Chapter 217: Conquering All of Guangwu

Just as the other party passed by, Jiang Jinshi inadvertently looked at the blood-stained spear tip of Jiang Ze, which was not very obvious under the light of the torches.

A moment later, Wang Hou arrived and said to Jiang Jinshi: "Big Brother, they are all dead!"

"Hmm!" Jiang Jinshi responded casually and said to Wang Hou: "This Prefect Liu is really not human! To harm my kin like this!"

"Indeed! Is such a person worthy of being a parent official?" Wang Hou spat on the ground.

"Then let it be! Take our Prefect down and treat him well; you must pry his mouth open!"

"Big Brother, rest assured! I am very good at such things." Wang Hou narrowed his eyes, smiling extremely cruelly!

At this moment, the sky was gradually turning bright. Fighting all night made everyone feel tired but also doubled their excitement.

They had not only defeated the regular army of Da Qian, but they had done so with fewer against more!

Such a victory made a sense of pride well up in everyone's hearts. Although they were bandits, they were not weaker than anyone else.

The happiest were the commoners in the city, who spontaneously came out to help clean the battlefield, moving and organizing those arrows and the armor stripped from the enemy soldiers.

The victory of Yangguangzhai meant that they could still live as before, with affordable grain, without being oppressed, and with work to do.

The joy of this victory was not just in Panjiang City; it soon spread to the other four cities, and everyone was eagerly waiting for the return of Yangguangzhai.

At this moment, the captains of Yangguangzhai were sitting together. Even though there was deep exhaustion on their faces, the light in their eyes was getting brighter and brighter.

"Everyone did a good job this time. Next, our Yangguangzhai will enter a stage of rapid development. I hope everyone can persevere!" Jiang Jinshi crossed his hands and looked at the captains with a smile.

Luo Feng heard some different thoughts from Jiang Jinshi's words and asked with some joy: "Big Brother, do you mean...?"

Jiang Jinshi nodded: "That's right! After this complete victory, the Prefect is no longer a threat to us! So I have decided: next, we will expand comprehensively and conquer the entire Guangwu Jun!"

"Woohoo! Big Brother is domineering!"

"Our Yangguangzhai should be like this!"

"Don't say anything else! I'll be the vanguard!"

Everyone was very happy and active, and some had even thought in their minds which direction they should attack.

After all, there were fifteen cities under Guangwu Jun, and the current Yangguangzhai only occupied five.

Among the remaining ten cities, besides Guangwu City as the core, there were also two medium-sized cities similar to Panjiang City, and there were still seven small cities that could be used for practice.

At the same time, expanding territory also meant an increase in manpower, so everyone sitting here might have a chance to be promoted to a Great Captain.

But it was unclear how many Great Captain positions there would be, so the performance in the next stage would certainly be particularly important. Only with sufficient merit could everyone be convinced!

Thinking of this, all the squadron leaders were secretly competing, determined to perform more prominently in the future.

Jiang Jinshi certainly would not stop such healthy competition; he even had a trend of encouraging development. Otherwise, if everyone became slack, the good days of Yangguangzhai would not last long.

"Next, all matters regarding the siege will be handled by Luo Feng. You don't need to report such things as raiding cities to me in the future, but remember the rules of Yangguangzhai. Don't forget what to do after the siege!" Jiang Jinshi knew the importance of the hearts of the people deeply; he would not make a mistake on this point.

"Big Brother, what about recruiting people?" Luo Feng asked the question he was most concerned about.

You must know that before the battle of Panjiang City, the recruitment had never stopped, and it would definitely continue later, but how many to recruit was a problem.

"Under fifty thousand! Just recruit!" Jiang Jinshi held up a palm and said confidently to everyone.

This number was not reported randomly, but calculated based on the current monthly income of the Xinyue Chamber of Commerce. After all, with more people, expenses would also be high, and the silver had to keep up.

As for after fifty thousand, Jiang Jinshi had not thought about it for the time being, because in his view, this was not something that could be achieved in a short time; at least it was impossible within this year.

In another half a month or so, it would be winter!

Next, he would hand over the expansion matters to the captains, and he only needed to grasp the general direction.

There were still many things in Yangguangzhai that had not been settled, such as the academy mentioned before that had never been built, which had allowed Jiang Li to have a fun time during this period, but that would not do in the future.

There was also the problem of city management. The lack of scholars under his command had always been a shortcoming of Yangguangzhai. There was no other good way for the time being, so Jiang Jinshi prepared to talk to Feng Chunsheng and find some scholars from humble backgrounds to try; perhaps there would be some talents among them?

Just as Jiang Jinshi was planning the development of Yangguangzhai, Wei Xikang at the border had just received news of the Guangwu Jun Prefect taking troops to suppress bandits.

Wei Xikang held the letter handed over by the Prince of Zhenbei and said with some anxiety: "Uncle, can you send troops to support?"

The Prince of Zhenbei was somewhat dumbfounded: "Your Highness, is it to support the Prefect Liu in suppressing bandits or to support the bandits in fighting the Prefect?"

"This..."

Only then did Wei Xikang react. He belonged to the category of being anxious because of concern; how could he have asked such a question!

Standing in his current position, sending troops could only be to support the Prefect in suppressing bandits, but he was already biased toward Yangguangzhai, so these troops could not be sent no matter what.

"Your Highness need not worry too much. On the contrary, this Liu Xuecheng moved troops privately without orders; we can settle the score with him later!" A trace of displeasure flashed in the eyes of the Prince of Zhenbei. If it weren't for the fact that the stalemate on the front line had not been broken, he would definitely not have let the other party off.

"We'll see later!" Wei Xikang had no heart to care about Liu Xuecheng's affairs. Although he wanted to help Yangguangzhai in his heart, he really had no way to do so.

He also instinctively believed that Yangguangzhai could not defeat ten thousand soldiers, and only hoped that the Great Chief Jiang would be fine. The fact that the other party could build such a happy 'paradise' in troubled times showed that he was extremely capable himself.

When he fought his way back to the capital, in the future, with the assistance of Jiang Jinshi, all the people of Da Qian could live the life of Yangguangzhai; that would be the true peace of the country and the people!

"General, Your Highness! The Xiongnu are here again!" At this time, a soldier outside the door reported hurriedly.

Wei Xikang and the Prince of Zhenbei looked at each other, stood up seriously, and walked toward the city wall.

For nearly half a month, the Xiongnu had often appeared outside the city, at most no more than a hundred people, harassing their side from time to time, but had not launched a full-scale attack.

Such a strange scene made the Prince of Zhenbei unable to figure it out. Such meaningless things did not seem like something Adunla could do.

Just like the previous time, the Prince of Zhenbei even began to suspect that the other party's general had been replaced.

"Uncle, I have thought for a long time, but I still don't understand what the purpose of the other party doing this is!" Wei Xikang looked at the Xiongnu who had already gone far away and couldn't help but ask the Prince of Zhenbei. ===== CHAPTER 218 =====