The team of Tatehanko finally appeared on the horizon, and from a distance, it looked like ants busy moving before the rain, dense and endless. They were crossing the river on the side of the Jade Pavilion, and they could even see the boats passing on the river from the north wall.

It is conceivable that he must regard Yuting Town as his own camp, but fortunately, the town has carried out the most thorough clearing of the walls under the leadership of the Wu family, and in the words of Wu Xuanye's boasting: not even a piece of toilet paper has been left.

Of course, such an empty situation must have annoyed the enemy, so many fires and pillars of smoke rose, and the townsman who had a home on the city wall in the Jade Pavilion wept when he saw it.

Li Dan stopped the officer's behavior of scolding, called the calmers as well, and told everyone:

"There is no need to stop it, seeing that the hometown has been destroyed, it is understandable that there is nowhere to vent and cry out of anger, as long as it is not scared to pee, it means that this person still has the courage to express his anger.

Let them cry, but the officers and the regents should be guided afterwards. Let the brethren remember this vengeance, and we will not be soft-hearted, until we face the bandits, and that is the time to collect debts from them." The crowd heard and said with a loud voice.

However, the fireworks did not last long before they gradually went out, one was that it was still raining, and the air was too humid to affect the fire, and the other reason was that Tatehana was very clever and ordered to extinguish the fire immediately.

"On such a rainy and rainy day, do you want to live in the rain when you burn down your house? Don't you have a brain?" Annoyed, he ordered the open-air campers involved in the arson not to occupy the houses, and no one dared to do such a stupid thing again.

But that's not the only thing that hurts Tatehanako. This time the troops did not go well, first Dong Qihao was overjoyed and almost ruined the team in Poyang.

That team he placed in Poyang was not only to defend the official army, but also to lead the mining team in the mountains to come out, but this kid almost overturned and destroyed his painstaking layout, causing the main force to delay in Poyang for so long before going south again.

The first news he heard after going south was that there was a fight in several villages in Huxi, and he was very annoyed at this time, I am very happy that you are rubbing against each other, but you can't mess around at any time!

He immediately sent an envoy to Chen Yuanhai to ask what had happened. Of course, he didn't know that Chen Yuanhai had actually died at this moment, and his envoy couldn't find anyone at all!

When I arrived at Leijiawan, I heard that Mao Taigong, a fool, had lost a game, and asked someone to ambush and lose thirty percent of his troops. forced him to change the capture to a siege, and it was obvious that he could not count on the thousand or so people in Dushan.

Now Tatehuazi only has 6,000 troops in his hands, and they are all chirping, with all kinds of complaints and mutual responsibilities, which makes him doubt that such a team can take down Yugan County?

After thinking about it, he had to join forces with Huxi as soon as possible, so that with eight or nine thousand men and horses, and then surround Yu Gan from the south and west, so that he would have a lot of certainty of winning this fruit!

Thinking of this, he turned over and dismounted, and walked into the mansion that everyone had chosen for him. This is the former Wu Mansion, and now it is empty except for the tables, chairs and benches, and the bed frame without the bedding.

But Tatehanako didn't have the heart to take care of this, he walked into the living room without looking back, and instructed his subordinates: "Invite Martial Master Lin, just say that I want to ask him to help me do something."

After a while, a man wrapped in a wet black cloak entered the house, took off his hat and placed it at the door, clenched his fists and asked, "The big boss is looking for me, but is there something wrong?"

"Master Lin, please take a seat." Tatehanako was polite, and Master Lin said that he didn't dare to take it seriously, and then sat down on the chair by the door, turned around and looked at Tatehuako, waiting for him to speak.

"Our army has arrived at Yugan City," Tatehuako said hesitantly, "but for some reason, Chen Yuanhai's department on the West Road has not yet come to contact us.

They should have taken Santang Town and started marching on Yugan, so the lack of news made me feel very unsure."

"Understood, the big boss wants me to go to Santang Town for a while?"

Tatekako nodded, "I'm not worried about anything else, I'm just afraid that something will happen to them, or ...... The owners of the village have different opinions, and it is possible that they have not sent troops at all, so I want to bother Master Lin to take a trip."

"Why don't the big bosses send a sentry for this kind of thing?"

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Master Lin didn't know, the rest of the group training was very powerful, there was no road guide to grasp, and there was a road guide to say that he didn't understand. The four sentinels I sent out before were all lost, and I'm afraid it will be the same this time, so I want to ask you to come out."

Martial Master Nalin smiled and put the waist knife he had taken off on the coffee table and leaned back: "Why does the big master think that I can definitely do it? Am I not without a guide?"

