It's good that Chao Gai didn't listen, he was shocked when he heard it, this golden gunner Xu Ning is definitely a good general in the Water Margin, he is not like Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, Qin Ming is as brave and unparalleled as possible, but leading troops to fight and training military horses is definitely the best choice, and it is rare to summarize it in four words.

Xu Ning, a one-handed golden gun and hook and sickle spear is unique in the world, and was originally the head of the Beijing Golden Gun Class. After Song Jiang was defeated by Hu Yanzhuo's chain of horses, he frowned, and later because of the money leopard Tang Long's recommendation of his aunt and cousin Xu Ning to break the chain of horses, Wu used a trick to make Shi Qian steal the armor and earn Xu Ning to go to Liangshan. Later, Xu Ning taught the heroes of Liangshan to use the hook and sickle to defeat Hu Yanzhuo and made great contributions. He is one of the eight tiger horsemen and pioneers of the cottage horse army. During the conquest of Fang La, in order to save Hao Siwen at the North Gate of Hangzhou, he was shot to death by a poisoned arrow.

Although Xu Ning is not a peerless general, he is definitely a rare general, Chao Gai did not expect that this golden gunner would actually defect to Liangshan, it seems that his arrival has also changed the course of history.

"The name of the golden gunner Xu Ning, Chao Gai has also heard of it for a long time, he has been friends for a long time, he has wanted to visit for a long time, and he has never had the opportunity, but he didn't expect to call the head of the sect to come to this Liangshan to meet me today, it is really providence? I don't know the names of these three heroes? Chao Gai laughed and said.

Xu Ning's face was frightened, he didn't expect that he was such a small leader, only in Tokyo City, there are not a thousand but eight hundred, the world-famous Tota Heavenly King Chao Gai actually heard of his name, and immediately hugged his fists towards the heroes in Chao Gai's righteous hall and said: "In Xia Xu Ning, because he was killed by traitors in Tokyo, he was cornered, so he defected to Liangshan." ”

As soon as Xu Ning's words fell, Gongsun Sheng next to him, twisting his beard in his hand, recited a trumpet and said, "Immeasurable Tianzun, Gongsun Sheng of the Poor Dao has seen senior brother. ”

Chao Gai was taken aback, Xu Ning, who was talented, didn't expect that this Taoist priest was actually Gongsun Sheng of Zhuyun Dragon this time, and said at the moment: "Gongsun Dao Chang is famous in the rivers and lakes, Chao Gai has long wanted to get acquainted, but why did the Taoist call me a senior brother, and where did this start?" ”

Gongsun Sheng smiled slightly, and immediately told Chao Gai about his uncle, that is, Chao Gai's master, the old man Wei Daoren, as it was.

After Gongsun Sheng finished speaking, Chao Gai suddenly realized that his master was so big, and he became Luo Zhenren's nephew and Gongsun Sheng's senior brother.

Then the money leopard Tang Long and the faceless Jiao Ting also made an introduction, so happy that Chao couldn't close his mouth, these four people are all talents, and now there is a shortage of people everywhere in Liangshan, with these four people joining in, it is easy to solve the urgent need.

Tang Long was born as a blacksmith and the son of the governor of Yan'an Prefecture. He spent his days working in Wugang Town, and later met Li Kui, so he joined Liangshan with him. Later, Xu Ning was recommended to create a hook and sickle gun, which made a great contribution to Liangshan's great breaking of the chain of horses. At the time of the great gathering of Liangshan, he ranked eighty-eighth, and was responsible for supervising the manufacture of weapons and iron armor. He died in Qingxi County during the expedition and was posthumously awarded the title of Yijielang.

