"Secret report!"
As soon as Han Feng heard these two words, he immediately became interested.
Shi Yishan now had enough trust in Han Feng, so he informed the secret report in detail.
It turns out that this secret report came from Yancheng, the capital of Emperor Yan.
The main content is that Yancheng ordered Fu Zhuo to lead the rebels to disrupt Xichuan Province, and it would be best to wipe out all the troops and strong men in Xichuan Province.
In addition, the Dayan Empire stated that it would send people to lead the troops from Dayan's "three southeastern provinces" closest to Qianlan's enemy country to fully assist Fuzhuo.
And this is also the most powerful force that the Great Yan Empire can support.
After hearing the secret report relayed by Shi Yishan, Han Feng began to frown and think.
The content of the secret report is probably true. In today's Great Yan Empire, the elite and strong men may have gathered on the coastal battlefield of the Qianlan Empire, but they are searching for the ruins of the Martial God Clan.
The other strong men naturally have to be on guard. The most powerful "Tianyuan Dynasty" cannot send out too much power to help Fu Zhuo.
However, the military strength of the three provinces is also extremely amazing.
You know, the Great Yan Empire is the first of the four great powers.
Although the current Qianlan Empire's national power is growing day by day, it is at most the same as the Great Yan Empire, and the strength of a province on both sides is also about the same.
Now that the other side has sent troops from three provinces to cooperate with Fu Zhuo, who knows Xichuan Province well, this is indeed a big | trouble.
Moreover, Han Feng was even more curious about who the big shot was who led the armies of the three provinces of the Great Yan Empire.
At this time, Shi Yishan also frowned and said: "The Great Yan Empire is powerful, with strong men like clouds, and the Great Yan Yan Emperor has long had the ambition to go south to invade our Qianlan Empire.
This time, I am afraid that they want to take the opportunity to capture Xichuan Province and prepare for the future southward invasion.
Although our Xichuan Governor's Mansion army is an elite division, it is said that it is difficult for two fists to defeat four hands. It may be extremely difficult to withstand the opponent's military strength from three provinces.
This time we defeated Fu Zhuo, presumably those guys from the Great Yan Empire will take action against us next, and this is when the real crisis begins. "
After listening to Shi Yishan's words, Han Feng nodded in agreement and said: "Now that all the provinces in the empire have too much time to take care of themselves, we can only stop them with troops, and the water will come and the soil will cover us up."
Shi Yishan said: "The general has the same idea. It is almost impossible to completely wipe out the enemy. We can only hold on to the province first and prevent them from invading even half a step."
Speaking of this, Shi Yishan said with some regret: "It's a pity that now the enemy is pressing on the border, but our Xichuan Province is not monolithic. We only have the army of the Governor's Palace and the local army. After all, we are alone."
When Han Feng heard this, he realized something.
"The commander-in-chief is talking about... the seven major families, right?"
Shi Yishan nodded directly and said: "That's it. The seven major families are deeply rooted in Xichuan Province. With the help of Tiannan College's heyday, the family has cultivated a large number of masters. If they really use their full strength, they will not be inferior to the Governor's Mansion. The power of the army.
If they are willing to help with all their strength and send the best of their clan, our confidence in resisting the rebels will be much greater.
Alas... It's a pity that the seven major families have close ties with Governor Shen Tai and only take orders from him.
And behind Shen Tai, there are also the support of many civil servants and dignitaries in the imperial capital. They have never dealt with our military department. It is even more difficult to get him to cooperate with us. "
Seeing Shi Yishan's sad face, Han Feng relaxed his brows and chuckled.
"Haha... Mr. Shi doesn't need to be too pessimistic. Since Shen Tai is difficult to deal with, can't we just bypass him and directly control the seven major families?"
"Um……?"
When Shi Yishan heard this, his face showed surprise.
"But... the seven major families have a close relationship with Shen Tai, and the civil service group behind Shen Tai. I'm afraid that even if the governor personally persuades the seven major families, they will never risk offending Shen Tai and surrender to us. .”
When Han Feng heard this, the smile on his face became more meaningful.
