After Li Ling led his army back to the city, the tens of thousands of people in Huating calmed down from the panic just now.

Although they did not see the enemy coming, the sudden return of the new soldiers and the sudden blockade of the city gates, coupled with the sound of killing outside the city, still made the people of Hecheng feel anxious, for fear that the rioters and bandits would defeat Li County Magistrate and others and rushed into the city.

The final result of this battle was very excited by everyone. County Magistrate Li not only led his army to repel the invading enemies, but also captured many rebels alive. Just watching them escort more than a hundred prisoners back to the yamen along the long street, it attracted cheers from many people who were brave enough to walk out of the house.

Li Ling took this opportunity and stopped looking at the people around him and announced loudly: "My fellow villagers, there are chaos everywhere in Jiangnan, and even bewitched rebels are causing trouble everywhere. This is why my official strongly advocates the need to train an elite army to protect Huating.

"In today's battle, my first training troops were defeated by three times the enemy, which proved that my decision was correct. I just hope that I can obey the orders of the county government in the future and ensure peace in Huating!"

His words immediately caused another burst of exclamation from the people around him. Everyone really didn't know that this battle was so good. This made them have greater confidence in County Magistrate Li and the entire army. Someone immediately shouted: "Caomin and others are willing to obey the orders of the emperor. In the future, the county government orders will not dare to doubt any more."

Listening to this messy shout, Li Ling smiled with satisfaction. He knew that after today, his prestige in the county would rise to another level, and no one could object or question his orders. This was more vivid in the new recruit army behind him. No matter how excited they were, they stood up solemnly at this moment, indicating their absolute obedience to County Magistrate Li.

"Leave a squad to escort the prisoners back to the county government with the official. The others were divided into three shifts and took turns to patrol the city to prevent another incident!" Li Ling immediately issued a new order. Although they won a big victory this time, they must not be taken lightly. No one knows whether there will be a new enemy coming next. Someone must pay attention to it at all times.

At the same time, Li Ling looked at the city wall behind the county town with some concern. The city wall in Huating County was really damaged and the repair of the city wall must be put on the agenda. With the unanimous response from the soldiers and generals around him, Li Ling continued to bring people back to the yamen, and there were too many things to deal with aftermath.

...

Nearly an hour later, Li Ling changed his clothes and then arrived at the lobby. At this time, many officials had identified all the leaders of more than a dozen rebel leaders including Wang Zhou and were waiting.

The two assistant officials and other people in the county government knew that the situation was serious and did not dare to neglect the situation at all. The efficiency of work was much faster than before. At this time, they were just waiting for the rebellion of County Magistrate Li to examine the people.

Li Ling was not polite either. When he arrived at the lobby, he asked someone to bring the rebel leaders to the front. After scanning them, he set his eyes on Wang Zhou who was hanging his head and silently: "What's your name? Where is the native? Is it a member of the Luotian Sect?"

Seeing that Li Ling accurately revealed his identity as a Luotian scholar, Wang Zhou's body suddenly shook, and then he looked up slightly: "Sir, please spare me, villain, villain is just doing things on orders... My name is Wang Zhou, a native of Xinjiang County. I joined the Luotian scholar five years ago. I thought they were just ordinary gangs, but unexpectedly... The villain made such a big mistake for a moment of confusion. I would like to ask my elders to spare me..." As he said that, he kowtowed again and begged for mercy, without any intention of holding on to the end.

As he made this statement, the others were panicked and bowed to the ground, saying that they were deceived and had acted rebellious. Now they knew their mistakes and only asked the master to spare their lives.

Li Ling looked at them with a smile, and after a while, he slapped the table: "Silence me! Next, what should I ask? You will answer again. Those who dare to make noise will be punished severely!"

With the momentum, they were immediately calmed down. Wang Zhou did not dare to say anything begging for mercy. He just raised his head slightly and looked up at the handsome master above, waiting for the problem.

"Now Xinjiang County has been captured by your chaotic army, right? Apart from your army, how many people are there in the city?" Li Ling asked solemnly.

"And there are two thousand people, they are all people in the city who cannot survive..." Wang Zhou replied honestly.

The scale of the county's chaos army is really big, but it can be understood that these rebels will not think that there are too many people. As long as someone is willing to join, it is also good to make up the number of individuals. This is why the seemingly large number of rebels is so vulnerable to the 1,000 Huating recruits.

