Your Majesty, please spare Diao Chan; your yang energy is too strong.

"But logically speaking, shouldn't you be in Jizhou right now? How did you end up in Xuzhou?"

Zhou Heng looked puzzled.

"I am ashamed to say that since General Tiangong was defeated, we have been homeless and wandering from place to place."

"Driven away by the various lords of the land, he wandered to Xuzhou."

"I had heard that General Zhang Yan was fighting against Yuan Shao, and I wanted to go and lend a hand, but I never expected to run into my lord."

Liao Hua said.

"I see."

Zhou Heng nodded, thinking that historically, Liao Hua also went to Ji Province around this time.

"Look at me, I was so excited to see my lord that I forgot about the important matter... My lord, let's not stand on this main road anymore, let's quickly return to the mountain stronghold."

Liao Hua slapped his forehead and quickly invited Zhou Heng to the mountain stronghold.

Zhou Heng did not refuse.

Since we've decided to take this path, we naturally need to gather all available resources.

Soon, Zhou Heng followed Liao Hua to the mountain stronghold.

With Liao Hua as their leader, taking the lead in submitting to Zhou Heng, the other Yellow Turban soldiers naturally had no objections.

For them, as long as someone feeds them a full meal, they consider it alright to do anything for God.

They quickly acknowledged Zhou Heng as their master.

Thus, Zhou Heng has come into this world and now possesses his first force of his own.

We took a headcount.

Liao Hua had a total of 7346 men under his command.

However, nearly 5000 of them are elderly, weak, sick, or disabled.

The remaining men were all emaciated and their fighting ability was questionable.

Zhou Heng weeded out some of the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled, and gathered a team of nearly 2000 people in total.

However, the equipment is worrisome.

Most people were carrying only weapons like hoes and wooden sticks.

No more than three hundred people in the entire team possessed knives.

Moreover, most of them are kitchen knives used for cooking at home, or wood-chopping knives.

To put it nicely, they were the Yellow Turban Army; to put it bluntly, they were just a group of peasants who couldn't survive.

No wonder Zhang Jiao's power was so great, boasting an army of a million, yet he was defeated by only 3 men.

But this wasn't the most troublesome thing for Zhou Heng.

What troubled him most was that these people even had trouble getting food.

Many people haven't eaten for days.

This is also why Liao Hua led the robbery in the past.

If we don't rob people, they'll all starve to death.

"Liao Hua, how much grain does the mountain stronghold have left?"

Zhou Heng had basically figured out the situation of this Yellow Turban Army.

Liao Hua was summoned immediately.

"this........."

Liao Hua's face showed a troubled expression.

"But it doesn't matter."

Zhou Heng waved his hand.

"Our food supplies were exhausted yesterday, and most of the people in the mountain stronghold have nothing to eat today. I have already sent men to hunt in the mountains, and I will make sure that our lord does not go hungry."

Liao Huajian said firmly.

They thought Zhou Heng was hungry and wanted to eat something.

“That’s not what I meant. I meant… never mind, since you’ve acknowledged me as your master, I will naturally solve your food supply problem.” Zhou Heng shook his head.

Zhou Heng originally wanted to ask why they didn't cultivate the land themselves since they didn't have any food supplies.

However, after thinking about their situation, they were homeless and wandered around.

How can we cultivate the land if we don't even have a stable place to live?

“Here’s what we’ll do: select some strong, capable men who can fight, and have them come out with me this evening. I have a very important use for them,” Zhou Heng said after thinking for a moment.

I already have an idea in mind.

"My lord, do you intend to lead men to plunder the surrounding powerful clans?" Liao Hua asked.

"Of course not. Go and prepare. You'll know by evening," Zhou Heng said, waving his hand.

Raiding powerful families is not that simple.

Zhou Heng was speechless.

Many powerful families kept private armies of several thousand men, all fully equipped.

Even some small families have several hundred private soldiers.

With the strength I currently possess, I can't even gather 300 knives, yet I want to fight against powerful clans; it's practically suicide.

Moreover, there were also feudal lords in Xuzhou.

Neither Liu Bei nor Lü Bu were easy people to associate with.

Liu Bei relied on the Mi and Chen families, two powerful clans, to stabilize Xuzhou.

It's impossible for them to sit idly by and do nothing.

I'm afraid that the moment I hatch this plan, they'll wipe me out.

Not worth the candle.

Moreover, he had no intention of openly threatening powerful families.

In this era, powerful families still wielded considerable influence.

Even if you are a member of the Yellow Turban Army, unless you want to wander in the mountains like those bandits.

If you want to dominate the world, you absolutely cannot offend the powerful families now.

Otherwise, once your bad reputation gets out, you'll probably have nowhere to hide in the world.

No one will come to you.

It would be a complete short-sighted and wasteful decision, and Zhou Heng would never make such a foolish choice.

Even though Zhou Heng considered all the aristocratic families to be dead and wished he could kill them all, it was not now.

"Yes." Liao Hua didn't ask any more questions and quickly went to make preparations. About half an hour later, he returned and said, "My lord is ready."

Zhou Heng nodded: "Okay, no rush, let's talk about it after dark. By the way, do you know any Yellow Turban soldiers around here?"

Liao Hua: "There are some people I know."

Zhou Heng's eyes lit up: "Are you confident you can subdue them?"

Liao Hua smiled bitterly: "This... My lord, to be honest, you have seen the situation of the Yellow Turban Army. It is very difficult for them to survive in this era. They can't even feed themselves and can only rely on plundering to survive. If we had enough food, I would be 70% confident that I could persuade them. But as you have seen, most of my men are starving..."

Zhou Heng nodded.

In any era, food supplies are paramount.

Without supplies, no matter how eloquently you speak, people will not come to your aid.

After all, life is the most important thing.

Just like those soldiers, the reason they choose to risk their lives for you is simply for a bite to eat, isn't it?

Why did Yuan Shao lose the Battle of Guandu?

It's because the grain and fodder were burned.

It is easy to imagine how important food supplies were in ancient times.

Zhou Heng nodded: "Yes, but you can send someone to boldly contact them now and tell them that as long as they are willing to work with us, they can eat and drink their fill every day."

Liao Hua was taken aback: "Huh?"

They don't even have enough food to eat themselves, so where would they get the food to recruit them?

Zhou Heng smiled and said, "Don't worry, we won't be short of food after tonight."

"Yes."

"My lord, may I be so bold as to ask, what brilliant plan do you have to help us no longer lack food supplies?"

"Tomb Raider Captain".

Zhou Heng smiled mysteriously.

"Mojin Xiaowei?"

Liao Hua was taken aback.

"That's right, the so-called tomb raiders are..."