After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 881 Here Comes
He also said: "The island where the pirates are stationed has no caves and is far away from the main island, so that people can barely live there. But the island is dominated by reefs, with complex landforms, and no food can be grown, so it has to be transported by land. In the past so many years, the troops stationed Withdrew again and again and again, and the people of Bailie got annoyed."

He Lingchuan nodded.

To put it simply, the management cost of the Yangshan Islands is far greater than the benefits, so its owner, the Lu family, doesn't bother to care about it.

Lu's behavior of buying this archipelago is really a standard textbook subject, fully explaining the truth that if you want to take advantage of a small advantage, you will often suffer a big loss.

He Lingchuan said casually: "Where is the biggest source of evil spirits?"

Lu Xun was taken aback.Why did Commander He ask this?It seems that I can go.

But he has a good temper, and he still replied: "In the southwest of Longji Island, there is a huge sinkhole called Baiyuan. The evil spirits gushing out from there every night are so thick that they can be seen with the naked eye. My ancestors went up to this island. However, I didn’t stay for too long. Two of the accompanying attendants died.”

He Lingchuan wrote it down carefully.

Lu Xun took out the water bag to drink some water, and brought the topic back: "Then, isn't Takikawa's interior now a mess?"

Some of the water bandits were recruited, and some refused to surrender and made trouble. Do they have to fight a few internally first?
He Lingchuan smiled: "Who said no?"

The leaders of Qianjinzhai and Qiuhua Gang went back to discuss with the gang members repeatedly, and still accepted the conditions He Lingchuan offered them.After all, Yuheng City still gathers troops, maintains a strong suppression of the Takigawa trade route, high-frequency patrols, and even the Jinyu Kingdom in the east, which is constantly provoking troubles, likes to ignore it.

The business scope of the gangsters is constantly shrinking, and their income is also declining day by day. It is no longer a costless business.

And the conditions He Lingchuan offered, no matter how they calculated, they would not be at a loss.As a result, the two gangs of gangsters transformed into glorious road tax inspectors and commercial road security guards.

Even did a good job.

He Lingchuan sent two small officials from Yuheng City to check the road tax at each checkpoint to prevent gangsters from raising prices indiscriminately.

When these good-hearted gangsters saw that they could really pocket the money to buy the road, they immediately became motivated and patrolled the road section more actively than the Yuheng City Army.When other gangsters came to attack Qiu Feng, they immediately drove them away without saying a word.

This incident, of course, caused an uproar within Takigawa.

Apart from the Xijiu Puppet Army, the two largest gangs suddenly surrendered. This sudden change in wind direction will inevitably drive other gangs to be excited and vacillating.

Fushan was so angry that he led the puppet army of Xixiang to attack the Qiuhua gang at night.

He lurks in Takigawa but does not annex all the gangs, because he is afraid of oppressing them too much and causing other gangs to surrender directly to Yuheng City.

If there is only one team left in Takigawa, the Xixiang Puppet Army, how can Yuheng City be polite to it?
Now that Qianjinzhai and the Qiuhua Gang are about to surrender, Fu Shanlie has another plan, which is to kill the chickens to scare the monkeys, and let the surrender faction see the fate of the Qiuhua Gang!

Yuhengcheng's move to recruit safety and division is very vicious. If he doesn't do something quickly, he won't have to do anything later.

The battle was extremely fierce, and the Qiuhua Gang was defeated steadily. Fortunately, Qianjinzhai came to help in time.

At dawn, the puppet army of Xixiang retreated, but Xu Zeshou, the leader of the ball flower gang, was seriously injured and died half a day later.

Fu Shanlie killed Xu Zeshou by sniping, killing chickens and monkeys, and threatening all gangsters:
If you dare to surrender to the authorities, you will be killed!
He Lingchuan knew that this fellow was also capable, otherwise the puppet army of Xixiang would not have grown bigger and bigger within a few months, and would have hiddenly fought against Qianjinzhai.Now even the Ball Flower Gang is no match for it, and other small gangs are also silent when they see this.

Using the Takigawa water bandits as pawns, He Lingchuan and Fu Shanlie confronted each other across the air, playing a game quietly.

After Xu Zeshou's death, under He Lingchuan's behest, Qianjinzhai installed Ding Mi, the number two member of the Qiuhua Gang, on the same day, barely stopping the collapse of the Qiuhua Gang, and the two gangs were united.

At the same time, there are also a large number of raw faces mixed into the two gangs, all of them are strong men in their 30s and [-]s, with a powerful face and a different temperament from ordinary gangsters.

The puppet army of Xixiang quickly recognized that this was a soldier from Yuheng city in disguise!Among them were even some familiar faces who had fought with them on the business road.

The infiltration of Takigawa by the Yuheng army began in a big way.

Later, the puppet army of Xixiang fought several more battles with Qianjinzhai, but they didn't get any cheap.

A few months ago, even if it was Qianjinzhai, if they dared to lure officers and soldiers into the lair, other gangs would be dissatisfied, or they would join forces to fight; but now, where are there any "other" gangs?
After the Yuheng City Army cracked down and patrolled, the number of small and medium-sized gangs dropped sharply from more than 50 to their early twenties.

This is all right, seven or eight gangsters broke up in a hurry, and the tribes either went to Qianjinzhai or defected to the puppet army of Xijiu, but the choice of most of the gangsters was beyond the expectations of both parties, and they left Taki with their families and mouths Chuan, go ashore and start a new life!
I don't want to choose sides, I'm leaving, I won't play with you.It's always okay, right?

