Zhang Fei asked eagerly, "Lord, what should we do?" ”

"Back to camp!"

"Ah, lord, let's stop fighting?" The crowd was very confused. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Gao Shun explained: "From here to such a close distance to Julu City, then Zuo Zhangba still wants to play the trick of luring the enemy deep, if we surround him, he sticks to the barracks, it will be difficult for us to occupy his barracks in one day, and Zhang Jiao's reinforcements can arrive in one day, we don't need to play with them, if you want to fight, let them come, if he doesn't want to fight, just wait there, and then clean him up after we finish solving Zhang Bao." "Gao Shun doesn't want to storm the opponent's military camp now, otherwise the loss is not small and not worth it.

"Yes, my lord." Everyone understood Gao Shun's plan, and the troops were too small to fight on two fronts.

Back to the camp, a celebration banquet was held, and Zhang Meng was welcome to join.

Gao Shun appointed Zhang Meng as the Sima of the infantry army, under the jurisdiction of 3 divisions, 12 infantry cantonments, soldiers selected from the capture of more than 3,000 people, the shortage of the Yellow Turban soldiers recruited last time to supplement.

The 12 infantry recruited in the last battle of Fanyang County, their families were well settled, and their diet was good, and they were very loyal to Gao Shun.

Zhang Meng was very happy, as soon as he came, he was awarded a heavy responsibility, it seems that Gao Shun is not suspicious, he secretly made up his mind, he must do a good job, this may be an opportunity for him, although the number of officers and soldiers led is small, but it is a real officer.

That night, Zhang Meng learned that the wine they drank was a hundred gold and one jar, and the knot in his heart was untied, and it seemed that his value was not low, but very high, so he no longer dwelled on this matter.

For a period of time after that, the left bearded shohachi remained unmoved; On the first day of May, he moved to the south bank of the Zhangshui tributary and did not take a step forward.

Gao Shun didn't send troops to disturb him, but only sent a small number of scouts to closely monitor Zuo Zhangpachi's movements, as long as he didn't cross the river, the two sides fell into a strange state of confrontation, which was exactly the result Gao Shun wanted to see, confrontation, no one could consume him.

During this time, Gao Shun was busy reorganizing the more than 3,000 Yellow Turban soldiers who had newly surrendered, and the quality was so bad that a total of 200 cavalry and 800 infantry were selected and reorganized after disrupting with the original officers and soldiers.

The rest of the personnel, after picking out the die-hard elements shown as red dots, were all escorted to Daigun-gun and Shanggu-gun for tuntian.

Zhang Meng began to train the 12 infantry directly under the central government, and with the help of junior military attachés, he saved himself a lot of trouble, and he also learned a lot of military knowledge, and felt that he benefited a lot.

Li Qiang couldn't bear the loneliness at first, and came to consult: "Lord, is our speed too slow?" So when will the Jizhou Yellow Turban Thieves be pacified? ”

Gao Shun explained: "When Zuo Feng came to deliver the decree, he said that the imperial army will go out with us in about the same time, you think, the imperial court soldiers have not fought for many years, and the combat effectiveness must be very poor, and the families of each family account for a large proportion, and they will definitely be defeated by the Yellow Turban Army after arriving at the battlefield, even if they are not defeated, they will not make a profit; We can't be too fierce at the beginning, otherwise it will make the scholars hate and the emperor worry, so we must hide our true strength and take our time. ”

Gao Shun said so, and Li Qiang had no choice but to give up.

By the eighth day of the fifth month, Gao Shun had several rafts made, and a few soldiers who knew how to go to the embankment to salvage the corpses, pull them out and bury them in the downstream area far from the north bank of the river, otherwise they would be infected with the plague after a long time.

The Yellow Turbans on the city wall not only did not attack those who came to salvage the corpses, but even kowtowed to them to thank them, so that these people could be buried in peace.

Nearly 1,000 bodies were recovered in a single day.

At the same time, a large amount of lime was bought from Zhongshan and put into the embankment to kill the virus.

By the 10th day of the fifth month, the Yellow Turban Army in the city began to distribute limited amounts of food, so that they could not even eat raw rice, and the morale of the people was even lowered.

The number of deaths in the city is increasing day by day, and the mood of the people has become very unstable. In normal times, hundreds of people would not have died in the city of hundreds of thousands of people, but now everyone who died was thrown into the water outside the city under the eyelids of everyone, which made all the witnesses feel very sad, and in addition, they could not eat enough, and they could not see hope and the future, which made people's sadness even worse.

By May 15, a month of siege to the city, Gao Shun ordered people to shout at the head of the city: "Surrender and don't kill, only punish the first evil Zhang Bao." ”

Zhang Bao was very suspicious at this time, he didn't trust anyone, the guards were always left and right, and they often rotated, arranging multiple soldiers of different tribes to be on duty at the same time each time, and only in the barracks could he sleep peacefully.

