The Western Thieves had already left the boundaries of Gaoyang County and had turned to harass neighboring Jingyang County.

Wang Bingyun feels that this is an opportunity given to him by God, and whether he can soar and become a human being depends on whether he can grasp this opportunity.

Wang Bingyun, who concentrated military and political power in one hand, became the emperor of the seven counties of Gaoyang.

In order to manage the territory of Gaoyang County well, he sent troops to various counties to maintain order on the one hand, and listened to Jiang Feng's opinions on the other hand, and boldly appointed famous talents from all over the country to govern the locality.

However, this did not happen overnight, and there was little success in a short period of time.

The western thieves crossed the border, and all eight cities, including the county town of Gaoyang, were sacked by the thieves. The population of Gaoyang has plummeted by nearly half.

What is ridiculous is that the thieves attacked the county seat, and there was not a single one who was willing to stay and defend the city in the seven county orders, including Jiang Feng. Now that the thieves have just left, they have come out one by one to wag their tails and beg for mercy from Wang Bingyun, bribing them to the extreme.

In this regard, Wang Bingyun killed three according to Jiang Feng's suggestion and left three behind. This has the intention of establishing authority, and there are three county orders left, but I am afraid that I will not dare to disobey Wang Bingyun in the future.

Because Wang Bingyun was promoted to brigade general, Han Yuan and others also rose with the tide and became the capital.

According to the military system of the Xia State, the brigade general can only control five battalions of soldiers and horses, but Wang Bingyun doesn't care about this. When he was in Jiaxian before, he had ten sentinels in his hands, and he didn't care if he was armed or not. Besides, the current Gaoyang County is up to him.

In this way, Wang Bingyun's ten posts expanded into ten battalions. However, due to the serious loss of young and strong men in various parts of Gaoyang County, these 10 battalions are seriously short of soldiers, and they cannot be filled at all in a short period of time.

Wang Bingyun felt that the lack of soldiers was not necessarily a bad thing, and if there were too many people, where would he have so much food to feed them.

Because of the lack of food, Wang Bingyun followed Jiang Feng's suggestion, on the one hand, he sent people to the capital city and used the bribes given to him by the county orders to buy food, and on the other hand, he left three of his ten battalions in the county seat, and the other seven battalions were scattered to seven counties outside the county, so that they could guard the county seat while farming in various places and be self-sufficient.

Of course, if we want the officers and men to be self-sufficient, no matter what, we will have to wait until the beginning of spring next year. The priority for all is to get through the present.

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After Wang Bingyun became the soil emperor of Gaoyang County, he gradually inflated himself. Now in his eyes, Han Won is just a young man with a little knowledge. He almost forgot that he was able to be where he is today because of Han won's words.

The won has always kept a low profile. After his circle was broken up, he began to take the initiative to alienate his former friends. If anyone invited him to a banquet or a party, he would try to turn it down.

In order to stay away from Wang Bingyun's sight, Han Yuan took the initiative to ask to lead troops to other counties. Wang Bingyun agreed without much thought.

After Han Yuan got permission, he moved to Ling County, west of Jia County, with his younger brother Han Xian, the mute girl Lin Miao, and the little boy Xu Song. And with him were eight hundred soldiers.

The original county order of Ling County was one of the three people killed by Wang Bingyun. The new county order is a newcomer enabled by Wang Bingyun, in his early thirties, named Zhang Hong.

Zhang Hong is not from Lingxian County, and he is a county magistrate for the first time, so he is not familiar with various affairs in the county, so he has to rely on the cooperation of Han Yuan with soldiers and horses in hand.

Han Yuan was willing to cooperate with Zhang Hong and reciprocated the favor, and Zhang Hong also reserved a place for Han Yuan's younger brother in the yamen. Not only that, but he also prepared a house for the Han brothers like Jiang Feng in Jia County. In this way, the four of Han Yuan settled down in Ling County.

At the beginning, more than 40 teenagers who came out of Daliang Town, with Ma Erhan, Han Yuan, Dahu, and Shunzi, won the trust of Wang Bingyun the most, and now the four have each led a battalion of soldiers and horses. Some of the others were appointed as deputy commanders, and the other part were arranged to be centurions and deputy centurions, and the rest were really unlucky, and now their military positions are not lower than those of the team.

The deputy capital of Han Yuan's battalion was his playmate in Rotten Peach Village, his big name was Liu Ermao, and everyone called him Ermao. Speaking of which, his mother and Han won's mother are cousins, and he should call Han won a cousin. However, he has become accustomed to being called Han Won, Brother Han.

Ermao has always been honest and loyal, and he is obedient to Han won. The former partners are now estranged from Han Won, and only Ermao is still by his side.

…

After a toss in Jingyang County, for some reason, the western thief suddenly left Nanping Mansion and transferred to the boundary of Dongning Mansion.

The news about the thieves was lost all of a sudden.

This is a good thing for Wang Bingyun, at least in the short term, it is impossible for thieves to harass Nanping Mansion anymore, and Gaoyang County is naturally safe. Wang Bingyun believes that if he gives himself enough time, he will be able to manage the territory of Gaoyang and become the hegemon of one party.

With the improvement of his status, Wang Bingyun's ambition also began to sprout. He could see that there was a faint sign of great chaos in the world today. This is the best time for them to get ahead.

…

Time is like an arrow, and in the blink of an eye, it is winter.

Chuzhou is located in the southwest of the Xia Kingdom, and although the weather is gradually getting colder, the snow falls late and is not deep.

However, even so, there are still many officers and soldiers in Lingxian County who are sick because of the cold.

The won were anxious. To put it nicely, these officers and soldiers are his brothers, and to put it mildly, these people are equal to his property.

In order to let the officers and soldiers survive this cold winter safely, Han Yuan began to divide houses for them in the city (the officers and soldiers used to live in military tents outside the city), and at the same time discussed with Zhang Hong to raise cotton clothes, quilts, firewood and food for everyone.

Of course, Han Yuan also tried to send people to the county town to ask Wang Bingyun for supplies. However, Wang Bingyun's reply to him was to let him and Zhang Hong find a way together, on the grounds that the county town was dilapidated and he was too busy to take care of himself.

Wang Bingyun's words are half-true.

Gaoyang City is indeed dilapidated, but there are still some supplies. It's just that for Wang Bingyun, the three battalions of soldiers and horses left by him in the county town are his descendants, and the materials he has at hand are limited, so he naturally has to take care of his descendants first.

The officers and soldiers of the three battalions in Gaoyang City, the capital of the first battalion is Ma Erhan from Daliang Town, the capital of the second battalion is Shen Zhong, who was born in the county soldiers, and the capital of the third battalion is Yang Yongxing, who was promoted not long ago.

Wang Bingyun's thoughts, Han Yuan could actually guess, so he didn't complain anymore, but thought hard about countermeasures with Zhang Hong.

Although the process was extremely difficult, with Zhang Hong's full cooperation, the officers and soldiers barely had enough supplies for the winter.

At the behest of Han won, Zhang Hong assigned the 800 people to more than 100 uninhabited houses, almost eight people living in one household.

Fearing that the supplies distributed to the soldiers would be withheld by the officers, Han Won traveled almost all over the places where the officers and soldiers lived, on the one hand to greet the sick soldiers with cold and warmth, and on the other hand, to hand over the winter supplies to them.

The actions of the won had the desired effect. The 800 soldiers were all grateful to him and felt that it was worthwhile to follow him.