Chapter 325: Bandits Gather Together

Lin Chen was busy with military affairs, so he naturally didn't know the tricks of the Xue family.

"General Wang Wu has made great contributions in capturing the city. This record will be recorded and he will be rewarded later."

Wang Wu immediately thanked his general when he heard this.

This contribution can help him get promoted to a higher rank, and he may have the opportunity to be promoted to a garrison commander in charge of 500 people.

After receiving the reward, Wang Wu happily walked out of the county government office, intending to share this good news with others.

It was none other than Cao Chong.

Cao Chong played a huge role in the success of capturing the city.

So Wang Wu did not hide it and reported it to his own commander.

For Cao Chong, this imperial army named Yulinwei made him appreciate the depth of the imperial military strength.

With such a strong army, why worry about the banditry?

This made Cao Chong think.

If he had mediocre skills in the past, Cao Chong would have been content to be a wine shop owner.

But now that he has an encounter with the immortal family, he naturally has to fight for it.

Cao Chong told his wife about this idea and immediately got support.

Cao's Tavern.

Wang Wu was drinking with Cao Chong.

The two hit it off right away and had a very good relationship.

Cao Chong was a few years older than Wang Wu, so Wang Wu called him "big brother".

Seeing Wang Wu's straightforward personality, Cao Chong did not hide his intention to join the army.

Wang Wu was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Brother, you have such good martial arts, it's too embarrassing to stay here and open a tavern. To be honest, I also want to persuade you to join the army!"

According to what Wang Wu said.

With Cao Chong's martial arts and merits, if he joins the Yulin Guard this time, he can directly start as a squad leader.

As for Lin Chen, he also received the system prompt at the first time.

[Sword-wielding ghost Cao Chong joins the army and obtains the power of the stars × 1]

"Hmm?"

Lin Chen raised his eyebrows slightly.

Although the sword-wielding ghost Cao Chong does not have a strong presence in the original Water Margin, his style of doing things can be described as a matter of loyalty.

Of course, for Lin Chen.

The joining of a Water Margin hero at the end is not worth his attention.

Lin Chen no longer thought about it and put his attention back to the intelligence in his hand.

"The prince of Qi... led the army to conquer the Taohua Mountain bandits, not only ended up in defeat, but also the Qingzhou government office was lost?!"

This Qingzhou is the fiefdom of the King of Qi.

If it was at Li Zhao's instruction, he should sit on the wall to watch.

After all, if there is a commotion, it is also the King of Qi who suffers.

But the Qingzhou incident set a bad precedent for the bandits and strong bandits in other parts of Shandong.

At the same time, this incident also exposed the problems of the imperial court and the prefectures. It turned out that the power of the imperial court and the prefectures was so vulnerable.

Although Lin Chen asked Yang Zhi and other military lieutenants to lead an army each to eliminate the emerging bandit forces everywhere.

In addition, Song Jiang used his past reputation in the green forest to recruit some bandit leaders for his own use.

But in the face of the raging bandit chaos, it was like a drop in the bucket.

As the saying goes, the first bird to stick its head out gets shot.

If you want to suppress this momentum, the best way is to kill the group of strong bandits occupying the Qingzhou government office.

"The five strong bandits of Taohua Mountain?"

Lin Chen looked at the names of the five people and couldn't help laughing.

Tiger-fighting general Li Zhong, little tyrant Zhou Tong.

These two were not outstanding in the original book.

Only the remaining three made Lin Chen's eyes narrow slightly.

Yang Chun, Chen Da, and Zhu Wu.

Among the heroes of the Water Margin in the original book, Shaohua Mountain is also a strong force.

However, Lin Chen was only a little surprised why the latter appeared here.

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Let's talk about both ends.

Qingzhou has completely become the territory of Taohua Mountain bandits because the governor ran away.

Therefore, the rich merchants and gentry in the city suffered a disaster.

Fortunately, Zhu Wu knew that if he wanted to become famous, he couldn't do tyrannical things.

So he persuaded Li Zhong to stop his men from robbing the people in the city, stealing, and raping women.

