The lake and the autumn moon are in harmony,

There are no goggles on the surface of the pond and no polishing.

Looking at the mountains and rivers of Dongting,

A green snail on a silver plate.

The scenery of Dongting Lake is beautiful and beautiful, and it looks like a beautiful picture from a distance.

Connecting the distant mountains, swallowing the Yangtze River, the vast and mighty, the endless horizon, the sand is white, the grass is like grass, the morning sun and the sunset, the weather is thousands.

Since ancient times, it has attracted countless literati and artists to fall in love with it and enjoy a good reputation.

As the saying goes, the mountains eat the mountains, the water depends on the water, and there are countless houses on both sides of the strait that are built in secret.

However, in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, wars broke out, Jin soldiers invaded, and the smoke was filled, which can be described as the people's misery and misery.

In the third year of Jianyan, the imperial court was forced by the Jin army to attack and retreat southward to seek to settle in the south of the Yangtze River.

When the Jin army pressed on, the imperial court routed the army and levied heavy taxes along the way, arousing the Jiangnan bandits to rebel.

In February of the fourth year of Jianyan, headed by the Dingzhou Wuling bandit Kou Zhongxiang, he gathered people to plot chaos, organized forces to resist the imperial court's soldiers and horses, broke Zhou County, burned official mansions, killed corrupt officials, and called on the nobles and lows, rich and poor, and Ding, Li, Tan, Yue, Chen and other prefectures and counties responded.

In March of the same year, General Kong Yanzhou led the rest of the troops to suppress it, but the bandit army refused to surrender and fought hard.

However, the bandits were powerful, Sun Yanzhou's department lacked food and grass and did not know the water war, and was ambushed by the bandits, and the bandits won the first battle.

Later, General Kong Yanzhou sent spies to infiltrate Zhong Xiang and other bandits, acting as an internal response, Zhong Xiang's forces were defeated, and they were captured and killed by the imperial court to shock Xiaoxiao.

After the bandit leader Zhong Xiang was exterminated, hundreds of thousands of bandits were transferred to the Dongting Lake area under the leadership of Yang Mo and Xia Cheng.

In the first year of Shaoxing, Cheng Changyu, the envoy of Dingli Town and the governor of Dingzhou, led the army to besiege Xia Cheng Water Village, and was defeated by bandits at the mouth of the Xialan River.

After the bandits seized the vehicles and ships of the official army, they extensively cut down timber from Ding, Li, and other places, wantonly built large ships with vehicles and buildings, and fortified them tightly, increasing their strength day by day.

In April of the third year of Shaoxing, Yang Mo and others set up Zhong Ziyi, the young son of the bandit Kou Zhongxiang, as the crown prince, established himself as the king, called himself the Great Sage Heavenly King, and rebuilt the power of Chu against the imperial court.

Since then, he has repeatedly besieged the imperial court forces, harassed traders everywhere, and finally became a major trouble, and the imperial court immediately sent troops to ask for it.

In June, Jingnan and Tanding Liyue placed Wang Qi to lead tens of thousands of people and hundreds of warships, and together with Cui Zeng and Gao Jin, they approached Dongting Lake.

In October, Wang Yu went to Yuezhou, led the boat division and Yang Mo's chariot and ship navy to fight fiercely, the ship was small and defeated, and retreated to the bridge.

Looking for Cui Zeng, Wu Quan and others to set up Fuyue Prefecture Mountain, Dongting Lake, Paikou and other places, he led more than 10,000 people from the Shenwu front army to Dingzhou, and met Cheng Changyu's naval army, trying to attack from both sides and annihilate the bandits in one fell swoop.

However, the bandit leader Yang Mo was cunning and cunning, and he should have obtained the imperial court's battle plan with heavy money, so he planned to plan the upper reaches of the wall, transferred the old and young people and livestock, and concealed the port of Yougang, and used some vehicles and ships to infest the empty villages to contain the tired Song army upstream;

In November, Wang Qi and Cheng Changyu led the army out of the mouth of the Lanjiang River, advancing by land and water, encircling and suppressing the water villages of the righteous army one by one, and everything was empty. The downstream Song army found vehicles and boats on the lake, and more than 10,000 people rushed into the lake to intercept hundreds of boats. When they arrived at Yangwukou, the bandit car and ship suddenly swirled, collided vertically and horizontally, the officers and soldiers were caught off guard, the boats and boats were all hit and sunk, and Cui Zeng, Wu Quan and his subordinates did not survive.

