Chapter 172: An Unexpected Visit
Fang Jing is also from a rogue background, in terms of ferocity, he may not lose to the barren mountain bandits, the rogues in the vertical and horizontal mountain ranges are all outlaws, and the ordinary bandits Cao Ko occupy the mountains as the king, and they have a place to live, they don't have to sleep in the barren mountains and forests, and they don't have to worry about being attacked by wild beasts and other rogues, so they are not as desperate and ferocious as the rogues in the mountain range.
Fang Realm was able to gather a group of unruly rogues, in addition to his own ability, the most important thing was that he was fierce enough. Let him assist Meng Hai in dealing with these barren mountain thieves, and he can also make the best use of his talents.
Su Yi sent Fang Jing to be Meng Hai's deputy, not necessarily without the intention of using him to contain Meng Hai. There are not many talents available in Taohuazhai at the moment, Meng Hai is one, but this person is treacherous, Su Yi not only wants to use him, but also prevents being eaten by him.
On the other hand, Zhou Fei and Zhang Huan, who Su Yi brought back, gradually became familiar with the life of the cottage, Zhou Fei and Zhang Huan were both hunters, and their familiarity with the jungle was especially higher than that of the leaders.
Moreover, Zhang Huan's strength is only slightly inferior to that of Gao Heihu, this person can not only hunt a vicious tiger, but also have some ability. Zhou Fei shot and killed several henchmen of the presidents of the Wanjia branch by himself, and his archery skills were outstanding.
It is rare to return to the mountain to expand the night He Kui and Zhou Fei tried their archery skills, and the result was no suspense, and He Kui, who was one of the best in Peach Blossom Village, was defeated.
Su Yi promoted Zhou Fei and Zhang Huan to be the captains of his own soldiers, and selected some loyal archers, equipped them with high-class armor, and Zhou Fei trained them in archery.
He Yuan made great contributions to the attack on Shangjun County, and was appointed by Su Yi as the leader of the archers of the cottage, and from then on, he was responsible for training the archers of the cottage.
With Zhou Fei and Zhang Huan in their hands, Su Yi took the opportunity to expand his personal guards, and the number of personal soldiers expanded from dozens to two hundred.
One hundred of them were archers, equipped with high-class armor looted from Shangjun County, equipped with the best bows and crossbows, and the remaining more than 100 were sword and shield soldiers, who had strong defensive capabilities and were best used as personal soldiers.
Scar continues to be responsible for recruiting people, but at this time, the Peach Blossom Village is different from the past, and the requirements for recruiting soldiers are much stricter than before, Su Yi doesn't want to recruit some rabble, these people see that the Peach Blossom Village is powerful, so they want to try to take refuge in it, if there is really a war, these people are only afraid that they will disperse faster than anyone else.
After Chen Hu's death, all the affairs of Shangjun County were controlled by a group of squires and heroes, among which the most powerful one was the Liu family in Shangjun County, as for the Zheng family's businessmen who took refuge in Chen Hu, Su Yi left not long ago, and was swallowed by the powerful forces in Shangjun County, and there was not even a slag left.
These powerful forces are not good at stubble, and their tactics of annexing their opponents are even more ruthless than the bandits that crisscross the mountains.
As soon as Chen Hu died, the officers and soldiers sent into the Zongheng Mountain Range by Shangjun County naturally had no support, and many of them even fled to the depths of the Zongheng Mountain Range, mixing with the Liukou, at first Scar contacted several of the captains and wanted to incorporate them into the cottage, but Su Yi refused.
Among these people may not be Chen Hu's henchmen, and they are originally officers and soldiers of Shangjun County, although they are living in the vertical and horizontal mountains, they may not be willing to fall into the grass, and some of them may just be looking for opportunities to take advantage of the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.
It's just that some of these people are more elite, and it would be a pity if they were recruited by other cottages. Su Yi asked Scar to take in these defeated soldiers from Shangjun County first, place them in the two small villages attached to them, and arrange for people to closely monitor them.
Although Peach Blossom Village has developed to a certain scale, after all, it is only a big village, and its strength is not as good as that of White Tiger Village, if you want to truly become a hero, what Su Yi has to do is not only to recruit more people and horses, nor to plunder more caravans, but to control some resources, such as Yongji Canal and Chifeng Ridge.
Only by mastering a steady stream of resource reserves can the logistics of Taohuazhai be guaranteed.
The real elite troops of the cottage are only the eight hundred wrestlers of the high black tiger, and the rest of the bandits are only a little more elite than other cottages at best.
The cavalry combat ability of Taohuazhai is not as good as the horse bandits in Baihu Village, and the cottage has just formed a cavalry, and the quality of these knights is not as good as that of the horse bandits who live by plundering outside Baihuzhai all year round.
The sword and shield soldiers trained by Scar can barely make it possible to move in formation, and when they encounter the enemy, they can form a military formation and rush forward in an orderly manner, but the sword and shield soldiers are the most dead soldiers in the entire cottage, and many sword and shield soldiers die every month, and the quality of the newly added sword and shield soldiers is not as good as that of veterans, and it will take a while to train them.
Su Yi glanced at the murderous Eight Hundred Lux on the training ground, and he suddenly had the urge to form an elite division.
A batch of armor was looted from Shangjun County, and there were many high-class armor, and the high-grade armor was one of the most elite equipment in the Great Chu Army.
Just as Su Yi was about to improve the strength of the cottage, an uninvited guest came to the Peach Blossom Village, the eldest young master of the Cheng family, Cheng Wenyuan.
Unlike before, this time Young Master Cheng not only brought fifty archers, but also five hundred lancers. These 500 lancers were recruited by him at his own expense, and the horses he rode were all taken from the Hu people that day.
thought that Cheng Wenyuan was here for Liu Feiyan, but after Su Yi asked Qing Cheng the reason for his visit, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
It turned out that Young Master Cheng was here to be a lobbyist for the Mu Family Chamber of Commerce, and Mu Xiaoxin and her cousin wanted to meet Su Yi. Since Huang County's order pulled out the nail of the Wanjia branch, he has firmly grasped the post road.
This post road is related to the vital interests of many chambers of commerce, not only involving the Mi family and Pei Wen, but even Gongsun Yiqing is concerned about it.
Huang Wenbing, who originally had no hope for Huang Xianling, couldn't help but be shocked when he learned of the collapse of the Wanjia Branch, and what he didn't expect was that Huang Xianling used the excuse of collusion between the Wanjia Branch and the Cardinal Sect to take the opportunity to take the post road, which made Huang Wenbing's faction surprised and delighted.
Zuo Xiang Huang Wenbing naturally had to ask his precious nephew, and when he learned that the reason why Huang Xianling was determined to get rid of the Wanjia branch was because of a young man named Han Wenhai, he became interested in this young man.
Huang Wenbing asked to meet this young man named Han Wenhai, Huang Xianling naturally found his cousin, and Mu Xiaoxin and Liu Feiyan had a brief cooperation when they ransacked the Wanjia Branch, so they immediately sent someone to the Cheng Family Chamber of Commerce.
After listening to Cheng Wenyuan's narration, Su Yi's head grew for a while.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Wenyuan smiled and said to Su Yi: "Brother Su, why do you have a sad face. ”
Su Yi said angrily: "It's not that you don't know my situation, Han Wenhai's identity is impersonated by me, you asked me to see Huang Wenbing, didn't you let me jump into the fire pit?" ”
Cheng Wenyuan smiled disapprerovingly: "Brother Su, you don't know how to be blessed in the midst of blessings!" ”