Ever since Zhang Yuanyuan became the leader of Jiejia Village, he went even crazier and led his people to rob houses in distant places, and hung up banners to recruit troops. Soon, more than a thousand bandits came to Jiejia Mountain. Within half a year, Jiejia Village was already

With more than 2,000 brothers, his strength became stronger. He often made attacks in the east and west, defeated the officers and soldiers many times, and the officers and soldiers of Sanhe County became distraught when they mentioned the dissolution of the armored village.

At this time, the Jiajia Village was no longer able to deal with the two or three thousand officers and soldiers of Sanhe County. Cheng Yi, the magistrate of Sanhe County, had no choice but to report the banditry to the county governor's office again. The county governor Huo Renhong had no choice but to report the banditry to the military envoy.

Niu Mandi. Niu Mandi has been dissatisfied with Huo Renhong for a long time. He used the topic to play on the topic and said that Huo Renhong and Cheng Yi sent troops to suppress the bandits without authorization, but failed to quell the banditry. On the contrary, they made the bandits more powerful.

Niu Mandi took the opportunity to read a copy of Huo Renhong and Cheng Yi to the emperor. A month later, under the imperial edict, Huo Renhong was dismissed from the post of Luye County Sheriff and Cheng Yi was dismissed from the post of Sanhe County Magistrate. Huo Renhong was charged with wasting money and food for ineffective suppression of bandits.

He was so angry that he vomited blood, returned home and died in depression. Cheng Yi was also so angry that he was half dead, so he returned to his hometown in Jiangnan Road and closed his door to no one for a year.

Since Huo Renhong, the governor of Luye County, resigned, Niu Mandi concurrently served as the governor of Luye County. He also recruited Huo Renhong's former subordinate Hou Jingxian, the captain of Zhiguo School, to his own staff and promoted him to Xiaoqi Lieutenant. It happened to be the last year of Huizong, and Niu Mandi was in Jiannan Road

As his authority grew stronger, he gradually became disloyal. Master Luo Bingshang saw Niu Mandi's thoughts, so he gave Niu Mandi the bad idea of ​​raising bandits to respect themselves.

Niu Mandi deeply believed this, so he sent an envoy to Jiejia Village to bribe Zhang Yuanyuan. No matter how arrogant Zhang Yuanyuan was, he was just a thieves leader after all. Since the master of the strategy envoy gave him an olive branch by granting him an official title and making a wish, why not? Yes.

With the manager acting as a back-up, Zhang Yuanyuan became more courageous and went around lobbying the nearby bandits. Small groups of bandits who refused would be eaten, while large groups would try their best to win over them.

A year later, there were more than 5,000 troops in Jiejia Village. Niu Mandi was surprised and happy, and was afraid that Zhang Yuanyuan would support his troops, so he tried his best to win over Zhang Yuanyuan and secretly named Zhang Yuanyuan a fifth-grade guerrilla general, promising that one day

At the time of the uprising, Zhang Yuanyuan's position was by no means lower than that of General Huaihua of the third rank. Although Zhang Yuanyuan's power in Jiejiashan was strong, he was unwilling to grudge Niu Mandi, who held military and political power, so he accepted Niu Mandi's solicitation, and based on his

Qiao Chongliang's suggestion and Niu Mandi were full of lies and snakes, taking the opportunity to defraud weapons, money and food.

Today, five years later, Jiejia Village has more than 8,000 troops, and its military strength is no weaker than that of Xuantong, Songshan and other counties in Jiannan Province. Local governments in nearby Sanhe and other counties are simply unable to compete with Jiejia Mountain. On the contrary, every year

A certain amount of protection fees must be paid, and the government pays protection fees to the cottage. Only in Jiannan Road under Niu Mandi's rule can such a thing happen.

Since the death of Huizong, Yin Guang came to the throne and did not dare to investigate and deal with local officials in order to achieve a smooth transition. Niu Mandi took this opportunity to develop his own power in Jiannan Road, and first placed his troops in Jianzhou and Songshan counties.

After killing his cronies, he prepared to attack Huzhou, Lianshan, Xuantong and others.

