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Chapter 192 My brother helps me, the beast soldiers charge

Geng Xuan didn't care what Qi Mingcheng and Fang Jintang were thinking, and immediately called Hong Quan, Cheng Hui, Jiang Hongyi, Wei Wanzong, Qi Kun and others over.

He first briefly informed a few people of the news that Qi Mingcheng had just mentioned.

He did not wait for the excited people to digest the news carefully, and said directly:
"According to the speed at which the enemy is moving, by tomorrow night at the latest, the number of soldiers in their camp will increase to four to five thousand.

You have also seen the effect of the "Horse Control Manual". Although the enemy lost nearly 30% of its Xuanyou Iron Cavalry.

But with these two days, I believe that the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry that originally belonged to Wu Yi and the Xu family of Yuanjing will be unified by him.

The skills of these riders are not bad to begin with. Even if they are lacking in horsemanship and tactical awareness, with this group of genuine Xuanyou Iron Cavalry as their backbone, their combat power is by no means comparable to before.

At that time, from the combat soldiers to the Mysterious Cavalry, to the top combat forces at the marrow refining level, the opponent will have an overwhelming advantage in terms of scale and quality. "

After hearing Geng Xuan's frank statement of his own predicament, everyone was a little dazed.

Geng Xuan directly stated his decision.

"So, I decided to follow the other side's example and recruit soldiers on a large scale in 'Eastern Five' and 'Southern Four'."

"ah?!!"

After hearing this, Hong Quan, Cheng Hui, Jiang Hongyi, Wei Wanzong, Qi Kun and others all showed expressions of horror on their faces.

As people from Yuanzhou, they all knew what "Su Ruiliang"'s decision meant.

The flames of war really broke out without any warning?!
Geng Xuan did not continue to explain the reasoning directly to everyone, nor did he try to convince them one by one and let them accept this proposal calmly.

He just had to make sure that they would obey his orders and not dare to disobey.

Before making any specific arrangements, he asked a question first.

"How well have you mastered the throwing technique that I guided you to comprehend earlier?"

Geng Xuan's gaze swept over everyone one by one.

This morning, Geng Xuan spent about two hours guiding the energy of all the Xuanyou riders.

Among them, Feng Yu, Fang Jintang and Qi Mingcheng, who have been guided twice and have reached the middle stage of marrow refining, have mastered the situation the best.

The level of comprehension of this technique has exceeded 90%.

Even if Geng Xuan no longer guided them, they would be able to comprehend the knowledge on their own in a day or two at most.

Jiang Hongyi, who was in the early stage of marrow refining and had also been guided twice, had achieved about 70% comprehension.

He also did not need Geng Xuan's guidance again to comprehend the truth, but it would take him longer than Feng Yu and others.

Geng Xuan guessed that the situation of other practitioners who did not attend the meeting but were in the early stages of marrow refining should be similar.

Hong Quan, who was also guided twice but only achieved bone refining, and Cheng Hui were in much worse condition.

Hong Quan's comprehension is a little higher, but it is just over half, just over 50%.

Without further guidance, there is a possibility that he can master the technique, but it is not 100% certain and it will take a lot of time.

Cheng Hui's comprehension level is even lower, less than 40%.

Without further guidance, it would be basically impossible for him to master the technique through self-realization. He didn't even know which direction he should go next.

Geng Xuan understood and nodded:
“I’ll guide you again later.

Then... Feng Yu, and Fang Jintang, the two of you will lead the team and select a hundred Xuanyou Iron Cavalry.

In addition to the two of you, we will arrange six more fighters who are in the early stage of marrow refining, half of them are the hall masters of our Giant Bear Gang and temporary gang members.

The rest of the riders will mainly be from our own gang."

Geng Xuan made no secret of his distrust of those temporary gang members.

We must use them and also guard against them.

“Before you set off, I will personally guide each rider.

This way, while you are carrying out your mission, you can also comprehend this throwing skill."

“First, we will recruit soldiers from the remaining three markets in ‘Eastern Five Markets’.

But don’t go there in order, go to Chang’an Market first.”

Chang'an Market is the market closest to the "Southern Four Markets" among the "Eastern Five Markets".

Going west from Chang'an Market and passing Yixianxia, you will reach Kangle Market, one of the "Four Markets of the South".

Having said this, Geng Xuan looked at Cheng Hui and said:

"Send a pigeon message to the Wufang camp right now and have Fan Hongsheng lead the other 500-lifang soldiers to move towards Chang'anji immediately.

