Do you have the strength to force me to join the Liangshan bandits?

Chapter 335 Duan Jingzhu: Even the leading city won't work! [3rd update, please subscribe]

"Brother Liu, Brother Zhang, I didn't mean to cause trouble!"

Gou Zheng looked at Cai Fu's little boat and whispered:

"What would our status be if the three of us went to Liangshan Marsh?"
"How will the Zhenguo Guild arrange for the three of us?"

Liu Yun and Zhang Wei exchanged a glance, and Liu Yun asked Gou Zheng, "What kind of status do you want?"

“Look, Xu Fang and Wu Fu are in the same situation as us; they were left in Runzhou as commanders by the Duke of Zhenguo.”

Gou Zheng gazed enviously in the direction of Runzhou:
"If the three of us put in a good word with the Duke of Zhenguo, could he allow us to stay in Runzhou?"
"Wouldn't that make our lives easier?"

Zhang Wei snorted: "If you want to say it, you go ahead and say it. I'm not going."

Gou Zheng quickly tried to sway people's hearts: "What good is it if I go alone? The three of us together will have more weight!"
What do you think, Brother Liu?

"I will not say."

Liu Yun shook his head: "Besides, you might be mistaken."

"We have pledged allegiance to the King of Justice of Liangshan, not the Duke of Zhenguo of the Southern Kingdom."

Gou Zheng shrugged: "What's the difference?"

"We had already decided to part ways when we sought refuge with Cai Fu, to start anew at Liangshan Marsh."

Liu Yun solemnly told Gou Zheng:
"So when Brother Cai Fu took us to Liangshan Marsh, we went without saying a word."

Zhang Wei: Me too!

Gou Zheng was frustrated: "But are you all okay with Xu Fang and Wu Fu staying in Runzhou as commanders?"

"This was Cai Fu's arrangement; it has nothing to do with us."

Zhang Weiming clearly told Gou Zheng:
"Besides, if we follow Brother Cai Fu to Liangshan Marsh, our future might be better than that of Xu Fang and Wu Fu."

"Not bad!"

Liu Yun added, "When Brother Cai Fu rises up and declares himself king, we will all be founding heroes!"
"Back then, Xu Fang and Wu Fu were no match for us!"

"you--"

Gou Zheng was speechless: Didn't you guys ever think that if Cai Fu's uprising failed, you'd all be beheaded along with him?
The Southern Kingdom is already established, and it has the natural barrier of the Yangtze River to defend itself. Staying in Runzhou is much safer!
Seriously... those two idiots!
Without the support of Liu Yun and Zhang Wei, Gou Zheng couldn't cause any trouble on his own, so he could only drown his sorrows in alcohol...

……

Longtou City.

"Brother, you should set up camp here!"

Duan Jingzhu, nicknamed "Golden Retriever," and Xue Yong, nicknamed "Sick Tiger," both volunteered to join Song Jiang's forces.

"The two of us will go to Longtou City to scout things out!"

"It's not too late for us to advance after we've gathered our information and returned to report!"

Song Jiang nodded: "Alright, be careful."

Duan Jingzhu and Xue Yong then bid farewell to Song Jiang. One disguised himself as a horse trader, and the other as a traveling performer, and they headed to Longtou City.

Song Jiang then commanded 5,000 men to set up camp.

After settling down in Erlong Mountain, he remembered the grudge against Zengtou City.

Although Zengtou City was destroyed, Dai Zong learned that a new Longtou City had been built, which was still an underground horse market.

Song Jiang had been preoccupied with scheming against Cai Fu, but now that he had some free time, he saw Longtou City as a big, fat sheep.

First of all, the underground horse market is a business that makes a fortune every day.

Secondly, the leading city is not as powerful as Zengtou City.

Third, even leading cities may not have generals of the same caliber as Shi Wengong and the Zeng family's five tigers.

Therefore, Song Jiang mobilized 5,000 men and decided to take over Longtou City.

