The one who was listening to Du Qing was the great elder of the Peacock Clan, named Du Lingxi.
After thinking for a while, he nodded and said, “The lord of Dongfang County thought that he had added more people, so we dare not rob him.
He doesn't know that in our eyes, there is not much difference between two thousand people and five hundred people.
Dongfang County, which has not developed much, is just like our backyard. We can go in and out as we please. His private army cannot defend the mining area!"
Du Qing nodded upon hearing this and said, "Then, let Wenshan lead 3,500 people for this mission.
With our 3,500 elite troops, they will definitely not be able to resist the 2,000 miscellaneous soldiers from Dongfang County.
Not only can we earn a lot of ore from this mission, but our allies will also give us a lot of rewards as agreed.
With these things, the development speed of my Peacock Clan will take another step forward in a short period of time."
Du Lingxi glanced at the other old man next to him and said, "Wenshan, do you have any problems with this mission?"
Du Wenshan smiled and said, "What's the problem? Our Peacock Clan is strong and powerful now. Although we still can't break the giant Tang Kingdom, we can still easily take down a small lord county.
After this mission, we will focus on attacking Juxin City. The sooner we get rid of them, the better we can expand our sphere of influence.
Since this mission starts in two days, I think I should lead my men out now, otherwise it would be bad if we miss the deadline."
Du Qing nodded and said, "The time is the evening of the day after tomorrow. If you arrange 3,500 people to go there immediately, it should be in time.
You know, when we get there, with our allies leading the way, we must defeat the Dongfang County team before they leave Dongfang County, and then rob them of everything.”
Du Qing was a little excited while speaking. After all, Ye Li was from the Tang Kingdom. Being able to rob him would definitely be something that would make all the people of the Peacock Clan excited.
After making all the arrangements, Du Wenshan hurriedly selected 3,500 elite soldiers, left Peacock City where the Peacock Clan was located, and then headed towards Dongfang County in a mighty manner.
Wang Yue's men were already waiting in Dongfang County, monitoring whether Ye Li's team responsible for transporting the ore had set out, and waiting for Du Wenshan's army to arrive.
Ye Li's two thousand elite soldiers had been quietly taken out of Dongfang County several days ago under the pretext of training. Now, there were only fifteen hundred people left in Dongfang County.
In order to gather 2,000 people, Ye Li also asked Ba Hai to find a lot of trustworthy ordinary people to disguise themselves as soldiers and blend into the crowd.
After sending two thousand people to Juxin City in advance, Ye Li took Qian San and hid not far from Peacock City to observe. When he saw Du Wenshan and his men heading towards Dongfang County, he started to rush towards Juxin City.
Peacock City is less than a day’s journey away from Juxin City. Ye Li quickly returned to Juxin City and reported the situation to the three family heads.
The three of them immediately mobilized all the men that had been gathered in advance, left Juxin City, and marched towards Peacock City in a mighty manner.
This army of 4,000 people was divided into two teams. The front team, with a total of 2,000 people, rushed towards a mining area near Peacock City at the fastest speed.
The remaining two thousand people gathered together with the two thousand people brought by Ye Li and began to rush towards the ambush site they had previously planned.
After these four thousand men had set up the ambush, the previous two thousand troops had gradually approached the mining area not far outside Peacock City.
In the mining area, the Peacock Clan only left three hundred people as a defense force.
At this time, they were unable to stop the attack of two thousand people and were killed in a short time.
Two thousand people then began to plunder the ore excavated by the Peacock Clan. After years of operation by the Peacock Clan, the amount of ore reserved here is much more than Ye Li's mining area.
Because it is very close to Peacock City, the people in Peacock City received the news of the attack on the mining area first.
Du Qing's face flashed with anger, and he said: "These bastards from Juxin City are so bold that they dare to attack us.
Did they think our recent attacks were a little soft, so they thought they had a chance? We didn’t attack them, but they dared to come and seek death!!!"
Du Lingxi also nodded and said, "Brother, they only have 2,000 people. I will bring 3,000 people over right away and kill them!"
After calming down a bit, Du Qing frowned and said, "I think this incident is somewhat coincidental. Maybe these bastards in Juxin City knew that we sent people to attack Dongfang County, so they dared to provoke us. Otherwise, it would be too weird.
The total population of Juxin City is only about 4,000 now. If you divide 3,000 soldiers to pursue these 2,000 people, the other side may ambush another 2,000 people behind and lure you into the ambush circle.
With 4,000 men attacking your 3,000 men, and with deliberate intent, I estimate that the chances of you being defeated by them should be very high.
Hey, these bastards from Juxin City are probably thinking of making one last stand. With their strength of 4,000 people, if they can defeat your 3,000 troops, the pressure on their defense will be much less, and they may even be able to survive for a few more months.
Humph, Lingxi, I will go with you and take the rest of the people with us. I want to see if we can defeat the ambush of Juxin City with the two of us leading the army, plus a large army of 4,000 people.
If we can defeat them here, then Juxin City will be taken in advance."
Du Lingxi was stunned when he heard this, then nodded and said, "Brother, what you said makes sense. Let's set off without delay!!!"
The two men then gathered the remaining 4,000 people in Peacock City, took 4,000 people away, and left only a few hundred people to guard the city.
After all, the mining area is very close to Peacock City. Four thousand well-trained soldiers rushed to the mining area at the fastest speed in less than a quarter of an hour.
The soldiers from Juxin City deliberately slowed down and waited for them, but when they saw the large army of 4,000 people coming towards them, they quickly turned around and fled.
The leading Juxin City general was still shouting: "Damn it, they actually sent out their entire army, we quickly retreat, the plan has failed!!!"
His shout cleverly reached the ears of Du Qing and the other man. They smiled at each other, their eyes full of sarcasm.
"Everyone, chase them. Just be careful of the enemy's side attacks!"
Du Qing, who thought he had seen through the enemy's plan, no longer took them seriously. He waved his hand and the army followed in a mighty force.