The flames in Yuliu Village burned the grass hall in the middle first, and a few fires were lit in front of the village, taking advantage of the wind to blow and burn up, and gradually reflected half of the already dim night sky.

The bodies of Fei Bao, Ni Yun, Bu Qing, Di Cheng and the bandits who launched the water have either been buried in the sea of fire, or they have fallen into the deep harbor around Yuliuzhuang, and the lake has been dyed red. Xiao Tang killed all the four heroes of Taihu Lake, and ordered his subordinates to go with him to collect some of the belongings in Yuliuzhuang indiscriminately, and then prepared to return by water, and then set off on the road after resting and rectifying.

As for the brothers under Xiao Tang's command, of course, they are also very aware of the fierce bandits in the green forest who mutilate the people, eat human flesh and blood, open human flesh workshops, or abuse the innocence of women from good families.

But I have heard some of the comments of the four heroes of Yuliuzhuang, and now I have seen it with my own eyes, the brothers under Xiao Tang can also see that the four heroes of Taihu Lake seem to be heroes who respect and are righteous, and they are also righteous and support each other. Even if all four of them had been killed, some of the leaders were still a little complicated.

Among them, Cheng Gui, one of the four dragons in Zhejiang, couldn't help but hesitate, so he said to Xiao Tang: "Brother, younger brother and other four people have been gathering together for some years, and I know that you will not tolerate the men and women who do evil in the green forest, but ...... Now my brother Kai has openly acted upright, that is, the army robes that fought side by side in the past, among them, I don't know how many people I have to fight against, our mountain leaders, most of them are good men who fight in the green forest, and they are inevitably doing some murderous acts. Some of the deeds of the Green Forest Kou to make a living, and even some really cruel habits, although our brothers will never do it, but back then they were all in the green forest to beg for food and clothing, and those behaviors have been seen and heard a lot, and it is really not unusual.

According to the younger brother, it is really a pity that the four heroes of Taihu Lake can be used by the elder brother in the green forest and grass are recklessly killed. If you really defect to your brother Juyi, and you also have strong skills, why don't you strictly control it after you recruit it? Although he was not to blame in the past, if he committed it again, he would definitely be severely punished, and he would still be able to restrain the military discipline of a few cottage people, and he would not miss some capable people who could indeed defect to his brother. Otherwise, my brother now wants to lay a solid foundation in the green forest, but he teaches many colleagues in the green forest to retreat, and he will provoke many people to turn against him in vain. ”

Xiao Tang just listened to Cheng Gui's words, he stopped, then shook his head, and said with a long sigh: "Brother Chenggui, how do I not know that the brothers in the cottage are definitely not good men and women who eat fasting and recite Buddha?" Many of them fought in the green forest in their early years, and they have killed some lives in vain, but you also said that anyone who is trying to survive in the green forest will inevitably do some murderous deeds, although it is very difficult for us to control those who are implicated in the war, but the brothers of the mountains swear not to harm the goodness of innocent people, if they break the previous rules that absolutely cannot tolerate people like Fei Bao, Di Cheng, etc., when the soldiers and horses on the green forest road throw in the future, they will lose their prestige, and they are all cruel and accustomed thieves, how many of them can be restrained? In addition to the spread of the four heroes of Taihu Lake today, I can also teach the people in the green forest of the world to know that although I, Xiao Tang, have openly rebelled against the imperial court, I still want to kill traitorous officials and eliminate evil thieves.

Just as Manichaeism is now in the south of the Yangtze River to stand up, saying that it is to resist tyranny and make decisions for the people, and their gang has cultivated power, and there are many Jiangyang thieves who are used to killing people and setting fire to follow Fang La's rebellion, and now they have just taken down a few military states and no longer have official constraints, and those anti-thieves take advantage of the situation to kidnap and plunder the people, but they are more violent than the fierce officials and evil officials, and the situation will intensify, even if Manichaeism has the intention to restrain me, I am afraid that it will not be able to control it. It is the rules of the village, and it must not be broken because I have openly broken with the imperial court now, otherwise in this ordinary season, the great cause we seek will never be successful! ”

