Seeing that everyone had finally eaten and drunk their fill, Bai Yuan gave his last command.
They were to disperse on the spot.
Following their pre-arranged squads, they would break off into groups of fifty, disperse throughout Lingzhou, and act independently. Then, one month later, they would return to this city to regroup.
...
「The next day.」
When the people of the city awoke, they discovered that the County Magistrate's Office was completely empty. The large army that had entered the city the day before had also vanished without a trace.
The city's powerful families had vanished along with the army.
Many people rejoiced, cheering internally at the sweet taste of retribution. The local tyrants who had oppressed them for so long were suddenly gone.
Just as the crowd was speculating where the army had gone, Bai Yuan had already appeared over a hundred li away.
