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

After Zhang Liang arranged all the battle plans, he returned to the conference room and took charge. His talent of "strategizing" began to take effect.

Ying Xuanze seemed to feel a warm current flowing through his body. He jumped a few times and punched a few times, and was surprised to find that his speed had increased a lot.

"This 15% increase is really abnormal. If there are more military advisors in the future, it is hard to imagine how powerful the increase will be." He murmured in a low voice.

"My lord! There's someone outside asking to see you. He says he's a servant in your house." A soldier came to report.

Ying Xuanze immediately left the barracks. The servants waiting outside saw him coming out and immediately stepped forward and bowed, saying:

"Young Master, the Patriarch wants to see you."

Ying Xuanze's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly asked, "What's going on? Is father's condition getting worse?"

The servant shook his head repeatedly: "No, it seems like there is something else going on."

Ying Xuanze immediately followed the servants back to the Ying Mansion. With Zhang Liang in charge of Gaoliu City, he did not feel any pressure.

After returning home, Ying Xuanze hurried to the yard where his father was. As soon as he entered the gate, he saw his father Ying Tianqian leaning on a bamboo chair basking in the sun.

Hearing the noise, Ying Tianqian opened his eyes, and when he saw it was his son, a smile appeared on his face.

"Come here Xuan Ze, chat with father." He waved to Ying Xuan Ze.

Ying Xuanze strode forward, squatted down beside Ying Tianqian and said gently: "How is father's health?"

"I feel much better now. Since I came to Xiliang, I don't have to worry about those things in the court anymore. I feel a lot more relaxed." Ying Tianqian said with a smile.

Ying Xuanze felt very uncomfortable listening to this. Although his father seemed to be in a good mood when he said this, in fact, his words were full of pain and helplessness.

He was once a high-ranking general who should have been the center of public attention and praised by the world.

But now he is in the wasteland of Xiliang and is no longer mentioned by anyone. No one can accept this huge sense of gap.

"Father, believe Xuan Ze, we will return to the capital sooner or later."

"Haha, what does it matter if I go back or not? The capital is full of power and calculations. There are so many civil and military officials in the court. Who can stay out of it?"

Ying Tianqian stroked Ying Xuanze's head and continued, "So many things have happened, and we've experienced ups and downs. Father, I just want you to be well now."

"No, father. Our Ying family has been humiliated by the Wang family. I, Ying Xuanze, want to save face and become famous!"

"I will definitely go back to the capital, and I will go back in glory!"

Ying Tianqian laughed loudly, "Haha, great! You really are worthy of being my son, Ying Tianqian! There is a small red cabinet in the room, go get the things inside."

Ying Xuanze immediately entered the room and found the cabinet beside Ying Tiangan's bed. After opening it, there seemed to be a piece of cloth inside.

But when he picked it up, he noticed it was a flag, and he saw the familiar tiger stripes.

In an instant, tears welled up in his eyes and the past came to his mind.

This is the flag of the Tiger Guards. My father devoted all his life to the Tiger Guards, but this army that accompanied him for many years died in the rain forest of South Vietnam.

He walked out of the house holding the flag in both hands. Ying Tianqian got up from his chair and tears welled up in his eyes when he saw the flag.

"I heard from my servants that the people of Gaoliu City praised you to the sky because you helped them kill many bandits and distributed all the captured food to them."

"Father, I don't know how you did it, but I don't want to ask too much. I, Ying Tianqian, have always only looked at the results and not the process."

"Being away from the capital is not a bad thing. As your father, I entrust the flag of the Tiger Guards to you..."

Ying Tiangan took the flag from Ying Xuanze's hand. His calloused hands gently touched the pattern on the flag, his eyes full of reluctance.

"Go, Xuan Ze, lead our Tiger Guards to become famous all over the world again!"

Ying Xuanze took the flag of the Tiger Guards from his father with a determined look in his eyes and said in a loud voice:

"I, Ying Xuanze, swear here! I will restore the Huben Army to its former glory and make its name resound throughout the world!"

"Father, I'm going."

.......

On the way to Gaoliu City, Li Kui said to Wu Meng beside him with a smile: "Master Wu, after we conquer Gaoliu City, how are we going to divide it between us?"

Wu Meng smiled silently. Li Kui couldn't hide the little plan in his mind from him.

If it were in the past, he would definitely say that Duotian Village took seven and Qingfeng Village took three.

But things are different now. Qingfeng Village has annexed Yunqing Village. With the three thousand people in Zhu Lie's hands, the strength of Qingfeng Village is already comparable to that of Duotian Village.

Li Kui naturally didn't want three of them. He wanted five, and to share Gaoliu City equally with Duotian Village.

At the moment, he didn't want to argue with Li Kui over such a small profit. What he really wanted was Longxi City.

Only after he conquered Longxi City and moved into the City Lord's Mansion could he truly be considered the master of Xiliang.

And there is only one master of Xiliang, and there can only be one!

"Let's split it 50-50. After all, we both put in the same amount of effort, right?" Wu Meng said lightly.

Li Kui smiled when he heard this. He clasped his fists and said, "Master Wu is really a man of honor! Then it's fifty-fifty!"

"Report! The village chief, the gates of Gaoliu City are closed, and there is thick smoke rising from the top of the city. There must be defenders!"

