There are two mountains around Jiaozhou Bay, Laoshan in the northeast and Wulian Mountain in the southwest. The two mountains are far away from each other through Jiaozhou Bay. Wulian Mountain has a large range, west to south, and Yimeng is the Eastern Taishan. Therefore, it seems reasonable to say that Wulian Mountain is also the remnant of Mount Tai.

Li Yuanzhi and Xie Shuwen bear important missions and take control of Jiaozhou Bay. It seems not difficult. The entire Jiaozhou Bay is only two or three hundred miles in radius, and it is a sparsely populated area.

But it is precisely because of the sparse population that this place has become a paradise for thieves. Needless to say, the direction of Wulian Mountain is behind it. Behind it is a mountainous area that stretches thousands of miles. In that kind of place, if someone tells you that there are no bandits, that guy is definitely a bandit. Therefore, there are not only many bandits in Wulian Mountain, but also very strong. Not only are there indigenous people, but also a large number of strange people, which are veritable thieves' nests.

As for Jiaozhou Bay, it is a good harbor in the future, and now it is a place without much population. Therefore, it has become the old nest of pirates. There are no 100,000 or 80,000 pirates entrenched here. Especially now, the waterway for south-to-north grain transportation has been opened, and the number of ships on the sea has increased many times, which has also prompted the development of pirates on the sea to emerge. Jiaozhou Bay is located in a remote location and the local government does not manage it, so it has become such a spectacular pirate nest.

The rest is Laoshan. Laoshan is not big, with a radius of less than a hundred miles, so there is no decent bandits. Yiren are not optimistic about Laoshan, and there is no strategic depth. When they meet the officials and soldiers of the government, Laoshan is not even easy to fight guerrilla warfare.

However, in the eyes of Li Yuanzhi and Xie Shuwen, Laoshan is a very suitable place. First of all, Laoshan is back to the sea and can directly establish a port at the foot of Laoshan to receive supplies and support from Zhou Tai. In addition, Laoshan's bandits are simple and very easy to annex. Finally, it is naturally Li Yuanzhi's strong combat power, and there is no need to be afraid of a small town with less than 100,000 people around the local government. It is afraid that it is not Li Yuanzhi's opponent when he is in a stunning city.

It is not so much that Li Yuanzhi is worried about the government's encirclement and suppression, so it is better to say that the government should always worry about Li Yuanzhi's attack on the city.

Li Yuanzhi's subordinates plus his personal guards, but there were 9,000 soldiers, and Xie Shuwen's 1,000 troops. Zhou Tai sent them directly from Lelang.

In order to adapt to the local environment, Li Yuanzhi did not use all cavalry configurations, but three thousand cavalry, five thousand heavy crossbow soldiers and two thousand swords and shield soldiers, because they not only want to attack the enemy, but also occupy the territory. They use this kind of complex configuration of cavalry and stance, and are suitable for performing complex tasks in mountainous areas.

After landing from the sea at night, Li Yuanzhi immediately asked the troops to guard and repair on the spot. As soon as the dawn, the cavalry troops that disembarked immediately set off and surrounded and isolated the entire Laoshan mountain area. Then, Li Yuanzhi and Xie Shuwen led the infantry and divided them into several directions, pushing the entire Laoshan area with an unstoppable spirit.

With the small bandits in Laoshan, the biggest bandits are only 500. When they encounter such elite soldiers armed to the teeth, they are basically defeated at once, either surrendering or escaping. However, now the outer periphery of Laoshan has been blocked by light soldiers, and these people are unable to escape in the end.

Next, it was simple. Li Yuanzhi found a well-connected valley to block the five valley entrances here, forming a large mountain village named Laoshan Village. Xie Shuwen came to be the leader and gathered the families and women and children of the thieves captured from various bandit camps. There were also four or five thousand people. In addition to the surrendered bandits, there were almost tens of thousands.

In one day, Laoshan changed color quietly and was unified by Li Yuanzhi and Xie Shuwen. Among them, Xie Shuwen was responsible for internal affairs and led 7,000 infantry soldiers to garrison the mountain village, establishing limited supply and production capacity, and training captured and surrendered bandits, making them militia guarding the mountain village.

Li Yuanzhi was responsible for external leadership, leading three thousand cavalry troops to establish a cavalry reconnaissance network around Laoshan, clearing out the surrounding wild monsters and bandits. Even the pirate port closer to Laoshan was occupied by Li Yuanzhi.

The incident in Laoshan was a bit unexpected. When the surrounding governments and pirates found a powerful force suddenly appeared around them, Li Yuanzhi and Xie Shuwen had already firmly gained a foothold in Laoshan.

Then the well-informed pirates and bandits knew that this was a force of Taiping Road. Now the forces of Taiping Road are in large numbers in the mountains. It is already a fact that everyone knows about the Green Forest Road. In Mount Tai, Taiping Road is very busy. Although there are many bandits who don’t buy Taiping Road’s tent, their thin arms can’t twist their thighs.

