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When the other retainers heard these words, their faces were not very good-looking, if it weren't for the fact that they all gathered together and lowered their voices, I am afraid that the morale of the newly formed rogue army would collapse immediately.

"Can we recruit mercenaries?" Zhao Hu asked with a frown.

Maud shook her head: "No, local mercenaries do not accept recruitment from hostile forces. ”

Zhao Hu asked again, "How far is the garrison of the mercenaries here from Mingyue City?" ”

"It's scattered all around, but the nearest one is more than a hundred kilometers away." Maud thought for a moment and replied.

Zhao Hu suddenly laughed, and he said to the two cavalrymen: "You go back and inform Lao Dao, let him intercept and eliminate those small troops gathered in Mingyue City, you can divide the troops according to the number of opponents, and you don't ask for all of them, the troops that are already close to Mingyue City don't care about him, the prerequisite is to save yourself."

"After destroying those reinforcements, completely seal off Bright Moon City, and never let anyone leave inside."

Speaking of this, Zhao Hu dismounted and ordered the guards: "The guards dismount!" Then he pointed to these horses and said to the two horsemen: "Take these dozens of horses, plus the more than five hundred that have been captured, and at least half of you will be able to change horses." ”

Zhao Hu now regrets a little why he didn't bring all the spare horses of the servant soldiers in the first place.

But with three horses per man, these ships would not be able to carry two thousand infantry.

Although the guards felt that it seemed unseemly if the adults did not have mounts, the situation was urgent, and in a group of infantry, the horse was simply the target of the bow and arrow, and the safety of the adult might be better guaranteed without a horse, so they all handed over the war horse neatly.

Of course, the two cavalrymen knew Zhao Hu's tactics, and they were not polite, they strung the reins of the war horses, stepped on their mounts, and turned around to leave.

"Okay, don't panic, as long as Mingyue City doesn't send people to recruit mercenaries, we can capture Mingyue City before the mercenaries make a move. Go back and lead the team, as an officer, you have to be an officer. Zhao Hu said to those retainers whose faces were not very good.

"Yes, the lord is right, as long as we attack Mingyue City at once, those mercenaries will become our help. Anyway, there is no good way out, it is better to fight to the death under the leadership of the lord! Maude said excitedly.

Although the retainers felt that Maude had more sycophants, they also realized that now it is indeed as Maude said, since there is no way back, it is better to fight, if the lord wins, he will have the territory!

Zhao Hu ignored You'an's reluctance, and ordered him to take the infantry and stay where he was waiting for Zhou Wen's siege team, of course, by the way, to help those old and weak rogues guard the prisoners, while he personally led 7,000 retainers and private soldiers to rush towards Mingyue City.

The Bright Moon City Lord was very irritable now, standing on the balcony of the attic looking at the dusk sky in the distance, he turned his head and said to Fair: "It's almost dark, how come there are so few private soldiers who arrive?" And it's all near the city, do those guys really dare to disobey my summoning order? Aren't they afraid of losing their territory?

"And what's going on over there at the docks? Seven thousand heavily armed soldiers, haven't they dealt with the tens of thousands of untouchables? Why hasn't there been any news at all? Did they all take refuge in that rebel? ”

Originally, Fair had been left out in the cold, but because of the inexplicable situation now, the city lord of Mingyue regretted a little that he did not recruit mercenaries, so he once again regarded Fair as a confidant.

Knowing that he had gained trust again, Fell said with extreme caution: "Lord, maybe those soldiers have delayed their time because of the pursuit of the remaining remnants, I believe that the lord also knows that the soldiers have not vented for a long time. ”

Of the city lord's many questions, Fell only answered one answer that was easiest to guess the outcome, and didn't hear the rest.

The city lord glared at Fell, and sneered in his heart: "This damn thing still holds a grudge, do you really think I'm an idiot?" Those local tyrants and retainers must be waiting and watching, because they don't know who will win next, and they will start betting only after the situation is obvious.

"! That rebel usually looks like a loser, how can he have such a big scheming? The best thing is that it came with great fanfare, so that everyone knew that there was civil strife in Mingyue City, if it wasn't for this, how could those local tyrants react so slowly when they encountered the battle to exterminate the untouchables? I've already come to me and wagged my head and asked for a mission! ”

It's no wonder that the city lord of Mingyue has been thinking that he has rebelled until now, because he can't believe that the young lord of Mingyue, who commands twenty warships, will not even escape with a letter, so he will be served a pot.

In fact, it is also true, the warship is not only fast but also can attack from a distance, even if it can't be defeated, it can escape, who would have thought that the young master of Mingyue would order all the warships to get close to each other, and also run to other people's ships to send them to death? Because of such an inexplicable accident, Bright Moon City still doesn't know who the real enemy is.