After our Xuanyou Iron Cavalry arrives, they will first cooperate with Feng Yu and Fang Jintang in your recruitment matters.

Second, we must cut off the information exchange between Chang'an Ji and the 'Southern Ji' to prevent the news from spreading to the 'Southern Ji' before we have completed the recruitment of the remaining three troops of the 'Eastern Ji'."

Geng Xuan thought for a moment and said:

“When the time comes, I will arrange six dogs to go with you.

Not only do you need to recruit the troops on the ground, you must also take the opportunity to clear out those hiders underground in the market.

Take this opportunity to bring back those that are useful, and kill those that are not useful.

To prevent the market from being harmed by these people after its power is exhausted. "

"..." Upon hearing Geng Xuan's thoughtful arrangement, everyone was speechless.

This is really hard to comment on.

On the one hand, "Su Ruiliang" behaved so brutally and ruthlessly towards those markets, without any reason, and wanted to throw the "essence" of each market into this meat grinder.

On the other hand, he was able to consider the hidden dangers that would arise from the market becoming empty after these forces were withdrawn.

The biggest hidden danger was strangled in the cradle by him.

Seeing that "Su Ruiliang" was so determined, no one tried to say nonsense like "This is not appropriate" or "Why don't we think of other ways".

Fang Jintang even put himself in the role and asked, "How many troops should be recruited from each market?"

"Like Wu Yi and the others, we will also recruit 500 people from each market. The Grand Master and those who are in charge of marrow refining should all be invited to come together.

...Well, we can ask the Grand Master to appoint a marrow refining master to stay and maintain order in the market."

Having said this, Geng Xuan paused and continued:

“Try to be gentle, and explain to them clearly that we are different from Wu Yi and his group.

Wu Yi brought outsiders with him to disrupt the peace.

We organize manpower to resist in order to protect our common home.

There is a fundamental difference in nature, and you can explain it to them in detail.

...It would be best if you can make them understand. If that doesn’t work, try not to kill them directly. Bring them here and I will talk to them in person.”

"..."Fang Jintang.

While feeling speechless, Fang Jintang also felt somewhat conflicted.

On the one hand, he felt that "Su Ruiliang" was shameless, but on the other hand, he felt that what "Su Ruiliang" said made some sense.

In the end, he couldn't even see clearly where he stood.

Finally, he simply threw all these messy thoughts out of his mind and regarded himself as an emotionless task machine.

Suddenly, Fang Jintang felt much more relaxed.

Half an hour later, Feng Yu and Fang Jintang led a hundred Xuanyou cavalrymen out of Qingyuanji and headed south.

At this moment, Fan Hongsheng had already led the remaining 500 Lifang soldiers out of the Wufang camp, and was riding Yuanzhou's fine horses quickly towards Chang'an Market.

The reason why it took so long for the hundred cavalry to be dispatched was because of this.

This was because Geng Xuan personally took care of guiding the energy of these hundred cavalrymen, which took a lot of time.

After Feng Yu and Fang Jintang led the hundred riders away, Geng Xuan did not stop, but continued to use his strength to guide the remaining Xuanyou riders.

Although he was the creator of the "Horse Driving and Throwing Technique", he has now mastered it to perfection.

However, there is no specific secret manual of martial arts techniques in the form of words or pictures.

In the short term, Geng Xuan had no intention of spending time and energy to complete this task.

Firstly, it is not an easy task to express the skill you have created in accurate words so that others can understand it through reading.

The time and energy consumed is not even much less than that of creating this technique.

Secondly, Geng Xuan has a deeper understanding of the value of this technique.

In this way, he will naturally limit its further spread and dissemination.

Now, he teaches others this method by guiding them through the power of force.

Even if others have mastered it, they are in a strange state of "not knowing how it is, nor why it is, and they only know how to use it.

Even if they wanted to leak it, they simply didn't know how to pass it on to others.

To achieve this, they must at least master this technique to the master or even grandmaster level.

However, once you get the hang of this throwing technique, the power is basically fixed.

There are only two ways to increase power. One is to improve your cultivation, and the other is to change to a better mount.

It has little to do with the level of mastery of this technique.

In this case, Geng Xuan deliberately concealed the later levels of realm by guiding his strength.

Under the guidance of his powerful strength, everyone can get started quickly, but even if they have amazing comprehension, they can only reach the great success level at best.

