I wield power with my innate talents, and forge the Heavenly Court.

Chapter 70 Expansion Outwards, Ambush of Government Troops

After meeting with Magistrate Li Wenshu, who calmly confronted him, Wu Chang couldn't help but offer his advice.

Originally, he also wanted to mention that the dynasty and the People's Salvation Army truly possessed supernatural powers.

However, unless one sees it with their own eyes, probably not many people would believe it.

Therefore, he did not tell Li Wenshu.

In fact, the supernatural powers possessed by the dynasty and the Salvation Army were the main reason why Wuchang had great confidence in the dynasty and the Salvation Army.

Even if they ultimately fail to achieve their goal, they will certainly be able to accomplish something great, at least establishing their own independent territory.

After hearing Wu Chang's advice, Li Wenshu was somewhat dismissive.

He simply smiled, a smile tinged with both sarcasm and relief.

"I wish to take a break for a while. I will be leaving the official duties for the next period to the Assistant Magistrate of Wuchang County."

After saying that, Li Wenshu suddenly tilted his head back and drank the wine in his cup in one gulp.

Wu Chang was momentarily stunned as he looked at Li Wenshu across from him.

He hadn't expected that Li Wenshu could be so able to let go.

Or rather, if he didn't have the resolve to perish together with others, he couldn't help but let go.

"Alright, I'd like to enjoy some fine wine and food, so I won't keep the Magistrate of Wuchang County to handle official business."

Li Wenshu drank another glass of wine and said with a faint smile.

"Very well, then I shall take my leave!"

Looking at Li Wenshu, Wu Chang raised his cup, stood up, bowed, and left the restaurant.

They weren't worried at all that leaving Li Wenshu unattended might cause him to escape and report them.

The entire area surrounding Weiyuan County was under the control of the People's Salvation Army.

If Wuchang regains control of Weiyuan County, where can Li Wenshu escape to?
Li Wenshu mocked Wuchang for not seeing the situation clearly, saying that how could a small county of bandits possibly contend with the Ming Dynasty?

Wu Chang lamented that Li Wenshu was ignorant of the truth, treating the dynasty and the People's Salvation Army as ordinary bandits, unaware that they were immortals, an army of heavenly soldiers and generals.

In the following period, Wuchang began to frequently contact the Salvation Army, and many members of the Salvation Army were assigned to various places in Weiyuan County.

Even the city's defense was taken over by Wang Erniu.

It can be said that, although the magistrate of Weiyuan County was still Li Wenshu, who was dispatched by the Ming Dynasty.

However, it had already fallen into the control of the Dynasty's Salvation Army.

However, the dynasty did not enter the county town, but instead directed the peasant communities and the militia to begin entering the villages of other counties.

In fact, the area where Lintao Prefecture and Weiyuan County meet is the prefectural city of Lintao Prefecture in the northwest.

Besides these, there's Shouyang Pass in Longxi County of Gongchang Prefecture and Zhang County.

After careful consideration, the dynasty decided to first attack Shouyang Pass and the surrounding villages of Zhang County.

However, the dynasty did not intend to give up on Lintao Prefecture, or even the other counties of Gongchang Prefecture.

Of course, with their current army, they certainly can't occupy such a large territory.

However, he can prepare in advance.

As the army and members of agricultural cooperatives began to enter Shouyang Pass and the surrounding villages of Zhang County, intelligence personnel from the Military Intelligence Bureau, as well as some members of agricultural cooperatives, also began to develop in other county towns and even the prefectural capital.

Of course, their tasks are not the same.

Intelligence personnel are naturally primarily responsible for gathering intelligence.

Meanwhile, members of the agricultural cooperative would go into the countryside, tell people about the dynasty, the People's Salvation Army, and the cooperative's mission, and recruit people into the cooperative to help them with farming.

They even organized them to resist the oppression of landlords, wealthy landowners, and village chiefs, and to resist all kinds of exorbitant taxes and levies.

