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In the days following the battle of Liangshan, Ning Yi's life was mostly spent on the road and eating. Searching: \(End-of-Book Divine Station\) to read excellent literature for free. On the road, he sorted out various pieces of information, while meals were mostly for socializing, dealing with local magistrates, prefects, or officials in charge of reserves and material allocation. It was a busy and relentless schedule.

Of course, although logistics often determine the outcome of a war, Ning Yi's socializing was not solely for that purpose.

Throughout the entire process of dealing with Liangshan, he cleverly peeled off and dismantled more than 50,000 people who could be removed. To others, this was already an immeasurable achievement, but for Ning Yi, the job was only half done. From the beginning, he didn't believe that his strategy could solve all the problems at once. In the end, a fight was inevitable, but he knew he wasn't familiar with warfare. Although Commander Fang and the Dúlóng Gǎng were now willing to ask him for the final strategy, Ning Yi completely relinquished command. The soldiers belonged to the government, and the Dúlóng Gǎng belonged to themselves. He only observed everything with a learning mindset, occasionally asking questions about aspects he didn't understand, but never questioning their decisions.

With Liangshan's previous victories as a backdrop, any questioning from him, even if they didn't listen, was acceptable, but if it shook their confidence, that would be the most troublesome thing. To get things done, one must not have an amateur commanding professionals.

With the battle of Liangshan, achievements, merits, and gold and silver obtained could now be determined. Ning Yi was amiable, turning the whole affair into a joint encirclement and suppression effort by the surrounding prefectures and counties and the Wu Rui Camp in terms of public opinion. During this period, he coordinated all parties, distributed benefits, reported the matter of claiming credit to Right Minister Qin's side, and urged officials in several prefectures and counties not to be half-hearted. Visiting them one by one, he leveraged the momentum of destroying Liangshan and Qin Siyuan's reputation, not only enticing the surrounding officials with benefits but also coercing them.

"If possible, I wouldn't want to keep talking about the Su family's blood feud all day long... but now I have to do this to prevent anyone from dragging their feet..."

In a few days, Ning Yi traveled back and forth between Yun Prefecture and Ji Prefecture, meeting people batch after batch. Besides distributing benefits and asking for their assistance, he often mentioned the Su family's affairs during the banquets. This seemingly unintentional talk was, as Wang Shanyue and Su Wenyu who were with him knew, a fixed routine at almost every meal. Ning Yi seemed amiable when meeting people, but only when talking about the Su family or the children he had taught would his eyes turn red, his gaze icy, and he would even slam his fist on the table in front of many officials before realizing it and apologizing.

The first time he mentioned it, Wang Shanyue felt pity, and Su Wenyu, being a member of the Su family, almost cried when he thought of those children and relatives. But after several times, they realized that these seemingly unintentional words were the focus of Ning Yi's every output. He even emphasized when asking the people of Dúlóng Gǎng to spread the news of Liangshan's defeat that his side was not only sent by the imperial court to do things but also came because of a blood feud, which must be emphasized.

After several days of traveling and banquets, only when he returned to meet with the two thousand people from Dúlóng Gǎng would Ning Yi tell Luan Tingyu, Zhu Biao, Hu Sanniang, and others the whole situation in detail. In his words, this was a ventilation of information at the political and military levels. Only by knowing the direction of the strategy could the commanders better decide on tactics.

After the great battle of Dúlóng Gǎng, Luan Tingyu and others did not participate in the battle of Liangshan. However, after appeasing the villagers and treating the wounded, they still gathered more than three thousand people and followed behind, according to Ning Yi's instructions. Among these three thousand people, the most capable fighters who also had a blood feud with Liangshan, the main force, numbered about two thousand. Hu Sanniang led slightly more people from the Hu Family Village. As for the other thousand or so, they were not logistics personnel for the expeditionary force. Instead, according to Ning Yi's arrangement, they were personnel led by doctors, accountants, and stewards to handle various trivial matters, specially prepared to clean up the mess left by Song Jiang.

At noon this day, Ning Yi had already communicated with the Wu Rui Camp's commander and finally came to the wilderness called Night Crow Ridge, where the Dúlóng Gǎng people had been trailing Song Jiang and temporarily stationed, to reveal the bottom line to Luan Tingyu and others.

"...I don't know how to fight, but after the battle of Liangshan, Song Jiang and his men have a total of two directions to choose from. To put it bluntly, it's actually simple: either delay or surrender. As for the third option, leaving Shandong to join Tian Hu and Wang Qing, I don't think they'll do that."

