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"Thank you, Lord General. Yang Lin will not let you down."

Zhu Jun waved his hand as he looked ahead in a daze. Just as he was about to reach the North Gate, Zhu Jun's expression became serious, as his heart and mind were focused on his brows. It was as if he had made a great decision.

"But Master Yang Lin, I have something that I do not understand, that xanthopanax's leader, Qin Ming, is a bandit from Qin Village, how did they suddenly become xanthopanax? I sent people to investigate and in the end, not only the Qin Village, even all of the Wang Family's villagers have all gone missing. I remember that you were hiding in the Wang Family. Do you know the whereabouts of the Wang Family's people? "

"Oh …"

No wonder you wanted to talk to me. It's a pity that you were a step too late. Zhang Banxian had thought of this day earlier than you, the Wang Family's villagers had already left, and in this life, you will never see them again.

"When we left, they were still at the Wang family."

Zhu Jun helplessly shook his head, borrowing the bright moonlight, he looked carefully at Yang Lin. His young and handsome face had a little cunning look, his eyes occasionally flashing with cold glare s, he couldn't help but to shiver.

"Oh, so that's how it is."

Walking out of the Wan City, Yang Lin and Zhu Jun were about to leave, but Zhu Jun seemed to still have something to say, he raised his head and looked at the moon in the sky, trying to find an answer. However, he could not see anything. He could only turn around and glance at Yang Lin.

"Alright, let's part ways here."

Yang Lin knew that Zhu Jun was still suspicious of him, but he couldn't blame himself. Who told you not to allow the xanthopanax to surrender? The happy ending has been ruined by you. Thinking about it, Yang Lin cupped his fists, and greeted Zhu Jun with a faint smile.

"Lord General, have a safe trip."

The autumn of Nanyang seemed to arrive very early as light yellow leaves continuously fell from the trees like yellow butterflies fluttering in the air. Pile after pile of gray clouds pressed down on the ground. The bleak autumn wind swept across the fields of Nanyang, and the grass and trees fell.

On the official road that led to the north, a long stretch of Cavalry was slowly advancing. From the looks of it, they were not in a hurry. The war horses were galloping casually, and as they moved, they looked at the autumn sky on both sides of the road, occasionally conversing with each other.

However, Yang Lin was frowning, his mood was as depressed as it was in the autumn. Looking up, the vast wilderness was a field of withered yellow, with bare beams scattered across the farmlands. Unfortunately, there weren't any fruits, and this year was the first year that the harvest had not yet ended.

The citizens of the Nanyang were having a hard time enduring winter.

"My lord, I've seen you frown all the way here. What has made you so unhappy?"

Along the way, a few strategists followed by Yang Lin's side. When everyone saw that Yang Lin did not speak, they did not make a sound. After walking away for a long while, the Zhang Banxian could not hold it in anymore. She smiled at Yang Lin and raised her own question.

"When will the people of the world be able to eat their fill?"

Suddenly, several strategists understood the situation. They turned around to look at the desolate fields and their mood immediately became gloomy. No one could answer this question. Since ancient times, it was either a natural disaster or a man-made disaster. It was not an easy thing to make the people of the world eat their fill.

"My lord, only after the birth of Emperor Yao, Shun, Yu, and Tang would the people of this world be able to eat their fill. However, the emperors of the world are brutal, the ones who lose themselves are many, the ones who are wise and virtuous are few, thus it is not easy for The people of the world to eat until he is full. "

Amongst the few strategists, Zhang Banxian was the one who had the least scruples. Since he was the fortune-teller, he dared to say anything. The other strategists smiled without denying anything. No one dared to answer his question. In their hearts, they belonged to the Han Dynasty. How could they dare to say that the current Emperor was the foggy monarch?

"Military Advisors, everyone must remember one thing. The The people of the world is our foundation!"

Militaries's eyes lit up. This Yang Lin was really a The people of the world, and he couldn't help but recall the times he mentioned how he fought for the peace of the The people of the world. Everyone cupped their fists and bowed to Yang Lin.

"Milord, we will engrave your teachings into our hearts."

Just as everyone was thinking about it, Zhang Banxian squinted his eyes, a trace of light flashed across his eyes. He looked at Yang Lin for a while, then looked at Militaries, and thought for a while, and suddenly sighed towards the sky.

"Sigh, what a pity, my lord, you are just a small taiwai."

This sentence was neither light nor heavy, and no one could find any fault with it. However, the meaning behind saying it at this moment was very obvious. Militaries was a clever man, he thought of many things in an instant, and could not help but be shocked, not knowing what to do.

"Even if you live in a room, you still have to be magnanimous to the world. No matter how small the position of an official was, it had to be related to the hardships of life in this world. Worry before worries, happiness after joy. This is my goal, I wonder if all the gentlemen are willing to fight alongside me for the The people of the world? "

Of course, Yang Lin understood what the Zhang Banxian meant, but it was still too early for that. He did not want the Zhang Banxian to say something so outrageous that it would scare the few strategists. He seized the opportunity to change the topic and pulled the few strategists onto his chariot.

"We are willing to follow the Lord and fight for the The people of the world."

