Sitting in the first seat of the city lord's mansion hall, Yao Ruoyu silently looked at the document in front of him, which was a summary of the situation in Hezhou City recently.

With the wildfire thieves being expelled from the city, the three hundred city troops led by Yang Renjie and Fu Feng occupied the west of the city and united with the north of the city where the White Crane Academy was located.

However, probably knowing that the imperial court was about to send people to come, the Taoyuan Gang and the Black Wolf Rider did not make any moves, and they all remained silent in their own territory, allowing Yao Ruoyu to send people to take over the market in the center of the city, as well as to arrange war equipment in the west and north of the city.

Rubbing his eyebrows, Yao Ruoyu secretly muttered about the current situation in the city, Diaoyu City has naturally been completely taken by himself, although Hezhou City has black wolf riders and Taoyuan Gang, but once he is recognized by the imperial court, he will be able to concentrate his strength to defeat these two forces in one fell swoop and completely control Hezhou City.

But then, Yao Ruoyu looked out the window with some doubts, it had been a few days since the wildfire was extinguished, and there was no movement in the imperial court.

Although this move was extremely beneficial to Yao Ruoyu and the others, giving them plenty of time to control the military power and control the city, the quieter it was, the more Yao Ruoyu could feel the storm that would come later.

Fortunately, Yang Renjie, Wu Xue and the others had already taken the pill Lingsan, and they all went to the Tongyuan Hall to cultivate.

The batch of pills collected by Yang Yiming are all top-level elixirs, so the effect is also quite amazing, Xu Xuanrong broke through to the three realms and eightfolds, Yang Renjie and Fu Feng broke through to the three realms and sixfolds, Jiang Siyu and Wu Xue broke through to the three realms and fivefolds, and Li Yilin, Chen Meng, and Hou Jingru broke through to the three realms and threefolds.

However, what is strange is that no matter how others persuade him, Yao Ruoyu did not take a pill that increased his cultivation, but after several retreats, he firmly stabilized his cultivation in the Three Realms and Sevenfold, and it seemed that he didn't care about Xu Xuanrong's cultivation that had surpassed his own.

Only Yao Ruoyu himself knew that if he didn't have enough life spirit objects, the price of his continuous breakthrough would be burning his lifespan, so he would rather retreat and stabilize his cultivation than take any pills.

But then again, with the successive breakthroughs in cultivation, everyone's control over the city defense army has naturally increased a lot.

Just when Yao Ruoyu was muttering to himself, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the house, and then he saw Chen Meng striding in from outside the door, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Demon, there are a few people outside, claiming to be Qincha from Hangdu." ”

Among the current people in the Ministry of Literature and Art, Yao Ruoyu temporarily took the position of the city lord, Xu Xuanrong was his main book, Yang Renjie, Fu Feng, Li Yilin, Jiang Siyu and others commanded the city defense army, Wu Xue and Hou Jingru idlers, Chen Meng was unwilling to lead the army because of his temperament, so he served as the commander of the defenders of the city lord's mansion.

"Hangdu?" Yao Ruoyu raised his eyebrows and muttered thoughtfully, "Not from Chongqing, but from Hangzhou...... As I expected, call them in. The last sentence was said to Chen Meng.

Chen Meng hugged his fists when he heard this, turned around and walked out of the house.

Seeing his movements, the corners of Yao Ruoyu's mouth unconsciously had a little more wry smile, he didn't want to be so hypocritical and polite with these juniors, but Xu Xuanrong and Bai Qiuyu both thought that since they planned to occupy a city, the rules were essential, and no matter what they did in private, at least in the presence of others, everyone must strictly follow the etiquette.

Moreover, the other people in the Literature and Art Department are all from later generations, and they don't think about the importance of this kind of etiquette, and they don't mind being courteous to Yao Ruoyu, anyway, as Fu Feng said in private, it is purely for acting.

