With the conclusion of the Xiaochao Meeting, the news that Li Wenhao, the concubine of the Li family, had left the family and became the Marquis of Langya spread rapidly in the city.
By noon, almost everyone knew about it, and it was all the talk on the streets and in teahouses and restaurants.
"Have you heard? Our Great You Dynasty has an additional marquis, Langya Marquis Li Wenhao, who led an army to occupy the Langya Kingdom in the Western Region. After so many years, we finally heard good news!"
"No one in the city knows about this. Speaking of which, Li Wenhao is really smart. When he knew he was under a blood spell, he immediately left the family. There is no ambiguity for a moment!"
"He is a man. This kind of bullshit family needs to be separated!"
In Xicheng Restaurant, Zhang Juchen was sitting by the window on the second floor, drinking and listening to the discussions of the drinkers, his face a little ugly.
He is a second-ranked Jinshi, his family is in Qingyang County, and he has been waiting for assignment in the Ministry of Personnel.
A few days ago, the Ministry of Civil Affairs called on officials with civilian backgrounds to serve in Langya. He originally signed up, but his mentor Cui Baihou sent a letter saying that he had found a job for him in the Qingyang Hou Mansion.
He thought that Li Wenhao was just a concubine in the Hou family, with no future, and it was not the family that had the final say.
Instead of seeking refuge with Li Wenhao, it was better to seek refuge with the Marquis of Qingyang, so he went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to cancel his registration and was about to leave today. He never expected to hear the news that Li Wenhao had become the Marquis and became independent, and he felt a little regretful.
If he goes to Langya with his talent and learning, he will definitely get an opportunity to display his talent. But in the Qingyang Marquis Mansion, when will he, a student from a commoner background, be able to make his mark?
"Juchen, why are you still drinking here? The motorcade is about to leave!" At this moment, a young man hurried upstairs.
"We're going to set off today, didn't we say how many days ago?" Zhang Juchen turned around and saw that it was his junior brother Wei Dongping. He went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs with him to register, but he later canceled the registration without saying anything.
So Wei Dongping thought that he was also going to Langya, so he came to see him excitedly.
"One moment and another, now Li Wenhao has occupied Langya King City, gathered tens of thousands of troops, and granted the title of Marquis. Originally, he had been unable to gather the number of people, but now in less than half an hour, the number of people who signed up almost broke through the gate!
There were also many children from wealthy families who came to sign up. Mr. Liu, the official, had a headache, so he gave the order to set off today.
Fortunately, we registered early, otherwise we might not have been able to register, so hurry up, otherwise there will be no seats!"
After Wei Dongping finished speaking, he picked up the wine flask on the table and without any politeness, he drank it directly at the spout and burped comfortably, looking very high-spirited.
"You just said that some people from rich families also signed up?" Zhang Juchen was surprised. He guessed that ordinary people would definitely be willing to go, but he didn't expect that children from rich families would also come to join in the fun.
"Let's go, let's talk on the way!" Wei Dongping pulled Zhang Juchen and walked out: "Think about it, Langya Marquis now has three cities in his hands. In addition to Tuke City, Daha City, and the royal city are all county-level cities.
, at least two teams of prefects, how many positions are needed.
Not to mention common people like us, even the rich people are very jealous, how could they not grab such an opportunity!"
"Yeah, how could they not grab such an opportunity!" Zhang Juchen repeated in a low voice, feeling extremely depressed. He had changed his mind now and it was too late to sign up again!
Going to Langya requires passing through Qingyang, so he can go with them, but their moods are completely opposite. One is high-spirited and full of longing for the future.
As for him, besides feeling depressed and regretful, he still pretended to be very happy!
Langya King City.
After Li Wenhao offered sacrifices to heaven and rewarded the three armies, everyone was filled with joy and the morale of the soldiers soared.
"Report, eagles and doves passed the message, Yucha's 50,000-strong army set off from Huangtugang early this morning, and are expected to arrive outside the city at 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon."
