The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

On the other hand, Tianshang Renjian reported the news truthfully as usual and did not report that the soldiers who were responsible for the supply of food were almost tortured to death.

With the participation of Tianshangrenjian, some of the originally angry people gradually came to their senses.

Especially the sentence, "Everything will be revealed when the truth comes out", made many people think of their previous misunderstanding of Jiang Fan. Some people felt that Jiang Fan might have ulterior motives.

Therefore, after being led by the rhythm at the beginning, some people actually believed the news reported by Tianshangrenjian more.

After all, Tian Shang Ren Jian did not deliberately describe anything, but the Morning Post gave people the feeling that it was constantly smearing the company.

Of course, although they are sober now, the people are still indignant about what Jiang Fan did, and they really hope that the Morning Post can give a reasonable explanation.

No matter what, although they were angry, they still held a glimmer of hope for Jiang Fan in their hearts. The people really didn't want the god they respected to be such a person.

They need a result. Even if they make a big fuss over the Morning Post and say that people won't buy it, they will still buy it.

After all, this is Jiang Fan's newspaper! The feelings in their hearts cannot be given up just like that!

This made those merchants who were worried that their business would be affected give up the idea of ​​temporarily going to the Morning Post to ask for an explanation.

After all, they had no reason to ask for an explanation. The Morning Post had not caused them any loss.

Therefore, due to the inexplicable intervention of Heaven and Earth, the situation has become much more stable.

Jiang Fan was unaware of the excitement in the capital. After more than ten days of training, the grain and forage soldiers had almost been transformed.

They themselves also felt the changes in themselves, from not understanding Jiang Fan in the beginning to now respecting Jiang Fan from the bottom of their hearts.

However, they still had some complaints about Jiang Fan's embezzlement of food and grass, but since he was a prince, they could only keep their complaints to themselves.

In this way, they had traveled almost halfway to Jinzhou. At this time, Jiang Fan asked the team to slow down their pace.

Because the location ahead is Lianyun Village in Bingzhou. The most famous place in the entire Bingzhou is Lianyun Eighteen Villages! It covers almost one-third of the territory of Bingzhou.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the local tyrant here. In the entire Lianyun Eighteen Villages, there are about 50,000 bandits, divided into 18 villages, with about 3,000 people in each village.

The largest village had a military force of up to 10,000 people, and the smallest had about 2,000 people.

They maintained a tacit understanding with the imperial court. As long as they did not rebel or raise the banner, the imperial court would tacitly accept their existence.

After all, the reason why they were called the Eighteen Villages of Lianyun was because they united to form an alliance, and the imperial court had sent troops to encircle and suppress them, but the encirclement and suppression was always unsuccessful.

The main reason is that the villages are interconnected and have strong ties with each other. The imperial army cannot gain any advantage from them, unless a large number of troops are dispatched to encircle and suppress them with all their strength. Otherwise, it will be really difficult to eliminate them!

Each village was easy to defend but difficult to attack, so the imperial court's troops were helpless. Moreover, if they focused on attacking one village, they would have to be on guard against sneak attacks from other villages.

Not to mention whether they could capture one of the camps, even if they did, they would probably suffer heavy casualties. The gain would not make up for the loss!

Thus, the Eighteen Villages of Lianyun in Bingzhou came into being. The route that Jiang Fan's grain transport team had to pass through was the Eighteen Villages of Lianyun, otherwise they would have to take a detour.

But if you take a detour, the journey that was originally only two days will take at least ten more days.

The truth is that the area of ​​Eighteen Villages is too large and the mountains are steep and difficult to navigate.

Except for a larger official road in the middle of Lianyun Shibahan, other places are either small roads or blocked by mountains, making marching extremely difficult!

If Jiang Fan guessed correctly, the Lianyun Eighteen Villages would be his first obstacle.

"Your Highness, are you worried that you can't get through the Eighteen Villages of Lianyun? You can rest assured about this. The Eighteen Villages of Lianyun have a tacit understanding with the court. They will not attack the court's troops and food supplies!"

Wu Guangyao, the chief general of the grain and grass army, came up to Jiang Fan and asked in confusion.

At this moment, he had more respect for Jiang Fan than he did at the beginning when he was resistant to him.

Although Jiang Fan trained them very hard, he did not treat them unfairly. He gave them good food and drink along the way.

Now, they have not only adapted to high-intensity training.

Their physical and mental outlook had changed, and they were no longer the loose and flimsy food supply army they had been before.

Jiang Fan asked the team to slow down, making him think that Jiang Fan was worried that Lianyun Eighteen Villages would cause trouble.

He often transported grain to this side, so he knew that the Eighteen Villages of Lianyun would not dare to touch the grain and fodder of the imperial army!

However, he did not know human nature, nor did he know that Ye Ren and others had no bottom line.

"Old Wu! You think things are too simple... We may have to face a fierce battle this time..." Jiang Fan heard this and patted his shoulder with a smile.

Chu Chengxiong stepped forward and put his arm around his shoulders, saying with a smile, "Old Wu, your highness is right. If other imperial supplies came, they might not take action, but when your highness comes, it's hard to say for sure! You just need to be prepared for the battle and be ready to fight at any time!"

At this moment, Chu Chengxiong's eyes were full of fighting spirit, and his aura was beginning to show.

When Wu Guangyao heard this, his expression tensed and he looked up to meet Jiang Fan's serious expression. He knew that this time he might be in trouble!

His mind raced as he thought of Jiang Fan's current situation. Suddenly, his heart felt numb!

He was a bit nervous and a reckless man, but he was also a man of great intelligence. After Jiang Fan's reminder, he knew that this trip would be dangerous. The struggle for imperial power was always bloody.

He finally understood why Jiang Fan had to train them all the way! This was to prepare for the tough battle ahead.

But when he thought that they would be facing tens of thousands of bandits from the Eighteen Villages of Lianyun, and that there were only two thousand people on his side, he was suddenly filled with despair.

Even though they had been trained by Jiang Fan, they were facing tens of thousands of bandits. It was estimated that no matter how much training they had, it would not be enough to fill the gaps in their teeth.

"Old Wu, don't worry... Since you have come here with me, I will not ignore you. As long as you follow my orders, the Eighteen Villages of Lianyun are not a dangerous place that you cannot get through!"

Jiang Fan smiled faintly at Wu Guangyao.

His confidence and calmness made Wu Guangyao stunned. There was a hint of doubt in his eyes, but his nervous heart was inexplicably calmed down.

Although, he was still unsure whether he and others could pass this level, but now that they had come here, they had no choice!

"Don't worry, Your Highness. We will follow Your Highness until death and fight our way out." Wu Guangyao knelt down on his knees and said respectfully.

Jiang Fan helped him up and patted his shoulder.

"Go... The army continues to march slowly... Maintain formation... If something unexpected happens, don't panic. Remember the formation I asked you to train in!"

Wu Guangyao stood up, nodded heavily, turned around and returned to the team.