The gentry don't want to be embarrassed, the level of praise is quite high, Shen Ping has a look of being in Cao Ying's heart and in Han, and he must be an actor who can win the Academy Award on the earth, and continued with great sincerity:

"Fenglai County was occupied by the Yellow Turban thieves, and the gentry in the city suffered from the scourge of the Yellow Turbans. ”

As he spoke, he took out a big red gift slip from his sleeve and handed it to Chu He with both hands.

Chu He took the gift list, swept his eyes, his face suddenly sank, his eyes swept over everyone like a knife, and the temperature in the side hall seemed to drop extremely, and then he snorted coldly and threw the gift list on the ground.

"Wait for Chu to treat Chu as a beggar, come on, send off guests!"

1,000 stone of rice, 1,000 pieces of cloth, and 5,000 taels of silver are all the labor and army materials on this list!

It doesn't add up to 10,000 handfuls of silver materials, and he can't even buy a set of equipment on Qianyuanwei, so it's no wonder that Chu He didn't give these gentry a good look.

No matter how many labor and army materials the gentry sent, Chu He would not put it in his eyes, he was not short of money and silver, after capturing Fenglai County, the rice, grain and cloth were also sufficient, and the things sent by the gentry could only be regarded as icing on the cake.

However, the amount of materials represents the sincerity of the gentry, and Chu He doesn't care about the courtesy, but if the courtesy is light, things are not easy to say.

Chu He also disdained to act in front of these gentry, and when he saw the gift list, he was really angry.

Although he wanted to use the power of the gentry to quickly stabilize Fenglai County, it was by no means impossible without them.

There are also many scholars in Changding Township, and there are also many children of the poor family who have practiced literature and Taoism, such as Cheng Xiao, who once took in Jiang Wei, as long as it takes a little effort to bring them to Fenglai County, with the help of the official officials and officials, they may not be able to control the overall situation of Fenglai County in a short time.

If these gentry didn't know how to raise their ranks, Chu He wouldn't mind having their property stolen as military resources for the Standing Army.

Shen Ping saw that Chu He was furious, his face suddenly turned pale, and he hurriedly said: "General Chu, don't be angry, this is just a little bit of our Shen family's heart. In addition, the gentry class of Datong County also has the heart to offer. ”

As he spoke, he pulled out another gift slip from his sleeve.

Obviously, if Chu He had no opinion on the first gift list, this second gift list would never be taken out.

Chu He didn't have any intention of breaking these gentry, after all, no one was willing to easily take out the wealth that the family had accumulated for many years.

His face slowed down, he didn't take the gift list in person this time, waved his hand, and the guards who were about to send off the guests stepped forward and delivered the gift list to Chu He.

This time, there were many more things for the labor army, 10,000 stone of rice, 1,000 horses of brocade silk, 10,000 horses of cloth, 500 cows, horses, donkeys and pigs, and 10,000 taels of silver and 1,000 taels of gold.

These gentry were looted by the Yellow Turban Army, and now they have taken out so many materials, with a total value of more than 100,000 taels of silver, which is already a lot for the scholars in the small county of Fenglai County.

Seeing that Chu He's face softened, the gentry of Fenglai County breathed a sigh of relief, although they slandered Chu He in their hearts for having a big appetite, no one dared to show it on their faces.

Speaking of which, they are also pitiful, the gentry who stayed in Fenglai County actually had no background backing, and those real wealthy nobles had left the county seat before the Yellow Turban Army came, and even left Tianshui County.

Although most of them have 180,000 yuan in money and silver savings, they have been exploited by the Yellow Turban Army once, and now they are bleeding heavily, and most of the savings of dozens or even hundreds of years have disappeared.

Moreover, Fenglai County and Datong County are now enclaves of Shu State, and there is no guarantee when the Yellow Turban Army's retaliation will come.

In case the Changding Army was defeated by the Yellow Turban Army, it is conceivable that these gentry families had to tighten their pants and take out the labor army supplies to curry favor with the Yellow Turban Army.

Chu He didn't embarrass them, nor did he have the heart to deal with these gentry, put down the gift list, and said in a deep voice: "The labor army material has been accepted." Now that the war is peaceful, wait for you to go back, so as to restrain your subordinates and private soldiers, so as not to have unnecessary misunderstandings. ”

"Someone, send off!"

Seeing that Chu He did not continue to make any demands, the gentry breathed a sigh of relief and then retired together.

On this side of the Chu River, there are a lot of things, counting the materials, cleaning up the battlefield, collecting and surrendering the army, waiting for Chu Qianzhong to lead the convoy from Changding Township to transfer materials, and sending troops to guard Fenglai County, sending spies to monitor the surrounding situation, and strictly preventing the Yellow Turban Army from attacking, etc.

