Outside Linzi City, 5,000 military leaders were wrapped in yellow scarves and stood in formation.

They were in neat formation, but they wore different clothes and looked a little shabby. They really didn't look like a strong army.

This is the collection of the strongest troops that Linzi City can mobilize.

Xu Kang confiscated almost all the inventory in Linzi City and only collected 2,000 sets of leather armor, which was not as many as those in Zhuo County.

But there is nothing we can do if we think about it carefully. After all, Zhuo County is close to the grassland, so we always have to prepare more for emergencies. Naturally, it is not comparable to Linzi, an inland city.

After the two thousand leather armors were evenly distributed, the momentum of the army was not improved at all, which really made Xu Kang depressed.

If you tell future generations that Guan Yu was actually a very badass person, I believe they will not believe it.

But now Xu Kang does feel this way.

Guan Yu was like an elder who cared about his children's travels, chattering endlessly to Xu Kang.

What he is saying is that he should not always charge into battles by himself in the future. Wouldn't it be better to rely on his own intelligence to strategize?

Xu Kang agreed on the surface, but he had another consideration in his heart. How can a general conquer the hearts of his soldiers? That is to lead by his own example.

And letting the soldiers return to their hearts will be the basis for him to stay safe in this troubled world.

So no matter how reluctant he is to charge into battle, the reality is that he must do so.

Think about Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce, who didn't crawl out from the dead. If you don't do this, you won't be compared with them sooner or later.

5,000 people marched eastward in a mighty manner. Because they carried a large amount of food, the army did not move very fast.

After arriving at Taishan County, it almost stopped.

This is the hometown of Zang Ba and others, and it is also the second base area that Xu Kang is preparing to fight for and develop.

Taishan Prefecture belongs to Yanzhou, bordering Qingzhou to the east and Xuzhou to the south. It is the intersection of the three states.

Historically, Zang Ba relied on the land of Mount Tai to move easily among Tao Qian, Lu Bu and Cao Cao, and gained a considerable status.

With such a strategic location, Xu Kang would naturally not let it go.

If we can gain a foothold here, we can join forces with Qijun in Qingzhou when we advance; we can echo the Yellow Turbans in Qijun in retreat and expand our living space.

So as soon as he arrived here, Xu Kang immediately found Zang Ba and others to tell them his plan and asked them how to implement it. After all, they were the real people of Taishan Mansion.

Zang Ba was a little hesitant. After all, the Zang family had completely withdrawn from Taishan Mansion, and it would be difficult to regain a foothold.

Sun Guan was very excited and took the initiative to come up with ideas. He said that he could contact his village and maybe there would be something unexpected.

Everyone had no better ideas, so they followed him to find Sunjiacun.

There are naturally activities of the Yellow Turban Army in Taishan Mansion, but there is no unified command.

Most of them just occupy a mountain forest or something, and do some work such as robbing passers-by and robbing villages. They are no doubt like bandits.

"Sun Guan, is your village really near here?" Xu Kang complained. He abandoned the large army and took a dozen personal guards to accompany Sun Guan to find the home he mentioned.

But after walking for so long, I still haven't found it.

"That's right." Sun Guan also started to feel a little worried. There were all his relatives there.

Zang Ba hesitated and said, "Tell me, could the village we saw just now be Sunjia Village?" Zang Ba had been to Sunjia Village, but he was not sure now.

Everyone did find a village just now, but it was completely burned down.

Sun Guan suddenly turned pale and said, "No way." After saying that, he immediately prepared to ride back.

"Who do you see coming?" Xu Kang suddenly shouted.

Everyone looked up.

I saw a dozen strong men chasing and fighting several young men.

As the group of people got closer and closer, Sun Guan suddenly shouted: "It's Sun Wu." Then he rushed out suddenly.

"Sun Wu" Xu Kang's first thought when he heard the name was, what's going on? The strategist Sun Wu also traveled through time from ancient times.

But then he threw this ridiculous idea out of his mind.

Sun Guan had already beaten away the dozen strong men, and was talking happily to the young men who had been beaten.

After a while, Sun Guan brought several people back and introduced them to Xu Kang one by one.

It turns out that Sun Wu was Sun Guan's childhood playmate.

From him, Xu Kang and others also learned about what happened to Sunjiacun.

In order to avoid the Yellow Turban Rebellion, all the villagers in Sunjia Village have moved to the mountains, along with some nearby villagers, totaling more than a thousand households.

