Tian Hu's trick was originally from the Northland Dangxiang Qiang people, and the Hedong Road reached the three passes outside the Yanmen Gate of the Great Wall in the north, and there were also some nomadic tribesmen who were working around the Songxia and Songliao borders.

And among the nearly 1,000 strongmen and horses under his command, Han and Qiang are mixed, and they rely on trading with no capital to make a living. It's just that because he made a few big deals in the territory of the Ninghua Army, killed three or two children of big families with deep pockets in the local area, and was pursued by the government and local tyrants, he had to flee all the way south.

But when he saw that the top of his head was bald, there were two small pigtails on his temples, and he also wore a gold ring earring earring on each ear, and his body was draped in the fur robe that nomads were accustomed to, and a scimitar was straddled around his waist, dressed as a Qiang man. And the burly and sturdy figure was stunned when he heard this, and he asked Tian Hu again: "I have some friendship with several groups of herdsmen and two or three horse bandits in Xia. It's just the leader of Tian Da, since we are working on Hedong Road, if we inform other Qiang tribes to go to the Song Land and make a big trouble, won't we attract more officials and soldiers to come to encircle and suppress? ”

Tian Hu laughed fiercely when he heard this, and he said fiercely: "Our brothers are originally killing officials and rebelling, are you afraid that you will not be able to break the sky?" But this is just a way back for us, if those Qiu Bazhen in the government force us to the part, and simply go to provoke foreign countries to make more trouble, then how can we do it? ”

Hearing Tian Hu say this, a few of the strongman leaders showed hesitation. Even if most of them are outlaws who kill people without blinking, but after all, they are all sons and daughters of the Han family from the Song Kingdom, and what women, children, old and young are to kill and rob, and those green forest strongmen are only regarded as green forest mixed rice and food, so what they do is also justified, but they collude with Fanbang foreign races to harm their homeland...... This kind of behavior spreads out, and Rao is a green forest thief who burns and kills and loots, and his reputation in the rivers and lakes is only afraid to stink.

Tian Hu also had such concerns in his heart, but he was really going to a dead end, once he, the bandit leader who dragged strongmen from all over the country to kill officials and rebel, was taken by the government, he would inevitably be sentenced to the punishment of suffering all kinds of pain and being cut by a small blade, and even being escorted to the city to be beheaded by the public has become a luxury. Tian Hu's brutal temperament, if he can't end up with a good death, how can he care about the life and death of the people in the old national garden?

What's more, at this time, Tian Hu thought in his heart: Xiao Tang was called to be Ren Xia, he killed rape in the chief street of the Daimyo Mansion, controlled all kinds of livelihoods in Hebei, Bianjing, Shandong and other places, and as a court official, he captured Zhang Di, the hero of Hebei Green Forest, in Tongluo Mountain, and also leveled the strongman who gathered in Fangshan back then... I heard that some time ago, his Xiao Jiaji also merged with Zengtou City, Dezhou, Hebei Province, and the place in the Great Song Dynasty was strong, and no one could compete with him...... But it is the wealth and fame that must be sought in danger, so Xiao Tang has a smooth sail in black and white, if it is planted in my hands this time, I am worried that I will not be able to deter the heroes of the green forest, and also teach me Tian Hu to make a name?

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At the same time, Xiao Tang said goodbye to several henchmen and Wu Li, and after returning to the Tongqi County Ya, he first asked the county lieutenant Li in the yamen to lead the way, and then went to the same Weisheng military wealthy family (renamed Qinzhou in the Jin Kingdom in the official history), but now he visited his parents at the home of Shan Shiqi, who was in the grass of Erlong Mountain.

Later, when Shan Shiqi delivered a letter to the county seat, he only told his parents that he was on a temporary job in the Xiaotang Mansion in Bianjing as a steward, and he also helped his eldest brother to work in the Hebei Daimyo Mansion. Originally, because of Shan Shiqi's blood and strength, he had trouble with the city all day long, and his parents were also frightened all day long, and when they heard that their children were in a hurry to leave, but they went to vote for Xiao Tang, the upstart of the Bianjing court, they were naturally surprised and happy. The heart said that his son didn't have to be brave and ruthless in staying in the county, and he should be able to live a bright day if he was taken care of by the nobles in the court.