The soldiers who have received regular military training in Taiping Road have become the backbone of Taiping Road's military power. With these backbones, how can ordinary bandits be enough? Even like Taishan bandit Zang Ba, they can only avoid their edge for the time being, and are even considering whether to join the vigorous Taiping Road movement.

With the tiger-skin banner of Taiping Road, Xie Shuwen and Li Yuanzhi's behavior was not particularly annoying. As for the local government, they didn't dare to do anything except worrying day and night whether Li Yuanzhi would come to rob. They would not dare to do anything and suppress the bandits? What a joke, what are the large number of bandits going to suppress? Do they use less than 500 master soldiers in this city?

As for reporting to your superiors and the court, isn’t that just making you feel uncomfortable? If your superiors do not have a place to rectify your country, you will have nowhere to say anything. Therefore, as long as the thief does not attack the city, it will be considered as invisible. Anyway, when the city gate is closed, the city will be harmonious.

As for the memorial, please don’t say you can’t whitewash the peace

Although the existence of Laoshan bandits is an indisputable fact, not only the local governments, but also the pirates who have taken root in Jiaozhou Bay, as well as the surrounding bandit gates, can only recognize the existence of this group of Taipingdao thieves, but there are still smart people here, especially strange people.

Among the pirates in Jiaozhou Bay, there are indigenous people and Yiren. However, with the growth of Yiren, the pirate nests that were originally unique indigenous people became the only one in Yiren. However, Yiren has never been united, so the pirates in Jiaozhou Bay were controlled by four or five larger Yiren forces.

Here, there is a pirate gang named Zongheng Qihai, which is a strange force close to Laoshan. In reality, this pirate group is an association of sailing and adventure enthusiasts. In this game with over 50 million players, these people are high-end players

However, they are not guilds for the purpose of hegemony, but guilds for the purpose of marine exploration and maritime trade. It is not wrong to say that they are pirates, but their main business should be armed maritime trade and long-sea adventure.

These people are not short of money in reality, but they don’t throw money in a lot of money, and they lose the fun of the game. Whether they are pirates or sea trade, their ultimate goal is to explore the sea from afar, which is full of accomplishment. Moreover, this game also sets up a large number of adventure copies on the sea to increase the fun of adventure. Therefore, guilds like the Zongheng Seven Seas Guild are not rare, but many people are

Most of the members of the seven seas are members in their thirties, and the time period for playing games is not fixed, but this does not mean that their game level is poor. On the contrary, their game quality is quite high. In addition to hiring Yiren, they spend money to cultivate aboriginal people. Among their pirate group, the highest rank is not Yiren, but an indigenous, the fifth-level naval general Jiang Qin

It's hard to say whether Jiang Qin is the one Jiang Qin, but he is a real fifth-level naval general, this is not fake

"Lao Wang, what do you think?"

The one called Lao Wang is Wang Ben, the boss who traverses the seven seas. This slightly fat black and strong man squinted his eyes and pondered for a while:

"It's hard to say, but I think these people are not simple. First of all, how did they come from? Secondly, I don't know their infantry, but the cavalry is undoubtedly elite. Three thousand elite cavalry are probably also top-ranking people in Taiping Road, but who is the thief in Laoshan Village? The banner is "Xie" and "Li". Who do you know that there are two powerful surnames in Taiping Road?"

A man with a white face and gentle eyes said, "'Xie, Li' are both ordinary surnames, and it is hard to tell whether it is true or not. The news from the Tao is definitely not fake, but Taiping Road is originally of good quality, and it may be a player. Recently, Taiping Road's policy has undergone drastic changes, and it is widely absorbed by players. In Taishan, Taihang, and Runan, the same thing as Laoshan is happening in Laoshan."

"You want to say that Taipingdao is going to make a big effort?"

"It is very likely, but the matter in Laoshan cannot be viewed in isolation. Laoshan is just a small hill. If these Laoshan bandits appeared in Penglai Mountain, I would not be surprised, but in Laoshan..."

"I understand, it's Jiaozhou Bay. They have a crush on Jiaozhou Bay. But, is there a navy on Taiping Road?"

"It's hard to say, maybe it's not the navy of Taiping Road, but Taiping Road needs a harbor to obtain entrances and exits with external trade."

“That for us…”

"If you were to host Taiping Road, how would you treat the large group of pirates in Jiaozhou Bay?"

"Eliminate or recruit"

Lao Wang sighed. It seems that Jiaozhou Bay cannot stay anymore. The problem is that Zongheng Qihai was driven to Jiaozhou Bay by the Jiangdong clan from the estuary of the Yangtze River. Now it is about to be driven away again. For the guilds of sea players, they still lack official identities. There is no foundation on land. These guilds can only exist as chambers of commerce or pirates.

How great would it be if there was a harbor city of your own

"Actually, I have a different idea." The man with glasses has always been less talkative and interrupted.

Lao Wang smiled and said, "You said it."
Chapter completed!