There was no reason for anyone to refuse such a noble goal unless you admitted that you were a vile person, and these advisors often considered themselves gentlemen. Militaries looked at each other and answered at almost the same time. Only Zhang Banxian squinted her eyes and muttered to herself for a while before letting out a sigh.

"The world is blessed with an adult, it is the fortune of the The people of the world."

In the beginning of September, Yang Lin brought along his to enter the Eastern Region and saw his Tung Chung Tsai Tsai Tsai Tsai Tsai Tortoise in the distance. Under Qiao Mao's lead, the cavalry of Youzhou arrived under the Puyang City and set up a camp about fifteen kilometers away from the city.

"Lord Qiao, let's go down and take a look."

After lunch, Yang Lin called his brothers, a few strategists, along with Qiao Mao and his generals, to go around the walls of the Puyang City to check on the defenses of the Puyang City. At the same time, he wanted Qiao Mao to introduce the situation of the Eastern County's yellow cloth. In order to prevent Bu Yi from sneaking an attack from outside the city, Yang Lin arranged for Zheng Wei to lead a thousand female soldiers to take charge of the garrison and bring the three thousand cavalrymen with him to set off for Puyang.

"Master Yang Lin, the xanthopanax has Bu Yi as their main general, Bian Xi as their deputy general, and the two great generals Li Shuang and Liu Qing as their subordinates. There are a total of twelve ten thousand people s. They had robbed almost all fifteen counties of the Eastern Region, and then they hid in the Puyang City and did not come out. We've been attacking for a long time, and there's nothing we can do. "

"Lord Qiao, how many people are under your command in the east county?"

"East County has one ten thousand people, and the village has five ten thousand people. Although he did not train much, but after fighting with the xanthopanax for a few months, it can be considered as having been through a long battle.

"Are there still citizens in Puyang City?"

"No, the people have already run away. Even those who did not run have become xanthopanax. "

What Qiao Mao said was not wrong. Along the way, Yang Lin did not see a single person, other than the grass bugs jumping around in the wilderness, there was not a single trace of life. The crops in the fields were also completely yellow, without any signs of life. The Puyang City was like an isolated island, standing alone in the vast wilderness.

"What a bunch of idiots!"

Yang Lin could not help but scold in his heart, these General of the Yellow Scarf Army were truly a group of martial artists with no sense of strategic vision. Even if you wanted thousands of men and horses, how long could a lone city hold out for? Although the uprising was a huge and numerous one, the imperial government was caught unprepared. However, they did not establish their own base of operations. Instead, they foolishly stayed in the city, waiting for the Imperial army's attack.

The Generals s of the xanthopanax were most skilled in robbing, and usually only occupied a few important towns in the State County. They only robbed the surrounding small towns, did not send any troops to guard them, and even more so did not send anyone to manage them. It was like a gust of wind that swept by, leaving behind a floor full of broken eaves. As long as the Imperial army managed to surround and exterminate this yellow cloth, the war would be placated.

After a few months of commotion, in the ninth month, only the Jizhou's Zhang Jiao was left as the main force of the larger three xanthopanax s. Bu Yi had been causing a ruckus from the start, and almost engulfed the entire Eastern Region. However, the Imperial army was not able to do anything as she watched Bu Yi rampage in the Eastern Region.

The battle to calm the yellow scarf was nearing its end. Yang Lin still wanted to eliminate Zhang Jiao immediately, that would be a true great achievement, and what made Yang Lin even more tempted was that Yang Lin had clearly remembered from his historical records that the carts that Zhang Jiao robbed would contain over 30,000 carriages. The oxen that were being plowed were even more numerous, how tempting would that be for his own plan to farm in the fields?

Unexpectedly, the moment the battle with the Nanyang had ended, had sent an imperial decree to the Eastern Region, hoping that the battle with the Puyang would end soon so that he could make it in time for the battle with the Guangzong. But he discovered that this Puyang City was not ordinary strong. It seemed like this ten feet was a piece of hard bone.

"This Puyang City Wall is really high."

"Yes, Master Yang Lin. The Puyang City wall is sixty meters tall and ten meters wide. The walls are constructed with enemy platforms every three hundred steps, and they stand out from the walls. This was set up to shoot down enemies climbing the city. Half of the distance between the two platforms was within the effective range of the bow and arrow, making it easy to shoot the attackers from the side. There is a moat below the city walls, but it has already been filled up by us. "

"Lord Qiao, this wall should be easy to defend and hard to attack, how did you all get attacked by Huang Shan?"

"Sigh, it's hard to explain in one sentence. This Bu Yi not only had Wu Yong, he also had some tricks up his sleeves. Before the incident began, a large number of spies were sent into the city, and suddenly, there was a collusion between the two, so we had no choice but to withdraw from Puyang. "

"Oh, so that's how it is."

Looking at the high city walls, Yang Lin felt fear in his heart. In this era of cold weapons, if there were no siege weapon, a large number of soldiers would die. He did not want to see his brothers fall on the city walls one by one, bleeding and losing their lives. He was definitely a modern man, unable to ignore the precious lives of his brothers in exchange for his own future.