That's right.
Zhang Ergou and his wife were cunning and sneaky like ghosts. They were also locals. They were very suitable to help Li Qin investigate the situation in the surroundings and figure out the background of those gentry and despotic people.
Otherwise, on his map, even if he zoomed in, he wouldn't be able to see the specific situation inside the manors where the gentry were now forming camps to protect themselves.
" Zhang Ergou, Liu Xin, greetings to the lord…" It was as if they had heard the story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms somewhere before. Therefore, when they heard Yan Bishuang and the rest address Li Qin as their lord, they changed their way of addressing him as their lord. They considered themselves as retainers.
As for Li Qin, he didn't mind accepting it. Anyway, it was just a title. It wasn't a big deal. He couldn't call him Old Master, right? If he didn't like it, he could call him Young Master. That was fine. However, the people around him didn't know what to do, so he didn't correct them.
"Get up and talk." Li Qin jumped down from his horse and handed the reins to Hong Shan, who was walking up to him. Li Qin glanced at the two people kneeling on the ground and said calmly,"How is it? How is the situation outside in the past half a month?”
He was referring to the situation in Yonghua County City, as well as the landowners and rich people in the surrounding area, and the distribution of troops in their manors.
And half a month was more than ten days after he intercepted and killed that caravan. He had been in the Darming Dynasty for seventeen days.
"My lord, after five or six days of investigation, there are nearly 1,500 soldiers in the county town. They are well-equipped and many of them have extraordinary martial arts skills. They are an army formed by the landowners and old wealth. These people were originally a group of hanger-ons and Jianghu heroes that they kept.”Climbing up from the ground, Zhang Ergou and the rest followed behind Li Qin respectfully, reporting everything they had discovered in the past five to six days.
"Heh, bullsh * t Jianghu heroes. Those who can be recruited and used by these rich and heartless gentry are all a group of lawless and murderous outlaws.”A disdainful sneer rang out.
Li Qin nodded and said thoughtfully,""It seems that my existence has given them a lot of pressure. It has made those misers unite like never before.”
"Yes, my lord. Even the most famous Nero Zhou of Yong Hua County took out a few hundred stones of grain, five hundred taels of silver, and a few hundred young men.”Zhang Ergou said carefully.
"Oh." Li Qin replied indifferently. He didn't care who Nero Zhou was. They were enemies anyway.
"In other words, those gentry are now hiding in the county town. Their family businesses outside are very empty.”Li Qin asked.
"Reporting to my lord, according to my investigation, a few gentry and landowners outside the county town, such as the Ma family, Liu family, Zhao family, and so on, have left behind 100 to 200 servants to guard their homes. However, the important figures of these families have already hidden in the county town.”Hearing Li Qin's question, Liu Xin immediately replied. He was in charge of this. Like Zhang Ergou, he was in charge of investigating the situation in the county. Their division of labor was very clear.
"By the way, my lord, I also heard that the county magistrate, Song Ji, seems to have received an order from the prefecture to wipe us out in the near future.”Suddenly, Zhang Ergou seemed to have thought of something as he spoke in a serious tone.
"Hmph, there's no need to wait for him to come and exterminate me. Tonight, I'll send troops to eliminate the few gentry and despots outside the city. Let's see if they can still stay in the city.”With a cold snort, Li Qin said with a cold smile. His eyes flashed with a cold light, and his entire aura was cold and oppressive, causing Zhang Ergou and the others to lower their heads in fear, not daring to breathe too loudly.
Speaking of which, after his army had wiped out all the bandits within 200 miles, they had been idle for seven to eight days. Now that they had obtained some basic information about the city outside the city, it was time for him to move out tonight.
Otherwise, if he did not find some enemies to kill, where would he get the free attribute points?
Moreover, because the homes of the Zhao family, Liu family, and other gentry and powerful families were a little out of the map, he would personally lead his troops to go out at night.
It could be considered his own experience.
At the same time, since he had made a move against those gentry and despotic powers, it meant that he had officially taken the step of rebellion.
Of course, he was also doing this because he had the intention to kill Liu Bang.
The first step was to remove these spies outside the city. He hoped to attract the troops in the city and destroy them in batches to weaken the strength of the county. Otherwise, without siege weapons and experience, a tall and sturdy county city would be impossible for Li Qin to take down.
The second step was to destroy the houses of the gentry outside the city. If the people in the city were very patient and wanted to be ninja turtles, they would not be willing to divide their forces to fight with him and stop him. In that case, he could only use the strategy of besieging the city. Surround them to death, surround them until they could not stand it, or surround the city to attack reinforcements.
After all, up until now, Li Qin did not care about the gains and losses of a city or a place. What he really cared about was the free attribute points. He wanted to kill people, strengthen himself, and nurture his own generals and civil servants. Otherwise, even if they took down hundreds of cities, without their own people to manage them, what was the use?
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"Lui…"
After the day, it was night. It should be seven or eight o'clock in the evening in the future. At this time, the people of Ming Dynasty who did not have any entertainment would usually go to bed. After all, many of their families could not even afford oil lamps. Therefore, in the darkness, other than rolling in the sheets, there was no other choice.
At this moment, within the city, a few torches had been lit up, illuminating a small area. In front of them was a group of silent soldiers. They were moving towards the front door in a certain pattern, expressionlessly. Behind them was Zhang Ergou and the rest, who were holding a few torches and following them on foot. At the back was Li Qin, who was riding on a yellow horse, and a group of soldiers who were scattered around to protect him.
Therefore, this was the lineup for tonight's expedition.
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