Seeing that a few tigers regard this tree as their home, and have no intention of leaving, Cheng Biting Jin and Fang Saburo will have no rut, if it is a small tiger, there is still a fight, now not to mention that there are three small tigers alone, and there is a big guy here, go down to serve lunch for other people's families. After thinking about it for a long time, both of them were helpless.

It's okay if that's just that, but it's a pity that when the two of them are on the tree, the weapons are left below, and the tree grows strangely, it's big, but it's a pity that there are fewer branches and leaves, and the more the sun is more and more at noon, the two of them are covered with sweat, and they don't dare to move, a real natural barbecue bun.

Just when Cheng Yanjin and the others were about to lose their hold, there was a sound of horses' hooves from the valley, and there were quite a few sounds. Cheng Yanjin was stunned, at this time, how could there be so many horses in this place, who is it?

Fang Saburo also looked at him, his eyes full of doubts. Cheng Yanjin shook his head, saying that he didn't know, and quietly waited for these people to come over.

The tigers under the tree also heard the sound, the white tiger stood up, staring at the direction of the valley with his eyes, and the three little tigers stopped fighting, rubbed the white tiger's belly with their heads, and stood obediently to the side.

Seeing that the tigers were moving, Cheng Yanjin wanted to tell them to leave quickly, but he couldn't hold on. It's a pity that the abacus is good, but it is a miscalculation. The white tiger waited for a while and did not see the living creature, then crawled to the ground again and closed his eyes, and the three little tigers were tired of playing, so they also slept on the belly of the white tiger.

On the other side of the valley, the sound of people can be faintly heard, and the sound of horses' hooves is no longer messy, and it is estimated that it has arrived at the place. After a while, he heard a few horses coming towards him, and Cheng Yanjin rekindled his hope.

Sure enough, this time the white tiger stood up again, a sharp luster appeared in his eyes, and his body was lowered, ready to attack. The little tiger also stood up with the white tiger, hid behind the white tiger, and began to watch the excitement, it is estimated that they know that their mother has no opponent in this forest.

The sound of horses' hooves gradually improved, and Cheng Yanjin first saw a person wearing cloth, carrying a longbow, and riding a horse with an unknown blade, followed by three or four horses one after another.

When he was about to get to them, Cheng Yanjin found that the people who came did not notice the existence of tigers, and said in his heart: "You can't just let them be eaten by tigers, so he simply stood up and shouted: "Friends, go away, there are lynxes in the forest!" ”

When he shouted, not only the people who came in heard it, but also the tiger under the tree, and when he looked up, he saw that there were two more food on top of his head. The white tiger is angry, this is the force value to challenge him, how did he hide? He took a few steps back, and rushed forward, trying to climb up the tree and pull the two bold men down.

This frightened the two of them, and Fang Saburo scolded: "You sunspot is a fool, what are you screaming about?" You're not going to wait for those people to come over and remind them! They have horses, and the bobcats have to chase them for a while, so what are we going to do now? ”

Cheng Biting Jin thought about it, this time it was a big trouble. The white tiger had already jumped up and pounced on the tree.

"Whoosh!" The long arrow broke through the wind, and it happened to be inserted into the neck of the white tiger, and the white tiger let out a long howl, then turned over and fell to the ground, and struggled to get up, a little overwhelmed to look at Cheng and the two of them, and fell to the ground again unwillingly. Several little tigers trembled around the white tiger, and from time to time let out a mournful roar.

Cheng Biting Jin looked at it and felt uncomfortable for a while, after all, people and animals are almost the same, isn't there a saying that tiger poison does not eat children? Looking at a few little tigers, he suddenly felt that people were too cruel.

Fang Saburo didn't think much about it, and stood on the tree and shouted: "Good man who came over, there are still three little tigers here, don't come in easily." ”

Immediately, the man aimed his bow at a small tiger again, ready to shoot it. Cheng Yanjin immediately shouted: "Don't shoot, they can't eat us, just drive them away!" ”

Xiaohu seemed to understand what Cheng Yanjin said, and looked up at him, as if there was pleading and gratitude in his eyes.

Immediately, the man hesitated, put down the bow and arrow, and said, "The friend on the tree is Brother Cheng Biting Jin?" ”

Cheng Yanjin was still thinking about Xiaohu, when someone suddenly called him by name, looked back in surprise, and then shouted: "It's me, it's me, isn't it Xie Yingdeng Xie brother!" He seemed to see that the person who came was Xie Yingdeng, who he had seen in Youjiazhuang.

The man didn't speak, but urged the horse to run over, and the three little tigers were frightened and fled one after another, and looked back at Cheng Yanjin from time to time. Cheng Yanjin shook his head and said: "Let's go, don't look at it, your mother should also have this calamity, and be a human being in the next life!" After saying that, with a wave of his hand, the three little tigers actually screamed at the same time, turned around and disappeared into the dense forest.

Cheng Yanjin and Fang Saburo came down from the tree, covered in sweat and already soaked. At this time, I saw that the person on the horse was really Xie Yingdeng. Cheng Yanjin smiled: "I didn't expect to meet it here, and it saved my life, everyone came?" ”

Xie Yingdeng also dismounted, hugged his fists and said: "How come Brother Biting Jin is here, this time I will come here with my men, isn't it the word that the captain is going to find a hiding place here?" Second Brother You called the younger brother here. ”

Cheng Biting Jin patted him on the shoulder and said, "We were sent by the Captain to find a place, I didn't expect you to be faster, if you have water, give me something to drink, I'm dying of thirst." Xie Yingdeng said while taking the water bladder: "Who is this brother?" ”

Cheng Yanjin took the water bladder and said: "His name is Fang Sanlang, and he is my soldier!" After that, he began to pour water.

