Chen Yu followed Chen Muzhi as he walked in the mansion, and suddenly said, "Lord, I seem to understand." ”

"If we leave the Black Wind Village behind today, then this county lieutenant may not be your turn to do it."

"Yes, it's a bit of a stretch." Chen Muzhi nodded.

"If there is no henchman of Heifeng Village, then this new county lieutenant will definitely be Wang Mu's henchman."

"And when the time comes, we will be another big problem for Wang Mu, if we lose both with Black Wind Village, we may become the target of the new county lieutenant."

"Lose-lose?"

Lin Hu on the side was a little unconvinced, as Chen Muzhi's personal guard, the second deputy general of the black-armored iron cavalry, few people knew the power of this army better than him.

Chen Muzhi walked into the mansion, and while asking the attendant to take off the black dragon armor on his body, he said cautiously: "According to our information in the past month, the master of the Black Wind Village is a man who has cultivated to the eightfold cultivation of the body. ”

"But the thief leader I met today turned out to be a woman in golden armor, and her strength far surpassed that of the Nine Folds of Body Refining."

"When the horse thief retreated, he also had a well-founded retreat, not a rout as I imagined. It can be seen that Heifeng Village seems to have undergone some kind of change in this month. ”

Chen Yu helped Chen Muzhi take the spear, and also nodded: "No wonder we killed more than 300 horse thieves in Black Wind Village in a row, but we haven't seen them retaliate for a month, and we haven't even investigated." ”

"Being able to defeat thousands of soldiers and horses in Qinghe County shows that Heifeng Village is no longer what it used to be."

"And judging from Wang Mu's performance today, he seems to be extremely frightened of the bandit leader of Black Wind Village, and it seems that the other party's origin is not simple."

After removing the black armor, Chen Muzhi changed into a delicate and comfortable black brocade robe, stopped thinking about the affairs of Heifeng Village for the time being, and began to arrange tomorrow's work.

"I'm going to go to the big camp in the city early tomorrow morning, and I'm going to meet with the officers and soldiers at all levels in the city, you can arrange it."

"Okay." Chen Yu arched his hand: "My subordinates will arrange for someone to notify the captains of each battalion in advance tonight." ”

"Lord, now that the spring ploughing has passed, do you think we should bring the people and horses who have cultivated the wasteland in Linjia Village?"

Listening to Chen Yu's words, Chen Muzhi pondered slightly. He also had more than 2,000 horses and horses in Linjia Village, and a large amount of materials seized in the past month.

Although there are not many of these people, and most of them only have one body refinement, they are all die-hard troops who have personally improved their roots and understanding.

Moreover, in the past month, they have completely mastered the Deception of the Tiger Duel, and with the increase of the strength of the Deception of the Tiger Duel +2, everyone's combat power is not weaker than that of the fourth-order soldiers of the Quadruple Body Refining.

If this force is used well, it will be a force that can subvert the pattern of Qinghe County. So he wanted to use it as a surprise soldier and didn't want to be exposed too quickly.

However, Qinghe County in front of him is not manpowered, and he really needs to arrange manpower, so he said:

"Most of the losses of the officers and soldiers in the county this time really need to be replenished. Lin Hu, you take someone on a trip, bring 500 men and horses and some of those supplies. ”

"Yes."

Next, the settlement of the mansion.

The three hundred black-armored iron horsemen, as Chen Muzhi's personal guards, were naturally arranged in his mansion. In order to settle the three hundred iron horses, Chen Muzhi and Chen Yu were busy until late at night.

"It seems that I am looking for some scribes or military advisers to deal with trivial matters."

Chen Muzhi pondered, although Chen Yu shared a lot of worries for him, but relying on Chen Yu alone, he always felt that there were not enough talents.

"Perhaps, Lin Hu can also cultivate it."

……

One night passed in the blink of an eye.

Early the next morning, Chen Muzhi took the black-armored iron horse to the camp in the city.

Qinghe County is located in the northwest border of Daqi, and further north is the boundary of the Xiongnu, which is regarded as the border city of Daqi.

