A few miles south of Xiangguo County, there is a hill called Longgang. Although it is a hill, there is an inexplicably huge well on the top. The water level in the well does not decrease all year round, regardless of floods or droughts, and the water in the well is sweet.

It is delicious, so I don’t know when a castle was built here, which became a famous garrison point and the actual core of military defense of Xiangguo County.

Its existence is actually similar to the huge Black Emperor Temple in Wu'an County... If you make a low-end strategy game, sooner or later there will be a special building sequence... In fact, there is a connection between the two.

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It is said that at the end of a certain dynasty, the world was in chaos, military disasters continued, and there was a severe drought in Hebei. The people were miserable, so someone asked people from the Black Emperor Temple in the south to come out to pray for rain. As a result, a Si from the north to fight against the devil came

Fate happened to be in the Observation for no apparent reason. After hearing the words, he walked out directly. After measuring several times, he arrived at this post, and then used his true energy to dig out the ground. Within three feet, a dead dragon as thick as an arm was dug out.

As soon as the dead dragon came out, it immediately rained, and the place it dug was the well.

Longgang is also named after this.

Later, when the commander returned north with the dragon corpse, someone realized that this dragon was not a dead dragon, but a corpse dragon. It was the dead real dragon from Hongshan mixed with the blood of the Supreme, and he encountered it again.

The evil spirit and resentment of the chaos in the world, and the monsters bred out of it, are also the root cause of this drought... At that time, the corpse dragon was preparing to dig out of the ground, be at ease and cause harm to the world.

However, this red mountain was transformed into a real dragon under the Black Emperor, and the sword that caused the Red Emperor's empress to bleed was also done by the Black Emperor himself. The Demon Guards could not ignore it, especially since the great commander knew all along.

Everything is going wrong in the world, so I sent a commander to travel a long distance in advance to deal with it.

It seems quite reasonable.

However, let's not mention these allusions, just say that in the early autumn of the fifth year of Zhang Xing's time travel, Li Ding sent troops directly from the Wu'an Daheidi Temple's martial arts performance field, crossed the Shahe River without entering, and five thousand Wu'an troops marched continuously, heading straight to Longgang

Under the fort, it seemed to have lost some of its momentum.

Because the gate of Longgang Fort was open, there was no sign of Mr. Chen Junxian, as if a punch had been punched into the air.

Only half an hour later, when he led his troops to the opposite county, he was completely furious - the reason is self-evident, he saw the gift given to him by his old friend Zhang Xing.

I even met Xie Minghe.

"Three thieves Zhang! Three thieves Zhang! Three thieves Zhang!"

It was probably the first time in Li Ding's life that he could not suppress his rage in public. He brandished his sword with great energy and smashed the bulletin board into pieces. Beside him, thousands of soldiers were entering the city.

After smashing the notice, the man turned around and asked: "What does he want to do?! Do you really think I dare not attack him?!"

"My chief has said that if Fourth Master Li gets angry, questions, or threatens, just tell him directly that his behavior is just due to incompetence and rage." Xie Minghe stood with his hands tied next to the crumbled bulletin board at the bottom of the city, his face expressionless.

The words were clear. "Because he had to endure it for three years before he had a chance to seek justice, he would never dare to fight against the gang at this time, otherwise his lifelong ambition and hard work would be ruined... Moreover, if he knew that Zhang San was bound to come,

Who do you think you are looking down on when you intervene but only think you can stop him? Zhang San also knows that he will definitely be taken advantage of by Li Si in the war. He can only rely on the strength of people and the vast territory to show off his courage. This Li Si

Why are you so stupid all of a sudden? Is Li Ling out of his wits?"

After saying this, Li Ding was stunned, but he forced Su Mu to turn around immediately, awkwardly urging the troops to enter the city, and at the same time, he asked people to avoid this place as much as possible.

After a while, Li Ding was stunned for a moment, sneered, and gradually lost the energy in his hands: "Boss Xie is starting to look more and more like Zhang San."

"I don't dare, I don't dare. I'm just speaking for others. These are the exact words of my chief." Xie Minghe replied seriously. "If it were me, I would be more polite... But it seems that the two of us are close friends after all. Chief Zhang's

Words are indeed effective, but I can’t learn this method.”

Li Ding took a long breath: "It's useless for you to do this. I will declare it. I, Li Ding, am a court official and I am at odds with the thieves..."

"That is your freedom." Xie Minghe was still magnanimous. "But I want to remind Mr. Li of a few things... I am reminding you as a gang leader, not on behalf of our chief."

"Please tell me." Li Ding extended his hand to signal.

"First of all, your voice is not as loud as ours. You only have two counties. If you want to talk about this matter, our Chief Zhang can make twenty or thirty counties in the world hold their breath and listen!" Xie Minghe replied proudly.

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Li Ding, who was so angry at Zhang Xing that he calmed down and came back, could not argue.

"Secondly, this matter is a three-party affair. Gang, Li Fujun, Chen Fujun, and Li Fujun are talking to themselves, but the other party involved, Chen Fujun and his family, should have arrived in Jingcheng by now, and then

His hometown of Runan is more or less within reach of us. In other words, Master Chen will always cooperate with us. Only your words are one-sided."

"Mr. Chen Fu has left?!"

"yes."

"Arrived in Jingcheng?"

"yes."

Li Ding narrowed his eyes, but did not continue.

So, it was Xie Minghe's turn to continue: "Again, no matter how you say it, your Excellency actually annexed the neighboring county as the county governor. This is the basis of everything and an unchangeable fact... Your Excellency said there was no rebellion. Jiangdu and Dong

No one will believe it, and neither will the surrounding counties, and since you have turned against me, everyone in the world will naturally think that you have joined the gang."

