After dawn, a brave guy finally emerged. He looked left and right and did not find a strong man. He couldn't help but run up to the city tower to watch. After seeing this, he really realized that the strong man had left and immediately cheered.

As more and more people emerged, Jincheng returned to its liveliness.

However, Jincheng soon fell into chaos again, because the wealthy families discovered that the military and political personnel of Jincheng were all dying, that is, Jincheng lost their master. The wealthy families who were moved in their hearts immediately called their friends to form a servant team and began to divide the territory of Jincheng.

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

"Sir, I moved the things in half a day and overnight. Is there too few things in Jincheng? Why doesn't it look like it?" Zhou Wen asked Zhao Hu curiously as he looked at the number of carriages that doubled.

Zhao Hu said lightly: "Where is less? Compared with the supplies given by the division commander, it is not much smaller. The gold coins are just loaded with two carriages, not to mention silver coins and copper coins."

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

Zhao Hu said lightly: "Can you not be happy? This time we only rob the treasury, and we don't have to calculate the quantity, just emptied it all. There are also those craftsmen, the division commander did not provide a list last time, and asked us to inquire one by one. This time, we have a list, just relocate by name and household."

"Oh, I know not to offend the rich clans by the way, so I didn't touch them, but why didn't I catch some strong men? The 50,000 defeated soldiers were all young and strong. If they surrendered, they would definitely get 20,000 to 30,000 people." Zhou Wen asked in confusion.

"We have too few soldiers, so it's very troublesome to monitor the six thousand young and strong people. If we have another 20,000 or 30,000 prisoners of war, there will definitely be a big mess." Zhao Hu said lightly.

The news was faster than the human race. The news of Zhao Hu robbing Jincheng was countless times faster than his marching speed, and it instantly spread throughout most coastal areas.

Along the way, all the county towns were waiting for battle, and they all hurried in the city, staring at Zhao Hu's team passing by under the city with fear.

Not long after, Zhao Hu and his group returned to Zhao Huling and began to enclose the land, enclosing a large area of ​​land into Zhao Huling.

A large group of cavalry escorted a carriage and drove on a road where weeds had to tie the wheels. The figure in the car was Peter, the governor of Haiquan Province.

At this moment, Peter's face was full of sorrow, and his originally fat body also lost a lot of weight. In fact, those who understand know that in this era, it is strange that Peter will not worry about being thin.

Because when troubled times occur, the warlords who hold military power will deal with the first time are civil servants who hold power at the same level as themselves.

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

"Sir, I found the level ahead!" a cavalry reported.

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

Peter, in confusion, looked around and found that this place was indeed not Zhao Hu's territory. He immediately ordered: "You go and find out what's going on, remember to act cautiously."

"yes!"

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

When they arrived near, the cavalry saw a spacious fence connecting the hills on both sides, blocking the passage. A passage was left at this fence facing the road, but this passage was blocked by a horse-rejecting bar, and behind the horse-rejecting bar stood a group of infantry holding spears.

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

At this moment, due to the appearance of his own cavalry, the barracks were flocking to ship hundreds of spear infantrymen. The number of people was obviously just a brigade.

Although he saw the other party wearing imperial uniforms, except for his own people, all those wearing imperial uniforms were enemies. Therefore, while Zhao Hu's spear captain issued an order to prepare for battle, he sent someone to ride a specially prepared fast horse back to report the news.

Seeing that the other party was well-trained and had prepared to attack, the cavalry commander issued a guard order and shouted loudly: "We are the direct troops of the governor of Haiquan Province! Which part of you are from?"

"We are the direct troops of the lord of this place, Colonel Zhao Hu! Where is the head of the provincial government? How about you please come out and see me?"

The captain of the spearman brigade on Zhao Hu's side was from Zhao Hu's personal guard. He had met the provincial governor several times, and he was afraid that the other party would pretend to be a fake.

Although the cavalry commander wondered why Zhao Hu became the colonel, he also found out the other party's identity. After breathing a sigh of relief, he shouted: "Sir, we are backing a hundred steps now, please don't get me wrong."

With a wave of his hand, the cavalry immediately turned around and ran for a hundred steps before stopping and turning around. At the same time, a cavalry who was reporting the news rushed out immediately.

