As soon as the city gate opened, Han Zhan took the lead in riding his horse to the outside of the city, raised his whip and pointed at the Yellow Turban Army that had fallen into chaos in the distance, and said loudly: "Brothers, the Yellow Turban thieves are ahead, and today is the day for us to avenge those dead people." Forge ahead, and don't be left behind. Kill! ”

As soon as Han Zhan's shout fell, Dian Wei roared, brandished his halberd, and rushed out on horseback, followed by more than ten cavalrymen, followed by more than two hundred infantrymen, and private soldiers of wealthy merchants such as Hu Cha.

Although the Yellow Turban Army outside the city outnumbered the officers and soldiers, they had no fighting spirit at the moment, and it was only a matter of time before they were eliminated, so Han Zhan did not follow to charge, but under the escort of Rob, he headed towards Zhao Yun who was shooting in the distance.

The attack of the officers and soldiers in the city made the Yellow Turban Army, which had already been chaotic to the extreme, become more and more chaotic, and their last bit of courage had disappeared, and they could only run around like headless flies, running wherever they saw the crowd. For a time, the battlefield was full of routs, and the soldiers who pursued them were everywhere.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Yellow Turban Army hurriedly threw away the weapons in their hands and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy. Whether it was Zhao Yun's cavalry or Dian Wei's infantry, they all ignored the Yellow Turban Army who knelt on the ground and surrendered, and they only pursued and killed those Yellow Turban Army who were still resisting stubbornly or scurrying around. Seeing that they could survive by kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, more and more Yellow Turban soldiers immediately threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy from the officers and soldiers.

Zhao Yun saw Han Zhan coming with Rob on horseback, and hurriedly urged the horse to meet him, until the distance was only seven or eight steps, and the two of them invariably restrained the war horse. Zhao Yun first turned over and dismounted, thrust the steel gun in his hand into the ground, and walked over to Han Zhan quickly.

Han Zhan didn't sit on the back of the horse and wait for Zhao Yun to come over to salute him, but turned over and dismounted, walked over and grabbed Zhao Yun's arm, stopped him from saluting, and said excitedly: "Zilong, I can bring you back." If you hadn't arrived in time, Sheguo County would be in danger today! ”

"Envoy," although Zhao Yun was equally excited, he still saluted respectfully and replied, "Yun Xing did not disgrace his life, and recruited six hundred cavalry from Zhending to serve the envoy. ”

"Zilong, don't call me an envoy again." Han Zhan felt that there was a good opportunity in front of him, and he must seize it in time, so he deliberately kept a straight face, pretended to be unhappy and said: "You and I are of the same age, and we have similar aspirations, Zhan wants to become brothers in life and death with Zilong, I don't know what you think?" ”

Regarding Han Zhan's wishful thinking, Zhao Yun said with some embarrassment: "Envoy, this is not appropriate, right?" ”

"There's nothing wrong with it," Han Zhan said with a big grin, "After dealing with the Yellow Turban Thief, you and I will choose a good day to officially worship." ”

Seeing Han Zhan so gracious, Zhao Yun couldn't shirk it anymore, so he could only bow his hand: "Since the envoy said so, then Yun might as well be respectful." ”

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Han Zhan ordered someone to find Hua Hu and asked him to assist Dian Wei in cleaning up the battlefield, collecting prisoners, and treating the wounded, and then took Zhao Yun back to the county office and met with Xun Yu, who had just returned.

Han Zhan thought of those cavalrymen who were uniformly dressed and used the standard weapons of the Han army, and thought to himself that the little money he gave Zhao Yun would be good to be able to recruit a few hundred people, where could they be equipped with such good horses, as well as the standard weapons and armor of officers and soldiers, and couldn't help but ask Zhao Yun curiously: "Zilong, why are the volunteers you recruited this time wearing official and military uniforms?" ”

"I don't know that when Yun returned to Zhending to recruit volunteers, he received help from nobles." Zhao Yun explained to Han Zhan: "Originally, with the assistance of his brother, Yun only recruited 500 foot soldiers, but Hu Zhen, the county commander of Zhending, heard about Yun's recruitment of troops and personally visited his home. said that when there was a great chaos today, I don't know who the Ming Lord was, and the people were in danger of being upside down, so they decided to follow the place where Renzheng was, so they helped Yun vigorously recruit new soldiers, recruiting a total of 1,000 foot soldiers and 600 cavalry. In addition, the Zhending Order also provided our army with horses, a large number of weapons, money and food. ”

