Chapter 32, Lien Zhan's winning streak

Two days later, the dark clouds over the Taishou Mansion in Pinggang County finally faded.

The weather has become warmer, just like the current situation in the county.

Two days ago, the battle defeated the yellow scarf army and thieves who besieged the city. Not only that, but also killed the thief chieftain in Shanghai during the battle. In that day and night battle, the last moment was not only because the cavalry of Wen Chou, Han Dang and others successfully broke in, but also some officers and soldiers on the south tower took the initiative to kill the generals out of the city while the yellow scarf army moved outside the city. They covered up behind the yellow scarf thieves, completely disrupting the formation of the head and tail of the yellow scarf. Therefore, what was laid was not just outside the northeast gate. The camp battle was a complete victory, which directly led to the defeat of the Yellow Turban Army.

Today's Pinggang County is particularly popular. Those who can't go out during the lockdown can finally easily appear in the streets and alleys and start working for their future livelihoods.

The barracks in the city still can't stop. People come and go, either detaining prisoners, carrying corpses, or rescuing the wounded. The crying and howling are still behind the peace.

In order to celebrate the completion of the relief of the chaos, the Taishou Mansion once again held a banquet and invited all the soldiers who participated in the battle and obtained outstanding achievements. The food in the city doesn't seem to be a big problem. It doesn't mean that the crisis of the lockdown has been lifted. The battle two nights ago robbed a lot of food and fodder from the Yellow Turban Army. However, on the way to Zu Zhao, Zuling and others entering the city from the station outside the city, they saw some shocking scenes.

Passing through an alley on the outskirts of the city, there were seven or eight figures in the alley, with yellow, thin and angry.

And at the other end of the alley, there are several ragged women looking for something from some dilapidated mess. Before long, one of them found what he wanted, but he didn't dare to say anything and quickly hid those things in his rotten clothes. However, it was soon found that the others rushed up and struggled, but everyone's movements were so weak. Finally, he snatched out what was in the shirt.

It turns out that it's just some dirty and broken fruits.

Zu Zhao didn't say much or do anything, but silently remembered it.

He knew that although the time when the Yellow Turban Army besieged the city was not too long, it was only about 20 days. However, the county government hoarded grain and grass as early as the beginning of the siege, which was "stocking", that is, requiring all households in the city to pay a fixed amount of grain and grass for the needs of defending the city. Now that the war has passed, no one has considered returning the grain and fodder collected before to the people, whether it is the Taishou government or the county government.

Sometimes, many things are destined to let Buddha go, but when you think about it, including such a large-scale yellow scarf uprising, it is by no means a groundless wind.

When Zu Zhao and his party arrived at the county, many invited soldiers had already gathered in the hall.

In addition to the brave leaders of the counties in the north of the county, there are also many officers and soldiers. Wen Chou, Zhou Zhi, Tian Kai and others are naturally among them, and some officials of the county and county governments are also present. After Zu Zhao and others arrived, they first asked the people one by one, and then sat down together under the guidance of the county officials. After all, most of the righteous and brave people are white, which is different from those serious generals in terms of status, and the arranged seat is also under the hall.

Not a few times, Liu Cheng, the eldest son of the county, and several county officials arrived.

Liu Cheng was refreshed, and his long-lost smile hung on his face. After speaking to the official, he invited everyone to move to the atrium and enter the banquet hall.

After all, it was just after the war, and most of the people invited were martial arts, so the banquet was not so magnificent, and there was not even the accompaniment of drums and flute. Naturally, the old men will not pay so much attention to it. They have been fighting hard for more than half a month, waiting for a celebration banquet today, and looking forward to the promise of getting a reward.

Under Liu Cheng's greeting, the banquet officially kicked off.

The servants sent a plate of delicious food one by one. Naturally, these delicacies are not as good as the specifications of previous banquets, but compared with the thrift for more than ten consecutive days, it is already very rich today. The banquet was held in a happy atmosphere. Everyone pushed cups to each other, staggered, and the meat was fragrant.

Zusung, Zuling and others didn't have much thought and ate and drank as much as others.

Only Zu Zhao's face was heavy, just drinking slowly.

