Chapter 465 Six Steps
"We just said the adults are back!"
This piece of news was enough to scare many mercenaries into a state of panic.
Masked Stranger!
These four words have become an indelible shadow in the hearts of many wandering mercenaries.
After all, it was too exaggerated for one person to wipe out an entire mercenary town, it was like cheating.
Although the town was not big, there were at least several hundred mercenaries stationed there. They were unable to put up even a little resistance and simply evaporated from the face of the earth like a group of ants.
After that night, many mercenaries went to the abandoned site of the mercenary town.
In the devastation, they only saw some broken bones, shattered internal organs, coagulated blood clots, torn strips of flesh, etc., and could hardly find a complete corpse.
"The masked man is a devil!"
This statement has already spread within many mercenary organizations.
Of course, there are many more terrifying stories.
After that, many people spread rumors and made Su Xia the incarnation of the god of death.
Some wandering mercenaries who escaped from the mercenary town even came forward to share their personal experiences, confirming to everyone the horror of the masked man.
In their description, the Masked Man is a headless monster without a head.
There was a ball of faint ghost fire floating in the place of his head. He held a long crescent-shaped scimitar in his hand, and behind him was a scarlet cloak stained with blood. He was wearing a hideous armor made of charred bones. He was cold and ruthless, and only knew how to kill.
He was high above, suspended in the air above the town, with his arms outstretched in the cold night, his bloody cloak fluttering, sending desperate mercenaries one after another into hell to fulfill the undead contract he had signed with the god of death!
Many people say that the reason why the masked man was able to come back to life is because of the legendary contract.
He made a promise to Death.
He will select those who have committed heinous crimes in the world and send them to hell using horrific means to fill the vacancies in hell.
In this era, beliefs in ghosts and gods were deeply rooted in people's minds, and many mercenaries were frightened and lived in constant fear.
After all, they knew that they had blood on their hands.
It is precisely because of the pressure brought by Su Xia that many mercenary organizations choose to rely on Wang Teng and live under his protection.
"Those mercenaries are scared to their core of Master Mask!" Mu Yang added, "During this period, although they have used various methods to belittle Master Mask on the private radio station, everyone can see that they are timid. If it weren't for Wang Teng, they would not dare to provoke Master Mask even if they had a hundred times the courage!"
"Okay, this is a good idea. Even if we don't fight them, we will scare them to death!" Wang Xiong applauded and praised repeatedly.
"Let me do this, I know how to do it." Chu Tang said.
"Well, Lao Chu, you have to be careful. The information you release should sound true and false, giving people a feeling of uncertainty." Mu Yang reminded.
"Don't worry, I understand." Chu Tang nodded.
"Lao Mu, what's next?"
Wang Xiong asked again: "After this three-step plan, what else is there to do? Do you go and rescue people directly?"
"No, there is a fourth step." Mu Yang said in a deep voice.
"Step 4? What is it?"
"This step is also focused on attacking the heart, but it's not external pressure, but internal conflict!"
Mu Yang looked at everyone and said slowly, "Spread the news and say that Wang Teng wants to clear his name and get rid of his identity as a wandering mercenary. He plans to join a regular organization and retire from all evil, so he contacted the Southwest Mercenary Union."
"Contacted the Mercenary Union?" Wang Xiong was stunned. "What's the use of this information? That Wang Teng does seem to have a connection with the Southwest Mercenary Union. It's not easy to use it, right?"
"No, this is a good thing to use!"
Mu Yang raised his hand slightly, and the wooden stick in his hand moved and pointed to the mark of town number seven on the map again.
He said in a deep voice: "In three days, many mercenary organizations will gather in this town. Many of them will want to rely on Wang Teng and continue to live a life of burning, killing and looting in the wilderness. But... if they knew that Wang Teng wanted to retire, what would they think?"
"Will they want to retire together?" someone asked from the back.
"It's not that easy to retire!" someone immediately retorted.
"Yes, once you embark on this path, it won't be easy to retreat!"
"If those people really wanted to quit, they would have had the opportunity to change their appearance when they re-registered as residents in various cities, but they didn't, which shows that they prefer a life of murder and arson!"
There was no need for too detailed explanation. Just by saying this, everyone immediately understood what Mu Yang meant.
If Wang Teng wants to whitewash himself and become a positive character, can he still be the object of dependence for many mercenary organizations?
