Delong

Chapter 198 Raising Arms (11)

After killing Li Tingwen, Zhang Xing asked Xu Dalang to send the whole group of Bai's daughters, including the maids doing laundry in the side yard, across the river early in the morning of the second day, before the hanging head of the city gate was noticed... Dare to let Jia Yue's group of people take them there, and even dispatch them to other places first... It can only be said that it is good to have something to say first, and the time is still short.

And as Bai Erniang entered the barracks on the opposite bank, Guan Xu, the former Puyang order and now the right-wing leader of the Dragon Gang and the deputy rudder of Puyang, also successfully entered the besieged Chanyuan city, and met with Niu Da and the local Chanyuan. The rebel army made an explanation.

In the afternoon, Meng Shangong, the captain of Ji County, went in to "surrender".

But this matter was not so smooth - some local rebels who swept into Chanyuan and contacted the Dragon Gang expressed strong dissatisfaction and anger, because they were not only from Chanyuan, but also from other parts of Ji County. Including the heroes from neighboring Wuyang County, their ultimate goal is to go back to their hometown!
In this regard, Niu Da, who had experienced the siege with these people on and off for almost a month, was a little embarrassed and ashamed, and then he was at a loss.

On the contrary, Guan Xu, an old bureaucrat, has a calm attitude and handles things properly. He offered to stay free, and those who leave will be given money, food, and armaments. His meritorious deeds will also be kept in the account books and... er, Zhang Longtou's heart.

This can be regarded as suppressing things.

After waiting for another night, the "surrender" was officially successful at noon the next day. However, this afternoon, just after the flag was changed on the top of the city, the soldiers of Ji County couldn't wait to withdraw... It seems that in doing business and keeping promises, On the one hand, the official army is more efficient than the rebel army.

But the matter was not over yet. Zhang Xing crossed the river in person that night, comforted Niu Da, and officially assigned the relatively special Chanyuan to the Puyang sub-helm, allowing him and Guan Xu to take care of each other. After there was an extra leader on the Shu side, Niu Da was immediately added to the right-wing leader, and this was considered to maintain a little unity.

There is no way, this is the life of a big leader who is sewing and tinkering.

If Chanyuan doesn't give it to Niu Da, he can give it to Xu Shiying, or Wei Xuanding?Or do you have the strength to swallow it yourself?Xiao Zhou, the only one who is qualified to be a nail, is still dangling downstream.

But in the first ten days of November, just after the siege of Chanyuan was broken, Zhang Xingfu did not stop at the next morning, and almost immediately returned with [-] people, but led his troops to Jiyin and came back, and Xu Dalang immediately led his troops to the west Returned to Baima, and continued to deploy troops to the border, forming a linkage with Zhang Xing's deployment to form a defense line...

No way, really no way, don't look at what someone keeps saying that Longyou is caught in a shrimp scene in shallow water, and he is going to pinch Zhang Shizhao's beard, but he is still worried in his heart, worried that there will be suddenly in Liangjun and Xingyang Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses rushed forward, extinguishing the so-called Dragon Clan's raging fire with a basin of footwashing water.

It can only be said that fortunately things are not that bizarre - at least in Liang County, the rebellious Ji Yin and Dong County only maintained an almost convulsive tension, rather than an effective and decisive counterattack.

In fact, as soon as Zhang Xing arrived in Jiyin, heroes from Liang County came to join in the fun, not to mention the intention of these heroes who were doomed to return without success, just according to their previous complaints, in fact, the rebel army assembled before, but turned After the north, the various places in Jiyin were empty for a while. The fugitive officials of Jiyin who were passing through Liangjun and some of the middle and low-level officials of Liangjun themselves took the initiative to speak to the prefect Cao Wang, suggesting that the latter gather the county soldiers and lead the troops to go north to Jiyin. Yin, it depends on one blow.

