Chapter 160: Expansion 10
This scene directly frightened the peasant soldiers who went crazy, and most of the peasant soldiers fled directly.
In an instant, there were only a few hundred people left in the 5,000-strong army.
These hundreds of hard-pressed standing troops can only be brave and churning in their stomachs to dispose of these corpses.
And afterwards, when the Zhao family called, these cities that participated in this operation directly opened the city gate and knelt down to surrender.
And this matter was also counted as Wang Rui's credit, which made Wang Rui and them happy but also a little stunned.
The port of Ogago in Tokai County is said to be a port, but it has already formed the appearance of a town, and there is a small and magnificent castle towering near the port, which can be called a port city.
And this great wilderness port city was built by the East China Sea Army for so many years and generations.
At this moment, this great wilderness port city is full of countless merchants and their servants, as well as a large number of people who have escaped the conscription of peasants and soldiers and come here to work as coolies, making this port city extremely prosperous.
Zhao Hu came to Dahuang Port under such circumstances.
Thousands of killers naturally don't need to be said, they will naturally be hidden so that no one can detect it.
And what about Zhao Hu, the hundred warriors? They were naturally scattered around Zhao Hu in twos and threes.
As for the question of unfamiliar faces? It was said before that the prosperity of this great wilderness port, and countless people came in and out, who would see who was a stranger?
Zhao Hu sat down in a teahouse, and the killer who had been lurking in the Great Wilderness Port for a long time to inquire about intelligence immediately came to the door to report.
And Zhao Hu only knew at this time why Dahuang Port didn't bother with strangers.
The Zhao family's invasion of Donghai County was well known to the surrounding forces, as well as to the merchants who smelled blood like sharks, so they prepared all kinds of materials early in the morning to come to Donghai County to sell.
But as a result, the Zhao family made a move and captured all the thirteen lords at once, and these thirteen lords also announced their submission, and all the concerned merchants sighed.
A very good business deal was ruined.
But then there was a storm, and things turned around.
The new lords of the thirteen families have just been released, and they have directly announced the formation of an alliance and the death of the Zhao family!
When the merchants heard the news, they were naturally overjoyed. Immediately, he rushed over with all kinds of supplies.
This kind of evenly matched war is the favorite of these businessmen who don't care about anything for money!
But these businessmen are not stupid, so they won't go to the door of those families with supplies to sell.
In these days, those families who are already in a state of half-madness will definitely kill themselves and bury them and put all the materials into their warehouses.
When the Chamber of Commerce behind him comes to the door. At most, they are spreading their hands, saying that they don't see anything, there are many thieves in these years, they must have looted the thieves, and they will definitely pat their chests and say that they will work hard to eliminate the thieves and avenge victims like themselves!
Depend on! As soon as such words come out. What can the Chamber of Commerce behind your own house do? And I hung up, I don't know if the Chamber of Commerce will come forward! If you don't want to be a wronged ghost, you should never run to sell it yourself.
And where is the safest place in Tokai County?
Temples? The place doesn't allow its own merchants to hoard goods.
As a result, there is naturally no need to choose, and you can only choose the East China Sea Army, which shows neutrality.
The Tokai Army occupies all the ports of Tokai County, and it is suitable for merchants to transport goods. Then, because of the neutrality of the East China Sea Army and the particularity of the Water Army, there is no need to worry about the East China Sea County Coalition Army and the Zhao family attacking it.
There are also port cities of the East China Sea Army with complete facilities, if you don't choose the port city of the East China Sea Army to stock up, where else can you choose?
In this port city in the East China Sea, you can enjoy yourself and spend a little money to invite those who run errands to attract customers. Then just wait for the customer to come to the door. The money is earned, and there is no need to work hard, so it is naturally very relaxed!
And with the flock of these savvy businessmen. Needless to say, the sailors made a lot of money in rents and taxes, and the men in the port cities all served as errands for these merchants, while the nearby farmers were either drafted to serve as peasant soldiers. Or run to the port city to work as a coolie.
Some of the businessmen are family businesses, and of course there are those who specialize in these merchants' businesses. For example, wine, such as the skin and meat business. There are also some ronins and idlers who have encountered enemies who want to take revenge on the hired assassins, plus there are also ronins and idlers who have received news and rushed to find the master's house, wanting to get ahead in this war.
It can be said that as soon as the Zhao family and the East China Sea Alliance went to war like this, several port cities of the East China Sea Army prospered tenfold out of thin air! Countless people of all colors are waiting in and out of these cities.
Therefore, Zhao Hu did not say that only a hundred warriors came, even if he brought a thousand people, as long as they entered in twos and threes, it would definitely not arouse suspicion.
