Your fiefdom gains one soldier every second, what should you do, Queen Mother?

At noon, in Qingfeng Village, several bandits led Zhu Lie into their meeting room.

In the meeting room, the three leaders of Qingfeng Village and the two leaders of Longwang Village gathered together, waiting for Zhu Lie to arrive.

Zhu Lie entered the hall, picked up the bowl filled with wine on the table and drank it all in one gulp. This was the custom in the mountains.

He was the youngest in seniority and arrived last, so he had to drink a bowl of wine as a punishment.

But he was late because he went to Duotian Village before coming here. After seeing the situation there, he became more convinced that it was the soldiers who did it.

"Zhu Lie, why did you call us here instead of staying in Yunqing Village?" Wu Meng looked at Zhu Lie and said.

"Master Wu, this matter is of great importance. I called you here for something important." Zhu Lie bowed to several masters.

"The day before yesterday, the leader of Duotian Village, Xu Dali, said he wanted to rob the Marquis's mansion. Now that a day has passed, aren't the leaders curious about whether he succeeded?"

Wu Meng and Li Kui looked at each other, and the latter touched his chin and said in a deep voice: "Now that you put it, it's true. Xu Dali has been gone for so long and he didn't give us any news."

"Brother! I think Xu Dali just ate all the goodies for himself. There are so many good things in the Marquis's Mansion. With his personality, would he be willing to share them with us?"

The person who spoke was Li Shuang, the second leader of Qingfeng Village, who was Li Kui's younger brother.

Wu Meng shook his head: "With the strength of Duotian Village, Xu Dali doesn't dare to do it. Brother Zhu Lie must have a reason to call us here."

"Master Wu is wise!" Zhu Lie clasped his fists and continued, "To be honest, our leader received an invitation from Master Xu, who said he wanted to share the gold, silver and jewelry that were stolen from the Marquis's mansion."

"Brother! What did I say? There is something wrong with this Xu Dali! He gave his share to Zhao Hu and was unwilling to give any to us!" Li Shuang yelled.

Li Kui slammed the table and stood up, cursing, "This Xu Dali, is he looking for death?"

"Don't be impatient, Chief Li. I haven't finished speaking yet." Zhu Lie said.

"So you are here to clear Zhao Hu's name? After all, Xu Dali invited him but not me and Village Master Wu."

Li Kui sat back on the stool and motioned for Zhu Lie to continue.

"No, the three leaders of our Yunqing Village were invited to Duotian Village and failed to return, along with three thousand brothers."

Zhu Lie looked solemnly at the surprised village chiefs and continued in a deep voice: "I just went to Duotian Village to take a look, and there was only a pile of coke left there."

"There are 5,000 people in the whole village plus 3,000 people in our Yunqing Village, a total of 8,000 people disappeared mysteriously!"

"And my people happened to find some charred meat and bones that had not yet been burned to ashes in the pile of charcoal..."

Wu Meng's brows tightened, and Li Kui's pupils shrank. He took a breath and whispered:

"You mean... they're all dead?" His voice trembled a little because he didn't believe it.

That's 8,000 people! Even if they all stamped their feet on the ground in unison, the ground would shake.

“How is this possible? In the entire Yingchuan, apart from us, who else has the ability to kill more than 8,000 people?” Li Kui didn’t believe it at all.

"Just because there wasn't one before doesn't mean there isn't one now. Didn't a marquis just come to Gaoliu City?" Zhu Lie said lightly while looking at the two of them.

Wu Meng and Li Kui looked at each other and then burst into laughter.

"Brother Zhu Lie? Are you kidding me? The Lord of Longxi City said that the Marquis of Zhenxi did not bring any soldiers with him. Where did he get the troops to kill these 8,000 people?"

Li Kui almost laughed himself to death. He pointed at Zhu Lie and said, "To kill so many people, the Marquis of Zhenxi must have at least 10,000 people under his command, right?"

"Brother Zhu Lie, that's 10,000 soldiers! With such a large number, is it possible that the spies we planted in Gaoliu City didn't notice it?"

"Yes, even if the Marquis of Zhenxi really has soldiers, if he wants to mobilize an army of 10,000 people, there will definitely be a big commotion. Our people are so smart that they will find out anyway."

Wu Meng calmed himself down and continued, "How about this? I'll send someone to Gaoliu City to ask those spies."

"If even they say they didn't see anything, then these 8,000 people may not necessarily be dead."

"That's right. And who knows, once we go into the city and ask around, we might find out that the mansion of Lord Zhenxi Hou has been burned down by that kid Xu Dali. Hahaha!" Li Kui laughed again.

Wu Meng immediately called over a few nimble bandits and asked them to go to Gaoliu City to gather information.

"Brother Zhu Lie, stop being suspicious. This Zhenxi Marquis is not a threat."

"Yes! Since you have come to our village, why not stay and have a good meal!"

Li Kui asked his men to arrange food and wine, and he also pulled Zhu Lie out of the meeting room and went to a larger courtyard.

There, in addition to wine and meat, there were also many beautiful women who were clean and waiting for them.

.......

In the evening, Ying Xuanze was listening to other soldiers' work reports in the military camp.

At this time, Zhang Fei rushed into the meeting room, came in front of him, clasped his fists and said:

"Brother, our secret sentries outside said they saw some suspicious figures wandering around outside the city. We guess they are bandits from the mountains."

Ying Xuanze nodded slightly: "They made a good judgment. If the outsiders wanted to enter the city, they would definitely knock on the city gate to ask."

"They were so hesitant. I think they didn't know the situation in the city, so they played it safe."

"It seems that our intelligence war is useful. These guys don't know our true situation, so they can only send people to find out the truth."

Zhang Fei nodded after hearing this: "Should we get someone to kill them all?"

"Since they are here, why don't we let them go back?"

“No need. Killing him would be a bad move.” Ying Xuanze chuckled.

"Since those bandits in the mountains want to get intelligence, let's give it to them."

Zhang Fei was confused again. Just this morning he said that our advantage is the information gap and we have to fight an intelligence war, so he chose to keep our troops in place.

Why are you sending out the information right now? What is this brother up to?

Before he could speak, Ying Xuanze spoke first: "Throw away those heads hanging on the city wall so that those bandits can open their eyes and see clearly."

"I, the Marquis of Zhenxi, came to Gaoliu City to suppress the bandits! Go to the top of the city wall, and if you see them coming to pick up my head, give them a word."

"Let the bandits from Longwang Village and Qingfeng Village wash their necks and wait for death!"

After half a stick of incense.

Zhang Fei led his men to the top of the city wall and ordered his men to throw the heads of Xu Dali, Zhao Hu, Liu Xun, Liu Wu and others out of the city.

A moment later, several figures ran over, and when they saw the head on the ground, they were so scared that they collapsed to the ground.

These heads all belong to the leaders of Duotian Village and Yunqing Village.

Zhang Fei poked his head out and yelled at the bandits below: "You little bandits! Take these heads and get out of here!"

"Go back and tell your masters to wash their necks and wait! The Marquis of Zhenxi is coming to take your life!"

Several bandits rolled and crawled to pick up the head from the ground, then ran back desperately and soon disappeared.