Chapter 205: A Dead City
As Chen Ziqian expected, the entry of 300 cavalry into Baoyuan today has indeed attracted the attention of all forces.
The current Baoyuan is a pool of stagnant water, and Chen Ziqian's arrival is tantamount to a boulder thrown into the water, and all forces will naturally pay close attention to every move of this cavalry team.
At the same time that Zhao Qinglin went to the banquet, Chen Ziqian and Xuan Bai left Zhou's Wu Fort.
The Shadow Guard was resting on a hill a few miles away from Wu Bao, and when Chen Ziqian returned, he found several sneaky spies watching the place.
Xiong Ji, who stayed behind, obviously noticed those people early in the morning, but he didn't act on his own, and waited for Chen Ziqian to come back before asking, "Lord, do you want to send someone to dispose of those spies?" ”
"No, the more people pay attention to us, the better, that's what I want." Chen Ziqian waved his hand, not taking it seriously at all.
The situation of Baoyuan is complicated, and the current alliance with the Zhou family is rejected, and there is no other breakthrough, but it is better to let people see it generously, and there will be unexpected gains.
Qi Shishi came over at this time and asked, "How is the situation, has the Zhou family agreed?" ”
Chen Ziqian shook his head: "Unfortunately, in your words, the Zhou family has no intention of cooperating. ”
"What's next for Nafu-kun?" Qi Shishi looked at Chen Ziqian with a serious face, she knew that if she couldn't take the Zhou family, Chen Ziqian should use force, but she didn't know who Chen Ziqian would attack first.
Chen Ziqian was not in a hurry, shrugged his shoulders and said: "First follow me into the city to inquire about some news, everyone is here, and there is no need to rush the follow-up plan." ”
Qi Shishi pursed her mouth and wanted to ask a few more words, but Chen Ziqian didn't mean to say much, so he didn't bother to ask again.
After a few simple explanations to Xiong Ji, Chen Ziqian took Xuan Bai and Qi Shishi towards the county seat.
The Shadow Guard didn't follow suit, Chen Ziqian only brought a few personal guards, and he didn't worry about anything going wrong.
Moreover, leaving the team near the Zhou clan will help to break the existing balance of Baoyuan, after all, anyone who sees this scene will think that the Zhou clan's strength has grown.
In fact, just now Wu Bao and his party, Chen Ziqian gained a lot of gains, at least from Zhou Jiansheng's attitude, it can be seen that it is not so easy to win over Zhou's cooperation.
This is not difficult to understand, although the Zhou clan has 2,000 private soldiers in their hands, but they can barely defend themselves in this chaotic situation by holding on to Wu Fort, once they take the initiative to attack, they may not even be able to defend Wu Fort.
Although Zhao Qinglin's cooperation is full of sincerity, it is only three hundred cavalry, which in Zhou Jiansheng's opinion, is obviously not enough to set off any waves in Baoyuan.
With this advantage, how could Zhou Jiansheng dare to risk the survival of the entire clan easily?
As for joining forces with the Tian family, it is even more ridiculous, the Zhou family and the Tian family are not harmonious, not to mention whether they can successfully reach a union, even if they really join forces, they will inevitably guard against each other, and the ghost knows if the other party will suddenly stab each other in the back?
Businessmen are profit-seeking, and if they really do it, they won't care about morality or immorality.
This is also the reason why businessmen are the most unpopular in Shinong industry and commerce.
Moreover, Zhou Jiansheng mentioned many times in his words that the situation in Baoyuan is complicated, and obviously, the situation is far from being as simple as it seems.
Chen Ziqian must listen to more information, knowing that the other side can survive a hundred battles.
Especially those rogues, under Lu Shangyuan's advice, obviously have some big moves, and if they don't figure these out, this trip is quite passive.
Several people rode horses to the county seat, thinking that the recent rogues would be a disaster, the county defense will be relatively strict, and there will be some trouble in and out of the county, but unexpectedly, the gate of the county town is open, and even the guards can't see a single one.
"What does this Baoyuan County Order think, isn't it afraid that there will be rogues entering the city to make trouble?" Chen Ziqian was quite puzzled, even if the city defense was open, the key was that there were no rogues to cause trouble, this situation was a little incomprehensible!
Several people rode into the city slowly, and soon, seeing the depressed and dead streets, Chen Ziqian reacted.
