"Now the forces of our Longhumen are only in the Yangzhou area, and the forces in the entire Jiangnan are also very complicated, not to mention the big and small thieves who have become commonplace in various places now, the rest of the forces surpass us are Du Fuwei of the Jianghuai Army, Ren Shaoming of the Iron Cavalry Society, Jianghuai Li Zitong, and Lin Shihong in the south, not to mention the Lingnan Song Valve, but what I want to tell you is that in the next three years, most of these forces will become our stepping stones."

At this time, the situation in Longhumen does not seem to be so optimistic, but Shen Chengping, as the leader, must first give his subordinates enough confidence, otherwise he will not even have confidence in himself, how can others follow you.

"It's just Master, now that our Dragon Tiger Sect needs to accumulate strength, I'm afraid it's not good to fight with these forces at this time!" After hesitating, Zhang Cheng still expressed his opinion.

Zhang Cheng's words are actually the consensus of everyone here, to be invited by Shen Chengping to participate in this meeting, his own talent and vision have surpassed ordinary people, in recent months, the Dragon and Tiger Gate has expanded rapidly, and many disciples of the underground are clamoring to continue to expand, but as the leader, most of them can calmly judge the situation, and when everyone is blindly optimistic, they also know that now is the time to slow down.

"I naturally know what you said, now that we don't move, we can let these people move, it's best if they fight fiercely, wait a year or two, we can clean up the mess, but the proportions of this also need to be grasped, otherwise it will really be difficult for any of them to develop."

"Master's meaning is to sow discord among these people and let these people fight to the death, so that we can just make a profit?" Kou Zhong, who was behind Shen Chengping, suddenly spoke: "The Iron Cavalry will be equal to Lin Shihong's power, if we can provoke the relationship between the two, we will just take something from it, and Jiangnan Du Fuwei and the Jianghuai Army are powerful at this time, but they can be slowed down, don't provoke for the time being, but the Iron Cavalry will fight Lin Shihong to the death, and it is likely that the Jianghuai Army or the Lingnan Song Valve will be fishermen, after all, their strength is much stronger than ours." ”

"In fact, the Jianghuai Army really doesn't have to worry too much, don't forget, most of the displaced people we recruited during this period of time came from the territory of the Jianghuai Army, Du Fuwei became a hegemon, but he didn't change his bandit habits, the soldiers under his command wantonly killed and looted the people under his rule, so how can he win the hearts of the people, today's Jianghuai Army is like a city built on gravel, as long as a little heavier blow, he will fall apart, and Li Zitong is also similar to the situation of the Jianghuai Army!" Shen Chengping said: "The real trouble is Song Valve! ”

"That's a good point!" Shi Long said next to him: "Song Valve itself is the top gate valve of the Sui Dynasty, although its foundation is in Lingnan, but in this place south of the Yangtze River, Song Valve may have laid out an unknown number of back-ups, weapons, money and food, army, Song Valve can now say that there is no shortage of anything, Song Valve Lord Heavenly Knife Song Que is probably waiting for the opportunity now, once Song Valve makes a move, it will be our biggest opponent!" ”

Hearing this, the expressions of the people present became solemn, even if they were confident, they all knew that the strength of Song Valve was not something that the current Dragon Tiger Gate could easily oppose.

"But don't worry too much!" After putting pressure on everyone, Shen Chengping took it and said: "Song Valve is indeed a behemoth for us now, but now that the Sui Dynasty is still here, in my inference, before the Sui Dynasty really falls, Song Valve will not make any big moves, and this time is our opportunity!" ”

After a pause, Shen Chengping continued: "Now that the government of Yangzhou is already in our grasp, let's go to the table, first seek a name for bandits in Huaidong, with this name, our army of Longhumen can become an official army, meddling in the surrounding prefectures and counties of Yangzhou, and at the same time triggering the conflict between Lin Shihong and the Iron Cavalry Club, when all the attention of all people is attracted, we will take the opportunity to swallow the surrounding area and strengthen ourselves. When we solve these three, we can occupy the plastered land along the Yangtze River, and then the strength comparison between us and the Song Valve will change fundamentally, and we need to worry about the Song Valve instead of us. ”

This inference was obtained by Shen Chengping according to the original plot, before the situation in the world is not clear, Song Que will not come out easily, this is Shen Chengping's opportunity, otherwise, Shen Chengping can only try to assassinate Song Que by himself, so that Song Valve will be leaderless, which is inconsistent with his plan to join and subdue Song Valve, and will also become a mortal enemy with Song Valve, so that he will spend more effort to stabilize Jiangnan, and the progress of the Northern Expedition will be delayed for at least three years!

Everyone listened to Shen Chengping's plan, thought about it for a long time, and felt quite feasible, and immediately began to discuss the details, and when everyone discussed it, it was already evening, Shen Chengping was about to invite everyone to have dinner together, but Zhang Cheng suddenly said: "Master, I don't know if you have heard about a big incident in Jiangnan recently, Yun Yufei, the leader of the Giant Whale Gang, was killed, and his daughter Yun Yuzhen decided to compete in Danyang to recruit relatives, recruit a young talent with strong martial arts, and take revenge on the Haisha Gang!" ”

"Master, this is a great opportunity!" Without waiting for Shen Chengping to speak, Kou Zhong behind him suddenly said: "The Giant Whale Gang has mastered the waterways along the Great River, and there are strongholds everywhere, which is definitely a big help for our Dragon Tiger Gate, and I heard that Yunyu is really a beauty, if the master can win this competition to recruit relatives, not only can he hold the beauty, but also get the Giant Whale Gang as a dowry, it is definitely a profitable deal, Master must not let go of this opportunity!" ”

"A sure-fire deal, or let you go!" Shen Chengping glared at Kou Zhong, and said in his heart: The two of you singing and harmonizing are too obvious, I really think I'm a fool, but this is indeed a good opportunity, Yun Yu should really be the girl I saw in Danyang last time, I didn't expect her to deliberately set up the martial arts competition in Danyang instead of the headquarters of the Giant Whale Gang......

Although he already agreed in his heart, Shen Chengping did not show the slightest look on his face, and said: "I will think about this matter first, what is the result of the matter of let's go to Pegasus Ranch to buy war horses?" ”

Hearing Shen Chengping's question, Zhang Cheng showed some embarrassment on his face, and said, "Master, not long ago, we contacted the Pegasus Ranch and wanted to buy two thousand war horses, but the deacon of the Pegasus Ranch who was in charge of receiving us not only sold us five hundred, but the price was also much more expensive than others, which was obviously intentional!" ”

"Oh? So did you promise him? Shen Chengping raised his eyebrows and continued to ask.