Chapter 318: Let the Bullets Fly a Little Longer

Every time they set out on an expedition.

Liu Zheng would also be moved by the passionate atmosphere of the scene, unable to restrain his emotions.

Of these hot-blooded men, how many could still return alive after reaching the battlefield? No one knew; at least Liu Zheng, having witnessed the warfare of cold weapons, seemed to have begun to grow accustomed to this era where human life was as cheap as grass.

Just numbers.

Those vivid, living lives, in the end, all just became cold, literal numbers, and nothing more.

"Prefect Liu... it's not that I, this humble servant, am speaking out of turn, but this total mobilization is really not a good thing for Liangzhou!"

After seeing the soldiers off, the crowd headed back.

On the way back, Grand Eunuch Zhou squeezed into Liu Zheng's carriage and chuckled.

He felt it was very necessary to remind Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng smiled faintly: "Grand Eunuch Zhou, when there is chaos, one must use strict laws. At this moment in Liangzhou, monsters and demons are running wild. I wish to stabilize Liangzhou while also providing aid to Chuan Shu; it is difficult to achieve both. Why not build a cage and let those filthy creatures crawl in themselves? What does Grand Eunuch Zhou think?"

Grand Eunuch Zhou looked shocked: "Prefect Liu intends to catch them all in one net?"

Liu Zheng chuckled: "Grand Eunuch Zhou, if there is bloodshed in Liangzhou in the coming days, I hope you will be understanding!"

Grand Eunuch Zhou was already too stunned to speak.

He seemed to have suddenly understood what Liu Zheng wanted to do.

He was luring the snake out of its hole!

He was fishing!

To use the words of Xie Tianyao, he was setting a trap!

Now that the Liangzhou Army had mobilized in full, those who feigned compliance while acting in opposition surely could no longer restrain themselves!

That's right.

Ying Rong and the others could no longer restrain themselves.

Without the Liangzhou Army, Liu Zheng was simply a paper tiger! The 150,000-strong Liangzhou Army had almost entirely set out on the expedition, leaving only some Garrison in the city, numbering only about 10,000!

But what about these noble clans and royal families?

Which household didn't have two or three thousand private soldiers?

If a conflict really broke out, they would dare to kill this father and son, the Lius, directly! Then they would find a few scapegoats to behead, and this predicament in Liangzhou would be solved immediately!

"Hahahaha, Lord Ying, this matter of military supplies is indeed much more lucrative than expected!"

A group of people had been unable to stop grinning these past few days.

With fighting at the front, the rear required logistical supplies; under this pretext, these people, from top to bottom, could begin their extortion.

Who dared to criticize them?

If there was an issue, go find Prefect Liu! It was he who ordered the Liangzhou Army to rush to the aid of Chuan Shu!

Hearing this, Ying Rong also chuckled: "Remember, proceed slowly, proceed slowly..."

The crowd understood immediately.

However...

Although they said to proceed slowly, human greed is infinite. In the following days, Liu Zheng seemed busy communicating with the frontline army and had no time to attend to his "Anti-Corruption Law."

Who could resist this?

Take!

Greed!

Once night fell, it became the most active time for these people; cart after cart of prepared military supplies would be secretly transported out of the city through various channels in the night...

Even.

In the end, even the common people knew about these things. Many were indignant and went to the Liangzhou Prefecture to report them, yet the Liangzhou Prefecture still showed no reaction.

Liangzhou City was becoming increasingly chaotic.

These people were also becoming increasingly arrogant.

"Young Master, Young Master, they, they, they are being too blatant!"

Liu Zheng was sitting in his room, studying the terrain of Chuan Shu on the sand table, when Shen Xing couldn't help but run in.

"Heh, how is Ying Rong?"

Liu Zheng didn't even lift his head.

Shen Xing gritted his teeth: "That old thief is truly very shrewd; he still hasn't made a move! But, Young Master, how could he not have a share of the spoils from those people's corruption? He surely cannot withstand an investigation. Young Master, Liangzhou cannot continue to be this chaotic!"

Liu Zheng smiled and shook his head: "Official Shen, you said it yourself, Ying Rong is an old fox; without catching him in the act, there is nothing that can be done to him. Besides, over these years, the chain of interest in the Liangzhou officialdom has already become a very mature and hidden line. Do you really think that catching those clowns now is enough to convict Ying Rong?"

Shen Xing was immediately rendered speechless.

Liu Zheng took a deep breath: "Let it be chaotic, let it be chaotic!"

"The more chaotic it is now, the more significant the effect will be when we start the executions!"

Shen Xing gritted his teeth: "Yes, Young Master!"

He truly felt pained for those military supplies; they were all donated bit by bit by the people of Liangzhou. Yet now, they were being manipulated by this group of parasites for their own gain...

These people must be killed to appease the public anger!

At this moment.

Yintan City.

Upon receiving the blueprints for the Glider, Qingyang Shuo immediately ordered everyone to put down their current work and devote themselves entirely to the rush production of the Glider.

When the first Glider was manufactured, Qingyang Shuo and Zheng Yueru, who had just rushed back, were stunned on the spot.

"This..."

Good heavens!

This thing can actually allow a person to achieve flight?

Qingyang Shuo could not help but smile bitterly again and again: "Is there anything our young master cannot do? With this divine object to assist, the fifty thousand-strong army in Chuan Shu can be pacified!"

"It seems the young master is about to embark on a great slaughter..."

He sighed leisurely; he had watched Liu Zheng grow more mature day by day. Now, even if he is not in Liangzhou, he can perfectly execute these strategies one by one.

At this moment, there was some anticipation in his heart.

Given time...

To what extent will this young master of his grow?

Order them to rush production!

In Yintan City, two hundred thousand craftsmen were all set in motion. One thousand Gliders could be rushed out in a single day!

Even someone as steady as Qingyang Shuo could not help but want to know.

When this thing is sent to Chuan Shu, to what extent will it shock the people of the world?

Who has ever seen this?

On the side of Qin Zhangfeng and Jiang Xuan.

Sure enough.

Just two days after leaving the city, Qin Zhangfeng immediately gave the order to select fifty thousand soldiers to gallop with him to reinforce Chuan Shu, while the other one hundred thousand soldiers were to remain in place under the command of Jiang Xuan!

"General Qin, why is this?"

"This..."

"Are we not going to reinforce Chuan Shu?"

A group of generals could not quite understand.

Qin Zhangfeng smiled faintly: "Didn't you say that Liangzhou has many battles and the soldiers are exhausted? Then just wait in place for now; let me go to Chuan Shu to take a look first. If it can be taken, there will be no need for you to come!"

The generals listened and looked at each other in dismay.

Fifty thousand Liangzhou Army soldiers want to drive away the Southern Barbarian army? That is an army of three hundred thousand!

"General Qin, you absolutely must not!"

"General Qin, we are all the Liangzhou Army, we do not distinguish between one another, why is this?"

"General Qin!"

Seeing the attitude of these people, Qin Zhangfeng felt a slight warmth in his heart and laughed loudly: "Everyone, military orders are like mountains, wait in place! In seven days at most, a great battle will be waiting for you!"

"Let's go!"

Immediately, he led the fifty thousand Liangzhou Army soldiers and continued south.

A great battle?

What great battle?

They had only just left the city for two days; what kind of great battle could there be?

The group of people looked at each other, confused and unable to understand.