Long Yongjun and his men immediately went to eastern Guangdong and southern Hunan, and mobilized a total of 5,000 elite guards to the Baixue Town stronghold at the foot of Changbai Mountain.
Zhao Bengli mobilized 20,000 elite guards from Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning. According to the method negotiated with Yang Xiao, they gathered at several key strongholds near the foot of Changbai Mountain.
At the same time, Zhao Benling also gathered 20,000 elite guards in Liaoning to strengthen their vigilance and prevent Gu Beifeng from attacking Liaoning directly from Hebei.
At the foot of Changbai Mountain, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Gu Rui had already rushed back to the imperial capital. Yang Xiao and others mobilized the army after he rushed back. The five or six thousand people he had left in more than a dozen strongholds in Changbai Mountain suddenly became frightened and immediately gave up hunting and gathered the team. At several important strongholds, people were quickly sent back to report.
Zhou Yong also rushed back to the Magic City in advance. The three thousand guards who stayed in Changbai Mountain did not dare to be careless. On the one hand, they gathered together and were on emergency alert. At the same time, they also sent people to rush back to the Magic City to report.
Yang Xiao took part of the team and took turns hunting in Changbai Mountain.
In the Imperial Capital, after listening to Gu Rui's report, Gu Beifeng was so angry that he banged the table, stood up and shouted:
"What does Yang Xiao want to do? Re-divide the scope of activities in Changbai Mountain and divide it equally among the four families. Damn it, are you going to start a war with me? I give in at every turn. Do you really think I'm afraid of him?
Immediately mobilize 20,000 elite troops for me. Now I am leading the team into Changbai Mountain. I want to see what Yang Xiao and Zhao Benling can do to me? "
Gu Rui was just about to let out a breath of anger. Thinking of the arrogance that Yang Xiao and Zhao Benling had towards him yesterday, he felt indignant.
"Yes, boss, let's give him a try. We might as well mobilize some more teams, kill Yang Xiao and Zhao Benling directly, and take over the territory of the three northeastern provinces. There are a lot of resources in the Changbai Mountains and the Greater Khingan Mountains and the Lesser Khingan Mountains. It's totally worth it for us. Taking risks, and I just discovered a big thing recently.”
"What?"
"No wonder Zhao Benling is not in a hurry to develop the resources in Changbai Mountain. Did you know that there are many large reservoirs and inland lakes in the three northeastern provinces, as well as the Songhua River, etc. In winter, these reservoirs, rivers and lakes are all frozen for a long time Until March, they can still get a large number of mutant fish from it, and this resource is also very abundant. Those mutant fish have basically no resistance under the freezing temperature of about minus 20 degrees, and are easily hunted."
Gu Beifeng nodded:
"I have known about this for a long time, and Zhao Benling also told me about it. However, if he wants to eventually develop, he still has to rely on the resources in the virgin forest. I told him before that Changbai Mountain is for me, and Daxinganling and The resources in the Lesser Khingan Range are enough for him. He now sends many people to hunt mutant animals in the Lesser Khingan Range and has obtained a lot of resources.
I still underestimated him. I didn’t expect that Zhao Benling would introduce Yang Xiao and Du Tianxing into Changbai Mountain to compete with me. Huh, did he think that if he became brothers with Yang Xiao and formed an alliance, I would be afraid of him? "
Gu Beifeng not only controlled the imperial capital, but also controlled the surrounding Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Shanxi and the Bohai Bay area.
Gu Beifeng mobilized 20,000 elite guards to enter Changbai Mountain to confront Yang Xiao. At the same time, he formed an elite team of 20,000 to prepare to enter the frontier stronghold in Hebei, directly targeting Liaoning.
"Humph, Mr. Zhao, I will march directly from Liaoning this time. I want to see if you still dare to provoke me. I will give you three points of shame, but you are in trouble."
Gu Beifeng was holding a meeting in the conference room of the Imperial Capital to discuss how to deal with Yang Xiao and Zhao Benling, when a guard hurried in.
