Zhu Gui shouted, "Big brother, slow down!" ”

When Shi Jin heard this, he turned his head to look at Zhu Gui and said, "What objections does the virtuous brother have?" ”

Zhu Gui arched his hand and said, "Big brother, Zhu Gui has already investigated clearly. There are three hills in Nadulonggang, and there are three villages. In the middle is Zhujiazhuang, in the west is Hujiazhuang, and in the east is Lijiazhuang. The people of these three villages together are twenty or thirty thousand. Among the three villages, Zhujiazhuang is the strongest. The owner of the village is called Zhu Chaofeng, and he is a hook official in the yamen. He has three sons, known as the three heroes of the Zhu family. The eldest son Zhu Long, the second son Zhu Hu, and the third son Zhu Biao. This Zhujiazhuang also hired a teacher, called Luan Tingyu, who was called the iron rod, and this person had the courage to be unsuitable. This Zhujiazhuang has raised one or two thousand villagers, and the eldest brother must not be taken lightly. The Hujiazhuang in the west, the owner of the village, Hu Taigong, has a son, called the Flying Tiger Hucheng, which is also very good. But the most powerful of this Hu family is the daughter of Hu Taigong, named Yizhang Qinghu Sanniang, who makes the two of them swords and swords, and the swords and horses are skilled. In this eastern village, the owner of the village is called Li Ying, nicknamed the eagle. Good at making a muddy iron point steel gun, hiding five flying knives on his back, taking people in a hundred steps, and being haunted. These three villages made a life and death vow and worked together, but there were good luck and evil, and they responded to each other. There are also three or four thousand soldiers and horses in these three villages, and our Liangshan army now has only more than two thousand. Isn't this too risky! Zhu Gui felt that Big Brother could not cooperate with Na Zhujiazhuang. It's better to find someone else! ”

Shi Jin calmed down when he heard the anger in his head, thinking about the gains and losses in between.

Zhu Wu shook his head and said, "Big brother, Zhu Wu feels that he should use this excuse to send troops to level Zhujiazhuang. ”

Shi Jin looked at Zhu Wu and said, "Brother Xian, those three families have become a corner, with three or four thousand soldiers and horses, and their strength is not small. We only have more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in Liangshan for the time being. If you attack this rashly, you are afraid that you will injure 1,000 enemies and 800 yourself. The gains outweigh the losses! ”

Zhu Wu arched his hand and said, "Thanks to the reputation of the eldest brother and the Liangshan army, the sun has been setting on the mountain recently, and now there are more than 2,000 young and strong people on Liangshan, plus those old, weak, sick and disabled and their families, there are nearly 4,000 people on Liangshan." Although the sale of green salt makes Liangshan have no shortage of money, this green salt cannot be used to fill the stomach after all, and the eldest brother ordered people to brew spirits, so the consumption of this grain is even greater. There are also a lot of fields under this Liang Mountain, and the new ones have cultivated one or two hundred acres of land. But it is far from satisfying the daily consumption of Liangshan. Not only does it cost a lot to buy grain, but if the imperial court sends people to encircle and suppress it, I, Liangshan, am afraid that there will be a shortage of grain and grass. Therefore, Zhu Wu suggested that it was better to raze Nazhujiazhuang, which could not only seize the grain and grass for the use of the cottage, but also accumulate some grain in the village to prevent the officials and soldiers from coming. At the same time, they can also take advantage of the opportunity to occupy the fields they previously occupied. Supply food to my Liangshan! ”

Shi Jin heard it and said with some doubts, "Brother Xian, what you said also has some truth. But even if we raze Nazhujiazhuang, how can the county government allow us to be a thief to occupy those fields! ”

Zhu Wu said with a smile, "Why do we Liangshan come forward to buy those fields, then Zhoutong's father-in-law, Liu Taigong, no one knows that he has anything to do with Liangshan for the time being, so he can come forward to buy it." At that time, spend money to dredge the government office, and then send people to intimidate others. Although I don't dare to say all of it, I think that nearly fifty or sixty percent of the nearly five or six hundred acres of land in Zhujiazhuang can fall into our hands! ”

Shi Jin nodded and shouted, "Brother Xian, this plan is good. However, it is still unavoidable that if our army attacks these three villages, it will suffer huge casualties at least and the danger of crushing defeat at worst. ”

Zhu Wu said, "Big brother, the three families said that they formed an alliance of life and death, but the alliance of the three villages is not difficult to break!"

