"I'm a nonsense general, I'm just a lackey raised by Xie Ai!"

Xiang Jian, the owner of the wall wall of Hewu, was not very cold, and even felt a little embarrassed: "In previous years, there were thousands of fierce soldiers and wolves running to the four fields. No matter how strong the Jienu was, he could not do anything about me! Since he was deceived by the Southern thief and could have several broken flags, he became a calf and local dog with a rein on his rope, waiting for him to whip and cut his flesh!"

Xiang Jiannian was in his early forties, with a strong body, a thick beard under his forehead, and a weathered and maroon. When he said this, he was sitting in the mat, holding the wine jar with one hand and slapping the table with the other, which made the clay pots and pottery bowls on the table with the other, and there was a strong indignation and annoyance in his expression.

Xiang Jian was not an unknown person in Hebei, especially in Fangtou. Earlier, his uncle Xiang Bing was the leading master of Dawu wall in Hebei, and he lived in Fangtou. In the early years, the Zhao leader Shi Le Nankou fought unsuccessfully and crossed the river northward. It was because he defeated Xiang Bing to obtain his resources and his subordinates began to form a system across Hebei and the northern country.

As Xiang Jian, as Xiang Bing's follower, managed to save his life by chance, but because of this, he could not and dared not to surrender to Shi Zhao. So he led some remaining tribes to wander around Fangtou and plunder and survive. Because of the influence of his father's family, he gradually developed into a strong beam with the size of the font around Fangtou.

It was not that Shi Zhao had no intention of encircling Xiang Jian. Whether it was sending troops directly or mobilizing other bandits to participate in the encirclement and suppression, the real danger was cleverly avoided by Xiang Jian. Over time, Xiang Jian became more and more famous in the Hebei bandit circle, and more powerful men were willing to surrender to him. Even many powerful people in the Jie Kingdom secretly colluded with him, colluding with him to rob the country's goods and goods team, and then shared the spoils.

But the bandits who blocked the road and robbed were not on the table. Xiang Jian also had a passionate ambition to restore his family business. However, as his reputation became more and more prominent, he was even less likely to be recruited, and he was worried that he would be lured to death.

Moreover, if he did not consider the issue of decency, he was quite satisfied with his current situation and was unwilling to impose more restrictions on himself. He even refused to respond to Shi Kan's recruitment earlier.

As the Huainan King's Army went north strongly and even conquered Yecheng in one fell swoop, the situation in Hebei also changed greatly. At first, Xiang Jian was just thinking of taking advantage of the situation, but the tricolor flag order proposed by the Huainan Army's commander Xie Ai still touched him. After all, there was no need to actually pay anything to get the tiger skin of the Huainan Army, which was also a help to him.

Sure enough, after his fierce bandit force, which had a strong relationship with the Huainan Army, not only did not suffer from the embarrassment of the royal army, but instead took advantage of the turmoil to reap the benefits.

People always have to look at each other. When they learned that Xie Ai was the prefect of Ji County, because of the success of his previous cooperation, Xiang Jian also hoped to take advantage of his power. The long-awaited heart that wanted to revive the family business became hot again.

The next thing was natural. Xiang Jian's bandits had more than 2,000, and most of them were bandits skilled in archery and horses.

Although the conditions for obtaining the black flag of the King's Army have become harsh, this is nothing to Xiang Jian. He only took out some of the capture and beheading and successfully obtained a black flag. He even had the spare time to increase his bargaining chips to choose a station like Hekoujian with a superior geographical location.

From a bandit to a strong base, this also means that Xiang Jian has worked hard for half his life and his career has finally improved qualitatively. Although the Huainan King's Army is powerful, it is stationed by a guest army after all, and in many aspects it is not as good as the indigenous people like Xiang Jian who have been with him for many years. With such a strong backer, Xiang Jian's dream of reviving his family business also looks wonderful.

This is true. Xie Ai made a big stroke of his pen to allocate the area around Hekoujian to Xiang Jian as his resident, and even offered to help build a fort as the location of his resident.

Xiang Jian naturally would not refuse such a request. In the past few years, he had suffered from the wind and frost. His subordinates also longed for a place to settle down. But in their own words, it was quite qualified to rob the family and robbery, and it was not his strength to build a wall. Naturally, he would not refuse the assistance provided by the royal army.

Of course, although Mr. Wang provided help, he only had to take care of the specific money and grain consumption in terms of planning and employment. There was no limit on the use of technical workers, and the bandits of Xiang Jian naturally saved a lot of money and grain. They naturally had to be extremely good and beautiful in their first stronghold territory, and they spared no effort.

However, when the dock wall was halfway through construction, Xiang Jian realized that something was wrong. The cost of this dock wall was far beyond his imagination. However, he did not turn back. If he stopped halfway, all the previous consumption would be wasted.

