Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Soon, the call to kill stopped, Zhang Jai ordered the soldiers to clean the city, guard the gates on all sides, and guard the important places.

However, the people in the city were still afraid to go out. It was not until the afternoon that a few boldly opened the door and walked onto the street. Only five soldiers and soldiers on the street were seen on the street with serious faces. Walking around on patrol looked a little daunting, but it was completely different from the lazy Yuan Shujun in the city.

"This military master, may I ask which general you are under?" He asked boldly.

The sergeant who was asked stopped, his face was kind and somewhat proud: "Brother, I am the imperial king, and the leader is Zhang Annan under the command of the general."

The man looked surprised: "It turned out to be the king's master, disrespectful and disrespectful."

"It's nothing." The sergeant replied: "You go back and preach a few more words, please don't be afraid of the people in the city. I will wait for the imperial king to regain lost ground and will not disturb the people in the city."

"That's right." The sergeant suddenly remembered and said with a smile: "At noon today, my general opened a warehouse to release grain, and all the residents in the city can come and receive five buckets of grain."

"Five buckets?"

The man was overjoyed: "I will go back and tell them that I will come at noon."

One stone of food and grass is ten buckets, which is the ration of an ordinary adult man for one month. Five buckets are enough for the whole family to eat for several days.

"Have you heard? It was the imperial king, General Liu, who captured Kunyang."

"Yes, these sergeants look hard to reach, but they didn't commit any crime to us."

"The leader is Zhang Annan, who is under General Liu's command. I heard that the warehouse will be opened for food at noon. Everyone will get it."

At noon, in front of the granary, the people in Kunyang suddenly lined up in a long queue. It was heard that it was free food, so almost all the people in the city came.

"Lao Zhang, this is your food, five buckets, you have collected it all the time."

"Thank you Junye, thank you Junye."

"Little lady, five buckets of grain, take it back."

The people in the city who received the grain and grass were all happy. Usually these army masters came to search the people. Where did the soldiers send the grain and grass to the people?

"Thanks to Yuan Shucai's boldness and scouring of these many people's ointments, otherwise we don't feel distressed when we distribute grain and grass?" Zhang Jai smiled.

"Yes." Fazheng sighed: "Yuan Shu usually scrapes the ground three feet, and doesn't know the principle of hiding wealth in the people. He stores grain and grass in the treasury, but today it happened to be used as a good man by our army. "

When Cao Cao Liu Bei cooked wine and talked about green plums, Liu Bei mentioned Yuan Shu when he was talking about the heroes of the world, saying that "Huainan Yuan Shu has good soldiers and enough food". The soldiers are not necessarily good. Really, if there is no huge accumulation of food and grass, how can Yuan Shu be able to use nearly 100,000 troops at any time?

Different from the 15 tax one under Liu Ye's rule, the people under Yuan Shu's rule were mostly three tax one, or even five tax two. The people were unbearable, but this time it was cheaper than Fazheng and open jaws.

After Zhang Jai widely distributed the grain and grass, the people in the city were all grateful for Dade. At this time, Fazheng launched the recruitment order while the iron was hot: as long as the civilians were to transport grain and grass for the king, the ration was settled by the Nanyang Army, and the grain and grass were distributed monthly To support the family.

If Zhang Jai and Fazheng had just captured Kunyang City and immediately recruited troops, it is estimated that most of the people in the city would not agree. If Zhang Jai and Fazheng were to be strong, it would be the same as Yuan Shu.

However, after distributing the grain and grass, the people in the city believed in Zhangja and Dharma. Therefore, many people enthusiastically carried grain and grass for Zhangjajun. Suddenly more than 3,000 civilians were recruited, and Zhangjajun’s momentum suddenly expanded. Doubled.

After Zhangja enlisted civilian husbands, he immediately led three thousand Nanyang troops and more than three thousand civilian husbands out of Kunyang City and rushed to Wuyang City, east of Kunyang City.

Although Kunyang City was captured, none of the guards in the city was able to escape, so the news of Kunyang's fall was not able to spread. In addition, the jaws of the city guarded the gates on all sides, naturally a fly could not fly out. .

Zhang Jai sent a team of elite soldiers to put on the clothes of ordinary people, and mixed in the ranks of the people. When they were near Wuyang City Gate, a team of soldiers suddenly violently murdered, and instantly controlled Wuyang City Gate.

Zhang Jaw led the Nanyang Army to speed into Wuyang City again. The defenders were unprepared, just like in Kunyang City, and soon controlled the city.

Zhangjai did the same thing, once again opened the warehouse to release the grain, and at the same time recruited civil servants, Wuyang City was bigger than Kunyang City, so more than four thousand civil servants were recruited, and the number of Zhangja army exceeded 10,000 at a time, walking on the road. The upside is huge.

"General Zhang." Fazheng suggested: "Now our army has engulfed the civilians of the two cities. The total number is over 10,000. There is no need to sneak in. Presumably Liu Yuzhou is under great pressure to defend Zhang Xun's 60,000 army. Please send troops immediately. Right."

Zhang Jai nodded and believed: "So, our army will go to Cai!"

Shangcai City is only a few dozen miles away from the government of Runan County. It can be said that once Shangcai falls, Pingyu will be exposed to the enemy's front.

Upper Caicheng.

Under a big banner outside the city, a team drove slowly, and the defenders in the city were taken aback.

"It looks like an enemy army is coming outside the city."

"what?"

The rest of the guards looked out, suddenly startled.

"The enemy is coming, quickly close the gates on all sides!"

"Report the county lieutenant, quickly!"

As a barrier close to Pingyu, Shangcai City was naturally far more robust than the two cities of Kunyang and Wuyang. Seeing the arrival of the Zhangja army, the defenders in the city hurriedly closed the gates on all sides and went to invite the county lieutenant.

The county lieutenant was startled when he heard the arrival of the enemy: "What, there is an enemy?"

He hurriedly climbed to the top of the city, only to see the enemy's formation, a damp piece of water, suddenly galloped out of the enemy, rushed to the distance of about two hundred steps from the city, and shouted loudly.

"Listen to the defender on the front of the city, I am waiting for the royal master! Zhang Annan was ordered by the general to lead 30,000 troops into Runan. Stop it!"

"Thirty thousand army?" The county lieutenant frowned and looked around.

"Lieutenant Li, what's the matter?" the defender beside him said nervously.

The county lieutenant surnamed Li shook his head slightly: "The enemy has at most 10,000 people, not like an army of 30,000."

"Oh, let's don't guess, just report it truthfully, maybe my lord, I mean your Majesty sent an army to help?"

Li Yan shook his head helplessly: "Then report it and see what the lord said."