People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 32 Opening a position!
Xu Chen and Wang Dang discussed for a long time before the meeting finally ended. The whole process was not concealed, and Zhang Zhongjing on the side heard it clearly, which made him feel even more that Xu Chen valued him.

Logically speaking, these things, which concern the Yellow Turbans' future military plans, should have been extremely confidential, but they showed them to him openly.

Of course, the reason why this could not have any influence was that he was a prisoner, but Xu Chen's frank attitude towards himself was not false.

After Wang Dang left, he talked to Xu Chen about some things about treating the wounded, including what kind of medicinal materials were needed, how many people were seriously injured, and how long it would take for each of them to recover. This was a long explanation.

After explaining these things, you don't have to worry about the subsequent treatment of the injury. Just take the medicine and recuperate according to your instructions, and you will naturally get better slowly.

Zhang Zhongjing was then taken back by the soldiers and was again under the custody of the Yellow Turbans.

As soon as he came back, he saw Ju Shou and Fu Xie analyzing the current situation. They were now speculating on the possible next moves of the Yellow Turban Army.

As captives, they were unwilling to serve the bandits, but the Yellow Turbans were not in a hurry to kill them, resulting in them following them all day long with nothing to do.

I was so bored that I started to wonder when the evil Taoist Xu Chen would be brought to justice.

Zhang Zhongjing listened to a few words from the side, and the two men pulled him into the discussion.

“I thought that once the Youzhou soldiers noticed this group of Yellow Turbans, they would immediately dispatch troops to attack and suppress them, but I don’t know how that evil Taoist would respond.

If he chose to hold on to Zhuo County, the Yellow Turbans would be destroyed; on the contrary, if he voluntarily abandoned the city, there would be a glimmer of hope.

However, it is not easy to give up the stable status quo and make a more dangerous choice. Zhongjing, what do you think Xu Chen will do? "

After Ju Su finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Zhongjing, obviously wanting to hear his profound ideas.

When the question was asked to him, Zhang Zhongjing's mind immediately flashed through what he had just heard in the government office.

"This matter is a Yellow Turban secret, how would I know it?"

His eyes flickered, and he shook his head, then he continued, "I was very tired from treating the disease last night, so I'm going to take a rest. Excuse me."

After bowing to the two of them apologetically, Zhang Zhongjing said goodbye and went into the inner room to rest.

Ju Shou and Fu Xie didn't think much about it. After all, Zhang Zhongjing had been busy all night and must be very tired now.

The two of them had no place to vent their energy, so they could only continue to argue and communicate.

Fu Xie noticed what Ju Shou had said before: "You just said that the Yellow Turbans would die if they defended the city, but there was a glimmer of hope if they abandoned the city. Why is that?"

If he follows his idea, although he will definitely not be able to defend the city, he should abandon it anyway. Defending the city behind the wall is definitely much easier than fighting in the wild.

If it were me, I would eventually choose to defend the city, which is undoubtedly the safest way.

Ju Shou smiled and shook his head, not taking Fu Xie's words seriously. He knew that Fu Xie might be a first-rate military commander, but he had many deficiencies in macro-strategy.

“No matter how good you are at defending a city, you will still be passive and vulnerable, while abandoning a city is dangerous, but it is possible to seize the initiative.

The Yellow Turbans were already at a disadvantage. If they only knew how to passively defend themselves, they might be able to survive for a while, but they would just be waiting for death. Although the city wall was a protection, wasn't it also a constraint?

Only by decisively abandoning the city and seeking to break the encirclement of the officers and soldiers can we take the initiative to find a chance to survive! "

After listening to Ju Shou's words, Fu Xie suddenly realized that he was still a little short-sighted. If you look at it this way, abandoning the city might be a better choice. No matter how slim the chance of survival is, it is wiser than waiting to die.

He suddenly became curious about what Xu Chen would choose.

Being content with the status quo is a natural tendency of human beings. The simple, safe, convenient and lazy choice is the direction that most people tend to take when faced with a problem. In a word, they would rather die in comfort.

There are very few people who can go against their instincts and intuition, and this is a quality that most outstanding people possess.

Is this little Taoist priest Xu Chen considered a hero?

Ju Shou and Fu Xie didn't figure it out for the time being. They admitted that Xu Chen was very smart and could use clever tricks to defeat the officers and soldiers many times, but that didn't mean he would succeed every time.

The officers and soldiers could fail countless times, but for the Yellow Turbans, it would all be over just once.

You can't go far just relying on cleverness. If Xu Chen didn't have a longer-term vision and more decisiveness, then I'm afraid these Yellow Turbans would have ended here.

Ju Shou and Fu Xie soon found out the answer to this question. When they heard the news that the Yellow Turbans had opened their granaries to release grain, they realized that Xu Chen had really chosen to abandon the city!
The Zhuo County granary was located in the government office, where the grain taxes paid by the people of Zhuo County in a year were stored, most of which should have been turned over to the imperial court.

But in order to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the imperial court ordered each place to store grain and raise troops to suppress the rebellion. So the grain was retained, but now it all went to Xu Chen.

These days, nothing is more important than food. However, after Xu Chen occupied Zhuo County, he did not hold on to the granary tightly, but turned around and opened it to release the grain.

This was not out of compassion; it was simply because the Yellow Turbans could not take away much food, so they simply went with the flow and gave it all to the people in order to be good people and gain reputation.

Although the Yellow Turbans have decided to leave, there is no guarantee that they will come back one day, so it is still necessary to do more good things.

Moreover, the grain to be distributed today does not only come from the government granaries, but also from the assets of many aristocratic families in Zhuo County. Almost all of these things have been emptied by the Yellow Turbans, and now they must also be distributed to the people.

In comparison, the little bit of grain in the granary is nothing. The real big chunk of wealth is the aristocratic families. After all, your government only collects one year's grain tax, while the aristocratic families have wealth accumulated from generation to generation.

The accumulated wealth of these aristocratic families has reached an exaggerated level.

The grain could be piled up into more than a dozen small hills, and the golden color was eye-catching. There were more than a hundred oxen working the field, and they were so densely packed together that it was a spectacular sight.

There were also countless plows, hoes and farm tools neatly arranged, too numerous to count, more valuable sugar, salt and cloth also innumerable, and five-zhu copper coins piled up in boxes with no end in sight.

When all these things were placed in the huge open space outside the government office, the countless people crowded outside were all silent.

They stared at these things with wide eyes, the desire in their eyes could not be concealed at all. If it weren't for the Yellow Turbans standing by with swords in hand, the order would have been out of control by now.

In fact, even the Yellow Turbans themselves could not control themselves, and it was all thanks to the precepts and teachings forged with blood by Xu Chen that restrained them.

After a while, when the door of the office was opened by two soldiers, everyone looked over in unison.

They saw Xu Chen come out, glance at the many supplies, and finally just raised his eyebrows lightly.

"All this wealth was created by you, the hard-working masses. Today, I will naturally follow the teachings and return it all to you!"

(End of this chapter)