In the side hall of the palace, a sentry came to report. Li Wenhao, dressed in a hundred python robes of a marquis, was sitting on the main seat, looking down at the people below.
On the civilian side there were Wei Liao, Tiangang, Li Xiangxiang, and others. On the military general side, except for Li Erkui, the rest were just a few thousand households.
Wei Wei is a little worried, there are still too few people, even Tiangang and Li Xiangxiang have come out to support the appearance, but there is still no sign!
"Erkui, have all the troop gaps in each battalion been filled?"
"Master Hou!" Li Wenkui's injuries have improved a lot. Although the bandage has been removed, his face is still very pale.
"In this attack on the city, together with the private soldiers of the slave owners, our army captured a total of more than 15,000 prisoners. Together with the cavalry cleaning the farms outside the city, we recruited more than 5,000 slave recruits, which has made up for the shortage of soldiers in each battalion.
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In total, there are the New 2nd Infantry Battalion, the New 3rd Battalion, the New 4th Battalion, and the Death Battalion in the city, totaling 35,000 people.
Outside the city there are horse and cavalry camps of five thousand each, and a front cavalry camp of ten thousand, for a total of twenty thousand cavalry.
The total strength of our army has reached 55,000, and with the Marquis becoming a marquis and rewarding the three armies, the morale of our army is high, and there will be no problem in guarding the royal city!"
"Most of those 50,000 people in Yucha are private soldiers of slave owners. I'm not worried!" Li Wenhao nodded and said thoughtfully: "What I'm worried about is the 50,000 camel cavalry of Mohan Kingdom. You haven't done anything yet.
Can you find traces of these 50,000 people?”
"Not yet. We have searched for hundreds of miles around Black Valley City, but there is no trace!" Ma Kui, the commander of the Jin Yiwei, cupped his hands and clasped his fists, with a very depressed look on his face.
Since the establishment of Jinyiwei, a lot of money has been spent, but there have been no achievements, especially the outfit that the Marquis personally designed for Jinyiwei, the black flying fish suit, and the black iron embroidered spring knife. They looked majestic when worn, which made him deserve it.
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"Do you think these 50,000 people from the Mohan Kingdom have been secretly hiding near the royal city?"
Li Wenhao noticed Ma Kui's look, but didn't say anything. In fact, he was not very satisfied with Jin Yiwei's performance. Instead, he mentioned a possibility that surprised everyone.
"More than 50,000 cavalrymen want to hide near the royal city without being discovered, unless they take a detour from the west!" Li Wenkui said with a frown.
"It's possible that camels are good at walking long distances. They can travel from the barren land to the west without being discovered!" Wei Liao was familiar with the iron camel cavalry of the Mohan Kingdom and nodded in approval of this view.
"Master Marquis, my subordinates will send people to investigate right now!"
"Go and borrow some people from Cao Shengfei. His people are more familiar with the west side." Li Wenhao nodded in agreement.
"Jingle bell,"
Just as Ma Kui walked to the door, a bell rang suddenly and his body immediately stiffened.
Not only him, but everyone in the side hall was startled. They collectively looked at the door. They had no choice but to experience the horror of the soul-suppressing bell. It was so weird that they still have lingering fears.
"A broken bell, how could you be so scared?" Li Wenhao rubbed his forehead speechlessly.
"Ding-dang-dang," Little Fatty twisted his chubby body and ran in with an air of grandeur. The bell hanging around his neck turned out to be the Soul-Calming Bell.
"You little naughty little naughty kid, you have to do this if you don't want to play. Look at the chaos in the palace this morning!"
Li Wenhao lovingly picked up the little chubby guy and scolded him in a low voice. The soul-suppressing bell was shot in half by Zhebie's arrow. Master Gu Yazi was very curious, so he went to study it and repaired it by the way.
But the power is greatly reduced. Using spiritual power to activate it can only make people stiffen. Fortunately, it consumes less. It does not consume lifespan, but only consumes some mental energy.
Unexpectedly, Little Fatty liked it so much that he insisted on wearing it around his neck and wandering around to scare people.