Your fiefdom gains one soldier every second, what should you do, Queen Mother?

In Xiliang territory, Mangdang County.

The bandits held their weapons tightly in their hands and looked at Zhang Fei and the Wei Wuzu behind him with ill intentions on their faces.

The leader of the bandits walked out from the crowd, pointed at Zhang Fei below and said sternly:

"Why did the government officials come to Yunqing Village? We haven't done anything these days. We even returned the rice we robbed to the people down the mountain."

Although the bandit leader sounded aggressive, in fact his legs were shaking uncontrollably.

It was really because the reputation of the Marquis of Zhenxi was too great. First, he destroyed the four major mountain strongholds in Yingchuan, and then he destroyed the strongest bandit force in Jubei City.

Now they have even killed 70,000 Hu soldiers and horses. With such strength, how can their small mountain stronghold with only a hundred people fight back?

When his men told him that the Marquis of Zhenxi's men were just outside the door, he was so scared that he almost rolled off his chair.

But as the saying goes, it is better to lose the battle than the battle. He has already led all the brothers in the village to turn over a new leaf. Can the government officials still force him?

So he bravely walked out of the village, but in fact he was very nervous...

Zhang Fei glanced at the leader, and then said in a deep voice: "I am not here to destroy you, but I have something to discuss with you."

The bandit leader was stunned for a moment, then he gritted his teeth and shouted, "I don't believe it! Are you officials so kind? No matter you or the mayor of Longxi City, you all want a small village like ours to die!"

Zhang Fei smiled faintly and said, "Do you hate Wang Yuan?"

"That's right! Who among us voluntarily went up the mountain to become a bandit? If it weren't for the aggressiveness of that bastard Wang Yuan, would we have become bandits?" a bandit said angrily.

"That's right! He increases the amount of grain collected every year. Xiliang is not as good as the Central Plains. How much grain does it produce every year?"

"He totally disregards the lives of ordinary people like us! We can't survive any longer, so we go up the mountain to become bandits just to have a meal!"

Zhang Fei fell into deep thought. No wonder he didn't feel that the people here were so afraid of the bandits in the mountains when he passed by the surrounding villages.

Instead, he saw helplessness in the eyes of the common people, and their disgust for the officers and soldiers was even greater than that for the bandits.

The people were friendly to him because they knew he was a subordinate of the Marquis of Zhenxi. Otherwise, when they first arrived in the village, several children picked up stones and threw them at them.

Just as the military advisor said, these small strongholds may not necessarily be their enemies, but may instead become their allies.

Zhang Fei signaled his men to put away their weapons. He looked at the bandit leader and said, "Wang Yuan is also our enemy."

"how is this possible?"

"That's right! They and the government are clearly in the same group!"

The bandit leader listened to what his men said, then glared at Zhang Fei and said, "Stop pretending! Was it Wang Yuan who sent you to wipe us out?"

"You are all the same kind of people. Even if we die here today, we will never surrender!"

Zhang Fei shrugged his shoulders, then shouted angrily, "Wang Yuan colluded with the northern barbarians to kill my eldest brother. Just for this reason, I will never let him go!"

"Secondly, colluding with foreigners is a capital crime! Wang Yuan knowingly committed the crime and deserves death for his crimes!"

"Since you all have a grudge against Wang Yuan, why don't you join us in defeating Wang Yuan!"

"Wang Yuan has been the city lord for so many years. In addition to extorting food from the people, he also allowed the four major bandits in Yingchuan to rob the people, and then took food and money from the bandits."

"Although Xiliang is a remote area, merchants were happy to come here to trade in the early years. However, since Wang Yuan took office, banditry has gradually increased, and merchants are robbed whenever they come."

"Merchants don't dare to come and rob innocent people. He is just a small city lord, but he commands tens of thousands of soldiers. His wealth is much greater than that of a marquis."

"If we don't kill this despicable villain who harms the world and morality, how can we relieve our anger?!"

Zhang Fei spoke so eloquently that the bandits were filled with emotion and indignation!

"So that's how it is? No wonder merchants coming to Xiliang have been robbed by bandits since Wang Yuan took office."

"So he acquiesced to it. Those big mountain strongholds gave him some of their profits. He accumulated countless wealth without doing anything. It was enough for him to become a powerful force in a place like Xiliang."

The bandit leader kicked the branch at his feet away, rolled up his sleeves and said to Zhang Fei: "Tell me, how can we join forces? Also, after this incident, you won't wipe us out, right?"

"My military advisor said that as long as we get rid of Wang Yuan, we will distribute the gold, silver, jewelry and food in his mansion to the brothers who have contributed and all the people."

"But our military advisor said that this is conditional. The condition is that you can no longer become bandits. After taking the food and money, you can return to the status of civilians."

When the bandit leader heard this, he said loudly with an excited expression on his face: "I thought it was some other condition, but it turned out to be this."

"Don't worry, sir! We went up the mountain to become bandits because we had no other choice. If we could go back to the old days, who would want to continue to be a bandit and be hunted down by everyone?"

"If that's the case, that would be great." Zhang Fei saluted with his fist, then he asked his subordinates to bring two boxes, which were filled with small change when they were opened.

These small pieces of silver were all seized from the four major mountain strongholds. The military advisor said that if you are not willing to spend a lot of money, then don't even think about forming an alliance with these small mountain strongholds.

Sure enough, the bandits' eyes widened when they saw the small change.

"Since this is a cooperation, sincerity is essential. These are all yours. I hope I can see you all when we attack Wang Yuan."

Zhang Fei's tone was a little cold. The bandit leader swallowed subconsciously and cold sweat broke out on his head.

"That's for sure, but I don't know when you will attack Wang Yuan? We can prepare in advance." The bandit leader asked hurriedly.

"Gather outside Longxi City tomorrow morning." After leaving this sentence, Zhang Fei left the mountain stronghold with his subordinates.

"Congratulations, sir!"

.......

The next morning, in the Longxi City Lord’s Mansion.

Wang Yuan, who was sleeping soundly, touched the smooth skin beside him. Next to him was a young woman sleeping. She was his newly taken concubine.

They had just had a passionate lovemaking session not long ago and were both sleeping soundly.

Suddenly, someone pounded on the door outside and shouted, "Master, something bad has happened! Bandits! There are so many bandits outside! They have already entered the city!"

Wang Yuan, who was woken up, was furious, but before he could yell, he was scared out of his wits by the following words.

He didn't bother to get dressed and opened the door naked.

"What's going on? Are you sure it's bandits?"

"It's absolutely true! All I see are bandits, heading straight for our house!"