Laizhou Prefecture Pingdu Prefecture Governance, Daze Mountain in the north of the city is undulating for hundreds of miles, there are more than 2,000 peaks in total, it has become the sect of Laizhou mountains, its highest peak is called North Peak, it is the sect of Daze Mountain. Most of the rivers near Pingdu Prefecture City come from Daze Mountain.

Unlike nearby Zhaoyuan and other places where mountains are connected to each other, the area around Daze Mountain is a flat river, because there are many rivers originating in the mountains, irrigation is relatively easy, and the land is far more fertile than Dengzhou. Daze Mountain is high and dense, put it in the later generations to call the mountains and rivers beautiful, at this time can only be called the poor mountains and bad waters, it is inevitable that there are a lot of bandits who occupy the mountains as the king, Daze Mountain is convenient to go out of the mountain everywhere, there are dozens of bandits of size and size, they often go to the plain area to rob, and the big households around are generally armed with landlords.

A man dressed in a long robe with an axe-like face is walking in the Daze Mountains Chapter 81 Lonely Courage, he is Wu Jianzhong of the Wendeng Camp Intelligence Bureau, and the peak where he is located is called Ru'er Mountain, named after a rock on the mountain that resembles a breastfeeding woman. But Wu Jianzhong had no interest in the stone, he was only interested in a group of obscene men on the mountain.

Wu Jianzhong has been active in Laizhou for nearly two months, looking for suitable bandits to work for the intelligence bureau, and he can help several bandits who have recovered in Laiyang, but he is a foreigner from Liaodong, and he is not well-known in the bandit arena in Shandong, so it is very difficult for others to believe him, and after arriving in Laizhou, he only recruited two bandits of dozens of people, and they were all bribed with silver, which is very unreliable.

Qin Rong's action team is small in number, and they are not good at mountain field combat, and their strength is hand-to-hand combat and assassination operations in the city. So the team only stayed for a short time. After finding that it was of little use, Qin Rong led him back to Dengzhou, while Wu Jianzhong insisted on continuing the search and stayed alone, only a shop of the Four Seas Trading Company in Pingdu Prefecture could give him very limited support.

He received a message from the intelligence station in the shop a few days ago, knowing that the army of Wendeng Camp would soon arrive in Pingdu Prefecture, he was more anxious to complete the task, and when Zhou Shifang did not explain the use of recruiting bandits, so Wu Chapter 81 Lonely and Loyal thought that it was prepared for this dispatch, and in a hurry, he brought another minion into the mountain.

A quarter of an hour later. He walked to a pass, on which several dirty heads and rusty blades emerged. Wu Jianzhong stopped, and a small Laiyang bandit leader who accompanied him ran up to say hello. His bandit name is the ground mouse, he has been in this gang of bandits, in June Wendeng camp in Laiyang to fight bandits, his gang was also subdued, because of the work experience in Pingdu Prefecture, was recruited by the Intelligence Bureau to do field work, this time followed Wu Jianzhong to Pingdu Prefecture.

After several bandits above recognized the ground mouse, they stood up scolding, and after they talked for a while, the ground mouse beckoned to Wu Jianzhong. Wu Jianzhong walked up slowly.

The dirty bandit leader looked Wu Jianzhong up and down for a while, and stammered a little: "You, you, you person, what are you looking for in our big cabinet, what's the matter?" ”

Wu Jianzhong said expressionlessly: "Find him to do business." ”

The bandit leader glanced at Wu Jianzhong's clothes, "I, we are big, the big cabinet said, the transaction is less than fifty taels of silver." Don't, don't look for us. ”

Wu Jianzhong couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth, and casually threw over a piece of silver of five taels, "Fifty taels is not worth my trip, lead the way." ”

"Belt. Belt, that's it. Just lead the way. The stammering bandit took the silver, and asked Wu Jianzhong to go with him to see the big cabinet with a smile, and the ground mouse said to him proudly: "I just said that it was a big man, and I was right." ”

stammered and smiled, "You dog, you are a ground mouse...... is comfortable, Lao Tzu guards a mountain road, and he can also get five taels of silver. ”

The ground mouse took the opportunity to ask, "Brother stammer, how are you doing in Pingdu Prefecture?" Do other mountains dare to bully us? ”