Chu He is the only commander-in-chief, Chu Wu and Jiang Wei are only responsible for the affairs of the army, and most trivial matters have to be decided by Chu He himself, which really makes Chu He dizzy.

The things here are not over, but Gan Tian has two good news.

The 2,000 Yellow Turban Army from Shuangma County was ambushed and defeated by the bandits of Shuangfeng Mountain, and hundreds of bandits from Shuangfeng Mountain were defeated and fled, and thousands of Yellow Turban Army were captured.

In addition, Xu Ding, who escaped from Fenglai County, was so unlucky to meet Gan Tian who escorted the Yellow Turban troops back, and several of his own soldiers were taken down by Gan Tian together.

Now the bandits of Shuangfeng Mountain have escorted the Yellow Turban Army to Fenglai County.

The three masters of Shuangfeng Mountain, the big boss Gan Tian, the three masters of the red-eyed carving Xu Jing, and the Chu River have all seen it.

Gan Tiande Gan Ning forcibly improved two levels with the empowerment Dafa and became a fourth-grade martial sect, and Xu Jing's strength has also improved a lot in the past two years, becoming a third-grade blood condensation realm martial artist.

It's just that the second strongest person in Shuangfeng Mountain is not Xu Jing, who has risen in strength, but Deng Huang, the second leader of the Golden Retriever.

The red-eyed carving Xu Jingshan spear, the four-grade rainstorm pear flower marksmanship is quite sharp, but this golden retriever Deng Huang is good at double knives.

It is also a four-grade martial art, but his chaotic wind knife technique is much sharper than the rainstorm pear flower gun, once it is used, it is a ball of swords that cannot be splashed by water, and the lethality is extremely huge.

In this battle with the Yellow Turban Army, he personally led the mountain bandits to break the Yellow Turban reinforcements, and killed the Yellow Turban soldiers who died in his hands within the Sanhe of the Yellow Turban Army generals, more than fifty!

Deng Huang was already extremely fierce, with thick hair like a black ape, but now his clothes and armor were soaked in blood, and the evil aura accumulated by killing dozens of people made him extremely hideous and terrifying, like a fierce god and evil spirit, even the mountain bandits of Shuangfeng Mountain did not dare to approach him within three feet.

At this time, Deng Huang stood with Gan Tian and Xu Jing, looking at the closed city gate and pulling up the city gate bridge with a gloomy face, his cheeks twitched a few times, and he said hatefully: "Big boss, this Chu River is so arrogant, we have come to the city, and we still don't let down the city bridge to let us enter the city, and we clearly want to swallow the things in the city alone!"

Xu Jing frowned: "Second brother is cautious!Chu Qianyuan is not such a person, I am afraid that closing the city gate is just to prevent the Yellow Turban Army from attacking." ”

Deng Huang glared at him, and snorted: "The Yellow Turban Army has our Twin Peaks Mountain to stop it, so why don't you need to guard against anything! If he doesn't want to take the benefits alone, why don't you dare to let us into the city!"

Gan Tian glanced at him lightly: "Why don't I give you a thousand brothers, and you go and take down this Fenglai City?"

Deng Huang was dumbfounded, although he was not angry, he was not stupid, those Changding troops at the head of the city were all stubborn and stubborn, and the equipment on ordinary soldiers was ten times better than that of him, the second leader of Shuangfeng Mountain.

Now an elite and strong army can not be compared with the people and horses of Twin Peaks.

Speaking of which, the two steel knives he uses now are still produced in Changding Township, extremely sharp and hard, and a first-class good thing.

He paused for a moment, still humming a little unconvinced: "I'm just a little unconvinced! We worked hard to defeat the Yellow Turban Army in Shuangma County, but when we arrived in Fenglai City, we couldn't even get in, and we lost the face of the big boss!"

Gan Tian shook his head and sighed: "Deng Huang, you are good at everything, but you are too reckless, if you don't change, you will suffer a big loss sooner or later." ”

"Do you think that Changding Township really has to rely on us to resist the Yellow Turban Army in Shuangma County? Do you think Chu Qianyuan, who can arm such an elite army, will covet the little money and silver in Fenglai County?"

As he spoke, he beckoned: "Hou Xiaogao, come here." ”

A roe deer-headed rat next to him, a skinny mountain bandit who looked quite clever and shrewd, immediately came over with a grin.

Gan Tian said lightly: "Hou Xiaogao, you were outside Fenglai City before, and you saw the siege of Changding Township, tell the second master. ”

The smile on Hou Xiaogao's face disappeared suddenly, replaced by a dignified look, and swallowed his saliva before saying: "Second master, this Changding Township army is really terrifying!"

