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"Empire Hegemony" Chapter 562
Zhou Ting and the others used the tactics of ambush to eliminate more than fifty garrison soldiers who came to suppress them, and won a complete victory.
When they returned to the camp with the captured trophies, the refugees all burst into cheers.
Zhou Ting not only led them to capture the high-walled compound of the squires, so that they could have enough to eat, but also defeated the suppressing officers and soldiers. Zhou Ting's prestige rose rapidly among the refugees.
In these turbulent years, as long as they have the ability to give them a bite to eat, the refugees will follow and support them.
Zhou Ting, a young officer sent by the Qinghe Army to implement the Fire Seed Project, quickly won the trust and support of the refugees by relying on these two things in a short period of time.
However, Zhou Ting was not dazzled by the victory. Although they had achieved a small victory, they still had a long way to go.
What they are facing now is only the garrison soldiers sent by the country gentry and the county magistrate, but in Luyang Province, there are still 200,000 troops under the command of King Ning.
These 200,000 troops are not those weak local garrison troops, their combat effectiveness is very strong.
King Ning sent a thousand cavalry casually, enough for them to drink a pot, so now Zhou Ting urgently needs to improve his strength.
Relying on the prestige of commanding and defeating the garrison soldiers, Zhou Ting decided to quickly integrate the forces in his hands.
After they had a full meal and buried the remains of more than 20 young and strong people who died in battle, he called everyone together and decided to reward them for their merits.
The few young men who showed bravery in the battle with the garrison soldiers and captured the most were promoted by Zhou Ting to be the deputy captains of the team, and at the same time equipped them with standard leather armor and the best swords.
Those who showed a little less performance, but bravely rushed to fight and made gains, were formed into a small team separately.
The young and strong members of this team have all seen blood. Although a few people besieged and killed a defensive soldier, at least they have seen blood, and they have combat experience.
They were organized into a team separately, and Zhou Ting gave them a separate name for this team, called Warriors.
The rest of the young and strong still formed four teams according to the temporary organization, led by his confidant brother, and promoted the vice-captain.
Zhou Ting criticized those young men who flinched in battle and even peed their pants in fright.
However, apart from criticism, Zhou Ting did not give up on them, but gave them a chance to reform themselves.
"The only one who can save us now is ourselves. We must take up the sword to grab food and resist, otherwise, not only ourselves will starve to death, but our parents, wives and children will also starve to death!"
"Although you disappointed me during the battle, since this is your first time, I will give you a chance. I hope you will perform well in the future and don't lose face."
Those young and strong who were afraid to move forward during the battle also knew that they were ashamed, and thanked Zhou Ting for giving them a chance.
Zhou Ting used both grace and power, and quickly built the prototype of a small army among this group of refugees.
However, their strength is still too weak. Once they encounter a large dynastic army, they have only one way to go.
? At night when everyone was full and went to sleep, Zhou Ting gathered with several captains and vice-captains to discuss the next step.
"We already have food now, enough for us people to eat for a long time, why not take the food and hide in the mountains."
A newly promoted vice-captain was born in a young age. Although they won the battle, their thinking was relatively conservative.
"We killed the garrison soldiers sent by the county magistrate. They will definitely not let it go. Even if we hide in the mountains, they will send people to search and arrest us."
"In order for us to survive better, we must strengthen our strength now, and we cannot sit still."
"Only when we become stronger, they dare not bully us easily."
"We can go to fight other gentry, there are many refugees around, we can also go to recruit people."
The captain and the vice-captains are all people with status now, and they just wanted to have enough food.
But now they are small bosses who lead dozens of people, so they naturally want to go further and lead more brothers.
"Well, let's split up."
"Tomorrow you guys will take people to preach among other refugees.It is said that as long as you join us, you will have food to eat, and you will have food to eat. Gather as many people as possible. "
"I took people to attack the squire fortresses in the surrounding villages and towns to try to get more food."
Zhou Ting quickly assigned the task, and decided to expand his strength while robbing food.
Zhou Ting led them to win the battle, and they had the support of their confidants, so no one objected to Zhou Ting's opinion.
As soon as the next day dawned, Zhou Ting and others acted quickly, and some brothers stayed in the camp to protect the elderly, weak, women and children.
Some brothers spread out to spread the word. After all, there are refugees everywhere now, and they need to gather the scattered refugees.
Zhou Ting took the Warriors and the first team of 100 people, half of them put on the captured standard leather armor, and went straight to a nearby town.
There are two big households in the town, and Zhou Ting's goal is to take them down quickly in order to seize more grain.
Because Zhou Ting and the others pretended to be soldiers of the garrison in the county, the big family didn't suspect it, and let them into the village directly.
After Zhou Ting and the others entered the village, they quickly took control of the servants of the big family, and then took control of the whole village.
They confiscated the food stocks of the two big households without any effort, but this time they did not kill them. Zhou Ting deliberately let the big households go, and called them "Zhou Jiajun".
The fact that Zhou Ting and his side went smoothly, countless refugees also flocked to them when they heard that there was food on their side.
When Zhou Ting returned to the camp at night, he found that more than 8,000 refugees had gathered.
The refugees who were able to escape to Luyang Province, in fact, the old, the weak, women and children have been naturally eliminated. Because of hunger and disease, many people have become bones on the way.
Now there are more than 8,000 people, most of them are young and strong, and Zhou Ting has taken them into his command without hesitation.
It's just that when these 8,000 people were admitted, there was still a small change.
That is, more than two hundred people came out of the same place, so naturally they don't want to condescend to court Zhou.
Instead of being unwilling to accept Zhou Ting's formation, their leaders asked Zhou Ting to give them food for free.
Facing the provocations of these two hundred people, Zhou Ting was naturally not polite. Although he agreed at the time, but in the middle of the night, he secretly summoned his men and launched a surprise attack on them.
These young men under Zhou Ting's command have fought a battle or two at least, and they have good discipline.
Under their surprise attack, these people fought hastily, and the result was self-evident, more than two hundred people were all beheaded.
The rest of the people who were alarmed by the fighting at night were also terrified when they saw Zhou Ting and the others covered in blood.
"They are spies sent by the dynasty, and they have been beheaded by me just now! Don't panic."
Facing the refugees who were still in shock, Zhou Ting directly put the hat of a spy on the heads of these beheaded people. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com