In addition to the fact that there are many strangers, the biggest reason is that the killers of the East China Sea Army have all been replaced by the killers of the Zhao family.
Now the people who are secretly maintaining order in the port city of the East China Sea Navy are all the killers of the Zhao family!
In this case, Zhao Hu's coming to this port city is as convenient as coming to his own territory.
After perceiving this, Zhao Hu suddenly touched his chin and pondered, and the killer who came to report immediately did not dare to come out.
"It seems that my Zhao family's killer is really useful! Not only can he capture all the lords of the enemy army, but he can also go into battle to kill the enemy, and he can also replace the secret guard god of a force unknowingly, and the guard work that has been performed for him for a period of time is not known to the other party. Zhao Hu sighed.
The killers all trembled a little, because they didn't know if they were too powerful as killers, so they made the lord taboo? This kind of thing is not surprising, but from time to time in the killer world, there is this kind of thing where the master taboos the powerful killer, but instead hunts down the effective killer!
Just when the killers were thinking about whether to be cautious and reduce their strength in the future, Zhao Hu slapped his palms and said with bright eyes: "You said that if there are 10,000 Zhao family killers under my command, can I conquer the world?" ”
The killers were stunned for a moment, but then they were so shocked that they couldn't speak, what did the lord mean by this? This is preparing to vigorously expand the number of Zhao family killers?!
Seeing that his subordinates were all stunned, and several attendants were even more frightened, Zhao Hu also knew that if the number of killers was increased too much, the samurai would probably have opinions, so for the sake of the stability of the family, it was natural to take it slowly.
So Zhao Hu sighed and said, "In this way, send an order to Linhe City, increase the number of Zhao family killers to two thousand, and immediately prepare for the expansion of killers." ”
"Yes!" The killers saluted excitedly.
They couldn't help but be excited, now that the Zhao family has more than 1,000 killers, it has increased to 2,000, which is a full double!
The squires wanted to say anything but couldn't say it, although they were jealous and jealous of the increase in the number of killers, because this killer had more chances of gaining merit than samurai, and the more merit he had, the more likely he was to be promoted to samurai.
And there are many samurai killers, and when the time comes, will the retainers of the Zhao family be more samurai or more killers!
Although there are many taboos, can this be said?
The killer has established such a huge contribution, and the great merit of exterminating the East China Sea Army will be established, isn't it very reasonable for the lord of the family to reward the killer to increase the number of people?
Fortunately, the thirteen families reintroduced new lords, and then fought against the Zhao family one by one, so that these warriors and soldiers could have combat exploits. If the previous killers caught the thirteen previous lords, they expressed their submission, and their families obediently accepted the order, then these warriors and soldiers would really have no future!
Speaking of which, I really have to be grateful to those behind the scenes, otherwise where would these orthodox warriors and soldiers have the opportunity to establish meritorious deeds? All the feats were snatched up by those shady killers!
Zhao Hu ignored the change in his mind, his attention was on the planting space in his mind, because the planting space had changed again.
The planting space in Zhao Hu's mind has not changed in the slightest for a long time, and he doesn't care about this, anyway, he just needs to wait until the autumn harvest is there.
However, after capturing the five small cities in Donghai County, the image of the five small cities appeared in the planting space, which made Zhao Hu very puzzled, because now the planting space only exists in the two cities of Linhe City and Lingwu City.
It's pitiful to say, Zhao Hu is already a veritable Lord of Wanshi, and he is also His Highness who has the name of a township and owns a county lord city!
But in his territory, except for a city built by himself and captured, there was not even a cottage.
However, this is also normal, Tianlan Township has been ravaged by Donghai County for so long, and the slightly inconspicuous buildings have been destroyed, so it is strange that there can be a cottage.
And what about Ling Wucheng's jurisdiction? Not to mention, the Ling family runs Ling Wucheng as their main city and rural city. Within the border, there are naturally castles stacked on top of each other, but Lingwu City is in the hinterland of the Ling family, so naturally no other walled cities are allowed.
Therefore, it is normal for Zhao Hu to be such a powerful lord, and there are only two cities under his command.
And this also has a good effect, that is, it is easy to calculate the income of one's own territory, the income of Tianlan Township can only be sent to Linhe City, and the income of Lingwu City's jurisdiction can only be sent to Lingwu City.
The accounts are clear at a glance, and they will not be divided among the layers of walled cities below.
What's more, because Zhao Hu only has two cities in his hands, one county town, and one built by Zhao Hu himself.
None of the samurai under his command dared to become the lord of the castle, but it also united the retainers of the family.
In this case, no matter how bold and awesome he was, he didn't dare to ask Zhao Hu for the city.