Chapter 1035 Your Excellency’s Witness

As the sky gradually brightened, Qingyuan County also woke up from its silence. Whether inside or outside the city, it was a lively scene.

Wu Fan did not think much about his happy expression, because, except for the militia of the Hermit Village, no other militia came, and there was not even a little news.

Obviously, the previous worries may have become a reality.

However, fortunately, Wu Fan did not have too much expectation for the militias of other villages and towns before, so although he felt a little disappointed, he could still accept it.

"How are the preparations?" After the sky brightened, Wu Fan asked someone to call Xu Dashan.

"My Lord, I am ready and can set off at any time." Xu Dashan said respectfully to Wu Fan.

Compared with his resistance to Wu Fan yesterday, Xu Dashan's attitude towards Wu Fan today has undergone a drastic change. Whether it is tone or expression, it is much more respectful than yesterday.

"Okay, let's set off now." Wu Fan said.

"Sir, should we bring more troops?" Tang San, who was following Wu Fan, asked softly.

This time, Wu Fan asked Xu Dashan to lead the way to find Ran Guang. Although Ran Guang's rebel troops were not the largest in the vicinity of Qingyuan County, they were also numerous. Moreover, he was treacherous and scheming, and his harm was no less than Zhao Li.

But Wu Fan only brought the guards of Wu Mansion with him this time, and did not bring other troops, which made Tang San worry about Wu Fan's safety.

Tang San would not think that Ran Guang was a good man or a believer. Once the two sides met, a fierce battle was probably inevitable. They only brought so few people, which was not enough.

However, Wu Fan shook his head slightly after listening to Tang San's words and said, "No, just us are enough, and..."

"And we may not be able to see Ran Guang this time!"

It's not that Wu Fan deliberately took so few people. Of course, he also wanted to take many people with him, but, except for the guards of Wu Mansion, other teams were not suitable to move at this time.

The garrison troops in Qingyuan County are being reorganized, so it is not suitable to mobilize them now.

The militia team of the Hermit Village has just arrived in the county. They are not familiar with this place and need to adapt. In addition, they have traveled overnight and need to rest at this time. It is also not suitable to mobilize them.

As for those people under Xu Dashan, Wu Fan did not dare to lead them. He was really afraid that those people would turn their guns again when they saw Ran Guang. Wouldn't he be shooting himself in the foot?

The surrendered troops under Zhou Dalong's unit were in low morale and also needed to be reorganized. Wu Fan was not going to move them before completely solving the remaining forces of Zhou Dalong's unit.

So, after thinking about it, the only team Wu Fan could lead was the guards of his own mansion.

In addition, according to the hint of the second ring task, Wu Fan felt that it might not be very smooth to find Ran Guang this time. It would be good if he could find him. Wu Fan could decide whether to assassinate Ran Guang according to the actual situation. If he could not assassinate him, he could take him down next time after determining Ran Guang's location. But as long as he thought about the content of the second ring task, Wu Fan felt that Ran Guang's matter was not that simple.

At this time, Xu Dashan also nodded in agreement and said, "I agree with you, sir. Ran Guang is suspicious and cautious by nature. I have been locked up in the prison for several days and lost contact with him. He may have realized that something unexpected happened. Once that happens, he will definitely take action instead of staying there and waiting."

"Let's go and take a look first. When we get there, everything will be clear." Wu Fan said.

"Yes, sir." Xu Dashan and Tang San responded.

"By the way, Dashan, how is the matter I told you yesterday?" Wu Fan asked Xu Dashan again while he was on the road.

"My Lord, according to your request, I have already removed those people with bad behavior from the team and let them stay in the city to do free labor." Xu Dashan said to Wu Fan.

For this matter, Xu Dashan not only did not resist at all, but was very positive, because he had long been unhappy with those people in the team. Before, due to Ran Guang's order, he could not remove those people. Now after surrendering to Wu Fan, he can finally remove those people and purify his team.

"Very good." Wu Fan nodded and said, "We are a regular army, not a rebel army. We can't stuff everyone into the team. As long as they are not good, we don't want them."

"I understand." Xu Dashan said, "In addition, I recruited some more people from the refugee camp to supplement the team overnight yesterday. I haven't had time to report this to you yet."

"What to report? Didn't I say before that you are fully responsible for this matter?" Wu Fan said, "But you are quite fast. How about it, how many people do you have in your team now?"

"Eight thousand!" Xu Dashan said.

"So many?" Wu Fan was slightly surprised.

"If you think it's inappropriate, I will clear some of them immediately after I go back." Xu Dashan said hurriedly.

As a general who had just surrendered, he was so eager to expand his team, which was indeed easy to arouse suspicion from others. Xu Dashan was also secretly annoyed in his heart that he was too impatient.

"No need." Wu Fan waved his hand and said, "I'm just surprised at your speed, and there is no other meaning. Don't think too much."

"Yes, sir, I understand." Wu Fan's words made Xu Dashan feel slightly relieved.

"However, you have accepted so many people at once, are you sure their character is okay?" Wu Fan asked with a little concern.

As he said before, he would rather expand slowly than add people with bad behavior to the team.

"Don't worry, sir." Xu Dashan explained: "I have been lurking in the refugee camp for a long time, and I have observed the people around me. I think these people who have been added are all those who have no problems."

"I am afraid you have been eyeing them for a long time and want to join the team." Wu Fan smiled and said: "It's just that you wanted to include them in the rebels before, but now they are in my account."

"Sir, please understand." Xu Dashan said a little embarrassedly.

The reason why Xu Dashan was able to recruit so many people in such a short time was indeed because he had observed the people around him for a long time. However, as Wu Fan said, he was originally going to include them in the rebels and rebel with him. Now, he has changed the mountain, and those people are naturally not rebels, but the court army.

"Okay, stop flattering me." Wu Fan said with a smile: "But if that's the case, I'm relieved. It means you're not the kind of person who recruits people randomly. You can continue to recruit people. My attitude is still the same as before. I won't restrict you from recruiting people, as long as you don't recruit some rotten fish and shrimps."