Li Kaiguo didn't bother to pay attention to their discussion, and ordered the family members of Magistrate Zhang to collect the body. At this time, he wanted to stabilize this group of gentry, but it was not easy to eradicate Magistrate Zhang's family members.

The family members wept and collected the bodies. Although some people kept looking at them with hatred and trying to kill Li Kaiguo mentally, Li Kaiguo didn't care. These people posed no threat to him.

A group of police officers were also released. These people who deserved to be killed were also sharp-eyed and slippery-hearted. Seeing that Magistrate Zhang was dead, they all knelt in front of Li Jianguo and kept saying that they were willing to be loyal to Li Jianguo.

Sir, I'm afraid there isn't even one loyal person.

Li Jianguo didn't pay attention to them at this time, but keeping them was still of some use. He waved his hand and asked them to leave. The group of detectives immediately burst into laughter. Although they had changed their masters, their jobs were still the same.

Saved.

The gentry were still discussing in low voices, and occasionally lowered their voices to argue. A few blushed and thick-necked ones shouted in low voices, but they did not dare to shout out. This group of conscienceless guys encountered matters that related to their own interests.

, who is willing to let himself suffer.

Li Jianguo was waiting impatiently, and Hao Xi hurried over with a group of people and said: "Sir, as expected, the bandits are pushing into the city wall and want to steal the city at night. Captain Feng

We are already guarding the city, let me inform you."

Hearing this, Li Kaiguo nodded and said, "You watch them here, I'll go take a look." He left the gentry who were still arguing and headed for the city gate.

It turned out that Hao Xi and Feng Guoyong did not go to the gentry's homes at all. Li Jianguo had already quietly told Hao Xi that he was going to perform a play. Just now, he ostensibly asked Hao Xi to join Feng Guoyong to ransack the homes, but in fact he asked them to

Hao Xi went to inform Feng Guoyong that the bandits might attack at night, and asked him to go to the tower to check and report as soon as possible if there was any enemy situation.

But in his estimation, the best time for a sneak attack would be near dawn. Unexpectedly, these bandits were impatient. It had just been dark for a while, and the bandits sneaked in.

After reaching the city tower, Feng Guoyong came up to us and said, "Sir, the bandits have just pushed into the city wall. My subordinates ordered a round of rockets to be fired. Seeing that we were prepared, the bandits have already retreated."

Li Kaiguo opened his eyes and looked, and sure enough, on the ground just outside the city wall, there were more than a hundred burning arrows and several dead bodies.

In the distance, beyond the reach of the rockets, the chaotic sounds of the bandits were faintly heard. Suddenly, someone was heard yelling and cursing, followed by several more screams.

Li Kaiguo thought to himself: "Could it be that the bandits are having internal strife?" He guessed right, and in fact that was the case.

There were not many real water bandits among this group of bandits. During the daytime siege of the city, Li Jianguo picked out the real water bandits and killed them. After the war, when the bandits were counted, there were only sixty or seventy old brothers left.

, even the second head of the family was shot through the chest by an arrow from Li Kaiguo, and the rest were the mobs who came to threaten him.

This caused the bandits to lose nearly half of their combat power. They all knew that the threatened rebels had little fighting power. Originally, their more than 100 elite soldiers had some hope of attacking the city, but now

With only half of the elite troops left, attacking the city was out of the question.

If it weren't for the bandit leader's strong restraint, saying that there was still hope for a sneak attack at night, and promising a happy vision of burning, killing, looting, and living happily after capturing the city, they would have withdrawn during the day.

Even so, the water bandits are not united. The third leader has long been dissatisfied with the bandit leader, so he does not agree to wait until night to sneak attack the county town, because they do not bring much food. If the sneak attack fails at night, there will be no food in the morning.

Food is available, but nearly a thousand people are hungry.

But after all, the bandit leader's prestige is much greater. He insists on stealing the city at night. In addition, he has been in charge for a long time. When it comes to words, the third leader is far behind him. After the bandit leader's beaming words,

After a brief moment of sexual intercourse, most of the water bandits were deceived into having sexual intercourse, so the third leader was unable to survive alone, so he had no choice but to agree.

Originally, the bandit leader wanted to wait until dawn before making a sneak attack. However, all the water bandits were possessed by ghosts, and they started to steal the city as soon as it got dark. He suppressed it again and again, but he couldn't suppress it anymore.

Coupled with the secret mischief of the third master, we had no choice but to attack early.

But they did not expect that Li Kaiguo had known for a long time that these bandits were lingering around and there must be some conspiracy. Nine out of ten people wanted to steal the city at night, so he sent Feng Guoyong to patrol the city and he used the right person.

Feng Guo had rich experience and knew that the most dangerous thing about the defenders was that they could not see the enemy clearly, so he prepared more rockets and ordered people to use listening cylinders to monitor the sound. As expected, the bandits were poorly disciplined, and the sound of human voices was far away when they were far away.

It's coming. Even if you don't have to listen to the cylinder, you can hear it with human ears.

When he heard that the bandits had entered the area within a stone's throw, Feng Guoyong immediately ordered the rockets to be fired. Unexpectedly, a few bandits were unlucky enough to be shot to death by rockets. In addition, there were rockets lighting up everywhere, and the bandits were caught off guard.

Their plan to steal the city at night completely failed.

