Li Ling stood in front of the window with a gloomy face, watching the rain falling again outside, and never spoke for a long time.

The Yang brothers in the rear spoke up several times and wanted to say something, but they didn't say it out loud, because they had guessed why he was like this, just because of the deaths of the three assassins.

Of course, the three assassins who successfully assassinated Jiang You and died in a bloody battle could not have been the rest of the Huntian Army. In fact, their real identity was the secret spies of the Imperial City Division in this Liping City, and they were the three most loyal and capable of them.

After all, Li Ling was not Chang Fu, and according to Mo Li, the real remaining troops of the Huntian Army had long been dispersed. Even he could not find a few available people in a short period of time. Therefore, if you want to complete Long Tianhao's temptation, you can only use the power belonging to Li Ling and others, that is, the power belonging to the Dayue court.

Although the imperial court used the strategy of restraint in the southwest, it was secretly arranged in the end. For example, the Imperial City Department installed secret spies in the cities of major prefectures to closely monitor these indigenous families. Once they really had bad intentions, the information would be transmitted back to the Central Plains as soon as possible, so that the court could respond in time.

Two days ago, Li Ling and the others went out to wander, but in fact they were secretly making some contact with the secret spies of the Imperial City Department and at the same time gave orders. As Li Ling's current identity as the Imperial City Department, the gold medal was revealed, so these secret spies naturally did not dare to disobey their orders. Even if they gave up their lives, they had to do their jobs.

So this life-for-life assassination was caused by the secret spy named Heshan, who had obviously had a considerable identity in the army, still stabbed Jiang You without hesitation.

In the end, the errand was done, but they also paid the most tragic price and lost their lives.

When this result came, Li Ling fell into silence, his face full of self-blame and guilt. He obviously felt regretful. It is said that charity is not in charge of soldiers. It is obvious that Li Ling is not a general in charge of soldiers now, and he cannot let his men die, but he takes it for granted.

The Yang brothers behind him could understand his thoughts, but not only did they not look down on him at all, but instead respected Li Ling more and more. This is a boss with means, ability, and bottom line. Only by following such bosses can they feel at ease, at least they don’t have to worry that they will be sacrificed in vain one day.

After a long period of silence, Li Ling finally spoke: "Can anyone collect their bodies?"

Yang Chen was stunned and then replied: "I have been taken back by the military camp before, I'm afraid..."

"Tell me about the Long family that they can be buried with a good life and do not insult my brother's body."

Yang Chen nodded. This matter was not difficult to deal with. After all, when Jiang You died in the military camp, there would inevitably be no leader. With the strength of the Long family, it would be a big deal to seize control. Maybe the dominance of the military camp has now fallen into the hands of the Long family.

Just then, Li Moyun, who was guarding outside, also came to the door: "Young Master, Long Tianhao sent someone to invite him, saying that there was something important to discuss with us."

Li Ling breathed a long sigh when he heard this, and then wiped his face hard with his hand, trying his best to calm down his emotions, and finally returned to his original calm and calm look: "Then let's go, I think Long Tianhao will believe in our identity this time and be willing to cooperate with us."

These words also cheered up the spirit of the other people. They looked at each other and smiled, then followed Li Ling and walked out. Before they knew it, the Yang brothers really treated Li Ling as their backbone.

...

Sure enough, when they came to the Long Family's mansion and saw Long Tianhao and his son and some of their confidants, their attitude towards Li Ling and others became closer. Long Tianhao even came forward, took Li Ling's arm, pulled him to sit at the same table with him, and laughed: "Young Master Chang is indeed a good method, and you can do this."

Faced with his praise, Li Ling just smiled indifferently: "The praise of Sect Master Long makes Chang Fu feel ashamed of being so good. I don't know what you are saying. I'm just waiting for you to make up your mind these two days, but I didn't do anything."

Seeing Li Ling suddenly pretending to be stupid, Long Tianhao and others were stunned. Then they realized it and smiled with clarity: "What I said is that you naturally don't know anything, but I have already felt your sincerity, so you can try this cooperation."

"Oh? It would be great if Master Long really wants to cooperate with us." Mo Li was happy when he heard this, "When will we go to Xunyang?"

"This... is not in a hurry." Long Tianhao smiled and waved his hand, "I have another future problem here in Liping. "Before other people ask, he suddenly pointed at a young man not far away. "Young Master Chang, you have seen others before, so I won't introduce him. He is my eldest son Long Ping, and he just returned to the city earlier."