So in the past few months, Xiang Jian gritted his teeth and took out his family's assets, while leading his troops to plunder and finally maintained the construction of the dock wall. Although the cost is high, this fortress is really worth the money, even more than the one he remembered that his uncle Xiang Bing had run in his early years.

Moreover, with this fort station, his subordinates have reached a new level of support for him. Looking at the entire Fangtou, there are not many bandits who can get to his level.

A strong fort built at such a great cost is undoubtedly a waste if it is just a camp for a tribe living. It naturally needs to be equipped with enough production personnel. Even if there is no income from looting, it can at least satisfy daily consumption.

Therefore, plundering the population naturally became the main task of Xiang Jian and his subordinates. Because the cooperation with the Huainan King's Division needed to be maintained, he could only start around Yedi, which was further north.

However, with frequent dispatches, the Jiehu army in Yedi also became prepared, especially because they wanted to capture a large number of Shengkou, Xiang Jian and his bandits' fighting style no longer applicable. They were even caught by the Jiehu cavalry several times. Not only did they get rid of all the gains, but even their subordinates were killed and injured.

After several failures, Xiang Jian also realized that since he had changed his way of establishing one's life, his past methods also needed to be changed. Instead of putting everything into war, it is better to attract the people to take the initiative to vote. Therefore, he also warned his subordinates not to commit more killings, and strive to take a kind attitude to make people vote, and rely on the strong city to develop and grow.

However, Xiang Jian is not the only one bandits around Fangtou, but he is not the only one who relies on the king's army to strengthen himself. With the rise of other dock walls built by the king's army, this advantage is no longer unique to Xiang Jian. If you want to increase your competitiveness, you can only make a fuss about your military.

If Xiang Jian had any dream of winning the world before, then at this moment, he realized that he had indeed embarked on a road of no return. The pony family he had accumulated over the years has become such a fortress. This fortress is the crystallization of his lifelong struggle, and he will rely on it to build achievements in the future.

This fort is not so much a reliance on his part, but rather a cage that traps him here. Since then, the mountains, rivers, and wilderness have been far away, and the only things that have been obtained are these four walls.

"Jie Nucheng is a wolf-like ambition, but all the evils are on his face. But the Southern thief, especially Xie Ai, is peeling off the man's bones and still not giving up!"

Thinking that he had already devoted all his money to this dock wall, he had to add more investment again and again, and Xiang Jian was full of bitterness and had nowhere to talk.

He originally wanted to maintain close contact with the King of Fangtou, but he took advantage of the situation but did not rely on it, but now it is hard to say. He is an eagle in the sky and a chick in the ground. What is the dominance of the land and the separatist side is not something that these robbers can afford!

Even if he gave all his money, he could manage Hewu as majestic as Fangcheng in the East and West? But even these two Fangchengs were attacked by the Huainan King's Army, so when Xiang Jian thought of this, he felt that his future was dull.

After all, it was just my own delusions that moved slightly and walked into this bottomless pit step by step.

"The general is also over-concerned, actually..."

Hearing Xiang Jian's feelings, one of them comforted him, but just said something, she was interrupted by Xiang Jian's slap in the table: "Don't call me general! My ancestors are powerful men. I throw all my money into a false name. It's so stupid that it makes people laugh..."

When everyone heard Xiang Jian's anger, they all bowed their heads and dared not say anything, but they disagree with Xiang Jian's feelings. For most people, they actually have no ambitions. Whether they plunder in the wild or farm in the fields, they are nothing more than seeking a way of survival.

In previous years, no matter how freely a bandit was, it was normal to sleep in the open and not protect the weather. Many people could not even get married until they died. But now, with such a safe wall to shelter, no longer have a place to live, and even the things that I dare not expect from family and career, which I dare not expect in previous years are now within reach.

When your wife and children are on the bed, who will never forget the wandering wandering like a wandering soul in the early years?

At this time, Fangtou officials who had completed the installation and commissioning of the machinery and tools came in.

No matter what Xiang Jian thought, he did not dare to neglect. He stood up to greet him personally, and heard various data from the other dialect and test. Although he felt sorry for the cost, he had to sigh that Huainan machinery was indeed worth the money. With these four powerful killers to defend the dock wall, the safety is undoubtedly more guaranteed.

Moreover, being able to install such powerful machines in the dock wall is also a symbol of identity. Looking at the entire Hebei, powerful city guarding equipment like the Thunder Car Crossbow, except for the East and West Fangcheng, only Xiang Jian's Hewu can afford it. With this advantage, it will definitely be more effective to collect and eat in the future.

