Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 117 Dark Clouds of War

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"Report to elder brother, younger brother's acquaintances told younger brother that Deng Long has a large amount of gold, jewelry and food in his possession. Those gold and jewelry should be in Deng Long's room, and the food is in a warehouse in the backyard. There are more than 200 horses!"

Two days ago, after Li Yan made up his plan to outwit Erlong Mountain, he began to consider who would outwit Erlong Mountain.

Chao Gai and his gang can't decide, because they have already met with Deng Long and all the gangsters on Erlong Mountain, and they will definitely not be able to take Erlong Mountain if they come forward, and they may scare the snake.

How about Li Yan and others taking Erlong Mountain?

The combined strength of Li Yan, Chen Liqing, and Hua Rong was no weaker than that of Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi.

Ruan Xiaoqi, Ma Ling, Wang Dingliu, Ling Zhen, and Meng Kang together were determined not to be weaker than Cao Zheng and his guys.

In terms of strength alone, it's not that Li Yan and the others cannot take Erlongshan.

However, Li Yan and the others are not as sure as Cao Zheng and the others in taking Erlong Mountain, because Cao Zheng has an advantage that no one else has - he is from here, and he is familiar with all the gangsters on the mountain.

Xiao Rang, who was cautious, took the initiative to talk about their grievances with Yang Zhi, so that Li Yan knew that Yang Zhi and Cao Zheng had already gone to Liangshanbo.

In addition, Li Yan has always been unwilling to be a hero and put himself in danger.

In addition, this trick can only be used once, if it fails, it will be difficult to remove the Erlong Mountain.

Therefore, Li Yan immediately asked Ma Ling to go back to the mountain to call Lin Chong and others, and brought a battalion of soldiers and horses to make sure that nothing went wrong.

Cao Zheng is not only a good character without any blemishes, he also has many qualities that fierce generals don't have - flexibility of mind.

If Li Yan didn't show up, neither Lu Zhishen's man of great wisdom nor Yang Zhi's man of strategy would be able to win Erlong Mountain. Cao Zheng planned for them but took Erlong Mountain with ease. Definitely a wise and brave person.

Such a great talent, Song Jiang actually asked him to be in charge of slaughtering animals, it is too talented and undervalued.

This time to outwit Erlong Mountain, although Lin Chong, Yang Zhi and others were present, Lin Chong was still Cao Zheng's master, but Li Yan clearly named Cao Zheng to be responsible for this matter. The reason Li Yan gave was that Cao was from this place. Familiar with this place and the people on Erlong Mountain, they can better grasp the overall situation - this is one of the reasons, but it is more because Li Yan is giving Cao Zheng a chance to show himself, and plans to reuse Cao Zheng in the future.

The smart Cao Zheng also saw that Li Yan was optimistic about him, so Cao Zheng was also actively expressing himself, and it was precisely because of this that Cao Zheng not only successfully won Erlong Mountain, but also tried his best to help Shuibo Liangshan win benefits.

Yes.

Cao Zheng deliberately said that there are gold, silver, jewelry, grain and horses on Erlong Mountain.

Cao Zheng's purpose is to help Shuibo Liangshan earn some benefits and go back. After all, it costs a lot of money to move people and horses.

Li Yan scolded Cao Zhengdao directly: "Erlong Mountain belongs to Brother Chao Gai, and the things on the mountain also belong to Brother Chao Gai. You need to worry about it, go down!"

Although he was reprimanded by Li Yan, Cao Zheng was not unhappy at all, on the contrary, he secretly rejoiced—how could a smart person like Cao Zheng fail to understand, Li Yan treats him like this because he treats him as one of his own he?

Chao Gai hurriedly said: "Brother's words are different. I have already owed my brother a huge favor by taking over my brother's Erlongshan. How dare I ask for my brother's gold, jewels, food, and horses? In addition, brothers Gongsun Sheng, Brother Xiao Rang, Brother Jin Dajian, and Brother Yan Ji have joined the group in Liangshan, the brother's water park, and I can no longer keep their gold and jewelry for them, so brothers should take them with them."

Li Yandao: "Old brother, what are you talking about? Old brother only opened here. It is the time when these things are needed. If I take them all, won't it break the loyalty between us brothers?"

Chao Gai insisted: "I, Wu Yong, and Liu Tang still have some gold and jewels in our hands, which are enough to get through this period, brothers, don't refuse any more."

The two declined for a while, seeing that Chao Gai was still insisting, Li Yan said: "Well, I will accept these things for the time being, but you have to accept a batch of salt from me, brother, and I will ask Brother Song Wan to bring some more. Everyone stays here to help you clean up the cottage, brother, and when your cottage is on the right track, you can send them back to Liangshanbo."

Li Yan left behind a group of soldiers and horses to help Chao Gai sit in town. For Chao Gai, who was still on his buttocks, the help was so great that Chao Gai couldn't help but choked up and said, "How can Chao Gai, what can he do? I can get such help from my brother!"

Li Yandao: "Old brother don't say such bad words of loyalty. Brother Gongsun Sheng, Brother Xiao Rang, Brother Jin Dajian, and Brother Lian are all great talents. If the old brother can let them go to the younger brother, the younger brother should thank the older brother."

This is where Li Yan is superior to others. What Li Yan values ​​most is talents, followed by property, and Li Yan has never been stingy to show his characteristics to others.

It is precisely because of this that more and more talents are gathered around Li Yan.

Of course, the reason why Li Yan values ​​people over property is also related to Li Yan's lack of property. If Li Yan wanted nothing like everyone else, he probably wouldn't be so obsessed with chasing talents.

Chao Gai confided in his heart, "Brothers Gongsun Sheng, Xiao Rang, Jin Dajian, and Yan Juan all joined their brothers voluntarily, and they were not sent by Chao Gai. If it was someone else, there would be no place for me to wait. As compensation, not to mention that brother gave me back five hundred soldiers, so brother's good Yanchao Gai must not be taken!"

Li Yandao: "To be honest, this salt is produced by us in Liangshanbo. My brother will sell some of it first. The money I earn will be used for development first. If my brother thinks it is profitable to sell salt, I will use it as a comparison." The price on the market is [-]% lower than the price to supply the old brother, so that the old brother has an extra source of income, so that he will not lose the money to raise soldiers when the business is not doing well. The old brother has never raised soldiers, so he may not know. It costs a lot to eat horse chews, and at most, it is enough to barely survive by doing business in road merchants and travel, and it is impossible to develop."

In fact, this is Li Yan's real purpose - Li Yan plans to develop Chao Gai into a distributor, and let Chao Gai and his gang sell salt for him. Besides, Li Yan also wants to control Chao Gai's gang's financial resources In that case, Chao Gai and his Erlong Mountain would never escape Li Yan's control, and sooner or later they would have to be Li Yan's.

Chao Gai got up immediately and said: "Brother, if you need Chao Gai's place in the future, Chao Gai will go through fire and water without hesitation. If you violate this oath, Chao Gai will have his intestines rotted and die!"

Li Yangang wanted to be polite to Chao Gai, but Han Bolong suddenly rushed into the Juyi hall, and then shouted without hesitation: "Brother, it's too bad, the imperial court is going to send a large army to attack our Liangshanbo!"

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(End of this chapter)