Lehe is a good person, blowing, playing, singing, all kinds of musical instruments, omniscient, omnipotent, and a few pistols, sticks, fists and feet, so he mixed very well in the capital, and soon climbed Gao Yanei, the son of Gao Yanei, who entered and exited the Taiwei Mansion every day, and was very familiar, and no one stopped him from entering and leaving.

He took this opportunity to inquire about the news of the imperial court. One day, Gao Yanei happily told him that his nemesis Lin Chong was about to die. Le He was shocked, and on the surface he was very curious, he scolded Lin Chong with Gao Yanei, and slowly changed his words, and learned that the imperial court had dispatched elite troops from Jiangnan to attack Zhujiazhuang.

So he hurriedly wrote a letter and sent his cronies to Fan Xiu, asking him to go back and report the letter. Because in Tokyo, the two of them never see each other and pretend not to know each other.

After Fan Xiu read the letter, he threw the letter in the brazier, and before it was burned, he went to change his clothes, gathered two henchmen, and rode out on horseback.

He thought it was no big deal and was about to stop and deal with the past, but when he saw that his servant was also in the ranks of officers and soldiers, he instantly understood that the servant had betrayed him.

But this servant is just an ordinary servant he hired in Jingdong, he doesn't know anything about his identity and what he does, and he can't start if he wants to betray, and even if he does, he should be arrested in the city, instead of waiting for him to go out of the city and catch up.

Unless...... Fan Xiu's mind flashed the letter thrown in the brazier, and he felt remorseful in his heart, but fortunately, there was no clue about Le He on the letter, and he couldn't be found.

He fled all the way, the officers and soldiers pursued him all the way, and both of his men died in battle to cover him. Finally escaped to Miaoqian Town, escaped from the path, got rid of the officers and soldiers, but was caught by a landlord bully, it was really a tiger in Pingyang was bullied by dogs, and when he was desperate, Zhu Long fell from the sky and rescued him.

Zhu Long rode forward while listening to Fan Xiu talk about his experience, and sweated for him in his heart.

"Lord, let's go back quickly!" Lu Zhishen said anxiously, he just rode a horse to lure away Lei Ji, and after getting rid of Zhuang Ke who ran away on two legs, he turned the horse's head and killed Lei Ji in one round, and after scaring away Zhuang Ke, he joined Zhu Long and them.

"Hmm!" Zhu Long nodded, turned to Tie Lin, and hugged his fists in thanks: "Brother Tie, thanks to you this time, I Zhu Long will never treat my friends badly, and in the future, your business will be my Zhu Long's business, and my Zhu Jiazhuang's business!" ”

Tie Lin said calmly: "It's serious! The matter is over, I will leave here, everyone, take care all the way! ”

"Brother Tie, take care!"

Tie Lin rode away, riding farther and farther away in the vast snow, and finally he could only see a black spot.

"What a hero!" Lu Zhishen gave a thumbs up.

On the fifth day, they arrived at the city of Jeju, only to see that the city gate was closed and heavily guarded, Zhu Long knew that the situation was not good, and went around the city and went straight to the edge of Yangsanbo.

Coming to the inn opened by Gu Sister-in-law and Sun Xin, Zhu Long jumped off the horse, opened the heavy door curtain, and went straight to the store.

Zhu Long asked, "What about Sister-in-law Gu and Shopkeeper Sun?" ”

A fellow replied respectfully: "The two deputy battalion lieutenants have gone to Liangshan, let us see the store!" ”

"Hurry up and prepare the boat, I'm going to Liangshan!"

Zhu Long, Lu Zhishen, Shi Wengong, Bian Xiang, and Fan Xiu sat in the canopy boat, their faces were a little tired, and they quietly listened to the sound of the oars afraid of hitting the water, and they didn't speak.

"I don't know if Lu Fang and Jiao Ting have come back, the imperial army doesn't know where they went, did they kill Zhujiazhuang?" Lu Zhishen touched his light brain and talked to himself anxiously.

No one knows about these questions.

Zhu Long walked out of the cabin and stood at the bow of the boat, only to see the land in the distance was white, and the lake under his feet was like a mirror, like the world in the painting.

After a while, he encountered a patrolling sailor warship, and when the warship slowly approached, Zhu Long asked, "Who is on board?" ”

A man walked up to the bow of the boat, looked down at him, and shouted, "My lord, why are you back?" ”

Zhu Long saw that it was Ruan Xiaoer, so he asked, "Little second brother, can my third brother be on the mountain?" ”

"No, he took his men and horses to Zhujiazhuang, leaving only me, Meng Kang, and Tao Zongwang, with a thousand brothers to guard the cottage. I can't stay idle, come out and look around! ”

"When did he leave?"

"Early this morning. Yesterday afternoon, Sun Xin and his wife came to the cottage, saying that many officials and soldiers came to Jeju City, and they were afraid that it was aimed at my Zhujiazhuang, so the third master took the army away. ”

"You go back to Liangshan immediately, prepare five fast horses, and send them to the inn on the west bank, where I will wait to use them!" The five horses they rode were exhausted and stayed in the inn on the south bank to recuperate.

