Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

"I am General Huang Tian. Those who are willing to obey Huang Tian's orders can have their stomachs full!!!"

After Gan Ning shouted this, the Jinfan bandits who led a large number of hungry people here repeated it in unison.

The pale faces of many hungry people turned red, and they all followed suit and shouted fanatically.

"I am willing to obey Huang Tian's order!"

Individual rationality is meaningless in the frenzy of the crowd.

For hungry people, their empty stomachs will replace their brains in making choices towards the mountains of food.

The previous doubts will now be completely transformed into firm beliefs.

Smoke from cooking soon rose from the banks of the river.

The hungry people took the initiative to tie yellow scarves on their foreheads!
The floodwaters not only brought them food, but also produced weapons of varying quality.

Of course, this was done intentionally by Li Ji, and it was not because Shouchun could not provide the standard weapons of the Han Dynasty.

It’s just that some details need to be covered up, so naturally they still need to be covered up carefully.

Therefore, the weapons sent here along the Huai River were all kinds of weapons captured over the years, and they were all stored in several remote armories.

The original plan was that these weapons would be recycled and remade into standardized weapons.

However, with the development of Jiaozhou and Yizhou, some copper and iron veins were discovered and developed one after another, and a large amount of ore was sent to Yangzhou every day.

This meant that the captured weapons had not been processed in time and were just piled up in the armory, which was just the right time to clear the inventory.

Of course, even though these were captured weapons that Li Ji looked down upon, their quality was actually not bad, and they were even much better than those used by Cao's army.

As weapons were distributed, even though Gan Ning was not very good at commanding large-scale troops, he was able to barely command this nascent Yellow Turban volunteer army with the eight hundred Jinfan bandits as the backbone.

Based on the information provided by Sima Yi, Gan Ning also conducted a pre-war mobilization and oath-taking for the Yellow Turban volunteers.

The oath was undoubtedly aimed at the aristocratic and powerful families.

Even though Gan Ning himself was not very inspiring, the content of the oath prepared by Sima Yi was extremely inflammatory.

In addition, the Jinyi Division had been spreading a lot of rumors about the aristocratic families...

No, perhaps it should not be called a rumor. It is just a retelling and spreading of the deeds of the aristocratic families.

The triggering that had been laid in advance, under the guidance of the oath and the righteousness endowed by Huang Tian, ​​undoubtedly completely aroused the resentment and anger of this group of Yellow Turban volunteers towards the aristocratic families and powerful people.

At Gan Ning's command, this group of Yellow Turban volunteers turned back towards Dan County.

And when this Yellow Turban volunteer army grew to a certain size, it almost constantly attracted hungry people or civilians in the surrounding area to join them.

The size of the Yellow Turban rebels was also expanding rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When the scouts deployed outside Dan County discovered this group of Yellow Turban volunteers, they were less than ten miles away from Dancheng.

And it is so large that from a distance it looks like it is overwhelming.

When the magistrate of Dan County heard the news, he immediately ordered the county lieutenant in the city to mobilize the troops and rushed to the west wall.

When the magistrate of Dan County rushed to the city wall breathlessly, his expression changed drastically when he looked at the huge crowds of people approaching Dan County in the distance, which seemed to have no end.

"Where did all these Yellow Turbans come from?"

The magistrate of Dan County exclaimed in disbelief. The registered population of Dan County was only about 170,000 or 180,000, but the magistrate of Dan County saw that the number of Yellow Turban bandits outside the city was probably no less than 30,000.

Even though he looked around and saw that most of the people were old, weak, women and children, the huge crowds made the magistrate of Dan County tremble in his heart.

Moreover, the magistrate of Dan County knew that there were only a few hundred Yellow Turban bandits roaming outside the city. How could their number swell to tens of thousands in just a few days?
Just as the magistrate of Dan County was trembling in confusion as he looked at the Yellow Turban bandits outside the city, a group of powerful families in the city, who had heard that the Yellow Turbans were invading, also climbed up the city wall one after another, with looks of disbelief on their faces.

"How can it be?!"

"Where did all these Yellow Turban bandits come from in Yuzhou? Are the local governors and prefects just sitting there doing nothing?"

"Why do they all have iron weapons in their hands? Didn't the Yellow Turban bandits carry hoes, sickles, and the like? Could it be that weapons can grow in the ground?"

……

The voices of the powerful families became more and more panicked.

"Calm down!"

The magistrate of Dan County spoke in a deep voice.

"These Yellow Turban rebels are just old, weak, women and children! Although I don't know where they got their weapons from, they don't have any means of attacking the city, and they are just a mess when they march."

"We just need to defend the city. Although the walls of Dan County are not high, they are enough to stop these bandits."

After these words were spoken, everyone finally calmed down and nodded in agreement.

"What the county magistrate said is absolutely right. The Yellow Turban rebels have always lacked the means to attack cities. What can they do to us?"

"There are still a lot of young and strong people in the city, so we don't have to worry about not being able to defend the city."

"These so-called Yellow Turban rebels are just a bunch of lowly people, and they are vulnerable to attack. Don't worry, gentlemen."

Of course, having said that, there was no doubt that everyone could not hide the panic in their eyes. They understood that the Yellow Turbans were so powerful that Dan County was in danger of being captured.

The magistrate of Dan County also reminded in a hurried tone.

"Dan County is in imminent danger. I hope you all will work together to defend the city. We should quickly mobilize all the servants to come to the city wall to help defend the city."

"good!"

In response to this, all the powerful families had no intention of refusing, and they sent their trusted confidants back home to mobilize their slaves and servants.

If a great general led his troops to attack the city, these powerful families would not have fought so desperately. Even if the city was broken, the worst that could happen was that they would cede some of their interests to Liu Bei as a sign of submission.

But if the Yellow Turbans were allowed to break into the city, the family would be confiscated and their property would be exterminated.

A group of thieves broke into the city without following any rules. They robbed anyone they saw and rushed into various houses.

By the time Dan County had made a series of chaotic responses, a large number of young and strong people who could have been used to defend the city were driven to the city walls.

The huge Yellow Turban rebel army outside the city had also arrived at the city of Dan County.

Gan Ning, with his face covered by a mask, walked at the front. The fierce aura he exuded made the magistrate of Dan County and others on the city wall very nervous.

In fact, Gan Ning had no choice but to take the lead at the front.

Those who are truly good at commanding troops should be stationed in the center of the army, dispatching the various units and driving them to march and deploy their troops like an arm.

But when Gan Ning tried to really command the chaotic Yellow Turban Volunteer Army, he felt that his orders were not responded to anywhere. Instead, he was annoyed by the shouting of women and children and the crying of children. (End of this chapter)