The brigade commander guarding the city gate came over and asked in a loud voice, "Who are you and what are you doing in Kuang County?" ”

"My son-in-law is a scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam, came from Licheng County, went to the capital, passed by Guixian, was very curious about the market, and specially went into the city to have a look." Xu Jingnan replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

The brigade commander stared at Guo Song's horses and said: "Now the above requires a strict investigation of the spies sent by Li Zheng, you come with me to be investigated, if you are really innocent, I will let you go." ”

Guo Song saw him staring at his horses, with a greedy look in his eyes, he knew that he was trying to seek his own Fire Dragon King, Guo Song sneered, pulled out his sword and slashed left and right, in an instant, the four spears pointed at him were all cut off, only four wooden poles remained, if it weren't for his fear of startling the grass and snakes, none of these people would have survived.

"Let's go!"

He rushed out of the city on horseback, the soldiers were in a daze with broken poles, no one dared to stop him, Xu Jingnan also urged the horses, and rushed out behind Guo Song.

When the brigade commander saw the beaked duck flying, he was so angry that he whipped at several soldiers, "A bunch of fools, who told you to let him go?" ”

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Guo Song and Xu Jingnan returned to the temporary garrison of the army, which was about ten miles deep into Wagang Mountain, which belonged to the periphery of Wagang Mountain, on a mountainside, the terrain was relatively flat, surrounded by towering trees, and it was necessary to walk a deep ditch to reach the camp, and behind it was the reckless mountain forest.

This position is well chosen, it can be attacked when it advances, it can be defended when retreating, and it has a wide view from a high place, and even if there is a place to attack, it can be annihilated in a ravine.

The soldiers had already cut down hundreds of pine trees and were ready to start building wooden houses, when Guo Song and Xu Jingnan returned to the camp, and Liang Wu greeted them and said with a smile: "The soldiers have hunted hundreds of game, and we can give everyone a tooth sacrifice tonight." ”

"What's the good?" Guo Song asked with a smile.

"There are wild boars, roe deer, deer, and a black bear, not counting hares and pheasants, enough for everyone to eat twice."

Guo Song nodded, "Have a good meal tonight, rest early, and set off at five watch tomorrow morning to intercept grain and grass materials." ”

That night, the soldiers lit several bonfires, around which the soldiers roasted game and feasted on a delicious meal.

Before dawn the next day, Guo Song personally set out with 800 soldiers, leaving 200 men to guard the camp and horses.

Some of the soldiers wore cloth clothes, some wore leather armor, some wore armor, and some wore helmets, some held spears, some took iron rods, and the equipment was uneven, and the ranks were not neat, which was the equipment of a typical rogue army.

In fact, with the strength of Guo Song's 1,000 men, he could completely occupy Kuangcheng County, if it was really Li Hanhui, he might do so, he was tired of staying in the mountains, and he was eager to be co-opted by a certain warlord.

But Guo Song can't, he must be low-key, in the eyes of the warlords, he is a rabble composed of rogues, that only if the mountain is the king, will he be regarded as a bandit rogue, once he occupies the county, his nature will become a warlord, and he will immediately be concerned, which is contrary to his original intention, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger is his pursuit.

Guo Song himself did not use his Fang Tian painting halberd, his Fang Tian painting halberd is a divine soldier, even the Tang Dynasty general may not be able to have it, not to mention a grass coarse, he used a large iron gun with rough workmanship, weighing more than sixty catties, which is consistent with his identity, wearing an iron chain mail equipped with a low-level general, wearing a rotten iron helmet, riding another yellow horse, his face is slightly black, his eyebrows are painted as a rough brush, and he looks quite fierce and vicious.

At midnight, Kuangcheng rumbled and beat drums, and more than 300 carts loaded with grain, forage, cloth, copper coins, and salt left Kuangcheng County and headed for Chenliu County, which was 350 miles to the south.

More than 300 carts were requisitioned from the people, and the so-called expropriation means that not a penny of usage fees is given, and the coachmen are required to bring their own dry rations, and if there is a loss, they will not be compensated.

Three hundred soldiers escorted the convoy under the leadership of a lieutenant, and this army was actually Tian Chenghe's Hebei Army, which was broken into pieces and distributed in various counties, effectively controlling the Central Plains.

Half of Li Lingyao's 80,000 troops were scattered to various places, and 40,000 were stationed in Chenliu County.

The cart marched out of Kuangcheng County and marched southward, where they would arrive in Chenliu County two days later.

The team had just left the county seat less than ten miles when a team suddenly rushed out of a dense forest and blocked their way.

The soldier hurriedly reported to the captain, and the captain Zhang Ying urged him to step forward, only to see that the opponent's military appearance was chaotic, and there were still people with hoes. ”

Guo Song's long iron spear was horizontal, and the urn said angrily: "I am Li Jun of Funiu Mountain, I have come all the way to your land, there is a lack of grain and grass in the army, and those who know each other leave a cart of grain and rice, I can not kill you!" ”

Zhang Ying laughed angrily, he actually ran from Funiu Mountain, he saw that the other party's spear was crude and ugly, so he looked at it with contempt, urged the horse to rush up with a knife, and shouted: "If you want grain and grass, you can ask grandpa if you agree to this knife first." ”

He had just run halfway through, when there was a sudden bang, and even the people led the horse into a big pit, although the pit was not deep, but the leg of the war horse was broken, throwing Zhang Ying out more than a foot away.

