In the dense forest in the southwest, Gu Cheng and Zi Cheyou walked in circles in the dense forest, and the path they took was like a maze.
They were going to find the Red Leaf Army.
The turmoil in western Hunan cannot be suppressed by just one Raging Flame Army, because there is no way for all the Raging Flame Army to be dispatched.
There are more than 30,000 people in the Raging Flame Army, all of whom are elite border troops. However, such a large-scale mobilization of military formations is too conspicuous, so in order to keep it secret, Gu Cheng can only mobilize thousands of elite troops.
Another helping hand prepared by Gu Cheng was the Hongye Army.
Although the Hongye Army's rebellion was suppressed on the surface, in fact the Hongye Army did not lose many people at the beginning, and its foundation was still there.
Xiao Kaishan was arrested because of Ling Tianming's betrayal, and Ling Tianming wanted to control the Hongye Army. How could he be willing to trap the Hongye Army into it?
So after Xiao Kaishan was arrested, the Hongye Army also went into hiding, hiding in the dense forest in the southwest.
When he came to the southwest to take office, Gu Cheng was ready to borrow part of the Red Leaf Army's power, so he asked Zi Cheyou to prepare Xiao Kaishan's token in advance, but he didn't expect it to be used so soon.
Che You, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Even if you can mobilize a lot of power to deal with the Wu family, are you sure about the corpse-killing lineage and the Miao border witchcraft lineage?
These two families are more difficult to deal with than the Liangui lineage. The Liangui lineage is just a ball of loose sand, but these two lines have a complete inheritance.
I didn't choose to take action at the beginning, firstly because I didn't want to drag the Zhengtian Alliance into trouble. Once I failed to take action, the leader of the alliance would definitely take action.
The second reason is that even if I take action, I am not absolutely sure and cannot kill with one strike, which will cause endless troubles."
Gu Cheng narrowed his eyes and said: "Of course I don't have absolute certainty, but there is no need to think too hard about these evil cultivators.
These guys are ruthless even towards their own people. There is absolutely no way they can unite to deal with me without any grudges.
Just like now, the Wu family took the initiative to stand up and cause trouble just because they wanted to use revenge as an opportunity to unify the ghost refining lineage.
If they really listen to Lin Tengyun and take advantage of the geographical advantage to carry out some conspiracy and conspiracy in secret, they might really make it difficult for me to move forward.
It's a pity that interests come first, and they often make choices that are in their own interests instead of those that are in the interests of everyone."
While they were talking, Gu Cheng and Zi Cheyou had already arrived in a hidden valley.
The entrance here is small and can only accommodate a few people. It is also hidden in the cracks of the mountains. It can be said to be extremely secretive.
At this moment, there was a sudden burst of explosions, and crossbow arrows with the power of runes were shot towards Gu Cheng and Zi Che Youji.
Before Gu Cheng could take action, Zi Cheyou waved one hand, and loud explosions were heard in the air, and the rune crossbow arrows exploded in mid-air.
Before seeing anyone, Gu Cheng had already sensed the overwhelming murderous intent coming from the sky.
"Don't do anything yet! We're one of our own! I'm here with Xiao Kaishan's letter!"
Gu Cheng shouted quickly.
Although the Hongye Army is a gang of rebels, they are not a mob, and their actions can be said to be extremely ruthless and decisive.
After discovering Gu Cheng and Zi Cheyou, they didn't even ask a question. They directly attacked in secret, preparing to destroy them first before asking questions.
"really?"
Only then did some people gradually appear in the dense forest. They were dressed in different clothes. There were practitioners from the Central Plains and people from the Miao border. There were men and women, old and young. But without exception, they were all covered with smudges.
The fierce evil spirit, and a red leaf embroidered on their chests.
God knows how Xiao Kaishan brought this group of people together in the first place.
Gu Cheng pointed at Zi Cheyou and said: "You have all seen this guy's strength. If we really have malicious intentions, not many of you would be able to stand up and talk now.
This is a letter, read it yourself."
With that said, Gu Cheng threw out Xiao Kaishan's letter.
A middle-aged man among those people came out and carefully read the contents of the letter. Feeling the power fluctuation left by Xiao Kaishan in it, he couldn't help but excitedly said: "It's really a letter from the master!"
They had no news about Xiao Kaishan since he was arrested. Later, Ling Tianming also died heroically, and they were even more confused.
In the letter, Xiao Kaishan finally gave them an explanation.
The Red Leaf Army has completed its mission for the Southwest, and the current Red Leaf Army is a deterrent, and there is no need to make any big noise anymore, unless those people go too far.
This time, the small half of Xiangxi where the Wu family was in trouble was a scene of demons dancing wildly. It was normal for the Hongye military to control such things.
So as long as the Hongye Army came under this banner, no one outside would know that it was him, Gu Cheng, who had colluded with the Hongye Army. They would only think that Gu Cheng took advantage of the Hongye Army.
The same goes for Zi Cheyou. They all think that this is Gu Cheng secretly strategizing, calling in all the former enemies of the Wu family and using all available power to destroy them.
