The Villain's Counterattack

Taking advantage of the Mongolian army's expedition to Khwarezm, Yang Kang swept through the Mongolian troops left in the Central Plains. Although he could not win a complete victory due to the large number of Mongolian troops, he still achieved remarkable results. Then Wanyan Honglie led his troops out of Tongguan, and two members of the Jin royal family came out of Liaodong. Together with Yang Kang, they suppressed the Mongolian arrogance for a while.

But the good times did not last long. While Mongolia was shrinking its defenses, reinforcements arrived. It adopted a policy of concession towards Yang Kang and concentrated its attack on one group of troops. It first repelled the Jin soldiers in Liaodong, then defeated Wanyan Honglie's army, and finally concentrated all its strength to fight Yang Kang.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Yang Kang took the initiative to retreat. When he retreated, he wrote a letter to Wanyan Honglie, asking them to gather all their forces to guard Guanzhong. At the same time, they had to disguise themselves in Daliang, which had just been recovered, and pretend that high-ranking officials of the Jin Dynasty were stationed there.

Wanyan Honglie was not an ordinary person. Many high-ranking officials of the Jin Dynasty were unwilling to withdraw from the prosperous Central Plains. Wanyan Honglie left some of his relatives and ministers who did not obey him in Daliang, Henan, and gave them part of the army, pretending that it was the center. He led a large group of troops to quietly retreat to Guanzhong.

In order to confuse the Mongolian army, Yang Kang gathered a group of pirates to form a navy and handed it over to the high-level commander of the Jin Dynasty in Daliang (now Kaifeng, Henan). They fought against the Mongols both by water and by land, leaving the Mongolian army, which was unfamiliar with naval warfare, helpless for a while.

Shandong has produced heroes since ancient times. All the martial artists in Shandong were summoned by Yang Kang with only one purpose, which was to prevent the Mongolian army from doing whatever they wanted in Shandong. It can even be said that the entire Shandong area was under Yang Kang's control.

The Beggar Gang's branch in Shandong was basically scrapped. Ordinary beggars from the lower class were all forcibly conscripted as auxiliary soldiers. If they were really young, they were all sent to the Ryukyu Islands overseas for training. Those who had martial arts skills and were willing to seek fame were given opportunities, and those who were unwilling were all driven out of Shandong.

All martial artists willing to join Yang Kang's ranks were granted at least one martial art, with Qinggong being the top priority. Anyone who didn't know Qinggong was forced to learn it. How could anyone who couldn't even run away expect to learn anything else? Yang Kang's safety-first principle earned him the sincerity of many martial artists. Rather than treating them as cannon fodder or consumables, he repeatedly urged them to be cautious and not to seek death.

Who would want to die when they can live? Moreover, there are so many martial arts secrets in the Qi Wang Mansion that they are salivating. Not everyone in the martial arts world has unique skills. Some people can't even learn a third-rate martial art in their entire lives. But in the Qi Wang Mansion, there are two or three first-rate martial arts, thirty to fifty second-rate martial arts, and hundreds of third-rate martial arts. As long as you have enough merit, you can exchange them at will, but you can't spread them privately.

Yang Kang was not that demanding. He would pass the teachings down to his descendants or designate a direct disciple to pass it down.

The methods used by these martial artists may not be so effective when used on a large army. After all, their martial arts skills have not reached the level of forming an army by one person. However, they are very practical against the Mongolian squad. For a time, the Mongolian scouts and spies suffered heavy losses and had to retreat.

But there are always some people who are greedy. If you give in a step, they will take a step forward. We dare not attack the army camp, but as long as you dare to send out a scout team, we will dare to eat them up, even if we are ambushed several times, we will not change our original intention.

It was not until the Mongolian army retreated and moved away for hundreds of miles that they calmed down a little, but they still wandered around the border all day long. They did not believe that wolves eat grass, and those brutal and violent Tartars could not endure it for long.

The Mongolian army scouts outside Shandong could not enter Shandong, and without the source of information, they dared not invade at will. Yang Kang had a rare free time. While paying attention to the situation in Mongolia as a whole, he accelerated the resettlement of refugees from outside the country and the migration of Han people in Shandong.

