"County? Do they still want to attack the city?"
Chu Feng's eyes flashed and he said in a deep voice,"Come, follow me to the county town."”
Pillaging and attacking a city had completely different meanings.
To the emperor, if it was just plundering, he could ignore it even if he killed all the people on the border.
However, if the city was lost, it would be a big deal for the emperor.
Generally speaking, when the northern tribes plundered the south, they would not attack the city.
Unless he really wanted to fall out with the burly man.
The group rushed forward. When they arrived at the county town, the Southern Xiongnu army had yet to appear.
Chu Feng stationed 300 cavalry outside the southern city and led the 18 Scarlet Blood Cavalry into the city. He was prepared to discuss with the Lian County Magistrate how to defend against the enemy.
Outside the gate of the county government, everyone got off their horses. Old Second Li stepped forward and cupped his fists."Please inform him that my lord wishes to meet Zhu Mingting to discuss the matter of resisting the Southern Xiongnu army.”
Mingting was the honorific title that the commoners or their subordinates used to address the county magistrate.
It was the same logic as how the commoners addressed the county governor as the governor and the provincial governor as the envoy.
"Please wait a moment." Perhaps the guard felt that the person's aura was extraordinary, so he did not make things difficult for him. He quickly turned around and entered the residence to report.
A moment later, the guard walked out quickly and said,"The Ming court has invited you, but only one person can enter.”
"Alright, sorry to trouble you."
Chu Feng had the Eighteen Crimson Blood Cavalry wait outside the gate while he followed the guards into the county manor alone.
"Greetings, Zhu Mingting."
In the hall of the county government, Chu Feng greeted the man sitting on the main seat.
"I heard that you came to me to discuss the matter of defeating the Southern Xiongnu?”
The county magistrate of Lian County was a man with a big belly. He spoke in a deep voice when he saw Chu Feng.
"Not bad!"
Chu Feng nodded.
"Just a dozen of you?"
A man sitting on the right laughed coldly." Lian County has 500 soldiers, but we don't dare to say that we defeated the 30,000-strong army of the Southern Xiongnu. How dare you say such arrogant words with just a dozen people?”
"Strength is more important than quantity."
Chu Feng glanced at him and said indifferently,""My dozen men are enough to fight an army of ten thousand.”
"Shameless boasting." The man shouted coldly," I've been in the army for decades, but I've never seen such an arrogant person.”
County Magistrate Zhu waved his hand and asked with narrowed eyes,""Could it be that your subordinates are the mysterious army that killed the scattered cavalry of the Southern Xiongnu this month?”
"That's right!"
Chu Feng nodded.
The man's expression changed slightly.
For some reason, he felt that the atmosphere was a little off.
Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat. He stealthily glanced at the dark corner on the right side of the hall.
There, he clearly felt a murderous aura.
Just as he was thinking about why someone would show killing intent to him, County Magistrate Zhu smiled and said,""Young master protected the people of Lian County and helped Lian County resist the Southern Xiongnu. Tonight, I will hold a banquet to welcome you. At the same time, we will discuss how to defeat the South Xiongnu army. What do you think?”
Chu Feng's eyes flashed and he nodded." Alright, I'll listen to Mingting." If there is nothing else, I will take my leave.”
"Go ahead." County Magistrate Zhu waved his hand.
"Farewell!"
Chu Feng cupped his fists and turned to leave.
After he left, a person walked out from the dark corner. Although he was wearing Han clothes, he looked like a South Xiongnu man.
"Why did Magistrate Zhu let him leave?”
The Southern Xiongnu man spoke Chinese quite well, and his eyes were filled with anger." Don't forget, we've already reached an agreement. If you help us find him and hand him over, we'll withdraw immediately. Otherwise, if the marshal gets angry, our 30,000 strong army will trample Lian County.”
County Magistrate Zhu smiled." There's no need to summon the envoys. For the sake of long-term cooperation, we can't do this." Go back and inform the commander to send some elites to the residence to ambush him.
During the banquet, I will use the smashing of the cup as a signal, and all of you will immediately rush out and hack him to death.
In order to prevent future troubles, I will let him bring those eighteen guards along. You guys bring more people.
In addition, at night, send someone to go around the south city and find the camp of the hundreds of cavalrymen under his command, and wipe them out in one fell swoop.
Only then can we have no worries."
The South Xiongnu people were stunned when they heard this. After a while, they gave a thumbs up to County Magistrate Zhu and praised,"You Han people are the best at playing dirty.”
"I hope you don't forget to agree to my request." County Magistrate Zhu smiled indifferently and said.”
"Don't worry, as long as you send out your troops, we will symbolically resist and retreat. In the future, we will often come south to plunder. As long as you send troops, we will retreat. I guarantee that you will earn enough credit and advance as soon as possible.”The Xiongnu man said with a smile.
"That's for the best." County Magistrate Zhu nodded.
"In that case, I'll take my leave first.”The Xiongnu man put on his bamboo hat and turned to leave.
"Big brother, are we really going to cooperate with those South Xiongnu people?”The man who had doubted Chu Feng's strength earlier asked.
"Only in this way can we advance faster and leave this godforsaken place faster.”County Magistrate Zhu said in a deep voice.
"Understood." The man nodded.
At the same time, after the South Xiongnu people left the county government, Li Lao Er walked out from the corner and followed him from a distance until they went out of the north gate.
In the dream, other than training the Eighteen Blood Red Riders every day, tracking and anti-tracking abilities were also key training items.
Especially now that it was difficult to increase their strength, their training focus was placed on other areas.
After a long time, Old Second Li returned to the county town and reported to Chu Feng in an inn,""My lord, after that mysterious person left the county government, he left the city and entered the South Xiongnu camp.”
"South Xiongnu camp?"
Chu Feng frowned slightly. Could it be that Magistrate Zhu was colluding with the Southern Xiongnu?
"My lord, I'm afraid the banquet tonight is not safe. It's better not to go, right?”someone advised.
"My lord, even without the support of the county soldiers, we can still defeat the 30,000 strong Southern Xiongnu army.”someone said.
Chu Feng shook his head." We may be powerful, but we can't let our guard down. We can't do anything rash either." Not only do I want to ensure that we win the battle, but I also want to reduce casualties as much as possible.
Especially those 300 cavalrymen. They are just ordinary soldiers, and their combat strength is far inferior to yours.
Even though he had already reached the early stage of the ace level, there would still be casualties if he charged at the 30,000-strong Southern Xiongnu army.
These main forces of the Southern Xiongnu were not ordinary people. It was hard to guarantee that there would not be some ace warriors among them.”
"My lord, what should we do?”Li Lao Er asked.
"Let's go to the banquet tonight and beat them at their own game," said Chu Feng with a smile.”
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