As the sun set, in the camp set up on Night Crow Ridge, Ning Yi spread out the many delicacies he had brought on the grass. A wild boar was roasting on the bonfire, a harvest of Zhu Biao and others on the road, now dripping with oil and constantly emitting fragrance. Luan Tingyu and others gathered here. If young people came to take a look, Ning Yi would greet them, asking them to take a box of rice and vegetables and cut a piece of pork.

"Delay is very simple. The government's power in Shandong is not strong, and many things are based on old rules. There are wildernesses everywhere. Although they lost Liangshan, the Wu Rui Camp cannot deploy its entire force of more than 20,000 to run around with them. Liangshan's interests have been obtained, and everyone wants to divide them. Once they are divided, no one will be willing to take them out again. In terms of the entire logistics, the Wu Rui Camp cannot afford to delay, nor is it in the mood to delay. As long as they delay

Wu Rui Camp loses interest, they can set up a camp on a mountain again and rise again in a few years."

"Of course, it's not easy to rely solely on delay, so while they run, they take villages and burn people's houses. They don't kill many people to leave behind grievances. You may be able to get some credit in this matter as a county magistrate, but after several places below are burned down and people are not all dead, you may not be able to make up for the credit in this year's assessment. This is a more troublesome thing."

Ning Yi paused: "So they may rampage in Yun Prefecture and then run to Ji Prefecture. When Ji Prefecture sees that Yun Prefecture has already had problems, Lu, the prefect of Ji Prefecture and others, may take the idea of doing less is better as the main idea, and choose to recruit them. Moreover, recruiting them is also a credit, large or small, avoiding negative reviews on the assessment, and more credit than Yun Prefecture. It is very likely they will do this. This is one way to surrender. Once they really surrender, it will be difficult for us to kill them."

Luan Tingyu nodded: "So, the decisive battle must be placed near Yun Prefecture."

"That's what I said to Commander Fang and the others. Of course, it's just possible." Ning Yi nodded. "For Song Jiang and the others, if Ji Prefecture does not accept them, they can continue to make trouble, going north or east. Ling Prefecture, Qing Prefecture, and so on are all possible. But they underestimate our ability. The more they delay, the more likely there will be problems. So I think they will want to hurry up as much as possible. These days, I have coordinated with all parties. I am here to avenge a family's extermination. Anyone who easily drags me down on this matter, don't blame me for going crazy and killing their entire family. So the government should resist for a while."

Ning Yi's ruthlessness in breaking Liangshan was now heard by people in several nearby prefectures and counties. Afterwards, it was rumored that the Su family had been exterminated, and he came to seek revenge. In the eyes of some officials, Ning Yi was not only a difficult fiend but also had gone mad in this matter. He also had a relationship with Qin Siyuan. Even the top officials of Shandong Province would have to weigh the gains and losses if they wanted to protect the people of Liangshan. When he mentioned this, Zhu Biao and others laughed.

"With Brother Ning's current reputation in Shandong, who dares to pull a tiger's whiskers at this juncture? Recently, I heard that the underworld is spreading the news that a 'heart demon' has appeared in the western part of our Shandong."

"Officials are hard to say, and heart demon is not a good thing..." Ning Yi shook his head with a smile. "It's always better to be prepared... We can't afford to delay now, and neither can Liangshan. They have more than three thousand people. No matter how fierce they are, a group of bandits without a stronghold are constantly fleeing. The government soldiers refuse to give up, and everyone around is calling for their death. It's hard to last long. In short... fighting still depends on everyone. I can only try to dry up all the water around them. They flee around for a hope. We will fill up the holes they make one by one. As long as they don't feel any hope, the collapse will be faster and faster."

Hu Sanniang smiled at this time: "Brother Ning is talking about the affairs of those villages. These days, I heard that several stewards have done a good job, and many people are willing to go to Dúlóng Gǎng to work. There are dozens of people willing to move there. If Song Jiang and the others know that what they have done is ultimately useless, they will be pissed to death." At this time, Grandfather Hu and Hu Cheng in the Hu Family Village were injured, Hu Sanniang felt grief in her heart, only wanting revenge. She only felt happy when she talked about things that could frustrate Song Jiang.

While they were talking about these things here, in a river valley twenty miles away from Night Crow Ridge, Song Jiang's fleeing team was also discussing similar topics.

In the past few days, Song Jiang and the others had been charging and killing all the way in Yun Prefecture. In five days, they plundered and burned more than a dozen villages. They often burned houses after looting and hid in the mountains. The three thousand people they had left could be considered elites, traversing mountains and rivers, extremely fast. Once, they encountered several thousand government soldiers and broke through them.