"Chief Commander, how about... let's make another bet?"
"Uh... bet again?"
"Yes, let's bet on whether the governor can snatch the seven major families away from Shen Tai."
"This..." Shi Yishan was a little in disbelief.
Although Han Feng was able to form an Anbei army and win by surprise, Shi Yishan, who was well aware of the situation in Xichuan, knew that it would be more difficult than the former to seize control of the seven major families that Shen Tai valued most.
But he really couldn't see through this young governor, and he was unsure, so he couldn't help but ask tentatively.
"Then...what is the bet for the Governor?"
Han Feng shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about the bet yet. Why don't we make the bet first?"
"Uh..." The corners of Shi Yishan's mouth twitched. He had never heard of this kind of bet.
But he really wanted to know what method the Governor could use to regain the seven major families, so he simply gritted his teeth and said: "Okay... I will have another gamble with the Governor!"
When Han Feng heard this, he raised a palm with a smile.
Shi Yishan was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and high-fived Han Feng in the hall.
Just after high-fiving, Han Feng suddenly stood up and walked out of the door.
Shi Yishan asked in confusion: "Mr. Governor, where are you going?"
Han Feng smiled and waved to him: "Master General, let's go out of the city together. Tonight, the governor will accept these four families for the time being."
"ah……?"
Shi Yishan's eyes widened and he thought he heard wrongly, but when he saw that Han Feng had already walked out of the door, he followed him anyway.
Immediately, two escaping lights in the city soared into the sky, heading straight outside the city to the northeast.
…
But he said that it was already late at night and the night was getting dark since the army broke through the city.
While the army of the Governor's Mansion was searching the city for resources left by the rebels, outside the city, the Makino County garrison and members of the four major families were also executing military orders.
They were ordered to search for rebel deserters and sentinels in the jungle in the north of the city, near the Beiyuan Forest.
The two troops were divided into two groups. The Makino County garrison was searching in the west, and hundreds of members of the four major families were searching in the east.
At this time, members of the four major families had been searching in the wasteland for several hours. Not to mention deserters and sentries, not even a ghost could be seen. Instead, they were all covered in dust and looked very embarrassed. .
At this moment, several patrol teams and dozens of members of the four major families gathered together to chat.
A young descendant of the Duanmu family couldn't help but complain: "This Governor is too unkind. We also contributed to this war.
But he only asked the troops from the Governor's Mansion to search for oil and water in the city, but asked us to search for deserters in this inhospitable place. Isn't this obvious? We weren't even allowed to take a sip of the soup? "
After everyone heard this, they also started to complain.
A female disciple of the Lu family snorted coldly: "Humph, who can say otherwise? I heard that the rebels have looted all the cities near Zhongyue City in the past few days.
I don’t know how many spiritual stones and resources have been hoarded in this city. The Governor clearly wants to take it all for himself and doesn’t want to give us a penny! "
"That's right. We worked hard for a while, but we didn't catch anything. It's so boring. If I had known, we would be like the other three major families. No one should come!"
…
While everyone was complaining, four escaping lights flew down from the void, and they were the leaders of the four major families.
Among them, the middle-aged man from the Jin family shouted coldly: "Shut up, all of you. Who gave you the courage to speak nonsense about the Governor here?"
Representatives of other families also yelled at their own clansmen.
However, everyone was extremely resentful and couldn't help complaining to the four people. They all felt that the Governor was unfair.
Although the four of them scolded each other on their faces, there was also a trace of dissatisfaction when they made eye contact with each other.
The Governor's decision today indeed made them a little unhappy.
After all, although the four major families did not send too many people here, they still gave them more face than the other three major families.
Moreover, the four of them were moon-level experts after all, so they were sent to serve as a search team outside the city. This was a bit of a slap in the face.
They were even thinking secretly that when they returned to their families this time, they should persuade their respective family heads not to worry about the governor anymore, but to rely on him wholeheartedly.
However, at this moment, not far from this area, a patrol team from the Nangong family suddenly sent out a signal flare, and seemed to have made a discovery.
