Li Zhong poured good wine for Shi Jin, Niu Gao and others, took a sip himself, and listened to Shi Jin continue, "I came all the way west, and I ran out of food and drink unconsciously on the way, and when I arrived at Fengxiang Mansion, I met Master Li Zhong. ”

Li Zhong said with a smile, "I have traveled south and north over the years, relying on some sticks to make a living, I was also surprised to see Shi Dalang like this, I wanted to help Da Lang, how could I be shy in this pocket, and finally I went to this place with Da Lang, no, just opened a stall, I met two heroes." ”

Ruda clapped the case and shouted, "It's really a dog officer!" It's just that there are more dog officials in my Great Song Dynasty who are dragging their feet behind, so they won't be able to fight the Xixia dog thieves for so many years! Such a dog officer should be held and killed! ”

Niu Gao nodded and said, "That's right, my Xiaolangjun told us before, saying that as long as civil officials don't love money, and military attaches are not afraid of death, Liaoxia will only be broken in a few years." ”

"Civil officials don't love money? The military attache is not afraid of death? That's a good point! That's a good point! I don't know what to say, but I think I should drink a bowl of wine! Ruda poured himself another glass of wine and said.

A few people ate a meal, and it was getting late, so Niu Gao and everyone went to Jingluo Mansion together, preparing to wait for Wang to enter the next duty before eating.

Walked to the outside of the Jinglu Mansion, I saw two sergeants standing outside the gate of the Jingliu Mansion, next to the two of them was a bamboo cage, covered with a cloth, from time to time there were flies flying around, it can be seen that it was a fishy smell, there was still a faint liquid flowing out of the ground, one of the two was about twenty years old, white and tall, his face was full of cynicism, his eyes were full of cunning, Luda looked at the man and smiled, "Han Popi, why are you here again?" Is there anything that can't be gained? ”

The man looked back and saw Ruda, snorted, crossed his hands on his hips, and said, "Isn't this Rutiha?" Going to drink again? You wait for me, and when I receive the reward, I'll go with you!" Who are these brothers? ”

Luda said, "This is Niu Gao, Shi Jin and Li Zhong, how many heads did you cut off this time?" As he spoke, he introduced Niu Gao and a few people, "This pranky is called Han Wu, he loves to practice martial arts since he was a child, he has a bold personality, he has been in the army for five or six years, and he has made gains almost every month, you also know that there is a steady stream of people from the Western Xia side who come to fight the grass valley, if it is not for Han Wu, these warriors are deterring in the frontier, and no one dares to live in this city for a long time." ”

"What's the use of cutting off more heads? Brother Han is not still a squad leader! One of the people next to Han Wu shouted, his face full of indignation.

Han Wu turned around and smiled, "It's okay to drink if you have money, there are too many people, I can't care about it, Su Ge, you give me a few words, if someone hears it, Lao Tzu will be scolded again!" ”

Luda sighed, "Actually, it's not that Jingluo is unwilling to be promoted, Xiao Zhong Xianggong has written several letters to the court for you, but the court doesn't believe that you can have such a ability, and if you don't reward it, what can you do!" ”

Shi Jin frowned and said, "Since there is such a thing, I originally wanted to make meritorious contributions here, but I don't want my credit to be erased by others like this." ”

Han Wu said a little indifferently, "This kind of thing, it's good if you get used to it, although you won't be promoted, but this reward, Xiao Zhong Jingluo has given enough, which is why we are willing to give Xiao Zhong Jingluo my life." ”

Shi Jin was originally a wealthy family, and there was no shortage of gold and silver at all, even if he was embarrassed now, he didn't feel how important gold and silver were, so Han Wu's words did not make him feel any comfort, but strengthened his determination not to join the Western Army.

"Big brother, the reward is coming, just give those heads to this big brother!" From the Jingluo Mansion, a person held a bag of things and said to Han Wu, next to him was a public servant.

Han Wu smiled and said, "This time I don't even order the head, the minister is happy, I want to eat and drink together, I'm here to treat!" ”

Luda laughed, "This is good, it's rare to catch your ploppy treat, wait for Wang Jinjiao to come, go together!" ”

- Western Xia

A man dressed in royal robes sat in his seat, listening to the briefings of the people below. There was a circle of generals and staff sitting around, all of whom had grim faces.

"In this way, from the Zhe family, the Yao family, the Zhong family, the Liu family and other Western military families have all moved, and none of them are no longer arming for war, it seems that the wind and rain are coming." The man in the king's costume took a breath and said.