This was the initial period of their escape, and morale was still strong. Because of the frustration they had suffered at Ning Yi's hands before, Song Jiang and others were also holding their breath. At this time, they also knew that as long as they burned a village, the government would have one more burden. Thinking of this, and being able to wantonly watch people helpless, the Liangshan side was also extremely happy.

"They say positive strategy, we are also positive strategy. No matter what, there will definitely be resentment. If the government soldiers force us, the disaster will fall on the government. As long as they can't solve us, there will always be conflicts between the two sides. With conflicts, we will be taken out... This question only depends on how they solve it."

The setting sun was red, and the tents were distributed from the river valley to the side of the mountain. Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, Song Jiang and others looked at the scene where order was gradually being restored in the camp and morale was still high. They were quite emotional, but between their words, there was no longer too much arrogance.

In the past few days, while they were fleeing, they began to set strict rules, count personnel, temporarily break up mountain strongholds, and require soldiers to obey orders and prohibitions. At this time, under strong external pressure, these desperate outlaws began to try to abide by these rules.

On the other hand, Wu Yong and others began to tell the soldiers in the army and promote the positive strategy they used. It was easy to transfer battles near the Water Margin. As long as they continued to fight, the government could only suffer losses. Song Jiang spared no effort to use gentle means to get close to the leaders and soldiers. He had previously had a reputation as "Timely Rain" in the underworld, and he was very good at interpersonal interactions. He may not be able to do everything perfectly with 60,000

Liangshan people, but at this time, with more than three thousand people, it was easy to make people feel the presence of this underworld boss. As a result, morale improved instead.

Of course, such morale may be maintained for half a month or a month, but it may not be able to be maintained for a long time. Wu Yong, Zhu Wu and others understood this in their hearts, but they also knew that as long as they could maintain it longer than the Wu Rui Camp, things could turn around. When this force expanded again, a Liangshan team with strict orders and prohibitions would be enough to counterattack and avenge all their revenge.

They could only firmly believe in this.

Positive strategy against positive strategy, Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, Song Jiang, and even the entire fleeing three thousand people, all felt that this strategy was useful. What they didn't know was that in the past few days, once they burned a village, the first to rush over was not government relief, but the Dúlóng Gǎng team.

They first rescued people, then distributed enough money, food and supplies for several days, and then began to stir up emotions. Everyone was harmed by Liangshan, so they were a family. Your houses were burned and you have nothing long, it doesn't matter, go to my Dúlóng Gǎng to work, there is money and food. You still have grain to be harvested in your fields, we can temporarily lend money and food, the interest is fair, you settle your old people at home, go to Dúlóng Gǎng to work, earn money, and then come back to build new houses, or you can choose to settle in my Dúlóng Gǎng. And if you work for a long time, my Dúlóng Gǎng will have several benefits... etc.

The resentment of the residents will only completely turn to the government when they are truly desperate and no one is willing to take care of them. In the battle of Dúlóng Gǎng, the Zhu and Hu villages happened to lose a lot of manpower. After the houses of these villages were destroyed, the relief team from Dúlóng Gǎng followed, at the same time arousing the crowd's hatred towards Liangshan. It is estimated that the blood feud will not dissipate for several years or decades.

There were not many people in a dozen villages after all, but in a sense, this model was almost similar to the replica of capital accumulation in the European industrial revolution in later generations. After farmers lost their land, they joined the industry. Dúlóng Gǎng swept the bottom all the way, and at the same time threw all the grievances that Song Jiang and others thought would be aroused back on them. When a few days later, the Liangshan people, who had been enthusiastically burning, killing and looting all the way, sent people out for the first time to check the situation of the grievances aroused, the feedback news truly surprised Wu Yong and Zhu Wu.

That night, after explaining things on Night Crow Ridge, Ning Yi went to the many villagers who came this time, chatting and cheering them up: "I said long ago! After this battle, you are the most capable team in Shandong! Who wants to fight me one-on-one! Come on—"

In fact, in the past few days, Luan Tingyu, Zhu Biao and others have been cultivating the morale of these people. The great victory of Dúlóng Gǎng, the subsequent defeat of Liangshan, plus the hatred in their hearts, has indeed made the combat power of these two thousand people reach a very high level. After joking and laughing that night, Ning Yi couldn't calm down until late at night, the tension that had been accumulating since June 5th... or even earlier, finally subsided slightly.