Thinking further, how should a positive character deal with wandering mercenaries in the wilderness?
The four words "wandering mercenaries" are the negative representation of this era!
"Moreover, this news is authentic enough." Mu Yang knocked on the table. "Even we know that Wang Teng has some collusion with the Southwest Mercenary Union. I think there must be many people in the mercenary organization who know this too!"
"Yes, Lao Mu is right. This news is both true and false, and it is enough to make those people in the mercenary organization suspicious!" Chu Tang said.
"But this is not enough, we need to make further use of this matter." Mu Yang said solemnly.
"Lao Mu, how else do you want to use it?" Wang Xiong asked him.
"Release more information, saying that Wang Teng's retirement has a price, saying that he has reached an agreement with Luo Xi, the president of the Southwest Mercenary Union, and the price is... the heads of all the members of the mercenary organization!"
"Hiss...isn't this too cruel?"
Wang Xiong's eyes widened and he took a breath.
But he quickly added, "Okay! I like it this cruel!"
Indeed, there is a price to pay for whitewashing the villains.
This price must either be paid by oneself or by others.
"If Wang Teng really wants to clear his name, will he arrest all the members of the mercenary organization and hand them over to the regular organization as a token of his loyalty?"
In other words, could it be that Town No. 7 is not a trap set by the Nanfeng Organization, but a trap set by various mercenary organizations?
Any normal person will unconsciously have these questions.
"Great! Lao Mu, you are really a talented person!" Wang Xiong's voice was rough, and he had praised Mu Yang more than once.
"This step is indeed good. If used well, it can directly divide the major mercenary organizations, plant a nail of suspicion within them, and make them doubt each other!" Chu Tang also said so.
"Yes, but that's not enough!" Mu Yang said.
"What? Not enough?" Wang Xiong was stunned for a moment and looked at Mu Yang.
We have come this far, how can it not be enough?
What else to do?
The others also fell silent, staring at Mu Yang, waiting for his follow-up arrangements.
Mu Yang's face was solemn, his voice was steady, and he spoke slowly: "We also need to spread the news that it's not just Wang Teng who wants to retire. There are several leaders of large mercenary organizations who want to follow him and retire. They want to become positive figures, leave this barren wilderness, and take the wealth that their brothers have worked so hard to build, and go to the big city to enjoy a life of luxury!"
"Fuck, that's right! Why didn't I think of that!" Wang Xiong widened his eyes and immediately slapped his head.
Since we are going to split up the mercenary organization, we have to do it thoroughly!
Not only should they be made to doubt the Mercenary King, but also the major organizations should be made to doubt each other, and even the members within each organization should be made to doubt each other.
Whenever they hear the news, whether they believe it or not, they will have similar doubts in their hearts.
If the boss of an organization wants to take the treasure and go to the city to enjoy life, what should the other brothers in the organization do?
One more person means one more pair of hands to distribute the treasure!
Will someone secretly take action and kill the other brothers first?
If this is the case, wouldn't it be better for me to take action first?
Once suspicion arises, it is impossible to disappear; it will only deepen as time goes by.
In particular, the members of those mercenary organizations are all vicious people, all of them are bloody maniacs. There is no trust between them, and internal fights often occur due to disagreements.
"Brother Mu's move was really bad, really bad!"
"Haha, if I were the boss of those mercenary organizations, I wonder how upset I would be after hearing this news!"
"Come to think of it, are there any of them who really have this idea? For example... after accumulating enough wealth, they would kill all their brothers, then change their appearance, take all the treasures and go to a big city to live a normal rich life?"
The human heart is hard to predict, after all, it’s all hidden behind one’s belly.
Everyone suddenly thought, could there really be someone who holds such an idea?
The wilderness is a very cruel place, with people often killing each other, and it is chaotic and full of all kinds of people.
Some people were calling each other brothers the day before and wishing to die on the same day, but the next day they would draw their swords and fight each other without mercy, as if they were dealing with the murderer of their father.
In this blood-stained land, smiling tigers, hypocrites, and so on can be found everywhere.
The bosses of those mercenary organizations, if not all of them, at least half of them are extremely hypocritical.
Mu Yang's fourth step is like a knife that kills people without shedding blood. Although its power is not enough now, one day it will become a sharp weapon for the members of the mercenary organization to stab each other.
