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

When Zhang Fei heard that Wang Yuan was waiting in the mansion, he immediately got angry. He grabbed the servant by the collar and said angrily:

"Does your city lord really think he's an important person? This is the Marquis of Zhenxi! Your city lord should come out to greet him in person!"

The servants were so frightened by Zhang Fei's ferocious expression that their legs went weak, and the soldiers guarding the city lord's mansion immediately surrounded them.

Zhang Fei saw the soldiers surrounding him, and then he glared at them, scaring them so much that they stood still.

"Yide, let go. We are guests here and should not act rashly." Ying Xuanze shouted, and Zhang Fei withdrew his hand.

"Lead the way." Ying Xuanze glanced at the servant.

The servant asked the guards behind him to return to their positions, then smiled bitterly and said to Ying Xuanze:

"Please don't bring so many people in, my Lord. There are rules in this mansion, and I have to obey them!"

"Huh?" Zhang Fei was about to take a step forward when Zhang Liang grabbed his shoulder.

"Okay, then I'll just take a few people with me." Ying Xuanze pointed to Zhang Fei, Zhang Liang and a few of his men and asked them to follow him into the mansion.

The servant led the group into the city lord's mansion and into the hall, where Wang Yuan was waiting with a dozen people.

Wang Yuan immediately greeted Ying Xuanze with a smile when he saw him. He stepped forward and bowed, saying, "What brings Lord Zhenxi Hou to Longxi City? Please forgive me if I have not entertained you well enough."

Zhang Fei didn't say anything, but just glanced at Wang Yuan. Just when they were on the road, Zhang Liang had told him to act according to the cues from Wang Yuan and not to speak at other times.

Ying Xuanze didn't want to say too many polite words. He just smiled, then looked at Wang Yuan and said in a deep voice:

"The day after I arrived in Gaoliu City, bandits attacked the city and wanted to kill me."

"Later, I wiped out all the bandits and learned some news from a village chief."

Ying Xuanze patted Wang Yuan on the shoulder and squinted his eyes and said, "The bandit leader said that they had contact with you, City Lord Wang. The reason they sent people to attack the city was because they heard the news from you, City Lord."

When these words came out, Wang Yuan's body was shocked and his pupils shrank suddenly, but he soon responded with a smile:

"Your Excellency is a marquis personally appointed by the imperial court. Even if I were given a hundred courages, I would not dare to do anything to you."

"There is a serious bandit problem in Xiliang. I have tried many times to raise an army to eliminate the Yingchuan bandits, but they hid away every time."

"How many truths can a bunch of barbarians who have committed the most evil things say? Maybe they saw me fighting bandits so many times, so they want to take me with them before they die?"

"Please be discerning and don't kill innocent people by mistake just because of the bandits' words!"

Ying Xuanze nodded, with an expression of noncommittal on his face. He smiled faintly and said, "What you said makes sense."

"Besides, there is no evidence to prove your mistake. Even if you lie to me, you won't be exposed."

"What are you talking about, sir? We all work for the court, so how can we harm our own family?" Wang Yuan said hurriedly.

Ying Xuanze continued to nod: "That's true, but I'm curious, Gaoliu City is known as the second largest city in Xiliang, but there is very little land around it that can be cultivated."

"The only thing Gaoliu City can rely on is the Yingchuan Mountains behind the city. The mountains are rich in species and have many rare medicinal herbs."

"But in such a small place, there are four bandits causing chaos! Gaoliu City has been made miserable by the bandits!"

"As the most powerful person in the entire Xiliang Territory, how do you do things? Even if you can't destroy those bandits, you can at least station a large army to garrison Gaoliu City, right?"

"But when I arrived at Gaoliu City, I saw a mess! The people were crying out in pain!"

"Is it you, Wang Yuan, who doesn't care, or are those bandits too strong? If you ask me, what the bandit leader said may not be false!"

Ying Xuanze sneered a few times: "Wang Yuan, you should know the consequences of colluding with bandits to oppress the people as an official of the court!"

"As the Marquis of Zhenxi, I can even execute first and report later!"

Wang Yuan suddenly bowed his head and said, "Please calm down, sir! These bandits must be trying to frame me! I am a humble and hardworking person and I dare not disappoint the court!"

"If you don't believe me, you can send someone to investigate! I will fully cooperate with you!"

Wang Yuan kept his head down the whole time. Before he knew it, his forehead was covered with cold sweat and his back was soaked with sweat.

He was able to destroy Yingchuan without a single soldier. One can imagine how capable this young Marquis of Zhenxi was.

He didn't dare to say too much, for fear of revealing his flaws. The most important thing right now was to appease this adult so that they could talk about the follow-up matters.

But what he didn't expect was that Ying Xuanze's next words left him a little confused.

"Since you feel that you have nothing to do with those bandits, then come with me to clean up the bandit problem in Xiliang."

Ying Xuanze turned his back, and Wang Yuan raised his head curiously, only to see his back.

He quickly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, while Zhang Liang on the side seemed to understand something and then smiled faintly, while Zhang Fei's face was full of question marks.

"I will launch an attack on Jubei City in a few days. I will trouble you to send troops to assist me then."

"If you can capture Jubei City, I will report to the court and reward you handsomely! What do you think, Lord City Lord?"

Wang Yuan nodded hastily, but then shook his head hastily: "No, no, I'm just a local official, the Marquis is overestimating me!"

"Since the Marquis wants to suppress the bandits, I will definitely help you with all my strength! I wonder how many troops the Marquis needs?"

Ying Xuanze raised the corner of his mouth, and after a moment he turned around and asked with a smile: "How much do you have?"

Wang Yuan answered without hesitation: "There are 50,000 troops! 5,000 cavalry!"

"Since you have such a strong military force, why can't you do anything about the bandits in Jubei City?" Ying Xuanze asked.

Wang Yuan quickly responded: "The mountain bandits in Jubei City were born in Champa and have connections with the northern barbarians. The army sent by the imperial court couldn't do anything to them. How can I deal with this group of bandits?"

"Then the credit belongs to us. How about we attack Jubei City together?"

Wang Yuan looked embarrassed. The terrain of Jubei City was extremely high. Their people would not have much fighting power once they went up the mountain.

Not to mention suppressing bandits, it's almost like giving away your heads.

"Sir, you have just arrived and you don't know the place called Jubei City, right?" Wang Yuan said in a low voice after a wry smile.

"So what?" Ying Xuanze stepped forward and patted Wang Yuan's shoulder.

"You are so familiar with Xiliang. If we join forces, we will definitely be able to take down Jubei City!"

After saying that, Ying Xuanze hugged Wang Yuan tightly. Wang Yuan smiled bitterly again, not knowing whether to agree or refuse.

He thought he could use the bandits in Yingchuan to kill Marquis Zhenxi so that he could go to the capital to report.

In the end, he not only failed to kill the person, but also got himself involved.

After much hesitation, Wang Yuan finally agreed to Ying Xuanze's request.

"Since the Marquis has spoken, how can I not follow him? I just don't know how many soldiers the Marquis has? With the fifty thousand in my hands, can we take Jubei City?"

He asked this in order to find out the strength of the Marquis of Zhenxi, to see how many soldiers this kid had and whether he posed a threat to him.

Ying Xuanze smiled, with an expression of "I understand, I understand" on his face.

He slowly raised his hand and made a five.

Wang Yuan took a look and thought: This is a sure thing! The Marquis of Zhenxi also has 50,000 troops, no wonder he was able to wipe out the Yingchuan bandits!