Chapter 767: Recruiting People

It has been several months since the great changes in Lingxu City. All the news that should be spread has been spread. The generals under Nian Zanli also know that General Nian has been convicted by the supreme heavenly palace, so there is a 90% chance that he will not be able to come out.

Generals like him have always held the military power firmly in their hands; but when he falls like this, Xunzhou will be leaderless, and his subordinates will immediately divide and seize power!

Because the two sides are evenly matched, this power struggle has not yet ended.

According to the tradition of Beijia Kingdom, it usually does not intervene, but only waits for these surrendered generals to fight each other, and the final winner will bow to Lingxu City and request to succeed the post of governor.

Therefore, both the Yuanwang Court and the outside world judge that the Xunzhou army will not attack Xiazhou for the time being.

Nian Zanli is finished, even if there are successors, they are probably not as obsessed with attacking Xiazhou as he is.

Taking advantage of the civil strife in Xunzhou, Xiazhou General Manager He Chunhua decisively sent troops to recapture Haozhou, which was originally occupied by Nian Zanli!

Yuan State borders Beijia. Originally, Xunzhou was a border area. Later, Nian Zanli rebelled and defected to Beijia, and the front line was suddenly pressed south to Haozhou.

Haozhou did not last long at all, and was swallowed up by Nian Zanli, and then the war spread to Xiazhou.

This time, He Chunhua recovered Haozhou, which made Yuan Wangting feel relieved. His contribution was no less than the last time he defeated Nian Zanli's army on the banks of the Han River.

It was not until then that He Lingchuan learned a piece of news and was surprised:

"Huh? You said that the General Manager of Xiazhou was just transferred back to Yuandu?"

Elder Qian nodded: "This is the news I received two days ago, but I think it should be correct."

Rongshan Sect itself borders Yuan State, and there are disciples serving in Yuanting, so it is easy to get first-hand information.

Of course He Lingchuan couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

It's only been a year since He Chunhua was promoted to the governor of Xiazhou. Why did Yuanting call him back?

Elder Dao's eyes flickered a few times.

This Mr. He seems to have the same surname as the governor of Xiazhou?

Is it a coincidence?

"This governor of Xiazhou was praised by the royal court for his merits and was named Marquis of Wuwei and General Changning. Calculating the time, he should return to the capital to receive the title." Elder Dao stroked his beard and said, "This promotion seems a bit hasty. In my sect's opinion, King Yuan may intend to let him go to the south to quell the rebellion."

He Chunhua was transferred from the governor of Heishui City to the governor of Xiazhou. During this period, he defeated the rebels at Woling Pass, blocked the Xunzhou cavalry, and even fought with the famous Beijia general Hong Chenglue.

For the current Yuan Kingdom, such talents are too rare. Good steel should not be used on the blade?

Since the northern border was peaceful, Yuanguo felt bad for letting He Chunhua stay in Xiazhou for one more day, and wanted to take him to the south to eliminate the trouble for the country.

This is called making the best use of one's talents.

Three days later, the entire Rongshan area was declared cleared, and the pests were completely eradicated from this land.

Amid the cheers of the Rongshan people, Qiu Hu left silently and returned to the ruins of Baicun, where he burned incense and paper money in front of the graves of his adoptive parents and the whole village.

His village was slaughtered when the first wave of strange cicadas invaded.

Qiu Hu came here today to fulfill his oath and to say goodbye.

He also brought a bucket of paint and carefully painted the stele.

"Hu is going far away from home and can't come back to visit often. Please forgive me, fellow villagers."

When he kowtowed respectfully and got up, He Lingchuan was already standing behind him.

He saw Qiu Hu set up a long table for the whole village, with at least forty-eight bowls of fish, meat and fruit cakes.

Qiu Hu knelt on one knee in front of He Lingchuan, with his fist on the ground: "I will keep my word. From now on, I will let you drive me."

He Lingchuan waited for him to finish his ceremony, then held his arm and said solemnly: "Great, from today on, I will leave my back to you."

Qiu Hu nodded: "Don't worry!"

He Lingchuan was sincerely happy to have another person under his command. Although Qiu Hu had only known him for a short time, he came to repay his gratitude and was not loyal.

But it didn't matter, he was always good at winning people's hearts.

The next day, He Lingchuan bid farewell to Rongshan Sect and led Dong Rui, Aunt Zhu, Qiu Hu and 15 other Rongshan disciples to Yuan Country. There were also three "deputy envoys in charge" assigned to him by Elder Qian. The leader was called Hu Qin, who was good at finance and actuarial science. In fact, he was Rongshan's negotiator and assistant investigator.

He Lingchuan and Hu Qin talked and found out that Rongshan Sect had sent people to inspect the assets of Yuan State as collateral, and pointed out all the problems. It can be seen that Elder Dao did not speak the truth at first. Rongshan Sect was not uninterested in Yuan State's assets, but was not satisfied with the chips.

They were cunning and cunning, and none of them saved money.

But they had done the preliminary research, which saved He Lingchuan a lot of effort in the follow-up actions.

Otherwise, with the dozen Rongshan disciples under He Lingchuan, how could they run through all the collateral assets in a short time?

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Panlong World.

It has been more than four months since the bandit army attacked Yuheng City on a large scale. The Longchuan Trade Road is bustling with people again, and the flow of people has recovered to about 60% of the peak.

The Qinglang Post Station was originally destroyed by the water bandits. Later, the official Yuheng City rebuilt the post station, and the area was doubled than the original, with more complete facilities, which can accommodate more guests.

This post station is like a microcosm of the entire Longchuan Trade Road.

A few months ago, banditry was rampant on the trade routes, and the number of caravans gradually decreased. However, batches of new soldiers from Yuheng City were trained and deployed to patrol the trade routes.

The Longchuan bandits were not to be outdone, and they launched sneak attacks on the patrols of the government army repeatedly, sending out more than a hundred people each time, rushing back and forth, so arrogant.

Facing the ambushes of the bandits, the Yuheng City Army did not give in. Around this southern trade route, guerrilla warfare, encirclement and annihilation warfare, and encounter warfare broke out again and again between the government and the bandits.

Both sides paid a bloody price in the head-on confrontation.

In just over a month, the Yuheng City Army lost more than 160 people and injured 350 people; the water bandits on the opposite side suffered less losses, only 67 people, and only more than 80 people were injured.

This number was not surprising to He Lingchuan.

The patrols roamed the trade route in the open; the bandits lurked and attacked in the dark. In a sneak attack, the patrols always suffered some losses.

And since it was called the Yuheng "New Army", the team was mainly composed of new recruits who had been training for three months in winter, and their swords and guns had only chopped dummies. Even if someone was killed, it was because the pirates were beaten after their failed attack on Yuheng City, not a battle of equal strength.

Due to lack of experience, the casualties of the new Yuheng Army were too high.

But this ratio was within the acceptable range for He Lingchuan.

If you are not kind, how can you not die in a war?

The patrol team is led by the old and the new. Not only has the number of people increased, but the sentinel system has also been optimized, so the tragedy of Miao Mingming's team being wiped out did not happen again.