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The eldest lady thought about it for a while, and approached Dao Yanzhixin and whispered: "There is another way, to persuade the rich merchants and big families in the city to donate, just say that Liu Zhibang's rebel army is strong, the city lord's treasury is empty, and it may be difficult to resist the attack of Liu Bandit's army. ”

Dao Yan's brows stretched when he heard this, and the clouds of sorrow disappeared.

"Madam, this plan is very clever, in the name of suppressing bandits, who dares not to pay? Madame is really my good help, haha......"

At the same time, in a small alley in Wumangcheng, a group of people were gathered in a closed room, a tall man was sitting on a large chair, and a circle of people stood in front of him, and in front of him was kneeling on the ground a man who was tied up and trembling.

"Have you thought about it?"

The man sitting in the big chair asked.

The kneeling man looked up, pale and sweating, as if he was in great pain.

"Boss Hu, it's okay for you to kill me, but please don't hurt my family, my family is innocent......"

Boss Hu, who was sitting on the big chair, poked his head out, stared at the person in front of him, and said with a cold smile: "The Little Knife Gang is the one who is in trouble, and there are countless harms, have you Huang Gang Leader ever let those who rebelled against you go, and when did your Huang Gang Leader let go of their families?" ”

The Huang gang leader was held back by Boss Hu's words, and it took a long time before he said again: "Boss Hu, you asked me to do it with you, and deal with Dao Yan and weaving letters together, that is not a trivial matter, robbing and killing people in the past cannot be compared with doing it against the city lord, that is a rebellion, and you want to exterminate the clan." Boss Hu, you just let me go, I really don't dare to agree......"

Boss Hu said in embarrassment: "Okay, everyone has their own ambitions, we can't force it, I think you Guan Xiong'er may be more enlightened than you, brothers, send the Huang Gang Leader home......"

"No...... Boss Hu, spare your life...... Woowoo woo ......"

The Huang gang leader was dragged out with his head covered by a noodle bag, and then two big men walked in from outside the door, and dragged another man with a big tie in.

"Ah...... Boss Hu......"

Boss Hu smiled and said to this man: "Guan Er is in charge, your Huang gang leader is unwilling to cooperate with us, now I will send someone to send him back to his 'hometown', you are now the leader of the knife gang, and now you have the final say in the knife gang, so are you willing to cooperate with us?" ”

Guan Xiong was so frightened that he trembled all over, and it took a long time before he calmed down a little, and hurriedly said, "Hu ...... Boss Hu...... I do...... Don't kill me......"

Boss Hu nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand, Guan Xiong was dragged out, and a big man next to Boss Hu saw that Guan Xiong was dragged away, and approached Big Brother Hu and said: "Deputy Regiment Commander, the commander has withdrawn to the red rice shop today, I'm afraid Du Yan will be stationed in Wumang City in the near future, do we have to be more restrained?" ”

Hu Lao is Hu Gang, he was sent by Liu Zhibang to Wumang City to carry out the "Shadow Project", although he has not been here for a long time, Hu Gang has successfully conquered all the well-known gangs in Wumang City with various means, formed a dark force that cannot be ignored, and provided Liu Zhibang with a lot of useful information. Liu Zhibang had to withdraw his troops for a truce because of heavy losses in the battle with "Shun Heaven", which gave Dao Yan Zhixin more respite, but because Du Yan's army was about to enter Wumang City, many uncertain factors also increased the danger that Hu Gang might be exposed.

Hu Gang said in a deep voice: "The commander will not come back so soon this time, let's keep a low profile in Wumang City, make use of all the original gangs, and try to collect more information, I estimate that Du Yan will transfer troops to attack Xia Yuancheng, no matter what the price is, we must pass on the first-hand information to my hometown, so that the commander can make plans early......"

The big man asked again: "Then, should we return the money that those corrupt officials wanted?" ”

Hu Gang snorted and said, "Give them first, and when the commander captures Wumang City, let's settle this account with them...... If you find a way to buy off the subordinates of the county lord's mansion, you can buy the best in charge, we must get the most core secrets, and those money can't be saved......"

"Understood!"

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Seeing the army walking back again, Shan Meng said in a somewhat unhappy tone: "Commander, we also took a lot of effort to take down this red rice shop, how can you say that if you don't want it, you don't want it?" ”

Liu Zhibang looked sideways at Ah Meng, and said: "There is a gift to gain, we are currently weak, to concentrate our strength, it is extremely difficult to garrison troops in Hongmipu, although it is surrounded by water on three sides, but the river is not wide, and the water is gentle, which is not conducive to defense, Du Yan's army will soon attack over, if you send troops here to fight him, I am afraid that the gains outweigh the losses, so I have to give up this place......"

Ah Meng snorted disdainfully and said, "What's so great about Du Yan, who knows who is powerful if he hasn't beaten him?" ”

Liu Zhibang shook his head and said: "Don't underestimate Du Yan, you can drive 'Shun Heaven' all over the world to escape, but not everyone has this ability, not to mention that you don't forget, Sanji has an army of more than 100,000 people, and Du Yan only has 50,000 horses, and his troops are not vegetarian ......"

Although Ah Meng still disagreed, he no longer argued, the Han army rested in Baiyangdu for a day, and Liu Zhibang left Ah Meng to guard Baiyangdu, and Hong Feng was his deputy. There is only one gorge here that can lead to Xia Yuan City, which is far easier to defend than the red rice shop, Liu Zhibang left two troops, the first division and the third division, and selected some elite soldiers from the captives to supplement Ah Meng, and he took the Guards Regiment and Zhou Shan's cavalry division back to Xia Yuan City with tens of thousands of "Shun Heaven" prisoners.

brought tens of thousands of captives back to Xia Yuan City, but Xia Zhuangzhuang was very busy, and he was busy all day, and it was not until midnight that Xia Zhuangzhuang arrived at Liu Zhibang's headquarters.

"Big brother, although we have won a big victory this time, our army has suffered more than 6,000 casualties, which is a great loss of vitality!"

Liu Zhibang poured a bowl of water for Xia Zhuangzhuang, and said: "All troops have casualties, and the most serious casualties are the Agni Cavalry Regiment, your father's old subordinates were almost killed and wounded in this battle, and the whole army was wiped out, Commander Xia must be extremely sad in his heart......"

Xia Zhuangzhuang also mourned silently for a while, and said: "The soldiers who died on the battlefield can be regarded as a well-deserved death, the Agni Cavalry Regiment has made great achievements and has done its best for the Han people, so they should compensate their families well......"

Liu Zhibang also nodded and said: "Well, the fallen soldiers of the Agni Cavalry Regiment will be compensated twice the standard, and a monument will be built in the Han base camp to engrave the name of every fallen soldier of the Han army, so that future generations will always look at them......

Xia Zhuangzhuang nodded, but then frowned slightly and said, "Big brother, I still have something to discuss with you?" ”

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