"In this battle, our army suffered 23 casualties, including 6 serious injuries, 17 minor injuries, and no one died. 287 enemy soldiers were killed and 542 were captured."

"The resources seized by our army are as follows: 68,972 taels of silver, 782 taels of gold, and 119 tons of grain."

"In addition, there are 932 weapons, 136 sets of armor, and 162 shields. There are 175 horses, including 10 low-grade war horses, and the rest are inferior horses."

"..."

Following Chen Yu's report, Chen Muzhi nodded and changed the measurement unit of grain into tons. This was what Chen Muzhi taught him so that it would be easier to calculate.

During this period of time, he has accumulated a lot of resources by suppressing bandits. Including this time's collection, he has more than a thousand horses, thousands of various weapons and shields, and a little less, but there are seven or eight hundred sets of armor.

There were still more than 2,000 horse thieves captives left. Chen Muzhi evolved their bones to level 4. After their loyalty reached die-hard loyalty, he left the techniques behind and let them practice on their own.

Because the Daqi Dynasty stipulated that except for the nobles of Kaifeng and special circumstances, no one could have more than 300 escorts and entourage, so Chen Muzhi did not further arm these people.

Chen Muzhi doesn't have the ability to challenge Da Qi yet, so he can only abide by the rules and let the captives of the horse thieves not only practice daily, but also help Linjia Village reclaim wasteland.

As long as he accumulates enough strength after a while, Chen Muzhi can even pull out thousands of troops at once.

"It seems that I need to find an opportunity to get an official position so that I can expand the army unscrupulously."

On the way back to the city, Chen Muzhi sat on his horse and thought about it.

Da Qi has so many powerful people, with a population of tens of billions, and a regular army of tens of millions. According to the standard, these are all third-level armies at the third level of body refining or above.

With his current strength, facing Da Qi, he is like an ant at the foot of a big tree, not daring to act recklessly.

If he wants to succeed in his career, he still needs to integrate into Daqi and have his own territory in Daqi before he can further his plans.

With the captured supplies and prisoners, three hundred black-armored cavalry rushed back. On the way, Chen Muzhi discovered a group of more than twenty broken soldiers rushing over.

Chen Yu took the lead and blocked the way with more than ten cavalry. He stopped before the retreating troops and said sternly.

"Where did you come from and what are you doing here?"

The defeated soldiers were so frightened that they saw a group of imposing black armored cavalry.

Seeing that the defeated soldiers were too frightened to speak, Chen Muzhi raised his eyebrows: "Bring them here."

"As commanded."

Chen Yu said and escorted the defeated soldiers over.

Chen Muzhi was riding on a black dragon horse, looking down at the highest-ranking village commander among these defeated troops.

"What's going on with you guys?"

The village chief was so frightened that he trembled: "Sir, I am a guard of Qinghe County. Today, the county captain brought troops to clear out the bandits in Heifeng Village. Unexpectedly, he was ambushed by Heifeng Village."

"We were attacked by the army led by the leader of Heifeng Village. Unexpectedly, the county captain was beheaded on the spot by the leader of Heifeng Village, and then everyone was killed and dispersed.

"Are you kidding?" Chen Muzhi couldn't help but frown: "The regular army of Da Qi all have at least the third level of body refining. No matter how bad you are, how can you be easily defeated by a group of horse thieves?"

"Besides, Qinghe County has over 10,000 elite soldiers, how come it can't even protect the county captain?"

"How can there be more than ten thousand elite soldiers, how can there be a third level!"

The commander of the village grimaced: "It stands to reason that Qinghe County's annual military expenditure is 800,000 taels of silver, which is used to recruit and train an army of 10,000 and 3rd level troops. However, in recent years, less than half of them come to the county every year."

"Coupled with the continuous deductions and deductions from the superiors in order to make up for the empty pay, there are only 5,000 first- and second-level soldiers in Qinghe County today."

"We were ambushed and then dispersed. The leader of the Black Wind Village was too strong. The county captain was a peak body-refining expert, but he couldn't stop him for three rounds."

"..."

Chen Muzhi frowned. He didn't expect Daqi to be so bad. You must know that Qinghe County is the border of Daqi, and a little further north is the territory of the Xianbei Alliance.

They even dare to withhold military expenditures in the border areas. This is simply making fun of the lives of tens of millions of people in Cangbei County.

"So what's the situation in Heifeng Village now?"

"Little one, I don't know very well either." The commander of the camp hesitated, and suddenly seemed to remember: "They seemed to be heading towards Qinghe County with the defeated troops."

Chen Yu's expression changed slightly: "A group of bandits still want to attack the county?"

As he said this, he handed over to Chen Muzhi: "Lord, what should I do?"

"Don't worry, this may be an opportunity." Chen Muzhi waved his hand: "Send these supplies and prisoners back first."

After settling the supplies and prisoners, Chen Muzhi took three hundred black-armored cavalry and galloped towards the county seat.

"..."

"My lord, this is bad, something serious is going to happen!"

In Qinghe County, in the magnificent mansion, Qinghe County Magistrate Wang Mu was playing with the birds, when suddenly a panicked voice came from outside the house.

Wang Mu's face turned cold. He looked at the housekeeper who ran in in a panic and said in a cold voice: "How can you behave in such a hurry?"

After giving the butler a scolding, he said, "Tell me, what happened to make you so panicked?"

"The bandits from Black Wind Village are coming!"

"What did you say?" The county magistrate's expression changed: "Didn't the county captain lead people to suppress the bandits?"

"Did that idiot fall into someone else's trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain?"

Thinking that there were less than a thousand guards left in the county, cold sweat broke out on Wang Mu's forehead: "Has the county captain come back?"

"The county lieutenant..." The housekeeper trembled a little: "There are broken soldiers who have fled back everywhere outside. They say that the county lieutenant was killed by the leader of the Black Wind Village."

"Clang!"

The birdcage fell to the ground. Wang Mu looked pale and muttered to himself: "Even the county captain has been killed. It's over. It's all over. We can't hold on anymore."

Seeing his confused look, the housekeeper became even more anxious: "Master, please say something."

"Yes, let's go, let's go now."

The county magistrate suddenly turned around, stood up quickly and said: "Call all the captains in the city. Qinghe County can't hold on any longer. I personally lead troops and horses to break out and go to the county magistrate for help."

"..."

Originally, thousands of soldiers and horses from Qinghe County were defending the city, but it was almost difficult to break through with the power of Heifeng Village.

What is shocking is that the county magistrate Wang Mu is so greedy for life and fear of death. Before they attack the city, he will abandon hundreds of thousands of people in Qinghe County and hurriedly want to lead people to escape.

Soon, five hundred cavalry gathered in front of the county magistrate's house. Wang Mu looked at the cavalry and said with an ugly expression: "Where is the Zong Xiaowei?"

"When I return to the county, the Zong Xiaowei is guarding the city at the south gate with 500 people."

"Hmph, that ungrateful thing." The county magistrate's thoughts flashed: "It's too late, let him guard it and draw some firepower for us."
Chapter completed!