The Empress traveled through time and space, and she fought for supremacy in the troubled times

The two soldiers who received the order at the same time rode their horses and rushed back to Qingyun County at a rapid speed.

Of course, they knew about the bet between the two generals.

But it cannot be that the following general lost because they were slow in reporting the news.

At this moment, the two soldiers had exactly the same idea.

As a result, the two met at the gate of the city wall.

Looking at each other, both of them were stunned.

An idea came into their minds at the same time.

How could they win at this time? No matter what, let’s just surpass him first.

Thus, the two of them staged a drama in the county town where they had to avoid the people and surpass each other.

Outside the Yun Mansion, the two men dismounted at the same time and shouted in unison to the gatekeeper.

"I have something important to report to my lord."

A quarter of an hour later, Yun Zhi in Yun Mansion learned the news.

Chen Yuanshu, Li Shun and others were afraid that they would not be able to come back for a while, so they had to settle the place properly first.

"Yuzhu, send someone to inform Lord Dong that the battle has successfully captured two county towns. Tell him to send someone to take over tomorrow."

This takeover will be much easier as Qingyun County now has its own operating system.

When the time comes, just read from the script, and the subsequent development will depend on the county magistrate himself.

"Yes."

It was three days later when the soldiers returned.

Just like when he said goodbye, Yun Zhi was standing at the city gate to greet him when he returned.

That night, a banquet was held for the three armies.

Fearing that those people would feel restrained, Yun Zhi left after sitting outside for a while.

Sure enough, after Yun Zhi left, these people became more relaxed.

Wang Hu took a sip of the wine on the table. "I thought I could stretch my muscles, but they turned out to be a bunch of cowards. They knelt down and surrendered before we even had a fight. It's boring."

After finishing the small glass of wine, he poured himself another glass and looked at the two people sitting in the front.

"General Chen, Lieutenant General Li, do you know when the next fight will be?"

Chen Yuanshu put down the wine glass in her hand. She found that the wine was quite good. Although it was a bit spicy, it was quite warming to drink in this cold season.

"It should be a few months."

"so long?"

"Well, we should wait until those two counties are completely settled, and then recruit more people before continuing. We will just follow the Lord's orders then."

Having followed Yun Zhi for a long time, she had also roughly noticed some of Yun Zhi's habits.

Pursue stability and never act rashly unless absolutely necessary.

But her guess was indeed correct.

Not to mention that the two county towns have not been settled yet. If we are not careful, civil unrest may break out, which will be counterproductive.

Another problem is that there are still too few talented people trained. If too many cities are captured, they will become a mess because there are no available people to manage them.

Of course, the most important point is the lack of manpower. Although the Yun family army is trained to be elite soldiers, the number of people is still a major flaw.

Therefore, Yun Zhi decided to recuperate. Once everything was sufficient, he would not just attack the county town in a small way, but would directly take over the entire prefecture.

Wang Hu drank the refilled glass of wine in one gulp and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, lord. If you tell me to, I'll do it."

Duan Yao, who was sitting not far from Chen Yuanshu, raised his head from the table and wiped his greasy mouth. "By the way, General Chen, Deputy General Li, who won this competition?"

As soon as Duan Yao said this, those who were eating stopped eating, and those who were chatting stopped chatting, and they all looked at Chen Yuanshu and the others.

After returning from the victorious battle, they went home, took a shower, had a short rest, and then came to the banquet.

So they really didn't know which side would come back first to report the news.

Now everyone is very excited.

Li Shun placed his chopsticks on the edge of the bowl. "This time, the situations on both sides are similar, and the messengers arrived at the same time. Let's call it a draw."

He looked across at Chen Yuanshu and raised his glass, "Shall we continue the competition next time?"

"Okay."

Chen Yuanshu also picked up the wine glass beside him and raised it. The two of them looked at each other from a distance and drank the wine in the glass.

A soldier took a bite of food and put it in his mouth, smacking his lips.

"Hey, I thought I'd see one of the two generals admit defeat in the parade grounds tomorrow, but it's a draw, so I won't see that."

The people next to him looked at him mysteriously when they heard him say this, "But there can be another big event tomorrow?"

The man's curiosity was aroused, "What?"

"Two generals are scolding you alone. Tell me, is this a big deal?"

"Go away, my small body can't stand being scolded by two generals."

For a moment, there was laughter and noise everywhere.

On the second day, rewards flowed into their hands like water.

Seeing the generous rewards, the civilians wanted to join in even more.

Not only do you get a monthly salary, but you also get so many rewards after winning a battle.

They may never earn such a reward as this in their entire lives.

How can this not be exciting.

For a time, more and more people signed up to join the army.

Five days later, in the Yun family study.

"My Lord, we've roughly counted the population of the two counties, and they've been taking in refugees. Within six months, the three counties should have nearly 20,000 people."

"Well, there are a lot of beggars in the city."

Liu Anruo, who was reporting the situation over there, stopped what he was about to say and nodded.

"Yes, there are quite a few. Some have fled here on their own, and some are locals whose parents starved to death and have become beggars. Too many beggars who have no means of survival die on the streets, but we can't do anything about it at the moment."

Beggars are the most abundant people in this era, especially in these troubled times, there will be even more of them.

Yun Zhi looked up from the report presented by Liu Anruo, which recorded the current conditions of the two county towns.

"Send someone to keep an eye on these beggars and give them a choice: either sit and wait to die of starvation, or work for me and earn a chance of survival."

"My lord, are you planning to train secret guards?"

"It's really needed now, isn't it? I've already asked someone to make the medicine, and someone will teach them."

The secret guards selected today are generally chosen from among their own children, or directly recruited, and of course they can also be selected from beggars.

As for how to cultivate it, most people would choose to cultivate it in the same way as raising Gu.

Fight each other and the winner survives.

This is the fastest and most effective method.

If she had someone to train them, it would be too time-consuming and laborious, but it also had an advantage: their loyalty was high enough that she could give them mental hints from a young age, making them completely submit to her.

But human hearts are unpredictable. Those beggars no longer have any family members to threaten them, so let's use medicine.

He needs to take the antidote every month, otherwise he will die from the poison within three days.

The poison that Yun Zhi asked someone to make now was the one commonly used to train assassins in the womb of her previous life.

But it does not exist in this dynasty.

"Yes, I'll have someone do it."

……

On this day, Tang Qiuwan wandered around as usual.

Everywhere you look, you see green wheat swaying in the wind.

When he was about to go back, Tang Qiuwan suddenly looked at a place with shock in his eyes.

It turned out to be...