Orthodox 12th year of the 30th month of the month, Shaotingkeng silver mine.

This time, Ye Zongliu tried his best to defeat 13,000 officers and soldiers, killed Zhu Yuan, injured the commander of Liu Hai, and his prestige was great, and the morale of tens of thousands of horses under his command was also high, even the villagers who were originally coerced had changed their thoughts in their hearts, thinking that the imperial court might really fall down with a push, and Ye Zongliu might really be able to lay down a territory!

Therefore, on the night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Ye Zong stayed in the Shaotingkeng Silver Mine to hold a banquet, and Wang Neng, Zheng Xiangsi, Canghuotou, Chen Gongshan, Chen Jianhu, Ye Xi's eight and six subordinates, drank heavily, and the 50,000 troops stationed in Shaotingkeng were also happy, and the entire Shaotingkeng Silver Mine completely became a thief's den and bandit cave on this night!

The wine was drunk, Wang Neng took the wine bowl and saluted Ye Zongliu, and the two of them drank the wine in the bowl together, and everyone around them applauded in unison.

Then, Wang Neng said: "Boss! I think now that we are strong and prestigious, should we also have a charter! ”

Ye Zongliu smiled and asked, "What kind of charter should I have?" ”

Wang Neng stood up and said loudly: "In my opinion, the boss should be called king, so that the name can be justified, and the brothers can boost their morale, kill officials and plunder the land, and achieve great things together with the boss!" ”

Zheng Xiangsi, Canghuotou, Chen Gongshan, Chen Jianhu, and Ye Xiba next to him all echoed loudly, and encouraged Ye Zongliu to be called the king, and he himself could follow the rising tide and have a decent identity and status.

With Wang Neng's shout, hundreds of bandits and leaders around him all looked over, and everyone's eyes were hot, and they all shouted for Ye Zongliu to be king.

"It's better to choose a day than to hit the day! The boss will be king tonight, and tomorrow we will kill the Quartet! ”

"The boss is a hero, and it is right to be called the king, even if it is the emperor!"

Listening to the persuasion of many subordinates, Ye Zongliu's heart also ignited a raging fire, his eyes were full of desire~ hope, and even his breathing became heavy.

I saw Ye Zongliu slowly stand up, pick up the wine bowl in his hand, and then slam it to the ground.

After a crisp sound, Ye Zongliu said loudly: "Okay! And he took care of the brothers! Tonight, I, Ye Zongliu, am your king! ”

All the thieves cheered when they heard this, and Wang Neng, Zheng Xiangsi, Canghuotou, Chen Gongshan, Chen Jianhu, and Ye Xi, eight and six thieves, even knelt down to Ye Zongliu and shouted long live!

After the night's banquet, Ye Zongliu summoned Wang Neng, Zheng Xiangsi, Canghuotou, Chen Gongshan, Chen Jianhu, and Ye Xi to discuss matters in the room.

During this period, Ye Zongliu appointed six people as the six marshals of the army, headed by Wang Neng, and reorganized the military system, and the 80,000 troops under his command were distributed to everyone, each commander commanded 10,000 troops, Ye Zongliu led 20,000 horses, and the rest of the refugees, craftsmen, and miners were all led by Ye Zongliu himself.

Then, everyone began to discuss the future of the army, Wang Neng, Zheng Xiangsi, Canghuotou, Chen Gongshan, Chen Jianhu, and Ye Xi looked at Ye Zongliu one after another, waiting for the next order.

Ye Zongliu said to the thieves: "Now we have annihilated all the 13,000 officers and soldiers who came to attack, but don't be complacent because of this, after all, there are millions of soldiers and horses in the imperial court, and we can't fight hard!" ”

Wang Neng and the other thieves all looked solemn when they heard this, obviously the excitement just now had dissipated, and they were all worried about the actual situation.

