Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 366 Recruitment and Meeting

Lei Hu stepped forward, silently took back his ax from the old man's forehead.

At this moment, the Mulet people had completely given up resistance. They ran around and raised their hands to beg for mercy, but they were often hacked to death by the red-eyed ax gang.

The shouts of killing continued for an entire hour, and the Yunshang County Ax Gang had completely controlled the situation.

Zhang Zhe rode on the horse and looked at the pocket watch he bought specially.

Dazheng time, December 27th, at [-]:[-] in the morning.

The two banners came behind Zhang Zhe, and all the people who gradually woke up from their madness looked at their prefect.

Zhang Zhe summoned up all his strength and yelled, "Wan Sheng~!"

The soldiers all shouted excitedly: "Wan Sheng~!"

Afterwards, many people also laughed loudly: "Wan Sheng~, Wan Sheng~!"

Finally, the voice of "Wan Sheng" resounded through the field.

"Sixteen horses were lost, and 540 horses were captured!" There was no paperwork with him, so he, the prefect, could only calculate the accounts himself, "There are 37 horses now!"

"More than 700 sheep of various kinds, [-] head of cattle, [-] catties of grain, and countless forages were seized. What do you mean countless? You can't measure it by weight, this Sanqi. But if you tighten it, it seems to be able to It's spring."

"Seven hundred knives and guns were seized, two hundred bows were seized, 11 people were killed in battle, six were seriously injured, and more than 300 were slightly injured! And more than 400 people got lost and disappeared along the way? Eight are still missing."

Zhang Zhe was silent for a long time.

The biggest losses in the battle came from the axe soldiers. After all, they did not have any protection and lacked combat experience. They only achieved such results by relying on the large number of people and the cavalry's first surprise attack.

The sun was shining brightly outside the tent, and the residual bloody smell was still lingering at the tip of his nose.

When Zhang Zhe walked out of the tent, several soldiers hurriedly saluted.

Zhang Zhe waved his hand and started walking around the camp.Everyone was happily loading things on the cart, Yunshang County had been poor for too long.Zhang Zhe must have taken many of them privately, but he doesn't care about that.

There are not many Mulet men who survived, most of them are old people and children, and most of the women survived.

These people were tied and knelt on one side, and most of them had accepted the reality, the law of the grassland had always been like this.

"Patriarch!" Gao Deshu came over, "What about these prisoners?"

Zhang Zhe understood what he meant. The cattle, sheep and food they robbed were only enough for the people in the city to eat.

"When we get back to Yunshang, let them go and just give them some food."

Gao Deshu was startled, and hastily whispered.

"Patriarch, just let them go like this, I'm afraid it will spread the news that we have wiped out the Mueller's Department, if other tribes want to avenge the Mueller's Department."

"I want them to take revenge!" Zhang Zhe chuckled, "If there is no external pressure, how can I easily integrate all the Yunshang County people?"

"Come here with your ears..."

After listening to Zhang Zhe's whisper, Gao Deshu immediately smiled knowingly.

"No~!"

Lei Hu was very puzzled why his centurion asked him to hang a rope on his arm that was fine.In fact, only one member of his ten-man team was slightly injured.

As a result, all ten people were forced to smear their blood by the centurion, saying that it could ward off evil spirits after the war.

This statement was immediately approved by most people, but why did they have to pass in front of these captives with their heads downcast?
The chariots and horses headed south, and not long after leaving the ruins of Muller's Ministry, there were several large fires on the side of the road. The centurion asked everyone to throw all the arm straps and head-wrapping rags into the fire and burn them. , so that evil spirits will not follow you back.

The excuse of superstition is also extremely useful.

Gan Xiu led a dozen cavalrymen and flew back to Yunshang County on Pegasus.

When they came on horseback, they saw a few skinny women standing outside the city gate, all staring at this side infatuatedly.

"Great victory~!" Ganxiu took the lead and shouted, and the dozen or so cavalry behind him also shouted with a smile, "Give way, great victory~! The Mullert Department was wiped out by us!"

Most of the women burst into tears, but these messengers were very fast, and after they ran into the city, they diverted and shouted about the victory, making it impossible for them to ask how their men were doing.

So when thousands of people returned to Yunshang County, they saw the scene of tens of thousands of old and young women waiting outside the city under the setting sun.

"Recruit civil servants?"

On the second day after returning to Yunshang County, Zhang Zhe published another bulletin, calling for people who knew how to read and write from the whole county.

Under the list, there are many people watching the excitement, and almost everyone has an ax in their waist.

"It's a pity, I couldn't read since I was a child, otherwise I would also be an official for the prefect!"

