Chapter 335 Xu Zhao's Great Change

A few days ago, after the battle of Yuyao City officially ended, Lin Mu took Zhou Tai and Yu Jin to the county lieutenant camp.

The county lieutenant camp of Yuyao City has ten training grounds, which can accommodate two million soldiers for training.

A row of training grounds built on the high mountains on the west side, surrounded by giant trees, is quite desolate and filled with a solemn and solemn atmosphere. Ordinary people approach this place with respect.

In this world, the sound of golden swords is constantly heard. That is the exclusive sound from the soldiers' training. It seems that the soldiers still do not forget their daily training after the battle!

In the hall of the county lieutenant camp, Lin Mu saw the busy Zang Ba and He Yuan and others, and Yun Qi, who had just joined Lin Mu's army, was also among them.

After seeing Yun Qi at this time, Lin Mu had time to observe him carefully. Although he had met Yun Qi before, he only greeted him from a distance and then fought on his own according to the plan.

"Yun Qi, how are you? You have worked hard in this offensive battle, and so have the soldiers under your command who have fought hard." Lin Mu patted Yun Qi's shoulder enthusiastically and said in a deep voice.

Hearing Lin Mu's praise, Yun Qi said bitterly: "I am not tired. The Lord's kindness to our Tianyun Village is like the grace of God. I will go through fire and water for some troubles!"

A trace of sorrow flashed across his face, and Yun Qi sighed lightly: "It's just a pity for my comrades!"

"Yun Qi, the dead are gone, and the living should be like this. You don't need to be sad!" Lin Mu comforted.

"The brothers who died in battle will be buried well, and their relatives will be well settled in our territory. There is no need to worry." Lin Mu said in a deep voice.

Lin Mu attaches the most importance to the pension of the fallen soldiers.

"The Lord is right, big brother, all this is caused by the thief Xu Zhao. We must turn our sorrow into motivation and kill this thief as soon as possible!" Yun Wu next to him said with a murderous look.

Yun Qi and Yun Wu had already talked and knew some basic information.

"Okay, everyone take a seat first. Next, we will discuss the post-war strategy!"

After exchanging pleasantries, the group began to discuss the subsequent strategy.

"He Yuan, you are responsible for statistics. Have you prepared the information I asked you to find out in advance?"

"Reporting to the lord, the information has been counted! A total of 820,000 soldiers surrendered in Yuyao City, and our troops have 180,000 remaining. The core combat force is still alive, and the others..."

After Lin Mu asked He Yuan about the information he had counted, He Yuan presented it to Lin Mu as if he was reciting a book. He Yuan's ability to manage the army is really good.

From He Yuan's mouth, Lin Mu also began to have a detailed understanding of the troops in Yuyao City.

"My lord, the surrendered troops, perhaps, we should transfer some to Sun Jian." Yu Jin, who was next to him, pondered for a while after hearing He Yuan's report, and suggested faintly.

Lin Mu smiled knowingly when he heard Yu Jin's suggestion. Since he obtained the divine military book and learned about the losses of Sun Jian's troops from Zhou Tai, Lin Mu had already planned this.

His current political foundation is very weak, and he needs to befriend Sun Jian. In this siege, if we say the one who made the greatest contribution, it must be Lin Mu. However, if we say the one who made the greatest contribution, it must be Sun Jian who restrained Zhou Tai's main force.

In order to make up for Sun Jian's losses, hundreds of thousands of troops must be given!

As a surrendered general, Zhou Tai fell silent at this time, thinking about something. As long as he didn't kill his comrades on a large scale, he didn't mind the separation. Maybe their military life would be better!

"Wen Ze, how many surrendered soldiers do you think we should transfer? What about the rank of the soldiers? What about the qualifications?" Lin Mu asked softly.

"Other generals, do you have any suggestions?" After speaking to Yu Jin, Lin Mu looked around and asked.

"My Lord, why don't we hand over all the soldiers below the fourth level to Sun Jian!" He Yuan stroked his chin and said softly.

"How many soldiers are there with the fourth level?" Lin Mu looked at He Yuan and asked.

Lin Mu understood what He Yuan meant. Even with the bonus of the god-level attributes of his own territory, the soldiers with qualifications below the fourth level are only the fifth level, which is not high.

"There are about 200,000 soldiers with qualifications above the fifth level, and 600,000 soldiers with other qualifications!" He Yuan said happily.

The qualifications of the soldiers who surrendered this time are very good!

Zhou Tai was quite puzzled beside him. Qualification? Fifth level?

Although he paid great attention to this when training soldiers, he did not regard it as a core standard. The number of soldiers, level, specialties, equipment, etc. were his main considerations.

Now He Yuan's words, but there was a kind of qualification as the main consideration standard, which surprised him.

It seems that Lin Mu's side has some strange situation...

"Two hundred thousand!!" Lin Mu's face was full of joy. As expected, a man cannot become rich without unexpected wealth, and a horse cannot become fat without night grass!

In this battle of Yuyao City, we killed 1,000 enemies and lost 800 of our own. The price paid was quite high, but the harvest was also very rich!

