Su Peng launched the thirteenth day of the war against the Xuzhou Qinglong League.

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

And Cao Ziang of Liuzhou also captured three cities.

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

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

Because Su Peng's Yuncheng Demon Army was really a weapon for attacking the city, the leader of the Blue Dragon Alliance had already given up holding on to the city when Su Peng conquered the third city, but instead mobilized the army to fight with Su Peng's Liangzhou Army in the field.

There are a few good generals in the Blue Dragon League, but Su Peng's subordinate Zhu Lie and others are not ordinary people, and they can fight with the other party in terms of strategy, and the fight is difficult to solve.

However, there are two states under Su Peng's territory, both in terms of financial resources and soldiers, which exceed the Qinglong League by a lot, plus the Qinglong League fights on two fronts, the troops are insufficient, and the place where Xuzhou can be moved is not big enough, and in the end, Su Peng killed and captured more than 40,000 people with a casualty ratio of 2 to 7, and the entire field army was almost wiped out.

In desperation, the Qinglong League could only take a defensive position again and stick to the city, while Su Peng let the army rest a little, and then attacked and crushed again, this time like a bamboo, breaking through three cities in a row, almost forcing the Qinglong League in Xuzhou into a desperate situation.

At this time, the military spirit within the Qinglong League has also been shaken, many Xuzhou support the Qinglong League's heroes, in order to keep their glory and wealth, privately contact Su Peng's people, several Haoqiang have expressed their willingness to cooperate with the outside and let Su Peng take the city of the Qinglong League.

Su Peng also had some contact with these people, after all, these heroes are the head snakes who have occupied Xuzhou for generations, and with them here, it will be easier to control a lot when they get a new territory.

It's just that just when everything was going on in an orderly manner, suddenly a piece of news disrupted Su Peng's pace.

"What? Liuzhou's poet Cao Ziang and military advisor Chen Taojun were assassinated at the same time? Chen Taojun was stabbed in the abdomen. His life is short, and Cao Ziang is also seriously injured? ”

When Su Peng heard the news of Guo Lei's report, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Yes...... And the characteristics of the Assassin also spread, and the Assassin ......"

When Guo Lei spoke, he glanced at the A and B sides standing behind Su Peng, and said to Su Peng: "The people who assassinated Cao Ziang and Chen Taojun were wearing white masks, and the appearance of that mask, according to the information we received, seemed to be exactly the same as the boss's A and B sides. ”

"Huh?"

Su Peng heard this. I couldn't help but feel shocked.

The mask on Face A and Face B is a special mask made by Su Peng's Ninth Uncle Fan Jian, which can control a person's thinking and actions, and the person who assassinated Chen Taojun and Cao Ziang this time also wore a special mask, could it be related to Uncle Fan Jian?

"Uncle Fan Jian went to the burial place of the seventh uncle to sweep the tomb, but he never came back, could it be that something happened to him, he was kidnapped, and finally threatened to make this kind of mask?"

Su Peng thought.

But he's not entirely sure. He asked Guo Lei, "Do those assassins who assassinated Cao Ziang have any characteristics other than masks?" ”

"These Assassins were very brave, completely disregarding casualties, according to some sources. The assassin didn't seem to be afraid of being hurt, as if he didn't feel any pain at all, he was fighting with his life, and he had no intention of returning alive at all. ”

Guo Lei said to Su Peng.

Su Peng heard Guo Lei say this. In my heart, I was already eighty percent sure that the mask man should be the mask puppet concocted by his uncle Fan Jian.

"Boss, one more thing. It's very strange on the rivers and lakes recently, it seems that there are bandits in many places in the world, among these bandits, the core members are some mysterious people with masks, as if the bandits in the world are a mysterious organization in the operation, the characteristics of those mask people are not concerned about life at all, and there is no pain, once they shoot, they are fighting for their lives, although the number of people is not too much, but they can basically be one enemy hundred, and they have set off a lot of turmoil on the rivers and lakes. ”

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

The last time he left Zixia Mountain, it didn't take long for Fan Jian to leave Zixia Mountain and go to the place where the Seventh Master was buried, and it had been a few months, if Uncle Fan Jian was really controlled, then this time was enough for him to create a batch of masks that controlled people.

The effect of this mask is really domineering, Su Peng can actually control the worship level masters with this kind of mask, if someone has a large number of this mask, and then bring it to a group of people with martial arts, and then continue to accumulate the mask masters under him like a snowball, it won't be long before the snowball-like development will snowball more and more, reach a certain level, reach a critical value, and almost sweep the world.

The only restriction is the speed at which masks are made.

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

"Mask puppets have appeared all over the world...... Who exactly is manipulating? People from the fairy world? Cult of the True God? Or is it someone from the Demon Cult or some sect? ”

Su Peng thought in his heart.