Therefore, Xiang Jian also thanked repeatedly, and the Fangtou official was polite and respectfully said to Xiang Jian: "Before leaving, Junhou ordered me to tell General Xiang that if he was not the general and other township chiefs were good at helping him, he would be very slow. Just by this situation, he should not be very careful. But after all, Junhou was able to accept the king's orders and many things were rarely willful, so he could only give a little compensation to the general in other places."

As he said that, he waved his hand to the hall, someone holding a brocade box several feet long, opened it and displayed it to Xiang Jian. It was a split crossbow machine: "Although the thunder crossbow used on the city was extremely powerful, it could only be used as a guard in the city. However, this Yuanrong God Crossbow is not the case. It is simple and portable, with many arrows and amazing shooting power..."

When Xiang Jian heard the official's introduction, his heart began to twitch subconsciously, but when he heard the person telling the vivid story of the powerful use of this magic crossbow, he couldn't help but ask: "I want to ask Mr. Lang, how much is this crossbow cost? How much can the envoy provide for me?"

"This kind of profitable equipment is a military secretary, and even the envoy dares to use it too much. He can only lose a small amount to close people. In the middle of next month, Huainan equipment will be transported to the north, and thirty of the top and bottom can be drawn to provide good friends. The king is also grateful to the general for his sincere help to the king's army, so I told me in advance that the general can be prepared. After all, everyone can't be too favorable to the public."

That was not the first time that the official promoted the armament. Seeing Xiang Jian hesitant, he smiled and said, "Generals are often brought in and out of armor, and they are brave and brave. If they get this powerful weapon again, even if they are occasionally in danger and are surrounded by troops, they can fly and ride lightly and go without restraint!"

"But, but my husband should also know that the loss of my purchase of the thunder car crossbow this time is quite large, and it will be difficult to get any further in the short term... Alas, I naturally know that I am diligent in helping the king's order, and I should also know that I am honest and don't know if I can do it..."

Xiang Jian has indeed been moved, but he is helpless and has a shortage of money, so he is inevitably a little shy and hesitant.

"It would be fine if it was someone else, but since he was General Xiang... In fact, the general was heroic and magnificent, and he was kind and kind. But in my opinion, the general was still too kind. For example, there was no need for the thunder carriage and crossbow, and there were few thieves around Hewu. If the Jie people attacked him in large numbers, there were Fangcheng royal troops to help him get powerful tools and could only be used. It would be too wasteful..."

Xiang Jian was already very distressed, and he couldn't help but feel even more regretful when he heard this, but his attention was soon attracted by the official's words: "Others may be helpless, but General Xiang is strong, and there is no lack of adaptable strategies. The king is about to use troops in Ye recently, and then he may have to do it by pretending to be a good way. If the general can do it, it will be convenient..."

Xiang Jian was shocked when he heard this. Although he didn't know the story of attacking Guo, he also had a lot of appreciation for the dangers of people's hearts. He was worried that the Hewu, which he managed by his coolie, would be planned by others, and he did not dare to open the door to invite thieves to bring Fangtou Qiangjun in on his own initiative.

"This, this, the envoy has called me, so I will naturally follow it. But Hewu is really empty at the moment, I am just worried that I will miss the envoy's plan..."

After hearing this, the official smiled: "The general is worried too much. The king and the king know that the various places are in trouble and will never force the poverty. But Hewu is indeed a key road for the army to enter, and it is not avoided. The king and the king hope that the general can scout outside, flatten the surrounding eyes and ears, and temporarily dump the capital and use it. At that time, the army will easily take the transit and receive the effect of the surprise attack. What is the plan of the king and the king and the king. I know very little about it. If the general has any ideas for help, please go to Fangcheng in the near future to discuss it with the king and the king."

When Xiang Jian heard this, his nervous mood was relieved. He was most worried that Fangtou would bully the weak and directly take away all the foundation he had built. Since there was still discussion, it was obvious that Xie Ai was not a person who was just relying on his strength.

"In fact, there is another secret matter. The Lord and Hou had a deep impression that Hebei had many righteous people, so he used the Three-Color Flag Order to establish a letter as a covenant. He hoped that all Hebei would have a way to serve the king's order. But as for now, although he was as enthusiastic as a general, he was diligent in using the king's affairs, there were also many despicable people to block the atrocities, greatly ruining the justice of the deeds and making the king's wishes wrong. Therefore, the Lord and Hou also planned to use this opportunity to identify evil and eliminate scum."

Xiang Jian was already moved when he heard this. He was feeling that the situation has been too stable recently and there were fewer opportunities to make profits in the chaos. Now it is obvious that Xie Ai is planning to clear the area. It is a good opportunity for him to annex the dissidents and strengthen himself. Naturally, there is no reason to object.

Moreover, he was sure that the Fangtou King Master would not target him, otherwise he would not have sold him the city-guarding weapon such as thunder carriages and crossbows to him before this.
Chapter completed!