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Chapter 1391 Capture of Bright Moon City (9)

Maud was pale now.

When the other retainers heard these words, their faces were not very good. If they hadn't gathered together and lowered their voices, the morale of the newly formed rogue army would have collapsed immediately.

"Can we recruit mercenaries?" Zhao Hu frowned and asked.

Moder shook his head: "No, local mercenaries do not accept recruitment from hostile forces."

Zhao Hu asked again: "How far is the mercenary station here from Mingyue City?"

"Scattered around, but the nearest ones are more than 100 kilometers away." Moder replied after thinking for a while.

Zhao Hu laughed suddenly, and he said to the two cavalrymen: "Go back and tell Lao Dao to intercept and destroy the small troops that gathered towards Mingyue City. You can divide the troops according to the number of the opponents, and you don't need to destroy them all. The troops approaching Mingyue City don't care about him, the prerequisite is to save themselves.

"After destroying those reinforcements, completely seal off Mingyue City, absolutely not allowing anyone inside to leave."

Speaking of this, Zhao Hu ordered the guards after dismounting: "Get off the horses!" Then pointing to the horses, he said to the two cavalrymen: "Bring these dozens of horses, plus the captured more than 500 horses, At least half of you can change horses."

Zhao Hu is a little regretful now, why didn't he bring the spare horses of the servants back then.

However, with three horses per person, these ships cannot carry two thousand infantry.

Although the personal guards felt that it would be inappropriate for adults to not have mounts, but the situation was urgent, and among a group of infantry, horseback riding was simply a target for bows and arrows. Without horses, it might be better to ensure the safety of adults, so they all handed over their horses neatly.

Of course the two cavalrymen knew Zhao Hu's tactics, so they were not polite. They tied the reins of their horses, stepped on their mounts, turned around and left.

"Okay, don't panic. As long as Mingyue City doesn't send anyone to recruit mercenaries, we can take down Mingyue City before the mercenaries make a move. Go back and lead the team. As an officer, you must act like an officer." Zhao Hu said to Those retainers who didn't look very good said.

"Yes, my lord is right. As long as we take down Mingyue City at once, those mercenaries will become our help. Anyway, there is no way out. Why don't you fight to the death under the leadership of your lord?" !” Maud said excitedly.

Although the vassals felt that Maud was more flattering, they also realized that now, as Maud said, since there is no way out, it is better to fight. If the lord wins, he will own the territory!
Regardless of Juan's reluctance, Zhao Hu ordered him to take the infantry and stay in place to wait for Zhou Wen's siege team. to the city.

The Lord Mingyue is very irritable now. Standing on the balcony of the attic and looking at the hazy sky in the distance, he turned his head and said to Feier: "It's getting dark, why are there so few private soldiers arriving? And they are all near the city. Could it be that those guys really dare to violate my summoning order? Are they not afraid of losing their territory?

"And what's going on at the pier? Seven thousand fully armed soldiers, haven't they dealt with the tens of thousands of untouchables? Why hasn't there been any news? Could it be that they all took refuge in that traitor?"

Originally, Fair had been left out in the cold, but because of the current inexplicable situation, City Lord Mingyue regretted not recruiting mercenaries, so he once again regarded Fair as his confidant.

Knowing that he had gained trust again, Feier said with extreme caution: "My lord, maybe those soldiers have delayed the time because of chasing and killing the remaining remnants. I believe you know, my lord, that the soldiers haven't vented for a long time."

With so many questions from the city lord, Feier only answered one answer that was the easiest to guess the result, and pretended not to hear the others.

The city lord glared at Feier, and sneered in his heart: "This damn thing is still holding a grudge, do you really think I'm an idiot? Those local tyrants and retainers must be waiting and watching, because they don't know who will win next. Just started betting.

"Damn! That Nizi usually looks like a prodigal, how could he have such a big plan? The best thing is to come here with great fanfare, so that everyone knows that there is civil strife in Mingyue City. Why are those local tyrants so unresponsive? They came to me long ago, shaking their heads and begging for tasks!"

It's no wonder that City Lord Mingyue has always thought that he was rebellious until now, because it is impossible to believe that Young Master Mingyue, who is in command of twenty warships, would give up without even escaping anyone with a letter.

In fact, it is true, the warship is not only fast but also can attack from a distance, even if it cannot be beaten, it can escape. Who would have thought that the young master Mingyue would order all the warships to approach the opponent, and even run to other people's ships to die?Because of such an inexplicable coincidence, Mingyue City still does not know who the real enemy is.

