(Easter egg at the end of the chapter, map of Beidi County!)
If the big boss in the court talks, the minions below will have their legs broken.
In fact, the investigation of Beidi County has not been stopped, and manpower has been sent from various directions.
Especially the Tianjin Guard and Gu Meng Guard, which are close to the Northland, sent small groups of troops across the river to conduct reconnaissance.
Of course, the scope of their exploration is relatively small, and they can only operate within twenty to thirty miles along the river. The level of danger will be higher if it is further away.
Therefore, what Zhao Yanxun hopes for, more accurate information about the Northland, can only be provided by Lin Dagui and his party.
At this time, Lin Dagui and his party had penetrated deep into the northern part of Beidi County, and were only seventy or eighty miles away from the Great Wall at the border.
Based on the existing intelligence and the investigation by Lin Dagui and his party, the situation in Beidi County is now much clearer.
The imperial court's more than 100,000 troops were mainly distributed in the northern area of Beidi County, because the Hu people they were guarding against were in the north.
After the zombies broke out and lost contact with the court, internal strife inevitably broke out among this complex army of more than 100,000 people.
After half a year of mutual conquests, these armies finally formed three interest groups, each entrenched in different directions in the northern part of Beidi County.
These three interest groups are respectively the Central Forbidden Army and the Northern Capital Guards Army, as well as the Guard Army supported by other places.
At this moment, Lin Dagui and his party appeared outside the city of Bei'an Prefecture. Now he knew that Bei'an Prefecture was the territory of the Beidi Guards Army.
Looking at the three people squatting on the ground, Lin Dagui knelt down, patted Huang Jun on the shoulder and said: "You three, please stop playing tricks and cherish your lives!"
They came out all the way, taking a total of nine people with Huang Jun as guides. During this period, two escape incidents occurred, resulting in six people dying.
Huang Jun laughed twice and said: "Mr. Lin Qi, don't worry... we will never run away again!"
The first escape was planned by Huang Jun himself, but the final result was that four of his brothers died, one of whom was bitten to death by a zombie.
The second escape was when Huang Jun's men asked for help from the patrolling North Guard Army, which almost caused Lin Dagui and his entire army to be wiped out.
After these two incidents, Lin Dagui had no trust in Huang Jun and others.
At this time, a guard on the side said: "To be honest, you are no longer of use. It might be easier to kill you with a knife!"
Hearing this, Lin Dagui nodded: "He makes sense!"
Everyone is afraid of death, and Huang Jun is no exception. At this moment, he said anxiously: "Mr. Lin Qi, there is still a use for us to stay. After all, I escaped from the front line. There are roads that I can take and those that I can't. I am better than you."
It’s clearer!”
In fact, Lin Dagui also threatened these people to prevent anything from happening during the process of entering the city.
"Well... I'll give you one last chance!"
After saying this, Lin Dagui stood up and said to everyone: "Change clothes!"
These cities controlled by the army are now all under military control. Ordinary people are no different from slaves. They are tools for production for the army.
After entering Beidi County, Lin Dagui had a general understanding of the survival model of Beidi Dusi.
Their tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are distributed in several counties centered on Bei'anfu City, and the army has opened safety zones inside and outside these counties.
These so-called safe zones are actually simple defenses built to prevent zombie attacks.
After more than a year of fighting against zombies, these armies have also figured out how to deal with them.
Of course, the purpose of opening these safe zones is essentially to obtain farmable land.
To cope with the frontline war, Beidi County stockpiled a large amount of food, which was still there after the zombie outbreak.
But no matter how much food there is, there will always be a day when the food is in vain, so the top military officials will find ways to achieve sustainable development.
In order to survive, they would do anything they could, including grabbing people and animals from hostile forces as food, plundering everything edible outside the city, and of course there were also ways to open a safe zone.
Right now, a few of them are hiding in the safe area outside the city gate, only three hundred meters away from the city gate.
The military uniforms they put on now were snatched half an hour ago, for which they killed a group of guard sergeants.
The disappearance of a group of sergeants was really not a big deal in this era, after all, people died every day.
Soon, they changed into military uniforms, and Lin Dagui led the team directly to the city gate.
As Huang Jun and the others were escorted forward, Lin Dagui warned in a low voice: "Be more honest in a moment, otherwise you guys will die!"
Take a few of them under guard. When they pass the city gate, Lin Dagui will say that they are escaped slaves captured from outside the city.
In this way, even if Huang Jun and others jumped back and Lin Dagui killed them with one blow, they would not arouse the suspicion of the defenders.
Huang Jun nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, sir, I won't seek death!"
After only a few dozen people moved forward, they were spotted by the city gate guards.
Lin Dagui was very calm. In order to enter the city, he had been observing outside the city gate for three days and knew the process well.
Arriving in front of the suspension bridge, Lin Dagui shouted loudly: "Master Baihu, lower the suspension bridge. We have captured a few runaway slaves and brought them back!"
The so-called suspension bridge is only one meter wide and is very convenient to retract and open.
On top of the tower, three soldiers pulled the rope and slowly lowered the suspension bridge.
Lin Dagui was the first to go up and lead the team towards the city gate. The city gate ahead was not yet open.
When the suspension bridge was pulled up again, there was a roar from the city gate.
Lin Dagui and his men continued to move forward. For them, the front was a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. It was normal for some people to feel nervous at this moment.
Realizing that his men were breathing faster, Lin Dagui said with a smile: "Brothers, don't worry... nothing will happen!"
After safely entering the city gate, the soldiers who opened the door did not pay attention to their faces because there were too many people coming in and out every day.
They entered the barbican city, and the city gate closed behind them. Lin Dagui continued to the inner city gate.
According to the interrogation of those sergeants yesterday, he knew that he had to complete the errand at the inner city gate, which simply means making a registration.
"Master Wang, the villain Zhang Qingyang, went out this time to capture three escaped slaves, and also beheaded fifteen monsters!"
After saying this, Lin Dagui took a bag from his subordinates and poured out the contents.
Heads rolled on the ground one after another, causing the old man behind the desk to frown, and then scolded: "Put these unfortunate things away and get out of here!"
"Yes, yes... the little one was not sure for a moment, and he will be damned if he collided with the adult!" Lin Dagui explained quickly.
"Zhang Qingyang, a small flag officer under Wang Qianhu?"
Kicking the head back into the bag, Lin Dagui quickly responded: "Exactly, sir, you have a good memory!"
After the registration was completed, the official named Wang lay back on the chair, closed his eyes and dozed off.
Lin Dagui did not hesitate and led the team towards the city gate. During this period, one of Huang Jun's brothers took a step to the left and walked out of the team.
Lin Dagui's expression turned cold, and he suddenly became nervous, thinking that this guy was going to have a seizure.
Fortunately, the approaching guard acted quickly enough and pulled the man back the next moment, but this move had already hardened the idea of the guard on the city wall.
Lin Dagui took two steps forward, kicked the man in the butt, and yelled: "Get out of here quickly, don't even look at where this place is!"
Fortunately, there was no danger. The soldiers at the city gate just glanced at it and ignored Lin Dagui and his party.