After Chao Gai failed to rob the Su family's ship, he returned to Liangshan in embarrassment, thinking of the dozens of brothers who had been damaged, and he didn't think about tea and dinner for several days.

On this day, Wu Yong's old friend, Dai Zong, known as the Shenxing Taibao, said that he wanted to introduce three heroes to him. He was very happy, since it was recommended by Dai Zong, it must be a first-class good player, so he called Song Jiang, Wu Yong and others to greet him.

After bringing the two to the Juyi Hall at the gate of the cottage, the two introduced themselves, the man with a slightly yellow face was named Yang Xiong, and the burly man was named Shi Xiu.

Chao Gai saw that the two of them had good internal cultivation, and was about to speak out happily for the addition of two new generals in Liangshan, but he heard Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu begin to complain about their bitterness.

According to the two of them, there was also a good man named Shi Qian who originally wanted to go to Liangshan with them, but he was arrested by the arrogant and rude Zhujiazhuang in Dulonggang.

Although Chao Gai is righteous, he is not a stupid person, and he can see that these two people are in a circle in their hearts. This Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu, and Shi Qian have not yet gone to Liangshan, but they first did bad things in the name of Liangshan, Shi Qian was arrested, these two people actually ran to themselves to ask for help, and they also wanted to borrow Liangshan's hand to save Shi Qian, and they really fought wishful thinking.

Seeing that Chao Gai's face was a little cold when he heard this, Yang Xiong and the others stopped adding oil and vinegar at the moment, and bowed directly: "I beg my brother to make the decision for us." ”

Chao Gai was about to refuse angrily, but he saw Song Jiang next to him give him a look and said: "Brother, it is true that Yang Xiong and the three of them have done something wrong, but it is a fact that they defected to my Liangshan, if my brother lets it go, how can anyone be willing to defect to my Liangshan in the future." ”

Seeing that Chao Gai was a little unmoved, Song Jiang said again: "In other words." If my brother doesn't care about his past suspicions, but helps him with all his might, such a reputation of repaying grievances with virtue will be of great benefit to my Liangshan, and there will be heroes on the rivers and lakes. What's more, my Liangshan is also the time to use people, and I ask my brother to think more. ”

Wu Yong on the side also agreed: "That Dulonggang is only dozens of miles away from my Liangshan, and if my Liangshan wants to strengthen its power, they must be a big hidden danger for us, why not push the boat down the river, not only to save the time, but also to get rid of future troubles?" ”

Wu Yong said and attached it to Chao Gai's ear, and whispered: "There is a shortage of grain, grass and silver money in the cottage, and my brother can take this opportunity to ......."

On the mountain now, Song Jiang and Wu Yong are undoubtedly Chao Gai's right-hand men, seeing that the two have the same opinion, Chao Gai thought for a moment, but still followed their advice.

Seeing Chao Gai nodding in agreement, Song Jiang arched his hand and said, "Brother is the master of the cottage, it is not appropriate to move lightly, it is better to let me lead the brothers to rescue Brother Shiqian." ”

Chao Gai thought about it, didn't doubt it, and said, "It's okay, I suffered a big loss on the lotus water a few days ago, and I don't want to go out for the time being." You can also choose any troops and generals, and be sure to eliminate the three forces on Dulonggang that are allied with each other. ”

Seeing Chao Gai agree, Yang Xiong and the others immediately showed joy.

I only heard Yang Xiong say: "Brother Chao Gai, I know Du Xing, the head of Lijiazhuang in Dulonggang, and I asked for help from Li Ying, the owner of the village, through his relationship before. The owner of Li Zhuang went to ask for someone, but not only did Zhu Jiazhuang not let him go, but Zhu Biao even shot and injured Li Zhuang.

