[Datang Shuanglong] Aspiration

Concubine or something, don't you want to be so aboveboard... Facing Ba Fenghan's narrow smile, Kou Zhong's face became hot, and he quickly counterattacked: "Hey, you two escaped an interception because of a private meeting, so why not?" It's enough to be disloyal, and now you are still running on me who is fighting bloody battles, are you still a good brother?"

Ba Fenghan shook his head and said: "Young Master Zhong, you have wronged us. The seven masters of Li Shimin's Tiance Mansion disabled four or five of Ziling and me. Although it is not as good as your achievement of sweeping hundreds of people, it is not bad. gone."

The three of them walked shoulder to shoulder in the wilderness, Xu Ziling also sighed with a smile: "There is no one who is more loyal than me, Young Master Zhong, in fact, I wanted to be free and unrestrained from the early morning, if it wasn't for you... "

"No, Young Master Ling, are you telling the truth? Oh! I know, you want to go to the Jianghu with Lao Ba, you think I'm in the way, right?" Kou Zhong was immediately distracted, and asked excitedly .

Ba Fenghan snorted, pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "Zi Ling and I are close friends, Zhong Shao, do you think everyone is as vulgar as you? Ha, that day I was just talking more with the one in your family. It's just a few words, your expression looks like you want to eat me!"

"I dare not eat you, let Ling eat less, hey!"

"Okay, okay, the more you talk, the more heated it is. Let's talk about business, after we help Zhong Shao and you to grab the territory and stabilize it, it's time for us to part..."

"Young Master Ling!" Kou Zhong almost jumped up and said, "You and Lao Ba have really become 'us', and you plan to abandon me, a good brother since childhood?!"

"You have the nerve to say, how many times have you and Brother Song disliked me before?!" Xu Ziling snorted, then sighed softly: "Good brothers also have their own lives. You like to play hegemony, and I just want to Traveling around the rivers and lakes... In short, even if we are separated by thousands of miles, we are still good brothers."

"Hey, I can't say no to you, you can do whatever you like..." Kou Zhong rolled his eyes and said again: "But Lao Ba wants to snatch away my good brother, shouldn't he give me some betrothal gifts?!"

"If it wasn't for your injuries, my Xuanxuan Sword would never show mercy!" Ba Fenghan's face became stiff.

"Behead your head, you two bully my lonely family..."

Xu Ziling couldn't bear it anymore, "I didn't even see half a copper of the betrothal gift that Second Brother Song gave you to Zhong Shao, how dare you extend your hand to me?!"

"Ha! In other words, Master Ling, you admit that Lao Ba really wants to give a dowry?"

"..."

"Oh! Help! There's a pair of dogs and men trying to kill me..."

Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling and Ba Fenghan hurried on their way laughing and making fun, and arrived in Pengcheng in a happy mood—but the situation here made them unhappy.

Back then, when Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling met Ba Fenghan for the first time, it was at Shi Qingxuan's Xiaohui in Pengcheng.However, now this prosperous and important town is desolate everywhere, and it is still a completely undefended city. Not only is there no banner of any force on the city gate, even half of the guards guarding the gate are missing: Pengcheng is not a small town with no name, on the contrary. Given the strategic location of the Tongji Canal, this situation is unusual.

The three of them entered the city with their original appearances, so they were invited by members of the Pengliang Society to discuss matters. After probing each other, they finally learned about the situation around Pengcheng from the members of the Pengliang Society.

It turns out that this Pengcheng has changed hands several times, and the last owner is Xu Yuanlang—this man is also a small warlord who stirs up trouble in troubled times. He once bowed his head to Wagangzhai when Li Mi's power was at its peak, so he can be stable Guarding more than half of Shandong, life can be regarded as carefree.It's just that good times don't last long, Li Mi was defeated and surrendered by Kou Zhong and Li Shimin successively, Xu Yuanlang's backer naturally disappeared.

As soon as Dou Jiande, who ruled Hebei and had the country name "Xia", saw that Li Mi had collapsed, he immediately sent troops across the river to attack Rencheng, Xu Yuanlang's central base, so Xu Yuanlang had to hastily mobilize the troops of Pengcheng and Liangjun. Going to support, the defense of the two cities was weak. In the end, even the remaining hundreds of defenders slipped back home to farm, so Pengcheng and Liangjun became ownerless cities.

Such a big piece of fat, how could no one care about it?A group of Khitan robbers headed by Brother Ku, and Yu Wenhuaji, who has been depressed and trying to make a comeback, all have their eyes on Peng Liang, and they are all gearing up...

