When Meng Zhao made his decision, with Beitang He assisting him, it meant that Lingwu City's two strongest powers had been brought together, military and civil authority gathered in one place. The energy this unleashed would surpass anything ordinary people could imagine.
The day after meeting with the County King's Heir, Meng Zhao secretly began mobilizing the Yangwu Army. He took one battalion of troops and had them take over the City Lord's Mansion's banner of city defense. Without a sound, the soldiers stationed on all four sides of the city were replaced by fully armored Yangwu Army troops with cold, lethal weapons.
This was meant to secure the outside and prevent the remnants of Howling Wind Hall from breaking out of the city. At the same time, it allowed them to familiarize themselves with city defense duties in advance. In the future, Lingwu City would ultimately have to rely on the Yangwu Army for its defense and protection. Those scattered soldiers under the City Lord's Mansion, who did little more than muddle through their days, were simply unreliable.
At the same time, he dispatched another two battalions toward Howling Wind Fortress in the western part of Lingwu Outer City.
This place was one of Howling Wind Hall's two great cores. Much like Meng Family Village, it was where the hall's warriors, members, and their families lived together. Buildings stood everywhere, houses packed together in neat rows, resembling a small town.
The closer one came to Howling Wind Hall's core, the tighter the defenses became. The structures also began to differ from ordinary residences. Arrow towers, watchtowers, and sentry posts stood outside, while within, corner towers had been built using a city as a model, making it like a city within a city.
According to the information Meng Zhao had