On this day, when Wang Lun was playing martial arts with Yang Zhi, Zhu Guilai reported: "Dongping Mansion has set up a card, and it is strictly forbidden to sell horses near Shuibo." Zhujiazhuang also changed to buy horses at a low price, and when I met those who did not sell, I said that I was a cottage and wanted to send them to the government, and no one came from the north to sell horses for several days. Zhujiazhuang extorted horse dealers, and in the future, I was afraid that no one would dare to go south to Dongping Mansion. ”

Yang Zhi was waiting to replenish the war horses so that he could form the horse army under his command as soon as possible, and when he heard Zhu Gui say this, he couldn't help asking: "What is the origin of this Zhujiazhuang, so bold, dare to go against the cottage?" ”

Wang Lun wiped the fine sweat on his head with a towel, and replied directly to Yang Zhidao: "The owner of Zhujiazhuang, Zhu Taigong, was an official in the court in his early years, and he was a courtier, so people called him Zhu Chaofeng, and he returned to his hometown for a few years. The three sons under his knees relied on their family background and ran rampant in the township, endangering the people. It's just that Nazhujiazhuang is more than a hundred miles away from here, so the cottage has never beaten him. Last year, after the cottage hit two towns, this Zhujiazhuang bought war horses, drilled Zhuang Ding, and guarded against the cottage. However, they only bought horses at a high price, but they never dared to be disrespectful to the cottage, so what do they have to rely on this time? ”

The Song Dynasty did not call officials adults, but mostly referred to them as ministers and officials.

Shi Qian was arrested, Yang Xiong and Shi Xiulu met Du Xing, and Li Ying wrote a letter to ask the deputy supervisor of the family to pick up Shi Qian.

The deputy director came back and said that he had personally seen the court deliver the book, whether it was the identity of Zhu Taigong or his age, the deputy director of Li Jiazhuang should not call him by his name.

When Sun Li went to earn Zhujiazhuang, he also said that he was a humble position, what a good way, and sooner or later he would also look forward to the court's guidance.

In both places, it can be seen that the court is the official position of Zhu Taigong.

Zhu Gui nodded and said: "My brother's guess is not bad, it is said that the iron rod Luan Tingyu newly invited by Zhujiazhuang has the courage of ten thousand people." In this year, two or three thousand men have been trained. Zhujiazhuang is no longer what it used to be! ”

Lu Zhishen, who was watching Wang Lun and Yang Zhi on the side just now, said disapprerovingly: "If you are really a good man, you can get a background with a knife and a gun at the border pass, why do you need to take the path of an old official." ”

Wang Lun remembered that Luan Tingyu had beaten Ou Peng with a flying hammer in the Water Margin, and he had also fought with Qin Ming, although he might not be able to win against Qin Ming, but there must be no big difference, and he could leave if he couldn't fight. Otherwise, at that time, there were Lin Chong, Qin Ming, and Hu Yanzhuo in Liangshan, who should be able to fight and kill Luan Tingyu, and they would not have to wait for Sun Li to do internal response before they could make contributions.

Yang Zhi said: "Even when he really has martial arts, the cottage brothers will not lose to him." I wish that Jiazhuang dared to go against my cottage, so I went to break this Zhuangzi. ”

Zhu Gui also said: "Recently, Zhujiazhuang's eyes have been red, and the power of Li Jiazhuang and Hujiazhuang has risen sharply, and they have long had bad intentions. Brother might as well order all the soldiers and horses, go down the mountain and level Zhujiazhuang. ”

In a "Water Margin", in addition to the official army of the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State, Liangshan and Fangla, as well as the righteous army on the rivers and lakes, and the mountain kings of some small hills, there is also a kind of armament, that is, the Zhuang Ding armed forces spontaneously organized by some local rich people, that is, private soldiers or militia. The most important feature of this private armed force is that it is attached to the government and is a loyal domestic slave of the imperial state and county.

