Mode's face turned a little pale now.

When the other retainers heard these words, their faces were not very good-looking. If they hadn't all gathered together to lower their voices, the morale of the newly formed bandit army would have collapsed immediately.

"Can we recruit mercenaries?" Zhao Hu asked with a frown.

Mod shook his head: "No, the local mercenaries will not accept recruitment from their hostile forces."

Zhao Hu asked again: "How far is the mercenary station here from Mingyue City?"

"It's scattered around, but the nearest ones are more than 100 kilometers away." Mode replied after thinking for a while.

Zhao Hu suddenly smiled and said to the two cavalrymen: "You go back and notify Lao Dao and ask him to intercept and eliminate the small troops gathered at Mingyue City. You can divide the troops according to the number of people on the other side, and do not require them to be eliminated. The troops that are already close to Mingyue City do not have to worry about him. The prerequisite is to save themselves.

"After destroying the reinforcements, completely block Mingyue City, and no one inside can leave."

Speaking of this, Zhao Hu dismounted and ordered his personal guards: "Dismount!" Then he pointed to these war horses and said to the two cavalrymen: "Take these dozens of horses, plus the more than 500 seized, at least half of you can change horses."

Zhao Hu is a little regretful now, why didn’t he bring all the spare horses of the servants?

However, if each person has three war horses, these ships will not be able to carry two thousand infantry soldiers.

Although the personal guards felt that it would seem unconventional if the adults had no mount, the situation was urgent. Moreover, among a group of infantry, riding a horse was simply a target for bows and arrows. Without a horse, it might be better to ensure the adults' safety, so they all handed over the war horses quickly.

Of course the two cavalry knew Zhao Hu's tactics, so they were not polite. They strangled the reins of the war horse, stepped onto the mount, turned around and left.

"Okay, don't panic. As long as Mingyue City does not send someone to recruit mercenaries, we can capture Mingyue City before the mercenaries make any moves. Go back and lead the team. As an officer, you must look like an officer." Zhao Hu said to those retainers who were not very good-looking.

"Yes, the lord is right. As long as we attack Mingyue City in an instant, those mercenaries will become our support. Anyway, there is no good way out. It's better to fight to the death under the leadership of the lord!" Mo De said excitedly.

Although the retainers felt that Maud flattered a lot, they also realized that as Maud said now, since there is no way out, it is better to fight. If the lord wins, he will have territory!

Regardless of his reluctance, Zhao Hu ordered him to take his infantry and stay there to wait for Zhou Wen's siege, and of course he helped the old and weak bandits to guard the prisoners. He personally led 7,000 private soldiers of his retainers to rush to Mingyue City.

The Lord of Mingyue City is very upset now. Standing in the balcony of the attic, looking at the dim sky in the distance, he turned his head and said to Fel: "It's almost dark, why are there so few private soldiers arriving? And they are all near the city. Do those guys really dare to violate my convening order? Are they not afraid of losing their territory?

"And what's going on over the dock? Haven't the seven thousand fully armed soldiers solved the tens of thousands of untouchables yet? Why hasn't the news been sent back? Did they all surrender to that rioter?"

Originally, Fer had been neglected, but because of the inexplicable situation, the Lord of Mingyue regretted not recruiting mercenaries, so he regarded Fer as his confidant again.

Fer, who knew that he had gained trust again, said with great careful words: "Lord, maybe the soldiers delayed their time because of chasing the remaining remnants. I believe you also know that the soldiers have not vented for a long time."

With so many questions from the city lord, Fer only answered one of the easiest answers to guess the result, and pretended that he didn't hear the others.

The city lord glared at Fel and sneered in his heart: "This damn thing is still holding a grudge. Do you really think I am an idiot? The rich and servants from other places must be watching, because they don't know who will win next, and they will start betting after the situation is obvious.

"Damn it! That stranger usually looks like a prodigal son, how could he have such a big scheming? The best thing is that he comes with great fanfare, so that everyone knows that there is civil strife in Mingyue City. If it weren't for this, how could those rich people react so slowly when they encounter a battle to wipe out the untouchables? They have already come to me and shake their heads and tails to request a task!"

It’s not a big deal that the Lord Mingyue City has been thinking that he was rebelling until now, because he couldn’t believe that Young Master Mingyue, who was commanding twenty warships, would not even escape the letter and just take it away.

