Chen Qi didn't waste any words. He left one hundred and fifty taels of silver and asked the owner of the warehouse to quickly hitch the best carriage and set off on his way immediately.
The owner of the warehouse said to himself: "This money is enough for me to buy a new carriage, and a clerk is not very good. I guess if I encounter the rebels, the most I can do is to beat them up, and I won't worry about my life. Anyway, I will give these two as a gift."
Let the young men and women go to Tiandu County. They want to die themselves, but they don't dare to do anything about me. Besides, depending on their temperament, they may have some connections with the rebels in Tiandu County, so they may not die."
The owner of the warehouse called a smart boy, gave some careful instructions, and then asked the boy to hitch the carriage and send Chen Qi and Xun Yuzao on their way.
Chen Qi usually only robbed carriages, so there was no chance of riding one. Before leaving the city, he also bought a lot of food. Compared with the wanderings of the previous days, Chen Qi was quite satisfied at this time.
After setting out on the road, it took only seven or eight days to cross the border of Duliang County and enter the jurisdiction of Tiandu County. The guy had been warned by the owner of the warehouse and refused to leave once he got here. Chen Qi was not embarrassed.
He drove the carriage all the way and put the boy back.
Chen Qi drove the carriage for half a day and saw that the homes on the roadside were many times more desolate than those in Duliang County. Many villages were deserted. It was obvious that they had either been affected by the war or had escaped. Although Chen Qi was used to being a bandit, he saw
Seeing this situation, he couldn't help but sigh, and said to Xun Yuzao: "If the situation is like this everywhere in Tiandu County, wouldn't it mean that even if you are a bandit, you can't plunder, and you will all starve to death?"
Xun Yuzao didn't know that Chen Qi had done business without capital before, so he just said: "It's not good here. Let's just go to another place. It doesn't matter."
When Chen Qi was in Tianma Mountain, he heard many old thieves say how powerful the Tiandu County governor was. With the help of a demon king, he trained 30,000 magic soldiers and did not even listen to the orders of the court. At that time, it was still
They were very envious and felt that Tiandu County was like a paradise. They could rob at will without any control from the court. It was the place that these bandits dreamed of, so they thought of this place while running for their lives.
But when he arrived at Tiandu County, he found that the place was very different from what he had imagined. Everything was in ruins after being destroyed by war. Even if he wanted to rob, there was no one to rob, and he immediately felt a little weird.
Come. He had never thought about what was wrong with being a bandit before. It seemed that there were endless fat sheep in the world. He robbed one batch, and another batch, and there was no end to it. But after he came to Tiandu County, he discovered that the robbers
After everything was gone, there was actually no one left to rob.
Xun Yuzao spoke, but Chen Qi didn't take it seriously. He drove the carriage and drove forward. After walking for a day, he finally saw a city that was relatively intact. There were soldiers walking back and forth on the top of the city. Chen Qi said to Xun Yuzao.
"It's quite dangerous here. I'll put you into the ancient pagoda first to avoid trouble." After saying this, without asking for the little fox's opinion, he raised his hand and put Xun Yuzao into the ancient pagoda.
The prefect of Tiandu County rebelled a few years ago, but he colluded with a demon king, incorporated many demons into the army, and used evil magic to train a team of "magic soldiers", so he repeatedly resisted the imperial court's crackdowns.
As mentioned in the previous document, the Dayun Dynasty has lost its imperial power and has been stolen by various powerful people. Bureaucrats in various places are constantly giving orders to the court, appointing and removing officials on their own, controlling taxation, and even controlling military power. Many rules have long been abandoned.
The prefect of Tiandu County has been rebelling for many years, but he is obedient and only guards the land of Tiandu County and does not leave the jurisdiction of his own county. The powerful people in other places are unwilling to pay attention to him and let him do whatever he wants. He spends his own troops for the sake of the imperial court.
, for these powerful men, not only is there no benefit, but the transfer will cost troops to conquer the rebels, and they will be attacked by other powerful men when they are weak. The imperial court may even issue a decree to deprive the military power.
The orders of the Emperor of the Dayun Dynasty can no longer go beyond a single state. Although some soldiers and horses have been sent to attack many times, they are not elite soldiers. After all, the Emperor of the Dayun Dynasty not only has to be wary of all the princes, but also be wary of all the princes.
Wai Huan, with the few troops he had on hand, he didn't dare to spread them too far.
For this reason, the prefect of Tiandu County was still able to defend this county. It was only because of the continuous battles that not only the people fled, but many cities were ruined and many villages were deserted. Tiandu County has four prefectures and ten
Jiu County is more than half the size of Duliang County. It was already barren, and after the war, it naturally became even worse.
The county town that Chen Qi and Xun Yuzao came to was called Xiaopei. It was one of the 19 counties in Tiandu County. Its population was originally only tens of thousands. After the war, it dropped by more than half, and now it is less than ten thousand.
Five. Because this is not the front line of the expedition, Zhao Mancha, the governor of Tiandu County, only left more than 300 soldiers here.
The large cart driven by Chen Qi looked pretty good. When the soldiers at the top of Xiaopei City saw it from a distance, they were all happy. At that moment, a captain rushed out with forty or fifty people.