This time, the bandit leader could no longer suppress the bandits. The third leader took the opportunity to attack and wanted to take over. Unexpectedly, the bandit leader discovered that the bandit leader was sinister. Seeing that something was not going well, he drew his sword and killed the third leader, quelling the rebellion.

However, after this incident, all the water bandits became discouraged and saw that it was impossible to attack the city. They had no choice but to go to the villages to grab some food before making further calculations.

Li Kaiguo listened carefully and heard that the bandits were gradually getting away. Feng Guoyong listened with a listening jar for a while, then stood up and said: "Sir, the bandits have retreated."

Li Jianguo nodded and said: "Don't be careless, be careful they come back again."

How could Feng Guoyong not know that the bandits would not come back again? But Li Kaiguo said to be careful, he did not dare to respond, and said: "What you are saying is that it is just the corpses under the city..." He said with an embarrassed look on his face.

"What happened to the body?" Li Kaiguo asked curiously.

"The weather is hot. I'm afraid that the corpse will rot by tomorrow. As time goes by, I'm afraid there will be epidemics." Feng Guoyong said carefully.

Li Kaiguo sniffed, as if he had smelled the stench of the corpse. He shook his head and said: "Tomorrow and dawn, we can just open the city gate to collect the corpse. But the people are still not allowed to leave the city. Without my order, no one can

You can't let it go." He said this harshly, and he expected Feng Guoyong to understand it.

Even if the bandits really withdraw at this time, he cannot open the city gate. The time of sealing the city must be grasped well. Only when he has recruited soldiers and established his own team can he not be afraid of everything that will follow.

danger.

"I understand, sir, don't worry. I will personally guard the city gate. No one can leave the city without your order." Feng Guoyong said in a deep voice.

Li Kaiguo smiled slightly and said: "I can rest assured that you are doing things. You haven't eaten yet. Go and pass a table of wine and food, and we will drink and defend the city on the tower of the city. I have some things to do about the conscription tomorrow."

I want to ask you for advice."

Feng Guoyong didn't dare to scream, so he immediately ordered a banquet to be served. Li Jianguo asked Feng Guoyong at the banquet for advice on how to recruit available troops. Feng Guoyong knew everything, and he waited until he had finished three glasses of wine.

Later, when he talked about military affairs, his eyebrows became even more elated and he almost turned into a madman.

Li Jianguo just listened with a smile. What he had suspected from the beginning gradually became clear. This Feng Guoyong was indeed not a simple captain. How could a captain from a small county know so many military matters.

But this matter goes without saying. Li Kaiguo doesn't care about Feng Guoyong's previous experience. He only needs to be loyal to Li Kaiguo now. Judging from Feng Guoyong's performance in the past two days, he seems to be somewhat loyal to Li Kaiguo.

But Li Jianguo would not trust anyone easily. It would take a long time to see people's hearts.

In this way, everyone talked and listened until Dongfang turned pale and the wine and vegetables were thin. Feng Guoyong finally fell drunk on the table. Li Kaiguo held a glass of wine, a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and lay down on the ground. After a while, he also

Fell asleep.

He slept all morning. In the middle of the day, Hao Xi ran up to the tower and called a few times before Li Kaiguo woke up. He slept soundly and was completely refreshed. He turned around and

Look, Feng Guoyong has disappeared, and he asked: "Where is Captain Feng?"

Hao Xi picked up a food box and put the newly prepared wine and food on the table. While doing so, he said: "The bandits have retreated. Team Feng is collecting corpses outside the city. Sir, please have lunch quickly. The county government office

There are too many people there who want to be soldiers, and they are all waiting for you to come and preside over them."

Li Kaiguo smiled and said: "How many people are there?"

Hao Xi grimaced and said, "The conditions offered by your Excellency are so good that almost all the people in the county have come."

Li Jianguo was surprised. He ate the food and said, "I only offer you two taels of silver per month and five taels of settlement expenses. Is this a good condition?"

This is because Li Kaiguo did not understand the prices of goods in the Ming Dynasty. At this time, one tael of silver could buy two shi of rice. At that time, one shi was about 94.4 kilograms. One tael of silver could buy 188.8 kilograms of rice, which is 377.6 kilograms. With one tael

For adults, one pound a day is enough to feed a person for a year.

What's more, Li Kaiguo only gave 5 taels at a time and 2 taels per month. It would be strange if the people were not crazy. Even those who knew they did not meet the conditions for conscription, they all came, what if they passed...

After Hao Xi's explanation, Li Jianguo finally understood that one tael of silver was so valuable. In his imagination, one tael of silver was nothing more than a meal.

After eating and drinking, Li Jianguo solved his physical problems, and then slowly walked to the county government office. Now that he knew that all the people in the county were here, he didn't have to worry about the problem of troop sources, he only had to choose carefully.

.

Sure enough, they all came, it was a huge crowd. The common people crowded the road leading to the county government. The adults made the children cry. There were men, women and children. Hao Xi and a group of soldiers squeezed and squeezed, but they were actually overwhelmed by the common people.

It was squeezed out.

Li Jianguo's face immediately darkened. What a shame, these money-grubbing people actually dared to block his way for money. He then swung the Guiwei sword and slashed it to the ground with a "bang", shouting:

"Everyone get out of my way. Anyone who dares to block my way will be killed immediately."

As soon as he said these words, the common people were immediately shocked, until someone shouted: "This is the murderous devil, everyone, get out of the way, he really knows how to kill people." The common people suddenly screamed and shouted.
Chapter completed!