Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 557: Being a Boss Requires Using Your Brain
In the following days, Mexico was plunged into a bloody war between gangs.

The five major families originally had their own territories. In peacetime, they kept to themselves and even had business cooperation.

But Sanchez's death brought some subtle changes to the situation.

Most of the 32 states were caught up in the war. The most intense fighting areas included Nuevo León and Tamaulipas in the northeast, Aguastaliente and Guanahuatl in the central region, and even Veracruz and Puebla in the south.

On the contrary, the Sinaloa Group, which controls the northern Mexican states of Upper and Lower California, Chihuahua, and Coahuila, bordering the United States, was not involved.

The Sinaloa Cartel has been very low-key recently, and has suddenly become a small and transparent organization in this war from the oldest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in Mexico.

At first, the dwarf doubted Song Heping's speculation, thinking that Lascano might come to cause trouble for him.

Unexpectedly, the Los Zetas organization seemed not to see them, ignored them completely, and launched an all-out attack on the Gulf Group and the Knights Templar Group.

This made Rubio, the leader of the Knights Templar group who had been staying out of the matter, furious. He couldn't understand how he had provoked the mad dog Lascano.

"Are you all pigs?! He attacked our territory and killed our people, don't we know how to kill theirs?! What's the point of you reporting to me with your heads down like chickens? Get things done! Get things done! Get things done! Gather your men and, starting today, fire at Los Zetas with all your might. Tell everyone there's a fifty million bounty on Lascano's head! Just bring the body to me and I'll pay it right back. I won't break my promise!"

When the leader of the Knights Templar, Rubio, got angry at his men, he was in a villa in the southern coastal city of Veracruz.

Outside the villa, the sun is shining, the sky is blue and the clouds are white, the wind is gentle and the clouds are light. It is a perfect day for a vacation.

But Rubio was furious, like a bull with its tail on fire, roaring in the room, and he had the urge to rush up and kill anyone he saw.

Several group leaders stood in front of him with their heads lowered, as honest as children who had done something wrong.

After Rubio smashed a wine glass and overturned a fruit plate, the group's strategist Van Nistelrooy walked in.

"What are you still doing standing here? Didn't you hear what the boss said? Do as you're told right now, and do it well!"

"Yes……"

"Yes."

Several leaders left the room as if they had been pardoned.

Rubio has a bad temper.

There was a history in the past where, when his subordinates failed to perform their duties, he would simply draw his gun and blow their heads into a rotten watermelon on the spot.

So everyone in the Knights Templar was afraid of him.

After the leaders left, Rubio was still angry. He walked to the balcony, stood by the fence, looked at the sea in the distance, his nostrils flaring and breathing heavily.

"Boss."

Fanny came over and handed him a can of beer.

"Have some beer first to cool down. Getting angry won't solve the problem."

No one else would dare to say such words to Rubio at this time.

But Ruud can.

Behind every criminal boss there is a military advisor.

The military advisor is often one of the people the boss respects the most.

Van Nistelrooy has been friends with Rubio for ten years and has always been giving him advice. Whenever Rubio encounters a problem, he is always the first person called to his side to provide him with decision-making references.

"Fanni, that damn Lascano burned down two of my cocaine warehouses last night, causing us to lose at least $400 million! Besides that, he killed over 60 of our group's men. He chopped off the hands and feet of Kent City's boss, Letes, and drove over 200 kilometers to our territory! Have him deliver a message to us!"

He took a big gulp of his cold beer and turned to look at Fanny, his face burning with anger like a fire.

"They actually sent a man whose hands and feet had been chopped off to tell me that if I didn't cooperate with him and join him in fighting the Gulf Group, I would end up like Letes!"

As he spoke, he raised his finger and pointed at his nose.

"Lascano is just a dog under Sanchez! How dare a dog bargain with me and even threaten me directly!"

Van Nistelrooy remained silent, allowing Rubio to vent his anger with words.

