It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Lu Xingchen's words made everyone fall into silence instantly.

The competition between brothers really cannot be compared with actual combat.

"General, where are we going to attack next time?" Zhang Fan suddenly became interested.

"It's still a military secret now. I'll tell you when we set off." Lu Xingchen said.

"So we need to reorganize the situation in the next three days and help the soldiers adjust psychologically."

"Because there will definitely be casualties during actual combat."

Wei Hu and the others nodded.

Lu Xingchen has already selected a place for training troops, but further planning is needed if he wants to attack this place.

Lu Xingchen left early, allowing Wei Hu, Zhang Fan and the soldiers to continue drinking and eating meat.

They can relax and unwind tonight.

Lu Xingchen came to Master Guo's residence.

Master Guo had already changed his clothes and was ready to go to bed. He didn't expect Lu Xingchen to come at this hour.

"Is there anything important, General?" Master Guo hurriedly put on an outer coat and walked out.

"Sorry to disturb your rest." Lu Xingchen said.

"It's okay, it's okay. You don't get much sleep when you're old." Master Guo smiled and invited Lu Xingchen to sit down.

"It's too late so I won't light the stove to treat you to tea."

Lu Xingchen smiled and shook his head, "I suddenly thought of something and wanted to discuss it with you."

"Please speak, General." Master Guo said to Lu Xingchen, holding the bamboo fan in his hand.

"I want to find a place to practice combat skills."

"Now that I have chosen two places, please help me decide."

"One is Cao County, the other is Rao County..."

Lu Xingchen said as he took out the map and placed it in front of her and Master Guo.

"Cao County belongs to Wei. Rao County belongs to Yongzhou..."

"According to our plan, we should attack Rao County." said Master Guo.

"Besides, if we attack Cao County, we might offend the Wei Dynasty. If the Wei Dynasty uses this as an excuse to mobilize troops to attack us, it will be quite troublesome."

Lu Xingchen nodded slightly, "Actually, I thought so too, but I sent people to investigate Cao County and Rao County."

"Cao County has suffered so much and lost the support of the people that it is easier to fight against."

"Rao County is relatively rich..."

"I heard that Rao County is ruled by a few local gentry," said Mr. Guo.

“Although they have a county magistrate, the magistrate is also controlled by the gentry.”

"Why don't we just follow our original plan and attack Rao County."

Lu Xingchen nodded, "Okay, then we'll attack Rao County."

"By the way, Xingzhu has been following you for the past two days. How do you feel about that?" Lu Xingchen changed the subject.

"It's better than I thought. I thought this second young lady would pack up and leave after working for less than half a day."

"I didn't expect you to have persisted for these two days." Master Guo said with a smile.

"Then teach her well." Lu Xingchen said.

Master Guo nodded and agreed, "Got it, don't worry."

Master Guo understood Lu Xingchen’s thoughts.

The Lu family is too small, and their only blood relatives are these two sisters.

The other adopted sons now seem to be more loyal.

However, as their territory grows and they have more and more soldiers and horses, their power will continue to grow.

Whether this grace of upbringing can withstand the temptation of power and interests is another matter.

Since Lu Xingchen intends to cultivate Lu Xingzhu, Master Guo will naturally do his best to help her cultivate her.

The next morning, Lu Xingchen went to the training ground to practice martial arts, came back to take a shower, change clothes, and after having breakfast, he went to the weapons manufacturing place.

In the past two days, she has carefully watched the video of the musket made by the system for her many times, and further refined the drawings.

When the manager of the weapons manufacturing department saw Lu Xingchen coming, he hurriedly brought people to salute her.

"I'm here today to show you whether this thing can be made." Lu Xingchen called the manager of the supervision office and several masters together, and then gave them the drawings.

After looking at Lu Xingchen's drawings, several old masters were amazed.

"What is this?" An old master looked at Lu Xingchen, "Fire gun..."

Lu Xingchen nodded, "Yes, it's the blueprint of the musket."

"The process is a bit more complicated, but this is already a very detailed drawing. Take a look at it and see if you can make it."

Several old masters looked at each other. They were interested and wanted to do it, but they couldn't guarantee whether they could do it.

So everyone was feeling rather nervous.

"It's okay, just do your best. If you can do it, that's great. If you can't, that's not a big deal." Lu Xingchen saw what they were thinking, so he comforted them.

"Well, I'll give you one month. You do your best. If you can do it, everyone will be rewarded. If you can't do it, you won't be punished." Lu Xingchen said.

"Okay, General, let's do our best and try to get it done." said the manager of the Capital Construction Department.

Lu Xingchen nodded in agreement, "I'll have someone deliver the gunpowder to you in two days."

"Be extremely careful when using gunpowder."

The steward agreed.

Lu Xingchen did not stay for long and left the construction supervision office.

The next step is to carefully study how to take Rao County at the lowest cost.

Lu Xingchen’s next plan is to attack Bei Yongzhou.

Therefore, she had already sent spies to carefully investigate Rao County, which was the hardest hit.

Rao County is a county bordering them.

It is far away from the provincial capital of Beiyongzhou, so the control is weaker.

Rao County has nearly a thousand soldiers and horses. It is not impossible to attack Rao County by force, but of course our losses will be great.

Lu Xingchen thought for half a day and then called Ling Xiao and Lu Yun over.

"Girl..."

"Sister Xingchen..."

Ling Xiao and Lu Yun walked in and called out respectively.

Lu Xingchen asked them to sit down.

"I have something for you to do."

Ling Xiao and Lu Yun immediately showed excited expressions and were eager to try.

"Sister Xingchen, what's the matter?"

"You take a few dozen people and disguise yourself as bandits to harass Rao County." Lu Xingchen didn't beat around the bush and said directly.

Ling Xiao and Lu Yun's shoulders suddenly slumped.

As excited as they were just now, they are now as depressed.

"Sister Xingchen, if we attack Rao County directly, I want to be the vanguard." Lu Yun said, patting his chest.

Lu Xingchen squeezed his shoulder.

"My shoulders are still too thin. Let's wait two years."

Lu Yun pouted angrily, "Sister Xingchen, when will you treat me as an adult?"

Lu Xingchen smiled and pinched Lu Yun's cheek, "When you get married, have a baby, and become a father, you will be an adult."

Lu Yun's cheeks suddenly turned red.

"Girl, I don't want to dress up as a bandit and harass Rao County." Ling Xiao had a stubborn expression.

"Okay, this is not a discussion with you, this is an order." Lu Xingchen said with a stern face.

Fortunately, the two of them still had some awareness and quickly stood up.

"Okay, I promise to complete the task."

"Don't bring the Royal Guards this time, bring the garrison troops instead." Lu Xingchen said.

"I saw a garrison leader named Ma Kui, who is very experienced and skilled. You can take Ma Kui with you."

Ling Xiao and Lu Yun nodded in agreement.