"King Jin, now in the Song army, there are many good generals, whether it is Zhong Shidao, Seed Master, Liu Fa, Zhe Ke Cun, Zhe Ke Qiu, Yao Gu and others are either proficient in the art of war, or brave in battle. And that Tong Guan was trusted by the monarch of the Song Kingdom, unlike other people who looked forward and backward, but was bent on winning military merits to be rewarded, and now Cai Jing of the Song Kingdom is the prime minister, I am afraid that the war will start soon. One of the staff members said to the man in the royal robe.

This man in royal clothes is called Brother Cha, the younger brother of Li Qianshun, the lord of Western Xia, who has many strategies and courage, and because he is trusted, he has long held the military power to fight against the Song army.

In fact, this is also Li Qianshun's way, the Western Xia Kingdom is actually a country, more like a tribal alliance, whether it is Li Yuanhao in the past as the emperor and the founding of the country, or the later dictatorship of the mother party, all of which make the Xixia royal family can trust fewer and fewer people, and finally can only trust their own clansmen as generals.

Brother Cha touched his beard and said, "Since the fourth year of Zhenguan, the Song Shaanxi transfer envoy, the Tao Jiefu of Zhiyanzhou, and the seizure of my stone fort, the Song army has continued to provoke our country, and the six-year peace agreement is also because of the pressure of the Liao State. But over the years, our country's national strength has not recovered much, and if we go to war now, I'm afraid..."

A staff member stood up and said, "Chitose, the little one thinks that he can test the Western Army first." ”

Brother Cha asked, "How to tempt?" ”

The staff replied: "Song foreign generals are often impeached by civilian officials if they are good at opening border affairs, and now that the Western military is in war, like this, I will see how the Song State handles it, and we will know its intentions." ”

Brother Cha nodded and said, "If it makes sense, then act according to the plan!" ”

- Weizhou

"Da Lang, are you really not joining the army? If there be a teacher and a tihar who speak for you, you will be able to keep it in the house of the scriptures. Wang Jin said with some regret.

Shi Jin shook his head and said, "Master, the apprentice has not suffered any grievances since he was a child, and he doesn't want to compromise in front of those civil officials and eunuchs, I have discussed it with Brother Niu, and I am going to go to Neihuang to go to that Xiao Langjun, it is said that Xiao Langjun is lacking good hands, and there are a generation of grandmasters like Zhou Tong and Chen Guang who can ask for martial arts." ”

Wang Jin nodded helplessly and said, "That's okay, in the past, that little Langjun was also invited to be a teacher three or four times, but he was obsessed with fame for his teacher, but he was sorry for that little Langjun." ”

As he was talking, a man's voice came in, "Where are you sorry for me?" ”

The two went back to look, only to see a jade boy, a Qiankun fan in his hand, a murderous sword at his waist, a white-skinned literati behind him, a black-skinned martial artist, Shi Jin was puzzled, but Wang Jin stood up, walked forward to worship Jinshan, poured the jade pillar down and said, "Wang Jin has seen Xiao Langjun, Xiao Langjun's kindness, Wang Jin will never forget!" ”

Jiang De hurriedly helped Wang Jin up, and said with a smile, "I went back to my hometown to study behind closed doors for half a year, and I was really a little bored, and I thought that this black guy hadn't come back yet, and I thought that I hadn't come to the northwest anyway, so I took Mr. Xu to take a walk with him, Wang Jiaotou, this is probably your beloved apprentice, Nine-Pattern Dragon Shi Jin, Shi Dalang." ”

Shi Jin also heard it, the son in front of him was Xiao Langjun Jiang De, who had been talked about by everyone, and hurriedly bowed, "Shi Jin has seen Xiao Langjun." ”

Jiang De looked at it after he picked it up, in the original book, Jiang De liked the character of Shi Jin very much, he was chivalrous and strong in martial arts, and he was a rare person without great evil in Liangshan, such a person can be used to be a partial general.

Jiang De smiled, "I heard Niu Gao say, you are willing to defect to me, but really?" ”

Shi Jin nodded and said, "The villain originally wanted to join the army, but he didn't expect that there would be so many dirty things in the army, and now that I think about it, it's better to be happy on the mountain!" ”

"That is, of course we are happy on the mountain, Da Lang, I haven't seen you for a long time, the lord, I have already sent a letter to Xiao Zhong Jingluo, and Xiao Zhong Jingluo replied that he is waiting for the lord to come at night." A man in a Taoist robe walked in, first said a word to Shi Jin, and then said to Jiang De.

Shi Jin looked at this person, couldn't believe his eyes, and said dumbfounded, "Brother Zhu Wu? Why are you here? Lord? ”

Zhu Wu smiled and said, "You are allowed to vote for Xiaolangjun, but I am not allowed to vote for Xiaolangjun?" A month ago, Xiao Langjun passed by Huayin Mountain, and the three of us brothers talked happily with Xiao Langjun, and were impressed by Xiao Langjun's ambition, so they took hundreds of brothers on the mountain to vote for Xiao Langjun together. ”

Shi Jin was surprised: "In this way, brother, you are now considered an official army?" ”

Zhu Wu shook his head and said, "This is not true, although I voted for Xiao Langjun, we still occupy the mountain as the king, but we only retrain our arms according to Xiao Langjun's military order, and we will no longer loot the surrounding caravan villages." ”

Wang Jin looked at Jiang De, secretly surprised in his heart, what do you want to do after subduing the thieves but still letting them occupy the mountain as the king?

