Episode 10 Chapter 71
Feeling that Zhang Tong's attitude was not as tough as before, Tang Yin said: "So, Zhang Gang Leader should not oppose the Fengren Ranger Alliance, but should support it more!"
Zhang Tong swallowed his saliva and did not speak for a long time. Until now, he was still digesting Tang Yin's words. After a while, he said: "If it is to fight against the Ning Gang, I will certainly support the alliance. I can even lobby the big sects such as the Holy Hall, Shura Gate, and Baihui Hall to try to get them to accept the alliance. But... I am afraid that Zhang Dong will not be able to convince the public as the leader of the alliance!"
Although he is only the leader of a county's horse gang, his influence is not small. In all counties of Fengguo, there are basically horse gangs. It is not a matter of who listens to whose command, but they often contact each other and share the same spirit. The predecessor of the horse gang was actually horse bandits, all of whom were desperate people, but they no longer robbed houses, but practiced spiritual martial arts, and started legitimate business, and then transformed into a horse gang. It was precisely because he was born in the wild that Zhang Tong had the courage to come to Tang Yin to reason openly, and even dared to fight with the guards of the palace.
Although the horse gang did not have a few famous masters, it had many disciples all over the world. They usually valued integrity and loyalty. No matter how big and powerful the gang was, they would give the horse gang some face.
As the leader of the Lingdong County horse gang, it would be great if Zhang Tong was willing to lobby for the Ranger Gang Alliance. As for the leader, Tang Yin still had to recommend Zhang Dong. After all, the leader must be someone who was easy to control and willing to listen to him.
Tang Yin smiled and said, "Boss Zhang is worthy of being my great man of ambition. The matter of the Ranger Alliance still depends on Boss Zhang's efforts."
Zhang Tong said seriously, "It is related to the life and death of many ranger brothers. I have no choice but to do it." At this point, he showed a look of wanting to say something but stopping.
Tang Yin thought about it and understood his concerns to some extent. He said: "The alliance is just a matter of interests. As long as the culprit Ni Fengliu is eliminated, I can guarantee that I will not interfere in the internal affairs of your Rangers. Whether the alliance will exist in the future is up to your Ranger sects to decide!"
Zhang Tong was refreshed and said with a bow: "Thank you, Your Majesty, and I hope you can remember today's promise."
"Haha!" Tang Yin smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I will do what I say."
"Then who will be the leader of the alliance..."
"I think the heads of the various sects can get together to discuss and decide on the candidate for the leader of the alliance. However, I still say that Zhang Dong is someone I can trust, and it is the most suitable person for him to be the leader of the alliance." Tang Yin's words were not so strong that Zhang Dong had to be appointed. The reason he said so was to stabilize Zhang Tong first.
Sure enough, Zhang Tong was very satisfied with Tang Yin's answer. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty is right. I will remember it."
Zhang Tong came all the way to the capital to find Tang Yin to argue. He was determined to die, but the final result was unexpected. Tang Yin was much more easy-going than he thought.
After meeting Tang Yin, Zhang Tong did not stay in Yancheng for long. He left the city on the same day and sent his disciples to the horse gangs in various counties to ask them to contribute their manpower and lobby the Fengren Ranger Gang to accept the alliance as much as possible, and gather together to elect a leader.
Let's talk about Tang Yin. After Zhang Tong left, he looked at Cheng Jin.
Just by looking at Tang Yin's face, Cheng Jin knew that the king was very dissatisfied with his actions. He hurriedly walked out of the corner, knelt on one knee, and said: "Fengpin Hall Master Zhou Chong has been trying to win over the Lingdong Ranger Gang and oppose the alliance. If this person is not removed, I am afraid that no Lingdong Ranger will accept the alliance."
Cheng Jin's methods are a bit dark, but it cannot be said that he did it wrong. Tang Yin sighed and said: "If this happens again in the future, try to do it in the name of Nifengliu and put all the blame on Nifengliu." As he spoke, he stood up, walked down the steps, stood in front of Cheng Jin, looked at him for a moment, stretched out his hand, straightened Cheng Jin's clothes, and continued: "Don't forget, your secret arrows represent the court. What you do, outsiders will not say what the secret arrows are like, but only what the court is like. In the future, I don't want to hear the voices of Rangers who are dissatisfied with the court, and I don't want to see any Rangers find me again." "Yes! I know." Cheng Jin hung his head and didn't even dare to breathe.
Tang Yin patted him on the shoulder, said nothing more, and walked out.
After Tang Yin left, Cheng Jin finally breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
A few days later, news came from Besa that the royal court of Besa had undergone earth-shaking changes.
In fact, the changes in Besa had been expected by Tang Yin, and there were signs in advance.