After all, Gu Cheng's identity is too 'innocent'. He was born into a noble family in the capital, with a good background. He has been working in Jingyesi for a long time and has nothing to do with the southwest. Who would have thought that between them
There is actually collusion between them?
The leader read Xiao Kaishan's letter and said solemnly: "I am Ye Mingge, the third leader of the Hongye Army. Since the elder brother has given orders, we are willing to obey your orders."
Gu Cheng was surprised. To be honest, he really didn't expect this trip to go so smoothly.
Although there are letters from Xiao Kaishan, Gu Cheng always likes to speculate on the darkest places in people's hearts.
If Xiao Kaishan is not here and Ling Tianming is dead, will the Red Leaf Army still obey Xiao Kaishan's command? That's why he called Zi Cheyou as a thug and prepared to suppress this group of people.
In the end, who would have thought that Xiao Kaishan didn't even show his face, and just solved everything with a letter.
Gu Cheng let out a sigh of relief, it would be nice to save trouble.
After instructing the Hongye Army to be ready to take action at any time, Gu Cheng returned to Nanli Mansion as quickly as possible and went to the border between Xiangxi and Guangnan County to 'negotiate' with the Wu family.
Gu Cheng delayed for five days. Although the Wu family also made some moves during these five days, it was much smaller.
The Wu family didn't want to rebel, so according to what Lin Tengyun said, they controlled the matter within a certain range, which could not only force Gu Cheng to submit but also try not to irritate the court.
The negotiation place between the two parties was in a temporary camp at the junction of the two counties. Gu Cheng and others had already arrived, but Lin Tengyun also took the initiative to come over.
In fact, Lin Tengyun was qualified to intervene in this matter, because the generals of the border army were not governors, and most of them actually had no specific security missions.
Except for armies like the Raging Flame Army that are clearly stationed between the southwest and the Central Plains, Lin Tengyun's Divine Eye Army can actually be mobilized at will. He can mobilize wherever problems arise.
It's just that mobilizing large armies is very troublesome. Unless there is a direct order from the capital, private large-scale mobilization of troops must be reported to the court afterwards and there must be sufficient reasons.
Therefore, if something happens in Xiangxi, Lin Tengyun can theoretically take care of it, but of course he can also ignore it.
At this time in the camp, Lin Tengyun was still sighing: "Sir, last time I said that the Ghost King Sect was easy to destroy, but the trouble afterwards was not easy to solve. Look, isn't this trouble coming now?
The borderland is not the capital city. Although you are young, Mr. Gu, you still need to restrain your energy to survive in the southwest."
Gu Cheng made a very unhappy expression and said coldly: "General Lin is trying to teach me how to do things? Then it would be better for you to be the supervisor of the four counties."
Although Gu Cheng's attitude was very bad, Lin Tengyun didn't take it seriously and even wanted to laugh a little in his heart.
In his opinion, this was a sign that Gu Cheng had no choice but to suffer a loss, but still kept his mouth strong.
After all, he is young and energetic, and only knows how to rush and kill recklessly.
Although the power of destroying the Ghost King Sect did make them a little confused at first, but then they stabilized their position and followed Gu Cheng's own rules in the southwest, and they still won.
After a while, a group of people walked into the camp. They were all in strange shapes and wrapped in white linen.
Gu Cheng actually has a "fate" with the Wu family. In his first battle, his opponent was an abandoned disciple of the Wu family.
The leader of the Wu family is a wizened old man with a goatee and a whole body wrapped in linen. He is Wu Yunxiao, the head of the Wu family. His combat power is between a fifth-grade master and a fourth-grade master.
Part of the body of the ghost he made was inherited from the Wu family, and it was very difficult to deal with.
However, according to what Zi Cheyou said, although Wu Yunxiao is the ancestor of the Wu family, he is not the strongest of the Wu family. The Wu family should have another trump card, having only taken action once when the Banmian Villa was destroyed.
When the two parties entered the camp, neither Gu Cheng nor Wu Yunxiao spoke first, and the scene was extremely solemn for a moment.
Lin Tengyun was like a peacemaker, laughing and saying: "You two, we are all here to solve the problem, and this is not the way to go."
Wu Yunxiao snorted coldly: "My Wu family is not here to solve problems, but to seek justice!"
Gu Cheng also said in a cold voice: "Justice? What justice does the imperial court owe you? Your Wu family disrupted Xiangxi, and your actions were tantamount to rebellion. I didn't send a large army to annihilate your Wu family, just because I was afraid of implicating innocent people!"
Wu Yunxiao laughed angrily: "Destroy my Wu family? Master Gu can try! My Wu family is not the Ghost King Sect!"
Seeing the smell of gunpowder rising from both sides, Lin Tengyun stood up again: "Calm down, everyone, please calm down.
Since Mr. Gu wants to negotiate, he doesn't want to get things done.
Similarly, when your Wu family appears here, you don't want to go against the imperial court. If that's the case, is there anything that you can't talk about properly?
It's better to say what conditions the Wu family has, and then see if Mr. Gu can agree to it, what do you think?"
As he said that, Lin Tengyun and Wu Yunxiao looked at each other with deep eyes.