Author: Gongsun Wujiu

"Ada, are you Han Chinese?"

"I dare not hide anything. I was originally a soldier of the Han Dynasty..."

"I don't have to hold you accountable for what you've done before. If you do something wrong again in the future, I won't let you go."

After thinking for a while, Zhang Yue continued, "You should restore your Han name from now on... Let's go on. From now on, you will be responsible for helping to manage the prisoners. I will give you second-class treatment first. If you do well, I will not treat you badly!"

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"Thank you, sir. I'll take my leave!"

Ada walked backwards out of Zhang Yue's barracks with a face full of joy.

After Ada left, Zhang Yue tapped his fingers on the short table in front of him. He believed that what Ada said was true. However, how to deal with this matter needed to be carefully considered.

According to the information provided by Ada, the bandits have a total of more than 200 fighting soldiers, and they also have hundreds of family members and slaves. They secretly control a fertile valley in Longshou Mountain.

If we could capture this bandit, it would not only be a military achievement, but it would also be of great benefit to the Han army.

The distance of two hundred miles is not too far, and the Han army can completely control the area, but they don't know how big the valley is and what the specific situation is.

For a moment, Zhang Yue was not sure how to deal with this matter. In terms of fighting, he had just surrendered so many prisoners, and there were only more than thirty cavalry available in the fort.

If you don't fight, having these horse thieves around is also a hidden danger.

Zhang Yue also thought about reporting the matter directly to Han Feng, who could mobilize at least 300 Han soldiers.

However, according to the Han military system, when troops at the level of military lord are mobilized for battle, the consent of the prefect or captain is required.

If he reported it to Han Feng, according to the system, he would have to report it to Li Ling, the Cavalry Commander. In this case, not only himself but also Han Feng would not have a chance to drink soup.

Military merit was the most important thing in the Han Dynasty, and only those with military merit were good men. Even Sima Xiangru, a great writer of this era, became the prefect of Jianwei County because of his achievements in destroying the country and expanding his territory.

Although there were special cases like Zhu Maichen, they did not change the empire's system.

Even though Zhu Maichen served as the governor of a county, he was always underestimated by the world because of his lack of military merit.

The tradition of the Han family is that without military merit, one cannot be granted the title of Marquis, and one cannot be appointed as one of the Three Gongs or Nine Ministers.

No one would complain that he has many military achievements. Once this news leaks out, there will be many people snatching the opportunity to send troops, and maybe Li Ling himself will be tempted.

After many considerations, Zhang Yue gave up the idea of ​​reporting to Han Feng, but according to the current situation in the fort, he was unable to send troops for the time being.

"Why!"

Zhang Yue sighed and decided to put this matter down first and digest the results of the current victory to develop himself.

If he could successfully absorb more than a hundred prisoners of war, his strength would be at least three times higher. By then, although he would still be a nondescript pavilion chief and camp chief, his actual strength would be no less than that of a commander of a team.

The matter of horse thieves can be left alone for now. Their lair is right there anyway and they can't escape.

After thinking about these things clearly, Zhang Yue felt relieved. In the following time, while training his troops, Zhang Yue organized the prisoners of war to build watchtowers and clean up the valley in preparation for the next year's farming.

Everyone hurriedly and slowly completed the construction of the watchtower before December.

The watchtower is square in shape, still using loess and wood as the main building materials. It has a circumference of about 8 feet, a height of about 2 feet, and a wall thickness of 2 feet. It is divided into two floors. The lower floor is mainly for storing supplies, and the upper floor is for soldiers to live. Lookouts are set up on the surrounding walls.

There are 4 holes and 8 shooting holes. A shed is also built on the top of the watchtower to prevent the soldiers on guard at the top from being caught in the rain.

According to the plan, one troop of soldiers is stationed in each of the two watchtowers in peacetime, and the number can be increased to ten in wartime.

With these two carved towers, the entire valley and Longjiao Fort formed a whole. Unless the Huns sent out a large number of troops, it would be difficult to pose a real threat to the Han army.

Good things come in pairs. Zhang Yue had just celebrated the completion of the watchtower. Han Fengyou sent someone to deliver good news.

The reward for the last time he killed the horse thieves finally came down.

Because of his efforts in suppressing bandits, he was conferred the title of Yuan Rong Shi, and his military rank was promoted to the rank of Hundred Generals. Soon Han Feng would personally go to Longjiao Fort to confer him a title.

"Congratulations to General Bai!"

When everyone heard the news that Zhang Yue had been promoted to a hundred generals, they all congratulated him.

"Same joy!" Zhang Yue also congratulated everyone.

This time, all the soldiers in Longjiao Fort were rewarded. In addition to Zhang Yue, Guo Kai and Li Si were also honored as good soldiers and promoted to dubo.

Zhang Hao and Cai Ting were consecrated as Xianyu Guards and officially appointed as chiefs. In addition to them, there were two other soldiers, one named Mark and one named Sun Tao, who were also worshiped as Xianyu Guards.

The soldiers who were originally without titles were all worshiped as military commanders this time and were qualified to serve as corps commanders. Of course, there were not so many military positions in Longjiao Fort. Most of them were actually ordinary soldiers, but their living conditions were improved.

up a level.

Longshouzhan also provides a lot more supplies to the fort every month.

On this day, the entire castle was filled with joy.

The newly arrived soldiers Wang Hu and Dong Shan looked at everyone with envy on their faces. In the Qin and Han dynasties, military merit was the most important, and the most enviable thing was to be crowned and rewarded.

Three days later, Han Feng arrived at the fort with a group of cavalry and a group of new soldiers.

"A hundred generals! A hundred generals! The military lords and others are here, please go back quickly."

When Han Feng arrived at Longjiao Fort, Zhang Yuezheng, Guo Kai and Li Si were patrolling the northern edge of the desert with their cavalry.

After receiving the message from the scout, the three people hurried back to Longjiao Fort.

When we arrived at the fort entrance, we saw Han Fengzheng riding majestically on a horse wearing a suit of iron armor.

Zhang Yue hurriedly greeted him.

"Greetings to Sima!" Zhang Yue looked at the armor Han Feng wore and knew that Han Feng had also been promoted to a level.

"Zhang Jun, why do you need to be so polite? My promotion to Army Sima is entirely due to Zhang Jun!" Han Feng said with a smile, and it was obvious that he was in a good mood.

"Let's go...I heard that you have done a lot these days, let us take a look!" Han Feng urged Zhang Yue to lead the way as he spoke.

Zhang Yue was not polite and laughed, "Sima, please follow me!" After saying that, he led a group of people towards the valley.

While walking, he introduced the plan of the valley to Han Feng and others. Han Feng and others nodded repeatedly. It seemed that everyone was very satisfied with Zhang Yue's performance.

It's no wonder that the last time Zhang Yue wiped out the horse thieves, Han Feng and him were not the only ones to receive rewards. Other officers, large and small, also received a lot of benefits.

It is said that Yin Sheng has now been promoted to the rank of military lord. He was originally going to come, but because Longshouzhan has been upgraded to a separate Sima area, the garrison will be increased to two songs.

With the arrival of a large number of new recruits, reorganization and training must be carried out as soon as possible. Han Feng is not around, so as the second-in-command of Longshou Barrier, he has to stay in the barrier and preside over the training of new recruits...
Chapter completed!