Chapter 44: Ruda's Observations

Besides, Luda and Zhou Tong led Taohuashan minions to leave Qingzhou.

After walking on the road for five or six days, I came to a place, the place name is to Shadow Mountain, two high mountains on both sides, and the general situation, but in the middle is a large wide post road.

Luda and Zhou Tong rode their horses first, and when they saw such a place, they also said with some surprise: "These two mountains are so strange, they seem to be printed out of a mold." ”

Zhou Tong thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid that this is just the pair of Shadow Mountains." ”

Luda also patted his forehead and said: "You say this, the Sprinkle family also remembers, some time ago, I heard the children say that there are also people here who set up a village to rob the house, what is the name of the white-clothed Wang Lun, touch the sky Du Qian, King Kong Song Wan?" ”

Zhou Tong corrected: "It's Wang Lun, a white-clothed showman, touching Tian Du Qian, and King Kong and Song Wan in the clouds." ”

Luda said disappreciatively: "They are not Liangshan heroes, what are they doing with so many of them." ”

As the two of them were surveying the situation at Kageyama, a group of people appeared on the mountainside on the left.

Zhou Tong looked at the mountain and said, "The people of Shadow Mountain have discovered us, should we worship the mountain?" ”

Ruda glanced at the people and horses on the mountainside, and said, "It's just a group of grass coars, worship him." If they dare to make noise, the sprinkler family is just to eliminate harm for the people. ”

On the mountain, Wang Lun, Du Qian, and Song Wan led the minions of Shadow Mountain to look at the people and horses coming up the post road below.

Du Qian put his hand on his eyebrow bone, looked at the people below, and said strangely: "This group of people looks like people in the green forest, but some of them are wearing the armor of officers and soldiers. ”

Song Wandao, who was taller than Du Qian on the side: "I think I robbed the armor of the officers and soldiers." ”

In the middle, Wang Lun said: "It's the people of Peach Blossom Mountain." ”

Du Qian scratched his head with his hand that seemed to be able to touch the sky, and said, "How does my brother know?" ”

Wang Lun pointed to a banner behind Luda and Zhou Tong and said, "That flag says Peach Blossom Mountain." ”

"Oh."

Du Qian suddenly realized, and then said: "Isn't Peach Blossom Mountain in Qingzhou?" They've crossed the line, right? ”

Song Wandao: "They all brought packages, and they seemed to be changing the mountain, not like a robbery." ”

Du Qian seemed to have endless questions, and said: "Qingzhou is also a big place, what are they doing to change the mountain?" ”

Wang Lun sneered: "It must be that they learned from Liangshan to attack the villages, killed the squires and big households, provoked the encirclement and suppression of the officers and soldiers, and had to change the mountain." ”

Du Qian didn't hear the ridicule between Wang Lun's words, but said happily: "They are also heroes, and there are so many horses, why don't we go down the mountain and invite them to set up a village on the opposite mountain." In case the officers and soldiers come to fight, we can also help each other. ”

Stupidity.

Wang Lun scolded secretly, and had to explain to this henchman: "We don't know what kind of trouble they have done, wouldn't it be wronged to leave them behind rashly and provoke the imperial army to conquest?" What's more, there are only those villages in the vicinity, if there is one more person to borrow food, the nearby villagers will have no way to live, and they will not fight with us? If they want to learn from the heroes of Liangshan and kill the squire, sooner or later they will have to provoke officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress them. ”

Song Wan nodded and said, "What my brother said is that there is only that oil and water in the vicinity, and if there is an extra group of people, they will be divided into half." It's still my brother who has insight, and he didn't learn to wash the village from Liangshan, otherwise we are afraid that we will have to change the mountain like them. ”

Wang Lun shook his head and said: "The world is difficult, it would be good for our brothers to have some happiness, how can we manage a lot." It's not up to us to call the shots in the world. Liangshan is only a momentary glory, and if they continue to run rampant, sooner or later they will be surrounded and suppressed by the imperial army. How can a mere puddle of water resist the power of a country, and defeat is only a matter of time. ”

Du Qian scratched his head and said: "What my brother said is the same, we eat wine in a big bowl and meat in a big piece, and we live happily." The heroes of Liangshan do the right thing for the sky, and they only eat wine in big bowls and eat meat in large pieces. ”

Eater.

Wang Lun looked at the people and horses under the mountain who didn't stay, and he didn't have the heart to talk to Du Qian, a fool here, and said, "Take the children back to the village." ”

After passing the Shadow Mountain, after two more days, Luda and his party approached Liangshan Shuibo.

Everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that Liangshan has set up a hotel at the Lijia Daokou to pick up the heroes, but the Lijia Daokou is to the west of Shuibo, and everyone is from the east.

When Luda and Zhou Tong were still thinking about how to contact the soldiers and horses of Liangshan, they saw dust rising in the distance.

"Prepare to meet the enemy."