To be honest, if Cao Wang really dared to come, he would not dare to say that the Dragon Gang would collapse, but at least he would be trapped in Dongjun and Jiyin, and it would last for a year and a half, and he would end up with half a half of the other rebels in the first half of the year. It is also very possible that a county, a county, is in the same situation as a headless chicken.

This is because Cao Wang himself is a distant branch of the country, according to the character of that Cao Huangshu, he will definitely support him, and Xialiang County under his rule is a large county in the Central Plains-Kinki area, with a prosperous population, developed agriculture and commerce, and Because the intersection of the artificial canal from Huanshui to Luokou Cang is here, there are still two serious troops of 3000 people each, and two Yingyang Zhonglang will be here.

However, things are not what if, Cao Wang hesitated, and then did not come, but chose to stick to the county.

And this result, on the other hand, was expected by Zhang Xing, Li Shu and others.

This is not to say that the two of them are so predictable, but that by now, everyone has already seen that in the current situation of rebels everywhere, there has never been a rebel army so strong, nor an official army so overwhelmed.It really led to the swarms of rebels everywhere, and even the successful siege of Dengzhou by tens of thousands of people. There is only one reason.

That is, the emperor, who was the core of the ruling system of this era, voluntarily gave up the north and most of the Central Plains, and hid in Jiangdu.

After the emperor himself messed up the situation, he lost the confidence to clean it up and chose to escape, which was almost equivalent to him voluntarily giving up his own world... So, although everyone is still looking at Uncle Cao, Uncle Cao can easily establish Does it belong to its own authoritarian system?

After being barely established, how to balance the structure of the northwest and southeast?

More importantly, if the situation has reached this level, will Jiangdong be safe?Can people in Guanlong be suppressed?

Of course, this is going too far, and going back to the most fundamental issue is that unless there is a direct imperial decree and clear instructions from the Southern Government of the Eastern Capital, most of the county guards and Zhonglang generals in these places will just sit still, or Perfunctory.And everyone knows, how could it be possible for the three hundred prefectures and counties of Wei Dynasty to give direct instructions to the governors of the prefectures and counties? They would definitely mobilize the field troops and appoint the marching chiefs who led several prefectures and counties to carry out the overall sweep... So to put it bluntly, They are only part-time workers. Maintaining the situation in this chaotic era is already worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth. Not all of them have the determination to be loyal to the country.

In fact, those who passively face the tide of the times and muster up the courage to face that determination are already heroes... Song Chang before was such a person.

And if he can take the initiative to meet the tide of the times regardless of his personal future and safety, even if he is standing on the opposite side of the tide of history, he is considered a hero.

In mid-November, Zhang Xing began to check the land acres and household registrations in Jiyin and Dongjun, and prepared to grant land again... This is not an innovative thing, but the Great Wei, or even the beginning of the previous dynasty between the Great Wei and Dongqi The system they tried to implement finally fell on Da Wei. The so-called state-owned land was allocated to households according to Dingkou men and women, and then they were sent out to serve according to their household registration, and land taxes were paid according to the fields associated with Dingkou.

The imperial court even allowed ordinary people to sublease the granted land, as long as they did not delay paying taxes and levies.

This is a very good system, at least with Zhang Xing's head, he can't think of any better way, and what he has to do now is to release the slaves as much as possible, grant land fairly, and then decide the land tax according to the real situation, and It’s all just allowing the previously dismantled accounts to be merged—and, there is a saying, one mu of land is treated as two or three mu of land, and one household is split into three households. This extremely bad thing is basically done by the late emperor. , especially in his later years, when he became hot-headed, he specially borrowed his slave status to open an opening for people with official ranks to annex the land. Instead, he quickly closed the opening after the pilgrim ascended the throne.

At the same time, Li Shu and the main force of the Dragon Clan swept across the area in Dongping County. Almost all the county towns and military strongholds surrendered, and Li Shu couldn't wait to divide his troops into two groups, while trying to recruit the people in Juyeze. Three conquests defeated the army, and they were very effective. At the same time, they tried to reach out to Jibei and Lujun.