"You are different from them, first, you are a martial artist, a famous man in the rivers and lakes, relying on this name is enough to walk on the ground, no matter black or white, you have to give face; Second, your martial arts are excellent, how can you compare with a few sentinels?

Even if you encounter 20 or 30 people who block the road and interrogate them, it will not be difficult to deal with them." After saying this, Tatehanko stepped forward and made up:

"Master Lin, since you came to contempt people, I have never asked too much. This time, if you can help me communicate the news, I am grateful, but we don't owe each other, how can we?"

Martial Master Lin lowered his head and thought about it. His original name was Lin Baotong, the word Zifeng, and he was a native of Bozhou.

Later, he studied martial arts in Southern Shaolin and Sanqingguan respectively, so he lived in Jiangnan most of the time, and had a deeper understanding of the humanities and geography here during his travels.

This knotweed flower is a "giant coward" in the mouth of the official army, but when he was bitten by a snake, he saved him and handed it over to the army doctor for treatment, otherwise he would have died a long time ago.

Master Lin therefore promised to stay and teach Tatehanako's personal martial arts for three years without taking a penny, but he would never participate in such things as robbing homes and robbing houses, attacking cities and uprooting villages, which was also approved by Tatehuazi.

Now what he wants to do by himself is just to communicate the news on both sides, and it is okay. He then looked up and asked, "I will take the disciples with me."

"Yes." Tatehanko had guessed that he would say that. The apprentice that Master Lin said was a little beggar he picked up, and it was this kid who knelt in front of the horse and begged Tatehuazi to save people, and their master and apprentice were inseparable.

Tatehuazi knew that it was actually useless to keep that little guy, but it made Master Lin feel a knot in his heart, so it was better to be a favor.

He is not the kind of short-sighted character who takes a little cleverness as a witty character, and immediately ordered someone to take a paper to repair a book to Chen Yuanhai, and at the same time took three hundred copper coins and a collar of soft armor (chain mail, which can be worn inside to be more hidden) and gave it to him.

Master Lin only took two hundred dollars, and the rest of them politely declined, because he felt that this thing was useless and easy to expose his identity. He hurriedly ate with his apprentices, filled the jug with wine and went on the road.

The little apprentice is actually not young, he has eaten at the age of fourteen this year, and he is very active behind Lin Baotong. Master Lin sometimes annoys him, but the little guy is stunned when he is not in him for a while.

Alas, when I thought I was a cat and a dog, he would follow if he liked, who knew that he was still there after walking thousands of miles, so let him be.

"Master's departure from that bandit den is so wise!" The little apprentice gave a thumbs up and said, "I knew that you and they were not all the way, and sooner or later we will part ways!"

"This kid, where do you see that I'm not the same as them?" Lin Baotong deliberately wanted to try him.

"In the past, you couldn't bear to see the meat tickets they tied back, and today, when we passed by those houses that were set on fire, I saw you frowning!" The little apprentice is proud of his cleverness.

"That's all the proper meaning of being a human being." Lin Baotong looked back and saw that he was already far away from the camp of Tatehuazi, turned around and touched the little brain of the apprentice and said:

"You can't be self-righteous at any time. You can't be arrogant and superior to others just because you have a sword in your hand, and you can't oppress the good and squeeze the flesh and blood of others just because you have a seal in your hand.

Do you remember the little bowl? If you grow up to be an official and drive out these evil deeds, Master will not recognize you and will be the first to take your head!"

Xiao Wan'er's face changed, and she hurriedly laughed and coaxed the master to be happy: "Look at what you said, why is it okay to talk to me?

If you put a hundred hearts, I won't do that lack of virtue. Besides, with my Li Xiaowan'er's virtue, it's almost as good as a beggar's head, so don't think about it!"

Lin Baotong was amused by the apprentice and laughed and said, "My apprentice's ability can only be a beggar's head, that would be too bad!" Look at the book

As the two of them spoke, they were getting farther and farther away from Yuting Town

, but it is getting closer and closer to the county seat of Yugan. Lin Baotong walked up to the top and stood on his feet, turned to look at the heavy and thick city wall in the gloomy sky and shook his head.

"Why are you shaking your head?" The small bowl that came up from behind wiped the rain from his face and asked.

Lin Baotong pointed with his hand: "Look, that's the county town of Yugan that Master Tate's and his team are going to attack."

Xiao Wan'er looked at it and grinned, "Mother, this is the county seat? It's so big! Master, we've walked through so many counties before, and it seems that few of them can compare to it, right?"

"Not really." Lin Baotong nodded: "In the past, this was the state governance of Raozhou, and the state governance was changed to Poyang when the dynasty was founded. If I hadn't been bitten by a snake, you would have been able to see Poyang City, which is much smaller than here!"

