"Don't worry about how I know. It's time to talk about us. The two of them are in my hands. What do you plan to do?”Liu Hao looked at Zhang Ning with a smile.
"What do you want?" Zhang Ning didn't know what to do.
"How about you lead them to surrender to me?”Previously, when Liu Hao had given up on Dian Wei or Pei Yuan Shao, he had already made plans to subdue the other party.
"Don't even think about it!" Zhang Ning replied without thinking.
"Miss, don't worry about us." Zhou Cang, who was carried by Dian Wei, said.
"If you lead them and rely on robbing for a living every day, I'm afraid your days won't be good either.”
Hearing this, Zhang Ning was silent for a moment. These people were the Yellow Turban Warriors under his father. No matter what, they were the elite forces of the Yellow Turban Army and were absolutely loyal to Zhang Jiao.
When Guangzong City was breached, this group of Yellow-scarved Strongmen had protected Zhang Ning and rushed out. After that, they had become bandits.
Seeing that Zhang Ning was a little moved, Liu Hao continued,"I'm the Liaodong Mayor appointed by His Majesty. They'll have a good future if they follow me. You can't possibly lead them to be bandits forever.”
"I'm the daughter of a traitor. Aren't you afraid of being labeled as a traitor?”Zhang Ning did not agree or refuse.
"You don't have to worry about that. As long as you don't betray me, no one can make me hand you over.”Liu Hao said domineeringly.
"Zhou Cang, Pei Yuan Shao, what do the two of you think?”Zhou Ning still couldn't make up his mind and looked at Zhou Cang and Pei Yuan Shao.
"Miss, we'll listen to you." Zhou Cang said.
"Alright, then we'll submit to you. I hope you won't go back on your word.”Zhang Ning made a decision.
"Dian Wei, release the two of them.”
"Yes!"
Liu Hao walked out of the carriage and arrived in front of the four to five hundred Yellow-scarved Strongmen.
"Since you've submitted to me, you're the government's army. I don't care about what happened in the past, but if anyone does anything against military discipline in the future, they'll be punished by military law.”
Although these Yellow-scarved Strongmen were strong, they had been bandits for some time and had some bad habits. Liu Hao had to correct them, or else he would get some scattered soldiers.
"Dian Wei, take out our food and distribute it to them. Tomorrow, we will go to the county town to buy some more food.”
"Yes!"
Xi Zhong walked to Liu Hao's side and said softly,""My lord, should we guard against them? If they betray us, it will bring us a lot of trouble.”
" I don't trust them." Liu Hao shook his head and said," I believe they won't betray us. If they really do, don't blame me for being ruthless."”
There were only a few hundred of them. Although they were strong, their equipment was trash. They didn't have all their weapons and basically didn't have any armor. Dian Wei alone could deal with them, let alone Liu Hao.
Liu Hao walked to Zhang Ning with a few pancakes and a pot of water.""Eat."
"Aren't you worried that we will rebel?”
Liu Hao had directly released Zhou Cang and Pei Yuan Shao, and he had not confiscated their weapons. He had even given them food. This series of actions had exceeded her expectations.
"I trust my instincts. If I'm wrong, I'll let you know the price of rebellion.”Liu Hao said as he picked up a piece of cake and started eating.
"What a strange person." Zhang Ning glanced at Liu Hao and muttered softly.
The night passed quietly.
The next morning, Liu Hao led them to Liaodong.
It was the middle of April when Liu Hao and his group entered the administrative office of Liaodong Prefecture, Xiangping.
Along the way, they encountered many groups of mountain bandits. One of them was obviously an imposter, and it was just as they were about to reach Liaodong.
Liu Hao knew very well that someone did not want him, the Liaodong Prefecture Governor, to take office.
However, they had underestimated the strength of Liu Hao's group. Dian Wei had single-handedly taken care of the fake bandits.
"Liaodong's prefect position has been vacant for more than a year.”Xi Zhong said.
"Those who have the chance to become the governor of Liaodong are the children of those aristocratic families, but who would want to suffer in such a bitter and cold place?”
Squeak!
The door of the prefect's manor opened, and a lot of dust fell from the door.
"It seems that I need to buy some servants to clean the prefect's manor. Otherwise, there's no way to live in it.”Liu Hao brushed the dust off his body.
"My lord, you, the governor of Liaodong, have been in the city for so long. Why haven't the officials of Liaodong made any movements?”Guo Jia asked doubtfully.
"We'll know when Sunflower comes back. Let's clean up the place first.”
Three days before Liu Hao arrived at Xiang Ping, he had Sunflower enter the city to inquire about the situation in Xiang Ping.
Liaodong was located in a remote area. The power of the aristocratic families was weak, but they could not be underestimated.
The four hundred Yellow-scarved Strongmen cleaned up the prefect's mansion in less than two hours. At this time, Patriarch Sunflower returned.
In the main hall of the prefect's manor, only Liu Hao and the others were present. The Yellow-scarved Strongmen were guarding the entire manor.
"Sunflower, tell me what you've heard in the past few days.”
"Yes!"
Patriarch Sunflower organized his thoughts and said,"There are four great clans in Xiangping City, and the largest of them is the Gongsun Clan. The clan leader is Gongsun Du, and the commandant of Liaodong Prefecture is Gongsun Du's cousin, Gongsun Bai. The other three families were the Li family, the Wang family, and the Du family. These three families all followed the Gongsun family's lead.”
Hearing Sunflower's introduction, everyone understood that Liaodong was basically the world of the Gongsun family.
After everyone thought for a while, Sunflower continued,""Liaodong has a total of ten counties. Other than the administrative base of Xiangping and the remote Ta, Wulu, and Fanhan counties, the other six county magistrates are all held by the children of these four families.”
"Pingguo County Magistrate Gao Lie is the son-in-law of the Gongsun Family. His strength is not bad. The county magistrates of Liao Dui County and Xinchang County were descendants of the Gongsun Family, the county magistrate of An County was a descendant of the Wang Family, the county magistrate of Wen County was a descendant of the Li Family, and the county magistrate of Xi'an Ping was a descendant of the Du Family.”
Liu Hao frowned slightly when he heard this. The situation was more difficult to handle than he had imagined. This was a remote place. If it was a major county in the Central Plains, even if he became the county governor, he would not be able to hold any real power.
"How is the military situation in Liaodong?”Liu Hao asked. This was what he was most concerned about. In a chaotic world, nothing was more reliable than military power.
"Xiangping City has a total of 2,000 soldiers under the command of Commandant Gongsun Bai. The Gongsun family has 2,000 private soldiers, while the other three families have 500 private soldiers. In terms of combat power, the private soldiers of the four families are much stronger than the soldiers of the county.”
"Each county also has 500 county soldiers, but their strength is not even comparable to the county soldiers.”
After Sunflower's introduction, everyone basically understood the situation in Liaodong.
"My lord, what should we do next?”The simple and honest Dian Wei asked. He had outstanding talent in martial arts and was not good at using his brain to do these things.
Liu Hao glanced at Guo Jia and Xi Zhong to see if they had any good ideas, but the two of them could not think of any good countermeasures for the time being.
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