Zhang Hua led his troops into Dazhong Town. Half of the entire town was destroyed, with broken walls and burnt wood rekindled from time to time.

Jin Wushu fought with Yuan Shu and Deng Ai in the town one after another, resulting in the collapse of countless houses and the destruction of their families.

"Deng Ai, Feng Yi, Zhao Ponu, you three are divided into three groups to occupy other villages and towns of Yuan Shu's power."

Zhang Hua immediately arranged for Deng Ai and the other two to occupy various villages and towns.

The Yuan Shu power was destroyed, and the villages and towns affiliated with the Yuan Shu power became homeless lands.

There was not only Zhang Hua around Yuan Shu, but other forces, eyeing him.

When Yuan Shu's forces were in civil turmoil, these forces were like sharks that smelled blood and could not remain indifferent.

Therefore, the uninhabited land must be occupied as soon as possible.

Deng Ai, Feng Yi, and Zhao Ponu got the order and immediately sent troops to conquer the city and conquer the land.

"Do you know where Yuan Shu is?"

"Yuan Shu was missing in the battle with Jin Wushu."

"Forget it, it's okay if Yuan Shu is gone."

Zhang Hua was not interested in Yuan Shu.

Zhang Hua came to the territory stone tablet of Dazhong Town to check the basic information of Dazhong Town.

【Territory】: Dazhong Town

[Level]: Level 1 Town (Dazhong Town has been demoted from Level 2 Town to Level 1 Town)

【Lord】: Zhang Hua

【Number of households】: 4732

【Population】: 15127

[People's Heart]: 35 (Residents who suffer from war are full of grievances. If the public grievances are not quelled as soon as possible, there is a very likely situation for peasant uprisings to break out)

【Public Security】: 41

【Prosperity】: 2452

【Future Evaluation】: General

【Farmland Area】: 150,000 mu

[The lack of prosperity in the second-level town]: 548

"This second-level town has only 15,000 people. It seems that the successive battles have seriously damaged the prosperity of Dazhong Town and have been downgraded to a first-level town."

When Zhang Hua saw that Yuan Shu had worked hard to manage, there was only 15,000 people left in Dazhong Town, and felt deeply the damage caused by the war.

Many buildings in Dazhong Town have been destroyed or damaged, and must be rebuilt or repaired in order to re-exert the architectural effect.

The people's hearts in Dazhong Town also became extremely low due to the war.

If the people's hearts are below 60, there is a high probability that a peasant uprising will break out.

Zhang Hua can choose to garrison the army and suppress the people.

But this will only lead to lower people's hearts.

If the people's wishes drop to 0, a peasant uprising will definitely break out.

There are only 35 points left in the hearts of the people in Dazhong Town, which is already a very dangerous value.

"Appointment to pardon Dazhong Town's 50% of the land rent this year."

In order to stabilize the people's hearts of Dazhong Town, Zhang Hua reduced the taxes here.

Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world.

If Dazhong Town is to be used as a bridgehead to guide Guanzhong, it is necessary to increase the people's hearts of Dazhong Town to above 90.

For this purpose, some taxes can be sacrificed temporarily.

Sure enough, after Zhang Hua announced the pardon of half of the land rent, the people's hearts in Dazhong Town increased to 50 points and slowly recovered.

"How could Dazhong Town, which I finally built, be like this..."

A civil servant limped out of the hut and saw the devastated Dazhong Town, and felt sad.

When he came to the county government office, the county government office was almost turned into a ruin, leaving only the territorial stone tablets still standing.

Near the county government office, there are also generals including Xu Chu, Ma Wu, Zhou Tai and other imperial guards inspected because Zhang Hua was checking the territory stone tablet at this time.

"Who are you?"

Xu Chu led his troops to take down this civil servant who looked strange.

"I am the chief clerk Yan Xiang, you must be soldiers of Xia Town!"

During the battle with the Jurchens, Yan Xiang was hit by a fallen wooden beam, so she was injured and had to hide in a nearby hut and escape.

