"Prompt the host, Lu Ren is still there." The system said abruptly, Zhao Zhen was stunned at first, but then he also understood the meaning of the system, so he said secretly: "Let's go first, if it doesn't work, then others." The system continued: "The host had better go to Dry Tree Mountain first, subdue Huang Xin and his people, and then go to Lujiabao." ”

"In what direction is Dead Tree Mountain?"

"From now on to the south."

Zhao Zhen knew in his heart, so he slightly deviated from the direction, and Du Xing in the back saw that something was wrong, so he came to remind, but was stopped by Zhao Zhen, although he was puzzled, but he didn't do it again, so he followed Zhao Zhen, but the spy (as a guide) was confused.

The group walked in the middle of the night, and saw that the mountains were full of dead trees and reed buds everywhere, looking at it was a dangerous place, Du Xing didn't dare to let Zhao Zhen move forward, led the horse to catch up with the whirlwind, and pulled the reins and said: "Your Highness, go forward again, it looks like some dangerous place, but don't go again." ”

Zhao Zhen looked there and said in his heart: "Look at this is the Dead Tree Mountain." He slowed down the horse's hooves and said, "Everyone take all the weapons in your hands, and if there are up and down, take care of them." Everyone grabbed the weapons in their hands and walked forward with their hearts, and the tanma would come over and say: "Your Highness, we are going to Lujiabao, but we are a little off the path, I remember that I don't need to go to this dry tree mountain." ”

"Do you recognize this mountain?" Zhao Zhen got the accurate number, and still asked, "Is there a strong man on this mountain?" ”

"I heard that there was a group of strong men on this mountain, but I didn't hear them rob passers-by. ”

Zhao Zhen said: "That shouldn't be a villain, but we will go first, maybe he won't stop us." The Du people all looked at Zhao Zhen with strange eyes, and said in their hearts: "What is this, is there a strong man who does not rob the road?" ”

As soon as a few people were talking, they heard a gong sound, followed by a group of minions flashing out, and one of them was carrying a big knife and shouted viciously: "Where did you come from, but you came to our dry tree mountain to ask for wildfire?" ”

Zhao Zhen stepped forward and said, "By asking, is your king of the mountains the 'town three mountains' Huang Xin?" He asked and said secretly: "This Huang Xin is also a joke, he himself is called 'Zhen Sanshan', but in the original book, he can't control any of them, and now he is summoned, but he has directly become a bandit." ”

The minions on the opposite side looked at him in surprise when they heard Zhao Zhen's words, and said, "Who are you?" How do I know the name of my king? ”

Zhao Zhen smiled faintly and said: "I not only know that your king is 'Zhen Sanshan' but also know that he is an officer of the Great Song Dynasty, you go up the mountain and ask him, is there still the word Great Song in your heart?" If not, I will leave at once, and if there is a time, I will ask him to come down the mountain and see him. ”

Minions couldn't help but look at each other when they saw this, and the leader took a step forward and said, "Are you from the imperial court?" I used to be a brand army in front of the Huangdu Prison, and my family was forced to fall into the grass here, and I naturally always had the court in my heart. ”

"In that case, you should go to Tongyu and let him come and see me."

The leader looked at Zhao Zhen, and only felt that he had an elegant temperament and an extraordinary demeanor, so he couldn't help but restrain a little, and said, "You wait here for a while, and I'll go back." After finishing a few words to his subordinates, and then quickly ran towards the mountain, but after a while, the team came down from the mountain, and first hugged a general, gold helmet and silver armor, tiger body and wolf waist, and immediately crossed a gold dipped in the mourning door sword, this kind of sword is wide and wide, the whole is similar to an iron plate, the two people in the water margin use such weapons, they are all strong, strong, one is Huang Xin, and the other is Bao Xu who has been thrown into Zhao Zhen's door.

Zhao Zhen looked at Huang Xin's toned body, and couldn't help but secretly praise, and said in his heart: "What a good man, just with this figure, it is not a loss to call him 'Zhen Sanshan'." ”

Seeing that the thieves were coming, Du Xing hurriedly carried a pair of chicken heart hammers to the front and protected Zhao Zhen behind him.

Huang Xin got closer, grabbed the war horse, looked at Zhao Zhen and Du Xing by the light of the fire, and said in a deep voice: "Which one is bluffing in the name of the imperial court, come out and see!" ”

Zhao Zhen stepped forward with his horse and said, "The king is here!" ”

Huang Xin frowned: "Which family are you the prince?" ”

"This is His Royal Highness the King of My Family's Letter, and you won't get off the horse to pay a salute!" Although Du Xing was nervous, he still shouted loudly, but he secretly thought in his heart: "Your Highness asked me to break his name, if it is good, it will be fine, if this thief has some bad intentions, I will fight to the death, and I will also protect His Highness from escaping." ”

Huang Xin was stunned at first, and then said suspiciously: "You are the king of faith, what is the proof?" ”

Zhao Zhen took out his official seal and threw it to Huang Xin, Huang Xin saw it, exclaimed, turned over and dismounted, and bowed to Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen slowly got off the horse to help Huang Xin, and said at the same time: "System, test his loyalty for me." ”

"Loyalty is worth 10, full value."