"Report to King Gu Tian that Zhao Bengli mobilized 20,000 elites to enter Changbai Mountain, and Yang Xiao also mobilized 5,000 people to enter Changbai Mountain."
Gu Beifeng was stunned for a moment. The entire conference room was silent at first, and then someone started talking in low voices.
"Damn it, are Yang Xiao and Zhao Benling serious?"
"With so many people mobilized, is it really like starting a war?"
"Then if we mobilize 20,000 people, we may not have a chance of winning."
"Even if we win, it will be a miserable victory. We will kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred to ourselves."
"Don't panic, we still have an attacking team from Hebei direction. We are fighting on two fronts. Zhao Bengli and Yang Xiao may not be able to cope with it."
"Well, I think so too."
While everyone was discussing, another guard ran in and said eagerly:
"Report to King Gu Tian that a large number of troops led by Zhao have appeared in the Liaoning forward stronghold, with about 20,000 to 30,000 people."
This time, the entire hall was silent, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was very depressing.
Gu Beifeng's expression changed several times, his heart was ups and downs, he took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said:
"Zhao Bengli has become so courageous. He actually dares to provoke me in advance. My people haven't even gone to the front line yet, but he has assembled his team in advance. Are you going to rebel?"
Dozens of senior subordinates in the conference room were silent.
After a while, someone stood up and said:
"Yang Xiao occupies four provinces, and Zhao Benling occupies three provinces. In terms of military strength alone, they have the strength of seven provinces, and they have surpassed us in terms of numbers."
"So what? I just roll up my sleeves and do it, why are I afraid of them?" Someone was unconvinced and retorted.
"Haha, if it were before, to deal with Zhao Benling's family, we could directly attack them. I said at the beginning that we would annex Zhao Benling directly. But Zhao Benling was very cunning and directly gave Changbai Mountain to the boss. The boss was merciful and let him go. He didn't expect that raising tigers would eventually lead to today's catastrophe.
Let me tell you something that people don’t like to hear. If we are fighting with Yang Xiao and Zhao, we may not win. Even if we win, it is estimated that two-thirds of the people here will die.
Also, don’t forget, everyone, the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind us, and there is Du Tianxing behind us. Du Tianxing occupies Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui. Once we and Yang Xiao both lose, his people will directly enter Shandong and enter Henan from Shandong. Then they marched straight into the imperial capital. By that time, the situation would be out of control. "
The person who said this was Gu Beifeng's deputy and the person he trusted most, named Zhuge Ming, who had just broken through to the king level evolution.
Gu Beifeng glanced at Zhuge Ming beside him and said:
"Brother Zhuge, do I just listen to Yang Xiao and give up the Changbai Mountain stronghold I currently occupy? Withdrawing a few strongholds will not hinder our development, but we cannot afford to lose face. Everyone will hear about it in the future. Who will give me Gu Beifeng face?"
Zhuge Ming said:
"Is face more important or great cause more important?"
"I want both face and great cause. Otherwise, even if I have the world, what will I do to the world if I don't have any face?"
Gu Beifeng's words were so impassioned that people at the meeting slapped the table and howled loudly.
"Yes, without dignity, what's the point of living?"
Zhuge Ming glanced at everyone and then at Gu Beifeng.
Gu Beifeng waved to everyone, and everyone stopped howling.
"Brother Zhuge, is there any way to get the best of both worlds?"
Zhuge Ming smiled bitterly and said:
"If you want both face and great career, there is no way out, but this way is a bit difficult."
"You said, as long as we can subdue Yang Xiao and Zhao Benling, I will do it no matter how difficult it is."
"Okay, then you go find Du Tianxing. Since Yang Xiao and Zhao Benling can form an alliance, we can also form an alliance with Du Tianxing to deal with Yang Xiao and Zhao Benling together."
When Gu Beifeng heard this, he patted his head:
"Yes, why did I forget this?"
