Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 379 Contribution
Zhao Zhen saw a large group of troops coming down the mountain and had already formed a battle formation and was waiting for them.

As soon as Miaokong finished speaking, he angered a brave man in Zhao Zhen's army.

Guanghui said, "Where did this monk come from? How dare he act wildly here? Sir, I will go and meet him."

After saying that, he raised the crescent shovel in his hand and headed straight for Miaokong.

Two monks, four arms raised, two crescent shovels wielded. Two of them stood in front of the battle, one back and one back, one up and one down, two against each other. But see:
Two dragons compete for treasures, a pair of tigers fight for husks. The crescent moon shovels up like a tiger's tail and dragon tendons, and suddenly, the sky collapses and the earth collapses. Fiercely, thunder roars and wind whistles.

At that time, the two fought for more than 20 rounds, but there was no clear winner. Guanghui showed off his weakness, jumped out of the circle, and shouted: "Take a break."

"Hey, monk, I see you are a martial artist, why don't you join my master?"

Miao Kong laughed loudly and said, "Your martial arts are not as good as mine. I will kill you first and then meet the great master you mentioned."

After saying that, he brandished the iron crescent shovel and rushed towards Guanghui. Guanghui was angry, threw away the crescent shovel in his hand, drew out a pair of swords, and chopped at Miaokong.

The two fought for another ten rounds. How could Miaokong defeat Guanghui's double swords? Guanghui was only a beginner in using the Crescent Blade, yet he was able to fight with Miaokong in a back-and-forth battle. He had practiced this pair of swords for many years. For a moment, Miaokong could only block them and dodge up and down.

When Song Sheng saw this, he thought, "I didn't expect this monk to be so powerful. I'll go up and help him. Two of us can defeat one of us. Let's kill this monk first to dampen his morale."

Song Sheng grabbed the iron stick, spread his legs, and ran towards the two men.

On Zhao Zhen's side, before Zhao Zhen could speak, a big man came forward with his broadsword. Lei Heng was thinking in the battle formation, he had just arrived in Liangshan County and had not done anything, but the great official had appointed him as the battalion commander, why not take this opportunity to make a contribution, show his ability and repay the great official.

So, seeing a man running out from the opposite side, Lei Heng responded. The two men held swords and sticks, and it was difficult to tell who was who. Then Guang Hui shouted, "Come on."

A head flew up into the sky, and Song Sheng, who was fighting, was startled and slowed down. Lei Heng took advantage of this opportunity and swung his broadsword, chopping Song Sheng's leg with one blow and stabbing him in the neck with another, killing him.

Zhao Zhen saw this and pointed his whip, and the cavalry and infantry rushed forward. The bandits on the opposite side saw this and threw down their flags, drums, swords, spears and armor, and fled in all directions.

After counting the merits and the spoils, they found that they had seized more than 300 good horses and large carts. They killed no less than bandits and captured more than alive. They also seized more than swords, spears, clubs, and to sets of armor.

The treasure for entering the rank is a third-rank iron crescent shovel, which is exactly the same as the one in Guanghui's hand. Song Sheng is wearing a first-rank chain mail, a phoenix-wing helmet, and a third-rank iron club.

Among his personal belongings, there was a stone turtle. The soldier who was counting the property saw that it was neatly wrapped and brought it to Zhao Zhen.

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Turtle for Gathering Wealth (Second level. Empress Xing found a natural stone turtle that looked like a real thing and placed it under a pomegranate tree in the courtyard. Someone saw it and said, "This is a treasure." So he put it in a basket. From then on, he had enough money and later became quite wealthy. From Ji Shen Lu)
Effect 1: Place it under a pomegranate tree to show wealth.

Effect 2: Hide in a box or cage to easily get money. I don't know where the two got this [Fortune-Gathering Turtle] from, but Zhao Zhen was delighted when he saw it.

After some interrogation, Zhao Zhen also found out where these bandits came from. Wu Yong heard this and said, "Sir, why not send the heads of these two men to Dongping Prefecture. Now the court has ordered that all prefectures and cities must eliminate the bandits under their jurisdiction, and these two men are well-known."

