Cao Ang was granted exclusive power by Huang Wan and officially took over the 5,000 troops in Qiao County.

This private army, wearing the skin of state soldiers, finally has a formal organization and is qualified to use the armor and crossbows that only official soldiers are entitled to possess.

Logically speaking, each family is not allowed to hide armor and crossbows privately, but when it comes time to use them, each family can take out a lot of them.

Although this matter was strange, everyone knew the reason, and even Huang Wan did not ask.

Of course, there are not many armors and crossbows, and no one would keep too many contraband items at home. If there are too many of them, it would be meaningless. After all, no one is prepared to rebel.

Without armor, the defensive power of the soldiers was greatly reduced. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, Cao Ang uniformly put on leather armor for all members of the Cao family.

Cao Ang had secretly made two thousand leather armors before, and had been using them as the bottom of the box, which came in handy. Although the leather armors were armor, they were not made of iron after all, and they were covered with uniforms, so they couldn't be seen.

On the day of ordering troops, other people's troops, no matter what they wore or the weapons in their hands, were of all kinds, and they looked like a mixed bag at first glance.

Only the Cao family's troops were all earth-colored and short-brown, wearing bamboo hats and holding spears. They were mighty and majestic, with an elite military temperament.

Externally, the Cao family claimed that they mobilized their tribesmen overnight to make clothes, and took out thousands of pounds of raw iron to build three thousand spearheads. As for why the Cao family had three thousand spearheads, no one mentioned it.

Looking at the high-spirited Cao family's army, Cao Ang was also very pleased. Although it was not as good as the elites he had commanded, it was already a good start.

With 5,000 men and horses, Cao Ang did not have a department and was directly under the command of Shiqu, which can be regarded as flattening the command to the greatest extent.

No one has an opinion on this.

After all, except for Cao Ang, the various forces are only one or less than one. If a department or another department is set up, who should be the army commander or the commander of another department is a matter of nonsense.

After ordering the army, Cao Ang arranged various ministries to organize the city defense. At this time, Huang Wan retreated to the second line and concentrated on recruiting troops.

Cao Ang was very satisfied with this. If Huang Wan really did not know what is good and what is bad and interfered in everything, there would still be a struggle between the two sides.

Huang Wan is a famous person. If he really gets into trouble with the other party, it will do more harm than good.

As for how to retreat from the enemy and protect Qiao County, Cao Ang did not have much pressure. After all, he was the one who caused the enemy, so he could naturally retreat.

So Cao Ang wrote a letter and sent someone to Bocai, saying that he had gathered more than 10,000 troops and asked him to withdraw his troops.

Although there is no credit guarantee for this cooperation between Cao Ang and Bo Cai, both sides have their own quirks. But Cao Ang knows that Bo Cai is a smart man and will withdraw his troops even if he is reluctant to leave Qiao County.

However, Cao Ang could lead his troops to leave Qiao County in the name of suppressing bandits and update their equipment at the same time.

At this time, the blacksmiths in the Cao family manor, under the leadership of Pu Yan, had been working day and night to make armors, crossbows, shields and other equipment.

As Cao Ang expected, Bo Cai decided to retreat after receiving Cao Ang's letter.

He had already made a lot of money this time, and there was no reason to go against Qiao County, which was guarded by Cao Ang, and get himself a bloody head.

After all, Cao Ang is a famous general in the world, but Bo Cai doesn't have the confidence to defeat him.

And through this cooperation, the two parties barely built a fragile trust, which also laid the foundation for future cooperation. If the relationship with Cao Ang gets upset again, Bo Cai's department will become a lonely ghost without a backing. This is

Bo Cai will never accept it.

So after discussing with Yang Min, Bo Cai prepared to break camp and retreat.

At the same time, Bocai summoned the commanders of several forces that had joined forces with him to discuss the retreat.

Bo Cai's reasons are very good. Everyone has made a lot of money from the continuous victory in the past. Now attacking Qiao County is bound to be a protracted task. It may not be possible to win. It is better to stop when the situation is good and retreat in time.

Many people agreed, but another bandit leader, Chen Dang, was unwilling.

Everyone united this time with great momentum and won consecutive battles. They were about to invade Qiao County. After a good fight, they had to withdraw anyway.

Chen Dang was unwilling to give in.

Moreover, although the six families that Bo Cai contacted did not elect a leader, because it was Bo Cai's plan, everyone was basically led by Bo Cai. This made Chen Dang, who was about the same strength as Bo Cai, quite unwilling.

They are all heroes, no one is worse than the other.

Therefore, Bo Cai proposed to retreat, but Chen Dang objected, deliberately trying not to get in trouble with Bo Cai.

Bo Cai also didn't expect that Chen Dang was unwilling to withdraw. He was about to say something when Yang Min suddenly said: "If you don't want to leave, no one will hold you back. Anyway, my brother's promise has been fulfilled. Since we can't get along,

, we are on the road facing the sky, each walking half way, and no one will interfere with the other."

After Yang Min finished speaking, he looked at the crowd and said: "The sage said, 'too much is not enough'. We have made such a big fuss. You all know it in your heart. You really think that the officers and soldiers are dead. Whether to withdraw or not is up to you."

"Who are you trying to scare?"

Yang Min looked at Chen Dang and suddenly said: "Chen Laosan, remember what you said today. If you don't attack Qiao County, you will be raised by your little servant."

As soon as Yang Min finished speaking, Chen Dang became angry and shouted that he wanted to beat Yang Min.

At this time, Bo stopped in front of him and said: "Chen Laosan, this is my territory. If you want to cause trouble, you have to look at the place."

Chen Dang finally took it into consideration and glared at Bo Cai fiercely before leaving.

But after everyone left, Bo Cai asked: "Second brother, what do you mean today? Why don't you help me persuade everyone, but you are just making fun of me."

Yang Min then smiled and said: "Brother, you haven't realized that if Chen Dang doesn't withdraw, it will be a good opportunity for us!"

"What's the meaning!"

"Kill someone with a borrowed knife!"

Yang Min smiled and said: "Chen Dang's power is not weak, and the territory he occupies is not far away from us. There will be more resentment between the two parties in the future. Now Chen Dang insists on hitting the iron wall of Qiao County, how can we not use Cao Langjun's

Hands, get rid of this person. By then, Chen Dang’s territory will be all ours!"

After hearing this, Bo Cai's expression changed a bit, but he had to admit that this was a good idea.

"It's just Cao Langjun's place!"

Bo Cai was worried about offending Cao Ang.

"Brother, don't worry. We have done everything Cao Langjun asked us to do. But we can't restrain others. As long as we leave safely, Cao Langjun can't say anything.

Besides, he will still need us in the future, so he won’t get angry over such a trivial matter!”

Although Bo Cai was worried, he still couldn't suppress his raging ambition, so he agreed with Yang Min's opinion.

So Yang Min wrote and wrote a letter in reply to Cao Ang, describing today's events in his heart, begging Cao Ang for forgiveness, and stating that he would retreat immediately.

Cao Ang didn't expect this trouble to arise again, but he didn't care.
Chapter completed!