He knew very well that this kind of venting was futile.

If Rubio had any other way, he wouldn't be here roaring at his men, nor would he be so incompetent and violent in front of himself.

Lascano and his Los Zetas organization are now a ghost.

They had lost their territory long ago.

After being betrayed by Sanchez and their lair was wiped out by a joint operation of the military and police, their entire organization suddenly disappeared, gave up all their territory, and went underground. At the same time, Lascano began to launch a frenzied attack on the military and police, the Gulf Group, the Knights Templar, and the Seta Group.

To outsiders, this was a suicidal act.

In the past, no one would have dared to think about offending several major families at the same time.

But now he did it.

the reason is simple.

It’s different in the past.

The current situation is that the four major families originally planned to unite to deal with the Sinaloa Group led by the dwarf.

This loose alliance was originally organized by Leyva Gran, with Sanchez from the Gulf Group being the first to take action, and it was Lascano from Los Zetas who accepted the task.

Previously, other families, including Rubio, were watching the results of Lascano's actions.

As long as the troublemaker Song Heping dies, the alliance of the four major families will immediately take action and fight against the Sinaloa Group in the north with all their strength.

Unexpectedly, the man surnamed Song was not dead, and Lascano was captured.

Just when these family leaders were jaw-dropping and planning to wait and see and not be the first to take action, what happened next made their eyes almost fall out in shock.

Lascano was released.

It is said that he was not tortured and not even a little finger was lost. He returned to his nest in one piece.

Ruud van Nistelrooy saw it then.

This Song's methods are too sinister. He can easily kill Lascano and intimidate the four major families.

But he let it go.

Not only did they release him, but they also escorted him out of the country...

What the hell...

The overt conspiracy has been taken to the extreme.

Sure enough, for some unknown reason, Sanchez became suspicious and sold the location of Lascano and his Los Zetas organization headquarters to the military and police.

The final result was that the military and police failed to capture Lascano and others, and they escaped instead.

The consequence of escaping is bloodshed.

That night, Sanchez and senior police officers involved in the encirclement operation were ambushed and killed.

But Los Zetas doesn't seem to be satisfied with all this.

They now went underground and launched an attack on the Knights Templar.

However, even if the Knights Templar had 80,000 gang members, they could not deal with the Los Zetas members who had only more than 1,000 members.

Because he couldn't find the other party at all, Lascano was now hiding in the dark, coming out to bite people when he got the chance, and then retreating after biting them.

This made a large gang like the Knights Templar completely at a loss as to what to do.

Los Zetas is a tough organization, most of whom are retired military personnel.

They are highly organized and have explosive fighting power.

The most terrifying thing is that the attack mission was carried out completely in accordance with the army's special operations.

Accurate, fast, and ruthless.

In just a few days, the Knights Templar had suffered six attacks.

Among them, one core member of the group was beheaded, more than 200 gang members died, more than 300 were injured, four warehouses were burned down, and two arms hiding places were found, causing a total loss of more than 800 million US dollars.

But even so, the Los Zetas organization is still like a disappeared ghost, and its real body cannot be found to attack.

This made the major families feel like they were punching a shadow, with no way out.

"Fanny! Why are you silent? I didn't ask you to come here to enjoy the sea view! I want you to give me some advice! Advice!"

"what……"

Van Nistelrooy's shrewd eyes rolled, and a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He said, "Boss, I heard that we lost a lot of goods, but the group is not short of money. You look so impatient, so you shouldn't be so impatient. What happened?"

Rubio calmed down a bit and said, "Fanni, I wouldn't come to you unless it was something difficult, but the group has been in big trouble recently. It's not just because Lascano wants to deal with us. If it was just him, we could just increase our vigilance and even put a higher bounty on his head. But..."

"Just what?"

"Things are happening both in Colombia and in the United States."

Rubio drank the beer in one gulp and threw it downstairs.