From now on, unless you can learn without a teacher and comprehend the kinetic energy formula, centrifugal force, centripetal force and other things, otherwise, this technique has basically reached its peak.

After Feng Yu and the other hundred riders left, Geng Xuan spent about half an hour guiding the strength of all the Xuanyou riders.

Wei Wanzong, Qi Kun, Chai Ye and other high-ranking officials in the neighborhood also enjoyed this benefit.

After doing all this, Geng Xuan continued to immerse himself in his own practice.

But he did not continue to immerse himself in cultivation immediately.

Every once in a while, Cheng Hui would report the real-time situation of Feng Yu and others to Geng Xuan.

……

late at night.

Huang Er, A Liu and A Qi return from their exploration.

By reading Huang Er's memory, Geng Xuan already knew where each branch tunnel led to.

What he valued most were the two branch tunnels leading to the north.

One of them extends to the northeast of Qingyuanji.

The exit is located in a barren hill about ten miles northeast of Qingyuanji. Due to the poor soil quality around the tunnel, many collapses have occurred.

There is another one that extends to the north of Qingyuanji.

This tunnel is relatively well preserved.

But this time, Huang Er, A Liu and A Qi did not go out of the tunnel to explore outside.

Because just as they quietly reached the exit, they saw a brightly lit and extremely lively camp.

The exit of this tunnel was actually not far to the north of the enemy cavalry camp fifteen miles away.

After discovering this situation, Huang Er immediately led A Liu and A Qi to retreat vigilantly into the depths of the tunnel.

But even though it was only a quick glance, the huge movement in the enemy cavalry camp still let Geng Xuan know that the first batch of soldiers from Wanshunji had arrived.

After seeing Huang Er's exploration results of the various tunnel branches, Geng Xuan patted Huang Er's head with satisfaction, and then rubbed the heads of Ah Liu and Ah Qi who were looking at him eagerly.

While smiling and praising: "Not bad, not bad, you all did a great job."

At this moment, more than twenty groups of red air of varying shades and sizes floated in from afar and sank into Geng Xuan's brow.

[Capture the remaining energy, do you want to refine it? ]

[Capture the remaining energy, do you want to refine it? ]

【…】

Pieces of information emerged in Geng Xuan's mind.

Geng Xuan roughly knew what was going on, so he paused for a moment and decisively chose "yes".

These residual energies are quickly refined by the "Flint Beads" and converted into varying amounts of good fortune points.

About three hours later, Geng Xuan, who was resting, was awakened by Cheng Hui.

He brought "good news".

"Boss, Deputy Boss Feng and his men have sent back a pigeon message, saying that all 500 soldiers from Chang'an have been recruited.

In addition, forty-six hiders were cleared out from underground.

Those powerful fighters at the marrow refining level were kept by Deputy Gang Leader Feng and his men.

The rest of the soldiers were escorted to Qingyuanji by thirty Xuanyou Iron Cavalry and one hundred and fifty Lifang soldiers.

At their speed, they should be able to reach Qingyuanji around noon today.

……

At the time when Deputy Gang Leader Feng sent out the pigeon message, they had already led seventy Xuanyou Iron Cavalry and two hundred Lifang soldiers, as well as the Liansui Master of Chang'an Market, to the remaining two markets in "East Five Markets".

Fan Hongsheng led a group of soldiers from Bailifang to guard the road from Chang'anji to Yixianxia to prevent the news from spreading to the "Southern Four Ji".

This time, Deputy Chief Feng and his men plan to gather all the soldiers from the remaining two markets of East Fifth Market in one fell swoop before arranging for them to return. "

After listening to Cheng Hui's report, Geng Xuan asked, "Did many people die?"

Although he already knew the answer, and even knew it a little better than Cheng Hui, he still asked.

Cheng Hui's smile faded and he nodded.
“Some died, but not many.

...One of the masters in the early stage of marrow refining died, but the chief master of Chang'an Ji did not die, he was just slightly injured.

Deputy Gang Leader Feng stabbed him in the thigh with a spear."

"So, Feng Yu has already mastered the throwing technique?" Geng Xuan said thoughtfully.

"Yes." Cheng Hui said.

Geng Xuan thought for a moment and asked, "If we send a pigeon from here to Kangleji, how long will it take to get there?"

Cheng Hui said: "If nothing unexpected happens, we can arrive in half an hour."

