Lord: Start with a copy of Water Margin

Song Jiang, Lai Yong'er, and Wu Jiao discussed in secret for a long time and finally decided on a plan. To select gifts, Song Qing and Lai Yonger were still asked to pretend to be merchants and take people to Liangshan Prefecture.

I won’t talk about how Song Jiang chose the gifts, but Zhao Zhen and his party marched along the official road and passed through Sishui County. Zhao Zhen led Lin Chong, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng into the city to meet [Tianmu General] Peng Qi under the protection of the Yidu Horse Army. .

Peng Qi followed Zhao Zhen, drank some horse wine first, and invited the three of them to sit down in the backyard of the county government office.

Peng Qi said: "Thank you very much, Sir, for inviting Dr. An Shen to diagnose and treat me. If it weren't for An Shen Dr.'s elixir, I might not be able to use my left arm in the future."

Zhao Zhen said: "Last time I saw my brother chatting and laughing, I thought it was nothing serious. I never thought that this would happen again. Fortunately, I met my brother, and the country did not lose a general."

Peng Qi smiled and said: "My lord, you are so complimentary. To put it bluntly, the results of our battle with the elites from the three states are not as good as those of my lord."

Zhao Zhen said: "How can I have such ability? I rely on the sacrifice of such brothers."

With that said, Lin Chong and the other three were introduced one by one.

Peng Qi said: "It turns out that Coach Lin is here."

Lin Chong said: "Xiao Ke was trapped because of the care of the senior officials."

Peng Qi sighed: "The way of the world..." After sighing for a while, Peng Qi turned to ask: "My lord, why did you withdraw from the army?"

Zhao Zhen said: "Firstly, the weather has turned cold and it is not suitable for fighting. Secondly, I have only supported Huyan's commander along the way, and I have no siege equipment. So far, I have overfulfilled the imperial commission. Now that we are in a stalemate, it is better to go back. The army rests and we will discuss the rest next year.”

Peng Qi said: "That's right. The imperial court has never given many rewards. It only allows each state to prepare its own food and grass. This expedition was all thanks to the command of Hu Yanzhuo, which won the favor of the officials. After he was the founding hero of the country, he has many good looks. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "I've heard about it too. Song Jiang can't handle this chain of armored horses in a field battle. If Laiwu hadn't been so mountainous, I'd probably have already invaded Qingzhou."

Peng Qi shook his head: "Brother Han Tao wrote that Song Jiang has many leaders with strong martial arts skills and military advisors who can make plans. I'm afraid it won't be easy to succeed just by relying on Hu Yanzhuo to command this army."

Zhao Zhen said: "There is a Yong'er there, who is nicknamed [Ghost Sees Sorrow]. He is the most scheming. As for the leaders of the thieves, we only know a few old thieves, but the new ones who have joined the group are unknown. If the regiment knows, Let’s talk about it so you can be prepared if you encounter it in the future.”

Peng Qi said: "To say that these green forest strongmen recruited by Song Jiang are really brave. Nothing else matters, only the two brothers are the most powerful. The elder brother [Eye Leopard] Di Lei and the younger brother [Slim Face Bear] Di Yun, both of them are very powerful. With a red copper hammer, he is really invincible. Commander Hu Yan can't win against this Di Lei even if he is fifty years old."

Zhao Zhen listened and kept it in his heart.

Zhao Zhen then asked: "Now that we have withdrawn our troops, the Surabaya officer who is also supervising Peng Tuan in Laiwu is injured now. There are also many wounded soldiers in Surabaya. Please ask Hu Yanzhuo to send troops to garrison as soon as possible. If Song Jiang ventures south, it will be easy for him." The troops are on their way, because Surabaya is only two days' journey from Laiwu Prison."

Peng Qi said: "What Mr. Xiang said is that the infantry with Fu Ma only has only more than 5,000 people. How can we mobilize soldiers and horses? The senior officials are going to conquer the Qingzhou bandits and have to pass through here. Why not leave a battalion of troops and horses to garrison them?"

