kvmb Chapter 362 Those who obey me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish!
Chapter 362 Those who obey me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish!
At nightfall, Li Changsheng and Yu Rou arrived at the temporary base of the Flying Tiger Battalion.
Deng Zhongzheng is introducing the specific situation of Hukou Pass.
"Commander-in-Chief, according to our inquiries, the commander of Tiger's Mouth Pass is Jin Yuanlang. He was once a brave general under the command of King Zhao, and his combat power has reached the late Earth Level."
"The entire Hukou Pass is guarded by three thousand soldiers. However, only one thousand of them are regular troops under the command of King Zhao."
"There are another two thousand men, all recruited bandits from the nearby hills. They are part of the escort army."
"The leader of this escort army is a former bandit from the Taihang Mountains, named Qiu Jiyong. It's said that he's skilled in wielding a mountain-splitting axe, possesses immense strength, and possesses a combat power level of late Earth Level..."
After listening to Deng Zhong's report, Li Changsheng pondered for a moment and carefully digested this information.
"By the way, what is the relationship between Qiu Jiyong and Jin Yuanlang?"
Du Xiao took over and said, "The relationship is extremely bad!"
"This Jin Yuanlang comes from an aristocratic family, even though it's just a side branch, but he still looks down on Qiu Jiyong who came from a humble background!"
"Qiu Jiyong relied on the fact that his troops were twice as many as Jin Yuanlang's, and his own cultivation strength was not inferior to his."
"Therefore, he also looked down on Jin Yuanlang, thinking that he was simply a bully because of his superior background!"
After hearing Du Xiao's answer, Li Changsheng turned his gaze to Du Dalong again.
"Du Dalong, you've been around the underworld for years, how much do you know about Qiu Jiyong?"
Du Dalong thought for a moment and said, "I know Qiu Jiyong, but I've rarely dealt with him, so I don't know much about him."
"However, I know a few friends who make a living in the Taihang Mountains. I believe they know a lot about it!"
Li Changsheng asked, "Is their village far from here?"
Du Dalong said, "It's not far. The nearest one is just over the mountain in front!"
Li Changsheng looked in the direction of Du Dalong's finger.
"Deng Zhong, Du Xiao, you take your men and wait here first. Dalong and I will go over and take a look!"
Deng Zhong and Du Xiao are both knowledgeable about military affairs, and have followed Li Changsheng for such a long time.
Naturally, they could guess a little about the intentions of their own commander-in-chief.
This is a tactic of sowing discord.
After all, their Flying Tiger Battalion only had three hundred people at most.
However, the defenders of Hukou Pass numbered as many as three thousand people.
Even if they can take over the Tiger's Mouth Pass, the final casualties will surely not be small.
Moreover, with such a big commotion, there is no guarantee that the news will not leak out.
After all, their real target this time was Handan, the capital of Zhao County.
Rather than a small tiger's mouth.
Once Handan gets the news, they will be on guard.
Their plan of a thousand-mile raid would fail.
All efforts and sacrifices will be in vain.
……
After making some simple arrangements, Li Changsheng went to Black Wind Village with Yu Rou and Du Dalong.
Halfway through, Du Dalong also gave a brief introduction to the basic situation of Xifeng Village.
Xifeng Village was originally a village where people made a living by farming and hunting.
Later, due to repeated natural disasters and man-made tragedies, the company could no longer survive, so it began to transform and develop new businesses.
Rob passing merchants!
However, due to the war, the road in Taihang Mountains was extremely rugged and difficult to travel.
As a result, there are fewer and fewer business travelers passing through.
As a last resort, in order to survive, they had to start new businesses.
smuggling!
The profits from smuggling are huge, and multiple forces are involved.
It is naturally impossible to succeed with only Xifeng Village.
To be precise, they are just a link in the entire smuggling chain.
The real manipulator comes from the tiger's mouth.
To be precise, it is Qiu Jiyong.
In addition, recently, Qiu Jiyong and Xifeng Village had a conflict over the distribution of interests.
After listening to Du Dalong's story, Li Changsheng felt that this was a breakthrough and hurriedly asked for specific details.
Du Dalong said, "It seems that Zhao Kun, the son of the Zhao family in Handan, is going to marry Princess Baili."
"Qiu Jiyong wanted to curry favor with the Zhao family and find a backer for himself, so he pocketed all the profits from smuggling this year and gave every penny to Xifeng Village.
Xifeng Village naturally would not agree to this.
After all, this concerns the survival of hundreds of people in their entire village.
