The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 157
Hearing the words, the big man stopped immediately, turned around and said, "What did that man ask me to do?"

Zhao Tong smiled and said, "Come back now, I have something to tell you."

The big man was puzzled, but he just walked back and said, "That man, don't worry, since you are the big cat you killed, I won't think about it any more, just go with your back, and I have to look for prey elsewhere, so don't waste time."

Zhao Tong shook his head and said, "Although I killed the tiger, you chased it over. In this way, you are half of it. Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

"That man, are you serious?" The big man was overjoyed when he heard the words, but then he frowned and whispered to himself: "It seems that's not the case..."

Zhao Tong said with a smile: "I say that's the reason. Why do you have so much hesitation, this big bug is half as big as you."

The big man also smiled and said: "Then I don't want to think about it, my head hurts when I think about the truth."

Zhao Tang looked at him with a smile: "You are also a hero, but what's your name?"

The big man stared at the tiger on the ground, couldn't hide his joy and said, "My surname is Guan, and I'm called Guan Jiu."

"Guan Jiu?" Zhao Tuo said with a smile, "I saw that this big bug was afraid of you, and ran away from afar, and didn't even dare to fight, but why?"

Guan Jiudao: "But you don't know. I, Guan Jiu, have a nickname, Shengchuang Hubao Guan Jiulang, and it's the wolf, bear, tiger and leopard around here. Anyone who sees me doesn't want to run away."

Seeing him bragging about his chest, Zhao Tang couldn't help being amused, and said: "Since the big worm has half of you, and it's carrying it down the mountain."

Guan Jiudao: "That's good. My house is at the foot of the mountain in the south. By the way, that person...what's your name?"

Zhao Tong said: "You call me Yuan Erlang, but the one over there is my wife's thirteenth wife."

Guan Jiu responded, stepped forward and picked up the tiger, put two tiger paws on his shoulders, carried it on his back, and walked down the mountain.

After some time, I finally went down the mountain, and saw a small village at the foot of the mountain, with only a dozen sparsely populated houses. Guan Jiu walked to a door with a tiger on his back, kicked open the courtyard door and said, "This is my house, you guys Just come in."

Zhao Tang and Xiao Niang walked in, seeing the rough and deserted, Zhao Tang couldn't help asking: "Guan Jiulang, do you live by yourself?"

Guan Jiu threw the tiger into the courtyard and said, "At first I lived with my second and seventh uncles, but later both of them disappeared, so I was the only one left."

Zhao Tun looked around and said, "Why don't you know where you are?"

Guan Jiu scratched his head and said: "I heard from the neighbors that the second uncle eloped with a little widow surnamed Hu in the village, and the seventh uncle really doesn't know. He is a little crazy. I'm afraid he was taken away by the mountain god because he was talking nonsense on the mountain. .”

Zhao Tong laughed and said, "What you said is absurd, but put all the food on the table."

Guan Jiudao: "Yuan Erlang, wait a moment, and I will clean it up."

After a while, Guan Jiu invited the two of them into the house, and then brought a big pot of game bacon, dried venison meat and other things. Zhao Tang took a few out and threw them into the sky to feed the big eagle. Guan Jiu was surprised when he saw it: "It turns out that I still have this big bird, but I can't hunt this thing. My arrow skills have never been accurate."

After eating, Zhao Tang pointed to the tiger in the courtyard and said, "Guan Jiu, I'll give you all the big worms, just prepare some dry food and meat for me."

Guan Jiu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and when he was about to prepare, the sound of horses galloping suddenly came from outside the village.

There is only one road in front of the village. Zhao Tong set up an awning to watch. He saw two people and three horses covered in blood. One of them seemed to be seriously injured.

The southward route of Jinzhou and Laizhou was decided after leaving Qingcao Gorge, because they were afraid of being attacked on the road and would go on the separate roads. If Huang Gu and Ouyang Bei did not have any accidents, even if they did not meet on the road, they would meet in the south.

At this time, Zhao Tang saw the two people shouting in a hurry, Huang Gu looked overjoyed immediately, he turned his horse's head and went straight into the small courtyard.

Several people gathered together, Zhao Tang saw that the extra horse was actually a Chi Ji, and Huang Gu and the two met on the road after breaking out of the siege, so he brought it along, as for the horse abandoned by Xiaoniang, it disappeared. .

This Chiji is one of the eight steeds, the best at endurance, and more stable than Bai Yi, Qu Huang, Hua Liu and other horses, it is the best mount for long distances.

Zhao Tang also saw that Ouyang Bei's injury was not serious, but far from fatal, so he took out the medicine from his body and bandaged him again.

Guan Jiu got a big bug, regardless of the origins of Huang Gu and Huang Gu, originally this place was Liao on one side, and Jin on the other side, and there were always wounded soldiers passing by. Second-rate.

