When Caron was arranged to rest by the receptionist, Wu Feng immediately summoned Liang Chongxin and Cui Wenxiu to discuss the matter together. When Ling Tianfang introduced the whole matter and told all the original opinions of Wu Feng, Wu Feng did not say a word, but only motioned for the two to think carefully. After a long time, Wu Feng sighed softly, "God, I think we may have thought too simplistically on the way back. It seems that Chidi's King Mulua and Special Envoy Caron are not weak. , our covenant with them seems to be unimportant now.”
What Wu Feng said not only shocked Ling Tianfang, but also Liang Chongxin and Cui Wenxiu. Just now, Ling Tianfang gave a detailed introduction to the current situation combined with his and Wu Feng's original considerations. They both agreed with Ling Tianfang and Wu Feng's opinions. Why did Wu Feng suddenly back down
Seeing the surprised looks on the three people's faces, Wufeng waved his hand, "I'm not saying to give up dealing with the Chidi people, but I have some new ideas. Don't say anything for now, let me think about it by myself. I think you guys should sit here for a while." After saying that, Wu Feng left the living room alone and walked toward the garden of the city guard's mansion with his hands behind his back.
Based on how eager Caron is, it seems that the Chidi people will definitely have a real contest with the Luobi people within this year, otherwise they would not be so eager to find allies. The problem is that his strength is definitely not on the table now. Anyone with a discerning eye will know it at a glance, not to mention that the so-called covenant is just a few words on a piece of paper. Whether you can abide by the provisions of the covenant depends on the situation at that time. Determination, if necessary, even if there is no such thing, what should happen will happen. With this thing, if it is not good for itself, it will be left behind. This is very clear to Chidis and themselves. Politics is so ugly. Everything must be subordinated to national interests. Wu Feng walked silently on the garden path.
However, since the Chidi people have come to the door, it is unreasonable not to cooperate. If a war will break out between the Chidi people and the Luobi people, as I imagined, I can use this opportunity to think of other solutions. , contain the power of the Luobei people, try to postpone this inevitable war with the Luobei people, and buy yourself more time to prepare. Thinking of this, Wu Feng suddenly realized that in just one more year, his confidence would increase exponentially.
Returning to the living room, the three people who were meditating in the living room found that just for a moment, their boss seemed to be a different person. The somewhat depressed mood just now disappeared, and was replaced by the man who dominated the world. momentum.
"My idea just now has not been fully considered and matured. I have kept you waiting for a long time. Now I have made preliminary plans. I also hope to hear your opinions. I think the visit of Caron today is actually a sign. This is a sign that the Chidi people are about to attack the Luobi people. And I judge that this Kalong has been authorized by their king to form an alliance with other forces, which means that the war will happen within this year at the latest, and we also urgently need a buffer. It takes time to accumulate strength and strengthen ourselves. Only in this way can we truly gain a foothold in this fast land." Wu Feng's face has completely restored the confident look.
"This also brings us an opportunity. If the Chidi people can really fight with the Luobi people, it will definitely restrain the Luobi people's considerable energy. If we can supplement it with other means, maybe we can do it this year By avoiding a battle with the Luobi people, we will gain an extra year of rest time, and our chances will be much greater. Therefore, we must make some preparations to make the Chidi people believe that we are capable of fighting the Luobi people. The first battle gave them more confidence in the Luobi people's war. It is not important to form an alliance or not. What is important is to make the Chidi people believe that we can help them contain part of the Luobi people's military strength. Of course, we must also do a good job The worst plan." Wu Feng made a confident conclusion. "In addition, Chongxin and Wenxiu will go down to make preparations. I am going to let Caron take a look at our army training. Although we are not large in number, our combat effectiveness must be reflected."
After Liang and Cui left, Wu Feng asked Ling Tianfang, who had been silent, "Tianfang, what do you think?"
"I think since the Chidi people are determined to fight a war with the Luobi people, whether they form an alliance with us or not is secondary. They mainly want to find some power to contain the power of the Luobi people. We should still The main focus is on strengthening one's own strength. Of course, it is also necessary to use some means to contain the Luobi people in many ways. But according to the current situation, even if the Luobi people and the Chidi people go to war, they will still have enough power to deal with us. So we have to plan carefully to avoid this phenomenon." Ling Tianfang considered it very carefully, and even Wu Feng nodded after hearing this.
"Yes, this is also a problem we have to face."
The next day, Liang Chongxin accompanied Special Envoy Chi Di to watch the training of the two garrison divisions, and told Caron that because they were out on a bandit suppression mission, there was still one division of troops that had not returned. Caron did not comment. . Afterwards, Kalong said that he was basically satisfied with the combat effectiveness of Qingyang Mansion's army, but the overall strength was far from enough. Whether to form an alliance would need to be reported to Mulua after he returned. Wu Feng said that it didn't matter whether we formed an alliance or not. What was important was that we There is a common enemy, and as long as they cooperate and support each other, they can put a lot of pressure on the enemy.
Seeing that Wu Feng was not very enthusiastic about the alliance, Kalon felt strange in his heart. He originally thought that Qingyang was in urgent need of foreign aid and should be very enthusiastic, but that didn't seem to be the case. After listening to Wu Feng's words , if Kalong realized something, he said that he would go back and report to the king and study it carefully. He also said that he would come to Qingyang again within two months.