Now, the various deeds of the dynasty have been thoroughly spread in Lintao and Gongchang prefectures.

Of course, the story is just that the dynasty was a god-like figure who could control the clouds and rain, and that he established the People's Salvation Army and agricultural communities, among other legends.

As for the specifics, such as effectively sidelining the magistrate of Weiyuan County and thus gaining actual control of the county, these details were not publicized.

Therefore, the outside world generally holds two views on the dynasty and the People's Salvation Army.

Many ordinary people generally felt that the dynasty was a god who had come to save the world from suffering.

However, the powerful families and officials of the Ming Dynasty simply did not believe it.

In their minds, the dynasty and the Salvation Army were nothing more than a band of bandits entrenched in Weiyuan County.

However, they may possess some ingenious tricks or other such skills.

It might work to fool those ignorant and lowly people, but they won't believe it.

In fact, from the dynasty's perspective, the common people might not actually believe it that much.

However, in this miserable world, the emergence of the dynasty and the People's Salvation Army undoubtedly became a ray of light in this difficult world.

They naturally want to hold on tight.

Even if there are loopholes, they will fill in the gaps in their own minds and force themselves to believe it.

Because this might be their last straw, their last hope.

As for those wealthy families and government officials, they eat well, drink well, and have fun, so they don't need anyone to save them.

They naturally scoffed at such ambiguous and uncertain rumors before seeing them with their own eyes.

Whether they believe it or not is not important.

After all, modern agricultural cooperatives wouldn't recruit them as members.

But most ordinary people believe it.

Therefore, the People's Salvation Army had not yet occupied Shouyang Pass and the surrounding villages of Zhang County, and the intelligence work of the Military Intelligence Division had just begun.

However, the agricultural cooperatives had already taken the lead in setting up operations.

Especially around Shouyang Pass and Zhang County, because the Wang dynasty had a strategy of occupying the villages in these two areas.

Therefore, members of the agricultural cooperatives in both places had to act more boldly and radically.

In other places, although agricultural cooperatives have also developed quite well, they are still mainly operating in a covert manner.

Meanwhile, members of the agricultural cooperatives in Shouyangguan and Zhang County began to organize villagers to actively attack the mansions and estates of village chiefs and landlords, to distribute grain, conduct public trials, and so on.

Although the heavy rain a few days ago made everyone's lives a little easier.

However, the losses from the previous drought cannot be recovered. If they are going to run out of food, they will still run out of food, and if they are going to die, they will still die.

Therefore, upon learning that the People's Salvation Army would soon arrive, the members of the peasant commune, with just a little encouragement, immediately organized a large number of villagers to resist.

In a short time, landlords and wealthy men were everywhere in both places, and the homes of village chiefs were overrun.

When the militia arrived, they could only clean up the mess.

All the dynasty could do was gather and comfort the villagers wherever it went, summon the members of the surrounding rural communities, and grant them a divine status.

This left Wang Chao and Wang Dahu speechless, both amused and exasperated.

These regular soldiers, who possess extraordinary abilities, have now become the ones cleaning up the mess and cleaning up the aftermath.

Fortunately, the outcome is always good.

After all, if the vast majority of peasants were truly organized to resist, it would naturally be beyond the capabilities of the few landlords and wealthy landowners.

Moreover, the members of the agricultural cooperatives possess extraordinary abilities. Unless they are besieged by the imperial army, they are not without the power to resist.

Of course, with such actions, leaks of information were inevitable.

Upon receiving the news, the magistrates of Zhang County, Longxi County, and Shouyang Pass were all furious.

These bandits are really audacious, daring to plunder the villages and towns under their jurisdiction.

At this point, they hadn't thought about it too deeply.

They simply assumed that the militia was looting money and grain in the two counties.

They immediately dispatched troops to suppress the bandits.

On a hilltop, Wang Dahu gazed into the distance.

A clay dragon slowly approached.

"Li Hu, is everything ready?"