Zhao Tong asked the two of them to eat something, and asked Guan Jiuduo to prepare dry food and dried meat. If it was not enough, he would use the money to buy it from the neighbors. After that, it was about the horses.

After the Chiji horse came back, there was still one missing. Zhao Tang asked Guan Jiu, "Jiulang, are there any horses for sale in the village? I would like to pay a lot of money to buy them."

Guan Jiu thought for a while, and said embarrassingly: "Widow Hu's family at the head of the village has a horse, but that little widow eloped with my second uncle, and her parents-in-law don't want to see me."

Zhao Tun laughed and said, "Don't you want to see Jiulang, don't you want to see money?"

Guan Jiu scratched his head and said, "That's right, that old woman is greedy for money, I'm afraid there is nothing she can't do with a lot of money."

Zhao Tang took out the silver with a smile, Guan Jiu brought back a big black horse not long after he left, everyone looked at Shen Jun and asked the little widow's family where the horse came from.

Guan Jiudao: "The left and right were not picked up in the mountains after the war. They always wanted to sell them for a good price, but this time they got what they wanted."

Zhao Tong smiled and said, "Guan Jiulang, do you know where your second uncle went?"

Guan Jiudao: "But no one knows, but my second uncle said before he left that the country of Song in the south is good, but if you have the strength, you won't starve to death. I think it's probably where he ran."

Zhao Tun looked him up and down, and said, "Does Jiulang want to go to Song?"

Guan Jiu rubbed his hands together and said, "After hearing what Second Uncle said, I really want to go, but he led the little widow away, and I can't find my way..."

Zhao Tong looked at his straightforward appearance, and said with a smile: "I heard that Kaifeng City in Song State is very lively, your second uncle may have gone there, Guan Jiulang, if you want to go to Song State to find your second uncle, go to Kaifeng to look for it. I reckon I should be able to find it."

Close Jiu Kaba's eyes: "Kaifeng, I remember, I can't live here anymore, so go to Kaifeng!"

When they mounted their horses, Zhao Tun waved at Guan Jiu. Guan Jiu looked at the big worm on the ground and hurriedly clasped his fists.

A few people left in the dust, and after an hour or two, they saw an intersection. The road to the west was wider, and it was the road leading to Shangjing, while the road to the south went straight to Jinzhou. direction.

Reining in the horse, Zhao Tang looked at Xiaoniang and said, "Thirteenth Niang, do you want to go back to Shangjing?"

The little lady sat on the horse and looked at him, her eyes twinkling: "Yuan Erlang..."

Zhao Tong laughed and said: "The sky is high and the water is far away, I don't know when we will see you again, but I can't go to Shangjing, but Thirteen Niang can come to Kaifeng."

The little lady looked a little gloomy, and said: "Yuan Erlang, I've made a note, you also have to remember to be careful along the way, don't be greedy and adventurous."

Zhao Tun jumped off the horse and said with a smile: "This Chiji is a famous horse, so I will give it to Thirteen Niang."

After hearing the words, Xiao Niang panicked, "It's not far from my return to Shangjing, Yuan Erlang, you still have to go on, how can I want this horse?"

Zhao Tong said: "The black horse is equally as handsome, and the rider is the same, but I gave you the red steed. Thirteen Niangs don't want to refuse."

Seeing that Zhao Tun's expression was firm, the young lady had no choice but to dismount from the dark horse. Zhao Tun handed over the rein and sighed: "Life is hard, the road is far away, Thirteen Niang, get on the horse!"

Watching Xiaoniang get on the horse, Zhao Tun patted the red steed vigorously, and the horse galloped along the road. At this moment, Xiaoniang turned her head, but saw Zhao Tama smiling at her, she couldn't help feeling empty in her heart, as if all the strength in her body was in her body. He was taken away in an instant, supported on the horse, and two lines of tears flowed silently.

Seeing Xiaoniang's back gradually disappear, Zhao Tun's expression became lonely, he laughed at himself, and got on the dark horse.

Huang Gu looked at Zhao Tun, hesitantly said: "My lord...why don't you bring Miss Xiao back to Tokyo?"

Zhao Tang glanced at him, did not speak, rode his horse and took dozens of steps, and then said: "Dugu Wudi, I think your name Wudi is very bad, people with this name will often die on the battlefield Hurry up, you better change your name!"

Huang Gu let out an "ah", his face twitched, and he couldn't figure it out for a while.

Ouyang Bei was lying on the horse, the corners of his mouth almost bursting into laughter. He looked at Zhao Tun in front of him, and watched his eyes gradually fall on the black horse. There was a hint of confusion on the surface...

The three of them headed south almost non-stop, but on the way they also met a few groups of Liao soldiers with about a hundred people.

This was a race against Yelu Dashi for time, and if they hadn't killed the four of them on the mountain on the Taizhou border, then Yelu Dashi's first reaction must have been that they retreated to the Jinjing.

