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With a little trick, Wu deceived the heart-hungry Li Ying and his right-hand man Du Xing to Naitou Mountain, and burned Lijiazhuang into a blank field.

Seeing this, Hu Rong finally realized how fragile the family of a local tyrant and landlord like them was, if there was no big force to take care of it, it would be easy for people to ruin their families.

The key, the people on Dulonggang all know that Hu Rong married his only daughter Hu Sanniang to Jiang Hongfei, the master of the village in Shuibo Liangshan, as a concubine.

The Hu family has gone too far.

At this time, if they wait for the imperial court to send a large army to attack Shuibo Liangshan, they will follow in the footsteps of Zhujiazhuang and Lijiazhuang.

Hu Rong gritted his teeth, simply offered the family's grain and grass, and threw his family into Liangshan.

Jiang Hongfei sent people to burn Hujiazhuang to the ground, appointed Luan Yanfang as the deputy leader of the Fourth Infantry Army, and sent Yu Cheng and Luan Yanfang to lead the Fourth Infantry Army to garrison Zhujiazhuang.

He personally went to Dulonggang to exempt the people of Hujiazhuang and Lijiazhuang from debts, divide the fields and grain, and arrange for Wang Lun to send people to govern Dulonggang.

At this point, Liangshan Bo left and right, all belong to Shuibo Liangshan, Shuibo Liangshan finally became an iron plate, forming a complete base, the Zhao Song Dynasty wanted to encircle and suppress Shuibo Liangshan, the best choice is to garrison in Jeju Prefecture, which is almost half a day's journey away from Shuibo Liangshan, and other places are very unfavorable to it.

It is worth mentioning that after the extermination of Zhujiazhuang this time, Shuibo Liangshan not only got a large amount of money and grain, but also got nearly 2,000 Qi refiners captive, in addition, Hujiazhuang came to Shuibo Liangshan, and also brought more than 1,000 Qi refiners, and even after Lijiazhuang was burned to the ground by Naitou Mountain, there were more than 700 Qi refiners who came to Shuibo Liangshan.

- The other forces in the vicinity have all been wiped out by Shuibo Liangshan, if these people are unwilling to leave their hometowns, they can only throw themselves into Shuibo Liangshan, not to mention that Shuibo Liangshan's treatment is still so good, so Liangshanbo's left and right talents are almost wiped out by Shuibo Liangshan.

As a result, Shuibo Liangshan's military strength suddenly increased by three percent.

As a result, Jiang Hongfei drew out 50 regular troops and 50 auxiliary troops from the Ma 1st Army, Ma 2nd Army, Ma 3rd Army, and Ma 4th Army, plus 300 Sanzhuang low-level qi refiners and 300 garrison army auxiliaries to form the Ma Sixth Army, with Luan Yanyu as the leader and Fu Yu as the deputy leader.

Jiang Hongfei also transferred 100 regular troops and 100 auxiliary troops from the 1st Infantry Army, the 2nd Infantry Army, and the 4th Infantry Army, plus 200 low-level Qi refiners from Sanzhuang and 200 auxiliary troops from the garrison army to form the Sixth Infantry Army, with Liu Guang as the leader and Liu Qi as the deputy leader.

The remaining low-level Qi Refiners of Sanzhuang, in addition to making up for the shortcomings of the various armies, temporarily entered the garrison led by Du Qian and Song Wan to continue their training and political education.

In addition-

Hu Rong was appointed by Jiang Hongfei as the leader in charge of money and grain, and was in charge of money and grain together with Du Qian.

Hu Cheng was appointed by Jiang Hongfei as the head of the business, mainly responsible for the refined salt business of Shuibo Liangshan, and also in charge of various purchases in Shuibo Liangshan.

Kong Hou never said that he would join Shuibo Liangshan, but he is now actually in charge of Shuibo Liangshan's free clinic and medicine.

What made Jiang Hongfei a little surprised and puzzled was that Li Jun said that he would go home to pick up his family, but he never came back.

