267: Chapter 200 Double Kings!
(Ten thousand-character ga chapter, requesting votes) 267: Chapter 200 Double Kings!
(Ten thousand-character ga chapter, requesting votes) The day after the Mountain River Tower Gathering, Zhoou Liangchen, following the usual practice, led the brothers of the ‘Liang’ character platform to patrol the streets.
The various sub-forums of West Mountain Hall each had their specific responsibilities.
For example, the ‘Shan’, ‘Yun’, and ‘Luan’ platforms were mainly in charge of the canal works.
The Liangzi Platform, in particular, was responsible for the internal security and defense matters within the city.
However, as Zhoou Liangchen led more than twenty gang mbers onto the streets, he furrowed his brows deeply.
In front of him, out of a total of one hundred and twenty-seven shops, forty-five had closed down.
As a result, there were hardly any pedestrians on several streets in the town.
It looked empty and desolate, creating an oppressive atmosphere.
Zhoou Liangchen felt a cold sinking in his heart, anticipating that sothing might happen.
He quickened his steps to the crossroads ahead and turned into another street, Wangbei Street.
Zhoou Liangchen glanced down both sides of the street, then his face turned ashen.
Out of the one hundred and ten shops on Wangbei Street, forty-seven had ceased operation.
This Wangbei Street, together with Eastward Street, ford a cross that connected the four city gates, making it the central axis and busiest core of West Mountain Town!
He then saw that at the city gate in the distance, a large number of carriages and crowds were lined up.
“Send a couple of sharp ones to find out what’s going on,” Zhoou Liangchen squinted, “What is this about?”
Several of his subordinates quickly left in haste and returned just as quickly.
All of them had a serious and cold expression.
The information they gathered was roughly the sa.
All the major clans and local tyrants of West Mountain were evacuating their family mbers from West Mountain Town.
All the shops were closed, and all the long-term and short-term workers were being pulled out of West Mountain.
Zhoou Liangchen listened quietly, his gaze chillingly fixed on the crowd at the city gate.
A few breaths later, Zhoou Liangchen suddenly turned around and headed towards the Chu Mansion.
He let out a scoff, a rarity for him, and cursed under his breath, “Damned scoundrels!
These ignorant assassins, to pull this move on us!”
What a power move by Wen Tiance and the other local tyrants!
Zhoou Liangchen knew that these people were determined to oppose West Mountain Hall to the end.
Chu Xisheng was half a day early in learning about Wen Tiance and Cloud Crane Saber Yienyang leading many local tyrants to pull out from West Mountain Town.
That day in the hall, the group was tumultuous, all echoing the sa sentint, wanting to send troops to Wen Family’s Fortress in the east and make an example out of them to intimidate these local tyrants.
However, Chu Xisheng strongly suppressed the idea.
When it ca to official matters, things were always complicated and slow.
If he were a bandit or a Jianghu outlaw, the situation would be simple; they would just strike directly.
However, the Iron Banner Gang was a Jianghu gang, straddling the line between the underworld and the legitimate side.
To strike at the likes of Wen Tiance and Yienyang, who owned hundreds of acres and had governnt officials in their families, they needed a justified cause and couldn’t afford to give the governnt any leverage.
Chu Xisheng still thodically went about preparing his troops for war.
By January 20th, Chu Xisheng had finally gathered seven hundred gang mbers.
Preferring quality over quantity, he had delayed until today.
Moreover, all sorts of weapons had been duly purchased.
There were six hundred Magic Weapon Level Long Swords, four hundred Short Spears, seven hundred sets of leather armor, four hundred Iron Shields, two hundred Military Heavy Crossbows, two hundred Ten-stone Heavy Bows, and one hundred and ten Four-Arm Crossbows.
About sixty percent of these were purchased from outside, while the rest were leftovers from Liu Dingtang.
Chu Xisheng consequently reorganized the platforms into eight.
Chu Xisheng directly managed the ‘Xisheng’ character platform with one hundred people, Chu Yunyun’s ‘Yun’ character platform with one hundred people, Lu Luanti’s ‘Luan’ character platform with one hundred people, Zhoou Liangchen’s ‘Liang’ character platform with one hundred people, Li Shenshan’s ‘Shan’ character platform with one hundred people, Wei Yang’s ‘Yang’ character platform with one hundred people, and Liu Ruoxi’s ‘Ruoxi’ character platform with seventy people.
Recently, West Mountain Hall had called in many experts, besides Xiaang Kui and Wang Zheng, there were several Eighth Rank experts.
Chu Xisheng simply allowed Liu Ruoxi to branch out and form the ‘Ruoxi’ platform independently.
He also arranged for Xiaang Kui and Wang Zheng to be under Lu Luanti’s command, undercover overseeing undercover, which was perfect.
Besides that, there was also an ‘Original’ character platform, with only thirty people, specifically responsible for intelligence gathering for West Mountain Hall.
Chu Xisheng then delegated all training matters to Li Shenshan and Wei Yang.
Both were from the most powerful military force in the world, genuine Seventh Rank military colonels, adept at this task.
In reality, Chu Xisheng did not expect his gang mbers to achieve much in military formation and tactics.
After all, rural lee and Jianghu fights relied more on individual fighting skills; when it ca to a brawl, who needed battle formations?
Thus, the gang mbers selected by West Mountain Hall all had Ninth Grade cultivation, either strong, skilled with swords, or excellent archers.
Though their salaries were costly, they were all skilled in one-on-one combat and could hold their own against most martial cultivators of the sa level.
However, Li Shenshan and Wei Yang took their responsibilities seriously, and along with Zhoou Liangchen, trained their subordinates relentlessly every day.
Thus, Chu Xisheng’s silver flowed out like water.
Not only did he have to provide good food and drink for these seven hundred robust n, but he also had to supply them with elixirs to restore their Qi Power and spirits.
After all, West Mountain Hall was not a military regint.
The brothers joined Jianghu to earn their livelihoods, not to be worn out like beasts during training.
Even in the Northern Army, daily intense training could lead to problems.
Fortunately, the gang mbers below knew that a great battle awaited them in twenty days, and grateful for Chu Xisheng’s kindness in providing them with war armor, few complained.
It is well known that armor is the most expensive among all magic artifacts; a Ninth Grade piece of leather armor costs as much as three hundred silvers.
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