A small Han country with a radius of 500 miles has appeared in Luzon, with 700,000 to 800,000 Han people. There are more than 300,000 Han people on the Ryukyu Island, of which more than 20% are literate. Hundreds of large sea ships and more than 200 river ships were forced to trade from the Song Dynasty. The Iron Palm Gang was also taken over by his own people. Half of the Yangtze River Basin is under his control, and population resources are continuously transported overseas every day.

Walking on the somewhat empty street, looking at the sparse merchants hawking their wares, Yang Kang couldn't help but shake his head slightly. It was hard to leave his hometown. His methods were tough but not overbearing. If you really don't want to leave, then stay. As long as you don't collaborate with the enemy or sell out your country, it's up to you. However, some military regulations must be followed.

Khwarezm was defeated in the end. The idiot Wanyan Hongxi successfully served as a scapegoat for Wanyan Honglie and was used by Guo Jing to sacrifice to Guo Xiaotian. It was not in vain that Yang Kang first used the soul-transferring technique to hypnotize Duan Tiande and then hypnotize Wanyan Hongxi, and finally saved Wanyan Honglie's life.

"I don't owe you anything anymore. I saved your life once, and I also saved the lives of your daughter and wife. From now on, Jin is Jin, and Shandong is Shandong." Yang Kang sighed to the sky, his eyes suddenly became sharp and cast at an empty house not far away. This border town was under military control. As the owner of this place, Yang Kang was very familiar with every tree and blade of grass here, let alone whether a house was occupied.

Beggars, thieves and robbers are not allowed here, and no one is allowed to enter the city without permission. The previous owner of this slightly luxurious empty house was a scholar with a considerable background. Even with Yang Kang's tyranny, he was unwilling to provoke that group of corrupt scholars, so he would rather leave it vacant than accommodate his own men in it.

Scholars are useless, especially those who only know Confucianism and have no other practical experience. Yang Kang is also very troubled by them. Except for some hardliners who are still living a life of idleness and waiting to die in their hometown, the other well-known ones are either driven to Daliang, Chang'an or sent to Lin'an. Some young people who can be reformed and have promising prospects are sent to Jiaodong or Ryukyu. Some of the truly useful ones are even sent to Luzon.

There are some abnormal people here. Yang Kang's military control is not just empty talk. The soldiers patrolling back and forth on the streets are all elites, and those leading them are even second- or third-rate masters. People in the martial arts world are sometimes more experienced than ordinary soldiers.

It was too easy for Yang Kang to climb over the wall and break into the house. With his martial arts skills, not many people could notice him even in broad daylight. In just half a year, this place had become deserted. The house, which had no one to clean and tidy up, looked a little messy. The garden had been abandoned, and the valuable precious flowers and plants competed for nutrients with the weeds, and seemed to have become more resilient.

"Is this, a formation?" Yang Kang took a few steps and suddenly realized something was wrong. Could it be Huang Yaoshi?

Yang Kang was too lazy to observe carefully to break the formation. The garden was so small, and this was not a particularly powerful formation, just a simple maze. Yang Kang jumped up with all his strength, climbed the cloud ladder and used the Eight Steps to Chase the Cicada, and was outside in a blink of an eye.

It seems that choosing to enter through the back door was indeed a mistake, or the new owner here had calculated the psychology of ordinary people. Yang Kang saw a figure curled up in a brocade quilt from the living room, kitchen, master's bedroom, and then in the embroidery building in the back house.

"Huang Rong?" Yang Kang frowned slightly. Why was this girl here, and she looked half-dead and sickly?

Huang Rong's face was flushed and she looked haggard. Through her cracked lips she murmured, "Brother Jing, Daddy."

Yang Kang's mind raced, and he suddenly realized that this was the most successful time this girl faked her death. She almost killed Ouyang Feng, but Guo Jing ruined her plan in the end, and she was somehow caught up by Ouyang Feng again.

Huang Rong is here, which means Ouyang Feng will catch up soon?

"Guo Jing, Guo Jing, although you are a master archer, you are definitely not a good hunter. Compared to Ouyang Feng, you are still far behind." Yang Kang looked at the seriously ill Huang Rong and shook his head slightly: "If I kill you now, I wonder if the great hero Guo Jing who guarded Xiangyang in the future will still exist. Well, whether the great traitor Guo Jing can become the great hero Guo Jing ultimately depends on you. For the sake of the Han people, even if I look down on you, I have no choice but to save your life."