What Zhao Tun had to do was to hurry all the way south, so that the news would reach Yelu Dashi one step late. When Yelu Dashi received that they were still in the Liao territory and rushed south, it would take time to issue an order to deploy troops at this time. Get to Jinzhou before this time and enter the sea from Jinzhou.

When you come, you go to Laizhou, but when you go back, you can never go to Laizhou.

Moreover, Laizhou is close to the sea, so the defense must be tighter, and Jinzhou City is a little far from the sea, so it is better to go to the sea...

Recently, the water camp in Jinzhou City encountered a headache. They actually encountered pirates.

In a place like Jinzhou, which is located in the bay, it can be said that there have been no pirates in hundreds of years, because there are few goods to rob in this kind of place. As a military fortress, there are not so many people. The city is also far from the sea, and the pirates go ashore. The snatching front would be overstretched.

And the current Liao army water battalion has long been beaten by Jurchen like a bird of fright. Although Jurchen doesn't pay much attention to water warfare and has few ships, the Jurchen army can completely force the Liao army water battalion so that they dare not even approach the shore .

At that time, Liaodong fell, and the water battalion didn't dare to fight at all. They couldn't shoot the Jurchen soldiers on the shore from the boat, but the Jurchen soldiers shot them very accurately, which showed the fighting strength of each other.

Liao and Song did not have too many water battles, and it was even more difficult to contact at sea after the alliance of Chanyuan. In the past hundred years, the water camp of the Liao army has long been a decoration. It was only because of the existence of Goryeo that it had to be set up like this. A military division.

Now even though the Jurchens don't have a navy in Liaodong, the water battalion soldiers in Jinzhou don't even dare to approach there, but they escaped the Jurchens unexpectedly, but the pirates came instead.

These pirates have [-] to [-] large ships. Even if you add the water camp ships in Jinzhou and Laizhou together, there are not so many pirates, and the number of pirates on them is several times that of the water camp soldiers.

These pirates came to the shore every now and then to harass them. At first, the Liao Kingdom's water camp was outraged, so they confronted them head-on twice. Who knew that their own navy was like paper, and they were no match at all. A few ships were lost, and the loss was heavy.

From then on, even if these pirates often come to the shore to show off their might, the people in Shuicing have no choice but to bear it. As long as you come to Jinzhou, that’s good, then we will sail the boat to Laizhou. Anyway, when Liaodong fell, the boat ran over like this .

But who knew that these pirates went too far, and finally sent someone to deliver a letter, and Chi Guoguo opened his mouth and threatened to ask for money, otherwise he would attack Jinzhou.

The governor of Jinzhou has nothing to do, but the simple thing is that these pirates just shouted, and then came every few days to disgust the Liao army, and did not really attack Jinzhou, so he also suppressed the matter. Now the situation is chaotic, If even the sea can't be calmed down, I'm afraid he, the governor, will not tell the truth, but will ask for the crime.

On this day, Zhao Tun and others finally came to the vicinity of Jinzhou. They traveled almost non-stop along the way, even without resting too much at night. After arriving here, all three horses ran to waste.

As for the clothes of the three of them, almost all of them were purple-red, stiff and dirty, and filled with the smell of blood. I didn't know how many people were killed along the way. During the period, I also encountered a large Liao army. It was not sent by Yelu Dashi. The three of them withdrew afterward.

That night, the three took advantage of the moonlight to sneak into a small fishing village. This small fishing village was only five miles away from the sea and a few miles away from Jinzhou City.

The fishing village was not big, with dozens of households in it. The three of them looked at one of the more orderly courtyards, then climbed over the wall and entered, and then tied up several people in the house.

But they were originally two brothers. Although they both married wives, they had not yet separated, and they lived in separate houses.

The three of them found clean clothes and changed into them. Zhao Tun sat on the pier drinking water from a ladle and looked at the pair of brothers with his eyes.

The brothers and their family were all tied up and thrown by the stove. Seeing Zhao Tun's gaze, they couldn't help shrinking back in fright, especially protecting their mother and children with their bodies. It looked like they would rather die than protect themselves. living family.

Zhao Tun nodded, and gave Huang Gu a wink, Huang Gu went up to put the knife on the brother's neck and said: "I want to ask you something, if you don't shout, pull out the rags in your mouth, if you shout, all Hacked."

The elder brother was trembling with fright, and kept nodding. Huang Gu pulled out the thing from his mouth, and then Zhao Tuo began to ask about the situation on the beach. When he heard that there were pirates harassing him every now and then, Zhao Tuo couldn't help but smiled: "Now What month and day is it?"

The elder brother tremblingly said: "Back... back to the king, after tonight it will be the eighth day of September."

"The eighth day of September?" Zhao Tun nodded, feeling relieved. Before he left, he had agreed with Lei Huo that he would harass Jinzhou every February and Friday, but now it was just in time. will follow here.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tong said to the two of them: "Let's rest here for one night first, and go to the beach tomorrow morning."

(End of this chapter)