Dominating Martial King
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444: Chapter 244: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Please Subscribe)_5 444: Chapter 244: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Please Subscribe)_5 When Chu Xisheng led one thousand five hundred gang members, bearing the grand flag of West Mountain Hall, rushing over, the three thousand men of the Xiushui Alliance Army had already heard the news and fled, collapsing back into Xiushui City well in advance.

At this moment, the gang members and ship workers of the Iron Banner Gang at East City Pier knelt densely all over the ground.

“We greet the Young Flag Master!”

Many were teary-eyed, even shedding tears at this time.

“The Young Flag Master is mighty!

We thought our Iron Banner Gang was finished and were ready to go down with those scum!”

“That battle just now was well fought!

Truly satisfying.

I really wish I could kill all those mixes inside the city.”

“Young Flag Master, the Old Banner Master died so wrongfully!

You must avenge the Old Banner Master!”

“Thank goodness!

Thank goodness!

We still have the Young Flag Master to rely on, with the Young Flag Master to stand up for us!

Our Iron Banner Gang hasn’t fallen!”

“The Old Banner Master had said, if anything happened to him, the Young Flag Master would succeed him!

From now on, you are our Flag Leader!”

Chu Xisheng didn’t bother to put on an act; with a movement as swift as thunder, he directly found several leaders and kicked them up: “Get up!

Crying and wailing like women!

What time do you think it is?

The Tianping Army is right across from us, not far away, do you want to kneil here and let them behead you?

Get everyone to prepare the boats, gather all the brothers from Ancient Market and East City Pier!

I want you to mobilize all the boats you can, all the people you can.

Get all our bows and crossbows on the boats, the bigger the show the better!”

Hearing this, the few men shivered and led the crowd to various boats.

At this time, the boatmen and laborers on the pier also responded thunderously.

Initially hearing of the Iron Madman’s death, they felt as if the sky had darkened and the earth had dimmed.

He was the towering pillar they had always relied on, even revered, and now it had suddenly collapsed, making everyone feel unsteady beneath their feet, their minds in a daze, feeling utterly unsupported on all sides.

But just when everyone was feeling uneasy, they witnessed with their own eyes Chu Xisheng leading West Mountain Hall, sweeping away those of the Xiushui Family and Xiushui County Army like “Wind Roll Cloud.”

This greatly uplifted everyone’s spirits.

The sky of the Iron Banner Gang that was about to collapse was now forcefully held up by a titanic hand.

That’s right!

The Iron Banner Gang still had the Young Flag Master!

He was the ninety-first ranked on the Qingyun General List, the ninth of the Shenxiu’s Ten Outstanding Sabers!

As long as the Young Flag Master was around, the Iron Banner Gang would not collapse!

At that moment, Chu Xisheng called out to two middle-aged men: “Vice Hall Master Xue, Vice Hall Master Liang, each of you make a trip upstream and downstream.

Summon all the Outer Hall gang members of the Iron Banner Gang.

Tell the Outer Hall Masters that as long as the Iron Banner Gang exists, as long as we live, no one can touch our property and territory!

But if the gang is gone, we can’t keep our territories or assets no matter how many there are.”

These two were the deputy hall masters of Xuanfeng Hall and Iron Banner Hall, both with Sixth Grade cultivation.

Chu Xisheng had met them a few times before and was acquainted with them, but they didn’t have much of a connection.

However, Xuanfeng Hall and Iron Banner Hall were the core Tangkou of the Iron Banner Gang, and today, the Iron Madman had left both of them at the Headquarters to guard it.

This showed the trust the Tie Brothers had in them.

The two men became solemn: “We will diligently follow the Young Flag Master’s decree!”

At that time, Chu Xisheng looked towards a middle-aged man dressed as an accountant: “What’s left in the Headquarters now, how much silver, how much grain?”

This was a vice hall master of the Internal Affairs Hall.

Previously, the Internal Affairs Hall had always been led by Songfeng Sword Lin Shi.

The man became solemn: “Currently, the treasury has around 550,000 Demon Silver and thirty thousand dan of grain.

Additionally, there’s a gold vault in the Headquarters that the Banner Master prepared specially for bandit warfare; the Iron Banner Gang deposits ten thousand silver monthly, and it’s untouchable by anyone.

I’ve never been inside, but I can estimate there’s around 900,000 taels of Demon Silver left in there.”

At these words, Chu Xisheng’s eyebrows lifted slightly.

This was the best news he had heard since the grievous news of the Iron Madman’s death today.

This Demon Silver should support them for a while, but the amount of grain was far too low—

“Send orders to Li Shenshan, Wei Yang!

After they finish sweeping the defeated troops outside the city, each should lead their own gang members and three thousand hunters to attack all forts and bastions nearby.

I’m giving them one day to take down all forts and bastions within fifty li.

Tell them to forcibly collect money and grain!

Especially grain, bring all the fodder and livestock to West Mountain Town for settlement.”

As the saying goes, “Without grain, an army falters.”

Chu Xisheng currently had less than twenty thousand in silver, and West Mountain Hall’s public funds were only seventy thousand.

For today’s battle alone, just the reward money he had promised beforehand would take hundreds of thousands.

The enemies the Iron Banner Gang now faced included the Seventeen Linked Wharves, the Tianping Army, and the Jiangnan County Navy Camp.

Chu Xisheng estimated that the upcoming struggles and standoffs with the government and various forces would definitely last for over ten days, even more than a month.

The Iron Banner Gang was already struggling to provide for its own gang members, and if they wanted to mobilize all the hunters and ship workers, it would require an even greater amount of money and grain.

The more, the better!

As Chu Xisheng was saying this, he saw Lu Pingyuan leading a group of people, pushing several carts filled with hemp clothes for mourning, coming from the direction of West Mountain Town on the official road.

He waved to Lu Pingyuan: “Put aside the mourning clothes for now, I’ll give that to someone else to handle.

Quick, go to Killing Tower and hire a high-level expert for me.

The expert must be Upper Fifth Grade or higher in cultivation, the more powerful the better, I’ll offer ten, no!

150,000 Demon Silver for two months’ service!

Make sure to hire someone with a good reputation who’s willing to work hard.”

Chu Xisheng’s face twitched slightly at the words “150,000 Demon Silver.”

Normally, hiring a willing Upper Fifth Grade Martial Cultivator for a year would cost between 500,000 and 700,000 Demon Silver.

But Chu Xisheng had no choice but to spend this money.

What the Iron Banner Gang was lacking now was an expert capable of commanding the situation.

While Chu Xisheng indeed had many ‘experts’ under him, none of them could be exposed in the light.

“As you command!” Lu Pingyuan’s expression turned grave; he knew the importance of the task and that it must be accomplished with all efforts.

Just then, they heard a shout from above: “Xisheng!”

The voice was deep and bold, but it also suppressed a sense of sorrow.

Chu Xisheng looked up at the sound, his own expression slightly darkening: “Uncle Tie.”

It was Tie Xiaosheng, coming from afar, gliding through the sky toward them.