Cockscomb Mountain is one of the few bandit gangs within a radius of 100 miles, and the name of the gang is called Cockscomb Mountain because the high mountain where it is stationed resembles a cockscomb.

However, this group of bandits in Jiguan Mountain is different from the original Huangzhu Mountain and Shuilong Village, and their predecessors are not farmers who can't survive outside and then flee to the mountains.

Its predecessor was a gang of gangs that spread crimes, that is, commonly known as bandits, and was later broken up by the government, and a few people who escaped ran into the mountains, gathered more than 10 other outlaws to continue to rob homes and houses, because of their ruthless actions, they killed and robbed all of them everywhere, and this area developed to more than 200 people in a few years.

And among the more than 300 people, except for most of the young women who were robbed, the rest were outlaws.

is not like Huang Zhushan, there are still a large number of old and weak women and children.

Although the number of bandits in Jiguan Mountain is small, because there are many outlaws, its actual combat effectiveness can be regarded as the top three within a radius of 100 miles.

After all, to be honest, the gang of people in Jiguan Mountain are authentic bandits, and these people in Huangzhushan and Shuilongzhai are just half-hangers, at most part-time.

But although Jiguan Mountain was strong, it dared to resist the Tang Dynasty, which made Huang Xueren and them quite unhappy.

Especially Huang Xueren wanted to send troops to clean up these bandit dens who refused to return to the Tang Dynasty, and now Jiguanshan cut off the ears of the envoys of the Tang Dynasty and drove them back, which made Huang Xueren angry at the same time, but also saw hope.

An opportunity to take advantage of the dispatch of troops to Jiguan Mountain, and then expand its influence within the Tang Dynasty.

Recently, the contradiction between Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren has almost become public, and these two people are competing to organize and train a standing army, one saying that they want to fight other bandits' dens, and the other saying that they want to fight a decisive battle with officers and soldiers.

And these two people are powerful factions in the Tang Dynasty, Fang Dongquan is the big boss of the original more than 500 bandits in Huangzhushan, and although Huang Xueren joined the Tang Dynasty later, he also brought the people of the original water dragon village of four or five hundred to Huangzhushan.

Now in the Tang Dynasty, the people and horses of the original Huangzhushan and the people and horses of the original Shuilongzhai are divided into two factions, which are clearly distinguished, supporting their respective bosses to fight for power and profit.

And today's court discussion is about attacking Jiguan Mountain, but in fact it is still a dispute between Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren.

Li Xuan has always turned a blind eye to the dispute between the two of them, on the one hand, even if he wants to intervene, he can't actually intervene, and on the other hand, Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren are not in harmony, which is of great benefit to him, the puppet emperor, so that he can expand his strength in the gap between the two disputes, such as increasing support for the Guards.

Li Xuan sat on the 'dragon chair' and diverged his thoughts, thinking about how to get the most out of the dispute between Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren.

At the same time, the dispute between Fang Dongquan and Huang Xueren is also ongoing.

"Is Cockscomb Mountain so easy to fight? Although their number is smaller, everyone knows that their dozens of people are outlaws, ruthless people who dare to plunder even large caravans, and if we want to fight them, we must have at least more than 200 soldiers, so that we can be a little sure! Fang Dongquan continued:

"Although our Datang Heavenly Soldiers are brave and invincible, how many people are there in our Datang Standing Army? The left and right armies combined are only 120 people, even if you add the guards, it is only about 170 people, not to mention whether these people are enough to fight Jiguan Mountain, if we all pull people over to attack Jiguan Mountain, what if the officers and soldiers enter the mountain? ”

"Also, it's not just the Jiguan Mountain family that refuses to submit, there are also Huanggui Mountain and Black Tiger Village!"

"Huang Guishan is okay, their strength is not very strong, but the strength of the Black Tiger Village is not much worse than ours before, there are more than 400 people, and this Black Tiger Village has always advanced and retreated with the Cockscomb Mountain, and has joined forces to attack large caravans many times, if the Black Tiger Zhai comes over to help the Cockscomb Mountain, then things will become troublesome!"

Fang Dongquan gave the reason for opposing the attack on Jiguan Mountain, and it was a very fatal reason.

As soon as his words came out, even Liu Bagou nodded slightly, obviously agreeing with Fang Dongquan's words.

Just fighting a Cockscomb Mountain, that's nothing, but now their enemies of the Tang Dynasty are more than one Cockscomb Mountain, and the nearby Black Tiger Village and Huanggui Mountain are still watching, and if they are not careful, they will unite with Cockscomb Mountain to fight against the Tang Dynasty together.

And more importantly, the real enemy of their Tang Dynasty is the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, and the more than 1,000 officers and soldiers outside the mountain are like a giant sword, always hanging on their heads, and this one will be cut down if it is not good.

At this time, Huang Xueren said: "I don't know the people in the Black Tiger Village, don't look at their large number, but there are not many who can fight, in the past, they could only follow the back of the Cockscomb Mountain to fish in troubled waters, and now we have thousands of subjects in the Tang Dynasty, and there are more than 100 heavenly soldiers, are you still afraid of the Black Tiger Village in this area?"

Although the outlaws of Cockscomb Mountain are strong, their numbers are too small after all, and our troops are two or three times that of them.

Moreover, we have beaten this Cockscomb Mountain, so that we can successfully recover Huanggui Mountain and Black Tiger Village, otherwise, these two families will definitely not easily submit to my Datang! ”

"In addition, it is precisely because the Ming army is our biggest threat, and it will enter the mountains in the near future, that we need to expand our strength in a short period of time, so that we can resist the Ming army in the future!

If we can recover the three families of Jiguan Mountain and Huanggui Mountain, and the Black Tiger Village, our Tang Dynasty is the largest one within a radius of 100 miles, and the scattered mountain people in the vicinity will also follow to Shun, when the time comes, our population will be able to break through 3,000 or even more, and at least 500 young people can be dispatched to resist the attack of the Ming army!

And this is the hope that we will be able to block the Ming army's attack in the future! ”

In the face of Fang Dongquan's opposition, Huang Xueren also showed no weakness, and his words were justified and well-founded, and the layers were clear, and they were obviously planned for a long time.

Huang Xueren's words also aroused the approval of many people, Qian Mengjiu, Wang Wenhua and even Butcher Chen all nodded slightly.

Because just as he said, the officers and soldiers of the imperial court are their mortal enemies, and in the foreseeable future, the officers and soldiers will definitely go into the mountains to encircle and suppress them, because no imperial court will sit idly by and watch a rebellious regime jump around under its nose.

Officers and soldiers, sooner or later, will come, and it is difficult to say whether they will live or die at that time.