Seeing that Zheng Zhi still didn't speak, Lao Hu said even more anxiously: "General, you ask the brothers, who dares to say that they are better at fighting than my Lao Hu." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info I don't want to do anything, I just want to go with the general. ”

After Lao Hu finished speaking, he looked left and right, and everyone didn't look at him, even Luda also felt that his brother was reasonable, and it was time for Lao Hu to rest.

Seeing everyone like this, Hu Jingzhong was so anxious that he couldn't leave or right, Hu Jingzhong suddenly hit his horse and turned his head, and the bow and crossbow on the horse were already in his hand.

I saw Lao Hu stuck the crossbow body on his waist with one hand, stepped on the crossbow head with one foot, and pulled the bowstring with one hand.

With a buzzing sound, the bowstring was pulled apart and hung securely on the circlip. Such the strength to open a hard crossbow with one hand is rare among Weizhou knights.

The arrow was already on the crossbow, and looking at Lao Hu again, it turned out to be a one-handed crossbow fire.

The feather arrow galloped out, dozens of paces away, and was firmly nailed to the middle of a small tree trunk by the side of the road.

The whole action was done in one go in an instant, and it was obviously the proficiency of this old Hu army thousands of times in the past twenty years.

"General, you see if my old Hu is old." Lao Hu raised his hand and pointed to the feather arrow in the distance and spoke.

When everyone saw the scene, they all looked up to look at Zheng Zhi.

Zheng Zhi couldn't bear it in his heart just now, he couldn't bear this old beard and white hair to go into battle, but at this time, he couldn't bear it, he couldn't bear to have no place for such a soldier, so he sighed lightly and said, "You go back." ”

Lao Hu's face was like ashes when he heard this, the bow and crossbow in his hand slowly hung down, and his mind was also blank.

"Take back two horses and bring your wife and children." Zheng Zhi then said again.

The words have come into his ears, but this old Hu has not yet reacted, it seems that this happiness has come too quickly, and he can't believe it.

"Haha... Lao Hu, you are still stunned, don't leave quickly. Luda hurriedly reminded Lao Hu.

Lao Hu put the bow and crossbow in his hand to the side of the horse's back, his face was full of joy, the horse had moved, and he clenched his fists in his hand and shouted: "Thank you, General." ”

The team is still moving forward, and Zheng Zhi is also looking forward to what this Cangzhou is like, China is so big that it is difficult for a Chinese to understand what the places are like.

At this time, Cangzhou was a frontier, and it was the destination for the distribution of prisoners in Daimyo's Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion and other places, but Zheng Zhi really didn't have a clear understanding in his heart. As for the bitter cold of Cangzhou that others say, Zheng Zhi knows that if it is said that Cangzhou is bitter cold, it is not enough, if Hebei is bitter cold, then what is the place further north, and this northwest place, isn't it also bitter cold.

To go to Cangzhou from the northwest, you naturally do not need to go east along the Yellow River line, nor do you need to go to Bianliang. But it's basically the same way as the last time I went to Erlong Mountain, but it's farther than going to Erlong Mountain, and I have to continue to go east after Erlong Mountain, passing by the Daimyo's Mansion to the north.

There are only two leaders left in Shaohua Mountain, Chen Da and Yang Chun, who are still guarding the cottage and collecting tolls for past business travelers. Naturally, some of these expenses will be transported to Cangzhou along the way. Now that Zheng Zhi is going to Cangzhou, it is the time to use the money.

With a team of thousands of horses, it is a sight-catching thing everywhere it passes.

Out of the northwest, after crossing the Yongxing Military Road, the state capital avoided it along the way, but whenever Zheng Zhi entered, local soldiers would inevitably escort him along the way. It is better to say that it is an escort, it is better to say that it is surveillance. Zheng Zhi could also receive a letter from the local prefect, the governor of the prefecture, the words were naturally polite, but the content was a warning, warning these crossers not to act rashly and to be sure that they would not commit any crimes.

