Because he drank too much last night, Niu Mandi, who didn't get up until the morning, felt a splitting headache. Seeing that Mr. Niu had woken up, the maid Luyun hurriedly brought a large bowl of hangover soup. Niu Mandi drank the bowl of hangover soup.

After drinking soup, I felt a little better. Niu Mandi has been suffering from mental torture these days. He hasn't shaved for a few days. His beard and hair are all unkempt, like a beggar. People who don't know, how can they think that this is Jiannan

Master of Tao's strategy?

Niu Mandi's eyes were red, he raised his head and asked: "Master Luo is back?" This has become a question that Niu Mandi must ask every day when he opens his eyes. He really hopes that Luo Bingshang will appear in his presence immediately.

before.

The maid Lu Yun bowed and said: "Sir, Master Luo hasn't come back yet."

Niu Mandi couldn't help but lamented. If Luo Bingshang didn't come back, he really felt like he was missing a right-hand man. If he had known it, he wouldn't have let him go to see King Pingxi. After all, there has been no movement at Yin Quan. Ever since he started sending troops to attack

Not long after Tang Jiu Sheng was in Jianzhou City, the imperial newspaper was cut off by the palace. He could no longer read the newspaper, so he had to rely entirely on scouts to understand the situation outside.

The current situation is in chaos. Jiangzhou soldiers have even occupied half of Luye City. It is obvious that the situation is extremely unfavorable to themselves. Without a think tank at this time, Niu Mandi feels that there is no one to discuss anything. Niu Mandi doesn't know what to do.

How can I deal with these messy things, so I just drank to drown my sorrows these days.

Many things cannot be realized until they are lost. Niu Mandi felt like this at the moment. He wished that Luo Bingshang would appear in front of him immediately. Niu Mandi suddenly resented himself. He should have built a think tank in the first place.

, instead of relying on Luo Bingshang for everything. Niu Mandi thought about it further and realized that he was really short-sighted. If the ultimate goal was to conquer the world, would Luo Bingshang alone be enough?

At least Yin Quan, the king of Pingxi, recruited a lot of people. Regardless of whether they are useful or not, at least he has a bunch of people called counselors who can discuss matters. Recruiting people? Recruiting troops and horses? Niu Mandi suddenly slapped his thigh, and he really wanted to slap himself twice.

Why did I forget this problem when I got anxious? Didn’t I keep some soldiers in the cottage before? There are also some powerful gangsters in the cottage who have declared their allegiance and joined them! Even if this group of gangsters cannot be used to participate in the defense of Luye City

, it’s okay to go to Jianzhou to attack the city, right?

Thinking of this, Niu Mandi suddenly became excited, like a gambler who had lost his sight and suddenly discovered that he still had a lot of gambling money to use. Niu Mandi stared at his triangular eyes, climbed up from the bed, and put on his clothes

I picked up my clothes and ran to the third hall with my shoes. Because I was walking too fast, I accidentally tripped on the threshold and fell into a dog's mud. The ground was full of cows, so I couldn't care about my image. I got up from the ground and shouted: "Hurry up."

, quickly call all the school lieutenants and scribes to come to the second hall to discuss matters!"

The junior officials under his command heard the call of the Chief Minister and hurriedly took people out to inform him. Half an hour later, only a dozen of his subordinates came to the second hall to discuss matters. There were seven or eight school captains and six or seven scribes standing in the hall.

Next, they were whispering to each other. The public case in the second hall was piled with news from various places, which was more than a foot thick. Niu Mandi was not in the mood to deal with these things these days, so these news just piled up on the desk.

Niu Mandi sat behind the publican and asked the butler Gu Anyue, who was standing beside him with his hands down, with a puzzled look on his face, "Gu Anyue, why are there so few people?"

The chief steward Gu Anyue could only keep her smile on her face and carefully worded her words: "Replying to your lord, since your lord announced the break with King Wei, especially in the past few days, Jiangzhou soldiers have occupied half of Luye City. The whole city was shocked for a while, so all the officials

Many people took the money and ran away, and some claimed to be sick and took leave to hide at home. These are all the officials that can be summoned at present!"

Niu Mandi had a sullen face, nodded, and snorted coldly: "Okay, these are the people. Soldiers are more valuable than fine people. Without those people, wouldn't it be possible for me to accomplish great things? Here.

