A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television

The two of them were very busy, and the two of them were very busy.

"I, Yang Zhi, pay my respects to the official."

"Get up and sit down."

Lu Cheng looked up and down at Yang Zhi in front of him. He was tall and strong, with strong features. If it weren't for the black birthmark on his face, he would have been handsome.

Speaking of which, Yang Zhi was unlucky enough. In terms of background, Yang Zhi was a descendant of the Yang family, a legitimate descendant of a general. In terms of ability, Yang Zhi had once passed the military examination and served as a commander of the Palace Marshal's Mansion, equivalent to a regular battalion-level officer.

But this officer, who had a good background and ability, was extremely unlucky.

Back then, Yang Zhi was ordered to escort the Flower and Stone Gang. There were 10 boats and 10 envoys escorting the Flower and Stone Gang. Everyone else was safe, but the boat escorted by Yang Zhi capsized in the river. The strange stones and people he was escorting fell into the river, and only Yang Zhi escaped.

The mission failed, so Yang Zhi naturally couldn't go back to report. In order to keep his official position, Yang Zhi sold his property to buy two pieces of fine jade, carved them into a pair of fine white jade vases, and gave them to Taiwei Gao Qiu, hoping that Gao Qiu would bypass him.

But Gao Qiu was very dissatisfied with Yang Zhi's attitude of evading responsibility, and directly smashed the jade bottle Yang Zhi gave him and arrested Yang Zhi.

Yang Zhi used up his last family fortune, but he only ended up losing his official position. He had no choice but to sell his ancestral sword, but was entangled by the rogue Niu Er and was forced to kill Niu Er.

Afterwards, Yang Zhi was exiled to Daming Prefecture. With his martial arts, he was valued by Liang Zhongshu, the son-in-law of Cai Jing, and was assigned to transport the birthday gift.

Later, Wu Yong, Chao Gai and others cleverly seized the birthday gift, which once again forced Yang Zhi into a desperate situation. He almost committed suicide, but finally became a bandit under the persuasion of a shopkeeper.

"Yang Zhi, I heard that you are a descendant of a general, a descendant of the Yang family, and a martial arts candidate?"

"That's true. I am the descendant of Yang Linggong, but... but I am in such a state now. I feel ashamed of my ancestors and cannot even mention their names."

"Then do you still want to restore the glory of your ancestors?"

"Of course I do. If the official can give me a chance, I will serve you with my life."

"I can give you this opportunity, but it depends on whether you can seize it. Let me try your martial arts first."

The two of them arrived at the martial arts arena in the mansion. With only three moves, Lu Cheng found out Yang Zhi's background.

This Yang Zhi's martial arts value is indeed good. He is skilled in archery and horse riding, and has both strength and reaction ability.

In the original novel, Yang Zhi fought with Lin Chong for 50 rounds without a clear winner, fought with Lu Zhishen for 40 to 50 rounds without a clear winner, and fought with Shuangbian Hu Yanzhuo, Ji Xianfeng Suo Chao and others, and they were all tied or had a slight advantage, which can be called a model of 50-50.

Moreover, Yang Zhi is good at swords, spears, bows, horses, cavalry and foot combat, and has no shortcomings.

Later, Lu Cheng asked about some knowledge of military tactics, and Yang Zhi's performance was also good. Although it was not particularly outstanding, it was above the passing line.

After examining Yang Zhi's strength, Lu Cheng said, "Yang Zhi, your ability is pretty good and I recognize you. However, it is not easy for you to return to the army. After all, you have offended General Gao and Master Tong successively, and even I cannot arrange for you to join the army. I have prepared another way for you. It depends on whether you are willing to go."

"I have already become a bandit. As long as there is a way to go, it will be much better than now."

"Very good, you take this letter now, return to Yuncheng County, and follow the Yongchang Escort Agency's convoy to the north."

"I am willing to follow the arrangement."

The next morning, Yang Zhi returned to Yuncheng County with Lu Cheng's letter, followed Lu Zhishen, and led a team of escorts all the way north.

The group arrived at the northern Yanshan Road in the north, came to a hidden valley somewhere on the border between Song and Liao, and entered a mountain stronghold.

After arriving at the mountain stronghold, Yang Zhi was also shocked to see the soldiers and horses training in the stronghold, as well as the two or three hundred war horses in the stable.

"Brother Lu, are these all the people from our Yongchang Escort Agency?"

"You can say that, anyway, they are all the people of the master, how about it? How do they compare to the imperial guards?"

"Looking at their training, they advance and retreat in moderation, practice well, and are full of energy and spirit. They should be a group of good soldiers. What is the purpose of the master putting a group of people here?"

"Our Lujiazhuang business is quite extensive, even the Liao Kingdom in the north will purchase a large number of ours every month.

The products of our Lujia Village. But there are always some people who covet our great official's property. What we have to do is to cut off those guys who dare to covet the great official's money and goods. "

Yang Zhi looked at the two or three hundred war horses, but he knew in his heart that this might not be that simple. But he didn't think too much about it. It was better to be here than to be in the mountain stronghold.

In fact, Yang Zhi didn't know at this time that there were far more than one or two mountain strongholds like this on the border between Song and Liao. They were all built up by Lu Zhishen, Shi Jin, and some people who later defected to Lujiazhuang in the past two years.

At the beginning, these mountain strongholds were established by the escorts and porters of Yongchang Escort Agency, and then some refugees who couldn't survive were recruited from nearby to join, and they continued to grow, draw soldiers and train soldiers and horses.

As for those war horses, they were also sent by Lu Zhishen and Shi Jin to take people to receive them when Lu Cheng was fighting on the grassland.

Lu Cheng killed so many people on the grassland, and there were not many war horses received. Most of them ran away. In the end, there were only more than 1,000 horses left, scattered in several different mountain strongholds.

Now, when these mountain strongholds are trained, If the situation is similar, Lu Zhishen and others will lead troops to the grassland to plunder, fight to support the war, and continue to grow.

With the financial and material resources of Lujiazhuang, and the transportation of Yongchang Escort Agency, it is enough to train a team of elite soldiers.

In fact, now the local landlords and tyrants also have private soldiers. As long as they have a good relationship with the government in advance, the government will turn a blind eye.

Just like the three families of Li, Zhu, and Hu on Dulonggang near Liangshan, they took advantage of the favorable terrain of Dulonggang to form a The three manors formed an alliance and were also the local bullies.

Even in the current Lujiazhuang, there are hundreds of servants stationed all year round, practicing sticks, and the county magistrate of Yuncheng County has to curry favor with them.

In Bianjing City, after Lu Cheng became familiar with the affairs of the Ministry of War, he happened to hear that the Xiangjun of Jingdong Road was preparing to hold a competition to select talents, so he took the initiative to volunteer to go to Jizhou Prefecture to inspect the local area and select talents.

Of course, on the way to the business trip, he can also go back to Lujiazhuang to comfort the ladies at home...