Chapter 470

Soon, the shouts of killing stopped, and Zhang Jai ordered the soldiers to clean up the city, guard the gates on all sides, and guard all the important places.

However, the people in the city were still trembling and afraid to go out. It was not until the afternoon that a few boldly pushed open their doors and walked onto the street. There were only five soldiers standing on the street with serious faces. Walking around and patrolling, it seems a little daunting, but it is completely different from the lazy Yuan Shujun in the original city.

"Master, may I ask which general you are under?" He asked boldly.

The sergeant who was asked stopped, with a kind and proud face: "Brother, we are the court's royal adviser, and the leader is Zhang Annan, under the general's command."

The man's face was surprised: "It turns out to be Master Wang, disrespect and disrespect."

"It's nothing." The sergeant replied, "Go back and preach a few more words. Please don't be afraid of the people in the city. I'm waiting for the royal teacher of the imperial court. I'm only here to recover the lost land, and I won't disturb the people in the city."

"That's right." The sergeant suddenly remembered, and said with a smile: "At noon today, my general opened a warehouse to release grain, and residents in the city can come to receive five buckets of grain."

"Five fights?"

The man was overjoyed: "I'll go back and tell them that I will definitely come at noon."

One stone of grain and grass is ten buckets, which is a month's ration for an ordinary adult man, and five buckets is enough for the whole family to eat for several days, so how can you be unhappy.

"Have you heard? The one who captured Kunyang was the royal master of the imperial court, under the command of General Liu."

"Yeah, these sergeants look difficult to contact, but they have done nothing to us."

"The leader of the army is Zhang Annan under the command of General Liu. I heard that the granary will be opened at noon. Everyone go and collect it."

At noon, in front of the granary, the people in Kunyang City immediately lined up a long queue. They heard that it was free food, so almost all the people in the city came.

"Old man, this is your grain and grass, five buckets, you have collected it."

"Thank you, Mr. Jun, thank you, Mr. Jun."

"Little lady, five buckets of food, take it back."

The people in the city who got the food and grass were all happy, usually these military lords came to search for the people, but where did you see the soldiers give the food and grass to the people instead?

"Thanks to Yuan Shu's wealth and wealth, he has collected so many people's fat and people's cream, otherwise we would not be so distressed when we distribute food and grass?" Zhang Jai laughed.

"That's right." Fazheng said with emotion, "Yuan Shu usually scrapes the ground and doesn't know the principle of hiding wealth for the people, and stores grain and grass in the treasury, but today he just happened to be taken by our army as a good man. "

When Cao Cao and Liu Bei were cooking wine and talking about green plums, and talking about the heroes of the world, Liu Bei once mentioned Yuan Shu, saying that "Yuan Shu in Huainan has good soldiers and enough food." Really, if there is no huge savings of food and grass, how can Yuan Shu mobilize nearly 100,000 troops at any time?

Different from Liu Ye's 15th tax, most people under Yuan Shu's rule have 3 taxes, 1, or even 5 taxes, 2. The people are unbearable, but this time it is cheaper for Fazheng and Zhang Jaw.

After Zhang Jai distributed grain and grass widely, the people in the city were all grateful to Dade, and at this time Fazheng issued a recruiting order: but for those who acted as civilian husbands to transport grain and grass for the king's division, the rations would be settled by the Nanyang Army, and they would be given two stones of grain and grass every month. to support the family.

If Zhang Jai and Fazheng recruited soldiers right after capturing Kunyang City, most of the people in the city would probably not agree.

However, after the food and grass were distributed, the people in the city naturally trusted Zhang Jai and Fazheng, so many people enthusiastically carried food and grass for the Zhang Jai Army, recruiting more than 3,000 civilians in a short time, and the momentum of the Zhang Jai Army suddenly expanded. double.

After Zhang Jai recruited civilian husbands, he immediately led 3,000 Nanyang troops and more than 3,000 civilian husbands out of Kunyang City, rushing aggressively to Wuyang City to the east of Kunyang City.

Although Kunyang City was captured, none of the guards and civilians in the city could escape. Therefore, the news of Kunyang's fall could not be spread. In addition, Zhang Jaw tightly guarded the city gates on all sides, so naturally not a single fly could fly out. .

Zhang Jai sent a group of elite soldiers to change into ordinary people's clothes and mix with the people. When they were near the Wuyang City Gate, a group of soldiers suddenly violently killed people and controlled the Wuyang City Gate in an instant.

Zhang Jai once again led the Nanyang Army to gallop into Wuyang City. The defenders were unprepared, just like in Kunyang City, and quickly took control of the city.

Zhang Jai did the same thing, opened warehouses again to release grain, and recruited civilians at the same time. Wuyang City was bigger than Kunyang City, so more than 4,000 civilians were recruited, and the number of Zhang Jai's army exceeded 10,000 in a short time, walking on the road. On the contrary, it is very powerful.

"General Zhang." Fazheng suggested: "Now our army has over 10,000 civilians in the two cities. There is no need to be sneaky anymore. Liu Yuzhou must be under great pressure to defend Zhang Xun's 60,000 troops. Please send troops immediately. Bar."

Zhang Jai nodded, and said to himself: "In this way, our army will enter Shangcai!"

Shangcai City is only a few tens of miles away from Pingyu, the seat of Runan County. It can be said that once Shangcai falls, Pingyu will be exposed to the enemy's soldiers.

Shangcai City.

Under a large banner outside the city, a team slowly approached, and the defenders in the city were stunned for a moment.

"It seems that there are enemy troops coming outside the city."

"What?"

The rest of the guards looked out and were startled.

"The enemy army is coming, quickly close the gates on all sides!"

"Report to the county lieutenant, hurry up!"

As a barrier relying on public opinion, Shangcai City is naturally far stronger than Kunyang and Wuyang. The defenders in the city saw the arrival of Zhang Jaw's army, and hurriedly closed the city gates on all sides, and at the same time went to invite the county lieutenant.

When the county lieutenant heard that there was an enemy army coming, he was surprised: "What, there is an enemy army?"

He hurriedly climbed to the top of the city, only to see the enemy army forming a formation, a vast area, suddenly galloped out of the enemy army, rushed to a distance of about two hundred steps from the top of the city, and shouted loudly.

"Listen up, the defenders on the top of the city, we are the imperial court master! Zhang Annan was ordered by the general to lead an army of 30,000 soldiers into Runan. If you are sensible, you should surrender as soon as possible. No mercy!"

"Thirty thousand troops?" The county lieutenant frowned and looked around.

"Li Xianwei, what's the matter?" the guard on the side asked nervously.

The county lieutenant surnamed Li shook his head slightly: "The enemy army is at most ten thousand, not like thirty thousand."

"Oh, let's not guess, just report the truth, maybe my lord, I mean, His Majesty sent an army to help?"

Li Yan shook his head helplessly: "Then report it and see what the lord has to say."