Khitan bandits kill people and steal money almost without blinking an eye. Yu Wenhuaji also has a very bad reputation. Of course, the people of Pengcheng and Liangjun don’t want their hometown to fall into the hands of these people. Some people dragged their children and fled to the countryside , and some people pinned their hopes on the Pengliang Society, hoping to expel the foreign captives and keep their homes.

As for the Pengliang Society, it can be seen from the name that this is a Jianghu gang based in Pengcheng and Liangjun.Speaking of which, when Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling left the Pegasus Ranch, they had a relationship with Ren Meimei, the second leader of the Pengliang Society, during the "rookie adventure" years...

Of course, that is not a good fate. In fact, the martial arts practiced by Ren Meimei will benefit from the technique of harvesting and nourishing, so she took a fancy to Ssangyong, a pair of handsome virgins at first sight. She was almost deprived of her virginity by this "grass picker".

Although those embarrassing past events cannot be mentioned again, they will not hinder the cooperation between Kou Zhong and Peng Lianghui. In fact, the current situation of Pengliang Society is very similar to that of the original Bamboo Flower Gang, and the leader of Pengliang Society is no longer there. Ren Meimei is a female class, although she is the second head of the family, but her reputation is not enough, it is really difficult to support such a large gang; coupled with the chaotic battle between Pengcheng and Liangjun, the people are in constant panic, many disciples in the Pengliang Society are locals, and How can you watch your family members being caught in the flames of war?They wanted to keep Pengcheng and Liangjun from the scourge of war, but they were unable to do so: so they desperately needed a good leader, and such an excellent candidate as Kou Zhong fell from the sky!

With the guarantee of defeating Li Mi, everyone in the Pengliang Society has great hopes for Kou Zhong. They all express their willingness to accept Kou Zhong's leadership. As long as he can lead them to defeat Ku Ge and Yu Wenhuaji, it will be their rebirth. Parents, the soldiers and civilians in Pengcheng and Liangjun will naturally follow Kou Zhongma's lead.

Kou Zhong took on this responsibility without hesitation. Don't look at him who is often foolish in front of people he knows well. Once he gets serious, he becomes a very charismatic and capable leader—he first brought Xu Ziling and Ba Feng together. Han went directly to the lair of the Khitan bandits, beheaded Brother Ku with tyrannical force, and established his unshakable admiration status in the hearts of everyone in the Pengliang Society; then he secretly contacted Dou Jiande, expressing his willingness to "help" copy Xu Yuan Lang's way of retreat will even get rid of the ambitious Yu Wenhua and "by the way" - as a powerful man, how could Dou Jiande not understand the principle of "strangling from a distance and attacking close to him", not to mention that Kou Zhong's troops are small and the threat is not great, of course Dou Jiande Willing to cooperate with it for the time being.

So with Dou Jiande's "friendly" support from food and grass to weapons, Kou Zhong hastily armed the local militia and the sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes, and began the process of raising troops by fighting: As for Yu Wenhua and?Stepping stones!

A series of actions are enough to prove that Kou Zhong is both wise and brave, and finally he completely subdued the members of the Pengliang Society, and became a savior hero in the hearts of Pengcheng and Liangjun people.

Not only that, as Kou Zhong won several battles, beating Yu Wenhuaji to pieces, the nearby cities of Pengcheng and Liangjun also surrendered to him one after another. Xu Yuanlang said, besides swallowing this bitterness, what else could he do?

And Kou Zhong, the overlord who was born out of nowhere, has won the admiration of many talents, such as Tu Shufang, Xuan Yong, the old subordinates of Wagang Zhairang, and they brought many middle-level generals from the old Wagang here. It’s just sending charcoal in the nick of time—but they also have a request: to exchange their allegiance to Kou Zhong in exchange for Kou Zhong saving the life of Zhai Rang’s only descendant, his daughter Zhai Jiao, so that she can live peacefully and happily in this troubled world. live on.

As for why they chose Kou Zhong, this is quite logical: Li Clan was involved in the death of Zhai Rang and recruited Li Mi, Wang Shichong was a perfidious villain, Du Fuwei was a famous underworld leader, Dou Jiande's territory Being far to the north and the Song clan far away in the south may cause Miss Zhai Jiao to be dissatisfied... All in all, Kou Zhong's reputation is good, he is loyal, and he is in urgent need of talents, so the two hit it off.

Of course, Kou Zhong agreed to the requests of these loyal and good men without saying a word. In fact, this is also a manifestation of mutual trust: Zhai Jiao's safety can also be used as one of Kou Zhongyu's methods in turn. , really happy.

"Tsk tsk, you can't play with Ren Meimei, and you can add another Zhai Jiao..." Xu Ziling grabbed Kou Zhong's shoulders, and said with an ambiguous smile, "Would you like me to accompany you to visit Miss Zhai in another courtyard? Where is the charming beauty?"