Zhao Zhen nodded, and immediately had someone find lime to pickle the heads of Song Sheng and Miao Kong, and put them in two wooden boxes. He also ordered Bai Sheng to take a few elite soldiers to ride to Dongping Prefecture the next day to present his achievements.

After Zhao Zhen and his men rested for a night, the next day the infantrymen boarded the large ship brought by Ruan Xiaoer from Jingmen Town back to Baishi Manor. The cavalry escorted the captives along the lake, most of the strong ones were sent to the mine in Heihu Temple Town and handed over to Yang Xiong for care, while the weak ones were sent to the prison to pound rice and do hard labor, and then returned to Baishi Manor.

That night, Zhao Zhen held a grand banquet to reward the soldiers. Soldiers who had made contributions were rewarded with money, cloth, wine, meat, and land. For a time, there was thunderous cheering.

Seeing that Lei Heng's armor was ordinary iron armor, Zhao Zhen gave Lei Heng his newly acquired first-level chain mail, phoenix-wing helmet, and the third-level black gold thick-backed broadsword sent by the Military Equipment Bureau.

After resting for a few days, Zhao Zhen discussed with Wu Yong and Zhu Wu and decided to lead Ouyang Shoutong's fleet into the Yellow River along the Ji River, stationed in Zhaodui Township, Shouzhang County, and patrol the Yellow River on a daily basis to support Li Ying on the road.

In addition to Ruan Xiaowu's troops stationed in Shijie Village, Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaoqi and Liu Lin's fleets will also take turns entering the Yellow River to train soldiers in addition to their daily patrols of the water.

But Bai Sheng went to Dongping Prefecture and submitted a letter. Soon, Cheng Wanli met Bai Sheng in a side hall.

After greeting, Cheng Wanli asked Bai Sheng to sit down and asked, "Captain Bai, your son-in-law said in the letter that he had wiped out another gang of bandits, and the leader was the criminal for whom the Kaifeng government had posted a bounty?"

Bai Sheng quickly replied, "Sir, my master has interrogated him clearly. The leader is indeed Song Sheng, the leader of the horse convoy who drew a picture in Kaifeng Prefecture and offered a reward of 5000 strings of cash. As for this monk Miaosheng, we only know that he is a strong man that Song Sheng met on the road. I heard from the captured bandits that they heard this monk bragging after drinking that he killed all the monks in a temple in one night and set it on fire, so there was no victim."

Having said this, Bai Sheng opened the two boxes he brought with him. Cheng Wanli waved his hand, called a personal attendant, and took the boxes. He also wrote an official document and sent someone to take the two heads and ride on horseback to Bianliang to ask for credit.

After finishing all these, Cheng Wanli said, "Fortunately, Liangshan has a good son-in-law to share my worries. Now the military commander Dong Ping has gone to war. Although I still have a few commanders here, they are still capable of patrolling the city, but they are useless for going out to suppress bandits. Shouzhang County is now seriously plagued by bandits. There is a batch of military equipment in the treasury. I will send someone to escort it to Shouzhang County today. Bai Dutou will go back and tell my son-in-law to let him train the soldiers carefully. If he can make new achievements, I will naturally ask for an official title for him."

Bai Sheng nodded quickly, and when Cheng Wanli took a sip of tea, Bai Sheng stood up and said goodbye. A personal attendant took Bai Sheng out of the house.

Not to mention Bai Sheng's unexpected gain, let's just say that when Zhao Zhen saw that the Tiangang Disha Order could summon the Disha again, he did not hesitate and immediately spent 10 points of luck to summon it.

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Zhou Jin, a deputy general of Daming Prefecture, heard that Liangshan County was recruiting talents, so he came to join it.

Zhao Zhen frowned when he saw him. This was another person who was not a Disha, and he was not a Leijiang either. Fortunately, this person himself had heard about it from Yang Zhi.

Zhou Jin was good at horse fighting and archery, but I didn't know why a deputy general from a famous prefecture wanted to join me.

(End of this chapter)