In fact, the warship is not only fast but also able to attack from afar, but can escape even if it cannot be defeated. Who would have thought that Young Master Mingyue would order all warships to get close to each other and run to someone else's boat to die? Because of this inexplicable accident, Mingyue City still doesn't know who the real enemy is.

The Lord of Mingyue City is now very worried about his retainers, because these guys will not have any psychological burden or gossip.

He looked at the sky again, and then the camp where the cavalry stationed under the city was still so empty.

He couldn't help but change his face and thought, "Damn it! The cavalry team was also bribed by that rebel, right?"

Thinking of this possibility, the Lord of Mingyue City shuddered and turned his head and shouted: "Come here! I will inform all the mercenaries immediately and said that I would invite them to participate in the rebellion suppression mission in Mingyue City!"

Fair was shocked and invited all the mercenaries to join the war at the same time. Don’t have to do that? It’s not that the rebellion everywhere. These five or six mercenary groups have tens of thousands of people together! Each soldier’s dispatch fee will be ten gold coins, plus the dispatch fee of those officers, which is a huge amount of funds!

However, Fair just moved his mouth for a moment and didn't say anything. After all, if he dissuaded himself now, it would definitely give the lord the impression that he would go back on his word.

Besides, I am mainly responsible for business work, and any lord needs me. Since it has nothing to do with my own personal interests, no matter who is the head of the family, it is all one family anyway.

The commanded soldiers who received the order immediately rushed out of the city gate on horseback. The Lord of Mingyue City just saw these commanded soldiers running farther and farther away until they could not see them. However, they did not expect that when he turned around and left the balcony, the commanded soldiers immediately fell to the ground. Then Zhao Hu's cavalry took away the only remaining horses in Mingyue City with a smile.

Nangong Dun, hiding in the dark, looked at the scene quietly, and his nephew asked in a low voice: "Uncle San, which side are we on now?"

"Is it necessary to ask? In the past, it was because Mingyue City was powerful, and the family could obtain bans and the five elders could all obtain 1,000 stones of land. The lord I recognized could not give me these. Even if I could give them, I don't know when it will be realized. Our family couldn't afford it, so I stood on the side of Mingyue City."

When Nangong Dun said this, he shook his head with a wry smile: "I didn't expect that this lord was so powerful that he could hit Mingyue City at once. And depending on the situation, the lord is likely to win. Since his lord has become the new ruler of this land, then of course I, as a retainer, have to follow him."

Nangong Dun feels very regretful now. He originally wanted to find a backer to surrender. Since he found it, he should show his ability as a minister.

But unexpectedly, when he came back, he was told by the five elders that he had measured himself, thinking that although Zhao Hu was strong, his status as an imperial soldier made him unable to over-intervene in the Southeast Peninsula. When he captured a piece of territory and handed it over to him, he didn't know when it would happen.

Now my family needs to develop, otherwise I will be in a dilemma without anyone fighting, so I will be disbanded without hesitation. So I turned to Mingyue City, the target I was originally planning to replace.

But no one could have thought that Zhao Hu had led the team to fight after leaving the major leader for so little time? And he didn't know what was going on. He easily transferred out most of the troops in Mingyue City, and made Mingyue City think that civil strife had occurred. He didn't expect that it was an invasion of foreign enemies, which prevented Mingyue City from immediately inviting mercenaries to help.

Now even if Mingyue City wants to hire mercenaries, it can't be hired, so external communications will be completely cut off by Zhao Hu.

Nangong Bing blinked: "Uncle San, will Zhao Hu definitely win? You must know that even if all the soldiers and vassal private soldiers of the Mingyue City Lord are gone, he still has tens of thousands of mercenaries. Can those thousands of soldiers of Zhao Hu win?"

Nangong Dun shook his head and said, "Don't forget the mercenary's principle, "No intervention in war without the invitation of local lords." This is the guarantee that they can survive on the Southeast Peninsula."

"Even if the city lord couldn't bear to give up money at the beginning and did not invite mercenaries, when Zhao Hu appeared under the city with his men, he would find that he could not rely on the soldiers in the city to defend himself. At that time, he would definitely call the mercenaries." Nangong Bing said.

Nangong Dun smiled and said, "He has noticed something is wrong. Those killed messengers are going to send invitations. The mercenaries who have not received the invitation will definitely not move.
Chapter completed!