Xiao Hei explored the way, and he brought soldiers to follow behind. They went from Xicheng to Bingcheng in the east and to Yanzhou in the west. Some bandits died, and some escaped. Along the way, Fang Zhiyi expanded a lot of troops. At the same time, many people began to flock to Xicheng. They knew that there were no bandit troubles and no oppression here. In order to live a good life, the people were always willing to take risks.
When the warlord heard about Fang Zhiyi's movements, he was somewhat disdainful: "Just Zhiyi is hiding in the mountains, bah, little trash."
Only Fu Yunshen felt that something was not right, but looking at the Marshal drinking and having fun, he knew that he would not listen to anything he said.
It was not until the two small towns belonging to Marshal Chen were attacked by Fang Zhiyi and the defenders were almost wiped out that he realized the seriousness of the problem. He took out a map and saw that although the area where Fang Zhiyi was active was not in the mountains, there was a subtle trend of surrounding him.
As someone from below came to report that the routes for transporting food, ammunition, and medicine had completely fallen under Fang Zhiyi's control, Marshal Chen suddenly realized.
But he was a general after all, and he quickly counterattacked.
The army set out shouting slogans to wipe out Fang Zhiyi, but they were attacked on the way and the vanguard was beaten and fled in panic.
Marshal Chen sent troops into the mountains to encircle and suppress the enemy, but he could not even find the shadow of the enemy.
Then, he was even more surprised by what happened. Some of the bandit camps in dangerous areas had been transformed by Fang Zhiyi into solid fortresses, firmly controlling several important routes, which could not be reached even by a violent attack.
Marshal Chen had never felt so powerless. He kept sending troops out, but the enemy seemed to know all his moves and just kept fighting him in circles. The army was exhausted, and the fear of the enemy's intentions was gradually increasing.
There was no clue what was going on ahead, and a civil uprising broke out in his own territory. Young people with new ideas began an armed seizure of power with the support of a mysterious force, and several cities changed their flags one after another.
Marshal Chen's mind was in a mess. He was used to asking Fu Yunshen what to do, but when he turned his head, he was greeted by the black muzzle of a gun. Marshal Chen never understood until his death why the subordinate he had taken in betrayed him.
After the Marshal died, the army immediately became demoralized. Some of them fled in all directions, some simply surrendered to Fang Zhiyi, and Fu Yunshen also took some of his men into the mountains. He started out as a bandit, so what if he was still a bandit now?
Yan Qi had been incredibly busy lately. He was stunned when he received the news of a firefight between Fang Zhiyi and Marshal Chen. Why didn't they discuss such a big issue? But then he also received news of Marshal Chen's defeat and death. Yan Qi was a little bewildered. How could this make sense?
But soon he was given a new task, which was to take charge of the territories annexed by Fang Zhiyi, including tasks such as reorganizing the new army. Yan Qi swore that he had never been so busy in his life, while his immediate superior was still wandering around in the mountains and didn't care about these things at all.
If he hadn't left a cadre training class before leaving, I would probably have died here.
Marshal Chen's territory was annexed by Fang Zhiyi, which meant that Fang Zhiyi's scope of activities became larger.
The unlucky ones were still the bandits. Originally, they were just laughing at their colleagues in the Xicheng area, but now the fire finally burned their own heads. Some of them did not believe it, but when several villages were burned down one after another and the bandits were all beheaded and hung up, they finally realized that the rumors were true.
At the same time, a rumor spread among the bandits.
"real?"
"Absolutely true!"
"So this kid named Fu Yunshen has always been a spy for the tyrant Fang?"
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