Zhang Jin had only guessed half of Jia Xu's thoughts.
Jia Xu had the other half of his thoughts, which was that he, Jia Xu, didn't have any more food to spare.
"Men, pass down my orders. Enter the city!" The sky slowly brightened. Zhang Jin and the others had already taken down the north gate.
Jia Xu smiled and said to everyone.
"Enter the city?!" Qian Xiao was a little dumbfounded. Wasn't this supposed to be a siege?
Jia Xu didn't explain further.
Soon, the army began to move. Before they reached the north gate, the gate was opened and a group of people came out to welcome them.
They knelt on both sides of the gate.
"This, this!" Before this, Qian Xiao was still wondering if this was a ploy by Yunnan City. However, when he saw the two people in the front row, he put down this thought.
This was because the two people in the front row were none other than Qian Xiao's two old acquaintances. One of them was the governor of Yunnan City, Zhang Jin.
"Governor Zhang! And Gao Qiu? "Gao Qiu was once Qian Xiao's comrade.
"Yunnan City's surrendered subjects greet Sir!" Zhang Jin and the others shouted at Qian Xiao and the others. Zhang Jin's respect was definitely not to flatter Jia Xu and the others. It was to make Jia Xu and the others feel better and treat the people of Yunnan City better.
"Governor Zhang Jin!" Qian Xiao shouted at Zhang Jin.
"Hm?" Zhang Jin raised his head and looked at the enemy general riding on a warhorse.
Zhang Jin was puzzled. Why did the person in front of him look so familiar?
"Qian Xiao?!" Zhang Jin didn't recognize him, but Gao Qiu recognized him at a glance. Wasn't this person his old comrade, Qian Xiao?
"Brother Gao Qiu!" Qian Xiao shouted at Gao Qiu.
"You, you surrendered the barbarian army?!" Gao Qiu didn't expect to see Qian Xiao here. He couldn't help but be stunned. He thought that Qian Xiao had died in the chaos like Wang Cheng.
"Where's General Wang Cheng?" If Qian Xiao was still alive, it meant that Wang Cheng was still alive.
"Wang Cheng? He died in the chaos! "Qian Xiao naturally wouldn't say that he killed Wang Cheng, so he could only say this.
"Ai, what a pity!" Gao Qiu didn't have much affection for Wang Cheng. He just said it was a pity.
"Field Officer Qian, Mister Wen He has orders for you to lead your men and quickly take over the defense of the north gate!" A person from the rear of the army came forward to pass on the order.
Although Jia Xu wasn't a perfect strategist, he was still a top-notch strategist. Moreover, he cherished his life very much. If he could pinch the enemy to death, he would never let the enemy live for a second longer.
In order to avoid any unexpected events, he had Qian Xiao quickly occupy the North Gate. This way, even if there were any changes in the city, they would still be able to take down Yunnan City.
"Yes! Pass down the order, the entire army will take over the north gate! " Qian Xiao was very obedient to Jia Xu. Qian Xiao had just joined the Yangzhou army. Although he had these men under him, he was still an outsider. His foundation wasn't stable. Therefore, Qian Xiao needed someone to protect him. This Jia Xu was definitely one of them.
"Brother Gao, I will have to trouble you and Governor Zhang!" Qian Xiao said to the two people with a smile.
"It's no trouble! Field Officer Qian? " Gao Qiu didn't have any resistance to Qian Xiao taking over the defense of the city. He, Gao Qiu, also didn't have a good time. Only half of his thousand men were left.
Even if there were some, it was useless.
Moreover, he still needed to use the barbarian army to kill Huang Jian.
What he cared about was Field Officer Qian.
"Now, these soldiers are our field officer's men!" Qian Xiao's personal guard said arrogantly.
Qian Xiao went from a small general of a thousand men to a field officer. Naturally, their status also rose with the tide.
In the outside world, they were all generals of a hundred or even a thousand men. They didn't treat Gao Qiu, who used to be on equal footing with their field officer.
"Hey, what's wrong? Are you talking to Brother Gao?" Qian Xiao treated Gao Qiu well. He reprimanded the impolite personal guard. However, the smile on his face also showed that he was in high spirits. Now, it was almost time for him to return home in glory.
"You surrendered to those barbarians?" Gao Qiu was also a little surprised.
Even if Gao Qiu was forced to do so, he still had the righteousness of the people. If it wasn't for revenge for Chen Kang, Gao Qiu also looked down on those barbarians. As long as the city gate was handed over, as long as Huang Jian was killed, Gao Qiu was ready to retire.
Now, Qian Xiao had subdued those barbarians.
"How can you say that!" Qian Xiaodong's personal guard was even more unhappy. They were all subdued people. It was the pot calling the kettle black.
"Brother Gao, I think you misunderstood!" Qian Xiao was not angry. "I didn't subdue those barbarians. I subdued someone else."
"Who?" Gao Qiu was still a little disdainful. Could it be that Barbarian King?
"That person is His Highness King of Han, who is far away in Yangzhou!" Qian Xiao said such a shocking name.
