The Eastern Han Dynasty was in chaos, and most of the rites, music, and faith had collapsed. It was common for bandits to fight each other. For example, the Jinfan Bandits were led by Gan Ning, and they only grew stronger after fighting several groups of pirates.
The leader's suggestion was half-joking, but he hadn't expected Gan Ning to smirk and chop him off with a backhand slash.
Shocked, the pirates backed away from the murderous Gan Ning.
"Lu Guan and I are sworn brothers," Gan Ning sneered."You can't provoke us. I'm going to kill you for your ingratitude!"”
"Think about it, brothers. If Lu Buting hadn't held the Wu army back in Xin 'an, how could we have cut off their supply routes so easily?" Gan Ning shouted. How could they set up an ambush to kill the enemy so smoothly? Lu Buting was resourceful. Today's victory should be attributed to him.”
When they arrived at Xin An County, Gan Ning and the pirates looked at the bloody battlefield around the city walls with shock.
Outside the city, there were more than 300 corpses of the Wu army piled up in a disorderly manner. Some tearful commoners were snatching the clothes and a small amount of property from the corpses of the Wu army.
The corpses of the dead in the city were also carried out. There were nearly five hundred of them, and most of them were civilians who did not know how to protect themselves during the battle.
The sight of eight hundred corpses was a huge shock. The pirates paled, and they realized that Gan Ning was right. They had gotten a great bargain.
The Wu army's supplies had been taken. In addition to dozens of carts of rations, there were also a large number of Wu army armor and weapons. Gan Ning arrived at the Xin 'An County government office and saw Hua Zheng wrapping Lu Guan's arm with tears. He couldn't help but turn pale."Brother, what's wrong?"
Lu Guan smiled." I'm fine. I was shot in the arm when I attacked the city. I'll be fine after bandaging it." Big brother, I heard from the scouts that Ling Cao's army was defeated by you?”
Gan Ning nodded proudly.
Lu Guan laughed. Now that Jianye can't send out an army to encircle us, we might as well take advantage of the situation to seize Kuaiji City and rely on the strong city defense to take Wu County. At that time, we can attack and retreat, and we can be the overlord of a region freely.”
"It's good to attack Kuaiji, but we don't have enough soldiers, do we?" Gan Ning asked hesitantly. Especially since he had just lost a lot of his subordinates, only seventy to eighty people in total.”
"Don't worry, Big Brother," Lu Guan said with a sly smile."There are plenty of soldiers outside."”
After bandaging, Lu Guan came to the gate of the county government, where people were waiting to distribute relief food every day.
Lu Guan said loudly," My fellow villagers, I have good news for you. General Gan Ning has killed all the soldiers who came to attack us. General Gan has also killed the enemy general Ling Cao with an arrow. No one will attack us in the near future."”
The citizens cheered.
Lu Guan looked bitter.""Everyone, don't be happy. Although the enemy has retreated, our Xin An County does not have much food. " Sigh, the enemy has retreated. Tomorrow, I plan to break camp and go back to Feng Ping Mountain to enjoy myself. You guys can go farm on your own."”
The commoners were shocked,"Planting your sister's fields? It's not harvest season at all, okay?" By the time the crops in the fields are harvested, we will have starved to death.
Moreover, even if they did not starve to death, the next time the Wu Army came, they would definitely wipe out Xin An County.
Thinking of this, the commoners knelt down and cried,""Your Majesty, please don't leave. Please save the people of Xin An County!”
Lu Guan looked at the people helplessly. His eyes were filled with compassion."Sigh, fellow villagers, since this is the case, I will recruit five hundred soldiers. After training for a few days, I will set off to find food. " Haha, if you serve under me, you can not only eat your fill, but also have some surplus food at home. Those who need to join the army must come early tomorrow to register.”
Lu Guan was indeed ruthless. The honest people seemed to have forgotten: Shouldn't soldiers be paid? Why was it that when it came to this General Lu, giving out some surplus grain was enough?
However, even if they only had a little surplus food, they still had to join the army.
In the past few days of siege, hundreds of able-bodied men had been killed or injured, and hundreds of widows had been added. As the saying goes, human lives are as cheap as dogs in troubled times. Many good things were accomplished in one night. Many widows married poor single men on the spot and waited for their new husbands to earn some food to support their families.
The next day, thousands of soldiers joined the army. Lu Guan chose 600 strong men to put on the armor of the Wu army. They wore yellow turbans on their heads and practiced their fighting skills on the battlefield with wooden sticks. These strong men had experienced the city defense battle and had an average of 10 points of fighting strength. They had the temperament of a soldier and were trained well.
Among Lu Guan's wives, Da Qiao and Hua Zheng were quiet and rarely came out of the county office.
Xiaojiao and Ganlu, on the other hand, had fought in the war. They were lively and cheerful, and liked to play with swords. Therefore, they followed Lu Guan on his left and right.
Looking at the Yellow Turban thieves training, Gan Lu couldn't help but glance at Xiao Xi.""Lu Guan, are you really going to attack Kuaiji with these guys?”
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