People often say that if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves. If he steals www.biquge.info you will only lose your possessions, and if you are caught by a thief, you need to be on guard at all times, causing a certain panic and stress to your mind and daily life.

Now the people of Zhujiazhuang are in this predicament. Because there have been rumors circulating in the past few days, the heroes on Liangshan will soon attack Zhujiazhuang and come to the village to borrow grain. This made everyone very nervous, and every household was given a simple knife, and a militia of 500 people was kept guarding the intersection at all times, checking the entry and exit of outsiders.

After letting Shi Qian release this rumor, Chao Chong began to implement the third step of the plan: luring the snake out of the hole.

The personnel of the Intelligence Department of Shi Qian paid close attention to the movements of Shangsanzhuang in Dulonggang, and took the opportunity to lure an elder in Zhujiazhuang.

No matter how strong a fortress is, it is easy to break through from the inside. Lured the snake out of the hole, and sure enough, a small snake was introduced.

The clan elder in this Zhujiazhuang is named Zhu Chaoxing, fifty-seven years old, and Zhu Chaofeng has a common father. Zhu Chaoxing is the eldest son in the family, and Zhu Chaofeng is a child born in a partial house.

It is said that Zhu Chaoxing, as a son-in-law, should have inherited the family business and become the head of the family, but unfortunately he has not been doing his job since he was a child, and he is proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, but he is not good at taking care of housework, and as a result, he was disgusted by his father.

When his father died, he only left him a fortune, but passed the position of head of the family to Zhu Chaofeng.

Zhu Chaoxing grew up with brocade clothes and jade food, but in addition to eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and making friends with a group of gangsters, he has no ability, and his family's property will be tossed up in a few years. After his father's death, he was suppressed by Zhu Chaofeng, and now there are four children in the family, the eldest son Zhu Wansheng, the second son Zhu Wannian, the third son Zhu Wancheng, and the fourth daughter Zhu Wanhua. Except for the fourth daughter, who married a farmer in Lijiazhuang, the three sons are all in their twenties, but because of the family's poverty, they have not married a wife so far.

After experiencing the ups and downs of life, Zhu Chaoxing was full of resentment towards Zhu Chaofeng. Even the children with him are very dissatisfied with Zhujiazhuang, in their opinion, the life of sons and brothers like Zhu Long, Zhu Hu, and Zhu Biao should belong to them. I wish Wansheng, Wannian, and Banzai, the names seem loud, but in fact, they have no ability at all, they are just farmers, and they have more than a dozen acres of mountain fields at home, and they get up early every day to work in the dark, but they are just mixed with food and clothing.

Because of this, they hate, envy, and helpless Zhu Chaofeng.

The temptation of Shi Qian is very simple, that is, he promises to bring down Zhu Chaofeng's family and support Zhu Chaoxing to become the head of the family.

The poor and crazy Zhu family father and son immediately agreed. In order to show his loyalty, Zhu Chaoxing ran out under the pretext of going to the county seat to catch the market, and personally went to Liangshan to cry to Chao Chong.

When people are old, they love to be poor and nag, and they don't have the point to speak, they talk about wherever they think, and the children in the family have said all the trivial things. Under the guidance of the times, he even told the grievances with Zhu Chaofeng again.

Chao Chong listened to him patiently, and comforted him: "I didn't expect Zhu Chaofeng to be so despicable and shameless!" I, Liangshan, will definitely do justice for you! Go back with peace of mind, wait for the notice, and sooner or later you will get revenge and sit on the position of the head of the family! ”

Zhu Chaoxing was overjoyed, hurriedly buckled his head to thank him, and expressed his loyalty: "The father and son of the Zhu family are very harsh to the people in the village, collect everyone's money, and raise three hundred idlers Zhuangke, these villagers do not produce, drink and make trouble in the village all day long, everyone dares to be angry and dare not speak!" Why don't I go back to the village to stir up, someone will definitely respond! ”

Chao Chong persuaded: "This matter is dangerous, how can you let the old man take risks, just wait with peace of mind." Zhu Chaofeng is a treacherous and cunning person, and he sees flaws in him, and he is afraid that it will be detrimental to the old man and his children. ”

Zhu Chaoxing hurriedly said that he was not afraid of danger and was willing to wait for Liangshan.

Chao Chong only politely refused.