Although Shi Jin didn't quite understand, when he thought about it, he could be with Zhu Wu and the others again, and he was suddenly overjoyed, and felt that his idea of defecting to Jiang De was not wrong at all.

Wang Jin wanted to touch Jiang De's bottom to see what Jiang De wanted to do, so he asked, "Xiao Langjun invited me to be the head of the sect in the past, but this matter is still small now, and I don't know if Xiao Langjun can find a suitable candidate now, how many armor soldiers there are, there are many sect leaders in this Jingluo Mansion, and there are some old people who want to leave the Western Army, I can introduce one or two, let them serve Xiao Langjun." ”

Jiang De glanced at Xu Guanzhong, Xu Guanzhong stepped forward with a smile and said, "There is no need for this matter, in the past six months, a new set of military training methods has been formed in the village, although the manpower is a little insufficient, but it is only more than 1,000 people, and it can be managed." ”

As he was talking, he heard a commotion outside the door.

When everyone looked back, they saw a big man hurriedly walking in, and when Niu Gao looked at the man, he said, "Tiha, why are you in such a hurry?" ”

"Brother, wait for me! Brother..."Another person broke in, it was Li Zhong.

Luda and Li Zhong were taken aback when they saw that there were so many more people in the room, and before they could speak, another person walked in, but it was a young man.

When Niu Gao saw the three of them, he hurriedly introduced and said, "Xiao Langjun, these three are Lu Dalu Tishi, Shi Jin's other master, Li Zhong, the tiger general, and this one is also a good man, called Han Wu." These three are Xiaolangjun Jiang De, the Daimyo Mansion Xu Guanzhong, and Huayin Mountain Zhu Wu. ”

Xu Guanzhong looked at the three of them and said, "Is something wrong with Tiha?" The student's eyes seem to be full of panic when they look at you. ”

The three of them also heard Shi Jin and Niu Gao talk about Jiang De and others, although they were a little strange why Jiang De and Zhu Wu would appear together, but they still pressed these distracting thoughts first, Li Zhong waved his hand and said, "Woe to you!" Tiha had just killed a Tangut man! ”

Niu Gao frowned and said, "It's just killing a Xixia person, what's the big deal?" It's great, just pay him some money. ”

Han Wu sighed, "If it was an ordinary Tangut person, it would be fine, but it was a Tangut nobleman who was killed, and he was also one of the envoys sent by the Tangut Kingdom here. ”

"What? Tiha, you killed a Western Xia envoy?? Niu Gao looked at Luda with wide eyes, and Luda knocked his head with his fist and said, "How do I know that guy can't help beating like this, I only punched him three times, and he was out of gas!" ”

Jiang De also frowned, how did this good three-punch kill Zhen Guanxi become a Western Xia envoy, and the difference between the identities of these two people is too big, so he asked, "You sit down first and talk about it, what is going on in this matter, Zhu Wu, you go out to investigate immediately, and see if the Western Xia side and the Jingluo Mansion side have started to arrest people." When you get the news, report it immediately! ”

Zhu Wu sighed and walked out, Lu Da took a sip of water first and said, "This matter is caused by this, I went to the armory shop with the five Han brothers to buy some blades, and then we went to the West Market, and when I arrived in the West Market, I saw that the people in the Zhang Ji Armory Store were crying, and there was a group of people outside.

I came forward to ask and found out that a few Xixia people came to buy blades, saying that they wanted to try the goods first, and then actually used a treasure knife to cut off all the blades in the weapons shop, and I stepped forward to reason with them, and they actually said that we have no warriors in the Great Song Dynasty, and there are no good blades, only good mouths, so I will talk to him with my fists! ”

Speaking of this, Han Wu also had to stretch out his thumb and said, "Ti Ha's fist is really amazing, the other party is holding a treasure knife, and it only supports three punches, and it completely lies down." ”

Luda continued, "This dozen, the other Tanguts all called that person something, only to know that this is a Tangut official, or a messenger..."

Xu Guanzhong said to Jiang De, "My lord, I think there is something strange about this matter, since the Taishi was reinstated, the Western Army has been preparing for war under the leadership of the Tong Shu Envoy, and the national strength of the Western Xia has not yet recovered, it should be seeking to avoid war, as a messenger, it should also be low-key, how can such a thing happen?" ”