Under Li Wuchang's instructions, Erduzizhuang sent two groups of people to Jingzhao County and Shuofang County to inspect respectively, and Li Wuchang gave them a rough plan, asking them to carefully check the supply and demand relationship and price trends of various commodities in the two places.

On the other hand, Hu Benlu stepped forward to encourage the nearby Zhuangzi to go up the mountain to collect medicine and hunt, and the Erzhuzi Village would raise the price and purchase it unlimitedly.

The construction of the Zhuangzi has not stopped.

However, it is not so convenient to go to the city to purchase supplies, because the Hanshui Gang and the Tianluo Gang have already sent people into Feng Yicheng, and their intention to make chaos is obvious.

Now it's time to go to Beidi County and Jingzhao County to purchase supplies, but it's just a little farther away.

Nie Quan and Xie Changhao came back from the city, bringing a lot of news.

Conference room.

"Yan Chong ran away?" Li Wuchang said in surprise.

"Yes, Yan Zhong took his Yan family's family back to Chang'an, I heard that his mother was sick, but there was gossip that he was scared away because he was afraid of the fanatics of the Hanshui Gang and the Tianluo Gang. Nie Quan talked about the grapevine.

"Is the situation so serious? Yan Chong is a good-looking person, just run away like this, he is not afraid that he will not be able to raise his head in the future?" Zhao Xun frowned.

"The western part of Hedong County has been penetrated, the Hanshui Gang and the Tianluo Gang are innumerable, Hedong Taishou organized a large number of sergeants to attack, with little effect, the Hanshui Gang and the Tianluo Gang have gained a firm foothold, and have expanded to Feng Yi County, Feng Yi has also lost the east, Wang Taishou sent various bandit squads to suppress the bandits, but the losses were heavy, nearly a thousand people died within a few days, as for Yan Chong's house, he led people to attack a round and retreated, but there was not much loss. Nie Quan said carefully.

Only then did everyone realize that the situation was really not ordinary.

Wang Taishou has a lot of bandit squads, led by the children of a big family like Yan Chong, as well as the elite of the imperial court, as well as the local defenders, whose combat power should not be underestimated, and nearly a thousand people died in just a few days, which is really not a joke.

"The Hanshui Gang and the Tianluo Gang have already entered the city, and they were still hiding before, but now they are blatant, assassinating many leaders and important people of the bandit team, and the city is now in chaos, and almost everyone is in danger. Xie Changhao took over the conversation.

No wonder Yan Chong's guy ran away, it turned out that his life was threatened.

Yan Zhong is not a timid person, he is a six-grade master, and he has the protection of his generals, and there are many elites under him, so they are all scared away, it can be seen that the masters of the Hanshui Gang and the Tianluo Gang are indeed a little terrifying, and the means must be extraordinary.

Xie Changhao sighed and said: "What's worse is that many soldiers in the east of Feng Yi have been rebelled, and they have risen up to deal with the elite of the imperial court, many officials in the inner treasury have been killed, and the Zhuang Lord's Mansion has been raided, and that group of veterans has been organized, and their combat power is quite amazing." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone changed color at the same time.

The worst happened.

Is Feng Yi really going to be in chaos?

If Feng Yicheng is completely occupied by the two major gangs, then Feng Yijun is afraid that it will really become their world, and it will not be long before Er Zizhuang will be able to escape.

Xie Changhao said: "At present, Hedong County seems to have temporarily reached a balance, in addition to Hedong Taishou, Luoyang came to a general, named Feng Zhang, I heard that it is Feng Song's eldest brother, he brought a large number of elites to resist the forces of the Hanshui Gang and the Tianluo Gang, at present, the Hanshui Gang and the Tianluo Gang are unable to move eastward, and Feng Zhang and Hedong Taishou cannot defeat the strongholds of the two gangs in Hedong, although the two sides have been fighting, but no one can help anyone. ”

Feng Zhang?

Li Wuchang frowned, remembering Zheng Wenlong's words.

Feng Zhang is really not a simple character, he can actually compete with the Hanshui Gang and the Tianluo Gang, the two gangs are temporarily unable to advance eastward, it seems that they are the next step in their plan to defeat Feng Yijun.

Jiang Minglun frowned and said, "Stunned, should we do something? ”

Li Wuchang exhaled and said: "Don't move for the time being, the development of Zhuangzi must continue, and organize the veterans, explain the situation to them, and be ready to fight at any time, on the other hand, we must continue to appease people's hearts, Minglun is in charge of Zhuangzi, and Brother Xun and I will personally go to the city to see the situation." ”

After that, Li Wuchang and Zhao Xun went to the city, met with Wang Taishou, and obtained more accurate information.

The situation is worse than expected.

At present, there are as many as five rioting soldiers, united to form a fairly large combat force, in addition to fighting against the imperial court, but also looting other Zhuangzi, the momentum is extremely powerful, the people and horses of Neiku have no resistance at all, and they have withdrawn.

The masters of the Hanshui Gang and the Tianluo Gang in the city can no longer be described as blatant, in addition to the assassination, they also spread a large number of rebellious remarks, saying that Da Yan has no way, and sooner or later it will be over, the city is in chaos, rich merchants have fled to Jingzhao County and Hongnong County, and ordinary people have evacuated to the west of Feng Yi.

Although Wang Taishou was sleek, he was quite tough at the moment, he went to the front line in person, commanded the battle, and the court sergeants attacked with all their might, and comprehensively searched for the people of the Hanshui Gang and the Tianluo Gang in the city, and caught the people who never interrogated and executed them on the spot.

And the Hanshui Gang and the Tianluo Gang were not to be outdone, and mobilized a large number of good players to attack.

