"General, there is news about Mrs. Guo again!" Dian Wei strode in and said to Chen Mo.

"Oh?" Chen Mo heard this but was not in a hurry. He pointed at the map and said: "Where is it, draw it."

"This..." Dian Wei looked at the map, scratched his scalp, looked up at Chen Mo and said, "Where is the Yi family?"

"I'll teach you some common words and learn from Dalang." Chen Mo reluctantly clicked on the map: "They appeared in Yishi."

"In the area of ​​Han's hometown in the northeast of the Yi family." Dian Wei held the pen in his fist and looked at the map, but he hesitated to write. After a while, he looked at Chen Mo and said, "How do you divide the directions on this map?"

Chen Mo: "..."

"The Yi family is in the northeast, right?" Chen Mo took the pen from Dian Wei and drew a red circle on the map. There were seven more similar circles on the map, all of which were information that had been sent back over the past few days.

"Is everything okay in Hanjiazhen?" Chen Mo hung the pen on the pen holder and asked.

"No, Hanjiazhen immediately set off the beacon fire after discovering the thief. According to the general's instructions, he divided his men into ten teams. Once the beacon fire was discovered, they dragged the branches towards the direction of the beacon fire to prepare for the reinforcements.

"Xiang, at the same time, beacon fires will be set off in the surrounding villages to warn the surroundings. Seeing that there is no opportunity for the thieves to take advantage of, after lingering for half a day, they saw that the reinforcements had arrived, so they led their troops to retreat." Dian Wei shook his head, Chen Mo's joint defense of the countryside, that year

However, many bandits in the Donglai area were forced to starve to death, and now it is also applicable here.

"I ordered someone to inform Man Chong that the matter of Salt Supervision will be handed over to Gao Shunke, and ordered him to come here as soon as possible. If there is anything important to discuss with him," Chen Mo said with a smile. He came to Hedong this time not only to suppress bandits, but also to

Taking the power of Hedong into his own hands, his plan has been completed. A pocket formation has been set up with Anyi as the center. If Mrs. Guo does not want to starve to death, she has no choice but to go to Anyi.

"Here!" Dian Wei agreed and took the order and left.

…

"What does Chen Mo mean by this?" Anyi is the ancestral home of the Wei family. In fact, the Wei family has been rooted in Hedong for many years, and the family business has long been spread across Hedong. In the past, no matter what happened in Hedong could not escape the eyes and ears of the Wei family, but now, when Chen Mo comes,

The first thing to do was to close the city. With the joint defense of the countryside, it was indeed difficult for Guo Tai and others to conquer the counties, but the Wei family's shops in various places were almost empty.

Originally, when the Wei family learned that Chen Mo was going to marry Cai Yong's daughter, most people were in denial. After all, Cai Yan was beautiful and talented, and some people in the Wei family also coveted her. Many people even wanted to marry Chen Mo before he came.

He was ready to give Chen Mo a blow. As long as Chen Mo arrived in Anyi, with the Wei family's methods and connections, there would be no problem in controlling Chen Mo to death. Even if he had soldiers, it would be useless. With two thousand soldiers and horses, the Wei family's family

The total number of servants and nursing homes is more than this.

Even if Chen Mo had extraordinary abilities, he would not be able to accomplish anything in Hedong, let alone suppress bandits.

Now Chen Mo has arrived in Hedong, but it is different from what they imagined. The first step is to seal off the salt prison. Before the Wei family can react, they will control several counties in the name of the prefect, and Chen Mo will gradually control all the cities.

With only Anyi under control, the Wei family suddenly found that they were isolated.

The means prepared for Chen Mo were of no use at all. What's more terrible is that Chen Mo sealed off the cities, which was naturally beneficial to the thieves. But as far as the Wei family was concerned, almost all the stores of the Wei family in every county were the same as those of the Wei family.

With the family cut off and goods unable to circulate, outsiders might not even dare to think about the losses involved. The Wei family's shops cover the entire Hedong.

He lowered his face and asked Chen Mo to be accommodating, but Chen Mo repeatedly declined, and his attitude was quite polite. He even entertained the people sent by the Wei family and explained patiently, as if he had the overall situation in mind.

However, the people in power of the Wei family are also experienced and sophisticated people. Who knows that Chen Mo's seemingly polite treatment is actually blocking their way out step by step, weakening and suppressing the Wei family, and this method is much better than

It would be much scarier to come to you directly and show your swords and guns openly.

If Chen Mo really comes up and leads his troops to find trouble, the Wei family will not be afraid. Everyone in the world says that even if you severely damage the Wei family today, you will definitely be able to spit out your money and profits in the future.

But what Chen Mo did was to change from passive to active step by step. Now it is basically certain that under Chen Mo's polite appearance, he has bad intentions towards the Wei family.

Wei Jian knelt down and sat behind the desk. There was a map on the desk. He didn't listen to the comments of others, but his frown became deeper and deeper.

"I don't know why, even though I asked softly like this, he still refused. Let's see how he can gain a foothold in this land east of the river after this banditry incident is over!" A young man snorted coldly.

"That's enough!" Wei Jian couldn't stand listening anymore. He patted the table and looked at the tribesmen around him. He suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. With so many people, they could only see that Chen Mo was making things difficult for them, but no one could tell.

The real crisis for the Wei family?

"Master!" When everyone saw that Wei Cang was angry, their voices suddenly disappeared, and everyone looked at Wei Cang in confusion.