In "Water Margin", the founder of the first militia force and the local armed forces is none other than the famous nine-patterned dragon Shi Jin. Because Shi Jin listened to the advice of Orion Li Ji, he was afraid that Zhu Wu of Shaohua Mountain would come to harass the village, so he formed a private army in the village.

Let's look at the original description: Shi Jin said to everyone: "I heard that there are three strong men on Shaohua Mountain, gathering five or seven hundred small minions to rob houses. Since these guys are making a big deal, they will inevitably come to my village sooner or later. I invite you all to counsel today. But when the men come, every house prepares. I have a bang on the village, and all of you can come to the rescue with guns and sticks. And so it is with each of your families. Deliver ambulance and protect the village together. If a strong man comes by himself, I will take care of it. The crowd said: "We wait for the village farmers, and we only rely on Da Lang to make the decision." When the bang rings, who dares not to come. That night, everyone thanked for the wine and dispersed to their homes to prepare their equipment. Since then, Shi has continued to renovate the walls of the portal, arrange the courtyard, tie up the clothes and armor, straighten out the swords and horses, and beware of thieves.

This is the scene of the birth of the first local private armed force in "Water Margin". Shi Jin was in Lizheng at that time and belonged to the jurisdiction of Huayin County.

This private army also fought once, that is, Chen Da came to invade and was arrested by Shi Jin and the crowd. It was also the only time the militia took part in the fighting.

However, due to his righteousness later, after being fooled by Zhu Wuyi, Shi Jin became good friends with them, so he was no longer an enemy of Shaohuashan. In addition, soon after the defendant was sent and had to go up to Shaohua Mountain, the Zhuang Ding he brought with him became a little minion on the mountain. Shi Jin's militia team completely withdrew from the stage of history.

It is worth mentioning that Chai Jinchai Daguan also has similar weapons, but the scale is very small, and they only accompany him out hunting. In addition, he was finally captured from Cangzhou by the prefect of Gaotang Prefecture, and it did not play a role in protecting Chai Jin's family.

Among these militia organizations, the most talked about armed forces in later generations was Zhujiazhuang and the Sanzhuang Alliance formed by them. And the most powerful force is the armed forces of Zengtou City.

Let's talk about Zhujiazhuang first: Zhujiazhuang is located at the foot of Dulong Mountain on the ground in Yunzhou, Shandong. There is a Dulonggang there, Zhujiazhuang is built according to the mountain, and there are two gates before and after. It was built very strongly. And there is a village outside the village, called Zhujia Village. Most of the people of the generation there have the surname Zhu.

Because I am afraid that the people of Liangshan will come to the village to grab grain, and Zhujiazhuang itself is the richest man in Zhujia Village, which one do you rob? So they immediately formed Zhuang Bing, and got in touch with the Yunzhou government, in front of Lizheng here, and formed an alliance with Lijiazhuang in the east and Hujiazhuang in the west, and the three of them jointly defended the local area and resisted the heroes of Liangshan. At the same time, it is also directly in contact with the arrest and inspection of the department, and organizes the young and middle-aged people in the village to resist the heroes of Liangshan together.

In addition to these, Zhujiazhuang itself has "one or two thousand excellent dealers", and they have established a very strict training system and a large intelligence network. Send Zhuang Ke to open an inn outside, not only to buy and sell wine and meat, but also to operate accommodation, and to hear the movements of the people and horses in Liangshan. There are weapon racks in the store, and each tenant has been given two simple knives to use, and the simple knives have a font number on them, and they will be severely punished if they are lost.

However, their small shop was unfortunate that they were bumped into by Yang Xiong, Shi Xiu, and Shi Qian, three people who were going to go to Liangshan. Because the Baoxiao chicken in the hotel was stolen and eaten by Shi Qian, Xiao Er wanted to frame them as Liangshan robbers, but after the store was smashed, it was burned by Shi Xiu. Although he was caught in time, his own people were hurt more.