"Great!" Ruan Xiaoer ordered the big ship to turn around and go back to Liangshan to get the horse.

Zhu Long asked the boatman to turn the bow of the boat, rowed west in the direction of Zhujiazhuang, and half an hour later, he landed on the trestle behind the inn in Zhujiazhuang. Zhu Long and the others got off the boat and entered the inn to wait for Ruan Xiaoer to send the horse.

Several people asked for a table of wine and meat, and they ate and drank. I was in a hurry these days, and I didn't eat well or sleep well, which was very hard.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and Ruan Xiaoer opened the curtain and came in, "Lord, the horses have been brought!" ”

"Good! Let's go! Zhu Long didn't care about his unfed stomach, and took Lu Zhishen and them out in a hurry, and Ruan Xiaoer hurriedly followed.

Seeing that there were six horses at the door, Zhu Long asked, "Why are there six horses?" One more horse, you take it back. ”

"Lord, is there going to be a big battle, take me too!" Ruan Xiaoer begged.

Zhu Long walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and said comfortingly: "What should I do if I have left Liangshan?" It's our last place of refuge, and most of our food and grass are hoarded there, and we can't afford to lose it! We have to keep a trustworthy brother to guard the house, do you still want to pick a son? ”

The lord said so, what else could Ruan Xiaoer do, he could only bow his head in resignation.

The five people rode away and ran towards Zhujiazhuang.

When he came to Dulonggang, he saw that the southern camp in front of the mountain was peaceful, and there was no trace of fierce fighting, Zhu Long breathed a long sigh of relief, entered the camp, and saw Luan Tingyu. Zhang Qing, Zeng Rong's father and son, Su Ding, Li Yun, and Deng Fei all came to meet one after another.

"Lord, why did you come back so early?" Luan Tingyu asked with a look of surprise.

Zhu Long asked rhetorically, "You still don't know?" ”

Luan Tingyu was confused and said, "What do you know?" ”

"Hasn't Lu Fang come back yet?"

"Nope!"

Zhu Long felt a trace of worry in his heart and asked, "The third brother didn't tell you either?" ”

"I haven't seen the three officials!" Luan Tingyu spread his hands and asked the other generals, "Have you seen it?" ”

"Nope!" Everyone shook their heads.

"Huh? Didn't he go back to Zhujiazhuang? Zhu Long was surprised.

Luan Tingyu was very sure: "At least I didn't pass through Nandaying." ”

Did you go up the mountain from behind? Zhu Long speculated in his heart.

Luan Tingyu was very puzzled: "What happened?" ”

"According to the news obtained by the dark guard battalion, there is an official army that is going to attack Zhujiazhuang!"

"Which army? How many centaurs? Who are the generals? Luan Tingyu asked three times in a row, and every sentence hit the nail on the head, appearing calm and calm.

Zhu Long nodded with satisfaction, Luan Tingyu has the style of a general.

Fan Xiuwei replied: "This is drawn from the army of Jiangnan to encircle and suppress Fangla, 50,000 horses, I don't know how many cavalry there are, but it is very elite, and the leader of the troops is the privy envoy Tong Guan." ”

As soon as he heard Tong Guan's name, Luan Tingyu's face became solemn.

Although Tong Guan is a eunuch and a traitor, he does have some talents, he has been in charge of the Privy Council for 20 years, often in the northwest to preach and appease, familiar with military affairs, many generals and pastors of the Great Song Dynasty are from his disciples, and there are many elite generals under him.

Not to mention anything else, his identity and power alone are enough to give people a strong sense of oppression. The supreme military commander of the Great Song Dynasty personally led a large army to exterminate a small community organization, and everyone felt pressure!

Seeing Luan Tingyu's expression, Zhu Long patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, they are here to sneak attack, if they see that we are prepared, they will definitely have no intention of fighting." You also strengthen your vigilance, enter a state of imminent battle, and send more scouts out to investigate. ”

He looked at Zeng Lane and Zhang Qingdao again: "There should be more scouts and horses, and the scope should be expanded!" ”

"Yes!" The two replied in agreement.

"I'll go back to the villa first, and after I go back, I'll send the White Tiger Army down to station!" After Zhu Long finished speaking, he took Lu Zhishen and others to Zhujiazhuang.

Nowadays, from Zhujiazhuang on the top of the mountain to the foot of Dulonggang, a straight road with a width of two zhang has been built, and you can walk directly to Zhujiazhuang from Nandaying. On this 16-mile-long wide road, three passes have been built before and after, but none of them have yet been completed, so no troops have been sent to garrison them.

The path behind the mountain was not repaired, and Zhu Long planned to choose a steep place, build a pass, and station a garrison battalion - five hundred people would be enough, and the main force of the field Xuanwu Army would be drawn out.

