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Chapter 1442 Peter Comes to Vote
After dawn, a brave guy finally came out. Looking left and right, he didn't find a strong man. He couldn't help but ran up to the tower to watch. After looking around, he found that the strong man had left, and immediately cheered.

As more and more people came out, Jincheng became lively again.

However, Jincheng soon fell into chaos again, because the rich people discovered that all the military and political personnel of Jincheng fled to death, which means that Jincheng lost its owner.The wealthy family who was so moved immediately called their friends and friends to form a family team and began to carve up Jincheng's territory.

And this battle was also spread as Jincheng's foreign exchanges resumed. After time confirmation, this battle was called the first battle between warlords in the history of the empire.

"My lord, I finished moving the things in half a day and one night this time. Is it because there are too few things in Jincheng? Why doesn't it look like it?" Zhou Wen looked at the doubled number of carriages and asked Zhao Hu curiously.

Zhao Hu said lightly: "What's missing? Compared with the supplies given by the division commander, it's not much less. The gold coins alone are enough to load two carriages, let alone the silver and copper coins."

"Then how could it be so fast?" Zhou Wen was still puzzled.

Zhao Hu said lightly: "Can you not be quick? We only rob the treasury this time, and we don't need to calculate the quantity, just evacuate them all. And those craftsmen, the head of the division didn't provide a list last time, and asked us to ask them one by one. , this time with the list, we can just relocate by name and household.”

"Oh, I know I don't want to offend the wealthy family by the way, so I didn't move them, but why don't you arrest some strong men? The fifty thousand defeated soldiers are all young and strong. If they surrender, they will definitely get 3 to [-] people." Zhou Wen asked suspiciously.

"We have too few soldiers, so it would be very troublesome to monitor the [-] young and strong. If there are [-] to [-] more prisoners of war, there will definitely be a big mess." Zhao Hu said lightly.

News was faster than people. The news of Zhao Hu's looting of Jincheng was countless times faster than his marching speed, and it spread throughout most of the coastal areas in an instant.

On the way Zhao Hu and his party traveled, all the counties and cities were waiting in full battle, all huddled in the city, watching Zhao Hu's team pass by the city in fear.

Soon after, Zhao Hu and his party returned to Zhao Hu's territory and began to enclose large areas of land within Zhao Hu's territory.

A large group of cavalry escorted a carriage on the road where the weeds would bind the wheels.The person in the car is the governor of Haiquan Province - Peter.

At this moment, Peter's face was full of sorrow, and his originally obese figure had also lost a lot of weight. In fact, anyone who understands knows that it is strange that Peter is not worried or thin in these days.

Because when troubled times arise, the first thing the warlords who hold military power have to deal with are the civil servants who used to hold power at the same level as themselves.

Peter, who was thinking wildly, suddenly found that the carriage had stopped, and couldn't help asking immediately, "What's going on?"

"My lord, we found a checkpoint ahead!" A cavalryman reported.

"Gateway?! Have you entered Zhao Hu's territory? I don't remember passing through the ruins of Bin'an County."

Confused, Peter looked around and found that this is indeed not Zhao Hu's territory, so he immediately ordered: "Go and find out what's going on, and remember to be careful."

"Yes!"

The cavalry waved his hand, and a squadron of cavalry followed him and rushed forward.

When they got closer, the cavalry saw a wide fence connecting the hills on both sides, blocking the passage. A passage was left at the fence on the side facing the road, but this passage was blocked by the horse-rejecting fence. Behind the horse-repelling fence A small squad of infantrymen stood with their muskets.

On the left side of the road behind the infantry, a simple wooden building was built that already had the function of a barracks.

At this moment, because of the appearance of these cavalrymen, the barracks was swarming with hundreds of pike infantry, and the number was obviously just a large group.

Although I saw that the other party was wearing the imperial military uniform, except for our own people, everyone wearing the imperial military uniform was the enemy.So the captain of the spearmen on Zhao Hu's side gave the order to prepare for battle, and at the same time sent someone to ride a specially prepared fast horse back to report the news.

Seeing that the opponent was well-trained and ready to attack, the cavalry chief issued a guard order and shouted: "We are the troops directly under the Governor of Haiquan Province! Which part are you from?"

"We are the troops directly under the lord of this place, Colonel Zhao Hu! Where is the governor? How about coming out and seeing him?"

The captain of the spearmen on Zhao Hu's side was from Zhao Hu's personal guard. He had met the governor of the province a few times, and he was afraid that the other party would pretend to be his identity.

Although the commander of the cavalry was wondering how Zhao Hu became a colonel, he also found out the identity of the other party, and after he breathed a sigh of relief, he shouted: "Your Excellency is behind, we will take a hundred steps back now, please don't misunderstand."

Said and waved his hands, the cavalry immediately turned around and ran a hundred steps before stopping and turning around.At the same time, the cavalry who reported the news rushed out immediately.