"Guo Lei, you keep an eye on this matter, if there is any new information, notify me as soon as possible!"

Su Peng said to Guo Lei.

Guo Lei nodded, and he said in his heart: "Isn't it this mask bandit made by the boss?" The first and second sides are obviously the same characters as the mask bandits, and I thought that the boss still had a force in secret, but now it seems that this is not the case......"

Not to mention that Guo Lei walked down with his thoughts, Su Peng's eyes became a little worried after Guo Lei left, he stood at the door of the meeting hall, looking out of the door, not knowing what he was thinking.

The situation is changing rapidly, and five days later, the pattern of the entire Xuzhou has undergone a new change.

Cao Ziang of Liuzhou woke up from his serious injuries, and the first thing he did when he woke up was to order the cessation of all attacks on the Xuzhou Blue Dragon League, instead, he sent a special envoy to Xuzhou to find Meng Qinglong, the leader of the Blue Dragon League.

A day later, Liuzhou and Xuzhou completely ceased war, not only that, Liuzhou also reopened the trade routes, and sold Liuzhou's grain and various resources to Meng Qinglong, and the two forces seemed to become enemies of life and death, and suddenly became like brothers.

In other words, it is the same hatred.

Cao Ziang still suspected Su Peng in the end, when Su Peng went to visit Cao Ziang, he brought a face and face B, which left a very deep impression on Cao Ziang, and the person who assassinated him before was wearing almost the same mask as face A and face B, which made Cao Ziang have no way not to suspect Su Peng.

This is also a very logical suspicion, perhaps Su Peng's appetite is too big, not only to eat Xuzhou, but also to target Liuzhou, when the battle of Xuzhou is about to come to an end, send a master to assassinate Cao Ziang, taking advantage of the civil strife in Liuzhou, directly annex Liuzhou.

Cao Ziang, who had this kind of thought, naturally would not fight Xuzhou again to consume his strength, he attacked the materials of the Xuzhou Qinglong League, and at the same time recruited troops and horses, preparing to defend Su Peng in Liuzhou locally.

Su Peng slowed down the pace of the attack after annexing the two cities of the Xuzhou Qinglong League.

Su Peng's biggest problem now is that his foundation is unstable, although he has now expanded his power to two half-state counties, but most of the territory of Yuzhou and Xuzhou is newly captured, and a large number of people are needed to consolidate the governance, and there are not too many real battles.

However, Su Peng has a demon army in hand, as long as he fights steadily and gradually eats away at the world, it is not impossible.

It's not that he can't break through the remaining four cities in Xuzhou, but that one will consume a lot, and second, Su Peng needs time to consolidate his jurisdiction, unify his forces, and recruit soldiers.

Therefore, he left the four cities of the Qinglong League, which can be regarded as a buffer, and will not have a decisive battle with the Qinglong Alliance for the time being, so that he will not directly encounter Cao Ziang's Liuzhou army, but can take the opportunity to consolidate his territory and recruit soldiers.

Su Peng did not hesitate, expanding his strength step by step, waiting for the final annihilation of the Blue Dragon Alliance.

It's just that what Su Peng doesn't know is that a conspiracy against Su Peng, or Zixiamen behind him, is slowly unfolding.

Jiaozhou, Linglong Mountain, the station of the Linglong Sword School, has a lot of guests today.

These guests are all representatives of the famous gate factions on the rivers and lakes, and the subordinate forces, if according to the strength of the participants, this is no less than the stars of the rivers and lakes event, but the people who participated in this party, Haoqiang's representatives are a little less, most of them are representatives of the major sects.

At this time, the representatives of these big factions gathered together, and their eyes were focused on a forty-year-old man wearing scholar's clothes in the conference hall.

"Wan Xiaosheng, you have invited us, people from various sects on the rivers and lakes, to gather here, saying that there is a shocking secret to tell, what is the secret?"

An elder deacon of the Huashan faction who was invited to come said to the scholar.

The scholar known as Wan Xiaosheng looked at the eyes of the people present focused on him, nodded slightly, felt a little satisfied in his heart, he opened the folding fan, and said to everyone present: "This time I invited everyone to come, there is a big matter to tell you, you are all in charge of a local sect, have you ever heard of the mask bandits?" ”

"Mask bandits? Of course, we know about this matter, and now there is a lot of uproar in the rivers and lakes, these masked bandits, who have no sense of pain or emotion, specialize in killing people for fun, and assassinate the heads of the forces under our control, and the forces under the control of many sects have already suffered. ”

"Yes, they not only assassinated the leaders of our subordinate forces, but also assassinated the people in our sect, and among my Shushan faction, several elders have unfortunately died!"

"Wan Xiaosheng, since you asked this question, could it be that you have already found out who is behind the mask bandit?" (To be continued......)