Chapter 108 Want to be an official, murder and arson
Lou Mountain, three miles due west of Linming City, is also called Zhuzhi Mountain. On the mountain, the ruins of the camp where Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty attacked Dou Jiande's subordinate Liu Heita still remain. Only the dangerous pass of Baizhang and the pass hanging on the top of the mountain are now captured by Zhang Di's men. Occupied by the Jinan Army.
At this time, there was a powerful and sinister man sitting in the camp commander's hall. He was silent. There were also leaders of the thirty or forty strongmen in the Hebei and Hedong cottages in Hebei and Hedong. They were talking endlessly. One of them The one called Wang Ji said: "Leader Zhang, the imperial army will be arriving soon, please make a decision!"
"What are you afraid of!? We are united in the mountains to rebel against the government and the imperial court. Are we afraid of fighting with the government and the army? All we have to do is block them when the soldiers come, and when the water comes and the soil covers them, we just have to kill those men and women and retreat!" Dong Cheng was impatient and angry. shouted.
After hearing this, the leader of the village in Taiyuan Prefecture in Hedong who killed Xiong Ling sneered: "I don't want to listen to your nonsense! How can tens of thousands of officers and soldiers be easy to deal with? Why did the famous government let Xiao Tang kill Feng Yi of our southern Hebei army? , Lei Zhen, Duan Ren, you guys, since you bumped into me and didn't report to him, why are you still pretending to be a hero here?"
"Fuck your mother!" Dong Cheng became furious after hearing this. He cursed loudly: "I thought he was a famous person in the world, but he is actually a dog official who licks the buttocks of the powerful! I'll call him next time. I bumped into him, look, I didn’t chop him with a knife!”
Zhang Xiong opened his mouth again and said sarcastically: "What are you looking at? Xiao Tang's guy is in Daming Mansion, why don't you go find him? As the saying goes: You are not as strong on the outside as you are on the inside, you are just here to show off your prestige?"
Shen Ji and Geng Gong beside Dong Cheng began to yell and curse after hearing this, while Xiang Zhong and Xu Yue beside Zhang Xiong were not to be outdone. Strong men from the two strongholds quarreled in the same place, making the scene even more noisy and chaotic.
Zhang Di watched with cold eyes the two groups of thieves leaders who were yelling endlessly, with secret contempt in his heart. However, he did not expect that the army would arrive so quickly. According to his plan, after he led the thieves to break through one or two state capitals, he would then attract When countless green forest thieves came to invest, and after repelling the conquest of the sub-official army, it was a good time to negotiate with the imperial court to raise the price.
During the reigns of Shenzong and Zhezong of the Song Dynasty, in order to ensure the peace of various places, the imperial court often used the method of organizing bandits into soldiers to eliminate bandits and relieve hunger. In those days, the green forest giants such as Xu Jing, Wang Wende, Xiang Yuanzhen, etc., who dominated the rivers and lakes, are now On the contrary, I have done a good job as a military governor. Since those who are regarded as thorns in the imperial court and have thorns in their flesh can do such things, why can't I do it? Killing one person is a crime, killing ten thousand people is a hero. If I am born like me and want to make a name for myself, but What can be done?
If you want to be an official, you will kill people, set fires, and receive imperial edicts.
Zhang Di looked at these vulgar men who were as stupid as pigs and dogs, and thought to himself that these bastards were just a way for me to become a powerful person. Back then, Zhang Di used various means to merge three or four mountain villages, and then traveled around to lobby the strong, and the bandits who fell into disgrace were Kou, who is willing to live on a mountaintop for the rest of his life?
Among them, there are those who want to join Zhang Di in killing various state capitals, and after being recruited, they can turn themselves into government officials. There are also those who just want to rely on the strength of the crowd to burn, kill and loot, and make a name for themselves in the green forest. This is the case. In this way, Zhang Di gathered together in Hebei and Hedong, and the bandit forces in various places in Hebei and Hedong grew stronger and stronger like a snowball, and they reached today's momentum.