"Mobilize all the manpower we can mobilize, repair the city defenses, and prepare for battle." Wei Jian shook his head helplessly. This fifteen-year-old boy was quite scheming.

"Master!" A young tribesman frowned and said, "Chen Mo is helping our Wei family face like this. Is it possible that we still have to help him?"

Not to mention whether it was true that Cai Yong wanted to marry his daughter to Chen Mo, just because Chen Mo had not taken his Wei family seriously since he entered Hedong, everyone was extremely resentful towards Chen Mo.

"Help him?" Wei Jian raised his head, looked at the tribesmen who had not yet figured out the situation, and shook his head helplessly: "Now we are saving ourselves. Haven't you noticed that Chen Mo has already connected the counties through this means of joint defense in the countryside?"

Only the Anyi area has not been deployed at all?"

"Even if he does it, we can't help him!" The man said with a frown. In all these years, the Wei family has never suffered such a big loss in the land east of Hedong.

"Idiot!" Wei Jian couldn't help but stand up, kicked over the table, pointed at the tribesman and cursed: "Now it's not whether we can help others, but whether they are willing to help us. The only thing left in Anyi area is that there is no such thing."

Deployment, that is to say, for Mrs. Guo, the easiest place to attack now is Anyi. Our Wei family manor has all the land in Anyi, and 90% of the farm outside the city belongs to my Wei family. If Chen Mo is cruel,

Some, just by allowing Mrs. Guo to attack, our Wei family's hundreds of years of accumulation will be destroyed in one fell swoop. They also want to prevent others from gaining a foothold. Since Chen Mo blocked the salt prison and Pu Ban, he has already established a foothold here.

Now if the Wei family wants to survive, it depends on Chen Mo!"

"this……"

Wei Ji has always been gentle and gentle. This is the first time that everyone has seen him get so angry. However, what Wei Ji said is really hard to accept. An old man said: "Then Mrs. Guo has also been favored by us. Besides, Anyi

The city is strong and there are many barriers outside the city, so Mrs. Guo doesn’t have the guts to attack, does she?”

The Wei family has been rooted in Hedong for hundreds of years. Not to mention Anyi, at least half of the land in the most fertile land from Sangquan to Anyi belongs to the Wei family. And Anyi, as the base camp of the Wei family, is ten miles outside the city.

The cultivated land in the country basically belongs to the Wei family. In terms of financial resources, the Wei family is as strong as any other family in the world.

"Favour?" Wei Jian sighed and said: "Uncle Yuan, Guo Tai helped us to drive away the hostility, and you secretly supported Guo Tai with salt, grain, grass and iron tools. Do you really think I don't know about it? In the past, it was considered a transaction, but it was not a friendship, let alone a friendship.

It’s not a matter of kindness. Now that they are cornered by Chen Mo, how can they care about those things? They are thieves!"

"Master, what should we do now?" Wei Jian said. Everyone immediately panicked and looked at Wei Jian.

"According to what I said before, strengthen the city defense. In addition, the forts outside the city also need to be garrisoned and defended layer by layer. Uncle Yuan is cautious, so you can bring some land deeds and house deeds to see Chen Mo. The Wei family is willing to fully support the envoy.

, and I am willing to offer the land deed, and when the thieves retreat, I am willing to support the county government with 100,000 stones of food and grass, and 300 strong men."

"Master, have you passed it?" Several young clan members frowned. With so many things, even the Wei family would be exhausted.

"How much?" Wei Jian sighed and said, "I'm just afraid he won't accept it."

Judging from Chen Mo's methods, if Chen Mo didn't guess that the Wei family was planning to target him before he came to Hedong, Wei Ji would never believe it. But this is the scary thing about Chen Mo. He will stab you with a knife bit by bit while smiling.

On the chest, he acted vigorously and resolutely, throwing you into a trap without even giving the other side a chance to react.

Being an enemy of such a person is definitely not what Wei Qian wants.

As for Cai Yong's betrothal of Cai Yan to Chen Mo, that is a matter for the Cai family. Cai Yan has been expelled from the Wei family and has nothing to do with the Wei family. Because of this, it is definitely not possible to offend an enemy like Chen Mo.

Wisdom.

"Don't worry, owner, I'll take care of it right away!" Wei Yuan agreed and immediately went to find the land deed and the house deed, ready to present them to Chen Mo.

Wei Ji looked at the others again.

Seeing this, everyone did not dare to say anything, and quickly went to direct their men to reinforce the city's defenses, transport supplies, and at the same time notify the villages outside the city to prepare to defend themselves against the enemy.

Most of the farms in Anyi are tenants of the Wei family. Sometimes the Wei family's orders are more effective than the court's orders, but coordinating them is much easier than Chen Mo.

Wei Jian's plan was to follow Chen Mo's example, hoping that the flames of war would scare away the invading soldiers.

The Wei family had been busy for a long time, and Wei Ji had been presiding over things in the main hall. Until evening, suddenly the chief secretary of the government office and several Wei family members rushed in.

"It turned out to be a clever plan. Then Guo Taizhen came here with his troops. The dozen or so Zhuangzi I was waiting for were destroyed by Guo Tai's troops. Now they are arguing about the direction of Anyi."

"Brother Boru, what should we do?" the chief clerk asked anxiously.

"Don't panic, we are prepared." Wei Jian sighed helplessly and said, "Follow me to the city to take a look."
Chapter completed!