Li Jun didn't believe in his words, and he didn't want to throw himself into the water to Bo Liangshan?

Jiang Hongfei didn't believe that Li Jun was the kind of person.

Jiang Hongfei believes that Li Jun will definitely come back, but he may have been delayed by something.

……

Jieyang Town.

Li Jun's residence.

Li Jun, who had already sold his belongings, sat in the living room and was silent.

Out of the cave Jiaotong Wei saw it and asked, "Why is my brother so preoccupied, is he unwilling to go to the great sage?" ”

Li Jun shook his head: "Brother Jiang Yan's identity is willing to lead me, I am naturally a thousand willing, ten thousand willing to follow him." ”

The mirage asked fiercely: "Then why is my brother so worried?" ”

Li Jun sighed leisurely: "Alas~! I'm worried, with a few of my skills, how can I have a place in Shuibo Liangshan, which is full of talents. ”

There is no need for Tong Wei and Tong Meng to ask again, Li Jun said to himself:

"My strength, if I am on land, I can't even reach the level of a second-rate qi refiner, but in the water, I can still do something."

"But I've inquired, the two leaders of the water army in Shuibo Liangshan, Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu, are both good men who grew up in the water, and the kung fu in the water is definitely not under us, and the two of them are Jiang Yan's brother who followed Jiang Yan's brother when he started his family, and their brother-in-law Ruan Xiaoqi is the leader of Jiang Yan's brother's army, and often accompanies Jiang Yan's brother, how can I compare?"

"Brother Jiang Yan is a person who doesn't like to open a black shop to sell human flesh, and Li Li can't bring it with him, so if you count it, there are only three of my brothers."

"This goes to Shuibo Liangshan, it is inevitable that people will be underestimated, and they will be reduced to a side matter, how can there be a chance to show their strengths?"

"Therefore, I am wondering if I can invite some capable heroes to join us in Liangshan, strengthen our momentum, teach people not to underestimate us, and teach Brother Jiang Yan to reuse us."

"It's just that at this moment, I don't know where to find some heroes, and I will go to Liangshan with us to join the gang."

After listening to Li Jun's thoughts, Tong Wei said: "I am here in Jieyang, the most heroic is my brother, followed by the brothers of the Mu family and the brothers of the Zhang family, how about inviting the four of them to Shuibo Liangshan to join the gang?" ”

Li Jun shook his head: "As a wealthy family, the Mu family brothers will definitely not leave Jieyang to go to Liangshan as a last resort; The business of the Zhang brothers is also very prosperous, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to leave Jieyang and go to Liangshan to join the family. ”

Tong Wei and Tong Meng thought about it.

Tong Meng said suddenly: "I think of a group of people coming, and they will definitely go to Liangshan with me." ”

Li Jun hurriedly asked, "Which group?" ”

Tong Meng said: "In Huangmen Mountain, not far from my Jiangzhou, there is a group of strongmen, led by Ou Peng, nicknamed Moyun Golden Wing, Huangzhou people's clan, born in a military household, and there are three heroes under him, namely Jiang Jing, the god operator, the iron flute Xian Ma Lin, and the nine-tailed turtle Tao Zongwang, all four of them have no ambitions, and always want to find a big mountain to rest the horse and seek refuge. ”

Li Jun slapped his hands with a high-five: "How did I forget about him!" I immediately took a letter of resignation, and the virtuous brother took it to Huangmen Mountain to hand it over to Ou Peng, and invited him to go to Liangshan to join the gang together. ”

Tong Meng took the order and went to Huangmen Mountain with Li Jun's handwritten letter......

After Tong Meng left, Li Jun still didn't have a smile.

