After the battle, Zheng Meng took Zhang Hao to a private house.

"Sister Xiaorou, I brought my brother to see you." Zheng Meng said happily.

Soon, the door was opened, and Xiao Rou came out of it: "How many times have you said it, don't call me sister." ”

Then she saw Zhang Hao, who was dressed in military uniform next to her, and saluted: "The little woman has seen Master Zhang." ”

Zhang Hao returned the salute: "The girl doesn't have to be polite, I came to thank the girl for saving my cousin's life." ”

"The little girl studied medicine with her father, and it is her duty to save people's lives, not to be thanked by adults."

Zheng Meng nodded beside him: "That's it, no thanks, everyone is a family, there is nothing to thank." ”

In a word, Zhang Hao was stunned, and Xiao Rou's face was flushed with shame.

"You... Shameless, who is a family with you. If you dare to talk nonsense again, it will ruin my name, I... I'll ignore you again! ”

When Zheng Meng heard this, he thought that Xiaorou was angry, and he was anxious: "Don't, if you ignore me, then my brother is not the only one left by my side." ”

Zhang Hao looked at the two of them, and after thinking about it carefully, Zheng Meng seemed to be only one year younger than him, and he had not yet married a wife. He suddenly felt that he had not fulfilled his responsibilities as a brother, and he almost lost Zheng Meng this time, and he felt even more guilty.

Compared with herself, the woman in front of her seems to know how to take care of people. And looking at her, it doesn't look like she refuses to stay by Zheng Meng's side.

However, there is no rush at the moment, and the most important thing now is to quell this war.

"Miss Xiaorou, I heard from my cousin that your father was unfortunately killed in this disaster, I wonder if there are other relatives in your family?"

Hearing Zhang Hao ask herself, Xiao Rou lowered her head a little gloomily: "Since her father died, the little girl has been alone in this world. The thought of being alone from now on made my eyes a little sore, and tears seemed to flow uncontrollably.

Zhang Hao nodded and sighed: "Now that the world is difficult, you are a weak girl's family, I am afraid it will not last long in this troubled world." ”

Xiao Rou shook her head and said firmly: "Don't bother adults, in terms of medical skills, the little girl has also learned a little fur and has a skill, I believe that I can still work hard to live." ”

Zhang Hao hurriedly explained: "The girl misunderstood, I didn't mean to look down on the girl. The girl can save my cousin, how can such medical skills be superficial. I want to hire a girl to be a full-time doctor in my family, responsible for regulating the diet and daily life of the elders in the family, I don't know if the girl is willing? ”

Zheng Meng danced and said happily: "Okay, okay, so that Sister Xiaorou is by my side, and I won't be afraid of being injured in the future." ”

Xiao Rou glared at him fiercely: "You talk nonsense again." Zheng Meng immediately kept silent.

She was a little embarrassed: "But I still want to sit in the museum and practice medicine and help those poor people." ”

"The girl only needs to check my family's body and adjust their diet on schedule, and it will not affect you to help the people."

Xiao Rou thought for a while, looked at Zheng Meng's expectant eyes, and agreed: "Since this is the case, the little woman agrees." ”

"Great, Sister Xiaorou." Hearing Xiaorou agree, Zheng Meng was as happy as a child, and kept cheering.

Zhang Hao stroked his hand and smiled: "Okay, okay, this side is still a war zone, it's not safe, I'll send someone to send you to Fang County immediately."

Well, take it one step at a time, send the person back first, and the matter is already halfway through.

"Everything is up to your lordship."

……

After running for more than an hour, Xiao Shuai and dozens of his subordinates finally couldn't hold on, and when they saw a forest in front of them, they ran in.

Everyone sat down on the ground and rested, gasping for breath. After running for so long, there shouldn't be any pursuers. Even if there were, they would not be easy to find if they were hiding in the woods.

"Let's rest for a while and go find something to eat. Then let's take a detour to the west and go to Zhuojun to find Qu Shuai. Xiao Shuai said breathlessly.

It was early in the morning when they ran out, and they didn't bring anything with them in order to escape for their lives. Now they are tired and hungry, and they don't even have the strength to nod and speak.

At this time, there was a rustling sound in the woods, and before they could react, they were already surrounded.

"Hahaha, there are really yellow turban thieves running this way." The lieutenant laughed and walked out of the crowd.

"It's officers and soldiers! What to do? ”

"We are surrounded!"

Everyone panicked, some people picked up weapons and wanted to resist, some people sat and waited to die, and some people ran directly to the deputy general and knelt down, including Xiaoshuai.

"We will surrender, and please spare our lives."

The adjutant snorted coldly: "Whether you want to forgive you or not, it's not up to me to decide." Arrest them all, take them back to Jixian County, and if they resist, kill them on the spot. ”

Previously, Zhang Hao issued a reward of 100 yuan for a yellow scarf, and then he expanded the number of people who could receive the reward to the people of the whole city, as long as he truthfully reported a hidden yellow scarf, he could get 50 yuan and capture 100 yuan alive.

These will be paid to the people after they are confirmed. In order to enhance his credibility, Zhang Hao put several large boxes at the door of the original Zhang family, which were full of copper coins.

The original government mansion was all burned down, so Zhang Hao's own home became a temporary office space.

