I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 442 Old
Zhao Zhong reminded Wang Yun, of course not to help Wang Yun.

He was just worried that Wang Yun was killing people like this. If the soldiers were dissatisfied and scattered when they arrived in Lanling County, it would be a small matter to hinder his achievements. But if it endangered his life, that would be a big deal.

After all, the two troops he relied on most, Zhang Yang and Taishi Ci, were sent out to quell the rebellion as quickly as possible, leaving only a group of two hundred people to guard him.

Time is merciless. Although Zhao Zhong’s previous illness has been cured, the disease is retarded and his health condition is now much worse than before.

When the idea of ​​making peace came into Zhao Zhong's mind, his first thought was that he was old.

Of course, it was impossible to ask for peace. Zhao Zhong looked at Wang Yun who was hostile to him... Well, if Wang Yun bowed his head first, he could consider it.

Although he knew very well that even if the sun rose in the west, people like Wang Yun would not bow their heads.

I am old! Zhao Zhong sighed in his heart. When he was young, he would only think about how to kill Wang Yun.

In this way, the two people who were incompatible in appearance but alienated in heart led their troops and headed for Lanling County.

Along the way, Wang Yun kept an eye on Zhao Zhong, trying to find Zhao Zhong's faults.

In his impression, once eunuchs arrived at the local area, if they did not oppress the people and extort money, they would be unworthy of what was cut off from them.

Even if Zhao Zhong can keep things stable, can the eunuchs brought by Zhao Zhong hold back?
But the facts were somewhat beyond Wang Yun's expectations.

The people brought by Zhao Zhong were just like the soldiers from the counties and states who had been carefully trained by him. It might be an exaggeration to say that they did not harm the common people at all, but at least no one dared to deliberately oppress the common people or rob their property.

This made Wang Yun more wary of Zhao Zhong. If he restrained himself to such an extent, he must have a bigger plan.

He also became more cautious in his actions and would never allow himself to be caught by Zhao Zhong.

As the two men led their troops safely to Lanling County, this time, the rebels in Lanling County did not think of hiding, but occupied the county city and prepared to fight Wang Yun with real weapons.

Wang Yun was not afraid at all.

Seeing that the rebels did not dare to leave the city to fight him, on the first day he dispatched soldiers from the counties and states to surround the city on three sides, leaving only one entrance.

At the same time, he also ordered the soldiers to announce to the people in the city that as long as the rebels surrendered in advance, they would be pardoned. If they surrendered after the city was broken, no one would be spared!
Zhao Zhong still remembers this old decree.

He remembered that it was not long since His Majesty ascended the throne when the Yellow Turban rebels appeared in Qingzhou again.

At that time, Taifu Lu Zhi came up with this method in order to intimidate ambitious people everywhere and speed up the efficiency of suppressing rebellions.

He didn't know whether this method frightened the rebel Zhao Zhong, but he only knew that Ma Teng, who was still a rebel at the time, was frightened into submission by this method. Now, when he heard Wang Yun use this method again, he actually missed the comfortable days back then.

——All past sins will be wiped out, and there is no need to worry about being impeached and killed by the ministers.

When the shouts and screams rang out around him, Zhao Zhong suddenly realized that he was actually missing the boring life in the palace in recent years, which he hated so much.

Zhao Zhong once again laughed at himself for being old.

Zhao Zhong did not interfere with Wang Yun's command of the army.

Now that he is in this position, he knows exactly how to do things.

That night, Wang Yun’s call had an effect.

Some of the rebels tied ropes to the city wall and ran out to surrender. Wang Yun was very resourceful. The next day, he organized these surrendered rebels into a team, paraded them around the city, and asked them to replace the original county soldiers to shout to the city.

Afterwards, Wang Yun registered the native places of these people and let them go in front of the rebels defending the city. Not only that, before they left, he also distributed food rations to the people whose identities could be confirmed.

This approach immediately produced results.

The people who were bewitched by the powerful were already afraid of the royal army, and they were trapped in the city by the royal army and faced the threat of death at all times. There was already a feeling of despair in the air.

Now, under the combined power of Wang Yun,
Even if the powerful people repeatedly told them that the neighboring counties would rise up in rebellion soon, and Wang Yun would not be able to stay outside Lanling County for long.

But these words could not stop the rebellious people from fleeing.

Most of these people were originally bewitched and coerced into coming here, so why would they risk their lives for them?

On the second day, when Wang Yun was preparing to repeat the same trick with the surrendered people who had climbed over the wall the night before, the rebellious tyrants in the city even drove the people they had deceived off the city walls and only arranged for their loyal private troops to be stationed.

Wang Yun noticed this scene in time and immediately ordered his men to beat drums in preparation for attacking the city.

As soon as the drums sounded, the rebels immediately called up the people who were driven off the city wall, and just as the city wall was ready, the gongs for retreat sounded again.

As for those outside the range of an arrow, the surrendered and rebellious people were still directed to circle the city, while shouting in unison about the court's policy on how to treat prisoners. There were more of them than the day before, and their voices were louder.

After they had completed their circle, Wang Yun released the surrenderers in front of the defenders in the city.

At this time, several powerful families in the city finally could not sit still anymore.

Faced with Wang Yun's blatant conspiracy, he was unable to control the fleeing people at home, and he was afraid that before the reinforcements from outside could take effect, only his own troops would escape.

Finally, they decided to go all out, taking all their troops with them, and fighting a desperate battle before the fighting spirit of the people who had been coerced into rebellion was completely wiped out and before all of them ran away!
then……

Then it was gone.

Zhao Zhong happily took over the post-war liquidation work.

But how could Wang Yun, who had fought with all his strength, let him get his wish?
"I am here to help Zhao Changshi on the orders of the Lord. The Lord is worried that Zhao Changshi has just arrived in Donghai Country and doesn't know much about the internal affairs here, so he wants to avoid accidentally hurting good people... After all, there are spies of the Lord among the wealthy and powerful in Lanling County. For the safety of the spies, they cannot be exposed now. After all, the range of information that the spies can get is not limited to Lanling County..."

"I don't know who your Majesty's spy is. Your Majesty is a gentleman and he has promised not to tell anyone else... So I need to report to your Majesty on the progress of Mr. Zhao's investigation every day."

"Empress Zhao has come here with a seal of honor for His Majesty and the people. I think you won't mind, right?"

Zhao Zhong looked at the official who was talking in front of him. His name was Liu Tong, and he was Liu Yu's nephew.

Zhao Zhong knew that this person was specially chosen by Wang Yun to disgust him.

Both generations of emperors had great trust in Liu Yu. Unless Liu Tong committed an unforgivable crime, they would not be able to do anything to Liu Tong.

In the end, Zhao Zhong had no choice but to accept it.

Wang Yun has almost cleaned up the Donghai Kingdom. There are no big fish here. Let's just prepare for going to other counties in the future.

Moreover, Zhao Zhong was also afraid that Wang Yun would find an excuse to steal his job. After all, he had discovered before that Wang Yun was also ruthless in handling cases.

(End of this chapter)