Chapter 89 The First Battle of the Yellow Turbans (End)
The next day.
Li Zhi rubbed his forehead and walked to the county government office. However, he was too happy yesterday and drank too much. He died of drunkenness.
After arriving at the county government office, I saw that there was no one in the county government office. I smiled bitterly and thought to myself: "I did drink too much yesterday. I must be fast asleep now, right?"
Fortunately, it is not war time, otherwise, if we had acted like this, we would have let the enemy take off our heads in our sleep."
He walked to the main seat and sat down, holding his chin with his right hand and tapping on some desks with his left hand, where he fell into deep thought.
"Although we suffered a lot of losses in this battle, with more than 20,000 casualties, our gains were not small. There were 100,000 yellow scarf thieves alone.
Moreover, more than 90% of them are young and strong people. With a little training, they can become a good fighting force. Even if they work for themselves, it is a huge demographic dividend.
I also harvested nearly 3,000 horses and countless grain and grass, which is enough for everyone in the village for a year, but I have to think carefully about what to do with these 100,000 yellow scarves..."
Just when Li Zhi was immersed in his inner world, Guo Jia walked in awkwardly, rubbing his head as he walked.
After coming in, he saw that Li Zhi was deep in thought and didn't notice him. He smiled evilly and slowly approached Li Zhi quietly.
"Brother...!!!"
"bump!"
"Ouch...!"
At this time, Guo Jia was seen holding his nose and jumping on the spot.
But it turned out that Guo Jia yelled in front of the pensive Li Zhi, which startled Li Zhi. His body instinctively punched Guo Jia on the bridge of his nose.
"Brother Xian, are you okay?" At this time, Li Zhi also came back to his senses and looked at Guo Jia helplessly: "Brother Xian is not young anymore, why are you still so childish?! Look... you are at a disadvantage?!"
"..." Guo Jia was in so much pain that he couldn't speak. He just shook his head, and then squatted on the ground holding his nose.
Seeing that he was in so much pain, Li Zhi asked with concern: "Brother Xian, are you really fine? Why are you still crying? Come...let me take a look."
After saying that, Li Zhi approached Guo Jia, took his hand away, and looked at his nose.
"Pfft! Hahaha...!" Li Zhi was amused by Guo Jia's nose.
I saw that Guo Jia's nose was red, as if it had been scalded by hot water.
Probably because of the pain, two lines of tears flowed down from the corners of Guo Jia's eyes, which happened to rest on his nose, and there were two lines of faint blood flowing out of his nostrils. In addition, Guo Jia's face was almost wrinkled, and it looked like
Very funny
laugh.
"Brother...?!" Seeing Li Zhi laughing at him, Guo Jia stood there and looked at Li Zhi with eyes like a dead fish.
"..." Li Zhi couldn't laugh at this time, he just raised his right hand and waved it.
"Brother...!" Guo Jia shouted again, with an angry look on his face: "It's not my brother's fault that Jia is like this, but he is still in the mood to laugh?!"
"Cough!" Li Zhi finally managed to stop his smile, coughed dryly, and said with embarrassment, "How can I blame my brother for this? Isn't it because my brother is too naughty and brought it upon himself?!"
"Hmph!" Guo Jia snorted coldly: "Anyway, it's all my brother's fault. How do you plan to make up for it?"
"To make up for it?" Li Zhi was stunned when he heard this, but then he somewhat understood what he meant. He looked at him with a half-smile and asked: "What kind of compensation do you want, brother Xian?"
Seeing that he really agreed, Guo Jia's eyes lit up and he said loudly: "Jia has suffered a lot today, why not..."
"Hold on!" Before Guo Jia could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Li Zhiyang: "Yesterday, I made a promise to my virtuous brother that he would not be allowed to drink alcohol within six months. However, it can only be within six months. How many
Not even for a day!”
"Tch!" Guo Jia said boringly: "Then what else can brother say to make up for it?!"
