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

As spring returns to the earth and everything comes back to life, Taiping County looks full of vitality.

Taiping County Government Office.

Since the last time Xin Wu was captured alive, Taiping County ushered in a period of peace. Amidst laughter and joy, it has been four years since Jiang Yuan came to this world.

Early that morning, after Jiang Yuan saw the news brought by Li Hu, he gave an order and within a moment, all the core members scattered in Taiping County swarmed into the county government office.

“Fuck!”

"This bastard is just trying to get to us!"

Jiang Yuan supported the desk with both hands, his face full of anger.

There were quite a lot of people gathered in the hall, including Zhao Kai and the other two, as well as the leaders of various barbarian tribes, Long Guangxian, and even Wang Kun and Ergou attended the meeting.

Kong Xuan exhaled and took a step forward: "Sir..."

Jiang Yuan's face was stern, and he suddenly waved his hand: "No need to say anything, just kill him!"

"After I finish speaking, who is in favor and who is against?"

Everyone looked as if they wanted to say something but hesitated, but in the end they all nodded.

"Since the adults have made the decision, we will naturally obey them."

"Very good!" Jiang Yuan nodded with satisfaction. It was worth it that he spent half a day trying to report these guys to the higher-ups for credit.

Kong Xuanze took another step forward and said helplessly: "Sir, although we support whatever you want to do, but..."

"Can you tell us what happened? We're all still confused."

Jiang Yuan looked at everyone with an embarrassed expression: "No, didn't I say that?"

"No, we don't know anything." Everyone shook their heads.

"Well, then tell me." Jiang Yuan looked at everyone with a guilty conscience.

Kong Xuan curled his lips: "Sir, you didn't even give me a chance."

"Ahem, this is not important. Li Hu, you come and tell everyone." Jiang Yuan said after two dry coughs.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Li Hu slowly walked in front of everyone, holding up a feng shui map of Yunzhou in one hand.

"Everyone, I'm sure you all know about the battle at Caiyun City three months ago. Prince Zhao was defeated and retreated to Yunzhou."

"However, according to the latest news, three days ago, Jiazi and Yichou from Yezhou led a rebel army and joined forces with Kongwang in Caiyun City to break through our Daduan army. Aside from Crown Prince Zhao who led the troops to break through, Kongwang and Yichou were killed in the battle, and no one else knew about it."

Zhao Kai's eyes suddenly lit up: "What do you mean? Does the Lord want us to beat the dog when it's down?"

"Of course there's no problem with that. I love doing this kind of thing the most." Kong Xuan said quickly.

Li Hu looked at everyone with a dark face: "Be quiet, everyone, listen carefully!"

"Da Duan is currently chasing after Crown Prince Zhao from behind, but judging by Crown Prince Zhao's marching route, this guy is clearly heading straight for us."

"No way?" Zhao Kai looked at Li Hu in surprise.

"Although we have made many military achievements in Taiping County these days, compared with Caiyun City's army of hundreds of thousands, ours are just small fry!"

Li Hu looked at Zhao Kai angrily, "You're talking nonsense! How can we compare to Caiyun City? But don't you think about it? We have at least taken on tens of thousands of troops led by Prince Zhao these days."

"Now they're at the end of their rope and are coming to fight us to the death. Is that so hard to understand?"

After hearing this, everyone nodded as if they suddenly understood.

"Yes, that makes sense. Besides, our Taiping County has strong walls and millions of dan of grain. Perhaps Prince Zhao wants to defend us to the death."

Jiang Yuan slowly sat up from his chair. "Although we are still unsure of what Prince Zhao is planning, since he is heading for Taiping County, we cannot just sit there and wait for death."

"According to the intelligence, although the Crown Prince of Zhao was defeated, he still has over 100,000 soldiers and horses at his disposal."

"So, for long-term considerations in the future, this time, we have to take the initiative!" Jiang Yuan's face was heavy.

Just as he said, a broken ship still has three thousand nails. Once Prince Zhao's army of more than 100,000 soldiers enters the mountains in front of Taiping County from Luoyun City.

For Taiping County, it will sooner or later be a disaster.

This would be very detrimental to Taiping County's future drastic reforms. What if one day I went out and Prince Zhao brought people to rob my house? I have only heard of thieves who can steal for a thousand days, but there is no reason to be on guard against thieves every day.

Therefore, we must take the initiative this time and stop the rebels outside the mountains of Taiping County at all costs.

"Prince Zhao's whereabouts are still under control, so during this period, everyone should go back and prepare, gather enough troops, and go into battle!"

When saying this, Jiang Yuan changed his usual lazy style and became serious and heavy.

In fact, even Jiang Yuan himself thought for a long time before making a decision. Although the Taiping County army had been on the battlefield before, this was the first time they had participated in such a large-scale battle.

"It's my lord!"

Everyone bowed and went down to prepare.

Jiang Yuan waved his hand and called Li Hu over: "Go find Wang Yuan and ask him to bring out all the truth bombs and hellfires in stock before we set off."

"OJBK!"

After seeing everyone off, Jiang Yuan looked at the map in front of him calmly.

Long ago, Jiang Yuan had already regarded the vast mountains outside Taiping County as his own product. The countless minerals contained in them were priceless!

No matter what, no accidents must happen in Taiping County, the old nest.

The next morning, Jiang Yuan got up early, washed up, and took Wang Gang directly to the city gate.

At this time, about five thousand soldiers had gathered outside the city gate.

Jiang Yuan got on the horse, waved his hand without saying a word, and announced the departure.

Five thousand troops are certainly not enough, but these five thousand are just the vanguard troops, carrying only enough food for one month. Subsequent supplies will be directly supplied by Taiping County.

Before fighting, it is necessary to make some preparations.

If we don’t have the advantage in numbers, we have to find ways to take advantage of the geographical location.

Five thousand men were definitely enough to build some chevaux de frise, dig some traps, and bury some iron chains before Prince Zhao arrived.

For this expedition, Jiang Yuan specifically called Long Guangxian. This guy is well-versed in military tactics and can play a significant role in such a large-scale head-on battle.

Since Prince Zhao is still far away from Taiping County, according to his marching speed, it will take at least a month to arrive. Jiang Yuan doesn't need to be anxious and can just stroll along the way.

Finally, at noon on the tenth day, the group finally arrived at their destination.

Under the guidance of Long Guangxian, everyone began to dig various traps, most of which were located at the intersections of the roads. The rebels would definitely pass through here, so there would be no waste of energy.

Jiang Yuan stood on a high mountain and turned to look in the direction of Taiping County.

"You want to steal my house? Even if you have a famous sword Siming, there's no way you can do that!"