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"It's not necessarily a counterfeit within Shandong province,"

Xu Guanzhong pondered for a moment and said,

"This group of people only came to steal our pig iron,"

"Two or three thousand men have already been dispatched,"

"But they definitely need someone to stay behind in that village,"

"This is at least a large bandit stronghold with five or six thousand people,"

"There shouldn't be any villages this big in Shandong nowadays."

"Who cares where he's from!"

Zhao Yuan gritted his teeth and said,

"To stroke the tiger's whiskers before it even gets close,"

"If we don't kill it, no one will think Liangshan is easy to bully anymore!"

"Is the chieftain going down the mountain again?"

Xu Guanzhong frowned and began to advise,

"Or, we could just send three or four leaders over there."

"If it's just a trivial matter,"

Zhao Yuan shook his head and said, "796, 942877"

"Sending someone else would be fine."

"But this group of thugs is clearly from out of town,"

"I need to go there myself and find out their identities before I can feel at ease..."

Chapter 1116 Wang Qing

Seeing that he could not persuade Zhao Yuan,

Thinking about how far Xuzhou is from Liangshan Marsh...

It's not that far.

Xu Guanzhong could only nod in agreement.

"From here to Xuzhou, you can take the waterway if you want to get there quickly,"

Zhu Wu inquired,

"If it's slow, we can only travel by land,"

"What does the chieftain intend to do?"

"Traveling by land is faster, but firstly, there aren't many boats left in the village,"

Zhao Yuan frowned and said,

"The six brothers, Wang Dingliu, have already spoken,"

"That gang of thieves numbered at least two or three thousand,"

"We've taken too few people with us by water, so I'm afraid it won't be of much use."

"Let's go by land, although it might take a day or two longer,"

"But there's enough food on board, given the abilities of Brother Ruan and Brother Zhang Shun,"

"If we can hold out for another two days, there shouldn't be any problems."

"Traveling by land is definitely much safer than traveling by water,"

Xu Guanzhong thought for a moment,

So he nodded.

.....

As the saying goes, it's as urgent as putting out a fire.

That night,

Zhao Yuan then led two thousand cavalrymen,

Heading from the south bank of the lake towards Xuzhou,

Night march,

Especially since the Ma army is not very safe,

Zhao Yuan had no choice but to order his cavalry to slow down.

Each soldier on horseback had one.

They each held tightly a burning torch.

They managed to block out the dark official road.

It illuminated a bright area!

When midnight arrives,

Seeing that the soldiers were all somewhat exhausted,

Zhao Yuan then gave the order.

Order the entire army to set up camp on the spot.

Get some rest.

When dawn broke,

Then continue on to Xuzhou.

"Let's take a short break and conserve our energy,"

Wang Dingliu said.

"At this rate, we should be able to reach the place where our cargo ship is blocked by tomorrow afternoon!"

The soldiers found places to rest.

Zhao Yuan had other leaders,

They gathered together.

They started discussing who it was.

They rushed to the Qinghe River to intercept the cargo ships of Liangshan.

chatting and chatting,

Then they talked about the world today.

The four most powerful bandit groups,

Those were Zhao Yuan from Shandong, Wang Qing from Huaixi, Tian Hu from Hebei, and Fang La from Jiangnan.

"Chieftain,"

Zhu Wu also went down the mountain with Zhao Yuan this time.

He suddenly thought of something.

"Xuzhou isn't far from Huaixi,"

"This time they're blocking our Liangshan pig iron..."

"Could it be Wang Qing?"

"Wang Qing..."

Zhao Yuan's heart stirred.

It really could be this guy!

"By the way, Dalang,"

Zhao Yuan looked at Shi Jin.

"Your Shaohua Mountain isn't that far from Fangzhou,"

Have you ever heard of Wang Qing before?

"We have indeed heard of this guy,"

Shi Jin nodded.

His face was indeed full of disdain.

"That fellow also rebelled against the court,"

"But unlike my brother, he didn't take things one step at a time and actually do them."

"He was just indulging in wishful thinking, appointing himself as the leader of the Eighteen Outposts of the Green Forest,"

"He boasts of being the leader of the bandits in Huaixi!"

"But in our opinion, that fellow is an ambitious but incompetent person who is all talk and no action."

“When we were at Shaohua Mountain before, that guy also sent people to recruit us.”

"But we rejected them all."

Compared to Shi Jin's more江湖气 (jianghu qi, meaning chivalrous and unconventional) introduction,

News from Zhu Wu's side,

It is obviously much more detailed.

"I heard that Wang Qing was originally a deputy commander in Kaifeng Prefecture,"

"He was exiled from Tokyo because of his lust for women,"

"After that, he joined the outlaws, killed Liao Li, the original chieftain of Fangshan, and declared himself the leader,"

"Wang Qing used Liao Li's mountain stronghold as his base, conquering prefectures and counties in Huaixi, and recruited more than two thousand people to Fangshan."

"Externally, they claimed to have an army of 20,000 on the mountain, and to befriend heroes of the outlaw world everywhere,"

"Nowadays, the mountain strongholds along the Jinghu North Road mostly respect him as the greatest, calling him the leader of the alliance."

"But in my humble opinion, Wang Qing's position as leader of the alliance is merely nominal."

"We'll give the mountain stronghold in Huaixi some face,"

"If something really serious happens, I'm afraid it's very difficult for him to stand on my side."

"This guy is really lucky,"

Zhao Yuan shook his head helplessly.

After he freely joined Liangshan,

They only managed to capture two or three prefectures and counties.

As a result, the imperial army was dispatched to conquer and subjugate the enemy.

As soon as Wang Qing settled in Caofang Prefecture...

They then wantonly looted Fangzhou.

On the Tokyo imperial court side,

They completely ignored him.

of course,

This also includes the fact that the population of Huaixi is small.

It's not as prosperous as Shandong.

That's why the imperial court didn't value it much.

However, on Song Ting's side...