The officers and soldiers who came to conquer just came too quickly, so it was not a big deal... Zhang Di thought to himself. If I make a few more big votes, if the imperial court can do nothing to stop me and separate several states, It is not impossible for me to live up to the emperor's addiction. As for Xiao Tang in Daming Mansion... I didn't want to seek your bad luck first, but you came to provoke me first, and you also want to let you know what I am. sharp!
Seeing Zhang Xiong and Dong Cheng becoming more and more noisy and about to start a fight, Zhang Di, although he has an eagle nose and an eagle eye, is a man with an owl's heart and an eagle's tongue. He shouted sternly: "Shut up! Brother Zhang Xiong, Dong Cheng
Brothers, we are all tough-minded heroes in the green forest. We were angry at the darkness of the court and the rampant dog officials. Since we have gathered as an alliance, it is a friendship of life and death, cutting heads and exchanging necks. Now the officers and soldiers are coming.
, you keep quarreling among yourselves, are you really going to make your relatives angry and your enemies unhappy!?"
Zhang Xiong and Dong Cheng were speechless after hearing Zhang Di's scolding. Zhong Liang, the leader of Feihu Village who had been watching coldly for a long time, said: "The officers and soldiers are coming with great force. How we deal with it depends entirely on Leader Zhang."
Zhang Di stood up, waved his hand, and said heroically: "All brothers are heroes who can run with their arms and stand with their fists. They have been criticized by the government and the army for a long time. Now we are united as one.
Are you still afraid of those generals who are afraid of death? Are you afraid of weak soldiers and scoundrels? Damn it!
The army from Tokyo and Bianliang has not yet arrived, and the Damingfu, Gaotang, De, Ci, and Xiangzhou states of Hebei and Hebei have not yet been united in one place. Let's attack first to be stronger, and defeat a few of his troops first, and also teach them.
The dog officer knows what kind of heroes our brothers from the Southern Hebei Army are!!"
The thieves cheered loudly. Dong Cheng held his breath and led Shen Ji. Geng Gong received the order and surrounded the Cizhou Forbidden Army with several strong men. As he strode out of the commander's palace, he suddenly saw another group of people coming towards him.
The big man among that group of people was born with a square face, broad shoulders, and erect eyebrows and round eyes. Dong Cheng was originally tall and fierce, but that big man was not only a few inches taller than him, but also had a burly body that was even stronger than him. He looked majestic.
Awesome and majestic.
Dong Cheng just looked at the big man, but the big man didn't look sideways and walked straight into the commander's palace. Only the scarred man next to the big man noticed Dong Cheng's gaze. His eyes widened and he stared back with hostility.
Dong Cheng didn't realize it and muttered: "What a big man! But I don't know where he came from?"
Geng Gong beside him said: "Isn't that guy Zhongliang saying that there are heroes from Hedong coming to vote for the alliance leader in the past few days? Zhemo is this group of people..."
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Xiao Tang has already led the troops and horses of the camps in Daming Prefecture with the governor Wen Da, and Xue Yuanhui, the commander of the neighboring Gaotang Prefecture, has led troops to station troops in Wei County and Guantao area of Daming Prefecture. They are waiting for Wang Huan to lead the troops and horses of the military prefectures under the jurisdiction of Bianliang in Tokyo.
Binghe 1 North Luzhou, Cizhou and Xiangzhou people gathered together.
Now Xiao Tang leads the forbidden army of two infantry, one horse and three battalions. The horse army camp is led by Suo, the infantry camp is led by two generals Zhou Jin and Wang Ding, one each, Hua Rong leads eighteen cavalry to accompany him, and there are also officers and soldiers who are familiar with the guns and clubs.
Xue Yong, who has great skills, and Shi Qian, who is good at exploring secrets. In the next few dozen miles, there will be Jade Unicorn Lu Junyi, desperate Saburo Shi Xiu and a group of confidants leading the villages and villages to guard important places in Daming Prefecture to prevent Jinan.
Thieves sneak attack.
In these days, when Xiao Tang was preparing to unify the army, he also explained matters in the government to Yang Lin, Zheng Tianshou and others. After a long and heart-to-heart talk, Yang Lin, Zheng Tianshou and others also persuaded Xiao Tang to persuade Liang Shijie to write to the court.
There are no more complaints about the army encircling and suppressing the strong men in the green forest.