"Good! Each of Lao Mu's four steps is quite brilliant, much better than my plan of dividing the troops into three routes!" Wang Xiong felt inferior to him. Comparing the two, he was indeed just a reckless man with only brute strength.
"Lao Mu, is there a fifth step?" Chu Tang asked.
"have!"
"Ah? There's more?"
"Um……"
Mu Yang nodded slowly and said in a low voice: "This step is called giving someone a taste of their own medicine!"
Chu Tang was stunned for a moment, then quickly responded: "Lao Mu, do you want to use those prisoners?"
“That’s right!”
The captives are not only held by those mercenary organizations, but also by the Nanfeng Organization!
In many battles, the Nanfeng organization eliminated a large number of wandering mercenaries and occasionally captured some valuable people.
Currently, deep in their secret underground base, there are more than 20 wandering mercenaries imprisoned, a small half of whom were once leaders of a certain organization.
Originally, these people were kept just to get valuable information from them.
But as time went by, after many interrogations, everyone discovered that the mercenary organization was extremely disorganized and that they rarely exchanged information with each other.
Even those leaders can't say much valuable things.
"Keeping them here would just be a waste of food. Now is the time for them to make use of their final value." Mu Yang said in a deep voice.
"Lao Mu, what should we do?" Wang Xiong asked him.
"We should spread the news. Use the private radio station we built to broadcast to everyone that we will publicly try the twenty-odd prisoners in the evening three days from now!"
Mu Yang gave a time, and it was the evening three days later, and it was also a public trial!
This is the same tactic, even the way of external publicity is the same.
However, this time, the ones facing the choice became Wang Teng and the leaders of many mercenary organizations.
As long as the first few steps that Mu Yang mentioned can be done well, a large number of rumors will appear within the mercenary organization, causing instability among the people.
In the past, Wang Teng and his team might not have chosen to rescue them. After all, they were just some unrelated people and if they died, they died.
But at this critical moment, the internal situation is already unstable, what choice will they make?
Mu Yang looked at everyone and said in a steady voice, word by word: "Tell those mercenaries that it is up to them to decide whether to save them or not!"
"good!"
Hearing this, Wang Xiong's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but applaud. He felt so happy!
To save or not to save?
Because of this issue, the Nanfeng organization quarreled from morning to night and almost split on the spot.
The previous quarrels made everyone feel very aggrieved. After all, the initiative was in the hands of those mercenaries, and they could only fight passively. This aggrieved feeling made them feel extremely uncomfortable.
But now, the same frustration has shifted to the people in the mercenary organization.
Once these five steps of the strategy are implemented, it will be enough to make those people anxious and worried.
By then, how many people will still focus their attention on Town No. 7?
Thinking of this, everyone looked at Mu Yang with admiration.
I can’t help but admire you!
If it were their brains, they would probably just rush forward with guns in hand. If they could come up with a tactic of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, it would be an extraordinary performance. Those who could think of dividing the troops into multiple groups are even top-notch brains!
"Lao Mu, is there anything else?" Wang Xiong asked. He felt that these five steps were perfect enough to minimize the losses of the Nanfeng organization.
"Well, there are still some things that need to be arranged." Mu Yang nodded.
"what else?"
"Join forces!"
"Join hands?"
“That’s right!”
Mu Yang waved the long strip in his hand and pointed it at the Coral City mark. He said calmly, "There is an undead team called Bikini Bottom. One of their leaders is named Li Defu. Does this name sound familiar to you?"
"Li Defu?"
Everyone was stunned when they heard the explanation, they were so familiar with this name!
At the beginning , wasn’t the first alias used by the masked man Li Defu?
"I have had contact with them and learned that this undead creature named Li Defu is the disciple of Master Mask! Moreover, he is very likely the only disciple." Mu Yang said slowly.
"Lao Mu, is this credible? Could it be a trap?" Chu Tang asked hesitantly.
"It's credible. I've investigated what they did in Coral City." Mu Yang said solemnly.
"But they are the undead after all."
Wang Xiong also spoke. He agreed with everything Mu Yang had said before, but now this matter concerned the undead, which made him hesitate.
After all, everyone knows that the undead are a group of guys who only care about interests.
As long as there is enough profit, they can even sell the ropes to hang themselves to others, because they can be resurrected after death.
"The undead are people too."
Listening to everyone's puzzled voices, Mu Yang's expression remained unchanged, and he just tapped the table lightly.
"Times have changed. We must unite all the forces that can be united!"