"Dare, why don't you dare." The stammering expression changed to a sad face, and he pointed to a few mountains not far away, "Ying Lanbu...... The people of Gaojun Mountain bullied me, and they ...... The girls who robbed last time were intercepted by them halfway, and the big cabinet was angry, and we were fighting with them. ”

The ground mouse was surprised: "Laojun Mountain is also occupied?" ”

stammered and said angrily: "Who says no, you talk about this world, there are people to fight for being a bandit." ”

Wu Jianzhong didn't want to listen to him talk about the bandits' workplace competition, and observed the surrounding mountains along the way, which belonged to the west side of Daze Mountain, from the west peak to the south, there were dozens of mountains nearby, such as Niutou Mountain, Wawu Mountain, Yinglanbu, Huanxiling, Laojun Mountain, etc., Ru'er Mountain was slightly inside, and it was necessary to pass through the territory of other bandits, so there would be a stammering thing about being robbed of the girls, only from their position, Wu Jianzhong could know that the strength of this bandit was mediocre.

After stammering and talking with the ground rats all the way, and after passing through two more passes, the two arrived at the bandit village halfway up the mountainside, and Wu Jianzhong estimated that there were about 300 to 500 people. The bandits' hall turned out to be a temple, and they dared to expel the monks, but they did not dare to touch the statues of the gods and Buddhas, and the big cabinet shared the hall with the Bodhisattvas.

When Wu Jianzhong walked in, a group of bandits of all colors with crooked melons and cracked dates were roasting a fire in the hall, and a sheep was roasted on the bonfire, and the head was a big man with a full beard and a greasy fur coat.

The bandits turned their heads in unison, all of them looked hateful, and a bandit scolded and came up to search his body, and Wu Jianzhong did not stop him. The bandit found a dagger, made by the Wendeng Military Factory, and the bandit grinned and received it into his arms.

The beard on the head is the first trip to the tiger, the bandits of the Ming Dynasty were influenced by the Water Margin, they all like to take a mixed name, one to be majestic, the other to hide their real name, the same is true of the group of rogues in Shaanxi, until later they were determined to engage in this industry, and only announced their real names.

He carried a leg of mutton and looked at Wu Jianzhong, "What benefits can I give to Lao Tzu?" ”

"One thousand taels of silver."

The beard didn't have an excited expression, he tore the leg of mutton by himself, slowly paced to Wu Jianzhong's side, pointed at Wu Jianzhong with his left hand and said, "I don't see that you don't look like a good thing, let's talk about what to do first?" I tell you that you don't do it if you rob officials, don't rob soldiers, or rob relatives who are officials...... Before he finished speaking, Wu Jianzhong pulled his left hand violently. The man had already scurried behind the Tiger. With his right hand, he took a thin blade from his hair and placed it on the neck of the tiger.

There was a sound of knives drawn, and the surrounding bandits were holding knives in their hands, and they obviously saw someone searching their bodies, but they didn't expect this person to hide the knife in his hair.

Wu Jianzhong turned a blind eye to the more than ten swords that were close at hand, and said in a nonchalant tone: "Whoever comes over, I will kill your big cabinet." ”

The tiger looked resolute, "Dog, you are brave enough to kill me, and many of my brothers will have to dismantle you and chop you into meat sauce." Sun Erniang's kind of steamed buns. ”

Wu Jianzhong felt that the Tiger was trembling slightly, and sneered at the bandits around him: "Make way for Grandpa, I want to find a room to talk to your big cabinet about the benefits." ”

He didn't wait for the bandits to speak, and pushed the tiger to meet the sword. Those bandits hurriedly got out of the way, watching Wu Jianzhong swaggering into a room with a big cabinet, a group of bandits couldn't help but look at each other, although they claimed to be doing the business of licking blood with knives, but such a person who was not afraid of life and death at all had never seen it.

