"Do you think I won without force?" Zhang Xing asked seriously after hearing this. "Or do you think I won easily?"

Fang Yanlang hesitated to speak... It's not that he didn't dare to ask questions, but he was obviously confused.

"I understand." Zhang Xing suddenly realized. "You have no idea how I defeated Li Shu, so naturally you won't accept it... Then I will tell you today how I defeated Li Shu."

Hearing this, not only Fang Yanlang, but also many people cheered up and looked at the chief. Even Shan Tonghai turned his head. But when Shan Tonghai turned his head, he saw a

The finger pointed directly at himself, and he was also confused for a moment.

Immediately, this finger pointed at the leaders such as Ding Shengying, Zhai Kuan, Huang Junhan, Chang Fu, etc., then pointed at Qin Bao, pointed at the Dongjun disciples behind Qin Bao, and finally circled around. I don't know if it was intentional or not.

Unintentionally, he pointed back to Dan Tonghai's face.

"Here's the trick." Zhang Xing put one hand behind his back, pointed at Shan Tonghai with the other, and slowly said the answer. "I treat these people as human beings, but you... Li Shu doesn't treat these people as human beings!"

"How ridiculous?!" Fang Yanlang was furious. "Li Gong has always been polite to Corporal Xian..."

Shan Tonghai also felt ridiculous, but when faced with that finger, he didn't know how to speak for a moment... It wasn't that he didn't dare, but he didn't know how to formulate a verbal rebuttal.

"So what about Corporal Lixian?" Zhang Xing was also furious, but he finally put away the finger. "Who doesn't know that set of things? But what about Corporal? Should we treat these people as minions and tools, or should we treat them as capable people?

Comrades who share the same ambition?!"

Fang Yanlang was stunned, as if he had caught something.

"Li Shu, that guy, always feels in his bones that he is of Guanlong's noble family. He feels that the affairs of the world should be done by people like him, and the rest of the people should bow their heads and let him have his way! Have you ever regarded these rich people from the East as anything?

Humerus, are we regarded as brothers?" Zhang Xing looked around with his hands behind his hands and sneered. "Back then, when he followed Yang Shen and suffered a complete defeat, it was King Xiongtian and Xu Dalang who risked confiscating his family and annihilating his clan to send him to Dongyi. Did he ever break the barriers for this?

, put yourself down and rank with these people? Do you think I don’t know what he thinks? He doesn’t even look down on me! Even if you have a life-and-death friendship like you, or a family background like Fang’s, you can wait for Zhang Shizhao

After you passed with Cui Xuanchen, you were also divided into three, six, and nine grades, and you were regarded as a second-class person who could be used when making decisions..."

Fang Yanlang finally grasped a point and refuted it: "Now that the matter has come to this, why does Chief Zhang need to alienate us? Mr. Li and I are of course as pure as snow and understand each other from the bottom of our hearts."

"Then why don't I take you away?"

This was the first reaction in many people's minds, including Shan Tonghai, but none of them interrupted.

What's interesting is that Zhang Xing did not ask this heart-wrenching sentence in return, but laughed: "Well said, just treat you as ice-cold and snow-white. I am a villain with the heart of a gentleman, and I am just the leader of the house. I am still the boss of the house."

I want to ask you, so what? He sees you as the same class, but does he ever see these bandits from Hebei and the local tyrants from the east as the same class?"

Fang Yanlang's face turned pale, but he didn't know whether he was asked this question or thought of the words Shan Tonghai wanted to ask but didn't, so he lost his mind.

But after all, he is a hero who has devoted himself to the times since Yang Shen's rebellion. He quickly recovered and refuted: "Your Excellency, by saying that he is a rich man, does that mean he is in the same category?"

"What do you think means being regarded as peers?" Zhang Xing immediately asked back. "Is it to talk about brotherly kindness and righteousness and abandon it in your heart, or to observe its faults, use its strengths to suppress its rebelliousness, strengthen its strength, and then make clear rewards and punishments, and practice moderation and promotion?

When deposed, regardless of personal friendship or hatred, those who rise up share the power with them, while those who fall behind are devoted to restoring their appointments, and work hard to achieve the same ambition?"

Fang Yanlang paused for a moment, and then immediately refuted: "It's just that you have the upper hand, have the power, and can make the distribution of authority and positions. If Mr. Li is in power, he will live up to all the brothers in the gang...

That day in Jiyin, Mr. Li also wanted to recruit the Juyeze bandits, but you didn't agree."

"Those people in Juyeze are not only full of evil, but also full of filth. It is precisely because I know that I cannot use them as my peers that I have to abandon them. And Li Gong has taken those people, so how can I use them? That's it.

