Su Peng started the thirteenth day of the war against Xuzhou Qinglong Alliance.

Su Peng's Liangzhou army had invaded the hinterland of Xuzhou and captured six cities.

Cao Zi'ang from Liuzhou also captured three cities.

The entire Qinglong League army in Xuzhou was left with only six cities to resist tenaciously.

However, Su Peng's own losses were also relatively large.

Because Su Peng's Yuncheng Demon Army was a powerful weapon for siege, the leader of the Qinglong Alliance had already given up defending the city when Su Peng captured the third city, but mobilized the army to fight with Su Peng's Liangzhou Army in field battles.

There are several good generals in the Qinglong League, but Su Peng's subordinate Zhu Lie and others are not ordinary people. They are just playing against each other in terms of strategy, and they are difficult to match.

However, Su Peng's territory has two states, both financial and military personnel, which are much higher than Qinglong Alliance. In addition, Qinglong Alliance fights on both sides and lacks military strength, so the place where Xuzhou can move is not large enough. In the end, Su Peng killed more than 40,000 prisoners with a casualty ratio of 2 to 7, and the entire field army was almost wiped out.

In desperation, the Qinglong Alliance could only take the defensive momentum again and defend the city. Su Peng gave the army a little rest and attacked and crushed again. This time, the momentum was unstoppable, breaking three cities in a row, almost forcing the Qinglong Alliance in Xuzhou into a desperate situation.

At this time, the morale of the military within the Qinglong Alliance has also been shaken. Many powerful men in Xuzhou who support the Qinglong Alliance have privately contacted Su Peng's people in order to protect their glory and wealth. Several powerful men have expressed their willingness to cooperate inside and outside to let Su Peng seize the city of the Qinglong Alliance.

Su Peng also had some contact with these people. After all, these powerful people are local snakes who have occupied Xuzhou for generations. With them here, they will be much more control when they acquire new territory.

However, just as everything was going in an orderly manner, a sudden news disrupted Su Peng's pace.

"What? Cao Zi'ang, a poet from Liuzhou, and Chen Taojun were assassinated at the same time? Chen Taojun was stabbed in the abdomen. His life is not long, and Cao Zi'ang is also seriously injured?"

When Su Peng heard about Guo Lei’s report, he was stunned.

"Yes...and the characteristics of the assassin have spread, that assassin..."

When Guo Lei was speaking, he glanced at the A-face B standing behind Su Peng and said to Su Peng: "The people who assassinated Cao Zi'ang and Chen Taojun were wearing white masks. The mask looks like the same as the A-face B under the boss's boss."

"Um?"

When Su Peng heard this, his heart was shocked.

The mask on A and B faces is a special mask made by Su Peng's ninth division uncle Fan Jian, which can control a person's thinking and actions. The people who assassinated Chen Taojun and Cao Zi'ang also wore special masks. Could it be related to Uncle Fan Jian?

"Uncle Fan Jian went to the burial place of the seventh division to sweep the grave, but never came back. Could it be that he encountered something unexpected, was he kidnapped, and was finally threatened to make such a mask?"

Su Peng thought.

But he didn't dare to be completely sure. He asked Guo Lei: "Does those assassins who assassin Cao Zi'ang have any characteristics besides masks?"

"These assassins are very brave and completely ignored death and injuries. According to some news, the assassins seem to be not afraid of injuries, as if they have no pain at all. They are all using their lives to make a living and have no intention of going back alive."

Guo Lei said to Su Peng.

When Su Peng heard Guo Lei say this, he was already 80% sure that the masked man should be the masked puppet created by his uncle Fan Jian.

"Boss, there is another thing. It is very strange in the world recently. It seems that bandits have appeared in many places in the world. Among these bandits, the core members are mysterious people wearing masks. It seems that the bandits in the world are manipulated by a mysterious organization. The characteristic of those masked people is that they don't care about their lives at all and have no pain. Once they take action, they will fight for their lives. Although the number of people is not large in total, they can basically fight against a hundred people, causing a lot of storm in the world."

When Su Peng heard this, he couldn't help but ponder.

When he left Zixia Mountain last time, Fan Jian left Zixia Mountain not long after and went to the burial place of Uncle Seventh Division. It took several months to count. If Uncle Fan Jian was really controlled, then this period would be enough for him to create a batch of masks that control people.

The effect of this mask is really domineering. Su Peng can actually control the votive-level masters with this mask. If someone has a large number of such masks, he will first bring them to a group of people with martial arts, and then accumulate their mask masters like snowballs. It won’t take long to take a snowball to develop more and more, reaching a certain level, reaching a critical value, and almost sweeping the world.

The only constraint is the speed of making masks.

If Uncle Fan Jian is controlled by someone with ulterior motives, it may be a huge threat.

