Qingzhou, one of the nine states in China since ancient times, is very important in terms of historical status and has a long history of development; Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms and set up Qi County in Qingzhou, which became the regional administrative center and an important town in eastern China.

Before the Ming Dynasty, there was no Shandong Province, before Shandong East Road and Shandong East Road were called 'Qilu Land', Qingzhou Mansion is the center of Shandong East Road area, and Jinan Mansion is the center of Shandong East Road.

Ming Taizu changed Yidu Road to Qingzhou Mansion, with jurisdiction over 16 counties in Weizhou, Juzhou and Jiaozhou; Set up the prefect's yamen, the prefect is in charge of "the government of a government, propaganda and weathering, peace of prison lawsuits, and all servitude", and the same governor is the deputy position of the prefect, and the general judgment is only responsible for grain transportation and farmland and water conservancy.

Shandong Xiangma has been famous all over the world since the Sui and Tang dynasties, because the people of Shandong are fierce, love and righteousness, and they are uneven; Therefore, the imperial court called the heroes and heroes on the green forest road 'ringing horses';

Of course, there are also ringing horses who ignore the rules of the green forest road, they rob houses and houses, block roads and rob, and do all kinds of evil; Qingzhou Mansion Linqu Black Tiger Mountain, gathered a group of horses, for the evil side, the government repeatedly sent troops to suppress bandits, all returned.

Coupled with natural and man-made disasters, displaced people are everywhere, and local counties and counties are no longer able to exterminate Xiangma Liukou; Therefore, the Shangshu Imperial Court sent troops to quell the chaos and purge the Xiangma Liukou.

Xu Biao and Chang Maung led 10,000 'Dragon and Tiger' new troops, and just a few days ago they exterminated the Xiangma of Heihu Mountain, captured Zhang Hu, the leader of Xiangma, and several bandit leaders, captured the minions of Heihu Mountain, and handed them over to Linqu County for their own disposal, and the two led the army back to the military camp of Qingzhou Mansion.

Since coming to Qingzhou, Xu Biao and Chang Maung have been working non-stop, attacking mountains and villages, and exterminating six large and small Kou Xiangma respectively; Conquer the three places at the top of the hill of the green forest road, which is known as chivalrous, and reorganize them into the 'Dragon and Tiger Army', and now the 'Dragon and Tiger Army' has expanded to 30,000 people.

A few days ago, Xu Biao accepted 5,000 improved 'Zhuge repeaters' from Xue Fengxiang of Wang Gongchang, as well as 30 cannongs. Shells and a batch of new firearms, Xu Biao was all handed over to General Huwei Chang Maung for training.

At this moment, Xu Biao was studying a new type of 'Zhuge Repeater' in the military tent, and a personal soldier came in to report: "General Qiqi, there is a young man outside the gate who has been ordered to come to see General Long Wei!" ”

Xu Biao heard the words and asked, "Oh, have you ever signed up?" ”

"Didn't sign up!"

Xu Biao hesitated and said, "Bring it in!" The pro-soldier withdrew.

Leaning slightly, the soldiers led in a black-clothed young man, and after the young man saw Xu Biao, he didn't give a salute, and asked directly in a cold voice: "Are you Xu Biao, the general of Longwei?" ”

Xu Biao was stunned when he heard this, and curiously looked up and down at the black-clothed young man in front of him! I saw that the boy was about thirteen or fourteen years old, with thin bones, a cold complexion, and cold eyes, giving people a feeling of rejection, coldness and bloodthirstiness, and I couldn't help but wonder in my heart; So, Xu Biao smiled and nodded!

The young man is Long Liu, who came to Qingzhou to deliver a letter to Xu Biao on the order of the king, and has been in Qingzhou for a few days, because Xu Biao led the army to suppress bandits outside, and he has not been able to see him; Seeing Xu Biao nodding, Long Liu didn't say much, took out a secret note from his bosom and handed it to Xu Biao.

