Yue Fei's subordinate Zhang Xian had actually joined the rebels.

At that time, Lin Chong and Bai Qi led 1,000 partial divisions to the south, attacking prefectures and counties along the way and expanding the army, and Zhang Xian was incorporated into the army in his hometown in Langzhong.

Because of his courage in battle, he has made many achievements, and after two expansions, Zhang Xian has been promoted to battalion commander. He commanded 500 soldiers under his command, and was currently stationed in southern Sichuan with Lin Chong.

The name of the battalion-level commander can already be seen by Zhu Ming.

But Zhu Ming didn't think much about it at all, he couldn't guess that it was Yue Fei's general, and thought that it was just the same name and surname.

As for Yue Fei himself, because Zhu Ming asked for it by name, the monarchs and ministers of the court were also quite curious.

But it's just curiosity, a little-known little person, just throw it to the Zhu thief. If you don't give it, what if the Zhu thief uses this as an excuse to send troops from Nanyang to the north?

In order to exterminate the thieves in Hebei and Shandong, the imperial court couldn't even take care of Zhong Xiang, who was called the emperor, let alone garrison heavy troops to guard Nanyang.

In March this year, Tong Guan and Liang Fangping, two eunuchs, took the lead in taking the forbidden army and the box army to suppress the thieves.

But Song Huizong let Zhang Shuye be the boss, and Tong Guan was unwilling to be subservient, so he took matters into his own hands and went to Lianghuai to open up Cao Yun and defeat Cui Dalang who was entrenched there.

Although Liang Fangping went to Shandong, he did not listen to Uncle Zhang's orders, and was defeated by the thief Yang Tianwang.

Fortunately, Uncle Zhang had expected it and took a group of township soldiers to the rescue, and set up an ambush halfway to defeat the chasing thieves. At the same time, Zong Ze took thousands of village soldiers to attack the thief Kou City, and copied the nest of the thief chief Yang Tianwang.

Yang Tianwang was blocked by Zhang Shuye and Zong Ze before and after, and was forced to accept Zhao'an, and became Zhang Shuye's general with more than a thousand remnants.

After Tong Guan's victory in Lianghuai, he immediately went north to Shandong, and without saying hello to Uncle Zhang, he went to attack Wuhu and Jia Jin in Yizhou.

No matter how the Shengjie army belongs to the young master soldiers, the physique is there, and the armor is there.

And Wu Hu and Jia Jin had no natural danger to defend, and suffered two defeats in succession. Jia Jin quietly accepted Zhao'an, and Li Ying and Wai cooperated to help Tong Guan break through Yizhou, and Wu Hu rushed to Haizhou with hundreds of remnants.

Tong Guan took advantage of the victory to pursue, and Zhang Fang, the thief chief of Haizhou, was frightened and killed the fleeing Wu Hu to accept Zhao'an.

At this time, Zhang Shuye, Zong Ze, and Liang Fangping had recovered Yanzhou, but the Jinan thief Sun Lie had 100,000 troops, and it was difficult to defeat for a while. Uncle Zhang asked Tong Guan to come to help, but Tong Guan still didn't listen to the military order, and led his troops to fight the Mizhou thieves.

In any case, most of Shandong has returned to the hands of the imperial court.

It's just that there are still many displaced people, and there are still many remnants of anti-thieves who have fled into the mountains. Once the officers and soldiers leave Shandong, these remaining thieves will be able to go out of the mountains and coerce the displaced people to grow strong again.

The root cause of the inexhaustible suppression of thieves lies in the fact that the common people do not have enough to eat.

The western army of Yao Gu, Liu Yanqing, Chongshizhong, Liu Xi and others is still on the march, and they are going to be sent to Hebei to suppress thieves, and by the way, help Guo Yaoshi in Yanjing suppress the uprising.

Xiangzhou, Tangyin.

Yue Fei is farming at home, his own land is not enough to eat, and he is also working on other people's land.

The state is recruiting daring soldiers again, but this time it is to suppress bandits.

But Yue Fei couldn't go, he had to hold a funeral for his father.

"Pengju, Pengju!"

Yue Fei put down the hoe and turned around to look, but it was fellow villager Wang Gui who came.

