Taihua Mountain, Shaohua Mountain, Lingtai Mountain, three mountains in one, this was originally Zhao Yougong's plan to do a good job early, if you can control all the bandits in the three mountains in your hands, it must be a force to be reckoned with, but if you want to completely control the three mountain bandits, it is not so easy, not only to let the bandits know the power of Taihua Mountain, but also not to cause too many casualties, after all, these bandits may become their own people in the future. Therefore, the three mountains are one, and we must take our time, but in order to plunder Jingzhao Mansion and gather a lot of wealth, we can only change the method, because time cannot wait.

After understanding Zhao Yougong's intentions, Niu Gao frowned and leaned back in his chair, what should he do? If you want to loot Jingzhao Mansion, you must not be able to bypass Shaohua Mountain and Lingtai Mountain, of course, you can also take the official road down the mountain, there is no problem when you go, but what about when you come back? If you take the official road again, wouldn't that let the soldiers of Jingzhao Mansion chase after you and beat your ass? Now there are more than 20,000 government soldiers near Jingzhao Mansion, and if you want to fight with so many government soldiers on the Kuang Kuang official road, you will be called a fool. There are more than 2,000 people under his hands, most of them are used to the wilderness in the mountains, so the best way is to flee to the mountains, the east of Jingzhao Mansion is Lishan, and the east of Lishan is Lingtai Mountain, Lishan is barren, and there are a few hunters living in the mountains, but this Lingtai Mountain is different, this is a roadblock.

Since coming to Taihua Mountain, the mountain bandits of all sizes on Taihua Mountain have surrendered and run, and now there are no other forces on Taihua Mountain. As for Shaohua Mountain and Lingtai Mountain, there are also three forces, they are Lingtai Mountain Chi Moran, Guo Jiazhu, Shaohua Mountain Wanxingdong, of which the three mountain forces are the largest in Wanxingdong. This Wan Xingdong was originally the commander of the Fengxiang Mansion, but later he took too many bribes. It makes the boss unhappy. He pulled the people into Shaohua Mountain. Wanxing East is nicknamed invincible. He has a lot of hard work in his hands, and he has never met an opponent in this hundred miles, because he has a group of well-trained government soldiers under his hands, and Wan Xingdong is bold and has a lot of means, and in just a few months, he has brought all the forces of Shaohuashan under his command. By the middle of the second year of Xuanhe, Wan Xingdong's subordinates had gathered more than 4,000 outlaws, and they had become the largest bandit force in Huazhou. It is the governor of Huazhou who has to walk around Shaohua Mountain when he sees it, and its majesty is unmatched for a while.

Wanxingdong's power is too great, originally Niu Gao planned to send people to Shaohua Mountain, first from a few leaders under Wanxingdong, but the plan can't catch up with the changes, and now His Royal Highness wants to occupy Shaohua Mountain as much as possible, then this method is obviously not good. After thinking about it, Niu Gao shouted outside the door, "Biaozi, Biaozi." Where the fuck did you die? ”

After yelling twice, Zheng Biao pushed the door and ran in. Originally, Zheng Biao was also a mighty man, but at this time, he didn't look like a mighty man, with a few straws on his head, his whole body was in tatters, and most importantly, there was a smell of stinky smell. Zheng Biao wanted to take two steps forward, but Niu Gao stretched out his foot and pinched his nose and said angrily, "Just stand there and talk, damn, what's wrong with you, fell into the pit?" ”

Hearing Niu Gao's words, Zheng Biao wanted to cry, because General Niu was really right. This time he originally wanted to lead people to Shaohua Mountain to investigate the situation, but Zheng Biao was also familiar with the investigation, and easily touched several secret posts outside Shaohua Mountain. Now in the middle of winter, there are no shrubs and leaves on the mountain, and in order to prevent being discovered, Zheng Biao can only lie on the ground and crawl forward. In fact, the place was a high slope at that time, and there was a ditch below, and when I went there, I just wanted to see the terrain around Shaohua Mountain Cottage, but when I was probe, my hand slipped, and there was no support point, and the whole person rolled into a small ravine like a gourd. As soon as he entered the ravine, Zheng Biao almost fainted, because the smell in the ditch was so bad that people couldn't open their eyes. After waiting for someone to fish it up, Zheng Biao figured out what was going on, it turned out that the upper reaches of the ravine was a dirt pit, and the bandits usually lasa was all solved in the dirt pit, and even the usual garbage was poured into it, and the river water flowed through the dirt pit, which naturally became what it is now.

Listening to Zheng Biao's narration, Niu Gao's expression was complicated, and Ah Zhu also covered his mouth and snickered, this Zheng Biao was too unlucky.

"Biaozi, you said you were okay, don't talk about it, how is the situation in Shaohua Mountain?"

