In Linchuan County, where night is about to fall, the afterglow of the setting sun illuminates the inside and outside of the county extremely brightly. Compared with the usual bustle, the county town is now exceptionally quiet, and the doors of those houses are closed early. Only the owners of the houses, ordinary people, were looking out through the cracks between the doors, praying anxiously.

Fortunately, the situation that they had been fearing did not happen, except for the thieves who came and went to transport things, they did not see the scene where the thieves should have been plundering around the city. Everything was so orderly, so orderly that the people, who had not witnessed how the thieves had entered the city, would have thought that this was a normal day.

Even many knowledgeable people have already sensed that something is wrong, whether it is a Qiang or a thief, it is impossible to have such an order, so well-trained. Few soldiers plundered the city, or broke down the doors, and found the female dependents in the house of the owner of the house. The latter two points are almost always what happened in the past when they were attacked by the Qiang people or when thieves entered the city.

Even though this has not happened in Linchuan County for decades, in those rumors, it is the consistent style of the Qiang people and thieves.

Even so, no one is stupid enough to ask where these people come from and which force they belong to. The people are already extremely satisfied not to burn and loot in the city, and as for other things, they are things that the government should do and investigate, and they have little to do with them.

Look at the blood on these people, it looks like it came out of a sea of blood, and it's almost impossible to make out what they're wearing. Whether it was the group of people who originally entered the city, or the group of people who came later, there were a small number of people who looked so terrifying.

It's terrifying, no matter who it is, that blood can't just be a decoration. When some people thought of the military camp outside the city, their whole faces turned pale, and they faintly thought of a possibility in their hearts, could it be that the army outside the city had been wiped out?

"Hurry up, go and gather the big carts in the city, and load them all." Gao Shun carried the horse chopping knife on his back and commanded his soldiers to be busy.

The action has to be fast, as expected at the beginning, to take out the enemies when it gets dark. In the remaining short period of time, the treasury of the county government in the county seat was removed, and of course, the grain and grass in the military camp outside the city, where Gao Shun handed over to his deputy general to take people to deal with.

Everything must be taken care of before dark, and then escape in the night. At the same time, dispose of the tail that may have been rooted, and today's battle is over.

As for this county seat, it does not need to be occupied, and there is no way to occupy it. From the very beginning, in the strategy formulated by Jia Xu, after all the counties were defeated, they were only defeated, not occupied, otherwise when Dong Zhuo's side reacted, he would not be able to leave at all. At that time, defending the city, not only had to face several times more Dong Jun outside the city, but at the same time, the big families in the city would also think about welcoming Dong Jun into the city, which was unavoidable.

The reason why it can go so smoothly is just to take advantage of its unpreparedness and take it by surprise. It is enough to get to this point now, and it is too late to continue, especially if Dong Zhuo's side knows that it is them who did it, then the territory will face a catastrophe.

Watching the soldiers carry the various materials found in the county treasury and the treasury in the city, Gao Shun nodded with satisfaction. With this extra income, it will be easier for him to recruit troops and inject new vitality into the development of his territory.

"You need money for everything." Gao Shun sighed, if he has money, he can do what he wants, if he doesn't have money, even the salary of the soldiers in the army is a problem, what other issues to talk about.

Although there is a shortage of funds, the original income and expenditure of the territory are basically the same, and more funds and various materials, food and grass are needed. Gao Shun will not hit these people in the county with his ideas, they are an army, not aliens, nor thieves.

Some things can be done, some things can't even be done, Gaoshun's bottom line has always been extremely profound and clear. For example, looting, once the opening is opened, will eventually evolve into a hole that cannot be filled.

The army he wants is a disciplined army that can resolutely carry out any order, and will protect everything worth protecting, not a thief.

The army that attacked the other two counties should also attack the county seat, and there are not many garrisons in those two counties, and at the same time, it is still led by Jia Xu, and Jia Xu Gaoshun is completely convinced. So there won't be any problems at all, this series of plans are all from Jia Xu's planning, including the fact that he can easily win most of the credit for Linchuan County.

If Gao Shun is allowed to follow his original idea, Linchuan County can be attacked, but there will definitely be damage to himself. The soldiers trapped in the camp will definitely not be the current situation where they are only injured and not killed in battle.