Li Wuchang and Zhao Xun stayed for a few days, and secretly slaughtered many masters of the Hanshui Gang and the Tianluo Gang, but to no avail, the victory gradually tilted towards the two major gangs.

Fortunately, the elite sent by Xue Tingshi had arrived, led by the general Duan Long himself, Duan Longfu arrived in the city, and without saying a word, he directly launched a fierce counterattack.

For a while, corpses were everywhere, and the blood stained Feng Yicheng red, which was tragic and abnormal.

At the same time, Wang Taishou issued a reward order, encouraging all parties to kill thieves and make meritorious contributions, each kill a bandit fanatic can receive a reward, in addition to listing the important leaders of the two gangs, if you kill those leaders, the reward will be greater, the reward is in the unit of 1,000 taels, it is really exciting, many heroes have rushed to hunt the leaders of the two gangs, in an attempt to exchange for a reward of silver.

As a result, Feng Yi's pool of water was even more chaotic.

Li Wuchang and Zhao Xun carefully looked at the list of leaders of the two major gangs, and found that Zhu Changlong, the second son of the Hanshui Gang, was impressively listed, and topped the list, with a reward of up to 8,000 taels.

After another two days, Li Wuchang and Zhao Xun returned to Erzhuzizhuang and explained the situation to everyone.

"What should we do?" Jiang Minglun said.

"What is the situation in our Zhuangzi and the nearby Zhuangzi?" Li Wuchang asked first.

"Our Zhuangzi is in a very good situation, everything has not been disturbed, what to do, the nearby Zhuangzi has not been in chaos for the time being, but these days many people have fled to our area, the nurse is kind-hearted, sheltered some of the people, and began to put porridge, the situation can be stabilized. Jiang Minglun returned.

"Fortunately, we had little foresight and built a bigger warehouse, and these days we have stored a lot of grain, and the people in Zhuangzi have followed our advice and bought a lot of grain. Zhai Changping was quite happy.

Li Wuchang nodded, exhaled, and said: "Continue to buy grain, buy it from the north, buy it from Jingzhao, you can't mess up in Zhuangzi, you must stabilize it, continue to collect herbs, continue to collect prey, continue to do projects, continue to appease people's hearts, if the situation allows, you can accommodate some people, continue to put porridge, and you must show the most confident side." ”

The crowd nodded.

Li Wuchang continued: "The affairs of Zhuangzi are temporarily led by Desheng and Qianyong, and the public security issues are taken care of by Hu Benlu and the veterans...... It's time for us to do something, people above the fifth grade, come with me into a small team, go to the city to support, this time our role is bounty hunters. ”

Then he stood up, his eyes flashed, and he said loudly: "Brothers, the time has come to test everyone, we can't be shrunken turtles, aren't they just a few bandits, I don't believe that it is more dangerous than Niumao Mountain." ”

The eyes of the crowd flashed with the light of battle.

The fat bear laughed and said, "Haha, the old bear is finally going to kill again." ”

Jiang Minglun said fiercely: "It's best to kill Zhu Changlong's kid this time." ”

Before leaving, Li Wuchang gathered the villagers and said a few words, although his voice was low, but he showed a strong and confident momentum, whether it was the people of Erlenzizhuang, the people in the nearby Zhuangzi or the people who had fled, they were all infected.

"If the bandits want to make trouble near us, they must first step over my Li Wuchang's corpse!"

The slogan of pretending to be forced must be shouted.

Everyone screamed with excitement.

Before leaving, Li Wuchang called Hu Benlu, Hu Qianyong and Lu Desheng to give detailed instructions, and all three of them patted their chests and promised that they would never let Zhuangzi mess up.

After the arrangements were completed, Li Wuchang, Jiang Minglun, Zhao Xun, Zhai Changping, Cao Hao, Xie Changhao, Fat Xiong, and Nie Quan, a total of eight people, formed a bounty team, polished their weapons, brought their elixirs, and were full of energy, marching along the official road and rushing straight to Feng Yicheng, where was the battlefield.

In fact, Li Wuchang didn't want to take the initiative, he wanted to stay in Zhuangzi to protect the people of Zhuangzi.

Later, I thought about it, if Feng Yicheng was broken, then everything would be over, and it would be better to contribute my own strength first and help Duan Long and Wang Taishou share the pressure.

Although the number of the squad is small, all of them have good strength, whether they are dealing with ordinary bandits or facing masters, they have the capital to fight.

There is also a greater purpose of this trip, that is, to exercise, if you want to improve your strength, hard cultivation is one thing, and combat is also one thing, and this time is a good opportunity to train soldiers.

In addition, this is also considered an entry, there is a reward for killing bandits, and the reward for the leader is even more than a few thousand taels, and if you kill a few, you will get tens of thousands.

"I emphasize again, give full play to our characteristics, try to beat me if I can, don't give me heroes, this is not martial arts, this is a life-and-death struggle, as obscene as you can, all kinds of tricks for me to use, when I encounter a small gang of bandits, I will be greeted to death, and when I encounter a large army that is incapacitated, I will shout, and everyone will follow my footsteps. ”

The usually quiet official road has become very lively, with people fleeing, the caravan of wealthy merchants, the army supported by the imperial court, bandits fishing in troubled waters, and various bounty heroes gathered together in chaos.

"Help!"

There were still about twenty miles to go to the city, and finally a large group of bandits was discovered.

There were two dozen bandits surrounding a convoy of horses.

It seems that a wealthy merchant who has fled in the city has been targeted by bandits.

"Brothers, the first order of business is here, give it to me. Li Wuchang was extremely excited and pulled out a short knife.

The others also drew their weapons, and shone with a serious bloodthirsty light.

Everyone blackened their faces and hid their faces, and their current identities are heroes of the rivers and lakes.