When Su Fan and the others returned to their territory again, it was already the end of November in the first year of Zhongping. The autumn harvest had ended, and this time the harvest was huge, almost able to feed millions of people.
And next year, the grain production will be even greater.
He can also safely accept more refugees.
As the Yellow Turbans continue to rage, especially in areas destroyed by the Yellow Turbans, it is impossible to farm, and naturally there is no food production in the fields.
The population is still so large and food cannot be produced. One can only imagine what life will be like for many common people.
After all, unlike later generations, they all have a surplus of food. For these poor people at the bottom, if they can barely get enough food and clothing for a year, it is already pretty good.
There is no surplus food.
Back at the military camp, Su Fan rectified his troops and horses. Even when nothing happened, he sent thousands of troops and horses to sweep away the Yellow Turbans around him.
Nowadays, in all parts of the Han Dynasty, except for the cities that did not fall within the scope of the Yellow Turbans, the Yellow Turbans were raging in most other places.
These yellow scarves were divided into teams, tens of thousands of people, and swept around the city.
They could not capture the large city, but the surrounding villages became the targets of their plunder.
There are quite a few Yellow Turbans here in Donghai County, none of them are large-scale, but there are many small-scale ones with tens of thousands of people.
Many of them are even disguised as bandits and bandits, and there are also some powerful people who pretend to be behind the scenes and rob houses.
The Yellow Turbans were raging, and all kinds of monsters and monsters came out.
Su Fan sent troops to sweep away the surrounding Yellow Turbans, firstly to increase the army's experience against the enemy, and secondly to reduce the surrounding Yellow Turbans.
After all, Donghai County is destined to become his territory in the future, which can be regarded as development ahead of schedule.
The Yellow Turban Army only knows how to destroy. If these people destroy too much, wouldn't it cost him even more to recover when he becomes the governor of Donghai County in the future?
January, February, March
Within half a year, Su Fan's 70,000-strong army took turns going out to find small groups of Yellow Turbans to fight with.
In the past six months, they suppressed a total of nearly one million Yellow Turbans, killed the leaders, and obtained 700,000 to 800,000 manpower for Su Fan.
Although only half of them are young and strong, they are still very good.
In the past six months, millions of people have been added to his side again, not because Su Fan didn't want to add them.
But if it continues to increase, he may not be able to hide it here.
He is not the governor of Donghai County yet, so he naturally does not want to be exposed.
But it’s almost here now.
"Lord, when are you going to leave?"
The original military camp has now been built into a small city for the family members of his 70,000-strong army.
Su Fan lives in the center of the small town.
In half a year, Xi Zhicai finally recognized him as his master, because he was now the county captain of Gaoyou.
There were even people in Xiapi asking for credit and asking the governor to promote him to the rank of county captain in Xuzhou. After all, Su Fan sent troops to sweep away the Yellow Turbans around him, thus protecting many surrounding nobles from the Yellow Turbans.
For many nobles, this is a good thing.
In fact, many noble families also sent private soldiers to take action. After all, the imperial court had agreed to the local formation of troops to suppress the Yellow Turbans.
It is a pity that most of the nobles have limited strength. If their defense is good, they will really be unable to stop hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans in the wild.
Su Fan's army is elite, so there are no more Yellow Turbans around Donghai County and Xiapi.
This is a real achievement, and he is already a county captain. He has friends with the Gao family, so he proposed it to Xiapi. Whether it can be successful depends on his public relations.
Therefore, Su Fan, who had an official position, naturally became the protagonist of the play Zhicai.
"Come on, General Huangfu Zhonglang, who has been mopping up the Yellow Turban Army in Sili, has now arrived in Yingchuan County."
"I'm afraid the decisive battle over Yingchuan is coming soon, and we can send troops by then."
Su Fan no longer had too many worries at this time, because Zhang Jiao, whom he feared the most, was actually trapped in Guangzong.
Moreover, news came from Jizhou that Zhang Jiao's condition was not good. Since the battle with the imperial court's Zhenguo Martial Saint, both of them suffered losses.
The martial sage who ruled the country was said to have unleashed his divine power at the cost of his longevity, severely injuring Zhang Jiao. When he returned to Jizhou, Zhang Jiao was attacked by masters one after another.
The trauma got worse. Lu Zhi had been attacking for many days, but the opponent never showed up.
Among the three great generals, Lu Zhi is the most powerful. Lu Zhi himself is also the strongest. He has at least the seventh level of Soul Refining and above. In addition, he is a Confucian military strategist. In terms of leading troops,
In battle, he was even superior to his general disciple Huangfu Song.
Because facing the main force of the Yellow Turbans, he also has the largest number of imperial troops under his command.
He has one million imperial troops and two million local government troops under his command, so he has always suppressed the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou.
If it weren't for Zhang Jue's terrifying strength, I'm afraid Lu Zhi's ability would have suppressed the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou long ago.
News came from Jizhou that Lu Zhi was about to attack Guangzong City several times, but Zhang Jue did not show up. Su Fan knew that something must have happened to Zhang Jue, and even if he was not dead, he was not far away from death.
At this time, the other party and Ben could no longer take care of him.
"Decisive Battle of Yingchuan"
Hearing this, Xi Zhicai showed excitement on his face. This battle meant the direction of the Yellow Turbans in the South.
If the Yellow Turbans win, Yuzhou, Xuzhou and other places will instantly fall into corruption, and it will be difficult for the court to gather strength to put down the rebellion.
After all, at that time, the land of Sili was the most important, and the imperial court would probably switch from offense to defense by then.
And when the imperial court wins, Yuzhou, Xuzhou and other places, the Yellow Turbans will be resolved.
Moreover, this multi-million battle is so grand that no one wants to miss it.
"When the time comes, Zhicai, you will set off with the army and serve as its military advisor."
Su Fan naturally saw Xi Zhicai's expression. Even he was looking forward to this battle. It was said that the battle in Jizhou was also very fierce.
Unfortunately, Jizhou was too far away from here and he didn't have time to go there.
However, Yingchuan is definitely not bad, especially Bo Cai's ability. In addition, the Yellow Turban Army from Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou and even Sili are all heading towards Yingchuan.
Everyone seems to know that the final decisive battle will take place here in Yingchuan, and the Yellow Turban Army has begun to swarm in. I am afraid that the number will reach 30 million by then.
Of course, of these 30 million, the number of people who can actually fight is probably less than one-third, and for the elite, one-tenth is not bad.
After all, compared with the imperial court, most of the Yellow Turban Army were farmers. It would be great if their weapons had ordinary swords. I am afraid most of them were robbed from local places or Wubao.
Having too many people is not necessarily a good thing.
If there are many people, it will be more difficult to control them, and there are all kinds of monsters, ghosts, gods, and snakes there, and Bo Cai may not be able to command them all.
On the contrary, the officers and soldiers are different.
"This battle is the way for you and me to advance."
Su Fan laughed.
This chapter has been completed!