Upon reaching the middle of the valley, Wang Han pointed to the mountain of boxes piled on the ground and ordered, "After loading the things onto the oxcarts, we'll head back."
"Yes, sir." The soldiers immediately sprang into action. Although they were curious about what was inside the box, none of them opened it without permission.
Wang Han watched the soldiers busy at work, lost in thought.
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That night, after Wang Han led his soldiers to the drill ground, he ordered Zhou Qi and Wu Yong to guard the area with their men. He then summoned Zhang Sai to his room.
Wang Han spoke first to Zhang Sai: "Zhang Sai, tell me about your situation here, how exactly did you take over Bingzhou?"
“My lord, after you left, I was worried that you would encounter difficulties on the grasslands, so I decided to recruit some soldiers to be ready to go to the grasslands to support you at any time. I never expected that when I announced that I was recruiting soldiers for you, there were countless people who responded. Even many soldiers from other lords in Bingzhou secretly came to join me.”
"Later, more and more people joined us. Even some minor lords in Bingzhou led their troops to join our lord. Later, some lords' soldiers even tied up lords who were unwilling to join us and presented them to our lord as a pledge of loyalty. Thus, we obtained Bingzhou without losing a single soldier."
Zhang Sai quickly spoke, but he didn't mention a word about his secret instigation of other feudal lords' soldiers to defect.
"I see." Wang Han nodded approvingly. "You did a good job. We do need a territory now. I'll give you credit for this first, and we'll discuss your merits tomorrow."
"Thank you, my lord," Zhang Sai said happily upon hearing this.
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