It didn't stop for a moment.

At the same time, Dongdu was melting gold pillars, recasting gold, silver, copper coins and weapons, and began to recruit soldiers on a large scale, and used the Jing'an Taiwan patrol team as a force to search for servants of the rich and powerful families in Dongdu... Every time 1000 people were obtained, they couldn't wait Sent to Nanyang, there is a veteran who has just brought thousands of soldiers there, and he will be in charge of suppressing the rebel Wu brothers who blocked the throat passage between the eastern capital and the south.

It was still mid-November, here in Qi County, a large rebel army from Dengzhou Zhishilang Wanghou, commonly known as the Zhishi Army, finally crossed the border in mighty strength, and then marched westward against Jishui.

There is a reason why Wang Hou came here in person, and there is also a reason why he came so late, that is, he was defeated in the political struggle with Gao Shitong and Sun Xuanzhi, the two commanders of the Hebei rebel army... The position of the leader and the second leader, and then come to pressure Wang Hou.

Wang Hou was afraid of being annexed, and he didn't have the ability to merge, especially since the treasuries in various parts of Dengzhou had been divided up, so he simply took the initiative to lead the crowd to Qi County. Before that, some of his subordinates had successfully occupied Qi County. In the two counties to the east of the county, the process was described as effortless, which also made their march look vigorous.

"Is Cheng Dalang here yet?"

On the south bank of Jishui, in the morning, Zhishilang Wang Hou, who was short and stocky, wearing full armor, but specially covered with a red brocade back crotch, suddenly turned his head back, with an angry face. "Tell Shi Zijiang to send someone again. If Cheng Dalang hasn't come yet, let him personally bring an army of [-] from the north bank to Chengjiazhuang to invite him!"

Hearing the words, the cronies next to him didn't dare to neglect, and left in a hurry.

About a quarter of an hour later, on the north side of Jishui River, Shi Zijiang, the second head of the household wrapped in a turban and wearing armor, learned of Wang Hou's military order and immediately agreed. Not moving at all.

"The second leader doesn't want to call Cheng Dalang?" At this time, the leader of his confidant stepped forward and asked.

"No." Shi Zijiang came back to his senses, looking away from the countless luggage, livestock, and vehicles in front of him, a little irritated. "Cheng Dalang is self-righteous. He underestimates us only when he climbs up some dragon gang, and no one pays attention to him. He deserves to be frightened and tossed at him. The brotherhood in Linyi is divided... I am obviously the second leader, and both sides of Jishui are marching together, but I am only allowed to take care of the luggage, pigs and cattle, and let me do such offending things."

The confidant hesitated for a moment, and smiled wryly for a while: "I don't think the big head is thinking about the last one. After all, he doesn't even care about offending you as the second head now. How can he care about Cheng Dalang?"

Shi Zijiang was taken aback for a moment, but also smiled wryly.

The two smiled at each other for a while, and the confidant took the initiative to say, "How about I go?"

"No need, just offend people if you offend them." Shi Zijiang sighed. "Since the big boss has become like this, I can't learn from him anymore... Besides, Cheng Dalang doesn't need to give face anymore. I'll go there myself, let's go together."

Of course the confidant nods.

In this way, the army on the north bank of Jishui suddenly changed its course, turned north, and came directly to Cheng Dalang's territory, but Cheng Dalang was so meticulous, he knew it early, but he panicked and led his troops to meet him.

The two sides met at the junction of Putai County and Gaoyuan County on the north bank of Jishui... As soon as they met, Cheng Dalang held his posture, got off his horse, and took the initiative to salute and say hello.

Shi Zijiang stood there, hesitated for a while, but did not speak.

