Chapter 5: Official Positions and Altars

  Qin Lan stood on the city wall, letting the fierce wind blow his hair into disarray.

  This seemingly one-sided defensive battle ended with a crushing victory for our side. At the moment of Yan Zheng's death, everyone in the city seemed to have sensed it and cheered together, but what Qin Lan felt most deeply was the volunteer soldiers on the city wall, who raised their right hands high and celebrated loudly, with morale at an all-time high. In contrast, the numerous Yellow Turbans began to scatter and flee when Yan Zheng died, while a small portion remained in place, dropping their weapons to the ground and kneeling towards Xianyang City with their hands clasped behind their necks.

  Jiang Wei had already captured Yan Zheng's yellow-maned horse and was pursuing the fleeing soldiers, seemingly wanting to expand his gains. Meanwhile, Xia Houyuan was slowly walking towards the city, even refusing the assistance of his soldiers who came out to welcome him. Qin Lan walked down from the city wall to personally greet him. After playing this Three Kingdoms game for so long, this was the only time he truly felt moved and immersed.

  After the war, Jiang Wei took charge of things with a spirited air. Qin Lan just waited for the outcome of the battle report at the city master's mansion.

  In this battle, our righteous army lost a total of 300 men, which is indeed an extremely small number, almost negligible. The Yellow Turban rebels who launched the attack have now been investigated and it was found that Zhang Jiao led a force of 80,000 troops to attack this newly established city, thinking they could easily capture it, but unexpectedly, the outcome was beyond their expectations, and he also lost his life in a strange way.

  Here is the translation:

  Speaking of this, Qin Lan had a bit of regret and a bit of joy in his heart. The regret was that if Jiang Wei could have captured Yan Zheng alive instead of killing him, he might have gained his first famous general subordinate. The joy was that through today's battle, Qin Lan finally understood that the mutated version of Hot Blood Three Kingdoms was no longer the same as the one he had dominated for half a year. In this strange new world of Hot Blood Three Kingdoms, not only did ordinary people have their own emotions and consciousness, but even famous generals fully embodied their own ideas and personalities. They were no longer unconscious puppets controlled by others. The rulers of the Three Kingdoms would also showcase their talents in this world, competing for dominance on horseback.

  Such a world is what Qin Lan wants, he was worried before that if the mutated version of Hot Blood Three Kingdoms is just a dull and lifeless world waiting for him to conquer, how boring it would be. Now, this has been proven, his worries were completely unnecessary.

  Because the people were still clearing the battlefield and collecting prisoners, Han Lingdi's envoy had already arrived in a hurry. He was a short eunuch who held a large brocade box in his hands, but refused to open it, using his small eyes to glance at Qin Lan sideways.

  If it were a 16-year-old Qin Lan, he might not have understood the other's meaning. Fortunately, Qin Lan was an old slicker who had been struggling in society for a long time. He just smiled slightly and then whispered to Tian Feng to take out some gold and jewels from the warehouse.

  Upon seeing the dazzling jewelry and gold, the eunuch's facial expression changed so quickly that it was astonishing. The previous coldness instantly disappeared without a trace, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and his face seemed to bloom like a flower. He didn't even bother to read any imperial edicts; those rituals were not even mentioned. He directly stuffed the brocade box into Qin Lan's arms and then turned around to tightly hug that small pile of gold jewelry, desperately shoving it onto his body.

  Qin Lan opened the brocade box, and indeed it was an imperial edict. Because he only recognized these two characters, everything else he couldn't understand... Qin Lan was a modern person, although he yearned for the Three Kingdoms era, but he wasn't a classical literature expert. Fortunately, Tian Feng was by his side, after his interpretation, Qin Lan finally understood that this imperial edict, which had written thousands of words, could be summarized into one sentence: because Qin Lan had made contributions in suppressing the rebellion, he was specially allowed to donate 30,000 taels of gold, ten pearls, corals, amber, and agate, in exchange for the official position of Ting Zhang, that is to say, from the moment he handed over those treasures, Qin Lan became a legitimate member of the Han Dynasty's imperial clan.

  Is this a unique way to advance after mutation? Qin Lan smiled and patted her hand, give! Of course, I want to give, why not give? Gold and jewels, put in other places or very precious, here are full of warehouses.

  After taking out a sufficient amount of gold and jewelry, the little eunuch finally took out a small seal from his body and threw it to Qin Lan. As soon as he stretched out his hand to receive it, Qin Lan suddenly felt a shock in his body. The next second, the seal transmitted a warm current that wandered around Qin Lan's body. This feeling, Qin Lan still remembered very clearly, was the same as when he upgraded by eating the Treatise on Military Strategy.

  After sending away Xiao Taijian, Qin Lan immediately went to the Zhaoxian Hall to check his own attributes. As expected, his values had changed significantly.

  Qin Lan, Level 120, Leadership 139, HP 94/224, MP 124/223, Politics 15, Bravery 75, Intelligence 74, Charm 15, Luck 15, Loyalty - , Position Garrison, Official Title Ting Zhang, Noble Title None, Skills: Sovereign Insight, Sovereign Summon, Sovereign Dismiss, Scold.

  Compared to before, all attributes have increased by 5 points, and physical strength and mental energy have even been added with an additional 20 points. Moreover, there is also an additional skill of rebuke. Opening the explanation, rebuke, when facing a rebel army, through rebuke, some enemy soldiers can be made to repent and defect to our side.

  Qin Lan was speechless. This skill, well, saying it's useless would be an understatement. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it was actually quite useful. But if he were to go out into the real world and try to recruit traitors...??

  However, I didn't expect that after the promotion, the attribute increase would be so obvious. If you upgrade to a higher position, wouldn't you be able to get even more upgrades? Qin Lan's fighting spirit was high for a moment, and he walked out of the Recruitment Hall. Jiang Wei came to report that in this battle, a total of 35,000 enemies were eliminated, among which more than 5,000 people died at Xiahou Yuan's hands, and the remaining 30,000 were destroyed by Guo Jia's thunderous wind. Of course, this is not the point, the point is that after the battle, the Yellow Turbans who surrendered voluntarily had as many as 14,000, while those who fled in all directions but were caught back by Jiang Wei also had more than 3,000 people.

  It turns out that there are still 17,000 troops... Jiang Wei certainly did not dare to let them enter the city rashly, after all, the defensive forces in the city itself were too weak, so now he came to ask Qin Lan for advice.

  Qin Lan pondered for a moment, and didn't dare to let this group of Yellow Turbans enter the city rashly. Although their weapons had all been removed, there were still too many people. Just as he was worried, Military Advisor Guo Jia walked over with a calm expression. "Your Excellency need not be troubled, within the city there is an altar for the worship of Heaven and Earth, which is where the hearts of the masses lie. These Yellow Turbans are originally refugees who have nowhere to turn, and it was only after being moved by the altar that they willingly surrendered. Your Excellency need not worry about them."

  Is that so? Qin Lan's eyes widened suddenly, and the altar still had such an effect?