Shi Jin heard it and asked, "Oh, why did the virtuous brother say this!" ”

Sister Zhu Wu said, "Big brother, Li Ying, the owner of the Li family, although he is strong in martial arts, there are only three or four hundred Zhuang guests, and his strength is weak. What's more, the family is not rich, there is no brother and uncle to help him, and it is not like Zhu Taigong has children and grandchildren to solve his troubles. Lijiazhuang is the weakest of the three villages. That Zhujiazhuang relied on his own number of people and was domineering, and in recent years, there have been many things to bully Li Jiazhuang. It's just that the sky-beating eagle Li Ying saw that he was weak and weak, and he could only swallow his anger when he was oppressed. Zhu Wu expected that Li Yingding would have a complaint against Zhujiazhuang, and Xiao Ke was willing to visit Li Ying in person and persuade Li Ying with his three-inch tongue. Even if he can't be allowed to take refuge in the eldest brother, he will definitely let the servant stand by and watch, and he will not go to the rescue of Nazhujiazhuang. ”

Shi Jin thought for a moment and nodded and said, "We don't have to worry about this Li Jiazhuang, our Liang Shanjun. What about the Hu family! They are not small, how are you going to deal with them? ”

Zhu Wu said, "Zhu Gui heard that Zhu Biao, the third son of Zhujiazhuang, wanted to attract the Hu family as foreign aid in order to snatch the position of the owner of the village, and he forcibly accepted Qinghu Sanniang as his wife. Although this Hu Taigong agreed, there was inevitably a gap in his heart. Moreover, although the Qinghu Sanniang is good at martial arts. But Hu Taigong has only one son, and he has six or seven hundred villagers, and his strength is not much stronger than that of Lijiazhuang. If they see the ferocity of our army, how firm their hearts are to rescue Zhujiazhuang is debatable. As long as our army hurts the Hu family at the beginning, and sees that the Li family does not send troops, the Hu family is only afraid that in order to preserve its strength, it will not try its best to fight our Liangshan army as an enemy. So although it is the Sanzhuang Alliance, in fact, what I Liangshan really have to deal with is only the Zhujiazhuang army. ”

"And ......," Zhu Wu said, "although there are nearly one or two thousand villagers in Nazhujiazhuang, and the village has also cast a three-story city wall, all of which are made of stubborn stones. Easy to overcome. However, the weapon you mentioned, Zhu Wu has already asked someone to develop it, and it is really a sharp weapon for attacking the city and plundering the village. With this sharp weapon, I am not afraid of his high walls of Zhujiazhuang City! ”

Hearing that the weapon he pointed out had been developed, Shi Jin shouted happily, "Okay, since that's the case, then we'll send troops to level Nazhujiazhuang." Eliminate harm for the people and raise the prestige of Liangshan! ”

Zhu Gui, Zhu Wu and others hurriedly shouted: "Yes, big brother!" ”

Since the plan to attack Zhujiazhuang was decided, Shi Jin invited many leaders over.

Looking at Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen and the others, Shi Jin shouted: "Fellow virtuous brothers, our Liangshan originally wanted to do the green salt business with Zhujiazhuang and make a fortune together. But Zhujiazhuang relied on his own strong power and even threatened us Liangshan to sell all the green salt to them cheaply. You say, "Shall we say yes?" ”

The impatient Lu Zhishen roared, "Then Zhu Jiazhuang dares to be so insatiable, let the Sprinkle family go and cut them all!" ”

Wu Song also shouted, "How can we Liangshan be cowardly and afraid of things!" Big brother, Wu Song is willing to lead troops to exterminate that village. ”

At this time, Zhu Fu also came back to report the situation of Zhujiazhuang.

He stepped out and shouted, "Big brother, Xiao Ke heard that there was someone in Zhujiazhuang who was on an errand in the mansion, and he took the opportunity to extort money. He also relied on one or two thousand bankers under his hands, and he did many injustices on weekdays, forced to buy and sell, and robbed heavily. Tyrannizing land and property, destroying people's graves, burning and plundering, using the name to extort money, stealing people's property, acting as a blessing, and even disregarding people's lives. The surrounding people were deeply affected, complaining, and dissatisfied with the Zhujiazhuang. The eldest brother will definitely take this opportunity to do the right thing for heaven and eliminate harm for the people. ”

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Listening to the shouts of the subordinates one by one to send troops to eradicate the Zhujiazhuang, Shi Jin shouted, "Okay, since all the virtuous brothers think that they should send troops, then send troops to eradicate the Zhujiazhuang that is powerful and prosperous." The three brothers of the Ruan family, after our army set off, we must not take it lightly, patrol day and night, and lead the water division battalion to guard the door of the house! ”

"Yes, big brother!" The three brothers of the Ruan family hurriedly said.

Shi Jin looked at Zhu Wu and shouted, "The three armies have not moved, the grain and grass go first!" Zhu Wu, you count the grain and grass. Don't let my army run out of food and grass! ”

"Yes, big brother!" Zhu Wu shouted.

In order to be able to surprise and attack its unpreparedness, Shi Jin took 2,000 soldiers and horses and sneaked day and night.

Six days later, sub-hour. Shi Jin led the army to come to Dulong Mountain early, and there was still more than a mile to go.

Zhu Wu led a few people to knock on the door of Lijiazhuang.

When a guest from Lijiazhuang came out, Zhu Wu shouted: "Tell your owner that he has taken the lead in a big disaster, and in a few days, he is afraid that he will be in a different place!" ”