Li Ling had also noticed this person before. He looked quite introverted and looked a little similar to Long Tianhao, but he seemed to be more low-key than Long Yuan and Long Fang. At this time, he was clicked and then he smiled and clasped his fists at Li Ling: "Long Ping has met Mr. Chang." He was also polite and more like a scholar.

After replying to the greeting, Li Ling said curiously: "Sect Master Long said so, did Mr. Long go out before?"

"That's right, he went to Wugu Village in the south, and his original intention was to reach an agreement with the barbarians there. However, the barbarians were unreasonable and the matter was not done in the end." Long Tianhao said with a somewhat ugly expression, and at the same time, the other people also showed indignation on their faces.

Li Ling's eyes drooped, raised his glass to drink, and his mind quickly began to make plans-

The Dragon King of Qianzhou is naturally a local existence that can be called for wind and rain. In their eyes, local governments do not exist. But this does not mean that they can really do whatever they want in this province without any worries. In fact, there are still people in Qianzhou that can make them feel troubled, that is, the barbarians in various villages deep in the mountains and forests!

In the southwest, in addition to the Han people who moved there, there are many indigenous foreign tribes. A large part of these people merged with the Han people hundreds of years ago, and they are familiar with the barbarians. Apart from wearing accents, these people are almost indistinguishable from the Han people. For example, the Long family in front of them and the Duan in southern Yunnan. The high-ranking families are actually from the barbarians, but their sinicization is more thorough and they have few characteristics of barbarians.

However, in addition to these mature barbarians, there are still a large number of live barbarians left on the mountains in the southwest. They have no intention of naturalizing the court and living in peace with the Han people. Over the years, they have many local conflicts with the Han courts, and even the gradually becoming the Chinese-style mature barbarians, which have become the biggest security risks in various places.

This is the case here in Qianzhou. Long Tianhao has many headaches because of the troubles of these people from time to time. Although these guys are far from the same combat power as the army that has been established earlier, once they really fight guerrilla warfare, they can also cause considerable threats and destruction to various places. Whenever a large army really enters the mountains to clear out, these people flee without a trace due to their familiarity with the mountains and forests.

After years of dealing with each other, Long Tianhao really didn't make any profits under these Shengmans. Instead, he had to be careful at all times and did not dare to reveal any flaws.

Li Ling naturally had already grasped these inside stories early, and after hearing what he said, he understood even more that the other party was really worried. Once he took his elite troops to Xunyang to seize the throne, the barbarians around Liping were likely to seize the opportunity and steal his nest. He didn't want to take such risks.

Li Ling, who understood, nodded slightly and looked at Long Ping again: "So Young Master Long went to the Wugu Village to repair it with them so that he would not have a fire in the rear and would ruin a big deal?"

"That's right." Long Ping said, with anger, "But those barbarians didn't get into the air. They let me say all the good things and gave them a lot of benefits. These people still refused to calm down with us, and they were completely determined to be able to take our own actions!" Although they were also from barbarians, they completely regarded themselves as Han people at this time, and they really hated those people.

Long Tianhao's eyes fell on Mo Li again. He couldn't come up with a proper idea for the time being, so he thought of this wise man known as "Skynet", hoping that he could give him a countermeasure.

But before he could say something to ask for advice, Long Yuan, who was beside him, slapped the table and shouted: "Dad, let me tell you that we might as well be tough this time! Send troops directly into the mountain and destroy his villages. If they are afraid of killing them, they will be able to agree to our request!"

"Don't we tried it before?" Long Tianhao immediately scolded.

"It's not as good as before. At that time, only half of the soldiers and horses we could use in Liping City were now, so we were naturally short of it. But now, we have more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, which is enough to sweep the entire forest!" Long Yuan also had his own opinion, and his mention really made Long Tianhao feel a little moved.

Yes, because of Jiang You's restraint, he was unable to truly let go. But now, once Jiang You dies, his troops are all over his home, and his strength has greatly increased, and he really has a chance of winning.

But at this moment, Li Ling shook his head: "I'm afraid it's hard to deal with this. Sect Master Long, don't forget that we don't have much time left. Next month is when your Long family chooses a new clan leader. But are you really sure to wipe out the countless barbarians who jumped into the mountains in this short time?"
Chapter completed!