The soldiers and horses that crusaded against Yinyang had not moved, but the public opinion war had already started first.

Even if he has a very high reputation in Hidden Yang City, but now that Hidden Yang City is controlled by Li Changzheng, if he really starts a war, with three hundred soldiers and horses from Xiangjian County, he will not be able to compete with Hidden Yang at all.

As for raising their arms at the heights, and then the people of Yinyang City opened the door to greet them, it was simply impossible, so Zhao Lanjiang decided to transform their grievances with Yinyang City into his personal grievances with Li Changzheng.

This is the only way to reclaim the Hidden Sun.

And Li Changzheng is unstable among the people in Yinyang City, and he urgently needs a victory to establish his status and prestige.

Although there is a huge disparity in strength, they all think of it together.

Both sides have created momentum, to compete on the golden knife platform outside the Shili Pavilion in front of the grave of the golden knife Li Qiuyi.

Of course, shouting is shouting, but neither side took it lightly, nor did they make an appointment to start with a war of attrition, and if they could achieve a partial victory and thwart Li Changzheng's arrogance, Zhao Lanjiang would never let it go.

On this day, two uninvited guests came to Zhao Lanjiang's mansion, saying that they were from Yinyang City and the owner of a grocery store selling sheepskins was stopped outside by Yeerlang's people.

When Zhao Lanjiang heard about it, he walked out directly.

The two of them, one old and one young, wore felt hats, looking like ordinary vendors, Zhao Lanjiang saw them and said excitedly, "Shopkeeper Xu, Li Bufan?"

The two were Xu Yang, the owner of the grocery store, and Li Bufan, the captain of the gate guard of Yinyang City, who saw Zhao Lanjiang and hurriedly saluted.

"I've seen the city lord!"

Zhao Lanjiang welcomed the two into the room.

After greetings, he asked, "What is the situation in Hidden Sun City?"

In the past few days, he has received a lot of information about Hidden Sun City, but it is more true to say it from their mouths.

Xu Yang and Li Bufan talked eloquently.

A few months ago, after Li Changzheng and Li Changgong entered the Ghost Fan Tower, there was no big move, and everything was as before. After the chaos on the night of October 10, early the next morning, Guifan Lou suddenly attacked, led 200 men to attack the city lord's mansion, and took the city lord's mansion in less than half a day.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Chai Gongwang sent someone to inform Li Bufan, who escaped from Yinyang City and hid in Sifeng Mountain because he was close to the city gate on duty, taking advantage of Li Changzheng's control of the situation.

Zhao Lanjiang asked, "How is the City Lord's Mansion?"

Shopkeeper Xu said, "Li Changzheng captured Chai Gongwang and Li Xianzhong, and ordered the two to be loyal to him, but Li Xianzhong refused and was killed by Li Changzheng." Now Yinyang is in a mess, Li Changzheng doesn't understand government affairs, and all affairs are temporarily in charge of Chai Gongwang. ”

Li Bufan said, "Chai Gongwang is not the first time that guy who eats inside and out. ”

Shopkeeper Xu said, "You can't say that about him, if it weren't for him, you'd be caught by them." Besides, now that Hidden Yang City is temporarily replaced by him, there is not much chaos. ”

Zhao Lanjiang is not worried about Chai Gongwang, during this time, Chai Gongwang's ability is obvious to all, but as for loyalty, he has never asked for it.

The relationship between him and Chai Gongwang is just an employment relationship, giving him a generous gift and letting him work. But they didn't treat him as a friend. Of course, in terms of governing the city, Chai Gongwang has contributed a lot.

He was more worried about the White Horse and the other nineteen cities.

Xu Yang added, "After General Li's death, Li Changzheng asked the three commanders to be loyal to him, but the two commanders, Li Chenglong and Li Xunbao, refused, and are now imprisoned in the prison. But ......"

Zhao Lanjiang heard the voice outside the words, "Huang is like a wolf?"

Shopkeeper Xu nodded.

