"We have also sent people to secretly contact the Chaohu bandits, but on the one hand, these people are still a little ambitious, and on the other hand, they are still a little worried that we will unload the mill and kill the donkey. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info "Zhang Wanshan didn't hide anything, since he was left behind by the lord, there is definitely no need to hide anything," Luzhou is the Yang family's lair, and they feel that they will definitely lose a lot if they attack rashly, so they have to bargain. ”

"Anything else?" Jiang Feng asked after a deep groan.

"In addition, they also want to know what we have done for them, and they think they need some exact assurances. Zhang Wanshan said with some difficulty: "The people we sent are not enough, and they don't trust them very much." ”

The few people present did not speak for a while.

There are a lot of things here that can't be made public, for the Chaohu bandits, of course they also understand that doing this kind of thing is to commit public anger, and no matter who is in charge of Luzhou, they must draw a clear line, and even shout and kill, when necessary, it is natural to introduce some scapegoats, for them, this is the most dangerous and the most sorrowful.

Luzhou is the birthplace of the Yang family, Yang Xingmi was born here, and later operated here for a long time, even if the Yang family is set in Jiangdu, still did not abandon here, so many years, Luzhou has always been the most solid backing of the Yang family, and Huaiyou wants to enter the master here, there must be some means, otherwise even if Luzhou is taken by force, it will still become a major hidden danger for Huaiyou, so sometimes you have to take some other measures.

Chaohu water bandits are the best knife.

The wealthy family in Luzhou is headed by the Yang family, but the Yang family has branched out and has been divided into multiple families, and the relationship with the Yang Pu family is also close to each other, in addition to the Yang family, there are also the Li family, the Ye family and other big families, all of which are dependent on the Yang family.

Jiang Feng rubbed his hands together and pondered carefully.

If Yang Pu can withstand Xu Zhihe's attack, then the Chaohu Water Bandit knife can't be used yet, but if Yang Pu can't bear it, then this knife is very valuable.

If Huaiyou wants to become the master, he must remove some obstacles, but this notoriety can't fall on Huaiyou's head, and Huaiyou also needs to appease the Luzhou surnames, so this piece of paper that wipes his ass has to be settled separately.

To tell the truth, Jiang Feng didn't plan to unload the mill and kill the donkey, for him, the Chaohu water bandits are also a big water force, and in the future, he will compete with Xu Zhihe and Yue Guo, and even other feudal domains in the south, and the water force can only be strengthened, not weakened.

It's not that I can't do this kind of dark thing, I don't have to be informal, in this era, there are not so many taboos about this kind of thing, at least from the expressions of everyone here, it can be seen that there may be some slight discomfort, but I just feel that how to deal with this kind of thing, I can't let people grab the handle and ruin Huaiyou's reputation.

"What do they want?" Jiang Feng asked calmly.

"Their leader, Kou Wenli, said that they are willing to obey Huaiyou and obey your orders, but they need you to give him a promise, and they must have credentials. Zhang Wanshan hesitated, "Kou Wenli expressed his willingness to come to see you in person." ”

"No!" Chen Wei and Cui Shang objected at the same time.

This kind of water bandit giant has no dignity and etiquette at all, once he is caught by it, the reputation of Huaiyou will be ruined.

Jiang Feng didn't speak, just thought quietly.

In this era, reputation is very important, it is also very important, it is not important, it is not important, it is not important, before there is no strength, reputation is not important, but after having strength, that reputation is very important.

Strength is the foundation, but with strength, if you want to go to the next level, you have to have a reputation.

got involved with the water bandits, and Jiang Feng's reputation will undoubtedly be a stain in the future.

Zhang Wanshan and Tian Chunlai both wanted to speak and stopped, for Jiang Feng's sake.

"Wan Shan, who is this Kou Wenli?"

"Kou Wenli is a native of Chao County, his father is a well-known smuggler in the area of Misushui, once followed Yang Xingmi officer, but later because of the violation of military orders, Yang Xingmi was expelled from the army, then in the Susushui to the river area to rob the house, the Desheng army has repeatedly conquered, but the Chaohu Lake area is vast, the reeds are dense, the Desheng army once built a water army in the Feishui into Chaohu Lake, intending to exterminate the water bandits, but was attacked by the water bandits and burned the water village, resulting in failure, and finally Luzhou also gave up the idea of exterminating the water bandits. Zhang Wanshan introduced.

Later, Kou Wenli's father died of illness, Kou Wenli took over the Chaohu water bandits, and the power was even worse, and from Chaohu Lake along the wet water to extend the power to the river, east to the grit pond (earth bridge), west to Wuhu, there are traces of Chaohu water bandits' activities. Kou Wenli is most famous in the first year of Jingtai, leading the water bandits to go up the fertile water, and looted the gifts that the Luzhou gentry were originally going to give Yang Pu a birthday gift outside the water gate of Luzhou City, which attracted Yang Pu's anger, and even withdrew the then Luzhou Assassin Shi, but he was still helpless Chaohu water bandits. ”

"Is there a connection between the Chaohu water bandits and Jiang Kou?" Jiang Feng suddenly asked.

