Thirty-three hundred Shangshui soldiers, led by Wu Majiao, entered Yangxia County without any effort.
After entering the county, following Zhao Hongrun's order, Wumajiao quickly divided his troops to the east, south, and north city gates and formally took over the city defense of Yangxia County.
Immediately, Wumajiao stationed 500 soldiers at each of the southeast and northwest city gates, and sent four thousand generals to guard them.
After completing these arrangements, Wu Magiao led the remaining 1,300 merchant navy troops and quickly took control of the county's military equipment warehouse and money and grain warehouse. After obtaining the two warehouses, he took over the garrison.
, and sent soldiers to patrol the entire city.
During this period, all county soldiers in the city surrendered.
It is undeniable that there are many hidden Yangxia thieves among these county soldiers, but the vast majority of the county soldiers are just local warriors born from local civilians. How dare they resist the orders of the Shang Shui Army?
You must know that the Shangshui Army is an army with an official designation approved by the Ministry of War. It is also a garrison. Compared with the county soldiers, which are responsible for the security of the county, their level is not much higher.
What's more, the Shang Shui Army also raised the title of Su Wang Hongrun. Who dares to make a mistake?
As a result, all the county soldiers in the city had their weapons confiscated by the Shang Shui Army and were ordered to return home. Among them, some of the county soldiers who were suspected of being thieves were captured on the spot by the Shang Shui Army soldiers.
As for the many military halls in the city, as well as the rangers in those military halls, the merchant navy soldiers have not touched them for the time being.
Regarding this matter, Zhao Hongrun made some considerations. He originally planned to drive out the many rangers in the city. After all, in this way, the power of the Yangxia hidden thieves would be significantly weakened.
But the question is, is it really appropriate to let these idle rangers and desperadoes leave Yangxia?
If you think about it, you will know that once these rangers are expelled from Yangxia, this group of people will inevitably go to surrounding counties such as Yu County and Yanling, which will inevitably have a negative impact on public security in the surrounding counties and spread chaos.
Rather than doing this, it is better to temporarily lock these rangers in Yangxia and limit the chaos to Yangxia County as much as possible.
However, this also makes the situation of the Shang Shui Army more dangerous, because no one can guarantee whether these rangers will assist the Yangxia Hidden Thieves in attacking the Shang Shui Army after their freedom is restricted.
After thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun came up with a compromise: weapons control.
Weapons control means confiscating the weapons of the rangers. Once the rangers lose their weapons, their threat to the merchant navy will naturally be greatly reduced.
It is a pity that there are not many copper coins, gold and silver in the money and grain depot controlled by the Shangshui Army. Otherwise, Zhao Hongrun would choose to use a more gentle method, such as using money to buy the weapons in the hands of the rangers.
Now, although the weapons of the rangers have been confiscated, because they have received a sum of money, this dissatisfaction will be effectively curbed.
It's a pity that the money and grain depot in Yangxia County cannot be said to be empty, but it is really not enough to buy weapons from so many rangers in the city.
Under such circumstances, even though Zhao Hongrun knew that forcibly confiscating the weapons of the rangers would arouse the resentment of these people, he had no choice but to do so.
After all, no matter how dangerous it is to seize the weapons from the rangers, it is much safer than letting them continue to hold weapons.
After receiving this order, the Shang Shui Army, which had just entered Yangxia County, began to take action without even having dinner.
The main person in charge of this operation is still Wuma Jiao, Wei Jiao, Lu Mu and other clan guards. It's not that Zhao Hongrun doesn't trust Wuma Jiao, it's just that he is worried that Wuma Jiao will become the angry target of Yangxia hidden thieves and assassinate him.
Target, so he called Wei Jiao, Lu Mu and others to protect him.
After all, although Wuma Jiao was once a general with 2,000 men, his personal martial arts skills were still much inferior to those of the Zongwei. Zhao Hongrun did not want this loyal general who was not very capable to die in Yangxia County in vain.
When groups of Shangshui soldiers in full armor walked through the street, the local civilians who were passing by were retreating, looking a little frightened. Civilians always have this kind of uneasy mood when facing the army, especially
It's when they know exactly what this army is going to do.
However, what surprised the civilians on the street was that the Shangshui soldiers seemed to have not seen them and walked on the street until they reached the door of a military hall and then stopped.
Wu Majiao turned to look at Zong Wei Weijiao and asked the latter for instructions.
Logically speaking, as a general in charge of the merchant navy, Wu Majiao did not need to ask Wei Jiao for instructions, but who knew that Wei Jiao and others were Zong Wei beside Zhao Hongrun.
However, Wei Jiao also knew how to behave, and instead of shouting at Wuma Jiao just because Zong Wei was next to Zhao Hongrun, he raised his hand to signal Wuma Jiao to give the order.
This kind of courtesy made Wu Majiao feel quite good about Wei Jiao.
"Someone, call the manager in the hall to come out!"
With an order, a guard general walked out from the personal guards behind Wuma Jiao, stepped up the steps, and knocked on the open door of the military hall with the scabbard in his hand.
"Bang bang bang"
At this time, many rangers were eating in the military hall. Suddenly, they saw many soldiers appearing outside the military hall, with a bit of surprise and uneasiness on their faces.
"Who is in charge in the museum? Come out!" the guard shouted loudly.
