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The battle flag of the Qinghe Army was planted on the top of the city wall of Guiyi Prefecture, and tens of thousands of Qinghe Army soldiers entered this prosperous city.

It took less than a week for Deputy Marshal Chen Ru to capture Guiyi Prefecture from receiving the military order to the effortless capture of the city.

On the one hand, Chen Ru sent people to report the victory to Marshal Zhang Dayuan, and on the other hand, he ordered a celebration banquet to be held in the city.

Guiyi Prefecture has eight counties under its jurisdiction. Because of the vigorous uprising that broke out in Qinghe Province, the roads were blocked, resulting in the tax grain collected by the counties being piled up in the treasury in the city and unable to be transported to the capital.

Now this large amount of tax grain has fallen directly into the hands of the Qinghe Army, greatly enriching the logistics supply of the Qinghe Army.

Now the Qinghe Army can be said to have money, food, soldiers and horses, and has become the most powerful military force in Qinghe Province.

The Qinghe Guard Force directly under the Qinghe Governor and the garrison forces of various prefectures and counties have all been lost, so that no one can threaten the Qinghe Army at present.

Although the Far East Dynasty sent the fourth prince Long Tian to personally lead the expedition to the powerful Qinghe Army.

However, the internal power struggles of the Far East Dynasty were fierce, and the crown prince Long Jun naturally did not want the fourth prince to gain military prestige, so as not to threaten his position.

Therefore, in the formation of the expeditionary army, the prince's party made obstacles everywhere, whether it was food or weapons, they were delayed in arriving.

As a result, although the fourth prince Long Tian wanted to lead his army to Qinghe Province to conquer the rebels immediately, he was unable to leave.

It must be said that the open and secret struggles within the Far East Dynasty helped the Qinghe Army to a certain extent, allowing the Qinghe Army to grow and develop. After capturing Guiyi Mansion, the deputy commander Chen Ru ordered a three-day celebration banquet, with enough wine and meat, which made tens of thousands of rebels excited.

Chen Ziang and his two thousand elite soldiers were mostly lost in one battle. In addition to the injured soldiers, there were only 700 people who could fight.

However, these 700 people were also veterans who had seen blood, and they were the backbone of Chen Ziang's 9th Battalion.

After handing over the city defense, Chen Ziang and his 9th Battalion gathered 3,000 old, weak, women and children and stationed the camp outside the south gate.

Although it was only a temporary station, the 9th Battalion's camp was impeccable, with chevaux deer horns and trenches, and the entire camp looked heavily guarded.

Chen Ziang and his 9th Battalion received a lot of rewards, and Chen Ziang intercepted a lot of money, so every soldier who participated in the war made a lot of money.

Those soldiers who died and were injured received more generous pensions. Although they suffered a greater loss this time, the morale of the entire 9th Battalion did not decrease but increased.

Chen Ziang led their 9th Battalion to another victory, and Chen Ziang's prestige in the 9th Battalion was also at its peak.

Chen Ziang was promoted to a lieutenant general by the deputy commander, but he still served as the battalion commander of the 9th Battalion.

At the celebration party, Chen Ziang naturally did not forget the brothers who followed him through life and death, and asked for credit for them.

Soon, the deputy commander Chen Ru signed the appointment and promoted Li Lang and Zhang Bao to deputy battalion commanders of the 9th Battalion to assist Chen Ziang in handling military affairs.

Li Lang and Zhang Bao were a prisoner and a soldier half a month ago. They climbed to the high position of deputy battalion commander in a short time, and they were very happy.

However, they knew very well that everything they had now was fought for by Chen Ziang, so they were more devoted to Chen Ziang.

Although Wang Hu and others had been with Chen Ziang for a longer time, they stayed behind this time and did not participate in the war, so they only had rewards of wine and meat.

Seeing that Li Lang and others had become deputy battalion commanders, Wang Hu and others were envious and secretly vowed in their hearts that they must go to the battlefield to win merits next time and not stay behind to take care of the later military supplies.

Now there are groups of Qinghe Army soldiers everywhere in Guiyi Prefecture, and each of them is drunk and flushed, celebrating this great victory. There are also big pots of meat cooked in the camps outside the city, and the soldiers sit around and play finger-guessing games and drink.

This time, the brothers of the 9th Battalion made Chen Ziang proud, so Chen Ziang also gave them three days off from training, which was also a comfort to them.

After all, leading soldiers cannot be always tense, and relaxation is Chen Ziang's style.

When everyone was celebrating, Chen Ziang took the personal guard Li Changqing to the prison in the southern area of the city.

Although Li Changqing was still a half-grown child, he had killed people on the battlefield and had a fierceness.

In order to take care of him, Chen Ziang kept him by his side as a personal guard.

"Sir, what are we doing here?"

Li Changqing saw Chen Ziang taking him to a dilapidated southern area of the city, looking around with confusion.

"We are here to recruit soldiers.

Chen Ziang pointed to the place in front where the Qinghe Army soldiers were standing guard.

"That's a prison."

"Yes, we are recruiting prisoners."

Soon, Chen Ziang arrived outside the prison.

The one guarding here was a general of 100 men. He naturally knew Chen Ziang, the newly promoted lieutenant general with outstanding military achievements.

"I greet the lieutenant general!"

The general trotted to Chen Ziang, stood up straight, clenched his right fist across his chest, and saluted Chen Ziang with a standard military salute.

"This is the military order signed by the deputy commander."

Chen Ziang handed over the military order he had asked for from the deputy commander Chen Ru. After reading it, the general quickly let them go.

The prisoners in this prison were all sentenced to death from the Far East Dynasty. There were different opinions within the Qinghe Army on how to deal with them.

One deputy commander believed that they were the sentenced to death from the Far East Dynasty, and now that the Qinghe Army had occupied this place, they should all be released. However

, the deputy commander Chen Ru was worried that these vicious people would affect the security of the city after they were released, so he was still hesitant.

Chen Ziang was worried about the lack of troops, so he suggested to the deputy commander Chen Ru that these sentenced to death prisoners should be released directly. Incorporate them into his 9th Battalion to make up for the losses.

Chen Ru thought this was a solution, so he decided to let Chen Ziang give it a try. If it doesn't work, forget it, just lock him up first.

Torches were burning in the dark and damp prison cell. There was an unpleasant stench in the air. Fat rats were running around. The conditions here were very bad.

When Chen Ziang stepped in here, he couldn't help but frown. The environment was so bad that he began to worry whether these death row prisoners would be infected with any diseases.

When Chen Ziang looked around, in each cell, pairs of ferocious eyes were staring at Chen Ziang, the uninvited guest.

"How many people are there in this prison?"

Chen Ziang ignored the vicious looks and turned to ask the hundred generals following behind him.

"Reporting to the lieutenant general, there are 308 death row prisoners imprisoned here."

"Detain them all in the open space outside.

The smell in here was really bad. After Chen Ziang gave the order, he turned around and left the prison.

""Yes!"

The general of 100 men did not dare to neglect and immediately sent people to drive out all the prisoners.

When detaining these heavy prisoners, there was still a little problem. One of the heavy prisoners suddenly attacked and knocked down several Qinghe Army soldiers.