Tong Wei saw it and asked, "Brother thinks that counting the four heroes of the Yellow Gate is not enough?" ”

Li Jun smiled bitterly: "The four heroes of the Yellow Gate, compared with me, have the most skills, and going together is just the icing on the cake, and the gain is limited." ”

Tong Wei thought for a while and said: "I have heard people say that there are also four heroes on Taihu Lake, namely 'Red Whiskered Dragon' Fei Bao, 'Curly Tiger' Ni Yun, 'Skinny Bear' Di Cheng, and 'Taihu Jiao' Bu Qing. These four heroes were originally begging for clothes and food in the green forest, and I don't know what the reason is, the strongman who occupied the mountain as the king, now came to find this place, and the place named Yuliuzhuang became a water bandit. Because this Yuliuzhuang is surrounded by deep ports, non-ships can not enter, and they have good water skills, so no one dares to intrude. ”

After a pause, Tong Wei said: "It is said that these four people have special respect for the righteous characters and heroes, and in the name of the great sage, they will invite the four of them to join the gang in Liangshan, which may not be impossible." ”

Li Jun had also heard of the name of the Four Masters of Taihu Lake, and felt that Tong Wei was reasonable, so he said: "In this case, Brother Xian, you work hard, go to Taihu Lake to see if you can invite the four of them to join the gang in Liangshan." ”

After Tong Wei received the order, he took Li Jun's handwritten letter and went to Yuliuzhuang in Taihu Lake......

After Tong Wei left, Li Jun still didn't get happy.

What do you say?

Li Jun felt that the skills of the four heroes of Huangmen and Taihu Lake were too ordinary, and they were not heavyweights at all, and they could not make him stand out among the talented Liangshan heroes, and he was treated differently by Jiang Hongfei.

"We still need one or two heavyweight people to join us to join Brother Jiang Yan......"

……

Let's say that Song Jiang and his younger brother Song Qing lived in Chai Jinzhuang for more than half a year.

For more than half a year, Song Jiang has been thinking about his lawsuit for killing Yan Poxi, and he is also worried that his father, Song Taiguild, will not be affected by his lawsuit, so he asked his younger brother Song Qing to go home to find out the news.

Soon after Song Qing returned home, he wrote to Song Jiang saying that with the help of Zhu Tong and Lei Heng, his lawsuit did not affect his family, and Song Qing did not have to flee anymore.

During the time that Song Jiang was at Chai Jin's house, he played and hunted with Chai Jin every day, and after a long time, he felt bored.

It just so happened that Kong Taigong of Baihu Mountain repeatedly sent people to Song Jiang's house to greet Song Jiang, and Song Qing saw that Kong Taigong really cared about Song Jiang, so he told Kong Taigong the news that Song Jiang was hiding in Chai Jinzhuang.

After Kong Taigong learned the news, he immediately sent someone to Chai Jin's Zhuangzi to invite Song Jiang to stay at his house for a while.

So, Song Jiang said goodbye to Chai Jin and came to the village of Kong Taigong in Baihu Mountain, and when he was fine, he taught Kong Taigong's two sons, Mao Touxing Kong Ming and Duma Kong Ming, to practice exercises and martial arts.

Song Jiang lived in Kong Taigong's village for more than half a year.

In fact, Song Jiang originally wanted to go to Qingfeng Village to meet his former friend Hua Rong.

But before Song Jiang's accident, Hua Rong often wrote to greet Song Jiang, and after Song Jiang's accident, Hua Rong had no news.

This made Song Jiang suspicious.

Song Jiang also learned through Chai Jin, Kong Ming and Kong Liang that in the past year or so, Hua Rong's official fortune has been unimpeded, and he has become the second or third person in the Qingzhou military, and now he is training troops to encircle and suppress Qingzhen Mountain, and he should not have time to entertain Song Jiang.

Song Jiang could only give up and continue to stay in Kongjiazhuang.

On this day, Song Jiang, Kong Ming and Kong Liang were eating and drinking in the tavern, when suddenly ten men came to escort the three prisoners into the hotel.

Seeing this, Kong Liang scolded: "Unlucky, I didn't look at the yellow calendar when I came out today, but I met such a decrepit person." ”

Song Jiang heard the words and educated: "Brother Xianyan, most of the people who passed through here went to Shamen Island, and they were already in a desperate situation, so why do you speak ill of each other?" ”

In the Water Margin world, it is common to be stabbed, and the Zhao and Song dynasties are also the most favorite stabbing dynasty.

