Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Gang of Mediocrity

Although he was very unwilling, Cang Fei had to face the reality.

He longed to sweep the Northlands, but now he was afraid it was impossible.

The population of the sixteen states of Yanyun is not large, and the casualties this time are so heavy, but it is a heartbreaking thing.

Although some Khitans surrendered, the number was not too many, and they could only barely maintain stability if they were replenished, and it would probably take a lot of time to absorb these populations and turn them into their own use.

The Khitans are different from the Han people, and it is definitely not an easy thing to let them truly return to their hearts.

Looking at Jin Guo from afar, Cang Fei's eyes were full of cold light.

The three northern kingdoms, Qin, Liao, and Jin, now that Liao has been destroyed by his Great Qin, there is only one enemy left in Jin.

Wanyan Aguta used to be his friend, but at this time it was his biggest stumbling block.

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When Cangfei was looking at the Jin Kingdom from afar, Wanyan Aguta was also looking at the north.

"Ah Guta, I didn't expect Cang Fei to be so strong, and he would destroy the Liao State so quickly, and we didn't even have time to rescue. "Wanyan Aguta's uncle Polasu said.

Wanyan said: "It seems that we can't sit still, I know Cangfei's ambition very well, and when he recovers, he will definitely crusade against us." It is necessary to send someone to the south to contact the Song State and establish an alliance, although the Song State is weak, it will definitely not want Great Qin to unify the north. ”

"Okay! I'll get ready. Polasu said.

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A month later, go to the capital.

"Your Majesty, the rest of the Khitan is basically cleared. A voice said with a hint of joy.

Cang Fei looked at the other party, this is a middle-aged general, surnamed Zhang, who broke the enemy.

Zhang Podi was originally the leader of a small gang called the Iron Fist Gang in Yanjing City, and later Wang Yuyan and other daughters and Sikong Xuan and other Shennong Gang members went north according to Cangfei's orders, arranged in Yanjing City, and brought him under his command.

This guy was originally unwilling, but after being easily defeated by a servant, he was instigated. After being controlled by Sikong Xuan with poison, he was even more unable to resist.

When Cangfei killed Yelu Hongji and poisoned the Khitan generals, this guy followed the girls to kill him. The Liao army was killed in a big way, which can be regarded as the happiest batch of killings.

When attacking Yanjing City, he also charged on the front line, and in the subsequent battles, he played a huge role. fully demonstrated his own military talent, and gradually won Cangfei's appreciation.

There is no shortage of talent in this world, but whether you can develop it, whether you can find it and make a proper appointment is another matter.

Zhu Yuanzhang used to be a monk, and Liu Bang was only a mere pavilion chief, not to mention the soldiers under them, many of whom were from the bottom.

You say these people are talented from the start? That's a lie.

Maybe they have some qualities that others don't have, and they have big ambitions. This may be true, but it is definitely difficult to find it in the sea of people.

Their success is based on opportunity in addition to their own talents.

And Cang Fei gave them the opportunity, he built the country and established a career, he needed a lot of talents, and he netted batch after batch of people to carry out wars, so as to survive the fittest, and the capable are on the top. Under the weak.

Zhang Podi is undoubtedly a capable person, he followed Cangfei's uprising and was already a hero from the dragon, and then repeatedly made military exploits and was appreciated by Cangfei. Now Gui is the general of Zhenbei and the commander of the Qin army in the north.

Looking at this henchman general who he had brought up step by step, Cang Fei was very satisfied, and said, "I am very satisfied with the cleaning up of the remnants of the Liao State so quickly." But don't be complacent, the Khitans have been operating here for so many years. Influence is not so easy to eliminate. Many Hu tribes in the northwest have been attached to the Liao State, I sent people to test them, some tribes are willing to switch to our Great Qin, and some are very resistant, in the future, you will guard the north, you must not indulge these Hu tribes, you must not let them sit big, you must regularly clear and reduce Ding. ”

Listening to Cang Fei's murderous words, Zhang Po's enemy felt a pang in his heart and said, "The last general will obey his orders." ”

Cang Fei nodded with satisfaction and said, "Remember my words today, don't let me down, I will return to Yanjing in three days, you don't have to send each other, go back to deal with military affairs." ”

"Yes!" Zhang Podi replied and left.

Watching Zhang Podi leave, Cang Fei sighed lightly in his heart.

The northern part of Great Qin has finally settled down, and the remnants of the Liao State have been cleaned up, but this is certainly not the end.

