Cui Daocheng also said: "Li Zhong, a liar who runs the rivers and lakes to sell strong pills, won't let us be pitted." ”

Song Jiang also muttered in his heart, but as the big leader, he couldn't panic at this time, and said: "Qingfeng Village can't take it, the night is long and dreamy, go back to the mountain first." ”

"Yes." The crowd listened to orders.

The team drove back to the mountain, and because Lei Hu, Cui Daocheng, Qiu Xiaoyi and others were injured just now, the work of the queen of the palace was arranged for Kong Ming to take over. The group happily went down the mountain, and now they went back to the mountain in embarrassment, and when they walked halfway, they saw two black shadows, don't look at Lei Heng was injured, but he was still very responsive, and shouted: "Which one is sneaky there, don't come out and release arrows again." ”

"It's Brother Song Jiang and Leader Lei?" The two dark shadows asked.

Lei Heng said: "It's us, which of you are." ”

received a positive answer, these two people came out, it was none other than Li Erseng and Li Zhong. The two of them wandered around the mountains for a long time, and only at night did they find the official road when they saw the fire on the road.

Lei Heng saw that these two people turned over and got off the horse, these two people thought that Lei Heng came to greet them, and finally found a place to talk about it, who knew that Lei Heng's big foot in leather boots was a kick on Li Zhong's chest, where did Li Zhong guard against this butt and sat on the ground, Lei Heng went to kick Li Erseng again, Li Erseng dodged sideways, kicked it, and the two legs collided in one place, Lei Heng felt that his legs seemed to kick on the iron pillar, and then he thought of Li Erseng's nickname Iron Legs.

Lei Heng scolded: "You two donkeys, how can you do it outside the city, and you have killed more than 200 brothers." ”

It turned out to be this, Li Zhong was still unconvinced, and scolded: "As soon as I entered the city, I was discovered by the officers and soldiers, and the Lao Tzu fought bloodily, so they managed to escape from the city gate with a bloody way, but more than a dozen elite minions did not escape, and they must have been caught." ”

Lei Heng said: "Since you have escaped, why don't you go back to the mountain to report the news." ”

Li Erseng said: "You are stupid to be an officer and soldier, they set up countless checkpoints on the official road, forcing the two of us into the mountains and forests, turning around and getting lost, so they failed to report in time." ”

The details of Song Jiang and the two people are very clear, Li Erseng is the head of the robbery of the people's daughters, and he has done a lot of bad things. Li Zhong is a person who sells wild medicine in the rivers and lakes, and the two of them are okay in martial arts, but they are a mess in terms of IQ, so Song Jiang doesn't think that these two people will take refuge in the government.

Immediately, Song Jiang came over, patted the dust on his clothes for Li Zhong, and said: "Brother Li Zhong, Brother Li Erseng, although the two of you did not complete the task this time, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers. ”

Li Zhong said: "Thank you brother for your trust." ”

Li Erseng was not so easy to fool and did not speak. Song Jiang went over and grabbed Lei Heng's ears, and Lei Heng grinned in pain.

"I said that you have a little brain, you can't do it, your own brothers will fight when they meet, and you should apologize to the two brothers soon." Song Jiang said.

Lei Heng didn't want Song Jiang to listen to what he said, so he immediately tidied up his clothes, saluted respectfully, and said: "Lei Heng was reckless just now, and I ask the two leaders to forgive me." ”

Li Zhong shook his hand and said, "That's it, that's it." It's not a big deal between brothers, we are also at fault, otherwise we wouldn't have lost so many brothers. ”

Li Ersheng said: "This thing is evil, the two of us rarely miss, I don't know why we were discovered by the officers and soldiers as soon as we entered the city this time." ”

Song Jiang said: "It doesn't matter, let's go back first." ”

After resting for two days, the team set out again, this time robbing a caravan, and a caravan of several dozen people dispatched more than 500 people and looted 20 carts of supplies, which finally boosted the low morale.

Qingfeng Village, Yamen, Liu Gao convened a meeting, this thing usually rarely discusses matters, this time he was obviously really angry, and said angrily: "The bandits of Qingfeng Mountain are really fat, they dare to fight Qingfeng Village, why was Qingfeng Village set up, it was set up to deal with Qingfeng Mountain." ”

The generals can't say what they are suffering, since Hua Rong was transferred, the soldiers have not been trained seriously for eight hundred, fortunately, they found it early yesterday, otherwise it is really not enough to fight with this little soldier in the city, after all, there are only four hundred people in Qingfeng Village.

Humanitarian: "The bandits have developed a climate, and it is not something that we can fight against as a Qingfeng village, so we must report it to the prefect immediately." ”

Liu Gaoneng became an official position, and he followed the path of the prefect of Murong, to put it bluntly, he bought it with money, and he still had something to do with Murong.

"It's time to report it, otherwise it's going to be a big problem." It is related to his own net worth, life, and money, and Liu Gao has exerted a very high enthusiasm. That night, he didn't sleep with his wife, and with the soldiers, he mobilized the people to inspect the damaged parts of the city wall, and at the same time replenished the rolling wood, thunder stones, and so on. Then the next day, he personally went to Qingzhou City to report to the prefect of Murong. Of course, you have to bring enough silver tickets, and the prefect is not so easy to see. When Liu Gao arrived in Qingzhou, he first settled down at the post station, and then asked his family to post and sent a tip of five yuan to Menzi. Two days later, the Murong prefect finally found time out of his busy schedule to meet Liu Gao.

Murong Prefect is in his forties, well-maintained, white and fat, sitting on the Taishi's chair with a lazy look.