According to the custom, there are five large battalions in the southeast, northwest, and northwest, each battalion has two thousand third-order troops, and each battalion is equipped with a captain at the peak of refining, which adds up to 10,000 troops.

Of course, this is customized, in fact, the armament in Qinghe City has long been abandoned, so the five battalions together are only about five thousand first- and second-order miscellaneous troops.

"That's it?"

Chen Muzhi sat on the main seat, looking at the seven or eight hundred undisciplined troops in front of him, and couldn't help but laugh angrily.

"The laws of Daqi stipulate that all county-level cities must have at least 10,000 third-order regular troops according to custom."

"The five battalions in the city are combined, just this miscellaneous card on the first and second floors of the refining body, are you joking with this seat?"

“……”

Not far away, several military horses looked at Chen Muzhi cautiously, a little frightened.

The only young lieutenant gritted his teeth and said to Chen Muzhi.

"If you go back to your lordship, according to the imperial court's custom, the annual military expenditure of Qinghe County should be 800,000 taels of silver, but the military expenditure allocated to the Qinghe County army every year is only more than 200,000 taels, which is not enough to recruit 10,000 third-order troops."

"Besides, there were originally more than 5,000 troops in the city, and there were more than 1,000 people in each battalion, but not long ago, the county lieutenant took four battalions of men and horses to suppress the bandits, and most of them never returned."

"Coupled with yesterday's battle, the brothers suffered heavy losses, so now there are only these few people left in the city."

Chen Muzhi looked at this young lieutenant and couldn't help frowning, although he had expected it, he still couldn't help but be shocked by the corruption in the officialdom of Daqi.

Before this military expenditure reached the army, more than half of it had already been embezzled, and then there were captains of various battalions, military commanders, and Dubotun commanders who exploited them layer by layer, and it was estimated that it was less than one in ten in the hands of the soldiers.

And this money also includes the army's grain and grass, ordnance and equipment, etc., no wonder there are these first- and second-order miscellaneous armies in the army.

Thinking of this, he didn't pursue it any further, after all, he had no right to pursue it, and the captains and soldiers below all died in Heifeng Village, so he didn't bother to investigate.

"That's it, since that's the case, the official won't pursue it anymore."

Looking at the young captain, this person Chen Muzhi had a little impression, yesterday the Black Wind Village attacked the city, and this person personally fought with the horse thieves on the city wall, quite brave.

So he suddenly said, "What's your name?" ”

"The last general."

"How old are you this year?"

"Nineteen."

"Oh." Chen Muzhi couldn't help but his eyes lit up slightly: "At your age, you have the cultivation of the eightfold body refinement, and in time, you may not be able to become an acquired powerhouse who suppresses the party." ”

"Such a talented and beautiful jade, he should be regarded as a genius in Cangbei County, how could he be reduced to the frontier and become a small captain."

That Zongshou's face changed slightly, and he didn't answer Chen Muzhi's question.

Seeing that he didn't want to say, Chen Muzhi didn't ask much: "You can take me to inspect the four camps in the city." ”

On the same day, Chen Muzhi was led by Zong Shou and became familiar with the entire Qinghe County.

And the next day, Lin Hu returned to Qinghe County with more than 500 people and a large amount of supplies.

Seeing this, Chen Muzhi also breathed a sigh of relief.

"With these five hundred die-hard soldiers, insert them into the soldiers of Qinghe County, and soon all the troops in Qinghe County can be controlled."

"If the chaos is coming today, anti-thieves and rebellions and riots are commonplace, and the major families are secretly fighting fiercely, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that Daqi is the twilight of the empire."

"Next, I just need to accumulate strength in secret and wait for the opportunity."

Chen Muzhi sat on the soft couch and made a decision in his heart.

His cultivation is increasing dramatically every day, and now he is already refining the fifth level, and I believe that he will be able to reach the late stage of refining within a month or two, and his combat power will explode at that time.

Moreover, the core army under his command has been raised to 6 points by him, everyone is extraordinary, and they are geniuses in a thousand, as long as it takes just a few months, it is not a problem for everyone to break through the fourfold refining body.