After taking the secret note, after reading it, Xu Biao's face was happy, beckoned Long Liu to sit down, and said with a smile: "Brother Long has worked hard all the way!" ”

Long Liu said expressionlessly: "The prince asked me to stay here for the time being to assist you!" ”

When Xu Biao heard this, he smiled and said: "Okay, without further ado, I will arrange manpower now, and we will go to the bank of the Yellow River in Binzhou immediately!" Immediately, Xu Biao called his own soldiers and ordered Chang Xiang to be invited to discuss the military situation.

Leaning slightly, Chang Xiang came to the military tent, wiped his sweat, and gasped: "Oh mom, it's really hot for me this day!" ”

"Alas! Who is this kid? When he found that Long Liu was sitting in the military tent drinking tea, Chang Xiang asked.

When Long Liu heard this, a pair of cold eyes forced him to look at his appearance, releasing a chill; When Chang Xiang's eyes touched Long Liu's gaze, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and said in surprise: "Hehe, the child is very evil!" ”

Xu Biao hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Look, don't be rude!" Brother Long is His Highness's personal guard! ”

Chang Xiang wiped the sweat from his forehead and muttered, "I know, children can also be guards!" ”

"You drink saliva first, I have something to say!" Xu Biao said, Chang Xiang sat down honestly and drank tea.

Xu Biao said solemnly: "I'm going to go out with Brother Long later, you immediately select a hundred people with good water quality from the soldiers in the Dragon King Temple, carry water combat equipment, plus fifty musketeers, and gather outside the tent in an hour to standby!" ”

"Military intelligence?" Chang Xiang was gearing up and said excitedly.

"It's none of your business, you let me stay in the barracks honestly, we all leave, who will manage the barracks?" Xu Biao's face sank.

"Hey, got it!" When Chang Xiang heard this, he immediately hung his head and got up and walked out of the military tent depressedly.

"Wait a minute, let the mixed river dragon Yu Deshui go together!" Xu Biao hesitated, shouted Chang Xiang and said.

Mixed River Long Yu Deshui Yuan is the leader of the Longwang Temple Water Village, there are five or six hundred people under his command, occupying the waters of the Longwang Temple, the honor guard is good in water, and the surrounding people dare to provoke, but he has not done anything that hurts the heavens and reason, and usually often helps the poor people;

Xu Biao learned that Yu Deshui was known as a chivalrous man, so he led the army to besiege but not attack, and persuaded Yu Deshui to surrender; In the end, Yu Deshui chose to lead the crowd to abandon the darkness and join the 'Dragon and Tiger Army'.

A team of more than 100 horses galloped on the official road to Binzhou like a sharp arrow; Xu Biao was anxious, according to the time calculation, Dodd's merchant ships were about to reach the boundary of the Yellow River in Binzhou, in order to intercept the merchant ships on the best water, Xu Biao urged forward.

After a long-distance attack of 300 miles, at midnight, Xu Biao led the army to Guanzhuang Wharf and ordered the soldiers to cut down the bamboo and roll the bamboo rows on the spot; The river channel here in Guanzhuang is relatively wide, and the water flow is stable, which is the best position to intercept merchant ships.

When everything was ready, Xu Biao led the army to wait in ambush here; At this time, it was July, the night was wet by the river, and the soldiers were in the pain of mosquito bites, and a hundred sailors simply jumped directly into the river.

Fifty musketeers could only stay on the shore honestly, and endure the pain; Xu Biao gritted his teeth and looked at Long Liu not far away, and saw that he was motionless, as if he was one with the night, if he didn't know his location in advance, it would be difficult to find that there were people there.

Time passed in torment, Seeing the dawn come, and not a passing ship was seen; Xu Biao muttered in his heart, is it too late?

At this moment, a spy hurriedly came to report that several large ships had been found upstream and would soon reach the waters of Guanzhuang.

Xu Biao was overjoyed when he heard this, and ordered Yu Deshui to lead the naval army to board the bamboo platoon and prepare for action, and fifty musketeers were ready to fight at any time.

