Zhujiazhuang is built on the Dulong Mountain Gang, the city wall is two zhang high, the huge stone is built, and there is a deep and wide moat around it.

There are two gates in front and back, and there is a castle tower above the gate.

What's even more ingenious is that the moat blocks the front and rear doors, and the besieging army cannot directly detour from the front gate to the back door, but must go around from under the hill.

The three brothers of the Zhu family and Luan Tingyu, surrounded by more than a dozen fierce villagers, went up to the city wall to check the city defense.

Everywhere there were busy villagers, who carried the arrowheads of the sandalwood rolling stones to the city, like ants moving.

With high walls and deep pools as barriers, coupled with the labyrinthine roads and many traps in Zhujia Village, as well as his own understanding of the plot of the original book, Zhu Long began to be full of confidence after the initial panic.

Zhu Long and Zhu Biao walked side by side in front, and Luan Tingyu and Zhu Hu were behind.

Zhu Biao proposed: "I want to ask the thief observation envoy of Dongping Mansion to come to the village, and when the time comes, I will arrest the thief and let him be released to the state capital, so that we can ask for credit!" ”

Zhu Long pondered for a moment, slowly shook his head and said, "Third brother, I thought it was inappropriate!" ”

Zhu Biao was a little surprised, the eldest brother is usually a person who doesn't like to use his brains, and he obeys his words, how can he feel "inappropriate" today?

Zhu Long didn't care about the third child's eyes, and continued: "Those thieves and thieves in Dongping Mansion are as timid as mice, and they can't help at all, but they want to share part of our credit, so it's better to escort them directly to Tokyo, and then who in the world doesn't know our Zhu family Sanjie!" ”

The last sentence tickled Zhu Biao's itch, he was young and vigorous, he was determined to be famous all over the world, and he was very happy to hear this.

The group walked to the front door, stopped, and looked at the Liangshan military camp at the foot of the hill. If you are too far away, you can't see people, you can only see a banner, which gives people a strong sense of oppression.

Everyone did not speak, and each fell into deep thought.

Zhu Hu suddenly thought and said, "Big brother, third brother, Master Luan, how about we go to rob the camp tonight?" ”

"No!" The three of them said in unison.

Zhu Hu was unconvinced: "Why not? I have also read military books, and there are often famous generals who take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold to break the ...... in one fell swoop."

Zhu Biao supported his forehead: "Second brother, it's a labor expedition, and now we are less than a hundred miles in Liangshan, and we will arrive in one day, so we can't talk about fatigue!" ”

After the four of them discussed for a while, they went down the city wall, had a casual dinner, and arranged for the night to be on duty.

Luan Tingyu offered to guard the back door, and Zhu Long said he was in charge of the front door.

After the meal, Zhu Long went up to the city wall and came to the front door to stand guard, followed by a servant, holding a bed.

The two Zhuang Ding captains in charge of guarding the front door, one named Chen Shou and the other Hu Gang, hurriedly greeted them.

The two of them shook their chests and said, "Just have the two of us guarding it, the eldest young master doesn't have to suffer here!" ”

Zhu Long waved his hand and asked with concern, "Have you all eaten?" ”

"I've eaten them all!"

"Have the brethren all eaten?"

"I ate them all, and everyone added a chicken leg!"

"That's good!" Zhu Long nodded with satisfaction, and patrolled the wall with his hands behind his back, with a posture of leading an inspection, with Chen Shou and Hu Gang following behind.

Behind the battlements on the city wall stood rows of villagers with weapons in hand, all with their heads held high.

Zhu Long frowned, turned back to the two captains and asked, "There are so many people, all of you two teams have come up?" ”

Hu Gang was anxious to show his merit, and said first: "Yes, we don't dare to slack off at all, and all staff are ......on duty."

"What about the other six? Isn't that the case? ”

"This ...... It's all about the same, the big war is coming, and everyone's vigilance is very high! ”

Formalism!

Bureaucracy!

Standing all night, who can bear it?

How will there be a war tomorrow?

Zhu Long didn't think so, and said lightly: "You send someone to invite the other six captains over, as well as Master Luan, to discuss tonight's matters." ”

"Yes!" The two of them assigned the vice-captain to hire someone.

Zhu Long walked into the gatehouse, sat down and waited quietly, carefully recalled and analyzed the plot of the original work, Chen Shou and Hu Gang also sat below, not daring to make a sound.

"Great official!" The four captains guarding the east and west walls arrived first and saluted with their fists folded.

"You may be seated!" Zhu Long nodded and asked them to sit down.

Luan Tingyu and the two captains in charge of the back door were far away and came later.

Zhu Long got up to greet him, expressed his respect for Luan Tingyu, and invited Luan Tingyu to sit first on the left hand, and the others sat on both sides.

Everyone looked at Zhu Long, waiting for him to speak.