To put it bluntly, I didn’t understand people-oriented at that time, but why did I understand it later? He understood it so well at that time, but he doesn’t understand it now?” Zhang Xing still pursued him. “As for having power, that’s it.

In Jiyin County, we set up a gang to start a rebellion. Two of the three leaders helped him, Li Longtou, and he was the first to take over the military power. How can I be in charge now?!"

Fang Yanlang was panting and his chest was heaving, but he could no longer answer... because he knew that if he compared this question, Zhang Xing's achievements would be more, and Li Shu's defeat would be more embarrassing... However, if he thinks about it this way,

He was still dissatisfied because this was something everyone knew. Not only was it not what Fang Yanlang wanted to discuss, it was not even what Zhang Xing had just boasted about.

Isn't this sophistry?

"Do you think I'm going to tell you the outcome against Zhang Xuguo?" Zhang Xing seemed to have seen through the opponent's thoughts. "What I want to say is that as soon as I was at a disadvantage, I went downstream to look for Li Ding, Cheng Zhili, Fang Fang

Yanshi, Cheng named the generals, and went to Hebei to fight Zhang Jinscale and find Jia Yue. When he returned to Jiyin, he set up a place here, checked the fields, and provided food and people for you. He did not cut off the supply and seized the opportunity to kidnap you.

The court of the Wei Dynasty...if there was no such thing, how could the world be reversed in Mount Li?

"As for Li Shu, when he fell behind, he didn't even dare to go to Hebei. Instead, he let me take risks. Over and over again, he just wanted to sit back and watch the success or failure to gain the overall situation. Is this the courage to achieve success?"

Fang Yanlang wanted to refute, but unexpectedly Zhang Xing had already rolled up his sleeves and said in a stern voice: "But none of this matters! The most important thing is that as the core of the gang, he cannot propose a major political strategy or make any plans from the beginning to the end.

Institutional law!

"I proposed the release of slaves, I proposed the preservation of officials and warehouses, I did the construction of the system within the gang, I recommended the re-contribution of land to the fields, and I was the one who established the Mengji University... The leaders came from all over the world.

Leading private soldiers to build a camp, now they can advance and retreat as usual, move up and down, like ants moving trees, and innovate a little bit of the military system every now and then. This is what I did despite the leader's dissatisfaction over and over again. What is he doing?!

"Fang Yanlang, let me ask you, you are his confidant, his life and death friend, you have been by his side for the past four or five years, tell me, what is he thinking and doing?"

Fang Yanlang's blood surged, but he still couldn't answer.

"Let me tell you what he is thinking and doing!" Zhang Xing suddenly calmed down, shook his head repeatedly, and his voice became a little lower. "He was thinking that neither the rich people in the East nor the bandits in Hebei can achieve anything, even if they have three points,

The situation is also that of Zhang San, the northern military man... On the surface, he is competing with me for power, but in fact, from the bottom of his heart, he does not regard the gang as the foundation for winning the world. He still dreams of Yang Shen who raised the army with the surname of Tianxia Zhong.

Intimidation, I still think that it is their Guanlong Guizhong who should do the internal replacement in this world... Do you believe it or not, even if he has the entire gang, he still uses it like a piece of cake?!"

Fang Yanlang didn't say anything, but trembled a little as he tried to look at Shan Tonghai.

Zhang Xing also turned to Dan Tonghai.

Shan Tonghai met Zhang Xing's glaring gaze, feeling a little panicked because he actually believed Zhang Xing's words. However, out of his instinct of confrontation, he mustered up the courage to refute Zhang Xing: "Why should Chief Chief argue with Zhang Xing?"

The leader of the house is so concerned about it? He also has a close relationship with Li Shu, so he just couldn't figure it out for a while."

Zhang Xing looked grim and retorted unceremoniously: "Shan Longtou thinks I said these words to him?"

The Shantong Sea is obviously stagnant.

Zhang Xingfu turned to look at Fang Yanlang again: "The leader of the house thinks I'm done for now? Let me tell you, Li Shu doesn't regard ganging as fundamental in his heart, and I'm not what you think."

Everyone was shocked, except Fang Yanlangchu who didn't move.

"You have always thought that I did those things in order to defeat other princes in the battle for annexation. This is both right and wrong. There are people who can win in battle, but I feel from the bottom of my heart that although

They are local tyrants and bandits. I feel from the bottom of my heart that freeing slaves is a great virtue. It is the most magnanimous and comfortable thing I have ever done in my life. I feel that forcing Monkey King is an earth-shaking move. I feel that using a system to organize the framework

Bringing in more people is far better than a few heroes fighting alone...

