In the cold wind on Qiyun Mountain, Wu Gen was sweating profusely. He grabbed a large piece of meat from Yang Zheng's chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth. He took another sip of wine and wiped his mouth with satisfaction.
"I wonder how Brother Hua plans to capture the Hulan family." Wu Gen smiled and looked at Hua Yanlin opposite who was cutting mutton.
"I have mobilized seven ten thousand families to attack the Hulan family together." When it came to business, Hua Yanlin put down the knife in his hand and looked serious.
"Eight? That's a bit too few, isn't it? There are 300,000 households in Bailing Province, and less than 30% are instigating rebellion. How can we win?"
"How many troops can the governor send out?"
"fifty thousand."
"It's a bit short. I originally wanted to ask the governor to attack the 50,000 households in the southern part of the province, but it seems that the troops are a bit insufficient."
"Fifty thousand households, that's more than 100,000 people. Brother Hua really thinks highly of me. Why do you want me to attack the south?"
"No, it's at least 150,000 people. The governor didn't know that because of Hengmen Port, Bailing Province is rich in the south and poor in the north. Ten thousand households in the north are dissatisfied with this. The other ten thousand households I have won over, Also in the north.
However, most of the people who really support the Hulan family are in the south. They are truly wealthy people and strong soldiers, so a conservative estimate is that there are 150,000 people. The purpose of asking the governor to attack these families was to delay reinforcements from the Hulan family. As for other families, most of them are just outsiders and will not hand over their wealth. Hua Yanlin took out a wooden stick from the bonfire and used the black charcoal on it to roughly draw the terrain of Bailing Province on the ground.
"One hundred and fifty thousand, hard, I've lost a lot of blood now. No, the original 50-50 share must be changed. I want 70% of the revenue from Hengmen Port." Wu Gen grimaced and bargained with Hua Yanlin. road.
"Commander, Feng Da cautiously flashed his tongue. Fifty percent is already the limit. Besides, I don't want those few small strongholds of yours. If there are more, I won't be able to hire the fearless army. Besides, the fearless army will face five families. Whether he can win or not remains to be seen." Hua Yanlin looked angrily and stabbed the wooden stick in his hand into the bonfire.
"Lord Wanhu, what you said is ridiculous. Our fearless army can defeat five families with ease." Yang Zheng suddenly spoke from the side.
"Oh, please enlighten me." Hua Yanlin raised his eyebrows and looked at Yang Zheng with interest.
"Our fearless army dispatched 50,000 people. It's not that we have no soldiers, but that we are short of food. If there is enough food and grass, how difficult is it to recruit 100,000 people?" Yang Zheng sat up straight, with a serious look on his face, looking at Hua Yan without fear. Lin.
"Besides, the opponent has more than 100,000 people, but they belong to different families, and the hearts of the people are not unified. But our fearless army is like a cloud of strong generals, full of counselors, and they are united, like arms, and they have just experienced war, how can it be? Those pampered clan soldiers can resist it.
Wanhu adults must have also heard that when our fearless army was in the Iron Hand Province, with less than 30,000 troops, we defeated the coalition forces of all the families and abandoned their armor. With such fierce and fierce people, those few families who only dare to fight in their nests are of no concern. "
Hua Yanlin looked at Shui Congyue, who had a stern face and said nothing, and then looked at Yang Zheng, who was not good-looking but had a gap in his chest, and sighed slightly, "Commander, you and I met in Qiyun Mountain that day. Your men are just a group of rough guys who only know how to fight. Now that they have not been seen for three days, Hua is really impressed.
Forget it, the revenue from Hengmen Port is still 50%, but Zuoheng Road can be allocated half to the governor. After all, the families who followed me in the war after the war also need to be appeased. Don't underestimate Zuoheng Road. It is the richest place in the entire province. Half of it is enough to raise 30,000 troops and horses. "
When Wu Gen saw the other party making concessions and knew that Hua Yanlin was reluctant to part with the huge profits from Hengmen Port, he smiled and agreed.
Several people discussed for a while and roughly determined the march route of the two armies and the timing of the attack. Among them, the fearless army came out of Liangzhe Mountain, cut in from the middle of Bailing Province, and attacked from north to south. Hua Yanlin's troops marched from east to west, heading straight for the main city of the Hulan family.
Considering the lessons learned from the failure of the Lu family and other families' coalition, Wu Gen specifically reminded the other party that if a coalition was to be formed, each family would not be able to unite its troops separately, and would have to be reorganized.