The box full of copper coins, the visual impact, not only for the people, but also for the soldiers, is quite strong.

Especially when the first person sent the captives to Zhang's house and then took a full hundred yuan, the enthusiasm of all the people was ignited.

The Yellow Turban thieves have ruined the people's families, and it is a matter of course to arrest those thieves who escaped, not to mention that there is money to take.

Stimulated by hatred and interest, all the yellow turbans in the city were soon purged.

However, any order will be flawed, because of the existence of rewards, many people and soldiers have captured other innocent people, tied yellow scarves on their heads, and impersonated them to cheat the reward.

It's just that such a trick was quickly exposed. In such a situation, the Yellow Turban thieves will definitely not die well, and the people who are still alive in the city will definitely not be stupid enough to pretend at this time. So as long as it turns out to be forced, it's fine. In order to make up for it, Zhang Hao also gave 100 yuan each.

And these people who caught good and risked merit were all ordered by Zhang Hao to be beaten with thirty military sticks, and they were also punished with hard labor.

Now, all the Yellow Turban captives have been taken to the schoolyard north of the city to be screened by military judges.

"What, has the leader of the rebel army in charge of more than 100 people been found?" Zhang Hao asked Judge Jun.

And he replied, "The leaders of more than a hundred men have been found, forty-three hundred chiefs and five thousand chiefs." However, only the little marshal who is responsible for defending the city has not been found. The captives said he wasn't here. ”

"That's right." Zhang Hao was very strange in his heart, the yellow scarves in the city were all here, and no one ran out of the city at that time, where would this person hide.

"General, General! The last will come back to his fate. The deputy general returned to the city and heard that Zhang Hao was in the school field, so he rushed over.

"It's good that General Qin is back, nothing happened to him." Zhang Hao said casually. The deputy general is called Qin Wen, the name of a civil official, but he does the work of a military general.

Qin Wen reported: "There is something, the last general obeyed the general's orders to ambush outside the east gate, waiting for the rebels to throw themselves into the net, and at the end of today, he caught the remnants of the rebels who fled, led by a leader who served as a small marshal, responsible for guarding the city." ”

He smiled and looked at Zhang Hao with some embarrassment: "Hehe, the general is really an unpredictable prophet, and he is clever." Previously, the last general had always thought that the main force of the thief army was in the southwest, and they wanted to run to the southwest.

I don't want to, hehehe, it's the last general's mistake, he shouldn't slander the general, it's really a crime that deserves death, please punish the county. ”

Zhang Hao was also a little surprised, did he think so at the beginning? At that time, he thought that the Yellow Turban Army could not defeat him, and he might choose the east gate to escape, just let the deputy general block in front, and he chased after him in the back, so as to attack back and forth.

But the people didn't run, and surrendered directly, which made Zhang Hao disappointed, and he also felt a little guilty about the deputy general, so he ran in vain and didn't get any military achievements. I didn't expect him to be so lucky, the leader of the city defense that he had caught was caught by him.

Zhang Hao pretended to be Zhizhu in his hand, and generously forgave the deputy general: "General Qin captured the leader of the city defense, which is a great achievement, as for what you said, I don't care about it at all."

The city was broken today, and after these thieves were sentenced, there was a celebration banquet in the evening. Three days later, you and I will lead our army south again, put down the rebellion, and make new contributions. ”

"No, General Xie is very kind." Qin Wen bowed and said, "Quickly bring the thief head up." ”

Two soldiers walked up to the two of them with a little handsome man tied up with a lot of flowers.

Xiao Shuai knelt down directly and cried bitterly: "The general spares his life, the villain and others are also forced to be helpless, there has been a drought for many years, and there is no harvest in the field, but the court doesn't care whether we wait for the grass people to live or die, and the taxes collected are more and more year by year."

The magnates in the township forced the villains to sell their 100 acres of land at a low price, and forced me to borrow money from them.

The villain was originally the son of a good family, if he wasn't forced to ruin his family, he wouldn't be able to live happily, who would do this rebellion and kill his head. ”

Zhang Hao was silent for a long time, and slowly spoke: "All the people in the world, everyone wants to live, I think, you think, your subordinates think, and those people who were killed by you also want to." All I can say is that the elites who don't care about the lives of their people are innocent, and so are the rebels who impose their bitter hatred on the people. ”

Zhang Hao said to the soldiers who were guarding the captives: "Escort all these forty-nine big and small leaders to the entrance of Dongshi Street, behead them for public display, and comfort the souls of the people who died in Jixian County." All the remaining thieves were to be handcuffed and ankle-chained, and they were to be forced to do hard labor for the rest of their lives to atone for their sins. ”

People should not only have compassion, but also have a sense of responsibility, that is, principles and positions, and know who they should be responsible for.

Zhang Hao has his own principles and positions, he prides himself on being on the side of the people, and wants to do something for the people who have a problem even surviving at this time.

The Zhang Jiao brothers and their disciples led by them may be for the sake of "good fortune in the world", but the Yellow Turban Army led by them, burning, killing and looting, stood on the opposite side of everyone, including the people Zhang Hao wanted to help.

So no matter what kind of suffering the Yellow Turban Army has suffered before, it can only make people sympathize with him, or further help him, but it can't be an excuse for him to harm people who are weaker than him.

He must die, and not dying is not enough to anger the people.