Faced with Lu Ping's high-end combat forces, the Shimen Village bandits had no power to resist and were killed in a moment.
Lu Ping also successfully recaptured Shimen Village and received a meager reward.
As usual, Lu Ping left five generals and four hundred soldiers for Shimen Village and returned directly to the city.
It’s getting late, and it will be dark if we don’t go back now.
The remaining six villages are too far from the county town, so Lu Ping plans to continue tomorrow.
In the next few days, Lu Ping attacked every day.
The remaining six villages were recovered one after another.
With the recovery of eight villages, the number of villages in Luping has reached 23, and the population has increased by 8,000.
During the days when Lu Ping was on the expedition, the villages in the territory were attacked by bandits to varying degrees, but fortunately they were all defeated by the defenders without any danger.
However, Lu Ping also suffered heavy losses, with more than one thousand soldiers killed.
Fortunately, the fallen soldiers can be replaced, otherwise it would be a real hassle.
The successive recapturing of eight villages, coupled with the defeat of numerous invading bandits, greatly boosted the morale of the people in the territory, whose popularity has risen to 75%.
Just increase it by five more points and the bandits will no longer appear.
By then, Lu Ping would not have to worry about being attacked by bandits.
But Lu Ping knew that it was not so easy to gain these five points of public support.
The abilities of Li Si and others are unquestionable, but any policy cannot produce immediate results and takes time.
Early that morning, Lu Ping came to the city wall to inspect the construction progress.
The city wall is of paramount importance, and Lu Ping must pay attention to it.
When we arrived here, we saw thousands of migrant workers working hard, and Changsun Wuji was also here to give orders.
"Greetings, my lord."
Seeing Lu Ping coming, Changsun Wuji hurried to pay his respects.
"No need to be polite."
Lu Ping waved his hand and asked him to stand up.
"My Lord, the construction of the city wall is going very smoothly and is expected to be completed in a month."
Changsun Wuji reported.
"Yeah, not bad, thank you for your hard work."
Hearing this, Lu Ping nodded with satisfaction.
"These are all matters within the responsibilities of this humble official."
"My lord, I have something to report." Changsun Wuji suddenly said again.
"What's the matter?" Lu Ping asked.
"I believe we should recruit more talented people and bring in more useful talents."
"There are so many things to do in territory construction nowadays, and the types are so numerous, I'm afraid I can't handle it all by myself."
"We are not afraid of hard work, but we are afraid of delaying the development of the territory."
After listening to what Changsun Wuji said, Lu Ping nodded slightly.
Lu Ping understood what Changsun Wuji meant.
It is true that Li Si and his colleagues are capable, but specific matters require specific people to handle them.”
"Okay, that's a good suggestion. I'll leave it to you."
"Also, the renovation work here has been put into regular operation."
"The repair work on the eastern county wall must also begin immediately. I'll need your help in this matter."
"I obey your command!" Changsun Wuji bowed.
"Okay, get busy."
Lu Ping smiled and patted Changsun Wuji's shoulder and said.
"Yes, I will take my leave."
Changsun Wuji bowed and retreated.
…
"My lord, I have something to report."
As soon as Changsun Wuji retreated, Su Dingfang hurried over.
"Oh, what is it?"
Lu Ping asked in surprise.
Su Dingfang was in charge of reconnaissance, and he came here in such a hurry, probably because he had made some important discovery.
"My lord, I have completed the preliminary exploration of the territory."
"Lord, we have a strong enemy on our west side."
Su Dingfang looked solemn and spoke in a deep voice.
"Strong enemy?" Lu Ping frowned slightly. "Tell me in detail."
"My Lord, I have discovered a lord one hundred and fifty miles west of our territory."
"According to preliminary investigation, this lord has at least 100,000 soldiers."
"What... one hundred thousand?" Lu Ping was surprised.
"Yes, this lord not only has a large number of soldiers, but also has very powerful generals. He has at least five to seven generals who are as powerful as me."
"Five to seven?"
"How big is his territory?" Lu Ping continued to ask
"My Lord, the territory has not yet been fully explored, but the area that has been explored is already three times the size of ours."
"Three times, no wonder."
"It seems that this person is our great enemy."
After Su Dingfang finished speaking, Lu Ping was silent for a while.
"Yes, I think we should make preparations now."
"Yes, I understand."
"What about other directions? Have you found anything?" Lu Ping continued to ask.
"Aside from this lord, we've also discovered several lords to the east and north. However, their strength is average, with most troops ranging from 30,000 to 50,000. They're not a concern."
"To our south is the state capital. I remember my lord once said that we can leave the state capital alone."
"Well, you are right. The state capital is an official power and will not pose any threat to us."
"Of course, the premise is that we don't actively attack it."
Lu Ping said calmly.
The state capital belongs to the NPC forces. As long as they do not take the initiative to attack, they will not attack any lord.
"From this perspective, everything else is fine."
"We only have one strong enemy to the west. This is good. We can focus on dealing with him."
"Next, keep a close eye on this lord and report any signs of trouble to me immediately."
Lu Ping ordered.
"yes!".
Su Dingfang turned and left.
After Su Dingfang left, Lu Pingyuan was depressed for a long time.
Lu Ping didn't expect his luck to be so bad.
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