Lord: Start with a copy of Water Margin

But it was already September in the blink of an eye. At the request of Zhao Zhen, Liangshan and Shouzhang counties strengthened drill patrols in all villages.

Dong Ping led a remnant of more than a thousand defeated soldiers and returned to Dongping Mansion. As Wu Yong expected, Dong Ping was reprimanded by the imperial court and demoted to regimental training envoy on the grounds that the battle was unfavorable.

A new fierce general was transferred to serve as the commander of the army and horses. This person was called Yao Gang, and he used an iron spear to keep hundreds of people away. Like Wang Tianba, he also has the nickname "Sai Cunxiao".

Not only that, Jeju Prefecture also had a new prefect. This person's surname was Miao, with the double-character name Shang Gao. He was originally a disciple of Taishi Cai's family. He was very popular with Taishi Cai because he was good at ingratiating himself. Miao Shang Gaoyuan was serving as the magistrate elsewhere. Due to his birthday, Taishi Cai saw that Song Jiang could not be annihilated so far, and was afraid that the surrounding counties would not be willing to take action, so he transferred him to Jeju to be the magistrate. He waited for the opportunity, allocated food and fodder for the sergeants, and helped to annihilate Song Jiang.

This Miao Shanggao was also a corrupt person. He had been the magistrate of Xuzhou for less than a year, but he had already made a lot of complaints. The people secretly gave him a nickname and called him "Miao Heitian".

When [Miao Heitian] took office, he also brought with him a military supervisor named Zhang Yong. He also wielded a spear and was very good at horseback skills.

During this period, Zhao Zhen still took people back to the main world to seal them every ten days. Now, except for Shi Xiu and Duan Jingzhu, all the heroes in the county have been sealed one by one. Now Zhao Zhen has planned to gradually bring in heroic stewards and craftsmen, and also confer titles on them one by one. The importance of these people to Zhao Zhen is not much lower than that of these heroes. After all, they are not only managers but also producers. It is only said that the bone carvings of peonies produced by the bonesmith every year, there are thirty or twenty finished pieces of various sizes every month, and they are sold in the main world, and they can earn tens of thousands of dollars a year.

Because it was September, Zhao Zhen had already spent 31 points of luck to summon. After three summons, a normal summon, he summoned another named person.

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In September, 1 point of luck was consumed. Wang Yi, the painter, heard about it and came with his family to vote.

After consuming 10 points of luck, Fan Rui, the leader of Mangdang Village, [The Demon King of the World], saw the frequent mobilization of government troops and horses, and on a whim, he realized that something big was about to happen. He took [Flying Great Sage] Li Gun and [Eight-Armed Nezha] Xiang Chong with him. Come from the village.

Spending 20 points of luck, Bian Xiang heard about [Foundation Arhat] and his whole family came to vote.

On this day, Zhao Zhenzheng was discussing military affairs with Wu Yong and Zhu Wu in the hall. Zhu Wu said: "Sir, our troops and horses are all deployed in place, and there are sufficient armor and equipment. I heard that 1,000 sergeants from Shouzhang County have only returned a hundred." Ten people, the soldiers in every village are also very focused on training. The morale of the army is high and they are ready to fight. "

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said: "These days, hardworking brothers are running around everywhere." After saying that, he turned to Wu Yong and asked: "Student, how are Song Jiang and his gang doing now?"

Wu Yongdao: "Sir, after Song Jiang's troops captured Laiwu and Linzi, they turned around and captured the four counties of Xintai, Xinwen, Mengyin, and Pingyi in Yizhou. They sent troops from Yizhou to attack Sishui County in Yanzhou, but they couldn't. Turning around and heading north to attack Shouguang, Qingzhou was captured by Song Jiang except for Boxing and Qiancheng."

Zhao Zhen asked: "Are there any powerful people in Boxing and Qiancheng counties? They can actually protect the county."

Wu Yongdao: "Yun Tianbiao fell from Qingzhou and led most of the imperial army to flee to Qiancheng. Taking advantage of the many water branches here, he also had a general of troops and horses, Wei Huchen, and the two regiments were assisted by Xie De and Lou Xiong, and Song Jiang He also divided his troops to garrison the county seat, so he did not capture the two counties."

