As the saying went, a defeated army was like a collapsing mountain. The speed of the Yellow Turban Army's defeat exceeded Dong Song's expectations.
When Lu Zhi and the others entered the Nine-Gate City, more than half of the 30,000 Yellow Turban soldiers in the city had already escaped.
"Report, the remaining enemies at the east gate have been eliminated!”
"Report, our army has already occupied the Nine Gates City's government office.”
"Report, our army has captured the enemy general Gao Sheng alive.”
"Report, General Chunyu Qiong and General Li Jue are leading the army in pursuit of the defeated Yellow Turban Army.”
As the good news spread to everyone's ears one after another, Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo looked at each other and saw a trace of relief on each other's faces.
"Retreat! The reason why we were able to take down Nine-Gate City this time was because of your hard work and meritorious service.”
It was obvious that Lu Zhi was very happy. Even the way he addressed Dong Song had changed.
"General Lu is too polite. The reason why we won this battle was not because of me, Dong Song, alone. Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun, Wen Chou, Yan Liang, and Liu Bei, as well as the soldiers who fought with us to the death, all contributed.”
"Yes!"
Lu Zhi nodded. He was very satisfied that Dong Song did not take all the credit for himself.
"I, Lu Zhi, have always been clear about rewards and punishments. All the soldiers who followed General Dong into the city will be rewarded.”
Hearing Lu Zhi's words, Yan Liang and the others could not help but look at Dong Song gratefully.
Lu Zhi took the battle report from the hands of the clan member and read it. Then, he said to the generals,"In this battle, nearly 6,000 of the 30,000 Yellow Turban soldiers have died in battle. 10,000 have surrendered, and the rest have fled from Nine-Gate City in a panic. What do you think we should do with these surrendered Yellow Turban soldiers?”
As soon as Lu Zhi finished speaking, Cao Cao hurriedly said,"I think we should imitate General Dong and persuade these 10,000 Yellow Turban soldiers to surrender so that they can serve us.”
"That's right. These 10,000 Yellow Turban soldiers all look strong and strong. If we can recruit them, our strength will definitely increase by a level.”
Lu Zhi nodded lightly and said casually,""In that case, I will leave these 10,000 captives to General Cao and General Yuan.”
The matter had temporarily come to an end. Dong Zhuo had just separated from Lu Zhi when he couldn't help but angrily say,"This Lu Zhi is simply too much. 10,000 captives were actually split between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao right in front of me. The Western Liang Army did not gain anything from this battle.”
In fact, Dong Zhuo couldn't be blamed for being angry. Lu Zhi's actions were indeed inappropriate.
Of course, Lu Zhi had his own considerations.
After all, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao belonged to one of the Eight Schools of the West Park. They were similar to the Central Army of the later generations. It was normal for Lu Zhi to be biased towards them.
"Father, you don't have to be angry about this. Not all Yellow Turban soldiers are easy to persuade. Lu Zhi had given the 10,000 surrendered Yellow Turban soldiers to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, but this was not necessarily a good thing for them.”
Dong Song's words were actually very reasonable.
This was because Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were different from Dong Song. The reason why Dong Song was able to persuade 10,000 soldiers to surrender was because he had the help of the system.
"It won't be long before we use troops against Quyang. If Cao Cao and Yuan Shao can't subdue these Yellow Turban soldiers in a short time, then when we use troops against Quyang, I'm afraid there will be chaos in their army.”
Hearing Dong Song's words, Dong Zhuo finally felt relieved.
Coincidentally, a cavalryman rode his horse over.
"General Dong, General Lu invites you to the county government.”
"I know. I'll be right there.”
Dong Song tied the sword he found back to his waist and handed the Zhanmadao to Zhe Bie.
"Cunxiao, come with me. General Qi, I will hand Guan Hai over to you. This person has some ability, so you must make him loyal.”
Qi Jiguang cupped his fists towards Dong Song,""Milord, don't worry. This general will definitely do this well.”
Dong Song nodded and added before he left.
"After Guan Hai returns, he will be your deputy general. You will lead the 10,000 surrendered Yellow Turban soldiers. You must train them strictly."
After Qi Jiguang nodded solemnly, Dong Song and Li Cunxiao rode their horses straight to the county office.
The Nine-Gate City government office became Lu Zhi's temporary office. Dong Song had just approached the meeting hall in the government office when he heard Zhang Fei's roar.
"Xiahou Yuan shot a total of three arrows at my big brother. One of them missed, one hit my big brother's leg, and the other hit my big brother's back. If my big brother wasn't wearing a layer of golden soft armor, he would probably be dead by now.”
A smile flashed across Dong Song's face as he strode into the meeting hall.
"General Dong, you came at the right time. Take a look and see if this black arrow was made by Xiahou Yuan.”
Dong Song took a black arrow from Guan Yu's hand and examined it for a moment. Finally, he nodded and looked at Xiahou Yuan.
"If you want to punish me, you have to find a way. I, Xiahou Yuan, was on the roof and only shot one arrow. This arrow hit the enemy commander.”
"Bullsh * t, it stinks."
"You're the one who's farting. It stinks."
"You fart, I can't open my eyes.”
"Bullsh * t, your three brothers are all bullsh * t.”
Dong Song couldn't help but laugh maniacally in his heart when he heard the verbal exchange between Zhang Fei and Xiahou Yuan.
It was interesting to hear the ancients scolding each other.
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