Therefore, the number of thieves under the command of Da Niu Zi has been preserved for the most part. After Gao Shun counted the number of people, he told Wen Han that there were more than 1,500 thieves captive. In addition, the 800 thieves who were collected in **Zitu City captured a total of 2,300 thieves.

Because Wen Han and 3,500 soldiers were tortured by cold winds and low temperatures in a very simple camp for three consecutive days. Therefore, as soon as Wen Han ended the war, he asked these 3,000 soldiers to immediately go to the earthen houses in Tucheng to warm up, and let the other soldiers boil the medicinal soup to ward off the cold for the 3,500 cold-stricken robes.

These medicinal soups were prepared by Wen Han when he sent troops from Dangyin three days ago, and these medicinal soups were developed by Hua Tuo and had a very good effect on repelling cold.

Wen Han's hand holding the medicine bowl was trembling frequently, Wen Han lowered his head and drank half of the bowl in one sip, and suddenly a fiery breath rushed from his stomach to his braincase, and then from his head to the soles of his feet.

It is said that this cold air is preceded by the soles of the feet, or there is really some basis, this fiery breath wrapped Wen Han's feet, Wen Han sat down to rest for a while, and felt that the body that was originally so cold that it was about to lose its senses seemed to be hot again, and the numbness of the limbs of each part slowly disappeared.

"How do you feel? This time you are too reluctant, the low temperature on this mountain, a pot of water splashed out, will freeze in less than half an hour. You have suffered three days and three nights of cold wind with all the soldiers in that simple camp, and what if your body is infected with the cold?

If you fall, this crusade against the rebellion in the northeast of Hedong will not be able to continue! If there is a next time, you can send me anyway. ”

"Hehe, Bo Yi is too worried. Little Xiaoice Cold is not enough to trip my Wen Bufan. As you said, I am the head of an army, and I should lead by example. Only the soldiers under this command will respect me and obey me. Willing to follow me through thick and thin. ”

Gao Shun was born in a poor background and did not establish a character for a long time, so Wen Han took the attention for him and took the word Boyi. It has the meaning of righteousness, Gao Shun was very happy, and accepted the word.

Wen Han's words, listening to Gao Shun's ears, couldn't help but make Gao Shun's heart rise with admiration. Wen Han still showed a faint smile to Gao Shun on his pale face, and said again.

"In this time, we have annihilated two groups of thieves, and the number of thieves captured is more than 2,300 people. Although these thieves have done things that hurt nature and reason, after all, they are all forced by life and instigated by others, so they will be like this.

We have spent a lot of time at the moment, the war is urgent, these thieves are very good at fighting, and I have the intention of recovering them. Go now, Boyi, and let these thieves be gathered, and I will have something to say to them later. ”

"Yes! Subordinates understand. ”

Gao Shun's mouth was clumsy, and he originally wanted to say something of concern, but he couldn't say anything. Therefore, he can only express the words in his heart in the way of doing serious things for Wen Han.

Therefore, as soon as he heard that Wen Han needed him to do something, he immediately felt a little more energetic, bowed to Wen Han and said goodbye, and hurriedly went to find those captured thieves.

"Hehe, this dumb man. It's really not good at expressing your thoughts. ”

Wen Han looked at Gao Shun's departing back, his eyes were full of relief and peace of mind. Secretly, to have subordinates like Boyi is really his extraordinary luck.

Half an hour later, Wen Han felt much more comfortable, and Gao Shun also ran to tell him that the thief had gathered and was waiting for him to pass. Wen Han followed Gao Shun to a vacant lot in Tucheng, and more than 2,300 thieves looked nervous, looking at Wen Han who was walking slowly and reasonably.

Wen Han walked in front of them and didn't say anything about the great truth of benevolence and righteousness. Because for these thieves from peasant backgrounds, they don't understand at all.

Therefore, Wen Hanyu is talking about survival and the future. He gave these thieves two choices, one was to become his Hedong army, and the other was to abandon the murderous weapon in his hand, return to Hedong, and become a farmer again. For the crimes they have committed in the past, Wen Han is not guilty of the past.

Most of these thieves are from Hedong and were originally farmers, and the reason why they fell into the grass and became thieves was because they had no land to cultivate, and they became thieves in order to make a living.

Now that Hedong has implemented Tuntian, the displaced people in Hedong have been given a share of the land, and many of the families of these thieves are part of the displaced people in Hedong at the beginning. And among these thieves, many of them have received letters from their families, without exception, persuading them to go back to Hedong and stop being anti-thieves, now that they have land, they are not afraid of starving to death.

So these thieves also know that what Wen Han said is not a lie to them. More than 2,300 thieves were almost all looking around hesitantly, to see what the others around them were choosing.

After a while, quite a few thieves dropped their weapons and stepped aside. Walking to this side means that they have chosen to go back to Hedong, go back to their families, and become farmers again.

The thieves who want to go back to the fields and become farmers are all some middle-aged men, most of these people are old and young, and the reason why they joined the ranks of the thieves in the first place is that the livelihood of the family accounts for a large part of the reason.

Now that their families in Hedong have a share of the land, they no longer need to live a life of licking blood from the knife edge, and after returning to Hedong, they can share the joy of family with their families.

Originally, they didn't return because there were also rules for anti-thieves, and once they fled back to Hedong, they would be wanted and hunted down by their leader. In order not to affect their families, they had to continue to live with the title of anti-thief.