"King of Han in Yangzhou? Liu Mang? "Gao Qiu immediately reacted. In this world, who didn't know about the ruler?
Our student Liu Mang had become synonymous with a kind of star.
You could not know who the emperor of the Great Han Dynasty was, but you couldn't not know who His Highness King of Han was.
Because the things that His Highness King of Han did were all things that made the world serious.
The commoners knew this King of Han because this King of Han implemented a system of land distribution. As long as you went to Yangzhou, as long as you became one of his people, you would be given land. In the first year, you would also be provided with seeds. You would only need to pay 30% of the taxes, and it was calculated according to the number of people. If you had children, you would also be given land.
Such benefits were simply unique in the world. In other places, the land was in the hands of the nobles. Farming there was also a tax of 70% to 80%. If the lord was better, the tax would be 40% to 50%. How could there be a 30% tax like this?
There was no nobles in the world who did not know Liu Mang in Yangzhou.
Because he was the first person besides those yellow turban bandits who dared to kill the nobles. Because of this, the nobles in the world were ready to crusade against His Highness King of Han. Even Dong Zhuo, the great devil, did not dare to play the game of killing the nobles.
Fortunately, His Highness King of Han married the daughter of the Yuan family of the Fourth Generation of the Three Princes. This eased the situation a little, but people still remembered him.
There was no scholar in the world who did not know Liu Mang in Yangzhou because of his examination system. No matter if you were from a poor family or a noble family, as long as you had the ability, you could take the examination. After passing, you could be an official.
There was no general in the world who did not know Liu Mang because of Liu Mang's recruitment order. As long as you had the ability to command ten people, you would be a ten-man squad leader. If you could command a hundred people, you would be a hundred-man general. If you could command a thousand people, you would be a thousand-man general. So on and so forth. Many generals were envious of him.
Now, Qian Xiao actually said that he was His Highness King of Han's man?
"How could it be?" Gao Qiu did not believe it. His Highness King of Han was in Yangzhou. Yangzhou and Yizhou were separated by Jingzhou. How could he come here?
"What's the benefit of our general lying to you?" Qian Xiao's guard on the side began to speak again.
Gao Qiu also nodded. That's right. What's the benefit of Qian Xiao lying to me?
"Brother Gao, His Highness King of Han is not someone you and I can guess. His Highness King of Han has already planned for Yizhou. That's why we are here!" Qian Xiao said to Gao Qiu.
Hearing the report of the thousand-man army that had completely taken control of the North Gate, Qian Xiao sent someone to inform Jia Xu of the Central Army. Jia Wenhe told him that they were ready.
"Only three thousand people?" Zhang Jin was also dumbfounded as he looked at the barbarian army behind them.
Only three thousand people! Zhang Jin thought that the barbarian army had thirty thousand people.
Otherwise, how could they defeat his old master Zhao Wei?
However, he did not expect that there were only three thousand people.
Was this a lie? Where were the shadows in the forest? Where were they? It must be that Mister Wen He was being cautious and did not dare to let the entire army into Yunnan City. It must be so.
"You mean those scarecrows!" Qian Xiao said with a smile.
"Scarecrows?" Qian Xiao was afraid that the two of them would not believe him, so he sent one over.
Now, they finally understood. How could there be thousands of barbarian soldiers? They were all scarecrows.
Relying on three thousand barbarian soldiers, Jia Xu actually took down Yunnan City.
Zhang Jin did not know whether to laugh or cry.
If he cried, it would mean that Zhao Wei lost unjustly. Tens of thousands of soldiers could not even eliminate three thousand enemies. Instead, they lost their lives.
If he laughed, it would mean that he knew that the barbarian army was under the command of Yangzhou's King of Han. He believed that the person who issued the conscription order would not be so cruel to the common people.
Then, the common people of Yunnan City would be saved.
"Our family's Mister is here!" Qian Xiao looked over and said to Zhang Jin and Gao Qiu.
Zhang Jin and Gao Qiu looked over and saw a person who did not look like a Han, nor a barbarian, riding a war horse arrogantly.
He was Jia Xu? If they did not see Jia Xu's Han bun, they would have thought that he was a barbarian.
"Mister Wen He!" Qian Xiao saw Jia Xu and respectfully greeted Jia Xu.
"Yunnan City's surrendered subjects greet Mister Wen He!" Zhang Jin and Gao Qiu bowed again.
"You are Yunnan City's Governor, Zhang Jin?" Jia Xu looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with interest.
"Yes!" Zhang Jin said without any arrogance or humility.
"Good!" Jia Xu nodded. He could see that Zhang Jin was a talent. If it was not for Huang Jian and Jiang Hua, these two pig teammates, Jia Xu might not have been able to take down Yunnan City.
Moreover, this person seemed to have the support of the people. Jia Xu saw many commoners helping Zhang Jin to take down the north gate.
"Zhang Jin, I will temporarily appoint you as Yunnan City's Governor on behalf of His Highness King of Han!" Jia Xu said to Zhang Jin.
