Rangers of the Three Kingdoms

On the third day of Yang Lin's occupation of Guangyang, Commandant of Youzhou Zou Jing hurried over to Guangyang City from Mingyang County. Initially, he had prepared to follow Yang Lin to attack Guangyang City, but with the excuse of Yang Lin wanting to split up his forces, and with his severe injuries, she had been left in Can Prefecture. Only when he received Yang Lin's report, did he hurriedly rush over from the Chi County.

taiwai Zheng Ping had also come with him. When he heard that Yang Lin had occupied Guangyang City, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed and rushed over to Guangyang City right after. As long as Yang Lin managed to open up a path to Leroy County, it was time for him to take over.

By the time Zou Jing rushed to Guangyang City, the Guangyang City had already calmed down. The ones guarding the city gates and patrolling the streets were all Zhuoxian officers and soldiers and the majority of the residents in the city had already returned.

Yang Lin's cavalry did not enter the city, and the people of Guangyang hadn't even seen those mysterious heavenly soldiers. Most of the people only saw the dust that filled the sky, and heard the legends. It was because of these legends that Yang Lin's cavalry was even more mysterious, and more mysterious the more it was spread.

In Guangyang's taiwai Palace, Zou Jing saw Yang Lei, the only general Yang Lin had sent into the city. Seeing that Yang Lin was so careful and managed the Guangyang City very well, Zou Jing was very happy. On one hand, he was praising Yang Lei for managing Guangyang for his meritorious service, and on the other hand, he ordered Yang Lei to send people to invite Yang Lin into the city.

"Hehe, Commander Yang is truly fast, to be able to recapture Guangyang in a single battle, and not only that, he did not even injure a single soldier. Commander Yang is truly a genius."

As soon as they met, Zou Jing flattered Yang Lin happily, feeling a little ashamed in his heart. He had led his three ten thousand people horses and fought a great war with the xanthopanax for ten days. Not only did he lose his troops, he had also lost the Guangyang City and even caused the assassination of Shi Guo Xun and the taiwai Liu Wei to lose their lives.

"Lord Commander is too kind. It's all because of our brothers' valor and courage that the xanthopanax was so scared. We were lucky to win."

"Hehe, Commander Yang is too modest. Along the way, I heard that the Commander Yang's heavenly soldiers, such as the divine generals, celestial women, and 100,000 heavenly soldiers, roamed a hundred miles. Hehe, Commander Yang is truly a good plan, but after Commander Yang cut all the branches in the entire village, the dust in the sky started to rise, wasn't this a bit too much?

"Heh heh, such petty tricks cannot be hidden from the eyes of Lord Commander. Until now, no one knows how many cavalrymen we have.

"Now that Cheng Yuanzhi has escaped, I wonder if Commander Yang knows where Cheng Yuanzhi is?"

"Reporting to the Lord Commander, I have already sent people to scout, Cheng Yuanzhi has led the rest and fled to the fishing yang."

"Commander Yang, you still have to immediately send troops to the fishing yang, you must not let Cheng Yuanzhi have the chance to breathe, we must completely eliminate him."

"Without the Lord Commander's order, we wouldn't dare to act without permission. We will immediately send troops to the fishing yang and try our best to eliminate Cheng Yuanzhi here. But what will we do if he runs again? "

"This Official will now order you to where Cheng Yuanzhi will flee to and where you will chase to until the end of time. There is no need to wait for further orders."

Saying that, Yang Lin smiled knowingly. We've been waiting for you to say that. Now we can go after him as we please. I hope Cheng Yuanzhi can run faster, run further, and let our army chase after him.

"Lord Commander, don't worry. With your order, we will definitely exterminate Cheng Yuanzhi. Lord Commander, now that you have returned to Guangyang City, we should hand over the Guangyang City to you. Why don't I tell the team to leave Guangyang City? "

"No need, I don't have a single soldier right now. Besides, I'm not a government official, so I have no authority to rule this place." This Zhuoxian soldiers is also an official, you should arrange for people to lead Zhuoxian soldiers to temporarily rule Guangyang City. Wait until the imperial government appoints an official, then we can hand him over. "

What I want is your words. No matter what official you are, you are now the only official of the imperial court in Guangyang City. I will treat these words as an imperial edict. If you let me manage it, I won't let you go. Thinking of this, Yang Lin looked at Yang Lei very seriously.