"There are masked puppets in the world... Who is manipulating? People in the Immortal World? True God Cult? Or people from the Demon Cult or some major sect?"

Su Peng thought in his heart.

"Guo Lei, please keep paying attention to this matter. If there is any new information, please notify me as soon as possible!"

Su Peng said to Guo Lei.

Guo Lei nodded, and he said in his heart: "Isn't it the masked bandit created by the boss? The face A and B are obviously the same person as the masked bandit. He thought the boss had a secret force. Now it seems that this is not the case..."

Not to mention Guo Lei walked down with his heart, Su Peng's eyes became a little worried after Guo Lei left. He stood at the door of the conference hall and looked outside the door, not knowing what he was thinking.

The current situation changes are unpredictable. Five days later, the entire Xuzhou pattern has undergone a new change.

Cao Zi'ang from Liuzhou woke up from his serious injury. The first thing he did when he woke up was to order to stop all attacks on the Xuzhou Qinglong League. Instead, he sent a special envoy to Xuzhou to find Meng Qinglong, the leader of the Qinglong League.

One day later, Liuzhou and Xuzhou completely ceased to fight. Not only that, Liuzhou also reopened its trade routes and sold Liuzhou's grain and various resources to Meng Qinglong. The two forces seemed to become enemies of life and death, and suddenly became as close as brothers.

In other words, this is a common hatred of the enemy.

Cao Zi'ang still suspected that he had joined Su Peng. When Su Peng went to visit Cao Zi'ang, the A and B faces he brought left a very deep impression on Cao Zi'ang. The people who assassinated him before were wearing almost the same mask as A and B faces, which made Cao Zi'ang unable to doubt Su Peng.

This is also a natural suspicion. Perhaps Su Peng has too much appetite and not only wants to take Xuzhou, but also aims at Liuzhou. When the Xuzhou battle is about to come to an end, he sent experts to assassinate Cao Zi'ang and took advantage of the civil strife in Liuzhou to directly annex Liuzhou.

With this idea, Cao Zi'ang naturally would not fight with Xuzhou anymore to consume his strength. While attacking Xuzhou Qinglong League supplies, he recruited troops and prepared to defend Su Peng locally in Liuzhou.

After Su Peng annexed two cities of Xuzhou Qinglong League, he slowed down his attack.

Su Peng’s biggest problem now is that his foundation is unstable. Although he has expanded his power to two and a half prefectures, most of the territory of Yuzhou and Xuzhou are recently captured, and a large number of people are needed to consolidate the governance. There are not many people who can truly fight.

However, Su Peng has the demon army in his hands, so it is not impossible to gradually encroach on the world as long as he fights steadily.

It’s not that he cannot break through the four remaining cities in Xuzhou, but that it consumes a lot. Secondly, Su Peng needs time to consolidate his jurisdiction, unify his forces, and recruit soldiers. If he is too strong, it will attract the attention of all the heroes in the world, and secondly, his foundation is too unreliable, which is not a good thing.

So he left behind four cities of the Qinglong League, which was considered a buffer, and he would not fight the Qinglong League for the time being, so that he would not directly encounter Cao Zi'ang's Liuzhou army, but he could take the opportunity to consolidate his territory and recruit soldiers.

Su Peng did not hesitate, and expanded his strength step by step, waiting for the final annihilation of the Qinglong Alliance.

However, what Su Peng didn't know was that a conspiracy against Su Peng, or the Zixia Sect behind him, was slowly unfolding.

Jiaozhou, Linglongshan, the resident of Linglong Sword Sect, has many guests coming today.

These guests are all representatives of famous sects and subordinate forces in the world. If we look at the strength of the participants, this is a sporting event that is no less than a star meeting. However, there are fewer representatives of powerful people participating in this party, and most of them are representatives of major sects.

At this time, representatives from these great sects gathered together, and their eyes were focused on a forty-year-old man in a scholarly costume in the conference venue.

"Wan Xiaosheng, you invited people from all major sects in the world to come here and said that there was a shocking secret to say. What is the secret?"

A deacon elder from the Huashan Sect who was invited said to the scholar.

The scholar, known as Wan Xiaosheng, looked at the people present with his eyes gathered on him, nodded slightly, feeling a little satisfied, he opened the folding fan and said to everyone present: "This time I invite everyone to come, there is a big thing to tell everyone, you are all responsible for the sects in the country. Have you ever heard of the incident of masked bandits?"

"Are the masked bandits? Of course we know this. There is a lot of controversy in the world now. These masked bandits have no pain or feelings. They are dedicated to killing people and assassinating the heads of forces under our control. Many subordinate forces of the sect have been affected."

"Yes, they not only assassinated the heads of our subordinates, but also assassinated people from our sect. Several elders in our Shushan sect have unfortunately died!"
Chapter completed!