In the middle of the chain bridge, two figures can be faintly seen.

Wang Shihua curiously picked up the telescope and looked at it, and couldn't help laughing: it was actually Uncle Zhong and Xiang Rengui drinking and chatting.

Pointing there, Ergouzi took the binoculars and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Master, let me ask?" ”

"No, you don't." Wang Shihua shook his head and said with a smile: "If I don't even worry about Uncle Zhong, then I can't rest assured." Two dogs, send someone to bring the altar of good wine for me. ”

"Yes!"

Interestingly, almost at the same time as Wang Shihua said this, Xiang Rengui clinked a glass with Uncle Zhong and said with a smile: "Lao Zhong, your head of the family sees us like this, what will he think of you?" ”

"What else can you see? A war is a war, a friend is a friend, and my family can't even see through this, and I won't be called the reincarnation of the eight gods. Lao Zhong was not easy to deal with, and replied with a smile: "However, Agui, you won't suffer a loss in this battle." Although our Wang family got the territory, you saved your life. Right? ”

Xiang Rengui was not angry at this kind of ridicule, and actually clinked glasses with Uncle Zhong happily. It can be seen that both of them are old schemers.

Wang Shihua later learned that when the two were young, Uncle Zhong was ordered to approach Xiang Rengui, in order to help Xiang Rengui compete for the position of head of the Xiang family.

Wang Shihua returned to Laosicheng this time because he promulgated the torch wine four days ago and invited heroes from all over the world to help. Although he could not be present for the first three days, he was received by Kang Xuan, an old Jianghu, but today is the day to launch the torch wine, and he, as the initiator, must be present.

Galloping all the way, we returned to Laosi City at about nine o'clock in the morning.

From afar, he saw Kang Xuan with dozens of heroes at the door, Wang Shihua was very satisfied, and walked to the horse walking field with these people, but was taken aback by the scene in front of him.

At this time, one or two hundred tables were set up in the horse walking field, and nearly two thousand people were eating and drinking.

At first, Wang Shihua thought that these people were all coming for his reputation, and he was extremely excited, but he was a little surprised when he chatted: most of these people knew Kang Xuan...... Most of the bandits from the surrounding areas came, and the farthest was a group of bandits in the Kangxian area of Guizhou.

Halfway through the wine, Wang Shihua and Kang Xuan went to the toilet. After coming out, Wang Shihua smiled and said: "Lao Kang, no wonder Lao Tang keeps saying that you are famous in the rivers and lakes, I didn't believe it much before, but when I see it today, I have to admire." ”

How could such a smart person as Kang Xuan not hear the envy, jealousy and hatred in this taste.

Hurriedly smiled: "Family master, to be honest, I do know some of these people in public, but if there is no gold-lettered signboard of the Wang family on my brain, let alone two thousand people, even if one or two hundred people can come, I will be satisfied." ”

Uncle Jiang on the side also smiled to help Kang Xuan dispel Wang Shihua's suspicions, and said with a smile: "Family master, Xiaokang is a good point. These people are mixed in the rivers and lakes, living a life of licking blood from the knife edge, and it is inevitable that they will have enmity or be surrounded and suppressed by the government, and when the time comes, they will come to the Wang family for help by virtue of the relationship of drinking the Wang family's torch wine, at least they can temporarily avoid the limelight, right? To put it bluntly, they all feel that the strength of the Wang family is stronger than that of the Xiang family, who wouldn't do this good luck and favor? ”

Wang Shihua nodded with a smile and took the lead to walk forward.

"By the way, family master, how is the battle ahead?"

Wang Shihua looked back, saw that there were no outsiders around, and said in a low voice: "The battle situation is going well, but I suspect that this is a bureau that the three of them deliberately set up for me, so I made corresponding arrangements with Aunt He, and now, I don't dare to go all out." But, Lao Kang, wait a minute, after starting the torches and drinking, you divide them in two, send half to the stone, and change the first battalion of the stone to Leigong Mountain to strengthen the guard; The other half went to change the second battalion under Uncle Tiger to Lao Sicheng. ”

"Yes!"

"By the way, Uncle Jiang, didn't I ask you to send someone to Shifu yesterday afternoon, is there any news?"

"Master of the house, I came to you for this. The person sent had just come back and didn't see the third master, and the reply he gave was that the third master was sick. ”

"Sick?" Wang Shihua's eyes showed a fierce light, he smiled angrily, and sighed lightly: "It's good to be sick!" ”

"Have you seen Shuiyu?"

"See."

"What did she say?"

"She is persuading the third master, but Mrs. Shui Yu asked someone to bring back a message: the third master issued an order from above, strictly ordering the third master not to participate in the war, otherwise, military law will be involved."

As soon as Wang Shihua's mind turned, he immediately understood that this was the force of the other three families, and through Wang Shifu's top, they wanted to hold down Wang Shifu...... Wang Shifu finally got mixed up with this son now, and he dared to disobey the military order, he naturally understood the consequences, and Li Jieying's incident at the beginning made him and Wang Shihua feel guilty, and it was inevitable that he would be difficult to choose for a while. Of course, since the three of them can buy off Wang Shifu's superiors, they can naturally spend a lot of money to buy off Wang Shirong's superiors, and it is difficult for Wang Shirong to choose at this time.

"If Shirong doesn't come back, I can still figure it out, after all, his position was obtained by him with a knife and a gun, relying on his real skills. Keshifu ...... Hum! He didn't want to think about it, if he didn't have the support of my Wang family, he could have the current head of the regiment? If my Wang family is finished, the other three families can let him go, and then hell. ”

"Who's to say it isn't? Therefore, Mrs. Shui Yu has been telling the third master about the cold lips and teeth these days. ”

Wang Shihua snorted coldly again, and said solemnly: "With the current strength of my Wang family, I am fighting to the death with the three of them, and I don't know who loses and who wins." ”

With a bit of anger, he returned to the wine table.