Guo Song laughed, waved his gun forward, and one shot killed Zhang Ying.

He waved his gun and shouted, "Brother, rush up and kill!" ”

Eight hundred soldiers shouted in unison, rushing towards the convoy, the coachmen saw that the situation was not good, jumped out of the cart and fled, their escape seriously affected the morale, plus the main general was dead, the soldiers had no intention of fighting, also turned and fled, several brigade commanders could not stop drinking, but also had to urge the horses to follow the escape.

Without injuring a single soldier or soldier, the Guo Song army grabbed a large amount of money, food and materials, and the soldiers drove to Wagang Mountain, which could support them for at least two or three months.

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Chenliu County is not a big county in the Central Plains, it can only be regarded as a second-rate county, far less populous and prosperous than Kaifeng County and Songcheng County, but Li Lingyao put his foundation in Chenliu County, there are three main reasons, one is that he proclaimed himself the king of Chenliu County, and he has to take Chenliu County as the foundation.

The second is that the city wall of Chenliu County was rebuilt ten years ago, tall and strong, in contrast, the city walls of Kaifeng County and Songcheng County are relatively old and not high, and although the population of Chenliu County is not large, the county seat is very large, and there is enough place to station troops without garrisoning troops outside the city.

The third reason is that Chenliu County is an important transit place for Cao Yun, and a large number of warehouse groups have been built in the county, although there is not much grain in stock, but these warehouse groups can be used to store the money and grain he transferred from all over the country.

These days, one of the busiest things for Li Lingyao is to transfer all the money and grain from the official warehouses in the counties of Bazhou to Chenliu, he estimates that he can mobilize more than 400,000 stone of grain, almost 100,000 copper coins, and a large number of other materials, there is not enough money and food, how can he support his army?

Li Lingyao is about fifty years old, burly, fierce appearance, he once served as the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Shence Army, and served as the commander of the Tiger Prison Pass, after the death of Yu Chaoen, he was loyal to Yuan Zai in time, won the reuse of Yuan Zai, and served as the governor of the Biansong Festival, if nothing else, he must have served as the envoy of the Biansong Festival, but at this time Yuan Zai fell, the Yuan Zai Yu Party was tracked down, and Li Lingyao was demoted to the governor of Puzhou.

How could Li Lingyao be willing, he took advantage of his control of the Yellow River ferries and ships in Puzhou, and secretly took refuge in Tian Chenghei, Hebei, who was doing everything possible to expand southward, was overjoyed and immediately promised to fully support him as the town of Biansong Domain.

A month earlier, Li Lingyao had officially rebelled, he killed Meng Jian, the assassin of Puzhou, and based on Tian Chenghe's tens of thousands of Wei Bo's troops, he pounced on Bianzhou and caught Li Mian off guard by the Biansong Festival.

Li Mian retreated to the Tiger Pass, Li Lingyao took advantage of the situation to occupy the eight states of Biansong and Song Dynasty, and greatly expanded the army, in just one month, his army soared from 40,000 to 80,000, Li Lingyao and Tian Chengsi's 30,000 troops were stationed in various places, in the name of helping Tian Chengsi control the eight states of Biansong Dynasty, but in fact, he wanted to get rid of Tian Chengsi's control over himself.

At noon today, Li Lingyao got a news that the grain and grass materials sent by Kuangcheng County in Huaxian County were actually robbed by a chaotic bandit on the way, which made Li Lingyao very annoyed.

In the military office, Li Lingyao was discussing this emergency with two staff members, Xie Hongyun and Wang Pei.

Xie Hongyun smiled slightly: "Lord, I estimate that similar things will happen, there are five famous grass robbers in the eight prefectures of Biansong, so many grain and grass materials are transported to Chenliu County, how can they not be red-eyed, plus there are not many escort troops, it is easier for them to succeed, I think we should pay attention to it, but don't take it too seriously." ”

Li Lingyao stared at the map, and said for a while: "I have never heard that there will be bandits in Huazhou, I heard the report of the brigade commander who fled back, this bandit actually came from Funiu Mountain, Mr. Wang, you are from Nanyang, you should know the situation over there!" ”

Wang Pei bowed slightly and said: "If it is said that it is a rogue who came from Funiu Mountain, it can only be Li Hanhui, a lowly brother who works in the Dengzhou Prefecture Ya, and often tells me about the situation of Li Hanhui in Funiu Mountain." ”

"Did your brother tell you that a man named Li Jun has an iron spear, and he is the leader of this tribe."

Wang Pei thought for a while, "It seems that there is such a person, it is Li Hanhui's nephew, a rough man, his martial arts are not bad, if he appears in Wagang Mountain, Li Hanhui must be exterminated, and he will bring the remnants to flow over." ”

Li Lingyao heard that it was the rogue who came from Funiu Mountain, and the report said that they were poorly equipped and used wooden sticks and hoes as weapons, so he had no interest in asking any further, and he would become the town of the Biansong Dynasty in the future, and then send troops to exterminate this tributary of the rogues, and now leave them alone for the time being.