"So fast?" Geng Xuan was a little surprised.

Cheng Hui explained:
“It seems like the distance from here to Kangleji is a bit far, but that’s because we went around the remaining range of Chiwu Mountain.

Carrier pigeons don't fly in a completely straight line in the sky and still have to avoid some dangerous areas, but their distance is still much shorter than ours.

Therefore, it is much faster than Yueluyuan which is at the same distance."

Geng Xuan nodded: "When the remaining two episodes of the 'Eastern Fifth Episode' are finished, notify me again."

"Yes."

Cheng Hui responded and was about to say goodbye and leave, but then he remembered something else and said hurriedly:

"Boss, there is one more thing."

"You said."

"Because pigeon messaging has become more standardized and frequent during this period, we have a better understanding of the real-time situation at Wufang Camp, Liuyunfang, and Kangleji, but the loss of carrier pigeons has also increased.

You initially captured twenty-six pigeons, and later captured three more near Qingyuanji. At the most, we should have had twenty-nine pigeons.

But now, minus the three you handed over to Hu Wen'an, we only have 22 pigeons in use." Cheng Hui said.

"Four have been lost? What do you think caused this?"

Cheng Hui said:
“This place is close to the foothills of Chiwu Mountain, and there are quite a few ferocious birds. I feel that most of the pigeons were captured by the ferocious birds on their way back and forth.

However, the possibility of being intercepted by others cannot be ruled out. "

"If our carrier pigeons are really intercepted, will the information be leaked?" Geng Xuan asked.

Cheng Hui shook his head and said:
"I have followed your suggestion and used digital ciphertext instead of plain text.

Unless the person who intercepts the message knows the original ciphertext, it is impossible to decipher the correct information.

...In a short period of time, outsiders should not be able to decipher it."

Geng Xuan nodded and said:

“Don’t worry about the pigeons, as long as there are enough for current use, it will be fine.

Once I understand the situation here, I will take steps to resolve it."

"Yes."

Cheng Hui said goodbye and left, but Geng Xuan did not rest.

He got up and went to the study, pondered for a moment, then spread out the paper, dipped it in ink, and started writing the letter.

[My dear brother Fan Qi:
It’s a pleasure to meet you…】

……

The eighth day of the lunar month.

morning.

Before the soldiers recruited from Chang'an were about to arrive, Cheng Hui brought the latest news about Feng Yu and others.

They have successfully recruited soldiers from the last two markets in "Dongwuji".

There were a thousand combat soldiers from the two markets, plus nearly a hundred hidden fighters cleared out from underground, and a dozen marrow refining masters from three other markets.

It can be said that even with the "escort" of seventy Xuanyou Iron Cavalry, Feng Yu and Fang Jintang have both successfully mastered the "horse riding and throwing technique". Riding on the back of a Xuanyou horse, their combat power is equivalent to that of a person in the late stage of marrow refining.

This is already beyond the range that Feng Yu and others can safely control.

The reason why they were able to barely suppress the situation was not only because of the powerful strength displayed by Feng Yu and others, but also because the people who were "escorted" were not of one mind.

No one is willing to use their own life to pave the way for others.

——If someone stirs up trouble at this time, causing thousands of people to mutiniate and flee, many people can escape successfully. But those who stir up trouble first, those who stand out first, basically have only one way to go, which is death.

Geng Xuan thought for a moment and said to Cheng Hui:

"Tell Fan Hongsheng not to block the road between Chang'anji and 'South Fourth Ji' anymore, and rush over to meet up with Feng Yu and the others.

...I will personally lead a group to make another trip. If there is any situation here, please contact me as soon as possible. "

According to the recruitment situation of the "Northern Eighth Group", the soldiers of the other six groups will all be in place today.

Since the other party had waited until now and had not made a move, Geng Xuan guessed that the other party must have wanted to wait until all the soldiers were in place before directly attacking with all their strength, concentrating all their strength into one punch and smashing it down hard, instead of constantly using the "add fuel to the fire" tactic and sending troops to Qingyuanji bit by bit.

In that case, it wouldn't matter if he led his team away for a while.

Anyway, even if the other party attacks Qingyuanji now, with the speed of Xuanyou Iron Cavalry, he can immediately return to provide support after receiving the message.

Before setting off with the remaining Xuanyou Iron Cavalry, Geng Xuan handed the letter he had already written to Cheng Hui and said:

“Send it back to Kangleji and have someone deliver it to Grand Master Fan Qi.

