The forests in the Jingyanggang area in the southeast of Yanggu County are blown by the night wind.

Wu Haogu, who was wearing black paint and lying on the mountain character, looked at the woods in the dark, and thought of a wild North China tiger with a miserable fate. The North China tiger was extinct in later generations, and it existed in a small number in the North China region of the Song Dynasty. However, Wu Haogu had never seen them before, but had seen a few of their skins at the market in Daxiangguo Temple!

I don’t know if there are any wild Fiery Tigers in Jingyanggang? If there are, will they be killed by Wu Song’s three punches and two kicks? If the tiger bones are killed, it cannot be wasted. How good is it to sell for yourself to make white wine?

Tiger bone wine, it will definitely be sold at a good price...

When Wu Haogu was thinking randomly, Ximen Qing was urging her 400 guardians (and 100 guardians left) to move forward quickly. These 400 people set up a standard marching formation, using "du" and "bao". First, a "bao" sword and shield hand opened the way, and in the middle was a "du" archer. Wu Haogu, Ximen Qing, Zhao Zhong Ge, Lin Chong and others, as well as the "knowing the army" magistrate Shi Guozhong, and county magistrate Zhang Kegong and others, were walking behind the archer. The one who fell to the last lineup was another "bao" sword and shield hand.

In addition to Ximen Qing, the Ximen family also had sixteen children accompanying him, four of whom served as "guardian chief" and "dutou" respectively, controlling 400 guards. There were twelve people divided into three groups, two groups walked on both sides of the marching brigade as side guards, and one group was a forward, walking in front of the brigade.

This marching arrangement is actually the most basic method of leading troops. However, this basic skill can sometimes show the true ability!

Of course Wu Haogu didn't understand. Along the way, he was thinking about the tiger's affairs except to win over and support Shi Da County. However, Brother Zhao Zhong, Lin Chong and Zhang Kegong were truly knowledgeable soldiers. Seeing the performance of Baoding of Ximen's family marching at night, he secretly gave him a thumbs up.

Night marching and night battles are very difficult! Especially when you go to the battlefield, you might run a lot! And it is easy to get confused. Unless you are really trained and the main general can firmly grasp the elite, you cannot walk on the night path and fight night field battles.

Lin Chong thought to himself: If it were replaced by the imperial guards of Kaifeng Prefecture and walked on the battlefield at night, 350 of the 400 people would fall behind!

The more than 400 people from the Ximen family were in order and did not show any panic. Obviously, the Ximen family had very good control over them.

Anyone of them dares to run away quietly, just wait for beheading and destroying the family!

Brother Zhao Zhong felt that the Ximen family's soldiers were too poorly equipped, and they didn't even have any horses. They just put armor, spears and a small number of divine arm crossbows (for armor-breaking) to greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the troops. They can almost reach the level of elite soldiers of the four Yan families, Pingzhou Zhang family (the Zhang family in Pingzhou is very strong in combat, exceeding the four Yan families).

If the Song Dynasty court could train 50,000 such elite troops before the chaos in the Liao Kingdom occurred, it would be no problem to restore Yan Yun.

Moreover, it is actually not difficult to train such soldiers to produce 50,000, and only a few hundred grassroots military officers who can firmly control 100 heroes, plus enough money to invest.

However, the word "tooth soldier" appeared in Zhang Kegong's mind.

This soldier is not Baoding at all, but is completely a tooth soldier of the military governor of the Five Dynasties of Tang Dynasty! Apart from the lack of armor, spears and military crossbows, the hundreds of people from the Ximen family are clearly hundreds of tooth soldiers! They are just a local tyrant in Yunzhou, and they have raised such elite soldiers... This is obviously a strange ambition!

There is no doubt that the Ximen family has a strange ambitions, but Zhang Kegong couldn't think of how to rectify them for a while. Because the Ximen family's Baoding was legal and was established based on the "Baojia Law" of the Song Dynasty. Moreover, their current performance does not violate the Wang Law. According to Wang Anshi's original intention of establishing the "Baojia Law", the Baoding of the Song Dynasty should be like Baoding of the Ximen Zhuang.

A sound of horse hooves interrupted Zhang Kegong's thoughts. He looked up and saw a horse galloping towards him. Using the torch in the hand of Baoding of the Ximen family, Zhang Kegong found that the person who came was wearing a black battle jacket, which was a knight of the Ximen family.

The knight found Ximen Qing's horse and bowed on the horse's back: "Sister, Fanjiazhuang is fifteen miles away. Fanjiazhuang is surrounded by quietness, and there is no trace of Liangshan bandits."

Of course, there will be no more, because Ximen Qing had sent someone to notify him before sending troops. The heroes of Liangshan must have been on the way home now.

This time, they won a great victory! They broke a village in the territory of the Ximen family, which was considered to have avenged the defeat of Daze Township, Fengxian County. The tolls can also increase this year, and the lives of heroes will be more comfortable.

"Mingfu Jun," Ximen Qing heard the report and told County Magistrate Shi who was riding a horse behind her. "The bandits of Liangshan really fled. We will be able to recover Anle Town and Fanjiazhuang tonight."