But compared to the large number of people, there is also Qiu Jiyong who has an official background.
Their Xifeng Village was too weak, and their fists were not as strong as the others, so they had no choice but to swallow their anger.
When Li Changsheng heard that Zhao Kun was going to marry Princess Baili, his heart skipped a beat.
Yu Rou keenly noticed the change in Li Changsheng's expression and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
Li Changsheng withdrew his thoughts and forced a smile.
"That's fine, let's just start with the conflict between Qiu Jiyong and Xifeng Village!"
……
The leader of Xifeng Village is named Chen Xifeng.
He has known Du Dalong for many years, and when he saw a distinguished guest coming, he went to greet him in person.
After a brief greeting, Chen Xifeng's gaze swept over Li Changsheng and Yu Rou.
Seeing the other party's extraordinary demeanor, he asked curiously: "Brother Du, who are these two..."
Before Du Dalong could respond, Li Changsheng clasped his fists and bowed.
"I'm Li Bai, and this is my brother Bai Yu. We're both friends of Brother Du!"
Upon hearing this, Du Dalong hurriedly agreed.
"Yes, yes, yes, Brother Li and Brother Bai are both my friends, my best friends!"
Chen Xifeng smiled and said, "Since he is Brother Du's friend, then he is naturally also a friend of me, Chen."
"It's so windy outside, my three friends, please come inside!"
Li Changsheng took a closer look at Xifeng Village out of the corner of his eye.
The overall environment is very simple, and there are even cultivated wheat fields.
In the stable not far away, there were only a few skinny horses.
Most of the people inside were pale and thin, just like disaster victims.
Chen Xifeng keenly noticed that Li Changsheng was observing the terrain of their Xifeng Village.
He immediately became wary and asked tentatively, "Brother Li, where are you from? Why did you come to my Xifeng Village for no reason? What are you planning to do?"
After hearing Chen Xifeng's series of questions, Li Changsheng knew that he was suspicious of his identity.
He did not hide this.
Instead, get straight to the point.
"Brother Chen, to be honest, I came here to help you solve your problem!"
"Solving trouble?"
Chen Xifeng was confused and subconsciously looked at Du Dalong.
Du Dalong said, "Brother Chen, this Brother Li is my brother in life and death. I have told him about all the difficult problems you have encountered. He can help you solve them!"
Chen Xifeng was stunned at first, and then his face showed a bit of anger.
"Brother Du, you know Qiu Jiyong's identity and strength, so why are you trying to make fun of me?"
Seeing that Chen Xifeng refused to believe him, Du Dalong couldn't help but get angry.
"Brother Chen, do you think I'm the kind of person who would come all the way here just to make fun of you?"
Chen Xifeng was stunned when he heard this.
He has known Du Dalong for many years and has some understanding of his character.
He is a calm person and will never do anything without a purpose.
Thinking of this, he looked Li Changsheng up and down again.
"Little brother, how are you going to help me solve this problem?"
Li Changsheng said: "It's very simple, solve it from the source, just kill Qiu Jiyong!"
"The dead won't bother you again!"
After hearing Li Changsheng's outrageous words, the little trust he had just developed disappeared in an instant.
"Brother Li, Qiu Jiyong is a late Earth-level Grandmaster. It is said that he is only one step away from breaking through the shackles of life and death and becoming a Heaven-level Grandmaster."
"What's more, he's currently a soldier, and his backer is King Zhao. Putting aside other matters, there are no fewer than three thousand men stationed at Hukou Pass alone."
"If we anger him, he'll flatten Xifeng Village in less than half a day with just one order!"
Li Changsheng still didn't agree and said, "Then let's take Tiger's Mouth Pass as well!"
Chen Xifeng: “???”
At this moment, he seriously doubted whether he had heard it wrong?
The young man in front of me actually made such arrogant remarks, intending to take away the Tiger's Mouth Pass as well?
You know, this is something he wouldn't even dare to think about in his dreams.
Chen Xifeng stepped forward and grabbed Du Dalong, pretending to be angry and asked, "Brother Du, this Brother Li you brought here, is he a liar?"
Du Dalong said, "Brother Chen, I know it's hard for you to believe it right now. But I assure you, if he can say it, he can definitely do it!"
"Otherwise, I'll tear my head off and use it as a chamber pot for you!"
When Chen Xifeng saw Du Dalong coming up and swearing such a cruel oath, he became half-believing and half-doubting again.