From a distance, he shouted loudly: "Where is the spy from? Why don't you hurry up and get out of the car and be bound! Any delay will be a death penalty!"
Chen Qi thought to himself: "These people are more vicious than my brothers from Tianma Mountain. They only rob people, but they actually want to be accused of being spies. Is this to prevent the news from leaking and kill people to silence them?"
Chen Qi showed off his martial arts skills and took out a steel knife from the Wuyin bag. This steel knife was picked from the soldiers of the Beast King Camp. It was of high quality and shone with cold light. With the sword in hand, Chen was the master.
Just shout: "I am a hero from Tianma Mountain, and I came here specifically to join the prefect of this county. Don't try to frame me. The steel knife in my hand is not a vegetarian."
The soldiers laughed together, and the leading captain even laughed and cursed: "There are still people coming to join the army. If I hadn't worn the hat of a traitor, I would not be able to survive wherever I went, and I would have eloped long ago. Who would be willing to join this company?"
You don't have enough food to stay for a long time? If you are willing to join the army, just come and offer this cart and its contents."
Chen Qi didn't care about this big car, and secretly thought to himself: "I originally heard that everyone in Tiandu County is a robber, and everyone is a bandit. It must be ten times more prosperous than Tianma Mountain. Who would have thought that there would be so many thieves?
, is also a difficulty, everything has been robbed, no one has anything to eat." He shouted: "I don't miss this big car, I just ask you brothers, who can take me to see the prefect of this county.
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The leading captain jumped up from his horse and flew onto the carriage. He ignored Chen Qi and immediately shouted: "This carriage belongs to our battalion. Who will surrender this hero to the army?"
, let’s introduce it to the city first.”
Chen Qi followed these sergeants, and after entering Xiaopei, someone threw him a set of dirty clothes and armor. No one asked him where he came from, so they took him in.
Chen Qi had originally prepared a lot of rhetoric. You must know that even if it is Tianma Mountain Dazhai, not just anyone can come in. They will always need a certificate of surrender, a killing stick and so on. The military discipline in Xiaopei County is extremely corrupt, and there is no way to get in. People are in charge of things, so they let Chen Qi sneak in casually, and no one cared about whether he was clean or not.
Chen Qi picked up this worn-out suit of clothes and didn't dislike it, so he changed into his upper body. When he was in Tianma Mountain, no one washed his clothes, so the clothes he wore were not as clean as this suit of clothes. Although Tiandu The situation in the county is much different than Chen Qi imagined. He originally thought that as long as he surrendered to the army, he could rob at will in the county. Officials are thieves, thieves are habits. Wouldn't it be great if thieves and officials become one? Today There is nothing to rob in the capital, and being an official or a thief is not much fun, but Chen Qi still wants to stay here.
Chen Qi didn't have much place to go. Although Tiandu County didn't seem like a good place, the little thieves also thought: "As long as I have a place to stay and practice Taoism, don't worry about the rest. A situation ten times worse than this would not be a problem for me."
Chen Qi stayed in Xiaopei County for a few days before he realized that there were only more than 300 people here, but there were actually eight battalions of soldiers and horses. According to the military system of the Dayun Dynasty, a thousand people are a battalion and a thousand people are an army. Although the number is quite irregular, it fluctuates up and down. It was also huge, but these more than 300 people were not even enough for one battalion, and were actually divided into eight battalions. After he learned about this, he immediately understood why the military discipline here was so lax.
Among the eight battalions of soldiers and horses stationed in Xiaopei County, the strongest Longwei battalion has about eighty men and horses and more than ten war horses. The weakest Leopard Tail battalion has only nine men, only seven swords and no horses.
Zhao Mancha, the prefect of Tiandu County, concentrated all his troops, money, and supplies in four prefectures. He basically left the 19 county towns alone and did not even provide food and supplies. Therefore, the Eighth Battalion of Xiaopei County The captain was not willing to accept another person to eat. Chen Qi stayed here for several days, but there was no one to take charge of him, which made Chen Qi feel quite at ease.
After he had some understanding of the situation in Xiaopei County, he no longer cared about the rebels. In addition to practicing every day, he practiced without even talking to others. Gradually, various people from the Eighth Battalion in Xiaopei County , they all forgot about the addition of such a person.
Chen Qi has lived in Xiaopei County for more than a month. Not only has the Taishang Dragon Transformation Technique opened up more than a dozen acupoints, his skills have deepened to a new level. Even the mental skills of the Fire Crow Formation have been condensed for twenty With four balls of true fire seeds, he even figured out many techniques for launching fire feather arrows. He even used the Taishang Dragon Transformation Technique to sacrifice all the Heshan Dao magic weapons that he had taken from Wang Changsheng. Even the Iron Bone Kung Fu has broken through to the sixth level. Realm, start marching to the seventh level.
Chen Qi was very happy that his cultivation had soared. These improvements were just step-by-step. What made him even more proud was that Chen Qi had gradually figured out another layer of changes in the Fire Crow Formation and understood and refined other acupoints. After mastering the seventy-two fire acupoints, he could not go further and could only condense the true fire seeds. Chen Qi also figured out that if he could not sacrifice the other acupoints, , my body has too many impurities and is too heavy. Although I can transform into a fire crow, I can't fly and am just a "turkey".g!~!