"Lu Duwei is quick to think and speak, but he still can't solve the most fundamental problem."

When more and more people were persuaded by Lu Shen, Jiang Houming finally spoke, and immediately attracted everyone's attention to him.

Lin Tang Hall Master Ran Xuanzhi's brows furrowed slightly, and he subconsciously wanted to refute it, but at this time, the gaze of the gang leader Lin Jie stayed on his face, faintly implying dissuasion, so he had to be silent for the time being.

In the power structure of the Seven Star Gang, needless to say, there are different differences in the status of the hall masters and stewards below, among which Feng Tang and Lin Tang are relatively the most important.

As the God of Wealth of the Seven Star Gang, Ran Xuanzhi has always been Lin Jie's most powerful confidant, and many times he will represent Lin Jie to suppress the old forces led by Jiang Houming.

Jiang Houming was already ready to go toe-to-toe with Ran Xuanzhi, after all, for most of the time before, this guy would stand on his opposite side. And judging from today's overall trend, Lin Jie obviously supports Lu Shen's views, and Ran Xuanzhi will stand up in support of Lu Shen.

There was silence in the room.

Everyone's eyes are staggered, each with their own scheming.

Jiang Houming saw that Ran Xuanzhi was silent, and he was a little hesitant in his heart, could it be that his judgment was wrong, and Lin Jie was still in a wait-and-see state for Zhao'an?

However, no matter what Lin Jie's true thoughts were, Jiang Houming must extinguish the fire lit by Lu Shen, and before the arrival of the Yan Dynasty envoy, the high-level leaders of the Seven Star Gang must not be allowed to form a consensus to refuse to recruit An.

Over there, Lu Shen had actually been waiting for Jiang Houming's voice, and through Lin Xi's introduction and explanation, he already knew that in addition to Lin Jie, another deep-rooted force within the Seven Star Gang was headed by Jiang Houming.

Most of these forces came from the dispute between the gang leaders back then.

The first gang leader, Jiang Zhi, single-handedly created the Seven Star Gang, and on the eve of his death, Lin Jie was not the only successor, Jiang Houming and the other two elders were qualified to take over.

In the end, Lin Jie took over the power, at that time he was not the first person in the current martial arts list, and experienced a fierce power struggle in the early days of his succession. Although his power has become more and more stable over the years, those people are still alive and gathered under Jiang Houming, although it shows that they have maintained a peaceful state on the surface, there are still certain contradictions between the two sides.

A few years ago, Jiang Houming expressed the idea of marrying Lin Xi for Jiang Yonghuai, in fact, he wanted to eliminate this contradiction, but for some reason, Lin Jie did not accept this request.

In a very short period of time, Lu Shen sorted out the relevant context, and then said to Jiang Houming: "Dare to ask what the fundamental question of Hall Master Jiang is?" ”

Jiang Houming said lightly: "Lu Duwei's analysis can't be said to be unreasonable, the Yan Dynasty's recruitment of Anlulin is indeed related to the strategy of the Jing Dynasty, and it is difficult for us people to gain the real trust of the other party." However, there are two sides to everything, and Lu Duwei's guess may not necessarily be correct, and the truth may be another situation. ”

Lu Shen raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Please teach Hall Master Jiang." ”

"Let's take what happened after Zhao'an. If they finally achieve their goal and most of the gangs accept Zhao'an, then does the Yan Dynasty hope that this matter will be settled or will there be another wave? Lu Duwei may not know that our Lin Gang Leader is the first person on the martial arts list in the rivers and lakes, and the person who can plot against him may not be born yet, unless a large army is used to besiege him. In addition to the helper, Shi Tang Master and Dong Tang Master are all masters of the rivers and lakes, and the command of thousands of troops and horses is not as good as Lu Duwei, but the ability to protect yourself alone is probably much stronger than yours. ”

Jiang Houming's tone was not in a hurry, and then he said: "What I mean by saying this is that once Zhao'an becomes the final outcome, whether it is the Yan Dynasty or the Jing Dynasty, they will have to pay a great price if they want to kill our people, and they can't cover up the news and no one knows." If this happens, the whole Northland will inevitably fall into chaos, and I don't know how many people will rise up. ”

Many people bowed their heads slightly to show their approval of his view.

Lu Shen said quietly: "Hall Master Jiang, you can't guarantee that this kind of thing won't happen. The strength of the group is far stronger than that of the individual, and once the green forest of the Northland is broken up and divided, it is difficult to have the power that makes the Yan Dynasty fearful like now. ”

"So-and-so is just illustrating another possibility."

Jiang Houming's expression was indifferent, and he said leisurely: "If, according to Lu Duwei's thoughts, the Seven Star Gang rejects the Yan Dynasty's recruitment, and the attitude is the enemy of the other party, then I would like to ask Du Wei, can you ensure that our people can block the Yan Dynasty army?" If the Seven Star Gang is defeated, will the Southern Qi Huaizhou Governor's Mansion send troops north to help from thousands of miles? ”

The two questions contained in these remarks can be said to go straight to the core.

Lu Shen's resume is very beautiful, but he is a human being, not a god, and he alone will definitely be able to defeat the elite army of the Yan Dynasty and even the Jing Dynasty?

