Once, in the middle of a horse-to-horse confrontation, Yue Fei faced a thief who was nicknamed Ren Xiong, and as soon as he looked at him, he cut off the opponent's blade and split it in half from his shoulder to his waist. From then on, the general of Fang Labu saw the embroidered flag of the word "Yue" and left without a fight. The bandits in the southeast were afraid and hated Yue Fei, because there was a word "Fei" in his name, and the word Pengju, so they gave him the nickname of "Yue Diao'er", implying that he was the eagle claw of the imperial court, with a heavy temper and ruthless methods.

Fang La once occupied 52 counties in six states, and the bandits in the southeast area took the red scarf as the starting point, and there were countless responders. Although Wang Yan had the intention to preserve the vitality of the Great Song Dynasty, he also had to use heavy codes in troubled times, and the killing was very heavy when the chaos was quelled. And Yue Fei is strict in governing the army, and his department is known as "freezing to death without demolishing houses, starving to death without taking prisoners". Once, because Ma Jun inadvertently dragged away a piece of grass on the roof of the people, Yue Fei wanted to behead him, and the owner of the house pleaded hard for the offender, so he beat a hundred military sticks instead. Therefore, the place where its march passed, the waves were not alarmed, the garrison and the township were peaceful, the gentry and people of the prefecture and county all praised each other, and the bandits near and far heard the wind and fled far away.

However, as soon as he heard that he was going to belong to the national army of Yue Fei Town, the Shui Kou immediately became in a commotion, and the Juyi Hall was full of gossip and opposition, and many Shui Kou shouted: "If you go to Yue Diao'er, we might as well break up." Even those who did not dare to speak showed fear on their faces. Lu Mingyu's face was embarrassed, and he was full of worry, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped, looking at Zhao Xingde.

Zhao Xingde stood up and said to the crowd: "The Liao thieves invaded the south, they wanted to enslave my Chinese people, and killed my ancestors. I know that when marching and fighting, the most taboo thing is that the orders are inconsistent. This southeastern half of the wall can resist the invasion of Liaokou, and the only way for everyone to work together. And Zhao Qi, Cai Jing, Cao Di and others, fearing the enemy like tigers, sat back and watched the fall of Bianliang, and the rats made peace at every turn, and it was difficult to recover the situation. Fortunately, General Yue built Ezhou and sent troops to Jianghuai, which was a barrier for the southeast half of our wall. Zhao dared to ask, if you talk about the gathering of the army, the planning of the temple, and the decisive victory in the battle formation, who of you here can be stronger than General Yue? ”

He glanced over, and all the water gullies lowered their heads. Yue Fei's prestige in the southeast was a battle after battle, and countless bandits were piled up. The bandits who thought they were stronger than Yue Fei in the past all died in Huangquan. At this time, although the water cowards were unwilling to submit to Yue Fei, no one dared to say that they were better than Yue Fei.

Zhao Xingde sighed: "Hebei and Henan, just because the order is not specialized, there are hundreds of thousands of people, but the generals were broken by the Liao thieves one by one. Under the so-called nest, there are no eggs, and the people of our Great Song Dynasty may be slaughtered and plundered as slaves, and there are tens of millions. The building is about to fall, can't you let go of the old grudges? Will the Southeast repeat the mistakes of the past? ”

There was silence in the Juyi Hall, and all the water cowards looked at each other, although they were speechless, but their faces were still reluctant. After a while, Lu Mingyu said: "Mr. Zhao is responsible for righteousness, and we don't know it." It's just ,......" He looked at the leaders of the hall and said carefully, "General Yue's prestige is too great, and we really have lingering palpitations." The Khitans are coming to spoil the splendid rivers and mountains in our southeast, and it is not ambiguous for the brothers to give up their lives. If you fight with the Liao army, there is nothing wrong with General Yue's dispatch order. It's just that everyone doesn't want to belong to the Zhenguo Army, this, this, or," he hesitated for a long time, and finally said, "Mr. Zhao is famous all over the world, and we are only willing to serve you as the leader, and then obey General Yue's orders." ”

Lu Mingyu gestured with his eyes, and the leaders of the Shui Kou below were saved, and they all said loudly again: "We only want to follow Mr. Zhao!" ”