Zhao Zhen said: "Based on this, Song Jiang has occupied ten counties."

Wu Yong nodded: "Yes, I heard that every time Song Jiang attacks a place, he will definitely open a warehouse and distribute grain and rice to the people in the city. The remaining people will be loaded into cars and will be returned to Qingzhou. Now they have recruited no less than 30,000 to 50,000 troops."

Zhu Wu sighed: "I never thought that the officers and soldiers would be so incompetent."

Zhao Zhen said: "Fortunately, he is now dividing his troops to defend the four directions. The troops are scattered and the offensive is no longer as sharp as before. In my opinion, if the imperial court mobilizes a large army again, I am afraid that it will be able to regain the lost ground."

Wu Yong said: "I haven't yet inquired where to recruit troops and horses."

The three of them were discussing when Ding An opened the door and came in, handing the pigeon letter to Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen opened it, read it, and handed the letter to Wu Yong and Zhu Wu for circulation. The pigeon letter was sent by Ruan Xiaowu from Shijie Village. It said that there have been many traveling merchants around Shijie Village recently. He intentionally or unintentionally asked the garrison in Shijie Lake. Ruan Xiaowu caught two people on the road and threatened them. It turned out that these people were the newly arrived military supervisors, city officials, and spies sent by big families to find out the news.

Zhu Wu looked at it and cursed: "Hey, this [Miao Heitian] is also restless. He doesn't want to train his troops and deal with Song Jiang, but he dares to tease us."

Wu Yong also said: "Sir, it seems that there are people in Jezhou City who are still thinking about the catch in Shijie Lake. Otherwise, how would [Miao Heitian] know that Shijie Lake is now occupied by us. I won't extend it The claws of those who came over were chopped off, so that the new [Miao Heitian] knew how powerful we were and thought we were toothless insects.”

Zhao Zhen asked: "Last time I killed regiment commander Huang An, these people still don't have a long memory."

Wu Yong said: "There is a village next to Shijie Lake, which is called Wangtai Township. Since the boss told us to stay safe, we have never occupied this village. We might as well take this opportunity to occupy it."

Zhao Zhen hesitated and said: "I never provoked him, but he provoked me. As the scholar said, I took advantage of the situation and went to Wangtai Township to see how he responded."

The three of them discussed it and transferred Ruan Xiaoer's [Juzhou Camp] to Shijie Lake to be responsible for water battles and support with Ruan Xiaowu's [Haiyu Camp]. On land, the cavalry troops of the third battalion of Nanda Camp and the infantry of Lu Zhishen and Guang Hui of Baozhu Temple were invited to go with them.

Zhao Zhen was going to go there in person, but he never expected that three heroes from Mangdang Mountain led more than 2,000 troops and disguised themselves as government troops to surrender. Passing through Heihu Temple Town, Yang Xiong sent a message to inform him.

After receiving the pigeon letter, Zhao Zhen said: "These three heroes are coming to surrender, I can't refuse to receive them. In this case, I am afraid that I can't go to Shijie Lake."

Wu Yong said: "I don't think Zhang Yong can be very capable. The Ruan brothers, the two coaches Lin and Wang, Qin Tongzhi, Lu Tingjie and others, all of them are heroes who can fight one against a hundred. This time, you don't need to go there in person. With these brothers, it's easy to defeat the Jizhou troops."

Zhu Wu asked to be a military advisor. At that moment, Zhao Zhen wrote a transfer order to dispatch soldiers to Shijie Lake to resist the Jizhou troops.

Zhao Zhen waited for Fan Rui and his group to arrive at Baishi Manor. Zhu Fu of the farm ordered all the farmhands to slaughter cattle and sheep, prepare a banquet, and prepare to entertain Fan Rui, the three heroes, and many of the minions who came with him at night.

After lunch, Zhao Zhen was looking around for the banquet preparations. Hu Sanniang, who was riding a female horse outside for training, led two men to find Zhao Zhen.