The streets of Tokugawa Castle are still quite atmospheric, after all, it was once an important fortress city in the entire northwest region of the empire, and although it has been war-torn in recent years, you can still see the scenery of the past.

The walls are somewhat dilapidated, long broken in many places and crumbling in others. The huge urban area is sparsely populated by a small number of households, and many houses have collapsed due to long-term unoccupancy.

Ghost-like candlelight flickers and fades in the residential areas, and the streets look deserted. Seeing these scenes, several people were a little depressed, the incompetence of the imperial authorities, so that the once prosperous city became like a depression, the fertile fields were overgrown with weeds, the once lively city became a ruin, and the vast number of people were displaced and had nowhere to live......

"Qiming, what do you think of the situation here?" The four of them took a big turn, and Qin Duan opened his mouth, after all, this place will be his base in the future.

"The conditions are very good, but it's a pity that it's deserted, and it lacks popularity, and it may take a little effort to govern. The premise, of course, was to block the attack of the Huns. Liang Qiming replied unhurriedly.

"Yongqing, Xiaoshan, what do you two think of this place?" Qin Duan asked Zhu Yongqing and Liu Xiaoshan again.

"The geographical location of Tokugawa Castle is quite important, it is a strategic location in all directions, but it is a flat river, lacking danger, easy to attack and difficult to defend." Zhu Yongqing thought for a while and said.

"Yes, Lord Zhu is right, this place is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and the walls of the city are also collapsing and falling everywhere, and they need to be repaired urgently. The security situation in the surrounding area has reached a very dangerous level. The subordinates heard that the horse thieves here are quite powerful, and the bandits are also quite rampant, and the people live very hard. Liu Xiaoshan also added that both of them looked at this Tokugawa Castle from a military point of view. Even the entire Tokugawa Prefecture is not a good military location, there is no dangerous terrain here, there is not enough military power, and it is easy to be attacked.

"That's why there are both opportunities and risks here. This is called the advantages and disadvantages, the ancients cloud, woe, blessing depends, blessing, disaster lurks, it depends on how we grasp it. ”

Qin Du summed up with confidence, they only saw the shortcomings of Tokugawa Prefecture, but ignored the important position of Tokugawa Prefecture. It is the only way for the empire to connect to the Western Continent, and as long as it can gain a foothold here, it will definitely be the economic and cultural exchange center of the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent.

"My lord, what do you think of that garrison Wu-sama?" Liang Qiming asked suddenly.

"Oh~, what do you think?"

Qin Duan looked at Liang Qiming with a solemn face and asked, it seems that people with discerning eyes can see that there is something wrong with that Wu Sang.

"My lord, we have to guard against this Wu Sang." Zhu Yongqing also spoke.

"Yongqing, what do you see wrong?" Qin Duan asked.

"Your Excellency. According to the information given to us by the imperial court, the Tokugawa army was only 20,000. Combined with the reduction of troops over the years, the number of troops was only more than 10,000, but after we entered Tokugawa Prefecture, we received information from various sources that the number of troops in Tokugawa Prefecture was no less than 50,000. And this Tokugawa County garrison, as the military second-in-command of Tokugawa County, is unpredictable. ”

Zhu Yongqing said that because the First Army Corps does not have an exclusive intelligence agency, Zhu Yongqing is the chief of logistics and general affairs. He also worked part-time in intelligence for the 1st Corps.

"I also think of these, but our strength is not as good as theirs now, what we can do now is to be prepared." Qin Du said.

"However, this delay is too long, and it is also very unfavorable for us, once the Hun army is coming, we have no way to solve this hidden danger, we are also in danger." Liang Qiming said worriedly.

"The boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, and what we need to do now is, first, understand the situation in Tokugawa-gun; 2. Strengthen the training of the armed forces; 3. Start recruiting more soldiers. Qin Du thought for a while and said.

"Yes." Several officers immediately responded

"By the way, Yongqing, those craftsmen we recruited along the way, did you arrange it like this?" Qin Duan asked.

"My lord, I'm going to pick a few places in the city to build our weapons workshop." Zhu Yongqing said that Zhu Yongqing also has a plan for the arrangement of these craftsmen.

"Very good, but don't rush to build a weapon workshop first, I want to find a way to bring over the weapon workshop that there is now in Tokugawa County, and build a weapon workshop, it's a little too late in time, our enemies won't give us too much time." Qin Duan thought for a while and said.

"Yes."

……

Just when Qin Du was taking people to inspect Tokugawa Castle, a group of people were having an important meeting in the garrison not far from the county guard's mansion.

"Third uncle, just let such a stinky hairy boy and pee on our heads?" Tokugawa Prefecture Inspector Wu Debao said with an unhappy face.