After the bandits won the battle of Yangwukou, they defeated Wang Qi and other troops again, and became famous for a while, attracting countless people to take refuge, and the bandit forces became more and more powerful, dominating one side.

In June of the fourth year, Wang Zhen sent troops to suppress again.

In July, Yang Mo took advantage of the surging water of the river, led the chariots, boats and water army out of the lake to counterattack, and annihilated the defenders of Shemuzhai, and Wang Yu was defeated and fled.

During this period, the puppet Qi regime saw that the power of Yang Mi's army was expanding, and frequently contacted Yang Mi and made promises.

Yang Mi also secretly colluded with the pseudo-Qi traitors Li Cheng and Xu Yue, etc., and was willing to act as a lackey, cooperating with the Jin people's southern invasion, winning many battles, and the strength of the army was growing, which should not be underestimated.

In February of the fifth year of Shaoxing, Gaozong ordered Yue Fei to be the envoy of the Jinghu South and North Road, and Liu Yannian was the envoy of the transfer of the army, leading an army of 200,000 to suppress it.

At this moment, on Dongting Lake, a luxurious merchant ship is traveling on water.

Murong Yu was sitting in a cabin on the ship, looking through a dossier.

On the top of this file, there is a detailed record of the information about the bandits in Dongting Lake, which can be said to be everything, and the details are very detailed.

No one would have thought that he, as the staff officer of Deputy General Zhang Jun, did not go with the expeditionary army.

Now, it's on a merchant ship.

This is something that no one can think of, and it is something that no one dares to think of.

The reason why this merchant ship dares to sail in this troubled world is not only because of its strong strength, but also because this is a ship belonging to the gangs of the rivers and lakes, even if it encounters bandit officials and soldiers, there will hardly be too many obstacles.

The rivers and lakes are forbidden by martial arts.

No matter how powerful the forces are, they will inevitably have to give some face, because they want to offend these martial arts masters and bear their harassment and assassination all day long.

This is the reliance of the gangs in the rivers and lakes, and it is the foundation on which the forces of the rivers and lakes rely for survival.

Murong Yu, who closed the file, sighed softly, rubbed his forehead, handed the file in his hand to Tang Tang beside him, and said, "Little brother, burn this file." ”

"Burned?" Tang Tang said suspiciously, "Such a good paper, just burned, what a waste." ”

Murong Yu said with a smile, "What if you don't burn it, otherwise, when you encounter the bandits on Dongting Lake, if they find out, wouldn't it be even more troublesome, it's better to burn it, so as not to cause disaster." ”

"You knew you were going to meet bandits, I thought you weren't afraid. Tang Tang glanced at him, put the file in his hand in the basin in the room and lit it, "I really can't figure it out, we should follow the army well, how good it is to have wine and meat to eat, you have to find Xiangye to ask for this drudgery, I really don't know what you think." ”

"Where is there wine to eat and meat to drink?" Di Junhui, who was originally sleepy in the house, said with a drool when he heard that there was wine to drink and meat to eat, "I want to eat meat and drink wine." ”

"What else can you do besides eating and drinking, as soon as you hear that there is something to eat, I really can't figure out what you have in this wooden head. Tang Tang scolded with a smile, "It's just a foodie, why did I fall into being with you." ”

Di Junhui smirked and scratched his head, "I'm hungry." After speaking, he picked up the dry food around him and ate it.

The two people in Murong Yu's cabin smiled and said, "My official position was originally obtained out of thin air, although Xiangye took a fancy to me and gave me the title of staff officer. However, I have not made an inch of success in this court, and I will inevitably be excluded by those who have a heart. In the future, if you want to gain a firm foothold in the DPRK and China, unless you and I have made enough contributions, otherwise, it can be said that it will be difficult to move forward and make people see jokes. ”

"So, you asked Xiangye for his life to come here?" Tang Tang said suspiciously.

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger. Murong Yu said slowly, "Although this seems to be a stupid act, it is also the best way." ”

Tang Tang pondered for a while, and said slowly, "Have you ever thought about what if we can't meet bandits?"

Murong Yu paused, "If you can't meet it, then continue to wait until you meet it." ”

(End of chapter)