Just when Yao Ruoyu was thinking wildly in his mind, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the house, and then he heard a person say dissatisfiedly: "It's ridiculous! A child from the three realms dares to steal the throne of the city lord? And he didn't go out to greet him, and he actually asked me to wait for me to come in, which is simply punishable!"

Yao Ruoyu smiled unconsciously when he heard this, and ignored it, so he simply picked up the case file in front of him and pretended to read it.

With a bang, the door of the council hall was kicked open, and then I saw a high-spirited young officer striding in surrounded by several soldiers, and raised his head to see Yao Ruoyu still reading the case file, the young officer's face suddenly flashed, and he sneered: "It's a serious child, but it's a pity that this is the lobby of the City Lord's Mansion, not the place where you learn the Three Character Scripture!"

Raising his head in a little surprise, Yao Ruoyu glanced at the other party fixedly, and the corners of his lips suddenly hooked a faint smile, he was really sleepy and came to the pillow, he was worried about how to make the other party angry with him, and this gentleman gave himself an excellent reason.

"The words are dirty, how elegant the imperial court is, how could they send a vulgar person like you to be an envoy?" his fingertips tapped lightly on the table, Yao Ruoyu sneered, "Which country are you a spy from, what is your intention to pretend to be an envoy of the imperial court?"

"What, what impersonation?" The man didn't want to say a word just now, Yao Ruoyu threw such a big hat over, and suddenly turned pale with fright, and said angrily, "I am the holy envoy of the imperial court, and the son of Guan Ji, the squire of the military department, Guan Lu......"

Before this person finished speaking, Yao Ruoyu's eyes suddenly sharpened, and a tyrannical thought rose directly from his body, and in an instant, it was like a frenzy towards the Guan Lu, the mighty sword was incomparably sharp, but with the momentum of destruction, it forced the Guan Lu's face to be as white as paper in an instant, and he staggered backwards.

"Presumptuous!" Seeing that Guan Lu was actually coerced by Yao Ruoyu, several soldiers behind him immediately drew their sabers, and the two of them protected Guan Lu and retreated, while the others rushed forward and killed Yao Ruoyu.

Poof!

The moment the Hokage broke through the air, a * slashed through half of the council hall, cutting the soldiers who rushed to the front in half, and then saw Chen Meng holding a knife in his right hand, standing in front of Yao Ruoyu's table with a fierce expression, and shouted: "Bold!"

Seeing the sudden change in the faces of those soldiers, Yao Ruoyu sneered slightly and shouted, "Except for Guan Lu, kill them all!"

"Yes!" Chen Meng shook his head heavily, and the flame bear's true qi came out, directly conjuring up bursts of flames on the whole mouth*, and then he stepped out, the fire shadow swept backwards, and after raising the knife, he slashed down with a blow, splitting a soldier who was caught off guard in half, blood splattered, and internal organs flowed in all directions.

With Chen Meng's threefold cultivation in the three realms, coupled with the increase in the true qi of the top-level martial arts Flame Bear, where would this group of soldiers who only had two realms be his opponents, but in a few breaths, this group of soldiers had already been killed by Chen Meng.

Seeing that all his subordinates were dead, Guan Lu suddenly sat down on the ground, and his urine was even more wet because of incontinence, and Yao Ruoyu and Chen Meng who were watching it frowned secretly.

"Wildfire thieves, black wolf riders, Taoyuan gang three siege the city, the city lord Yang Yiming died, Diaoyu City and Hezhou City are all in danger, Yao and others regardless of hardships, with the weak to fight the strong, the strength of the enemy, only to keep the city from losing, if you are the imperial court, it is not easy to comfort, but to speak sarcastically and provocatively, what is the reason?"

Ordering someone to mention Guan Lu, Yao Ruoyu's eyes narrowed, and he said indifferently: "Go back and tell the court, although Yao is only a pawn in the Three Realms, he also has a proud backbone, I am worthy of the Great Song Dynasty, worthy of the people of Hezhou, if you are plotting tricks, then just come!

