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Within a few days, I saw a city in front of me abruptly, and I called someone to ask, it was Zhong L County.

Ma Zhong hurriedly ordered the prepared elite to rush up to seize the city, and Zhang Tang personally led the team to smoothly enter a city gate, and then he asked someone to understand. Peng Cai's thieves have been gone for less than a day, and the homes of the big people with heads and faces in Zhongling City have been looted, and they haven't recovered yet. The county government has long been empty, and no one can take care of guarding the imperial city.

The wandering army didn't care too much for a while, and began to recruit soldiers after occupying a city gate.

This time is different from the past when you take care of the old and the young, as long as you are helpless and strong.

Because of the thieves, I don't know how many families have died, and the rest of the left and right have no way to live, and many of them have run out to join the army to eat.

This time, Peng Cai mainly looted large families, but there were no eggs under the nest, and ordinary people did not have a good life, and some scoundrels took the opportunity to loot, which made many families suffer.

Haoqiang's house was tragically destroyed, and ordinary people couldn't stand the toss. The life that was already barely surviving, with a little loss, can no longer be maintained.

Constrained by low productivity, most of the time people can barely make ends meet. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it was the peasants who suffered the most from each peasant uprising. This is like a bad sore, which is constantly spreading, constantly making it impossible for more peasants to live, and eventually leading to chaos in the world.

They did not strike as hard as the history books say, but dealt a heavy blow to many more poor peasants.

Ma Zhong has relatives, but this is not the time to sympathize.

The local people have been hit hard, and slowly Zhongling will become turbulent, and sooner or later it will also form a place where chaos will occur. Ma Zhong took advantage of the situation to recruit troops, which could not only supplement his own strength, but also reduce the unstable factors after the chaos.

The news that Captain Wu Meng's battalion had mastered a city gate and then began to recruit troops and horses soon spread in Zhongl County.

The local Dahu Township Elder was in shock and gathered the clansmen, counting the losses, and suddenly became suspicious when he heard it.

They invariably sent people to inquire, but under the supervision of the army, the soldiers who were recruited and rotated around on duty closed their mouths tightly, revealing no information at all.

Fortunately, the left and right figured out that this was Sun Jiangdong's army, and the people in the city breathed a sigh of relief, but they couldn't help but wonder about the actions of Captain Wu Meng's battalion.

After a short discussion, the slightly decent family sorted out the assets in the collection a little, and took out some of them and sent them to the army. The escaped officers in the county government office also gradually returned, and there was still a county lieutenant alive.

The people who came to the army were greeted by Wang Li's smiling face, and Wang Lili made a book of money and materials, and showed favor to several big families, but he didn't say much. The living county lieutenant of Zhongling also came to the door in person to ask to see the generals in the army, but Wang Li only left the money and goods he brought, and ignored him.

Zhang Tang and Bailichuan were a little strange, and they both went to ask Ma Zhong, "Sima, now that we have captured Zhongling City, it is time to replenish the supplies properly, should we mention it to these people who came." ”

Ma Zhong shook his head, "Don't panic, now we have few soldiers in our hands, and we don't speak hard." Besides, these families have just been ransacked, and I'm afraid they won't be able to get anything for the time being, so they have to take out their old foundations and restore the family business. ”

Hearing Ma Zhong say this, the two of them understood a little, and then asked in surprise, "Sima, listen to what you mean, we have to stay in Zhongling City for a long time." ”

Ma Zhong happened to tell them his thoughts, "That's right, this time and that time." At the beginning, we were in a hurry to join Cen Wolf and Ding Feng because You Tu did not have much room for war, and it was likely to plague the southeast of Poyang County, so that those counties would be ruined, and more people would rebel. At that time, the Huozi Camp and the Nanban Camp in Shangrao and Jianping were in danger.

But now that Sun Jiangdong's army is pressing the border, he may enter Poyang County at any time - it is very likely that he has already entered Poyang County, and taking a step back, even if Sun Jiangdong himself does not come, Lu Fan by the Chen Bingda River will definitely be able to free his hands. Since these Poyang thieves and Yuzhang thieves can't go far, they have to take advantage of the opportunity before the army meets, and since it is Peng Cai who goes south to gather troops and materials, I judge that You Tu is very likely to go north for a decisive battle. ”

Zhang Tang and Bailichuan watched Ma Zhong cut the ground with a knife, and explained the situation in Poyang County to them clearly, and they couldn't stop nodding.

"In this case, the pressure on us in the corner is less stressful. Therefore, as long as we can hold Zhong L County, digest the fruits of this victory. Coupled with the two counties of Shangrao occupied by Cen Wolf and Jianping occupied by Ding Feng, we have the merit of three counties, and this credit is enough for us to eat, and there is no need to draw snakes to attack Geyang. ”

Zhang Tang and Bailichuan were both excited, and Zhang Tang hesitated and asked, "But over there in the Huozi Camp and the Nanban Camp, I'm afraid I can't rest assured." ”

Ma Zhong smiled, "They? It's a lot better than ours. Shangrao and Jianping were both those heroes who woke up, and there was no good end to rebellion, so they colluded with us to surrender in advance. Cen Wolf and Ding Feng took their benefits, wanted to protect their family, and waited for Sun Jiangdong to come to avoid questioning. Since these wall grasses are evil, they will naturally fully support our people to defend those two counties. On the contrary, it is us, and this Zhong L County will be appeased, but it will take some time. ”

Zhang Tang listened, and suddenly remembered something again.

"Cen Wolf and the lord have not been very harmonious, and Na Ding Feng is Sima's person, so it may not be a good thing for these two to be outside. Now that my Lin Zi camp is in ruins, if I hurry up to replenish the soldiers and stop the drill, the weight on the lord's side will be heavier. ”

Zhang Tang had this thought, and immediately enthusiastically supported the idea of sticking to Zhong Ling.

The battalion of Captain Wu Meng occupies the west city gate, recruits young and strong people every day, and trains soldiers. After three days in a row, Ma Zhong saw that his soldiers were replenished neatly, and he had rested for a few days, and his spirit had recovered a little, which made people summon the elders of the big clans in the county.

Those people were already uneasy, and they couldn't figure out what this army was thinking, and they didn't dare to delay when they heard the news, so they prepared a gift and rushed here early.

Although these heroes wondered why the battalion of Captain Wu Meng occupied the county seat and did not chase and kill the thieves, they were not too afraid. Zhongling City is under Chen Wu's jurisdiction, no matter what this army does, it will not be too much, and it will save some face for Chen Wu.

Ma Zhong, Zhang Tang, and Bailichuan naturally understood this truth. Even if you have the idea of grabbing a handful and leaving, you can't be too ugly to eat.

He Qi, who was chased by Chen Wu around Poyang Lake, is the best interpretation of the ugly appearance.