Zhu Chaoxing put his mind at ease, he was actually very afraid that Chao Chong would really use his father and son as an internal response, if Zhu Chaofeng found out, how could there be the lives of their father and son? It seems that this Liangshan person is really sincere in supporting himself to take the position.

Chao Chong found out after a conversation that Zhu Chaoxing was greedy, cowardly, incompetent, and a little cunning. If such a family wants to stir up trouble in Zhujiazhuang, it will only be bad.

Zhu Chaofeng is cunning and cunning, Luan Tingyu is shrewd and capable, Chao Chong will not put the hope of breaking through Zhujiazhuang on such a family.

In the Song Dynasty, water conservancy was greatly developed, a large area was cultivated, and attention was paid to the improvement of agricultural tools, and agriculture developed rapidly, and in the first year of Zhenghe, the land increased to more than 2,547,500 hectares. Various new agricultural tools appeared in the Song Dynasty to replace the treaded plough for oxen ploughing and martingale horses for rice planting. The advent of new tools has also led to a significant increase in crop yields. Generally, farmland can harvest one stone per mu per quarter, and two to three stones per season in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.

The main crops in the north and south are also different.

The main crops in the north are wheat, corn, soybeans and sorghum. Among them, wheat in the Song Dynasty finally replaced corn and became the first.

In the south, the rice output ranks first in the country, especially represented by Suzhou Prefecture, which is known as "Suhu is ripe and the world is full". Because of the introduction of Champong rice, there are even two and three crops of rice in the Lingnan area.

Of course, the crops of the north and the south also cross each other. Rice is used in paddy fields in the north, and wheat and corn are promoted in the hilly and dryland areas in the south. Only then did the Great Song Dynasty appear to have less than a quarter of the land of the Tang Dynasty, which fed more than 100 million people.

The tax revenue of the Great Song Dynasty was divided into two seasons: summer and harvest. In the north, wheat is generally harvested in the summer, and corn and soybeans are harvested in the autumn. Therefore, the main crops of this autumn harvest are corn and soybeans.

The Song Dynasty stipulated: the summer tax was levied from the middle of May, and the tax was paid at the end of July or early August; The autumn tax is levied from the beginning of September and ends in the middle of December.

It's mid-August, and Chao Chong has plenty of time to set things up.

After Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu went up the mountain, Chao Chong began to form the fifth capital of infantry, and Huang Xin, who was originally responsible for the training of the new barracks, served as the head of the capital, and turned the two hundred and fifty recruits in the new barracks into the fifth capital of infantry.

The new battalion recruited prisoners who were originally responsible for road construction on the mountain, and the old sect leader Zhang was still responsible for training.

The fifth capital of infantry, under the jurisdiction of five teams, 250 people.

Dutou Huang Xin, sect head Yang Xiong, Yu Hou Shixiu.

All recruits began to be issued military badges and flags. All treatment is the same as that of a regular soldier.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, the whole northern region began to officially enter the autumn harvest season, the heavy ears of grain are golden and shining, the pods of yellow, orange and orange are full, the sesame seeds are straight to the sky, and the red sorghum is fluttering in the wind......

Zhujiazhuang is even busier. There are more than 300 idlers and villagers in Zhujiazhuang, and more than 1,500 people who have been temporarily requisitioned, forming a team of nearly 2,000 people to guard the various intersections of the city and the mountain, and always be vigilant.

Every five days, Chao Chong will let a group of people go to Dulonggang for a turn, which is called: armed training.

Although the people on Liangshan did not attack the mountain, it made Zhujiazhuang nervous, but they did not see the Liangshan people attack for a long time, and they often always had a false alarm. Many of the villagers who were expropriated were worried about their harvest at home, but they had to stay here, which made them very dissatisfied.

After the Double Ninth Festival, the autumn harvest is basically over, and winter wheat is also planted in the field.

At this time, Chao Chong began to lead his troops down the mountain and sent his troops to Dulonggang.

Accompanying down the mountain were Lin Chong's leopard Tao ride and Yang Zhi's dragon horse. The infantry is five people.

Chao Gai and Wu used them to stay in the mountain and wait. Nguyen Xiaoer's navy was in charge of the defense of Liang Mountain.