Liu Cheng, who was in the upper seat, began to toast the guests one by one with a slightly drunken look after three rounds of drinking.

I thought that Liu Cheng's toast order must be from the chief to the last banquet, and the superiority and inferiority must go down. Unexpectedly, when Liu Cheng raised his glass and stood up, he walked straight down to the chairman and came to Zu Zhao at the end of the banquet. The lively sound of the banquet stopped a little, and many people's eyes followed Liu Cheng to Zu Zhao.

Zu Zhao looked up at Liu Cheng and stood up after thinking for a while.

Liu Cheng smiled at the glass in his hand and said happily to Zu Zhao, "Zu Yishi, I must respect this first glass of wine. If it hadn't been for you and the county's north Yiyong coming to help, I don't know what the county would look like today. In addition, leading the righteous bravery to recover the sunset and killing the thief chief Zhang Wan in the first battle is a great achievement!"

Zu Zhao smiled coldly, raised the glass in his hand and said, "A man can't resign from the matter of justice. This time, I was lucky enough to repel the thieves, which is the credit of all of you here, and I will never dare to make it big!"

Liu Chengxiao said, "Zu Yishi is indeed a modest person. He is young, brave and has such a heart. He is really lucky in my right Beiping County. Come on, I'll buy you this glass of wine first." After he finished speaking, he looked up and drank up the wine in the glass.

Zu Zhao did not hesitate and also drank this glass of wine.

After Liu Cheng breathed a long sigh of relief and eased the strength of the wine, he said, "Before, the general wanted to ask Zu Yishi, which was nothing more than some unfounded suspicion. In this way, the ancestral righteous men not only gathered to protect the county, but also killed the thief and chieftain Zhang Wan, which is enough to confirm the innocence of the ancestors. But don't worry, I repaired the letter yesterday and truthfully reported the achievements of the righteous, and I will send it to the county tomorrow.

Zuo Zhao thanked him and said, "Thank you very much for your success."

aside, Zucheng, Zuling, Han Dang and others are all comfortable. Zu Cheng, in particular, even felt overjoyed. From this point of view, Zu Zhao will not only be fine, but he is likely to get a merit and official rank.

When Liu Cheng said this and wanted to turn back to the seat, Zu Zhao suddenly said, "Please forgive me for taking the liberty. I hope you can agree to another request."

Liu Cheng was very interested and turned around and asked, "Oh, isn't it?" Zu Yishi said bluntly!"

Zu Zhao said quietly and not humblely, "The city has been trapped for many days, and there are countless refugees. Now that the city wall has been relieved, he has also asked the eldest son to open a warehouse to release grain and relieve refugees inside and outside. First, the people of the people of Lebanon are in the water and fire, the second is to ease the resentment of the people, and third, it can also establish the prestige of the eldest prince."

Liu Cheng's face has not changed much. Although what Zu Zhao said seems to be very reasonable, or maybe he is drunk at this moment, but he just answered lightly, "Well, this matter is reasonable. I will personally supervise it in a few days."

After saying that, he would not move back to the upper seat.

Zu Zhao looked at Liu Cheng's back and was not too disappointed. Instead, he had a more solid understanding of the county prince. In the past two days, he has heard that Zuling and others have mentioned that Liu Chengqiang ordered Zhou Zhi to lead the army to go to Yuyang County for help. It seems that Liu Cheng trusts Zhang Chun. Such paranoid people regardless of the situation are not materials to lead the county government at all. His opening of warehouses and releasing grain is nothing more than a sense of morality and justice. As for whether Liu Cheng is willing to do it or not, he will naturally quarrel with Liu Cheng about this matter.

A few days later, at the initiative of Wen Chou, the county government launched a military operation to recover the two counties of Changcheng and Guangcheng.

Zu Zhao and other county Bei Yiyong naturally went with the officers and soldiers of the county government.

The yellow scarf thieves who retreated from the county quickly retreated to the south of the county, which is still a disaster, and there are still nearly 5,000 people. However, after the defeat of the county government, not only was its vitality and people were disillusioned, but also nearly half of the military supplies, including grain and armaments, completely becoming the original form of the extremely poor combat effectiveness of the peasants at the beginning of the uprising.