Ye Zongliu continued: "Moreover, the Shaotingkeng Silver Mine and the Baofengchang Silver Mine we occupy are both located in the deep mountains of Xianxia Mountain, these places are sparsely populated, we have no soldiers, and we can't collect taxes, so we can only wait for death if we stay here!" ”

Canghuo said loudly: "King, we can also continue to sweep the surrounding prefectures and counties and loot the population!" The terrain around Xianxialing is dangerous, and we can continue to support it! ”

Wang Neng next to him sneered and said, "Say it lightly! If you continue to stay here, even if it can support it for three and a half years, it will be a mountain bandit bun, what can you do! Besides, what about after three years and five years? If the imperial court mobilizes tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of troops to come to the siege, what should we do? ”

Ye Zongliu said with a smile: "What Wang Shuai said is very true, and I also mean this!" This Xianxialing area can't stay for a long time, we must move and lead the nose of the officials and soldiers, only in this way can we mess up the surrounding prefectures and counties, and we can take advantage of it! ”

"Haha! Win and retreat! ”

Wang Neng laughed and said; "The king has such courage, I am waiting to meet the master, why worry about it!"

Seeing this, the rest of the thieves also made up their minds that they had the backbone of the backbone, and they all hugged their fists to show their loyalty, and they swore to follow Ye Zongliu to the death.

Ye Zongliu saw that everyone had agreed to his proposition, so he ordered the thieves to gather their troops and horses tomorrow, and then destroy all the silver mines such as the Baofengchang Silver Mine, bring all the baggage that could be carried, and gather at the Shaotingkeng Silver Mine within a ten-day period.

When the thieves heard this, they all hugged their fists to take their orders, and Ye Zongliu said to Wang Neng: "There is also Wang Shuai Lao who will lead his troops to gather in Xianxialing one step ahead of the army to attack!" ”

When Wang Neng heard this, he immediately received the order, clenched his fists and said: "Don't worry, the king, his subordinates will definitely handle this matter!" ”

When the matter was discussed and all the thieves left one after another, Chen Gongshan turned around and returned to Ye Zongliu.

Ye Zongliu also seemed to know it a long time ago, and said to him with a smile: "What." Chen Shuai still has something? ”

Chen Gongshan clenched his fists and said: "King, my subordinates just want to ask, where is our army going to attack from Xianxia Ridge?" ”

Ye Zongliu nodded and said, "I'm also thinking about this question, just when Chen Shuai came to ask, I will hand over this mission to Chen Shuai!" ”

"Subordinates receive orders, please make it clear to the king!"

Ye Zongliu opened a map seized from Zhu Yuan and said to Chen Gongshan: "I want Chen Shuai to send someone to Wenzhou Mansion and Panshiwei to investigate. ”

Chen Gongshan couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and asked, "Isn't the king ready to develop in the state capital?" Why do you want to go to Wenzhou Prefecture and go to Wenzhou Prefecture? ”

Ye Zongliu said in a deep voice: "In the state capital? That's not a place where we can stay, it's too close to Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, and it's too easy to be surrounded and suppressed by the combined forces of the three provinces! ”

Chen Gongshan also nodded, after all, facing the officers and troops of one province is far easier to deal with than facing the officers and troops of three provinces!

"Moreover, I have also been to Panshiwei, the combat effectiveness of the officials and troops over there is low, and the people over there are very poor, and the people are fierce, we can take advantage of the dissatisfaction of the local people with the imperial court, vigorously develop the power, and we will definitely be able to gain a foothold over there!"

After listening to Ye Zongliu's explanation, Chen Gongshan was overjoyed, he has always claimed to be good at calculation, but he didn't want to be just a small skill in front of Ye Zongliu!

So, Chen Gongshan clenched his fists and said: "Don't worry, the king, his subordinates will do their best to find out the situation in Wenzhou Mansion as soon as possible!" ”

Ten days later, Ye Zongliu's thief army gathered 80,000 horses, more than 100,000 displaced people, more than 4,000 miners and craftsmen, set off from the Shaotingkeng Silver Mine, and marched all the way east along the Xianxialing Mountain Range, all the villages and towns along the way were looted, and none of them were spared!

After receiving the news, the imperial court was shocked, and the military department immediately recruited troops and horses to prepare for the all-out attack, and a big war was about to break out.