.
Not long after, all the grain buyers came back and bought enough grain for 100,000 people for a year. From then on, Runan had sufficient grain.
Zhao Xin selected another three thousand men from the thirty thousand Yellow Turban soldiers and another three thousand from Runan City. A total of twenty thousand soldiers trained day and night according to the previous method. Zhao Xin selected the elite soldiers from the 3,000-strong army to be his personal guards. Fang Zheng would be the temporary commander. At the same time, he announced military orders to strengthen the supervision of military law. While the army was training, they helped to build the Runan city wall. Open up wasteland and build irrigation works.
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After returning to the city, he was in charge of government affairs. The first priority was to repair the city wall. As the army was training, they could not stop, so they could only recruit civilian workers to repair the city wall. Zhao Xin instructed that these civilian workers must be given preferential treatment and that they should be fed and clothed as much as possible.
On the other hand, Zhao Xin's request to Xun Yi was to improve the lives of the people in the city as soon as possible. He could not let the people die like before.
Due to the recent busy administrative matters in the city and the lack of manpower, Zhao Xin asked Guo Jia to stay in the city to help with the administrative matters. Zhao Xin had completely let go of Xun He and Guo Jia, leaving all the big and small matters in the city to them. He thought to himself, It would be a waste not to make good use of such a talent!.
After more than a month, the affairs of Runan City slowly got on track under the control of Xun and Guo Jia. The city wall did not look so broken, but it would take a long time to repair it. In this month, they only repaired some important parts.
The city was no longer as chaotic as before. Everything seemed to be in order. Seeing all this, Zhao Xin couldn't help but praise Xun He and Guo Jia's talent.
In the past month, the training of the army was in full swing. Most of the people in the army were already used to Zhao Xin's training method. Zhao Xin could basically be handed over to Taishi Ci and Dian Wei. The army had also formed a certain combat strength.
During this period, Zhao Xin frequently sent out scouts to scout for traces of the Yellow Turban Army. Before long, the Yellow Turban Army's tracks were firmly grasped by Zhao Xin. Zhao Xin felt that the time was ripe to deal with the Yellow Turban Army.
In the tent, Zhao Xin summoned Taishi Ci, Dian Wei, Guo Jia, and Xun Zheng to discuss how to deal with the Yellow Turban bandits.
Zhao Xin said,"This battle is our army's first battle, so we have to be very confident that we can hit it in one strike. We have to fight to solve the Yellow Turban problem in Runan!" "
"Now that Runan's grain is ripe and the Yellow Turban's are running out," said Xun,"the Yellow Turban's will certainly come to rob them. Our army can set up an ambush halfway and defeat the Yellow Turban in one blow. "
Zhao Xin replied,"This plan is feasible, but we still need to consider where to set up the ambush." "
Guo Jia said," My Lord, the Yellow Turban army claims to be fifty thousand. In fact, there are only ten thousand at most who can fight. The rest are the old, weak, sick, and disabled. With our current morale and strength, we are completely capable of defeating the enemy head-on." "
"In a head-on clash, our army will inevitably suffer some losses, but this can also test our strength and allow our army to gain more experience in actual combat.""Moreover, if we want to establish ourselves in Runan City in the future, we have to show our strength and let the people believe that we have the ability to defend our territory. "
"Wen Ruo, what do you think? "Zhao Xin asked Xun Dao.
"My lord is right. "Xun-replied
"In that case, please prepare the city defense equipment. Our army will prepare for war! "Zhao Xin said.
In the Yellow Turban camp, Gong Du said,"General, our army is running out of food. Now that Runan is ripe, we can rob it." "
Liu Pi said,"It's just that Runan has just added 5,000 soldiers. I'm afraid it'll be difficult for our army to take down Runan City with our strength. Even if we take it down, our casualties will be difficult to estimate!" "
Gong Du said,"Commander, our army is surrounded by Runan City. We still have the strength to fight. If we don't attack Runan, our army will starve to death." "
Liu Pi said,"That's true. Tell our brothers to get ready and prepare the siege weapons. Tomorrow morning, the army will set out." "
In Runan City,"General, the Yellow Turban Army has set out for Runan!" "
"General, the Yellow Turban Army has more than 15,000 men heading toward Runan. The army is 100 miles away from the city. "
"General, the Yellow Turban Army is ten miles away from the city. "
In Zhao Xin's tent, Zhao Xin said," Taishi Ci, listen to my orders. You lead a thousand cavalry to lie in ambush on the left side of the city. Once the bugle in the city sounds, you lead the army to charge out. "
"Dian Wei, listen up. Lead a thousand soldiers to lie in ambush on the right side of the central army. When the cannon in the city sounds, lead the army to kill. "
"I'll lead three thousand troops out of the city to meet the enemy. "
"Xun, Guo Jia, listen up. I order the two of you to lead three thousand troops to guard the city. "
Liu Pi led the army to the city gates and saw that the gates were wide open. The leader was wearing a silver helmet and armor, holding an iron spear and carrying an iron bow on his back. He led thousands of soldiers out of the city in a single line.
