Lord: Start with a copy of Water Margin

After effortlessly surrendering three villages, Wulibao, Shilibu, and Elliu, Zhao Zhenzheng was planning to make an emergency landing in four other villages and towns. After hearing what Shi Kuo said, he didn't care. After all, with the troops and horses in hand, capturing these villages and towns is a sure thing.

It was still Shi Kuo and Shi Yue who led Xiang Yong to clear the way, and Liu Mu also followed them. Zhao Zhen and his party rushed towards the nearest Xiaoxuzhuang.

On the way, he heard a burst of cannon fire. Zhao Zhen stopped his horse and looked towards the place where the cannon fire came from. Summoning Shi Kuo and the other two people over for questioning, Shi Kuo said, "Listen to this sound, I'm afraid it's from the direction of the town."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen asked the sergeant to speed up his pace. At the same time, he asked Lu Fang and Guo Sheng to go investigate.

After hearing this, the two led their cavalry troops, bypassing Xiaoxuzhuang and heading towards Jingmen Town.

Xiaoxuzhuang, like Elliuzhuang, also closed its gates tightly. The village heroes each held their simple knives and five-pronged forks to stay with guests. Under the leadership of Xu Qing, the son of Li Zhengxu Tan, they guarded the village tightly.

Shi Kuo stepped forward to talk, but as soon as he finished speaking, he heard Xu Qing from the village standing on the wall and shouting: "Shi Kuo, you are also an ally with blood, and you are willing to work together to protect the village. How can you lead outsiders to beat me today?" here?"

Shi Kuo was ashamed, and Shi Yue shouted: "Xu Qing, you are still wet with milk, and there are still fetal hairs on your head. Your father Xu Tan is not dead yet. When will it be your turn to make the decision in Xiaoxuzhuang?"

Guang Hui said to Zhao Zhen who was on the horse: "Sir, have you seen the armor on Xu Qing? The spies didn't mention this man. It's better to ask the Shi family brothers."

Zhao Zhen sent people to the front to call Shi Kuo and ask him. Shi Kuo said: "General, at first the four families here, Zhang, Qi, Sun, and Wei, formed a blood alliance to protect the countryside. Later, the three families of Xu, Liu, and Shi came here, took root, and joined in. The last person from my family came here. Even though there are many people, the village has only been established for two generations. Some things are unknown, but Brother Liu Mu may know them."

Zhao Zhen nodded and called Liu Mu. After listening to Zhao Zhen's question, Liu Mu replied: "General, there is a kinsman of this Xu family. I heard he is a great person, called [Four-legged Snake] Xu Jing. He once killed He was recruited as a bandit, and later he was recruited and made many military exploits. He was appointed as the governor of Taiyuan. Xu Qing went out a few years ago and heard that he had joined this distant relative. He just came back a few days ago and learned martial arts. I don't know whether it is true or not. ”

Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. After all, Xu Qing had not come back at that time. It was not because the spy was not trying his best.

Zhao Zhen said to Liu Mu: "You do this and this to inspire Xu Qing to fight against the general."

After hearing this, Liu Mu hurriedly agreed, stepped forward and shouted: "Nephew Xu, the general heard that you have learned martial arts and come back, why don't you come out and have a fight. If my nephew wins, the general promises to turn around and leave. If so, If my nephew loses, Xiaoxuzhuang will be surrendered. In this way, there will be less murders, and the villagers will be safe. What do you think, my nephew?"

After Xu Qing heard this, he was about to come out to fight. Xu Tan quickly comforted him: "Dalang, who are these people outside? How can they get out so easily?"

Xu Qing said: "Dad, although Liu Mu has taken refuge with outsiders, what he said is not unreasonable. Look at the team of sergeants outside, with complete armor and high morale. If they really want to attack the village, how can my ten-foot-high earth wall stop it? . My son learned this way of marksmanship from his uncle. He can't get close to three or twenty people, so why not take this opportunity to go out of the village and test his skills? If he is a loser, I will kill him with one shot and surprise him. To lower the morale, we can also defend the villages and towns, just wait for Qi Gai and Wei Zhuang to come to rescue, and cooperate with each other to defeat this group of soldiers. "

Xu Tan said with a worried look: "My son, be careful."

After saying that, he asked someone to open the village door. Xu Qing got on his horse, raised his gun and walked out of the village gate. The villagers quickly closed the village door.

Xu Qing shouted: "Whoever comes here to die."

Guanghui laughed, pulled out a pair of swords, and stepped forward. Here, Hu Sanniang had already kicked her horse and ran out of the formation. She suddenly moved her horse forward, raised the sun and moon swords in her hands, and went out to meet the enemy.

When Xu Qing saw it, he suddenly felt contempt and shouted: "A woman who doesn't care for her husband and raise her children at home dares to fight in battle."

Hu Sanniang was angry and went straight to Xu Qing without saying anything. When Xu Qing saw her, he also came to fight Hu Sanniang, dancing with his horse and spear.