He coughed and said, "I see that you are loyal to your duties, and all the villagers have gone up to the city wall, which is good, but I don't think there is any need to be too nervous, tomorrow may be a fight, tonight we must let everyone sleep well and recuperate." So I decided to divide it into two shifts tonight, and send fifty men to each side of the city wall in the first half of the night and the second half of the night, and let the rest go to the barracks below to sleep! ”

"Young Master Xie is compassionate!" The eight captains were all delighted.

Luan Tingyu hesitated: "Great official, a section of the city wall is more than a mile long, and fifty people are probably not enough, right?" ”

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Long nodded and said, "What Master Luan said is reasonable! ”

The eight captains had just shown a bitter face, and he continued: "Therefore, those on duty at night must be vigilant and not slack off!" Set more gongs, in case of situation, the famous gong warns! ”

Zhu Long glanced at the eight captains with stern eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Ugly words are said in front, if I find that someone is slacking, military law will not be tolerated!" ”

"Yes!"

He waved his hand, "You guys go down and make arrangements!" ”

The captains all went out, leaving only Luan Tingyu.

Zhu Long explained: "Master Luan, I can't do this, I can't let the villagers get tired before they fight!" Since we are ready to hold out, we must be prepared for a long battle, and rotation is a must. Moreover, I judge that the Liangshan bandits will not attack the city tonight, and fifty people are enough to be on guard! Moreover, the barracks were at the foot of the city walls, and the villagers could rush up in a moment. ”

Luan Tingyu nodded approvingly and said, "The big officials are thoughtful!" ”

Zhu Long had the intention of wooing Luan Tingyu, so he left him to chat, ask for martial arts, and talk about things on the rivers and lakes, and then went to patrol the city wall together, and was very respectful.

The three brothers of the Zhu family are all arrogant people who have no one in their eyes, and they don't think much of their old father, let alone Luan Tingyu. They thought that they had learned almost all of Luan Tingyu's skills, and they were even better than the blue.

Luan Tingyu also knows this, but the rivers and lakes are not having a good time, otherwise how could Song Jiang rely on Xiao En and Xiaohui to get the reputation of "timely rain"? It's so poor! There is nothing but martial arts!

As the saying goes, learn to become a literary and martial artist, and buy it with the emperor's family. But what if Zhao Guan's family doesn't buy it?

If it is a rich second generation, there is naturally nothing to say, just go home and inherit the inheritance.

Ordinary Jianghu people generally have only three paths:

The first is to fall into the grass for coles, rob homes and houses, and block roads and robberies;

the second is to become underworld forces and criminal gangs, such as Mu Hong, Zhang Heng, Li Jun and others from Liangshan and Jiangzhou;

The third is to sell art in the rivers and lakes, play tricks, sell some dog skin plasters, and ask for some rewards, how is this kind of life? Li Zhong, the tiger general, knows best, anyway, he took the initiative to fall into the grass in Peach Blossom Mountain.

Luan Tingyu, who is honest and arrogant, naturally disdains to do these things, except for being a teacher in Zhujiazhuang, he has nowhere to change jobs, at least the treatment here is very good, and the status is quite high, under four people, above a thousand.

Today, Zhu Long's extra respect, he also felt it.

He thought to himself, what does this mean?

Is he afraid that I will fight and not give my life?

I, Luan Tingyu, stand up to the sky, will I be that kind of person?

Zhu Long was still complacent about his corporal Lixian, but Luan Tingyu had a kind of sadness that his noble conduct was not understood by the world.

After the second watch, that is, at about nine o'clock in the evening, Luan Tingyu ended the awkward chat and went to the back gate building to guard.

So early, where could Zhu Long sleep, looking at the bright lights of the Liangshan camp under the mountain, there were his favorite Lin Chong, Li Kui, Hua Rong, and Qin Ming, and they were all here to kill him, and he was so nervous and excited that he couldn't sleep.

He simply didn't sleep, picked up his spear, and practiced marksmanship at the head of the city, attracting the bankers to peek at each other.

has the memory and physical instinct of the original body, and has practiced martial arts hard in his previous life, Zhu Long will practice several sets of marksmanship he has learned several times, and he will soon become proficient.

Of course, it is only skilled, a marksmanship, moves and routines are the most superficial level, and the understanding and use of guns and power is the core technology.

It took two hours of practice before going to sleep, but he didn't sleep well that night, and he was woken up by the shouts of killing several times in his dreams, but when he woke up, it was silent, only the footsteps of patrolling villagers.

He simply got up and made his rounds around the city walls. It wasn't until the east turned white that he returned to the castle tower and fell into a deep sleep.

I don't know how long it took, he was woken up by Zhu Biao, "Big brother, you caught a spy from Liangshan under the mountain, do you know who it is?" ”

Of course, Zhu Long knew, and blurted out: "'Jin Leopard' Yang Lin!" ”