It can save face for oneself and also bring practical benefits.

You should know that Zengtou City has thousands of horses at any given time!

Several of them are even exceptional horses!

Putting aside gold and silver, just getting a few thousand horses for free is a huge profit. Even if the leading market can't compare to the previous one, the difference shouldn't be too great, right?

Moreover, since Cai Fu joined the Liangshan bandits, Song Jiang has not personally gone down the mountain to fight for a long time.

In this battle, Song Jiang must win decisively, both to regain his fighting spirit and to restore his prestige.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Duan Jingzhu and Xue Yong disguised themselves as a horse trader and a traveling peddler selling miracle pills.

The costume was incredibly lifelike and realistic.

The two walked together to the Sancha River Port, where they saw an old man with white hair and beard, but full of energy, fishing by the river. Beside him was a handsome young man, as if the two were enjoying family time together.

Duan Jingzhu used to come to Zengtou City often and brag to Xue Yong:
"Brother, it's a pity things aren't like they used to be."

Xue Yong: "What happened before?"

Duan Jingzhu, as a horse trader, didn't pay taxes for his boasting:

"In the past, all the beauties of the Great Jin Kingdom washed their feet in this river!"
"The scene was breathtaking! Rows of dazzling white jade feet, it was blinding!"

Xue Yong: (ˉ﹃ˉ)
"Now all the beautiful women in the Great Jin Kingdom have disappeared, leaving only this grandfather and grandson."

Duan Jingzhu shook his head: "Even the leading city won't work!"

As the two of them walked along the Sancha River Port, bragging, their conversation was overheard by the grandfather and grandson.

The handsome young man greeted them with a smile:

"Are you two here to buy horses?"

For some reason, neither Duan Jingzhu nor Xue Yong had ever seen this handsome young man before, yet they felt that his smiling face looked somewhat familiar, as if they had seen him somewhere before…

Duan Jingzhu put on a fake air of sophistication:
"Yes, we're from the north, and we have two horses to sell."

He and Xue Yong used two fine horses as cover, and since he had indeed been there, he thought he had acted very well.

The handsome young man glanced at their horses: "Do you know that Zengtou City has fallen, and now it's Longtou City?"

Duan Jingzhu and Xue Yong feigned surprise: "Really?"

"More real than pearls!"

The handsome young man smiled and said, "Of the three forks in the road, two have traps and mechanisms!"
"If you're willing to give me five hundred coins, I guarantee I'll bring you in safely!"

Five hundred coins? Why don't you just rob someone?

Duan Jingzhu opened his eyes wide, and after some haggling with the handsome young man, they finally agreed on three hundred coins.

Duan Jingzhu first gave the handsome young man one hundred coins as a deposit, and then followed him to the side road.

"Wow!"

The old man's fish took the bait; he caught a big one. The old man smiled as he watched the three people's backs.
The show is about to begin!

The handsome young man led Duan Jingzhu and Xue Yong to the rightmost fork in the road, and after walking for a while, they turned the corner.

"Isn't it right?"

Duan Jingzhu looked around in bewilderment:

“I’ve been here before, I remember there’s no turn here…”

"Times have changed, everything has changed!"

The handsome young man spoke calmly, and Duan Jingzhu had no choice but to believe him and continue walking forward with him.

After walking a short distance, Xue Yong secretly made a cut on the tree trunk with his knife, but the handsome young man pretended not to notice.

Because the area was surrounded by dense forest, Duan Jingzhu and Xue Yong couldn't see anything else and could only follow along.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Duan Jingzhu finally saw a clear view and smelled the familiar scent of horse manure.

In the dense forest, there was a row of thatched huts and a small horse farm, which housed at most fifty or sixty fine horses.

Dozens of heroes are responsible for tending the horses and maintaining order here, and there are only three to five guests...

That's it? That's it?
Duan Jingzhu and Xue Yong exchanged a glance: So Longtou City is just such a small, run-down place?
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