Although he was warmly treated by Shan Shiqi's parents, Xiao Tang was also inconvenient to explain to the second elder that their child was not in Bianjing now, nor did he stay in the Hebei Daimyo's Mansion, but had already thrown himself into the cottage under his own green forest and became a strongman leader...... Originally, Shan Shiqi had been honing his stick technique with Wang Jin when he was in Xiaojiaji, Hebei, and it was also during the period when Xiao Tang cheated and died in Liaodong that his brain was hot, and he packed up his iron rod and bags, and simply went to the green forest cottage to find his brother happy. Now Tongluo County is worried that the thieves in Hedong will break the city, and everyone is worried and worried, if the parents of Jiaoshan Shiqi learn that their precious son is also influenced by his Xiao Tang, and went to Shandong to become a strongman, I wonder how the elders will feel?

Whether to tell the Shanshiqi brothers to take his parents up the mountain, or to think of another way, he can't teach him how to deal with his parents all the time, and he must also find an opportunity to seal the letter to Erlong Mountain, so that Shanshiqi and the other brothers can figure out a countermeasure......

Leaving the mansion of Shan Shiqi's parents, Xiao Tang returned to Tongqi County and discussed with Luo Jian, Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo and other military generals how to settle the displaced people, how to select and train the new army, and how to resist the thieves in Hedong. In the conference hall, Xiao Tang looked at the large map hanging in the center, although the map was simple, but it also marked the location of several important cities and mountains and rivers with Tongluo County as the center, the Weisheng Army and the surrounding military states. Xiao Tang stretched out his finger and tapped the location of Tongyu County on the map, and looked around it intently.

The Tonglu Mountain and Shiti Mountain in the east of Tongluo County are a mountain range, and then the southwest has passed through Qinshui, where Tianhu's hometown is Qinyuan County. The rest of the area is also mostly mountains and rivers, and there are dangerous mountains and passes everywhere, although the chain horses led by Hu Yanzhuo can still break through the formation in some areas, but there are not many river valleys and flat lands for him to use their strengths. Moreover, in the Hedong boundary, Tian Hu and the leaders of the strongmen under his command are more familiar with the terrain path, and the same tactics are not easy to use repeatedly.

In the ten thousand mountains ring, easy to gather in the military states of Hedong Road, the valleys between the mountains are now like the hunting grounds of the bandits, all the towns and villages exposed to the eyes of the strongmen will be the target of the opponent's prey, while pursuing the thief army, on the other hand, they have to help the people suffering in various places, but I am afraid that after a long time, it will only make the soldiers and horses of the headquarters physically and mentally exhausted, and it may not be able to achieve much effect. Xiao Tang did not despise these strategic weaknesses at all.

Xiao Tang thought about it for a while, and then said leisurely: "Now that the soldiers and horses commanded by Tian Hu have gained some momentum, the soldiers will not always hide in the poor mountains and bad water ravines. Tongba County is a key place within the boundaries of the Weisheng Army, and Tian Hu is on the west side of the Weisheng Army, so it is expected that he must also want to take this place first, but now there is a large army stationed in the county. The movement of the thief army, I can't guess what the guys are trying to do for a while......"

Xiao Jiasui also stared at the map hanging on the wall, and suddenly he spoke: "Although the thief army is mostly a rabble, it is superior in numbers. If Tian Hu wanted to rely on the strength of the crowd and forcibly lead the army to attack, it was not impossible. But since the thieves have a numerical advantage, they are afraid of ......"

Xiao Jiasui was talking, and then he stretched out his hand a little, and pointed at the positions adjacent to Taiyuan Mansion such as Nanguan Town and Hujiashan above Tongluo County, and then he didn't stop, and then pointed at Fenzhou in the northwest of Weisheng Army, Jinzhou in the southwest, and Longde Mansion in the south. Although he didn't make words, Xiao Jiasui's meaning was also very clear, if the Hedong thieves wanted to bloom more, where would the officials and soldiers rescue? Where to guard?

Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, Hua Rong and other generals looked at each other, and they couldn't come up with an idea for a while, they were all fierce generals about conquest and killing, and the commander had an order, so they just sacrificed their lives to lead the army to fight. However, at the level of strategic deployment, the current conditions and situation cannot help but make them at a loss.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in the conference hall and said: "I only hate the stupid insects in the Hedong Army who are afraid of swords and avoid swords, causing thieves to breed, not to mention the major national affairs, obviously it is my Great Song Dynasty territory, and the available soldiers are actually stretched thin!" In the view of humility, if you want to deal with the thieves in Hedong to the end, you have to make a trade-off, and then try slowly. ”