The people of Liangshan descended the mountain in a mighty way, without any cover-up. The news soon spread to Dulonggang Sanzhuang, Sanzhuang hurriedly prepared for war, and asked for help from Jiaxiang County, Jiaxiang Zhixian learned the news, and hurriedly reported to Jeju City, after which the city gate was closed, and he only had two or three hundred horse step archers under his command, how dare to offend Liangshan! If the people of Liangshan don't come over, it's a great thing.

After Jeju City learned the news, the new prefect Jiang Tianyue hurriedly brought the arrest envoy He Tao to ask for his opinion.

Jiang Tianyue is less than 30 years old this year, born as a Jinshi, originally a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Qingshui Yamen, no position and no power. In July this year, the former Jeju prefect He Changyan was unfavorable for suppressing bandits, and was assigned to Salmon Island, Jiang Tianyue planned for a long time, sold a lot of his family's property, and scraped together enough 20,000 yuan to give to Cai Jing, so that he got the position of Jeju prefect.

Because he has only been in Jeju Mansion for a month, he has not had too many henchmen, and this He Tao is very respectful to himself, so he likes to discuss with him when he has something.

He Tao was defeated by Chao Gai and others last time, and one of his ears was cut off, and he hated Liang Shan to the core, and he also had palpitations.

So He Tao told the new prefect Jiang Tianyue about the ferocity and cruelty of the thieves in Liangshan, but he didn't say any specific suggestions.

Jiang Tianyue snorted coldly: "I was appreciated by Master Cai to serve as the prefect of Jeju. The Liangshan thieves are so rampant, how can I sit idly by! There are still 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city, so how can the commander be willing to send troops to recruit the thieves? ”

As soon as He Tao heard this, his heart beat a drum. It's good that there are 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city, but these are negligent regimental training soldiers!

His boss Huang An led a thousand troops to conquer Liangshan, and he had just been beheaded by Liangshan, how could he dare to lead his troops to battle?

He Tao's head was sweating, his mind was racing rapidly, and he used his brain to think of a reason to shirk, which really made him think of it.

He Tao said: "My lord, the leaders of the Liangshan thieves are fierce and abnormal, and the big leader Chao Gai is known as the king of Tota, with strong martial arts and strong strength; Chao Chong, the master of the village, is like a god, and it is difficult for ten thousand people to be defeated; The head of the leopard, Lin Chong, the head of the 800,000 forbidden army, is famous all over the world; The descendants of the green-faced beast Yang Zhi Yang family are excellent in martial arts; The flower monk Lu Zhishen uprooted the weeping willows in the city of Tokyo, and his power was endless. There are other chieftains, and so on. It's not that the villain is cowardly, but that the villain is self-aware and afraid of the adult's plan. ”

He Tao saw that the prefect's face was getting darker and darker, and hurriedly said: "Although the villain's martial arts are mediocre, he has the courage to recommend one person to the adult!" ”

"Oh, who's the one to recommend?"

He Tao said: "I have a good friend, surnamed Liu Mingguang, who was originally the defense envoy of Dongcheng in Yizhou, and the prefect Gao Feng dismissed him for no reason and settled in Anle Village at the foot of Rouge Mountain. Liu Guang's martial arts are outstanding, and he uses soldiers like a god. He has two sons and a daughter. The two sons, Liu Qi and Liu Lin, are both strong in martial arts and are more proficient in water. If you want to pacify Liangshan Shuikou, it is the time to use force. ”

Jiang Tianyue pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know why the Gaozhi Mansion has a grudge with Liu Guang?" If I use Liu Guang, will I offend my colleagues? ”

He Tao said: "As I mentioned just now, Liu Guang also has a daughter, named Liu Huiniang, who looks like a fairy, is smart and virtuous, and has read a lot of books since she was a child and is familiar with the art of war. The Kochi Mansion wanted to take him as a concubine, but Liu Guang naturally refused to let the palm pearl be a concubine, so he offended the Kochi Mansion. ”

Jiang Tianyue suddenly came to his senses and said, "Then how old is Liu Huiniang?" ”

He Tao said with a smile: "Now that she is sixteen years old, her milk name is called Ah Xiu, and she is born with a beautiful and delicate appearance, like a lotus flower that has just come out of the water, and she can't say that she is so beautiful." ”

He Tao saw that Jiang Tianyue's heart was moved, so he continued to increase his strength and said: "That Gao Feng is a senior lieutenant and thinks that he is his own family. can not be related to Gao Taiwei. With the support of Taishi Cai behind the adult, are you still afraid of the high seal? If you can exterminate Liangshan, you will definitely be appreciated by Master Cai, let alone care about a high seal! ”