Murong asked, "What is the matter with coming to this mansion?" ”

Liu Gao handed the written fold to the attendant next to him, and the attendant took it to Murong. There is a gift list in it, Murong Prefect didn't look at the content first, read the gift list first, and immediately smiled after reading the gift list, and asked: "This is too long, you can just say something." ”

Liu Gao said: "Qingfeng Village, which is guarded by Xiaguan, encountered a sneak attack by bandits in Qingfeng Mountain three days ago, and the defenders fought bloodily, beheading more than 200 people and capturing more than 50 people. ”

Murong Prefect was taken aback, he didn't expect Qingfeng Village to have such a strong combat power, of course, in Murong's eyes, the bandits were just a group of homeless people, and they had no combat effectiveness.

Murong said: "Oh, why are the bandits so rampant, they dare to attack the city guarded by the officials and soldiers, it seems that you have no way to manage it." ”

Liu Gao was frightened and sweated, and said: "It turns out that when Hua Rong was here, every time he suppressed bandits, he didn't work hard, so that he developed a thief's momentum, and besides, the lower officials were civil officials, and they were powerless." ”

Murong just knocked him, and immediately said: "It seems that the thieves should be exterminated, this government knows, you can go back." ”

sent Liu Gao away, and Murong asked people to find Qin Ming. Qin Ming is Huang Xin's master, the official worships the Qingzhou general soldier, he is tall and burly, with a round head and brain, a big nose, a square sea, a short beard, and a leather armor.

Murong said: "Chief Qin, you know about the Qingfeng Mountain Bandits. ”

Qin Ming said: "I know a little bit about this. ”

"Recently, this group of clowns who jumped off the beam actually dared to attack Qingfeng Village, it is really bold, it is really hateful, this government wants to order you to exterminate this group of bandits."

Qin Ming hugged his fists and said: "As a general, Qin Ming is his duty to suppress bandits and kill thieves." ”

Murong said: "Qingzhou is a vast land, although it claims to be 8,000 elite soldiers, the actual soldiers and horses are only 6,000. There are many counties to defend, and there are Qingzhou cities to protect, so I can only send you a thousand people. ”

"Can you transfer Huang Xin's department to my command, Huang Xin has repeatedly fought with this group of bandits, and he has gained a lot." Qin Ming said.

Murong knew that Huang Xin was Qin Ming's beloved disciple, and said, "Huang Dujian patrols every day, and it is very effective to strictly prevent thieves from attacking and harassing, so I can't assign it to you for the time being." ”

Qin Ming said: "Follow your lord's orders." ”

Although there were fewer than 1,000 soldiers and horses, Qin Ming was still very confident, and went to the school field with 1,000 men and horses, including 200 cavalry and 800 infantry. led the troops out of the city and left the camp near Qingfeng Village. But soon Qin Ming found out that the problem came, this thousand men and horses were very bad, and it was estimated that the troops in Qingzhou were the worst, especially the eight hundred infantry, most of whom had not undergone long-term training, and they were just farmers who picked up weapons. There is no other use for using this kind of soldiers to suppress bandits except to send them to death, Qin Ming does not wait or rely on it, he trains the soldiers personally, Qin Ming can endure hardships, has a high official position, and his martial arts are strong, so he quickly convinced the soldiers, and the soldiers trained very hard. It's just that training takes time, and the prefect of Murong kept sending people to urge, asking when to send troops to attack the mountain. Qin Ming said it three months later. Murong Prefect calculated that it was already March now, and it would be summer in three months, although he didn't say anything, but he was unhappy in his heart.

At noon that day, after a busy morning of training, Qin Ming returned to the tent to rest, and just sat down, the small colonel outside the door came to report, and said: "There is a Taoist from outside the door, saying that he wants to work for the army." ”

Qin Ming waved his hand and said, "How can a monk in a military important place be allowed to enter casually, and if he doesn't see it, drive him away." ”

"This man is holding a letter from Huang Dujian." The colonel said.

Qin Ming took the letter and looked at it, and sure enough, it was written by Huang Xin, saying that this person Gongsun Sheng was a person from Chao Gai, a wealthy merchant in Yuncheng, and the Chao family had a lot of business from Qingzhou and was deeply disturbed by the bandits in Qingfeng Mountain, so he hoped that the teacher would exterminate the bandits as soon as possible, and they would donate some materials.

Although a lot of materials were distributed when the Murong Prefect sent troops, it was not sufficient, not to mention that he didn't stretch out his hand and hit the smiling person, since he was not a spy, then he would see it, and immediately invited Gongsun Sheng in.

Qin Ming saw that Gongsun Sheng's face was upright, immortal and bone-like, not like a bad person, and his impression immediately improved.

Qin Ming said: "Daoist Gongsun is really hard, he came thousands of miles to deliver supplies. ”

"The poor road sent supplies not to the government of Qingzhou, but to feel the pain of the people of Qingzhou, and I really hope that General Qin can exterminate the bandits as soon as possible and return the people of Qingzhou to a bright future." Gongsun Sheng said.

Qin Ming said: "This is nature, and the general will definitely exterminate the thieves." What supplies did you send? ”

Gongsun Sheng shook the dust of the Buddha and said, "As long as General Qin is willing to listen to my opinion, there are many supplies." ”

"Don't tease me, I'm notoriously grumpy."

Gongsun Sheng said: "The four mountains of Baihu Mountain, Erlong Mountain, Peach Blossom Mountain, and Qingfeng Mountain in Qingzhou are now a family, can't a thousand troops beat Qingfeng Mountain and other mountains?" ”

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