Chapter 12: Thieves Gather at Savage Ridge (Ask for Subscriptions, Flowers)
Chen Lin led five hundred cavalry guards to Shangcai, Zhao Qian and Yuan Shu held a banquet to welcome Chen Lin in the official army camp, Yuan Shu has been much more humble since the defeat once, and understood that the Yellow Turban Thief is not so incompetent, for Chen Lin's military exploits, some admiration and some jealousy, and Chen Lin also began to respect him. Chen Lin also knew at this time that when he broke Pengtuo, Yingchuan Huangfu Song Huangfu Yizhen, Zhu Jun and Zhu Gongwei were first besieged by Changshe, and then attacked Bocai with fire, and then got the help of Cao * Cao Mengde, the cavalry commander sent by the imperial court, to kill Bocai. Now Zhu Jun and Sun Jian led the troops to Nanyang, while Huangfu Song and Cao* went to Yanzhou.
At this time, the new Yuzhou Assassin of the imperial court was the prince of the Taiyuan royal family, Wang Yun, who had already arrived in Runan City, and was actively preparing materials for Zhao Qian and vigorously supporting Zhao Qian in logistics. After Chen Lin arrived in Shangcai, Zhao Qian and Yuan Shu attacked the city for a few days, but the effect was not good. Now the three main Taiping leaders in Runan are surrounded in Shangcai City, and the rest of the land is peaceful, so Chen Lin informed Gao Shun and others to transport the captives and grain back to Chenjiazhuang in Anyang County in batches. Zhao Qian saw that the siege was not smooth, so he simply stopped the siege, just scolded the battle every day, persuaded the city to surrender, and at the same time hoped that the thieves could go out of the city to fight.
After seven or eight days, suddenly the Chen family came to report that Gao Shun sent people to say that a batch of grain had been safely delivered, but when the second batch was made, the foot of the Savage Ridge was robbed and killed by thieves, and more than 30 transport foot soldiers escaped and reported the news, and more than 1,000 captives who went back with them also reversed, and the thieves robbed the grain on the Savage Ridge.
When Chen Lin heard this, he just got out of this way, Chen Lin made a lot of meritorious contributions, and he didn't want to spend time here, so he wanted to return to Anyang and wait for the court to reward him. Now it was just right, so he hurriedly looked for Zhao Qian, and said that thousands of anti-thieves suddenly gathered on the Savage Ridge, hoping to go and exterminate them. It was just that Yuan Shu didn't want Chen Lin to make too much merit here, and also said that the gathering of the Savage Ridge anti-thieves needed someone to go and exterminate them, so Zhao Qian agreed that Chen Lin would lead his troops back to the south of Runan to exterminate the Savage Ridge anti-thieves.
Soon, Chen Lin returned to Anyang County, and now Chen Lin's family lives in Chenjiabao, guarding the courtyard with hundreds of foot guards. When the Lin family and the Zhang family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law saw Chen Lin return safely, they looked at Chen Lin with their eyes full of sorrow, and cried again. After meeting his parents in Chenjiabao, Chen Lin rushed to Chenjiazhuang non-stop, and now the main asset of the Chen family is this grange, a huge grange.
Gao Shun is not there, he is still in Xihua. Chen Lin urgently ordered 1,500 foot soldiers in the village to be led by Lin An to Xihua to meet Gao Shun, the thieves in Savage Ridge can be left alone for the time being, but the matter of Xihua must be dealt with as soon as possible, 500,000 stone of grain and 20,000 prisoners, first transported back to Chenjiazhuang, it is safe, and at the same time send a cavalry guard to find out what the situation is in Savage Ridge. Every time the grain transport team arrived at the Savage Ridge, Chen Lin personally led the cavalry guards to meet them, and indeed a small group of thieves wanted to snatch them again, but they were beaten by five hundred cavalry guards, and they also captured a few alive by the way.