On the contrary, his confidant leader stepped forward on the horse, and also did not move on the horse, just a half-smile: "Cheng Dalang, you are so majestic, you left without saying goodbye in Dengzhou before, but now Zhishilang Wang Dazhang invites you repeatedly, you You didn’t even move, forcing Master Shi Er to bring an army of [-] in person, so you came to pick him up... Do you think your family has climbed to the top of the Dragon Clan, or is it just like the rumors, you have already voted for Hebei people?"

Cheng Dalang naturally knew that those who came were not kind, and those who were kind would not come, but he didn't expect to be so shameless, and he was stunned for a moment.

But it's not over yet.

The confidant leader smiled when he saw this, and continued to say: "There is even a saying that you, Cheng Dalang, tried every means to stop here because you had contact with Zhang Xuguo... When we were fighting in front of us, we sent troops from behind and went to our luggage , cut off our retreat...isn't it?"

Cheng Dalang was angry in his heart, but instead he could only bow his head and cup his hands: "Boss Zhou, what you said is not authentic... Of course I have selfish intentions, but who the hell doesn't have any selfish intentions? The world is so chaotic, and the folks in my hometown are afraid of it." The accident dragged me and delayed the matter, so why should I be accused of adultery with the government and the army?"

"Cheng Dalang, what you said is ridiculous. Since you know that all the folks in your hometown are here, why do you want to join the dragon-killing gang if you don't go with our brothers in the east? The leaders of the dragon-killing gang, Li Shu and Zhang Xing, are one of them. People from Kansai, one is from Beihuang, what’s the matter? You don’t want to say that when you joined the gang, the leader didn’t give you a message...Wuxiang Dongyi died in a wave, never heard of it? The leader Wang is the genius The first one to oppose Wei!"

"Boss Zhou, people have to be reasonable. At that time, I was deposed from the Dragon Gang because Zhang Longtou came here personally, and the Putai Army was his handwriting. Across Dengzhou in Langya..."

"Okay." At this moment, Shi Zijiang suddenly spoke, interrupting the two of them, and just came down to look at Cheng Zhili. "Now the head of the family has asked me, the second head of the family, to invite Boss Cheng in person. What does Boss Cheng say?"

Cheng Zhili responded immediately: "Of course I took my [-] cavalry to draw a clear line with the Putai Army, so that I can walk with Master Shi Er and serve as the vanguard of the Zhishi Army."

Shi Zijiang nodded, but shook his head again.

The confidant surnamed Zhou understood, and immediately said: "It can't be just like this, otherwise, where is the face of the first and second masters? Boss Cheng, you have to make up for your previous rudeness."

"Naturally, I have 300 taels here..." Of course Cheng Dalang was prepared.

"Since 3 people have come, let us stay in these villages to the north tonight!" Shi Zijiang suddenly said a second time.

Cheng Zhili raised his head, stunned for a moment, glanced at the messy but invisible team behind the opponent, his heart was cold... You must know that these days, 10,000+ Zhishi troops passed by both banks of Jishui in front, although there were few people on the north bank, even though He didn't really pass through the manor he regarded as his foundation, but he was already devastated by the harassment of a small group of troops.

So, why didn't he know that as long as this large army came in, it would be like what Zhang Xingxin said, and it would destroy the place that he regarded as his foundation?
With this in mind, Cheng Zhili bowed to Shi Zijiang again, and said sincerely: "Second Master Shi, I am willing to give out all the gold and silver in the family, and never hide anything private. I just ask the Second Master to be a little more noble and let my folks go... There are too many people. gone."

Shi Zijiang sneered, thought for a while, and seemed to hesitate for a while.

"Look at what Boss Cheng said." Zhou's confidant also became impatient. "Why is your family's Zhuangzi so precious? Since you want to do great things, you should learn from other heroes, confiscate gold and silver, burn the house, and take pigs and sheep to go together! The method of defeating Zhang Jincheng will kill tens of thousands of us, or simply kill all 10,000+ of our Zhishi Army, let's talk again!"

