The next day, the city gate, which had been closed for a whole day and two nights, was finally opened in the early morning.
However, no people dared to come out on the streets of the city.
The people outside the city gate seemed to have noticed something was wrong, and no one was guarding the door.
Lu Yuan rode his big maroon horse and wore armor and stomach. After taking adequate protection, he led the four hundred troops out of the city.
In yesterday's battle, because the most powerful leaders were surrounded and killed beforehand, the seven other gang members were caught off guard.
The county soldiers are well-equipped and prepared in advance, and there are warriors who have developed internal strength, or third-rate masters who lead the charge, so they are naturally unfavorable.
Therefore, the losses of his soldiers were not high.
In the end, only seven unlucky ghosts died, and a dozen more people were injured. These wounded people and some of the remaining people were left in the county by Lu Yuan, responsible for guarding their homes.
The other county soldiers who were in good condition were taken out today to prepare to wipe out those Miao villages.
At this time, all the officers and soldiers were seen with high morale, holding swords in their left hands, bows in their right hands, and wearing a set of leather armor, following the county captain with firm steps.
No wonder they were so excited.
Because just before leaving camp today, the county captain distributed the rewards from yesterday's battle. All soldiers were given ten taels of money, and officials were promoted step by step.
With a silver reward in their hands and a killing spree yesterday, although these new recruits don't have much experience, they now have more momentum.
At least.
I don't think highly of the rabble in these counties.
Miao people...
As mountain people, these soldiers often interacted with each other, so how could they not know the details of these poor people?
He is somewhat brave, and he dares to kill people even in a moment of blood.
But are they bad?
Not to mention that now one is an official and the other is a thief, representing the justice of the court, so the soldiers naturally have an extra layer of psychological superiority.
Coupled with the sophisticated equipment, the gathered military formation, and the blessing of yesterday's victory, the confidence is even greater.
Everyone was convinced that they could do this during this expedition to exterminate the Miao people.
Lu Yuan was riding a horse. He was already in the first-class state, and all his senses were sharply improved. Naturally, he was keenly aware of the high morale of the soldiers around him, so he couldn't help but nodded slightly: "The morale can be used, this is a victory."
Just like those soldiers at the bottom, he also believed that annihilating the Miao people in this battle would not be a problem.
With so many soldiers and horses, such high morale, and with a first-class master like himself holding the battle, it was another surprise attack.
With such a luxurious lineup, what the hell would it be if they could lose?
Therefore, there will be no changes in this battle, unless those Miao people hide some back-ups or find foreign aid.
"But this possibility is too small. In a remote county like this, no matter how talented the Miao people in the countryside are, what secrets can they hide? What kind of help can they find?"
Lu Yuan thought about it and couldn't help but smile at his own thoughts: "I'm overthinking everything."
Nothing will happen this time, nothing can happen.
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the other side.
Just as the county town was sending troops to kill the remaining Miao people with three surnames.
In the village of the Bai ethnic group, one of the three surnames in Wugang County, several elders of the tribe gathered together. At this time, in the largest meeting hall, they welcomed a distinguished guest who came out of the mountains.
"Elder Baiyan, it's not that our clan refuses to cooperate with the Holy Religion. It's that just the day before yesterday, a new county magistrate came to take office in the county. And he didn't come alone, but brought a total of five hundred officers and soldiers.
There are so many officers and soldiers guarding the city. Even if I use all the adult men in the city, I still can't defeat the county seat. "
In the conference hall, a wrinkled old man said to a middle-aged man in white robes with white eyes in front of him.
This middle-aged man in white robe is the white-eyed elder in his mouth.
At the same time, he is also the elder of the Five Poison Sect in the eyes of the Jianghu people and the Five Sacred Sect in the eyes of the Miao people.
The last time the seedlings came out of the mountains, they took the opportunity to capture the unprepared Wugang County town. But not long after they occupied the county seat, the county's counter-rebellion army arrived and drove the seedlings out.
However, in the past few days, the Five Poison Sect has heard news that due to the earthquake in Xichuan County, a group of Qiang people there could no longer survive and chose to rebel.
Then he conquered cities and territories everywhere, even falling into prefectures and counties, with great momentum.
Up to now, two prefectural cities in Xichuan County have fallen, and dozens of other small county towns have been captured, leaving the local government unable to control them.
Therefore, the governor of Xichuan County asked the court to send troops to rescue.
But now, the Liang people invaded from the north of the imperial court, the Jinghai Kingdom invaded from the south, pirates were infested along the coast, and rebellions broke out frequently in various places.
In this case, there is no way to draw troops.
So I looked left and right and saw that among all the counties in the world, the situation in Dongting County was a little more stable, and there was also a group of county soldiers who were more capable of fighting.
So the decree came down, and the imperial court transferred 30,000 county soldiers from Dongting County to march westward to assist Xichuan County in suppressing the Qiang rebellion.
It is precisely because of this.
Therefore, when Sun Siwen went to take office this time, the county government knew that there were rioters in Wugang County, but it could not send troops to escort him. He could only be given a meager three thousand taels of silver to recruit soldiers and horses to take office.
Just because these 30,000 county soldiers left, the fire brigade that originally suppressed Dongting County and supported them everywhere was gone.
Seeing this situation, the Five Poison Sect, which had been encouraging the Miao people to rebel, felt no pressure on their heads and instantly sensed an opportunity to start another rebellion.
So while gathering the young seedlings in the mountains, they also sent envoys everywhere, preparing to encourage the mature seedlings everywhere to launch a massive rebellion.
This time the white-eyed elder came out because he wanted to unite the Miao people with three surnames in the county to attack the county together.
However, the Miao people, who had just come into contact with the local area, heard such sudden news again.
The white-eyed elder frowned: "Why did so many officers and soldiers suddenly come? I remember that all the county soldiers in the county were transferred away? Where did these people come from?"
The old man who originally spoke shook his head: "I don't know the specific situation. But the five hundred officers and soldiers were indeed seen by many people in the city. Our clan leader is now going to meet the new county magistrate with the clan leaders of the other two surnames to prepare Let’s discuss the future management of the county.
Two days ago, someone was specially sent back to tell us that the new officers and soldiers looked very difficult to deal with and should be elites.
Let the people in our clan be more honest these days and not make trouble, so as not to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers. "
Old Man Bai Miao told what he knew. Then he looked at Elder Bai Yan and kindly reminded him: "Those Yue soldiers numbered five hundred, and they had a city wall to rely on. It would take four or five to defeat them." Thousands of people.
Even though I invaded all the Miao people with three surnames, I was still able to gather so many men.
But there are still Yue people and Jianghu gangs in the city. These forces can also gather one or two thousand people.
They are all Yue people and cannot help us Miao people.
If we besiege the city, we may arouse resistance from the Yue people in the city.
This time they were on guard. It was no longer possible to raid the county seat and capture it easily like last time. "