Liu Pi's subordinate, Gong Du, rushed out and shouted. The general did not answer. He rode his horse to meet Gong Du. In four or five rounds, he stabbed Gong Du under his horse. The general raised his spear and pointed. The army charged over. The general rode his horse straight towards Liu Pi. Liu Pi's heart was about to break. He turned his horse around and ran.
Suddenly, a cannon was fired from the city, and countless troops rushed out from both sides. On the left, Taishi Ci led the cavalry and rushed over. Taishi Ci took the lead and caught up with Liu Pi. After ten rounds, he swept Liu Pi down with his spear. The soldiers behind caught up and captured Liu Pi.
The general was captured, and the Yellow Turban army fled in all directions. In just an hour, they were defeated.
After packing up the army and returning to the city, the people cheered along the streets, competing to comfort the souls of the dead in the city.
In the tent of the central army, Zhao Xin asked Taishi Ci,""Second brother, how was the battle? "
Taishi Ci stepped forward and replied,"My lord, our army has wiped out three thousand enemies and captured more than ten thousand men. Only a thousand of them have escaped and captured their commander, Liu Pi. Our army lost 112 men and more than 300 were injured. This battle could be considered a complete victory. "
"Fengxiao," said Zhao Xin,"how should we deal with these ten thousand prisoners? "
"My lord," said Guo Jia,"we have captured the Yellow Turban commander, Liu Pi. If we can subdue him, Runan will no longer be plagued by the Yellow Turban army. "
"So, Liu Pi comes up again. "Zhao Xin said.
After a while, Liu Pi was escorted into the tent. Zhao Xin looked at Liu Pi and thought that this person was not afraid of death in his memory. It would take a lot of effort to recruit this person.
"I told you to invite General Liu over. How can you be so rude to him? Hurry up and untie him!" "
After untying himself, Zhao Xin went over to help Liu Pi up and said,""General, you're a monster. I was rude to you. I apologize on your behalf. "
After saying that, he was about to bow to Liu Pi. Liu Pi, this rough person, had never seen such a scene. How could a general be so polite to a captured general? He could not help but be speechless.
"Where do you want to go, General?" Zhao Xin asked."If you want to return to the Yellow Turbans, I will let you go." "
At this moment, Liu Pi suddenly knelt down.""I am willing to serve you with such courtesy. "
"Good, good," said Zhao Xin with great delight."With the General's help, I have nothing to worry about." "
"Come, quickly prepare a banquet for General Liu. "
Liu Pi said,"My lord, how many brothers were captured in this battle? I'll tell them to surrender." "
Zhao Xin said," Alright, I was just worried that this big problem in front of me would not be easy to solve. You go and do it. If there are any among them who are unwilling to surrender, you don't have to force them." "
"Yes, my lord. "Liu Pi left the tent.
The next day, Liu Pi reported that all the captured Yellow Turbans were willing to surrender. He also asked for orders to tell the rest of his troops to surrender. Zhao Xin did not hesitate to let him go. "Isn't the lord afraid that he'll never come back?" asked Xun. "
Zhao Xin smiled,"I've always believed in the principle of not using people I suspect and not using people I trust." "
Zhao Xin incorporated these 10,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, sifting out the strong and eliminating the weak, leaving 6,000 to be incorporated into the army. The rest were scattered in the city. These 4,000 people were registered and naturalized by Xun and announced the new laws in the city.
After six or seven days, Liu Pi led more than 30,000 people to surrender. In this way, the grain in Runan City was only enough for five months. It was far from enough when the grain was ripe next year. Fortunately, the Yellow Turban surrendered with two thousand taels of gold and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Thus, Zhao Xin sent people to buy grain while recruiting the Yellow Turban.
As soon as the Yellow Turban army was incorporated, Zhao Xin, Xun and Guo Jia discussed the report of victory. They said that they had defeated more than 50,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, beheaded 5,000, and incorporated more than 40,000. Runan was in urgent need of food and grass, or it would be even more disastrous. Another person sent three hundred taels of gold to Xun You, let him beat Zhang Rang and others, request to be Runan prefect.
Not long after, the imperial court issued an imperial edict, granting Zhao Xin the title of General Pingkou, Marquis Qi Liang, and Governor of Runan. He also sent someone to send three million coins and twenty thousand stones of grain. This reward was too generous. Zhao Xin thought that through Zhang Rang, he could really do anything.
Zhao Xin appointed Xun as the prefect engaged in, in charge of Runan government affairs; Guo Jia was appointed as the commander of the army, Taishi Ci as the commander of the army, and Dian Wei as the commander of the tiger.
Not long after, all the grain buyers came back and bought enough grain for 100,000 people for a year. From then on, Runan had sufficient grain.
Zhao Xin selected another three thousand men from the thirty thousand Yellow Turban soldiers and another three thousand from Runan City. A total of twenty thousand soldiers trained day and night according to the previous method. Zhao Xin selected the elite soldiers from the 3,000-strong army to be his personal guards. Fang Zheng would be the temporary commander. At the same time, he announced military orders to strengthen the supervision of military law. While the army was training, they helped to build the Runan city wall. Open up wasteland and build irrigation works.
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