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

imperial capital.

In the imperial study of the palace, Duanmu Yuanchen looked expectantly at the old man who came to report the news.

"My dear, please tell me what's going on at the front?"

Xiang Yunkai nodded suddenly and said, "Your Majesty, we have won a great victory in the battle ahead. Marshal Mu has led his army to capture Qianzhou City. In three months at most, we will be able to recover the entire Qianzhou area."

"Great! The title of God of War is well-deserved!" Duanmu Yuanchen suddenly became energetic and continued to look at Xiang Yunkai.

"How's the battle situation in Yunzhou?"

"Your Majesty, Marshal Chen has encountered the main force of the rebels. The two sides are entangled on the border of Yunzhou, and the battle is tense."

Duanmu Yuanchen nodded, then looked at Xiang Yunkai again.

"My dear, is there anything else?"

Xiang Yunkai pondered for a long time, and finally took out a booklet, looking embarrassed and saying: "Your Majesty, this is the record of military achievements sent from Taiping County."

"Oh? Taiping County, isn't this Lord Jiang's fiefdom?" Duanmu Yuanchen said in surprise.

Xiang Yunkai nodded honestly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, this is exactly what Jiang Yuan sent."

"I didn't expect that the rebels would even affect Taiping County. However, since Minister Jiang has killed the enemy and made meritorious service, then reward him according to the law. There is nothing to report." Duanmu Yuanchen said lightly.

Although he was somewhat surprised by Jiang Yuan's participation in the war, how many rebels could go to Taiping County, and how many military achievements could be achieved? Is this matter worth you, a big shot in the Ministry of War, hesitating about?

"Your Majesty, I received this book of military merits yesterday, but I really can't make up my mind. Your Majesty, please take a look at it yourself." Xiang Yunkai said as he handed the book to the eunuch beside him, who then handed it to the table in front of Duanmu Yuanchen.

Duanmu Yuanchen flipped through two pages with curiosity, but immediately lost interest. It was just a normal list of merits.

"My dear, you can handle this matter on your own. There's no need for me to make the decision, right?"

Xiang Yun opened his mouth and finally said with some resignation: "Your Majesty, this matter is difficult for me to decide. The main reason is that there are too many people in Taiping County who have made outstanding contributions in this battle."

"Based on the military merit records they submitted, Taiping County will directly gain one more general and fifteen lieutenant generals."

"What?" Duanmu Yuanchen immediately sat up straight and picked up the military merit booklet to look through it again.

After a while, he shook his head and put the booklet aside.

He wiped out all 8,000 rebels, and someone directly killed the local commander Ding Yin. With such military achievements, it is not excessive to be awarded the rank of general.

But these things of Bijiang are not sold in bulk, so it doesn't make sense to ask for more than a dozen of them right away.

"This is indeed a bit too much, but the battle record is real. Let's put it this way, give one general and nine lieutenant generals." Duanmu Yuanchen said softly.

"Yes, Your Majesty. I have one more thing to report. According to the news from Jiang Yuan, Long Guangxian, the general defending Caiyun City, and Tian Wen, the governor of Luoyun City, are both in Taiping County. How does Your Majesty intend to deal with these two?"

Duanmu Yuanchen's face darkened. These two guys lost the cities in their hands one after another, and they really deserved to be punished.

But considering the situation of the rebels, with hundreds of thousands of them, it is understandable that these two people lost the city. Punishment is necessary, but it cannot be too severe.

"For now, let them obey Jiang Yuan's command. We can discuss the rest after the rebellion is suppressed."

Duanmu Yuanchen finished speaking and waved his hand gently.

Xiang Yunkai was quite tactful and shut up and walked out of the room.

Yunzhou, in a wilderness.

Jiang Yuan was sitting lazily on the ground while Wang Gang was roasting a pork leg beside him.

"Master, when are we going back?"

"Why are you in such a hurry? There are so many benefits, how can we not take more of them?" Jiang Yuan said slowly.

Li Hu, standing aside, curled his lips and said, "Sir, we have already captured quite a few cities. The food is enough for the people of Taiping County to eat for twenty to thirty years."

"That's right. There are more than 20,000 rebels heading towards our Taiping County. Please stop, sir." Zhao Kai also spoke up to persuade.

In a month, Jiang Yuan led them to travel almost all over the western part of Yunzhou. It should be said that the tiger talisman in Ding Yin's hand was of a very high level. Wherever they went, he basically did whatever the tiger talisman told him to do.

In just one month, hundreds of thousands of dan of grain and fodder were transported to Taiping County, and the rebel army rushed towards Taiping County in groups of three to five thousand.

Prince Zhao would never have imagined that one third of Yunzhou, which he had fought so hard to conquer, was taken over by Jiang Yuan.

"Why are you panicking? People are so bold and the land is so fertile. Young people should dare to think and act!" Jiang Yuan sneered and continued.

With these few pieces of stuff, they can't make a fortune even if they are given the opportunity.

"Sir, it's not that we are timid, but look at where we have been. We are almost in the center of Yunzhou. If we are discovered, we will be in big trouble." Kong Xuan said bluntly.

Jiang Yuan looked up at the map in Kong Xuan's hand. Indeed, their current location was indeed close to the center of Yunzhou.

And the most important thing is that it has been almost two months since Ding Yin was defeated and captured in Taiping County, and he has been doing whatever he wants with his military token.

Prince Zhao, who was thousands of miles away, had not received any news from Ding Yin for two whole months. He might have realized that Ding Yin had died in battle. If the news of his deeds got through to him, Prince Zhao would definitely be furious.

"Alright, but since we're here, we have to finish this last job. We're not far from Yong'an City anymore. Wouldn't it be unreasonable to not do this?"

After hearing this, everyone felt a little relieved.

Fortunately, it won’t take long to build another Yong’an City, two days will be enough.

Soon, as the sky darkened, the group rested in the wilderness for a night. The next morning, after breakfast, Jiang Yuan waved his hand and the troops set off again.

Soon, Yong'an City appeared before everyone's eyes.

Jiang Yuan handed the military order directly to Wang Jue as per previous practice.

"Here is the tiger talisman, open the city gate immediately!"

With the tiger talisman, the group entered the city without any accidents.

But what was different from the past was that the city’s defender, Wang Tong, was not in the city. It was said that he had received the order and did not know where to go.

"You can't kill people, but nothing else can be lost!" Jiang Yuan, who had already occupied the city lord's mansion, began to issue orders continuously.

The first thing to do is to send all 3,000 soldiers stationed in the city to Taiping County, and then let 2,000 logistics personnel take out all the food in the warehouse.

Jiang Yuan had already become quite proficient in this routine.

Looking at the two long dragons slowly moving out of the city gate, Jiang Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

The next step was to announce to the people in the city that the place had been recovered. Those who were willing to leave could go to Taiping County, and those who were unwilling would not be forced.

However, what Jiang Yuan did not expect was that not far outside the city gate, Wang Tong was looking at the scene in front of him and fell into deep thought.