Wang Gui had already been recruited as a junior officer who dared to fight, and hurriedly ran to say: "There are officials in the state who are inquiring about you, and they also say that you have dealings with anti-thieves...... It's not a good thing anyway, so you can run away. ”

It would be too humiliating to give the brave and strong man a gift to the thief.

The imperial court will definitely conceal the truth, only saying that Yue Fei colluded with the thieves, and then arrested his whole family and quietly sent him to Hanzhong.

The eunuch sent by the Song Hui Sect first went to ask Zhizhou.

Although the Han family is hereditary Xiangzhou Zhizhou, it can only be inherited by the eldest son. If the eldest son has been promoted elsewhere, and the eldest son of the eldest son is not qualified to be an official for the time being, the governor of Xiangzhou will temporarily let the liuguan take the position.

Now this Zhizhou is a foreigner, where does he know what Yue Fei?

I heard the eunuch say that Yue Fei was a martial artist, so he sent an official to inquire in the army, and Wang Gui immediately got the news.

Yue Fei said angrily: "Who is staining my innocence? I'm not going to run away, I'm going to confront him! ”

Wang Gui said: "The official has two mouths, how can you confront it?" Hebei and Shandong are suppressing thieves everywhere, you can flee to any state or county, kill thieves and make meritorious contributions to military duties, and you can wash away filth and prove your innocence. When the time comes, you have killed many thieves, and who else dares to say that you colluded with thieves? ”

Yue Fei suppressed the anger in his heart and thought that Wang Gui was reasonable.

He returned home with his hoe, said goodbye to his mother and wife, and fled that night with his weapon.

A few days later, a eunuch came to Tangyin with an official messenger and went straight to Yue Fei's village, and began to inquire about the address outside the village.

Yue Fei's wife, Liu, was shocked when she heard the news, abandoned her mother-in-law and young son, and hurriedly fled back to her parents' house to avoid trouble.

The eunuch couldn't find Yue Fei, so he had to arrest his family and hand him over.

Even Liu, who was hiding in his mother's house, was arrested by the official. Although Yue Fei fled, his mother, wife and son were sent to Hanzhong by the government......

At the same time, the eunuch also said to the villagers: "If Yue Fei comes back, let him go to Hanzhong immediately, and our family will send his family first." ”

Wang Gui had been secretly observing, and couldn't help but stand up at this time: "Zhonggui is polite, I am Yue Fei's friend, may I ask what he has done?" ”

"Since you are his friend, you will help to inquire in many ways," the eunuch explained, "I don't know who recommended it, but when the Zhu thief in Hanzhong learned that Yue Fei was brave, he asked the court by name for this person. ”

The more Wang Gui listened, the more confused he became: "Since he is a thief, why did the imperial court send a strong man over?" ”

The face of the imperial court is important, and this matter cannot be elaborated.

The eunuch said angrily: "Don't ask more questions that shouldn't be asked, anyway, let Yue Fei hurry up to Hanzhong to reunite with his family!" ”

"Yes!"

Wang Gui bowed down and retreated, and the second monk was puzzled.

……

Yue Fei didn't come, but a fierce man came uninvited.

Li Xiaozhong, a native of Longxi, did not stay well in Longxi, and went to the border to observe the mountains and rivers all day long.

While observing the terrain, they will also take the opportunity to snatch the horses of the Western Xia herdsmen. Then the horses were sold, and the money obtained was used to make friends with heroes, and to set up wine and feasts at home all day long.

When the money is almost spent, go to the border to grab horses.

"This war horse is getting harder and harder to grab." Li Xiaozhong lay on the hill and observed the mountain pastures below.

His companion Yan Ping was also a hero, and said with a smile: "Those people on the border of Western Xia have long been robbed by us, where do they dare to graze alone?" There are not five or six with bows and knives, and they will not show up if they are killed. ”

Li Xiaozhong said: "There are five people in total, all with weapons, whether to rob or not?" ”

"Grab it, I'm afraid of an egg!" Yan Ping said.

These two bold guys led the war horses down the mountain quietly, and immediately got on their horses and galloped near the pasture.

The five Xixia people on the opposite side immediately rode up to meet them, and one of them even blew the horn to try to summon the clansmen from the nearby pasture.

Li Xiaozhong can hold a strong bow and shoot arrows from a long distance.

Both sides were galloping, and at such a distance, an arrow hit Fanren's shoulder.

In order to protect their property, those people were also extremely brave, and they didn't run away when they were shot, and they continued to rush and kill desperately.

