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Become softer,

Then he spoke,

"come in!"

.....

Dong Ping outside the door,

When I heard the sound of that thing falling earlier,

My heart immediately tightened.

Fearing that Murong Yanda,

That's really not rational.

They directly brought him to justice.

If that's the case,

These two-gun generals will likely have no choice but to fight their way out of the prefectural government.

Dong Ping was not one of those blindly loyal generals.

As long as the higher-ups question me,

They'll obediently stretch out their necks and wait to be chopped off!

Fortunately,

The dual-wielding general wasn't allowed to remind him how long he'd lost his nerve.

Murong Yanda's voice came from the study.

Anyway,

It would be good if he would just let me see him.

Dong Ping breathed a sigh of relief.

stand up,

He stepped into the study.

"Your Excellency, I have come to apologize!"

The two-gun general had just entered the house when

He then directly cupped his hands and bowed.

"Hmph, you certainly can't escape blame for this battle,"

Murong Yanda said coldly,

"Before you left,"

"I told you so,"

"This time when you go to Qingfeng Mountain, all you need to do is scare Song Jiang a little,"

"Why did you arrive at the destination?"

"But you couldn't wait to go up the mountain,"

"Attack Song Jiang's camp?"

"I was completely bewitched at the time,"

Dong Ping was not lying.

He simply and honestly recounted the situation at the time.

"Because Song Jiang had previously offered a bounty for the head of a lowly subordinate,"

"This humble general harbors resentment, and..."

Chapter 1080 Shut up! This is none of your business!

"Hmph, so you're calm now?"

Murong Yanda mocked.

"These are all the faults of this humble general,"

Dong Ping bowed and said,

"Please punish me, sir!"

"Alright, you can't escape punishment now."

Murong Yanda said irritably,

"Now is the highest priority,"

"How should we defend Qingzhou City from now on?"

"The original three thousand Imperial Guards, destroyed by your attack,"

"Nearly half of them were lost."

"Few of the remaining Imperial Guards are capable of fighting."

"If, at this moment, those bandits were to attack,"

"And how should we deal with it?"

"I thought about this problem on my way back,"

Dong Ping quickly replied,

"Within Qingzhou, many farmers do not own land,"

"The only option is to seek refuge with wealthy and powerful families and become their tenant farmers."

"It's going to get cold soon,"

"Many households this winter,"

"I'm afraid there's still no solution yet."

"Why don't we let the Prefect give the order?"

"Recruit these civilian households into the army!"

"I can't guarantee more than that, but one or two thousand soldiers should be no problem at all."

"If these civilians join the army, will they be able to fight?"

Murong Yanda asked doubtfully.

"It's definitely not good to be new to the army,"

Dong Ping replied,

"But they cannot go out to march and fight; they must remain on the city walls to defend the city."

"It's still more than enough!"

"Besides, winter is just around the corner,"

"No bandits should have come to Qingzhou during this time,"

"This humble general can take advantage of this time,"

“Give these households a good training.”

"Just one winter,"

"By next year, I guarantee..."

"We will make these civilians no less capable than the previous Imperial Guards."

"Um,"

Murong Yanda pondered for a moment,

He immediately nodded in agreement.

Anyway, he is now...

There was no other way.

"Very well, let's do as you say."

"If you do well, I will consider it a meritorious service that allows you to atone for your crimes!"

"Yes, sir! Please rest assured, I will not disappoint you this time!"

.....

After leaving Murong Yanda's study,

Only then did the dual-wielder feel completely relieved.

Don't say anything else,

Just as he had guessed,

As long as Murong Yanda still needs him.

So what about his position as the commander of Qingzhou?

There's no need to worry about problems for now.

Next,

All we need to do is find a way to make up for the missing Imperial Guards!

Dong Ping pondered as he spoke.

They walked towards the main gate of the prefectural government office.

But then,

He then ran into the old steward of the prefectural government at the entrance.

And his servants!

"What, you want to get beaten up again?"

Dong Ping snorted coldly.

As soon as he opened his mouth...

The group of servants blocking the way

They quickly retreated to both sides.

Suddenly,

Only the old steward remained.

Still standing in the middle of the road!

The Double-Gunner was too lazy to bother with this old lackey.

Take a step directly.

Then from beside him,

I walked over!

After Dong Ping left,

A group of servants quickly surrounded the old steward.

"Sir, what's going on here?"

"How come Dong Ping just came out like nothing happened?"

"The prefect didn't punish him at all?"

"That bastard Dong Ping, did he escape from inside just now?"

"Judging from his demeanor just now, he didn't seem to have sneaked out!"