On the largest three-story river boat in the center of the water park, Shi Liangdong, one of the leaders of the Yunmeng Thieves, was also anxiously waiting for something; because this time he took great risks and connections and sneaked into the vicinity of Jiangling City to carry out the mission.
None of the tasks and goals were achieved.
For example, the agreed time for a secret meeting with the other two parties has passed; but neither the mysterious behind-the-scenes sponsor nor the representatives from Jiangling City showed up. Instead, there were rumors in Jiangling City that the eight gates of the city were closed.
According to the news, the manpower he sent into the city to investigate was also trapped.
As the largest force active in the Yunmeng Daze, there is an existence called the Seventy-Two Lianwu. When it was most powerful and at its peak in its early years, it once had tens of thousands of subordinates of all kinds, and the peripheral members and people who relied on it for many years to make a living.
The number of related people is several times, ten times more than this.
Shi Liangdong, who is responsible for foreign negotiations and communication, is undoubtedly one of the important members. His great-great-grandfathers can even be traced back to the predecessor of the Seventy-two Links Dock, the ancestors of the old Yunmeng thief before they were annihilated by the army;
Members who escaped death because of selling stolen goods abroad.
So after embezzling the stolen money, he stayed dormant in the surrounding counties, married a wife and had children, and worked as a good citizen for more than ten years. Then after the court gradually gave up on Yunmeng Daze, he regrouped a group of township party members and neighbors.
Go deep into it to rebuild your stronghold and start illegal business again.
Therefore, Shi also seems to occupy a place among the founders of Seventy-two Links. When Shi was at his most prosperous, he even reached an agreement with some people in the government on behalf of Seventy-two Links through local connections.
They have reached some kind of tacit understanding in exchange for long-term coexistence.
After all, the so-called Seventy-Two Links are actually hidden in the Yunmeng Daze, and are collectively known as many strongholds where lawless people and exiles gather. In addition to the pursuit of profit through illegal activities, most people have no ancestors.
The Yunmeng thief's impulse to challenge the imperial court head-on.
Both the dock owners and the several leaders who were promoted basically accepted this status quo. Even Shi Liangdong originally thought that as long as some insignificant refugees were handed over during the regular campaigns of the army.
, this situation can be maintained forever.
However, just a few years ago, everything suddenly changed dramatically. First, someone found the leaders on the southern waterway and secretly promised considerable benefits in exchange for their long-term transportation of some prohibited items. Then someone else
Jiang Pirates came over one after another.
As the strength of the Seventy-Two Chain Dock increased day by day, it seemed that it could no longer stay dormant. When some of the leaders noticed that things seemed to have changed, they wanted to give up and call for a halt. Unsurprisingly, they died violently. Then.
, is a short but intense internal conflict.
In the end, the two leaders who died were replaced by leaders of external forces. Although Shi Liangdong temporarily escaped the storm because he was traveling abroad, he was unable to change the situation. Instead, he was replaced by other leaders.
The leaders reassign a new task.
As a representative of Yunmeng Thief/Seventy-Two Links, he left his familiar hometown for the first time and went to the North to meet with a potential collaborator with huge interests. However, it is unknown what went wrong. He has been active in the north for several times.
For months, I haven't been able to see each other.
Instead, because his subordinates got drunk in the hospital and became jealous, he leaked information. As a result, he was targeted by the police officers of the Criminal Department. Although other subordinates tried to buy information and rescued him on the way, the success was still unsuccessful due to an accident; almost all of them were killed or injured.
, he was also imprisoned in Dongdu Penal Department Prison.
At this time, his identity could no longer be concealed; after being tortured, Shi Liangdong confessed almost everything he knew. But this seemed to be an unexpected turn of events for him who knew he was destined to die. In short, he finally escaped and
Came back with a message from a certain noble person.
But Shi Liangdong, who returned to Yunmeng Daze, discovered that the 72nd Lianlian Dock was still the same 72nd Lianlian Dock, but the original senior leaders had "abdicated their positions to make way for talents";
The dock owner has also been replaced; Yun Mengze has completely changed.
But what was unexpected was that in fact, the outsiders who occupied Jiuchao not only did not attack him, but also appointed him as the fifth leader on the surface, specifically responsible for external liaison and inquiring about information. But on the other side,
Faced with the tactics, he neither dared to refuse, nor dared to seize the opportunity to escape.
Because the beings standing behind these people not only have the ability to control and drive demons, they can also transform ordinary humans and animals into short-lived creatures that are neither humans nor ghosts, but are extremely vicious. Many people try to resist them or
Those who escaped met a miserable end.
Until that celestial change, indescribable drastic changes continued to occur in Yunmeng Daze; so much so that the Chibo dock, as the secret headquarters, suddenly lost contact. The humans, animals, fish and birds in several nearby docks also experienced varying degrees of changes.
Mutations occurred, and even Wubao suffered frequent attacks.