When I arrived at the Daimyo's Mansion, two horses rushed out of the trail to meet him, it was Cao Zheng and Zhou Tong.

Erlongshan Cao Zheng and Zhou Tong received the news very early, waited for a long time, and finally waited for Zheng Zhi's team, and the two of them fought Ma Lai Bai alone in order not to cause trouble to Zheng Zhi.

After a few words of greeting each other, Zheng Zhi directly ordered: "Tonight, I will send someone to send some blades and armor to Erlong Mountain, prepare for it, and prepare to fight Baihu Mountain." ”

In front of Lingzhou City in Western Xia, Pei Xuan came to look for Zheng Zhi, and said that the brothers of Kong Ming and Kong Liang of Baihu Mountain are now powerful, and now they are in Hebei, Zheng Zhi does not have many plans for civil affairs, but he has already drafted for this military.

Civil affairs can only go to the local place first and see one step at a time. Militarily, Zheng Zhi naturally has plans, but now Chao Gai is afraid that he has already gone to Liangshan, and with this 100,000 yuan development fund, he will inevitably become more and more powerful.

Liangshan has a lot of power, and for Zheng Zhi, the advantages naturally outweigh the disadvantages, and raising thieves is self-respecting, which has been the case since ancient times. Only with thieves can Zheng Zhi have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. But you can't really let this thief be too powerful.

Now the first step of Zheng Zhi's military strategy is to limit this Liangshan to a certain range, and not let it really sweep Hebei and Shandong.

Cao Zheng was a little surprised when he heard this, he thought that now he only needs to guard the natural danger of Erlong Mountain, and there are people behind him, and he is happy. Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhi came, and the first order was to ask him to raise troops to fight Baihu Mountain.

Zhou Tong didn't care, he had fought with Deng Long and was captured, so he didn't have much idea about fighting.

The brothers of the Kong family in Baihu Mountain are not vegetarians, but Cao Zheng didn't dare to refuse, and hurriedly said: "Yes, the younger brother will prepare for war when he returns to the village." ”

"There are more than ten instructors of the Western Army, who will help you train your soldiers and horses, and when my order comes, I will immediately start the army. There must be no mistakes. "Where can Zheng Zhi manage those thoughts in Cao Zheng's heart, fighting a war is a war, and raising troops is doing it.

Cao Zheng and Zhou Tong saw that Zheng Zhi's expression was very serious, and hurriedly stepped forward to obey the order!

As for the two brothers Kong Ming and Kong Liang, since they don't know each other, they can't care so much, near the Daimyo's Mansion, there are three big villages, Peach Blossom Mountain, Erlong Mountain, and Baihu Mountain. It must be held in hand, and this is also an important base to limit the development of Liangshan.

When it was night, at ten o'clock in the middle of the night, more than a dozen carts and more than a dozen veterans of the Western Army went to Erlong Mountain with Cao Zheng and Zhou Tong.

Where is Cangzhou? It is in the bay of the Bohai Sea, to the north is the Great Liao Zhejin Mansion, which is called Beiping Beijing in later generations, and this Zhejin Mansion is still the Nanjing of the Great Liao.

To the south is the land of Dezhou, Qingzhou, Qizhou, and Yanzhou, which is Shandong. To West River House.

Cangzhou in this era, mostly thought that it was a bitter cold and barren place, but in fact, Cangzhou is a plain, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through, and it is also a prosperous place since ancient times.

The plains can naturally produce grain, and there are even millions of acres of plain grassland in Cangzhou. However, since the beginning of the Liao and Song Wars, because of the border with Liao, Cangzhou's status has slowly declined, but in recent decades, it has slowly prospered.

Cangzhou also has a characteristic, the land of Yanzhao, which has been a place of fierce folk customs since ancient times, and it is no longer a problem compared to Shandong Qingyan. Until later generations, it is still the case, the hometown of martial arts.