empire wars

Chapter 65 Returning to Beilin
"Since Fanyang City has taken the initiative to surrender to us, we cannot turn a blind eye, so we will send five thousand city guard legions and two thousand Qilin legions to support us. We only need to defend the city."

Qin Yuan thought for a while and said, "Let Feng Tianya and Zhuge Chen lead the army."

"Okay my lord, I will convey it immediately."

Zhuge silently responded, this is the first official task Qin Yuan assigned to the children of the Zhuge family, and it was considered a test.

If they can't defend Fanyang City, it will be not only useless, but also detrimental. It is conceivable that Qin Yuan's trust in them will be greatly reduced in the future.

"It's not just about defending the city, it's about gaining ownership of Fanyang City."

Qin Yuan said again, "You should understand what I mean."

"Of course, I will tell Zhuge Chen personally."

Zhu Gemo nodded.

They are smart people and naturally know what Qin Yuan wants to say.

Although Fanyang City recognizes Qin Yuan as prefect, Fanyang City still maintains a high degree of independence, and its military, political and economic affairs are all controlled by the people of Fanyang City.

What Qin Yuan wants is not superficial or letter-based surrender, but just like Mingwu City, everything is under Qin Yuan's control. Regardless of military, political, or economic, all officials, people, and families must agree. Qin Yuan's rule.

The difficulty of this task is much more difficult than defending the city.

Qin Yuan rested for a while and felt that his body was almost recovered, so he stood up.

This time the army went to the north, he had to sit in charge in person. This was also the first official expansion of Qin Yuan's power.

Zhuge Mo took a few people and followed Qin Yuan's army.

Qin Yuan didn't keep them in Mingwu City. Unless the Tiandao army and the Northern Qiang army attacked at the same time, Mingwu City didn't have to worry.

"Master Taishou, Taishou"

At the city gate, a team of dozens of people blocked the way, and just after shouting twice, they were pushed aside by the soldiers of the Dragon Scale Army.

"Let him come over."

Qin Yuan looked at that person, it was Gu Yun from the Gu family.

"Prefect Qin, this time Mingwu City is unsealed, I am going to continue to do the business of immortal rice, and I want to get the prefect's consent."

Gu Yunduan looked at Qin Yuan, who was wearing armor, and knew that he was preparing to send troops to fight and would not be able to come back soon, so he quickly found Qin Yuan before Qin Yuan left.

"Nowadays, more than half of the supplies in the city are consumed, and all kinds of supplies are in short supply. The people of Mingwu City are not engaged in production, so they need to purchase from other places."

Gu Yun said quickly. "There have been letters from various places before, and the demand for fairy rice is very great. If there is enough fairy rice, a lot of gold and silver property will be collected and exchanged for all the materials needed by Mingwu City."

The fairy rice business is a lucrative business, and this is the only one that no businessman can refuse. This month's closure of the city, Gu Yun is heartbroken and bleeding every day, and the money lost every day is countless.

"Then I will give you [-] tons of fairy rice. You can go to the Qin family and Qin Qinye to get it. All the supplies that are needed within the prefect's sphere of influence will be handed over to you to purchase."

Qin Yuan thought about it. Although Mingwu City can support more than 40 people and [-] troops, once the power expands, the resources needed are countless, and it is simply a bottomless pit.

And selling immortal rice is second only to plunder and one of the fastest ways to obtain wealth.

Looting cities can obtain a lot of wealth and materials in a short period of time, but it is not good for future development.

Unless they attack but do not occupy, and forcibly plunder the wealth of the entire city, then the city and the people in need can be regarded as destroyed, even the Northern Qiang people did not do such a terrible thing.

If this is done, then the power will not be able to develop for a long time, the successor will be weak, and the source of troops will not be replenished. Sooner or later, the army in hand will be wiped out.

The reputation will also be very bad, and the resistance will be greatly increased in the future when fighting the world.

Long-term peace and stability, let every city be as prosperous and prosperous as Mingwu City, and support Qin Yuan's rule is the most ideal state.

"Thank you, Prefect!"

When Gu Yun received the answer, with a smile on his face, he retreated tactfully, not daring to delay Qin Yuan any longer.

At this time, Qin Yuan's status is no longer what it used to be. Maybe one word can make him irrecoverable and unable to stand up.

The status of the Qin family has long surpassed that of the Shen and Gu families, becoming the most powerful family in Ming Wucheng, and even the largest family in Wuwei County.

Qin Yuan led the army all the way north.

In Mingwu City, the Qin Family Legion was left to guard, and the City Guard Legion went to Fanyang City to support. The remaining six major legions were all dispatched to recover the entire Wuwei County.

Because they defeated the Northern Qiang army and captured a large number of war horses, they marched very fast.

The large siege machines, on the other hand, walked slowly, breaking away from the main force.

Although it is not needed yet, it must be prepared.

Soon, Qin Yuan's army passed through Huangya Ridge, filled with a stench, and there were corpses all around. There were hundreds of people on the battlefield, and they were cleaning up. Countless fires were lit in the entire forest, and the corpses were thrown in and burned.

When Qin Yuan arrived, everyone stopped and looked at him in awe.

"Go ahead and clean up the battlefield as soon as possible."

After Qin Yuan gave an order, he continued to move forward.

Not long after, they came to Beilin City.

At this time, Beilin City was still an empty city, with only a few soldiers left behind. Bai Qi and the others led the army and captured it with almost no effort. Then the army moved forward without stopping at all.

Therefore, when Qin Yuan's army arrived, only one commander Qu was there to welcome him, and the two army commanders were not there.

The banner on the top of the city has already changed its appearance, and the banner with the word "Qin" is erected. In addition, there are battle flags of several major legions, Xuanwu, Dragon Scale, and Killing God.

"Beilin City has been abandoned for more than a month, but it has not been destroyed. The buildings are relatively well preserved."

Qin Yuan passed through the main road of Beilin City, entered from the south gate, and walked all the way towards the north gate.

"The people of the former Beilin City can return to live in Beilin City if they wish. At the same time, some of the displaced people accepted will also be sent to Beilin City, so that Beilin City can restore its former prosperity as soon as possible."

Qin Yuan thought for a moment and then said, "Let Magistrate Zhou and the officials under him return to serve in Beilin City."

"Yes!"

Zhuge silently picked up the small book and memorized it. After sorting it out, he ordered people to do things.

At this time, he didn't have a formal official position. Qin Yuan took him by his side to act as a small clerk. Of course, it was more of a test and temptation.

After all, he had only joined for a short time, so it was basically impossible for him to entrust him with a heavy responsibility and occupy a high position.

Civilian promotion is similar to that of the military in the army. You also need to accumulate credit and get great merit before you can be promoted. Otherwise, no matter how powerful you are, others will not be convinced.

(End of this chapter)