And most of the remaining thieves are some strong young people, at this age, it is when they are sharp, of course they don't want to go back to Hedong, cultivate the fields, and live a life of inaction.

What's more, just now Wen Han said that the treatment of the Hedong Army was so generous that they couldn't resist it, with double food and salary, and the compassionate payment was far higher than that given by the armies of other states and counties.

The promotion system is even more, as long as there are enough merits, they can have a bright future, and they will not be used only like other armies, and those who are commanders are the general's cronies, heirs, and clansmen.

And, more importantly, what they follow is their idol, role model, Wen Han, Wen Champion. Wen Han is the same age as them, and he is from a humble family, so they will naturally have a sense of closeness to Wen Han. And Wen Han really has no fight, and many of these thieves have secretly noticed just now that Wen Han treats his sergeants with great concern, giving people the feeling of being a family.

Therefore, they finally made a decision to follow Wen Han, and maybe they could break into a bright future in the future.

Gao Shun asked the surrounding soldiers to quickly count the number of people on both sides, and about 1,300 people left, while 1,000 people chose to stay. And these thousand people were all young and strong men, and Wen Han nodded to the people who stayed behind with great satisfaction with this result, and at the same time smiled at them.

For the departing person, Wen Han wrote down an instruction in a cloth scroll and handed it to a middle-aged man who looked very calm and was recommended by the 1,300 returnees. After Wen Han asked them to go back to Hedong, he went to Anyi to look for Zhang Hong, saying that when the time came, Zhang Hong would do his best to help them find their families, settle down, and live again.

As for the 1,000 people left, Wen Han scattered them, and then distributed them to various troops and horses under his command, and then promoted some of the soldiers who had already made many achievements in his original soldiers and horses to be the leaders of these new soldiers. In this way, Wen Han is not afraid that they will have two hearts in the future.

Since these thousand people chose to stay and follow Wen Han, they naturally accepted Wen Han's deployment. With the addition of this new force of 1,000 people, the number of troops and horses led by Wen Han now has reached 5,500.

As for the ** dog-headed military advisor, Wen Han saw that although he was greedy for life and afraid of death, he was also a little anxious, so he asked his name. When the dog-headed military advisor heard Wen Han ask him his name, his face suddenly swelled with joy, and he hurriedly bowed his head and said his name, Zhang Bin.

Wen Han was stunned for a moment, and quickly flashed in his mind the generals who had left their names in history in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but did not find Zhang Bin's name. And Wen Han really doesn't remember very clearly, except for some famous figures, the names of others are only vague.

However, not leaving a name in history does not mean that this person's ability is insufficient. Zhang Bin made a lot of contributions this time, Wen Han asked Zhang Bin if he would like to join his command, and after receiving Zhang Bin's affirmative answer, Wen Han temporarily gave him the position of marching Sima.

Zhang Bin was overjoyed and thanked him again and again.

Wen Han's two battles, although it took a lot of time, but the harvest was a lot, with the addition of a thousand new forces, the next battle in the White Dragon Mountain Range can be free.

At this time, the news that Wen Han led the army to the White Dragon Mountain Range to suppress bandits had spread throughout the White Dragon Mountain Range. Wen Han learned from Zhang Bin that there were still ten waves of rebels in the White Dragon Mountain Range, and the number was almost around two or three thousand, among which the self-proclaimed White Dragon Righteous Army in the center of the White Dragon Mountain Range was the most powerful, with tens of thousands of people.

And Zhang Bin had a slight friendship with the two waves of rebels on the next mountain, so he recommended himself and was willing to persuade these two waves of rebels to surrender. At the moment, time is pressing, and if the war can be ended as soon as possible, surrender is undoubtedly the fastest way. Wen Han saw that Zhang Bin was confident, so he intended to give it a try and let Zhang Bin prepare for departure that day.

After Zhang Bin left, Wen Han recruited a thousand new troops, in order to let these people run in as soon as possible, Wen Han and Gao Shun seized the time to train the soldiers and horses.

Three days later, Zhang Bin returned with good news. said that these two waves of thieves were persuaded by him and were willing to surrender. Wen Han was overjoyed, and immediately led the army with Gao Shun to the base camp of the two waves of thieves. After the two waves of thieves were incorporated respectively, in addition to more than 2,000 thieves who wanted to go back to Hedong to cultivate land and live again, Wen Han also incorporated more than 3,000 thieves.

For a time, Wen Han's army reached more than 8,500 people, nearly twice as many as when he first arrived. Wen Han also scattered the newly joined thieves among the armies to prevent rebellion. Seeing Wen Han's strength, the other thieves couldn't help but panic, and they corresponded one after another to discuss how to deal with Wen Han's court soldiers.

And after tasting the taste of soldiers without blood and surrendering without a fight, Wen Han waved the banner of surrender and notified the thieves of each stockade. The leaders of several stockades were so moved by this that they intended to surrender.

However, just as the leaders of these stockades were about to send a letter to inform Wen Han of their intention to surrender, there were abnormal changes in the stockades of these leaders at the same time.

These leaders were mutinied, poisoned, raided, or led against them, killing them all, and a few days later, the thieves in the stockades abandoned the village and joined the White Dragon Rebellion.

Suddenly, the strength of the White Dragon Rebel Army increased dramatically, reaching more than 20,000 people. At the same time, the White Dragon Rebels even issued a notice informing the remaining waves of thieves that whoever dared to surrender to the imperial court would be the enemy of the White Dragon Rebels, and the White Dragon Rebels would send troops to exterminate them at any cost.