"Big brother, the situation is almost touched, now Wan Xingdong has a total of five leaders, most of these five people have followed Wan Xingdong for many years, but these four leaders Jia Sigui is worth a try, this person is lustful and greedy for money, and forgets his righteousness when he sees profit, if the eldest brother can promise a lot of profits, I think this guy will definitely fall to us. Also, Wan Xingdong has a private school gentleman by his side, and he seems to often give Wan Xingdong some ideas, so he has to be careful about this teaching. ”

Niu Gao shook his head and said with a helpless smile, "Biaozi, these are useless, you can focus on the protection of Shaohua Mountain." ”

"Huh?" Zheng Biao was shocked and asked a little surprised, "Big brother, listen to what you mean, are you going to attack Shaohua Mountain?" Isn't that inappropriate? His Royal Highness has said that let us take Shaohua Mountain at the lowest cost and take the Sanshan forces for our own use. ”

"What are you staring at, you know, Lao Tzu doesn't know? His Royal Highness just asked the little lady to spread the word, and she must do her best to take Shaohua Mountain and Lingtai Mountain. ”

"This" Zheng Biao scratched his head, he didn't come back to his senses for a long time, and at this moment, there was a knock on the door, "Boss, the third master of Shaohua Mountain is here, saying that he wants to discuss things with you." ”

Pay the knife face? Niu Gao grinned and sneered, before he went to find Wan Xingdong, the person surnamed Wan sent someone to the door first. This knife face, Niu Gao knows, this person's real name is Fu Yong, a Zhenba person, who is good at using a mountain knife, plus he looks very cold, so they all say that he is a knife face, which gives him the nickname of Fu Dao face.

"Lao Tzu didn't go to him, he remembered Lao Tzu first, and when he went to pass the word, he said that I would go over in a while!" Niu Gao stood up, and Azhu also wanted to follow along, but he opened the door, but saw a familiar face.

Looking at the people at the door, Mo said that it was Niu Gao and Zheng Biao, and Ah Zhu also said in surprise, "Your Highness, why are you here?" ”

"Why, this king can't come?" Seeing that Niu Gao and Zheng Biao were about to salute, Zhao Yougong waved his hand and smiled, "Come on, don't make these false things yourself, Boyuan, Biaozi, don't be busy going first, I'll talk to you about something." ”

Zhao Yougong had a look of dust on his face, obviously he came in a hurry, and after entering the door, Zheng Biao reached out and wanted to pour the tea, but he took it back halfway, and Azhu helped pour a glass of water. At the beginning, Zhao Yougong didn't pay attention, and as soon as he sat in the room, he couldn't stand it anymore, "Biaozi, why did you go?" How did it come to be like this? ”

Niu Gao didn't want to listen to Zheng Biao's verbosity anymore, his eyes were glaring, and he didn't have a good breath, "Why are you still stunned, hurry up and rush to Chongchong, change your clothes, Lao Tzu's face has made you lose it." ”

Zheng Biao didn't dare to be upset, scratched his head and ran out obediently, Zhao Yougong was very curious, Niu Gao simply repeated, "Your Highness, let's leave Biaozi alone, you came in person this time, but what happened?" ”

"Well, Cao Runmin handed over the letter last night, saying that in half a month, the forbidden army will escort this year's tax silver to the capital!"

"In previous years, the tax money was generally shipped after the New Year, why is it so urgent this year?" Niu Gao also understood a little why Zhao Yougong was in a hurry, the tax money in Jingzhao Mansion was not a small amount, and it was best to grab it. If you don't hurry up and wait for the forbidden army to arrive at Jingzhao Mansion, it will be a little difficult to do it again.

"It is estimated that it is the cause of the chaos in Jiangnan, Huaixi and other places, our official family is afraid that there will not be enough money to spend, right?" Taking a sip of tea, Zhao Yougong pursed his lips and smiled, that imperial uncle spends money like water on weekdays, how can no matter how big the treasury is, can it withstand him such a toss? In normal times, there may be nothing to do, but now that the people are in turmoil, if you want to suppress bandits, you have to have military salaries, where does military pay come from? What's more, the Zhao official family still has the intention of levying Liao, and it is obviously impossible to donate all the money in the treasury, so they thought of the idea of levying taxes in advance. Come to think of it, this idea was also given by Cai Jing and others, and Zhao Ji has this kind of thought, which is not too mediocre.

"Okay, don't worry about it, Bo Yuan, do you know the meaning of the knife face?"

"I don't know, my subordinates were about to meet him, and I ran into His Highness!" Seeing Zhao Yougong with a smile on his face, Niu Gao couldn't help frowning and asked, "Your Highness, do you know the meaning of Fu Dao's face?" ”

Zhao Yougong nodded and said in a low voice, "If this king is not mistaken, the surname should have come to ask for money, this Taihuashan has robbed so much property, can Wan Xingdong not think about it?" ”

"Asking for money? Why is Your Highness so sure? Wouldn't Wan Xingdong have the intention of annexing my Taihua Mountain? ”

"No, Wan Xingdong can develop so much in just a few years, obviously not a stupid person. This Taihua Mountain is located in the southwest of Huazhou, north of Chaoyi, south of Shangluo, east of Tongguan, can be said to be the gateway of Huazhou, occupy Taihua Mountain, it seems that there are many opportunities to rob money, but once the official army makes up their minds to suppress bandits, it is also Taihua Mountain that bears the brunt. There is Taihua Mountain to guard the gate of Shaohua Mountain, Wan Xingdong is too late to be happy, besides, if he has the heart to annex Taihua Mountain, it will be as early as two years ago, why wait until now? ”

Listening to Zhao Yougong's words, Niu Gao nodded lightly, but he thought less, Taihua Mountain is good, but it is also a place of four battles. If Wan Xingdong wants money, it is really possible, in fact, to put it bluntly, there is nothing strange, usually the underworld also collects protection money, and the same is true when the mountain bandits, the small forces also have to pay protection fees to the big forces, on the one hand, someone helps if something happens, on the other hand, it is not to offend the big forces. Every line has its own rules, and even mountain bandits can't hide from it.

"Hmph, this surnamed Wan really treats us as former bandits and collects protection money? It's not bad if you don't look for him to protect the money, Your Highness, you take a break, and when Niu goes to meet the third child. (To be continued......)