"My Lord, why don't we keep these 200,000 high-level soldiers, and divide the rest of the soldiers to guard Yuyao City, and give the last part to Sun Jian!" Yu Jin said immediately after a little consideration.

Lin Mu pondered for a while and decided: "Okay! Then leave 250,000 of the remaining 600,000 soldiers to guard the city, and the other 350,000 will be given to Sun Jian to make up for his losses."

It is necessary to distribute prisoners. He and Sun Jian besieged Yuyao City together, and they are in the same camp. Even if some rare treasures are hidden, these military forces need to be shared. This is the unspoken rule of the battlefield!

Before, Lin Mu exchanged 350,000 captives for Sun Jian's divine military book, which refers to the captives he wants to allocate.

However, he is in a dominant position in the allocation of captives, so he can make some small moves and select those with higher qualifications, which is completely fine.

"Some of the supplies and food in the city also need to be allocated to Sun Jian. These things will be handed over to He Yuan. You go and get busy first!" Lin Mu instructed again.

"Yes, lord!" He Yuan stood up and bowed slightly, then went down to get busy.

"Wen Ze, due to the problem of war damage, the Qinghu Corps needs to re-screen some soldiers. You can choose from these captives!" Lin Mu turned his head and said to Yu Jin.

Yu Jin nodded to agree.

Then, Lin Mu turned his head and said to Yun Qi: "Yun Qi, as the pastor of Shangyu City, you are very familiar with it. Next, I will give you a task, and I hope you can preside over it!"

"Lord, what task?" Since Yun Qi has recognized Lin Mu as the master, he will do the work of a subordinate and obey his command.

"Three Lights Policy!" Lin Mu said meaningfully.

Then, he told Yun Qi about this strategy in detail.

However, after listening to Lin Mu's strategy, Yun Qi smiled bitterly and said, "My lord, this policy is not very profitable!"

"Not very profitable? Why?" Lin Mu asked in confusion.

"When I was sent to support Yuyao City, Xu Zhao had already implemented the brutal strategy of fortifying the city and clearing the countryside!"

"Fortifying the city and clearing the countryside!!" After Yun Qi told this news, Yu Jin, Zang Ba and others screamed.

"Yes, before I sent troops, Xu Zhao ordered his soldiers to plunder the villagers outside the cities of Yuyao, Shangyu, Yongning, Yuji, Wushang, Zhuji, etc., and the frenzied Xu Zhao also commanded the soldiers to plunder all the noble families in the city, and all the property, food, etc. were looted!"

After hearing Yun Qi's news, Lin Mu said in dismay, "Is Xu Zhao going to destroy himself?"

Disturbing the people, robbery, infringing on the nobles, etc., are all acts of self-destruction. I didn't expect Xu Zhao to do all of them.

This is not about going to his own destruction, but directly... Hey, no, Xu Zhao should not be so reckless and stupid, so he did this, is he trying to move to a certain place completely?

Move to Qinglong Secret Realm? Impossible, even if they all moved to Qinglong Secret Realm and stayed in the secret realm, there would always be a day when he would leave the secret realm, unless he did not want to stay in Shenzhou and plunder Shenzhou's land and talents.

Lin Mu's mind turned quickly, and Yu Jin, Zang Ba and others beside him also frowned.

While everyone was puzzled, Zhou Tai smiled, but he did not say much, as if he was restricted by something.

Yun Qi also couldn't figure out the key point, because Xu Zhao had already excluded him for special reasons.

The group began to discuss this issue.

"Lord! There is front-line intelligence, I have sorted it out one by one!" When everyone was discussing Xu Zhao's approach, the voice of Tianjia 77 came from outside the hall.

"Intelligence?! Okay, come quickly!" Lin Mu couldn't figure out the key point, because there was not enough information. Although there were some speculations, there was no evidence to confirm it.

Now that we have intelligence, we will surely be able to clear the fog.

Tianjia 77 immediately presented Lin Mu with a stack of documents after entering the hall. Lin Mu eagerly opened and read them.

This document includes a summary of the battle situation on the front lines of Zhuji City, Wushang City, etc., as well as information obtained by the Night Shadow Department hidden in Shanyin City.

Lin Mu read it quickly and then passed it to Yu Jin to let them read it.

After reading it, Lin Mu stroked his chin and fell silent, with a changing expression on his face.

Zhuji City, unlike what Lin Mu guessed, was easily captured by Cao Cao's fierce army, and the defeated general Xu Huang fled with the main elite! No, it should not be said to be absconding, but a premeditated retreat.

Wushang City, like Zhuji City, Ling Cao, Yan Baihu and others also disappeared. It was not as expected that Wang Lang was encircled and suppressed and Yuzhang County was not marched.

All developments were completely off track!

At the end of the document, there was a summary of information from the spies lurking in Shanyin City. At present, the noble families in Shanyin City have either disappeared or been looted by the garrison, and all their property and resources have been plundered!

Fortunately, Xu Zhao was not completely crazy, and only looted property without large-scale massacres.

The current situation in Shanyin City is that seven out of ten houses are empty!

Thinking of this, Lin Mu felt that Xu Zhao might really leave Shenzhou!

As for where he was going, he couldn't guess.