Chapter 36 Looming Danger (1/2)
Chapter 36 – Looming Danger
February 24th, 181 A.D., Julu County.
Sima Xin returned back to his home base and immediately requested an audience with Guo Dian, he wanted to report the incidents he had been through right away.
Guo Dian agreed to meet him and invited him in. He then received the report.
Sima Xin framed Zhang Jiao and his men with his report, stating that the Taoist sect they were in was a part of an evil cult, which also had been planning to rebel against the Han Imperial Court.
Because the messenger group was discovered, the 20 men that were with Sima Xin were all killed. Only he managed to come back alive with a couple wounds on his elbow and shoulder.
Sima Xin also mixed in the fact in the report that Zhang Jiao had two military camps that housed over 2,000 men, which was abnormal for a small physician family.
Only nobles with the imperial official status could afford to hire over 1,000 soldiers because of the limited rations and expensive weaponries. For a non-noble to be able to upkeep all those soldiers, Zhang Jiao should have a shady business that the government didn't know or they had a mysterious backer.
Guo Dian frowned after he read the scroll report. He didn't believe in the report of a child, even though he was a son of his acquaintance.
He wanted to affirm the source of this information, so he dispatched another scout team to obtain more information about the Zhang family and their military activities.
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March 10th, 181 A.D.
The scout returned with shocking information. The Zhang family indeed had over 2,000 troops in the middle of training, they also had moved eastward to Anping County and settled their base there.
One of the two camp also had unusual soldiers that were as discipline and well-built as imperial elite troops. The scout assumed that they were the elites of the Zhang family.
Moreover, there were other several sources indicated that majority of the troops had a bounty on each of their head. They were ex-thieves and ex-bandits.
Most importantly, the leader of the elite camp proclaimed himself as an immortal. The person was the only successor of the Zhang family, Zhang Tong.
And Hua Shi whom Guo Dian suspected to be an evil cultist practitioner, was also Zhang Tong's fiancé. Both of them lived together in the same manor.
The overall report appeared to be similar with Sima Xin's report, but with more proofs and details.
Guo Dian made the decision. He sent a letter to Liu Yan, the House Governor of Ji District, asking him to borrow his troops for reinforcement against the rebel bandits.
If Liu Yan agreed to send reinforcement, they would take at least a month for the army to arrive here in Julu District.
Guo Dian made a plan. He would rally his men in September to October when the harvest season arrived so he could get provisions and grain for cheap. He could also enlisted volunteers and drafted more soldiers into this campaign with small budgets.
The preparation should lasted for a month or two after he acquired the necessary funding. By the end of October, Guo Dian would march with his troops to Anping County to subjugate the potential rebels, hoping to obtain more achievements and promotions from this war.
War was expensive, but the career promotion was worth it. By increasing the title by one rank could increase his income by 500 to 1,000 gold a year.
One the next day, Guo Dian sent out his decree. In October, they would go to war!
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Sima Xin also received his summon from Guo Dian. Because of his achievement from reporting the rebel activities, he would be promoted into a hundred men commander. Sima Xin could now lead a hundred soldiers of the imperial army.
His soldiers would be assigned to him later after the conscription in June had been completed.
Sima Xin was elated. The promotion meant a better life for him. And with more subordinates, he had more confident dealing with fellow otherworlders.
He used this chance to randomize a new quest. He had a hunch that the system always gave him missions that related to his lifestyle and environment.
And his hunch was correct.
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**Main Mission No.19**
Guo Dian will march an army against Zhang Jiao and his men in a few months. Go and assist them.
Your best friend, Zhang Tong will be there. Kill him if you can and you will get additional rewards.
Clear Condition: Kill at least one hundred Yellow Turban soldiers
Failure Condition: Guo Dian is killed or the campaign fails.
Clearing Reward:
- 10,000 lifespan for completing priority mission
- 10,000 lifespan per one general of the Yellow Turban killed.
- 1,000 lifespan per every 100 additional soldiers killed after completed the clear condition.
- 1,000,000 lifespans if Hua Shi or Zhang Tong is killed.
- One shopping pass.
Mission Failure: Your location will be revealed in the HUD map for all otherworlders.
System Note: You must kill the soldiers yourself to complete the clearing condition.
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