After returning to Zhuo County, the first thing Lin Chuan did was to pull out the system fragment data. This was the most important thing to rule the world. He could put aside everything else for the time being.
[Troop Fragment: 3751][General Fragment: 675, Special Fragment: 0
Lin Chuan was speechless.
"System, are you kidding? Why are there only so few military fragments?”
Just as Lin Chuan was puzzled, Pei Yuanqing entered.
"My lord, according to the count, the White Robe Army lost 67 men, 54 were heavily injured, and 129 were lightly injured.”
The casualties had reached more than 200, which was not a small number. In this way, his current White Robe Army still had more than 900 people.
"Let the brothers recuperate well. There won't be any war for the time being.”
Pei Yuanqing nodded and continued,
"In addition, we captured 6075 Yellow Turban soldiers. Governor Liu asked me to ask how the lord intends to deal with these prisoners.”
"So many?"
Lin Chuan frowned. He hadn't expected this number.
However, this also explained why there were only more than 3,000 military fragments. After all, they had killed less than 34,000 Yellow Turban bandits. Moreover, Zou Jing and Liu Guanzhang could not obtain fragments from the ones they killed. In addition, some of the Yellow Turban bandits had trampled to death when they fled. This made sense.
"Put them in the prisoner of war camp first. I'll make plans later.”
"Yes, sir."
Since these people had already surrendered, there was no reason to kill them. Otherwise, if others encountered him in the future, they would definitely fight to the death if they knew that they surrendered. It would be disadvantageous to him.
Moreover, the system had also said that one could only obtain the fragment by killing the enemy. Since they had already surrendered, they might not be counted as the enemy.
However, 3,700 fragments was already a lot. Moreover, the general fragments were enough to summon a peerless general. In this way, his strength had already increased by leaps and bounds.
Lin Chuan didn't plan to synthesize it immediately. After all, the synthesized army needed food and grass, so there was no need to waste it. Storing it could save money and food, and it could also hide its strength.
Very soon, Zhao Yun also entered. His face was obviously more excited than Pei Yuanqing's. It seemed like he had gained quite a lot.
"My lord, in this battle, our army seized 2,000 dan of grain (120 jin per dan), 200 gold cakes, a total of 1,500 jin, and more than 20,000 yuan!”
"Good!" Lin Chuan snapped his fingers. Such a large amount of military resources was completely beyond his imagination. It seemed that Cheng Zhiyuan had done many evil things along the way.
"Bring all of them to the barracks and let the Eighteen Cavalry of Yanyun guard them!”
"Understood!"
With his current strength, he no longer needed to rely on Liu Yan. It seemed that it was about time for him to raise his own flag. Thinking of this, Lin Chuan's heart exploded with joy.
"Take out a portion of the wine and meat we seized and let our brothers eat and drink to their fill.”
"Thank you, my lord!"
Pei Yuanqing and Zhao Yun looked at each other and smiled. It seemed like they were going to have a drinking competition again.
……
In the Deyang Hall of Luoyang's Imperial Palace, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was dozing off in a dispirited manner. Beside him, a man dressed in eunuch attire was grinding Five Stones Powder for him.
After a long time, the eunuch said,"
"Your Majesty, it's done."
"Thank you, Father."
Then, he mixed it with the Five Stones Powder and took a sip of wine. Immediately, he felt that his face was in high spirits, and a sour feeling spread from his back to his entire body.
"Everyone, if there's anything, report it. If there's nothing, withdraw.”
The one who spoke was not Liu Hong, but Zhang Rang, whom he addressed respectfully as Father Rang.
In the imperial court, Wang Yun and Cai Yong looked at each other. The former stood up and bowed.
"Your Majesty, the Governor of Youzhou, Liu Yan, has reported that a young man named Lin Chuan has come to Zhuo County City with 1,000 cavalry to defeat 50,000 Yellow Turban bandits led by Cheng Zhiyuan. He has killed more than 40,000 enemies and captured 6,000 enemies.”
As soon as he said this, the entire hall was in an uproar. A thousand cavalry defeated fifty thousand Yellow Turban bandits? Such a character had rarely appeared since the founding of the Great Han Dynasty.
Even the yawning Emperor Liu Hong's eyes lit up. After all, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, nine out of ten battle reports received by the imperial court were reports of defeat. There had never been such a magnificent feat.
"Good! I have a fierce general named Lin Chuan. Why worry about the Yellow Turban Army?”
"Your Majesty is wise. I suggest that Your Majesty reward this person heavily so that he can inspire the capable people of the four seas to contribute to the country!”
Cai Yong took a step forward and bowed. Then, a group of old ministers stood up and agreed.
"What position does Lin Chuan hold now?"
Emperor Han Ling stretched his back and asked.
"It's a white robe."
"Bai Yi? Rang Fu, what do you think?"
After Wang Yun finished speaking, Emperor Han Ling did not immediately express his opinion. Instead, he asked for Zhang Rang's opinion.
Zhang Rang muttered to himself for a while, then a sinister smile appeared on his face. He whispered something into Liu Hong's ear, and the latter immediately smiled brightly.
"Ahem, listen to the imperial decree. Lin Chuan has made great contributions in defeating the Yellow Turban rebels. He is specially conferred the title of Dangkou General. The remaining Yellow Turban rebels captured by his troops will be rewarded to him. I hope that he will help me pacify the Yellow Turban rebellion in the world.”
Wang Yun, Cai Yong, and the other old ministers shook their heads and sighed.
The Dangkou General was just a general of a mixed name. He even had the right to confer titles to the provincial governors of the prefectures and counties. His official position was only above that of a lieutenant.
However, once he was conferred the title, he would be able to lead 10,000 troops. According to the rules, these 10,000 troops would be allocated by the imperial court. However, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty had directly given him the captured troops of Lin Chuan. Wasn't this just giving him the title of general?
In fact, everyone knew very well that this was because the person who came to report did not bring money or silk. Otherwise, how could this be?
What was even more heartbreaking was that although this imperial edict was announced by Liu Hong, everyone knew that it was completely Zhang Rang's idea. This eunuch really wanted the world to be in chaos.
After the court session ended, Wang Yun and Cai Yong returned to the manor and began a secret discussion.
"In this old man's opinion, this Lin Chuan is definitely not someone ordinary. We should take advantage of Zhang Rang's warning to rope him in. Perhaps we can use him as external help in the future.”
After saying that, Wang Yun made a hand gesture, which Cai Yong understood. He was referring to the purge of the emperor's side.
It was true that it was not possible for ordinary people to clean up the royal side. As of now, the forces in the capital were complicated. To truly rope in a person who could reorganize the Han Dynasty, they had to develop from the outside.
"Brother is right. I will send someone to contact him. I hope he is the flame that saves the big man.”
Thank you, big shots.）
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