When Yan Xiang saw that the army occupying Dazhong Town was Xia, he knew that it was Xia Town Army from Heluo.

Xu Chu brought Yan Xiang to meet Zhang Hua.

"Yan Xiang? You didn't actually escape with Yuan Shu."

Zhang Hua was quite surprised when he saw Yuan Shu's chief clerk.

Yan Xiang has no sense of existence in the Three Kingdoms.

However, the chief clerk is equivalent to a secretary, and he can become the secretary of a prince, and Yan Xiang is also an extraordinary person.

Yan Xiang replied: "I was injured, so I was unable to follow Mr. Yuan to flee."

"Then why did you come to see me on your own initiative?"

"I didn't come to see you, but I just came to the neighborhood of the county government to see what the situation was, but I was taken down by Xu Chu."

“…”

Zhang Hua looked at this low-key strategist.

Before sending troops to expedition Yuan Shu, Zhang Hua inquired about the reality of Yuan Shu's power in advance and knew that Yan Xiang had a special ability - tortoise shell divination.

Therefore, Zhang Hua wanted to recruit Yuan Shu's chief clerk for his own use.

Not only military generals, but also civil servants and counselors are equally important.

Civilians can organize farming, while strategists determine the strategy of a force.

"Yuan Shu is still running away at this time. I plan to order a wanted Yuan Shu to be arrested. Once he is captured alive, Qiu Hou will ask for the death, what do you think?"

While threatening, Zhang Hua observed Yan Xiang's reaction.

Yan Xiang's pupils contracted slightly and persuaded: "I heard that the saint ruled the world with benevolence. Mr. Yuan did not threaten you, and you have obtained his land and population again. Why should you chase him? Please take back your life."

Zhang Hua replied domineeringly: "If I don't kill Yuan Shu, the sir will not be able to serve me with all my heart, so I must kill him!"

“…”

Yan Xiang was completely shocked by Zhang Hua. Zhang Hua actually wanted to kill Yuan Shu in order to recruit him!

"No. If you want me to serve, I will obey the order, but you must not kill Mr. Yuan, which will make the families in the world feel disappointed."

Yan Xiang gritted her teeth and had to become an official in order to save her lord's life.

"Sir is a loyal minister. Since you are willing to become an official, I will not order the arrest of Yuan Shu."

Zhang Hua just wanted to scare Yan Xiang and forced Yan Xiang to surrender, and deliberately made a gesture of wanting Yuan Shu.

In fact, Zhang Hua did not have so much energy to arrest Yuan Shu, who had lost his territory.

Yan Xiang was helpless and was so willing.

Yan Xiang is an upright person, and after he agrees, he will not repeat it.

Zhang Hua saw Yan Xiang’s heroic attributes at the stone tablet in Dazhong Town.

【Hero】: Yan Xiang

【Level】: 29

[Commander]:50 [Military power]:23 [Intellect]:81 [Politics]:79

[Talent]: Divination technique (Yan Xiang is proficient in the tortoise shell divination technique of the Shang Dynasty. He can use the tortoise shell to divine the good and bad luck of a thing by consuming a large amount of true energy. The divination results are basically in line with the trend, but there will also be many variables, and facts may appear different from the divination results.)

[Article]: Yuan Shu’s chief clerk.

"Yan Xiang's divination technique, combined with Chen Gong's exhaustive method, may have an unexpected effect."

When Zhang Hua saw Yan Xiang's talent, he found that Yuan Shu was not very good at using Yan Xiang's ability.

Yan Xiang has average personal attributes, but her talent is quite amazing. If you can know the good or bad luck in advance, it is equivalent to seeking good or bad luck!

In ancient times, especially in the Shang Dynasty, kings and princes believed in divination techniques very deeply, and wizards would be allowed to divine before using troops.

Yan Xiang's talent truly realized the tortoise shell divination technique.

Yuan Shu had such a subordinate, but he was still defeated. It can be seen that Yuan Shu still did not trust Yan Xiang enough and wasted his resources.
To be continued...