Hua Yanlin also humbly asked Wu Gen for the specific details of the Iron Shou Province's counterinsurgency. After all, outsiders were spreading lies, and when it came to his own ears, he no longer knew how far they deviated from the truth.
Seeing that the two sides had basically reached an agreement, Wu Gen was preparing to leave, but Hua Yanlin unexpectedly looked stunned.
, stood up and said, "Captain, I made it clear that day that there is a noble man in the Dengtian Palace who will help me. Today he happens to be here too. You and I might as well welcome him together."
Wu Gen was stunned, turned around and looked around, but saw no one.
Suddenly a wind blew up in the mountains, and goose-feather-like snowflakes danced, drawing graceful curves in the air and forming a curtain of snow on the sky.
In the snow, two vague figures appeared, walking on the dancing snowflakes, looking quite unreal. Two people suddenly appeared on the stone platform. When they arrived, the snow stopped and the wind stopped.
Wu Gen's eyes widened, but he knew one of them, it was Ming Zheng whom he had not seen for a long time. In front of him was an old man with snow-white hair and beard, holding a peach wood crutch in his hand. His long hair was tied into a ponytail. There was no long tail behind him, but he was a human race.
"Elder Zhang." Hua Yanlin bowed to the old man.
"Get up, I came uninvited today, but it disturbs your meeting." The old man smiled slightly, raised his hand slightly, and turned to look at Wu Gen.
Wu Gen was shocked. This old man was like the old man next door, without any power at all. The person standing there, if not paying attention, will always ignore his existence unconsciously, just like a tree or a stone, harmoniously integrated with the surroundings.
Ming Zheng winked quietly, Wu Gen stepped forward and bowed deeply like a flower, "Senior, my nephew Wu Gen pays my respects to the elder."
"Haha, get up too." The old man patted Wu Gen's shoulder gently, looking very satisfied. "Mingzheng said that you have great ambitions, a good plan, and the ability to make decisive moves. He has been urging me to come and take a look. Today But thanks to the glory of Hua Wanhu, I can see the majestic appearance of the young man."
Wu Gen quickly stepped forward and held the old man's arm, with a smile on his face, "Senior, what are you talking about? I was supposed to go to see you, but Mingzheng kept hiding it and never came to visit you. It's really a sin.
Seeing you today makes my nephew feel like spring breeze, and he hates Mingzheng for misleading me. If he could have known his senior earlier, my nephew would have been bullied in every way in Kuntian Continent. Tomorrow I will break off all relations with Mingzheng. As brothers, it’s okay not to. "
Wu Gen naturally didn't know what this elder did, but just from the attitudes of Ming Zheng and Hua Yanlin, he knew that it had an extraordinary origin, so it didn't matter if he praised it.
Mingzheng and Hua Yanlin's faces trembled slightly, they looked at each other and cursed silently in their hearts for being shameless.
"Haha, this little mouth is really sweet. It is really flexible and flexible. It has the behavior of a man and the appearance of a hero." The old man couldn't help laughing and shook his head, pointing to Yang Zheng and Shui Congyue opposite him, "How should we call these two little heroes? .”
Before Wu Gen could introduce himself, Yang Zheng walked a few steps to the old man, knelt down with a plop, and kowtowed heavily, "My nephew Yang Zheng pays homage to the elder."
Wu Gen cursed in his heart. He originally thought that he had done a good job, but he didn't expect that Yang Zheng was even more shameless than him.
The old man's expression moved slightly. He didn't expect that the two people he met today were so... shameless, so he had to reach out to help Yang Zheng up. "Please get up quickly. It's our first time meeting you today. I really can't bear such a great gift."
Yang Zheng stood up quickly, arched his fat body slightly, pushed Hua Yanlin aside, and obediently held the old man's other arm. He and Wu Gen were on the left and right, with the old man in the middle. They seemed like juniors they hadn't seen for many years.
Wu Gen then introduced Shui Congyue, who just cupped his hand without saying a word.
The old man narrowed his eyes slightly, looked Shui Congyue up and down, nodded slightly, and turned to look at Wu Gen, "The little old man is Zhang You, the elder of Mo Aotang of the Dengtian Palace. This time he and Ming Zheng came here. , smelling the aroma of wine, I felt greedy in my stomach, so I asked for a few glasses of leftover wine to warm my body with a shy face."
