Dynasty Call: Low-key Struggle for Hegemony

At the mouth of the canyon, the faces of the caravan members were trembling, and many of them looked at Zhang Qiang with their last hopes.

Lao Zhou lowered his head and carefully looked back at the carriage he had picked up on the way. He saw that the resolute groom still had a calm face and his heart was mostly settled. He looked towards the carriage where his daughter was, hoping to wait. There will be chaos, and that young man can save her life.

"My waiting has its limit, Zhang Qiang, have you thought about it?"

Pan Hua's eyes became colder and colder. The weapons in the hands of the masters beside him slowly rose, and the Gang Qi circulated outside the body. As long as Pan Hua gave the order, they would immediately rush over.

Zhang Qiang stared at the caravan Lao Zhou and others, couldn't help but close his eyes and sighed, just when he was about to speak.

Suddenly, behind them, a hearty voice sounded:

"Isn't this a good guy from Qingyun Village? Why is he doing this business of forcing people to go up the mountain?"

Suddenly everyone was shocked and looked back.

Zhou Qiang did not look at the others, but quietly stepped back, preparing to pick up the carriage carrying his daughter and approach Li Yuan.

When the bandits in Qingyun Village turned to the direction of the sound, their eyes shrank and they quickly retreated in a defensive posture.

On the canyon avenue, a short fat man with a black face led hundreds of strong men to walk swaggering over. Half a step behind the short black fat man, five masters exuding the aura of the innate realm followed step by step, looking at them coldly. Watching them.

But what Pan Hua and others didn't know was that when they were paying attention to Song Jiang's arrival, in the dense forests and grass on both sides, there was an innate master leading a hundred or so people to slowly move to the rear of the caravan, preparing to surround them.

"Liangshan Village!"

The eyes of the second master, Yan Feng, shrank, and he lost his previous calmness. He tightened his grip on the iron fan in his hand, with traces of strength revealed, and the sharp gleams of silver needles appearing.

Huang Ke, the third and fourth master, also looked nervous, staring closely at Tieniu next to Song Jiang.

The two of them had fought against Tieniu, and the two early-stage innates couldn't beat him alone.

And besides Tieniu, there are four innate masters behind Song Jiang, two are late-stage innate masters, one is in the middle-stage innate stage, and one is in the early-stage innate stage.

Very strong!

"Haha, it turns out they are brothers from Liangshan Village."

Seeing Song Jiang swaggering over, Pan Hua put the caravan behind him in an instant, and led the masters and leaders to greet Song Jiang and others who were coming, smiling on their faces but cursing in their hearts.

Liangshan Village was established during this period. It was located on a hill forty miles away from their Qingyun Village. It was definitely not a good thing to arrive at this moment.

When the two teams met, Song Jiang greeted them with a kind smile, cupped his hands and said:

"The leader of Qingyun Village has admired you for a long time!"

The boss of the caravan at the rear saw the two groups of bandits encounter each other and did not pay attention to the caravan. His eyes lit up and he quickly called to the caravan in a low voice. The people pulled the truck and slowly retreated. Once the two groups of bandits started fighting, they would immediately flee!

"I wonder what the Lord of Song Village is talking about when he comes to our territory of Qingyun Village today?"

Pan Hua saw that there were also five innate masters on the opposite side, with a number of four to five hundred. The difference was not big, so Song Jiang was not in vain, so he asked directly.

"My brother Gongming said that most of the people who went up to the mountains to become bandits suffered a lot before becoming bandits. The world is unfair, and a man should build a mountain village to do justice for heaven. Therefore, I invite you brothers from Qingyun Village who have also suffered to join Liangshan. Village!" A rather elegant man behind Song Jiang said with a smile.

"Zhai Master Pan, everyone in charge, Song Mou sincerely wants to invite you to join me in Liangshan Village and take a top position!" Song Jiang said very gently.

"Hmph, you want to leave our Qingyun Village, just dream!" The third leader of Qingyun Village is not stupid. Doesn't this mean he wants them to join the gang?

I have done well in Qingyun Village, why should I be inferior to others?

"We are jointly building a mountain village to uphold justice for heaven. We are all poor people who have suffered hardships and feel the injustice of the world firsthand. Facing the oppression of the government and various families, we should let more brothers who are suffering have a place of peace of mind. If Village Master Pan and all the leaders feel that something is wrong, why not give up the top spot in Liangshan Village to Master Pan."

