#172 - Chapter 172 Seize

Watching the orderly assembly and departure of the troops below, Cheng Feng finally relaxed the nerves he had been tightly wound. Last night, he had rushed to finish the draft, repeatedly revising the pre-battle mobilization speech.

Some things could be said, others could not.

Although he felt that this mobilization might still lack some fire, he was, after all, a man who had been in a high position for a long time, and he had some understanding of how to grasp human nature.

Silver, prospects, training camp opportunities, initiation opportunities... Cheng Feng spared no resources he could offer. Now, he could only see if these disciples would live up to expectations!

Cheng Feng especially valued the members of the Three Halls, hoping they would stand out in this battle, and preferably a few good seedlings would emerge.

As for those mediocre individuals, if they died, they died. Anyway, it wouldn't be a great loss to the Hongmen.

Hongmen did not establish a pension system for unregistered members. Only officially initiated members could enjoy wartime death benefits. And the pension amount that unregistered members could receive was only about 40% of that of registered members.

Currently, the specific standards for registered pensions have not yet been determined, but for those who unfortunately die in battle, their families must be given certain subsidies, otherwise, it will have a negative impact on Hongmen's future reputation.

Even so, this was already a pretty good practice. Compared to other gangs, Hongmen was much better. Other gangs hardly provided any pensions. They lived a life of licking blood off knife edges, living for today, and had no extra money for pensions.

Cheng Feng believed that he had done his best. If his disciples still couldn't meet his expectations, then the worst outcome would be the disappearance of Hongmen, and Cheng Feng would start anew.

Cheng Feng always asked himself if he had been dedicated to Hongmen. If anyone dared to be lazy or slack off under his command, then don't blame him for being ruthless!

Cheng Feng himself was the strongest force in Hongmen!

The inky black night seemed like a giant curtain covering the entire city, mysterious and unpredictable. Before this night, Wang Hu had secretly reached an agreement with the government patrolmen that they would turn a blind eye to the conflicts between Hongmen and other gangs.

In this chaotic Jianghu world, fights between gangs were common, but each conflict required the government to supervise to maintain a delicate balance. At the same time, the government could also take the opportunity to make huge profits, which was a win-win situation.

At this moment, the teams that emerged from Hongmen looked nervous and hurried. "Speed up! Keep up! Our target is the Little Knife Gang!" the leader shouted.

"Brothers, listen up! The Sect Leader has ordered that ordinary people who surrender can be spared, but those martial artists will be handled by the martial artists in the sect!" another echoed.

Another team said: "We've long disliked those grandsons from the Walking Stick Gang. They were showing off in front of us a few days ago. Tonight, we'll wipe them out!"

"Hehe, we're from the Wolf Head Gang! I know one of their subordinates. Tonight, I'm going to beat him until he begs for mercy!" a member of another team said excitedly.

Cheng Feng and Wang Hu had simulated similar situations many times and were prepared. After all, Hongmen rose from the corpse of the Si Shui Gang, and the strongest of the surrounding small gangs was only at the late stage of Skin Refinement.

Cheng Feng was determined to subdue all the small gangs that the major gangs originally used to isolate and buffer, making Hongmen the gang that controlled the buffer zone. This would also prevent those major gangs from directly intervening.

Cheng Feng tried his best to slow down Hongmen's pace, not because he didn't have the ability to swallow everything in one gulp. In fact, if he wanted to, he could easily do it with his powerful strength.

However, in that case, Cheng Feng would be working for Hongmen, while the disciples would sit back and enjoy the benefits, which was contrary to his original intention of founding Hongmen.

This battle was not just a simple contest, but also an opportunity to train the team. Cheng Feng's original purpose in founding Hongmen was to seek wealth, but now, he needed Hongmen to take on more responsibilities.

As various pieces of information converged, everything became clear, like observing the lines in one's palm.

Through careful planning and strategic arrangements, Cheng Feng had a precise grasp of the situation. In this process, he not only had to consider his own interests but also take into account the development and growth of Hongmen.