Shit, you have come this far, you must have been peeping for a long time, Wu Gen secretly cursed, but his face was flattered, "What are you talking about, elder, please sit down quickly, let my nephew have a drink with the elder."
As he spoke, he helped Zhang You to the campfire, brushed off the dust on the ground with his sleeves, and shouted to Hua Yanlin, "Old woman, bring the wine and meat quickly, why are you so blind?"
Well, you want to please others and you have to pay for the wine yourself. Hua Yanlin cursed in his heart, but he quickly ordered his soldiers to bring more wine and meat.
Changed the soup in the pot. He didn't expect these two people to be here, otherwise they would be so shabby.
Just as he was about to take action himself, Wu Gen had already snatched away the knife and the wooden case, and started to cut the meat with quick hands and feet. Yang Zhengze put his buttocks out and blew on the fire to boil the new soup. The two of them were so busy jumping up and down that Hua Yanlin and Mingzheng couldn't get involved at all.
"Today I am gathering with a few friends. No one else is allowed to attend." The old man was quite satisfied with Wu Gen and the other two's attentiveness. With a tap of his crutch, the surrounding wind suddenly stopped, and the world in this area was isolated from the surrounding world. What's even more strange is that grass sprouted from the soil on the originally bare stone platform, and soon the platform was covered with green grass and wild flowers.
A good move. Wu Gen's meat-cutting hand froze slightly. Seeing Suoji and others outside looking around with fear on their faces, he knew that the people outside could no longer see him and others.
Soon the mutton appeared in the pot. Wu Gen and Yang Zheng sat next to Zhang You and toasted frequently, making Hua Yanlin unable to even put his mouth in words.
After finishing the two jars of wine, the old man put down the bowl in his hand and coughed lightly. Wu Gen and Yang Zheng quickly sat down beside him, as if they were listening.
"Wu Gen, Yanlin, I have heard Mingzheng mention it many times. It is rare for you and others to have great ambitions and the desire to change the world. It takes young people like you to change the old appearance of Kuntianzhou. With a new look, wouldn't it be very boring if people nowadays just follow the rules and remain the same?" The old man said with approval in his eyes as he watched Wu Gen and others twirling their beards.
"Kuntian Continent is too small, and the world outside is vast, just a place for you and others to gallop. Don't worry, go bold, I will be around in the Dengtian Palace. I, Zhang, have been living in Kuntian Continent for several generations. If you are When we succeed, we may be able to return home in fine clothes and fulfill our ancestors' wishes."
Wu Gen and Yang Zheng glanced at each other secretly, their hearts already filled with turmoil. There were a few words in this picture, but it contained a lot of things. After struggling in Kuntianzhou for so long, this was the first time that a big shot from the Dengtian Palace endorsed him. And to listen to what he meant, this elder also encouraged fighting outside the continent. This is a good thing. At least when a war breaks out between the two continents, if someone goes to the Heaven Palace to criticize him, someone can stand in the way.
"We are just messing around, and we will ask the elders to give us advice in the future. Wu Gen will definitely take the elders' lead as an example." Wu Gen responded quickly.
"What to say, you can decide the specific matter yourself. If you encounter difficulties, just ask for help." Zhang You laughed loudly and stood up with his stick, "Today, little friend, I will shout at you. Sitting leaning on a stick and talking about military affairs has aroused a lot of pride in this little old man. Taking advantage of my leisure time and not getting old, it will not be in vain to cultivate with you and others for a while. Come on, come on, I will receive your hospitality today. If you think about it, wouldn’t it look like a young man relying on his old age and showing off his old age, which is disrespectful and disrespectful?”
As he spoke, Zhang You tapped his cane lightly, and a fragrance suddenly wafted from the stone-hard wooden cane. Then leaves grew, peach blossoms appeared, and soon four peaches were born, and there was a seven-color glow.
"This is the Qixia Fruit, a holy fruit treasured by the elders. Taking it can improve your cultivation, prolong your life, and help you break through the realm. But I would never be willing to take it out on weekdays." Ming Zheng said with a smile at the side.
Zhang You waved his hand, and the peaches fell into the hands of Wu Gen and others. They were extremely grateful.
"I'm satisfied that I've had enough wine and food today. It's time to go back. Let the little friends help themselves." Zhang You nodded with a smile and took a step forward.
"Best regards, elder." Wu Gen and others hurriedly gave each other gifts.
A gust of breeze blew by, and when everyone raised their heads, the sound of wind began to rise again, and Zhang You and Mingzheng had disappeared into the wind and snow.