As a result, the seventy-two chain docks were in panic, and a large number of dock members fled. This was enough, but even a dozen of the big and small dock owners secretly joined forces to try to escape from Yunmeng Island with their families.
Ze, and also secretly contacted people in the government to seek recruitment.
But as the saying goes, people keep things secret, and soon someone leaked the news, which also touched the bottom line of the new leaders. As a result, Yunmeng Zenei also broke out again. Compared with the previous change of upper-level power,
The process became more brutal, bloody purges and intense civil strife.
Then, in order to stop these fleeing Wu people, there were initial conflicts and chaotic battles with the officers and soldiers of the surrounding counties. As a result, it was discovered that the local officers and soldiers were so slack and unprepared that they even attacked several counties in one go.
Being beaten down; also making things get out of hand.
As a result, several lines of officers and soldiers headed by Jiangling Prefecture ushered in a massacre, and the officers and soldiers who were later lured deep into Yunmeng Daze suffered a heavy defeat; at least hundreds of warships were abandoned along the way, and tens of thousands of officers and soldiers
Buried in the water, or captured and used as blood food to feed and transform those alien species.
But what shocked Shi Liangdong even more was that with this unexpected victory, Yunmeng Daze also appeared one after another, with more grain, grass, supplies and ordnance, and even groups of people who came to defect.
There are new forces from all walks of life. Although they are all under the banner of mountain sheds, river bandits, and traveling bandits.
But at this critical juncture, Shi Liangdong, who had been gradually marginalized, was once again assigned an important task. It was to conduct private and secret negotiations with certain people in the Jiangling Mansion who had just suffered a major defeat;
Seek possible recruitment and compromise conditions.
This is really incredible. You must know that the imperial army has lost 20,000 to 30,000 people one after another. How can anyone still imagine that this can be used to calm people down and suppress this chaos? Therefore,
, Shi Liangdong is actually quite pessimistic about this mission.
In his private mind, perhaps even himself was a pawn used by those who now occupy Jiucho Yunmengze to confuse and deceive the government in order to gain time and gather strength. But Shi Liangdong had to bite the bullet.
He did this because the other party's methods were irresistible to him.
Otherwise, he would have left behind his wives, concubines and children who stayed in Yunmengze, fled elsewhere with the channels and money he had, and started over with a new look like his ancestors. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look around him
The guardian is also the de facto monitor.
"Isn't that right?" But when he saw the other party, who was dressed in black, expressionless, and cherishing his words like gold, he suddenly said: "I can't feel the movement of the pigs and dragons in the water." Shi Liangdong said indifferently:
"Could he be out looking for food again? After all, he is a beast lacking intelligence..."
"The smell of blood!" However, the black-clothed guard just glared at him, and suddenly his face changed drastically: "Someone is attacking...be careful." The next moment, there were a few soft thumps, and the people outside were alert.
The armed guards suddenly erupted in shrill shouts and fierce fighting.
Then, silence returned one after another. "Come back and guard this place with all your strength!" The guards in black immediately shouted at the companions who were holding knives and swords in the cabin and wanted to rush out; at the same time, they kicked the table away and violently contradicted them.
At the hatch, other people also pushed the cabinet against the outside window.
However, the next moment, the tops of their heads suddenly shattered; fragments of wood and wood splattered downwards, hitting these unsuspecting armed guards; sparkling blood was embedded in the heads and faces of most of them, and the hissing sound was tragic.
They screamed and rolled to the ground. However, some people stuck to the wall to avoid the splash range.
Then, one after another, they jumped up from the mess on the ground, brandishing their double knives, iron whips and water-splitting spikes, and rushed to the cabin roof hole that appeared above; and then, amid the lightning flashes of exclamations, curses and screams,
, his hands and feet were broken, his neck was crooked like a piece of rotten meat, and he fell into the leaky roof cabin.
Following closely behind was a red and black figure, suddenly flying down; the violent shock at the moment of landing once again blew away the injured guards who fell to the ground, and even the furnishings that had fallen to the ground were knocked to both sides, and they were vomited out one after another.
A mouthful of blood came; in the midst of the flying dust and debris, a crystal flash suddenly appeared.
It was the only leader in black who had no time to spare. The curved-edged dagger stabbed out quietly like a poisonous snake spitting a message. It easily penetrated the red and black figure's arms, and penetrated an inch into the chest. However, the opponent did not do anything.
It had no effect even if he moved, and punched half of his face that he was desperately trying to dodge.
In an instant, blood splattered from the mouth, and the cracking sound of eyeballs bursting out was heard. The leader in black, who had taken the opportunity to make a sneak attack, hit the wall and passed out on the spot. In the end, he was left hiding in the corner, shaking and secretly moving his steps.
, Shi Liangdong tried to escape into the inner room...
After just a moment, Jiang Tian regained his thoughts and said to his summoned subordinates: "Immediately punt to the reed swamps a few miles to the west, take over several river boats hidden there, and
Capture the people on board, I have left you with guidance."