Chapter 645

But in the mountain bandit world, Zhang Yan is the undisputed "Number One"!

With his huge influence in the mountain bandit world, one can imagine that the group of mountain bandits in Jizhou and Youzhou will be greatly affected by this.

Ju Shou's strategy of recruiting mountain bandits is destined to go bankrupt.

Of course.

Gu Yi does not accept just any stray cat or dog here.

If it is that kind of mountain bandit with a spirit of chivalry, robbing the rich to help the poor, Gu Yi can accept them.

But if it is that kind of coward who only bullies the weak and fears the strong, not daring to provoke the aristocratic families but only daring to oppress the common people, Gu Yi will not accept a single one.

On the contrary, he will also gift them a "Head-Chopping Elimination Game"!

……

Once the news came out.

Many mountain bandits in Jizhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, and even Cao Cao's territory of Qingzhou moved at the news.

There was no help for it; the number one mountain bandit in the world, Zhang Yan, had surrendered, so what reason did they have to go against Gu Yi?

For a time.

Mountain bandits from all over the four provinces of Hebei flocked toward Shangdang in Bingzhou.

Of course.

There were also some mountain bandit leaders who were relatively stubborn and thought they had some small cleverness, ignoring the announcement issued by Zhang Yan.

For example, the mountain bandit leader Chang Xi, who was entrenched within the borders of Qingzhou.

He thought that defecting to Gu Yi had no future and he wouldn't be highly valued.

Consequently, self-righteously, he chose to defect to Cao Cao.

What he didn't expect was.

Cao Cao and Xun Yu put their heads together.

They directly held a Hongmen Banquet, killed Chang Xi, and seized all the military power in his hands.

Furthermore.

There was the bandit leader Li Damu within the borders of Jizhou.

Commanding over 20,000 troops, he thought he should wait for a better price and make a decision after Yuan Shao and Gu Yi had thoroughly decided the winner.

This destined Li Damu to likely cool down.

Being a fence-sitter is a technical job.

But if one cannot control the degree of being a fence-sitter, it is very likely one will become the first to be eliminated.

After learning the news that Li Damu intended to wait for a better price.

Ju Shou directly turned Li Damu's trusted aides against him, stabbing Li Damu to death in his sleep.

This is the consequence of wanting to be a fence-sitter but not understanding how to do it.

Not everyone can become Meng Da.

Becoming someone who can flirt with the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu, and with Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang, and Lu Xun all at the same time.

What's more.

Even if it was Meng Da, the strongest fence-sitter of the Three Kingdoms period, didn't he eventually end up dead?

……. ===== CHAPTER 646 =====