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Liu Guang nodded and said,

"Of course they are trustworthy,"

"That's settled then,"

"Once this Brother Yang Tengjiao arrives,"

"Head south immediately!"

...

Erlong Mountain and Yuanbi Village

They were all recruiting henchmen to collect money and provisions.

In preparation for next year's major battle.

Meanwhile, on the Liangshan side...

Zhao Yuan and the others were originally waiting for news from Ruan Xiaoqi.

Count the time,

Ruan Xiaoqi led five ships out to sea.

It has been almost a month since we arrived in the Liao Kingdom.

But there is still no news.

Ruan Xiaoer was naturally very anxious.

But they dared not show it.

He was afraid his elderly mother would find out.

Zhao Yuan couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Ships should be fine traveling by water.

The main concern was that after Ruan Xiaoqi and his group arrived in the Liao Kingdom,

They were inexplicably drawn into the local chaos.

That would be troublesome.

However, to Zhao Yuan's surprise,

There's still no news from Ruan Xiaoqi.

On the contrary, Deng Fei was found in Yinmachuan, Hebei.

They anxiously sent someone back to Liangshan to report the news.

When Zhao Yuan arrived at the Hall of Gathering Righteousness,

The other leaders had also been summoned by Xu Guanzhong and Zhu Wu.

Besides having the military advisor Wen Huanzhang in Yuncheng,

The leaders on Liangshan Mountain

Everyone has arrived.

Seeing Zhao Yuan walk into the hall,

Everyone stood up and bowed.

"alright,"

Zhao Yuan waved his hand.

"Let the messenger brother in,"

"Explain things clearly in public."

After a while,

Deng Fei's trusted confidant came in to report.

"Chief, esteemed leaders,"

"Our Yinmachuan has always been helping our mountain stronghold buy horses from the north,"

"A horse market was also built on Yinma River,"

"Everything was fine before,"

"In just one month, the war between the Liao and Jin kingdoms has become increasingly fierce."

"This has led to a shortage of warhorses in the north."

"Chief Deng saw that things couldn't continue like this,"

"Then he personally led a team to infiltrate the Liao Kingdom,"

"He bribed a powerful figure in the Liao Dynasty with gold and silver,"

"We acquired two thousand fine horses from the Liao Kingdom in one go!"

"When they returned, those officials from the Song-Liao border,"

“They’ve all been bribed with money,”

"The journey was safe and sound."

"But unexpectedly, once we reached the territory of Cangzhou,"

"But we've been targeted by a group of people,"

"Chief Deng didn't pay any attention at first,"

"Now, those bandits in Hebei,"

"Everyone knows we live in Yinmachuan,"

"This is a branch stronghold of Liangshan in Hebei,"

"No one has ever dared to mess with us."

"So Chief Deng didn't pay any attention to it,"

"Who knew that after we got back to the mountain,"

"Then a group of bandits arrived,"

"There are at least four or five thousand soldiers,"

"They've completely surrounded our Yinmachuan area."

"They insist on coercing our village,"

"Hand over those two thousand fine horses."

"Chief Deng asked the first question,"

"Now I understand, these bandits are from Zengtou City!"

Zengtou City?

Zhu Wu asked in surprise,

"Judging from the name, it doesn't seem like a bandit gang."

Xu Guanzhong frowned and explained,

"This Zengtou City is definitely not a bandit stronghold,"

"It was originally a large town in Cangzhou,"

"Because this town is close to the border,"

"Those Liao cavalry units frequently cross the border to raid for supplies,"

"In order to protect themselves, the people in that town all practiced using guns and clubs for self-defense."

"And in Zengtou City, there was a wealthy family named Zeng."

"The head of the family was called Elder Zeng. He had five children, who were known as the Five Tigers of the Zeng Family."

"The eldest son is called Zeng Tu, and the second son is called Zeng Shen."

"The third brother is called Zeng Suo, the fourth brother is called Zeng Kui, and the fifth brother is called Zeng Sheng."

"Besides the five tigers of the Zeng family,"

"There are still two teachers in Zengtou City,"

"They are all exceptionally skilled in martial arts,"

"One was named Shi Wengong, and the other was named Su Ding."

"Since these two arrived in Zengtou City,"

"Then the people of Zengtou City were trained like soldiers..."

Chapter 1431 This is too much!

"In just one or two years,"

"These two teachers then trained the people to be skilled and courageous in battle,"

Xu Guanzhong introduced,

"Even the Liao cavalry no longer cause trouble in Zengtou City!"

“Every time we went south to gather grass and grain, we always bypassed Zengtou City.”

"And Zengtou City was there to train its troops,"

"They frequently attacked bandit strongholds in various mountainous areas."

"Capture the leader of that mountain stronghold and take him to the government office to claim the reward."

"In the Cangzhou area of ​​Hebei,"

"He is quite famous."

"The strategist is right,"

Deng Fei's trusted henchmen also spoke up.

"This Zengtou City is a place where bandits stir up trouble in Hebei,"

"We used to keep to ourselves and Liangshan, without interfering with each other."

"But this time, for some reason,"

"Suddenly they've set their sights on the horses of Liangshan."

"When I left, I heard people from Zengtou City shouting in front of our village, saying..."

Speaking of which,

The henchman seemed to realize he had misspoke.

He quickly shut his mouth.

Zhao Yuan frowned.

Thinking back to the original timeline,

This was the performance of the first batch of companies.

Suddenly, a realization dawned on me.

"how,"

Zhao Yuan asked with a smile,

"But Zengtou City has said..."

"Arrest me too,"

"Then send it to the government office to claim the reward?"

"......Um,"