"There is an incomparably terrifying ballista in Changding Township, which can launch an attack four or five miles away, and can shoot three giant arrows six or seven feet long at a time!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the huge holes left in the city wall: "These holes are caused by those giant arrows!"

"The people of Changding Township tied the rope to the giant arrow, laid a rope bridge on the moat, and hundreds of invulnerable soldiers directly killed the city gate through the rope bridge, which was the boulder thrown by the catapult, which could not hurt these monsters, and hundreds of people completely destroyed the fighting spirit of the Yellow Turban Army. ”

Deng Huang's eyes widened wider than a bull's eye, and he looked at Hou Xiaogao in disbelief: "You dare to make Lao Tzu happy?"

Hou Xiaogao looked at Deng Huang with an aggrieved face, and said with a wry smile: "How dare the little one joke with the second master, the situation was like this at the beginning, the large army of the Changding Army had not yet entered the city, and the Yellow Turban Army was defeated." ”

"These five hundred steel monsters seem to be all second-grade martial artists or above, and the chief general of Fenglai County fled without even daring to fight with the people of Changding Township. ”

He nodded towards Xu Ding, who was tied tightly not far away: "The main general of Fenglai County has been taken down by the big boss, if the second boss doesn't believe it, you can ask him over." ”

Deng Huang was silent for a moment: "What about the casualties in Changding Township?"

Hou Xiaogao immediately said with certainty: "There will be no more than ten people!"

Deng Huang suddenly gasped.

The armor is sharp, and the casualties are naturally low, but the battlefield situation is complex and changing rapidly, even if it is a soldier with full armor, he may die on the battlefield.

There are many ways to injure soldiers hiding in the armor, such as the hot oil of the wood rolling stone, etc., and some heavy weapons such as maces and hammers can also kill the soldiers in the steel armor.

The casualties in Changding Township are only ten people, which can not be done by the advantages of the armor alone, which shows that their soldiers' combat power is extremely strong!

Hou Xiaogao saw that Deng Huang didn't speak, and added: "I heard that after becoming a hidden abyss guard in the Changding army, you can get the supreme secret method taught by Chu He, and you can cultivate successfully in a short period of time, but you can't be invulnerable, but it is unknown what the specific technique is." ”

Deng Huang's mouth is stuffed with eggs, even goose eggs can be stuffed with two: "Chu He actually taught the exercises to Qianyuanwei, isn't he afraid of leaking out?"

"There are 3,000 people in Qianyuanwei, right? Where did he get the resources for so many generals to cultivate? Even if he sells his armor and gets a lot of money and silver, it's not easy to buy enough cultivation resources?"

Deng Huang himself has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he knows very well how many resources and how much silver is needed to practice martial arts.

Let three thousand people cultivate at the same time, even the most powerful and richest aristocratic families in Shu Kingdom will not be able to support it.

Otherwise, the huge Shu Kingdom would not be unable to form an army of all-warriors.

Resources are not something that can be bought with money, and three thousand people practicing martial arts at the same time are enough to consume all the middle and low-level resources of a county, and the prices of various resources are skyrocketing.

Even Qinzhou City has a vast territory and countless resources, but most of the martial arts students and scholars of literature and Taoism can only rely on their usual hard cultivation to improve their strength, and it is difficult to get enough resources to assist in cultivation, and the real cultivation resources will only be tilted towards those most outstanding disciples.

The reason why Qinzhou Dabi has been valued by students from all academies and institutions is because students who are in the limelight in Dabi can get more resources and improve their strength.

Hou Xiaogao shook his head and said with a wry smile: "This little one is not clear. However, I heard that Qianyuanwei is loyal to Chu He, and no one will divulge the exercises. ”

"Even the people closest to them only know that they have cultivated the secret method of the Chu River, and they don't know what kind of exercises they have. ”

Gan Tian said in a deep voice at this time: "You now know how powerful Changding Township is, right?"

"We have hundreds of elites in Shuangfeng Mountain, and we are still fighting an ambush battle against the two thousand recruits of the Yellow Turban Army, and we have suffered dozens of casualties, and five hundred people in Changding Township can easily take Fenglai County, which is defended by thousands of Yellow Turban Army, if it weren't for Chu Qianyuan's eyes in my face, how could there be anything about our Shuangfeng Mountain in this battle. ”

"What's more, even if all the materials from Fenglai County are given to us, can we resist the next retaliation of the Yellow Turban Army with our little people?"

Deng Huang didn't dare to speak anymore, but fortunately, Changding Township relieved him of the siege, the city gate bridge was slowly lowered, and dozens of hidden abyss guards with leather armor walked out in unison, and the one who walked in front was Jiang Wei, the No. 2 person in Changding Township.