The young men with Sun Wu are the villagers from other villages who now live together in the mountains.

The happiest person to hear the news was Sun Guan, because he was finally sure of the safety of his relatives.

So everyone, led by Sun Wu, headed for the mountains.

When Xu Kang mentioned the mountains, he thought of the old couple who took refuge in the mountains when he traveled back in time.

However, the situation in Sunjiacun is much better. Firstly, they have more people and strength, and secondly, they are well prepared.

So when Xu Kang saw this large mountain village in front of him, he was no longer surprised.

Outside a courtyard wall surrounded by a fence, you can clearly see a young man in his 20s chopping wood inside.

Sun Guan broke in through the door, with tears in his eyes, and said excitedly: "Brother."

It seems that this person is Sun Kang, the elder brother whom Sun Guan will never forget.

After Sun Kang saw Sun Guan, countless emotions suddenly burst out from his eyes. Surprise and joy were followed by cold gleams.

Sun Guan was about to rush forward and give his elder brother a hug, but Sun Kang turned around, looked for a long time, and picked up a wooden stick as thick as his thumb.

While everyone was stunned, they all started knocking on Sun Guan.

"I asked you to leave without saying goodbye. I asked you to run away from home. Do you know how worried your family is about you?"

Sun Guan cried and hugged his elder brother, letting his stick keep falling on him.

After the two brothers were moved, Sun Guan introduced everyone to Sun Kang.

In fact, the main purpose is to introduce Xu Kang.

This was not the first time that Zang Ba and others met Sun Kang.

Watching Sun Guan straighten his sleeves, he showed courtesy like a true Confucian scholar.

Xu Kang was suddenly startled and quite at a loss.

Sun Kang didn't mind either and immediately invited everyone inside to rest.

Sun Kang is now the village chief of Sunjia Village. It was he who led the villagers to escape into the mountains in advance to avoid the intrusion of the refugees. In addition, he later led the villagers to repel several attacks by bandits, so he has a high status in the village.

Very high.

Inside the room, everyone sat down one after another.

Sun Guan sat in the lower seat of honor under Sun Kang.

What was also strange to Sun Kang was that Zang Ba actually sat behind Xu Kang. He was a person that even his reckless brother admired. Now he was willing to sit behind others, which made him full of confidence in Xu Kang's identity.

curious.

Both parties exchanged greetings and courtesies with the utmost courtesy.

Although Xu Kang studied Chinese, his ancient writing was still far behind the ancients. Soon he was defeated by Sun Kang's "Zhi Hu Zhe Ye".

I never expected that Sun Guan, who has always been brave and militant, would have such a gentle brother.

"Why would Mr. Sun move the village to the mountains?" Xu Kang began to talk about him.

Sun Kang sighed and said: "It's not because of the chaos caused by the Yellow Turbans that the world is in turmoil. I had no choice but to take the villagers and flee to the mountains. I hope that the court can put an end to the chaos as soon as possible and restore peace to the world."

Xu Kang and others were immediately embarrassed.

This is really pointing at the monk and scolding the bald donkey.

"Brother, actually we are all Taiping Dao." Sun Guan whispered.

Sun Kang seemed not to hear clearly and asked: "What did you say?"

Sun Guandao: "I said we are all Taiping Dao, which is what you call Yellow Turban thieves."

Sun Kang managed to avoid fainting from anger.

"You." Sun Kang pointed at Sun Guan and was speechless: "You all get out of here. Just pretend that people like you have never been in my Sunjia Village."

"Brother." Sun Guan was about to speak, but Xu Kang waved his hand to stop him.

"Brother Sun seems to have some misunderstandings about us." Xu Kang said.

"Misunderstanding?" Sun Kang sneered and said, "What if I have some misunderstanding? Has everyone in the world misunderstood it? The yellow scarf thieves kill people and set fires. They do all kinds of evil. How can a misunderstanding be explained away?"

Then he pointed at Sun Guan and said: "If you still recognize me as your brother and Sunjia Village, get away from the Yellow Turban Bandits immediately."

Before Sun Guan spoke, Xu Kang said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you quit, we join Taiping Dao just to find a way to get ahead. We don't really want to live or die with Taiping Dao."

Everyone immediately looked at Xu Kang blankly, including Sun Kang.
To be continued...