Chapter 703 ???

Chapter 703 - Rogue forces

came back.

Chen Ze, who had been following Tang Tian's movements, relaxed at this moment.

Although he has absolute confidence in Tang Tianxing's strength, there is always an accident in everything, and now Chen Ze is afraid of that accident.

Now that things have progressed, he really can't afford any unexpected situation, let alone Tang Tianxing's great help.

If Tang Tianxing had an accident, he would lose a master on his side, and it would indirectly cause Tang Feng to go berserk.

Once the hearts of the people are scattered, it will be difficult to lead the team.

Furthermore, once Tang Tianxing's father and son were lost, Hua Lao and Luo Zongbing couldn't explain it to them.

More importantly, without the help of these two fathers and sons, it is unknown whether the hostages can be rescued in the future.

Simply because this situation did not happen, Tang Tianxing still did not disappoint Chen Ze, and walked out of Dongping City smoothly.

As for whether he had completed the mission, Chen Ze didn't want to think about it.

He knew about Tang Tianxing, and it hadn't been long since he went in. If he hadn't completed the task, Tang Tianxing wouldn't have come back in such a dispirited manner.

Now just sit back and wait.

During the waiting time, Chen Ze was not idle, and sent out Gu Qingfeng and the other five, and planted five nails nearby so that he could observe the surrounding situation.

It also serves another purpose.

Gu Qingfeng's emotions should be taken care of more or less.

Gu Qingfeng's dissatisfaction with Tang Tianxing has shifted to himself, which caused his loyalty to drop by as much as ten points.

Chen Ze didn't want Gu Qingfeng to see Tang Tianxing successfully complete the mission and come back. If he was on the spot, there would be some psychological imbalance, and if his loyalty dropped wildly, the gain would outweigh the loss.

Sending Gu Qingfeng out, of course he would still know that Tang Tianxing had returned after completing his mission, but it was better than seeing the excitement in person.

Chen Ze was helpless.

After waiting for a short time, Tang Tianxing came back.

Everyone saw that there was indeed a person tied behind his back.

To Tang Tianxing's surprise, Tang Feng was the first to come over and untie Huang Liang who was still in a coma behind him.

"Brother Tang, it's hard work."

Chen Ze also stepped forward, without even looking at Huang Liang, he first smiled and cupped his hands at Tang Tianxing.

Tang Tianxing nodded, took out a pen and paper from his pocket, and wrote down the situation with a few strokes.

Chen Ze took it and took a look, but it was Tang Tianxing who told him about his situation in Dongping City one by one.

There were some Tang Tianxing's own guesses, but not many, but he also told Chen Ze that Huang Liang was the leader of the soldiers in Dongping City.

After seeing this, Chen Ze understood clearly.

He was guessing like this before.

Given the strange situation in Dongping City, it was really hard for Chen Ze to believe that it was Cheng Hong who ran to occupy the city.

Not to mention Cheng Hong, even if any general ran to occupy Dongping City, it would be impossible to have such a management method at this time.

Then, it should be a third-party force.

But what is a third-party force?

The current situation is that the Zhuyan Empire is alone against the combined army of the Bailie Empire and the Qingyang Empire. At this time, who else can be called a third-party force?

Could it be that the Xuanjia Empire also participated in the war?

No, it's not.

The so-called third-party force, Chen Ze also guessed, it is very likely that it is a bandit force running around in Nantes Province or Fengqi Province!

There are rogues in every empire, and this cannot be stopped.

Take the Qingyang Empire as an example, they even specially designated a forest of poisonous mist for those felons who committed crimes to hide from the world, instead of blindly killing them all.

This is because the current situation in the mainland is not stable, and the main energy of the four empires is still external.

Secondly, internally, as long as those rogues do not go too far, they will rarely directly use the army to suppress them.

This has led to a large number of bandit forces running rampant in almost every province.

But there is one thing, the power of the bandits must not exceed a certain limit, otherwise the officials will definitely intervene, and they will not be given a chance to become big.

And here in Dongping City...

Chen Zeben was just guessing, but after getting the information sent back by Tang Tianxing, he was able to confirm that the situation had indeed changed in the past few months.

In the past, the bandit forces really couldn't grow big, they could only occupy a small hill and grab the merchants who came and went.

On the contrary, once the defensive force hired by the merchants is too strong, the bandits and thieves who ran to rob may even have the risk of overturning their cars.

It is conceivable how aggrieved this bandit force is.

But the situation changed a few months ago when Chen Ze led his troops into the province of Nantes.

The crisis in Nantes Province directly caused Ouyang Lixing to worry about the safety of Fengqi Province, so he rushed here in a hurry and assembled a large number of troops along the way.

You know, those troops were all the defense forces in the cities along the way when he came all the way. This time, at least two-thirds were directly taken away by Ouyang Lixing, leaving only the minimum troops for each city.

In this way, how can they fight against the bandit forces?

It is not bad to be able to keep one's own city.

Just like this, in Fengqi Province, the bandits who suddenly lost their natural enemies began to join forces, and their forces began to grow gradually.

It is also because the bandits occupy Dongping City, so they don't care about strategic planning, what should be occupied or not.

For them, occupying is earning, and with the current situation in Fengqi Province, who is free to deal with them?

Dongping City is also a border city, so it is not big, so it is more suitable for the bandits who have just grown up to practice their skills.

Xu Shi had been oppressed by the government for a long time, and they should have retreated after breaking through the city after burning, killing and looting, instead they stayed in the city.

Taking advantage of the war during this period, he simply became addicted to being a city lord.

It's really...

Chen Ze shook his head and smiled wryly.

Then he raised his chin as a gesture.

Meng Yang, who was standing beside him, understood immediately, and walked forward with a grinning grin, kicked up and gave Huang Liang, who was unconscious on the ground, a hard slap in the stomach.

"Well!"

Even in a coma, the strength of this kick made Huang Liang's face look painful, and before he opened his eyes, he was already yelling:

"Which bastard dares to kick me, is he impatient?"

"Yo ho?"

Meng Yang frowned, immediately rolled up his sleeves, and said with a sneer, "Then let's see who is impatient?"

Not much to say, when mentioning Huang Liang, he hit the other side with a straight bow, making the opponent's face full of peach blossoms.