As Song Jiang was talking, he looked at most of the ragged bandits in Qingyun Village with a sad expression, and his tone was even more choked with sobs:

"I just hope... I just hope that these brothers who are suffering can have a stable life in the future, and everyone can work together to protect more people from suffering."

Song Jiang's tone and voice are very contagious.

The people in Qingyun Village who were originally full of hostility, especially the men with sallow faces and thin muscles and ragged clothes, looked at Song Jiang's sincere expression and unknowingly lowered the weapons raised in their hands. The scene of being forced to go up the mountain kept playing in their minds. A feeling of sadness came to mind for a moment.

Some of them have also heard about the deeds of Liangshan Village, especially the leader of Song Village, who is generous and generous. Although he is a bandit, he never robs the people, even when he encounters difficult passers-by. Not only does the leader of Song Village not rob, he also Give some money to passers-by so they can go home as soon as possible.

Huang Ke, the fourth master, was also affected by Song Jiang's invisible temperament. Scenes of his own sufferings were revealed in his mind. He originally had a happy family, and his status as a congenital master was enough to make the family live a prosperous life. However, because of a momentary mistake, he offended He married the son of a big family in the city, and then he was often suppressed in the city. For a time, all his friends left one after another, and the originally prosperous family was crushed.

At that time, I had already apologized to the young master in public, but I didn't expect that the young master would humiliate me. Finally, I couldn't bear it anymore and asked my wife to take her family to leave the city overnight. I found an opportunity to chop that bitch into pieces with a knife, and then escaped. After he came out, he was afraid that he would be caught by that family if he went to other cities, so he finally brought his wife and family to Qingyun Village and fell into disgrace.

"Brother, there is strength in numbers, so it might be a good idea for us to join Liangshan Village."

Huang Ke said directly.

Pan Hua, Yan Shun and others slowly looked at Huang Ke, speechless.

What a fool you are!

"Yes, I heard that the people in Liangshan village are living a good life. We are all bandits anyway. It doesn't matter who joins us."

"Master Song is a good man."

The bandits behind were also noisy, and they were obviously infected by Song Jiang.

Pan Hua's eyes narrowed when he saw the discussion of some bandits. He couldn't go on like this anymore, so he refused:

"Thank you very much for your kindness, Master Song. Our Qingyun Village does not want to surrender to Liangshan Village, so you should please come back."

"What!"

When Tieniu saw Pan Hua's refusal, his big eyes were as big as bells and he held a double ax in his hand.

Others also glared at Pan Hua and others. Brother Gongming invited you so sincerely, but you still refused!

Suddenly, everyone's eyes were cold, and the weapons in their hands were cold and gleaming!

Pan Hua narrowed his eyes and held the big sword in his hand. Yan Shun and others behind him naturally did not show weakness, holding weapons against each other with cold eyes!

Suddenly, the canyon was filled with murderous intent!

"Tie Niu, put down your weapons. I told you, we are here to help our suffering brothers, not to fight."

Song Jiang's expression became even more sad, he cupped his hands towards Pan Hua and said:

"Zhai Master Pan, it was Song who disturbed me. Since Master Pan is unwilling, we won't force him. It's just that Song has an unkind request. We hope Master Pan will agree!"

Seeing Song Jiang's appearance at this moment, Pan Hua was shocked. He felt that the fat man with black face in front of him was not a simple person, and he was full of fear of Song Jiang.

Since it's an unkind invitation, don't say it.

Just when Pan Hua refused, Huang Ke on the side said decisively:

"Master Song, please tell me, as long as it's not difficult, we will do our best to help!"

Pan Hua's expression paused, and he turned to look at his little brother again, his eyes becoming serious.

Yan Shun looked at Huang Ke with a very strange expression. You are not the spy on the other side.

"Thank you Master Huang." Song Jiang ignored their expressions, but looked at the thin and ragged bandits behind them, and said with regret:

"Song was very heartbroken when he saw that most of the brothers in Qingyun Village did not have enough food and clothing to keep them warm. If the leader of Pan Village feels that they are a burden to Qingyun Village, can he give them to our Liangshan Village? In Liangshan Village, Song promised, Definitely let them have enough to eat and drink!”

"That's right, brothers in Qingyun Village, our Liangshan Village is a group of hard-working people. We are fully aware of your helplessness now. If you join our Liangshan Village, we will also give each of you five taels of housing allowance, so that you can take it back to yourselves. I can live a stable life." The elegant man next to Song Jiang, whose name was He He, said loudly.

