Zhu Jiajun's vigorous anti-violence and anti-gang activities have come to an end for the time being, because they only target a few extremely despicable local tyrants and gentry, and they still maintain good relations with most of the landlords and old wealth.

However, their prestige has spread throughout the surrounding states and counties, and of course, there are also books to give credit to this.

With the wide dissemination of "The Legend of Loyal and Righteous Heroes", many generals of Zhujiajun, such as Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Lin Chong, and even Zhu Hu, Zhu Biao, Qin Ming, Hua Rong and others, have become well-known heroes in Dongping Mansion, and the slogan of "eliminating violence and peace, and acting for the way" has spread all over Shandong.

Xiao Rang also continued to write the next few volumes, but he didn't make up stories, he didn't capture the hearts of readers, and he paid too much attention to the gorgeousness of logic and rhetoric, so the effect was not as good as the first two volumes written by Zhu Long.

Despite this, Zhu Long did not write again.

In the past half a month, he has traveled all over the mountains and rivers around Dongping Mansion, trying to find an excellent ambush location to ambush the officers and soldiers.

No matter how corrupt the Northern Song Dynasty court is, it is also a behemoth!

No matter how fierce the Zhujia army is, in front of the imperial court, it is just a relatively strong ant.

The total strength of the six main battalions is only 5,600 people, which is too small for the imperial court that moves tens of thousands of soldiers and horses!

Therefore, Zhu Long can only rely on geographical advantages.

In addition, armament is also a top priority.

The first piece of equipment was the horseshoe, which is now widespread throughout the army. Each war horse is nailed with a horseshoe, which is not only conducive to protecting the horse's hooves and prolonging the service life of the war horse, but also allows the war horse to grasp the ground more powerfully, and can walk more steadily and run faster on the rainy and muddy road, and is no longer afraid of insidious weapons such as bamboo sticks and iron thistles to deal with cavalry.

The second piece of equipment is plate armor, because the hydraulic forging hammer has not yet been installed, it is still mainly artificial forging, and only one hundred pairs of armor can be created in a month, and there are only three hundred pairs of plate armor in the whole army, but fortunately, there are 1,200 pairs of scale armor, plus 500 pairs of armor captured from the arsenal of Dongping Prefecture, a total of 2,000 pairs of armor. Enough for shieldmen and pikemen, but no armor for archers and cavalry!

The third piece of equipment is the Javelin, which is powerful enough to knock over a war horse if it is used for projection at close range. This is a simple way to make, and basically each shield soldier can be equipped with five.

In terms of weapons and equipment, there are 1,100 cavalry, including 100 in each of the four battalions of Jinmuhuo and Earth, 200 in the Shuizi battalion, and 500 in the personal guard battalion.

4,500 infantry, 900 shieldmen, 1,800 pikemen and archers.

This is all the armed forces that the Zhu family army can use, and it is also the greatest reliance of the Zhu family army.

These soldiers have undergone strict training, with Lin Chong, Luan Tingyu, Sun Li and other Rao carefully trained, and Zhujiazhuang's rich food offerings, all of them are elite soldiers, whether it is discipline or martial arts, they are far beyond the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, although there are fewer troops, Zhu Long is still confident that he can defeat the imperial court officials and troops with his geographical advantages!

He had a hunch that the day when the officials and soldiers of the imperial court would be killed was not far off, after all, it had been almost a month since the capture of Dongping Mansion, no matter how redundant the Song court was, the internal fighting was fierce, and the work was delayed, it should make decisions and deployments.

On September 22, in the study room of the back hall of the government office.

When Zhu Long was discussing military affairs with Wu Yong, Xiao Rang and others, suddenly Lu Fang came in to report that Yang Lin had returned.

The three of them looked at each other, knowing that the imperial army had finally arrived!

Zhu Long got up and went out to greet him.

Yang Lin stood at the door, dusty and tired.

Zhu Long rushed forward, held his hand tightly, and said excitedly: "Brother Yang Lin, thank you for your hard work!" ”

Yang Lin was moved and ashamed in his heart, he was sent to the capital to inquire about the news, he was unfamiliar with the place, and he was afraid of revealing his identity, so he never found out any valuable information.