Being in a high-pressure state for more than a month, first constantly deliberating and calculating, and then the high-intensity operation of holding almost every clue in hand, there was not much time to sleep every day. This was not the most crazy working state he had ever had, and he still maintained a strong sense of hunger spiritually. The enemy had not completely become desperate, and he would never want to stop. Everything in the entire spiritual field was still in a state of aggression, aggression, aggression, but physically, he would still be a little tired after all.

At this step, the strategic arrangement can finally be considered in place. Next, he may only need to check for omissions and make up for deficiencies, and the use of spies in the middle of the other party also belongs to the tactical level, and more of it is improvisation. The brain does not need to be tense to the previous state. Ning Yi blew the wind outside the tent. In fact, this time the work is not really a large-scale battle level, but at present, he has not established a professional operating team, and everything needs to be done by himself, so he can only be like this.

"I really admire what you have done these days." Wang Shanyue, who came over from not far away, smiled at him, "I originally thought that after Song Jiang and the others fled, you would use more exaggerated tricks, but seeing these now, it's really like... a net."

"Tricks are just things that storytellers use to deceive people, things to comfort those who want to gain without working hard and are unwilling to work hard." Ning Yi twisted his neck and looked at the camp in the night, "Everything in the world is done step by step. To solve the siege of Dúlóng Gǎng, you can defeat the Liangshan people. How to defeat them, make them weaker internally, and always fight externally. How to make them weaker internally, divide them, and hit their morale. The methods can be ever-changing, but the principle is actually very simple. Just do it step by step."

"The same is true now. I only let them feel three points: first, the government will never dare to accept them; second, everyone is calling for their death, and we will definitely bite them to death; third, what they do is useless. The rest is the matter on the battlefield." Ning Yi shook his head, "I never accept tricks. There is nothing that is a trick, it's just a means of doing things well. If you can really complete what you think of step by step, any plan is a wonderful plan. If you can't do things well, it's useless to have wonderful plans."

Wang Shanyue is now considered a member of his team. After Ning Yi finished speaking, he smiled: "Of course,

Everyone sees things differently. If you regard it as a trick, it's okay to look at it that way."

"I'm just a little curious about what you think of Dúlóng Gǎng."

Wang Shanyue is, after all, an official, and he is worried about the people of Dúlóng Gǎng after all. Ning Yi glanced at him, thought for a while, and weighed his words.

"I am a businessman, and after I finish avenging, I will eventually do business. There are too many places in Shandong that the government can't control, and since Liangshan has been eliminated, no matter whether this time is killed cleanly or not, the forces will be reshuffled. I finally managed to get in touch, and I hope they can become another Zeng Family Village." Ning Yi looked at Wang Shanyue, "We have a relationship, and business will be very easy to do. I know that Duke Wang used Confucianism and righteousness to govern his family, but you also said that the Wang family may not be doing well in Beijing now. Your Wang family has fame and relationships, and you have a family of women and children to raise and protect. We have a good cooperation. Do you want to invest?"

"I guarantee not to do anything too excessive... guarantee to make money. Consider it?"

Ning Yi raised his hand with a smile, the temptation in his tone like a demon who knows people's hearts. Wang Shanyue originally came to say these things because he was a little worried about this area that the government did not care about, and did not want Dúlóng Gǎng to become another Liangshan, but at this time, his eyes suddenly became confused. In fact, although his brain is good, he received extremely formal Confucian education from an early age. Later, although he was forced to eat people to increase his deterrent power, in many places in his heart, he insisted on Confucianism and righteousness.

But after the Wang family arrived in Beijing, insisting on righteousness may not make the family prosper. Even if a family of women recruited several men to support the family, in reality, apart from the favor and reputation that Wang Qisong had accumulated, the Wang family was not really doing well. It was justified that Wang Shanyue, as the only man in the family, was forced to this extent.

"Wh-what..."

"Heh, it's just a matter of business after all, let's talk about it later. Don't worry, I will never let you disgrace your family. My Su family has no reputation, having the name of the Wang family will make it easier to talk to officials when we leave Shandong. Otherwise, I would have to ask Qin Lao to introduce me to other people." Ning Yi laughed, then looked into the distance, his eyes already cold, "However, these are things for the future. Let's kill those people first."

He paused, patted Wang Shanyue on the shoulder, turned around and walked away. Wang Shanyue frowned and stood there, looking in the direction Ning Yi left, tangled for a long time.

But... I really want to say it now...

He stood there for a while, finally smiled and patted his forehead, feeling like he had been played, and also like he had been incited. However, in his heart, there was indeed a feeling of wanting his family to live better, which had been hot and hot, and was now gradually heating up again...

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