Fanny frowned. "Colombia? America?"

"Yes," Rubio said. "Many drug cartels in Colombia have terminated their cooperation agreements with us. The two largest rebel groups, in particular, are even saying they'll kill anyone who dares to cooperate with us... no, anyone who dares to cooperate with us. FUCK! This is insane! These guys have been working with us for so many years, and in the end, they've cut ties with us just because of that guy named Song!"

"Another Song?" Fanny's brows furrowed even more. "Then what's going on in America?"

"Fanni, Barlotte is dead, and his organization has fallen into the hands of a man named Song. Many of our smuggling channels on the US-Mexico border were originally controlled by Barlotte, but now Song has directly severed cooperation with us. We can only find a way to transport goods to the United States on our own. However, our smuggling channels in Texas have been frequently attacked by the police and the DEA recently. For every ten tons of goods shipped, less than 20% successfully lands. If this continues, our source of income will be cut off!"

Fanny nodded slightly, understanding: "No need to ask, the only one who can make the Americans intensify their attacks on us is the one named Song."

"Damn that Chinese guy!" Rubio gnashed his teeth. "I'm going to kill him! I'll pay the most, hire the best international assassins, or even mercenaries, to get rid of this guy! I won't be able to live happily until he's dead!"

Van Nistelrooy said, "If that's the case, what do you think the chances are of killing him?"

"He's not God! Even if he were, he wouldn't be of much use in Mexico!" Rubio said with hatred, "I just don't believe no one can kill him!"

Fanny reminded him, "In principle, there's no problem, but have you ever thought about this? Even a ruthless character like Lascano, who mobilized his entire organization's elite forces to ambush Song Heping's convoy, couldn't kill him and was captured by him instead. Do you think if you post the highest reward on the dark web to kill him, he won't strike first and deal with you first? You know, we already have enough headaches with Lascano alone. Is it worth it to provoke Song Heping, who is even more terrifying than Lascano and has CIA background?"

Rubio was stunned.

He suddenly felt as if someone had hit him on the head with a wine bottle, and his head started buzzing.

After a long while, he said, "What you said seems to make some sense..."

Van Nistelrooy said, "In this line of work, we can't just rely on force to solve problems. Look, that guy surnamed Song has disappeared. Do you believe he's just sitting there watching the fight, waiting to see our families lose? We call it the Four Great Families Alliance, but look at Big Leva and Omar and the others. Who's going to fight that guy surnamed Song now? If you really want to deal with him, you'll be the first to do it and get yourself into trouble."

Rubio was stunned again.

Fanny said, "I've heard the Chinese are very cunning and good at strategizing. Furthermore, the Songs are clearly in a stronger position than they are. We'd better avoid this bad luck."

Rubio shouted unwillingly: "Are we just going to sit here and get beaten and wait to die?!"

Fanny said: "That's not the case..."

Rubio asked, "Do you have a solution?"

Fanny thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I do, but I don't know if you're willing to listen to me."

Rubio said: "In this situation, why did I call you here? I want you to give me some advice. Tell me!"

Fanny looked at the vast blue sea in the distance, took a breath of the slightly fishy sea breeze, spread his hands and said, "If you can't beat them, then join them."

Rubio was stunned: "Huh?!"

Fanny turned to look at him and said, "We were already living quite well before we started fighting the CIA. The whole thing has gotten to where it is today, isn't it because that idiot Shorty insisted on taking the lead in fighting the Americans? If we hadn't provoked the Americans, we wouldn't have provoked this guy named Song. If Song hadn't come, Shorty wouldn't have surrendered like a softie. He's already surrendered, so what are we holding on to? Just because one of our high-ranking officials died during the prison break?"

Rubio thought for a long time, then suddenly slammed his hand on the railing. "Damn it, that seems to be the case... Shorty caused this, and now he's surrendering first! I'll fuck his whole family!"

　Asking for a monthly ticket! Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)