"Uncle Yang Lei, you have to take care of Guangyang now, maintain Guangyang's order, and arrange for prisoners to cultivate the fields. If anything happens to Guangyang, we will let down the Lord Commander."

"Understood."

Yang Lei's face was also solemn, his hands cupped together in front of his chest as he replied. Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Yang Lin got up and was about to leave, but instead, Zou Jing suddenly raised his hand, as if he had something to say, causing Yang Lin to have no choice but to sit down.

"Commander Yang, Guang Yang, and the other counties all possess a lot of Urushion s that have been moved into the city. When Cheng Yuanzhi caused trouble this time, they would definitely make use of this opportunity to cause trouble. After you enter the various counties of fishing yang, don't be lenient towards those Urushion s who are causing trouble, in case they collude with Wu Huan from the outside, and cause even more trouble. "

"Don't worry Lord Commander, I have my own ways to deal with them. If anyone dares to take this opportunity to cause trouble, I'll make them my slaves for the rest of their lives. "

"Commander Yang must not, what should be killed should be killed, if you make them into slaves, won't that leave behind a source of disaster?"

"Hehe, we won't leave any traces behind."

In one breath, Cheng Yuanzhi ran to fishing yang. Before he even had the chance to rest, he had already ordered Deng Mao, Liu He and Zheng Ping to gather the veterans. Once the Banner was planted, it gathered a ten thousand people on the same day. In just three days, he returned with another ten thousand people under Guang Yang's command. Adding the fifty thousand people he had sent to the fishing yang, the total number of people here was seven ten thousand people.

Different from Guang Yang's, this time, there were a lot of people with horses. It actually reached ten thousand people. Only then did they learn that there were many who had horses, and most of them were all from mounted bandit. They all wanted to make use of this opportunity to start a fight.

As the goods and fodder that the xanthopanax robbed in Guangyang were all given to Yang Lin, the biggest problem that Cheng Yuanzhi's group faced was fodder. If they could not get enough fodder, his Seven ten thousand people s' horses would immediately disintegrate.

Cheng Yuanzhi set the target of the robbery to be the fishing yang. fishing yang County was the second largest county in the entire Youzhou, after the Zhuang prefecture, with a population of more than 430,000. Occupying fishing yang County was equivalent to cutting Youzhou apart from the middle and splitting Youzhou into two. It was also convenient to develop towards the east and west in the future.

Yuyang Taihang Li Le had long received the news that Cheng Yuanzhi was summoning troops from the fishing yang. The letter calling for help was delivered to Zou Jing the day after Zou Jing arrived in Guangyang. Zou Jing immediately ordered the rescue messengers to reply Li Le. The reinforcements were about to arrive, and must stay in the city as soon as possible. At the same time, he also ordered Yang Lin to quickly reinforce fishing yang.

Receiving Zou Jing's order, Yang Lin did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered He Xiong and Cang Jie to bring over ten thousand Zhuoxian officers and soldiers out. When the messenger saw that more than ten thousand soldiers had left, he happily rode back to report.

Going from Guangyang to fishing yang would take at least three days at a normal pace. And in these three days, who knew what would happen?

Just as He Yi was about to leave, Cheng Yuanzhi had already surrounded Yu Yang City. A large number of mounted bandit s and Urushion s had all joined Cheng Yuanzhi's team, causing Cheng Yuanzhi's number of troops to instantly increase to the Seven ten thousand people s.

The fighting strength of these newly joined mounted bandit s were not ordinary. They had been on horses all year round, fighting for their lives in the desert, whether it be their fighting experience, or their Weapons and equipment s, they were all different from the farmers in xanthopanax.

It had only been a day, which was the second day Cheng Yuanzhi had surrounded the fishing yang. The messenger who had cried for help was still outside the city walls of the xanthopanax, and before he could deliver the message to Li Le, the Yu Yang City had been breached.

The xanthopanax who had entered the Yu Yang City immediately robbed without restraint. In just a night's time, the entire Yu Yang City was robbed, and the Yuyang Taihang Li Le only brought several hundred of his personal guards and servants to flee the fishing yang.