To avoid loss, please make two more copies and send them out together.

It is best to use the original, but if the original is lost, a copy will do."

Let’s not talk about the fact that Geng Xuan personally led the team and safely brought all the soldiers from Dongwuji to Qingyuanji.

The letter written by Geng Xuan to "My brother Fan Qi" was delivered to the hands of Cheng Hui and arrived in the hands of Mr. Fan of Kangleji about half an hour later.

Fan Qi glanced at the letter in front of him, then looked at the ordinary-looking messenger in front of him and said calmly:
"I won't read the letter. Just tell me roughly what the content of the letter is."

The messenger hurriedly said, "Master, this is a handwritten letter from the gang leader to you. How can I know what the content of the letter is?"

"You really don't know?" Fan Qi narrowed his eyes and looked at the man.

"I really don't know... Even if I had ten times the courage, I would not dare to read the letter from the gang leader to you privately!" The messenger was terrified.

Fan Qi finally took the letter, but as soon as he removed the wax seal, he felt something was wrong.

"Why is it still hot? ... You sly fellow, did you just put it in before you came in?"

The messenger knelt down and kowtowed, crying out in grievance:
"Master, you misunderstood me. You should have put it on my chest to warm it up."

Fan Qi had no expression on his face, but he cursed in his heart, do the people in the Giant Bear Gang really think they have him in their grasp?

It would be fine if you were the leader of the Giant Bear Gang, but how dare you, a small minion, tease me like this.

I really don't know how to live or die!

Although he cursed in his heart, his fingers had already touched the letter paper, so Fan Qi could only pull the letter out.

The first line he saw when he opened it, the four words "Fan Qi, my brother", made his eyelids twitch wildly and his emotions fluctuated.

But soon, he no longer had the energy to worry about such small details.

Finally, his whole face looked so gloomy that it looked like water was about to drip out.

in the house.

Except for the messenger and Fan Qi.

There were two other people, one of whom was Fan Qi's newly recruited black-robed guard leader Zhu Yi. He was leaning against a huge pillar with his hands in his arms, holding a red-tasseled spear.

I caught a glimpse of Fan Qi staring at the letter in front of him, saying nothing, but his expression became increasingly uglier.

He just yawned out of boredom, and seemed not to care at all about the change in Fan Qi's expression.

On another chair next to Fan Qi, there sat a handsome old man who looked to be in his fifties.

Judging from his facial features alone, he doesn't seem to be that special, but with his temperament and demeanor, and the plain long gown he wears, he has a special charm.

On the low table next to him was a cup of tea, and next to the cup was a sword.

He saw that Fan Qi had been speechless since his eyes fell on the letter, so he picked up the teacup and took a sip, then asked directly:
"Xiao Fan, what exactly is written in this letter?"

Upon hearing this, Fan Qi handed him the letter and said, "Since Uncle Lu is curious, you can take a look at it too."

After the handsome old man glanced at the contents of the letter, he also fell silent.

The hand that was casually placed on the low table, ready to serve tea, trembled uncontrollably several times, and then pressed on the sword.

The content of the letter is not complicated.

First, the cause was explained.

That is, Dong Guan arranged three hundred Xuanyou cavalry to infiltrate the conspiracy, but he, "Su Ruiliang", killed nearly a hundred people.

Now, not only has he joined forces with Wu Yi of Anleji and Xu family of Yuanjing, gathering over a thousand combat soldiers and nearly five hundred Xuanyou Iron Cavalry, he has also ordered Wu Yi to massively recruit soldiers throughout the "Beibaji". The number of combat soldiers has exceeded five thousand.

How could this be directed at just him, Su Ruiliang?
If Qingyuan Market cannot withstand such "ferocity and stubbornness", "the surrounding markets will be reduced to dust under the iron hoof".

As a hero of Yuanzhou, Su Ruiliang could not bear to see such a tragedy and had decided to fight to the death with the other party in Qingyuanji.

However, the power in our hands is really limited, "Fortunately, protecting our homeland is everyone's responsibility."

"Su Ruiliang" shamelessly changed the tone of his writing, saying that he had "persuaded" all five markets in the East to join the fight, with each market providing support of 500 soldiers.

All the strong fighters at the marrow refining level, from the grand hall master to the chief hall master in the early stage of marrow refining, also "understood the righteousness" and went to Qingyuan Gathering to lend a hand.

