When Chao Gai, Song Jiang and Li Jun and others, who had already made up their minds, led their troops back to Liangshanbo, Xiao Tang led Hu Yanzhuo and Guan Sheng's men and horses to Yangwu, Weizhou and other places and entered the Hedong boundary.

The place where Xiao Tang's troops were stationed still chose Tonglu County, Hedong Road, Weisheng Army. It is located in the center of Hedong Road, and it is more severely affected by bandits, so it can recruit displaced people who have been robbed by soldiers and bandits, and resist the wandering bandits.

Among the soldiers and horses who marched forward, as early as in the Beijing Division, the armor, armor, swords, flags, guns, saddle horses, and the chain horses with chain iron armor were really majestic, but see: the man on the saddle wore iron armor, and sat down on the horse with a copper bell. The red flag is displayed in the sunset, and the sword is paved with thousands of miles of snow. The bow is bent and the magpie is painted, and the flying fish bag is half exposed to the dragon's tip; The cage is carved and the lion pot is tightly tied to the leopard's tail. The person has a deep helmet hanging down the neck, and the eyes are slightly leaking; The horse is dressed in heavy armor with Zhu Ying, and it hangs on four legs. Pioneer soldiers, shoulder the big axe; After joining the generals, they wielded their spears.

And Hu Yanzhuo also followed Xiao Tang's orders, only selected and equipped a thousand chain horses, and also connected the officers and troops of several states under the command of Guan Sheng, Xuanzan, Han Tao, Peng Xi and others, and the army with a total of tens of thousands of people was expected to pass, which can also be called strong and strong.

The army passed the boundary of Huguan and Longde Mansion again, but Xiao Tang saw that several Zhuang towns were in a mess where they passed, and there was no one around. It was originally a farmhouse, but it was mostly burned to the ground, and among the rubble, there were many innocent people who were killed lying on the ground, countless of them.

Is the Hedong bandit really so troublesome again? Xiao Tang, who had a cold face, on the one hand, instructed Kuaima to send a message to the government officials in Longde Mansion, Lucheng and other places, ordering them to quickly send people to bury the corpses of the people under his rule, and on the other hand, he also instructed Luo Jian to record the situation of the various places that he saw along the way that had been invaded by the rogues, and then report to the imperial court to picket the inaction of the local officials and officials for the unfavorable crimes.

After some investigation, Xiao Tang also knew that Weisheng Jun Qinyuan County was a powerful and skilled martial arts hunter who was good at making friends with evil, and he took advantage of the floods and droughts in Hedong in recent years, gathered his life, incited the foolish people, and quickly pulled up a team to loot property, and even invaded the state and county, and the name of the thief leader was called Tian Hu.

Since this character who is one of the four great Kou in the original book has not been ambushed, with Na Tianhu's temperament, he will definitely not be satisfied with being a good citizen in Qinyuan County. But now that it seems that Bian Xiang, Qiao Daoqing, Sun An, Ma Ling, Shan Shiqi and other characters have become Xiao Tang's henchmen, how else can Tian Hu be rampant? However, now it seems that although he does not have the strength to cede land and claim the king, he can also kill the officers and soldiers in Hedong who dare not be his front, and let him wreak havoc in several state capitals such as Weisheng Army, Jinzhou, and Fenzhou.

"The rogues who are in turmoil in Hedong are said to be just a group of rabble......" In the carriage, Luo Jian sighed and said: "The stupid insects in the government offices in Hedong are asking for money, the generals are afraid of death, and the officers and soldiers who defend the prefectures and counties have no combat power at all. The dignified soldiers of the country can't even resist a group of reckless rogues! How can we talk about defending the country? ”

And Xiao Tang's staff Xiao Jiasui also paid close attention to the battle situation in Hedong after entering the Hedong territory, at this time he frowned, and also said: "I also heard that although the officers of several state capitals took advantage of Tian Hu's unrising momentum, they led some soldiers and horses to chase and suppress, but those guys bluffed, and even rumored that they killed good people and took risks, which forced the people to become more and more resentful, and there were not a few who went to follow the thieves to avoid the officers and soldiers. When Natian Tiger became more powerful, most of the officers and soldiers did not dare to fight when they reached the time of battle. It is not surprising that the Nada tiger is rampant. ”

"It's just that Tian Hu's guy was originally born as a hunter in the mountains, and once he gained power, he turned around and brutalized the poor people, but he was more vicious than the corrupt officials who knocked out the bones and sucked the marrow."