It wasn't until Hu Yanzhuo had already set off that the people in the entire capital were talking about it, and he knew that he hurriedly rushed back to Dongping Mansion.

The military situation was like fire, and Yang Lin said eagerly: "Lord, the imperial army has set off to kill Dongping Mansion!" ”

"Good! Well done! I've been waiting for a long time! "I wish Long Hao a dry cloud.

Zhu Long was forced to go, and only Wu asked for specific information, "Brother Yang Lin, who is the commander of the official army?" ”

"The leader of the army is named Hu Yanzhuo, who is under the control of Runing County, and he is brave in killing! There are also two deputy generals to help, namely Han Tao, the "Baisheng General" of the Chenzhou regimental training envoy, and Peng Xi, the "general" of the Yingzhou regimental training envoy. ”

"How many people are there?"

"Three thousand cavalry, five thousand infantry! Although they are all local armies in Runing County, Chenzhou, and Yingzhou, these three people are all good generals who are good at training, and they cannot be ignored! ”

"When did they leave? Where is it now? ”

"The army set off on September 20, and it should have reached the boundary of the Guangji Army by now!"

Zhu Long was surprised: "Coming so fast? ”

Yang Lin's face turned red, if he hadn't overheard the second inn chatting and talking about the imperial court's crusade against the Zhu family's army, he wouldn't have known that Hu Yanzhuo had already set off.

Zhu Long's face was grim, and he said to Lu Fang: "Brother Lu Fang, quickly go and invite all the brothers to come and discuss the military situation!" ”

"Yes!" Lu Fang turned around and went out expressionlessly!

Wu Yong pointed to the map on the wall and said, "Since the official army has come to the Guangji Army, it must have come along the Guangji River, which is a transportation channel." Next, they will definitely go down the river, into Jeju, and then through Yunseong County, into Dongpyeong! ”

Xiao Rang came to the map, pointed to Zhujiazhuang, and said, "Then we must return to Zhujiazhuang immediately!" ”

Zhu Long and Wu Yong both nodded in agreement.

Because Yunseong County is adjacent to Sujang County, both on the west bank of Yangsanbo, it is the dividing line between Dongpyeong Province and Jeju.

And Zhujiazhuang is in Shouzhang County, only more than 30 miles away from Yuncheng County, and only 60 miles away from Yuncheng County.

In the past few days, Zhu Long has already made all kinds of speculations and formulated countless response plans.

No matter how many men and horses the officers and soldiers had, or which direction they took, he had corresponding arrangements and deployments, and there was no need to urgently discuss them before the enemy.

Therefore, when the great enemy came, Zhu Long did not panic, sat in the Taishi chair, closed his eyes calmly and rested. Wu Yong and Xiao Rang looked at it and nodded secretly, and Yang Lin was even more impressed.

The generals were scattered in the east, west and south gates of Dongping Mansion and the school field, and some were still patrolling the city, and after half an hour, they arrived one after another.

Qin Ming, Lu Zhishen, Hua Rong, Sun Li, Yang Zhi and other deputy generals all came, only Luan Tingyu was still in Liangshan, and Lin Chong, Zhu Hu, Xie Zhen and Xie Bao were still in Zhujiazhuang.

When everyone saw Yang Lin, they greeted each other, Yang Lin's mission was confidential, and they didn't know that he had gone to Tokyo to find out the news.

Seeing everyone Ran Qi, Zhu Long said in a deep voice: "Everyone, according to the news brought back by the Yang Lin brothers, everyone in the imperial court has already killed Dongping Mansion."

When everyone heard this, they immediately showed a very excited look, and they all geared up, eager to immediately raise their knives and go into battle.

Seeing that they were fearless and had a high fighting spirit, Zhu Long was also very satisfied, and the military heart was available!

He didn't talk nonsense, and directly ordered: "Gather the army, set off immediately, and return to Zhujiazhuang!" ”

"Yes!" Everyone immediately withdrew, gathered their subordinates, and prepared to pull out the camp.