kvmb Chapter 435 The Amazing Chen Family Army
Chapter 435 The Amazing Chen Family Army
"Then Brother Xu should know just how lawless those defeated soldiers were?"
"know."
Xu Zhiwen's face darkened. He had once seen a group of defeated soldiers who had fled to Taiping County. These soldiers of the Beijing garrison, who already had extremely poor military discipline, had completely turned into bandits after their defeat!
Fearing punishment from the imperial court, they dared not return to the capital or have any contact with the government, and could only roam outside the city, surviving by plundering.
It can be said that these defeated soldiers were no longer soldiers, but bandits, seriously endangering the security of the places they went, and causing the government a great headache.
"Brother Li, could it be that there have also been defeated troops in Ding'an County?"
Xu Zhiwen asked.
"Yes."
Li Qingyun said with a wry smile, "Because of the strong suppression in your Taiping County, Brother Xu, these defeated soldiers dared not stay in Taiping County. So they all poured into Ding'an County. Now, outside Ding'an County, there are countless bandits who have turned from defeated soldiers. They rob passersby and civilians outside the city. At the same time, they have also subdued other bandits who were originally in Ding'an County. Now they have formed a powerful force."
"Uh……"
Xu Zhiwen opened his mouth, somewhat speechless.
Ding'an County suffered an undeserved disaster. Originally, for those defeated troops in Liangzhou, staying in Taiping County after fleeing Liangzhou would have been the best option. However, because of the existence of Chenjia Village in Taiping County, those defeated troops dared not stay in Taiping County at all, so they had no choice but to go to Ding'an County, which is adjacent to Taiping County.
Under these circumstances, the pressure on the officials of Ding'an County and Li Qingyun was naturally immense, after all...
Those defeated soldiers were government troops with weapons and armor for protection, and after their defeat they had no self-discipline. The military force controlled by the Ding'an County government was simply no match for them.
"To be honest, Brother Xu."
Li Qingyun continued, his face grim, "The number of defeated soldiers gathered in Ding'an County has now reached several thousand, and they are all well-equipped with weapons and armor. The Ding'an County government is simply unable to wipe out this group of defeated soldiers, so I have no choice but to ask Brother Xu for help!"
Li Qingyun's purpose in this trip was to use the strength of Taiping County to wipe out the defeated troops in Ding'an County. The number of defeated troops was increasing, and if they were allowed to plunder outside the city, the entire Ding'an County would not be at peace.
Furthermore... Li Qingyun was also worried that these defeated troops would continue to grow stronger. The defeated troops dared not attack the county town now, but that might not be the case once they grew larger.
These defeated soldiers had lost all military discipline after their defeat, and had even become like bandits. No one could guarantee that they wouldn't have the idea of attacking and occupying the county town.
"Thousands of routed soldiers!"
Xu Zhiwen's expression changed. What did thousands of routed soldiers mean?
Keep in mind that these were originally soldiers of the Beijing Garrison. They carried standard weapons issued by the imperial court and wore fine armor. It is no exaggeration to say that several thousand defeated soldiers could easily capture a county town.
After all, under normal circumstances, a county town only has a few hundred city guards, which is simply not enough to withstand the attack of thousands of defeated troops.
"Brother Li, have you sought help from the county seat or the prefectural seat?"
Xu Zhiwen couldn't help but ask, "These thousands of defeated soldiers are beyond the capacity of the local county officials to handle. We must report this to higher authorities and have the Qingzhou Army stationed near the prefectural city come to suppress the bandits."
"Naturally there is."
Li Qingyun said bitterly, "I sent letters to both the county seat and the prefectural seat, hoping that the imperial court would send troops to Ding'an County to suppress the bandits, but the result was not optimistic."
The prefect of Taicang County replied to me very politely, but there was no army in the county, and the number of city guards was only a few hundred. Even the prefect was helpless without resources and could not deal with the thousands of defeated soldiers.
As for the letters sent to the prefectural city, they seemed to have sunk without a trace, and no news came back.
"..."
Xu Zhiwen remained silent.
The gathering of thousands of defeated soldiers would be a momentous event anywhere, yet... the attitude of the prefectural city was truly chilling.
"I think the Xia Kingdom is doomed sooner or later!"
Li Qingyun grew increasingly agitated as he spoke: "Several thousand defeated soldiers are entrenched in Ding'an County, endangering the people and posing a constant threat to the county seat. Yet the officials in the prefectural city turn a blind eye to this. It's utterly ridiculous!"
"Ugh!"
Xu Zhiwen sighed. This was the true state of affairs in Xia Kingdom today. Officials were all incompetent and did nothing, showing no concern for the suffering people below. No wonder there were so many rebellious forces within Xia Kingdom.
"Brother Li, I'm afraid I can't help you with this matter."
Xu Zhiwen shook his head and said that although he had recently recruited a lot of soldiers in the county, most of these soldiers were still in training. They were good at defending the city, but it was unrealistic to expect them to go out of the city and fight thousands of defeated troops in the field.
After all, these newly recruited soldiers had only been trained for a little over a month, and there was simply not enough time for them to develop sufficient combat power. Facing thousands of defeated troops, there was no possibility of defeat except for defeat.
"what?"
Li Qingyun was taken aback and blurted out, "Brother Xu, are you perhaps unwilling to help me? You can handle the defeated troops in Taiping County, so why can't you handle those in Ding'an County?"
These defeated troops all fled from Taiping County to Ding'an County, which means that Taiping County had the ability to suppress and annihilate them. This is why these defeated troops dared not stay in Taiping County and all poured into Ding'an County.
However, Xu Zhiwen said he couldn't help him, which made Li Qingyun wonder if Xu Zhiwen was unwilling to help him.
"Brother Li doesn't know."
Xu Zhiwen explained, "It was not my subordinates who truly wiped out the defeated troops in Taiping County, but someone else."
"Oh?"
Li Qingyun frowned and said, "Besides Brother Xu's county government, who else can handle such a large number of well-trained and powerful defeated troops?"
These defeated troops were certainly not formidable, at least not compared to Yang Zheng's army in Liangzhou; otherwise, 25 troops would not have suffered such a crushing defeat in Liangzhou.
However, from the perspective of local officials, these well-equipped and armed defeated troops were indeed a formidable force. After all, even a few hundred armored soldiers, let alone thousands, would be a force that ordinary local governments could not handle.
"Who else could it be? It's naturally young friend Chen!"
Xu Zhiwen replied, "In Chen Xiaoyou's Chenjia Village, there is an army called the Chen Family Army. Everyone in this army is a martial artist, and when they fight, they are often accompanied by strange beasts. Even a defeated army of several hundred men would find it difficult to resist."
Li Qingyun was stunned upon hearing this!
What the hell? An army in a village? This is simply... unbelievable.
What's even more outrageous is that everyone in this army is a martial artist?!
Even the imperial army shouldn't be this extravagant, right?