Just at the border of the fishing yang, the Yuyang Taihang Li Le met Yang Lin who was leading the soldiers. When the two of them met, Li Le actually started bawling loudly, but no matter how Yang Lin tried, he could not persuade him. Yang Lin thought that Li Le hated the xanthopanax.

"Master Li, don't be too sad. We will immediately destroy the xanthopanax and help you vent our anger."

Unexpectedly, when Li Le heard this, he quickly waved his hands. It was clear that he was not crying because he lost the fishing yang, nor was he crying because of the xanthopanax. There must be something else that made him even more furious.

"xanthopanax is indeed despicable, but what is even more despicable are those Urushion s. There was also the Wealthy Zhang Ju within the borders of the fishing yang. He had colluded with the Urushion and secretly helped them to rebel. There were three thousand servants in his house, all of them cavalry, and they could fight well. As long as he attacked xanthopanax, it was impossible for the xanthopanax to attack him. However, not only did he not help the imperial government to fight against the xanthopanax, he had also secretly helped the xanthopanax. This Official vows to never rest until Zhang Ju is dead. "

Yang Lin had long known that the Urushion was involved in the fishing yang rebellion, but he had not expected that the fishing yang's Wealthy Class Zhang Ju was also involved. In Yang Lin's memories, it seemed like the Wealthy Class Zhang Ju had even participated in Zhang Chun's rebellion. In the end, he had sided with Wu Huan's leader, Qiu Liju, and fought against the Darky Court.

Master Li, I can help you destroy the Urushion, or I can help you destroy the xanthopanax, but this fishing yang Wealthy Class Zhang Ju, you said that he colluded with the xanthopanax, but there is no solid evidence, what can you do about it?

"Lord Commander, he colluded with xanthopanax, how could he possibly leave behind any evidence? However, he had three thousand cavalrymen and did not help the fishing yang. He did not fight with the xanthopanax and by this alone, he would be guilty of exterminating nine clans. Lord Commander, as long as you annihilate this Zhang Ju family, all his property and lands will belong to your Youzhou Army. "

Maybe Li Le was too angry, and actually made such a suggestion to Yang Lin. From the looks of it, Zhang Ju had probably offended this Lord Taishang, if not, he would not have hated him to the bone and wished to annihilate his entire family.

"Hehe, Lord Li, aren't you trying to seduce me?"

"Lord Commander, if you don't go, then borrow ten thousand cavalrymen and me. After you kill Zhang Ju, I will give you half a year's worth of food. "

No wonder people often said that the magistrate in charge of destroying the family and exterminating the family. Looks like this Lord Taishang really has the power and ability to annihilate entire families. Now, the xanthopanax had wiped out his army, leaving him with only a few hundred people, unable to defeat Zhang Ju. If he had more troops, he would have personally annihilated Zhang Ju's entire family.

"Hehe, Lord Taishang, how is it different if I were to borrow riders from you and go myself? If the imperial court were to blame me, wouldn't I be held responsible? Rather than borrowing troops with you, I might as well do it myself. "

"That's right. Let me tell you, Zhang Ju, this rich and powerful landowner, has three wives, and all of them are like flowers and jade. The three wives had one child each, the first had one daughter, and the two concubines each had one son. If you were to take down Zhang Ju, you will definitely get rid of every single one of them. "

"Alright, but Lord Taishang, you have to give me an order badge, I will go and capture Zhang Ju, at least I have a proof."

"Fine, I will immediately order the bailiffs to follow you guys. If Zhang Ju dares to resist, I will use this opportunity to annihilate his entire family."

In response to Li Le's request to eliminate Zhang Ju's entire family, Yang Lin did not feel the least bit burdened. Towards this traitor who had pledged allegiance to another clan member and crippled his compatriots, Yang Lin naturally hated him to the bone. Even if the nine clans that destroyed him were to do so, Yang Lin would not have the slightest bit of sympathy.

In order to understand more about Zhang Ju's situation, Yang Lin found a few guides who were familiar with his house. As he led the team and travelled hastily throughout the night, he asked them about Zhang Ju's family.