Zhang Wanshan hesitated for a moment, "It stands to reason that there must be a connection, but the Chaohu water bandits have extended their power to the river, which will definitely attract Jiang Kou's dissatisfaction, but the Chaohu water bandits committed crimes on the river, and if there was a slight rumor, they fled back to Chaohu Lake from the water, and the terrain of the mouth of the water is dangerous, and Jiang Kou did not dare to enter the water at all." ”

"Chunlai, do you have something to say?" Jiang Feng turned his gaze to Tian Chunlai and said with a smile.

"Hehe, I can't hide it from the lord's eyes, I actually know this Kou Wenli, and I can be regarded as having some friendship. ”

As soon as Tian Chunlai's words came out, all the generals present were immediately taken aback, but Jiang Feng and Zhang Wanshan had no expressions, they should have expected it.

"Oh, that's a good thing, water bandits are also people, no one wants to be born a water bandit, the vast majority of them are forced by life, if a thief also has a way, then it can be regarded as a thief. Jiang Feng quipped.

"What the lord said is very true, this Kou Wenli can be regarded as a thief in a certain opinion, at least in the past ten years, Kou Wenli has not done anything to lose his conscience, although the Chaohu bandits can't help but kill, but as long as the merchants don't resist, they basically only seek money and don't kill them, but there is no mercy for the Wu army, Wu Jun has encountered Chaohu bandits several times, and they have been killed to the head, and the blood stains the lake,......"

Obviously, Tian Chunlai still has some friendship with this Kou Wenli, otherwise he would not use such words to praise the other party.

"What kind of friendship does Chunlai have with this Kou Wenli?" Jiang Feng didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly, "Can you convince it to be used by me?"

Tian Chunlai hesitated for a moment, "Lord, I took the liberty to ask, what happened in Luzhou, how should this Chaohu water bandit be arranged?"

Jiang Feng said without hesitation: " In the face of spring, a certain does not say anything, Chaohu water bandits must be completely exterminated, but a certain attitude is that as long as it is not a person who is extremely evil and evil, everything else can be completely reorganized into the third army of the Huaiyou Water Army, stationed in the river, Chunlai should understand that once we Huaiyou take Luzhou and Hezhou and control Shuzhou, we will not be able to face the river, we cannot let such a waterway go without management, that is our dereliction of duty, not to mention that no one can say what will happen in the future, maybe we will face the Jiangnan feudal clans next?"

The meaning of Jiang Feng's words is self-evident, if you take Luzhou and Hezhou, you will directly face Xuanzhou across the river, and to the east, you will have to face Runzhou across the river.

These words made all the generals feel refreshed, no military general didn't want to follow an ambitious monarch, and Jiang Feng had already shown enough ambition and domineering, and at the same time there was no lack of cautious and calm thinking, who wouldn't love such a monarch?

Tian Chunlai's heart is even more determined.

He also understood the meaning of Jiang Feng's words, in the future, the Huaiyou Water Army will be greatly expanded, and the Chaohu Water Bandits are only more than 1,000 people, and they are far from meeting the needs of the Third Army of the Huaiyou Water Army.

This also means that as long as the Chaohu water bandits are willing to accept the reorganization and carry out it in accordance with the regulations of the Huaiyou Army, they can also change from bandits to soldiers just like Zhao'an.

This is a great thing for these bandits.

"Lord, this Kou Wenli had a hand with a certain person a few years ago, this person's martial arts level is not bad, there was already a level of early recuperation back then, slightly inferior to a certain one, and then he was captured by a certain person, and a certain respected him as a man, so he let him go, so he made friends. Later, a merchant in Shouzhou was robbed near the Xiliangshan River in Hezhou, and a certain learned that it was his subordinates who committed the crime, and a letter was returned later. Tian Chunlai explained: "This person values faith and righteousness, has a lot of prestige among the water bandits, and is no less proficient in water than a certain person, but because it does not match a certain identity, so he is embarrassed to move around more, but a certain view of his heart is also willing to improve, this person's martial arts strength is also good, and he is also very popular on the river, if he can be put into the command of the lord, he will be able to plan Jiangnan for the future of the lord, and he is willing to go to Chaohu Lake and persuade him to vote." ”

Jiang Feng and the others didn't expect that Tian Chunlai would have such a story with this Kou Wenli, they were all overjoyed, if they could let this Chaohu water bandit surrender, they would be able to play a big role in the future Luzhou strategy, especially as a black hand, and they could eradicate many objects that Huaiyou was not easy to do.

Of course, Tian Chunlai also had a word first, and when he heard Jiang Feng's clear promise, he would definitely give the Chaohu bandits a place to go, so he dared to agree, otherwise Tian Chunlai would not be able to lie and deceive the other party.

Jiang Feng even felt that this was really a bit of the flavor of recruiting brave generals in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and if you were in love, you could lobby to vote, and it could happen in front of you, which was quite interesting.

"Okay, Chunlai, I'll also let it go here, as long as this Kou Wenli can abide by the rules of my Huaiyou Army, and make contributions in the future, he will not hesitate to play the Ming court for him and seal his wife and son!" Jiang Feng said angrily.