Tang Long has fewer appearances in the original Water Margin work, and his image is weaker. The painter Niu Muye once had a hymn: "Loyalty and righteousness, illuminating the eight poles." The leopard is dead and leaves its skin. ”

Now many people believe that in order to make meritorious contributions, Tang Long took the initiative to deceive his cousin Xu Ning, who was an officer of the imperial court, to Liangshan and fell into the grass, and also robbed money under his pretence, which is a typical villain's behavior. His behavior of betraying his brother to seek glory is even worse than Lu Qian's betrayal of Fa Xiaolin Chong. But Chao Gai also knows that some parts of the novel can't be taken seriously, after all, Chao Gai doesn't see anything unrighteous about this money leopard now.

Whether he is good or bad, one thing must be admitted is that Tang Long has exquisite iron-striking skills, which greatly improved the equipment level of Liangshan, so that "there is a strong shield for defense, and an arrow and spear for attack", which independently supports the entire military industry of Liangshan. Although he has bad deeds, he has made great contributions to Liangshan and is an indispensable professional and technical talent in Liangshan.

There is also the faceless Jiao Ting, who was born in a sumo family, and later lived in the rivers and lakes. Because he got acquainted with Li Kui, he went to Liangshan to join the gang. When Liangshan was reunited, he ranked 98th, went to the evil star of the land, and served as a general of the infantry army. He died in Runzhou during the expedition and was posthumously awarded the title of Yoshitsuro.

After hearing Tang Long Jiao Ting's introduction, Chao Gai was overjoyed, and said at the moment: "God bless me Liangshan Shuibo is prosperous, today there are my junior brother Sun Sheng, the dragon Gongsun Sheng, the golden gunner, Xu Ning, Xu Jiaotou, the money leopard, Tang Long, and the faceless Jiao Ting, the three heroes joined the gang, and ordered the gang to kill chickens and slaughter cattle for a feast, and wash the dust for the four brothers." ”

Hearing Chao Gai's words, a group of heroes in the Juyi Hall applauded in unison, especially Mi Sheng, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, and Ruan Xiaoqi were even more happy, Liangshan military regulations stipulate that alcohol cannot be drunk in the barracks, and they can't stand it anymore, and today they can just be happy to relieve their hunger.

Ding Wuzhi, the little cook in charge of the room, stood up at the moment, hugged his fists towards Chao Gai and everyone in the hall, and said with a smile on his face: "Brother rest assured, I will go and order, today there are four brothers who go up the mountain to join the group, and I also cook in person, and entertain all the brothers with good hospitality." ”

"Hahaha, Brother Wu Zhi cooks by himself, then I will have a good time, after all, Xiao Ding is not in vain." Chao Gai laughed and said.

"Hehe, the Sprinkle family ate the dishes of the Wuzhi brothers a few days ago, it is really delicious in the world, these days it is a spoilt for the Sprinkle family, the brothers need to fry more, lest it is not enough to sprinkle the family to eat." Lu Zhishen sat next to him and echoed.

Everyone was inevitably laughing for a while, Wu Zhi was also happy and red, most of them were still excited, thinking that he had no power to restrain the chicken, his body was short, his appearance was ugly, he was ridiculed and looked down upon by others since he was a child, where is it like today, he is so equal to people, and he is also a group of famous heroes and heroes on the rivers and lakes, until he came to Liangshan Wuzhi did not know what it was.

Gongsun Sheng, Xu Ning and the four of them are also envious and a little happy, on this Liangshan, all the heroes are righteous and angry, no different from a family, like brothers, how happy this should be, especially Xu Ning, who has been in the officialdom for a long time, is even more emotional, there is no deceit, there is no intrigue, some are just talking about the world, doing the right thing for heaven, this is what a hero should do.

After a while, the banquet in the Juyi hall was set down, everyone sat down, Gongsun Sheng was pulled to his side by Chao Gai, and asked about Luo Zhenren and his master Wei Zhenren, and the others were also looking for someone to drink and eat meat, where are the two of Lu Zhishen Misheng, one of them holding a big jar and pouring wine into his mouth.

"Senior brother, junior brother has a great wealth to offer to senior brother, I wonder if senior brother is interested?" Halfway through the drink, Gongsun Sheng twisted his beard and said with a smile.