"Brother Du, this matter concerns the lives of hundreds of people in Xifeng Village. This is no joke. Unless you can provide convincing evidence to me and my brothers!"
After hearing what Chen Xifeng said, Du Dalong did not answer directly, but turned his gaze to Li Changsheng.
Li Changsheng smiled calmly and asked, "Master Chen, what is your current level of cultivation?"
"My village chief was already a ground-level master five years ago!"
Before Li Changsheng could finish his words, a thug from Xifeng Village answered first.
When he talked about their village chief being a ground-level master, his whole face was filled with pride.
Chen Xifeng was also quite proud of himself for being able to become a local master.
After all, for a country bumpkin like them who came from a humble background, to be able to advance to the rank of Earth-level Grandmaster without the guidance of a famous teacher or powerful training resources, is absolutely a one-in-a-million genius.
Upon hearing this, Li Changsheng smiled disapprovingly.
Seeing the smile on Li Changsheng's face, Chen Xifeng and his brothers all felt humiliated.
"Brother Li, why are you laughing? Are you looking down on me?"
While speaking, Chen Xifeng suddenly used his true energy to fully display his strength as a ground-level master, hoping to put pressure on Li Changsheng.
Upon seeing this, Li Changsheng's body trembled, and his domineering aura leaked out.
Chen Xifeng's momentum was suppressed on the spot.
Before Chen Xifeng could recover from his shock, Li Changsheng smiled indifferently again.
"Master Chen, don't you think I can't kill Qiu Jiyong?"
"How about this, I'll stand here and you can attack me. If you can make me retreat a step, you win!"
Hearing Li Changsheng's outrageous words.
Chen Xifeng couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
"Okay, this is what you said!"
After Chen Xifeng finished speaking, he first used 50% of his strength to attack Li Changsheng.
As a result, Li Changsheng didn't move at all.
Then, he used 80% of his strength.
But the result remains the same!
This shocked Chen Xifeng.
After calming his mind, he began to circulate the internal energy frantically and exerted his full strength.
Like a tiger coming down the mountain, it bared its sharp claws and rushed towards Li Changsheng to bite.
However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't force Li Changsheng to retreat.
Even at close range, it cannot be done.
He felt an invisible air wall three feet away, blocking all his attacks.
This surprising discovery made Chen Xifeng's eyes widen and his face was full of disbelief.
"He looks so young, barely twenty years old. How could he possibly possess such terrifying strength?"
Just when Chen Xifeng was shocked beyond words, a light smile appeared on the corner of Li Changsheng's mouth.
"Master Chen, it's my turn!"
"Retreat!"
Accompanied by Li Changsheng's light shout.
Chen Xifeng suddenly became like a kite with a broken string. His body was completely out of control and he couldn't stop retreating backwards.
Seeing this, several minions wanted to pick up Chen Xifeng.
But they were all knocked to the ground by the powerful recoil force.
Seeing this, the other brothers in the stronghold took it for granted that someone was coming to provoke them, so they all drew their weapons and surrounded this side.
"Everyone, stand down!"
At this moment, Chen Xifeng quickly got up from the ground and ordered his men to leave.
Immediately, he began to look at Li Changsheng seriously again.
"who are you?"
Li Changsheng smiled calmly and said, "It doesn't matter who I am. All you need to know is that I can help you kill Qiu Jiyong and destroy Hukou Pass!"
Chen Xifeng paused for a moment and asked, "We are not related, why are you helping me?"
Li Changsheng shook his head: "Let me clarify first, I'm not helping you, I just want to cooperate with you."
"No matter whether you, Xifeng Village, have a conflict with Qiu Jiyong or not, I will kill him!"
"It's just that with the cooperation of you Xifeng Village, I can save a lot of trouble by killing Qiu Jiyong!"
Chen Xifeng was still confused.
However, now he no longer doubts whether Li Changsheng has the ability to kill Qiu Jiyong?
"Why did you insist on killing Qiu Jiyong? Do you have a grudge against him?"
Li Changsheng shook his head: "There is no grudge or hatred between us. In fact, I have never met Qiu Jiyong before!"
Chen Xifeng asked doubtfully, "Then why did you kill him?"
"Because he's in my way, he deserves to be killed!"
Li Changsheng said this calmly.
It seemed that for him, killing a Taihang bandit with a large army was as easy as crushing an ant.
At the same time, Chen Xifeng also heard an irresistible threat from Li Changsheng's calm words.
To put it simply, it can be summed up in eight words.
Those who follow me will prosper, those who go against me will perish!