Zhao Yun's words made Han Zhan jump up from his seat, "What, in addition to those cavalry outside the city, there are also a thousand foot soldiers?" He nervously asked, "Where are they now?" ”

"The foot soldiers are led by my brother-in-law Xiahou Lan and sister-in-law Xiahouyun, and they are still a hundred miles away." Zhao Yun hurriedly replied: "It will take two days at the earliest to arrive in Sheguo County." ”

"Envoy, County Lieutenant Zhao has recruited 1,600 recruits for us, so that our strength has improved." Xun Yu wasted no time in asking, "I wonder what your next plan is?" ”

If Zhao Yun hadn't returned to Sheguo County and hadn't told Han Zhan that Hu Zhending, the county commander who was far away in Changshan, had supported him and helped recruit 1,600 recruits, it is estimated that Han Zhan's idea would be to continue to nest in Sheguo County and slowly cultivate his own power. Han Zhan walked back and forth behind the table with his hands behind his back, and began to plan for the future development plan in his heart.

He knew very well in his heart that before he left Jizhou, he was a rootless duckweed, even if he had a good relationship with those cattle in the Three Kingdoms era, others would not defect to him. After becoming the county commander of Sheguo, although he has his own territory, his strength is too weak, and he wants to find talents like Zhao Yun or Xun Yu again, unless a miracle happens. Now that he has just defeated the Yellow Turban Army, and there are more than 1,000 more horses, he finally has a foothold, and the next thing to do is to consolidate the foundation, quietly develop and develop his own forces, and strive to have a place to survive in the upcoming troubled times of the Three Kingdoms.

Thinking of this, he stopped, looked at Xun Yu and said: "Xun County Cheng, there are many bandits and yellow turban thieves around the county seat at present, and if they are not cleared as soon as possible, there will be endless troubles." ”

"What the envoy said is very true." Xun Yu agreed with Han Zhan's statement: "I don't know how you plan to do it?" ”

"I plan to let Zilong lead his troops to clear out the bandits and small groups of yellow turban thieves, and adopt the method of suppressing and appeasing each other, recruiting peace if it can be recruited, and completely exterminating it if it can't, so as not to leave future troubles." Han Zhan turned his face to stare at Zhao Yun and said, "You must have worked hard for a long journey, why don't you rest for two days first, and then lead the troops to suppress the bandits?" ”

Zhao Yun did not say anything polite, but gave a deep salute and said respectfully: "Obey the orders of the envoy." ”

After counting the prisoners of war, Hua Hu returned to the county government and reported to Han Zhan and Xun Yu: "We have killed a total of 2,617 Yellow Turban thieves and captured 2,524 of them, of which more than 40% were wounded. Subordinates ask the envoy, how to deal with these yellow turban thieves? ”

After hearing this, Han Zhan set his eyes on Xun Yu and said: "Xun County Cheng, among these Yellow Turban thieves, there are many good people, if you kill them all, it will be inappropriate, why don't you hand them all over to you and let them go to open up the wasteland?" ”

"This is a great good!" When Xun Yu heard that more than 2,000 Yellow Turban captives had been captured, he thought that Han Zhan would order all these people to be executed, but he didn't expect that he would actually give all the captives to himself, and hurriedly said respectfully: "The subordinates must make the best use of their resources and make the best use of their talents." ”

"That's right, the flower master." Han Zhan thought of the tragic situation he saw in the village yesterday, and he couldn't help but be angry in his heart, and he asked Huahu again: "Have you ever caught the commander and leader of the Yellow Turban Thief?" ”

Hua Hu shook his head and said: "According to the confession of the captured Yellow Turban Thief, the Yellow Turban Thief's Qu Shuai saw that County Lieutenant Zhao was coming with cavalry, so he felt that something was wrong, and quietly fled with four or five leaders, and he is currently missing. ”

Hearing that the culprit of the massacre of the villagers actually slipped through the net, Han Zhan couldn't help but be so angry that his teeth itched, and he instructed Hua Hu: "Master Hua, immediately post a list in the city, and offer a reward for catching the fleeing Yellow Turban thief Qu Shuai, who must live to see people and corpses, with a reward of 50 gold for the living and 10 gold for the dead." ”

"Whoa!" Hua Hu hurriedly agreed: "My subordinates will go to the city to post notices and arrest the fleeing Yellow Turban thieves." ”