But there is actually a difference between a stab match and a thorn match.

In short, in the early period of the Zhao and Song dynasties, the penal colonies were divided into ten ranks, which in order of severity, they were: Bencheng, Benzhou, Linzhou, 500 li, 1 Qianli, 2 li, 3 li, Guangnan, Yuanbadland, and Shamen Island.

- Later, in the first year of Song Zhezong's Yuanfu, the place of exile was changed to nine ranks, and the last two were Yuanwei Junzhou and Shamen Island.

The so-called Yuanwei Prefecture refers to: Nan'en, Xinxun, Mei, Gao, Lei, Hua, Bin, Rong, Qiongzhou, Wan'an, Changhua, and Jiyangjun.

These places are all in the Guangnan area of the Zhao and Song dynasties, and because these areas have not yet been developed, they are not only remote, but also have the poison of miasma, and the living environment is very bad. Suffice it to say, many of the people who go to these places will die.

——In the "History of the Song Dynasty", it is said that "in the land of Chunzhou miasma, those who are worthy of the subordinates die eight or nine out of ten", and the mortality rate reaches 890%, which is really terrifying.

However, the danger of these far-flung military states, which have a mortality rate of up to eighty or ninety percent, can only rank second-to-last.

One can imagine how terrible Salmon Island, which is ranked first from the bottom.

Salmon Island is a deserted island belonging to Dengzhou, sixty miles away from Dengzhou, and if you are assigned there, it is almost impossible to escape alive without a boat.

There's nothing to be afraid of, if you can't escape, then don't run away, right?

What is truly terrifying about Salmon Island is its horrific mortality rate!

During the time of Song Renzong, Wang Juyuan, who was the transfer envoy of Jingdong Road at the time, mentioned the situation on Shamen Island when he reported to Song Renzong.

"If we count the number of 300 men a year, about 3,000 in 10 years, and 2,000 people are under charge except for one point of death, and now only 180 people are under control."

That is: in ten years, Salmon Island, which was supposed to have 3,000 prisoners, turned out to be only 180.

This mortality rate is as high as 94 percent!

Why do so many people die?

First of all, Salmon Island is very small, with 80 families on it, and can only afford 300 prisoners.

If it exceeds the number of people that Salmon Island can support, it doesn't mean that someone is going to die.

However, the Zhao and Song Dynasty sent prisoners to Shamen Island every year, and these prisoners were all the kind of repeat offenders who were not pardoned, which was equivalent to life imprisonment.

In this way, it is almost equivalent to more than 300 people (including the jailers), and one person must die.

What's more, Li Qing, the owner of Shamen Island, likes to kill criminals very much.

Whenever there was an excess of prisoners, Li Qing threw these excess people into the sea to feed the fish.

In just two years, Li Qing used this method to kill 700 people.

These are not nothing, there are a lot of perverted jailers on Salmon Island who take pleasure in torturing people.

In other words, the prisoners who went to Salmon Island were simply worse than dead.

It is precisely because of the danger of Salmon Island, the death rate is extremely high, and life is better than death, in the eyes of people in this world, Salmon Island is a ghost gate, a human region.

Therefore, the vast majority of prisoners would rather die than go to Salmon Island.

In "Water Margin", the reason why Deng Fei wanted to save Pei Xuan was because he knew that if Pei Xuan was sent to Salmon Island, there would be no return; And Dong Chao and Xue Ba said to Lu Junyi that "going to Salmon Island is also death", which is not an exaggeration.

At this moment, one of the three prisoners was a red-eyed man, listening to Song Jiang's words, thinking of the horror of Shamen Island, and an unwilling look appeared in his eyes, and the other two men, one tall and one short, were also the same.

After being ordered to squat by the wall, the red-eyed man saw Kong Liang, who had just scolded them for his bad luck, and his heart moved, and then he thought about it......

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As shown in the picture!

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