Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Never?

Glancing at her sparkling eyes, Zhang Yan curled her lips and said, "You sound like a wicked woman who robs men."

Zhang Mo was stunned for a moment and couldn't help laughing, "So, are you going to obey or not?"

"Obey! How can I not obey? You evil woman, you look as beautiful as a fairy, but you kill people without blinking an eye. A rain of manure can kill 40,000 of my soldiers. How dare I disobey?" Zhang Yan said angrily.

Zhang Mo immediately beamed with joy, "Since the General has agreed, then we will start implementing it from your Shangai County."

"Whatever you say! But let's make it clear, I'm still the Black Mountain bandit leader and not subordinate to Bingzhou. Ours is just a temporary partnership. I won't stop other villages from migrating to Bingzhou, nor will I lobby for you. You have to recruit them yourself."

Zhang Mo smiled and said, "That's natural."

As long as Shangai County successfully implements the "one county, two systems" policy, wouldn't it be easy to recruit other bandits?

The two then discussed some other details of the "one county, two systems" policy.

For example, the issue of the garrison in Shangai County. Given the importance of the county's geographical location and the threat to Zhang Yan from Jizhou, for safety reasons, the number of troops stationed here cannot be too small. However, there is a shortage of officers and soldiers, and at most only a thousand people can be left here. With too many bandits and too few soldiers, it is very likely that something unexpected will happen.

Zhang Mo proposed to first recruit the families of the bandit army stationed in Shangai and move them to Yangyi County to settle down. If this bandit army abides by the rule of "one county, two systems", their families will be ordinary people. If they cause chaos, they will be hostages.

Zhang Yan scoffed at this and snorted in dissatisfaction, "Women are always suspicious and petty!"

Zhang Mo didn't care. Although she believed in Zhang Yan's character, they belonged to different factions after all. It would always be better to be careful. She just let him think that she was suspicious and narrow-minded.

After the most important issue of garrisoning troops was resolved, the next issue was land reclamation outside Shangai County. The area here is vast and many wastelands have not been developed, which requires a lot of manpower and material resources. The result of the discussion was naturally that Zhang Yan would provide manpower and Zhang Mo would provide money to jointly develop the land.

Finally, there is the issue of taxation. The daily management of Shangai County is handled by Zhang Yan's own people, but Zhang Mo will send a few people to be responsible for the autumn harvest and tax collection.

After discussing some scattered issues, it was already noon. Zhang Mo invited Zhang Yan to have lunch and gave him three prescriptions before parting.

"One is for preparing normal saline solution. Using this to clean wounds can greatly reduce infection. These two are prescriptions written by my master. One is for boiling it to clean wounds. Have the military doctor cut open the festering area, wash it with saline solution first, then use this medicine. The other is for boiling it to drink. It should be able to save more people."

Zhang Yan glared, "If you could save them, why didn't you take it out earlier?"

Zhang Mo rolled her eyes. "If you had surrendered to me earlier, I would have taken it out long ago. You stubbornly refused to obey me, and I went to save the enemy's lives. Am I crazy?"

Zhang Yan choked. That's right. Before today, she and she were enemies who would never stop fighting. She must be sick to use the prescription to save the enemy!

"Thank you very much!" Zhang Yan bowed and took her leave. However, the more she walked on the road, the more she thought something was wrong. She was the one who threw feces at this person, so why did she have to thank her in the end?

It's so unfair! It's so unfair!

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With the issue of Zhang Yan resolved, most of the threat from the Black Mountain Army to Bingzhou was eliminated. Yu Du and others in Henei County turned their attention to Yecheng, bringing temporary peace to Henei. Now only the remnants of the Baibo army in the south of Shangdang remain.

After scaring off Yu Du and others, Lu Bu originally wanted to return to Bingzhou, but news came from there that Zhang Yan had been subdued by A Mo, so Lu Bu did not rush back. He left Du Ji and Han Hao to reorganize the three counties of Xiuwu that were looted by bandits, and he went to Yewang County to meet Gao Shun.

Ever since his defeat by Gao Shun, Yang Feng has retreated to Gaodu. Upon learning that Yu Du and his men had moved on to Jizhou, Yang Feng knew his situation was at its end. He'd been hesitant for days, unsure if it was still too late to surrender, and whether Lü Bu would spare him. If Lü Bu refused his surrender, what would he do next? Should he flee to Jizhou and seek refuge with Yuan Shao?

