Gaojibo, which is merged by the Zhang River, is hundreds of miles wide, blocked by reeds and overgrown with reeds. It can be said to be a natural fortress! Originally, Gaojibo has always been very peaceful, but since the seventh year of Daye, Sun Zuan has been there.
After the grass fell, the reed swamp began to become unstable! Not long after Sun Zuan fell under the grass in Gaojibo, he was defeated by Zhang Jincheng, a hero who raised troops in the meander of the river. From then on, Gaojibo became Zhang Jincheng's stronghold
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Ever since Zhang Jincheng occupied Gaojibo, the area has become even more chaotic. Zhang Jincheng did not manage his troops well. The honest and responsible people around him were also forced to have no choice but to run away because of Zhang Jincheng's thieves.
After all, it can be said that the area around Gaojibo is truly empty! However, starting from more than ten days ago, more and more people have come to Gaojibo. However, these people are all from Henan.
, the thieves from all walks of life in Shandong!
In the densest area of the Gaojibo reed marsh, there is a small island of about a hundred acres. On the small island, many large and small houses are built unevenly, especially around the small island.
There are also many towering bamboo towers. This is Zhang Jincheng's mountain stronghold. In the entire mountain stronghold, Zhang Jincheng has gathered nearly 10,000 thieves. In addition to the soldiers and horses stationed outside, Zhang Jincheng has two or three men.
Ten thousand people, if you include those who followed and responded, there would be at least **0,000 people!
To the east of the cottage, there is a large house that is larger than other houses. It is the hall used by Zhang Jin to receive guests. At this moment, dozens of people have gathered in the hall, all of whom are from Henan and Shandong.
The leader of the road bandits! As the host, Zhang Jincheng sat at the top with a golden sword. Zhang Jincheng looked about forty years old. He was neither fat nor thin, tall and had a square face.
His square face was white and beardless. Zhang Jincheng looked at the crowd sitting down with a smile as they toasted and exchanged glasses. It was so lively, but he smiled and said nothing.
"Brother Zhang!" A tall, stout, but very stocky man stood up, raised his glass to Zhang Jincheng and shouted: "Today, we will obey the call of brother and discuss important matters here!
I, Mr. Pei, am just a rough guy and don’t know much. I just want to say something first. I will listen to you, Brother Zhang, for this plan!"
Pei Changcai's statement immediately silenced the originally noisy hall. Zhang Jincheng looked at Pei Changcai, a trace of unidentifiable joy flashed in his eyes, but there was a look of panic on his face, and he was busy waving his hands.
Said: "Brother Changcai, what are you talking about? This time we brothers are here to gather under the instructions of Duke Donghai. We should listen to Duke Donghai's instructions! I, Zhang Jin, can't tell me how virtuous or capable I am, how can I give instructions to my brothers?"
them?"
"Brother Zhang, what you said is wrong!" At this time, another person stood up, clasped his fists at Zhang Jincheng and shouted: "Although it is the brothers summoned by Duke Donghai this time, the venue for this gathering is Zhang Jincheng.
Big brother's Gaojibo, as the saying goes, guests do as they please. Since Brother Zhang is the owner of Gaojibo, then we should follow Brother Zhang's arrangements!" This man is tall and thin, with a skinny face.
His appearance is none other than Guo Fangyu from Beihai.
Hearing Guo Fangyu's words, all the heroes here put down their cups involuntarily. Only a few bandit leaders who were not considered to be high-level spoke up in response, but the real big ones remained silent. Everyone knew in their hearts that,
Pei Changcai and Guo Fangyu have always regarded Zhang Jin as their leader, but when they suddenly mentioned this incident, it was clearly Zhang Jin's fault!
Everyone knew this well, and their eyes involuntarily turned to the seat sitting on Zhang Jincheng's left. Sitting on this seat were two people, but they were the representatives of Donghai Gong Gao Shida, who had summoned the heroes to Gaojibo to discuss this time.
!One of them is a burly man with a dignified appearance, and his beard does not look vulgar, but adds a bit of heroism. The other man is a man dressed as a scholar, sitting next to the man, looking quite...
He is handsome, but he has a scar on his cheek.
That big man is none other than Dou Jiande, the number one general under Gao Shida! As the most powerful bandit among the bandits in Henan and Shandong, Gao Shida naturally cannot lose his identity and come to Gaojibo to participate in discussions. And in these years, Dou Jiande has become Gao Shida.
Da has fought in the South and North, and his reputation is second only to Gao Shida. He has nothing to say when he comes to represent the heroes.
Seeing Zhang Jincheng, Pei Changcai, and Guo Fangyu acting together, Dou Jiande frowned, and the anger in his heart bubbling up. Only a few people knew that the bandits Sun Zu'an and Sun Zu'an who occupied Gaojipo back then
Dou Jiande was a sworn friend. Even Sun Zuan occupied Gaojipo to stand in front of Dou Jiande. But he never thought that before Dou Jiande came to join him, Sun Zuan was killed by Zhang Jinchen! Dou Jiande told Zhang Jin that that was
He has always been full of hatred. If Gao Shida hadn't asked him to put the overall situation first, he would have led his troops to fight Zhang Jincheng! Now facing the enemy at such a close distance, coupled with Zhang Jincheng's pretentiousness before,
Dou Jiande could not wait to rush forward and kill Zhang Jincheng!