"You all think that I talk about putting people first every day. On the surface, I put people first, but in fact, I use people as capital, so that I can use it to strive for supremacy. What I say, in fact, is to dethrone the dragon of Guanlong and become my own dragon.

.I often behave deliberately to make you think so. But that is just because I am worried that some people are afraid of ignorance and dare not accept my ambition, so I just pretend that these people know how to do it.

"As everyone knows, from the bottom of my heart, I think that people are the foundation! From the bottom of my heart, I want to unite people! This is my path. Now that I have chosen it, I must follow it to the end! Don't say that I only went to one Li Shu, even if there is only one

If you stay and walk with me, I will go to the end!

"And today, since I went to Li Shu to build a base, there is no one in the gang who can control me. Instead, I will take the opportunity to spit out this stronghold in my heart!"

After saying this, Zhang Xing walked away with a flick of his sleeves.

Shan Tonghai, Qin Bao and others were all a little shocked. Those Dongjun disciples who had followed Qin Bao to see this scene for the first time were simply intoxicated. Everyone, perhaps understanding or not, staggered and hurriedly followed.

As a result, as soon as he lifted his feet, he heard a "plop" behind him, and something heavy fell to the ground. When he turned around to look, everyone was rushing to follow, and they actually forgot about Fang Yanlang, an old friend of the gang who was abandoned by Li Shu.

, the old friend of life and death, I don’t know when the energy and blood have surged, so much that Tangtang’s head and feet are numb due to his alchemy skills. At this time, he doesn’t know whether he wants to keep up with the movements or is unbearably aroused, and he actually throws him down.

On the ground.

He was also so panicked that everyone rushed to help him.

Zhang Xing waved his hand helplessly: "Hurry up and get treatment, and then send him to Qiao County to find Master Sun to take care of him. Don't let people say that I just squeezed out a Li Shu and angered Fang Yanlang to death. Then I really can't clean it up...

…I’m famous for cherishing feathers, don’t you know?”

In the morning, Bai Yousi jumped on his horse and arrived in front of a river. He looked at the smiling team and frowned slightly as he watched the team advancing from the bridge on the river.

"Why haven't these bridges been demolished?" After looking at it for a while, Bai Yousi asked the question to Wang Zhen beside him.

Even Wang Zhen frowned at this time: "It's really weird. The road was demolished before, but when we are almost here at Caoguan, the road is smooth and the bridge is intact."

It turned out that since Li Qiu Sheng was killed in Sanhe City, the huge exile team led by Bai Yousi immediately encountered corresponding measures from the Dongyi people... They did not directly attack with military force, but chose to obstruct them at all levels...

The most important method is to cut off bridges and roads, including transferring warehouses to cities along the way, etc.

And they also deliberately preserved the mature crops in the fields along the way.

This is understandable. For such a large team, especially a team with complex composition, once it is released to harvest beans, millets and rice, and then gathered and organized, the food consumed in the lost time will actually exceed

Collected grain.

Not to mention, once the delay is over, who knows whether the Dongyi people will change their policy or whether a grand master will personally lead the pursuing troops?

Therefore, this journey was really difficult... On the one hand, we organized engineering troops, collected building materials along the way, built roads over mountains and built bridges over water, and on the other hand, we had to work hard to control the team at all times.

No matter how well you do the former, it will always take time to build roads and bridges, while the latter is indeed an extremely hard work but is destined to not be properly completed.

In fact, Bai Yousi regretted it a little after he killed Li Qiu Sheng that day, and even more regretted it after he was on the road.

"No matter what, when the soldiers come, they will cover up the water and the earth. He has all kinds of strategies, and we have to go up and see what the strategies are." Bai Yousi looked at the bridge, but for a moment, he put aside all his doubts. "Caoguan is in the first four.

Ten miles away, the road is narrow, so let Cheng Mingqi and Governor-General's team move slowly, while Wang Zhen led a thousand soldiers to speed up and follow me to investigate in front of the pass."

Wang Zhen was overjoyed, and a thousand people immediately set off lightly, and followed Bai Yousi to Caoguan in the afternoon.

Caoguan is in an important position. It is located in the southwest corner of Shouhua Prefecture, the capital of Dongyi. To the east is Shouhua Prefecture, to the south is the direction of Jin'ao City, to the northeast is the vast Pingze Lake, which is also the symbol of Shouhua Prefecture, and to the west is Shouhua Prefecture.

It is the main road leading to Luolongtan, which is an important gateway to the west and south of Shouhua Mansion.
To be continued...