On the side of Erlong Mountain, Chao Gai saw the former acquaintance who came to report the news for help - Song Jiang's personal guard and servant Sai Bodang Wang Si, although the white cloud dog had not seen Song Jiang's master and servant for several years in a hurry, and the leisurely and comfortable days of Dongxi Village Baozheng in the past were like a dream, but he still clearly recognized Wang Si's appearance, and also knew that it must be Gongming's virtuous brother who had an accident and had to come to ask for urgent help. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Chao Gai was worried that something big would break this force that was very valuable to the expansion of Erlong Mountain, so he hurriedly unfolded Song Jiang's blood book and quickly read it, and figured out that the people and horses of Snake Horn Ridge were chased and killed by officers and soldiers, but won a big victory, and then got a lot of benefits such as ordnance, grain and grass, etc., so he breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Wang Si with admiration on his face who was exhausted but eager to go back to protect his master, and secretly praised in his heart that he was a good loyal servant, happy that Song Jiang could have such subordinates, and told Wang Si: "Don't panic." Komeito and I are brothers in life and death. His business is my business. What's more, the people to be saved are all my brothers in Erlongshan not long ago, and there is no room for mistakes. You go down and rest for a while, hurry up and eat some food and drinks, and eat a full stomach to slow down fatigue. I'm here to send troops and men ready to travel. ”

Wang Si thanked the king and hurried down.

Chao Gai looked at the military advisors Wu Yong and Gongsun Sheng, and wanted to hear the opinions of the two, so he could comprehensively weigh the pros and cons and deploy people.

As usual, Wu Yong spoke first.

He shook his feather fan and said with a smile: "The Zi army was defeated, even the main general was seriously injured, and there is no strong enemy in Zizhou." The students thought that with the Song army's greed for life and fear of death, the soldiers and horses of the neighboring state capitals of Zizhou would not risk the danger of fighting a life-and-death battle with thousands of bandits who had a desperate heart to fight for their lives, and took the initiative to actively rescue Zizhou across the border. Even if they are invited by Zizhou to help, they may not really respond. The most worrying Qingzhou army here, I want to use the virtue of the prefect of the house, I am afraid that my Erlongshan will take the opportunity to forcibly take the city to ask for his head, although his subordinates have brave generals and soldiers, even if the thunderbolt general is the main rescue, the old man will not be willing to transfer troops away from the city.

In this way, there should be no danger to Song Abshina. However, I was afraid that the officers and soldiers of other state capitals would see the wealth, so they took the initiative to rush to intercept and kill the team that escorted money and grain to Shejiaoling to make a fortune. Song Abshisi thought clearly and thoughtfully, and his concerns were not unreasonable.

What I have to do now in Erlongshan is to quickly send cavalry troops to meet Zhang Daneng's headquarters to prevent the officers and soldiers of other states from taking advantage of opportunism. If the students see that it is not useful, and if there is more, it is not necessary, so it is just right to send a thousand cavalry, but it is necessary to send three or two cadres to lead the team.

Song Zhisi doesn't have to transfer troops to respond, just send spies to follow up in time, and we can adapt to the situation. ”

Gongsun Sheng said: "The military advisor is reasonable. ”

"Murong Yande is guarding against us from taking advantage of the emptiness of the city to sneak attack. We also need to prevent him. No, and there is no need to send a large army to meet Song Gongming. We are not far from Zizhou. Oshina's strength is not weak, if it is really dangerous. It's not too late for us to send cavalry to respond urgently. ”

Chao Gai nodded, and immediately summoned the cavalry leader Li Zhong, Yin Tai, and Yin Chun brothers, and ordered the three of them to quickly order a thousand cavalry to follow Wang Si to meet Zhang Daneng's department, and ordered Lei Rensen, the god king of the shaking mountain, and Zheng Tianshou, the white-faced Langjun, to prepare to take the cavalry to meet the Song Jiang Department at any time.