On the Mongolian Plateau in the northwest, there are many Hu tribes, and the historical Mongolian tribe is one of them.

These tribes are now very weak and fragmented, which is the reason why the Liao State deliberately did this.

Historically, the rule of the Liao State and the Jin State over this place was somewhat weak, and the tribes were only nominally obedient to the Liao State and the Jin State.

The Liao and Jin kingdoms were constantly dividing and attacking them, reducing their populations and preventing them from unifying.

The Liao State was very successful in this regard, and there was no big rebellion here, but it mismanaged the Jurchens in the east, which led to the rise of Wanyan Aguta, and finally out of control.

Historically, the management of the eastern part of the Jin State was very good, which was his hometown, but the management of the northwest tribes was lacking, which allowed the Mongol tribes to rise, and finally the Jin State was cleaned up by the Mongols.

Later, when the Mongols came to dominate the Central Plains, the Ming Dynasty expelled them back to the north, when the Mongols were not really weakened and controlled the north, but they gradually fell into division.

At this time, their rule over the west was still commendable, and they often launched aggressions against the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately they were negligent in their management of the east.

The Jurchens rose to prominence for the second time and established the Manchus, and the Mongols became vassals.

In general, in the northern land, the east and the west take turns to sit in the village, and the east and west take turns at the helm.

Some people say that this is just an accident, but it also shows that the Hu people in the north, like the Central Plains Dynasty, have developed in turn.

For many tribes in the north, Cang Fei is more vigilant than the countries in the south.

After all, he is a Han Chinese, unable to break away from the shackles of the nation, and has great hostility towards the Hu people, of course, he does not want to kill the Hu people, but he will definitely not allow the Hu people to rise and trample on the Han people.

Although the Liao State was destroyed by him, the Jin State in the east has risen and become the henchman of Great Qin.

According to his thoughts, it would be better to take the Jin country and the Hu tribe in the northwest in one fell swoop. All of them were wiped out, but the current Great Qin national strength did not allow it.

Not to mention the Jin Kingdom, which has become strong, even if it is the Hu tribe in the northwest, it is very difficult for Cang Fei to clear it.

It's still too weak. The current Great Qin Empire has to be said to be just an empty shelf, and the name of the empire is not worthy of its name.

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Three days later, Cang Fei returned to Yanjing with the Eighteen Attendants and the Praetorian Guard, and entered Yanjing City half a month later.

"Hooray! Hooray!

A cheer rang out. Cangfei's procession marched down the avenue, surrounded by enthusiastic cheering people.

Cang Fei's eyes narrowed, his eyes were sharp, these people were really happy, but more of them were forced to smile.

The reason is not asked, this war was just a pyrrhic victory, more than half of the casualties, even if most of the people recovered, but still 30,000 people died, nearly 100,000 were left with lifelong disabilities.

The population of the Great Qin Empire is now in the millions. Such losses are undoubtedly extremely heavy, and many of these dead and wounded are the relatives of these cheering people now, but they are still forced by the officials in the city to welcome Cangfei, which is the sorrow of the common people.

sighed lightly in his heart, of course Cang Fei would not slap his officials in the face in public, because then he would lose face himself, and this battle was initiated and commanded by him.

He waved his hand all the way, looking like a victorious general, and it was. Even though the price paid was heavy, he was still the victor, completely destroying the Liao State, and making the Han people raise their eyebrows.

Wanjin Building.

This is the largest restaurant in Yanjing City. At this time, there were two people sitting in the restaurant, looking at Cang Fei and the Praetorian Guards in the distance.

"Gang Leader Wu, Emperor Qin has left. It was an old man who spoke, dressed in ordinary green clothes, even a little tattered.

"I didn't expect him to come to this point, and even the huge Liao Kingdom was destroyed. Elder Song. What do you think he will do next?" said Wu Gang Master, who was a middle-aged man with a red face.

Elder Song said: "Attack the Jin Kingdom, Emperor Qin's ambition will definitely not stop like this." ”

Wu Gang Master said: "What about after the Jin Kingdom?"

Elder Song was silent for a while before he said, "I'm afraid it will deal with our Song Kingdom." ”

"Where will our beggar gang go then?" Gang Leader Wu sighed lightly.

Elder Song also showed a sad face, looking at the new leader of the beggar gang in front of him, and didn't know how to answer.

"Sure enough, I'm a mediocre talent, if only the Qiao gang leader was here. Gang Leader Wu said with a lonely face.