"Come on, I still think the ax in my hand is good."

"Hey, you, Cao Erlang, naturally think that the ax is easy to use. There are thousands of people and you are the only ones who got lost. If you didn't have the ax, you would have been almost caught by the wolf, hahahaha."

Cao Er was not annoyed, but smiled instead.

"Did you see the wolf hanging in our house! Do you have wolf skin to make a coat for my wife?"

"Yo, the mother-in-law is the mother-in-law, and the mother-in-law, have you become gentle?"

"That's not true. We are now working under the Zhuangyuan Lord. Can we not get a little literary, okay? Didn't you hear the blackboard writing that Chi Zizi said, the prefect won five yuan in a row, that is the first in the world."

These people under the list were chatting, suddenly someone ran over from the prefect's mansion.

"Happy, happy, brother Shui's second child, do you know?"

"Bah, what a happy event. Brother Shui folded himself in Mullert's department yesterday, and the funeral is going on at home. What are you talking about, what are you thinking about?"

"The eunuch's mansion took care of his son and daughter, and helped him take care of his mother. This is the eunuch's mercy, but it's really not a happy event."

"I mean his second son, Chen Jiong! Just now I saw him come out of the prefect's mansion, holding a scroll in his hand. The soldiers at the door even called him Chen Zanhua!"

"The second child of his family really likes to read, but he always loses in wrestling with us. Who would have thought that he would be appreciated by the prefect?"

"This guy Chen Jiong can be 28. He hasn't talked about his daughter-in-law yet. I'm afraid it will be a double happiness this time!"

At the moment, in the prefect's mansion, Zhang Zhe was holding his first meeting since taking office.

In addition to Zhang Sanqi, Ganxiu, Geng Liang, Xie Lun, and Gao Deshu, there were also Chen Jiong and Xu Jidao, who Zhang Zhe had just hired.Chen Jiong is good at learning, has dabbled in agriculture and business, and is familiar with the local geography, so Zhang Zhe asked him to handle general government affairs for him.

Xu Jidao was born in a family of porcelain makers, but unfortunately his father hated the dignitaries of the country, and the whole family was exiled to the frontier.The enemy also hooked up with the barbarians to intercept and kill him. Only Xu Jidao was spared by pretending to be a slave in his family.After being taken captive by the Hu people, he finally fled to Yunshang County five years ago. He has already married a wife and had a daughter here, and earns a living by teaching characters and doing some carpentry on weekdays.Now it is appointed by Zhang Zhe to manage the construction of the county.

Both of them recommended themselves after reading the list, and Zhang Zhe assessed them one by one before hiring them.

"Among the tribes in Yunnan, the one closest to the Mulet tribe should be the Zalan tribe. The two parties are relatives. Now our war has made his Bao'er daughter a widow waiting to be married. I'm afraid King Zalan Khan will not We will let it go with us." The speaker was Chen Jiong, who was familiar with the local situation.

"The people we let go will definitely defect to the nearest Zhalan tribe. Presumably the Zhalan tribe should be the first tribe to know what happened. Should we consider strengthening the investigation of the northeast? Prevent the Zhalan tribe from also Learn how to sneak attack us?" Xie Lun has never been very understanding of the Patriarch letting go of those barbarian women and children, and he is deeply worried about it.

"It is necessary to strengthen the investigation of all parties in the northeast and northwest!" Zhang Zhe clapped his hands lightly, and everyone looked at him.

"It doesn't matter whether the Zalan tribe really wants revenge, or it's for the horses, cattle and sheep we took away, as well as the 2000 taels of gold from King Mulet Khan, and more importantly, the grassland left by the Mulet tribe. They The contradictions between us and us are almost irreconcilable, we are too close to this pasture!"

"However, with the habits of Hu people, we know that we have thousands of horses now, and Zhalan's troops can only dispatch five hundred horses. They will never come to attack Yunshang easily. Unless they can guarantee the success of the surprise attack." Xu Jidao He stroked his beard and whispered his opinion. He didn't think Zalan had the courage to put all his eggs in one basket when Yunshang was at its most powerful.

"What if we add the Taha tribe in the northwest?" Zhang Zhe suddenly put forward an idea.

"It shouldn't be too big," Chen Jiong recalled the tribal form he knew. "The Mullert and Zalan tribes have been allies for a century, while the Taha tribe is the perennial enemy of the Mullert tribe. Therefore, over the years, Zalan The grievances between the Ministry and the Taha Ministry are not light."

Zhang Zhe clapped his hands, he encouraged his subordinates to express their own opinions, not like Geng Liang who always said what he said.

"Everyone, let us first analyze where the grievances between the Taha Department and the Mueller Department come from?"