After Li Zhong and the others left, Chao Gai ordered the scout captain Bai Ri Rat Bai Sheng to closely monitor the movements of the Qingzhou army, and strengthen the grasp of the situation around Erlong Mountain, and ordered Liu Tang and other leaders to strictly guard the cottage and not drink and make mistakes.

In fact, Song Jiang and the leaders of Erlong Mountain were really worried.

At this time, because of the short time, the officers and soldiers of other states did not know much about the internal events in Zizhou, that is, they knew that the robbers of Shejiaoling had plundered and accumulated a lot of assets, and that Zhang Daneng's department, who was in charge of the guard, was scarce, and that the raid with heavy troops would be successful, and they would not be dispatched to intercept it.

The Snake Horn Ridge bandits are composed of rebels in the imperial court, not a rabble of vagabonds, mud-legged bandits who lack knowledge, do not understand military affairs, have no formal military training and lack of regular weapons, and are afraid of the government and officers and soldiers.

When these rebels were officers and soldiers, they were treated with seven deductions and eight deductions of the remaining meager salaries, and they were angry that their commanders did not treat them as human beings, they had no fighting spirit, they were irresponsible, they were rogues and stubborn all day long, they might be greedy for life and afraid of death, and their combat effectiveness was scum, but once they became robbers, they would fend for themselves from now on, and they would rely on courage and the knives and guns in their hands to make a way to survive and be happy, and they would immediately be different, cruel, cunning and brave.

The Zizhou army encircled and suppressed the Shejiao Ridge with heavy troops, with the tall, strong, proficient in martial arts and Sun Zhizhou's long-term strict training of the Beijing forbidden army as the main force, but was defeated miserably, the main general and other backbone officers with real skills were directly killed on the spot, and Zhizhou, who personally went out to command, was seriously injured and almost lost his life in front of the mountain, from this point it can be seen that the combat effectiveness of this group of rebels has undergone a qualitative change, and it is not easy to provoke.

Moreover, although this group of rebels moved in Zizhou, they were close to Qingzhou all the way, abandoning their old nests, either making a fuss like the bandit army sweeping through Shandong, and finally got on the pirate ship and left leisurely, or went to take refuge with the more powerful Erlong Mountain bandits.

Pirates are fierce, powerful, terrifying, and mysterious. This one will be put aside.

It is said that there are 30,000 or 40,000 thieves in Erlongshan, thousands of war horses, which can attack both at close range and from afar, and the surrounding state capitals are under its threat. The other neighboring state capitals have few soldiers and poor weapons and equipment, so how dare they provoke Erlongshan.

Once the thieves in Snake Horn Ridge took refuge in Erlong Mountain, but we were greedy for money to intercept and rob the property of Snake Horn Ridge, not to mention whether we would encounter the responders and whether we could grab it, it would definitely anger those strongmen in Erlong Mountain, and attract crazy revenge attacks.

If you have a life to grab money, you have to have a life to spend money. Otherwise, why risk your life for nothing?

In the last years of the Great Song Dynasty, the civil and military officials in the mainland faced the tough and rebellious opponents with turtle thoughts, don't come to beat me, I can live as an official in a chic way. As for headaches, anxiety, and anxiety, that's Qingzhou's business. If the thief is not in my jurisdiction, what is the matter with me?

It is precisely because of this turtle state and the disregard for the life and death suffering of the people under his rule that the little three Kou who plagued the people in Erlong Mountain, Peach Blossom Mountain, and Qingfeng Mountain at the beginning survived, and eventually evolved into today's strong and difficult to control.

It is also the selfishness of the government around Qingzhou that is unwilling to spend money and food to increase their own troubles and burdens and risk obligations to help Qingzhou suppress bandits, and their attitude towards this is extremely negative and cold, and they will not be able to achieve the same hatred without the holy decree, and the prefect of Murong also knows that he can't count on it, so he has to work hard to strengthen his subordinates' soldiers and horses to deal with the thieves in the jurisdiction.