After ordering someone to drive Guan Lu out of the city, Yao Ruoyu sent someone to inform Xu Xuanrong, Luo He, Li Yilin and others, asking them to come to the city lord's mansion and discuss important matters with them.

Li Yilin was the first to come, followed by Xu Xuanrong and Luo He, the two had just entered the door, Xu Xuanrong first bowed, and then laughed mockingly: "The city lord is majestic today." ”

Glancing at Xu Xuanrong's expression, Yao Ruoyu knew that what she said was not that she ordered someone to drive Guan Lu out of the city, but that she sent someone to call them to discuss the matter, and she smiled bitterly: "Mengmengda, don't tease me." ”

With a light snort, Xu Xuanrong didn't say anything, and walked to the left-hand side and sat down.

Luo He's identity is different, so it is naturally impossible to tease Yao Ruoyu like Xu Xuanrong, so this person first hugged his fists and saluted, and then came to the chief on the right hand side and sat down.

After a while, Luo Cheng, Wu Xue, Hou Jingru and others came one after another.

Yang Renjie, Fu Feng, and Bai Qiuyu were not in Diaoyu City because they were in Hezhou City, so Yao Ruoyu didn't send anyone to call them, anyway, they could be notified of the results later.

After everyone came, Yao Ruoyu withdrew his attendants and briefly recounted what Guan Lu had come to.

Hearing that Yao Ruoyu actually expelled the imperial court from the city, Luo He's face suddenly became ugly, and he frowned and said, "The city lord's move is ...... Ahem, it seems that something is wrong, after all, the other party is a member of the imperial court, so it is not good to offend rashly. ”

He was polite, but Wu Xue didn't give him any face, and smiled directly: "You have a good temper recently!"

Li Yilin smiled even more: "No wonder Meng Mengda just said that Brother Demon, you have been full of majesty recently." ”

Seeing that the two of them were not nervous at all, Luo He couldn't help but laugh and cry, but before he could speak, Xu Xuanrong said lightly: "The attitude of the Qincha sent by the imperial court towards us can also represent the attitude of the imperial court to some extent. ”

Yao Ruoyu bowed slightly, and said indifferently: "It's easy to deal with this kind of squirrel, but it's even more difficult to deal with the person behind it, that Qin Xiangye's appetite is not something we can easily deal with, I'm afraid we will add up Hezhou City and Diaoyu City to each other, I'm afraid it will be difficult to satisfy the other party's appetite." ”

Although he was worried, Luo He also had to admit that Yao Ruoyu and Xu Xuanrong's analysis was quite reasonable.

Seeing Luo He's expression of approval, Yao Ruoyu and Xu Xuanrong quietly glanced at each other, and then saw Yao Ruoyu and said in a deep voice: "No matter what, Guan Lu has been expelled from the city, but I am afraid that Qin Xiang's revenge will come later, I will first contact Yin Xu Jingmiao of Chongqing Mansion and ask him to speak for us, in addition, in order to prevent the army from attacking, we also need to prepare first." ”

"Please!" pouting, Wu Xue said depressedly, "We are six hundred people, if the imperial army really fights, how can we stop it?"

"Yes, our numbers are definitely not enough, so we need to increase the army," Yao Ruoyu looked at Xu Xuanrong and said in a deep voice, "On the basis of the original six hundred, continue to recruit young and strong people until we can recruit enough six thousand regular troops." ”

Xu Xuanrong nodded lightly when he heard this, and said: "The number of people is not a problem, the people of Hezhou City and Diaoyu City combined are more than 100,000, and recruiting 6,000 people is nothing, it is their equipment......

"Extracting it directly from the treasury is. Yao Ruoyu waved his hand and said indifferently.

Before Yang Yiming came to Hezhou City, the city lord of the previous generation worked hard to keep the entire city in order, not only accumulating a lot of money with the help of the market in Hezhou City, but also purchasing 7,000 sets of armor and weapons.

It's just that the city lord was transferred away by Yang Yiming with the help of Qin Xiang, and these armors and weapons were also returned to Yang Yiming, and he issued them to the ruffians and hooligans he recruited.