Song Jiang looked back at He Yong, with tears in his eyes.

Why use this person to remind him of an old friend again!

He also cooperated with me in this way.

"Brother Gongming, you have unparalleled benevolence and righteousness. We will follow you to the death!"

When He Yong saw Song Jiang looking at him with emotion, he raised his arms and shouted.

When Tieniu, Luo Chang and others saw that Brother Gongming was still so benevolent and righteous, they looked moved and shouted loudly:

"Brother Gongming, you have unparalleled benevolence and righteousness. We will follow you to the death!"

"Brother Gongming, you have unparalleled benevolence and righteousness. We will follow you to the death!"

For a time, the Liangshan bandits were shouting from all directions.

That’s right, from all directions!

The two hundred people who were originally lurking behind the caravan were willing to follow Gong Ming's brother because they saw his unparalleled benevolence and righteousness. When they saw everyone shouting, they couldn't help but shout out.

"Brother Gongming, you have unparalleled benevolence and righteousness. We will follow you to the death!"

Their figures were also exposed.

The two innate masters looked helpless as they watched the bandits reveal their traces.

They are all a group of bandits who have just joined. How can you make them disciplined?

Suddenly, the caravan that was slowly retreating was startled by the shouts from both sides. Seeing that it was unknowingly surrounded by more than two hundred people on both sides, it immediately shrank back in fear.

Pan Hua and Yan Shun finally showed a trace of panic when they saw that there were two teams of people ambushed, and there were also two innate masters.

"Brother, what should I do?"

The third master came over and asked nervously.

Liang Wen looked around and found that most of the bandits in Qingyun Village were looking at Song Jiang with slightly bright eyes.

Upon entering Liangshan Village, they were given five taels of silver to settle down. They were already ready to act. As long as one person spoke first, I believe that more than half of them would immediately surrender and turn to Liangshan Village.

"Master Pan, could you please show me your noble hand? I would be very grateful to Song." Song Jiang said in a very kind manner.

Being patronizing?

You are really digging up the roots of our Qingyun Village!

I can’t thank you enough. I am grateful to your eighteenth generation ancestors!

Pan Hua cursed in his heart, facing the gazes of seven innate masters and the gazes of thousands of people.

Now he could faintly feel the eyes of some bandits behind him looking at him with strange expressions.

If he doesn't agree, the eyes of these people may turn into hatred, and Qingyun Village will directly turn away from morality.

Grass!

This little fat black guy is so evil-hearted.

Yanshun pulled Pan Hua, who was cursing inwardly, and reminded him with his eyes that the situation was not good and he should leave here quickly.

Pan Hua understood, so he suppressed the anger in his heart and laughed heartily:

"Haha, the leader of Song Village is indeed unparalleled in his benevolence and righteousness. However, we in Qingyun Village still have some poor people in the village. Why don't we let our Qingyun Village go back first? Tomorrow you will go up the mountain together and come to our Qingyun Village to persuade us. Brothers in Qingyun Village, how about you think about it?"

After hearing this, Song Jiang looked worriedly at the expectant eyes behind Pan Hua. He looked like he was thinking about them, and nodded:

"Okay, it's Song who didn't think carefully. It's time for the brothers to think about it."

"Brother Gongming, no!" He Yong, who was behind Song Jiang, refused directly, pointed at Pan Hua and said angrily:

"Brother Gongming, this Pan Hua is obviously stalling for time. He doesn't want the poor brothers from Qingyun Village to come to our Liangshan Village to live a stable life. I'm afraid that if they return to Qingyun Village now, they will soon be forced to join us in Liangshan Village. The brothers in the village did not dare to come, and would even kill some poor brothers.

You are too kind, but you don’t know how sinister some people are. If you let them go back now, you will harm the brothers in Qingyun Village! "

He You's angry voice covered the entire canyon, and everyone could hear it clearly.

Everyone was shocked, especially the bandits from Qingyun Village who had just moved Song Jiang to consider them. Everyone was shocked. Looking back on the styles of their leaders, it was indeed very possible!

For a moment, a bandit from Qingyun Village was filled with excitement. He couldn’t wait to run towards Song Jiang and shouted:

"Master Song Village, we are willing to join Liangshan Village immediately!"

"Be bold!"