Qin Ming heard some rumors, worried that the confluence of the rebels of Snake Horn Ridge and the two thieves of Erlong Mountain would make Erlong Mountain stronger and more difficult to govern, and the pressure on Qingzhou to suppress bandits would increase greatly, but he decisively advocated taking advantage of the fact that the robbers of Snake Horn Ridge were away from the mountain and the cottage relied on to eliminate a lot, and quickly sent reinforcements to assist the Zizhou army to exterminate this thief.

It's a pity, as Wu Yong analyzed, Murong Yande was afraid that he would send a large army to Zizhou, and the Qingzhou Mansion City would be empty, which would attract the joint efforts of Erlongshan and even Sanshan to take the opportunity to break the city, so he did not agree with Qin Ming's proposition. Ren Qinming was so anxious that he wanted to jump high, and he was patient to reason from all aspects of military and political affairs, but he just didn't nod, but strictly ordered his subordinates not to leave the city without his orders, and not a single soldier was allowed to leave the city, so as to guard the city well to avoid cunning bandits from taking the opportunity to play tricks.

The situation in Qingzhou has reached this point, and in the heart of the prefect of Murong, he actually doesn't care too much about whether the soldiers and horses of the headquarters can exterminate the three major gangsters in the jurisdiction, and he has no bottom at all, as long as he can save his life.

Of course, if it can be exterminated, it would be the best, the capital for promotion is directly there, and it is extremely strong, you can be bold and have face to take advantage of the relationship between the concubine's sister to take a big step, and transfer to a rich and peaceful place to be an official and make money, and work happily as a higher official.

If it can't be exterminated, it's not a big deal, it's nothing more than losing face and asking the imperial court to send a large army to encircle and suppress it, or asking the emperor's brother-in-law to take care of it and change places to become officials.

The premise and root of everything is to save your life.

Qin Ming, a political idiot and a hot general, how can he guess the ghost mind of the prefect.

No matter how much military foresight and decisiveness he had, he was told by the prefect that he would go on an expedition? Wouldn't it be more convenient for all the thieves to merge in one place? The two sentences were so angry that he rushed to the top door, his eyes were blazing, and his muscles were jumping, but he couldn't say anything under the strong pull and secret obstruction of his colleague brother Huang Xin, the commander of the soldiers and horses, so he could only hold his breath and train hard.

Zhang Daneng, Wang Bin, and Li Yan, with the help of the timely greeting and escort of the cavalry of Erlong Mountain, brought the team to Erlong Mountain smoothly and quickly.

They were warmly welcomed by Erlongshan. Chao Gai led all the leaders of the cottage down the mountain to greet him and gave him enough courtesy.

Zhang Daneng and the other three generals fell into Erlong Mountain as soon as they entered Erlong Mountain.

The prosperous scene on Erlong Mountain is far from being comparable to the desolate and narrow Snake Horn Ridge full of stones and weeds, not to mention, Chao Gai and Liu Tang looked at the straightforward temper of the three generals and the brave and fierce morality of the green forest hero's style, which is on the spleen and stomach, at first sight, I like it from the heart, the hospitality is enthusiastic, the words are heart-to-heart, and the wine is drunk enthusiastically and unrestrained.

For the three really reckless heroes who are far more important than the calculation of interests and futures, they intuitively feel that they are really right to come to Erlongshan.

Chao Tianwang is worthy of the pride and righteousness of his life.

Liu Tang and other brothers are true heroes who can trust their backs on the battlefield.

In Erlongshan, I will form an alliance with such a loving brother to do things, and I will never have to worry about being calculated by the brothers of Yizhai in the future, dare to let go of my heart and drink, and I am not afraid of getting drunk and making mistakes or even losing my life, and I don't have to open one eye vigilantly when I sleep.

It's a good feeling!

With such a righteous heroic brother, even if he dies halfway, it is worth it.

To some extent, this trio is a bit like Tang Seng's three apprentices.