The city lord of Mingyue is also very worried about his retainers now, because these guys will not have a psychological burden at all, and there will be no gossip.

He looked at the sky again, and then at the camp where the cavalry was stationed under the city, it was still so empty.

I couldn't help but think about it, "Damn! Wouldn't it be that the cavalry was also bought by that rebel? ”

Thinking of this possibility, the Bright Moon City Lord shuddered in his heart, turned his head and shouted, "Someone! Immediately notify all the mercenary groups and say that I invite them to participate in the counterinsurgency mission in Bright Moon City! ”

Fell was taken aback and invited all the mercenaries to join the war at the same time? It doesn't have to be so much, right? It's not all the other way around, these five or six mercenary groups add up to more than 100,000 people! Each soldier's dispatch fee is ten gold coins, plus the dispatch fee of those officers, which is a huge amount of money!

However, Fell just moved his mouth and didn't say anything, after all, if he dissuaded himself now, it would be completely opposite to what he proposed not long ago, and he would definitely give the lord the impression of going back on his word.

Besides, he is mainly responsible for business work, which lord needs himself, since it has nothing to do with his own vital interests, it doesn't matter who is the head of the family, anyway, it is all a family.

The heralds who got the order immediately rode out of the city gate on horseback, and the city lord of Mingyue just saw these heralds running farther and farther away until they couldn't see it, but he didn't expect that when he turned around and left the balcony, these heralds immediately fell to the ground, followed by Zhao Hu's cavalry, and took away the only remaining horses in Mingyue City with a smile.

Nangong Dun, who was hiding in the shadows, watched this scene quietly, and his nephew asked in a low voice, "Third Uncle, which side are we on now?" ”

"Do you need to ask? In the past, it was because of the great power of Mingyue City, plus the family could get a seal, and the five elders could get a thousand stone of land, but the lord I recognized couldn't give me these, even if I could, I don't know when it will be realized, our family can't afford to wait, so I stand on the side of Mingyue City. ”

When Nangong Dun said this, he shook his head with a wry smile: "I didn't expect this lord to be so strong, and he actually hit the city of Mingyue all at once, and depending on the situation, the lord is likely to win." Now that my lord has become the new ruler of the land, of course I, a retainer, will follow. ”

Nangong Dun now feels very regretful, he was originally looking for a backer to take refuge, and since he found it, he should show the ability of a courtier.

But I didn't expect to come back and be told by the five elders that I would measure it, thinking that although Zhao Hu was a strong soldier, his status as an imperial soldier made him unable to interfere excessively in the affairs of the Southeast Peninsula, and when he handed over a piece of territory to himself, he didn't know when it would be there.

And now his family needs to develop, otherwise he will be embarrassed to dissolve without others fighting, so he did not hesitate to switch to Mingyue City, the target that he was originally going to replace.

It's just that no one could have thought that after leaving the major leader, Zhao Hu actually led the team to fight? And I don't know what's going on, I transferred most of the soldiers and horses of Mingyue City very easily, and also made Mingyue City think that there was a civil strife, but I didn't expect it to be a foreign invasion, so that Mingyue City didn't invite mercenaries to help at the first time.

Now Mingyue City can't invite mercenaries even if he wants to, and Zhao Hu has completely cut off his external communications.

Nangong Bing blinked: "Third uncle, will Zhao Hu definitely win?" You must know that even if the city lord of Mingyue is gone with all the soldiers and vassal private soldiers, he still has hundreds of thousands of mercenaries. Can Zhao Hu's thousands of soldiers win? ”

Nangong Dun shook his head and said: "Don't forget the guidelines of mercenaries, "No intervention in the war without the invitation of the local lord", this is a guarantee that they will be able to survive on the Southeast Peninsula. ”

"Even if the city lord was reluctant to pay for it at first and didn't invite mercenaries, when Zhao Hu appeared under the city with his men and horses, he would find that he couldn't rely on the soldiers in the city to defend it, and he would definitely call the mercenaries at that time." Nangong Bing said.

Nangong Dun smiled and said: "He has already noticed that something is wrong, those killed heralds are there to send invitations, and the mercenaries who have not been invited now will definitely not move."

"Also, do you think mercenaries too much? Although they are fully equipped and numerous, most of their personnel are civilians, and even soldiers of neighboring forces work part-time, and only a small number of people are stationed at the headquarters of the mercenary group all year round. Even if they receive an invitation, it will take a long time to gather people and horses, and when they arrive, I am afraid that this land has already changed owners. ”