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However, it was said that three days had passed since Varhan presented the thunder chariot. After Zhao Zhen discussed with Wu Yong and Zhu Wu, before the thunder chariot was ready, he went to Wanzi City to recruit a battalion of 500 soldiers, and then used these five completed vehicles. The thunder chariots all went to Xiaoping Mountain to practice.

When the hundred thunder chariots are built, the soldiers of this battalion will be proficient in training. When the time comes, they will be assigned to each vehicle, and the old will lead the new, and this chariot army will be completed.

Zhu Wu asked who the commander of the chariot army was?

Zhao Zhen told what Liu Huiniang said. Because it was easy to be targeted and limited by the terrain, this chariot army did not fight alone. Therefore, this chariot army does not have a commander. Each chariot has 25 people. It is just a guard, and one person is selected to be the guard. They only follow the movement of the army and attack according to orders.

The plan has been decided, and Zhu Wu will go to support it. Zhao Zhen was practicing martial arts in the village.

When Zhao Zhen was resting, he saw Wu Yong turning around, walked up to Zhao Zhen, and said, "Master, there is news from Qingzhou."

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he immediately asked: "How is it? Has Song Gongming been wiped out?"

Wu Yong shook his head and said: "On the contrary, the three reinforcements lost their troops and generals. Song Gongming took advantage of the situation to attack Qingzhou and beheaded the prefect Murong Yanda."

"Earlier, Song Gongming was defeated by Gao Feng Dao. He defeated [Dwarf Tiger] Wang Ying. He cowered in the village and did not dare to take the battle. In the blink of an eye, he defeated Gao Feng Dao. Can the spies find out clearly?"

Wu Yongdao said: "It is also the destiny of Song Gong and Ming Dynasty. There is a mountain under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou Prefecture, called Wolf Howl Mountain. Five heroes set up a banner on the mountain, recruited party members, bought horses and stocked up food, and gradually gathered thousands of people. The momentum is strong.”

"The leader is from Quanzhen, and his name is Wu Jiao. He calls himself "Zhongtian Yiqi Huanglong Taoist", also known as "Shengdong Bin". Duan has great magical powers. He is good at moving mountains and seas, calling for wind and rain, cutting paper into horses, and scattering beans into soldiers. . The following four heroes are all his disciples. In addition to their martial arts skills, each is good at magic. The first one is [Qinglong God] Yan Guang, the second one is [White Tiger God] Tian Ba, the third one is [Suzaku God] Dong Kai. [Xuanwu God] Yu Zhiwang.”

"The government sent troops several times to suppress arrests, but they were all beaten to a pulp and several arresting officials were killed. It was only Zhenmao, the manager of Feihu Village, who resisted, so that they could not disturb the state government. Now Zhenmao is transferred to seize Qingzhou Songjiang's gang . The leaders on the mountain got the letter, broke up Feihu Village, and plundered a lot of money and food up the mountain."

"The big leader on the mountain thought: if the village is broken now, the imperial court will also send troops to suppress it. Although the situation in Langluo Mountain is dangerous and the pass is strong, there is no room for maneuver. It will not last long. Once the army is conquered, it will be surrounded on all sides. How to meet the enemy? Thinking of the great momentum of Song Gongming in Qingzhou, it is better to abandon the small village of Langlushan and join Song Gongming in Qingzhou. After some discussion, they gathered the people and collected the gold and silver. All the grain and grass were loaded onto the car and headed to Qingzhou."