In the Little Knife Gang, Shi Xiaodao, a man of ordinary build with a hideous knife scar on his face, was still drinking and chatting with his brothers.

Suddenly, a subordinate came to report: "Gang Leader, something bad has happened! Hongmen is attacking!"

Little Knife Gang Leader Shi Xiaodao smashed his wine bowl: "Then what are we waiting for? Brothers, grab your weapons!"

The members of the Little Knife Gang directly picked up whatever they could find and followed their leader out.

Looking at the dark mass of people outside, wearing uniform black clothes, with the character 'Hong' embroidered on their chests, uniform black scarves covering their mouths and noses, wooden clips and iron defenses hanging on their left arms, and knives in their right hands, they looked at the rabble of the Little Knife Gang as if they were looking at a group of walking merits.

Shi Xiaodao wasn't intimidated. Even facing opponents twice his size, the alcohol he had just drunk doubled his courage: "So what if there are more people? I've long expected this in this world. Killing one is enough, killing two is a profit! Men of the Little Knife Gang, charge with me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the men in black couldn't wait to charge forward, and the battle broke out instantly.

In the flashing of knives and swords, the shouts of the Little Knife Gang members and the bloodthirsty eyes of the men in black intertwined, forming a tragic scene.

Shi Xiaodao took the lead, using his Soul-Chasing Saber and fighting with the Hongmen disciples. Every move contained the decisiveness of a life-and-death struggle.

Sun Gui was the commander in charge of eliminating the Little Knife Gang, and he assigned ten training camp disciples, twenty Renmen disciples, and hundreds of low-level unregistered members.

Watching Shi Xiaodao, the leader, fighting there, Sun Gui nodded and said, "He has the spirit of self-sacrifice. Cheng Gongfeng, leave Shi Xiaodao to you."

Cheng Yi was a Gongfeng following Sun Gui's team.

Just in case, Cheng Feng used his full strength even when hunting a rabbit.

Each team was followed by a Blood Refinement realm Gongfeng.

Cheng Feng, Baibai, Cheng Yi, Xu Miao,

Even Wu Feng, whose injuries had not fully healed, was called out by Cheng Feng to be a non-intervening Gongfeng, just in case.

Cheng Yi understood Sun Gui's meaning: if a martial artist with good strength appeared, he would be captured to see if he could be recruited into Hongmen in the future.

As a martial artist team, these martial artists only sought strength and nothing else.

Hongmen now had enough low-level disciples, and Cheng Feng and others supported the upper-level Gongfeng, but they lacked martial artists in the middle Skin Refinement realm.

This was also the reason why Cheng Feng wanted to capture people. If that didn't work, they could be used as targets for martial arts training and actual combat, without any loss.

Cheng Feng believed that those who could be bosses had strength and should be able to be flexible.

Once they joined Hongmen, he wasn't afraid they wouldn't contribute. They were all his people, and there were always ways to deal with them.

Cheng Yi's weapon was an iron rod, which was difficult for ordinary people to pick up, but Cheng Yi picked it up just right.

Cheng Yi directly swept away the Little Knife Gang members blocking the way with the rod, and swept the rod towards Shi Xiaodao's leg.

Shi Xiaodao was startled just by hearing the sound of the wind and quickly dodged.

Cheng Yi's rod momentum didn't diminish, and he swung the rod to hit, with every move being powerful and heavy.

The data in his eyes flickered non-stop, lifting the rod, swinging the rod, and hitting accurately.

In less than ten rounds, Shi Xiaodao was hit in the wrist, and the knife in his hand also fell to the ground.

Seeing that Shi Xiaodao had been disarmed, the members of the Little Knife Gang also extinguished their fire and recognized the reality.

After the battle, thirteen people from Hongmen were injured, and about twenty people from the Little Knife Gang died.

At this time, Sun Gui also knew the benefits of the training camp: sweat more during training, bleed less during battle.

After taking down the Little Knife Gang, Sun Gui sent people to loot all the silver in the Little Knife Gang.

Only then did they leave triumphantly.