On the same day, Gao Shun ordered Zhang Meng to lead the 12 Tun infantry under his jurisdiction to Zhuo County, exchange the 12 Tun Youzhou infantry with Chu Yan, and then come back to participate in the battle. Zhang Meng was very supportive of this decision and led the troops to set off on the same day.

Some of the officers and soldiers of these 12 tuns felt that they did not have to fight against the Yellow Turban Army, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

By the early morning of May 20, a shocking shout suddenly erupted in the city of Xiaquyang; Listen closely, it seems to be fighting, and the battle is very fierce.

After an hour, the shouts of killing gradually faded, and it was estimated that the battle was nearing its end.

Gao Shun checked the system, the number of synthetic places was rising rapidly, and he thought, there must have been infighting in the city, and the battle of Xia Quyang was about to end.

When the time came, all the people in the city rushed to the top of the city, knelt outward, and shouted: "We have caught Zhang Bao, we please surrender!" We have caught Zhang Bao, we please surrender! ”

Gao Shun was overjoyed, and hurriedly sent a few rafts to bring Zhang Bao and a few people in charge to negotiate.

Zhang Bao was trapped tightly, with rags stuffed in his mouth, and blood was bleeding in many places on his body, it seemed that this battle was very fierce.

Zhang Bao was not killed on the spot, which made Gao Shun have a slight affection for the rebels.

The people who came to negotiate were Zhou Cang and Yanzheng.

Let Zhang Bao be escorted down and strictly guarded.

Zhou Cang, Yan Zheng followed Gao Shun and others to the big tent, and Gao Shun asked, "Tell me your requirements." ”

"We have no special requirements, we just want the general to let go of the people in the city."

Gao Shun did not hesitate and said: "Okay, this is no problem, half of the people in the city are placed in Xiaquyang, and half are placed in Wu County, these two counties have fertile land and convenient water sources, each person can be divided into ten acres of reclaimable wasteland, and each person will be given one and a half stones of grain per month for four months; The government provided the seeds and necessary agricultural tools, and now they are ploughing immediately, and they are not missing the time of farming. ”

Gao Shun thought to himself, they had sent such great military exploits, and they couldn't treat these people badly.

Zhou Cang and Yan Zheng immediately knelt down to Gao Shun: "Thank you for the general's kindness!" We will never forget the great kindness of the general. ”

Gao Shun was very happy, pulled them up and said: "Sit down, you two don't have to be polite, this official is the Taishou of Julu County, and it is a matter of course to help the people under his jurisdiction; Let's start with the situation in the city. ”

The two felt that Gao Shun was a rare good official, and they were very grateful in their hearts, if they had met such a good official earlier, they would not have joined the Yellow Turban Army.

Zhou Cang told the situation in the city, there was a shortage of food in the city, Zhang Bao only fed his 3,000 guards, the others were hungry, and the living conditions in the city were bad, and there were many deaths every day, which seriously deviated from the belief of Taiping Dao, and people's emotions were out of control, which led to infighting, and Zhang Bao's 3,000 guards resisted desperately, resulting in heavy casualties.

Gao Shun did not blame them for their rebellion; Subsequently, Gao Shun appointed two junior civil officials as the county magistrates of the two counties, two junior military attaches as the county lieutenants of the two counties, Yan Zheng was appointed as the county governor of Xiaquyang County, and the other officer Gao was promoted to the county magistrate of Wuxian County, and the two assisted the county magistrate in relocating the people and carrying out production.

Zhou Cang chose to continue in the army.

The infantry began to dig dikes at the mouth of the original river as required to drain the water; At the same time, prepare dry earth and fill in a road that leads to the city gates.

Another 10 chiefs were transferred to assist in population statistics, household registration, and whereabouts.

Every ten households is a village, ten villages are one mile, and ten miles are one township.

In the end, more than 90,000 people needed to be resettled, and they were resettled in two counties; The main troops who chose to join the army were Zhou Cangyuan's troops, and after the battle, there were heavy casualties, and there were only a few thousand intact people, from which more than 1,200 people were selected.

The two baggage bearers carried food, led the personnel, and went to the county magistrate and the county lieutenant to settle down. The remaining people were placed on the banks of the Hutuo River in the north and northeast of Xiaquyang City, so that they could cultivate as soon as possible; And the resettlement area is relatively safe, and will not be threatened by the Yellow Turban Army in the south.

After all the personnel were settled, the infantry began to clean up the corpses in the city, counted the number and buried them directly in a deep ditch in the south of the city, and after filling it up, they dug a large pit in the south and buried the remaining corpses together.

Gao Shun ordered the junior civil officials to immediately write a recital, and beheaded Zhang Bao, and sent the head to the capital urgently together with the recital.

The battle of Xiaquyang ended victoriously, and everyone was disappointed, and no one got the merit of killing Zhang Bao.

The happiest is none other than Gao Shun, and the wealth seized alone is close to the Zhen family's wealth.