Lu Mingyu persuaded again: "We are reckless, even if we are willing to surrender, General Yue may not take us in his eyes. Even if we wait to submit to General Yue, there are tens of thousands of heroes in the southeast, if Mr. Zhao does not come up with this, these strong men will either be scattered in the grass or used by the Khitans. Could it be that Mr. Zhao just can't bear it? ”

Zhao Xingde groaned: "Brother Lu is serious, how can Zhao be virtuous?" When several sergeants saw that General Zhao had only arrived in the Song Realm, some heroes defected, and their faces couldn't help but show disbelief.

Lu Mingyu saw that his tone was loose, and patted his chest and said: "As long as Mr. Zhao is willing to come forward, Lu will pass down the green forest arrows in the name of Mr. and invite heroes and righteous people to come to conspire with great things." We are willing to take Mr. Zhao as the leader, Mr. Zhao to the east, and we will never face west. As for General Yue's military order dispatch in Ezhou, as long as Mr. Zhao agrees, we will have nothing to say. Fighting with Liao thieves, the southeast heroes are by no means ambiguous, they want to sacrifice their lives and shed blood. He looked generous, as if Zhao Xingde did not agree, as if he personally pushed tens of thousands of reckless heroes to the side of the Khitans.

Zhao Xingde couldn't guess Lu Mingyu's intentions, but compared with saving the situation in the southeast, personal reputation was nothing. He nodded and promised Lu Mingyu to use his name to convene the reckless heroes and conspire to resist the great cause of Liao. Seeing that Zhao Xingde agreed, Lu Mingyu was overjoyed, and immediately called the leaders of the subordinate villages again, and saw them as subordinates. Zhao Xingde could only say good words and encourage them to serve the country, just like the second general Guan Zhang in the late Han Dynasty, who left a name in history. Because the Three Kingdoms dialect is popular in the world, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are the embodiment of loyalty, and their status in the hearts of Jianghu people far exceeds that of other generals. Listening to Zhao Xingde's encouragement with Guan Zhangxiang, everyone was also very excited. Several sergeants were infected, and their faces were cheered up, and they felt that they should make a great difference when they came out with General Zhao this time.

Since the thirteen water villages have Zhao Xingde as the leader, the owners of the villages have taken turns to toast. Zhao Xingde did not refuse, and between the three words, he secretly observed the character and temperament of each general with the method of observing people. After the feast, Lu Mingyu personally sent Zhao Xingde and others to the bedroom, and then went back to arrange the distribution of green forest arrows overnight.

When Juyitang received the order, Liu Heng said unhappily: "Brother Lu, Mr. Zhao is right, but no matter how powerful he is, how can he give away his ten-year foundation with both hands at one time?" Although Zhao Xingde is kind, after being under his control, he will definitely not be as comfortable as before. He didn't object to Lu Mingyu's decision, but he couldn't figure it out. The other dozen or so leaders also looked puzzled.

"Ten years of inheritance?" Lu Mingyu sneered, "The Khitan thief army is about to go south, Jingxiang is a place where soldiers must fight, and the Liao thieves and the official army are bound to fight here for a long time." Our stockade of thousands of soldiers and horses is just a small pebble that can be kicked away, what kind of foundation is it? If we can't, we will surrender, and if we can't, as soon as the army of either side arrives, we will immediately turn to powder. It's difficult to be small between the two powers, if you don't vote for Mr. Zhao as soon as possible, do you want to vote for the Khitans, cut your hair and make it easy to obey, and let your ancestors go down in shame? Or do you want to be the traitor henchman who has been scolded by the world and left a stench for thousands of years? For the sake of the vitality of the little ones in the water village, I have been so worried that my hair is almost gray these days. Fortunately, God opened our eyes, and before the flood, we climbed the big tree of Mr. Zhao first. ”

Everyone in charge looked at each other, and no one could see that the situation in the future would be so grim. Hengjiang ghost Yang Zuo hesitated: "Anyway, it is ordered by Ezhou, isn't it good to vote directly for Chen Dong?" As far as I know, although Zhao Xingde's reputation is on par with Chen Dong, he has no official position, unlike Chen Dong, who is already the prefect of Guangzhou. From this point of view, Zhao Xingde is not qualified to recruit An Shui Kou at all, but can only recruit An on behalf of Chen Dong and others, so Yang Zuo has the intention of directly serving Chen Dong.