City Lord Mingyue is also very worried about his retainers now, because these guys will not have any psychological burden or gossip if they rely on their own sons.

He looked at the sky again, and at the barracks where the cavalry was stationed below the city, it was still so empty.

He couldn't help but think with a change of expression: "Damn it! Could it be that the cavalry team was also bought by that traitor?"

Thinking of this possibility, City Lord Mingyue shuddered in his heart, turned his head and shouted: "Come here! Go and notify all the mercenary groups immediately, saying that I invite them to participate in the counter-insurgency mission in Mingyue City!"

Fell was taken aback and invited all the mercenaries to join the battle at the same time?Don't need so much?It's not that everything is reversed everywhere, these five or six mercenary regiments collectively have tens of thousands of people!The dispatch fee for each soldier is ten gold coins, plus the dispatch fee of those officers, this is a huge sum of money!
But Feier just moved his mouth and didn't say a word. After all, what he said to dissuade him now was completely opposite to what he proposed not long ago, and it would definitely give the lord the impression that he was contradicting his promise.

Besides, I am mainly responsible for commercial work, and any master needs me. Since it has nothing to do with my own interests, I don't care who is the head of the family, anyway, they belong to the family.

The messengers who received the order rushed out of the city gate on horseback. The city lord of Mingyue only saw these messengers running farther and farther until they could no longer see them, but he did not expect that when he turned to leave the balcony, these messengers immediately fell down On the ground, followed by Zhao Hu's cavalry, smiling Mimi led away the only remaining horses in Mingyue City.

Nangong Dun, who was hiding in the dark, watched the scene quietly, while his nephew asked in a low voice, "Uncle San, which side are we standing on now?"

"Do you still need to ask? It used to be because of the great power of Mingyue City, plus the fact that the family can be divided, and the five elders can all get a thousand stones of land, but the lord I recognize can't give me these, even if I can give it, but I don’t know when it will be realized, our family can’t afford to wait, so I stand by Mingyue City.”

When Nangong Dun said this, he shook his head with a wry smile: "I didn't expect this lord to be so powerful that he hit Mingyue City all at once, and depending on the situation, the lord is likely to win. Since my lord has become the new leader of this land If you are the ruler, then of course my retainer will follow.”

Nan Gongdun now feels very regretful. Originally, he was looking for a backer to take refuge in. Now that he found it, he should show his ability as a courtier.

But I didn't expect to be told by the five elders when I came back, and I measured it myself, thinking that although Zhao Hu is a strong soldier, his status as an imperial soldier prevents him from intervening too much in the southeast peninsula. When can something happen.

But now my family needs to develop, otherwise I don't need others to fight, and I will be disbanded in embarrassment, so I don't hesitate to switch to Mingyue City - the target that I planned to replace.

It's just that no one could have imagined that Zhao Hu led the team to fight here after only a short time away from the major leader?And I don't know what happened, most of the soldiers and horses of Mingyue City were easily dispatched, and they also made Mingyue City think that there was a civil strife. They never thought that it was an invasion of foreign enemies, so Mingyue City didn't invite mercenaries to help in the first place.

Even if Mingyue City wanted to hire mercenaries, they couldn't find them now, and Zhao Hu had completely cut off their external communications.

Nangong Bing blinked: "Third Uncle, is Zhao Hu sure to win? You must know that even if all the soldiers and vassal private soldiers of the Mingyue City Lord are gone, he still has tens of thousands of mercenaries. Zhao Hu's few thousand Can soldiers win?"

Nan Gongdun shook his head and said, "Don't forget the mercenary's rule, "Do not get involved in the war without the invitation of the local lord." This is the guarantee for them to survive on the southeast peninsula."

"Even if the city lord was reluctant to part with the money at first and didn't invite mercenaries, when Zhao Hu showed up under the city with his troops, he would find that he couldn't rely on the soldiers in the city to defend him, and he would definitely call the mercenaries in. Yes." Nangong Bing said.

Nangong Dun smiled and said: "He has already noticed that something is wrong, those messengers who were killed were sent to send invitations, and now the mercenaries who have not received invitations will definitely not move.

"Also, do you take the mercenaries too seriously? Although they are fully equipped and have a large number of people, most of their personnel are civilians, and even part-time soldiers from neighboring forces. They are stationed at the headquarters of the mercenary regiment all the year round. A small group of people. Even if they receive the invitation, it will take a long time to gather the people. By the time they arrive, I am afraid that the land has changed owners."

(End of this chapter)