I am drafting an official document. From today on, the Jiannan Road Economic and Strategy Office will be officially renamed Jiannan Prince’s Mansion. I will appoint myself as the King of Jiannan and lead my troops to attack Tang Jiu Sheng! Jiannan Road is no longer the Jiannan Road of Dashan.

It’s my Jiannan Kingdom that’s full of cows!”

The dozen or so officials standing below looked at each other and said in their hearts: "Lord Niu is crazy? You have appointed yourself King of Jiannan. Who will follow you? Now that you are short of major generals and don't have enough money and food, who is willing to follow you in rebellion and become the King of Jiannan?"

King Nan? Now even Luye City has been occupied by half, the people are at a loss, and there is still no news from Jianzhou. Yujiang County is also besieged by soldiers and horses from Lianzhou County. There are internal and external troubles. Do you call yourself the King of Jiannan?

Can these things be solved?"

When Niu Mandi saw that all the officials below were silent, he couldn't help but get angry. He slapped the table and said, "Why, didn't you hear my order? From today on, the governor of the Yamen is the sword."

We are now in the Nanwang Palace. We will have nothing to do with the imperial court in the future. You are all officials of the palace! Gu Anyue, please count up the list of officials later. I will start appointing officials from Jiannan Kingdom!"

Gu Anyue agreed, but he stood there without moving. Niu waited for a long time, but saw no movement from him. He tilted his head and asked strangely: "Gu Anyue, why don't you go down and count the people? Is this the case?

Do you want me to do it myself?"

Gu Anyue hesitated and said: "My lord, ah, no, my lord, think about it, even if you appoint officials, big and small, we lack money and food, and we don't have soldiers. It's just an empty frame. What's the point?"

Niu Mandi narrowed his triangular eyes and said contemptuously: "Are you crazy to think that I am an official? We will soon have soldiers and generals, money and food! Then we will attack Anshu County, destroy Prince Wei's Mansion, and seek peace.

Jianzhou, kill Tang Jiusheng. Capture Huzhou, go down to Jiangzhou, capture Lianshan in the east, capture Xuantong in the northwest, by then, the entire Jiannan will be under my control!"

Liu Ye'an, the clerk in the execution room below, bravely asked: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask, where did these soldiers and generals come from? Haven't you already sent all the main forces of Luye City to attack Jianzhou City?

?Now we can’t even handle the three thousand soldiers and horses in Jiangzhou, how can we talk about unifying Jiannan?”

"Yes, yes, what Secretary Liu said makes sense!" All the officials, big and small, standing below agreed.

Niu Mandi laughed loudly and proudly, "We have soldiers and generals now, what are you afraid of? Our palace also has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses lying on the mountains in various counties. Now is the time to pull out these soldiers and put them to use.

Don’t worry! Just follow this king and work hard. When the time comes, you will be indispensable for high-ranking officials and generous salaries. All of you will be the founding fathers of Jiannan Kingdom!"

These officials didn't know whether what Niu Mandi said was true or false, but judging from Niu Mandi's excited look, there should be such a possibility. Anyway, everyone was now controlled by Niu Mandi's soldiers and ran away

If you can't run away, then just hang around! Gu Anyue took the lead and knelt down, "I, Gu Anyue, see King Jiannan, and my king is a thousand years old!" A dozen people standing below also knelt down and shouted together:

"I see you, King Jiannan. My king is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

Niu Mandi nodded with satisfaction and said with an intoxicated look on his face: "Everyone is equal!"...

More than 200 miles west of Luye City, there is Jiejia Mountain. At the foot of the mountain, the famous Lushui River in Jiannan Road flows. On the mountain, there is a group of strong bandits who occupy the mountain and rule the mountain. There are more than 8,000 people. The bandit leader is named Zhang Yuanyuan, who turned out to be a boatman.

, I transfer guests at Zhangjia Ferry on the Lushui River every day and fish in my spare time. Five years ago, when I was ferrying a guest across the river, I was greedy for the guest’s rich property and beautiful lady, so I killed him.

The guest cut him with a knife and pushed him into the water.

Zhang Yuanyuan then threatened him with a knife and took over the woman brought by the guest. Unexpectedly, after the woman was humiliated, she took advantage of him and threw herself into the water. Zhang Yuanyuan had no choice but to collect the property. How did he know that the guest

It was a county magistrate who was appointed, his surname was Huang Minglie, and he was also good at water. Zhang Yuanyuan did not kill Huang County Magistrate with a single knife. Huang County Chengshun drifted down the river, swam to the shore, and was rescued by local villagers.

