Jiang Hu Qi Gong Lu

Chapter 479
"My lord, I'm afraid our county alone is not enough for this matter?" Wang Dong asked, "If the Houyuan army invades this time, Liangzhou may not be able to resist."

"This is a problem. I heard that Mr. Hong has trained 3 people in the past three years, 3 people in one county, which is amazing." Ren Jiang said, "But even so, it is only in Dunhuang County. How can there be any soldiers available in the counties? The old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, who are on empty pay, how can we fight?"

"Master Lin, there should be more than 3 people, right?" Ren He looked at Lin Xiqi and asked.

"Actually, there are fifty thousand." Lin Xiqi said.

"I know you've kept something in the dark." Ren He laughed.

"Even if there are 2 people in the dark, it may not be enough to deal with the Houyuan army." Renjiang sighed, "Why should the Houyuan army attack this time with more than 10 people? I don't deny Master Hong's method of training troops. His subordinates are also some elite soldiers, but those Tartars in Houyuan grew up on horseback since they were young, so our side is born at a disadvantage. If there are fewer people than them, there is basically no hope of victory. This is still aimed at For the elite soldiers trained by Master Hong, if they are normal, even a few people may not be able to kill a Tartar soldier."

"One hundred thousand? That's too optimistic, I'm afraid it's just too much." Lin Xiqi shook his head and said, "They are revenge against Liangzhou this time."

"Master Lin, when you mentioned revenge, I have a bigger worry in my heart." Ren Jiang frowned slightly.

"What are you worried about?" Lin Xiqi asked.

"I'm worried that Houyuan's revenge this time is not aimed at Liangzhou, but our Sandao County." Renjiang said.

Renhe's expression changed slightly, and he said: "Liangzhou is the target of Houyuan's revenge. This should be true, but our Sandao County is definitely the key target of the Houyuan Tatars' revenge. After all, the Tartars were in Sandao County back then. They returned in a big defeat. In order to get revenge, they will probably bloodbath Sandao County."

Retaliations like this in the Houyuan period are not unheard of in history.

They also encountered some resistance when they invaded the border, which hurt the soldiers when they lost their generals.

But Houyuan will carry out cruel revenge on these places, and it really does not spare any chickens or dogs.

This kind of revenge made the officers and soldiers in the borderlands fearful.

As time passed, many people did not dare to resist Houyuan.

Hou Yuan came to plunder, and would evacuate soon.

Therefore, people in this border area, especially those who are officials, and the local big forces are not allowed to resist from their own side.

This is one of the reasons why some local garrisons watched the Houyuan Tartars show off their might, and huddled in the camp in a helpless manner, not daring to make a move.

In addition to being afraid of the Tartars, they were also afraid that their actions would anger the Houyuan Tartars. The consequence of this would probably be a massacre of a town or even a county.

"Do they dare?" Wang Dong said angrily, "Last time the Houyuan Tartars returned after a big defeat, and this time they will be no exception."

"It's different this time." Lin Xiqi shook her head and said, "Last time there were so many people from the rivers and lakes gathered, but this time there are no such people to help."

Wang Dong had a dejected look on his face. In fact, he knew that Liangzhou might suffer unprecedented damage if the Houyuan Tartars invaded this time, but he just didn't want to.

They were not afraid of any danger when the Yuan army invaded, but there were so many people in Sandao County, they might not be able to protect them well.

"Lord Lin, the matter of the Houyuan Tartars and the Red Lotus Sect is just a sign for the time being, and it has not been fully confirmed. Let's put this matter aside for now. The most important thing now is the matter of the new Liangzhou shepherd." Renjiang said.

"Yes, this matter is the most important right now." Lin Xiqi nodded and said, "I mean, whoever dares to come to Liangzhou, I will send him to heaven."

"I don't know who this person is yet, and I don't know which prince he belongs to." Ren Jiang said, "But since he is one of those princes, he must be escorted by experts, and even secretly there will be many experts. Light and dark guards."

"Wang Dong?" Lin Xiqi looked at Wang Dong.

"My lord, acting suzerain, leave the identity and whereabouts of this person to me. I will tell you the news in the shortest possible time." Wang Dong said.

"Wang Dong, your news is still too late." Lin Xiqi said lightly.

"Please forgive me, my lord. The subordinates will speed up the deployment of personnel. I believe that it won't take long. We will be able to get the news from the capital as soon as possible." Wang Dong hurriedly got up and said.

He knew that Lin Xiqi was a little dissatisfied with his current intelligence collection.

He was under a lot of pressure, but he was completely understandable about the adults' thoughts.

My lord already knows that the selection of the new Liangzhou shepherd has been decided, but I don't know it well, this is my negligence of duty.

"It's right to speed up, but you can't make up for it just for the sake of speed, and you'd rather be short than wasteful." Lin Xiqi said.

"Your Excellency, don't worry." Wang Dong said, "In the past three years, my subordinates have not been able to infiltrate information outside Liangzhou, but my subordinates have not been idle. These three years were mainly for training key personnel, and now it is almost the same. When they are mature, they can all be sent out, so that contact points in other places can be established immediately."

"The skeleton is very important. Once you have the skeleton, everything else will be much easier." Renjiang nodded and said, "Master Wang has laid a solid foundation."

"Oh? Why didn't you say it before?" Lin Xiqi asked.

In the past three years, Lin Xiqi didn't intervene too much in the matters that Wang Dong and the others were respectively responsible for. After all, they were experts, and too much interference by an outsider like himself might be counterproductive.

It's a pity that Wang Dong's recent performance has not satisfied him, and he wants to give Wang Dong a good beating.

For example, looking for things like 'black tiger bandits', according to Lin Xiqi's thinking, no matter how cunning they are, they don't need to spend so much time to find them.

But there was no good news from Wang Dong's side, and in the end he could only let the second senior brother go out.

It also took several months to get away with it.

Hearing what Wang Dong said now, I actually misunderstood him a bit.

"This subordinate wanted to surprise you." Wang Dong said.

"Okay, this surprise is not bad." Lin Xiqi nodded and said, "Replenish the personnel as soon as possible, and Liangzhou and the Houyuan Tartars must also strengthen surveillance. If there is any disturbance, report immediately."

"Yes, this subordinate will definitely not disappoint you," Wang Dong said.

"Sect Master, I'll take care of the new Liangzhou pastor. Your main task is to guard against the Red Lotus Sect. They probably hate the Fuyun Sect to the core, so be careful." Lin Xiqi said.

"I'm afraid they won't jump out. Once they do, I, Floating Cloud Sect, won't be easy to mess with." Ren Jiang said.

Lin Xiqi nodded and said, "In order for the people of Liangzhou to be harmed less by the Tartars of the Later Yuan Dynasty, the shepherds of Liangzhou must be in the hands of our own people."

Ren Jiang and the others nodded.

Now it is no longer for self-interest, if the Liangzhou Mu is really waiting for the imperial court to take office, this Liangzhou will definitely not be able to resist the invasion of the Houyuan Tartars.

These officials only need to hide in the city, and they don't care about the people outside.

Therefore, as long as Hao Feng becomes Liangzhou pastor, I can use his orders to take charge of Liangzhou's defense matters.

Now it is Dunhuang County that can do what he wants, and there is no way to do it in other places.

(End of this chapter)