Zhao Zhen was secretly overjoyed, so he came over to help Huang Xin up and soothed him with kind words.

Huang Xin invited Zhao Zhen to the mountain, and when he arrived in the hall, he said with emotion: "General, even defeated by Jin Bing, there is really nowhere to live, so I came here to fall into the grass, then Liu Yu sent people to appease the general several times, and the general refused, just thinking about when the court can have soldiers and horses to go north, and the general will be able to serve, and fight for the court and the golden dog, but there has been no news to report to the country and kill the enemy, some time ago, the news of His Royal Highness going north let the general know, and the general was about to clean up here, so he went to His Highness, but he didn't expect His Highness to arrive here first. ”

Zhao Zhen thought that they wanted to fight in the Daimyo's Mansion, but the troops were insufficient, and they wanted to go to Lujiabao to appease Lu Ren, and then said with a smile: "But I didn't expect that Gu went the wrong way, but met Huang Dujian." ”

Huang Xin patted his chest and said: "Then Lu Ren's eldest son Lu Zhaohe will be the same brother, and he will write a letter to the past, asking him to say a few good words to Lu Tuanlian, but I asked Lu Tuanlian to come to me to see His Highness, so as not to let His Highness go again." ”

Zhao Zhen was in the middle of it, he was not at ease with the two sons in Lu Ren's hands who were indiscriminately included in the number of enemies, and now he didn't have to go in person, it was exactly what he wanted, so he said: "Then it's all thanks to Huang Qing." ”

Huang Xin immediately repaired a book, and sent the leader of his cronies down the mountain and sent it to the Lu family overnight, but asked Zhao Zhen to rest in the mountain, kill cattle and sheep, and entertain Zhao Zhen.

On the afternoon of the second day, a team of Bailairao arrived at the foot of the Dead Tree Mountain and handed over the post, but it was Lu Ren who came with his second son Lu Qing.

Huang Xin and Lu Zhao are brothers, and they are considered Lu Ren's juniors, so they personally went down the mountain and invited Lu Ren up the mountain.

Zhao Zhen changed into a royal robe, and was waiting in front of the gate of Dazhai in Dry Tree Mountain, and saw Huang Xin walking up the mountain with a lonely and thin old man from a distance, so he took a few steps forward and arched his hand: "Is it Lu Tuanlian who came?" The king has been waiting here for a long time! ”

Lu Ren didn't salute immediately, but looked Zhao Zhen up and down for a few minutes, and when he saw Zhao Zhen's rudeness to him, he didn't get angry, but instead kept the peace, and couldn't help but show a little appreciation, so he bowed down and said, "Lu Ren, the training envoy of the Eternal Quiet Legion, has seen His Highness!" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and stretched out his hand to help Lu Ren up, and said, "I remember that Lu Tuanlian was a jinshi in the second year of Xuanhe, and his temperament is really different from that martial artist." ”

Lu Ren shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness has a good reputation, the old man has been taking the exam for thirteen years, and he has only hit the tail of a crane, which is really not a son of man." ”

A capable young man behind Lu Ren said disapprerovingly: "Obviously, it is the old thief of Cai Jing, who sells his lord and controls the science field, which is why my father has been studying for so many years, how can it be that he is not good at learning." ”

"Shut up! Brute; Is there a place for your words! Lu Ren scolded loudly, and then said to Zhao Zhen: "Back to Your Highness, this is the dog Lu Qing, ignorant, please don't blame Your Highness." ”

Zhao Zhen took a deep look at Lu Qing, and said in his heart: "I have to be careful about your son." He said: "You don't have to care about the group practice, let's go to the village to sit on the ground and talk." Huang Xin heard this and hurriedly came over to lead the way.

The next group was led by Huang Xin and sat down in the lobby.

As soon as he sat down, Lu Ren immediately said straight to the point: "In the letter from Huang Xian's nephew, His Royal Highness intends to enter the Daimyo's Mansion and wants to borrow our Lu family's soldiers and horses, but I don't know if it's true?" ”

Zhao Zhen pondered for a moment and said, "Yes and no." ”

Lu Ren frowned slightly, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Yes, it's because the king really wants to borrow Lu Qing's men and horses, no, it's because the attack on the Daimyo's Mansion is a cover."

Lu Ren said: "Since His Highness doesn't want to enter the army, what is the use of the men and horses in my hands?" ”

"Didn't Your Highness just want to swallow our family's people and horses so that you can increase your prestige?" Lu Qing suddenly spoke, Lu Ren was here, he didn't dare to sit, he stood behind Lu Ren, as soon as the words came out, Lu Ren returned his hand with a mouth, and scolded: "Animal, there is no place for your words here, get out!" Lu Qing didn't dare to disobey, so he stepped back, lowered his head, and didn't even dare to resentment in his eyes

Zhao Zhen saw it in his eyes, couldn't help nodding secretly, and said in his heart: "Sure enough, it's like a system, with this old man, he can suppress his son." He had a little more confidence in the Lu family's men and horses, and he picked up the meaning that they wanted to ambush Yu Wanchun, and Lu Ren.

