Most of Dong Ping's subordinates, as well as the Xiang army west of Dongping Lake, were absorbed by Wu Ge, who established the Southwest Lu Defense Mission along the perimeter of Xia Xie Town.

Wu Ge is now focused on expanding his strength, you must know that Hebei has been selected as the main battlefield by the Hujia army, and the main forces of Fanyang, Pinglu, Tianxiong, Chengde, Henghai, Weibo, Yanyan, and Linfu are scattered along the north bank of the Yellow River, and the Jin soldiers on the north bank of the Yellow River must be completely solved.

For this purpose, even Bianliang, where the Empress Dowager, the Emperor and Huyangeng were all under siege, were only supported by a Longjie army and the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army.

Therefore, Wu Ge aided Lu and only brought two commanders as the core armament, and the rest of the army needed to be integrated on the spot.

Zhu Tong sent someone to report: "Yuncheng Song Jiang Wu Yong, send someone to Zhangji to contact and ask for peace." It is also said that there is a secret order from Zhang Shumi. ”

Song Jiang Wu use? Wu Ge felt that this name was quite familiar, and after thinking about it for a while, he remembered that it was the two Jiyi characters of Zhang Shuye during the siege of Jingkang. When did these two become the king of the mountain? Or on the orders of Uncle Zhang.

He ordered Song Jiang and Wu Yong to come to Xia Xie Town to meet him, but Song Jiang wrote back that Yuncheng was a big county with many affairs, and he did not dare to leave without permission.

Wu Ge arrived at Zhang Ji and asked Zhu Tong: "What kind of famous hall is Song Jiang doing, since he is under the secret order of the privy, why didn't he come?" ”

Zhu Tong was also one of the thirty-six people in Liangshan that year, and he was an old acquaintance with Song Jiang, and he could guess some of Song Jiang's thoughts. He said: "I'm afraid that Zhang Shumi's secret order is just a verbal statement, and there is no basis for verification, Song Jiangwu used Liangshan to be a thief, but I am afraid that I have done something that is not legal, and I am afraid that after Zhao'an, I will be investigated by the imperial court." ”

"That's why they didn't dare to come and see the envoy in person, for fear of being detained by the envoy."

"That'...... What should I do? ”

Zhu Tong bowed his head and was silent, he was different from ordinary officers, he was originally a general of Liang, a person with a stain, if he spoke too obviously for Song Jiang, I am afraid that he would be regarded by Wu Ge as anti-hearted.

But if he didn't speak for Song Jiang, he felt sorry for the friendship he had more than 20 years ago. Zhu Tong couldn't help but feel a little resentful of Song Jiang: "It's good to be a good time in the capital, isn't it good to have a stable meal to eat?" Why do you want to go back to Liangshan? ”

He struggled for a while, raised his head and said, "Why don't I go to Yuncheng and have an interview with Song Jiang to see what he has to say." ”

Wu Ge thought that Song Jiang in Yuncheng was a force and should be integrated into his army as soon as possible. ”

When Zhu Jiong arrived in Yuncheng, Song Jiang welcomed him into the lobby with great fanfare, and opened his mouth to ask: "Brother, can you have an eyebrow about recruiting An?" If it is successful, my brother is willing to share the wealth with my brother. ”

"Zhao'an is also a military man, talking about peace and wealth?"

"Brother doesn't know, now is different from the past, it was the world of the Great Song Dynasty back then, and we were recruited by the privy council, and we had to vote under him and ask for a bowl of rice to eat. But right now, the gold thieves are invading, the mountains and rivers are broken, the daimyo has the Northern Song Dynasty, Datong has the Western Song Dynasty, the Jiangnan has the Southern Song Dynasty regent, and the emperor of Bianliang is just an Eastern Song Dynasty emperor. ”

"Brother Hugh is talking nonsense." Zhu Tong shouted

Song Jiang didn't care, he said these words to deter Zhu Tong, and then said the conditions he wanted to recruit An, and Zhu Tong could only honestly bring back the words.

"In this place of Jingdong, there are large and small hills, green forest heroes, and defeated imperial court military horses, and there are countless of them. Since there are four Song Chambers, how do we know which side to be loyal to? ”

Zhu Tong raised his head and stared at Song Jiang, Song Jiang said with a smile: "If the imperial court can come up with a charter and say that those who protect the Song Dynasty will be treated favorably by the imperial court. ”

Song Jiang wants to divide the seal, to make festivals, and to ask for territory. Zhu Tong understood, he was about to refute Song Jiang, Song Jiang didn't wait for him to speak, and then said: "If I am the envoy of the festival, my brother is my brother's great benefactor, and I should be the deputy envoy, and the fief will be shared with my brother." ”

Zhu Tong was thinking, Hu Yangeng implemented armor protection in all the places under his control, and Ruishi was as deep into the ground as a tree root, even if you were given this fief in name, would you be able to keep it?

Zhu Tong was stunned, but Song Jiang thought that he was moved, and persuaded while the iron was hot, so he let the banquet be put on and catch up with Zhu Tong.

During the banquet, in addition to Wu Yong, Gongsun Sheng and other leaders, Song Jiang also called his valued little brother over to toast Zhu Tong.

The first person was Yang Xiong, who took refuge in Liangshan on the order of Hu Yangeng, but Zhu Tong didn't know his identity, and the two of them made a bowl lightly.

The other person is Liu Tang, who is a diehard loyalist of Gongsun Sheng, and he is too lazy to make friends with Zhu Tongpan, and the two drank a bowl, which can be regarded as a nodding friend.

Next, there was a big man like a black iron tower, Zhu Tong saw it and shouted in surprise: "Iron Bull? ”

The person who came was Li Kui, who was nicknamed Tie Niu, when he recruited An, he was a jailer in Bianliang, he was bullied by the cell boss, and his temperament was also a lot dull, he picked up the wine bowl and said: "Brother Zhu Tong, you have to find a career for me Tie Niu." Jailers really don't make people. After speaking, he drank a bowl of wine.

Next are the three brothers, the Ruan family brothers on the edge of Yuncheng, who are said to have excellent water quality. The three of them are called Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, and Ruan Xiaoqi.

Zhu Tong asked, "Could it be that you have seven brothers?" ”

The eldest Ruan Xiaoer said: "We are three brothers." ”

"Then why doesn't the name start with the boss?"

"This is a long story, twenty years ago, the imperial court set up a field office, my family's field was occupied, my three brothers, even the name has not been taken, they have to go down to the river to fish for a living, I am the most useless, can only touch two catties of fish, the third brother dives into the water depth, can touch seven catties of fish, so according to this ability to take the name."

Zhu Tong smiled: "This is very interesting. ”

At this time, Ruan Xiaoqi on the side was furious and threw the wine bowl to the ground: "You masters, you only know that it is interesting, but you know that if we and other grass people, if we can't touch the fish, we won't even be able to eat." Brother Song said that we are all the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and we should serve the Zhao official family and ask the court to recruit peace, but we have never received any benefit from the Zhao official family, and we have served a bird. ”

Zhu Tong sneered: "Brother, I also suffered from the Kuotian Institute back then, so I went to Liangshan with Brother Song, and now the Empress Dowager Xianming of Bianliang is in charge of the country, and the three highly respected Zhang Xianggong will not have those bad policies back then." ”

At this time, one of the people behind the three heroes of the Ruan family asked coldly: "There is a legend in the green forest, the envoy of the Guide Festival, Huyan Xuanshuai is the real official, I don't know if Brother Zhu can explain a thing or two for us." ”