"Hmph, you're embarrassed to say, how do I usually teach you, joy and anger are invisible, you're good, everything is on your face, are you afraid that Qin Duan doesn't know that we don't welcome him?"

Wu Sang scolded Wu Debao, if he wasn't his nephew, Wu Sang would have let him get out of here, he was really a guy who didn't succeed enough and had more than enough to lose.

"Third uncle, don't I get used to seeing him steal your position as the county guard of Tokugawa County?" Wu Debao shrunk his head and said.

"Yes, my lord, how can you say that the previous county guard died unexpectedly, the position of this county guard should belong to you, how can the imperial court send such a doll to be this county guard." Tokugawa Prefecture Governor Lee Toku-hae said.

"It's not a good thing for you, you actually got out of the homeless people to break into the county guard's mansion and beat the county guard to death, as long as those people in the court are not stupid, you can see the strangeness in this, do you think those big people in the court and the emperor will let me be the county guard of Tokugawa County?"

Wu Sang said with a depressed face, Wu Sang also felt that he was not at fault, so he agreed to such a bad idea, and stupidly waited for the imperial court to appoint him as the county warden of Tokugawa County.

"My lord, are you saying that the people in the court suspect that we killed the former county guard?" Tokugawa Prefecture Chief Soldier Li Da asked with some concern.

"Judging from the behavior of this new county guard, the court has no trust in us anymore." Wu Sang said.

"What is the behavior of this new county guard, why don't I see anything wrong?" Wu Debao asked with a puzzled expression.

"Why don't you think about your pig brain, if he hadn't doubted us, he would have left so many troops stationed outside the city, and our soldiers who were guarding the county guard, all of them were withdrawn, and all of them were guarded by their own soldiers." Wu Sang said.

"What's this, if we make another disturbance incident, we won't get it." Wu Debao said.

"Why are you still such a pig-brained, you shut up for me now."

Wu Sang really felt like vomiting blood, if it weren't for his position in this position, his nephew, who had no brains, would have died many times.

"Yes."

Wu Debao lowered his head and said, Wu Debao is not afraid of anyone in Tokugawa County, but he is afraid of his uncle.

"My lord, what Debao said is not unreasonable, we can send troops to destroy them, and then let the responsibility be pushed on the rebels, and the court will have no way to take us, even if the court sends a new county guard, it is estimated that before we reach Tokugawa County, it will be wiped out by the rogues and bandits, and Tokugawa County will not be in our hands at that time." Li Da said.

"Alas~~, we underestimated this Qin Dui, originally thought that this Qin Dusk would not be able to reach Tokugawa County, and would be wiped out by the rogues, but I didn't expect him to come to the Tokugawa Army alive and bring 20,000 soldiers."

Li Dehai said with a headache, if there are no 20,000 troops, it is okay, and there is no pressure to destroy him directly, but with 20,000 troops here, if he really fights, even if his side wins, it will be a heavy loss, and the gains outweigh the losses.

"How many soldiers do we have in Tokugawa Prefecture now?" Wu Sang asked.

"There are less than 20,000, and the rest are in other prefectures and counties, and they can't be transferred lightly, otherwise once the rogues attack, other prefectures and counties will be in danger." Li Da said.

"It seems that we can't go toe-to-toe with him unless we have to."

Wu Sang said with a depressed face, knowing such a result, Wu Sang might as well not kill the former county guard and let him be a puppet county guard.

"Are we just watching him gain a foothold on our turf?" Cavalry guerrilla general Xu Nan asked.

"The county guard is like this now?" Li Dehai asked.

"The specifics are not very clear, but from the current number of estimates, the garrison of the county guard is not less than 1,000 people, and there are about 10,000 troops stationed in the school field that is only a stick of incense from the county guard." Xu Nan said.

"It seems that it will be difficult to do anything to him in the county guard's mansion." Li Dehai said with a headache.

"So what are we going to do?" Li Da asked.

"Alright, that's all for today, let's all go back." Wu Sang said.

"Lord Wu, what should we do to this new county guard?" Li Dehai asked.

"He's the county guard, of course we're going to listen to him." Wu Sang said as a matter of course.

"Ah~~"

Several people were dumbfounded, how could this word come from the mouth of this garrison lord, did they hear it wrong.

"Okay, don't think about it, let's go back." Wu Sang issued an eviction order.

When everyone had gone out, Wu Sang said to the empty room, "Come out!" ”

"I've seen adults." A masked man dressed in black suddenly jumped down from the beam of the room and knelt down to Wu Sang.

"Did you hear what you just said?" Wu Sang asked.

"Yes, I heard you." The man in black replied, and from her voice it could be heard that she was definitely a young woman.

"Know how?"

"Got it." After the man in black answered, he immediately disappeared from the room. (To be continued......)