Hearing Zhang Zhe's question, Sanqi was the first to answer.

"Hey, Mr. Lang once said that there is no love or hatred for no reason in this world. He also said that all the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit, and the world is for profit. Taha must have been coveting others The pastures and riches of Mullett's department."

"What Zhang Qianchang said is very true," Chen Jiong nodded, "The pastures of the Mulet tribe are indeed among the best among the tribes in Yunnan. If the Zalan tribe was not worried that the Taha tribe would be the next one after taking down the Mulet tribe It's my turn, and I won't stand with Muellert."

"Then does anyone know the strength of the Taha Department?" Zhang Zhe asked the second question.

"Xu once went to the Taha tribe to work as a carpenter. It is estimated that their population is close to [-]. After deducting the elderly, children, women, and slaves, the number of combatants should be between [-] and [-]."

Zhang Zhe smiled, and asked again: "Then what do you guys think about the geographic locations of our Yunshang County, Zhalan Department and Taha Department?"

Everyone looked at Chen Jiong.

"Returning to my lord, if we talk about the terrain of the three places, it seems that they are all between the mountains and the Banjiang River, and the rest of the Yunnan provinces are all on the grasslands in the north of the Banjiang River."

"Since there are only three of us in Banyang Henan, who do you think is the biggest threat to the Zalan and Taha tribes?"

After Zhang Zhe finished speaking, he smiled and looked at everyone present.

Chen Jiong and Xu Jidao glanced at each other in surprise, they hadn't gotten out of the previous situation on Yunshang for a while, and hadn't adapted to the changes in the current situation.

Since the night attack on Muller's Ministry, the strongest in Banyang Henan today should actually be Yunshang County, which suddenly changed from a harmless rabbit to a wolf.

With [-] ax gangs and [-] riders, and a "tribal population" of more than [-], it's no wonder that King Khan of the Taha and Zalan tribes can sleep soundly.

"Your Excellency, do you want to take action against the two parts?" Xu Jidao hesitated, and nodded when he saw Zhang Zhe.

He immediately reminded, "Why is your lord so eager? Although we have many men, we lack combat experience and drills. The raid on Muller's army last night, if not for the various arrangements made by your lord, our men might be scattered in the wilderness." Yes. Even today, there are still people who got lost and did not come back.”

Even Gao Deshu and Xie Lun nodded frequently after hearing these words.

Xie Lun cupped his hands and remonstrated: "Patriarch, the men in the county lack practice. If they fight head-on, they will be useless."

Zhang Zhe gave a wry smile: "It's not that Zhang is in a hurry, but time is running out!"

"If after the beginning of spring, the Zhalan tribe and the Taha tribe each collude with the tribes in Banyang Hebei to enter the land of Henan, we will be in real trouble."

Everyone was silent, and the prefect really saw the long-term.

After the beginning of spring, if the two ministries collude with other tribes to besiege Yunshang County, the food reserves and city wall defense of Yunshang County will not be able to resist the attacks of the various ministries in turn.

From this point of view, it is really the only way out this winter to eliminate the Taha and Zhalan tribes in one fell swoop, control Banyang Henan, and prevent other tribes from going south easily.

"I would like to be taught!" Chen Jiong and Xu Jidao bowed solemnly to Zhang Zhe.

"What is the owner going to do?" Gao Deshu and others all looked at Zhang Zhe.

Zhang Zhe chuckled.

"What else can I do? The old method is to attack Zalan's tribe at night."

Everyone was a little dumbfounded, but Gao Deshu and Xie Lun's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this.

Xie Lun applauded: "No wonder the Patriarch released all the women and children left in Muller's Department before. This was to convince Zalan's Department that we had to attack Mueller's Department at night for a bite to eat. Now there are food Yes, I thought we were satisfied!"

Gao Deshu also laughed: "We let those women and children think that we have suffered heavy losses, and most of them are injured. King Zalan Khan will think that we will not be able to send troops within a month! I wonder when the adults want to send troops?"

"Tomorrow night!"

Everyone was shocked: "New Year's Eve!"

"According to the habits of our Central Plains people, will we send troops on this day?" Zhang Zhe's voice was not loud, but the will contained in it was extremely firm, "King Zalan Khan would never have expected that we Central Plains people After grabbing the food, unexpectedly it’s not even New Year’s Eve, so they come and attack him instead!”

"Besides, the morale is booming now, and everyone's blood is still there. If you have a full stomach for a few days, it will be difficult to have the current morale!"

Everyone looked at each other and finally agreed.

"I would like to obey the order of the Patriarch (Adult)!"

(End of this chapter)