I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

"Sir, what can we do?" Chen Qing and his companions were getting impatient.

I'm counting on these rebels to get promoted and make money, but in the end there are only a few people left. What's the point of being an official?

"Why are you panicking? Just patrol the city wall honestly and no one will treat you unfairly." Jiang Yuan said, turning and walking towards the inner city of Taiping County.

The remaining few people stared at each other in amazement, and finally could only shake their heads helplessly.

Since Jiang Yuan didn't say anything, they'd better not make trouble.

By the time Jiang Yuan returned to the Taiping County government office, it was already dark. Jiang Yuan took Wang Gang directly to the Bai family to have a meal. Since Lao Bai and his friends came to Taiping County and were about to return to the imperial capital, the war broke out, so they simply stayed in Taiping County.

After finishing the meal, Jiang Yuan took Wang Gang home leisurely to rest.

The next morning, Jiang Yuan calmly got up, washed up, and went to the county government office as usual to spend half an hour handling official business. Since the basic situation of Taiping County was settled, there was basically nothing to deal with.

In Taiping County, everyone truly has food to eat, a place to live, and education to attend. Who would have nothing better to do than break the law?

Besides, the laws in Taiping County are now extremely strict. If someone is really the kind of person who is bored and wants to seek excitement, then Jiang Yuan will have no choice but to let him have some excitement.

After finishing his official business, Jiang Yuan called Wang Gang and walked towards the city wall.

By the time the two men climbed onto the city wall, Ding Yin had already led his troops to begin training.

"Wow, you're up pretty early." Jiang Yuan clicked his tongue.

Chen Qing and his companions hurried over: "Sir."

"Well, have these guys eaten?" Jiang Yuan asked, pointing at Ding Yin's troops.

"They have already eaten. They started making fire and cooking at five o'clock in the morning." Chen Qing said honestly.

Jiang Yuan held his chin with one hand and said thoughtfully, "When they start cooking again tomorrow, send a few scouts to follow them and make sure to find out where they get their water."

"Sir, are you going to cut off their water supply?" Chen Qing said with a frown.

This method is not very feasible. Taiping County is surrounded by mountains and countless streams. It can be said that the thing it lacks the least is water. It is unrealistic to cut off the water source.

Jiang Yuan simply shook his head and said, "Who said it would stop flowing? There are so many streams in the mountains, they can never stop flowing."

"Once the scouts discover it, you should go half an hour earlier and give them some food upstream."

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, he realized that Ding Yin, who was originally in charge of the training, had arrived near the wall of Taiping County without him knowing when.

"Hmph! This old guy is really cautious. He refuses to get closer than a hundred steps. It's really troublesome to kill him." Jiang Yuan cursed and took the lead in speaking to Ding Yin with a loudspeaker.

"General Ding, how are you?"

Ding Yin's expression was remarkably calm, and he didn't respond to Jiang Yuan's question. "Master Jiang, it's been a night, how did you guys discuss this?"

"Oh, General Ding, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. After all, there are tens of thousands of residents in the city. We have to consider them too." Jiang Yuan spoke again.

Ding Yin chuckled, but was not in a hurry to speak.

Anyway, Li Man hasn't returned yet after going back to get people, so it would be difficult for his 3,000 troops to take over Taiping County. So he might as well fight with Jiang Yuan for the time being. After all, apart from food and fodder, he won't lose anything.

When Jiang Yuan turned around, Ding Yin sneered in the distance and turned away.

Dingyin Camp.

As soon as he saw Ding Yin, Chen Xudong couldn't wait to greet him.

"General, General, have the talks broken down? Do you want my war beast to take action?"

Ding Yin smiled helplessly. The two armies were facing each other and were enemies. How could there be any talk of a breakdown?

"Don't worry, your war beast will definitely have a chance to appear, but Li Man hasn't brought his men back yet. If we start a war rashly, there is still the risk of defeat."

"General, you are worrying too much. I will be the first to break open the city gate and block the front. No one can get through!" Chen Xudong said arrogantly.

Ding Yin shrugged and held Chen Xudong's head. "Now, go read me a military book for an hour. Then we can talk."

After sending Chen Xudong away, Ding Yin gestured on the ground with a serious expression.

Although Chen Xudong's words were most likely just casually mentioned, it is necessary to verify and deduce who Ding Yin is.

After a moment, Ding Yin nodded unconsciously.

You know what, this kid Chen Xudong really didn't brag. If we really did what he said, we could still win, but at least two thousand people would have to die.

This result was obviously not what Ding Yin wanted.

"Forget it, let Jiang Yuan hang around for a few days until Li Man leads his troops here. If you dare to delay me again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Jiang Yuan, on the city wall, was lazily sitting with his legs crossed and cracking melon seeds.

The days passed like this.

Early that morning, Jiang Yuan was woken up by Wang Gang before he woke up.

"Master, there's news coming back from Panshi." Wang Gang said as he handed a secret report to Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan slowly opened it and immediately laughed.

"Haha! Sure enough, they're here. Two thousand people, that's a lot. And the secret report came in at midnight yesterday. These guys should be here by noon."

After saying that, Jiang Yuan got out of bed excitedly. According to Ding Yin's personality, once the reinforcements arrived, he would probably wait until tomorrow at the latest to take action.

It wouldn't be surprising if they couldn't even wait until tomorrow and launched a surprise attack in the middle of the night.

"Wang Gang, tell Chen Qing and the others to keep a close eye on them for the next two days. If they see any signs of an enemy attack, come and notify me immediately."

"After notifying them, you don't need to come back. Go find the barbarian leaders and ask them to be ready for battle at any time in the next two days."

After explaining everything, Jiang Yuan lay back on the bed and continued to sleep.

It was noon, and Ding Yin was in the army.

As soon as the dusty Li Man sat down in front of Ding Yin, he said angrily, "Sir, the people have arrived. Let's fight quickly and return to Luoyun City as soon as possible."

"I've received news that the situation on His Highness' side isn't looking good. Most of Qianzhou has already been captured. If Qianzhou falls, and they then take Yezhou, I'm afraid we'll have no choice but to retreat to the grasslands."

Ding Yin was startled and asked quickly, "Is the situation so critical? Isn't Ning Fei still at the border?"

"Moreover, the 200,000 troops under his command are the most elite troops in Daduan. Without them, how could His Highness be defeated so quickly?"

Li Man nodded unwillingly and said, "Yes, Ning Fei is back, but it is said that the guy showed up at the front line."

"What? That person?" Ding Yin looked at Li Man in surprise.

Just one person, but the situation could change so quickly because of him?

"That's right, it's the guy we thought was dead." Li Man said bitterly.

"You, you mean Mu Songfeng? But isn't he dead?"

Li Man shook his head with a heavy expression: "I don't know, but the news is true. Mu Songfeng really appeared on the battlefield."

Ding Yin fell into a long silence. This name caused too much damage to the Zhao Dynasty.

At that time, the Zhao Dynasty and Da Duan each occupied half of the country. Ning Fei had not yet appeared, and the biggest enemy of the Zhao Dynasty was Mu Songfeng.

This man fought countless battles, both large and small. He was hailed as the Great Duan Military God, but the generals of the Zhao Dynasty preferred to call him by another nickname, the King of Hell...

According to rumors, Mu Songfeng had a booklet in his hand, which recorded the information of all the cities of the Zhao Dynasty, including the generals guarding the city. Whenever he captured a city and killed the general guarding the city, he would directly cross out the person's name from the list.

Therefore, that thin booklet is also called the Book of Life and Death...