The father of Huzhou County Governor Su Changlin, Su Dingfang, once served as the strategic envoy of Jiannan Road, and the father-in-law of County Governor Su was Qiu Jie, the Duke of Lu State. Niu Mandi could not easily attack Su Changlin directly, so he could only slowly pursue it.

As for Su Changlin himself, his attitude was ambiguous and he wanted to refuse but still wanted to welcome him, so Niu Mandi could only hold a wait-and-see attitude. Although Jiangzhou County Governor Jin Dazhong was disobedient, he was watched by the financial backer behind him.

Song and his confidant Li Ziming were separated from each other.

Calculated in this way, Luye City, Jianzhou, and Songshan are completely in Niu Mandi's hands. Most of Jiangzhou is in his hands. Although the other counties are not in his hands for the time being, take your time. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Then.

After contacting Mr. Yun, the deputy envoy of Liaodong Economic Strategy who was unwilling to be left alone, and then getting on the big ship of King Pingxi, it was only a matter of time before things happened, but he never expected to be intercepted by Tang Jiu Sheng.

That afternoon, more than fifty young men patrolling at the foot of Jiejia Mountain suddenly saw an official ship coming from the direction of Zhangjia Ferry on the Lushui River, flying a big red royal flag. The patrolman was shirtless and had chest hair exposed.

When Shan Zuo saw Wang Qi, he was very surprised. There was only Tang Jiu Sheng in Jiannan Road. Could it be that someone from Prince Wei's Mansion was coming to the stronghold? The frightened Shan Zuo led him to send someone back to report to the stronghold owner.

On the one hand, he urgently took people to the river to check what happened.

When the official ship was about to dock, the patrol leader finally saw clearly that there was a big word "Jiannan" on the king's flag. The patrol leader was confused and couldn't figure out what kind of king this was, so he simply ordered fifty

The rest of the minions strung their bows and arrows, ready to fire their bows and arrows if they disagreed. There was an official in official uniform standing on the bow of the boat, with five or six attendants behind him. The official had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a dark complexion. He was wearing official uniform.

On his breast is a skylark, obviously a fourth-rank official.

The patrol leader stood on the bank of the river, drew his sword and shouted loudly: "Who is coming? Tell me your name quickly, otherwise you will have to shoot!"

A military attache appeared behind the official on the bow of the ship. He was wearing a seventh-grade uniform, holding a sword in his left hand, and shouted loudly: "Don't be rude! This is Mr. Gu Anyuegu, the chief manager of the Jiannan Palace, who is now the special envoy of the Jiannan King."

The King of Jiannan, Lord Niu, has ordered me to come to see you, the leader of Zhangdazhai, please inform me!"

The patrol sergeant was confused when he heard this. He knew that Jiannan Road’s general guide Niu Mandi knew who the king of Jiannan was. The patrol leader shouted: “Who is the king of Jiannan, Niu Wangye?

Please explain it clearly so that I can report it to the leader of Dazhai! Otherwise, don’t blame me for being rude!"

The military attache wearing the uniform of a seventh-grade military attache said loudly: "King Jiannan is my prince Niu Mandi. He recently founded the Jiannan Kingdom and made himself king. The leader of your village was originally a guerrilla general conferred by my prince. Now our Lord Gu

On the order of King Jiannan, I came to enthrone the master of your stronghold and ask him to come quickly to greet the royal envoy!"

When the patrol leader heard what he said, he did not dare to neglect, and immediately sent his subordinates to ride back to report to the leader of the village. At the same time, he welcomed all the officials from the official ship off the ship and "protected" them. It was called protection, but in fact

It's surveillance.

The special envoy of Jiannan Palace, Gu Anyue, didn't mind at all, and had a pleasant conversation with the mountain patrol leader by the river. Half an hour later, Qiao Chongliang, the leader of the second village of Jiejia Mountain, led more than a hundred people on tall horses and ordered people to carry the mountain

The sedan came down the mountain to greet Gu Anyue. When Qiao Chongliang saw Gu Anyue, he was all smiles. He first made a gesture to kneel down and worship, but was stopped by Gu Anyue.

Then Qiao Chongliang bowed again and apologized: "The master of my village is hunting in the back mountain and is not in the village, so he didn't know that the special envoy was coming, so he missed the welcome! Xiao Ke had already sent someone to inform the master of the village, so he had to

Come down to greet us yourself, and I hope that the special envoy will forgive us for being so simple!"

