After Xu Tian sent Zheng Xuan off, the prefect's residence was closed.
"My lord, this idea of yours is truly brilliant. In this way, not only do we not have to lower our heads to the powerful families of Donglai, but we also do not have to rope them in to promise important military and political positions.”
When they saw the number registered by the opera director, everyone revealed a happy expression and was deeply impressed.
Only Xu Tian could think of such a way to resolve the current situation.
Xu Tian smiled." Don't be in a hurry to celebrate. The former governor is still in Huang County, right? He won't be happy about it. Keep an eye on him and pay attention to the situation in other places. Although all the aristocratic families have come tonight and paid money and food, their attitude towards us hasn't changed."
Tonight's charity auction was at most a fair and aboveboard transaction. After the transaction, they would still be what they were supposed to be. There would be no shortage of trouble in the future, so they could not relax their vigilance against them.”
"Yes, my lord!" Everyone replied.
In the following days, Xu Tian and the others trained the soldiers and sorted out the government affairs. They also chose a site to build the Donglai Academy and built a paper mill.
As Xu Tian's younger brother, Xu Chu and Dian Wei formed two House Guards, one on the right and the other on the right.
" My lord, you've found out the truth about the Road of Peace. Donglai has a lot of followers, and they are deeply intertwined…" Guo Jia reported the recent matters that Xu Tian had instructed him to do.
Xu Tian had been guarding against the Road of Peace for a long time, so when things in the county were on the right track, he saw that Guo Jia was very free and asked him to set up a basic intelligence network.
Sure enough, he had found out about the Road of Peace.
At this time, the Road of Peace was semi-open and had frequent activities. Moreover, because the government did not pay much attention to it, they did not do things too secretly. It was easy to find out about their affairs.
" If that's the case, we must cut off the influence of the Road of Peace on Donglai as soon as possible. We must ban their activities and not let them be too active in the territory. Otherwise, if too many of these people are bewitched, it will easily affect public security.”Xu Tian was naturally wary of the Yellow Turbans.
" My lord, it's not appropriate to attack the Road of Peace now. We can't fully control the eastern and southern parts of the prefecture yet. If we attack the Road of Peace now, it would be too much of an enemy. Moreover, my lord is still unable to win the trust of the people of Donglai. We can't make them believe that we are good officials and can help them live a good life. If we attack the Road of Peace rashly, it will backfire.”Guo Jia advised.
Others might not know about the power of the Path of Peace, but he would have a say after he investigated it.
" Of course," Xu Tian said." I won't act rashly. Let's do it after autumn and winter. For now, let's…"
"Lord, bad news! Something big has happened in the east and south!" Xi Zhicai hurriedly came in and said.
Xu Tian and Guo Jia both frowned. Something important must have been brought up by the opera director.
"Zhicai, tell me slowly!" Xu Tian said.
Xi Zhicai said," My lord, the mountain bandits in the east and south have descended the mountain to attack the cities and villages one after another. All the counties are in an emergency and are requesting reinforcements."”
"Oh! What a coincidence! The Mountain Bandits had left the mountain together. Why did it seem like they had agreed?”Xu Tian sneered and said,"
"As for the eastern and southern counties, I've been in office for so long, but I haven't seen them come, nor have they contacted the county cities. Now that something has happened, they immediately jumped out.”
"My lord! This might have been set up by someone with ulterior motives, so they had to be on guard.”Guo Jia reminded.
"My lord!" Xi Zhicai said. This matter had to be resolved quickly to prevent the situation from expanding and letting people find out about it to the Imperial Court.”
"Yes! Since someone dared to jump out, he would capture them all and gather everyone to prepare to send troops!”Xu Tian nodded decisively.
Soon, all the generals came over. After discussing a plan, Xu Tian made arrangements for everyone.
The next day, the army left the city and headed east.
"My lord! Xu Tian has left the city for the east!"
"Who did he send to guard the prefecture?" asked Shi Qian.”
The subordinate replied," Sir, only Yu Jin and Zang Ba's Second Army Commandant did not leave the city. The one guarding the prefect's manor is his younger brother, Xu Chu. The others have all left!"”
There weren't many people with two commandants. Shi Qian said,"" Tell the people in the east and south that Xu Tian didn't bring many people with him. Have fun. I'm going to make him smoke…"
There were two cities in the east, one was Dongmou, and the other was Changyang!
Dongmou was easy to deal with. It was close to the northern sea, and the terrain was relatively flat. It was relatively easy to deal with mountain bandits.
However, Chang Yang was on the south side of the mountain range. They had to pass through many hills. The road was not easy to walk on and it was easy to set up an ambush.
It was time-consuming and laborious to clear the east first and then attack the south. The efficiency was very slow, so it was basically impossible for Xu Tian to quickly eliminate the bandits in the county.
If the war dragged on, things would go south.
When the time came, Xu Tian would be incompetent, and the Grand Commandant would take the opportunity to make trouble. The court would definitely blame him heavily and replace the prefect.
Shi Qian seemed to see victory beckoning to him. The position of Donglai Prefecture was waiting for his return.
With Marshal Yuan backing him up, what was he afraid of?
Sure enough, the tree was a good shade.
Xu Tian, Xu Tian, I still have to thank you for helping me build a relationship with the Grand Commandant.
However, the next day, his subordinate hurriedly reported,""Milord, bad news! The commandant of the Second Army in the city had disappeared!”
"What do you mean? Who's missing?" Shi Qian was confused.
"Sir!" the subordinate said. The commandant of the Second Army was gone. Yu Jin was gone. Zang Ba was gone. More than four thousand people were gone.”
Because the Second Army had taken over the soldiers from the original county, Yu Jin now had the most soldiers, almost equal to the number of the other second lieutenants.
"How is this possible? Where did they go? Find out!”Shi Qian felt a little uneasy. This sudden situation was out of his control, making him think of the welcoming banquet, so he was very worried.
" Sir," his subordinate quickly reported," he seemed to have left the city last night. As for where he went, we have no idea."”
Leaving the city in the middle of the night, who knew where the 4,000 commandants of the Second Army had gone.
Shi Qian was also confused.
"Could it be that Xu Tian wants them to quietly follow behind the army?”Shi Qian muttered. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and his expression changed. He hurriedly said,
"Quick, inform those people not to act rashly. Be careful of Xu Tian's back. Don't fall into his trap!”
Shi Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had discovered it early. Otherwise, Xu Tian would have played a trick on him.
Thinking that he had guessed Xu Tian's plan, Shi Qian thought for a moment and then revealed a strange smile.
Xu Tian, Xu Tian!
Since you've come out in full force, then don't blame me for being impolite in the prefecture. Hehehe!
Shi Qian had another plan. He left the relay station to find the various aristocratic families in Huang County, preparing to give Xu Tian a big gift.
This time, he was going to play Xu Tian to death.
Dongmou!
"According to the time, Wen Ze and the others should be arriving at Beihai County soon. Shi Gan should have discovered that the prefecture is empty and should be doing something.”Xu Tian looked at everyone and said,"
"I'll leave the rest to you, Fengxiao. There's no need to rush to attack the east, but you must make a big noise and attract the attention of the east and south.”
"It's my lord! We'll save it!" Guo Jia and the others replied.
After giving his instructions, Xu Tian brought the guards back to Huang County in disguise.
It turned out that Xu Tian and the others had considered the terrain of Donglai and felt that they could not attack the east alone to quickly eliminate the bandits in the county. They could not attack the east and the south first, but they could attack the east and the south at the same time.
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