In the blink of an eye, it was the end of February. The last batch of reinforcements from the main force of the Shang Shui Army arrived in Yangxia under the command of General Wu Ji, and a third military camp, Wuying, was built outside Yangxia County.
Xu Camp, Zhai Camp, and Wu Camp, these three military camps built by the Shang Shui Army, are shaped like a Chinese character from a bird's eye view, wrapping Yangxia County like a triangle.
At this moment, if anyone still thinks about doing harm to Zhao Hongrun, then he must really think about it.
As for the battle between the Yangxia hidden bandits and the Yiqiu people and the Fuqiu people, Zhao Hongrun counted the days and felt that it was almost coming to an end.
Sure enough, on February 27th, Jin Gou of the Fuqiu people came again to see Zhao Hongrun.
This time, Jin Gou was much more embarrassed than the previous times. This tycoon who had been so strong a few days ago, when he came to see Zhao Hongrun today, not only did he look haggard, as if he hadn't had a good rest for several days, he even...
One sleeve is empty.
He actually lost an arm.
This ferocious jackal named Jin Gou finally had one of his claws cut off.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun guessed the purpose of Jin Gou coming to see him today: I am afraid that the people in Fuqiu cannot support him anymore.
As expected, after bowing his head to Zhao Hongrun as a salute, Jin Gou said in a deep voice: "Your Highness Prince Su, should your "cockfighting entertainment" be stopped here?"
"The entertainment of cockfighting..."
Zhao Hongrun was quite amused.
But having said that, in the past few days, the Fuqiu people and the Yiqiu people have been instigating and manipulating each other to attack and kill each other. It is really like a cockfighting entertainment for the local ruffians.
As strong as the people of Fuqiu and the people of Yiqiu, now they are indeed like two roosters spreading their wings and pecking each other to please their master.
This is the wonder of power.
Because Zhao Hongrun was powerful, he made a promise to let the people from Fuqiu and Yiqiu fight to the death, just like a cockfight over a handful of fried rice.
"Have the people of Fuqiu...already won?" Zhao Hongrun deliberately pretended not to notice that Jin Gou had lost an arm, and said as if "I will practice what I say": "Jin Gou, don't worry, I will
You must keep your word, since you have defeated the people of Yiqiu, I will naturally keep my promise and give you all the preferential treatment promised before."
Hearing this, Jin Gou's face couldn't help but froze.
Although he defeated the people in Yiqiu, he clearly couldn't hold on any longer, so he came over to beg Zhao Hongrun to protect him.
After all, there are a total of 20,000 merchant navy troops stationed in Yangxia at the moment. As long as Zhao Hongrun is willing, he can kill the hidden thief alliance headed by the Yiqiu people at any time. After all, he has already learned the location of the Yiqiu people's lair.
"..." Jin Gou remained silent.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun snorted secretly, pretending to be surprised and said: "Jin Gou, you don't look very good... Wait a minute, could it be that you haven't defeated the people in Yiqiu?"
"You are asking knowingly!"
Jin Gou saw Zhao Hongrun's feigned surprise, and felt angry and sulky in his heart, but he didn't dare to get angry.
Jin Gou, who had only one arm left, could no longer salute Zhao Hongrun with his fists as he had done a few times before. He was silent for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Your Highness, King Su, I will definitely destroy those rebels in Yiqiu."
Kill, but...the thieves are so powerful, Jin hopes His Highness Prince Su can lend me a merchant navy..."
After hearing the words, Zhao Hongrun pondered for a moment, then looked at Jin Gou and said with a half-smile: "Jin Gou, this is not in line with the rules... I had said it before, and I would never interfere in your previous battles. Whoever wins will win.
You can get those two places. But now you come to ask for help from me..."
Having said this, he shook his head, implying that he would not send troops to help Jin Gou.
Seeing this, Jin Gou's eyes flashed with anger.
It was at this moment that he noticed that besides Zhao Hongrun and Zongwei Shen Yu, there were three other people in the front hall of the county government office.
Two men and one woman.
Among the two men, one was a young man who was as friendly and kind as the nephew next door. However, this young man was wearing a tiger-striped armor.
In the Wei State, only generals at the level of generals were qualified to wear tiger-striped armor.
Moreover, this person was sitting in the hall at this time. You must know that in this huge front hall, this young general was the only one sitting on the chair.
Even Jin Goudang guessed that this young man was most likely the general in charge of the main force of the merchant navy, Wu Ji.
"Note: Wu Ji is not a general at this moment. The armor he is wearing is the old clothes of Bai Liba, the general of the Dredging Navy Army. It is not tailor-made."
The other man, however, was a very thin young man, wearing civilian clothes, leaning against a wooden pillar with his arms folded, and looking at him with interest.
Jin Gou guessed that this person was probably the person who was mentioned by his subordinates in Fuqiu as the person who once sabotaged their attempt to assassinate King Su Zhao Run, a guy named Chen Xiao.
As for the last woman, she seemed to be only 18 or 19 years old. She was young and beautiful, and her complexion was as fair as a daughter of a wealthy family. However, her face was expressionless, like a white jade with slight flaws, which made people feel a little regretful.
"Mi Jiang, the daughter of Chu...the woman of King Su Zhao Run."
Jin Gou looked at Mi Jiang calmly for a few times, but then shifted his gaze because Mi Jiang's cold gaze made him feel great pressure.