In the middle of the tea time, I saw three big boats slowly coming from the upper reaches of the Yellow River, the masts were hanging high in canvas, and the figures on the boats were shaking, closely observing the movements on both sides of the strait.

Seeing this, Yu Deshui said with a happy face: "General, the idea is right, it should be!" ”

Xu Biao knew that Yu Deshui was experienced, and since he had determined the target, he ordered Yu Deshui to lead the naval army to move and be sure to force the enemy ashore, after all, the ships were loaded with military supplies, which were also rare strategic materials for their 'Dragon and Tiger Army'.

Yu Deshui received the order and led the naval army to divide into two teams, carrying bamboo platoons to quickly row to the other side of the river, one team was responsible for blocking the enemy on the surface of the water to intercept, and the other team was responsible for raiding from underwater; They have been working on the water for a long time, and they are familiar with water warfare and have rich experience.

Although the water surface of the Guanzhuang River is wide, the current of the Yellow River is much faster than that of ordinary inland rivers, and soon, three large ships entered the waters of Guanzhuang.

At this time, it was the darkness before dawn, and there were no fingers on the river, and a group of sailors jumped into the Yellow River under the cover of the dark night, and quietly dived to the bottom of three large ships.

Yu Deshui led a team of sailors to stand on the bamboo row, lined up, holding the 'Zhuge Repeater', waiting for the battle;

After completing the transaction in Datong Mansion half a month ago, Dodd made a detour from the South Gate Poplar Forest to the west, boarded the ship from the Yellow River ferry, and went all the way down the river, planning to go to sea from Bohai Bay, and finally landed at the port of Lushun in Liaodong.

After half a month of intense sailing, after Binzhou, you will soon be able to enter the Bohai Bay, swimming like the sea, and it is about to be completed; At this moment, I suddenly found that more than ten bamboo rows appeared on the water surface in front of me, across the river, and the figures on the bamboo rafts flashed, obviously encountering water thieves!

Dodd hurriedly ordered his subordinates on the big ship to drop anchor and be on full alert, and he crouched on the side of the ship and shouted to the 'water thief': "Friend, we are passing by a merchant ship, and we are in a hurry to pay a visit to the mountain. ”

When Yu Deshui heard this, he secretly laughed in his heart, it seemed that the other party knew the rules of the green forest road, so he laughed and said: "I opened this river, I planted this tree, if you want to cross this river, leave the money to buy the road, and say no words, don't kill or bury it!" ”

When Dodd heard it, it was really a 'water thief', so he continued: "Good man Rongyu, I am really in a hurry to hurry, so I am rude and did not worship the mountain, so it is good, I am willing to pay five hundred taels of tolls, and I will visit you again in the future, how about it?" ”

"The water thief crosses the river, the dog is planed, grandpa wants to get on the boat to check, you quickly dock to the shore, otherwise Hugh blames grandpa for killing people without blinking!" Yu Deshui threatened.

When Dodd heard this, he was immediately angry in his heart, and seeing that the other party was not numerous, he whispered to his subordinates: "Prepare to fight!" Then he shouted: "Good man, the riverbank is easy to run aground, if you don't believe it, you can board a boat in the river to see what is going on!" ”

"Okay, grandpa isn't afraid of you playing tricks!" Yu Deshui smiled secretly and waved his hand to order his men to board the ship.

Fifty sailors rowed bamboo rows and slowly approached the big boat, when there were still more than a dozen denses from the big ship; I saw Dodd's big hand wave, and dozens of archers suddenly appeared on the boat, aiming at the 'water thieves' on the bamboo raft and firing their bows and arrows.

Although Yu Deshui was very vigilant, he didn't expect that the other party would deceive and trick himself and others into approaching and killing, and when he was caught off guard, several soldiers were shot and fell into the water.

"Shoot back!" Yu Deshui was furious and ordered his subordinates to immediately return fire with Zhuge crossbows, and the two sides started a water battle; After all, Dodd was a general of the Jin Army, and he commanded the battle calmly and with ease.