Only then did Chen Lin know that he also recognized that the mountain was on the big village that Chen had used to be, and although it was burned by Chen Guo once, it was still a dangerous place. I don't know when a group of yellow turbans escaped from the north, I heard that the south has been famous for three knives, and wants to take refuge, but I don't want to be absent from the three knives, so I simply occupied that place, and became the king of the mountain, there were more than 1,000 people, and later coerced Chen Lin's more than 1,000 captives to join the gang, and there were about 2,000 at this time. The captives who had just surrendered, and then rebelled, were also a reasonable thing, and Chen Lin didn't care. The matter of Xihua was not properly resolved, Chen Lin had no intention of solving the Savage Ridge anti-thief, and only sent people to put a lot of wooden signs on the trees at the foot of the Savage Ridge, which read: "Chen Lin, the eldest young master of the Chen family in Anyang, Chen Bozhi recruited the strongmen of the Savage Ridge, if there is a sincere person who goes down the mountain to follow the good, he will not be blamed in the past, and it will last for one month, and after one month, he will lead a large army to encircle and suppress." ”
Chen Lin did not forget to write a letter to Luoyang's teacher, and at the same time ordered Luoyang Chen's Mansion to stay behind and give more gifts to He Jin, Chen Lin began to ask the court for credit, and at this time Chen Lin really believed what Grandpa said at the beginning, just because what Grandpa said was true. Chen Lin decided that as Grandpa said, South Africa is the blessed land of the Chen family's troubled times, Hanzhong, and Chen Lin wants to go to Hanzhong. The outbreak of the Yellow Turban caused an indescribable change in Chen Lin's loyalty to the Great Han, and Chen Lin didn't know it.
For nearly a month, Chen Lin ignored Anyang, but from time to time there was news from the outside that Zhao Qian and Yuan Shu actually forced down on Shangcai Yellow Turban, and then repented, killing 30,000 prisoners, and Huang Shao and the three were killed. The Runan Yellow Turban almost subsided, Yuan Shu returned to Luoyang to invite merit, Zhao Qian also entered Luoyang to report on his work, and Chen Lin specially ordered Lin An to bring 10,000 taels of gold to Luoyang. At this time, although it is not yet the time to reward meritorious deeds, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Yellow Turban will not support for long, Nanyang Zhang Fan Zhang Mancheng was also killed by the new Nanyang Taishou, and Huangfu Song led the army to the north, in short, there are many signs that the Yellow Turban Rebellion is about to subside.
At this time, Gao Shun returned to Chenjiazhuang in Anyang with the last batch of captives and grain. So there are as many as 30,000 people in Chenjiazhuang, and the grain is more than one million stones, Chen Lin thinks that these grains are the basis for immigrating to Hanzhong in the future, tens of thousands of people from Anyang to Hanzhong, it will take at least two months to drag their families and mouths, and the grain consumption is not less than 150,000 stones. Nowadays, the grain production in Dahan is getting lower and lower, just because of the continuous natural disasters, and now the world is in chaos, countless tenant farmers do not work, at least for a few years There will be a shortage of grain, Chen Lin knows that these grains are priceless treasures.
As soon as Gao Shun came back, Chen Lin intended to pacify Savage Ridge as soon as possible, and the effect of surrendering in the past month was good. Today's Chen Lin is paying more and more attention to Gao Shun, and has made Gao Shun a total of 2,000 foot soldiers in Chenjiazhuang into a trap camp, and Gao Shun has been practicing with Chen Zhi and Chen Guo * in the camp for days.
On this day, Chen Lin summoned Gao Shun, since Gao Shun was rescued by Chen Lin from Qianghu, he recognized Chen Lin as the master, and now he is deeply reused by Chen Lin, so although he is still serious all day long, he seems to be much more energetic. As soon as he entered the door, he greeted him in a loud voice: "My lord, Gao Shun has arrived, I don't know what the lord commands?" Chen Lin hurriedly beckoned Gao Shun to sit down and said: "There are still more than 1,000 thieves in Savage Ridge, I want Gao Shun to lead the troops forward, or surrender or clear it, in short, if he doesn't make trouble again, Gao Shun dares to take the order?" ”
Gao Shunyi stood up and clenched his fists: "If you want to fight with thousands of people, you can return within a month." When Chen Lin saw it, he was satisfied and overjoyed: "Okay, then I will order you to go and exterminate the thieves in Savage Ridge and set off on the same day." After giving the order, Chen Lin bitterly told Gao Shun that he would mainly accept and minimize casualties, and Gao Shun went out to lead the troops to fight Savage Ridge. Chen Lin also had the intention to try Gao Shun's ability to command troops alone, to see if Gao Shun could only be a general, not a handsome, and the little Savage Ridge was just the object.
