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"Brother, what's the coolie camp like?"

A junior officer of a Black Ape Infantry Regiment asked a junior officer of a Fire Cavalry Regiment.

The junior officer of the Flame Cavalry Regiment replied: "Don't mention it, Lao Tzu has only been in for a few days and lost more than a dozen catties of meat, but Lao Tzu is tired and has not eaten yet, you look at my hands, look at my face......"

Looking at the deep-set eyes of the once glorious junior officer of the Fire Cavalry Regiment in front of him, with only skin and bones left on his face, where was there still the original look, and his hands were full of broken blood blisters, the junior officer of the Black Ape Infantry Regiment couldn't help but shudder, shrank his neck, and turned his head to look at the cheerful appearance of the big-headed soldiers not far away, and immediately made an extremely wise decision in his heart.

Seeing that those low-level officers had chosen to surrender, Liu Zhibang said to a soldier beside him: "You go and inform the three battalion commanders, each of them can go and select two hundred people, and Ma San will take the rest to arrange, and tell them that these soldiers should be treated kindly, not beaten and scolded and bullied at will, and ......treated like their own brothers."

After Liu Zhibang finished the assignment, he said to Lu Er: "Lu Er, you draw a hundred people to Amu, his inspection team is understaffed, and he still has to rely on him to supervise the army on the battlefield......"

After hearing this, Lu Er hurriedly said: "Commander, there are only fifty people in the guard battalion, what if something goes wrong between you and the people in the headquarters?" ”

Liu Zhibang smiled slightly, patted Lu Er's shoulder, and said, "All of us Han people are my guards, aren't they?" Go for it......"

As soon as Lu Er left, a soldier came over, saluted Liu Zhibang, and said, "Report to the commander, the middle and senior officers of the army have been brought, please instruct!" ”

"Disband!" Liu Zhibang returned a military salute, and the soldier returned a straight salute and left.

Liu Zhibang said with a smile on his face: "Haha, everyone is here, come here, come here!" ”

More than 20 middle and senior officers who had surrendered to the army came to the city wall in a daze, and they looked down at Liu Zhibang's hand, and a complicated look suddenly passed on their faces.

Xia Yong said with some questions: "Commander Liu, why did you invite us here?" ”

Liu Zhibang glanced at Xia Yong and continued: "You have all seen your subordinates!" ”

"Commander Liu, did you come to us just to see your subordinates?" Chai Zhong looked at Liu Zhibang with distrust.

Liu Zhibang glanced at Chai Zhong calmly, and then said: "These soldiers in front of you, they are no longer soldiers of the Qingyun Empire, they have all joined our Han army......

"Ah......h

"That's true!"

Everyone looked at each other in shock, and they all looked at Liu Zhibang with incredible eyes.

Liu Zhibang did not explain, and then said: "I will ask you again now, are you willing to submit to my Han nationality and join the Han army?" ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, they didn't dare to speak first, they were silent for a while, Xia Yong couldn't help but speak first: "Commander Liu, we are all officers of the Qingyun Empire, and our families are all in Xia Yuan City, even if we are really willing to submit to the Han nationality, our family will definitely be dragged down, please forgive Commander Liu......"

Someone immediately chimed in: "Yes, we can't just care about our own life and death, we still have family in Xia Yuancheng, if we let Li Jun know that we are opposed, then our family ......"

Liu Zhibang smiled indifferently and said: "Everyone still can't believe that I can defeat Li Jun, this is normal, but have you ever thought about it, if I can defeat Li Jun this time, then will I be able to take Xia Yuancheng just around the corner?" ”

A middle-level officer said in the back: "If you can defeat Li Jun this time, then it will be easy to take Xia Yuancheng, he poured out of the nest this time, not to mention total annihilation, as long as he can defeat Li Jun, he will not be able to recover in a short time, but ...... He brought a lot of people this time, even if all of us defect and all your men and horses, it may not be able to stop him, we have to leave a way back for ourselves......"

Chai Zhong added coldly: "Commander Liu, the Han army under you is indeed extraordinary, but you also have to think about it, even if you defeat Li Jun, Li Jun is only the lowest-level lord of the Qingyun Empire, moving Li Jun is equivalent to moving the Qingyun Empire, don't you dare to ......fight against the Qingyun Empire."

Liu Zhibang smiled slightly and said: "Forty counties in eight states of the Qingyun Empire, Wumang County is the southernmost part of the Qingyun Empire, and the border with the Jinguang Empire is two thousand three hundred and eighty-six miles, and the resident strength of Wumang County is 280,000, of which Wumang City has the most garrisons, with 150,000, and the remaining 130,000 are scattered in various counties, Xia Yuancheng is close to the Jinguang Empire, and the garrison is slightly more, with 30,000, but Li Jun can only mobilize less than 10,000, of which 20,000 soldiers and horses are the border troops directly under the jurisdiction of Wumang County. You are strictly confidential, and you are unwilling to tell me the detailed number of Li Jun's army this time, but I can also tell you that Li Jun brought 18,000 people this time, why does he have so many people, including 5,000 slaves and 3,000 coolie camps, you say, am I right? ”

"Ah...... How could he know so clearly......"

"Who the hell is he, why does he know such detailed information, could it be that one of us has betrayed ......" The officers were all puzzled.

Liu Zhibang ignored those whispered discussions, looked at Xia Yong and said, "Head Xia, I knew before you came this time, otherwise how could you fall into my ambush......

Ignoring Xia Yong's surprise, Liu Zhibang looked at Chai Zhong again and said: "Captain Chai, you don't have to suspect Commander Xia, you were ambushed by me and it wasn't Captain Xia's leakage, he and his subordinates didn't tell me any useful information......"

Chai Zhong asked, "Then how did you know our whereabouts in advance?" ”

Liu Zhibang didn't pay attention to Chai Zhong's question, and said to himself: "I can know so much information, naturally I have my channels, your family in Xia Yuan City, I also know it well, if I really want to deal with you, I don't have to wait for you to bring troops to death, I just need an order, all your family members in Xia Yuan City will be killed overnight, of course, as long as I give an order, your family can also be taken out of Xia Yuan City by my people, this is the best time, Li Jun has already poured out, Xia Yuan City is an empty city, ......"

"It's the same as the truth, what do you use to prove that you say you don't have moisture?" An officer spoke at the back of the crowd.

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