"It was with the help of Wu Jiao that Song Gongming set up the formation of Hunyuan, One Qi and Three Talents. Although Gao Feng also had Taoism, he didn't know the formation. Relying on the credit of killing Wang Ying in the previous battle, he joined forces and used three Bai [Flying Divine Soldier] took the lead and rushed into the formation. Wu Jiao's master and apprentice changed their formation. The officers and soldiers were running around like brainless flies. They could not break the formation, but Song Gongming seized the opportunity and attacked with all his strength. , killed most of the officers and soldiers, and took advantage of the situation to attack Qingzhou City. "

"Three lines of reinforcements, the general manager of Yanzhou Feihu Village, Zhenmao, was killed by [Flying Centipede] Wu Qian and [Iron-backed Wolf] Cui Hao in the formation. [Double-gun General] Dong Ping led more than a thousand people to break through, and Gao Feng's subordinates were forward Wan Fuxiong also asked [Maotou Xing] Kong Ming and [Du Xingxing] Kong Liang to kill him, and Gao Feng led half of his troops to break through and return to Yizhou. After Song Gongming defeated Qingzhou Prefecture, he divided his troops and captured Linqu and Yiyuan again. Ma was stationed there, and now we are dividing our troops to attack Laiwu and Linzi, and the news has spread throughout Qingyan."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said: "I don't want Song Gongming to become so big. We must make preparations in advance. If he really allows him to capture Qingyan and Qingzhou, I am afraid that we will be adjacent to him by then, and there will be inevitable hostility." "

Wu Yong also said: "That's right. The spies who came back said that in addition to the five people from Langhou Mountain, Li Zhong told him that there are also two leaders [Iron Arhat] Fa Tong and [Drunken King Kong] on Jieyun Ridge in Yizhou. Fa Hui was invited by Di Lei from Qingyun Mountain and joined the group. "

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said: "Yizhou is mountainous, and this high-ranking official is always harming people and doing all kinds of evil. He has persecuted many good villagers and turned into bandits. In this situation, I don't know how many villagers are going to defect to Songjiang."

The two sighed, and Wu Yong suddenly said: "Sir, sir, now that Dong Ping has been defeated, he will definitely be reprimanded when he comes back. I'm afraid that the military governor will not be able to sit firmly. Why don't you, senior officer, make a move?" Fan, if he can also serve as the military commander of Dongping Prefecture, he will be able to defeat the enemy Song Jiang."

Zhao Zhen shook his head: "How can it be so easy? Lord Taishan wrote to me last time and told me that he had already suffered a lot of criticism in the court for taking up the post of magistrate of Shouzhang County. It was all due to the recommendation of Grand Master Cai and Privy Tong. If he wants to take a step forward, Qian It’s difficult.”

"Nowadays, all villages have issued simple knives, and village warriors practice more in their spare time. Now that Tengjia is in charge, Tao Youdana has begun to weave Tengjia into 300 pairs. There is no need to wait. , like plain knives, are numbered and sent to various villages. In October, the first batch of rattan canes will be all braided, about 1,500 pairs, plus the original 400 pairs, these 1,900 cane armors will be distributed. , every village has the ability to protect itself. When the time comes, our soldiers can gather to protect Dongping Mansion, and I can do it if I want."

Wu Yong said: "What the high official said is that there are still chariot soldiers as a rare force. As long as Song Jiang comes, he will be hurt in the first battle, so as to force him to withdraw his troops."

Zhao Zhen listened and nodded repeatedly. After the two discussed it, Wu Yong went to the weapons bureau, took the rattan armor, and asked people to distribute the rattan armor to various villages, and record them in the book according to the numbers for future inspection.

Zhao Zhen thought about it, got up and went back to his residence, and told Cheng Wan'er the news he had found out.

Cheng Wan'er listened and said worriedly: "Husband, Song Jiang will not overthrow Dongping Prefecture, right?"

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "How do I know? According to my guess, it will not be possible in one or two months. But I think I still need to remind my father-in-law to make preparations early. My wife also wrote a letter to persuade my mother-in-law to come to Liangshan County for temporary residence."

Cheng Wan'er listened and said: "Husband is right. My father has the responsibility to defend the land. My mother can come to Liangshan for temporary shelter."

After saying this, Cheng Wan'er went to the study to write a letter, and Zhao Zhen also wrote a letter. Together with Cheng Wan'er's letter, Bai Sheng took people to send it to Dongping Prefecture.

Zhao Zhen's letter was not to seek the position of military commander, but to remind his father-in-law Cheng Wanli to recruit young men and make preparations early. It would be best if he could write to the court to ask for reinforcements.