As soon as Wu Jianzhong closed the door, he begged for mercy in a low voice: "Brother spare my life, I don't want a thousand taels of silver, I promise everything you say, and leave me a face in front of my brothers." Otherwise, I won't be able to do this big cabinet. ”

Wu Jianzhong still put the knife on his neck, and said expressionlessly: "I'm here to tell you the benefits, you can naturally not want a thousand taels of silver, this benefit is much more than a thousand taels of silver, as long as you listen to my orders and follow my family to do things, I will ensure that you will become the master of Daze Mountain Villages within a year, all the mountains have to listen to your orders, a lot of silver is spent, and the officials and soldiers will not suppress you." And ......"

The Tiger was already stupid, and asked back in a daze, "And what?" ”

"And in the future, I will let you recruit an and become a rich man."

"My lord, you are my new parent. I'll listen to you...... In a farmland five miles outside the north gate of Pingdu Prefecture, there are dense tents. The Chinese army's big tent is located on a slightly higher mound, and a flying tiger flag flutters on the top of the big tent.

Chen Xin is also overlooking the continuous Daze Mountain, he passed through here when he returned from Linqing last year, Pingdu Prefecture borders Laiyang, except for the mountains in the north and the shallow hills in the northwest, the rest of the area is a plain suitable for farming, although the natural conditions of Laizhou are better than Dengzhou, but it is also affected by the natural disasters and man-made disasters at this time, the farmers fled to Yanzhòng, and countless fertile fields are barren.

As long as he can control Haolai Prefecture and manage it efficiently, he will be able to solve the problem of feeding millions of people and completely solve the current shortage of land and food in Wendengying.

On the other side of the sea, Houjin actually only controlled limited resources, and most of the eastern part of Liaodong was difficult to cultivate, and the fertile soil was concentrated in the coastal areas of the Liaoshen Plain and Nansiwei, and the cultivable area was not large, and only one season could be harvested per year. Their manpower is far from being comparable to the huge number of displaced people in the Ming Dynasty.

Chen Xin has clashed with them many times, and his understanding of this enemy is also clearer, in terms of military organization, the mobilization ability of the Houjin surpasses that of the Ming Dynasty, and it still has obvious tribal colors, and the biggest advantage is that it has a group of veterans who have fought for many years, although the entire Houjin is centered on the conquest, but the organizational power is still not comparable with the professional army. The previous three operations showed that the Wendeng battalion was able to make up for the gap in experience through more advanced organization and training, and as long as it could effectively control the three prefectures of Denglaiqing, its overall strength and military strength would be able to compete with Houjin.

Qingzhou is currently under the jurisdiction of the governor of Shandong, and most of it is also a plain, although Chen Xin is salivating, but he can only wait for the future to make up his mind, the most important thing in front of him is to take the interests of the two provinces of Denglai, once the arable land is sufficient, he has the capital to be a warlord, backed by the combat power of the Wendeng camp, and will become an important force that can influence the situation in the north.

A back flag flashed between the tents, and Chen Xin walked under the mound, and the two horses quickly arrived in front of the big tent and handed the liaison officer of the intelligence bureau an envelope sealed with fire.

After opening it, the liaison officer walked quickly to Chen Xin and whispered, "My lord, there is chaos in Dongjiang Town again." ”

Chen Xin was slightly surprised, it is said that the Dongjiang River has been frozen, how can the information be known, the liaison officer continued: "It was sent out before the complete freeze, on October 11, the Phi Island mutiny, the rebels detained Huang Long, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, gouged out his nose and cut off his ears, and before the information came out, Huang Long was still detained by the rebels. ”

Chen Xin took the information and saw that it was written by Zhou Shifa himself, which described the general situation, or Huanglong was too corrupt, and the emperor was strict, and no one on the island did not scold him.

Chen Xin read it carefully, this matter is very strict, Sun Yuanhua must not be able to hide it from Wang Tingqian and others, and soon the imperial court will know that Sun Yuanhua's situation is even more difficult, because Huanglong is he insisted on protecting, this is already the second mutiny in Dongjiang Town this year.

This matter is not directly related to the Wendeng battalion, but he noticed a name at the end of the intelligence, Geng Zhongyu, this time Geng Zhongyu is one of the leaders of the mutiny, this person he has seen on Phi Dao, one of the generals who sold smuggled goods from Wendeng to North Korea, and he also has an identity, the younger brother of Geng Zhongming, the general of the Dengzhou pacesetter battalion. rs！！！