"Dragon, tiger, leopard, wolf four guards, only the wolf cavalry took refuge in Li Changzheng. The wolf cavalry has the lowest status in Baimayi, and Huang Ruwolf's resentment has been around for a long time. ”

Li Bufan said, "Lust-eyed people, after all, are outsiders. ”

Huang Ruwolf is a man of lust, known for his ferocity, and has made a lot of contributions in the battle of Yinyang, but Zhao Lanjiang has reprimanded him many times because of his bad rules and cruel nature, and this time Li Changgong captured the city, but gave him a chance.

"Except for the people in the Ghost Fan Tower, now Li Changzheng relies on the people of Semu to help him suppress the people. ”

Zhao Lanjiang was not in a good mood after hearing this, Li Xianzhong was the commander of the army he relied on the most, and he was Li Qiuyi's old subordinate, and he had a good relationship with Zhao Lanjiang, but he was killed tragically. Among the four commanders, Li Yuanhu has already died in battle, the commander of the Tiger Cavalry has been vacant, and Huang Ruwolf has rebelled again.

He asked again, "What about Miss Qingluan?"

On the same day, Qingluan defected to the Ghost Fan Building, and Zhao Lanjiang took her in the City Lord's Mansion, which was a risky move, and he wanted to wait for the return to Yinyang to solve the trouble of the Ghost Fan Tower, but he didn't expect that the Ghost Fan Building took the lead.

Qingluan is a person who has been in the book of life and death, and Ghost Fan Lou has always been intolerant of traitors.

Li Bufan shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

Shopkeeper Xu said, "The news from the City Lord's Mansion has been lost since Li Lingcai captured her back to the Ghost Fan Tower. ”

There is no news, maybe it's good news.

Talking with the two, Zhao Lanjiang found that the situation in Hidden Yang City was even worse than he imagined, and the more he delayed, the more difficult it would be to recover it in the future, so he decided not to delay any longer.

"How many soldiers and horses do you have under your command?"

Li Bufan said, "On the day of the accident, I escaped with more than 100 people. Counting the original people in Sifeng Mountain, there are enough two hundred people. ”

After Zhao Lanjiang became the lord of the city, he expanded the original 5,000 Baimayi to 12,000 people, and selected 3,000 people from the 30,000 Western Chu captives, and gathered 15,000 soldiers and horses.

Three hundred night family sons and two hundred white horse followers, against fifteen thousand white horse followers, the difficulty is not small, at least the siege is not advisable.

They are all the people of Yinyang and the children of Yinyang, how can they kill each other for this?

The shopkeeper Xu said, "Don't be presumptuous, what Li Changzheng can really mobilize is only the three thousand wolf cavalry army of Huang Ruwolf, as well as the masters of their Ghost Fan Tower." ”

Zhao Lanjiang said, "Without further ado, I will leave tomorrow." I also asked Shopkeeper Xu to help with a few things. ”

"The lord of the city, please command. ”

"If there is chaos today, our Hidden Yang City can't withstand a siege battle. You can help me contact the other eighteen city lords and tell them that this is my personal grudge with Li Changzheng, and I ask them to wait and see before we have a victory. ”

"After I go back, spread the news that I am coming back in the city, and tell the people that the people of Yinyang do not fight the people of Yinyang. Also, give Chai Gongwang a message and ask him to find a way to persuade Li Changzheng to fight with me. ”

After the shopkeeper Xu left, Zhao Lanjiang left Li Bufan behind and discussed with him in the room for a long time. In the afternoon, he found Ye Erlang again and discussed with him about sending troops.

Ye Erlang said with a face full of anger, "In the morning, the elders of the clan held a meeting and did not agree to the Ye family sending troops, so I said that they agreed to borrow a hundred people. It really doesn't make sense. ”

Zhao Lanjiang knew that the Ye family still didn't trust himself too much.

If it succeeds, then it's okay to say. If it fails, the strength of the Yejia family in Xiangjian County will be greatly reduced, and when the time comes, when the time comes, the Che family and other families will counterattack, and without soldiers and horses, everything will be empty talk.

Ye Erlang said, "Don't worry, the hundred people I selected from them are all elite soldiers and strong generals who were born and died with me, and I brought them down from the Twin Peaks Mountain back then." ”

Zhao Lanjiang nodded in understanding.

Borrowing troops is just borrowing momentum, and he doesn't plan to use these soldiers and horses to fight hard with Hidden Yang City, which is equivalent to dying in vain.

Early the next morning, Zhao Lanjiang, Ye Erlang and Li Bufan led a hundred sons of the Ye family and quietly left Xiangjian County.

There was no slaughter of cattle and sheep, no farewell, except for the elders of the clan, and even the news was not released.

A few days later, everyone arrived at Sifeng Mountain, and Li Bufan's more than 100 people converged, fortunately, Sifeng Mountain was originally a bandit's nest, after the battle of Yinyang, the people led by the four phoenixes went to Stone City, and there was contact here, and the grain and grass weapons of these 100 people were also sufficient.

After arriving at Sifeng Mountain, Zhao Lanjiang did not send troops, and ordered the troops to rest on the spot, during which he constantly sent "spies" to Baimayi and Yinyang City to "investigate" information.

It's not so much an inquiry as a dissemination.

It didn't take long for there to be rumors in the entire Hidden Yang City, saying that the Golden Sword King Zhao blocked the Jiang's troops and would attack the Hidden Yang City in a few days.

The reaction of the people was mixed.

Some people hope that Zhao Lanjiang will come back.

Although this city lord has not been in office for a long time, he has governed Yinyang in an orderly manner, and his life is much better than that of Li Xiancheng. On the contrary, after Li Changzheng occupied the city lord's mansion, he started a white terror in the city, and people died almost every day. The beheading stone at the gate of the city lord's mansion has been stained with blood. Moreover, the wolf cavalry army, which is dominated by people with color eyes, has greatly increased its status, and has also begun to run rampant, which makes people dare to be angry and dare not speak.

Concerns were also expressed.

In the past few years, there have been wars and turmoil in Hidden Yang City, and it is not easy to live a few good days, and then there will be a war again. They just want to live a good life, and whoever is the lord of the city is like a bird to them.

In the City Lord's Mansion, Li Changzheng was a little nervous.

It's not that I'm afraid of Zhao Lanjiang, but the resentment of the people in the city is getting heavier and heavier, especially the news of Zhao Lanjiang's return, which has spread all over the streets and alleys. He asked the wolf cavalry to stop the rumors, but the words came out of his mouth, who could stop the mouths of the people?

In particular, Li Chenglong and Li Xunbao, the two commanders, did not have allegiance, and he also looked for lower-level officers, but Bai Ma Yi governed the army very strictly, unless Li Chenglong and Li Xunbao were killed, they only listened to the two commanders.

He fought with Zhao Lanjiang, which was inevitable.

But he is not in a hurry, it should be Zhao Lanjiang who is in a hurry. His strength outside the Three Realms, and the Hidden Yang Great Array in his hands, what are you afraid of Zhao Lanjiang?

He was worried about Zhao's influence.

So he decided to use one word: drag.

As long as it drags on for three or five months, Zhao Lanjiang has nothing to do with him, and he can't take Yinyang City for a long time, his reputation is bound to drop to a low point.

What about Zhao Lanjiang? What about the Western Xinjiang God of War? If you are given time, you will not be able to take Yinyang City? When you have nothing to do, your prestige in the army will no longer be there.

At that time, it was the best time for him to make a move.

Chai Gongwang walked in with a batch of documents and came to Li Changzheng to sign and approve, Li Changzheng was not interested in governing the city, and said, "You can just look at it." ”

Chai Gongwang nodded, and was about to leave, when Li Lingcai suddenly said, "Wait!"

He whispered a few words to Li Changzheng, and Li Changzheng asked, "Chai Gong, how is the matter of increasing taxes?"