The third boss, who was full of anger, couldn't wait to see his bandit running over. His eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he burst out in anger and directly slashed at him with a knife!

"No, brother, be careful!"

Song Jiang saw Yan Feng's actions and rushed over.

I don't know whether Song Jiang was in a hurry or anxious, but his figure blocked Niu Geng, the late-stage innate master behind him who was the first to react, preventing him from taking action to rescue him in time.

"It's not good!" Yan Shun and Pan Hua secretly said that it was not good when they saw the third master killing Asan, but it was too late to take action.

call out!

As soon as Song Jiang took two steps, the sharp knife instantly penetrated the bandit who was running towards him!

Bang!

The upper body exploded directly!

The lower body was still running for a few steps before falling down.

"brother!"

"My poor brother!"

Screaming in grief, Song Jiang saw that he was killed by Yan Feng. His legs were weak and he was about to fall to the ground. Behind him, Niu Geng quickly helped Song Jiang up and said anxiously:

"Brother Gongming, be careful!"

Song Jiang lay in Niu Geng's arms, crying bitterly, hammering his chest with his hands and saying:

"It's Song's fault, it's me who harmed this poor brother!"

"Ah San!" Several friends with the dead bandits cried out sadly when they saw Ah San being killed by the third master.

Suddenly, the bandits in Qingyun Village who had wanted to defect to Liangshan Village were startled and looked at the ferocious third leader. They used to look at him with fear, but now their eyes were filled with anger.

"Brother Gongming!" Tieniu and others also came to Song Jiang and looked at him with concern.

With the help of everyone, Song Jiang finally stood up, tremblingly pointing his finger at the third master of Qingyun Village, and said with great anger:

"The third master of Qingyun Village, why do you want to kill your brother who lives and dies with you!"

"Damn it, Song Jiang, don't step on the horse and act like this, it's not because you are bewitching him!" The third master pointed at Song Jiang and cursed angrily.

"Then you killed me, why did you kill him!" Song Jiang's eyes were extremely sad.

"You dare to scold my brother Gongming, you idiot!"

When Tieniu saw the third master scolding his most beloved brother Gongming, he drew his two axes and rushed over angrily. The axes shone with cold light, and wisps of Gang Qi suddenly condensed and wrapped around his arms.

A heavy ax struck at the third master!

"I'm afraid that if you don't succeed, the fourth child will come with me!"

The Third Master was already furious and went straight to meet him.

However, Huang Ke, the fourth child who was called by the third boss, remained motionless and looked at the third boss with a disappointed face!

"kill!"

"Except for the fourth leader, Qingyun Village does not regard the poor brothers of Qingyun Village as human beings at all. We, Liangshan Village, avenge the poor brothers who were killed!"

He Yong stroked the crying Song Jiang and said loudly.

Suddenly, Niu Geng and other six innate masters took the lead in rushing towards Pan Hua and Yan Feng, and they were full of murderous intent as soon as they took action!

"kill!"

The bandits in Liangshan Village rushed over one after another.

"Kill!"

The bandits in Qingyun Village naturally had dozens of close followers of Pan Hua, Yan Feng and others, and they all rushed forward to kill them.

"For the poor brothers from Qingyun Village who want to join Liangshan Village, please don't interfere. Just retreat and we will get rid of them and you will be free. Be careful not to get hurt!"

Song Jiang didn't know when he was standing at the highest point and said to the hesitant Qingyun Village bandits.

Sure enough, when those people saw that Song Jiang was still concerned about their safety, they instantly made up their minds and quickly withdrew from the battlefield.

"We follow Village Master Song!"

Suddenly, more than 400 of the 500 bandits quit at once.

"hiss!"

As spectators who saw this battle, the entire caravan looked at the battle in front of them in shock.

Lao Zhou looked with shock at Song Jiang, who was standing on a high place and kept shouting for safety!

Either this person sincerely cares about all the people who are suffering, or this person is horribly scheming!

But he knew that no matter what kind, he couldn't offend him!

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Kill!"

In a disparate battle!

Pan Hua, Yan Shun and others could not hold on for long.

The third boss was killed by Tieniu with an axe!

Pan Hua was killed by Niu Geng and an innate master.

Yanfeng was also quickly dealt with. Hundreds of bandits from Liangshan Village surrounded dozens of bandits and chopped them down one by one.

Less than a quarter of an hour.

Only Huang Ke and Liang Wen were left on the battlefield to fight against the two early-stage innate masters.