Raising his head and looking at the sky, Gao Shun estimated that he should leave. Regardless of whether the supplies have been moved or not, leave immediately. Night is the easiest time to hide people's whereabouts, and you must take advantage of this opportunity, if you walk in the daytime, you don't know how many tails will follow.

"Give the order to go down, gather all the carts, and prepare to withdraw the troops." Gao Shun said to the herald next to him.

Without saying much, without asking what to do with the unfinished supplies, the herald answered "yes" and immediately ran to convey the military order.

Within five or six minutes of Gao Shun's order being transmitted, one cart after another had arrived near the city gate with supplies. After another order from Gao Shun was issued, all the soldiers and carts were mobilized, and they would first go to the Dong army's military camp outside Linchuan County to rendezvous, and then embark on the journey back to the territory together.

Before that, Gao Shun also issued another order, the order to solve all the tails that followed. This order was given to the selected soldiers of the trapping camp to carry out, and this time there were also a few horses in the harvest, and he was not afraid to catch up with the tails of the horses who were also riding.

Gao Shun will keep his hands on the people in the city, but he will not be soft on those who maliciously snoop and may affect the safety of the territory.

As for whether there will be a big chaos in Linchuan County after they leave, there should be no problem in Gao Shun's expectations. The big families in the city will naturally come forward to appease the people and control the situation, after all, once there is any problem in the county, they will only bear the brunt.

The next day, the news of the attack on many county towns reached the ears of Niu Fu, his son-in-law, who was now left by Dong Zhuo and sat in Liangzhou. Especially among them, there is also the news that Han Sui and Ma Teng are fighting again, which makes Niu Fu in the Taishou Mansion of Tianshui City feel a little tricky.

It's just a trick.

Han Sui and Ma Teng may take the opportunity to make trouble, Dong Zhuo discussed this matter with Li Ru and Niu Fu before leaving, and specially formulated a plan. Therefore, Niu Fu had been prepared for this matter, although he was still caught off guard, but he still arranged it according to the original plan.

The reason why they were caught off guard was that during the period of time that Dong Zhuo left, Han Sui and Ma Teng were very honest and did not look strange at all. During this period, Han Sui also reported that he was seriously ill and was seeking a famous doctor for treatment, which made Niu Fu relax his vigilance.

Among Han Sui and Ma Teng, the most noteworthy is of course Han Sui and Ma Teng, although they are brave, but they are limited to this. Han Sui is good at scheming, and is known as the Nine Songs of the Yellow River, and many schemes are planned by him.

Niu Fu was now standing next to the map spread on the table, and his fingers pointed from the position of Tianshui to the location of Linchuan County in the lower corner, and then moved to the two county seats not far from Linchuan County. The only thing he couldn't figure out was why these three county towns had fallen, and after the fall, they were abandoned so quickly, that it was the local clan who wrote to him saying that he should send troops to receive them quickly.

Who exactly?

Which force?

Niu Fu couldn't figure it out, he had suspected the Captain Protector, and the new Captain Protector was still a fog. However, from their various performances, it seems that there is no need to participate in the troubled waters of Han Sui and Ma Teng. The only action after this Qiang captain came to Liangzhou was to send troops to fight with a few small Qiang tribes, and he was very honest in addition to this, and he was more focused on the development of his own territory.

Because of this, he is not an enemy, but an official who has hit the head of the Qiang people for the sake of political achievements. Even if he has a little knowledge, although the Qiang people are still stubborn near Liangzhou, after several purges, they are also much more honest, and the dishonest are basically dead.

After thinking about it, he still felt that with the current power of the Captain Qiang Guard, there was no way to get involved in Han Sui and Ma Teng's plan.

Niu Fu's eyes froze, and he suddenly thought, could this be Han Sui's suspicious plan? Thinking of this, Niu Fu felt more and more that there was a great possibility, maybe this was a strange soldier sent by Han Sui, who wanted to attract his attention to an unrelated place, pull Captain Huqiang into the water, and let him put the troops in his hands into it.

It's just that in the three lost counties, in addition to the lost army, he doesn't need to invest too many troops, he just needs to send people to garrison.

Ushisuke basically thinks about it, but he has to discuss it with others later. Before that, he had to send someone to hurry up and tell his father-in-law who was far away in Luoyang about the situation in Liangzhou.

"Someone."

(End of chapter)