It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Lu Xingchen replied, "I just want to take all the soldiers to visit Teng County and let them see what Teng County looks like now."

"Yes, we just want to take a look." Ling Xiao swung the whip excitedly, making a crackling sound in the wind.

His voice has fully recovered. Fortunately, it has not become a duck voice, and his voice is still very pleasant.

"Master, what's so good about this? Isn't it just fields?" Zhang Fan said somewhat bored.

Wei Hu remained silent the whole time, but at this time he glanced at Zhang Fan and thought, you pig-brained guy, can you please stop talking?

Lu Xingchen thought to himself, although Zhang Fan was not stupid, he was still very cute.

They are not born with insight, but there are still a few smart ones.

Because they have always been farmers, they have only recently been incorporated into Lu Xingchen's regular army.

They know a little bit more about farmland and livelihoods.

"Master, these fields are all abandoned. Look at the village in front. There is no one there. Grass has grown on the roofs."

"Yes, this is the busy farming season, and we should be weeding the fields."

"Also, this should have been a field, right? Why is it all overgrown with weeds now?"

At first, the soldiers thought that Lu Xingchen brought them out for training.

They did this during this period, training in siege and close combat every day.

I didn't expect that I would bring them out today to see these farmlands and villages.

This is a world of difference from their village in Xing County.

"Lu Feng, tell me about the situation in Teng County." Lu Xingchen said to Lu Feng.

Lu Feng said loudly to the soldiers, "Wei Hu and I went to Teng County a few days ago."

"The situation was very tragic. There was not even a small vendor on the street. When we passed by, we saw that large areas of villages and fields were in ruins. No one was cultivating the fields and no one was living in the villages."

"Zhao Long, the county magistrate of Teng County, was born a bandit, so he has always oppressed the people, killed people indiscriminately, and robbed their women and children as slaves."

“So all the common people who fled fled.”

"Zhao Long and Teng County are now almost unable to survive. If they have no money and no women, what will they do?"

"They will definitely attack our Xing County, steal our people's food and money, and rob our sisters."

"The next ones to suffer may be our parents, brothers, sisters, relatives and friends..." Wei Hu continued.

"It's so damn infuriating! Let me go to Teng County right now and kill that bastard Zhao Long." Zhang Fan was filled with indignation when he heard this.

The soldiers' emotions were also aroused.

"There is an opportunity in front of us now." Lu Xingchen said.

"The day after tomorrow will be the wedding of Zhao Long and Miss Zhou Er from Wan County. We must take advantage of this opportunity to take over Teng County."

“Then the land of Teng County will be our land.”

"Every family of the brothers who participated in the war will be given a piece of land."

"Would you soldiers like to join me?"

"willing!"

"willing!"

For a moment, the voice of willingness resounded between heaven and earth.

"Okay, then we will train outside today, return to the county town early tomorrow morning, and then prepare to take over Teng County." Lu Xingchen said.

The soldiers uttered waves of agreement.

Lu Xingchen led these soldiers to train outside for a day. At night in the camp, she called Wei Hu and others together to study tactics.

Lu Xingchen sat in the middle.

Wei Hu came in and sat on the left.

Then came Zhang Fan, Lu Feng and Lu Yun.

Ling Xiao came in a little late, so he could only sit at the door of the tent.

Lu Xingchen waved at him.

"Ling Xiao, stand behind me."

Ling Xiao showed an incredible look, then jumped up happily and ran to stand behind Lu Xingchen.

At this time, there were two people standing behind Lu Xingchen, one was her maid Feixue, and the other was Ling Xiao.

Several people looked up at Ling Xiao. They knew that Lu Xingchen was intentionally cultivating Ling Xiao and paying more attention to him.

Ling Xiao's figure is indeed very suitable for martial arts training.

"Young Master, if you have anything else to say, just beat me." Zhang Fan straightened his back and looked at Lu Xingchen with sharp eyes.

"There is a way to fight, and you can't just do it randomly."

"Young Master, are we launching a sneak attack this time?" Wei Hu asked.

Lu Xingchen nodded.

"This time we are launching a surprise attack, not a forceful siege, so we must keep it secret."

"A sneak attack? How do you sneak attack?" Zhang Fan showed a puzzled look, "Are we going to sneak attack Niutou Village like we did last time?"

The reason why the sneak attack on Niutou Village was successful was that the mountain behind Niutou Village was indeed very hidden and would not be discovered.

But Teng County is a county town, and it is very difficult for so many people to enter the county town without being discovered.

Secondly, Niutou Village is a mountain village after all, covering a very small area, and the bandits encountered after entering the village are relatively concentrated.

However, Teng County is so large that their small number of people were too scattered after entering the county.

"The day after tomorrow is the wedding day of Zhao Long and Miss Zhou Er. Zhao Long will definitely lead the wedding procession to Wanxian to pick up the bride..."

Lu Xingchen continued, "I have asked Lu Yunfeng to represent Xing County to go to Wan County to deliver gifts."

"In Teng County, I will personally go to present wedding gifts to the two newlyweds."

"So tomorrow morning we will return to Xing County, not enter the county town, but take the gifts from outside and head straight to Teng County."

"Young Master, you mean that we should accompany the guests who bring gifts, sneak into Teng County, and then start killing people..." Zhang Fan showed an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Master, you are so smart."

"But you and Wei Hu don't enter the city. You take our other team of soldiers to intercept Zhao Long halfway." Lu Xingchen said to Zhang Fan.

"Ah, young master, this is fun and exciting. I want to play this." Zhang Fan was a little reluctant.

Wei Hu glared at Zhang Fan and said coldly, "This is an order, not a discussion with you."

Zhang Fan nodded, "I understand, Master."

"This is our preliminary plan." Lu Xingchen analyzed his more detailed plan with the people present.

In this way, all kinds of situations that may be encountered during the sneak attack can be taken into account, and unexpected events can be prevented as much as possible.

"Well then, everyone has received a task, and we will start performing our duties starting tomorrow. Any mistake at any stage could lead to a complete loss." Lu Xingchen said finally.

Everyone nodded in agreement with a serious look.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, they had a simple breakfast in the camp and rushed back to Xing County.

Master Guo had already prepared all the gifts they were going to bring, as well as the costumes and props they were going to wear, and sent them outside the city.