In just a few short years, the crazy efforts made the people north of the Yellow River so full of complaints that they finally bore serious consequences!
Just when Yang Guang mobilized millions of troops to conquer Goguryeo, the people of Changbai Mountain in the Lu region finally could not bear the huge burden. Under the call of the local powerful Wang Bo, they raised the flag and rebelled.
At that moment, the whole world attracted attention, and almost all political forces turned their attention to the Goguryeo battlefield.
Anyone who is not a fool knows that Wang Bo in Changbai Mountain is just the beginning. If Yang Guang cannot deal with Goguryeo as soon as possible, continuous rebellions will break out among the northern people who cannot bear the suffering of military service.
No one can tell whether there are some forces supporting him inside, but Yang Guang's current situation is still relatively good, and the initiative is still firmly in his hands.
At the same time, fierce conflicts broke out in the Yangzhou area of Jiangbei.
The two opposing factions are all well-known and powerful gangs in the south.
The first is a powerful iron gate that has been established for more than ten years and has thousands of members. It is spread all over the towns and villages controlled by Wu Guogong, as well as nearby prosperous towns, as well as the Yangzhou area in the north of the Yangtze River. It is huge and powerful.
Because he has the support of Wu Guogong Lei Hu, the best master in the world, even the old southern large gangs such as the Haisha Gang and others dare not take advantage of him.
But this time, the majesty of the iron gate was challenged.
The provocateurs are the Baling Gang, which has suddenly risen in recent years and specializes in gambling houses and brothels. It has a notorious reputation. They dare to reach out to the Jiangbei area of the Iron Gate Sub-ruler, and have a fierce fight with the Jiangbei Iron Gate Branch.
conflict.
Because Tiemen was entrusted by the Duke of Wu's government to help the village government recruit refugees from Huaibei and Huainan, the Baling Gang obviously took a fancy to this wave of civilian resources and wanted to recruit girls with good looks and potential.
and good-looking girls and young women.
At this time, an extremely fierce conflict broke out between the two sides.
Just kidding, everyone at Iron Gate knows that Duke Wu attaches great importance to the people under his rule. No matter men, women, old or young, they all treat each other equally. The Baling Gang's idea of taking advantage of the homeless people has hit the iron wall.
At the beginning, it was just the lower-level members of the two gangs who didn't like each other and started fighting.
But later on, I don’t know what happened but I got angry. No matter the middle and high-level officials of Tiemen or the self-righteous high-level officials of the Baling Gang, they had no intention of backing down.
When the top leaders of the two gangs took action, Tiemen's shortcomings of not having top-notch experts were exposed.
The leader of the Baling Clan, Lu Gangshou, and the deputy leader of the gang, Xiao Xi, are both top-notch masters in the world, and they are relatively old-fashioned. All of a sudden, the top brass of the Tiemen Gang suffered a lot of hidden losses.
Unfortunately, they could not be proud for a few days. The top management of Iron Gate quickly reported the situation to Wu Guogong and invited top-notch experts to help.
Lei Hu naturally did not pay attention to the Baling Gang and Yang Guangtai behind them. With a wave of his hand, he asked several top-notch masters in the army to take action.
To be on the safe side, the top management of Tiemen specially invited several top-notch experts from the Martial Alliance to raid the formation.
Now, it was the Baling Gang's turn to be depressed.
Lu Kangshou and Xiao Xi were tightly restrained by the first-rate masters invited by Tiemen and found it difficult to escape. If they were to fight at the bottom level, the Baling Gang would not even be worthy of carrying Tiemen's shoes.
However, in just a few days, all the women who were robbed and abducted by the Baling Gang were rescued from the devil's cave. The Baling Gang's tentacles extending into Jiangbei were either cut off directly or driven out of Jiangbei.
Now, Lu Kangshou and Xiao Xi couldn't stand it anymore.
Yangzhou was also known as Jiangdu at this time, and it was the third capital identified by Yang Guang besides the east and west capitals.
This is the key point of Yangtze River shipping, and it is adjacent to the bustling Wu Guogong territory. It is a first-class gentle and wealthy place.
Anyone who can intervene in Yangzhou's underground income distribution can reap extremely generous monetary income every year.
Although the Baling Gang boasts that there are 200 gambling houses in the country, and brothels are spread across all prosperous towns, and their annual income is astronomical, they do not want to give up such a large source of income in Yangzhou.
The leader of the gang, Lu Kangshou, realized that trying to compete with Tiemen in terms of strength and foundation was simply bringing humiliation to oneself.
With the strong financial resources of the Baling Gang, it is not impossible to hire experts to help, but such helpers will only be able to help once or twice. In the end, the Baling Gang will have to fight with Tiemen.
When he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately sent a message to the top management of Tiemen through a famous martial arts figure in the south, saying that if this continued, the losses for both sides would be great, and in the end, he might even give an advantage to other gangs.
It would be better for them to compete with the Iron Gate masters in a duel. If the Baling Gang wins, Iron Gate is not allowed to stop the Baling Gang.
If Tiemen wins, the Baling Gang promises not to act recklessly in the Yangzhou area and only engage in normal gambling and brothel business.
The senior officials of Tiemen did not dare to take matters into their own hands and directly passed the news to the Duke of Qiantang, asking Duke Wu to make a decision.
"Since the guys from the Baling Gang are so confident, then just agree to them!"
Lei Hu spoke calmly and ordered: "Let Xiong Kuohai and the others participate and see the strength of the southern martial arts masters, so that they will not be complacent!"