Elder Song did not refute, what the new beggar gang leader said was not wrong, he was indeed a mediocre talent, but now that the beggar gang is in decline, there are no outstanding talents, and mediocrity can only be topped up.

If Cang Fei was here, he would definitely not think that this new beggar gang leader was mediocre.

The new leader of the beggar gang is none other than Wu Changfeng, one of the four elders of the original beggar gang, Elder Wu.

This guy is the youngest among the four elders of the Beggar Gang, but his talent is the most outstanding, of course, this is relative to the four elders, and now Wu Changfeng and Elder Song are compared to Qiao Feng, Wu Changfeng can only be reduced to a mediocre first-class.

It's not that Wu Changfeng is bad, but Qiao Feng is too powerful.

When Wang Jiantong served as the leader of the beggar gang, although the beggar gang had a good reputation in the rivers and lakes, it was only a first-class gang, but after Qiao Feng served as the gang leader, the beggar gang became famous and became one of the Taishan Beidou of the Central Plains martial arts.

Compared with such a metamorphosis and metamorphosis, Wu Changfeng is far inferior in temperament, martial arts, character, and prestige, so he claims to be a mediocre talent, and even Elder Song, the head of the four elders of the Yuanyuan, acquiesces.

Not only the two of them, but the other members of the beggar gang all think like this, after all, the gap is too huge.

When Qiao Feng was in charge of the Beggar Gang, the Beggar Gang was the leading big gang in the rivers and lakes, but now it has withered and become the laughing stock of people in the martial arts.

"Elder Song, I have an idea. Wu Changfeng suddenly gritted his teeth and said.

Seeing this, Elder Song was stunned and wondered, "What's the matter?"

Wu Changfeng said: "This gang leader, I don't want to do it anymore, I want to abdicate and make way for Xian." ”

Elder Song frowned and said, "Gang Leader Wu, didn't you say it before, and you will be the leader of this gang? ”

Elder Song was not surprised that Wu Changfeng was going to abdicate, after Qiao Feng left, the leader of the beggar gang had been waiting to be determined, and Elder Xu was temporarily in charge.

But not long after, Elder Xu had a heart attack and passed away, which made the beggars panic for a while.

In fact, the beggar gang is really moldy, the system of the beggar gang is actually very perfect, in addition to the gang leader, there is also a deputy gang leader, and the deputy gang leader assists the gang leader in managing affairs at the same time, or the gang leader prepares.

It's a pity that the deputy gang leader Ma Dayuan was killed first, and the beggar gang has not been elected, and the gang leader Qiao Feng was forced away, and the respected law enforcement elder Bai Shijing was supposed to temporarily take charge of the affairs of the gang, but he committed suicide.

In desperation, he could only let the elderly Elder Xu come out to sit in charge, but unfortunately he was really too old, and he was choked by Cang Fei in the apricot forest, and he was directly tired from the busy help, and died of a heart attack.

At this point, the beggars became more and more embarrassed, and the high-level gathered.

In fact, there were not many high-level beggars at that time, only the elders of the Gong Clan, the four elders of Song Xi, Chen and Wu, and some other helmsmen.

Elder Chuangong is already very old, and his martial arts are not high, and he usually only teaches some new young disciples martial arts, and he is not familiar with the things in the gang, so the candidates naturally fall to the four elders.

They discussed it, and most of them preferred Elder Song among the four elders to be the helper, but Elder Song himself refused.

Not to mention, under the leadership of Qiao Feng, most of the people in the beggar gang were righteous men, and Elder Song was one of them.

He is the head of the four elders, but it is not a ranking of strength and ability, but a ranking of age, he is old, and he entered the beggar gang early, so he became the head of the four elders.

He asked himself how he was willing to serve as the leader of the beggar gang because his martial arts and ability were inferior to the other four, and he strongly recommended Wu Changfeng.

Wu Changfeng is the youngest among the four elders, but his martial arts are the highest, and his management skills are also the most outstanding.

Everyone was not surprised by Elder Song's recommendation, but everyone still persuaded him, and Elder Song repeatedly excused himself, and the others gave up.

And Wu Changfeng also refused at first, but everyone talked about it well, so Wu Changfeng agreed.

As a result, Wu Changfeng became the new leader of the beggar gang.

Speaking of which, it's really funny, such a powerful position as the leader of the beggar gang should have been fought for by everyone, but now they are pushing each other's back.

The reason for this is that in addition to the current decline of the beggar gang, there are not many high-level careerists in the beggar gang, and the only Quan Guanqing also died. (To be continued.) )