"Nan Siji" is in the rear area, and the news has not spread yet.

But this does not mean that the "Southern Four Episodes", which enjoy the "safe shelter", can sit back and enjoy the peace and stability that the heroes of the "Eastern Five Episodes" have earned for everyone with their lives.

Then, "Su Ruiliang" continued to write:

"I have always known that Brother Fan has a compassionate heart and cares about the people of the world. He will never have any prejudice against any particular family or group."

This may seem like a nice thing to say at first glance, but if you consider the larger context of Yuanzhou "disarming himself", it is actually the same as accusing him of having "ulterior motives" to his face.

Using this ambiguous remark as a bridge, "Su Ruiliang"'s true intentions were revealed.

Because the situation in Qingyuanji was tense and the enemy's troops were fierce and aggressive, "Su Ruiliang" could not allocate too many manpower to "Nansiji" to recruit soldiers, and could only arrange one hundred Xuanyou Iron Cavalry to come.

Therefore, they asked Fan Qi to come forward and not only complete the conscription work in Kangle Market, but also ask him to do the conscription work in the other three surrounding markets as well.

Such an outrageous request left Fan Qi completely speechless.

He really wanted to point at "Su Ruiliang"'s nose and curse, "Do you think I'm a sucker?"
How dare you make such an outrageous request? How much alcohol did you have to drink to write something like this?

How dare you have someone send it to me!

Fan Qi felt that the fact that he did not beat the messenger in front of him into a pulp with one slap was a testament to his amazing self-control and outstanding family education!

Fan Qi was still there lamenting the absurdity of the world. The handsome old man next to him was silent for a long time, then waved his hand to let the messenger leave.

Only then did he give his own opinion.

"We really have to help with this."

"Boom!"

When Fan Qi heard these words, he felt as if nine heavenly thunders had exploded in his mind.

He stared at the handsome old man with wide eyes, and said incredulously: "Uncle Lu, are you crazy? Did you read the contents of the letter?"

The handsome old man called Uncle Lu shook his head and said:
"Your prejudice against 'Su Ruiliang' has affected your judgment. Think carefully, can you really sit back and watch this happen?"

Their confrontation finally aroused the interest of Zhu Yi, who was standing next to them. He withdrew his bored gaze from the distance and asked:

"What exactly is written in this letter that makes you two so excited?"

The handsome old man stretched out his hand and threw it lightly. The letter in his hand spun through the void and landed steadily in Zhu Yi's outstretched hand.

"Take a look at this, too. Do you think we should agree to Su Ruiliang's request?"

Zhu Yi unfolded the letter and glanced at it, then immediately glared and said:
"What? Dong Guan sent 300 Xuanyou cavalrymen into Yuanzhou? When did this happen? How come we have never heard of it before?"

Having said that, he only glanced at the following content quickly and no longer paid special attention to it, his attention entirely focused on this piece of news.

He held the gun in one hand and stroked his chin with the other, wondering:

"This news can't be made up by 'Su Ruiliang', right?"

Uncle Lu shook his head and said, "The rest of the content in his letter may be nonsense, but this sentence alone should be true."

"Then I don't understand. Why did Dong Guan arrange for the Xuanyou cavalry to enter Yuanzhou at this time and make such a big fuss? What on earth does Dong Guan want to do?
Could it be that after being steady all his life, he is now drifting?
Do you want to have a taste of it before you die, and experience the majesty of a king entering Yuanjing?"

Uncle Lu smiled and shook his head, but said nothing more.

Fan Qi on the side spoke up:

"I guess it might be related to the large-scale sales of medicinal herbs and grains this year."

At this point, he said hatefully: "These beasts!"

But I don’t know who he was scolding as “these beasts”.

Uncle Lu did look calm, and did not echo Fan Qi's sentiments. He turned to look at Zhu Yi and asked:
"How do you think we should respond to the request mentioned at the end of Su Ruiliang's letter?"

Zhu Yi thought for a while, looked at Fan Qi, and said seriously:
"Brother Qi, no matter what Su Ruiliang's real intention is, as long as his goal is to use these people to resist the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry, we should lend him a helping hand."

"You think so too?"

The look of incredible shock was no longer on Fan Qi's face, he just asked in a deep voice.

Zhu Yi nodded and said:
“We are beyond our control in this matter.

What's more, due to the rules, we can't show up in public.