Xiao Tang knew that the view of right and wrong among people in the Green Forest Jianghu was not black and white. Most of them would not tolerate bad loyalty, collusion with the government, and roosters and dogs stealing. However, as long as there was "similar loyalty", they would tolerate many cruel and evil deeds by their brothers, such as
In Water Margin, Wu Song became sworn brothers with Zhang Qing and Sun Erniang, who sold human meat buns on Cross Slope; Song Jiang became brothers with Yan Shun, a devouring man from Qingfeng Mountain, and Wang Ying, a lustful and obscene man; Li Jun, a heroic Hun Jianglong from Jieyang Mountain, rivaled his brothers.
Li Li opened a black shop and killed passers-by indiscriminately and turned a blind eye...
But this kind of concept is absolutely unacceptable to Xiao Tang. He is willing to accept it and help the heroes who are at the end of their lives and can be unambiguous about right and wrong. Now, Xiao Tang must also let the close brothers around him understand and understand what he wants. What is the acceptable limit?
At this time, Hua Rong said to Xiao Tang: "Brother Xiao Tang, we have been stationing troops here for several days. I'm afraid the thieves have already gotten word of it. If they guard the various mountain passes and strongholds, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort."
Suo Na had a bad temper and couldn't wait any longer. He snorted and said, "Why bother waiting for the vanguard from Tokyo's Bianliang? Wouldn't it be better for us from Hebei to attack Mingzhou first and take the lead? "
Suo's voice was loud, and Xue Yuanhui, who was talking to Wen Da, heard it. He looked over and said with a smile: "Prisoner Xiao, your generals are quite impatient!"
Xiao Tang looked at the commander of Gaotang Prefecture who was knocked down by Hua Rong in the Water Margin with an arrow, and replied: "My brothers are all sons and daughters who are eager to be first in order to protect the country and the people. It has been delayed for some time now, and I don't know. No matter what the thief had in mind, it made Tongzhi Xue laugh."
Xue Yuanhui said: "The imperial soldiers have their own arrangements. If they do not follow the orders, they will not win but they will suffer defeat. Why does this happen? Let's just wait for the army."
Xiao Tang said: "What Governor Xue said is that thieves are rampant. Now the imperial troops are going out to suppress the situation, but the army has not yet arrived. If the thieves heard about it, there should be some movement."
Wen Da listened on the side and laughed and said: "What are you worried about, brother Xiao? I'm sorry that Zhang Di and his bandits are nothing more than a mob. With the heavenly army here, those gangsters are probably frightened and they dare to come here so early to die?" "
Before Ke Wenda finished speaking, he heard soldiers breaking into the stronghold and reporting urgently: "Report! Cizhou and Xiangzhou people were intercepted and killed by the thieves from southern Hebei Province and have been killed!"
Wen Da, Xiao Tang, and Xue Yuanhui all stood up. Wen Da was shocked and said angrily: "The thieves are really so rampant? What kind of soldiers did the officials from Cizhou and Xiangzhou lead? How could they be defeated so easily!?" "
If Zhang Dizhen was doing nothing at this time and was waiting to be killed, he would not be a figure who could lead more than a dozen village bandits. Xiao Tang suddenly remembered that the imperial troops from Dezhou had not yet arrived, and hurriedly said: "Dezhou is far away, I'm afraid the thieves have already attacked. Go to intercept the Dezhou Forbidden Army. I will lead my troops to respond, and don’t let Lupaoze fall into the hands of thieves again!"
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At this time, the two infantry battalions of Enzhou were already near Linqing County, Daming Prefecture. The two battalions marched in an orderly and orderly manner. One of the battalions also pushed more than fifty carriages, all covered with oilcloth. I don't know what's in it.
Suddenly, I saw sand and dust rising on the opposite side, and the sound of killings was everywhere. A group of thieves were galloping towards me and bumped into the two battalions of officers and soldiers. They were like flies seeing blood, and they started to kill them with strange hissing sounds!
Among the commanders of the two battalions, a general wearing red armor and a crimson robe saw him and laughed loudly: "Hahaha! Good luck!! The techniques I have studied so hard are finally profitable in Italy!"
