Here Bai Xiaoshan and Pan En refused to give in to each other and fought to the death. However, the two hundred old and weak soldiers left behind by Wu Yanzhuang each got their own place.
Some were forced to lead the way for bandits, earn a living, and then report news to Mu Yunhan;
After escaping, some hid in the mountains and forests to observe the fighting and kept going to Shoushan Town and Liuxian County to report news;
There are also those who are "injured" or suffering from illness and simply go down the mountain to see a doctor to recover.
All kinds of news were sent to Mu Yunhan one after another, and she learned that there were eleven groups of bandits, big and small, who came to Xiangshan to hunt for treasure this time, and the leader was none other than Bai Xiaoshan, who was said to have tens of thousands of soldiers.
Bai Xiaoshan was the most powerful. He gathered bandits from Chunzhou, Jiaozhou, and Wanxian to form a blood-based alliance, under the banner of "Walking for Heaven, Killing Lin, Protecting Zhao, and Driving Qi".
He believed that the root cause of all troubles came from the Lin family's empress dowager Si Chen, who played power and coerced the emperor to order the princes. This led to the people of Qi running rampant and the people living in dire straits.
If you want to keep the Zhao Kingdom alive, you have to kill the Lin family and then drive the Qi people out of the Zhao Kingdom. This is called doing justice for heaven.
Since you were doing justice for Heaven, if you had no money, you asked God for it. God said that there was treasure in Xiangshan Mountain, which Taizu had left to his descendants to protect their family and country, so they went to get it. It was only natural and right.
He made such a call, and the bandits in Chunzhou, Jiaozhou, and Wan County all listened to him and respected him as their leader.
She also knew that Bai Xiaoshan was originally a scholar, but he failed to pass the test for a long time. He originally had a rich family fortune, but because he was born as a hero and liked to make friends with people in the world, he went back and forth and lost all his wealth.
He didn't get married either, so he waited until his wife kicked off her legs and finished the funeral and immediately became a bandit. He raised his flag and acted. Because of his bravery, strategy and loyalty, he became famous in just two or three years.
Peng Wanli said that bandits in these three places like to rob people, but he is different. What he likes to rob is wealthy households and government officials. Not only does he not take anything from ordinary people, but he also provides some relief when encountering refugees.
As a result, his reputation became even louder, and people in surrounding counties knew that Bai Xiaoshan was a good man with the word "righteousness" in his name, and many people who could not survive turned to him.
He has tens of thousands of troops, according to calculations made a few days ago. If you include the troops that have been integrated now, he has at least 30,000 to 40,000 troops.
Ou Qifeng analyzed it for Mu Yunhan: "Bingzhou is Bai Xiaoshan's home base. He dare not and will not bring all the troops here. According to the general's analysis, there will not be more than 3,000 people working in Xiangshan.
Half of these three thousand people will go into the mountains to hunt for treasure, and the other half will stay outside to defend against Pan, which will cost at least five to six hundred people and pose no threat to Shoushan Town and Liuxian."
Then, Jin Fan and others also received the news and sent a letter. The two sides discussed the countermeasures and agreed not to offend others.
As long as Bai Xiaoshan and others don't come to harass Shoushan Town and Liuxian County, they won't care about the trivial matters in Xiangshan. Let alone treasure hunting, they can just move the entire Xiangshan.
Mu Yunhan and others assumed the above posture and waited calmly for the farce to end.
They sent people to spy on Bai Xiaoshan and others, and Bai Xiaoshan also sent people to spy on them. After figuring out their position, Bai Xiaoshan quickly sent people to express his intentions.
He only took Xiangshan, respected Mrs. Anguo's virtuous name, and had no offense with Shoushan Town and Liuxian County.
A tacit agreement was reached, but Mu Yunhan did not dare to let down his guard. The Xiangshan King's Tomb was empty. What if Bai Xiaoshan became angry and took his anger out on Shoushan Town?