"I won't do it." Li Ding answered categorically. "The Qing Dynasty will be Qing Qing. It's you who spread the rumors. I can't change it. But as long as I draw a clear line with you, what can you gain from this move? It's just that you have spread the rumors.

Let me be humiliated and take advantage of you? Doesn't Zhang Xing understand that if you want to get something, you must give it to him first? Since he wants to recruit me into his gang, why does he keep humiliating me like this?"

"This is what I am going to say next..." Xie Minghe was not angry. "Do you think that this Xiangguo County was not given to you by our help?"

Li Ding was suddenly startled, blood rushed to his head, but he suppressed it forcefully: "What do you mean? The gang simply does not have the ability, and it is impossible to expand at this time, let alone expand here! I saw it on time.

You have the opportunity to see the situation clearly and take this county for yourself, but it was you who took it away with your mouth and then brought it back?"

"Master Li Fu." Xie Minghe sighed and came to report seriously. "We have no intention of taking Xiangguo County. We are asking for trouble by taking Xiangguo County. This is true. However, we want to prevent you from taking this place."

County, what can you do?"

Li Ding suddenly fell silent, just like the previous time.

"We have two Grandmasters, seven or eight Chengdan, with almost dozens of Dandens, and more than fifty battalions of soldiers and horses, which are really ten times more than your Excellency... How can we even use so many soldiers? As long as

We accept Chen Fujun's invitation, and then send King Xiongtian to lead two battalions into Longgang Fort, and then let Xu Shiying lead five battalions to confront you opposite the Zongcheng. Can you really easily take down Xiangguo County?" Xie Minghe calmly said

Let me ask. "Or do you think that after you put a serious face on you and drew a clear line with us, you are still qualified to receive the previous treatment?"

At this point, Xie Minghe finally raised his tied hands, pointing one finger at the other party and the other at himself: "Master Li Fu! Our two families had a tacit understanding before that it was us who were accommodating you, not you who were accommodating us...

…and that’s the case now.”

After Li Ding listened quietly, he suddenly turned to his side.

Su Mu, who had been listening intently, immediately turned his head away, pretending not to hear anything. In the gradually rising autumn wind, Wu Anzu, who represented Li Ding's true strength, was abiding by military discipline and acting in a way that was far better than helping.

The marching troops continued to enter the city in a strict manner.

Looking further back, on Longgang Fort, the flag with the character "Li" that had just been raised was fluttering in the wind.

Between Longgang Fort and Xiangguo County, there are waves of wheat and millet rippling in the wind.

Li Ding looked at it for a while, then suddenly turned around, and his tone became much lighter: "If it's like this...Brother Xie...If it's like this, why do you want to accommodate me and even help me get Xiangguo County?"

Xie Minghe came to laugh.

"I'm not talking about Zhang Xing... I know why he did this. I'm talking about the gang. What reasons did he use to convince everyone in the gang to give me Xiangguo County?" Li Ding corrected.

"I don't know what you think Chief Zhang's reason is, but the reason he gave did not convince us. Instead, it made many of us worried, and only a few of us agreed." Xie Minghe answered seriously. "It's just that the Chief is now

After all, he is the chief, and we can't bear it too much... He said that since the war is unstoppable and the drought is a foregone conclusion, instead of leaving the areas we can't control to a group of cowards, we should leave them to some decent people.

Come and take care of it... Wu'an County is the most drought-resistant among the surrounding counties."

Li Dingqian laughed: "This is indeed unconvincing, and I wouldn't accept it if it were me..."

However, just halfway through his words, he became solemn: "But it seems to be what Zhang San said. He always regards the world as his own responsibility, and is compassionate to the point of inexplicable! Or, in other words, arrogant to the point of inexplicable!

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Xie Minghe did not refute.

"When the army here in Xiangguo is reorganized, I want to see Zhang Xing." Li Ding spoke again. "Let's talk to him in person. He is too self-righteous about some things, so I can give him a warning."

"I can go and send a message." Xie Minghe said seriously. "Let's see if we can set a date to meet as soon as possible before the autumn harvest, otherwise it may be a long time after the autumn harvest... My chief has always been the most concerned about farming. Autumn harvest, autumn harvest

Taxation, foundation building, literacy, it’s endless.”

Li Ding nodded and handed over his hand: "In that case, your Excellency, just go back and I won't send it away."

Xie Minghe also nodded, and then walked away, formally handing over the county to the other party.

In one day, the entire Xiangguo County changed hands, and soon everyone knew that Li Ding of Wu'an County had done something unique to Zhou Xiaoshang of Yong'an County.

And sure enough, most people accepted the idea that Li Ding relied on the Gang politically.

Rumors even arose, saying that he had given Zhang Sanlang a few whale bones to completely destroy the Wei Dynasty.

Of course, this was just a rumor. Zhang Xing did not refute it, and no one else refuted it, because anyone with a little political knowledge knew that this situation was inevitable and was caused by Jiangdu's falsehood being exposed in the Battle of Xuzhou.

chain reaction.

When things got to this point, no one could control the situation.

Li Ding didn't have time to see Zhang Xing.

Because just seven or eight days after he captured Xiangguo County, local officials and warehouses had just taken over, and the army had just begun to reorganize. In fact, the autumn harvest had already begun in Henan, and they were about to move north quickly. Zhang from Zhao County in the north

The prefect suddenly led Youzhou soldiers into the country.

This news shocked the whole of Hebei.

But immediately, all parties realized the "rationality" of Governor Zhang's move.
To be continued...