Since Xiao Na married to Feng Country, the military of Besa has been in turmoil. Today, this general stepped down for dereliction of duty, and tomorrow, that general was imprisoned for corruption. In short, almost every day, generals were dismissed for one reason or another. These generals have one thing in common, they are all Sanchez's confidants. The vacancies left by these people were filled by a large number of young nobles in Besa.
Sanchez is not a fool. Of course, he can see that these recent events are all aimed at him, and he also feels that his situation is getting less and less optimistic. In fact, he has no intention of publicly tearing his face with King Knis, at least not yet, but due to the situation, he has to take risks.
Since most of his trusted generals in the army had been dismissed, it was unlikely that he would launch a mutiny in a big way. He urgently gathered his followers. He gathered thousands of people, mainly his own guards and many of his followers' guards, servants, and slaves, and planned to launch a sneak attack on the palace, kill Knis, and forcibly seize the throne.
As a result, before his plan was put into action, someone secretly leaked the secret to King Knis, who first mobilized the Besa army to arrest Sanchez and his followers on charges of treason.
Knis had spies around Sanchez, and Sanchez also had spies around Knis. Sanchez, who heard the news, felt that his big plan was over and that Besa City had no place for him. He fled Besa City overnight with his family.
He ran away, but his followers did not have time to run away and were arrested by the Besa army. Then, Knis sent the elite palace cavalry guards to hunt down the fleeing Sanchez.
Fifty miles west of Besa, the Royal Cavalry Guards caught up with Sanchez and his group, and fought a fierce battle with Sanchez's guards.
In the fierce battle, Sanchez's guards were eventually annihilated by the Royal Cavalry Guards, and his family members were also killed or injured in the chaos, but when the captives and bodies were finally counted, no trace of Sanchez was found. In order to completely eliminate the resurgence of Sanchez's faction, Kness announced to the public that Sanchez had died in the chaos, and his body was burned on the spot.
This internal struggle in Besa did not end there. After announcing the death of Sanchez, Kness, who had just recovered from a long illness, began to order a thorough investigation of Sanchez's followers. Anyone who had had dealings with Sanchez, or even with his followers, was within the scope of the investigation.
In this way, the scope involved is too wide. Within a week after Sanchez's "death", more than 10,000 Besa people were arrested and executed. In the large city of Besa, panic spread and everyone was in danger. The bodies that needed to be cleared every day were pulled out of the city in carts.
Even after several years, there were still Besa people who were implicated in the Sanchez case and died tragically in prison. This is the cruelty of political struggle.
It was Kness's long-planned plan to eliminate Sanchez and his followers, including his own dissidents. All actions were planned and step-by-step. Once implemented, it was as powerful as thunder and lightning, and the power was overwhelming. Sanchez, who was so arrogant and domineering on weekdays, did not even have the power to resist. This also shows the terrible strategy and skills of Kness.
The most direct consequence of the Sanchez case was a major change of the powerful people in Besa. Many old nobles fell, and a large number of new nobles rose up and quickly controlled the country's military and political power. The Besa court, which used to look old, seemed to have been given a shot of adrenaline and was full of vigor.
The new nobles did not have the concerns, interests, and social connections of the old nobles. Their coming to power also indicated that the war was getting closer and closer to Besa, and the spearhead was directly aimed at the ally Duki.
There were also voices of dissatisfaction with Duki in Besa. The main dissatisfaction with Duki was that Duki privately launched a war without the permission of the Federation, disregarding the interests of the Federation. Of course, these voices were paving the way for Besa to legitimately send troops to Duki in the future.
Through the various news sent back from Besa, Tang Yin was basically certain that Besa was ready to send troops to Duki. Now Besa was just waiting to see how the Feng Kingdom and Duki's army could fight in Tia.
Tang Yin sent a letter to Liangzhou, asking Liangzhou to recruit new soldiers in Ningdi and reinforce the Sanshui Army to make up for the personnel consumption of the Sanshui Army in the war.
A few days later, the Sanshui Army reported another victory. The Feng Army went north from Tia City and defeated the Duki Army again. They trapped the Duki Army Commander Remi Azabao and his remnants in the Dusk City in the north of Tia.
The Dusk City is close to the border between Tia and Duki. The fact that the Duki Army was defeated here and trapped means that the battle of Tia is not far from over.
Tang Yin was very happy and immediately wrote a letter in which he praised the Sanshui Army.
When the Sanshui Army won consecutive victories in the battle of Tia, Tang Yin received a letter from the Mo Kingdom, saying that King Shao Fang of Mo would leave at the end of the month to visit the Feng Kingdom and would arrive in Yancheng at the end of next month.
I don't know what the specific purpose of Shao Fang's visit is, but he never comes to Feng State without a reason. As the king, he came to Feng State in person, so he probably has something very important to discuss. Tang Yin is looking forward to it. If Shao Fang really comes to Feng State for help on Changsun Yuanhong's matter, Tang Yin is also ready to use this opportunity to extort money from Mo State, preferably to take one of the eight counties in Ningnan.
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