Wang Sunlishan had been having trouble sleeping and eating for several days. It was only at this moment that his anxious heart finally calmed down.
After meeting with Wang Sunlishan, Li Xingzai went to meet the seventeen island owners. He is now different from before, and he has proved his strength through a victory. I dare not say that the world can be expected, but at least it proves that he has the ability to be on the gambling table.
qualifications.
The seventeen island owners all expressed their willingness to support Li Xingzai. After all, their lives were in the hands of the other party, and they would not agree if they refused. Li Xingzai gave them the antidote, and Qipan Island immediately sent troops to Luofeng City to consolidate and expand Li Xingzai's current power.
However, Wang Sunlishan's identity cannot be revealed at present. She still needs to continue playing the role of Lady Donghai and only wait for a suitable opportunity before she can show her true identity.
Li Xingzai only stayed on Qipan Island for one day. If he hadn't coveted Qipan Island's military strength, gold and silver, he might not have come in person. After that, he immediately returned to Luofeng City, taking advantage of the victory to attack and expand his power.
Li Xingzai made an effort and then captured the two cities of Zhongli and Longxi. Li Xing, who fled back to Yangzhou in embarrassment, could not organize a resistance force at all, and the two cities of Zhongli and Longxi were successfully captured by Li Xingzai.
After capturing Zhongli and Longxi, Li Xingzai stopped his expansion and began to consolidate his existing power. His crazy early reserves came into play at this time, and he successfully took over the two cities of Zhongli and Longxi.
Li Xingzai lacked military generals, but there was no shortage of civil servants. The remnants of the Cui and Song Dynasties, headed by Song Youqu, and the academy forces that had been subdued in advance. Although not all of these people were talented in the world, they were completely unable to manage the two cities.
No problem.
After this battle, Li Xingzai completely opened up his situation in the East China Sea. Now he has three cities in his territory: Luofeng, Longxi, and Zhongli. The three cities are the corners of each other and form a joint defense, forming an unbreakable fortress. His soldiers are also
Expanded to 100,000, if the pirates on Chessboard Island are included, the nominal number of troops is even greater.
After the victory, Li Xingzai did not dare to be idle. This time in pursuit of victory, he only captured two cities, Zhongli and Longxi. It is not that Li Xingzai cannot capture more cities, but that even if he can capture them, he may not be able to capture them.
Can swallow it.
It always takes some time to digest. Currently, Chessboard Island in the East China Sea is still supported by Wang Sun Tateyama under his guise, and many prisoners have been captured in several battles. These people are also hot to deal with. If not handled well, they will get burned.
Qi Jiguang began to reorganize the army and take prisoners of war for his own use. Song Youqu and a group of people have been dispatched to various cities to handle local government affairs.
The biggest enemy is still Jiangnan Li Xing. How could Li Xing give up after eating such a big piece of meat from Li Xing? Although Li Xingzai defeated Li Xing's Jiangnan soldiers in this battle, Li Xing was not injured.
Jiangnan was so rich that even an occasional failure would not hurt his roots, but Li Xingzai was different. He had a winning streak and seemed to be invincible, but just one failure could completely destroy him.
So Li Xingzai couldn't be careless. He concentrated all his energy and established a line of defense to resist Li Xing's counterattack.
However, what Li Xingzai couldn't figure out was that Li Xing's counterattack never came. He seemed to have forgotten what happened and didn't want revenge at all.
Of course that's not the case. It's not that Li Xing doesn't want revenge, but... he doesn't have time.
Somehow, there was another movement of the Righteous Cult in Yangzhou.
The main members of the Justice Cult were wiped out in Bingzhou, but there were more or less survivors. To this day, the Justice Cult no longer has an organized army, but when the world is in chaos, many heroes from the forest have risen up.
They often like to make waves in the name of the Justice Cult, and there are also small-scale operations of the Justice Cult in various parts of the empire.
From this perspective, the Justice Religion has never really disappeared.
However, without their leader and army, they cannot make any waves.
But the Justice Sect operating in Yangzhou this time is obviously different. There are signs of their activities in every city in Yangzhou. They are large-scale and well-organized. Of course, there must be people behind them who are manipulating them and plotting some kind of purpose.
Burn a granary today, and plan an assassination tomorrow. A fisherman found a piece of yellow silk in the fish belly, with the words: Revenge when there is a grudge, and revenge when there is a grudge.
Everyone knows that when the Righteous Sect started its uprising in Jiangnan, it was first put down by Li Xing. Li Xing chased and intercepted the members of the Righteous Sect, and his hands were covered with blood.
This time the Justice Cult is obviously coming for revenge.
So there were various legends in Jiangnan. Some people said: After Lin Shaoyu went to Huangquan, even the Lord of Hell did not dare to interrogate him. He not only allowed him to return Yang for revenge, but also lent him a hundred thousand Yin soldiers.
Everyone's stories are vivid, and some people claim to have seen Yin soldiers walking at night in the middle of the night.
Of course, this kind of thing will not hurt Li Xing's fundamentals, but it will cause too much trouble for Li Xing. It's not that Li Xing doesn't want to seek revenge from Li Xingzai, but he is nailed by rumors and can't spare time.
He began to investigate the matter thoroughly, but strangely enough, this wave of people came and left just as quickly, like water splashed in the sun, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
The most strange thing about this incident was Hong Liao, who had personally participated in the upper-level organization of the Justice Religion. As far as he knew, the Justice Religion had disappeared, and those who were now using the name of the Justice Religion were often opportunists.
This turmoil touched his mind. Master, Lin Shaoyu, those days when he was hiding in Tibet... Human beings are not grass and trees, and no one can be ruthless. After this incident happened, Hong Liao was listless and could not get up his energy for many things.
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In order to avoid the spread of rumors, Hong Liao also came up with an idea. He put on Taopo and set up an altar in Yangzhou City, worshiping the sky and the earth. He only said that humans and ghosts have different paths, so don't be stubborn.
After pretending like this, the matter was finally over. Li Xing felt as refreshed as if he had swatted a fly to death. He finally found time to seek revenge on Li Xingzai.
However, taking advantage of this period of time, Li Xingzai had consolidated his existing territory, built the three cities to resemble iron barrels, and had strong soldiers and horses, so he was eagerly looking forward to a battle with Li Xing.
Li Xingzai only had one city in his hands. When he had 30,000 troops, Li Xing failed to capture Luofeng City, let alone now. Faced with such a situation, Li Xing had no choice but to lay down his troops and wait for the right opportunity.
As for when the opportunity will be right, he doesn't know yet, anyway, it's not right now.
Li Xingzai also wondered why Li Xing didn't take the opportunity to fight when he was weak. He, Li Xing, Baoku Hong and everyone else didn't know that the incident with the Justice Cult didn't happen suddenly.
To be precise, they are from Liangzhou.
The news about Jiangnan reached Liangzhou. Although Cheng Dalei wanted to support Li Xingzai, he was unable to do so. So he thought of this method, which caused a storm in the city and pinned Li Xing to Yangzhou.