Chapter 326 Growth

You should know that in the Warring States Period and Han Dynasty, Qi had a way to boil the sea to get salt.

In addition, under Chai Rong's careful governance, the strength of Qi Fan was considered to be the best among the kings of different surnames in the world.

Qi Fan had a total of 80,000 soldiers under its rule, who were well-trained and fully equipped with armor.

If Chai Rong recruited more, he might be able to gather a 150,000-strong army.

Of course.

Qi Fan's argument with the court was that the vassal had a total of 40,000 soldiers.

This time, the Qingzhou bandit rebellion gathered more than 50,000 troops.

If Chai Rong wanted to suppress it, he had to summon at least half of the soldiers in the vassal.

As the saying goes, "When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits."

You should know that there is still a large army of the court rushing to Qi Fan with a covetous look.

Chai Rong had naturally heard of the names of Yulin Guard and Lin Chenjia, so he had to act cautiously.

Thinking of this, Chai Rong called his staff.

He planned to meet this Yulin general.

"Interesting."

Lin Chen is currently stationed at a place a hundred miles away from Qingzhou with his army.

He can go straight to Qingzhou along the official road in front, and retreat in the back.

At this moment, he is holding the information about the major bandits in Qingzhou sent back by the Jinyiwei.

Among them, Taohua Mountain is the most powerful, with 30,000 followers.

Then there is Qingfeng Mountain, with about 8,000 followers, who are quite restless after arriving in Qingzhou.

They wantonly annex some small bandit gangs to strengthen their strength.

What surprised Lin Chen was that the Qingzhou bandits gathered, but the King of Qi did not take any action.

Could it be that he thought that so many bandits gathered just to have a meeting and a meal? !

Just as Lin Chen was thinking.

But he heard the guards report that Song Changshi was back.

"Song Jiang?"

Song Jiang was in a hurry, with sweat on his forehead.

These days, he has been running around to recruit bandit forces.

In order to complete the task assigned by Lin Chen, he dared not be careless at all.

However, Song Jiang did recruit a lot of heroes.

Of course, Song Jiang did not forget Lin Chen's advice, and he did not want to do evil and kill innocent people.

Even so, Song Jiang still gained a lot.

Coincidentally, when he returned to Yuncheng to ask his two brothers for help, he encountered a group of bandits.

After understanding, he learned that they were originally bandits in Yinmachuan, with three leaders.

The leader was called Tiemianmu Pei Xuan, who was originally an official of the prefecture. He was upright and refused to compromise.

But he did not expect to find out that the new governor was corrupt, so he was punished and sentenced to exile.

When passing by Yinmachuan, he was rescued by two leaders who had already become bandits.

After learning the name of Tiemianmu, he bowed his head and made him a leader.

The other two leaders of Yinmachuan were called Huoyan Suanni Deng Fei and Yufangan Meng Kang.

Song Jiang was overjoyed when he heard the life stories of the three people.

He immediately revealed his identity.

It has to be said.

The name of Song Jiang, the timely rain, is also well-known in the green forest.

After the three people bowed, Song Jiang slowly revealed his identity and stated that he was now working under the command of General Yulin.

As for Lin Chen, Song Jiang naturally praised him as rare in ancient and modern times, and said bluntly that General Lin would definitely redress his grievances, and soon recruited the Yinmachuan group.

However, the martial arts of the three leaders of the Yinmachuan group were not outstanding in the original book.

Now, with the blessing of the stars, they are only second-rate cultivation.

In addition.

When Song Jiang passed by Duiying Mountain, he also met two young generals.

They said: Xiao Wenhou Lu Fang, Sai Rengui Guo Sheng.

These two were originally good family boys, and they were just not interested in being mountain kings.

They became bandits in Duiying Mountain, and they usually just fought in martial arts.

After Song Jiang reported the name, the two young men who had just left the green forest naturally bowed their heads.

Compared with the three leaders of Yinmachuan, these two are much more powerful and have first-class cultivation.

Speaking of which.

According to the original book, these two are growing talents.

From being able to fight ordinary leaders to a draw, to finally being able to fight with Shi Bao and other fierce generals to a draw, it is quite rare.

So far, after Song Jiang recruited the troops of Yinmachuan and Duiying Mountain, his followers increased to 4,000.

Facing such a large team, Song Jiang felt that his responsibility was heavy and he had to act cautiously, so he hurried back to report.

"Hello, sir."

Song Jiang bowed to Lin Chen.

Looking at the five people who came with Song Jiang to see Lin Chen, they knelt and bowed their heads, looking a little nervous.

This is natural.

After all, they are still bandit leaders, and they are already inferior to the imperial army.

Not to mention in front of this second-rank general, the famous Yulin General.

Lin Chen also learned the names of the heroes Song Jiang recruited.

It is said that this iron-faced Pei Xuan is also a scholar.

"Please stand up."

Pei Xuan heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the gentle tone of the extraordinary general in the military tent.

He was naturally worried about being deceived by Song Jiang.

"Sir, I have fulfilled my mission and now recruit Pei Xuan, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng and other heroes."

Song Jiang briefly introduced the five people.

Lin Chen nodded slightly and his eyes fell on the iron-faced Pei Xuan.

The latter felt Lin Chen's gaze and his body was slightly solemn.

"I heard that Pei Kongmu was framed and just became a bandit?"

Seeing Lin Chen asking about his own affairs, Pei Xuan did not dare to hide it and explained honestly.

Pei Xuan knew that this was a test.

If he passed, he would have the opportunity to wash away the injustice on his body.

After all, if it was not a last resort, how could he, a scholar, be willing to become a bandit?

It's just forced by the situation.

What Pei Xuan didn't expect was.

The difficult problems that I imagined did not appear.

On the contrary, Lin Chen was very relieved for him, and even praised Deng Fei, Meng Kang, Guo Sheng and Lu Fang for being a strong man.

The four of them were dizzy and excited, wishing they could die for Lin Chen.

I have to say that Lin Chen's identity is really easy to use.

A casual compliment is enough to recruit these green forest heroes for your own use.

Suddenly.

Lin Chen changed his tone slightly and said seriously: "Pei Kongmu, I intend to use you and others to do something big now! If it succeeds, it will be a great achievement."

"Please give me your orders, General Lin!"

After all, Guo Sheng and Lu Fang were young people, and they surrendered their orders as soon as their minds got hot.

Pei Xuan had no choice but to respectfully accept the order and wait for Lin Chen to speak.

Lin Chen laughed when he saw this.

He asked Song Jiang to recruit heroes, naturally not to fill the Yulin Guard's strength.

joke.

How could Lin Chen take a liking to these bandits?

It just has another magical effect.

No.

Not long after, the bandits in Qingzhou learned a piece of news.

It is said that a bandit leader named Wang Lun, a scholar in white, came to Qingzhou.

There are seven thousand followers under this man, and there are seven or eight leaders.

As soon as the news came out.

Li Zhong was naturally happy, after all, his family strength had grown again.

On the other hand, Yanshun and the other three people in Qingfeng Mountain felt like they were in trouble.

After all, Qingfengshan's strength is second only to Li Zhong's Taohuashan, and its words have weight.

Now that there is another group of forces that are comparable to Qingfeng Mountain, it will naturally make Yan Shun and the others feel grudge.

As for Zhu Wu, his eyes lit up when he heard this.

He could certainly see the restlessness of the three people at Qingfeng Mountain and Yanshun.

Today another group of big forces joined us.

You can use your strength to check and balance Qingfeng Mountain.

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