"Hey!" Li Zhi laughed angrily at Guo Jia: "Does this wise brother only have wine in his heart? Nothing else? Like the son in his sister's womb?"
"Uh...?" Guo Jia heard this and asked in confusion: "My child hasn't been born yet, how can my brother make up for Yu Jia with my child?"
"Haha..." Li Zhi chuckled, and then said: "Brother wants to accept him as his disciple, what do you think, brother?"
"Huh?" Guo Jia's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded like a woodpecker: "Great kindness! I will be able to help you in the future! You can't hide your secrets, you have to teach my child all the strategies in your mind."
Just when Li Zhi wanted to respond, Xu Huang hurried in.
Li Zhi saw him in such a hurry and asked, "What's the urgent matter, dear brother Gongming?"
Xu Huang clasped his fists with a look of shame on his face and said, "I have betrayed my brother's trust. The yellow turban thieves have never changed their minds, but today someone rebelled!"
When Li Zhi heard this, he stood up suddenly, hurried forward, grabbed Xu Huang and asked, "How many people are there? Are there any casualties in our army?"
Xu Huang shook his head: "There are not many people, only more than a thousand people. They have no weapons in their hands. Those people just wanted to resist, but they were killed by the soldiers. No one in our army was injured or killed."
"Huh..." Li Zhi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that no one was injured, and then pressed
Frowning, he was thinking about how to place these Yellow Turban prisoners.
The other two people saw that he was thinking about important matters and did not dare to disturb him. They all waited quietly.
After a long time, Li Zhi seemed to have an idea. He clapped his hands and said energetically: "I have it!"
"Oh?" Seeing that Li Zhi had come up with an idea, Xu Huang quickly asked, "I wonder if brother has any clever plan to appease these yellow scarves?"
Li Zhi did not rush to answer. He took off the folding fan from his waist, opened it, fanned it twice and said: "This matter is simple. Just divide the Yellow Turbans into ten battalions, and divide each battalion into hundreds of teams.
Each team is divided into ten groups.
The battalion, team, and group each choose a commander and two adjutants. If anyone rebels, if one rebels, kill one group! If one group rebels, kill one team! If one team of villains kills one battalion!
In addition, if someone reports a rebel, each person will be rewarded with an official position according to their merits.
Everyone in the world pursues profit and is afraid of death. If this method is used, the Yellow Turban thieves will definitely not dare to rebel again!"
"What a plan!" As soon as Li Zhi finished speaking, Guo Jia shouted loudly from the side: "Brother has become more and more skilled in grasping people's hearts."
Xu Huang also understood the brilliance of this policy and said to Li Zhi with admiration: "Brother is really a talented person who can help the country! I will follow the policy now!"
After saying that, he went to do this.
"My dear brother, please wait!" Li Zhi saw that he was about to leave and hurriedly stopped him.
Xu Huang turned around and asked doubtfully: "I wonder if my brother has anything else to say?"
Li Zhi slightly tidied up his words and said, "Brother Gongming, please wait until all these yellow scarves are calmed down.
You select 10,000 elite men from among them and train them diligently. In addition, you must ensure their loyalty. Your brother will be of great use in the future!"
"Here!" Although Xu Huang didn't know what his plan was, he didn't dare to be careless and responded loudly.
After Xu Huang left, Guo Jia asked Li Zhi: "Brother now has more than 40,000 soldiers under his command. After this battle, they are all considered elite.
There won't be much war in the future, but even if there is war, these more than 40,000 people are enough. What's the use of asking Gongming to choose these 10,000 yellow scarves?"
"No war?" Li Zhi asked bitterly, but his thoughts drifted into the distance, murmuring: "This is just the beginning, how can it be said that there is no war?"
At this point, he came back to his senses and said to Guo Jia: "Brother let Gongming choose these ten thousand yellow scarves, not for himself, but for Brother Yun Changxian..."
Chapter completed!