In early March, the officers and soldiers launched a campaign against Guangcheng. After all, this is the thieves' nest of the Yellow Turban Army in Youbeiping County, and still gathers most of the troops that the Yellow Turban Army retreated. There are more than 2,000 officers and soldiers led by Wen Chou, including more than 1,000 righteous people in the north of the county, which is still not as many as the Yellow Turban Army. However, in terms of morale, equipment and quality, it is naturally far more than a gang of rabble.

On the seventh day of March, less than five days of besieging Guangzhou, the Yellow Turban Army collapsed. Since the destruction of the Yellow Turban army, the city wall of Guangzhou has not been repaired. In this offensive and defensive battle, the Yellow Turban army has no danger to rely on, and it has been completely consumed by facing the battle. The morale is getting worse and worse, and the losses are increasing every day. Long before the city was broken, many yellow scarf party members were already discouraged. This kind of frustration is not the same as sinking the boat, but a kind of insensitive!

After breaking through the defense line, Wen Chou launched a massacre the next morning. His hatred for the Yellow Turban Army is increasing day by day, even if the war has become smoother and smoother in the past ten days, but some strange humiliations are unforgettable, coupled with a natural temper. Zu Zhao did not have any pity for the massacre, but he did not feel any support. Most of the people who participated in the yellow scarf insurgents were poor people, just like some desolate scenes in the county town after the siege was lifted, but some things could not interfere with, and other things were quite important at present, so he closed his eyes. Eyes.

After the recovery of Guangcheng, the population of Guangcheng County suddenly declined, the whole city was in a depression, and some bodies and blood stains could be seen everywhere on the street. Some ragged and sad people drag their tired and weak bodies and slowly clean up the streets, but everything looks so slow and weak that these people will fall to the ground at any time and become one of those corpses.

In the middle of the year, Wen Chou set up his army to Changcheng County.

In fact, Changcheng County has been in chaos for a long time. Although Zhang Wan's old department, which was recovered from the county government, was still enlisted here, but when the Guangcheng Yellow Turban Army sent people to ask for help, no one was willing to fight. Watching Guangcheng break through, Changcheng was naturally panicked and completely lost the strength to continue to resist.

Wenchou army**, those traitors mostly lost their clothes and blades and pretended to be ordinary people, looking forward to avoiding the disaster. Who knew that after Wen Chou entered the city, he had no intention of letting these people go at all. He actually ordered the whole city to search and arrest, asking the chiefs of each village to make a list of those who had participated in the rebels, and killed less than ten people to kill one of the chief's family. Under such intimidation, the chief of the Lili had no choice but to confess the rebels who had participated. Some even had no ten rebels or no rebels at all. Unfortunately, Wen Chou did not listen to any explanation at all and executed a Lichang on the spot.

It is such a high pressure that many Lichang can only list innocent names arbitrarily.

After only two days, the original safe county frequently broke out in turmoil and fled.

To this end, Zu Zhao specially found Wen Chou and strongly asked Wen Chou to revoke the previous forced confession order.

Wen Chou did not have a reason at first, and even became angry with Zu Zhao.

Zu Zhao was not afraid of Wen Chou at all and said righteously: "As the saying goes, officials have forced the people to rebel. Now that the city has been broken and the people have tamed, it is the time when it is waiting to be abandoned and waiting to be popular. Is it true that the people of Changcheng County want the people of Changcheng County to rebel again? Even if you want to punish traitors and serve as an example, it doesn't matter if you take one or two of them. Why bother to sit so widely? Isn't it that those innocent people are forced to rebel? The population of the county is only 8,000, and ten people are killed each. How many of the more than 5,000 traitors can be involved? If Captain Wen insists on doing so, I will truthfully report this matter to the county and state capitals, and see how the public anger you provoked will be explained to the above!"

Under this long talk, Wen Chou really felt a certain pressure. Even though he was so angry with Zu Zhao, he did not dare to make trouble easily and could only lift the previous order the next day. However, even so, in the list that has been collected, he still ordered all of them to be captured and beheaded all of them in the city.

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