However, Li Ling frowned slightly: "In this way, most of the people of Xinjiang County have followed you and waited for the rebellion? They can't survive?"

"The city is flooded, and many families are destroyed, and they can't even find stutters. They can only follow us to raise an army to attack the government and wealthy families, and plunder food and property to have a way out."

Li Ling nodded. This strategy was similar to what Fang Jinbo had told that day. In fact, if he hadn't made a quick decision at that time, Fang Jinbo and the Luotian Sect had already been taken down, I was afraid that Huating's situation would not be much better. No, it should be said that it would only be worse, because Huating has the Xu family, and the people here have a harder life.

He didn't have the time to ask about the details of the city-grabbing. I guess the local officials and others either surrendered to the rebellion or were killed, and the entire county town had fallen under their control. Li Ling is now concerned about the future: "What orders do you receive after the city-grabbing? What will you do next? In addition to sending troops to attack Huating, do you have other goals?"

Wang Zhou obviously hesitated for a moment, but this change in his expression naturally could not avoid Li Ling's gaze. He immediately slapped the arbor and shouted: "You still dare to hide the matter now. Do you really think that I will not kill you? Come on, drag him down for me..."

The officer immediately stepped forward and wanted to take action. Wang Zhou's body trembled and he quickly kowtowed again: "Sir, please spare me, the small one, I'll do it. At the beginning, the order we received was not only a hand to guard the county town, but other people and horses will rush to the Jinling area within ten days, join the military horses from other places, and then eat up the passes around Jinling until the whole city is surrounded. However, before we could do it according to the established order, we sent a new order, and we hurried to Huating."

"Is that true?" Li Ling suddenly turned his head and looked at the other prisoners beside him, and then pointed to one of them: "You say."

The man's body was also shocked, but under Li Ling's pressure, he still stumbled on his words, saying it was roughly the same as what Wang Zhou said. Similarly, he didn't know if there were any other chaotic troops coming to Huating.

Li Ling did not stop there, and then asked several people to reply. Although the central meaning of the question did not change, he asked in a few ways and angles, which made it difficult for them to cooperate with lying. After some detailed questions, it turned out to be consistent with what Wang Zhou said. They were indeed ordered to attack Huating temporarily.

Li Ling then turned his gaze back to Wang Zhou: "What is your identity in the Luotian Sect? Who was the one who conveyed the orders to you before?"

"I was not long after joining the church, but I was just a member of the incense. I had always been responsible for secretly developing believers in Xinjiang County. As for the adults who were sent to me, I didn't know his identity. I only knew that he was an incense master at the Jiangnan headquarters... I forgive my sins. I have never had any contact with him. I usually pass messages through messengers or pigeons..." As if I was worried that Li Ling would not believe his words, he quickly explained.

Seeing his panic-looking look, Li Ling no longer suspected that he had deceived him. After all, loyalty among the Luotian Sect like this is naturally not comparable to that of important people. Now in his eyes, his life is naturally more important.

At the same time, judging from the meaning conveyed in his words, the Luotian Sect’s previous actions were indeed secret enough, and even its own believers might not know the exact identity and location of the upper class.

The subsequent interrogation also proved that Luo Tian Sect was more steadily than expected, because they could not find anything more valuable. The only gain was that they had received was to go to a place called Qingshi Town to wait for the next order, and that their original goal should be Jinling City.

In the end, Li Ling could only temporarily take these prisoners down and take care of them, while he himself fell into deep thought.

This battle seemed to have won a great victory, and it also exposed the weakness of the Luotian Sect. If the chaos in other places was so vulnerable, the chaos in Jiangnan would not be too serious. As long as the official troops stationed here were dispatched to suppress it, it would not take long for the rebellion that seemed to be huge and almost swept across the entire Jiangnan area could be quickly quelled.

But the question is, is this true?

Judging from the Luotian Sect’s original layout in the southwest and the strategy of using the southwest as bait to lead the Yangtze River to divide troops, their methods should be more clever. But no matter how you look at the rebellion, it seems like a group of over-minded and suddenly raising troops.

"No, this matter is very problematic, there must be another conspiracy!" Li Ling frowned and thought deeply, and then unconsciously expressed his thoughts.

Wen Xuan beside him said a little strange when he heard this, "Why did you say this sir?"
Chapter completed!