"Wu Gong, we also want to invite Shi Long and other martial arts masters to help with boxing!"
The master of the Iron Sect who came to ask for instructions said respectfully: "I'm afraid the Baling Gang will also invite more powerful masters to help. Brothers, we don't want any accidents to happen!"
"As you wish!"
Lei Hu waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "I only have one request: completely suppress the arrogance of the Baling Gang and don't give them the slightest chance to stand up!"
"promise!"
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Tiemen had a fight with the Baling Gang, and the news spread immediately, causing a violent upheaval in the southern world.
All the powerful forces in the south are interested in this fight between the masters of the two major gangs, and want to see the strength of the masters of these two gangs.
Or to be more precise, other senior leaders of the southern gangs want to see the methods of the masters invited by these two gangs and see how powerful the two gangs are.
This is a rare grand event in the southern martial arts world. Even senior gang leaders such as the Haisha Gang, the Shuilong Gang and the Jukun Gang couldn't help but be curious and wanted to come over to see what was going on.
Just because several major gangs in the south have been making changes recently, Wu Guogong Lei Hu, the best master in the world, invited a group of senior gang officials from the south to meet in Suzhou. They did not dare to neglect and simply went to Yangzhou to see the excitement first, and then went to Susu to see the Wu Kingdom.
The public has something to say.
So, when the time came for the fight between Tiemen and the Baling Gang, the open space at the foot of a mountain in the outskirts of Yangzhou where the fight took place was already filled with powerful martial arts masters.
"Tsk tsk, what a huge momentum!"
It was a rare occasion for the leaders of the Haisha Gang, the Shuilong Gang and the Jukun Gang to gather together. Seeing the very familiar faces of the southern martial arts masters around them, they couldn't help but sigh.
"The martial arts world in the south has been silent for a long time. It's rare to see such a big scene. Everyone wants to come and see it!"
"Tell me, which company has a greater chance of winning this time?"
"Of course it's Iron Gate. If it had been five years ago, the Baling Gang's high-level combat power would have been more advantageous. But now, the situation is completely different!"
"Yes, I heard that there are several first-class masters in Wu Guogong's army who are amazingly powerful. I'm afraid we'll be able to see their performance this time!"
The three major gangs, almost all of which are mainly engaged in smuggling private salt, naturally attach great importance to large customers like Wu Guogongling. They have set up bases in Wu Guogongling one after another, and they are not completely ignorant of the situation there.
It just so happened that many things in Wu Guogong's territory were not kept secret, but were also widely publicized in so-called newspapers and storytellers. It was difficult for the top leaders of the three major gangs to know.
Precisely because of their knowledge, they had a deeper understanding of the strength of Wu Guogong's territory, and they were more and more afraid to act recklessly.
Wu Guogong's territory was the only place in the entire south where no Jianghu forces dared to run wild. The other area was naturally the area where the Lingnan Song clan dominated.
The more they knew about the strength of Wu Guogong's territory, the top leaders of the three major gangs became very curious about the leader of the Baling Gang, Lu Kangshou. How could he dare to confront Wu Guogong's Iron Gate?
Not to mention that the Baling Gang didn’t know the origin of Iron Gate, nor did they know the power of Wu Guogong’s territory!
It’s true that there are no first-class masters in Iron Gate, but it doesn’t mean that Wu Guogong’s men don’t have first-class masters who can fight. This behemoth of Wu Meng is not fake.
It is true that the person standing behind the Baling Gang is Sui Emperor Yang Guang. It is better to be an official than to be in charge. The three major gangs are also supported by powerful families. Who dares to have a conflict of interest? Who is behind it? Let’s fight it first.
Let’s talk about it later.
"Hey, isn't that Lin Shihong from the Poyang Sect? Why did he get involved with the Baling Gang?"
While he was talking, the leader of the Shuilong Gang suddenly let out a cry of surprise, pointing at the domineering man next to the leader of the Baling Gang, Lu Kangshou, who had just appeared.
"Not only that, but that person who looks like a foreigner should be the newly emerged director of the Iron Cavalry Association, Shaoming. How come he was dragged over by the Baling Gang?"
Yun Yuzhen, the young leader of the Jukun Gang, looked surprised and looked at Lu Kangshou with eyes filled with scrutiny and confusion.
Hiss...
After recognizing the identities of several masters around Baling Gang leader Lu Kangshou, the faces of the three old gang bosses couldn't help but change.
The Baling Gang has quite a lot of rivals. Whether it is the Poyang Faction or the Iron Cavalry Club, they are both forces that have recently emerged in the south, and their development momentum is quite rapid.
The most important thing is that the bosses of these two fast-growing gangs are all very powerful, and in the best hands, they are also outstanding.
Together with Lu Kangshou and Xiao Xi from the Baling Clan, the best of the four first-rate masters gathered together are quite intimidating.
At the very least, Yun Yuzhen and other three old gang bosses suddenly felt fear and suppression in their hearts.
"Now, there's really something good to watch!"
Yun Yuzhen smiled softly, patted his chest and said with a tall smile: "If Tiemen is not sufficiently prepared, I am afraid that we will suffer a big loss this time!"
"Not necessarily, they are coming!"
The leader of the Shuilong Gang next to him didn't take it seriously. He pointed at the Iron Gate master who appeared later, his smile froze and he said in surprise: "Impossible, there are more than a dozen first-class masters here. Does the Iron Gate want to engage in car debate?"