Chapter 261: Anyi recovered
The Yellow Turbans were immediately thrown into confusion and fled in all directions. Guan Yu led the cavalry to rush and kill, and those who fled to the slow fell to their knees and surrendered. Guan Yu repeatedly identified in the crowd, but did not find Guo Da and Wei Qi, and was immediately furious, just about to gather the soldiers to chase towards Anyi, but it seemed that a cavalry came from the south, it was the white horse Yicong led by Zhao Yun.
Wang Gang came outside the city, and Zhao Yun escorted a thin scribe to Wang Gang.
"General Qiyu, caught a scribe who claimed to be Wei Cha"
"Wei Gongzi, we meet again" Wang Gang greeted Wei Yi with a smile.
Wei Yi was obviously frightened, worried that Wang Gang would kill him, so he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.
"King. . . General Wang spared his life, spared his life. ”
When Wang Gang saw Wei Qi's appearance, he suddenly lost interest, so he asked in a deep voice.
"How many Yellow Turban soldiers are there in Anyi County, and who is responsible for guarding the city?"
"There are still two thousand yellow scarves in Anyi, and the military general who guards the city is named Hu Le" Wei Yi knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice.
"Wei Gongzi will help me take Yangyi County, and I will spare you from dying," Wang Gang looked at Wei Qi and said softly.
"The villain must help the general, and all the property of our Wei family will be given to the general. I just hope that the general can spare the villain's life"
Seeing Guan Yu beside him wanting to speak and stopping, he asked.
"Guan Sima doesn't have to blame himself, Guo Da doesn't have to worry about this person, let's go and recover Yangyi County first."
"The last general obeys" Guan Yu clasped his fists and saluted, grabbed Wei Ji on the ground and walked in the direction of Yangyi.
Zhao Yun was eager to try, and it was obvious that he was not very satisfied with catching a guard. But when Guan Yu walked away, he didn't see Wang Gang speak, and he couldn't help but be a little discouraged.
"Zilong, don't worry, it's already a great achievement for you to catch Wei Qi, and when I report to Your Majesty, it is naturally indispensable to add officials and rewards" Wang Gang naturally understood Zhao Yun's thoughts, but he also knew that the credit could not be given to one Zhao Yun, so how could it be given to Guan Yu.
"I listen to the general"
"Haha" Wang Gang laughed twice, stepped forward and patted Zhao Yun on the back. Said with a laugh.
"Zilong is still young, and there will be many opportunities to make meritorious contributions in the future, these are just small fights, and in the future, I will take you to expand the territory, and that is a great achievement in history."
Zhao Yun's eyes suddenly flashed with a bright light, and he was more yearning for the battlefield.
Wang Gang took 500 archers and 500 sword and shield soldiers, and headed towards Yangyi County, and when Wang Gang arrived at Yangyi County, Anyi County had been taken by Guan Yu, and the two thousand yellow scarves in the city were also guarded in the barracks.
It turned out that Guan Yu pretended to be the Wei family's salt transport team, infiltrated Anyi County, and kidnapped Hu Le. Then a thousand cavalry entered the city and took the county seat of Anyi without blood.
Wang Gang was very satisfied with Guan Yu's operation, the Han Dynasty had been in war for many years, the population was withering, and it was great that many people could die. Wang Gang ordered to appease the people and open a warehouse to release grain.
The county seat of Anyi is the county of Hedong County, and the county seat is particularly rich, much richer than the county seat of Jinyang, with many shops in the city and wide roads. Most of the people in the city rely on drying salt to make a living, and there are many salt merchants from other places in the city. However, the salt pond was controlled by the Wei family, and the people could only do some coolies.
When Dong Chong finished collecting the Yellow Turban prisoners of war and came to Yangyi County, Wang Gang found a few people to discuss the matter.
"A total of more than 4,000 Yellow Turban prisoners of war have been captured this time," Dong Chong was the first to speak, and looked at Wang Gang with a look of hope after speaking.
Wang Gang naturally understood what Dong Zhong meant
"Does my brother want to recruit them into the army?"
"I am not satisfied with Ziyi, my brother does have this plan" Dong Chong now has less than a thousand soldiers under his command, of course he wants to bring all these soldiers under his command.
"The discipline of the Yellow Turban soldiers is scattered, and if you add too much at one time, you can't improve your combat power much. If you want to compile these yellow scarves, you can select a thousand strong and train them strictly. It's much better than directly incorporating 4,000 Yellow Turban soldiers," Wang Gang reminded.
Dong Zhong nodded when he heard this, but heard Wang Gang say again.
"I know that my brother is short of soldiers and horses, and he is eager to expand the army and rectify Hedong, but my brother still wants to remind me that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it. I'll be back tomorrow."
Dong Zhong was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly spoke.
"Ziyi is gone, what if Guo Da brings troops here again?"
"I will leave 1,000 swords and shields and 1,000 bows and arrows to my brother, and I will also stay in the Hussar General's Mansion for the time being. Guan Sima can fight well, and his brother must know how to make good use of people, and he has made great contributions here. I also ask my brother to write to His Majesty and make a contribution to General Guan."
Dong Chong was really moved, this is his brother. Hurriedly spoke.
"For my brother, I will write a book and report the war here to Your Majesty. As for Guan Sima, what will happen to Zuo Zhonglang, who is appointed as the Hussar General's Mansion"
The hussar general is located above Jiuqing, under the three dukes, and the government has one Changshi and one Sima, and two Zhonglang generals on the left and right. If he is crowned as a hussar general, he can control the four marches. But Dong Chong's hussar general was originally only in name, but he didn't expect that there would really be a day when he would go into battle to fight, and he would have to form a hussar general's mansion.
Guan Yu was stunned on the spot, he didn't expect that Dong Chonghui would directly appoint him as the Zhonglang General, which was an official position second only to the general, but it was the Hussar General's Mansion Zuo Zhonglang General. It's not a Guanglu family, it's slightly different.
"General Guan, I haven't thanked the hussar general" Wang Gang saw that Guan Yu was still there in a daze, and couldn't help but remind with a smile.
"Guan Yu thanked the hussar general," Guan Yu said as he stepped forward and saluted.
"Regarding the help of generals, major events in Hedong can be decided," Dong Zhong helped Guan Yu up and said with a laugh.
Guan Yu was originally from Hedong, and he was able to be a general in his homeland, which had a special meaning for Guan Yu, and he glanced at Wang Gang gratefully.
"How is Ziyi going to deal with the Wei family" After saying the military matter, Dong Chong's mood suddenly relaxed a lot, and he remembered that there was still a big trouble in Yangyi County, so he couldn't help but ask.
"Although the Hedong Wei family surrendered to the Yellow Turban and committed a rebellion, but they can't act rashly, my brother might as well send someone to send everyone from the Wei family to Luoyang and hand it over to His Majesty to deal with, so that those families have nothing to say" Wang Gang thought about it and said.
"What about the Wei family's property?"
"Let's temporarily seize the family property, wait for the court to deal with it, and send the grain to Luoyang to Dasi Nong, Luoyang is now very short of food"
Wang Gang's words were beyond Dong Chong's expectations, and even Guan Yu and Zhao Yun next to him were puzzled, with so much food and family property, Wang Gang was not moved.
"That'...... What about the salt pool" Dong Zhong asked very carefully, the huge profit in this can be understood by anyone.
"Salt and iron were originally controlled by the imperial court, and I wrote to Your Majesty, asking him to send someone to be responsible for the management of the salt pond, and all taxes should be handed over to the imperial court.
Dong Chong was a little confused, but since Wang Gang said so, he had no choice but to do so.
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