After Yao Ruoyu and the others occupied the city, they immediately disbanded this miscellaneous army, and all the armor and weapons were withdrawn to the treasury of the City Lord's Mansion, and the equipment used by the six hundred people recruited earlier was also this batch of armor.

"If we continue to recruit soldiers, then the military system will naturally need to be revised," Yao Ruoyu groaned slightly, and then said, "Ten people are one army, ten soldiers are one capital, five are one battalion, four battalions are one battalion, and three battalions are combined into one town. ”

"Luo He, Yang Renjie, and Fu Feng are the battalion generals, each commanding a battalion," Glancing at Li Yilin, Jiang Siyu and others, Yao Ruoyu said lightly, "The battalion will be responsible for arranging the candidates for the positions of generals, capital leaders, and army commanders under the command of each battalion." ”

Luo He's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he knew that this was Yao Ruoyu's reward for supporting the other party to occupy Hezhou City as the Luo family, after all, in this era, the importance of military power is self-evident, Yao Ruoyu was able to hand over one-third of the army to himself, and all his subordinates were handed over to him to arrange by himself, which was also a sign of great trust.

Touching his chin, Yao Ruoyu continued: "In addition, regarding this recruitment, the City Lord's Mansion will issue an announcement to inform the people of the two cities, but the specific recruitment matters need to be taken care of by the battalion. ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, but then they understood, that is to say, Yao Ruoyu will only help them make announcements, as for the specific recruitment process, the City Lord's Mansion will not participate, how many people each battalion can recruit, and whether they can recruit elites, it all depends on the battalion's own efforts.

Luo He immediately smiled with satisfaction when he heard this, their Luo family has lived in Hezhou City for nearly a hundred years, and it is deeply rooted, and their reputation and relationship in the city are naturally not comparable to Yang Renjie and Fu Feng, not to mention that the two of them are only the strength of the three realms, how can they compete with the powerhouses of the four realms.

It's just that Luo He was a little puzzled that after hearing Yao Ruoyu's obviously irresponsible words, Li Yilin, Wu Xue, Chen Meng and others didn't show any annoyance, hesitation, or worry, on the contrary, they all had natural faces, as if they weren't worried about recruiting troops later.

How did Luo He know that in another world, there is a kind of war called the student organization to recruit new people.

That's really war!

Especially in the university where Yang Renjie and others are located, the student union, the general branch of the Youth League, the Federation of Science and Technology, the Youth Volunteer Association, plus more than 100 student associations, every time it is time to recruit new students, the college student organizations are all kinds of means, fancy, playing emotional cards, through the relationship between fellow villagers, with the help of faculties to recruit people, all kinds of means, it is impossible to elaborate.

Having personally experienced that kind of war and stood out from it, Yang Renjie, Fu Feng and others should not be too comfortable with this kind of thing, not to mention that this time there is only the Luo family's opponent, even if they add the Bai family and the extinct Xu family, they are confident that they can gain the upper hand in recruiting people.

Taking in the expressions of everyone in the hall, Yao Ruoyu was secretly amused, and then coughed lightly, and after everyone looked at him, he said lightly: "If the imperial court really sends troops to fight, we naturally can't sit still, but whether it needs to fight or not, the army naturally needs to have a name." ”

Luo He smiled when he heard this: "We are the army of Hezhou City, just call it the Hezhou Army." ”

"But we're also in Diaoyu City!" Wu Xue blinked and grinned, "It can also be called the Diaoyu Army." ”

"I think it's good to call the old demon army!" Chen Meng smiled and said casually.

With an embarrassed smile, Yao Ruoyu glanced at Chen Meng, and then said in a deep voice: "I have already thought of the name." With that, he lifted a scroll of silk on the table, shook it slightly, and unfolded it in front of everyone.

Everyone immediately paid attention to it, and saw three big characters written on it:

Literary Army!

PS: At the end of the fourth shift, how did everyone eat at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner?