Hanshan Zhenren took a cup of tea from the hands of the fourth disciple Qingshi Dao Chief, took a sip, and said lightly, "Fellow Daoists, what do you think of Wang County's proposal?"

In the compound, all the big and small gang leaders finally moved, and there was a sound of discussion.

"We and the four major gangs and dozens of small gangs have joined forces, and tens of thousands of disciples have indeed made a huge presence on the surface! If it is a land battle, our gangs will join forces to destroy the Giant Whale Gang in one fell swoop.

But the problem is that the helm of the Giant Whale Gang is on West Dongting Island in the depths of Taihu Lake. If we want to encircle and suppress the Giant Whale Gang, we must go deep into Taihu Lake, and there will definitely be a water war with the Giant Whale Gang!"

"If you want to say that water warfare is the first, who dares to compete with the water bandits of the Giant Whale Gang? They have many boats, all of them are fast boats, and the water bandits often practice in Taihu Lake and are proficient in water warfare. ”

"Our gangs are not as good at water warfare as the Whale Gang!"

"Taihu Lake is dense with water and grass, like a maze, and it is also the territory and nest of the Giant Whale Gang. Our gangs, who venture into the army to encircle and suppress it, are we not sent to death!"

"Liu Hong, the white-faced scholar of the Giant Whale Gang, is that a ruthless character, is it easy to provoke? This person is extremely insidious and cunning, and has outstanding resourcefulness. Liu Hong was ambitious, and it only took more than ten years to deliberately annex all the large and small water bandits in Wu County, occupy Taihu Lake and the North-South Grand Canal, and there was no opponent in the water at all, which made the Giant Whale Gang become the most powerful first gang in Wu County, and even shouted 'Thousands of years, dominate the rivers and lakes', provoking the great rebellion slogan of all gangs in the entire Wu County. ”

"A few months ago, the Giant Whale Gang suddenly robbed a large amount of official food. Liu Hong was not stupid, how could he not have known that the imperial court would take revenge when he was furious? Since he dared to provoke a war against the imperial court at this time, he had already had a relatively high degree of certainty and reliance before he dared to make such a shocking move! He had already prepared enough grain, grass, and the elite of the bandits to prepare for rebellion. ”

Many small gang leaders shook their heads, not optimistic at all.

It's not that they don't want to take down the whales.

The Giant Whale Gang occupies a large part of the territory in the rivers and lakes of Wu County, especially the large rivers and waterways in the north and south that occupy the most oil and water, and they are tyrannical and domineering against merchants who come and go from the south to the north.

The other gangs looked hot and wanted to carve up a piece of fat from it.

But the point is, no one can help the Whale Gang.

Although in this Xukou Town, the four major gangs of Wu County and many small gangs have been gathered, and tens of thousands of elite Jianghu disciples have been gathered.

On the surface, it looks very strong, but it is limited to land, once it enters Taihu Lake, I am afraid that the combat strength on the water will not be able to exert three or four percent.

I'm afraid that their boat just went down to Taihu Lake, and was scuttled by the water ghosts of the Giant Whale Gang halfway through. Many of the disciples in their various gangs are landlubbers, let alone fighting underwater, and if they fall into the water, they will drown.

Of course, they also have advantages.

The biggest advantage of their side is that there are a lot of masters in the Grandmaster realm.

The first master of Wu County, Hanshan Zhenren, the first assassin of Wu County, Jackdaw, Li Shuo, the "Iron Horse Silver Gun", Han Pingshan, the "Heavy Sword Without Edge", and Sun Baihong, the "Medicine King", are five great masters.

And the Giant Whale Gang only has one generation grandmaster, Liu Hong, and the contrast is extremely different.

However, this is a gang war, not a personal fight.

Liu Hong, the leader of the Giant Whale Gang, shrank in the rudder of West Dongting Mountain, and did not come out with a one-to-one fight. They had to attack before they could see Liu Hong.

The total strength of the two sides is at least 20,000 or more, and in such a large-scale battle, the dispatch of troops and the arrangement of troops are exquisite. At this time, it is no longer a matter of individual bravery that can determine the winner.

If you don't have the chance to win, no matter how you kill Taihu Lake, the victory will be a miserable victory, and at least half of the gangs will die.

Seeing that none of the gang leaders of all sizes agreed to send troops, Wang Xian Ling couldn't help but panic a little, and hurriedly said: "Everyone, don't be impatient, my imperial court has also mobilized an elite army of officers and soldiers who are very good at water warfare to assist you in attacking the Giant Whale Gang. This time it is guaranteed that the Whale Gang can definitely be taken down. ”

"Haha!"

"Wang County Order, you won't be joking, do you dare to let the officers and soldiers of your Wu County go to suppress bandits?"

Suddenly, in the compound, the gang leaders burst into laughter.

"I remember the last time, your predecessor Taishou sent thousands of elite soldiers of the navy army to Taihu Lake to suppress bandits, but he was defeated and the whole army was wiped out, but only a few hundred sailors were killed. Even the official hat of your predecessor Taishou has been lost. After fighting such a wreck, you dare to send troops to suppress the bandits?"

The gang leaders had long since lost hope for the officers and soldiers of the imperial court.

Now in the thirteen counties of Wu County, the officials, city soldiers, and old and weak soldiers of each county are all guarding the county towns in fear, and they dare not go out of the city at all, for fear of being killed by the water bandits, and even more afraid that the Giant Whale Gang will suddenly attack the city.

If it weren't for the fact that the water bandits of the Giant Whale Gang were still in awe of the other four gangs in Wu County, the helm of these gangs would be near the county seats.

The Giant Whale Gang bandits were worried that after they went ashore, there would be conflicts with gangs of all sizes on their territory, and they were afraid that they would have gone ashore long ago and attacked the thirteen county towns of Wu County.

If the officers and soldiers of Wu County were useful, where would the water bandits of the Giant Whale Gang sit to the point where they are today, almost on the verge of open rebellion.

"It's... The elite soldiers who came this time were different from the last time. ”

Wang Xian Ling was ridiculed by the gang leaders, and his face was red, and he was stunned for a while, and he didn't know how to refute it.

He is also weak-hearted.

The predecessor of Wu County Taishou lost his official position because of the failure to suppress bandits, and was questioned by the imperial court.

And he, the county magistrate of Gusu City, because of his timidity, has been shrinking in Gusu County to prepare grain and grass, and did not follow his predecessor Taishou to suppress bandits, but because of his "old and steady, not aggressive" meritorious service, he luckily kept the black yarn hat.

If the officers and soldiers are defeated again, I am afraid that his black gauze hat will not be guaranteed.

"Everyone, don't be impatient! ”

Hanshan Zhenren saw that the gang leaders were merciless, and the ridicule was too great, and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he raised his hand and quieted everyone in the compound.

Only then did the gang leaders in the compound quiet down from the noise and ridicule. They participated in this conference for the sake of the face of Hanshan Zhenren, the spiritual leader of Wu County.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be too lazy to come to a Gusu Wang county order.

They also came here to see what Hanshan Zhenren meant. Does he want to fight, is he going to personally lead this leader and go to charge into battle to attack the Whale Gang?

Hanshan Zhenren personally took action, and they may still see a hope of defeating the Giant Whale Gang.

"Before we get down to business, let's talk about a little thing. ”

Hanshan Zhenren quieted down the gang leaders, but he didn't mention attacking the Giant Whale Gang, but said another thing, "Ben Dao learned a bad news on the way to Taihu Lake!"

His indifferent face showed a bit of sorrow, and said: "My eldest disciple Qinghe, who was unfortunately killed in the grove on the shore of Taihu Lake today. ”

The hearts of the small gang leaders suddenly tightened, and their hearts were awe-inspiring.

This matter is by no means a trivial matter in the mouth of a real person, this is a big case.

They also learned the news when they arrived in Xukou Town in the afternoon.

Qinghe Dao Chang is also a big man in the rivers and lakes of Wu County, but he didn't expect to die inexplicably in the grove on the shore of Taihu Lake, and no one knows why, so it was not worth dying.

The murder of Qinghe Dao Chang has long been spread to all the large and small gangs in Xukou Town, and it was shocking for a while, and many people were talking about this time in private, but they did not dare to talk about it publicly.

Because Qinghe Dao Chang is the first disciple of the real person of Hanshan.

Because this is a headless case, the cause of death is unknown, and the murderer cannot be found. The only thing that can be speculated is that Qinghe Dao Chang was killed with one move, this must be a master of the Grandmaster Realm, and the hand of Qinghe Dao Chang!

This must be a certain generation of grandmasters in Wu County, who is giving the Hanshan Zhenren who presided over this Jianghu Conference a dismount.

The gang leaders didn't expect that Hanshan Zhenren would take the initiative to talk about the matter.

Even the three grandmasters, Sun Baihong, Li Shuo, and Han Pingshan, the king of medicine, also changed their faces slightly. Although normal people would not suspect them, before they found out the real culprit, as a grandmaster, it was difficult for them to get rid of some suspicion, and they were always very awkward.

Hanshan Zhenren looked at the gang leaders, his eyes were sad, and he sighed sadly and said:

"There are a lot of rumors in the rivers and lakes of Wu County, talking about the cause of Qinghe's death, why did he die mysteriously in the grove?

About ten years ago, Ben Dao noticed that this giant whale gang Liu Hong was ambitious, and sooner or later it would become the top trouble for my Wu County. Therefore, I sent several of my disciples early to secretly bribe and bribe the leaders of the Giant Whale Gang with heavy money, so as to use them to collect internal information about the Giant Whale Gang.

In case you need it in the future, you may be able to use it in the future.

Today, this giant whale gang has really shown its ambitions, robbing the imperial court official food, and even shouting the big rebel slogan of 'unifying the rivers and lakes'.

Today, I secretly met with a water bandit leader in the grove to pass on the latest information from the Whale Gang.

Unexpectedly... I didn't think about it~, before I had time to do anything to the Giant Whale Gang, the eldest disciple Qinghe had already been exposed, and unfortunately he was killed in the grove and became the first victim before the war!

Therefore, the case is very simple, and there is no need to suspect anyone. The one who killed Qinghe, except for Liu Hong, the leader of the giant whale gang, there would be no one else. ”

The gang leaders couldn't help but be shocked and unbelievable.

Ten years ago, when the Giant Whale Gang was not so strong, Hanshan Zhenren began to be wary of Liu Hong of the Giant Whale Gang, and even collected a large amount of intelligence within the Giant Whale Gang.

Hanshan Zhenren is worthy of being the leader of Wu County, and he is really far-sighted and far-sighted, and he began to arrange dark chess pieces within the Giant Whale Gang ten years ago, which is very out of people's reach.

Wang Xian Ling hurriedly took out a wooden tablet that he had asked the carpenters of Xukou Town to make from under the sleeves of his loose official robe, and it read "The Spirit Seat of the Qinghe Road Chief" written on it.

"Qinghe Dao Chief, he is the heroic spirit of my Wu County, go all the way!"

Wang Xian Ling put the spirit card on a table next to him, lit a stick of incense, bowed, and wiped a handful of sad tears.

"Qinghe Dao is long, go well!"

"Reality Day Mourning!"

"I hope that the real person will mourn and take care of his body! Liu Hong, the leader of the Giant Whale Gang, really deserves to die, he will have retribution soon!"

"Qinghe Dao Chang Yingling is above, as long as we can destroy the Giant Whale Gang, he will be very pleased. ”

All the big and small gang leaders got up from their seats, full of respect, and bowed to the spiritual seat of the Qinghe River Chief on the table, and at the same time comforted the real people of Hanshan.

Hanshan Zhenren endured the sorrow on his face, shook his head and sighed: "This is also the fate of Qinghe's disciples, and he deserves this catastrophe, and he did not live to follow his master to climb the ethereal peak of West Dongting Mountain in person, overlooking Taihu Lake."

He died for the sake of the rivers and lakes, for the great righteousness, and for the great struggle, and he could be regarded as a well-deserved death! In the wee hours of the morning, there's a big thing to do. There is no need to mention him, let's get down to business. ”

The gang leaders immediately restrained their expressions and listened respectfully.

There were many speculations in their hearts, and Hanshan Zhenren finally mentioned the matter. Listening to the words of the real person, he is going to personally lead the gangs in the rivers and lakes of Wu County to attack the Giant Whale Gang?

"Actually, tonight's Wujun Jianghu Conference, the real mastermind behind the scenes is not my Hanshan Zhenren and Gusu Wang County Order. The new Taishou of the imperial court has already led 4,000 elite sailors of the imperial court to secretly arrive at Taihu Lake.

This time, the first Wu County Jianghu Conference was convened at the behest of the new Taishou. The battle of dawn will also be strategized by the new Taishou to win a thousand miles. ”

Hanshan real people are colorful.

As soon as these words came out, the stone was shocking.

In addition to the three grandmasters such as Sun Baihong, Li Shuo and Han Pingshan, all the small gang leaders looked shocked and looked at each other.

The new Taishou actually quietly transferred 4,000 elite soldiers of the imperial court from other counties and secretly arrived at Taihu Lake?

Such important military intelligence is so hidden. These little gang leaders, who have always been well-informed in the rivers and lakes, didn't know about it and didn't receive any news.

If it weren't for Hanshan Zhenren to say it here, they, the little gang leaders, would still be kept in the dark.

"Please, the new Taishou of Wu County, the famous family of the Zhao family of the Tang Dynasty, Lord Zhao Juzhen and Zhao are seated!

Hanshan Zhenren's expression was serious, Huo Ran stood up with his chair, saluted outside the courtyard door, and arched his hand.