"Your thoughts are the dirtiest," Kou Zhong waved away Xu Ziling's hand, continued to struggle endlessly on the table full of official documents, and said seriously and with a leader's demeanor: "Ren Meimei is now my capable subordinate, Zhai Jiao and I I haven’t even met her, I’m just responsible for keeping her safe, there’s nothing at all, if you’re too busy, Young Master Ling, just go to Lao Baha and don’t bother me.”

"I'm leaving," Xu Ziling suddenly became serious, and said seriously: "You have just completed your career, and as long as you expand steadily in the future, you will not be in too much danger with your strength. Lao Ba and I plan to leave tomorrow. .”

Kou Zhong raised his head in astonishment, moved his lips, and finally swallowed his full heart back into his stomach, and said with a wry smile: "I have already prepared for it, oh, don't worry, now I am the boss of tens of thousands of people, how can I Maybe you can’t take care of yourself? On the contrary, there are too many hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the rivers and lakes, and there are too many masters, so be careful of capsized boats in the gutter... Also, remember to come back to see me often.” He slightly turned his face away to prevent Xu Ziling from seeing his full face Reluctant.

"Of course," Xu Ziling said with a light smile, "When the day comes, Young Master Zhong, you will become queen, and I will definitely come back to marry you."

"Send it to your mother!" Kou Zhong threw an official document at Xu Ziling, he couldn't laugh or cry.

"My mother is also your mother..." Xu Ziling hid his head and said with a strange smile: "Oh no! Now you and Song Erge are the same mother, I don't dare to talk about it, haha!"

The two started chasing and fighting like before, and Xu Ziling added fuel to the fire: "I plan to go to Jingling first. Some time ago, Second Brother Song defeated Du Fuwei in Jingling, and his name was very famous. Very...but if I told him about your affair with Ren Meimei and Zhai Jiao, it would be strange if he didn't lead the army to detour and attack Pengcheng, hey, the back house is on fire, and the princess is stealing people!"

"Take your old post and get out of Pengcheng, Master Siling!"

After sending away his good brother for a lifetime in a joke, Kou Zhong felt that he didn't seem so melancholy anymore.

After thinking about it, Kou Zhong immediately summoned Xiao Hei and wrote a letter to ask him to take him away: Before Xu Ziling made a small report, he should of course explain the matter of the rotten peach blossoms... Also, Jingling and so on , Pegasus Ranch or something, it seems that the second brother should explain to him about Shang Xiuxun, right? !

On that day, Kou Zhong and his important generals held the first important meeting of the new forces in Pengcheng.

"Master Kou is in full swing now, why don't you also proclaim yourself the emperor and set the country's name, so that you can justifiably expand the territory?" Ren Meimei's beautiful eyes looked at Kou Zhong affectionately, without even blinking.

Kou Zhong has long been used to being seduced by Ren Meimei. In fact, Ren Meimei has the ability to seduce everyone, but she is also a very smart woman, and she will never step on Kou Zhong's bottom line, so he let her go , calmly smiled and said: "Sister Ren's words are of course reasonable, but it should be implemented after we further expand our power. The most urgent task now is to take advantage of Xu Yuanlang and Dou Jiande's entanglement in the north, and Li Clan and Wang Shichong are busy taking over Li Mi's territory." At the same time, we will completely defeat Yu Wenhuaji, annex the nearby unclaimed lands and small forces, and then get more money from Xu Yuanlang, so as to consolidate and expand our territory and influence."

Xuan Yong, who is in charge of government affairs and assisting the military strategy, pondered: "What Kou said is very true. We have three important things to do at the same time. The first is to consolidate the city and establish the foundation; More than a dozen towns and hundreds of villages in the surrounding hundreds of miles are all included in the territory under our jurisdiction; in the end, we will use troops to the surrounding areas, and we can first choose Donghai and Zhongli as the targets of our troops, and formulate an aggressive strategy."

Luo Qifei, the brains of the Pengliang Society, continued: "East China Sea and Zhongli are both highly strategic cities. The former allows us to get access to the sea and trade with coastal cities; the latter is close to the Huai River, providing transportation The foothold of the Southwest Strategy has its own advantages and disadvantages in terms of importance. But in the current situation, it is better to take the East China Sea first and open up the sea route, so that the enemy cannot break our foundation." He paused, and continued: "But I I support Elder Sister Ren's proposal to ask Lord Kou to become emperor. Most of the more than ten cities nearby are controlled by local forces. Lord Kou's prestige, as long as they raise their arms, they will definitely follow suit, so I hope Lord Kou can reconsider this proposal."