Cheng Zhili bowed his head and remained silent, just maintaining his bowing posture towards Shi Zijiang... To put it bluntly, he really thought about resisting, mobilizing the Putai Army, taking advantage of the opponent's unpreparedness, and directly attacking at night.However, if there is a real fight here, tens of thousands of people will be defeated, and the distance between the lower reaches of Jishui River and the lower reaches of the Dahe River is so narrow, and my manor and the surrounding villages may suffer even greater disasters.

Therefore, he still chose to submit.

"Forget it." Sure enough, after being pressured and humiliated appropriately by his confidants, Shi Zijiang opened his mouth three times. "That's good, just give some gold and silver as appropriate. Where do you spend the gold and silver in this world? You just drive out all the pigs, sheep, horses, cattle, donkeys, chickens, and dogs from the nearby village... Cattle, horses, and donkeys pull carts, pigs, sheep, and chickens." Treating meat as meat, dogs watching at night...this is the minimum."

Cheng Dalang raised his head in a daze.

"I'll camp here tonight, and bring the livestock, gold and silver tomorrow morning... let's not make a fool of ourselves and keep it private." Seeing this, Shi Zijiang finally got off his horse, but gave an ultimatum. "At that time, we will send sentry cavalry to look inside. If we find that there are too many hidden, I will send troops to collect them myself."

As he said that, he turned around and gave the order to make people set up camp on the spot in the afternoon.

Cheng Zhili returned to the village in a daze, thought for a moment, made up his mind, and asked people to call the leaders Zhou, Guo, and Lu who were at the ferry, together with Fang Yanshi who just came over, to make an announcement.

"So, Chief Cheng means that you want to start from the bottom and hand over the animals?" Zhou Xingfan was extremely surprised. "Do you still want to go to Qi County with them?"

"People have to bow their heads under the eaves." Cheng Zhili was a little embarrassed.

At this moment, even Guo Jingke couldn't take it anymore: "Cheng Datou, Zhang Longtou wrote to you, saying that the rebels could not be restrained when they crossed the border, and asked you to move to Hebei earlier and stand guard on Putai. , Just now the autumn harvest, I don't want to leave, let's look again; a month ago, Li Longtou also sent a message to the head of the house, asking you to cross the river early and let Wang Hou and the others march to Douzigang, and then wait for Li Longtou and the others to call. You are still unwilling to move after crossing the river to respond; now you want to obey them even more, wouldn't it be that our leaders and many ships are here to waste time with you?"

Cheng Zhili knew that he was in the wrong, so he could only explain in a low voice: "I am wrong, I have no vision and determination, but at this moment, this is the only way to go... As soon as I leave, Zhuangzi starts to move, and there are still some gold and silver in the village. , we will never let the brothers in the navy stand alone!"

"Is this a matter of gold and silver?" Lu Dayue, the eldest of the Lu brothers, couldn't help it. "It's a meritorious service! If it was at the beginning, you can still care about gold and silver, but the three counties above have been won. If our brother, Xiao Guo, and Mr. Zhou are all following the two leaders, they are now the chiefs of a county and a city. Already! Mr. Zhou might be able to be a big boss!"

Cheng Dalang became more and more embarrassed, so he wanted to speak again.

"Big leader Cheng is a big leader. He is the leader of the Putai army identified by Zhang Longtou and Li Siye. If we really want to do something, we can't say anything..." At this moment, Fang, who had been silent since returning early last ten days, Yan Shi spoke suddenly, but his tone was unexpectedly flat, but his meaning was unexpectedly serious. "It's just Chief Cheng. After all, you are the leader of the Chulong Gang. What are you doing with Zhishilang's Zhishi Army to fight in Qi County? When did the Chulong Gang become the Zhishi Army's pawn?"

"What nonsense!" Cheng Dalang tried his best to answer. "Of course I'm the leader of the Dragon Clan. I'm just pretending to protect my hometown. How can I really work for them? Don't forget, I was also willing to fight the Dengzhou Clan before... this time and last time What's the difference? Presumably, even the two leaders and the chief will be considerate of me, Lao Cheng, so please, leaders, try to be as considerate as possible."