Zhao Zhen said in embarrassment: "To be honest with Peng Tuanlian, I have stationed one troops in Xintai, Xinwen, Mengyin, and Pingyi. If we want to garrison here, we have to recruit one from each county in Liangshan. Two troops Horses, if they don’t belong to each other, may cause many troubles.”

Peng Qi heard this and said quickly: "My lord, don't worry. I am injured and it will be inconvenient to fight. There are only 500 soldiers and horses in the city who can fight, and the remaining 800 people have to rest. My lord, if you send me When people come, the villain is willing to give way to the virtuous, and just rest here to recuperate. "

Lin Chong also advised: "Senior official, what Peng Tuanlian said is that if this place is occupied by Song Jiang again, the people here will become thieves when they see that the official army cannot protect the place."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "In that case, I will go back to the state and select a group of soldiers and horses to garrison here to take charge of Surabaya and Xianyuan. The two thousand civilians recruited will be given five days' leave, and then they will gather together. "County, I've sent people to practice. If they can't fight in battle, they can transport hammers, cannons and stones to defend the city."

Peng Qi listened and nodded.

After discussion, Zhao Zhen released the people of Sishui County, who returned home one after another carrying the cloth, rice and noodles that Zhao Zhen had rewarded.

The neighbors saw him and asked about him one after another.

I heard that during this period, I was able to transport food and grass, cut down trees, and build camps for the army. Many of my neighbors were envious. All the people praised Zhao Zhen for his benefits.

Neighbors heard that the civilians were only in the rear and did not come forward to fight. Those who are bold can ask Zhao Daguan whether he is still recruiting civilian husbands.

Everyone said: "The high official will give you five days off, and he will have to go to the county seat to practice and train in the methods of defending the city."

Some people heard that they wanted to defend the city and gave up the idea of ​​signing up. After hearing this, more people expressed their intention to sign up.

After all, it is winter leisure now, and Zhao Zhen's army is rewarded despite being in charge of food every day. Not only will the family save food, but they will also get some rewards, which will make life much better next year. After all, there was a military disaster this year, and every household suffered more or less losses.

After all, recruiting civilian husbands elsewhere is not like this. Those who encountered cruelty would not only receive no reward, but sometimes they would be forced to fill trenches with arrows in front of them.

Zhao Zhen didn't know that he just rewarded him with some money and food, but he suddenly gained a lot of support.

By the time Zhao Zhen returned to Liangshan Prefecture, word had already spread throughout Xianyuan and Sishui, and Zhao Zhen's reputation became even greater.

After returning to Liangshan Prefecture, the soldiers who participated in the expedition were given rewards according to their merits and were given ten days' leave to rest.

Then Zhao Zhen ordered that a thousand people from each county of Yuncheng and Liangshan be mobilized, one of them to accompany the Zuohu military camp, while Bian Xiang, Huo Wancheng, and Wang Liang were stationed in Surabaya. One group followed the right guard to guard the military camp, and Yang Zhi, Liu Qi and Zhou Jin were stationed at Xianyuan. He also took charge of the training of civilian husbands.

Then, Zhao Zhen, accompanied by Bao Xu, Yan Shude, and Yu Bao, met [Baoguang Tathagata] Deng Yuanjue in the hall of Baishi Manor.

Speaking of Deng Yuanjue, he was also a fair-weather monk.

When I first arrived, I got extremely drunk in a restaurant in Liangshan County and acted like a fool in the street. The shopkeeper had no choice but to report it to the official, but seven or eight police officers could not subdue him.

It was Jiao Ting who took action and knocked Deng Yuanjue down twice before subduing him.

After sobering up, Deng Yuanjue refused to accept the offer and came specifically to challenge Jiao Ting. The two fought with bare hands for more than fifty rounds before Jiao Ting found an opportunity and fell to Deng Yuanjue.

Then he changed his weapons, closed them with more than twenty soldiers, and Deng Yuanjue knocked away the Jiao Ting Pu Dao with one stick.

The two didn't know each other without fighting. Deng Yuanjue put away his arrogance when he heard that Jiao Ting was only training for the Liangshan County team.