He rode a horse to climb the slope, the slope was not steep, but all the way sixteen miles uphill, it was too strenuous, half an hour later, before he came to Zhujiazhuang, the poor war horse was already so tired that he foamed at the mouth.

The gate was open, the weather was bitterly cold, there were only twelve soldiers at the gate, and there were no people on the wall.

"Where are your heads?" Zhu Long asked the deputy captain of the gatekeepers.

"Just changed shifts and went to the barracks!"

"Call him over!"

"Yes!" The vice-captain ran to shout that the city gates were all over.

Zhu Long didn't have the patience to wait for him, and said to Bian Xiang: "Tell him that all the personnel on duty must be in place, otherwise military law will be involved!" ”

He turned to Lu Zhishen again and said, "Master, you go back to the Xuanwu Army immediately and guard the North Camp!" I'll keep Wenda by my side to use it, and the Xuanwu Army will rely on you!" ”

Zhu Long wanted to take this opportunity to let Wenda submit a vote. It's not just Wenda, those who owe the name have to make up for it, whether it's a real brother or not, it depends on this time! I hope everyone will be smarter, be conscious, and don't make everyone look bad, otherwise don't blame being marginalized and not being reused in the future.

"Yes, I'll go here!" After speaking, he entered Zhujiazhuang, went directly to the back door, and went down the mountain from the back door, otherwise, he had to go around the edge of Dulonggang from the bottom of the mountain to Beidaying.

He, Shi Wengong, and Fan Xiu came directly to the meeting hall, and Zhu Hu, Wu Yong, Guan Sheng, and Lin Chong were all here, and they were very surprised to see Zhu Long.

Zhu Long was a little disappointed in his heart, forget it about Wu Yong, what is it for you generals to sit dutifully in the office, shouldn't you go out to inspect?

"Big brother, why did you come back so soon?"

"Lord!"

……

All four stood up to greet them.

Zhu Long arched his hand and said, "What about Chen Shou and Hu Gang?" ”

Zhu Hu replied: "Last night was Lao Hu on duty, he went to make up for sleep, today it was Chen Shou on duty during the day, he went outside to patrol, tonight it was arranged for Captain Guan, and tomorrow it will be Lin Jiaotou!" ”

I see, I misunderstood.

Zhu Long said solemnly: "I rescued Brother Fan Xiu halfway, he got an important news, Tong Guanqin led an army of 50,000 to attack my Zhujiazhuang!" ”

Wu Yong was shocked: "In this snowy weather, how can you use soldiers?" How can he silently mobilize an army of 50,000? ”

His suspicions are very reasonable, if the Great Song Dynasty can mobilize an army of 50,000 casually, then it would have swept the world a long time ago, and there would be nothing to do with Western Xia and Daliao!

"It's Jiangnan's army!" Zhu Long replied.

Wu Yong was even more frightened, and lost his voice: "Could it be that Fang La has been pacified?" ”

Fan Xiu shook his head and said, "There shouldn't be, otherwise I would have reported to the capital a long time ago." There is such a thing as retribution, everyone wants to grab the first one, even Tong Guan can't suppress it. ”

"Let's not guess about that!" Zhu Long interrupted: "Captain Guan, Sect Leader Lin, the two of you will immediately lead the Qinglong and White Tiger armies down the mountain and settle in the southern camp to defend against the enemy!" Captain Guan commanded the battle, supplemented by Lin Jiaotou and Master Luan! ”

"Yes! The subordinates set off. ”

Guan Sheng and Lin Chong didn't say a word, and went out to gather their subordinates resolutely.

Zhu Long said to Zhu Hu again: "Hurry up and send someone to invite Chen Shou and the generals of the Guards!" ”

Zhu Hu nodded and went out to make arrangements.

Bian Xiang came back and reported to Zhu Longyu: "The city gate is closed!" ”

"Good!"

After a while, Qin Ming, Wu Song, Wen Da, Chen Shou, Hu Gang, Suo Chao, Zeng Kui and others all came, and they were all surprised to see Zhu Long suddenly come back.

Wu explained the matter briefly, and then asked everyone to be ready to fight at any time.

After a simple pre-war mobilization, everyone was asked to return to their posts, leaving only Qin Ming, Wu Song, and Chen Shou.

Zhu Long asked Qin Ming, "Old Qin, how are the dragoons doing now?" ”

"The people and the war horses are in place, but the armor is not enough, in addition to the three hundred flying god armors that are cheap and filial, there are only fifty pairs of plate armor, and one hundred and fifty pairs less!"

Zhu Long said: "Then there is no way, let's make do with ordinary cavalry armor first, let them be behind!" ”

Qin Ming nodded and said, "That's the only way!" ”

"Brother Wu Song, how is the camp going? At the critical moment, you have to charge with me! ”

Wu Song said calmly: "Don't worry, the lord can shoot arrows on the horse in the guard camp, and he can form a formation when he gets off the horse, and it is no problem to charge into battle!" ”

Zhu Long laughed and said, "Okay! When you say that, I'm relieved! ”