At this point, everyone didn't know what else to say, they could only look at each other.

In this way, in the end, according to the plan of the only big leader and party, Cheng Dalang, the six animals were driven out, half of them were sent to the ship, transported away overnight, and half were sent to the front of the army, and the [-] cavalry were divided into two and three. After crossing the river, [-] cavalry followed Cheng Dalang to the Zhishi Army... Sure enough, when Shi Erdang saw the number of animals, he didn't actually send troops to count them, but took Cheng Dalang to chase Wang Hou. .

As soon as Zhishijun left, the old Duguan in Cheng Dalang's family urged Cheng's own Zhuangzi and the closest manor to move to Hebei, but the effect was still not good, but there was nothing he could do.

"Cheng Dalang is a man of great ability. At that time, he only thought that martial arts, military formation, and handling of affairs were better than Shan Dalang, Xu Dalang, and Wang Wulang. Now it seems that he is a little confused. You will suffer a great loss." Zhou Xingfan, who was faintly the leader of this patchwork water army, stood on the boat, looking at the farther and farther bank of the river, but he couldn't hold back his breath.

"How can a person understand some joints without experiencing some things, and it is also influenced by his own family leading the Putai Army downstream alone, which is too independent." Unexpectedly, it was Guo Jingke who took the initiative to persuade him.

Zhou Xingfan glanced at the other party and didn't say much... He knew that Guo Jingke's words were probably from the bottom of his heart, but this did not prevent this person from accepting Cheng Dalang's gift last night, including dozens of taels of gold and hundreds of taels of silver in his private sleeves, and with him In comparison, not to mention that he and Fang Yanshi were separated, even the Lu brothers knew to give half of the money to the Saijun brothers who had worked so hard for a long time.

It can only be said that people do not understand some joints if they have not experienced some things.

Even after going through some things, isn't there still a saying that the country is easy to change and the nature is hard to change?

"It's good that Cheng Dalang is here. If he comes, he will be his brother. These five hundred cavalry are also very good. I will talk to them in a few days and I will definitely give you the third and fourth masters... Is there anything else?"

One day later, at night, when Cheng Dalang's hometown was still trying to mobilize the relocation, on a short mountain in Changshan County, Qi County, the short and stout Zhishilang Wang Hou narrowed his eyes and looked at the visitor, and was extremely satisfied. .

This is because the well-known Cheng Dalang in front of him changed his lukewarmness when he was in Dengzhou, and came up to be respectful. Not only his words were humble, but he also kept praising Zhishilang's righteousness in initiating the rebel army. The leader of the rebel army even proposed that there is a lack of boats to cross the river at the moment. Otherwise, after breaking Qi County, they must lead the way across the river and try to bring that Putai army to serve King Zhishilang.

Of course, the most important point is that Cheng Dalang took the initiative to express his willingness to be a pioneer and lead his troops to be the first to advance westward.

"Actually, there is one more thing."

Seeing Wang Hou's unexpected coaxing, Cheng Dalang thought for a while, then clasped his hands in front of him and said. "Before I came, my subordinates donated tens of thousands of chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep, dogs, horses and donkeys from the nearby village... and this subordinate thought that other luggage is nothing more than that these animals are easy to move, so they should all be placed in the central army. That's right, it's convenient to use."

Wang Hou thought about it for a while, and immediately went to see Shi Zijiang: "Cheng Dalang is right, the second master, you go back, and send all the livestock here tomorrow morning..."

Shi Zijiang hesitated to speak, but could only respond.

After all, this rebel army is called Zhishijun, and the leader in front of him is nicknamed Zhishilang.

