Return to the month before the end of the world

Chapter 263

Looking at the list in his hand, Yang Mingyu felt shocked.

In less than half a year, the Imperial City Army had been penetrated so deeply. Without Xiao Chan's arrival, he simply couldn't imagine what would have happened.

In fact, this matter is easy to understand, because the reason why many nobles choose to guard the city is because there are many noble children in the city guard army, and they understand the role of force in the future better than ordinary people.

In the next few days, the Imperial City Army faced a big storm, almost a major reshuffle.

First, nearly a quarter of the mid-level officers resigned on their own initiative, and then another quarter of the officers were arrested. The imperial army instantly fell into chaos.

The former were the sons of various nobles in the Imperial City Army, while the latter was arrested as an officer who betrayed Yang Mingyu.

At Xiao Chan's suggestion, the vanguards outside were recalled one after another, and they would become the new city imperial army.

The reason why Xiao Chan suggested this was actually to give the members of the vanguard a guarantee.

The nobles were quite critical of this, because they couldn't wait to open the passage to Chaoyang City, and they didn't care at all about how many ordinary people died.

Yang Mingyu came forward to respond to this matter. On the one hand, he affirmed the achievements of the Pioneers, and on the other hand, he said that this was also to better open up the channel.

In fact, the channel between the two parties has basically been opened, but it will take time to open up the lines, such as roads.

Everyone knows that if you want to get rich, you must build roads first. Just recently, the "generous donations" from the nobles gave the overwhelmed city lord's mansion a big sigh of relief, so Yang Mingyu began to arrange for workers to lay roads.

At the same time, the addition of the vanguard made the Imperial City Army's strength increase rather than decrease. Then there was simple training, which actually gave them time to rest.

At the same time, Xiao Chan, who caused great changes in Yucheng, appeared in Yucheng Mercenary Association and began to adjust the mercenary association.

Considering the current situation in Yucheng, Xiao Chan did not go to war immediately, but only made small adjustments.

This decision made the nobles in the city breathe a sigh of relief, because the reason why they gave up operating in the army so easily was ultimately due to the mercenary group.

Within the mercenary association, the city lord is nominally the most powerful, but behind the major mercenary groups are major families.

It was precisely because Xiao Chan knew this that he did not take action. He just sorted out the mercenary association, such as the release of tasks and so on.

These are the internal affairs of the Mercenary Association, and even nobles cannot find a reason to interfere.

With the help of the guards, the Mercenary Association took on a new look, which greatly facilitated the mercenaries.

At the same time, Xiao Chan also eliminated a large number of useless people. Most of these people had interests with the major nobles. For example, if a simple task was simple, these people would be responsible for passing it back to the master behind them, and then inform the mercenary group.

Although the nobles lost some interests, the interests of their core mercenary group were only slightly affected, so they did not cause vigilance.

But these made the mercenaries in Yucheng cheer for joy, because they were the ones who benefited the most.

However, it was impossible not to offend someone. Those high-ranking mercenary groups could not ignore the damage to their own interests, so a war without gunpowder quietly came.

After learning all this, Yang Mingyu was furious. Seeing that Yucheng was developing in a good direction, someone stood up to make trouble at this time. This was simply an unforgivable crime.

Yang Mingyu immediately met with the Li family and the Cui family, who were also the leaders of the nobles.

"I wonder what you two think about this matter?"

"City Lord Yang may have misunderstood. We have nothing to do with these people. Everything is decided by the City Lord." Old God Cui Xujie said calmly.

Li Jing also agreed with this statement. They are indeed related to these mercenary groups, but they can only secretly control some mercenary groups. This matter has nothing to do with them.

"That's good. I have sent the Royal City Army to suppress it. Chief Xiao is extremely dissatisfied with this matter and believes that the current strength of the Royal City is not enough to ensure the safety of the route."

Yang Mingyu's words made the two of them unable to sit still for a moment. The dispatch of the imperial army was enough to cause unrest in the city, and the latter was enough to make their recent efforts in vain.

At the same time, the Imperial City Army dispatched and surrounded several mercenary regiments.

"What are you doing?"

"Under the orders of the city lord, the Mingyang mercenary group deliberately endangers the safety of the city. If there is resistance, they will be shot to death."

These words made these mercenaries dumbfounded. They never expected that Yang Mingyu's attitude would be so determined. Now there were only two choices left for them, surrender or fight to the death.

"I will give you one minute to think about it. After one minute, all those holding weapons will be deemed traitors, and their relatives and friends will be wanted in all cities. There are still 1 seconds left."

"Master, is there any misunderstanding? I can personally apologize to the city lord."

Under the aggressive posture of the Imperial City Army, this group of arrogant mercenaries could only stop their activities, because they knew that once things got serious, no matter what the final result was, they would be the unlucky ones.

"Seven seconds left."

The speaker was Lei Zhen, Yang Mingyu's deputy. The two had a very good relationship and had served together in the Dragon Army.

Before, the Imperial City Army's position in the city was very embarrassing, but now that he had finally found his strength, how could he give up halfway?

Faced with the pressing pressure of the Imperial City Army, although the major mercenary groups wanted to kill these people, their reason told them that this was impossible.

They naturally have their own abilities to be where they are today. They originally just wanted to express their dissatisfaction, but unexpectedly it brought disaster to themselves.

"30 seconds."

All the people passing by held their breath, waiting for the decision of these mercenary groups.

However, this was destined to be a predetermined outcome. He could only hold back his anger and order his men to put down their weapons and raise their hands to surrender.

The imperial army immediately dispatched to escort them back, and their mighty posture quickly attracted the attention of the entire city.

This incident caused panic among the nobles, because if the imperial army dared to arrest the mercenaries today, it might be their turn tomorrow.

At this time, the Li family and the Cui family jointly hosted a meeting of the nobles, and families of all sizes gathered together.

"Okay, we have already discussed this matter with the City Lord. The cake in Imperial City is only so big at present. If you want to develop, you must first expand the cake. And those who want to destroy the cake are our enemies. You What do you think, Brother Cui?"

"Anyone who affects our ability to make money is our enemy, no matter who he is."