Huang Xian Cheng survived the catastrophe and immediately went to nearby Sanhe County to lodge a complaint. When Cheng Yi, the magistrate of Sanhe County, heard Huang Lie's accusation, he was furious and immediately sent arrester Sun Deli, agent Hu Facai and others to arrest Zhang Yuanyuan.

But he didn't expect that Sun Deli and Zhang Yuanyuan were cousins. Sun Deli risked his great connections and sent someone to notify Zhang Yuanyuan in advance, and deliberately delayed some time on the road with several policemen, so that Zhang Yuanyuan had time to escape.

The catcher Sun Deli and the police officers failed to catch him. Huang County Cheng's wife died and all his property was lost, but he failed to catch his enemy. He was so angry that he almost vomited blood. However, the county magistrate Cheng Yi tried hard to persuade him and gave him preparations.

Huang Lie paid some money and promised him that one day he would catch Zhang Yuanyuan and avenge his wife's death. Huang Lie went to his post with hatred, vowing that one day he would kill Zhang Yuanyuan and take revenge.

Zhang Yuanyuan took those belongings and saw that he could no longer live in Sanhe County, so he simply crossed the Lushui River and went to Jiejiashan Jiejia Village. Zhang Qiang was originally a butcher. When he quarreled with his neighbors over a piece of homestead, he used to kill pigs.

He killed four members of his neighbor's family with a knife and was arrested by the local government. With no way out, he fled to Jiejia Mountain, where he gathered hundreds of bandits and built a stronghold on the mountain. They robbed homes and became kings.

Zhang Qiang was overjoyed when he saw Zhang Yuanyuan coming to invest with his property, and immediately appointed Zhang Yuanyuan as his subordinate leader. Since Zhang Yuanyuan came to know Jiashan, he has devoted his life to advocating for Dazhai. Whenever there is a robbery or robbery, he charges in the front and retreats in the back.

He won the favor of Zhang Qiang. There was also a dog-headed strategist Qiao Chongliang on Jiejia Mountain who specially gave Zhang Qiang bad ideas. Together with Zhang Yuanyuan, he was called Zhang Qiang's right-hand man. Later, Zhang Qiang simply made Qiao Chongliang the second-in-command and Zhang Yuanyuan the third-in-command.

Home.

Unexpectedly, the good times did not last long. Cheng Yi, the magistrate of Sanhe County, sent troops to Jiejia Mountain to suppress the bandits several times but failed. In a rage, he reported the matter to Huo Renhong, the governor of Luye County, saying that Zhang Qiang and others were gathering people at Jiejia Mountain to shelter some fugitives.

They robbed homes and houses and resisted arrests by officers and soldiers. Although Huo Renhong worked under the nose of Niu Mandi, he was very dissatisfied with Niu Mandi's behavior in Jiannan. Therefore, Huo Renhong ignored his master's objection and mobilized three thousand soldiers on his own initiative.

The horses went to Jiejia Mountain to suppress the bandits.

Zhang Qiang of Jiejia Mountain had repelled the encirclement and suppression of the bandits many times, so he did not take the officers and soldiers seriously, and led nearly a thousand of his men to ambush beside the Lushui River, trying to ambush the officers and soldiers again. However, he did not expect that this time the bandits came to suppress the bandits.

The general in charge of the army was Hou Jingxian, the famous general of Luye County, Zhiguo School Lieutenant. Hou Jingxian had already known before arriving that Zhang Qiang's gang was extremely ferocious and had killed and wounded officers and soldiers many times, so he sent scouts in disguise to get a clear view of the terrain.

After Hou Jing first figured out the terrain, he also learned that Zhang Qiang personally led troops to ambush beside the Lushui River. He simply used a plan to make a plan. With a thousand soldiers and horses as the main force, he recruited civilian ships and made a plan to cross the Lushui River at Zhangjia Ferry.

They secretly crossed the Lushui River at the floating ferry port upstream, and a magic weapon descended from the sky behind Zhang Qiang and others, catching Zhang Qiang by surprise.