This is still a county seat, it is simply a dead city.
There was not a single figure in sight on the spacious streets, and the streets were empty, except for some miscellaneous items that were tumbling indiscriminately in the autumn wind.
It's no wonder that the rogues don't come to make trouble, and there is nothing to fish out of this broken place.
"Looks like there's not much information to be heard here." Qi Shishi sighed, she also wanted to come to inquire about Lu Shangyuan's situation, but unfortunately she couldn't even see a figure in the city.
Xuan Bai interjected: "The local people either moved their families or hid in the mountains, and when I passed by here half a year ago, there was no one in this Baoyuan City. ”
"It is not difficult to understand that the plague of rogues has always been worse than the plague of locusts, and it is not difficult to understand that such a situation will be caused." Qi Shishi shook her head, she was well-informed and knew very well how much harm would be done to the local people in such a situation.
Chen Ziqian pursed his lips, according to the report, there were obviously a thousand guards in the city.
With this strength and city defense, how can you be sure to protect the safety of the people in a city, and directly open the gate, Baoyuan County ordered this wave of operations to be quite commotionous.
As a magistrate, I don't mean to do my duty at all, and I'm really damned!
When he was looking around the situation in the city, seven men in military uniforms came not far away, all drunk, supporting each other and talking and laughing.
"Captain, look over there, there's a girl!" A young man pointed to Chen Ziqian and the others who came slowly, and a ** smile appeared on his face.
The young man at the head squinted his eyes slightly, but after seeing the momentum on the person who came, his face was immediately much more sober, and there was a rebellious momentum spread out on his body.
"Cheer me up, come with me and see." A sneer broke into the corner of the young man's mouth, and he lifted up his long loose hair with both hands, and tied it up with a casual tie.
Of course, Chen Ziqian also noticed this group of people, and at first glance, he saw that the person who came was not good, and his eyes immediately locked on the young man who was the leader.
"I'll go, talent!" Chen Ziqian squinted his eyes slightly, and a touch of joy appeared on his face.
General: Bai Yugang, physical strength: 94
Affiliation: Baoyuan County, Loyalty: 74, Official Position: Shi Chang
Brawn: 97, Intelligence: 91
Commander-in-Chief: 94, Political: 60
Stunts: Heads-up LV8, Fight LV8, Lianzhan LV7, Perseverance LV1, Brave LV6, Haojie LV4, Strategy LV1, Tuntian LV7, Musou LV2, Hegemony LV1
Personal information: Tongzhou Baoyuan, 28 years old, fierce and domineering
Such a famous general, what is it?
"Whoever comes, report your name!" Bai Yugang pressed the head knife on his waist, walked over and stared at Chen Ziqian with an unkind gaze, obviously seeing the priority at a glance.
Chen Ziqian ignored the other party, looked at Xuan Bai and asked, "This person has good martial arts, you are injured, can you still fight?" ”
"Don't worry, lord!" Crepe's eyes lit up, and when his gaze swept towards Bai Yugang, a wave of battle intent surged up.
I thought that I would be hindered when I entered the city this time, and I didn't carry a weapon with me, but I was full of courage, turned over and dismounted, and rushed towards the other party with my bare hands.
"Looking for death!?" Bai Yugang raised his eyebrows, and when he saw that the person who came was burly and strong, he didn't let his brothers make a move, and took the initiative to step forward to meet him.
There was a muffled bang, and the two of them didn't use their blades, and their fists and feet intersected and they fought fiercely.
"Someone!" Chen Ziqian was not idle, and took this opportunity to recruit a shadow guard and said, "Go back and inform Xiong Ji immediately, and ask him to pull the team into the city for me." ”
"Whoa!" The shadow guard tugged at the reins, turned the horse's head, and whipped away.
"Is Chen Fujun planning to occupy the county seat?" Qi Shishi was a little surprised, and didn't understand why Chen Ziqian suddenly had this arrangement.
In fact, Chen Ziqian also made a temporary decision, after all, Baoyuan is basically sitting in an empty city, and it makes little difference whether he occupies the army or not.
The most important thing is, of course, the issue of intelligence, if you can't find anyone, you can't ask for information, except for taking down the county government, Chen Ziqian really can't think of any other good way.
Moreover, the brothers did not even have a place to rest now, so instead of eating and sleeping in the wilderness, it was better to go to the city to rest.