Half an hour later, Yuwen Du also arrived. His Northern Army was resting outside the city, so he came immediately upon receiving the order.
Seeing the quiet scene inside the Zhenwu Hall, he didn't dare to utter a sound and carefully sat down to the side.
"Interesting. These thirty-six bandits are truly righteous and chivalrous. They've been planning to kill me for three years."
Yang Cheng closed the thick stack of documents, a half-smile playing on his lips.
"Where are the thirty-six major bandits right now?"
Yuwen Du said in a deep voice: "We will set up camp outside Mengcheng, which is more than two hundred miles away."
Although the Thirty-Six Great Bandits were originally bandits, after so many years of development, their elite troops have rich combat experience and are no less than the elite troops of the surrounding armies.
Therefore, although their current operations are swift, they are also proceeding steadily and cautiously, without rushing for quick results.
Yang Cheng spread out the map, stood up and said, "Tonight I will raid Mengcheng's camp. You will lie in ambush behind the enemy and snipe them."
"We don't need to send too many people, a few thousand will suffice. Bring all the city's defensive crossbows and arrows, attack once, and then retreat."
Yuwen Du asked, "How many men does the Grand Commander intend to lead to raid the camp?"
"When I raid the camp, I'll be the only one there."
The people present were stunned for a moment.
Going to raid a camp alone? Isn't the boss being a bit too arrogant?
Yang Cheng said casually, "You didn't expect me to raid the camp alone, and those thirty-six bandits certainly didn't expect it either."
I'm only going to bring two people over; having more than that would be inconvenient.
The elite of the Thirty-Six Great Bandits were far superior to the rabble and worthless people coerced by the White Lotus Sect.
Even with Yuwen Du's Northern Army and the entire Zhenwu Hall mobilized, there are still less than 30,000 men.
The thirty-six bandit leaders have more than three times our strength. How can we possibly fight them?
Although I told the court that we should meet force with force and water with earth, we still need to employ some strategies.”
The era of the Great Zhou world has changed. The martial arts masters of the past may have been very strong, able to fight against ten thousand troops by themselves, but what about an army of one hundred thousand?
Now Yang Cheng truly has the power to slaughter 100,000 ordinary people, provided they don't flee in all directions and are all on the offensive.
Even after killing them all, Yang Cheng wouldn't feel exhausted.
Although Yuwen Du and his group sensed the changes of the times, their mindset had not actually been completely reversed.
Yang Cheng alone could exert ten parts of his strength in a raid on the camp, but with others, he could probably exert eight parts.
After nightfall, Yang Cheng had Yuwen Du and his men lie in ambush while he sped towards the camp of the Thirty-Six Great Bandits.
Although the Thirty-Six Great Bandits are called great bandits, after so many years of experience, they are no different from a normal army.
Among these powerful bandits were also capable military leaders who trained these bandits and rabble to be comparable to the elite border troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Yang Cheng concealed his power to the extreme, his Yin energy blending into the surrounding night, silently infiltrating the military camp.
Yang Cheng killed four of the thirty-six bandits, leaving only thirty-two. This time, exactly half of them came.
Several of them were discussing something with 'Mad Dragon' Xuanyuan in the main tent, while the rest stayed in their respective tents.
Yang Cheng silently approached a large tent, where there were two people, who were his targets for this raid.
Before they rose to power, the Thirty-Six Great Bandits were just an ordinary band of thieves, far from being considered a great bandit group, and their numbers were much greater than thirty-six.
Their leader was not Zuo Yuan at first, but Chu Tianfang, the "Eight-Armed Dragon King".
Chu Tianfang was a man of great renown in the martial arts world. He was a rare master among the common people, and his Yunding Mountain Stronghold was the largest stronghold within a radius of hundreds of miles.
Zuo Yuan was being hunted down because he had offended a powerful martial arts sect, which led him to join Chu Tianfang's forces with his men.
Therefore, the Thirty-Six Great Bandits were actually two groups that merged together from the very beginning.
After joining Chu Tianfang's forces, Zuo Yuan immediately took the second-in-command position. Moreover, his generous and righteous nature earned him the favor of many people in the martial arts world, and many even came to join him, which made Yunding Mountain Stronghold grow stronger and stronger.
However, Chu Tianfang was later assassinated and killed by the same powerful martial arts sect that had been chasing Zuo Yuan.
In order to avenge their defeat, Yunding Mountain Stronghold went all out and fought to the death, finally destroying the powerful sect, but also suffering heavy losses themselves.
In particular, most of Chu Tianfang's trusted confidants were killed or wounded.
What happened next is almost common knowledge.
Zuo Yuan led the remaining men to form the Thirty-Six Great Bandits, and after discovering a secret treasure, their strength greatly increased, allowing them to roam the world freely.
However, none of this changes one thing: there are actually two factions within the Thirty-Six Great Bandits.
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