"Stop fighting!"

"Stop fighting!"

The common bandits on the battlefield have been cleared away, Song Jiang shouted loudly.

Immediately, the two innate masters stopped and exited the battlefield, and Niu Geng and the others looked at Huang Ke and Liang Wen eagerly.

"Two brothers, I see that you are also upright men. You have suffered extraordinary hardships before falling into bandits. If you don't dislike it, you are willing to join me in Liangshan Village."

Huang Ke had long thought of joining Song Jiang, and the fight just now was just for the sake of friendship with Pan Hua on the spot, but they were dead now, so he no longer hesitated, took a step forward, half-kneeled and said:

"If Master Song doesn't dislike it, I'm willing to follow Brother Song!"

Liang Wen faced everyone's eager gazes. If he didn't agree, he would die, so he agreed and worshiped:

"If Master Song doesn't dislike it, I'm willing to follow Brother Song!"

"good!"

Song Jiang's face was very gentle, he quickly helped them up and said kindly:

"Since we are all members of the same family, you can just call me Brother Gongming!"

"Thank you, brother Gongming!" The two of them bowed at the same time.

The corpses all around had been cleaned up by the bandits. More than 400 bandits from Qingyun Village who had not fought just now slowly gathered around and looked at Song Jiang expectantly.

Song Jiang did not disappoint them. He stood at the highest point and shouted to them:

"Brothers, I, Song Jiang, have said that when encountering injustice, we must take care of it, and people who are suffering the same fate should help each other.

When you join Liangshan Village, you will become a family in the future! "

"Meet the leader of Song Village!"

Several excited bandits immediately bowed down.

Then, more than four hundred bandits bowed down one after another:

"Meet the leader of Song Village!"

"Haha, okay, everyone, please get up, we will be a family from now on!"

"Tieniu, go get the money and prepare to provide living expenses for our brother!"

Song Jiang had no more words to say and just asked Tieniu to get the money. Nothing is easier to win people's hearts than money!

Sure enough, these bandits who had just taken refuge looked at Song Jiang with great respect.

Song Jiang took two steps forward, looked at these people, and said kindly:

"Brothers, I know that we are all poor people. Some people have no choice but to become bandits. If any brother is afraid that his family will be worried all day long and feels that he cannot take care of his family in the village, you can leave now. Each of you will be given ten taels. silver!"

"call!"

Song Jiang's words surprised everyone!

But Tieniu and Niu Geng, the bandits from Liangshan Village, all laughed. This was the reason why they admired brother Gongming and were willing to follow him.

There were some bandits in Liangshan Village who were not willing to stay in the mountain. Brother Gongming gave them ten taels of silver to let them go home.

These people are very grateful to Brother Gongming. If Brother Gongming needs him in the future, they will definitely come back.

"Master Song, is this true?"

A man in ragged clothes who had just surrendered came out trembling slightly. He didn't want to be a bandit at all and missed his family very much.

Song Jiang walked forward quickly, held the man's hand and said:

"Brother, I, Song Jiang, keep my word. Who would be willing to become a bandit if forced to do so?"

Song Jiang turned his eyes to these people and said sincerely:

"I wish that all of you would stop being bandits and return home one by one to support your family with peace of mind. Then there would be fewer miserable people in the world."

"Brother Gongming!" Everyone looked at Song Jiang with emotion.

Song Jiang took out ten taels of silver from his arms, placed it heavily on the man's hand, and said happily:

"Go home, take good care of your family, forget everything here, and my brother will feel at ease."

"elder brother!"

The man burst into tears and knelt down!

"Get up and go home early!"

Song Jiang helped him up, patted his shoulder and encouraged him.

"Who else is willing to leave? Tieniu, you send someone to give each of them ten taels!"

Song Jiang swept towards the crowd again, and soon a dozen more people came out and knelt down to Song Jiang.

"Brother, I'm sorry!"

Song Jiang quickly helped them up and smiled happily.

"Okay, as long as you can leave, go home quickly!"

Seeing Song Jiang's sincere expression, everyone respected Song Jiang even more.

Song Jiang is really happy and willing to let them leave, because wherever they go, they will speak out their benevolence and righteousness. Then it will be easier for them to name themselves, and they will soon be able to achieve the title they miss. !

After asking Tieniu and others to pay settlement and departure fees to these people, Song Jiang finally looked at the caravan.