Fang Saburo stopped doing it, and said loudly: "Who is your soldier, I am the captain himself, and I came to you for training temporarily." As he spoke, he hugged his fists at Xie Yingdeng and said, "Du Wei told me about you, young hero, my name is Fang Sanlang, and your name is my old Fang and San Lang Ducheng." ”

Xie Yingdeng smiled and said in his heart: "Why is it another Cheng biting gold?" He opened his mouth and said, "The third brother is polite, why are you so embarrassed, covered in blood, but are you injured?" ”

Fang Saburo was about to speak, but Cheng Yanjin handed him the water bladder and said, "You drink water, I said." Regardless of whether Fang Saburo agrees or not, he directly said that he would kill the bear with oil and vinegar, in short, the good ones were all done by him, and the bad ones were left to Fang Saburo.

Fang Saburo quit, and the two began to ink in front of Xie Yingdeng.

Xie Yingdeng generally understood the meaning, and when he saw that the two living treasures began to call again, he hurriedly said: "Our brigade is still over there, why don't we go over and talk about it?" ”

The two of them thought about what they were doing here, so they nodded, glared at each other, and followed Xie Yingdeng towards the valley. Several minions behind Xie Yingden carried the white tiger and followed it back.

When he arrived in the valley, Cheng Yanjin knew that Xie Yingdeng had found a cave, which was quite large, more than enough for 18,000 soldiers and horses, so he nodded and said: "We originally planned to come here to look for it, but I didn't expect to encounter a bear first, and then a bobcat, it's really unlucky, but you found the same." ”

Xie Yingdeng asked the two to sit down, and then asked his men to set up a fire, and then said: "Du Wei is in the Tiger Prison now?" Don't know when to act? ”

"Wait for the news, the lieutenant said that he has arranged it, and everyone will do their own things, there is a signal." After Fang Saburo finished speaking, he glanced at Cheng Yanjin proudly, which meant "I know, you don't know." ”

Cheng Yanjin immediately fought back: "Actually, the captain told me all the plans for how to act, but the captain said that he could only say it when necessary." ”

Xie Yingdeng was really helpless with these two people, so he had to ask, "Are you just two of you?" ”

Cheng Biting Jin patted his head before saying: "His grandmother's grandmother was forgotten by a few bobcats, there are still our brothers in the forest, no, I have to go back to pick up people." ”

Fang Saburo also stood up and said, "I'll go with you." He was worried that Cheng Yanjin would encounter any danger again.

Cheng Yanjin said: "No, just your little body, it's useless to follow, you stay, I can do it myself!" In fact, Cheng Yanjin didn't want him to run anymore, and he was quite tired to see him.

Both of them knew each other's meaning, but as soon as they spoke, Xie Yingdeng hurriedly said: "In this case, it's good for you to go alone, I'll send someone to follow you and take it." After speaking, he waved his hand, called a few people, and told them to listen to Cheng Yanjin's arrangement and follow to pick up people.

Cheng Biting Jin hugged his fists and took his minions to pick up people first. Fang Saburo sat down and said, "Where is my brother from?" How did you meet Lao Hei? ”

"Old Black?" Xie Yingdeng laughed a little when he heard Fang Sanlang call Cheng Yanjin like this.

"Ahh Yes, that's what our brothers call him. First, he was already quite dark, and when he came, that guy was also quite dark, and he often set up tricks for others and hid by himself. Fang Saburo took advantage of Cheng Yanjin's absence and beat him up fiercely.

The two of them gathered around the fire, took off the skin of the white tiger intact, and began to cut the meat and roast it.

After a while, Cheng Yanjin came back with the soldiers, and asked the two minions who followed him to ride horses to call the two soldiers who were watching the horses outside the forest to come in, and finally everyone arrived, Xie Yingdeng said: "We have so many people here, just waiting for the commander to give an order, bite the gold, I don't know if the captain has any specific arrangements?" ”

"It's just like Second Brother You said, except that you can hide here halfway, there is no other arrangement." After Cheng Yanjin finished speaking, he saw Fang Sanlang smile and said, "Didn't you just say that I would explain to you alone?" It's not arranged at this time, so you know to brag! ”

Cheng Biting Jin was about to refute again, but Xie Yingdeng stopped and said, "Okay, okay, let's talk about the specific measures first!" ”

The two glared at each other and began to talk to Xie Yingdeng about the specific steps.

On the southeast bank of the Yellow River, north of the Tongji Canal, due to the flooding of the Yellow River many times, the sand dunes here are undulating, the grass and trees are thick, the reeds are everywhere, the people are sparsely populated, and gradually there are strong men and thieves to come here to take refuge, which is convenient for hiding and easy to attack, and the local people call this place Wagang.

Wagang is close to the Baima ferry of the Yellow River in the north, and faces Tongji Canal in the south, which is convenient to advance and retreat, easy to attack and defend, and can be called a military strategic place. In order to defend themselves and gather strength, the rebels who came here built a "soil enclosure" of more than 20 kilometers in Wagang, called Wagang Village.

In the seventh year of the Great Cause, Zhai Rang (Note 1), a native of Weicheng, led a rebel army to stir up trouble in this move, known as the Wagang Army. After Xu Maogong's strategy and Shan Xiongxin's bravery, in a few years, the Wagang Army has grown from small to large, and has become the largest cottage in this section of the entire Yellow River East County.

At this time, in the cottage, big and small leaders gathered together and were discussing a major matter.

Zhai Rang (Note 1): Leader of the Wagang Army in the late Sui Dynasty, a native of Weicheng County, Dongjun County (now Huaxian County, Henan). He was the law of Dongjun, and he should be beheaded for breaking the law, and the jailer Huang Junhan released him privately. In the seventh year of the great cause, he raised troops against the Sui