Gao Shun took Chen Guo and Chen Zhi to lead thousands of people to set off in the camp. On this day, Chen Lin returned to Chenjiabao, Chen Li greeted the past, Chen Li said to Chen Lin: "Bozhi is now more and more independent, it stands to reason that his father is also relieved, but my father heard that the power of Bozhi's generals to lead the troops is all in the hands of Gao Shun alone, I am afraid that it is easy to cause trouble, Bozhi should know the way to weigh ah, besides, Bozhi should trust his own brother the most." After Chen Li finished speaking, he left without waiting for Chen Lin's reaction. Chen Lin thought quietly, as if what Chen Li said also made some sense, so on the second day, Chen Lin summoned Chen Ze and said: "Zhong Zhi, I thought about it and decided to let Zhong Zhi form a new army, I don't know if Zhong Zhi dares?" ”
When Chen Ze heard that he could lead the troops, his calm face was also a little ruddy, and he said happily: "Although the eldest brother is relieved, Zhong Zhi will not let the eldest brother down." Chen Lin looked at the young Chen Ze, but he was quiet, not as impulsive as Zhang Ba, he was happy in his heart, and said: "Okay, so I want Zhong to lead the cavalry in the future, the cavalry guards are disbanded, hundreds of horses are all handed over to Zhong Zhi, temporarily * train hundreds of cavalry, and in the future, there are horses, and they can become tens of thousands, Zhong Zhi is willing to gallop thousands of miles for his brother?" ”
When Chen Ze heard that he was actually the commander of the cavalry, his heart was surging, and he responded: "Zhong Zhizhi, the eldest brother has a trust, and everything is there." The two brothers laughed and laughed, and they were very harmonious. Zhang Ba was not Chen Lin's subordinate at this time, and as soon as the rebels dispersed, Zhang Ba went home, so Chen Lin didn't have to think about Zhang Ba's affairs. Chen Lin ordered Chen Ze to be the mainstay, assisted by Lin An, to establish a cavalry army, and Huang Yan and Zhou Cang were recruited from a new recruit of up to five hundred, and the guards were rebuilt, and they could be directly selected by the camp and Chen Ze's cavalry department.
So Chen Ze became the third Chen Lin faction general to lead an army alone after Huang Yan and Gao Shun, Chen Lin didn't worry about Lin An's problem at all, Lin An was a few years older than Chen Ze, but Chen Ze's identity as the second young master was there, presumably Lin An's cousin also understood. After Chen Lin explained the matter of Chen Ze's formation of the cavalry, he went to find Cai Yang, this unclear sword saint, Chen Lin decided to talk to Cai Yang well, and Cai Yang was bound to be collected under the account. In Cai Yang's room, there were only Chen Lin and Cai Yang, and for a whole night, the bright lights talked all night, when Huang Yan and the others saw Cai Yang again, Cai Yang called Chen Lin the lord, and Chen Lin even added Cai Yang to the cavalry department, and assisted Chen Ze* to train the cavalry with Lin An.
Gao Shun went for a whole month, and when he returned, he brought back more than 1,600 Savage Ridge anti-thief captives, and his own loss was no more than 100 people, which made Chen Lin greatly appreciated, and specially rewarded Gao Shun with two maidservants as concubines. So when Chen Lin had Gao Shun's 2,000 camps, Chen Ze's 600 cavalry, plus 500 guards, practiced day and night. On the other hand, when Chen Lin decided to immigrate to Shangyong, there were nearly 10,000 more people than now.
In August, Zhu Jun broke the Nanyang Yellow Turban, in October, Huangfu pacified Yanzhou and went north to replace Dong Zhuo, who failed one after another, and defeated the Yellow Turban, when Zhang Jiao had died of illness, Huangfu Song dug up Zhang Jiao's coffin, cut off his head, and killed Zhang Liang, in November, Zhang Bao was beheaded, and the vigorous Yellow Turban Uprising failed. Although the Yellow Turban Rebellion failed, there were countless rebels who rebelled against the Han everywhere on the ground at this time. Hundreds of thousands of small people, many tens of thousands of people gathered together, occupied the mountains as kings, plundered the roads, and even more dared to raid the counties. When Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty saw Zhang Jiao's death, good news came from everywhere, thinking that the Han Dynasty was as stable as Mount Tai, and began to ignore the government all day long, only knowing how to accumulate wealth. These Chen Lin all knew on the road, on the way to Liangzhou.