After seeing the ceremony, Zhao Zhen looked at the great monk in front of him. He was wearing a fierce scarlet robe, a round sash tied with a piece of tiger tendon, a string of seven treasures necklace and several beads, and a pair of nine-ring deerskin monk shoes, lined with incense thread. The golden beast hides its heart and uses its hands to make a shining iron Zen staff.

Cheers: "Master, you have a good figure."

Deng Yuanjue saluted and said: "The poor monk is a monk from Shezhou. He has never practiced Buddhism in his life. He only loves to practice martial arts and sticks. Seeing that the world is not peaceful, he came out of the mountain. The court is corrupt and the granite stone has harmed the people. The young monk wanted to surrender. Fang La just saw that he acted without any scruples, so he was worried. "

"I heard that among the four major bandits in the world, Songjiang in Shandong Province is the most famous, but it is limited to a corner. It is said that it is because the high official is in Liangshan, and I also heard that the high official has a [Flower Monk] here, so the young monk simply does not vote for Fang La Come and see Shandong.”

Zhao Zhen heard this and said, "It's not a coincidence that Master has come. These days, I have been away fighting, but Lu Tiha is currently stationed in Xintai County." Deng Yuanjue said, "It doesn't matter, the little monk can't recite the sutra. These days, I have nothing to do. There was nothing wrong with me, and I also talked with the donor Tanyue who came to burn incense at Wagon Temple. They all said that high officials are good for me. Therefore, the young monk also wants to join the army, so he will naturally have plenty of time to get to know Brother Lu Zhishen. "

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "This is simple. Next year we will have to fight Qingzhou Songjiang. Since the great monk came here to meet Lu Zhishen, why not also go to Jianrui camp to keep Lu Zhishen company?"

Deng Yuanjue heard this and said with a smile: "This is the best."

"The Jianrui Battalion has 3,000 troops. Now the three commanders Guang Hui, Lu Zhishen, and Wu Song have led 2,000 people to garrison in Yizhou, and there are 1,000 people to garrison in Zhongdu County. How about the master temporarily commanding these 1,000 people?" Zhao Zhen said.

After hearing this, Deng Yuanjue bowed and saluted and said: "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful. I will take orders, little monk."

World Log:

Name: Deng Yuanjue (hero, monk from Shezhou.)

Nickname: Baoguang Tathagata

Race: Human race

Reputation: 100 (the famous monk Mang in Shezhou)

Occupation: Monk

Level: Level 5 Level 5 (Strength 65, Commander 50)

Attributes: Strength 61, Constitution 54, Agility 34, Spirit 25

Skills: Innate divine power level 6 (physical strength is good, strength +6), professor level 3 (teaching martial arts, spirit +3), fighting level 3 (competition, physical fitness +3).

Command skills: Fighting General level 3 (fighting general in front of the formation, morale +3 when winning, morale -3 when losing), Charge level 2 (leading the charge, morale +2)

Martial Arts: Fists and kicks (Xiao Cheng, using fists and feet with +5 force, three-way Vajra Fist), Zen staff (Dacheng, using Zen staff weapons with +6 force, five-way Xiaoyaksha stick, three-way Dayaksha stick)

Monthly salary: 20 dollars

On that day, Zhao Zhen held a banquet in honor of Deng Yuanjue. On the second day, he sent Jiao Ting to Zhongdu County with his appointment documents, and sent the county magistrate Xu He, the chief registrar Chao Ning, the county captain Xu Qing, and the regiments of Shi Xiu, Du Qian, Song Wan and others were introduced to Deng Yuanjue.

After two days of busy work, Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief after handling the backlog of affairs in the state one by one.

Everyone seemed to know that Zhao Zhen was tired, and no one came to disturb Zhao Zhen for three days in a row. Zhao Zhen was hiding in Baishi Valley and was happy and at ease. He doesn't practice martial arts either. He only entertains cats and dogs every day, accompanying Cheng Wan'er and others, and teasing a few birds at home.

On this day, Zhao Zhen took Jin Le Silk Chu Yuan and Xiu Le Silk Chu Yan to watch the black clam spit out its beads in the lotus pond.

