After two sticks of incense, Hu Luo's expression at the County Cheng's Mansion was almost exactly the same as Ke Yi's after hearing the news.
"Humph, our family will trick you about this matter?"
Ke Yi said with a pale face.
I came here not to see Hu Luo's shocked expression when he found out what happened, but to see if he had any clues.
"This... Sir, apart from the commotion caused by Li Mo's gang, there has been nothing else happening in the county recently..."
Hu Luo frowned.
Every move in Ruyang County is basically under his control. When it comes to a thousand-man army, there is no one except Zhao Hai and his party who drove to Dongdu last time. Moreover, Zhao Hai's two thousand troops were watched by him.
Leaving Ruyang.
"Where did that man come from?"
Ke Yi snorted coldly.
"This...this...could it be Yibo Building?"
After thinking hard to no avail, Hu Luo suddenly thought about Li Mo and his dozen or so entourage.
"Yi Bo Lou? As a Jianghu force, Yi Bo Lou doesn't have 2,000 troops, even if it does? Their base camp is in Dongdu, so there is no reason to seize a mountain stronghold."
Ke Yi shook his head.
On the way here, he had already thought about whether it was Yibo Tower, but was quickly denied.
Jianghu forces are only interested in doing things for profit, and they will not do thankless things at all.
For Li Mo? Even more impossible!
Li Mo is the magistrate of Ruyang County, and he is not the lord of Ruyang. He may leave in three or two years. Taking down the stronghold will not be of any benefit to Li Mo.
"Who could that be?"
Hu Luo rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Sir, would you like to send someone over to investigate again? Maybe we can find clues from it."
"Inspection?"
Ke Yi raised his eyebrows,
"The brothers who fled back said that this force has blocked the entire mountain pass, and it is very difficult for our people to get closer there."
"That...."
Hu Luo's heart sank.
He knew that Ke Yi had another intention in saying this, which was that it was impossible to call on the two thousand brothers from the water village to retake the mountain village.
Firstly, people are needed to guard the water village. Secondly, even the brothers from the water village may not be able to retake the mountain stronghold.
"This is the only thing we can do now... We will send people to investigate secretly first, and you will immediately send an official document to the governor of Dongdu, saying that bandits have reappeared in Ruyang, and begging them to send troops to suppress the bandits, so that both sides can
Let’s fight to the death first, and then we’ll clean up the mess.”
After a long silence, Ke Yicai spoke again.
Since Hu Luo doesn't know, he can only think of a solution on his own.
The mountain pass is extremely important to Ruyang and must not be controlled by others.
"Send a letter to Dongdu?"
Hu Luo's eyes lit up, this was a good idea.
"Um!"
"Then I will draft a letter now, but..."
"But what?"
However, seeing a trace of hesitation flash across Hu Luo's face, Ke Yi suddenly became dissatisfied.
"Sir, now that Li Mo has taken office, logically speaking... the county magistrate should submit the letter. Previously, my subordinates were just in charge."
Hu Luo smiled bitterly.
Li Mo's arrival has completely disrupted their original rhythm.
He, a county magistrate, has no such rights at all.
"Then...then go to Li Mo and see if he understands it. If he doesn't, find a way to use your connections in Dongdu to directly advise the governor of Dongdu."
Ke Yi raised his eyebrows and said again.
"Sir, Li Mo is very unhappy with his subordinates because of Zhang Yuanwai's incident. If his subordinates come to speak out, he will definitely be in trouble. As for the relationship in Dongdu..."
"What happened over there in Dongdu?"
"The official document of the Western Capital has been officially transmitted to Luoyang a few days ago. Zhao Hai, the Eastern Capital, was promoted to governor because of his achievements in suppressing bandits. Our people are not familiar with this Zhao Hai."
Hu Luo shook his head.
The same is true for an emperor and his courtiers, and for a landlord and an official.
After receiving the news, he still thought about finding ways to slowly infiltrate Zhao Hai later, but he didn't expect it to happen so suddenly.
"Is there such a thing? Then... what should I do? Why don't you go to Dongdu yourself? Try the water in Zhao Hai first?"
Ke Yi's mind sank.
It's always a problem when the critical moment comes.
"That's all it can do."
After thinking for a long time, Hu Luo could only nod.
.......
As everyone knows, just when Hu Luo and Ke Yi were panicking about the cottage, the county government,
A list is placed on the desk,
"My lord, this is an unprecedented harvest. I didn't expect that a village could be so wealthy."
Li Zhe couldn't help but sigh.
After learning about his lord's plan, he went to the site to investigate, and with the idea of sooner rather than later, he directly poured laxatives into the water source.
Last night, we even captured the cottage in one fell swoop.
They only lost a few dozen brothers here, which can be said to be a great victory.
"A thousand sets of fine armor, a thousand war horses, thirty thousand dan of grain, sixty thousand taels of silver, and some meat!"
Looking at the items listed on the list, Li Mo was also surprised.
In addition to silver and food, sophisticated armor and war horses are things that even money may not necessarily be able to buy.
"Lord, this doesn't count the equipment worn by the bandits who were killed. If those were included, there would be two thousand sets of armor."
Li Zhe said again.
"So what's the situation in the cottage now?"
Li Mo nodded and put away the list.
This is a good thing. In this way, if we recruit more people at the mountain pass, we can form a team of 2,000 people. When the pass is built again, even the Heshuo army of 5,000 or 6,000 people may not be able to break through the west exit of Ruyang.
"Lord, Wang Qing has led his brothers to occupy the mountain stronghold."
"Okay! You go back and ask them to wait for another three days. Someone will take over there after three days. You must be careful about the dikes within these three days. Hu Luo and Ke Yi will definitely not give up."
Get up and pace,
Li Mo spoke again and warned.
"Yes, my lord!"
"By the way, go and invite Mr. Zeng and Mr. Dan."
"yes!"
After Li Zhe left for a moment, Master Zeng and Dan Qiusheng rushed over.
"My lord, have you already captured the west entrance?"
As soon as they entered the inner hall, the two of them spoke in unison in great surprise.
When they thought about it, it would take a month or more for their lord's men to capture the west entrance, and it had only been a few days.
"Well, I invited these two gentlemen here just to discuss with them the construction of the pass. Only by building the pass early can we completely control the west entrance."
Li Mo took out the cowhide map.
A pass is not like a mountain stronghold. In addition to garrisoning troops, some people also need to be sent there to let those people take root there and then provide food, grass, etc. to form a system.
This happens to be what the two masters are good at.
"My lord, as long as the mountain pass is captured, it is actually not difficult to build a pass... But if my lord builds a pass at this time, Hu Luo and Ke Yi will definitely be suspicious, in case Ke Yi counterattacks..."
After coming back to his senses, Master Zeng and Dan Qiusheng came over immediately.
No matter which dynasty it is, it is the same. As long as there is money, nothing is a problem and the project progress will be very fast.
"Counterattack?"
Li Mo paused and fell into deep thought.
But soon, he had an idea,
"Then find a way to make Ke Yi and Hu Luo more chaotic, so that they have no time to worry about the west entrance."
........
The words are divided into two sides,
Just when Li Mo had taken the first step to capture the west entrance of Ruyang,
Dongdu,
A long line of merchants slowly left Yuntianzhuang and headed towards Ruyang.
In addition to Wang Changling, Li Taibai and the god of wine Zhang Xu also transformed into merchants and sat in the carriage.