Everyone was shocked and hurried towards the direction of the signal flare.
This place was not far from them, and everyone arrived in a matter of seconds.
But they saw an unexpected scene. A dozen members of the Nangong family were fighting fiercely with a group of men in black.
The elder of the Nangong family, the old woman, quickly asked: "What happened?"
A young member of the Nangong family hurriedly replied: "Elder, this group of people is sneaky and carries a lot of rare treasures. They passed by here. They must be rebels carrying the treasures in the city and trying to escape!"
Upon hearing "a large number of rare treasures", the eyes of everyone in the four major families suddenly lit up.
Then, as expected, I saw a dozen carriages in the field, loaded with wooden boxes, all covered with black cloth.
The black cloth on one of the carriages had been torn off, and a wooden box had been chopped into pieces. It was actually filled with a box full of elixir that exuded a strange aroma.
It was already late at night, and the place had just experienced a war. There was no other possibility except that the enemy would quietly transport treasures and escape passing through this place.
From this point of view, they were really lucky to be able to allow the rebels to take such risks. The treasure transported at this time must be the most precious thing in the city.
The leading representatives of the four major families couldn't help showing excitement and immediately gave orders.
"Everyone takes action together to capture this thief and seize the treasure!"
With an order, the members of the four major families, who were still in low spirits and full of resentment just now, rushed forward one by one like wolves and tigers to participate in the battle.
As for the men in black who were transporting the treasures, there were only dozens of them, led by three star powerhouses, but how could they withstand the siege of so many people.
Among them, the first man with the highest cultivation level, who wore a large black headscarf to cover his face, could not help shouting angrily: "How dare you, how dare you rob..."
Unexpectedly, before the man finished speaking, seven or eight daggers and sword shadows were already attacking him.
"I'm kidnapping your uncle, you bitch rebel, surrender quickly!"
A group of people cursed and launched a fierce attack on the man. Fortunately, the man in black was very powerful, and he forced everyone back, and once again summoned up his spiritual power to shout!
"How presumptuous, do you know that there is an emperor in this car..."
Before he finished speaking, a palm print flew across and slapped the man in black directly on the face. He screamed and flew seven or eight feet away, rolling to the ground.
It turned out that it was the old woman from the Nangong family who took action. A moon-level powerhouse made a casual palm strike, but not a star-level spiritual warrior could resist it and defeat the enemy with one move.
Before the man in black could get up, a group of people rushed up and pressed him to the ground. Someone else sat on his head, stuffed a piece of black cloth into the man's mouth, and put a steel knife on his neck.
At this moment, these dozens of men in black have all been subdued.
Seeing this, everyone in the four major families couldn't help but cheer.
Some people controlled the men in black, while others swarmed towards the carriages and wooden boxes.
Everyone hurriedly opened the black cloth. In the dim night, they didn't pay attention to the seals on the wooden boxes and pried them open.
The contents of the wooden box did not disappoint them.
I saw boxes of "spiritual stones, elixirs, spiritual weapons, formations..." and a large number of treasures appearing in the wilderness, emitting a dazzling light that illuminated everyone's eyes, making everyone's heart beat faster and their breathing become heavier.
"Haha... so many treasures are our trophies!"
"Yes, this time I came to Zhongyue City, it was really not in vain. I made a fortune, made a fortune!"
"Quickly, let's divide all these things among the four of us before the guys in the Governor's Mansion don't know about it."
Seeing this situation, the leaders of the four major families also looked excited.
Immediately, the old man from the Lu family flashed his eyes and looked at the group of men in black who were being controlled, with a ferocious look on his face.
"It's better to kill all these guys and divide the treasures, so as not to hand them over to the governor and give away these treasures."
The other three people nodded slowly when they heard this.
Immediately, following the orders of the four people, the clansmen of the four major families raised their butcher knives and prepared to kill all the men in black and silence them!
However, at this moment, in the void above everyone's heads, there was a sudden roar of thunder!
"You are so impudent that you dare to rob the royal tribute. What crime do you deserve!"
(ps: two updates today)