So this time to attack Zhujiazhuang, Li Jiazhuang will not help Zhujiazhuang, as long as you send someone to persuade Hujiazhuang not to send troops, then Zhujiazhuang is a lone army, my Liangshan army will be able to capture, in one fell swoop to break his Zhujiazhuang. ”

When Song Jiang heard this, he grinned a few times: "So good!" ”

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When Liangshan was preparing to attack Zhujiazhuang, Xu Ziling had already lived in Lin Chong's house for four or five days. During this period, Ming Xia went back to Alum Tower and brought some clothes over, as well as some sundries that he used before, and also brought them over.

Originally, Xu Ziling planned to stay in the Lin Mansion for three or five days and leave Bianliang, but Lin Chong forcibly kept him on the grounds that the master would come to Bianliang soon after. Moreover, Mrs. Lin saw Mingxia before, and she liked it very much, and she also hoped that they could stay longer.

After several stays, Xu Ziling stayed.

A few days ago, as usual, when Xu Ziling walked out of the Lin Mansion and was about to go to the street to "earn money", he saw a special person at the door.

About a month ago, when Xu Ziling visited the Lin Mansion for the first time, he saw this person. At that time, he was sneakily hiding outside the Lin Mansion, and Xu Ziling thought that he was here to spy on Lin Chong, so he masked and beat him, accidentally breaking one of his legs.

asked him who he was, he said that his name was Lu Qian, and later Xu Ziling asked Lin Chong, Lin Chong said that he didn't know the person named Lu Qian, Xu Ziling took him as a saucer and ignored him.

I never wanted to see him again, so Xu Ziling quietly followed him for a while, and found that he actually walked into the Lin Mansion in a grand manner, and also met with Lin Niangzi.

After he left the Lin Mansion, Xu Ziling secretly followed him for a while, and found that he walked along the street a few times, and finally walked into the Taiwei Mansion.

Later, Xu Ziling learned from Lin Niangzi that his original name was Lu Qian, and he had been a friend of Lin Chong for many years. After listening to Lin Niangzi's words, although Xu Ziling let down his guard against him, he still kept an eye on him.

Early this morning, Lin Chong woke up Xu Ziling with excitement on his face, saying that he wanted to take him to see the grand occasion of the armed training of the Great Song Forbidden Army. Xu Ziling didn't want to go, but he couldn't resist Lin Chong, so he dragged him to the school in the west of the city.

When he arrived at the school, the mighty demeanor of the forbidden army really impressed Xu Ziling.

The infantrymen wore heavy infantry armor and held spears and shields, and with each step, there would be a neat and powerful footstep. The phalanx of about 500 people constantly changed the direction of its advance, moving forward and backward, left and right. Every time the colonel in the center of the phalanx gave an order, the infantry reacted quickly, collecting their guns and raising their shields, and they could all collect their guns and shields in an orderly manner.

Even the crossbowmen on the other side were wearing armor and were imposing. The main force of the Song Dynasty was the crossbowmen, who had a fast rate of fire, but a slightly shorter range and a lack of lethality; The crossbow has a long range and piercing power, but is slow to reload. The Song army made the two cooperate with each other to form a crossbow team with good long-range strike capabilities.

On the battlefield, the most powerful are often the archers, because they need enough strength to draw their bows and arrows.

The feeling that these archers gave Xu Ziling was the most shocking. They all have big shoulders and round waists, and they pulled out the bow of eight buckets in an understatement, and the majestic momentum of the bow and arrow is even more exciting. Even a first-class martial artist like him with quick body skills, in the rain of arrows shot by this kind of army, it is estimated that he can only flee in a hurry.

The forbidden army defending Kyoto and defending the border passes is indeed not comparable to the local official army. Xu Ziling has seen the local Xiang army in Jiangning and Yunzhou, and their comprehensive quality is very different from the forbidden army, and it is not comparable to the Liangshan people.

Looking at Xu Ziling with a look of surprise on his face, Lin Chong smiled and said: "Now you understand the military might of my Great Song Forbidden Army, lose Liao and Jin Geometry?" ”

Xu Ziling said with emotion: "If they are all armed like this, they should be invincible." ”

Lin Chong laughed proudly a few times, although he was only the head of the sect and did not hold military power, he was also honored with the grand occasion of this powerful army.