"However, it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, otherwise how would I have opened my eyes to see the remainder?"

Lin Baotong looked at the apprentice a little surprised: "Well, you are quite good at talking!" He looked at the city again:

"No, isn't this city built later, why does it seem to be higher than in the past? And there weren't so many horses and battlements before, but you see that the horses in the northwest corner are still round."

"Master, there seems to be a pavilion built on it." Xiao Wan'er's eyes were sharp, and he jumped up and pointed and shouted.

"No, it's definitely not!" Lin Baotong frowned: "Where was the previous city wall like this? This must have been repaired.

Can...... If it has been repaired, the master of Tateda should have paid attention, why haven't I heard him mention it?" As he spoke, he turned his head to look in the direction of Yuting Town.

Xiao Wan'er knew what he was thinking when he saw the master's expression, and immediately said:

"Master, you said that you don't care about all the they are fighting and killing. Let's go in a hurry, where to go, it's best to avoid it!"

As soon as he said this, Lin Baotong immediately dispelled the idea of going back to inform Tatehuazi, put his hand on the apprentice's shoulder and slowly turned around: "That's right, the big boss is not stupid, how can he not send someone to the city to investigate?"

Let's go in a hurry, what are we going to do?" After walking a few steps, he suddenly said again, "Little Bowl, do you know who this remnant guard is?"

"I don't know." Xiao Wan'er shook his head: "I think it is a general, eight feet tall, with a horse in his crotch and a five-strand fork in ......his hand."

Lin Baotong laughed: "You said that it was the Heavenly King at the gate of the temple, and he was eight feet tall!

Tell you, the guards of that city are not yet sixteen this year, and they are only ten months older than you!" After finishing speaking, I didn't hear the reaction from behind, and when I looked back, I saw Xiao Wan'er standing in place and looked at myself in surprise.

"Master, are you teasing me? How can there be a sixteen-year-old general?"

"He's not a general." Lin Baotong beckoned him to follow, telling him that this was a son of Yugan Li Mansion, and his current official title was the deputy envoy of the Southern Metropolitan Inspector of Jiupin and the Raozhou Regiment.

"Is he very good at fighting, or why? My surname is Lee, and his surname is Lee, and he leads the army to fight, but I can only be a beggar!" Xiaowan'er was not convinced.

"Hey, don't be convinced, listen to me tell you his story......

So on the way behind, Lin Baotong told the apprentice what he heard about Li Dan's life experience and his escort of military rations to Guangxin, and then designed to cooperate with the official army to break Yintuo and force Lou to withdraw from the army

。 The more Xiao Wan'er listened, the more silent she became, frowning and not speaking, just bowing her head and following all the way.

They walked quite quickly, ate well and slept well in the camp of Tatehanako, and at this time they were far away from them, and both were martial arts practitioners, so they swam across the river from the south of the port that day.

At night, after eating the fish caught in the pond and lying on the ground and smelling the aroma of grass, Xiao Wan'er remembered to ask, "Master, where are we going this time?" You've been going west, do you want to go to Nanchang?"

In his memory, Master said that there is no greater city in the world than Jinling, followed by Gusu, Lin'an and Nanchang. Therefore, he is especially looking forward to going to this big city in the world, to see the prosperity, and to see the world that he has never seen before.

For this child's innocence, Lin Baotong smiled and asked, "Do you want to go to Nanchang so much? I thought you'd be more than happy to see the rest of the mile."

"Yu Gan......," the little guy twisted his body and thought for a long time, "Why don't you go to Yu Gan first, and then go to Nanchang!"

Lin Baotong laughed: "You kid, do you want to go to that Li Sanlang for a comparison?" Then he told the boy earnestly:

"We're going to Santang Town, and if we can't find anyone there, I'm afraid we'll have to go to Jinxi Lake or Shinao Village."

"What?" Xiao Wan'er was taken aback when she heard this: "Master, isn't that, still the territory of the bandits? What are you doing there? Do you have to go?"

"Actually, it doesn't matter, it's just to send a letter for the head of the family." Lin Baotong roughly said the matter: "I am down-to-earth when the letter is delivered, and it can be regarded as repaying him for saving me."

The rain had stopped, and while the two of them were drying their clothes, they were pulling east and west sentences under the starry sky. Finally, they don't live under the wings of others, and they are in a good mood.

Looking at the stars in the clear night sky, like all the elders in later generations, Lin Baotong asked Xiao Wan'er to recite those famous passages in "Guwen Guanzhi" for him.

Carrying and carrying, the campfire gradually quieted down, and the two slept on the tarpaulin and reed mats and snored one after another.