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In the tent, Zhang Banxian and Yang Lin muttered to themselves for a long time.

On the third day that they returned to Wang Family, Zhang Banxian Zhang Ling accepted Yang Lin's request and specially came to visit Qin Zhi.

"Greetings Lord Qin."

Qin Zhi knew that this Zhang Ling was his advisor, so if he and his sons wanted to follow Yang Lin, they would have to rely on Yang Lin's brothers and advisors, so he could not offend them.

"Military Advisor is here, what can I do for you?"

Zhang Banxian still had that temper of his, don't be anxious while her butt is on fire. He picked up the water cup, drank a few mouthfuls, and placed it on the table, then raised her head and smiled at Qin Zhi.

"Heh heh, I'm here as a matchmaker. The two young misses of Lord Qin have good personalities and my master admires them greatly. I just want to get a drink, I wonder if the chief is willing to give me a drink? "

When Yang Lin wanted to marry his daughter, his wife had already told him about it. She said that his two daughters were hesitating on the spot, and he couldn't help but think blindly in his heart, thinking that Yang Lin might have already spoiled his daughter. Furthermore, his daughter had been pestering Yang Lin to compete in martial arts for the past two days, so he knew that she was very interested in him. Now that the other party had come to propose marriage, it was just right for him to lower his position so as to not embarrass everyone.

"We are just commoners in the mountains, I'm afraid we cannot reach them."

The Zhang Banxian who was good at observing people's expressions and expressions, agreed when he heard Qin Zhi's tone. Zhang Ling did not bat an eye, and continued to drink his water, and then slowly nodded his head.

"Lord Qin, let's end this matter like this. There are a few other things I came today. The Lord Qin father and son duo's kung fu were strong, the officers and soldiers of the Youzhou all admired them. Lord Taishang wishes to invite Lord Qin to go and have him stay with the two brothers, Qin Ming and Qin Liang. I wonder what Lord Qin thinks? "

After all, he still had to go to the Liaodong. Qin Zhi frowned. It was difficult to leave one's homeland, he was familiar with every single plant and water here. Even if he went out to rob or escape, he would understand the path.

"Military Advisor, I can agree to your proposal, and allow my two sons to follow Youzhou Army. But the villagers are not willing to leave their hometowns, can we not go to Liaodong? "

Zhang Banxian raised her head and smiled. She stared at Qin Zhi for a while and saw that Qin Zhi's heart had gone numb before she slowly explained to Qin Zhi.

"What the Lord Qin does not know is that the Northern Desert, which borders on the ocean to the south of the Youzhou, is extremely grand! If you want to be a bandit, that is the ideal place. If you go to the territory of the Hu, no one will care about you whether you are robbing people, horses, grain or things. You might not know it, but the barbarians were grazing and robbing at the same time, and the mounted bandit there made a living from robbery. She immediately slashed her blade across the desert. Such power, is tens of thousands of times stronger than your Qin Village. "

Qin Zhi's eyes suddenly flashed with a light, his entire body was filled with energy. For those of their line of work, once they heard that they were going to rob others, they would become excited. They felt that the things they stole were better than the ones they bought. Even if you gave him a piece of meat, he wouldn't be able to eat it well. It might be even more exciting to fight in the vast desert for it.

"Since you've already decided, what else do we have to say?"

~ It is truly the bandit's nature, the lord was right, to ask them to snatch the Hu people and give the Hu people a headache, Zhang Banxian could not help but laugh secretly in her heart, and nodded to Qin Zhi.

"I guarantee that the Lord Qin will not regret this. When we reach the desert, there will definitely be a great use for us. There was one more thing that he heard from his master, that the Lord Qin had trained many Eagles and used them to deliver letters. His master wanted to ask the Lord Qin to train more Eagles and to teach him how to deliver letters. What does Lord Qin think? "

This guy knows how to scheme, he even wants to take away my ancestral method of training Eagles, this is a treasure that is used by the Qin Village to train bandits for generations. Sigh, he had already given his son and daughter to someone else, what was there to be reluctant about?

"Well, my two daughters will train and use it, so let her stay in the army. These Eagles recognized humans, it was not easy for them to train an acquaintance with them. All of my spies have Eagles, so you can keep them. When you march and fight in the future, as long as you take them with you, we will be able to communicate with each other. When I go to Youzhou, let's see if I can find a new species of Eagles in the desert. "

After completing the mission successfully, Zhang Banxian stood up with satisfaction, cupped her fists, and said goodbye to Qin Zhi with a smile.

"Thank you Lord Qin."

On the second day, Qin Zhi brought all the villagers of the Qin Village and left. He only left Qin Ming and Qin Liang with over two thousand young and strong men, and left Qin Yi and Qin Yao with over ten servant girls, and over a hundred servants and informants who raised Eagles. At this time, the entire place was filled with refugees. With Qin Zhi leading so many people on the road, no one would care about it. As the sun set in the west, there were a few faint clouds floating in the orange sky, slowly drifting towards the undulating Fuyoshan. Soft rays of light shone down on the walls of the Wan City, and blood stains could clearly be seen on the shabby walls of the Wan City.

The tall and straight Zhang Mancheng looked gloomy as he stood on top of the city walls. It was probably because of the rush of the army, causing him to not be able to sleep well, his eyes looked swollen, an unfathomable expression on his aged face. He looked at the vast Nanyang, not knowing whether to ask others or talk to himself.

"Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, these two old bastards, what kind of tricks have they done this time? Why did you retreat for no reason? "

Accompanying Zhang Mancheng were the main generals under his command, who were Zhao Hong, Han Zhong, Sun Xia, Sun Zhong, Jiang Tai, and Hou Shan. All of them were yellow-scarfed generals who had risen to prominence in a short period of time. Zhao Hong took a step forward, cupped his fists, and respectfully bowed.

"Marshal, exorcism reported that there are no officers and soldiers within fifty kilometers of Wan City. Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's imperial army had already retreated to the Lu Yang, to rest up there. According to my speculations, it is very likely that the casualties of the attack from the Imperial army were too great, so the imperial government is waiting for them to send more reinforcements. "

A trace of happiness flowed through Zhang Mancheng's eyes, but it only lasted for a moment, the corners of his mouth twitched, revealing a slight smile.

"We fought very well this time, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun's sneak attacks and attacks did not succeed, and we might be reprimanded by the imperial government. I reckon that before there are any reinforcements, they will not come to attack Wan City, so we can relax for a while. "

Han Zhong who was standing behind him had a change in expression, he anxiously took a step forward, and cupped his fists as he gave Zhang Mancheng a plan.

"Marshal, if Huangfu Song and his injuries are really too great, do you think we should go attack them? If we were to eliminate them in one fell swoop in Nanyang, then our Nanyang would become famous throughout the world, and everyone would be able to see how things go for you. "

"Hahaha …"

Zhang Mancheng gave a rare hearty laugh as the wrinkles on his face gathered together, forming a series of ravines. The other generals all laughed together, but when everyone's laughter stopped, Zhang Mancheng shook his head.

"Although our xanthopanax has an overwhelming number of people, we lack training, and our weapons are too poor. Even though the number of officials in the Imperial Court is small, they are all elite soldiers. One man against ten, we cannot fight head on with them, so it is better to defend our city by ourselves. "

Zhao Hong saw that Zhang Mancheng had no intention to attack the imperial government and saw that the imperial officials had left. He should move around immediately, the feeling of being trapped in the city was too uncomfortable.

"Marshal, since the imperial army has retreated, shouldn't we go out and replenish the rations? If the officers and soldiers come back, we can hold out longer. "

It was indeed necessary to replenish the food supply. Although the city already had a large number of provisions, it could only be kept for a year. If the siege lasted longer, there would be no more food to feed, no matter how strong the city walls were. Besides, the officials and soldiers had already left. What was the use of staying in the city? Zhang Mancheng thoughtfully nodded his head.

"Yes, we should go out and replenish our rations, but we need to send the exorcism far away. We need to keep an eye on their movements and prevent Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun from launching a sneak attack on us. Zhao Hong, Sun Zhong, Jiang Tai, Hou Shan, the four of you go out of the city to gather food.

Zhao Hong, Sun Zhong, Jiang Tai, and Hou Shan agreed. Just as they were about to leave, they suddenly saw Sun Xia frown, and took a step forward, and bowed towards Zhang Mancheng.

"Marshal, according to exorcism, when the Imperial army was besieging the Wan City, a cavalry of the Three ten thousand people s came by. If the Imperial Court had such a cavalry unit, they would be able to travel a hundred li in a single night.

Zhang Mancheng also knew about the news about the cavalry, the reason why he hesitated the entire time and did not send anyone out of the city, was because there was a cavalry unit in the imperial government that could come for him at any time. However, now that it was confirmed that the imperial infantry had reached the Lu Yang, they were no longer afraid of just the cavalry, at most, they would just abandon some of their troops.

"Send the exorcism a bit further away, patrol around the clock. Other than that, the teams who go out to gather food will bring along extra spears and bows to guard against attacks from the cavalry. However, the imperial government only had thirty thousand cavalrymen, so it was unlikely for them to be able to raise any big waves. If you meet any cavalry, immediately retreat back to the city. "

Zhao Hong, Han Zhong, Sun Xia, and Sun Zhong cupped their fists and bowed.

"As you wish."

It was a dry summer. The hot sun was scorching the leaves of the crops in the fields. The stream by the side of the road was lowered by a few inches. The stones that were exposed on the surface of the water suddenly grew larger. This year was yet another desolate year, and it was unknown how many people would be able to join the ranks of the refugees.

Sun Zhong brought more than thirty thousand xanthopanax s to the villages to search for fodder. The countryside around the Wan City had been scraped away by three feet, so they had no choice but to run to the more remote villages near the Fuyoshan.

The closer they got to the mountain, the poorer the people became. Today, he had continuously robbed over a dozen villages, but he did not manage to obtain over ten thousand stones of grain. Seeing that the sun was at noon, Sun Zhong could not help but feel a little irritated, ordering the soldiers to hurry up and rush to the next village.

Just as they were about to reach the village in front, xanthopanax ran over.

"Reporting to General, in Liu Gang's village ahead, there is a group of bandits currently robbing, about two thousand people."

"Hur hur, hur hur hur."

Sun Zhong couldn't help but laugh. This was truly a gang of robbers meeting a bandit. However, since they had snatched it away, they might as well just snatch it away from them and save themselves some effort.

"Send my order, surround the village and capture those bandits."

The 30,000-odd xanthopanax soldiers immediately separated into groups and ran towards the surroundings of the village. The village was still rather large, and it would take some effort to quickly surround it.

"Clank …"