Anle Town is a small town near Fanjiazhuang. It has been disrepair for many years and the city walls have collapsed. It used to be the county town of Yanggu County, but now it is a town and city. It is a uncle from Ximen Qing (he is a tax quotation dealer).

This town was not occupied by the Liangshan bandits, and it didn't even touch it. It was the territory of the Ximen family. If Anle Town was touched, Ximen Qing would have to deduct money... However, Ximen Qing still proposed to "recover Anle Town", which of course was to falsely report military achievements.

Fanjiazhuang is just a "farmhouse", with only one family in total, which sounds too small. No matter how small Anle Town is, it is still a city, with dozens of residents inside, and it has made great contributions to the recovery.

"Okay!" County Magistrate Shi Da nodded with satisfaction, "Madam Ximen, then advance soon, don't let the heroes of Liangshan escape."

"Get orders!"

...

"Clan leader, clan leader... Liang, Liangshan bandits are back!"

In Fanjiazhuang, next to the "Give up the Wu and Congwen" monument, Fan Kaishan, the head of the Fan family, stood blankly under the support of his son, watching the tribesmen who survived the disaster with tears in their eyes cleaning up their homes that had been ravaged by the heroes of Liangshan.

The real Liangshan heroes are not as cruel as in "Water Margin". They always slaughter the whole family and eat personal meat. They are all vicious slander. However, there are still things like stealing people, property and women. Isn't it just for this? So Fanjiazhuang has indeed suffered a great disaster in less than a day! Most of the property and two or three hundred (heads) of various livestock accumulated over the years were looted. The grain stored in the granary was gone, and many young women were forced to hold hands, and some children were captured...

But the Liangshan bandits always leave!

The question now is how to deal with the aftermath. Fan Kaishan was thinking about covering up the news that Fan Zhijin and others had to "get the thief" no matter what.

As long as this matter can be covered, the Fan Family Yimen will continue to exist. The losses this time are not very accurate...

In addition, Fan Kaishan also thought about the problem of being the mastermind behind the scenes. He did not believe that the heroes of Liangshan would cause such a big trouble for the Fan family for no reason.

Isn’t Yanggu County the territory of the Ximen family? How dare they?

While thinking about it, Fan Kaishan suddenly heard a terrifying news: The Liangshan bandits are back!

"You, what are you saying?" Fan Kaishan took a deep breath.

A Fan family member said, "The Liangshan bandits are here! You can see the torches. Clan leader, run away!"

"Run?" Fan Kaishan gritted his teeth, "Long Sword! Where is the Black Cloud Sword?"

When Fan Shisan Xiucai was shocked when he heard that his father was looking for a long sword, he quickly advised his father: "Dad, keep the green mountains here, don't be afraid of no firewood, don't be unwilling to think about it!"

Old Man Fan glared at his son, "Go to you! Who can't think about it? If you are a father or a ninth-rank court official, you will be appointed as an official! If you don't win a Jinshi for one day, you will not be able to meet your ancestors for one day! Otherwise, what if you and your mother have a family?"

A Sesame official from the ninth rank can earn at least 144 yuan a year. Even if he loses the position of the leader of the Yimen clan, Fan Kaishan's small family can maintain this income.

If he dies, what will happen to the family?

"Then you want a long sword..."

"That was left by our ancestors!" said Old Man Fan, "You have to bring it with you wherever you go!"

"Oh." Fan Shisan Scholar breathed a sigh of relief, and then took out a long black cloud sword hidden behind the "Qiwu Congwen" monument.

Fan Kaishan looked at the very well-preserved sword left by his ancestors, and couldn't help but sigh. This is the weapon of the Black Cloud Sword Capital that once shocked Huainan! How powerful was it to the Fan family ancestor wearing heavy armor, swinging his sword, and letting me go from the army to come and go? The bandits on Liangshan were about to meet their ancestors, and they still ran away without looking for the wind?

"Let's go!" Fan Kaishan sighed, "Son, if you have two sons, let one of them learn to use this Black Cloud Sword!"

Fan Shisan was stunned, "Dad, do you think I want my son to learn martial arts?"

"Yes!" Fan Kaishan nodded, "My Fan family must someone pick up this black cloud sword!"

...

"Don't cry, don't cry..."

At the same time, Fan Zhijin was crying with his mother, which made Song Jiang a little annoyed, "It's just about joining Liangshan, but it's not like going to the sword mountain to the sea of ​​fire, why are you crying?"

When Fan Zhijin heard about joining Liangshan, he cried even more fiercely. He was determined to be a Jinshi, but now he was caught joining Liangshan!

"Don't cry," Song Jiang seemed to be afraid of him and shook his head, "You will live in Liangshan for a while. When I, Liangshan and the heroes from all walks of life, how about letting you down the mountain after the celebration meeting?"

The so-called celebration meeting is actually a discussion with people from all walks of life tolls for this fall. Song Jiang wanted to take out Fan Daxiu to exhibit it to show that Liangshan’s majesty is so good to raise the price.

Fan Daxiu was useless afterwards. It was probably because Ximen Qing would not pay him for his living expenses in Liangshan, so he naturally rushed down the mountain and let him fend for himself.

And Song Jiang's words actually made Fan Zhijin see hope!
Chapter completed!