After becoming the city lord, Li Changzheng found that there was a huge Hidden Yang City, and the treasury couldn't even take out 100,000 taels of silver.

What's more, he also promised to share gold and silver with the brothers of Guifan Tower, but now that he has succeeded in seizing power, his promise has not been fulfilled, Li Lingcai can say that those people in Guifan Lou have begun to be resentful.

Li Lingcai gave him an idea to raise taxes, changing the original one out of ten to five out of ten to solve the urgent need.

Chai Gongwang sighed and said, "I have talked to several representatives of the chamber of commerce in the city, and they are extremely dissatisfied with this, and I am calming their emotions." ”

Li Lingcai suddenly said, "Calm the emotions? Who will appease the emotions of so many brothers under me? Who are dissatisfied? Tell me the name, and I will take someone to appease them at night!"

Li Changzheng shouted, "Li Lingcai, Hugh is talking nonsense!"

Li Lingcai snorted coldly and stopped talking.

Li Changzheng said, "Now that we are the lords of a city, how can we do things like before without following the rules?"

He looked at Chai Gong and said, "It's better to organize those chamber of commerce leaders and arrange a dinner, and I'll talk to them." What do you think?"

Chai Gongwang said, "The city lord personally went out to the horse, which is naturally effective. ”

Li Lingcai said, "What if they don't obey?"

Li Changzheng said, "We can't be beaten to death with a stick, I think we had a word called eating big households, starting with a few rich businessmen, Zhao Lanjiang is not outside, just say that they are fornicating with bandits, and then raid the house." ”

When Chai Gongwang heard it, this desperate plan was really vicious.

Li Lingcai clapped his hands and praised, "First, it can deter the people, and second, the people have hated the rich for a long time, and picking a few can also calm the people's anger." What's it called?"

"Fight local tyrants and share treasures. Li Changzheng said, "Of course, they can't share the treasures, and when the time comes, they will take out some of them to open porridge shops and give alms to the homeless, and they can also earn the hearts of the people." ”

"Wonderful!"

Chai Gongwang was silent, and was about to withdraw, when Li Changzheng suddenly asked, "Chai Gong, Zhao Lanjiang is outside the city now, and he hasn't contacted you, right?"

Chai Gongwang was shocked in his heart, the shopkeeper Xu only came to the door last night, and today he asked this kind of thing? However, after all, it was an old staff, his face did not change and his heart did not beat, and he said, "Now that Chai is the city lord's staff, how can he eat inside and out?"

Li Changzheng said, "You have been with Zhao Lanjiang for a long time, in your opinion, he is making trouble outside, is the city lord going to send troops, or not?"

Chai Gongwang said, "City Lord, I am a civilian, and I don't know the art of war, so I don't dare to speak falsely." ”

Li Lingcai said coldly, "Don't you dare, or do you think, if you hold the city lord's mansion, you won't be in Cao Ying's heart in Han, right?"

Chai Gong said, "Speaking of Yulu, the city lord, I haven't received a penny in two months. ”

Li Changzheng had a headache when he heard someone in advance, "What's the hurry, when the time comes to kill the rich, I will share your share and tell me your opinion first." ”

Chai Gongwang thought for a moment and said, "City Lord, my subordinates think that it is not appropriate to send troops. ”

Li Lingcai said: "Do you think that the city lord is afraid of Zhao Lanjiang?"

Chai Gong said, "No." Zhao Lanjiang is now in full swing, and if he can't win now, it will be easy to fuel his momentum. The people of Yinyang now have some feelings for Zhao Lanjiang in their hearts, and if they are not handled properly, it will backfire. ”

"Feelings?" Li Lingcai said, "Which side are you from?"

Chai Gongwang said lightly, "I'm just telling the truth." Seeing that Li Lingcai was silent, he added, "Mr. Li has lived underground for a long time, and I am afraid that the people of Yinyang still lack some understanding." ”

Li Lingcai became angry when he heard it, when Lao Tzu was calling for wind and rain in the Ghost Fan Tower, Li Xiancheng didn't talk to Lao Tzu like this, you are a small chief of staff, you are so presumptuous, do you really think that you can't do without you?