"What?!" Everyone was stunned.
Even Zhang Jin himself was dumbfounded when he heard this. Appoint him, Zhang Jin, as the Governor of Yunnan?
He, Zhang Jin, was just a subject who had surrendered. How could he become the governor of Yunnan City?
"What's wrong? Governor Zhang, are you unwilling?! If that's the case, I can only choose someone else. Hu Zi, do you know how to govern Yunnan?! "Jia Xu asked Hu Zi.
"No!" Hu Zi replied straightforwardly.
"Then what if the commoners don't listen to you?!" Jia Xu purposely asked.
"If they don't listen, kill them!" Hu Zi's answer was very indirect.
"Ah!" Jia Xu rubbed his forehead. "There's no one I can use, so that's the only way. Hu Zi, you …" Jia Xu had not given his order yet.
Zhang Jin knelt down. "Zhang Jin thanks His Highness King of Han for his trust! Yes, sir! "
Zhang Jin directly accepted the position of Yunnan City's Governor. His position was the same, but he was previously under Zhao Wei. Now, he was under King of Han Liu Mang.
"Hehe!" Jia Xu looked at Zhang Jin and laughed.
Before Yunnan City, Jia Xu already knew that Zhang Jin was a talent who could govern the entire Yunnan City. Jia Xu did not have the time to take care of Yunnan. He had to leave someone behind.
Zhang Jin was one of the candidates. Jia Xu was not afraid that Zhang Jin would refuse.
Jia Xu knew that Zhang Jin was a person who loved his people. This was his strength, but also his weakness.
"If that's the case, Governor Zhang, I'll have to trouble Governor Zhang to prepare food for my army!" Jia Xu gave his first order to Zhang Jin.
"Ah?!" Zhang Jin raised his head and looked at Jia Xu in confusion. "Mr. Wen He's army doesn't have any food?"
"There is!" Jia Xu nodded.
"There is?!" If there was, why would they need a governor like him?
"But it's all gone!" Jia Xu said halfway.
"So, Mr. Wen He's army doesn't have any food?" Zhang Jin did not speak, but Gao Qiu beside him spoke.
"That's right!" Jia Xu nodded with a smile.
"This, this!" Gao Qiu was also dumbfounded. If Jia Xu didn't have any rations, why did he eat so much during the siege and supply so much food without any restrictions?
"If you hold on for two more days, I might have to retreat!" Jia Xu said indifferently. Jia Xu's army had no food. If they could not take down Yunnan today, then Jia Xu could only retreat. He might not even be able to bring the barbarian army back.
"Unfortunately, there are no 'ifs' in this world!" Jia Xu said with a smile.
Gao Qiu finally had the same thought as Qian Xiao. This Jia Xu was simply not human. He thought of everything. Only a madman would play this game.
Previously, when he said that he had enough food, it was just an act to confuse Huang Jian and Jiang Hua. If Jiang Hua and Huang Jian were more stable, they would only need two days of peace and the siege of Yunnan City would be broken.
However, Jia Xu was right. There were no 'ifs' in this world.
"Mr. Wen He, please forgive me. I, Zhang Jin, am unable to gather food for the army!" Zhang Jin said without saying anything. Zhang Jin was not Huang Jian and Jiang Hua, who would rob commoners for food.
If he robbed commoners, they would not be able to live.
Moreover, Jiang Hua and Huang Jian had already robbed him once.
"Who said that we have to rob commoners for food?!" Jia Xu still had the same sly smile as before.
"Then where will the food come from?" Yunnan City's treasury had long run out of food.
"Huzi, bring some people to the city and help Governor Zhang Jin get the food!" Jia Xu said to Huzi.
"En!" Hu Zi nodded his head. Soon, a thousand barbarian soldiers under his command were ready.
"Governor Zhang Jin, when Huzi brings back the food, other than half a year's worth of food for the army, distribute the rest to the commoners!" Jia Xu said without a care.
"Half a year's worth of food for the army?" Gao Qiu could not help but ask. This Jia Xu must be joking. If there was half a year's worth of food for the army, would Jiang Hua and Huang Jian still rob commoners and end up like this?!
However, Zhang Jin stopped Gao Qiu. "Could it be!" Zhang Jin's eyes widened. He was now convinced by this Jia Xu.
"Landowning households!" Zhang Jin blurted out these words.
Jia Xu smiled and nodded.
The commoners did not have much money on them. They were all a bunch of poor people. Even if they robbed the entire Yunnan, how much food could they get?
He, Jia Xu, would either not snatch it or snatch it from those rich people.
However, Jia Xu was also someone who cherished his reputation. In layman's terms, he was someone who liked to build a monument to his chastity.
Jia Xu was an outsider. He would definitely be restricted by the local landowning households.
Jia Xu did not like trouble. However, he could not directly kill those landowning households.
Massacring landowning households would only incur public wrath.
Therefore, Jia Xu could only kill with a borrowed knife.
Huang Jian and Jiang Hua were Jia Xu's knives.
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