Jiang Tianyue pondered for a long time, and after weighing the pros and cons, he made up his mind and said, "Okay, I will recruit that Liu Guang to come to help in the battle!" If Commander He can recruit Liu Guang, I will allow you to be the training envoy of the Jeju Mansion, and let Liu Guang serve as the deputy envoy to jointly send troops to attack the Liangsan bandits! ”

He Tao bowed down and said, "Thank you, for your support." I'm going to Yizhou! ”

He Tao was secretly happy in his heart, he went to Yizhou Rouge Mountain, and it would take seven or eight days to come and go. By the time I come back, the Liangshan thieves will have already returned to the mountain. I also escaped a difficulty. As for the subsequent conquest of Liangshan, there are many reasons to shirk. For example, there are not enough troops, there are not enough warships, there are too few equipment, and so on.

Not to mention He Tao happily went to Yizhou Rouge Mountain. Turn back to see Chao Chong's soldiers and horses besieging Dulonggang.

The terrain of Dulonggang is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Chao Chong ordered people to set up camp on a flat land near the stream at the foot of the mountain.

The army has four subjects that must be paid attention to, which are training, marching, camping, and combat.

The focus here is on camping.

While the army was still on the march, the scouts had to report in detail to Chao Chong the possible camping places ahead, and then Chao Chong would make a judgment and select a camping site. There are generally three conditions that must be met at the camping site: flat terrain, sufficient water, and easy evacuation.

After the camp site was selected, the construction of the camp began. Chao Chong's requirements for his army were that they must camp overnight, and they must build three things when camping: a trench, a wall, and an arrow tower.

Trench: It is a deep ditch around the camp, one zhang wide and one zhang deep. For this reason, all soldiers must carry with them the iron catalpa characteristic of the Weapons Division.

Wall: It is a temporary wooden wall on the inside of the ditch that encloses the camp. The production method is to cut two rows of tree trunks first, one row long and one row short, bury half of the trunk into the soil after scorching the bottom, arrange the long trunks into a tight row outside, and arrange the short trunks in a row inside, and then set up a wooden board between the two rows of trunks, divided into two layers, so that the part of the long trunk becomes a parapet, the upper layer of the wooden board can be used by soldiers to patrol and sentry, and the lower layer can store defensive weapons and let soldiers rest. The height of the walled wall is generally one zhang two.

Arrow Tower: It is next to the wall, every 20 meters a two-zhang high wooden tower, which can be used as a warning and as a combat support.

A camp of 1,000 people, with a radius of no more than 200 zhang, can be used for the excavation of trenches, the cutting of timber, the assembly of walled walls, and the construction of arrow towers. It takes almost an hour.

Camping every night was a physical test for the soldiers, and the fatigue was no easier than a battle. This is why a regular army marches no more than 30 miles a day, because a lot of time is wasted making fires, cooking, and setting up camp at night.

After the construction of the barracks, it is the layout of the barracks.

According to the pattern of the nine-square grid, the camp is paved with two horizontal roads and two longitudinal roads, and the entire camp is divided into nine areas, namely the camp tent area, the training area, the food area, the material area, and the carriage and horse area.

The tent area occupies the middle 1 square. There is one camp tent for every 50 people, plus Chao Chong's Shuai tent and 2 medical camp tents, for a total of 30 camp tents. Dig a drainage ditch around the tent. It is strictly forbidden for soldiers to wander around the door during non-training periods.

The training area, which covers an area of 5 grids, is a place where troops gather and train in peacetime. 5 squares in the training area, 1 public toilet dug in each square. In this way, there is a certain distance from the barracks, but it is not too far, so that the officers and men who go to the toilet will not be able to return to the team in time, and of course it should not be too close.

The material area, covering an area of 1 grid, occupies the surrounding trenches and piles of soil, mainly storing grain, grass and ordnance materials, and is guarded by a team of soldiers at ordinary times, and it is strictly forbidden for unrelated personnel to enter and exit.

The food area, which covers an area of 1 block, is mainly a place for soldiers to eat.

The carriage and horse area, covering an area of 1 grid, is mainly a place to store war horses and carts, and the manure of the livestock in it should be buried and cleaned up in time.