Thinking of this, he said to Li Changzheng, "I think that Zhao Lanjiang is just bluffing. If he does not come, he will give up, and if he comes, take his head, and he will be like a chestnut in the fire. ”

Li Changzheng frowned, "Chestnut in the fire?"

"No, it's to probe for things, take sheep by hand, ten thousand arrows are fired together, beacon fire, wolf smoke, Nanban invasion ......"

Li Changzheng waved his hand, "Okay, it's okay to mix with the surname Ma Huateng, and the money is so full that my brain is confused." ”

Chai Gongwang said again, "As long as the city lord sits firmly in the city and spends him three or five months, Zhao Lanjiang will definitely take the initiative to come to the door to challenge, and the city lord has the Hidden Yang Great Array......"

Li Lingcai said, "You mean, without the Hidden Sun Great Array, we are still afraid that Zhao will not succeed?" He turned around and said, "City Lord, I suggest taking the initiative to attack, otherwise, even if you win, people will think that you will not be able to win, and you will be honest." ”

Chai Gongwang sneered, "Are you hoping that the city lord will lose, and you want to be the city lord?"

That's true.

Li Lingcai even denied it, but like a thorn, it was inserted into Li Changzheng's heart.

Li Changzheng shouted, "Shut up for me." ”

"The lord of the city will listen to his lies!"

Li Changzheng raised his hand, "You all go down, I'll think about it." ”

Chai Gongwang and Li Lingcai gave each other an extremely unfriendly look and left the city lord's office.

Li Changzheng picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said to himself, "You have seen it all, how will you choose?"

He was haggard and released the "Tang Disrespect" who was trapped in the sea of knowledge, and Tang Disrespectfully said, "With Lao Tzu's experience as the head of the Bashan Sword Sect back then......

"Don't Lao Tzu Lao Tzu's ......"

Tang said disrespectfully, "Then you killed me? You took my body and didn't even let me complain, do you have no temper when you are Lao Tzu?"

"Do you think the old man wouldn't dare?"

Tang said disrespectfully, "Then you can do it, don't call me out when you find someone to sleep at night in the future." ”

This is Li Changzheng's secret.

After occupying Tang Bujing's body, when using Li Changzheng's identity, his body functions were like a centuries-old man, and he couldn't do anything, but he preferred this mouthful, so at night, he occasionally borrowed Tang Bujing's body to use it.

Moreover, after being stabbed by Li Chengcheng, his cultivation also fell, although he was confident that he could still beat Zhao Lanjiang, but in the city, his victory was greater.

"Alright, I won't fight with you. Do you think I should take the initiative and retreat?"

Tang said disrespectfully: "You even use the word turtle shrinkage, it depends on whether you want to be a hero or a turtle." Anyway, if it were me, I would definitely go out of the city and kill Zhao Lanjiang. ”

Tang Bujing has a grudge against Xiao Jinyan.

Xiao Jinyanyou is a friend of Zhao Lanjiang again.

Therefore, Tang Bujing wished that Li Changzheng would kill Zhao Lanjiang, although he didn't do it himself, at least after killing Zhao Lanjiang, he himself was angry.

At this time, Chai Gong looked back and forth, looked hurried, and said, "Zhao Lanjiang captured the White Horse Station. ”

White Horse Station, the first town thirty miles away from Yinyang City, is also the starting point of the Yinyang Trade Road. Due to the limited number of adjustable soldiers and horses, only ten people from the Ghost Fan Tower were arranged, and a hundred wolf cavalry troops were stationed there.

The white horse post is flat, and there is no danger to rely on, it is not uncommon to be taken by Zhao Lanjiang, but the first confrontation, it is lost, if it is spread out, I am afraid that the impact in the city is not good.

In particular, Li Chenglong and Li Xunbao refused to surrender, and 12,000 white horse rebels were lying in the south of the city, and he did not move, nor did he move, and if there was a mutiny after a long time, the situation would not be good.