War is not child's play, especially since the Seven Stars are weak compared to the enemy.

If the war is unfavorable at that time, will the Southern Qi border army choose to send troops to rescue or respond silently?

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became solemn, and Lin Jie opened his mouth and said: "Brother Jiang, Captain Lu came here with good intentions, you should give him some time, at least let him get familiar with the environment here." ”

Jiang Houming lowered his head slightly and said respectfully: "What the gang leader said is extremely true. If Lu Duwei can't give a clear answer for the time being, it's actually not his fault, but his subordinates think that the matter of recruiting an still needs to be discussed. ”

Lu Shen stared at this person's eyes and said calmly: "Hall Master Jiang, I thought about this question on the way here, so I can answer you now." First of all, I can tell you with certainty that even if they refuse the Yan Dynasty's recruitment, they will not be able to mobilize too many troops to besiege the mountain. ”

Jiang Houming said in a deep voice: "Why? ”

Lu Shen said: "This must talk about the current situation. After the battle last year, the defense line of Dongyang Road and Moyang Road of the Yan Dynasty was tight, and it had to recruit new soldiers to fill the defense. According to the calculations of the Huaizhou Governor's Office, the excess troops that the Yan Dynasty could draw were about forty or fifty thousand. This is not a small number, but it is obviously a fool's dream to form an all-round siege of the Baotai Mountains. ”

Jiang Houming frowned slightly, he knew that Lu Shen's words were very reasonable, when the Qi Dynasty besieged the Seven Star Gang, it used 100,000 troops, but it could still only besiege but not attack, mainly blocking the food source of the Seven Star Gang. Now that more than ten years have passed, the strength of the Seven Star Gang has increased a lot, and it is difficult to trap this huge Green Forest Gang with only forty or fifty thousand troops.

A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he asked again: "Just now you said that the matter of Zhao'an was secretly promoted by Jing Chao, does this mean that Jing Chao's army may be dispatched?" ”

"It's a possibility."

In front of everyone's eyes, Lu Shen did not deny the other party's speculation, and then said calmly: "Before coming down, I have received a clear promise from Governor Xiao that the border army of Great Qi will put pressure on the border of Yan and Chao at the necessary time to ensure that the other party will focus most of its energy on the border, so as to reduce the pressure on your predecessors." ”

Lin Tang Hall Master Ran Xuanzhi praised: "In this way, this matter is indeed possible. ”

"Brother Ran, don't worry."

Jiang Houming's heart was as calm as water at this time, and he said to Lu Shen without waiting for Ran Xuanzhi to open his mouth to refute: "I understand that what Xiao Dudu of Huaizhou means is that the Seven Star Gang and the Northern Resistance Forces will drag the Yan Dynasty back, so that you can seek the territory of the Yan Dynasty." ”

Lu Shen's eyes were slightly condensed, and he was a little surprised in his heart.

Only a few people know the preliminary strategy of the Huaizhou Governor's Office on the Northern Expedition, but they didn't expect that in this green forest and grass, someone could touch the whole picture through incomplete news, and Jiang Houming really can't be underestimated.

He did not deny it, and said slowly: "In the current situation, the northern resistance forces and the Daqi border army are not opposites, and cooperation is beneficial and divisive is harmful, and I believe this can become our consensus." ”

"That's true."

Jiang Houming's expression became more and more relaxed, he looked at the others in the hall, and then said unhurriedly: "But I want to ask Du Wei Lu, how can we confirm your sincerity?" Returning to the question that the hall master said, how can we, who are reckless, believe that the Southern Qi border army is not trying to use the Seven Star Gang? ”

This time, Lin Jie did not stand up to speak for Lu Shen.

Jiang Houming continued: "Or to put it more bluntly, if the Seven Star Gang and the Yan Dynasty are enemies, they will definitely attract the other party's target, and whether the Southern Qi border army makes a move or not, we have no power to decide at all." When the time comes, you will stand on the dry shore and watch, and let us and the Yan Dynasty army fight and bleed, hehe......"

His words were not spoken, but most people understood what was not done.

Lu Shen could naturally feel that invisible pressure at this moment, and at the same time, he also understood the reason why Lin Jie had asked him to keep it a secret for the time being.

At the end of the day, he's an outsider to the Seven Stars.

In order to gain the trust of tens of thousands of people, words alone are not convincing.

Jiang Houming saw that Lu was silent, so he continued: "Lu Duwei said that he can help us train an army, if I am not mistaken, does this mean that Lu Duwei wants to control part of the power of the Seven Star Gang?" Thousands of brave and resolute people here have become the elite under the command of Lu Duwei? It's not that you want to suspect Lu Duwei in public, but you can't just rely on a few words to become a high-level leader within the Seven Star Gang. ”

Lu Shen bowed his head and said: "What Hall Master Jiang said is reasonable, and I agree with it very much. In this case, dare to ask Jiang Tang how to believe in Lu's sincerity? ”

Jiang Houming said bluntly: "It doesn't matter whether a certain person believes it or not, but whether Lu Duwei can make tens of thousands of people in the Seven Star Gang believe it." It's very simple to do this, all you need is that Lu Duwei is willing to take a risk for the Seven Star Gang and go to Heluo City to kill someone! ”

(End of chapter)