After breakfast, the torch wine ceremony began, led by several old uncles, and these heroes were sent to the left and right armies as planned.

After staying at home for most of the day and dealing with some urgent matters, he separated from Zhang Cuiyun and returned to Tuguan overnight.

Wang Shihua had just finished eating supper, and was about to discuss with He Mei and a few uncles about the method of attacking Tuguan, when the left and right armies sent telegrams one after another: asking Wang Shihua to transfer these heroes who had drunk torch wine and tied red ropes to their heads.

After so many years of training, the Wang family is really like the army, and military discipline is strict. As soon as they arrived at their destination, they did not stand or sit down, they shouted vigorously to eat and drink, and they were very dissatisfied with the sharing of a bowl of meat among ten people, and what was even more extreme was that they strongly demanded to drink alcohol -- marching and fighting, and alcohol had always been forbidden. After all kinds of demands were not met, these people who were used to stealing chickens and dogs picked quarrels and provoked trouble, no, before they had time to go to the battlefield to fight with the Xiang family, they first had a group fight with the Wang family that night.

Moreover, what these people said is very reasonable: they have drunk torch wine, they are here to be dead soldiers, and others have to give a bowl of severed head rice to eat before cutting off their heads, and you actually let ten of us share a bowl of meat, how can there be such a truth in the world?

In terms of rules: they drank the torch wine poured by Wang Shihua himself, and they would only listen to Wang Shihua's orders alone. Therefore, it is not under the control of the barracks. To put it bluntly, they are here to help, not to join the Wang family, they are guests, and you have to be greeted with delicious food and drink.

In this way, what do the soldiers of the Wang family think? It's hard for this army not to be chaotic. Therefore, seeing this sign, for this group of plague-like guys, the two commanders-in-chief simply begged Wang Shihua to transfer this plague away, so as not to spoil the morale of the army.

"Aunt He, look at this message, why did it come to this?"

After reading the message, He Mei smiled at Wang Shihua, who had a sad face: "Shihua, you are to blame for this matter." ”

"Blame me?"

"Isn't it? You see, most of these so-called characters in the rivers and lakes are bandits who gather in the mountains and forests, and you let them steal chickens and dogs, and rob houses, which is their old business, and they are definitely all good hands. But if you insist that they come up and fight positional warfare like the army, don't you tie their hands and feet, how can they stand it? It's weird if I don't mess with you. ”

Seeing Wang Shihua nodding with a wry smile, He Mei added: "From the perspective of employing people, you should also play to their strengths and avoid weaknesses and give full play to their strengths. ”

"Aunt He, do you mean to let them be like Sanfeng, and let them go to the territory of the Xiang family to rob the house?"

"That's exactly how it should be." He Mei nodded and said with a smile: "For these people, they don't dare to touch the four major families on weekdays, but now it's okay, they can use the banner of our Wang family to harm the Xiang family, and afterwards they only need to press the sin on the head of my Wang family, and that's it." And for our Wang family, although we have been charged with the crime, we have received real benefits. Don't forget, the three of them have teamed up to lay out, and there are more soldiers and horses than us. If the Xiang family wants to exterminate these people, they will inevitably send a large army, and in turn, they will reduce a lot of enemy soldiers for us......"

I don't know what I thought, He Mei covered her mouth and said with a smile in her eyes: "If these people are capable enough, I'm afraid that the Xiang family will have no time to take care of it at all, and can only concentrate on dealing with these two thousand bandits." When the time comes, the Li family and the Tian family will dare to move, and then they will see the hell. ”

"Okay, I'll call them back, divide them into groups of two hundred, distribute enough ammunition, and let them set off overnight to scourge Xiang's family."

"Wait a minute."

"Aunt He, what's wrong?"

"As the old saying goes, a twisted melon is not sweet! Among these people, not all of them are bandits, and there are more or less a few real heroes, so Shihua, it is best to adopt the principle of voluntariness in the orders you give, and it is best to give them a part of the reward in advance, and then make a bid, so that they will be able to mobilize their enthusiasm to the greatest extent. ”

"Good! Aunt He, you sit first, and I'll come when I go. ”

Not to mention that the strategists are vicious! He Mei's simple few words seemed to be a casual idea, but it hurt the vitality of the Xiang family: Yang Sanfeng passed through the village, it was a massacre, but after all, there was only a team of less than 100 people, which was considered the harm of scabies; And these two thousand voluntarily formed a number of bandit armies of different sizes, and rushed into the hinterland of the Xiang family with great momentum, although they did not kill many people, but they committed adultery and plunder, and did all kinds of evil, plus a large number of soldiers and horses of the Xiang family were restrained by the Wang family in the lead, and the hinterland was empty, so that these bandits became more and more crazy, and there was a tendency to develop into rogues. In the end, the torch wine also changed its taste, and these torch drinkers turned back into real bandits, if it weren't for the plot of the Xiang family envoys, so that these bandits had many internal struggles and split because of money, I am afraid that the Xiang family, who was attacked by the enemy, would really be annexed by the Wang family. Of course, it also relieved the pressure on Yang Sanfeng's spy company.

It also forced the Xiang family to send troops to encircle and suppress, which restrained a large number of soldiers and horses of the Xiang family to a certain extent, leaving a respite for the resistance of the Wang family a few days later, so that the whole battle situation changed again......