People are nostalgic for their homeland, but people can also escape famine.

Anyway, the Takigawa bandits have been turmoil for so long, and it hasn't stopped until recently.

This is a good thing for Longchuan Commercial Road, because the gangsters in Zhanbian Qianjin Village also accepted Yuheng City's recruitment.On the outside, there are more toll checkpoints on commercial roads and fewer robbers.

Until this time when He Lingchuan greeted Lu Xun and returned north, there were only eleven gangs left in the entire Takikawa gang, and six of them surrendered to Yuheng City.

And the demise and annexation of gangs are still going on simultaneously.

The smaller the number, the greater the natural pressure on the remaining gangsters.This is the case even for the Xixiang Puppet Army.

Of course, the passers-by on the Takigawa Commercial Road did not know how many intrigues and bloody battles there were behind it, but only knew that the commercial road environment was getting better day by day.

After passing another checkpoint, He Lingchuan said to Lu Xun: "From now on, we enter the Qianjinzhai road section." That is, the road section that Qianjinzhai charges and manages.

At the same time, he also ordered the guards behind him: "Be on guard all the way, don't relax!"

Everyone responded in unison, adjusting their weapons and equipment.

Lu Xun was puzzled: "Isn't this Qianjin Village already occupied? Why do you have to step up your guard on this stretch of road?"

"In the past month, the puppet army of Xixiang has been robbing Qianjinzhai's territory." The two are already at war anyway, fighting from Takikawa to the trade route. This section of the road is safe, and if you fail to do your duty, your salary will be deducted. Fu Shanlie also wants to use this to provoke the relationship between Qianjinzhai and the official."

"Fu Shanlie?" Lu Xun was taken aback when he heard the name, "Is it Beja's demon?"

"Mr. Lu recognizes it?" The people of Bailie are quite well-informed. There is still a large country of Mou between Beja and Bailie, but Lu Xun also knows about Beja's rising monster general.

Most people in this world live in isolation, and the villagers in the mountains may never leave the mountain where they were born.

"I've heard that it's a rising star in the past 30 years." Bega has a history of nearly 400 years, and the lifespan of monsters is generally longer than that of ordinary people. With Fu Shanlie's age, he can be regarded as a junior among the monster generals in his country, "Bega There are a lot of talents."

He Lingchuan noticed that while he was speaking praise, his brows were tightly frowned.

……

The road met a river. Due to the recent continuous heavy rain, the river was turbulent and turbid, and the water level was also high.

There is a wooden bridge over the river, about ten feet long, and the bridge deck can accommodate three horses driving side by side, for pedestrians and caravans.

Qianjinzhai originally set up checkpoint charges here.

Road tax is actually also called bridge toll or aisle toll. Officials usually collect fees at such bridges or passes, and they will not be allowed to pass without paying.Otherwise, if you block the road to collect money on the road extending in all directions, others will bypass it when they see it.

However, this river has a very violent temper, and when it got angry, it flooded both sides of the river, and Qianjinzhai had to withdraw the checkpoint to other places.

The caravan ahead had already left, and the guards could still see their backs walking towards the woods.

The formation remained unchanged when crossing the bridge. He Lingchuan and Lu Xun were in the middle of the team, surrounded by front and back.

They went well ahead, but when He Lingchuan and Lu Xun were halfway across the river, there was a sudden change!

In the dense forest on the other side of the river, arrows swished and swished like rain, shooting towards the guards.

Because the arrows were thrown high, the guards still had time to shout "enemy attack"!
He Lingchuan's order is just one word:

Rush!
Cross the bridge first, everything is easy to talk and fight.

The guards immediately sped up their horses and raised their shields, emitting a faint red light from their bodies.

It's a pity that the width of the bridge deck is limited, and horses can't fly over it.

The rain of arrows arrived, but did not cause any major casualties, and the Yuanli on the men and horses could remove a lot of damage.But the main target of the opponent is not them:

But hearing a few earth-shattering bangs, several specially-made arrows exploded, blowing the wooden bridge apart!

More than [-] riders and horses on the bridge suddenly fell into the water.

There was a whistle in the woods, and then dozens of people rushed out; the caravan in front also changed face, turned around and drew their knives and axes, and greeted the guards.

Of the [-] guards led by He Lingchuan, more than [-] rode on the opposite bank, [-] rode in the water, and the rest had not yet reached the bridge.

Before crossing the river and hitting the middle reaches, the invaders are well versed in the advantages of terrain.

"Great Commander!" The wicker who was in charge of the padding had not yet stepped onto the bridge.She rushed to the shore in two steps, and with a crossbow arrow in her lower hand, she shot at He Lingchuan with a whistling sound.

There is a hook rope behind the specially made arrowhead, which was originally used to fly over the eaves and walls, but at this time it becomes a safety rope thrown to the drowning person.

The moment he fell into the water, He Lingchuan grabbed Lu Xun's arm to prevent him from being swept away by the water.

But there was no force on his feet, and he couldn't throw Lu Xun ashore.

The wicker arrow landed precisely, He Lingchuan grabbed hold of it, wrapped the rope around Lu Xun's waist twice, reined in the arrow and shouted: "Pull it up!"

As soon as the wicker is pressed on the crossbow, the spider ropes shot out will be automatically recovered.

This set of machinery is also the result of Panlong City's careful debugging for several generations, and it can withstand the dragging of two or three living people.

In the process of "recycling" Lu Xun, two or three arrows were shot towards Lu Xun from the other side.Those who can be protected by He Lingchuan and go ashore first must be big shots, and they cannot be let go.

(End of this chapter)