This noise continued all night long.
The next morning, Gu Qingcheng woke up in the wing room at the back of the county government office after it had been cleaned up.
After getting dressed, washing, and tidying up simply, Gu Qingcheng walked out of the county government office like a noble young man, surrounded by young eunuchs and palace maids.
The body was gone, and the bloodstains washed away.
Except for a slight smell of blood in the air, everything around was as if yesterday's killing had never happened.
Gu Qingcheng was satisfied and walked along the street towards the city gate.
More than a thousand people worked hard all night and the results were pretty good.
The city gate, which was originally only half left, has been repaired.
One third of the moat (trench?) outside the city was also dug.
In two or three days, the repairs to the northern city will be completed.
Gu Qingcheng slowly climbed up the city gate tower, stood at the highest point, and looked around.
Xizhou is vaguely visible in the distance, to the north is a vast grassland, and to the west is a desert.
North City is like a weed in the cracks, unimportant and inconspicuous, but still struggling tenaciously.
"Kuro!"
Huo Wuniang got up early to inspect the city gates and check the sentries.
After hearing the soldier's report, I realized that Gu Qingcheng had already arrived at the city gate tower.
She was wearing armor and came quickly.
"Wu Niang, look!"
Gu Qingcheng pointed to the desert in the west and said, "That's Xirong."
Huo Wuniang nodded.
As a daughter of a general who grew up in Xizhou, she certainly knew the location of Xirong.
"I heard they often send small groups of cavalry to harass border towns and cities?"
"Yes! Like a sparrow."
When Huo Wuniang said this, there was obvious disgust and resentment in her eyes.
Those small groups of cavalry did not dare to directly attack heavily guarded cities such as Xizhou and border towns.
But they are very hateful and will come to harass us.
Provoke them and plunder nearby villages and towns.
When the troops in the city came out to attack, they quickly retreated.
They are small in number and highly mobile.
Where are the Huo family's troops? Oh no, the Qing Dynasty's troops are more numerous, and if they want to send troops, they need the general's order.
After going through layer upon layer of procedures, by the time a sound was made, those cavalrymen who looked like bandits had already disappeared.
They are like a group of sparrows stealing food, flying here secretly, running away quickly, and then coming back again.
They kept doing this, and their bellies were full, but the people in the nearby villages suffered greatly.
The defenders of the Qing Dynasty were exhausted after being "teased" again and again.
It will not only affect the morale, but also make the defenders lower their vigilance.
If people cry "wolf" too often, the next time the main force of the Western Rong really launches an all-out attack, the defenders of Xizhou and the border towns will hesitate, which will lead to a disaster.
From childhood to adulthood, Huo Wuniang has heard or witnessed many of the abominable actions of the Western Rong.
She hated it, but she had no better solution.
"Why not? We can learn from them."
Gu Qingcheng smiled and said, "Father-in-law and his men are regular troops. Every time they go out, it costs a lot."
"But we are also a small group. We are flexible and agile, and we are not afraid of frequent deployments."
Gu Qingcheng originally wanted to train his troops, and frequently sending troops out was also a form of training.
"Where's the horse?"
Huo Wuniang calmly asked a question.
The reason why the Western Rong soldiers and horses could become "sparrows" was because they were fast enough.
They have horses!
The Ninth Prince's troops were mostly infantry.
Only a dozen or so generations and their followers brought their own war horses.
All the horses together only amount to fifty or sixty.
"Fifty or sixty 'cavalrymen', that's not a small number!"
Gu Qingcheng didn't think this was a problem. "Besides, there should be horses in the city."
The North City is not big, and everyone from the county magistrate to the soldiers looks like they are "lying down".
But, no matter how small it is, it is still a border town, and there are still some horses.
After all, when these people are short of money or food, they will go to the surrounding villages and towns to plunder.
Without horses, how can they plunder?
"Yes! I counted them last night, and there are sixteen horses in total."
“…”Poor enough.
Gu Qingcheng secretly complained, but his handsome face remained calm, "Add sixteen more horses, and we will have nearly eighty cavalrymen."
This is quite a lot.
At least--
"First, clear out the surrounding bandits, earthen forts, etc."
Gu Qingcheng still follows the same old routine, growing from childhood to adulthood, from weak to strong.
First practice on horse bandits and mountain bandits, which can not only obtain spoils such as money, food, and war horses, but also eliminate hidden dangers.
Gu Qingcheng wants to turn North City into her own base camp. She wants to expand her territory outward in circles with North City as the center.
Those thieves and bandits, haha, shouldn't appear in her, Gu Qingcheng's territory.
"yes!"
Huo Wuniang agreed readily.
What she likes most is leading troops to fight. She is happy as long as she has the opportunity to perform.
Gu Qingcheng: ...Don’t worry, there will be many opportunities to fight in the future.
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