At noon, 60 miles west of Chongyang, Song Jiang led the water bandits into the ancient town of Shengloudong.

Shenglou cave is the traffic on the west side of Chongyang, whether it is Pudong, Xianning in the north, or west to Linxiang, Yuezhou, or south of the city, must pass from here.

The ancient town is located in the hinterland of the mountains, the terrain is forced, the streets are narrow, but it is a very famous tea source in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, dozens of tea farms large and small in the town, and the production of Songfeng tea is exported to the desert of the North Country, and even Europa, thousands of miles away.

A few days ago, the water bandits came to the sheep tower hole, passed here to attack Chongyang, when the mood thought it was available, unexpectedly defeated by the court camp, and returned with a head down.

The merchants in the town had long escaped clean, and after the water bandits entered the town, they could not find a grain of rice in the box and poured the cabinet, and even the wild dogs did not see one.Seventeen water villages each think of each way, there are grain buried pot cooking, like Dulong King, who has just lost the battle, not only lost the soldiers, but also lost a light on the heavy grain, and had to ask Songjiang for help.

“Hang on, huh...”

The two chicken buses made a unique sound and were pushed in front of the Dulong King, but if you look closely, there were only three or four rice bags in the car, and even half of the food was not full.

This is not a fool!The Dulong King looked irony, greeted him and turned around, but Song Jiang followed him and tugged at him.

"Don't rush to go, Du Xian brother, eat a meal together in my camp."

"No need, my old Du was born with a big belly, afraid of eating the handsome man poor!"The king was indignant.

“Haha, it’s not bad for you, you guys... come on, come on, let’s talk brother.”Song Jiang smiled and waved his hand, and the sergeant pushed the chicken bus first, and forced King Durong to sit in the house.

Let the seat pour tea, greet him diligently, and call a few cronies to accompany him, Dulong King always with his face, a look of exhalation, he has more than a thousand people under his hand, Song Jiang gave the point of food full enough to eat a few meals?

Song Jiang was not angry, and ordered Shou (the cook in the ancient army) to cook directly, and soon he would send a pot of rice porridge, clear soup and water, and almost reflected in the human shadow.

“Sonel, what’s going on?”King Durant was stunned.

"Well, I also lack food in my camp, and I'm slacking off my brother."Song Jiang personally filled a bowl of rice porridge, deliberately fished some thick from the bottom of the pot, handed it to the Dulong King, and picked up a piece of bran granite cake, and ate it with salted vegetables.

"Come, come, come, feed your stomach first."Song Jiang said, tearing down a piece of cake and handed it to Du Longwang: "Inappropriate home do not know that chai rice oil and salt are expensive, and when the lake is in drought for seven years, so two pieces of bran gluten cake can be changed for a big girl..."

Dulong Wang fainted and took the cake, sent it to the mouth to take a bite, the chalce bread was dry and hard, chewing for half a day and barely swallowed, but pulled his throat to ache, and the tears were almost choking out.

"I didn't expect the handsome man to eat chaff, my old Du really dog bites Lu Dongbin, I don't know the good people!"King Dulong's eyes were red, regretful and excited: "So, I will immediately send the two cars of food back, and I will not let my brother suffer!"

"Well, the brethren must eat, and the food shall remain with you, and I, as a great man, ought to share the pains with the sons and sons."Song Jiang waved his hand and said, "It's all too cunning in that cursive, and I heard that there is a new Wang Kefan, and these two dog officials are doing something to clear the wall, so that the children and sons have nowhere to feed."

This statement immediately aroused everyone's resonance, and all the leaders in the room had pains, and they threw down the bran gluten cake and kept scolding.

These two dog officials are so despicable that they should immediately turn their heads to Chongyang and see a real shot in the army!

Du Long Wang did not take this stubble, the strength of the Gongyi camp he had seen, do not want to use a piece of bran kanjou cake to coax themselves to go to the hard, since they have left Chongyang, why do you have to touch the stone again, want to come to Song Jiang will not be so brainless.

Sure enough, Song Jiang spoke in time and pressed down on the boiling and high-speak discussion of the people, so as not to run farther and farther away.

"This hasty attack on Chongyang, is the commander's ill-conceived thinking, thought he could capture Xu Bing in one fell swoop, but did not expect Chongyang to be too close to Wuchang Province, attracting the reinforcements from the provincial city."Song Jiang's face was heavy: "Wang Kefan is so fierce, it must be the left Liangyu's hand, we did not provoke him before we were full."

Chongyang, a ghost place, could not stay, not only could not get food, but also had a solid defeat.

At the beginning, for the sake of interests, the former army attacking Chongyang consisted of seventeen water bandits, in addition to the Dulong King's people and horses as the main force, there are many old brothers in the stockade, are the knife licking blood and dare to fight hard, but was killed by the court.

No one wants to go to the Gongyi camp again, all the water villages want to save strength, Song Jiang almost did not persuade, everyone agreed to withdraw from Chongyang, turn to attack the city.