After camping, all that remains is patrolling. The cavalry did not participate in the patrol of the wall, and was mainly responsible for the reconnaissance of the situation within twenty miles of the surrounding area. Each of the five infantrymen patrolled the day on a day, alternating shifts at noon.

The arrival of the people of Liangshan made Dulonggang Sanzhuang very nervous, ventilated with each other, and agreed to support each other.

But the strange thing is that the people and horses of Liangshan have been camping in front of the mountain for two days, but they have not attacked the mountain for a long time. Let the people of Zhujiazhuang be very puzzled, the villagers on the village and the people of the levy were ambushed in the mountains and forests for two days and two nights, but they did not see a single soldier from Liangshan, and they were very tired.

Zhu Biao remembered that Chao Chong, who was playing like a fool under the mountain, was angry, discussed with his two brothers, and took the initiative to go down the mountain to challenge. Zhu Long and Zhu Hu were quite confident in their martial arts, so they agreed to go down the mountain. Only Luan Tingyu persuaded them not to be careless, but the three brothers had already made up their minds. Zhu Chaofeng had no choice but to beg Luan Tingyu to also go down the mountain to take care of the three brothers.

In the early morning of the third day, the three brothers Zhu Long, Zhu Hu, Zhu Biao and Luan Tingyu led 1,500 people down the mountain to challenge in front of the Liangshan military village.

In front of the Liangshan military village, Luan Tingyu was vigilant when he saw the military village, and the thieves who could make such a strict military posture were by no means a rabble!

Chao Chong and the others were also alerted early, and Luda's third capital was just patrolling on wheels and could not fight, and the other four soldiers and horses lined up outside the gate of the village in turn. Lin Chong and Yang Zhi rode horses on the left and right wings.

Seeing Chao Chong riding a horse, being guarded by Li Kui, Bao Xu, Zhou Tong, and Yu Bao in the middle of the military formation, Zhu Biao scolded: "Shameless villain! Do you remember my Zhu Biao? ”

There are two main difficulties in breaking through Dulonggang, one is to attack the mountain, and the other is to attack the village.

First, Dulonggang is densely wooded and the roads are messy, and if you are not careful, you may go into a dead end and fall into a trap. As long as there are condescending guards on the mountain, the casualties if you want to attack the mountain must be very large.

Second, the walled city of Zhujiazhuang was built high and thick, relying on human lives to attack the city, even if it was captured, it would be a heavy casualty.

Now the three brothers of the Zhu family can't hold their breath, and it is an unexpected joy to lead the troops down the mountain to challenge. Because Chao Chong stayed here for two days, in order to wait for the weather to change, once the wind and rain were combined, when there were no people to hide in the dense forest, Chao Chong could naturally send a small group of elite troops to go up the mountain according to the mark of the poplar tree, so as to avoid the loss of attacking the mountain.

Now the three brothers of the Zhu family took the initiative to come down, and looking at the number of people around him, it seemed like they were pouring out of the nest, not like deliberately luring. As long as you defeat them and take the opportunity to attack the mountain, you can attack the walled city of Zhujiazhuang in one fell swoop, and the first difficulty will be over.

Chao Chong heard Zhu Biao shouting at him, so he drove his horse out of the battle and said, "Zhu Sangongzi, you and I have known each other once, how can I forget." For the sake of you and me drinking a pot of wine, dismount and surrender, and I may pity you and leave you with a whole corpse. ”

Name: Zhu Biao (Zhu Sanjie)

Health: 2200/2200

Commander-in-Chief: 46

Force: 74

Intelligence: 34

Politics: 28

Glamour: 41

Affinity: Hatred

Traits: Arrogance (The heart is higher than the sky, the hands are lower than the feet.) The mind is like a needle, and the eyes are like flies. ）

Zhu Biao was furious when he heard this, and he was about to step forward to challenge, but Luan Tingyu grabbed the reins and said, "Don't be reckless!" Chao Chong's bad words are just to provoke you. Don't fall for his wickedness! ”

Zhu Biao said angrily: "Master, how can you watch him insult me like this!" ”

Zhu Long also felt that the third brother could not be indifferent to this insult, so he said to Zhu Biao: "The third brother should be calm and don't be impatient, see the eldest brother take this breath for you!" ”

Zhu Longli also ignored Luan Tingyu, turned his horse forward and said: "Liangshan thief, who dares to fight with me Zhu Long!" ”