The distance is getting closer and closer, and the Fan people immediately charge after shooting arrows, they know that Li Xiaozhong's archery skills are very good, and they will definitely suffer a loss if they continue to ride and shoot.

Li Xiaozhong shot an arrow again, hitting the fanren in the chest.

The Fanren herdsmen only wore rudimentary leather armor, and they couldn't stop the strong bow at all, and the shot in the chest was almost finished.

Yan Ping's side also shot an arrow into Fanren's arm.

The two sides staggered, Li Xiaozhong picked one fan down, and Yan Ping also stabbed another fan.

With two against five, win easily.

Two of the wounded and not dead were so frightened that they rode their horses and fled for their lives.

Li Xiaozhong and Yan Ping did not chase either, gathered the three enemy's war horses, and left the battlefield as fast as possible. As for the cattle and sheep in the meadow, it was inconvenient for them to take them away, and it was all over when more people chased them.

The two returned to Lanzhou and went directly to the horse market to sell horses.

Not long after standing there, an official came over and said: "These three are all good horses, and they must not be sold privately, but they must all be sold to the Tea and Horse Division." ”

Li Xiaozhong was puzzled: "Why can't you sell it now if you could sell it last month?" ”

"If you can't sell it, you can't sell it," the official said impatiently, "Every horse is five times, and the tea and horse division have all been collected!" ”

Li Xiaozhong said angrily: "These three horses are all Fanren's mounts, although they are not the best horses, but they are also on the battlefield, is it too cheap to sell a horse for five times?" ”

The official said: "The horses on the border land are naturally cheap." Even if it is involved in the horse market, it must be sold if it is not sold. If you disobey again, your mounts will be confiscated! ”

"Forget it," Yan Ping tugged at the corner of Li Xiaozhong's clothes and whispered, "A good man doesn't suffer immediate losses." ”

The two had no choice but to sell their horses cheaply.

The more Li Xiaozhong thought about it, the more angry he became, and went to inquire with other vendors in the horse market.

They had many acquaintances here, and a horse dealer saw that the official was far away, so he cautiously said: "The Tea and Horse Division has recently collected the horses, and they are sold to the Zhu thief in Hanzhong." On the side of the Zhu thief, there are not only the famous mountain tea that the Fan people have always liked, but also the black tea that has been quite popular among the Fan people and aristocrats recently. ”

Li Xiaozhong was surprised: "Duda Tea and Horse Division actually do business with anti-thieves? ”

The horse dealer said with a smile: "The Zhu thief in Hanzhong is not ordinary, I heard that several officials and troops have been defeated, and the court has negotiated peace with the Zhu thief." Now that peace has been negotiated, of course business can be done. ”

Li Xiaozhong asked, "Where is the tea horse official of Zhu Thief?" ”

The horse dealer said: "In Lanzhou, officials, soldiers, and tea men are all there, and they are surrounded by the tea and horse division to prohibit non-governmental contact. The Tea and Horse Division wanted to do a unique business, and the people were not allowed to sell horses to the Zhu thief. ”

Li Xiaozhong became interested in the Zhu thief, and felt that he was a good man who could force the court to negotiate peace.

He and Yan Ping waited in Lanzhou for half a month, and finally saw Zhu Thief's tea and horse officer, leaving with more than 160 good horses, as well as a lot of grain, forage, and bean cakes.

Li Xiaozhong stopped outside the city, and the soldiers escorting the war horses immediately raised their weapons.

"Don't misunderstand, I'm a ranger in Longxi, and I want to inquire about Mr. Zhu in Hanzhong." Li Xiaozhong directly explained his intentions.

When the horse buyer saw that he was riding a good horse, carrying a weapon, and being in good health, he immediately said, "Hanzhong welcomes righteous men from all walks of life, and Your Excellency can come with me." ”

Li Xiaozhong asked about the various policies of Hanzhong, and the horse buying officials all answered in detail.

After some Q&A, Li Xiaozhong became more and more curious about Hanzhong, and said: "I'll go with my friends first, if Hanzhong is really a good place, then write a letter to summon more brothers." ”

The horse buyer said happily: "That's right, I don't know your honorable name?" ”

Li Xiaozhong thought about it, decided to take a fake name, and replied with a fist: "My name is Li Yanxian." ”

(End of chapter)