"Canal Marshal, this subordinate has investigated this point.”
The scout was very young and looked very smart. He seemed to have predicted what Liu Pi would be troubled about.
"Why?" Liu Pi hurriedly asked.
The surrounding Yellow Turban Warriors and some Yellow Turban soldiers also cast their gazes over. Even Chen Dao, who had just caught up with Liu Pi and was about to bid farewell, pricked up his ears.
"The two sons of the Xu family's head, Xu Ding and Xu Chu, have already acknowledged that Zhang Mu as their lord. That Zhang Mu is indeed worthy of his reputation as a beautiful young master. When he heard that the people of Qiao County were suffering from a drought, he remembered the friendship between the lord and the minister and specially distributed food to relieve the disaster.”
"Although the Xu family is opening a private warehouse to store grain now, in a few days, the Zhang family will send people to send grain over.”
The scout's words carried a trace of respect. It was respect for Zhang Mu's benevolence and righteousness, and also admiration for Zhang Mu's compassion for his subordinates.
When the surrounding people heard this news, they were speechless.
Like the scouts, most of the soldiers respected Zhang Mu for his good deeds and his loyalty to his subordinates.
It was already good enough for a normal lord not to exploit his subordinates. How could Zhang Mu do this? Just because Qiao County was Xu Chu's birthplace, he carried out disaster relief for the people here?
"What a fine young master!" Chen Dao's eyes lit up, and he had a good impression of Zhang Mu, whom he had never met before.
Unlike him, Liu Pi and Gong Du exchanged a look and saw the passion in each other's eyes.
The scout had said so much, but they didn't care about Zhang Mu's character. They only felt that the Zhang family had money and food, and they had a chance to make a fortune.
However, that was a matter for the future.
As for now.
Liu Pi pondered for a moment before asking Gong Du,""Gong Du, what should we do next?”
Gong Du might look rough, but he had read some books and had a delicate intelligence that did not match his appearance. He was the military advisor of their small group.
Gong Du pondered for a moment and asked the scout,"Have you investigated the information of those aristocratic families in Qiao County?”
"Vice canal commander, this subordinate understands." The scout hurriedly reported," The residences of the major aristocratic families in Qiao County, as well as some wealthy merchants and officials, are all in the north of the city, just like the Provincial Governor's Office!”
"Oh?" Gong Du's eyes lit up.
In other words, the commoners lived in the west and south of the city, the wealthy commoners and some powerful people from outside the city lived in the east of the city, and finally, the wealthy merchants and official families lived in the north of the city.
"Chief, we can go to the north of the city.”Gong Du said calmly," Now that the government has been defeated, we can give the soldiers 'armor to our subordinates to change into. We can use our numerical advantage to take turns attacking the aristocratic families in Qiao County.”
"Even if they have private soldiers, they won't be able to hold on for long.”
"After we rob them, we will have achieved our goal and can return to Runan.”
Hearing this, Liu Pi pondered for a moment and nodded,""Alright, let's do that."
Rather than taking the risk of losing the battle to attack the tens of thousands of ordinary people in the east of the city, the gains would not make up for the losses.
He might as well go to the north of the city and besiege those wealthy families and make a fortune.
There was no need to break through. Presumably, those wealthy families cherished their lives and would take the initiative to offer money and food to beg for mercy after a few days. They would establish their might and take the money, so they could return to Runan to dominate.
"Pass down my order."
"Children, don't invade the east of the city. Go to the north of the city.”
Liu Pi immediately led his army to the north of the city.
Gong Du wasn't in a hurry to leave. Instead, he walked up to the scout and patted him on the shoulder. He praised,""You did well. After this battle is over, I will ask the canal commander to reward you.”
"Thank you, Second Marshal, thank you for your appreciation.”
The scout seemed very excited and grateful.
It could be seen that Gong Du knew better than Liu Pi how to grasp people's hearts and care for his subordinates.
After a few more words of encouragement, Gong Du rode his horse and chased after Liu Pi.
The scout watched all of this quietly. The joy on his face gradually faded and finally turned into a sneer and ridicule.
Only Chen Dao, who was following behind the Yellow Turbans, saw this scene. His eyes narrowed slightly."As expected, this scout is not simple.”
............
Two days passed in the blink of an eye. The sun was setting and night fell.
At noon two days ago, Chen Dao killed Han Ming with three arrows and pacified Qiao County.
The Yellow Turban Army successfully broke through the city and charged into the city, but they found that 99% of the people had gathered in the east of the city and were managed by the Xu family. It was not easy to deal with them.
Several aristocratic families and wealthy families in the north of the city were revealed at this moment. In the end, they were targeted by Liu Pi and Gong Du, and both sides began a new round of attack and defense.
These aristocratic families, led by the Cao Family, gathered all their private soldiers and servants together, totaling 3,000 people. They relied on geography and the power of bows and arrows to resist Liu Pi and Gong Du's 20,000 Yellow Turban soldiers.
However, these families did not have any changes in the city, and their private soldiers and servants had never seen blood. In addition, Gong Du had used a trick to let the Yellow Turban soldiers attack in groups of 3,000. They were already on the verge of being breached.
.......
"General."
In a study room in the backyard of the Xu family mansion, Zhang Mu had successfully killed General Guo Jia with a heavy cannon. He felt relieved.
Half a month, only half a month.
As Go was often abused, he had no choice but to use this "self-created" chess to fight Guo Jia. After the latter figured out the rules, he grew at a visible speed.
Now, it had become very difficult for him to win. He could only rely on some chess techniques.
However, it would not be long before Guo Jia could beat him up.
"Fengxiao, let's call it a day. It's meaningless to keep winning.”Zhang Mu said pretentiously.
He had already thought it through.
If Guo Jia really became very strong, he would use the Flying Chess and purely play with luck.
He could either think of a way to abduct some civil officials and strategists and see if he could obtain special abilities that increased intelligence. Otherwise, he really could not beat them.
"Then let's fight again tomorrow."
Guo Jia readily agreed, but the words he said made Zhang Mu break out in cold sweat.
How could he not know that Guo Jia had such a strong desire to win?
If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have pretended.
"My lord!"
At this moment, Xu Chu was about to walk through the door, giving Zhang Mu a glimmer of hope.
"Zhongkang, what's the matter?"
"My lord, the war is over." Xu Chu bowed and said," An hour ago, the aristocratic families of Qiao County sent an envoy to Liu Pi to sue for peace. The latter agreed to withdraw his troops, but Cao Heng and the others had to compensate him. They agreed!"”
"Tomorrow morning, Cao Heng and his family will send grain, gold, and silver to the west gate.”
Hearing this, Zhang Mu immediately sat up straight and looked at Guo Jia.
The latter took a sip of Longjing tea and smiled.""The time has come!"
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