When Zheng Fan returned to Hutou City with his contingent, it was already late afternoon. The troops disbanded at the city gates. Everyone, including the original five Centurions and the servants and subordinates scraped together from the various family clans near Hutou City, returned to their respective homes and families.
Truth be told, for Zheng Fan, leading troops for the first time, it really did evoke a sensation akin to the "collapse of a dynasty."
Fortunately, Zheng Fan was quite philosophical about it. This wasn't his own army, after all. His future army, under the leadership of A Ming and Fanli, was still en route to Hutou City. It would probably take another four or five days for them to arrive.
At the city gate, a chief clerk and a few secretaries were present. There was no need for Zheng Fan to make a trip to the government office; the handover was completed right there.
In fact, this was merely a formality.