Of course, there were also men who could not control themselves.

All of them were beheaded by Yang Chun to serve as a warning to others.

At the same time.

Zhu Wu suggested that Taohua Mountain had now taken over Qingzhou and seized military equipment, and its strength had greatly increased.

Why not take this opportunity to invite bandits from all over Qingzhou to join?

Zhu Wu made this suggestion out of selfish motives.

He knew that his group had occupied the Qingzhou Prefecture and had become a thorn in the eyes of the court.

Soon, a large army would surely come to encircle and suppress them.

Compared with the court, Taohua Mountain was naturally like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

In this case, more cannon fodder should be pulled to strengthen the momentum.

If the two sides were deadlocked, they might be able to receive the court's appeasement.

Li Zhong did not doubt him.

After all, Zhu Wu's several suggestions had benefited him as the leader of the stronghold and made him famous.

Who in Shandong doesn't know about the tiger-fighting general Li Zhong?

Only Zhu Wu watched coldly, smiling silently.

If the court really wanted to appease him.

How could Li Zhong, the big boss, end up well?

At the very least, the chief culprit must be executed.

As for the three people in Shaohua Mountain, they can benefit from it and make a fortune quietly.

Soon, the bandit leaders from all over Qingzhou received invitations from Li Zhong.

As the leader of the green forest in Qingzhou, Li Zhong's appeal is naturally extraordinary.

Immediately, many bandits came to surrender.

Only Qingfeng Mountain was left untouched for the time being.

Because Qingfeng Mountain also had five or six thousand bandit minions and three leaders.

They were Yan Shun, the golden-haired tiger, Wang Ying, the short-legged tiger, and Zheng Tianshou, the white-faced man.

According to the original book, after the three occupied the mountain as kings, they often robbed houses and killed people cruelly.

This Golden-haired Tiger Yanshun was originally a horse dealer, but he just fell off the grass in Qingfeng Mountain because he lost his capital.

The remaining two leaders are pretty much the same.

Yan Shun was good at taking advantage of people's hearts and drinking wine until his eyes turned red. Wang Ying was greedy and greedy.

In the original book Water Margin, these two people are the ones who most insult the name of a hero.

However, Qingfeng Mountain, where these three people were Luocao, was quite powerful.

Before the blessings from the stars, thousands of minions gathered to plunder the place.

For this reason, Qingzhou specially set up Qingfeng Village and stationed hundreds of soldiers to monitor and guard against the Qingfeng Mountain bandits causing rebellion.

However, as Qingfeng Mountain grew larger, Zhengzhi Village of Qingfeng Village abandoned his official position and fled, leaving Zhizhai Village to confront Qingfeng Mountain.

That deputy Zhizhai is good at shooting and has great martial arts skills.

Even the three leaders of Qingfeng Mountain did not dare to provoke him easily.

"Who does this tiger general Li Zhong mean?"

Wang Ying looked at the letter sent by Li Zhong with disdain.

Blessed by the stars, his martial arts cultivation has reached a first-rate level.

"Brother, second brother, why don't we go to Qingzhou and have a look?" Zheng Tianshou said with cupped hands.

In his opinion, Qingfeng Mountain is still not as good as Qingzhou.

"Hehe, that's what I meant!"

A hint of coldness flashed through Yan Shun's red eyes, and she thought she had something else in mind.

"With the abilities of my three brothers, what's the harm in killing that Li Zhong and seizing Qingzhou?"

"What the elder brother said is true!"

"Go down and tell me to pack up my belongings and prepare to go to Qingzhou!"

for a while.

Bandits of all sizes gathered in Qingzhou.

According to statistics, there were actually 50,000 people!

This number shocked even Qi Wang Chai Rong.

It should be said that Chai Rong originally thought that the bandits were causing trouble, but it was just a small fight.

But looking back now, it's not that simple.

Even when the prince led an army to conquer, he ended up with the defeated army fleeing alone.

Chai Rong originally wanted to mobilize the Qi vassal army for a crusade, but when he heard that the Yulin Guards of the imperial court were coming to Qingzhou, he

He hesitated.

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