Seeing that the other party seemed to have no hostility, the captain of the spearmen on Zhao Hu's side ordered his subordinates to stand still with their guns, and the two sides just quietly waited for the follow-up to happen.

Hearing the cavalry's message, Peter sighed secretly: "It's still Zhao Hu who is so powerful. He expanded his territory so much not long after he came back. It seems that Zhao Hu has also become a warlord. Alas, I really regret not joining the army. Otherwise, the current me will be able to make waves in this troubled world.

"But fortunately Zhao Hu became a warlord, otherwise he wouldn't dare to protect me." Shaking his head, he ordered the team to move forward quickly.

When Peter arrived at the checkpoint, there was the sound of rumbling horseshoes on the opposite side. With the sound, thousands of cavalry suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

The Provincial Governor's Cavalry, which was a little proud at first, immediately lost confidence when they saw that the opponent had more cavalry than themselves.

"Your Excellency is welcome to come to the lower official's territory. I wonder what orders you have?"

Zhao Hu, who personally led the troops, saluted Peter who had already got off the carriage.

"Haha, brother, why are you being polite to me? My reputation has spread throughout Haiquan Province. It's amazing. With only 10 soldiers, you can defeat [-] troops, and with just such a small number of people, you can kill [-] troops." It’s amazing that people’s Jincheng has been looted!” Peter praised Zhao Hu very affectionately.

Zhao Hu didn't think it was a big deal for [-] veterans to defeat [-] strong men, so he smiled calmly: "I didn't expect the news to spread so widely, and I made adults laugh. Yes, I don't know that adults are here this time... ..."

Peter shook his head and sighed, "It's a long story, this is not a place to talk, so let's go to your lord's mansion first and talk about it in detail."

"Oh, please." Zhao Hu waved his hands politely.

Peter was also polite, returned to the carriage, and followed Zhao Hu.

As for the cavalry of Peter's brigade, even though they were not imprisoned, they could still follow Peter, but each cavalry had two Zhao Hu cavalry close by to take care of them, making them afraid to make any changes.

Although they were unhappy about this, they also understood that if anyone had a troop with unknown friends or foes entering the territory, they would definitely monitor the whole process.

Along the way, since the two chief officials did not speak, everyone remained silent and just hurried on their way quietly.Maybe it was because of his wild thoughts that he didn't notice the passage of time. Zhao Hu realized that it didn't take long before he saw the city.

Sensing that the speed of the team was slowing down, Peter looked up and saw a five-kilometer-long wooden city wall.

Seeing this, Peter sighed. He didn't expect Zhao Hu's city to expand to such a degree after not coming for a while.

But in this day and age, no one will pursue any violations of the system. Why is Zhao Hu still using wooden walls?There is no shortage of rocks nearby. Could it be that the city was expanded in a very short period of time?
When passing through the city gate, he smelled a fresh smell of wood. Peter confirmed his judgment, and at the same time was secretly surprised by Zhao Hu's large number of people.

One must know that the news of Zhao Hu's return was only ten days old. To build such a large wooden wall in such a short period of time is not possible with a large number of people. It must be the work of the craftsmen who were kidnapped by Zhao Hu. .

Arriving at the Lord's Mansion, Peter, who got off the carriage, raised his eyes and was dumbfounded. Is this still the simple Lord's Mansion made of a few wooden boards?Except that there are no carved dragons or phoenixes, this lord's mansion is even more magnificent than his previous official residence.

"Please come in for tea." Zhao Hu waved his hand.

"Oh, please." After waking up, Peter sighed, "Oh, no wonder you would rather search the entire city for craftsmen rather than looting the local wealthy families. It seems that there are more craftsmen and it is convenient to do anything."

After entering the lord's mansion, after some introductions, the two parties finally sat down. On Zhao Hu's side, all the people close to him were present. Everyone was very curious about Peter's sudden arrival this time.

On Peter's side, there were only two cavalry officers. Seeing Peter bring them into the lord's mansion, they were obviously his cronies.

Of course Peter knew that everyone was waiting for him to express his intentions. He pondered for a moment, and said with a guilty look on his face, "Zhao Hu, I may have caused you trouble."

Hearing this, everyone looked different, but Zhao Hu shouted reflexively: "Order, order the cavalry scouts to spread out for a day's journey, and report back as soon as they find any traces of the army! Order the patrol boats to expand the sea surface search range!"

Following this order, the sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded outside, from near to far, until it disappeared.

Peter smiled with trembling corners of his mouth: "You're really sensitive enough to realize what's going to happen right away. Alas, old people just can't compare with young people." He said with emotion on his face.

Zhou Wen, who was not very stupid, finally understood what was going on, glared at Peter angrily, and cursed this guy who caused trouble to his adults.

(End of this chapter)