The tall and majestic Zhang Daneng is not a skinny monkey essence, but makes a stick (mace); The second, Wang Bin, a world traveler, does not use a nail rake, but uses a double knife, but he is a fat and powerful head that is similar to Zhu Bajie's delicious and drinkable; The third junior brother, the iron-faced soul chasing shovel Li Yan is the most like the sand monk, he is strong, with a vicious green face, a bald head wearing an iron hoop, and a string of thick prayer beads around his neck.

Gongsun Sheng had heard of such three fierce and reckless people on Snake Horn Ridge, but he never expected that they would be such straightforward and chivalrous characters.

But he thought about it, if these three were not for this kind of scheming and good temperament, they would not have easily let those rebel soldiers occupy their good nest.

Such a hero does not belong to Zhao Yue's cannon fodder party to eliminate evil spirits, and should be pulled as his brother in life and death.

Gongsun Sheng secretly had a plan, and saw that Chao Gai liked the spring breeze at the wine table, and took advantage of the situation to suggest: "Brother Tianwang, I see that the three new brothers have no family, and two of them are still monks, and there is no considerate person around them to take care of them. ”

Baozhu Temple was also a famous temple in Qingzhou in those years, mixed relatively well, the incense was not weak, there were hundreds of monks, and there were many fields demarcated by the government at the foot of the mountain, and the tenant farmers were responsible for cultivating and paying rent to support the temple. Although the scale of the temple is not grand, it is not divided into the front hall for the future Buddha, the middle hall for the Buddha's three bodies, the apse for the Guanyin Bodhisattva and other modes, but it also occupies a large area, divided into three in, the front row is the guest room of the pilgrims and the lowest monks, the middle row is the place where the pilgrims go on the incense, there is the Buddha's Dharma body, the body, the body, that is, the D three bodies such as the Daxiong Treasure Palace, the two sides of the hall are the wings where the monks live in a higher level; The back row is the residence where senior leaders such as the abbot and VIP pilgrims are eligible to live temporarily.

The whole temple resembles a large courtyard house with a tall fence on the outside.

A tall fence is a must.

The temple is actually a rich man, the sesame oil money for pilgrims is a lot, and there is a vast amount of land and income, not to mention money, there is a lot of food alone, built on a high mountain, the environment belongs to the barren mountains and mountains, inaccessible, even if you don't have to guard against the wild beasts in the mountains, you must also guard against gangsters who easily invade and enter.

The temple is also staffed with monks who protect the temple. Deng Long originally belonged to one of the warrior monks, but his rank was not high, and he was not the leader of the warrior monks.

After Chao Gai occupied, at the beginning of Erlong Mountain, these monks and Chao Gai, who rebelled against the white-fronted tiger Deng Long and became robbers, had few people and lived in the temple.

Later, there were more and more people, rows of houses were built outside the temple, and from small soldiers to leaders slowly moved out of Baozhu Temple, and in the end only the three core leaders, pro-soldiers and Liu Tang, who liked to be with Chao Gai, were left. Chao Gai's cronies such as housekeepers and cooks when he was the owner of Dongxi Village naturally lived in the temple to take care of his master.

There is a small stove rice made by a professional chef to eat, who is qualified, who wants to eat a large pot of rice in a cottage canteen?

The leader of Erlong Mountain, except for Bai Sheng, the day rat, has a wife, the others are all singles, even if they live outside and have relatives and soldiers to take care of them, they still soak most of the three meals a day in Chaogai. There are many people, and the heroes get together to drink and eat, which is not only lively but also convenient for exchanging feelings, or discussing things by the way.

As soon as Chao Gai heard Gongsun Sheng's suggestion, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he was immediately invited to stay.

Zhang Daneng, Wang Bin, and Li Yansan Geng Zhizi naturally nodded happily in the drunken and hot dizziness, and lived next to Chao Gai, almost close to Chao Gai.

They didn't think about whether this was a betrayal of Song Jiang's big brother.

In their opinion, Song Jiang and Chao Gai are iron brothers in a gang, and their following Chao Gai, the big boss, and betrayal have nothing to do with Song Jiang's affection, there is nothing wrong with it. (To be continued.) )