"The big man, the children marched hard, always drink porridge is afraid of not ah."King Durand changed his way and wanted more food.

"It doesn't matter, twenty miles to the south, past the stone gate is to pass through the city, where it is easier to make food."Tongcheng is not clear, as long as the two large people's granaries, you can let the children let go of the belly to eat a full meal.

Tongcheng local wealth, if the successful capture of the county, the grain and pay military need is not a problem, but also take the opportunity to make a fortune.The leaders were eager to try, and even the Dulong King, who had just lost the battle, could not help but claim to be ashamed of the snow and once again asked to be the vanguard.

Song Jiang, however, rejected him.

"This war is of urgent importance, victory is not to lose, the commander must personally lead the army out."Song Jiang then said: "Du Xian brother has just fought a vicious battle, it is better to stay in the sheep building hole and stone door, by the way to contain the lost children ..."

It turned out that this was the bottom card of Song Jiang, and even wanted to kick himself out of the battle of Tongcheng, and Du Long Wang was angry and rushed to attack, but he listened to Song Jiang and slowly said:

"Du Xian brother rest assured that I will never wrong your brothers in the camp, every meal will be sent in time, you can rest assured to stay here... The sheep cave and the stone door are related to the retreat of our army, Du Xian brother must be careful to guard, and there is no loss."

This statement at first glance heard cordial and considerate, but it implicitly implied threats and banging, and King Durong was stunned for a moment before he responded with a dry voice.

“Yes.”

...

After the Dulong King left, the second home wave came to the front of Songjiang, and said with an open eye, “Big brother is really wonderful!”Hmmm, the Dulong King's defeat is still so angry, I have long seen him not look bad, his shuddering look, look really happy!"

After the 17 water bandits, he served as a battalion officer in the army, but the name of Songjiang was still used as a mouthpiece.

"Oh, a short-sighted coarse embryo, don't have to pay attention to it."Song Jiang laughed triumphantly.

Among the seventeen water bandits, the strength of the Dulong King is second only to him, and it is difficult to control.However, after this defeat, the strength of the Dulong King was greatly damaged, as long as it was suppressed by the trend, and then it could not be lifted.

"Brother, King Duron is disgruntled and a defeated general, put him in the sheep cave, will not puff for what kind of coo-boy?"The wave reminded him, "If Wang Kefan comes to attack the sheep building hole, King Durong is afraid that he will not be able to hold it."

Shenglou cave is to be rushed, is to contact Linxiang and Tongcheng traffic center, if the water bandits want to return to the nest of Dongting Lake, you have to pass from here.

"Never mind, the terrain of the Shenglou cave is not conducive to defense, if there is an accident, our army from Linxiang and Tongcheng on both sides of the pressure, immediately can recapture the town."

The sheep cave is surrounded by a valley, the terrain is low-lying and unscathed.Moreover, the people fled, the military food supply is not easy, the cost of building the army is too high, and the difficulty of defense is increased.

“Dude, take a long-term view!”Song Jiang said with great ambition: "The capture of Tongcheng is only the first step, we must continue to recruit troops to buy horses, until the strength is enough to attack Yuezhou capital, when Linxiang and Tongcheng are connected, the sheep cave will not have to guard."

The ambition of the bird Anzhi Hongbao, the second home is still too small, and the current world is surging, which is when the hero comes out.Like Gao Jie, one of the four towns of Jiangnan, he was originally of reckless origin, but now he is expensive for Daming Xingpingbo, one side of the princes.

In this world, the hands of the soldier is the grass king, if you can occupy the capital of Yuezhou, back to Dongting Lake, Songjiang has the cost of bargaining, whether it is to rely on Li to break through or by the court to recruit, you can get rich and be reused.

“Brother, don’t we go to Chongyang for revenge?”The cloud asked.

"To do big things, don't worry about winning and losing for a while, Zuo Liangyu hundreds of thousands of troops, we can't afford it now."Song Jiang sighed and said, "But these few times sent more spies to Wuchang Province, staring at the results of the battle between the Dashun Army and the official army, if the Dashun Army wins, we will also go to the fun."

Song Jiang can not see the general trend of the world, but there is a keen intention of speculation, if the Dashun army really occupy the lake, of course, to take advantage of the fire, early to rely.

The two agreed to finish, and the life nourished the porridge and the chaff cakes and exchanged them for wine and meat.After eating and drinking, after drinking enough, Song Jiang raised his voice and said:

"The commander's orders, the whole army immediately set off, straight through the city!"

...

Tongcheng County is located in the upper reaches of the river, and it is only half a day away from Chongyang by boat.

A few days ago, the water bandits attacked Chongyang, and the officials of Tongcheng were relieved, and later heard that the water bandits had lost the battle, but they thought they had escaped a disaster.Unexpectedly, the situation suddenly turned, the water bandits turned around to open the city, and the county immediately became a mess.

What is worse is that the county suddenly disappeared.

The subordinate officials searched everywhere, and finally learned from a family member that the book went to Chongyang for help.;