A bandit came on horseback from the front and spoke loudly in front of the two village leaders.

"It's reasonable for them to defend the city, but this Marquis of Zhenxi thinks defense is too simple." Wu Meng smiled disdainfully.

"Captain Li, we will do as Brother Zhu Lie said. When we get outside the city gate, we will have our brothers shout as loudly as they can."

"Just shout that we have 30,000 people, and those inside will not be killed if they surrender."

"Even if the Marquis of Zhenxi refuses to surrender, the people in the city will be so scared that they will think about how to open the gate and surrender."

Li Kui nodded: "I remember this trick is called psychological warfare, right? I can only say that what those writers wrote is really powerful!"

Li Shuang, who was following behind the two men, said with a smile: "Haha, this is called all is fair in war!"

"Even if this Zhenxi Marquis is good at fighting, he couldn't have imagined that he would be betrayed by the people in the city, right?"

"After all, I just arrived in Gaoliu City not long ago! How can I easily win the hearts of the people?"

Li Kui licked his lips, turned half his body and shouted to the bandits behind him: "Brothers! Walk faster!"

"Once you conquer Gaoliu City, you can kill the people inside and do whatever you want with the women inside!"

"Thank you, Boss!" The bandits responded loudly, and many of them even whistled.

On the other side, Ying Xuanze climbed to the top of the city wall. After a moment, he saw a dark mass in the distance, followed by deafening roars coming towards him.

Soon, the people who stayed in the city heard the roar of the bandits, and they all stuck their heads out to look around.

"Did you hear that? Did someone outside the city shout that 30,000 bandits are coming and ask people in the city to open the gates quickly and those who surrender will not be killed?"

The other people listened carefully for a while, then nodded and said, "That's right! So there are 30,000 bandits outside?"

The other people were horrified when they heard the noise, and many of them immediately went back to their houses to pack up their things and prepare to escape.

"Why are you running away? Isn't Lord Zhenxi Hou still in charge of the city?" Someone was about to leave when he was stopped by other people.

"Fuck! Are we going to die if we don't leave?! There are 30,000 bandits! How can Lord Zhenxihou stop them?"

"That's right! Even if 30,000 bandits do nothing, they can still tear down Gaoliu City!"

"You don't trust me, do you? Don't forget those 8,000 bandits! And the heads of the leaders of Duotian Village and Yunqing Village! Can you still deceive people with those?"

The people who were originally wavering stopped what they were doing. Yes! The bodies of the bandits who died before would not lie.

Many people chose to believe Lord Zhenxi Hou, and they bravely went to the north of the city to see the specific situation.

However, the only way to the city gate was blocked by dozens of soldiers, all of whom were engineers. However, Ying Xuanze gave them weapons and older armor from the original military camp.

Although the combat effectiveness of these engineers is not as good as that of real soldiers, with the influence of Zhang Liang's talent, their combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of ordinary people.

"There is a war ahead, so please go back to your homes," one of the engineers said.

"I'd like to ask, where is Lord Zhenxi Hou?" an old man stepped forward and asked.

"Your Excellency is sitting on the top of the city wall and leading the army to defend Gaoliu City. Everyone can rest assured."

"Our lord stands with Gaoliu City and will never abandon any of our fellow countrymen!"

The old man burst into tears after hearing this, and other people also knelt on the ground, kowtowed repeatedly towards the north of the city.

"Your Excellency is so great! Thank you so much, Your Excellency!"

"Your Excellency will win! The bandits will die!"

Several women quickly asked the engineers: "My lords, what else does your Excellency need? We can give you anything we have at home!"

"Yes! If you need anything, just come to us directly. We will definitely support you in defeating the bandits!"

"Not available at the moment, everyone go back quickly!"

The engineers stepped forward and helped some elderly people up. The people of Gaoliu City left in an orderly manner, but before leaving, they looked back towards the north of the city.

The bandits walking in the front stopped a hundred meters in front of the gate of Gaoliu City. Li Kui gave a look to Li Shuang and Zhu Lie beside him, and the two immediately rode their horses forward.

"Listen up, defenders in Gaoliu City!" Li Shuang grabbed the reins with one hand and pointed at the defenders on the top of the city wall with the other hand and continued to shout:

"There are a total of 30,000 people from our Yunqing Village and Longwang Village! I advise you to open the gate and surrender quickly! Those who surrender will not be killed!"

"If you continue to resist, don't blame us for rushing into the city and slaughtering you and the people inside!"

Zhu Lie narrowed his eyes, and after a while he also shouted loudly: "I'll give you one stick of incense to think about it!"

Wu Meng was listening quietly in the back. He called a man behind him, who was Zhang Dayong, the second in command of his Longwangzhai.

"Zhu Lie has given us an incense stick of time. You can take two or three hundred people to the secret passages we left behind."

"Once we enter the city, use torches to burn the baggage and food supplies of the defenders! Without these, their morale will surely be weakened, and the city will fall without a fight."

Zhang Dayong raised his lips and whispered, "Don't worry, brother. Although it's a 50-50 split, I will try my best to take away the valuable things first..."

Wu Meng raised his finger in front of his mouth, and then moved it slightly a few times. Zhang Dayong nodded and left the team.

He selected several hundred capable bandits from Longwangzhai to follow him to do the work, and the group left quietly.