Seeing that the other party seemed to be unhonest, the captain of the pirate soldiers on Zhao Hu ordered his subordinates to hold a gun and set their minds on their backs. Both sides were quietly waiting for the subsequent occurrence.

Hearing the cavalry's message, Peter sighed secretly: "Zhao Hu is still powerful. He has expanded his territory so much shortly after he came back. It seems that Zhao Hu has also become a warlord. Alas, I really regret not joining the army at the beginning, otherwise I would be able to get into the trend in this troubled world now.

"But fortunately, Zhao Hu became a warlord, otherwise he would not dare to protect me." He shook his head and ordered the team to move forward quickly.

When Peter arrived at the level, there was a rumbling sound of horse hooves coming from the opposite side. With the sound, thousands of cavalry suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

The cavalry team of the provincial government commanders was already proud, but when they saw that the other party had more cavalry than theirs, they immediately lost confidence.

"I welcome you to Xiaguan Territory. I wonder what your lord has to give?"

Zhao Hu, who personally led his troops, bowed to Peter who had already got off the carriage.

"Haha, why are you polite to me? My reputation is now spread throughout the Haiquan Province. It's amazing. Just relying on four thousand soldiers, you can defeat the 50,000 army. And relying on such a person, you can loot the Jincheng of hundreds of thousands of people. It's amazing!" Peter praised Zhao Hu very affectionately.

Zhao Hu didn't think that the 4,000 veterans were of great significance to defeating 50,000 strong men, so he smiled calmly: "I didn't expect that the news would spread so widely, which made the adults laugh. Yes, I don't know that the adults are here this time..."

Peter shook his head and sighed, "The story is long. This is not a place to talk. Let's go to your lord's mansion first and then talk in detail."

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

Peter was not polite either, so he returned to the carriage and followed Zhao Hu.

As for Peter's cavalry, although they were not detained, they could still follow Peter, but each cavalry had two Zhao Hu cavalry close to him, so that they did not dare to make any changes.

Although they were resentful of this, they understood that if anyone had an unknown force entering the territory, they would definitely be monitored throughout the process.

Along the way, because the two chief officials were silent, everyone was silent and just rushing quietly. Perhaps because of random thoughts, they could not notice the passage of time. Zhao Hu realized that it was not long before he actually saw the city.

When Peter noticed that the team speed was slowing down, he looked at it and saw a five-kilometer-long wooden wall.

Seeing this, Peter sighed, but he didn't expect that Zhao Hu's city had expanded to such a level before he had just arrived for a while.

However, no one will pursue any illegal things in this year. Why does Zhao Hu still use wooden walls? There is no shortage of rocks nearby. Could it be that this city was expanded in a very short time?

When passing through the city gate, Peter smelled a fresh smell of wood. He affirmed his judgment, and was also secretly surprised that Zhao Hu had a lot of people.

You should know that it took only ten days to get the news that Zhao Hu came back. Such a large wooden wall was built in such a short time. This is not something that many people can do. It must be the role of the craftsmen who were plundered by Zhao Hu.

When Peter came to the lord's mansion and got off the carriage, he was stunned when he raised his eyes. Is this the simple lord's mansion made of several wooden boards before? In addition to the lack of carved dragons and phoenixes, this lord's mansion is even more magnificent than his previous official residence.

"Please come in and use tea." Zhao Hu waved his hand.

"Oh, please." Peter sighed after he woke up, "Oh, no wonder you would rather not loot the local wealthy families and plunder the entire city's craftsmen. It seems that there are too many craftsmen to do anything."

After entering the lord's mansion, after introducing and politely admonished each other, both sides finally sat down. Zhao Hu was all close to him, and everyone was curious about Peter's sudden arrival this time.

There were only two cavalry officers on Peter's side. Seeing Peter bringing them into the lord's mansion, he was obviously the confidant among his confidants.

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

When everyone heard this, they looked different, while Zhao Hu shouted in a reflexive manner: "Send the order, order the cavalry scouts to spread out for one day, and immediately return the traces of the army when they find them! Send the order to expand the search range of the sea surface!"

As this order was issued, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded outside, from near to far until they disappeared.

Peter shook his lips and smiled: "You are really sensitive enough, but you suddenly realize what will happen. Alas, the old man just can't compete with the young man." He looked touched.

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