Before, the dog-headed military advisor Qiao Chongliang had given Zhang Qiang advice, reminding him not to underestimate the enemy. Since the enemy had three thousand troops and horses, and they came from the county town, they must be well prepared. However, Zhang Qiang was forced to retreat because of several defeats by the county.

The officers and soldiers became arrogant due to the encirclement and suppression. They did not listen to Qiao Chongliang's opinions and insisted on leading the troops to intercept and kill the officers and soldiers. Qiao Chongliang was left with a hundred weak soldiers to guard the mountain stronghold.

Zhang Yuanyuan also felt that this matter was inappropriate, but he was more thoughtful and suggested to Zhang Qiang that since the boss is not afraid of the officers and soldiers and is willing to take the lead, then he should ask the boss to lead a main force of 500 to ambush along the bank and surprise the officials when they are halfway across the Lushui River.

Brother, I will lead three hundred men to cut off your rear. If the front team wins, I will go over and lead people to help you kill them. If you lose, I will take care of you from behind.

Zhang Qiang readily agreed with Zhang Yuanyuan's opinion and asked Zhang Yuanyuan to lead 300 men and horses to intercept the rear. Zhang Yuanyuan was a native of Sanhe County. He was familiar with the terrain and was very scheming. He led 300 men and horses to lurk in the reed pond near the Lushui River. That one

The location is just right so you can see the battlefield, but because of the overwhelming reeds, you won't be noticed by others.

During the day, thousands of officers and soldiers came from Zhangjia Ferry in large and small boats. As soon as the front troops landed, Zhang Qiang couldn't wait to lead five hundred bandits to fight out. Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers who came across the river were extremely powerful.

The two sides were at a stalemate.

At this time, the officers and soldiers who had crossed from the floating ferry upstream had already detoured to kill them. Zhang Qiang was attacked from both sides and panicked. Zhang Qiang was killed by an arrow in the chaos. The remaining bandits were leaderless and in chaos. Zhang Yuanyuan led 300 people.

The horse lurked among the reeds and could see all this clearly. Fu Er, Zhang Yuanyuan's junior leader, saw the strength of the officers and soldiers and asked softly: "Third Leader, what should we do? Go out and save people?"

Zhang Yuanyuan thought about it in his mind. The officers and soldiers were powerful and had extremely strong fighting power. If they rushed out at this time, they would definitely be killed by the officers and soldiers. But if these brothers were gone, the stronghold would not be able to hold on. Zhang Yuanyuan gritted his teeth and took it with him.

The man set a fire in the reeds with the wind and went around in another direction.

There was a light breeze that day, and reeds are very easy to catch fire. The fire took advantage of the wind, and the wind helped the fire. It immediately burned the reeds along the coast. Although the officers and soldiers who came to suppress the bandits were brave, they were merciless. How can people compete with the fire?

, immediately disrupted the situation. Zhang Yuanyuan took this opportunity to lead three hundred brothers to fight out from behind the officers and soldiers, and forcefully rescued the fierce bandits in the encirclement.

There were still more than 300 of the 500 bandits. The bandits fled back to Jiejia Village in smoke and fire. Zhang Yuanyuan led his brothers to prepare more rolling wood and stones, and defeated the officers and soldiers who came in victory many times. Hou Jing saw several casualties.

Hundreds of soldiers were unwilling to attack again, and wanted to find out if there was a passage in the back mountain so that they could sneak attack the stronghold. The local township leader shook his head and said: "Captain Hou, behind Jiejia Mountain there are many cliffs with thousands of feet. One man can guard the pass, and ten thousand men can guard it."

Don't open it. If we continue to fight, we will lose troops and generals."

Hou Jing saw first that he had shot the bandit Zhang Qiang to death and killed more than a hundred bandits. It was not considered a wasted effort, so he led his troops to retreat.

The leader of the second village, Qiao Chongliang, was supposed to take over as the leader of Dazhai. However, the leader of the second village, Qiao Chongliang, was quite scheming. He believed that his prestige and martial arts were not enough to convince the public, so he pushed Yuanyuan, the leader of the third village, to Dazhai.

As the leader, Zhang Yuanyuan is usually good at winning people's hearts. What's more, if Zhang Yuanyuan hadn't helped this time, hundreds of brothers would have died tragically by the river. Therefore, all the gangsters surprisingly unanimously recommended Zhang Yuanyuan as the leader of the village.
Chapter completed!