Prefect Shen took the memorial, eagerly opened it, and began to read it carefully. Gradually, his brows relaxed, and then he burst into laughter before handing the memorial to Li Xue.
Li Xue took the document and glanced at it, then beamed with joy. She hadn't expected that Zhao Xian, with only twenty men, had defeated more than a hundred people from Wild Wolf Village, almost wiping out the entire force.
At this time, the Wild Wolf Stronghold was severely weakened, making it the best time to wipe out the remaining forces.
Li Xue immediately shared her thoughts with Prefect Shen, who agreed and prepared to set out on the expedition immediately.
Prefect Shen immediately mobilized more than 100 personal guards and numerous yamen runners, forming a force of over 200 men, which he intended to personally lead to Wild Wolf Village.
Li Xue certainly wouldn't miss this opportunity; she wanted to join the expedition and capture Hu Han, the chieftain of Wild Wolf Village, alive.
Just as the team had assembled and was ready to depart, Lin Xi arrived on horseback, followed by two other people. All three were fully armed and looked imposing.
Seeing that it was Lin Xi coming, Li Xue spurred her horse to go and meet her.
"Lin Xi, what brings you here? Are you coming with us to raze Wild Wolf Village to the ground?"
"Of course, I just received news that Prefect Shen is going to wipe out the Wild Wolf Stronghold. Of course I have to go on such an important mission."
Grandpa knew I was going to Wild Wolf Stronghold and was very supportive. He sent two of the Lin family's most skilled guards with me to assist the government.
"Great! Let's go together then!" Li Xue said excitedly.
Prefect Shen was also very pleased. The people around General Lin were all extraordinary. With the addition of these three, his team was even stronger, and the chances of annihilating the Wild Wolf Stronghold were much greater.
The Wild Wolf Stronghold was in complete chaos. The operation they had meticulously planned the night before had ended in utter defeat.
As dawn broke, Chief Hu arranged for his men to count the number of people. Only fifty or sixty people returned to Wild Wolf Village, a loss of nearly one hundred people, which pained Chief Hu greatly.
At this moment, the people of Wild Wolf Village were filled with panic, as if a great calamity was about to befall them.
This crushing defeat was essentially a catastrophe for Wild Wolf Stronghold. At this moment, what he needed to do was to stabilize morale.
With this in mind, he immediately summoned all the leaders and chiefs of the village to discuss important matters.
The mountain stronghold is now severely depleted, and it is necessary to transfer some people from various escort agencies to replenish the strength of the Wild Wolf Stronghold.
At the same time, we must recruit soldiers and gradually strengthen the power of Wild Wolf Stronghold, and then find an opportunity to avenge the loss.
Everyone felt that this was the only way; things couldn't be rushed, and had to be done step by step.
Wild Wolf Stronghold has seven or eight escort agencies scattered in various places. Each agency has a large number of people, so it is not a problem to send some people over.
So Chief Hu arranged for some leaders to go to various escort agencies. With these people gone, Wild Wolf Stronghold became even more vulnerable. Chief Hu hoped they would get things done as soon as possible so that the vacant manpower in the stronghold would be in place immediately.
After everyone left, Chief Hu did not leave. He sat in the main seat of the council hall, staring blankly into space.
Why did he have to launch a sneak attack on Narcissus Village when he was living a good life? He still didn't understand what was going on with Narcissus Village, or what weapons the villagers used to cause such a crushing defeat for Wild Wolf Stronghold.
Just as I was thinking about these things, someone suddenly burst in to deliver a message.
"Reporting to the chieftain, something terrible has happened."
Chief Hu was greatly surprised. Had something major happened in the village again?
"What happened? Report it quickly."
At this time, Chief Hu was very afraid of trouble, but the more afraid he was, the more trouble he encountered.
“A group of soldiers, at least two hundred men, had arrived at the entrance of the stronghold and asked the chieftain to come forward and speak.”
Chief Hu was taken aback; he hadn't expected the government troops to arrive at Wild Wolf Village so quickly.
Last night's losses were heavy, and some more people left the stronghold just now. The stronghold is now severely weakened and unable to fight against the government troops. If the government troops attack the stronghold now, these people will soon be captured.
He dared not delay and immediately led several followers to the tower at the entrance of the mountain stronghold.
Although there were not many officers and soldiers, they were all full of energy and imposing, which made people shudder.
In the past, he was not afraid of these soldiers. At its peak, the stronghold had four or five hundred people. As his own security escort agency grew, many people were transferred to the agency.
There are not many people left in the village now, especially after last night's battle, which severely damaged his strength. It will take time for him to make a comeback.
I'm not going to think about that anymore; let's focus on solving the immediate problem.
He composed himself and looked down carefully. When he saw the two girls in the ranks of officers and soldiers, he was immediately shocked.
It seems that Master Ma was not lying. The beautiful girl below must be a princess of the current dynasty, otherwise she could not have summoned the soldiers so quickly.
At this moment, he was filled with remorse. How could he have offended the princess of the current dynasty? He even wanted to capture the two of them and bring them to the mountain to be his wives. Wasn't this like an old man hanging himself, tired of living?
At this moment, the officers and soldiers below began to shout: "Listen up, people in the mountain stronghold! Please come out and surrender, or we will set fire to the mountain and raze the stronghold to the ground."
Last night, our own men launched a surprise attack on Narcissus Village, but before they could even see a single person, they were blown up.
With so many soldiers here today, if we don't surrender immediately, the stronghold will soon be razed to the ground, and we will all die without a burial place.
Thinking of this, he immediately shouted.
"Sirs, please don't set fire, we surrender!"
In this way, without losing a single soldier, Prefect Shen obtained the surrender of all the people in Wild Wolf Stronghold. They knelt down in front of the stronghold in a great clamor.
Prefect Shen was overjoyed. He hadn't expected his military campaign to go so smoothly, and now he had one more thing to write in his annual performance report.
Li Xue walked up to Chief Hu and asked:
"Where is that dart-throwing guy next to you? He's a serious criminal, hand him over immediately."
"You mean Wang Ling? He went to Huizhou Prefecture."
"When did he go? What was he doing in Huizhou Prefecture?"
"They've been gone for about half an hour. There's a Tiger Might Escort Agency in Huizhou Prefecture, which is owned by our stronghold. He's going there to transfer some people to bolster our forces," Chief Hu said, his usual arrogance gone.
"Then let me ask you one more thing. There is a man named Ruan Jin in Xinkou County. Does he have any dealings with this Wang Ling?"
"They do have some dealings; this is part of our knock-off business. The Ruan family has some business disputes that they need Wang Ling to resolve. I don't know anything else about the specifics."
Li Xue nodded. The truth of the matter had come out, and Magistrate Gao could close the net. However, Wang Ling was guilty of heinous crimes and had to be arrested.
Seeing that the matter here had been dealt with, Prefect Shen left a few people to take over the stronghold and then escorted these people back to Qing'an Prefecture.
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