People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 57 High-spirited
The horse swayed forward, but Xu Chen's expression gradually became serious. Military construction could not tolerate any carelessness, especially since the Yellow Turbans were under constant pressure from the Han Dynasty and had to do everything possible to improve their own combat effectiveness.

A strong army must have strict military law and strong supervision. If it can also forge a firm belief, then such an army can be invincible.

Tian Shitou suddenly took on supervisory responsibilities from a humble background, and he might not realize his own importance, so Xu Chen naturally needed to give him more warnings.

"Since you are in the army, even I am subject to military law, and you can ask for punishment!"

Xu Chen's words shocked Tian Shitou all over. He suddenly realized the importance of military law. If military law could even restrain the leader, then the status of military law would be more authoritative than that of the leader!

And Xu Chen quickly confirmed his idea.

"Whether it's military law or religious orders, they are all derived from my natural teachings. This is the law of the world and the order of heaven. Since you are in charge of military law, you must use yourself as a sword to eliminate lawlessness!"

After he finished speaking, Xu Chen relaxed and asked him with a smile: "Do you understand?"

Tian Shitou was shocked all over. He was originally happy to be the captain of the leader's personal guard, and he did not take the so-called military commander's post seriously. Now, after hearing this, he felt a lofty sense of mission.

"I understand, I will definitely do this well!" Tian Shitou looked solemn, with determination in his eyes.

He suddenly realized that as the captain of the battle squad, what he had to defend was not the personal authority of the leader, but the fairness and sanctity of military law and discipline!
This made him a little uneasy. He was suddenly assigned such a heavy responsibility from a small soldier. It was not something he could adapt to all of a sudden.

Of course Xu Chen noticed his uneasiness, but he didn't think that Tian Shitou couldn't do this job well.

The heroes of the Three Kingdoms became heroes not entirely because of their personal abilities. Their noble births determined their lower limit, which could not be much lower.

Although ordinary people do not have the conditions to learn knowledge, nor the resources and connections to succeed, as long as they are given time to grow and learn, they may not do worse than those so-called heroes.

Of course, cultivating talents by oneself is a matter that requires a huge amount of time. Before that, it is still difficult to support the development of the career by relying solely on these fields and stones. The scholars of the Han Dynasty must be used as tools by oneself.

Leaving Tian Shitou to ponder what he had just said, Xu Chen slightly quickened his pace and rode ahead again.

Wang Dang also rode his horse and followed. He looked forward and couldn't help but laughed.

"Yuyang is ahead. You said this is where our sect rose to prominence. We are all eager to take over the city, but I wonder if Yuyang is ready to be ravaged by us."

After hearing what Wang Dang said, Xu Chen couldn't help but look forward. He thought that in half a day, he would reach Yuyang City, which was the territory chosen by Xu Chen.

Zhuo County is too small and is close to Jizhou, so it is easy to fall into the dilemma of being attacked by the two states. It is not an ideal place.

The base that Xu Chen aimed at was Yuyang, not just Yuyang County, but the entire Yuyang County.

Among the several counties in Youzhou, Liaodong and Liaoxi counties occupy the largest area, but they are troubled places where various ethnic groups live together. Although the area is vast, the population is sparse, and the climatic and geographical conditions are very harsh, which are not suitable for development.

In comparison, Yuyang’s area is second only to Liaodong and Liaoxi, but its population structure is more unified and stable, and it is also the most populous place in the entire Youzhou.

Geographically, it is located at the end of the Hebei Plain, with the Yanshan Mountains behind it and overlooking the entire plain. It has good conditions for developing agriculture and cavalry. It is undoubtedly the most suitable place. "Now that the position of Youzhou Governor is vacant, and Zou Jing has been killed by us, there is no one who can connect and unify the entire Youzhou.

After entering Yuyang, our army only needs to face the military pressure of a county or even a prefecture. Five thousand elite soldiers are enough to march sideways here.

This is where we will settle down in the future!"

After marching for half a day, the outline of a city slowly appeared on the distant horizon. That was Yuyang City.

Xu Chen stopped his horse and pointed at Yuyang in the distance. A smile appeared on his face, and there was a sense of high spirits in his words.

In fact, having come to this point, he can indeed be in high spirits. Before, when he was fleeing in Zhuo County, his target had never been Zhuo County itself, but Zou Jing's elite troops.

If Zou Jing is not eliminated, he will always be behind him, and can continue to absorb military forces from counties and prefectures across the country like Zhuo County did. It is equivalent to him always facing the military pressure of the entire Youzhou. If he makes a mistake once, he will be completely finished.

Now that the key figure Zou Jing is gone, the powerful families in various counties will not be interested in using their own assets to support other places, so the overall living environment of the Yellow Turbans will be much more relaxed.

Fighting against the power of a state and fighting against the power of a county are two completely different things. At least before the new governor of Youzhou takes office, or before a new hero stands up to unify the entire state and county, the Yellow Turbans can have an easy time.

Both Xu Chen and Wang Dang were very confident in the Yellow Turbans under their command. Perhaps they were not as powerful as the Yellow Turbans of Youzhou who had tens of thousands of troops, but in terms of combat effectiveness, the Yellow Turbans were many orders of magnitude higher.

When the Yellow Turbans saw the city of Yuyang, the entire army naturally became agitated. With their morale high, they were eager to capture the city before them.

Although it is still far away, the soaring momentum has already reached the top of Yuyang City.

The person standing there was Wang Ze, the governor of Yuyang County. When he saw this group of Yellow Turbans, Wang Ze suddenly felt that something was not right. These Yellow Turbans seemed to be different from what he had imagined...

The news from Zhuo County naturally reached here, but these days information transmission was often incomplete. Wang Ze only knew that the Yellow Turbans had risen again in Zhuo County and that about three to five thousand people were running towards him. He had no idea about anything more specific.

With just this little information, he thought these Yellow Turbans were no different from the previous ones, and that a mere three to five thousand people were nothing to be afraid of.

It’s not like Yuyang hasn’t had its share of Yellow Turban riots before. At that time, there were tens of thousands of people causing unrest, but it was eventually put down.

The Yellow Turbans were good at coercing the people to strengthen their military strength, but their actual combat effectiveness was vulnerable. In Wang Ze's eyes, a few thousand people were nothing.

It was only when the Yellow Turbans really came before him that he realized something was wrong. The momentum of this group of Yellow Turbans was scary just by looking at them. He had never felt this kind of pressure when facing tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans before.

"Order the whole army to brace up, this battle may not be easy to hold!"

Wang Ze's order was issued, and at this time, the Yellow Turbans also began to charge in a tight formation.

(End of this chapter)