But we can't just sit back and watch the Xuanyou cavalry plunder Yuanzhou and do nothing, can we?

If this is the case, then wouldn't we be a joke? What's the difference between us and those parasites who are currently occupying high positions?
No matter what Su Ruiliang's purpose is, it is a great blessing for us that he can stand up openly at this time!

Think about it, apart from this 'Su Ruiliang', can you expect anyone else to step forward?"

"..."

Fan Qi frowned, and after a while, he said:
“It’s not that I don’t understand this truth, I just feel a little unwilling to accept it.

You should have all noticed that for some reason, this 'Su Ruiliang' has already figured out something.

Now, he is making such an outrageous request to me directly. Isn't this a test?
If we agree to such requests, what will happen in the future?

Wouldn't that mean he would be in your control?"

"What worries me more is that this 'Su Ruiliang' knows more about us than we thought.

And he uses such disgusting methods to take advantage of us little by little.

In the end, will we all serve him, Su Ruiliang, and become his stepping stones? "

After hearing what Fan Qi said, Uncle Lu said nothing. He just picked up the teacup again and drank it slowly.

The other hand, however, always remained on the scabbard.

Zhu Yi thought for a moment and said:
"Brother Qi, I didn't think of what you said just now, but I think that you are thinking about this now, aren't you thinking too much?"

"Hmm? I think too much? Shouldn't I think more?"

"That's not what I meant... It's like we are a group of poor people who are about to starve to death. What we need to consider now is how to fill our stomachs.

As for what happens after we fill our stomachs, we can certainly think about that now.

But we can’t just not fill our stomachs now and continue to be hungry just because we think about the new risks we might face after filling our stomachs.”

Finally, Zhu Yi spread his hands and said:

"We are not far from starving to death now!"

"..." Fan Qi gritted his teeth.

After a long time, the messenger was called back in.

Fan Qi said expressionlessly:

“I agree to your leader’s request.

However, only one hundred Xuanyou Iron Cavalry and my Kangle Group's men are still not enough.

You need to transfer some of the 1,000 soldiers in Yonghefang to me for use."

The messenger said, "I need to go back and ask for instructions, but it shouldn't be a problem... Master, I have one small request."

Fan Qi stared at him without saying anything.

The messenger reached into his bosom and took out a long strip of red cloth, saying, "When the time comes for the Grand Master to take action, please wear this."

Fan Qi looked at the long strip of red cloth with a cute little bear on it and frowned, "What is this?"

The messenger said:

“The gang leader said that no matter what the consequences of this incident are, the responsibility lies with the Giant Bear Gang.

Master Fan and Kang Leji were also coerced by him and had no choice but to do so.

Yonghefang mobilized people overnight and has already made more than 2,000 sticks, which will be delivered later.

Wear this and you will become a temporary member of the Giant Bear Gang, so all the grievances and disputes you create will be borne by the Giant Bear Gang."

Fan Qi stared at the headband in the messenger's hand without saying a word, then suddenly raised his head and looked at him, saying:

"Didn't you say you didn't read the letter?"

The messenger said, "I really didn't read the contents of this letter. Guardian Cheng just sent me another copy."

"..."

Fan Qi's mouth twitched, and he wanted to sneer twice, but in the end he just took the headband from the messenger's hand and said lightly: "You can go now!"

The messenger bowed respectfully, then bowed to Zhu Yi and Lu Shu respectively before leaving the room.

……

The eighth day of the first lunar month, afternoon.

There were 1,500 combat soldiers recruited from three other markets including Chang'an Market, three great hall masters in the middle stage of marrow refining, 16 hall masters in the early stage of marrow refining, and 135 "hidden soldiers" cleared from the underground of the three markets.

There are also Wei Wanzong, Qi Kun, and the soldiers from Wubailifang including Master Chai.

The more than 2,000 people lined up in neat arrays on the parade ground. At Feng Yu's loud command, they almost simultaneously tied blood-red headbands on their foreheads.

The pattern on it shows a yellow, adorable bear cub, located right in the center of the forehead.

【Get 20 points of white luck. 】

A message sounded in Geng Xuan's mind.

At the same time, the twenty points of black luck deposited in the "Flint Pearl" disappeared without a trace.

This means that a new disaster is brewing.

Geng Xuan calmly made the follow-up arrangements.

The soldiers recruited from the other three markets of "Dongwuji" will be disbanded and reorganized with the original soldiers.