February passed quickly. Due to effective publicity and the implementation of preferential policies, the inflow of immigrants and foreign investors and businessmen has accelerated significantly. As of the end of February, it was just over ten days since Wu Feng returned to Qingyang. , more than 8,000 people moved into Qingyang Mansion and nearly ten shops, large and small, were opened. The whole Qingyang showed a prosperous scene. Municipal construction has also begun to enter a large-scale construction stage, and the construction of irrigation channels in the countryside has also gradually begun, especially the city walls of the prefectural city. Due to the timely arrival of funds, the entire Qingyang Mansion turned into a large and boiling construction site, full of busy people.
The number of personnel participating in the army has also increased significantly. The number of personnel in each garrison division has been supplemented to nearly 9,000. However, due to the large number of new recruits, the original lack of grassroots officers has become even more lacking, and the combat effectiveness has not increased much. On the contrary, there have been dropped. Liang Chongxin and Cui Wenxiu also personally went into battle every day to supervise the training, striving to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops in the shortest possible time.
After a lot of meticulous and painstaking work, Molun's intelligence officers finally discovered the supply points of two bandit organizations, the "Purple Turban Bandit" and the "Black Tiger", in Bonan Prefecture and Luzon, and followed the clues to discover the bases of the two organizations. , combined with the intelligence of the searchers, the exact locations of the base camps of the two organizations were finally determined. One is located at the foot of Yezhu Ridge at the junction of Qingyang, Jinzhou, and Bonan, and the other is located at Bayan Hara at the junction of Qingyang and Luzon. The end of the mountain range. Without further ado, Wu Feng immediately issued an order, ordering Liang Chongxin to lead the First Guard Division to Yeboar Ridge immediately to deal with the "Purple Turban Bandits"; and ordered Cui Wenxiu to immediately lead the Second Guard Division to the border with Luzon to annihilate the "Black Bandits". Tiger" and sent his own bodyguards to participate to assist the two divisions.
The sky was as if it had been splashed with ink, so dark that it was difficult to see even one's fingers. Only through the occasional flash of phosphorescence could one see the long procession silently marching on the rugged mountain road. "How about it?"
"Reporting to the division commander, we have removed the eight hidden stakes, and the outflanking teams have been deployed. We are just waiting for our side to take action." An officer with an excited look on his face was reporting to Liang Chongxin.
"Is there any movement from the enemy?" Liang Chongxin was very calm.
"No, they haven't found anything unusual yet, but their guard posts have to be changed every hour. They have added two posts in the past two days. It seems that the enemy is still on guard." Seeing that his boss was calm and composed, the reporter also I felt that I was too excited, and my originally turbulent heart gradually calmed down.
"Well, it seems that the enemy is quite alert and may have smelled something, but that's it for them. Order the troops to prepare and listen to my orders." Liang Chongxin's eyes showed a cold look as if a hungry wolf had smelled blood. .
This is the only slightly flat area in the entire Wild Boar Ridge, so the Purple Turban Bandits built this area as their base camp. There are towering sentry towers at the four corners of the solid fence wall. There are no weeds or shrubs for dozens of meters outside the fence. They have all been cleared away. Several blazing torches on the sentry tower illuminate this open area like daylight. , there are three sentries on each sentry tower with their eyes wide open, looking down vigilantly.
It seemed that it was definitely impossible to sneak in quietly. Time was running out. It would be difficult if the enemy discovered that there was something wrong with the hidden sentry outside. Liang Chongxin came to the latent area nearly two hundred meters away from the sentry tower and observed carefully. He could not Waiting no longer, he stood up decisively, waved his hand, and countless figures rushed towards the quiet place like tigers out of their cages.
"Dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang." The shrill alarm gong sounded, and the Purple Turban Bandits' base camp was in panic. The round-faced middle-aged man rushed out of the tent and found that the camp was surrounded by torches. Enemies were pouring into the camp like a tide. " Brother, brother, what should we do now?" The young man with a sinister face could not conceal his panic.
"What should I do? How do I know what to do? When I asked you to leave, you were unwilling, and now you are finally trapped." The round-faced middle-aged man scolded the young man while trying hard to find a gap. "Order all the brothers to rush to the east, and then wait until we rush out. If we can rush out, we can meet at the foot of Mantou Mountain outside Mage Town, Bonan Prefecture."
"Brother, can't you give it a try?" The young man was still a little unwilling to give up.
"You still want to fight like a fool? You don't have any brains. The enemy has obviously planned it for a long time and only moved after it was laid out. Look at the torches around you and you still want to fight. You think your life is too long! Order Hua Lian and the others to lead the brothers We rush eastward with all our strength, no matter the cost." Then he lowered his voice and ordered the young man, "Go and call Zhou Kui and the others over, and we will leave through the secret passage."
"Brother?" The young man looked at the round-faced middle-aged man in surprise.
The look of regret on the round-faced middle-aged man's livid face flashed away, followed by a cold look that stabbed the young man's face like a knife, "Go quickly!"
The young man hesitated for a moment, but under the gaze of the round-faced middle-aged man, he painfully turned around and carried out the order.
The bandits' defense line in the village was quickly breached. The bandits who were frightened by the bloody massacre had to surrender. Except for a few ruthless bandits who persisted to the end, the fighting in other places had subsided.
"Hey, why are you still prepared to fight to the end?" Liang Chongxin led several officers to the gangsters who were trapped in the middle, and carefully looked at one of them, a young man with obvious spots on his face, "Your boss has already Is it worth it to continue to resist after abandoning you and running away?"
The few people surrounded in the middle realized that except for a few of them, all other places had calmed down, and groups of prisoners were being marched down the mountain. The originally high fighting spirit suddenly waned, the man with the spotted face. After looking at the two comrades around him who already had desperate expressions, he let out a long sigh, finally dropped the ax in his hand, and surrendered.