One is skilled with two swords, and the other is outstanding with a single gun. The two fought for seven or eight times. When Zhao Zhen looked on the horse, he smiled and saw that Xu Qing had messed up his shooting skills and had to put up a barrier.

After another three rounds of fighting, Hu Sanniang heard a sweet shout and slashed at Xu Qing's right arm with a knife. Xu Qing was unable to fire back, so he had to abandon the gun in his hand and shrink back. The two of them passed each other, Hu Sanniang's sword was turned backwards, and she slapped Xu Qing on the back, knocking Xu Qing off his horse. Without looking at him, he rode back to the formation.

"Officer, you are lucky to have lived up to your command."

There were thunderous cheers here in Zhao Zhen and in Xiaoxuzhuang. When Xu Tan saw that his son had lost, he quickly asked someone to open the door of the village and led twenty or thirty people to help Xu Qing up. Xu Tan said: "Da Lang, are you injured?"

I saw Xu Qing's face alternately red and white, looking towards Zhao Zhen, and sighed: "Dad, it's because I'm not good at learning. Now I'm afraid I can only surrender."

Xu Tan said: "Then surrender. It is better to protect the countryside."

With that said, the father and son walked to Zhao Zhenjun on foot and knelt on the ground.

Shi Kuo and Liu Mu received Zhao Zhen's signal and led them forward to pay homage. Xu Tan said: "The heavenly soldiers are here and have spoken disrespectfully. I pray for the general's forgiveness. I am willing to donate my family wealth and reward the soldiers."

Zhao Zhen said: "Get up, you will certainly be useful later."

After that, let Shi Kuo lead the way and continue to Wei Zhuang in the northwest.

On the way, I met Lu Fang and Guo Sheng leading their own cavalry. They met Zhao Zhen and reported, "Officials, Zhang Gai, Qi Gai, Sunzhuang, and Weizhuang have been captured."

Zhao Zhen asked: "Instructor Lin is surrounded by cavalry troops. How did he capture these four villages so quickly?"

Guo Sheng said: "The sound of the cannon just now was indeed fired by the Zhang and Qi families. These guys didn't know whether to live or die. They actually summoned the village warriors and villagers to form a formation outside the town. Coach Lin defeated this group of village warriors with just one charge. In the formation, Qi Teng and Zhang Gai, as well as the instructors Qi Zhen and Zhang Kui, killed sixty or seventy people and captured nearly a hundred. Brother Luan Tingfang encountered Sunzhuang Xiangyong who was leading troops to help, and they were killed and scattered. Qi Teng and Zhang Gai surrendered Sun Village and Wei Village."

Zhao Zhen was very happy after hearing this.

Ling Zhen, who came with him, said: "It's a pity that I brought a lot of artillery, and we won without firing a single shot."

Lu Zhishen also said: "The Zen staff of the Sa family has not yet become profitable."

Everyone joked and urged the sergeant to go to the town where Zhang Gai and Qi Gai were.

In the town, the mansion where Qi Teng lives is the best built, with good materials and spacious space. When Zhao Zhen arrived, Zhu Wu had imprisoned all the immediate family members of Qi and Zhang, and the house where Qi Teng lived was also tidied up.

The camp was set up outside the town, the sergeants were settled, pigeon messages were sent, and Guanghui was left to sit in the army. Zhu Wu led Zhao Zhen and others into Qi's mansion in the town.

Zhao Zhen first praised Lin Chong and others, and Lin Chong continued: "They are all stupid villagers with no knowledge. When they saw the horse army, they did not want to defend the city and dared to go out to fight. The two instructors Qi Zhen and Zhang Kui They are quite capable and let these two hurt two good horses.”

Zhao Zhen said: "In the battle formation, there is no one who can win completely."

Zhu Wudao: "High official, how will Zhang and Qi be settled?"

Zhao Zhen said: "The leading families are sent to Liangshan County for forced labor, the mature men are sent to the coal mines, and the rest are sent to prison cells to grind rice. If there are sergeants who have made meritorious service, and if there are women they like, they can also be rewarded. The rest of the farmers, If there are no serious sins, they are all forgiven.”

Zhao Zhen said this not only to Zhu Wu, but also to Shi Kuo, Shi Yue, Liu Mu, Xu Tan and his son, Sun Guang and Wei An in the hall. After all, we have to clear out the land and population later, so these few people should not be afraid, for fear of causing trouble.

Shi Kuo and others looked at each other and lowered their heads.

Zhao Zhen said: "I have sent out a pigeon message. Tomorrow, two brothers, Xiao Rang and Pei Xuan, will bring people to count the population and land. In the past few days, the brothers have separately led soldiers to protect them. If there is any obstruction, they will be punished with hard labor in the lightest way and hard labor in the worst case. Then behead him as a warning to others. You must do your best to be upright, and don’t blame me for being rude."

The crowd heard this and didn't even dare to say anything.