Shen Yu, Wu Ji, Chen Xiao, Mi Jiang, the people around Zhao Hongrun who have the most outstanding personal strength at the moment, except Zongwei Chu Heng, are all present.
When these four people stared at Jin Gou intently, Jin Gou really felt a great pressure.
He immediately understood: the King Su in front of him was clearly prepared. If he dared to do anything detrimental to King Su at this time, I believe these four people would immediately tear him apart.
Thinking of this, Jin Gou became more and more resentful. He raised his head and looked at Zhao Hongrun and said, "Your Highness, King Su, it was obviously me, Jin, who led the Fuqiu people to join His Highness first. Why did Your Highness want to push my Fuqiu people to a dead end?"
Zhao Hongrun's eyelids twitched slightly.
Jin Gou was right. Logically speaking, as the first hidden thieves to take refuge in Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongrun should not secretly suppress them. As for the reason, it was simply because of the Yangxia County magistrate Ma Qian.
He, Zhao Hongrun, was assassinated again and again. He, Zhao Hongrun, could bear it for the sake of the overall situation and never mentioned it again. However, every time he saw the crazy Ma hiding in the back room of the back office, facing the air, affectionately with his imaginary wife. Zhao Hongrun was chatting with his son, sometimes with a happy smile on his face, and Zhao Hongrun wanted to cut Jin Gou and everyone in Fuqiu into pieces.
A good family was persecuted to such an extent. Moreover, the man of the family was a high-ranking court official and the magistrate of a county.
The county magistrate, that is the local parent official. Where did you Jin Gou and you Fuqiu people have the courage to harm their family members?!
When he thought about this, Zhao Hongrun lost all interest in talking to Jin Gouxu and Wei Snake again, and said lightly: "Go back, Jin Gou, wait until you capture the Yiqiu people's lair, or kill the Yiqiu people, you can come back to find them again." This king."
After hearing this, the expression on Jin Gou's face became even more ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said in a cold voice: "Is His Highness Prince Su determined to push us, the people of Fuqiu, to a dead end?"
Looking at Jin Gou's face, which already showed a slightly ferocious look, Zhao Hongrun snorted softly and stopped talking.
Seeing this, Zongwei Chief Shen Yu understood, stepped forward, extended his hand to Jin Gou to see off the guests and said: "Chief Jin, please come."
After glancing at everyone in the hall, Jin Gou gritted his teeth. After all, he did not dare to get angry on the spot and left with a sullen expression.
Watching this person leave quietly, Wu Ji finally said: "He is so fierce... Is this person really one of the leaders of the Yangxia hidden thieves? How can he be so uncontrollable?"
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun hummed and explained: "He is indeed the leader of the thieves in Fuqiu... The reason why he can't calm down is probably because he can no longer hold on."
Wu Ji nodded with relief, and then said something similar to Shen Yu: "No matter what, this person cannot be kept... A wolf that is not well-raised will turn back on its owner when hungry, so we must not keep him!"
"Let's take a look again."
Zhao Hongrun said lightly.
Although he recognized Wu Ji's words in his heart, after all, Jin Gou today showed his fierce appearance because he was at the end of his rope, which really made Zhao Hongrun feel unhappy.
But whether he is happy to return or not, there are some things he cannot say. Otherwise, if he robs the heroes of the world of their desire to defect, it will be a small loss.
After waiting for a few more days, in the blink of an eye it was early March, and the attack and killing by the Yiqiu people and the Fuqiu people finally came to a conclusion.
Because Ying Kang, the leader of the Yiqiu people, personally visited Zhao Hongrun for the first time on the recommendation of Youma.
However, what surprised Zhao Hongrun a little was that this time Ying Kang came to visit for the first time, he was not alone. According to their self-introduction to the soldiers of Shangshui, the four people following Ying Kang were Black Spider and Mang Ya. , Duan Lou and Geng Lou are the leaders of the four hidden thieves.
After being searched by Shang Shui sergeants outside the front office and confirming that they did not carry any weapons, Ying Kang, Youma, Black Spider, Sang Ya, Duan Pei and Geng Qiu arrived at the front hall of the county office. .
"You are very courageous."
Seeing that the leaders of the six hidden thieves actually came to Yangxia in person to pay their respects, Zhao Hongrun felt a little surprised and said with a smile: "If the king calls people in at this time and captures you, the hidden thieves will be captured." A group of thieves and hidden thieves will probably perish."
But to Zhao Hongrun's surprise, none of the six people looked frightened because of his joke.
Moreover, Ying Kang also said with a smile: "If even King Su, who has always been true to his word, breaks his trust, then we are willing to die." After that, without waiting for Zhao Hongrun's reaction, he asked Yuma to give him a compliment. The wooden box was only about four feet long. He cupped his fists and said to Zhao Hongrun: "It's just a small gift. I hope you like it."
"What?"
Zhao Hongrun looked puzzled. After all, since he could pass the search by Shang Shui's soldiers, he believed that there was no danger in the wooden box.
But even so, Zongwei Chief Shen Yu cautiously stepped forward and opened the wooden box in Yuma's hand.
After just glancing at the contents of the wooden box, Shen Yu's eyes showed a hint of surprise. He turned back to Zhao Hongrun and said, "Your Highness, it's a human arm."
"arm?"
Zhao Hongrun suddenly thought of Jin Gou's empty sleeves when he came to see him a few days ago, and there was a somewhat unclear look on his face.
"The arm with the golden hook? Give this to me as a gift. Is Ying Kang sure that I will accept it?"