All the generals of Wagang agreed with this proposal, and used the example of Zhai to make Wagang gather together in the past to illustrate the importance of being king and emperor, especially now, since Song Que became emperor, Li Yuan, Dou Jiande and even Wang Shichong have successively proclaimed The emperors are the kings of Yue, Tang, Xia, and Zheng—although they are called emperors, but before any one side dominates the world, people in the world are still used to calling them "kings", which is similar to princes fighting for hegemony.

Therefore, since Kou Zhong wanted to share a piece of the pie, but he didn't have a resounding name, he was inferior in terms of momentum.

In fact, Kou Zhong had already made up his mind, the reason why he should not do it at the beginning was nothing more than a devious strategy, at this time when everyone invited him, he took advantage of the situation and said with a smile: "I have a compromise, why don't you become king?" As for being handsome, it not only confirms the status, but also can give people a new impression in this situation where everyone is king, so that it is not so easy to make tit-for-tat and incompatible with the various forces, and it is more flexible to do things. "

Everyone praised him one after another, and someone suggested: "Why don't you call him Dashuai Longtou, this name is quite prestigious!"

Kou Zhong laughed and said: "This name is a bit too domineering, like the head of the squid, so let's call it the Young Marshal. Our army is the Young Marshal Army, and it sounds quite friendly."

Everyone applauded.Kou Zhong said again: "The three urgent tasks proposed by Director Xuan just now are very insightful. Let the big sister Ren be in charge of Gongcheng's solid land. In the Pengliang area, who doesn't know Penglianghui's beautiful second-in-command?"

Even though he had set his title, Kou Zhong didn't want to be too condescending, so he purposely made a teaser, causing everyone to roar with laughter, Ren Meimei was also willing to cooperate, so she gave him a sideways glance, winking and said: "Still so glib."

Kou Zhong smiled and said: "People like me will never change. Power and fame are just fleeting things to me. In this struggle for world hegemony, what I care about is that ordinary people can have peace and happiness." life, and the arduous process of the struggle itself, otherwise what's the point of living in a muddle."

Everyone was in awe when they heard this, and the Young Marshal's army immediately set out to attack the East China Sea, and the name of the Young Marshal soon spread to the desks of all parties.

Song Shidao had just received Kou Zhong's explanation about Rotten Peach Blossom and his rhetorical question, and immediately received the news of Kou Zhong's establishment of the Young Marshal Army. Guard yourself like jade.

Holding the note and reading it several times, Song Shidao was sure that Kou Zhong would be furious after receiving this letter. After secretly laughing for a while, he thoughtfully added the signature "Mrs. Cut down on the storm that the title "husband" brings.

When Shang Xiuxun came to find Song Shidao, he had just released Xiao Hei, with a sincere smile on his face, he was stunned by the beauty, and it took him a while to react, and said a little embarrassedly: "Why don't you, Your Highness?" Staying in the ranch for one more day? The road to Shu is rugged, and it might not be right to drive in the dark."

Song Shidao smiled slightly and said: "Thank you, the owner, for your concern. The Pegasus Ranch has turned the corner, so Shidao is relieved. I haven't seen my elder sister for a long time, and I miss it very much. I can take care of it when I go on the road half a day earlier."

Now that the other side had made up their mind, Shang Xiuxun didn't want to keep him anymore, and immediately sent the elite Vietnamese army away from the ranch, and headed for the Shu road in a mighty way.

To be honest, Shang Xiuxun had always had a good impression of Song Shidao, and this time the other party personally led the army to help the Pegasus Ranch at the most critical moment. Naturally, her heart could not remain untouched... But Shang Xiuxun still kept Song Shidao in the end. The foundation of the Pegasus Ranch is the first priority, and as smart as she is, she can naturally see that Song Shidao has no intentions of her, so it is better for them to maintain the relationship of friends and collaborators.

As for Song Shidao, during the few months of parting from Kou Zhong, he deliberately procrastinated and refused to go back to meet Song Que. If you are proud, don't rush to be ridiculed by the other party: Lu Miaozi is enough to bear that kind of hard work alone. Song Shidao thinks he is very kind, so he specially came to the Pegasus Ranch to help fight the enemy. "Thank you" Lu Miaozi for his "hard work".

More importantly, Song Shidao received the news from Song Zhi. After receiving a letter of unknown content, Song Shidao's whole mental state changed. His attitude towards Song Zhi and other Song clan generals Even more indifferent... Sigh, they have really done their best to let Xie Hui live for so long.

Self-inflicted crimes, you can’t live——Song Shidao rode his horse in the middle army, sneering secretly: Fan Qinghui’s letter is Xie Hui’s death talisman!

Besides, after he solves Xiehui, he can turn around and run on his frightened father, right?