"General! The overall situation is important! The overall situation is important!" At this time, when the scholar saw Dou Jiande's expression, he knew that Dou Jiande's mood was not right. He immediately reached out and touched Dou Jiande's arm, raised his glass to cover his mouth, and whispered
Remind Dou Jiande: "Don't forget Duke Donghai's instructions! Don't ruin important things!"
With the scholar's reminder, Dou Jiande took a deep breath, suppressed the hatred in his heart, picked up the wine glass from the table, drank the wine in one gulp, and forced himself to calm down with the strength of the wine. Then Dou Jiande let out a long sigh of relief.
, widened his eyes, looked around, but said nothing. Zhang Jin said there was someone over there, was there no one over there with Gao Shida? Sure enough, after seeing Dou Jiande's eyes, a man stood next to Guo Fangyu.
The tall, strong man stood up in an instant and shouted loudly: "What nonsense are you talking about! Brothers, they all gathered here because of Duke Donghai's face. If we don't listen to Duke Donghai, what does that mean?
If I, Sun Xuanya, don’t obey anyone in my life, I will obey Donghai Gong!”
"Not bad, not bad!" Opposite Sun Xuanya, another strong man stood up, put the wine glass heavily on the table, and shouted: "Donghai Gong has always been affectionate and righteous. Brothers follow him to do things, and they feel at ease.
It’s not like some people! Huh! I, Hao Xiaode, say the same thing. I won’t listen to anyone except Duke Donghai!”
Sun Xuanya and Hao Xiaode's words brought support from several leaders, and Zhang Jincheng, who was sitting at the top, turned pale. Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, he really saw
Someone objected, but Zhang Jincheng still felt very uncomfortable. He glared at Dou Jiande, who was silent, but Zhang Jincheng didn't want to fall out, so he just let the two sides argue in the hall.
The people here are all men who dare to raise their heads and start a rebellion. How can they have such a good temper? When the dispute started, the anger gradually became louder. Pei Changcai over there was a bit stupid in his eloquence. He couldn't reason with him, so he just exploded.
He uttered a curse word, and Hao Xiaode, who had the most fiery temper on the opposite side, couldn't hold it in anymore. He immediately roared and rushed towards Pei Changcai. In this way, the two sides officially changed from bickering to fighting. Sun Xuanya and Guo
Fang Yu also joined the battle group one after another. In the fight, he bumped into those heroes who were originally neutral, and they were also involved. More and more people were fighting. In the blink of an eye, the hall that was bustling with peace just now,
But it became a mess.
"Stop!" Following this sudden loud shout, several black shadows suddenly flashed across the hall, passing through the crowd, splitting up the battle group in the blink of an eye, and then,
Then I saw a middle-aged elegant man in red slowly walking in from outside the hall. Looking at the mess in the hall, his face was full of anger, and he shouted: "When did this happen! You guys actually
If you are still fighting here, isn't it obvious that you are taking advantage of the imperial court?"
"Ah! Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty!"
After seeing the middle-aged man come in, the expressions of all the heroes present changed. Then they stood up straight and saluted the middle-aged man. Their attitude was genuine respect, even those who had been sitting still before.
Dou Jiande and Zhang Jincheng were no exception. After those black shadows separated the heroes, they flashed back behind the middle-aged man, but there were five strong men also wearing red. This middle-aged man could
With such prestige among these rebellious heroes, he is certainly not an ordinary person. He is the first hero among the heroes in the world to rise up against the Sui Dynasty, Wang Bo, who is known as the wise man of Changbai Mountain!
In terms of reputation, Wang Bo's reputation is much greater than that of Gao Shida and Zhang Jincheng. Originally, all the heroes in the north were led by Wang Bo, and even Gao Shida and Zhang Jincheng had to follow Wang Bo's lead. Last year
Wang Bo even summoned heroes from all walks of life to form a coalition. He originally wanted to occupy Henan in one fell swoop. The coalition was huge, with hundreds of thousands of people! Unfortunately, Wang Bo met his nemesis, Zhang Xutuo!
After several fierce battles, the coalition forces were defeated by Zhang Xutuo, and all the heroes were forced to disperse. Wang Bo, the leader of the coalition forces, was directly expelled from his stronghold of Changbai Mountain by Zhang Xutuo. Now he is very powerful.
He had no choice but to wander around. But even so, Wang Bo's reputation was rising instead of falling. Last year, if Wang Bo had not used his own power to defeat Zhang Xutuo at the last moment, the heroes would not have had a chance to escape safely.
Their respective strongholds were all grateful to Wang Bo and the other heroes.
Wang Bo slowly walked to the center of the hall, looked around at the people around him, and shouted loudly: "The people of the world are suffering due to the ignorance of the emperor, and it is precisely because of the support of the people that we have the opportunity to rise up against the Sui Dynasty! Although you are now
You are in a high position, but don’t forget the important responsibility you shoulder, which is to overthrow the imperial court and restore peace and prosperity to the people!"