Accepted the leadership of Hong Quan, Jiang Hongyi and others.

Wei Wanzong, Qi Kun, Chai Ye and other Wubailifang soldiers will serve as "hunter technical instructors" and move freely in various areas of Qingyuanji.

Not only do they have the right to move freely, they can also make various suggestions on the deployment of Jiang Hongyi, Hong Quan and others, as well as the reform of Qingyuan Collection headed by Qi Mingcheng, and they also have the right to supervise and supervise the war.

When Geng Xuan announced this decision, not only others were very surprised, even Wei Wanzong, Qi Kun and others were very surprised.

I don’t understand why “Su Ruiliang” trusts them so much.

However, if they don't understand, they shouldn't think about it. Faced with such trust, the only thing they can do is to perform well. Each of them brought out the pinnacle of their life's achievements in hunting.

They had completely abandoned the tension of the impending war and devoted themselves to it wholeheartedly, treating it as just another grand autumn hunt.

But this time, they were not hunting "beasts" but "people" instead.

With the deep involvement of more soldiers and hundreds of old hunters from Lifang, the huge millstone of Qingyuanji became more and more hideous.

Geng Xuan, however, was seizing the time and practicing selflessly.

Around dusk, the sun sets in the west.

Geng Xuan stood there quietly, the skin all over his body rising and falling like fine ripples.

After two days of continuous practice, the six skills including "Iron Back Leaning", "Iron Pai Gong", "Meng's Iron Head Gong", and Geng Xuan's own "Iron Crotch Gong", a total of seven skills, were all upgraded to the next level.

After paying a total of 240 points of good luck, all of them were promoted to the Grandmaster level.

With this upgrade, the muscles and skin membranes all over the body vibrated like ripples.

Geng Xuan clearly felt that the level of skin and flesh refining had been raised again.

Geng Xuan was about to ponder it carefully, but the arrival of Feng Yu and Qi Mingcheng forced him to return his attention to reality.

"coming?"

Before this, Geng Xuan had told them that unless the enemy launched a large-scale attack, they should not call him.

The two nodded solemnly.

"Go and have a look."

Geng Xuan followed the two men through the streets that had been transformed beyond all recognition and rushed north to Qingyuanji.

When passing an intersection, they saw a group of people crowded together, excitedly surrounding Hong Quan and Jiang Hongyi, as if they were discussing something.

Among the people who spoke the loudest, Geng Xuan also caught a glimpse of someone who left a deep impression on him.

Su Mingxu.

The stubborn guy who lived a "second life" under his control.

Su Mingxu seemed to have seen Geng Xuan as well, and wanted to run towards him, but was stopped by Hong Quan.

"What are you doing again?"

Although thinking this in his mind, Geng Xuan did not stop. He, Feng Yu and Qi Mingcheng rushed to the tallest stone house nearby.

At this moment, the sky is gradually becoming dark.

Outside Qingyuanji, in the northern wilderness, large groups of black figures were rushing towards Qingyuanji quickly under the "escort" of teams of Xuanyou Iron Cavalry.

There was no relocation of the camp, no steady and cautious advancement.

Thousands of humans with only two legs, driven by the four-legged "iron monster", rushed towards Qingyuanji like a flock of desperate sheep.

With Geng Xuan's sharp eyesight, he could see the distorted and hideous faces of those running wildly.

They were waving swords in their hands, their faces were distorted, and they seemed to be cursing or shouting like crazy.

Their eyes were completely flooded with extreme negative emotions such as hatred, despair, anger, and depression.

It was as if they had transformed into wild beasts dominated by extreme negative emotions.

……

"Dang-dang-dang--"

Loud gongs were struck one after another, starting from the northernmost part of Qingyuanji, by old hunters who were patrolling everywhere.

Soon, the warning sounded throughout Qingyuanji.

Geng Xuan turned his head and looked back. Hong Quan, Jiang Hongyi and the others had already returned to their respective positions. Su Mingxu and the others, with crooked mouths and squinting eyes, were supported by several young men and ran towards the central area of Qingyuanji.

At this moment, the entire Qingyuan Collection came alive.

Geng Xuan looked around and said to Feng Yu and Qi Mingcheng, "You all go and do your work. Don't worry about me."

As he spoke, he slung his longbow over his shoulder, carried a quiver in his hand, and rushed towards another rooftop in the distance.

(End of this chapter)