Lu Ren listened carefully, stroked his beard while listening, and after Zhao Zhen finished, he pondered there, and Zhao Zhen said tentatively: "Do you think the regimental training is feasible for this battle?" ”

Lu Ren's hand stroked his three locks of ink hair, and said half-loudly: "Your Highness has more than 5,000 people, even if you add the old man and Huang Dujian here, it is only more than 8,000 and nearly 9,000, with this point of people and horses want to attack Yu Wanchun's 30,000 elite soldiers, I'm afraid it's not enough, the old man has a friend, surnamed Li Mingcheng, who was originally the soldier and horse supervisor of the Daimyo's Mansion, he has more than 5,000 people in his hands, and he is flowing in the Daimyo's Mansion and Bozhou, just the day before yesterday, he sent a letter to the old man, so that the old man knows where he is going, and this will send him a letter, with the old man's face, He won't fail to come, with this team, we can probably get 15,000, and the men and horses who attacked Yu Wanchun should be somewhat sure. ”

Zhao Zhen was overjoyed, so he said: "It's great to be able to get a group practice!" He had just finished speaking here, and the voice of the system sounded: "There is a historical figure with the same name as the Water Margin character next to the host, so the system deducts the character 'Wang' Li Cheng in each version, and only retains the 'Saihuangzhong' Li Cheng in "Water Margin Gaiden", and reminds the host that Li Cheng is a Lu Bu-style character, and he needs to be used with heart. ”

Zhao Zhen listened to the words of the system, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said in his heart: "Counting the two brothers of the Lu family, I already have three subordinates here who are about to rebel." ”

At that moment, Lu Ren repaired two letters, one to Lu Qing, and said, "You go to see Li Cheng and ask him to come over immediately with his people." One letter was given to one of his subordinates, and said, "You go back to see the eldest prince and ask him to bring all the people and horses in the fort, and only leave the village soldiers to guard the house." ”

When Lu Qing heard it on the side, he pulled Lu Ren and said secretly: "Daddy, if we transfer all the people out and are attacked at home, if King Xin is defeated here, wouldn't we lose all our old capital here, so it is better to keep ......." Before he finished speaking, Lu Ren slapped him on the head and scolded: "Ignorant beast, how can there be any reason for what you are talking about here, get out of the way of the old man!" ”

Lu Qing didn't dare to speak anymore, so he had to take the letter and leave.

Zhao Zhen and Lu Ren waited again in Huang Xin's cottage, Lu Zha, Li Cheng and the two arrived with people and horses, and the dry tree mountain became lively, and the cottage could not fit people, from the mountain to the foot of the mountain, let the soldiers be full, Lu Ren was only afraid that Zhao Zhen would not have the money to reward these soldiers, so he asked Lu Zhao to bring a sum of money over, and each soldier first gave a salary, and Huang Xin here contributed the grain and livestock of the whole village, so that those soldiers had a good time.

On the morning of the third day, Zhao Zhen took Huang Xin's 500 men, Lu Ren's 3,000 men, and Li Cheng's 3,500 men—he was 5,000, but there were 2,000 old and young, all of whom he had wrapped, and if he couldn't fight, he sent them to Lu's house—a total of 7,000 soldiers and horses, although there were less than 400 mules and horses, and the soldiers were not too strong, but Zhao Zhen still felt very satisfied, but he didn't see it." The jade face is all 'Lu Bin, but it makes him feel a little strange, and he secretly inquired about Lu Ren, only to know that he was accepted as a disciple by the master of the Yanshan faction, and since the beginning of the year, he has gone to Yanshan to learn art.

Zhao Zhen secretly calculated that Yanshan was in the territory of Daliao in the early years, and after the Jin Kingdom went south, they descended the Jin Kingdom, and Lu Bin threw himself under their door, no wonder he would be interested in the Jin people, it seems that the pus of the Lu family will not be squeezed out until Lu Bin comes back.

Zhao Zhen secretly made up his mind that after this battle, he would split the Lu family's men and horses, and even if Lu Qing and Lu Bin wanted to surrender to the enemy, they couldn't let them take many soldiers and horses.

The army returned to the foot of the umbrella cover mountain, Lu Qing, Yang Wen, Wen Da and others came out, Sha Zhen also rushed from the mountain, in addition to Fu Hong, Ma Kuo in Ligu Town, Yang Xiong rushed to investigate the news again, here in addition to Zhao Zhen, Lu Qing, Yang Wen, Wen Da, Yue Yang, Qiong Ying, Sun Ding, Qi Gong, Bao Xu, Ye Qing, Du Xing, Sha Zhen, Sha Kewu, Sha Liwen, Lu Ren, Huang Xin, Li Cheng, Lu Zha, Lu Qing 18 people gathered, drank blood wine, and swore to break the burden

Zhao Zhen said that after this battle, depending on the performance of the generals, and then another official, except for Lu Ren as the supervisor of the military sacrificial wine (Lu Qing went to the rank of supervising the military and changed to the military priest sacrificial wine), the rest only hung the name of the leading general, waiting for the reward after the war.