Just when Yang Feng was in doubt, news came from the north that Xunshi City was captured by Cao Xing, and Hu Cai and Li Le were killed in the battle.

As for the reason why the city was broken, it was because there were bandits in the city who were afraid that Lu Bu's army would massacre the city after breaking into it, so they followed the example of Yang Xian and took the initiative to surrender the city in order to seek forgiveness.

Yang Feng was now truly alone. On the one hand, he sent an envoy to submit a letter of surrender to Lu Bu, and on the other hand, he integrated his troops and prepared to break out if he was rejected.

However, Lu Bu did not even meet Yang Feng's envoy and directly ordered Gao Shun to kill him.

This time, Yang Feng's alliance with Yuan Shao has caused a lot of trouble to Bingzhou. If Amo had not been there in Jinyang, Zhang Yan would have definitely taken it. What's even more hateful is that after Wang Kuang's troops withdrew, Yang Feng still wanted to join forces with Yu Du to divide Henei. Now that he is at the end of his rope, he is thinking of surrendering. It's too late!

By not accepting Yang Feng's surrender, Lu Bu was not only venting his anger but also telling the surrounding bandits that not everyone who opposed him would be forgiven. If they wanted to go against Bingzhou, they'd better think about whether they could afford the consequences of failure. He, Lu Fengxian, was not good at killing people, but he was also not incapable of killing.

On the day Yang Feng was rejected, he tried to break out at night, but fell into an ambush set up by Gao Shun in advance. After a fight in the middle of the night, his entire army was wiped out, and the Baibo Army completely withdrew from the stage of history.

After eliminating Bai Bo, Lu Bu promoted Cao Xing to the rank of Shangdang Commandant and stationed his troops at Taihang Xing. Yu Fuluo and Han Lai returned to Changzi City, but now it was unclear who should be stationed in Hanoi.

Everything in Hedong County was back on track under Jia Xu's administration. However, because Hedong County was bordered by the sphere of influence of Li Su, Li Jue and Liang Province to the west, the military defense here was still very important. Jia Xu still wanted Gao Shun to be stationed in Hedong, so Lu Bu had no choice but to transfer Song Xian to Henei first.

Lü Bu actually intended Xu Huang to be the Commandant of Hanei. However, Xu Huang had already been promoted without merit before, and this time, he had promised not to reward him for his meritorious service. If Lü Bu broke his promise and appointed him based on personal preference again, wouldn't that be following the path of Yuan Shao's dream? Doing so would only lead to internal exclusion and power struggles.

The last time Song Xian accompanied Gao Shun in pacifying Guo Taili, Lu Bu only rewarded him with money but did not promote him. This time, he was transferred to be the commander of Henei, which was well deserved. However, for Gao Shun who had made many military achievements, Lu Bu currently had no official title to reward him and could only reward him with money.

As for the troops stationed in Henei, Song Xian brought 2,000 of his own troops to suppress the bandits, and also recruited a group of soldiers from the various families in Henei who had already surrendered to Lu Bu, and handed them over to Song Xian for training.

Although Song Xian's official position is now at the same level as Gao Shun, in the army he is still a Sima under the General Suppressing Bandits and is under the command of Gao Shun.

In theory, a county governor has the right to command troops. However, because the county governors did not cooperate with his work when Lu Bu first entered Bingzhou, he dismissed the local commanders and county soldiers and sent his own troops to garrison there. The governor only had the right to govern the local area but not the right to mobilize troops. This automatically formed a management method that separated military power and political power.

Later, when Jia Xu was appointed as the prefect of Hedong, Jia Xu took the initiative to request that Gao Shun lead the troops to be stationed there. The reason why he did not want to extend his hands to the army was, on the one hand, that he was afraid that his power would be too great and Lu Bu would become suspicious of him in the future; on the other hand, he realized that the separation of military and political affairs was more conducive to centralization.

If a governor holds both military and political power, it is easy for him to rebel once he develops disloyalty. However, separation of military and political power, with the two sides checking and balancing each other, is more conducive to local stability.