The more Xiao Tang spoke, the louder his voice became, and he also taught the brothers around him to listen to it really. It seems that Xiao Jiasui, Xu Guanzhong, Lin Chong and other brothers naturally also thought deeply of what Xiao Tang said, while some other brothers who were used to doing green forest deeds bowed their heads and pondered, and then nodded playfully. And Xiao Tang also knows very well that he must let all his brothers know that he has completely drawn a line with the imperial court now, and it definitely does not mean that he can act according to the original rules of the green forest unscrupulously. After all, he has been planning a big plan for a long time, but he definitely doesn't want his henchmen to be guided into bandits who are just strong enough to cause trouble in the world......

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After Xiao Tang and his soldiers and horses took a short rest from Taihu Lake in Suzhou, they set off again, and crossed the Wujiang River to the east, and they were about to enter the boundary of Xiuzhou. The surrounding situation is still a chaos of soldiers, in addition to a few soldiers and horses who went to attack several important military counties in the Jiangnan territory under the orders of Fang La, there are also Manichaean leaders in various places who led small groups of rebels to loot everywhere and attack the surrounding Zhuang towns.

Now Xiao Tang and Fang La are still in an alliance against the imperial court, and now the leaders of Manichaeism, large and small, are also aware of the alliance between the sect and Xiao Tang's gang, but they don't have to worry about any rebel army that is wreaking havoc and looting in the local area will be provoked on their heads. Just being cautious, Xiao Tang still sent Shi Jin to lead a biao army and horses to scout at the outpost, first to investigate whether there were Manichaeism, other green forests and grasses that took advantage of the fire to rob, or local officials and soldiers.

And Shi Jin led more than 200 horsemen and horses to walk in front for a while, but he was only ten miles away, but suddenly he heard the sound of shouting and killing in the distance, and the dust came up, and there seemed to be a group of people approaching here. Shi Jin suddenly waved his hand back, and then rode all over the grassy slope and dismounted and fell down, and the military horses under his command also looked for a hidden place to hide their figures, and first saw what the opposite gang was from.

When Shi Jin looked intently, he saw a burly man, holding a half-grown girl in his left hand and a beautiful woman in his right hand, hurriedly running towards this side. It's just that he pulls a girl on the left and a young woman on the right staggering, and the steps on the bumpy road are naturally not fast.

What made Shi Jin pay more attention was that although the big man who was pulling the two women to flee was not wearing armor, he was wearing the crimson suit worn by the officers of the forbidden army. Shi Jin's mind moved, and he also secretly thought in his heart: Now that there are riots in various places in the Jiangnan territory, most of the Manichaeans hate the people in the official family, and they must be killed when they meet the officials, if the man and the two women he is carrying are caught up by the chasing soldiers behind, I am afraid that they will suffer a tragic death?

It's just that the man on the other side, Shi Jin, doesn't know where he came from, and he is still in the Jiangnan realm, and he is still in alliance with Manichaeism. Just as Shi Jin was about to lead his military horses to rush out for a while, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves on the south side, and the muffled sound of the wheels colliding on the bumpy road suddenly came.

Shi Jin immediately lowered his body again, and looked vaguely through the gap between the wild grasses in the hillside, and saw three or four Taiping carts, and more than fifty or sixty galloping horses galloping towards this side. The crowd of people on the horses, some of whom were dressed as caretakers, and a few of whom were dressed in the uniform armor of the officers and soldiers, immediately swished from the rear with a terrible sound of arrows, and three or four officers and soldiers who fled on horseback immediately dismounted from their horses. Seeing that the man who fled with two women on this side was about to collide with the chariot and horse on the other side who also seemed to be dodging the chasing soldiers behind him, the shouting and killing sound in the rear became clearer and clearer, and the two groups of chasing soldiers saw that they were also going to merge together, although Shi Jin couldn't see the truth, but judging from the sound from a distance, the number of people should not be too much, and the soldiers and horses chasing after him were probably hundreds of people.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Shi Jin was a little puzzled in his heart, and secretly said; When these two groups of officials were born, they were obedient, and they saw that they were going to be wiped out by the rebels here, but they didn't know where they came from?