As the saying goes, you can’t hit someone with a smiling face. What’s more, Gu Anyue’s trip is to ask for help from others? Therefore, she is also extremely hospitable.

Angry. Qiao Chongliang asked Gu Anyue to sit on the mountain sedan again, and everyone rushed up the mountain. After walking for more than an hour, they arrived at the stronghold. Zhang Yuanyuan had already greeted the envoy at the gate of the stronghold.

When Zhang Yuanyuan saw Gu Anyue, he quickly stepped forward and bowed to the ground, "Guerrilla general Zhang Yuanyuan, please see the special envoy of Jiannan Palace! The special envoy is here, why didn't you send someone to inform us two days earlier? It would be better for us to do it earlier.

Be prepared and do your best to be a landlord! For such a sudden visit, I had no time to prepare, so I was caught off guard and was a little slow. I hope the special envoy will not take offense!"

Gu Anyue got off the mountain sedan, supported Zhang Yuanyuan with a smile on her face, and said with a laugh: "Oh, Master Zhang Dazhai, oh, no, General Zhang, you're too polite, this incident happened suddenly. So the prince sent me to visit temporarily, I hope not

You’re disturbing General Zhang!”

Zhang Yuanyuan laughed, "What did the special envoy say? Master Gu is an honored guest, and I can't even invite you! Please come quickly, please come quickly! Come in quickly!" Zhang Yuanyuan and Qiao Chongliang warmly welcomed Gu Anyue inside.

In a row, both parties have their own secrets and are hypocritical. It’s so embarrassing.

Gu Anyue followed Zhang Yuanyuan and others into the village while looking around. This armor-breaking village was indeed quite impressive. Zhang Yuanyuan and Qiao Chongliang must have worked hard to run this village. Look at the large and small minions who greeted them on the left and right.

, tall and mighty, small in spirit, lined with swords and guns, and majestic, the army is indeed majestic. At the entrance of the village, there are defensive fortifications such as horses, rolling logs, stone bows and crossbow bunkers.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, we came to a flat place in the mountains. It was a martial arts performance field covering an area of ​​several acres, paved with bluestone slabs. Further ahead was the Zhongyi Hall, the main building of the village, with three floors.

It occupies an area of ​​more than twenty feet and is quite spectacular. A large golden plaque hangs on the one-foot-tall gate with three characters, "Loyalty Hall".

Zhang Yuanyuan let Gu Anyue into the hall on the first floor of Zhongyi Hall. The hall was seven or eight feet deep. There were two rows of small seats on both sides. In the middle was a large tiger-skin chair. There was a large gold plaque hanging above, with five characters written on it: "Holy

Bravery, righteousness, wisdom and benevolence" are the standards for being a robber as mentioned by Robber Zhi.

There were two chairs on the left and right next to the tiger-skin chair, obviously prepared for Gu Anyue and Qiao Chongliang. Zhang Yuanyuan pretended to give way again and invited Gu Anyue to take a seat. Gu Anyue refused with all his strength, "Master Dazhai must not do it, you are a

Lord of the village, you should be sitting on the throne, how can someone from my valley take over the throne?" Zhang Yuanyuan then sat on the tiger-skin chair. Gu Anyue and Qiao Chongliang sat down one on the left and one on the right.

Zhang Yuanyuan then asked with a smile: "Master Gu, I wonder why you came to my village this time?"

Gu Anyue cupped her hands and said: "Gu came here on the order of Lord Jiannan to confer General Zhang as General Huaihua and Marquis of Yujiang. From now on, Yujiang will be General Zhang's fiefdom, and Yujiang is the largest county in Jiannan Kingdom."

, which shows how much King Jiannan attaches great importance to General Zhang! But at this time, Yujiang County is besieged by five thousand rebels from Lianshan County, and General Zhang needs to personally take action to regain the fiefdom!"

After Zhang Yuanyuan heard this, he felt displeased and said to himself, "Aren't you just asking me to be cannon fodder to fight against Lianshan County's troops?" He also said it as if you were giving me a huge advantage, and you were treating me like a fool.

What? Zhang Yuanyuan was so angry that he opened his mouth and said, "Damn it!"
Chapter completed!