At this time, Li Changzheng no longer considered any strategy, and his first reaction was to recapture the White Horse Post first.

"What about Commander Huang?"

Chai Gong said, "After he heard about this, he has already led a thousand wolf cavalry to help." ”

"Gather your troops and send troops!"

"City Lord, think twice, what if this is Zhao Lanjiang's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain?"

Li Changzheng pondered, Chai Gongwang said well, now the situation in Yinyang City is unstable, if he leaves Yinyang City, no one in Yinyang City will be Zhao Lanjiang's opponent, if he takes advantage of the loophole and takes the opportunity to recapture Yinyang, won't he be empty?

"Makes sense. He paced around the room, "Forget it, go and call my concubines." ”

When it was getting late, Chai Gongwang came to report again, "Commander Huang has recaptured the White Horse Station." ”

Li Changzheng was overjoyed, "Great victory?"

Chai Gongwang said, "That's what it says in the paperwork, but it is said that Huang led the soldiers and horses to lose four hundred. ”

"Four hundred people died in such a big and broken place?"

Chai Gongwang wanted to speak and stopped.

Li Changzheng was even more angry," he said. ”

"I heard that as soon as Commander Huang went to the White Horse Station, Zhao Lanjiang withdrew the soldiers and horses to Sifeng Mountain, and there were four hundred righteous servants who followed him into the mountain. ”

Li Changzheng's face stretched and he said, "Call me Huang Ruwolf!"

Chai Gong looked out for a moment, and then came back and said, "Back to the city lord, as soon as Commander Huang retreated, Zhao Lanjiang recaptured the White Horse Station." ”

"What about Huang Ruwolf?"

He led a thousand soldiers and horses to suppress the bandits. ”

Damn, where is this going to war, this is clearly going to give gifts.

......

Outside the White Horse Station, on the hillside.

A thousand wolf cavalry slapped away, mighty.

Huang Ruwolf's face was gloomy, staring at the white horse post under the hillside, this small town, the lights were bright.

As long as he gives an order, a charge, the town will be cleaned.

In the afternoon, he suffered a loss and lost four hundred righteous servants, so this time Huang Ruwolf brought all the same-eyed people.

These were all brothers who followed him from birth to death, and although they joined the Hidden Yang Righteous Servants, their traditions of the Semu people were still very well preserved.

I vaguely saw people patrolling, the patrolling people were talking and laughing, and when they were closer, they were only five hundred paces away, and as long as they were two hundred steps forward, Huang Ruwolf would order them to be shot.

However, the men looked extremely irresponsible, and after a hurried patrol, they returned to the White Horse Station.

Huang Ruwolf is waiting.

Wait for three changes.

The wolf cavalry, like a wolf by nature, is extremely ferocious, he wants to wait for the full moon of the third watch, lead the wolf cavalry to rush into the White Horse Station, and wash these traitors in blood!

The lights dimmed.

There was silence all around.

There was the sound of wind in the air, the snorting of war horses.

Full moon.

Huang Ruwolf waved his hand, and a thousand cavalry lit torches, "Charge!"

Thousands of horses galloped, and the earthquake trembled.

The wolf cavalry was like a wild wolf, constantly accelerating, rushing into the White Horse Post.

Overwhelming.

Something is not right.

Someone kept reciprocating, "Nobody." ”

"No one!"

The White Horse Station has become an empty city again.

Crash!

A pair of three-zhang white silk fell from the sign at the entrance of the village, with a line of words written on it in vermilion lacquer.

Yellow as a wolf, weasel, timid as a mouse, like a wolf by nature.

Huang Ruwolf was originally a brutal person, but when he saw this painting, he was extremely calm.

He already knew that if there were few people on the other side, he would definitely not be tough and tough. Even if it's two for one, three for one, they can't afford to lose.

Sneak attack?

Don't give them a chance.

He resolutely ordered, "Garrison the White Horse Station!"