"With such an army, why worry about the great cause! Therefore, I also support the matter of Lianjin and Liao. Lin Chong sighed.

After looking at the three armies in the school field, Xu Ziling was amazed, but also a little puzzled, and asked, "Senior Brother Lin, why didn't you see the cavalry?" ”

Lin Chong's eyebrows moved slightly, and he replied: "My Great Song is good at fighting cavalry with infantry troops, so I haven't trained too many cavalry troops. ”

This made Xu Ziling a little surprised, he grew up in the north, so he naturally knew the advantages of cavalry, and he never thought that the Song Dynasty did not train a large number of cavalry.

So he asked again: "Liao and Jin are mostly cavalry, and on the field battlefield, if the Great Song Dynasty does not have cavalry to contain the other party's cavalry, it is war or peace, whether to go or stay, isn't it up to the other party to have the final say?" ”

When Lin Chong heard this, he was quite pleased that Xu Ziling could have such an insight, but he was also quite helpless about the cavalry, and sighed: "Ziling, you don't know, in the early days of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, I lost the horse breeding land of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and the Hexi Corridor, and the lack of horses made it extremely difficult for my Great Song Dynasty to train the cavalry. So this is also one of the reasons why Emperor Taizong made two northern expeditions and Emperor Shenzong's five-way expedition to summer. ”

Hearing this, Xu Ziling suddenly realized that he really didn't know much about geography. At this time, it is inevitable to sigh.

Seeing Xu Ziling's enlightened appearance, Lin Chong said again: "Although Ziling is young, he understands a lot, and his martial arts are extraordinary, why not join the army in order to make a contribution?" Now is also a great time to cut Liao. ”

Xu Ziling smiled faintly: "Senior Brother Lin, you said that the master you said, he also said, it's not that I don't want to contribute to the country, now that there is a pillar like Senior Brother Lin, I went to the army, and it's just icing on the cake." What I want to do more now is to take Mingxia to travel all over the three mountains, five mountains, lakes and seas, see the beautiful scenery of the world, and eat all the food of the world. ”

Lin Chong said helplessly: "You, you, I can't help you." If the master is here, after listening to your words, he will inevitably scold you. ”

Xu Ziling smiled and was noncommittal.

As the two chatted, the troops in the school yard gradually stopped. A fifty-year-old man in a red official robe, surrounded by several officials, walked towards the place where the two were located.

When passing by the two of them, the old man just glanced at Lin Chong and Xu Ziling casually, did not speak, and did not stop for a moment.

But it was Lin Chong who clenched his fists and shouted, "Captain Gao! ”

Seeing Lin Chong calling him, the old man paused slightly, squinted at Lin Chong, and asked, "Are you?" ”

Lin Chong straightened his waist and replied, "Returning to the Imperial Lieutenant, the subordinate official's name is Lin Chong, and he is the head of the Qu Zhi Army. ”

The old man's wrinkled face had a kind expression, and he said softly, "It turned out to be Sect Leader Lin." I still have something to do, so I'll leave first. ”

Lin Chong hurriedly said, "Captain, please." ”

With that, the old man looked at him again, and continued to walk outside the school with the nearby officials.

After the old man left, Xu Ziling looked at Lin Chong and asked, "Senior Brother Lin, who is the old man?" Why do you have such respect for him? ”

Lin Chong looked at the old man's figure in the distance and said, "He is Captain Gao, in charge of the forbidden army, and this school review is prepared for him." ”

Xu Ziling was stunned for a moment, and secretly thought to himself: Captain Gao, what is the relationship with Lu Qian?

Suddenly, a figure hurried towards the two of them. It turned out to be the maid Yue'er, who was running with a panicked face, and there were tears dried by the wind in the corners of her eyes.

Xu Ziling saw her clearly, and immediately frowned, Yue'er and Mingxia have always been inseparable, and now she ran to this school field crying and mourning, Mingxia must have had an accident.