However, this did not affect the second leader who returned to the north bank of Jishui that night. After returning to his base camp, he immediately cursed in the tent:

"Wang Blacksmith! Wang Lanqiang! After studying for several years, I can't do a good job as a copyist. I can only be a jailer, and the jailer can't do it. I can only be a blacksmith. I can't do it even with a gun. It's not me. Help him cover it up, he died in prison a long time ago, how can he transform himself into Zhishiro?!"

Scolded a pass, but can not.

On the second day, after all, he let the confidant leader drive all the livestock to the opposite side...Of course, during this period, chickens and geese were inevitably slaughtered, and mules and horses were forcibly put on the cart, but after Langya-Dengzhou-Qijun team searched However, a total of [-] to [-] heads of various types of livestock were sent to the Chinese army on the other side.

In the evening of this day, the Zhishi Army even passed Changshan County, where the Rebel Army had penetrated the most into Qi County, and came to Zhangqiu.

And early the next morning, the army continued to move forward, and Cheng Zhili led the headquarters as the vanguard. In the afternoon, before he saw Zhangqiu County, he became inexplicably vigilant... Without him, he always felt that the further he went, the terrain would be more difficult. The more it has the meaning of mountains and rivers, it is like a natural narrow alley, which is the so-called dead place in the art of war.

Of course, this is just vigilance, because since the summer, the rebel army has been surging in the past six months, gradually attacking the prefectures and counties. It is not impossible for the various officers and troops to fight, but there are really not many.

However, after repeated lingering, Cheng Zhili, who has always been cautious, decided to be cautious. Therefore, at a place four or five miles away from Zhangqiu City, where the city wall could almost be seen with the naked eye, Cheng Dalang temporarily stopped his troops next to Jishui, and on the spot Rest up.

Moreover, he did not leave for a long time.

The meaning of Cheng Dalang's caution at this time is actually very simple, that is, no matter how he delays first, he can at least avoid the siege, right?

However, an hour later, Cheng Dalang suddenly ushered in a strange old friend.

"Xiao Jia, why are you here?" Cheng Dalang, who was forced to stand up and put on his armor helplessly, was a little surprised because the smoke and dust of the Zhishi Army brigade could be seen far behind him.

"I know Boss Cheng, you are here, and I want to do great things with you." A young and capable warrior stood in front of Cheng Dalang, but it was Jia Runshi, the son of Cao Jiawugen, a local tycoon in Licheng, Qi County, and a county thief. County has always been famous. "Will Boss Cheng accept me?"

Cheng Dalang thought for a while, then held his helmet and asked in a low voice: "Xiao Jia, does your father have anything to say?"

Jia Runshi was silent for a while: "My father said, if you didn't ask this question, I will take you forward, to the foot of Zhangqiu City; Shui ran away for his life... It would not be in vain for our two families to meet each other."

Cheng Dalang was stunned for a moment, then put on the helmet suddenly, and at the same time he did not forget to call a confidant: "Go back and tell Zhishilang that the sentry cavalry outside Zhangqiu City is too tough, and it is a bit difficult to handle, so let him be careful... After finishing the letter, don’t come back, just find your way and escape for your life... As for the rest of you, speed up your armour, mount your horse with me, and prepare to fight.”

This time, it was Jia Runshi's turn to be dumbfounded.

However, Cheng Dalang, who was as cunning as he was, still made a mistake. As soon as he finished speaking, his messengers hadn't left yet. Suddenly, in the mountains behind him, there was a dense sound of war drums.

Immediately afterwards, there are mountains in the south, Zhangqiu City in front, and finally Jishui.

"I knew that when the two armies were at war, how could you entrust your life to others?" Cheng Dalang, who was fully clothed, got on his horse, but glanced at Jia Runshi who was still in a daze. "Xiao Jia, do you still dare to do big things with me? If you dare, you will fight for your life with me first! If you don't dare, get out!"

Jia Runshi turned over and got on the horse he had come on.

PS: Everyone gets rich at the Dragon Boat Festival!
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