Xiao Tang in the carriage also said coldly, in fact, he also knew that if Tian Hu was unwilling to gather in the mountains and forests, and only defended a cottage to be a mountain king, he could only use ordinary people again. Just like Zhang Di of Zhaozhou, who won over the southern Hebei army back then, robbed the villagers of their food and burned down their houses, what can the people who have no way to live do except to become thieves? Some generals in the partial-life military still have vicious intentions of killing good people and risking meritorious deeds. There are strongmen who kill and plunder indiscriminately, and even the officers and soldiers have to exchange their heads for merit, what choice do these people have? With the growth of the number of thieves under Tian Hu, they could only wave the butcher knives in their hands to burn and loot more people, causing the bandits in Hedong to gradually intensify.

Although some time ago, he still commanded several soldiers and horses in the green forest to kill the officers and soldiers on Jingdong Road and lost their armor, and now he wants to lead the officers and troops to the strongmen who are wreaking havoc in the eastern boundary of Jingping River, but Xiao Tang's perception of his identity has never wavered. Let Tian Hu's soldiers and horses grow, but it is still ordinary toiling people who suffer; Let the situation of the Great Song Dynasty continue to develop like the official history, and it is still the people of the world who will suffer disaster and humiliation, in the face of this kind of thief who only troubles one side for his own selfish desires, is it a green forest strongman, or a court official, and is his identity very important?

Xiao Tang paused for a moment, and then said: "Even if the military divisions in Hedong Road Weisheng Army, Longde Mansion, Jinzhou and other places are weak, but how many people Tian Hu has gathered at the moment, they should always be able to find out, right?" ”

Luo Jian smiled astringently when he heard this, and said: "When I was in Longde Mansion, I also asked the officials in the command department to inquire, and now I only know that there are seven or eight thousand thieves who are in Longde Mansion and the territory around Xiangyuan, and as for the thief army raging in the territory of the Weisheng Army, I am afraid that there will only be more." ”

Xiao Tang snorted coldly when he heard this, Tian Hu has been in chaos in Hedong for a while, but the wine bags and rice bags in the commanders of several prefectures can't even understand the details of the opponent's military strength! If it weren't for the fact that he commanded tens of thousands of officers and troops stationed in Hedong, how could this battle be fought? It is said that Tian Hu's current strength should also be greatly reduced, but when it comes to this, the officers and troops of the military divisions in various places can only retreat in the city to defend against the enemy. Expecting this group of old, weak, and low-powered officers and soldiers to resist the southern invasion of the Jin State Iron Cavalry is really a big joke in the world!

Fortunately, Xiao Tang's trip was based on Zhao Ji's imperial order, he not only had the responsibility of selecting and training the new army in Hedong, but also had the responsibility of supervising military officials in various places in Hedong. However, it is estimated that Tian Hu now has at least tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and in addition to the official army of Benzhou under his command, which is led by Hu Yanzhuo, Guan Sheng, Han Tao, and Peng Xi, how many available soldiers can there be on Hedong Road?

Thinking of this, Xiao Tang's expression gradually became solemn, it seems that this time the passage through Hedong is not as simple as imagined. Hugh said that he had trained an army in Hedongla, and in the case of single-mindedness, he had to always beware of the thief army led by Tian Hu. At that time, if there is a slight carelessness, I am afraid that the soldiers and horses of the several states under my command will also be folded here. After all, Tian Hu also has the ability to become the four great masters in the Great Song Dynasty Green Forest, and he is not Wang Qing who has not yet made his mark in Bianjing, although there are many less capable people to assist him now, but he has also gathered tens of thousands of people, and he can't despise it at all.

And just as the officers and soldiers were traveling to the vicinity of the Taiping Post in Longde Mansion, Xiao Tang was still discussing with Luo Jian, Xiao Jiasui and others how to deploy and defend where to defend after arriving in Tongqi County. Suddenly, there was a sudden noise outside the carriage, and when Xiao Tang was about to go out to find out, he heard Hua Rong shouting hurriedly outside the carriage: "Brother, it's the army of thieves in Hedong!" ”

Xiao Tang was even angrier when he heard this, are the thieves in Hedong really so rampant now? Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, those guys dare to come and provoke!?