To say that this black clam has spit out pearls for the third time since it was discovered.

The first one he spit out was a second-level [Relieving Heat and Cooling Bead], and the second one spit out two first-level [Blue Spring Beads].

Biquan beads (first level, beads are in the shape of water droplets, light blue throughout, smooth as jade on the surface, slightly vaporous.)

Effect 1: Condensate water. Put this bead on a wooden plate. Under the moon, you can get one liter of water.

Effect 2: Match it, wealth +3.

For fear of destroying the characteristics of the beads by drilling holes, Zheng Tianshou, the white-faced man, inlaid the two beads with a circle of lotus pattern and gold, and made two necklaces for Jin Cuilian and Angelica dahurica. Today is the middle of the month again. Cheng Wan'er decided that the beads spit out this time would belong to the two of them, so Zhao Zhen brought Chu Yuan and Chu Yan over.

After a while, the black clam slowly walked out of the lotus pond and spit out two more beads.

Zhao Zhen suddenly heard a voice in his mind. He carefully identified it and found that it was coming from the black clam in front of him. It was directly reflected in Zhao Zhen's mind. Although it was incoherent and not a sentence, Zhao Zhen still recognized that the black clam really meant that it would dive into the mud and not come out until spring.

Zhao Zhen tried to respond in his mind, and the black clam seemed to really understand and slowly sank into the water.

The farmhand beside him rolled up his trouser legs, walked into the water, fished out two beads, and handed them to Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen looked at them and found that they were also first-level [Biquan Pearls].

Zhao Zhen handed them to Chu Yuan and Chu Yan, who smiled and thanked Zhao Zhen. After playing with them for a while, the two whispered to each other, and Chu Yuan said to Zhao Zhen: "Sir, we two want to make a pair of earrings and wear them in turns."

Zhao Zhen said: "Well, then send it to Zheng Tianshou. Write down any requirements and I will let Zheng Tianshou make them himself."

The two happily agreed.

Zhao Zhen asked, "Do you two know what happened to Li Jiao'er, Sun Xue'e, and Meng Yulou?"

Chu Yan said, "I heard from Sister Cui Lian that Li Jiao'er fell in love with Chen Da, Shi Yong fell in love with Meng Yulou, and Cao Tielin fell in love with Sun Xue'e."

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Have they married yet?"

Chu Yuan nodded and said, "Master Dong picked a date and brought them in a sedan chair. It was not as lively as when we first entered the family. Sister Cheng sent congratulatory gifts on behalf of the official. Each family has a mahogany carved cloud pattern and inlaid with warm stone, two mandarin duck quilts, four pieces of red velvet and two sets of gold and silver jewelry."

Zhao Zhen listened and nodded.

I don't know when this hero of the rivers and lakes has been training his strength and practicing martial arts all day long. He avoids women and is more terrifying than a tiger. He was nicknamed "slippery bone marrow".

Zhao Zhen married a wife and took concubines, and this trend gradually dissipated, and few people laughed at him. Jiao Ting, Hei Sijie, Bao Xu and Jin'er were brought together by Zhao Zhen, and the rest of the people gradually accepted it.

In Zhao Zhen's opinion, the green forest people did not marry, in addition to wasting energy and strength, they were more afraid of leaving their lives and being threatened.

Now these people have their own duties in Liangshan Prefecture, so they naturally don't have this worry.

The whole Liangshan Prefecture still encourages childbirth. After all, population is also wealth.

The weather in November was chilly at the bottom of the valley. After staying for a while, Chu Yan and Chu Yan couldn't stand it. Zhao Zhen saw it and took them back to the house on the mountain.

Cheng Wan'er asked: "Sir, is the pearl spit out by this black clam different this time?"

Chu Yan shook the two [Biquan Pearls] in her hand and said: "Sister, it's also [Biquan Pearls]."

Cheng Wan'er smiled and said: "It seems that this black clam has bred a lot of [Biquan Pearls]. "

Zhao Zhen listened and thought to himself: I can ask this black clam next time.

The couple was chatting when the steward Zhao Yuanli came in and said, "Master, there is a brother and sister outside the manor who want to see you."