So it turns out that Zhang Ju's three wives were indeed very beautiful. However, Zhang Ju didn't like the first wife very much, he only doted on his two concubines. Because the First Lady has only one daughter, sixteen years old. If the First Madam wasn't shrewd and capable, coupled with her family's background, Zhang Ju might have already given her up.

The Zhang Clan had hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land, and their servants numbered over three thousand people. His family had tens of thousands of people, to the point that when he followed Zhang Chun to revolt, he could instantly gather close to ten thousand people.

If they stole Zhang Ju's property, they could obtain a lot of support for their own team. However, Zhang family could not be thrown into chaos either. If he could get the support of his wife and allow the Zhang family to make a smooth transition, it would be of great help to him.

After a night of hasty march, Yang Lin's cavalry quickly surrounded Zhang Ju's courtyard. When the sky was just bright, three thousand servants living outside of Zhang Mansion found out about Youzhou Army. Although they were well-equipped, but in front of Yang Lin's cavalry, they did not dare act rashly, and had no choice but to report to Zhang Ju.

Zhang Ju turned pale with fright. He never thought that the Youzhou Army would have ten times the number of cavalry. Just as he was panicking, the yamen runner came over. With the courage of so many cavalrymen, the few bailiffs rode their horses to Zhang Mansion and read out Yuyang Taihang Li Le's order.

"Investigate if fishing yang Zhang Ju colluded with the Yellowtowel rebel and secretly aided him in attacking the Yu Yang City. Catch him immediately."

"A false accusation, a pure false accusation. How am I related to that xanthopanax? "

"Master Zhang, are you related to the xanthopanax? You should defend yourself in court. If you come with us, go to the court and defend yourself. If you don't come with us, the troops outside will attack in an hour. "

Zhang Ju waved his hands and chased the constables out. He knew that it would be useless to argue with these yamen runners. He only believed in one truth, and that was that money could make a difference. He called Housekeeper Zhang Fu over and after giving him a few instructions, the Housekeeper Zhang Fu walked towards the entrance of the Zhang Mansion.

Zhang Mansion was completely surrounded, and the moment Zhang Cai walked out of the Zhang Mansion, he was caught by Yang Lin's cavalry. He kept saying that he wanted to see Youzhou Army's Lord Commander, and the cavalry did not dare delay any longer, immediately bringing the butler to Yang Lin's side.

"Greetings Lord Commander."

Yang Lin looked at the butler coldly. He knew in his heart that the butler was definitely sent by Zhang Ju to negotiate terms. He let him kneel on the ground for a long time before he lightly nodded his head.

"Get up and speak."

"Thank you Lord Commander."

"Speak, what's the matter?"

"Lord Commander, my master has always been a man of law, why would he collude with the yellow cloth and rebel? This is all a personal grudge that the Yuyang Taihang Li Le has, they want to take the chance to take my master's family property, I hope Lord Commander can look into it. "

"I am not sure if it is a conspiracy, but Zhang Ju will explain it in the court. I was only listening to the order to capture the person in charge, whether or not they were guilty is in Lord Taishang's charge. "

"Lord Commander, once we arrive at the Court, wouldn't Li Le be the one to decide? How can my master survive? My master said, as long as Lord Commander lets my master go, my master would be willing to give half of his family property to Lord Commander. "

"Hahaha …"

Yang Lin laughed out loud, he did not expect Zhang Ju to be such a money grubber, before his death, he still wanted to protect half of his assets. If he didn't have other intentions, he would have already sent troops to kill you, and all of your property would be mine.

"Zhang Ju colluded with the yellow scarf, rebelling against others. Without Zhang Ju, who will be the Zhang Family's property?"

"Ah …"

Zhang Cai immediately understood what Yang Lin meant. This Lord Commander was truly unscrupulous, he wanted to monopolize all the treasures of the Zhang Family. However, with over twenty thousand cavalrymen surrounding them, let alone being unable to charge out, even if they did charge out, wouldn't these properties still be confiscated?

"Please feel free, Lord Commander. I will report to my master immediately."

"At least you're sensible." Go back and tell Zhang Ju, if he wants to live, sell Zhang Mansion and all of his property to me. As for how much he wants to sell it, let him decide. I'm not trying to buy it by force, I just want to buy it. I won't bargain. I'll wait here. "