Outside Zhujiazhuang Village, most of them are Pantuo Road, and they go around and around in the same place. In addition to Pantuo Road, before the battle with Liangshan, they blocked other living roads and laid an ambush under the news of the agency. Leave only a road for the people of the village to enter and exit, and walk along the poplar trees. When Song Jiang hit Zhujiazhuang, he walked into a dead end because he didn't wait for Shi Xiu's return, and was almost captured alive.

In addition to geographical advantages, it also occupies people and presence. In the Sanzhuang Alliance, Zhujiazhuang and Lijiazhuang belong to the alliance, and in addition to the alliance, they also have a special relationship: Zhu Biao, the third son of the Zhu family, and Hu Sanniang are married, and they are ready to get married after beating away the heroes of Liangshan. Therefore, when the second hit Zhujiazhuang, Hu Sanniang led the Zhuang guests to come to help the Zhujia soldiers.

Finally, I want to talk about the members of Zhujiazhuang: the old lady Zhu Chaofeng is the head of the family, and the alliance of Sanzhuang is his old man's idea. He and Hu Taigong and Li Ying became friends of life and death, in case people from Liangshan came to grab food. He has three sons, known as the three heroes of the Zhu family. In addition to Zhu Biao, who is not married, the other two are estimated to be married.

However, compared with Zhu Chaofeng, the three sons of the Zhu family are three bastards: Li Ying couldn't push away because of Du Xing's face and righteousness in the rivers and lakes, and wrote letters twice (the latter time was a handwritten letter) to ask for Shi Qian, although Shi Qian was a thief at that time, but he was not from Liangshan. In addition, stealing chickens is really not a big crime, Li Ying promised to pay compensation and rebuild the Zhujia store. Such conditions can be regarded as enough to give the Zhu family face.

Zhu Chaofeng was about to release people out of consideration for the Sanzhuang Alliance, but the three sons came out and became anxious. The book is not returned, and the people are not released, and they must move to Yunzhou when they are resolved, and they are considered to be Liangshan thieves. On this issue, Zhu Chaofeng was not prepared, and completely let his sons come. If it had been said at the time that "build the house first, and then release the people", there would have been a delay in time, and it would not have led to such an impasse.

When Du Xing came with Li Ying's handwritten letter, not only did he not see Zhu Chaofeng, but the letter was also torn up by Zhu Biao. At the same time, Zhu Biao and Zhu Hu said evil words: "Don't provoke the old men, arrest your Li Ying, and also dismiss Liangshan Boqiangkou." He wanted to send someone to arrest Du Xing, which angered Li Ying. Li Ying came with his troops, and was injured by Zhu Biao's arrow, and Zhu Biao himself almost died under the knives of Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu.

From this moment on, the Sanzhuang Alliance collapsed, and the Zhu family began to embark on the road of destruction.

Zhujiazhuang was originally afraid that Liangshan would come to borrow grain, so he formed an alliance with the other two villages to form their own arms to defend themselves, which is beyond reproach; But they relied on the support of the Yunzhou government, not only kept saying that they wanted to catch the heroes of Liangshan, but also played the banner of "filling in the water and capturing the Chao cover, stepping through Liangshan to catch the Song River". I don't know what to do. In addition, politically, Zhujiazhuang is allied with Lijiazhuang, but it can accommodate and tolerate people. On the issue of time change, Zhujiazhuang has no room for negotiation, and he insists that it is the people of Liangshan who are arrested. Zhu Chaofeng himself did not come forward again, and let his three sons talk. As a result, before the people of Liangshan arrived, they lost a support first.

However, when Song Jiang came to attack Zhujiazhuang twice, the Zhu family relied on their geographical advantages and people's advantages to defeat Song Jiang and them twice, capturing Yang Lin alive (doing fine work), Huang Xin (exploring the road when going around Pantuo Road), Qin Ming, Deng Fei (captured on the battlefield), Wang Ying (Hu Sanniang helped catch and send), and injured Ou Peng. And he only lost a small part of the Zhuang Ding and a red lantern here.