Lu Mingyu's eyes moved slightly, and he shook his head and said, "Chen Donglu has a lot of martial arts talents. We take refuge in Chen Dong, and we can only be other people's pawns. Mr. Zhao is like a hidden dragon in the abyss, although he is not as prominent as Chen Dong, his reputation is not necessarily a little lower. And Mr. Zhao has just come out of the mountain, his henchmen are not enough, and his wings are not yet grown, so we will take the lead in action. In the future, if one person attains the Tao, we will also ascend to heaven. With today's trend, after Mr. Zhao soared into the sky, our dozen small villages, thousands of rangers scattered, but he couldn't look at it. He saw that there was still disbelief on the faces of the brothers, so he said in a deep voice: "You can trust me Lu, and you must not have two hearts when serving Mr. Zhao in the future." If God has eyes, we will come to operate from time to time, and it is not a problem to seal the shadow of a wife in the second half of our lives. If God has no eyes, our brothers will be smeared with liver and brain, and it will be a good way to die by following Mr. Zhao to leave a name in history. ”

When the water cowards saw him say this, they didn't dare to fight anymore, and said, "What the eldest brother said is true." "Our brothers have drunk blood wine, and if we can die on the same day in the same year, it will also be a righteous anger."

Seeing this, Lu Mingyu nodded with satisfaction, and arranged for each leader to send messengers separately, in the name of Zhao Xingde, to pass down green forest arrows to the village within a radius of two hundred miles, and summoned all the owners of the village to come to participate in the grand event.

"Our thirteen consecutive villages spread the Green Forest Arrow, why do we use the name of Mr. Zhao?" Coming out of the Juyi Hall, Xia Mao'er grumbled.

"This green forest arrow must be in the name of Mr. Zhao." Yang Zuo smiled slightly, and said to Xia Mao'er in a low voice, "Back then, Sect Master Fang announced to the world that Mr. Zhao was the former military advisor of the Holy Sect. Everyone has served Mingzun, and to this day, there is anyone in the Holy Sect who has a higher prestige than Mr. Zhao. Since Sect Master Fang ascended to heaven, the heroes on the rivers and lakes have not obeyed each other, so they are rushing towards this, and only Mr. Zhao can send this green forest arrow. ”

Xia Mao'er opened her mouth wide, with an incredible look in her eyes, and finally didn't say anything, only nodded. Indeed, when the Fang La Rebellion swept the southeast, almost all the reckless heroes in this area were involved. Now the owner of the village who is a little famous, whether true or false, is serving the disciples of Mingzun. Fang La died, and after the collapse of the Ming Sect, the leaders of the sect were either killed in battle and were arrested by the imperial court and punished by the Ming Dynasty. To this day, the surviving figures of the Ming Sect, except for a few self-proclaimed heavenly kings who are despised by the old brothers, really have no status above the former military advisors of the Holy Sect. The people in the rivers and lakes despise the powerful and the powerful, and they attach great importance to the distinction between the upper and lower in this kind of secret door. If Lu Mingyu passed on the Green Forest Arrow by himself, the giant thief with a status similar to him would probably have to scoff at it, and if it was under the guise of Zhao Xingde, it would at least be justified.

It was late at night, Zhao Xingde sat in front of the window in his clothes, quietly looking at the water outside the window. Today is a lot of changes, he doesn't know what the road ahead is, there is no electricity, the night of this era is much darker than the future. Suddenly, his eyes froze, and a faint light shone in the darkness. Zhao Xingde stared intently, only to realize that it was a small firefly. Now that the spring is cold, this small flying insect that should have appeared in summer was born a few months early, and I am afraid that it will freeze to death in a short time.

The ancients were tired of the night, and Zhao Xingde let out a long breath of white air, looking at the little flying insect with interest. In this cold early spring night, it is so small, it is flying with all its might, even if there is a minute and a second at the end, it will continue to emit its own light and heat.