There was silence in the military hall. For a long time, a muscular man who looked to be in his thirties or forties slowly came out, stepped out of the threshold, looked at the group of merchant soldiers outside the military hall with an uncertain expression, cupped his hands and said, "Everyone,
Military Master, I wonder what you are doing?"
Wu Ma Jiao Ce immediately took two steps forward and said in a deep voice: "According to the order of King Su, a sword ban has been implemented in this county. No one is allowed to carry weapons with him."
After that, with a wave of his hand, a hundred-man general led a group of merchant soldiers into the military hall.
I saw that after this group of merchant soldiers rushed into the military hall, they ignored the rangers who were eating. If they saw any weapons, they would confiscate them.
Seeing this, a ranger became furious, grabbed the weapon that was taken away by a merchant, and asked angrily: "What are you going to do?"
The Shangshui soldier repeated Wu Majiao's words, and then shouted coldly: "Let go!"
The ranger's face turned red from suppressing the pressure, and he held on to his weapon tightly.
Seeing this, the hundred-man general not far away immediately ordered: "Take it down!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the nearby Shangshui soldiers rushed towards the ranger and forcibly subdued him.
Seeing this scene, all the rangers in the academy stood up in unison, holding sharp blades in their hands and showing fierce expressions on their faces.
At this moment, another group of merchant soldiers poured in outside the military hall, each holding a crossbow and aiming at the rangers.
Although most of the rangers used swords as weapons, they also knew the power of military-style hand crossbows, so no one dared to move them.
Seeing this, the hundred-man general waved his hand and ordered: "Collect the weapons."
The first group of merchant soldiers quickly confiscated the weapons carried by the rangers.
During this period, a ranger was not angry that his weapon was taken away by the army, and got into a fight with a merchant soldier. During the struggle, he drew his weapon angrily.
But before he could pull out his weapon and do something to the Shang Shui soldier who fell to the ground, more than a dozen of the Shang Shui Army crossbowmen pulled the triggers of their hand crossbows.
Just hearing a few pops, the ranger was hit by several arrows and fell down with his eyes open and a look of disbelief on his face.
All the rangers in the military hall were in an uproar. They looked at the Shang Shui Army in disbelief. They couldn't believe that this group of soldiers actually dared to kill people in the street.
At this moment, the hundred-man general looked around and said coldly: "Do you think our Shang Shui Army is playing tricks on you?!... Anyone who obeys King Su's order and refuses to hand over his weapons will be deemed as
Attack our Shang Shui Army and kill them on the spot!... Get back to the corner!"
After hearing this and looking at the body of the ranger, all the rangers in the military hall turned blue and white. Under the threat of many hand crossbows, they could only retreat to the corner and watch helplessly as the Shangshui sergeants used their weapons.
Weapon collection.
At this time, a large group of strong men armed with sharp knives poured out from the second floor of the military hall. Each of them was tall and thick.
"Is that your person?"
Zong Weiweijiao glanced at the ugly-looking officer in charge of the military hall not far away, and said coldly: "Tell them to hand over their weapons."
I saw the director of the Master's Hall looking back at the many Shangshui soldiers outside the Hall, and immediately shouted at the strong men holding sharp swords: "What are you going to do?!... Put down your weapons!"
The strong men looked at each other and finally dropped their weapons.
Wei Jiao glanced at the officer of the Hall of Fame and said calmly: "Please allow our army to search your hall. King Su has ordered that all civilian weapons must be handed over."
A hint of anger flashed in the eyes of the official of the Hall of Fame, but in the end he did not dare to show up. He suppressed his anger and said, "Please do it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Jiao ordered: "Search!"
After hearing this, the merchant navy rushed to the second floor of the sergeant's hall, rummaged through boxes and cabinets, and took away all the weapons and objects that seemed to be weapons.
Diagonally opposite this scholar's hall, there is another scholar's hall. In front of its door, Yuma, who had a conversation with Zhao Hongrun today, is frowning and watching this scene quietly.
Didn't you say it would be a month later? Why did you suddenly...heh, use a delaying tactic to stabilize us, and then suddenly launch an attack?
Since he didn't know why Zhao Hongrun changed his mind, Yuma felt that he had been deceived, because he originally thought that there should still be room for maneuver between the Yang Xia Hidden Thief and His Highness Prince Su, so he contacted Zhao Hongrun after he left.
The people of Yiqiu were ready to discuss a solution with the latter.
Unexpectedly, His Highness Prince Su suddenly broke up with them and tried to use such strong methods to take back Yangxia and suppress the hidden thieves in Yangxia County.
What a move to strike first and gain the upper hand, what a Su King...
Yuma narrowed his eyes and didn't know what to think about.
At this time, the Shoshui soldiers had already finished searching the military hall and moved to Yuma's side.
Seeing this, Yuma called a brother in the hall and ordered him: "Tell the brothers to hand over their weapons and not to resist."
"yes."
After a while, Shang Shui's soldiers searched Yuma's taxi hall and found many swords and weapons from the hall.
Looking at the solemn-looking Shangshui soldiers outside the military hall, Yuma sighed secretly.
King Su, King Su, if you do this, aren't you asking countless hidden heroes in Yangxia to unite against you?
Yuma shook his head slightly, then glanced at the darkening sky.
He didn't need to think too hard to guess that tonight, the hidden thieves in Yangxia City would launch an attack on this Shang Shui army.