Chapter 175: Exterminating the Yellow Dragon Gang (III) (1/2)
Chapter 175: Exterminating the Yellow Dragon Gang (III)
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Tsunami-like cheers shook the wild.
Guard Ding's expression grew extremely dark. His martial arts were not so good, only just breaking through to Level Three. But as a man who had experienced the war, he knew the importance of morale for the army. Having been in Jiang City for so many years, he knew the Navy of Jiang City well. Since they were beaten down by the water bandits on the Luo River, their morale had been low. Both their fighting capacity and cohesion had plummeted. They feared the water bandits and had become a group of stragglers that could not compare with his Garrison Camp. If it was a month ago, he would have been sure that he was able to beat the entire navy barracks with the soldiers of his 20 Garrison Camps. Therefore, he never cared about the navy and set aside its interests when dividing River Heart Island. In fact, he would not even have given Junior Leopard the camp on River Heart Island if he had not been afraid of his martial arts. He would have even pocketed the huge treasure that the navy acquired from the water bandits on the Broken Dragon Beach. During this time, for River Heart Island, the money that Wang Cheng gave him and the Magistrate with had reached a considerable amount, but people were always greedy. While Wang Cheng gave them, they were wondering that the Water Army Camp must have reaped much more than this on the Broken Dragon Beach since they could give them so much money. Thus, psychologically speaking, he was rebellious and jealous of the actions of the Water Army Camp and that made him build up a sense of rejection to the navy.
But now, the united cheers of the Water Army Camp soldiers were clearly showing that their morale had reached the peak. There was no trace of them being stragglers or the ragtag group they were a month ago. In just one month, how did the guy do this?
Actually, Junior Leopard did nothing.
For a month, he had been hiding in the depths of the barracks. Except for suppressing the bandits on the Broken Dragon Beach, all the affairs of the camp were handled by Wang Cheng.
There were two reasons for this change. One was that he showed great strength in suppressing bandits, which convinced the navy. The other was that he was always generous to give rewards. Not only did he help the navy get back their arrears, but after suppressing bandits on the Broken Dragon Beach, he took out a large part of the seized belongings and gave them to the soldiers. This was equivalent to the sum of three years' salary. Therefore, everyone satisfied. As the saying goes, rewards allure men to brave danger. Although just following Junior Leopard for a month, everyone felt their life had hope. Moreover, Wang Cheng had a great way of leading soldiers; otherwise, he would not have been promoted from the bottom to become the Vice Commander. In addition, he took nearly 100 qualified soldiers and imparted the Cross Training Diamond Body technique taken from the water bandits to them, which made the soldiers more grateful. With feats, money, hope, morale, and a good officer, in just one month, the whole navy had undergone earth-shaking changes. But Junior Leopard did not know anything about it. If Guard Ding knew it, he would be angry enough to vomit blood.
The smile on Junior Leopard's face became more and more brilliant as the surrounding voices grew louder. Perhaps sensing that the momentum was enough, he raised his right hand, and then pressed it down. Breathing deeply with flushed faces, the soldiers held their weapons tightly and restrained the vigor to swallow up their enemies. It seemed that they would exterminate the whole Yellow Dragon Gang at the command of Junior Leopard.
”Your Excellency Magistrate, look, if the Yellow Dragon Gang doesn't give us an explanation today, we won't stop!”
”This...” The Magistrate was just a scholar who had never seen such a scene. Thus he had been frightened by the soldiers of the Water Army Camp. His face was pale, his legs were trembling and he almost peed in his pants.
Now hearing Junior Leopard's question, though Junior Leopard smiled nicely, in the Magistrate's eye, he was as evil as the devil. Suddenly he shuddered, subconsciously stepping back two steps. At the same time, he gave Guard Ding an appealing look, feeling that this matter was better to give to the professional.
Guard Ding scowled, scolding the Magistrate secretly. In this situation, he was extremely reluctant to come forward. But since the Magistrate had cast his eyes on him, he had no choice.
He groaned in his heart and said, ”Commander Zhou, there's evidence in your hand, but no one else has seen it except you. It's a serious matter. I think...”
”Do you mean that this guy ruined the evidence, but I was blamed for it?” Junior Leopard asked enigmatically.
Guard Ding was angry. ”Of course you are to blame. Who knows what you're throwing. Even if it's the official seal, you should give it to the Magistrate instead of throwing it directly to Qian Mufan. It was in your hands. You threw it to Qian Mufan and Qian Mufan shattered it. You are definitely to blame!”
But for now, he did not want to bother the powerful Junior Leopard, so he had to bite the bullet and said, ”Commander Zhou, you must be joking. Now, apart from these water bandits' confession, you really haven't any evidence, so...”
”So you can shield the Yellow Dragon Gang blatantly?” Junior Leopard sneered.
”You...” Hearing Junior Leopard's undisguised words, even if Guard Ding had decided to lower his posture, he could not stand it. At the same time, he understood that Junior Leopard was here to find fault today. Whether there was evidence or not, he would suppress the Yellow Dragon Gang. Therefore, now he had a very good reason to doubt the truth of the evidence presented by Junior Leopard,
He even began to suspect the matter that Qian Mufan shattered the official seal. Anyway, his cultivation had reached Level Three, he could be called a little expert. Naturally, he knew that if you could control your Internal Qi well enough, it was not difficult to do that.
But the more he thought of it, the more frightened he became. He was afraid of Junior Leopard now. Now that Junior Leopard had used scoundrel means in his determination to deal with the Yellow Dragon Gang, if he stopped Junior Leopard, he would not necessarily have a good result.
So he forced down his rage that was going to erupt. Knowing that Junior Leopard was determined, no amount of persuasion would work. He sighed gently and asked, ”Well, Commander Zhou, what are you going to do?”
”It's easy. I'm going to bring Gang Master Qian back to the barrack. And them...” Junior Leopard suddenly pointed to a dozen of the Yellow Dragon Gang's members that were armed on top of the wall and the members holding weapons in front of the gate, ”they're too aggressive! It was just a small gang that dared to defy the imperial court's officers and soldiers. I'm wondering who gave him so much courage. I'm going to take them all back and interrogate them!”
”That depends on whether you have the strength!” Qian Mufan shouted angrily. As he shouted, his Qi Power suddenly sank and the gang members on the wall and in front of the gate also shouted.
The Yellow Dragon Gang had got a lot of Qi Power.
”Interesting!” Junior Leopard pulled up the corners of his mouth with a laugh, and Little Du beside him made a roar too. Their Qi Power was connected, in an instant, centered on them, a violent wind created.
”Hoo! Woo!”
Though the wind didn't stir up, somehow, everyone around them seemed to see a huge, invisible wind suddenly appear between Junior Leopard and the wolf, which went straight to the Yellow Dragon Gang.
”No!” Qian Mufan looked terrible. His cultivation was high, for it had reached the peak of Level Three. His body strength had reached the peak of Skin-Toughening Realm, which was only one foot from the Bone-Forging Realm. Naturally, he knew more than ordinary people.
Seeing that Junior Leopard's Qi Power was rising, he tried to confront him with his own Qi Power. Of course, he knew that it was unwise, because the Qi Power that Junior Leopard just released was way beyond his imagination. Therefore, he thought of a way. A way to take advantage of other's Qi Power!
He wanted to take advantage of the gang members' Qi Power, and connected his Qi Power with their morale to confront Junior Leopard.
It was easy for him. But because it was easy, he immediately regretted it.
Taking advantage of the gang members' Qi Power could enhance his strength, but it meant that they must bear the pressure from Junior Leopard. How could it be so easy to bear Junior Leopard's pressure?