Luda had been fighting at the border for many years, and when he looked at the dust, he knew that it was the horse army rushing to attack, so he hurriedly jumped off the horse, copied the iron rod from the car behind him, and stood in front of the team.

The minions of Peach Blossom Mountain listened to Luda's warning, and hurriedly copied their weapons and prepared to fight.

In the blink of an eye, a team of black-clothed and black-armored horse troops had appeared in the distance.

Zhou Daodao: "It seems to be Liangshan soldiers and horses." ”

Ruda also saw it.

Liangshan is really prosperous, this team of horse troops is afraid that there will be no more than fifty horsemen, and they are all equipped with excellent armor of the imperial court.

Although the Great Song Dynasty can obtain more than 20,000 good horses through the tea and horse market every year, it has been fighting with the Western Xia for many years, and the horses lost on the battlefield are also very large.

It would be good if a state capital in the Central Plains could have one or two hundred horse troops.

Not to mention the people in the green forest of the roaring mountain forest, it is difficult to find war horses, and it is not easy to raise horses, and they are not of much use, and few cottages will raise horses in large numbers.

However, Ruda, who was born in the army, knew how powerful the Ma army was.

"Stop."

There were still twenty or thirty zhang apart, and when the first seventeen or eighteen descendant raised his arm, he shouted loudly and restrained Ma Jun.

In the neighing of horses, the fifty or so horsemen stopped more than ten zhang away.

Not bad.

Although it can't be compared with the battle-hardened horse army in Kansai, it also has the appearance of cavalry.

"Weapons are collected."

Luda watched Liangshan Ma Jun stop, and asked the minions behind him to put away their weapons.

The descendant at the head walked up to him, hugged his fists and said: "Liangshan Shizhu is polite, dare to ask where you are going?" ”

Luda hugged his fists and said: "We came from Taohua Mountain in Qingzhou, and when we wanted to join Guizhai, we asked this brother to report it." ”

Shi Zhu asked: "The heroes of Peach Blossom Mountain who kill corrupt officials and inferior gentry like us?" ”

Luda heard Shi Zhu call him a hero, and said with a smile: "Exactly, I didn't expect that the heroes of Liangshan have also heard of our reputation." ”

Shi Zhu heard that Luda's accent was from Guanxi, and said with a smile: "Didn't you kill Lu Ti Shi of Guanxi with three punches?" ”

Ruda nodded and said, "It's the Sprinkle family." ”

Shi Zhu turned over and dismounted, and arched his hand: "I often hear Brother Shi Jin mention the name of Tizhi, I don't want to meet here today, fortunately." ”

Zhou Tong heard Shi Jin often talk about Luda, and he was also a little happy, so he didn't have to worry about Liangshan not accepting them.

Luda said with a smile: "When I was in Weizhou, I heard the name of Shi Dalang in Shijia Village, and I made a good gun. In the past six months, Da Lang has done a great job, and no one in the world has heard of his name. This time, I was able to meet him, which was enough to comfort my lifelong thirst. ”

Shi Zhu said with a smile: "Brother Shi Jin also said that he was going to Qingzhou to visit Lu Tizhi, and if he learned that Tizhi came to join the gang, he would definitely be happy." We were not polite, so we went up the mountain to surprise my brother. ”

"Okay, then ask the little brother to lead the way."

"Everyone, wait a minute, I'll go and ask someone to call the navy to support the boat first."

Shi Zhu spoke, turned over on his horse again, returned to the horse army, and asked a horse army to report the news first, and then bring the rest of the horse army over to do a road with Luda and the others.

Luda walked side by side with Shi Zhu and asked, "I hear that your accent is also from Kansai, isn't it from Shi Dalang's village?" ”

Shi Zhu said with a smile: "Take care of your eyesight, my family has been a guest in Shijiazhuang for two generations, and I was Shi Jin's brother's little servant before going up the mountain." Now he is also following Shi Jin's brother, and today he is idle, so he went out with them to patrol the sentry and practice equestrianism by the way. ”

Lu Daqi said: "The Liangshan Horse Army patrols outside the water park every day? ”

Shi Zhu nodded and said: "Every day, two teams of horse troops come down the mountain and patrol outside Shuibo, but Shuibo is hundreds of miles in radius, and it is not certain where to patrol the sentry. It is said that it is a patrol post, but in fact, it is also a military training, and it is also to deter the splashes and idlers in the nearby villages, and prevent them from pretending to be heroes in Liangshan to loot or oppress the people. If there are people who are oppressed and sued to the cottage, we will also arrest some people who oppress the people after we verify it. ”

Luda listened and sighed: "We thought that Liangshan only robbed the rich and helped the poor, but it turned out that he still did so many things, and presumably no one in the nearby villages would dare to harm people." ”

Shi Zhu also said a little smugly: "It's not that I'm boasting, there are indeed very few people in a radius of dozens of miles who dare to endanger the people." It is that they have a way in the official mansion, as long as someone quietly comes to Liangshan, we secretly verify it, and we must send someone to arrest him. ”

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