"Don't worry, sergeant, everything is ready. We're just waiting for the soldiers to arrive."

"Ok!"

Wang Dahu naturally knew he was prepared.

However, this was his first time leading an army independently, and he was somewhat apprehensive, fearing that he might let down the dynasty's trust.

Li Yun, a centurion, rode his horse, cursing and swearing.

"These damned bandits, why don't they just stay in Weiyuan County? Why did they have to come to my Zhang County?"

Looking at the loosely packed team of about five hundred people behind him, Li Yun frowned again.

"Damn Wu Yunsong, I'll squeeze you dry!"

The more than 500 militiamen behind him were mostly newly recruited, and their fighting strength was considerable.

As for his main force, it numbered less than a hundred men.

Well, this is an elite force, so what if there are fewer people?
Looking at the distant mountain peaks, Li Yun bent down and asked.

How far is it from Shicun?

"Sir, after crossing that mountain and passing two more villages, we will arrive."

"grass,%@%"&*&#@"

Glancing at the blazing sun, Li Yun couldn't help but curse.

After a while, Li Yun, having calmed down somewhat, finally gave the order in a rather irritable manner.

"Tell them to hurry up and wipe out this gang of bandits and go back."

"Yes!"

The guard responded and immediately turned around to urge them loudly.

"The general has ordered us to advance at full speed!"
Hurry up, hurry up, everyone get running!

“Ouch~!”

“Oh my~!”

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Upon receiving the order, the group began to jog listlessly, and sighs of despair rose and fell from the ranks.

"What are you yelling for? You all better hurry up and get to work!"
"If you ruin the general's important mission, ten of your heads won't be enough to pay for it."

Seeing the figures that were vaguely appearing, Wang Dahu, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, couldn't help but mutter a complaint under his breath.

"This is finally getting faster, damn it."

Is this the kind of army the imperial court has? They're not even as good as our new recruits!

"Hehe, it would be great if the imperial court had an army like this."

Li Hu, standing to the side, chuckled and teased in a low voice.

"Yes, that's true."

After waiting for another half an hour, Li Yun finally led his men to the foot of the mountain.

"These useless bastards have finally arrived."

Tell the brothers, prepare for battle!

"Yes!"

The messenger responded and quickly went to relay the order.

After a while, seeing that the soldiers had completely entered the ambush, Wang Dahu immediately roared.

"kill!"

The sound boomed, like the roar of a tiger in the mountains, and echoed throughout the entire forest.

Upon hearing the sound, Li Yun's body jolted, and he looked up at the mountain in horror.

There is an ambush!
The thought instantly flashed through Li Yun's mind.

However, even if he realizes it now, it's already too late.

"kill!"

"kill!"

In an instant, countless shouts of battle erupted from the mountain, wooden stakes and rocks tumbled down, and swarms of arrows rained down from the sky.

"Ah~!"

"Help!"

In an instant, many officers and soldiers who had no time to react suffered heavy casualties, with at least nearly a hundred dead and wounded.

"Run!"

These hastily assembled soldiers had no fighting spirit whatsoever. Despite suffering heavy casualties and being constantly bombarded with arrows, they did not even think of resisting, but instead began to flee into the distance.

"Don't run! Don't run! Come back to me right now!"

Li Yun knew a bit about military affairs and knew that running away at this point would mean certain death, so he shouted anxiously.

At this point, apart from his few dozen men, who else would care about him?

"Damn it! Retreat!"

Seeing this, Li Yun cursed loudly, but could only lead his troops to retreat in the direction they had come from.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers were in complete chaos, Wang Dahu immediately stood up and roared!

"Brothers, charge with me! The day to upgrade your rank is here!"

Whoever beheads the enemy general will be promoted one rank!

After shouting, Wang Dahu took the lead and rushed down the mountain.

Seeing this, the others also got up and rushed down the mountain with Wang Dahu.

Thank you for your support, friends!
Xinghuo expresses his sincere gratitude! ε(><)з
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