The sneak attack on the Huang family, not only failed to catch and kill Huang Wenbing, but also suffered too many casualties, which was even worse than the encounter that broke out of Jiangzhou City, and several bald leaders died

No matter what the mood of the gang of people who went to the Huang family to bargain for bargains was or what Song Jiang thought about Song Jiang, who had invisibly cheated them again, Chao Gai and Wu Yong didn't dare to stay a little longer anyway, and immediately got on the boat and left Jiangzhou, so as not to be chased and killed by the officers and soldiers, they all had to be planted here.

There was no longer any objection from the crowd.

Hurriedly fled.

It's also very easy and fast to escape. Traveling down the Xunyang River, you can leave hundreds of miles a day without effort.

Halfway up, the depressed Song Jiang, accompanied by Yang Shi and Liu Wuji, looked at the scenery on the river outside the cabin and didn't know what he was thinking, but suddenly saw several big boats sailing into the river from the tributaries of the Xunyang River. He was startled at first, afraid that the officers and soldiers here heard the news and chased and intercepted him, but after the big ship entered the main stream, the speed of the river increased sharply, and soon it approached, and the nervous Song Jiang saw it clearly, and also recognized at a glance that the first big ship was the Mu Hong's boat he had once sat on, although the big ship did not have the flag of the Peugeot Mu this time.

Yang Shi and Liu Wuji also recognized it, but they were still very nervous, because they didn't know whether the Mu fleet was good or bad.

The relationship between the Mu clan and the government is extremely complex and intimate, and the essence is a top water bandit smuggling group that is mercenary, at this time, it may not really talk about worship and righteousness to Song Jiang, and it may not be able to take the initiative to make meritorious contributions to the government to capture the fugitives from Erlong Mountain, and even be able to become a big official and get rich, and the strength is indeed strong and terrifying, and it is fully capable of cleaning up the broken weak and tired army of Erlong Mountain on the river. That's not too easy. It can be a breeze.

But Song Jiang didn't think so.

In a blink of an eye, he saw a big man with a knife standing proudly on the bow of the ship, who was the personal guard of Mu Hong he knew

His eyes lit up suddenly, and he couldn't help but open his hand and greet loudly If Brother Mu Xian can pull in the Mu brothers, who are rich in righteousness and great power, then this trip to Jiangzhou, which has suffered heavy losses, will look good, and it will be profitable, and his Song Jiang's face will not only be completely preserved, but also his strength will be greatly increased, and it will be more convincing and even worshipped, which will be conducive to his foothold in Erlong Mountain in the future, and everything that goes through Jiangzhou by mistake will be perfect.

It's a pity that the big man obviously recognized Song Jiang but ignored it.

The big ship didn't know what to load, and the draft was very deep, but the speed was not slower than the small boat they were riding in Song Jiang, and the drum waves invisibly lined up the fleet composed of Song Jiang and their small boats, and in a few blinks of an eye, Song Jiang's boat passed by the wrong boat, went straight away, and occupied the main channel, went faster and faster, and quickly threw off Chao Gai and his party.

Song Jiang's face was full of enthusiasm (eager) smile, his throat was blocked, he couldn't shout anymore, he was completely stunned, his whole body stiffened, as if his blood was as cold as a dead man, and then, his face became gloomy and purple, until it turned black, his eyes flashed fiercely, staring at the speeding boat, his eyes were so cold that he could shoot ghost fire.

Yang Shi and Liu Wuji breathed a sigh of relief, comforting Song Jiang and said, "Brother, don't be annoyed, don't be disappointed." After all, Muhammad is just a smuggler here. Their interests are on the Xunyang River. If they want to survive and make a fortune on this river, they naturally can't ask for trouble and go against the government, and they won't really have any affection for us northerners who meet by chance, and they are already paying enough attention to the rules of the rivers and lakes if they don't help the government arrest us. Besides, the Mu brothers were only afraid that they would not be on the ship, otherwise it would not be the turn of the little guard to stand proudly on the bow of the ship. ”

Song Jiang's face looked a little better, but he was completely disappointed in his heart and gave up.

He knew in his heart that Mu Hong's personal guards treated him with such an attitude, which showed what kind of attitude Mu Hong would have towards Song Jiang behind his back, anyway, he would never admire and respect him as much as he showed when he got along with him before, and he would not cherish the love and fate of this chance encounter with him so much.

The master doesn't care, and the slave dares not to care, so he dares to ignore him so much.

The two Mu Hong brothers must not really take him Song Jiang seriously in their hearts. Now that I think about it, it is very likely that he is just using the good reputation of respecting him Song Jiang and timely rain to show the righteousness of the Mu brothers who value love and righteousness over wealth and the heroic heart, the purpose is naturally to invite fame and win people's hearts by this means, and better dominate Xunyangjiang.

This is a heroic tactic.

Song Jiang is very familiar. This is what he is best at, and it is no wonder that the Mu brothers also played him in this way. In fact, it didn't harm Song Jiang anything, it was only good for Song Jiang, not harmful.

The first time they met, they gave Song Jiang a thousand yuan for nothing. More importantly, he generously helped Song Jiang to easily overcome the difficulties during the most difficult and dangerous period when Song Jiang first arrived in Jiangzhou, so that Song Jiang could live a very good life in Jiangzhou. Mu has nothing to be sorry for Song Jiang. Speaking of which, Song Jiang still owes others, and he hasn't paid it back. Obviously, people don't need Song Jiang to return any favors at all. It's definitely interesting enough, it's definitely rare enough. No matter how much he insisted, Song Jiang was dissatisfied, ruthless, unrighteous and ignorant.

Song Jiang's great loss, shame and resentment are all Song Jiang's ambition and extreme selfishness, and he wants to make people so big and so free, but he wants to bow down to him and be willing to be his die-hard and well-behaved little brother who cares about life and death. The question is, why do people with such great power and such a free and happy life recognize Song Jiang as the master.

In the Mu brothers, Song Jiang obviously didn't think about what he could give the Mu family, and when he saw that the Mu brothers respected him so much, he was used to taking it for granted, and he took it for granted unconsciously. Undoubtedly, it was Song Jiang who thought too beautifully, and thought of himself as too tall and charming. This chance encounter on the river was completely self-inflicted and humiliating.

After the cunning Song Jiang quickly adjusted his mood, he immediately thought of the other scruple that Yang Shi and Liu Wuji did not say: Maybe Mu Shi didn't know about Erlongshan's trouble in Jiangzhou, otherwise he would turn his face and immediately arrest him and go to the government to ask for merit and reward.

As soon as he thought of this, Song Jiang couldn't help but shudder, and he couldn't care about the shame and loss just now, and urged the sailors to hurry up and leave the Xunyang River as soon as possible.

Actually, he thought too much.

One of the purposes of Mu Hong's subordinates was to help Chao Gai and Song Jiang and his gang escape from the Xunyang River to the water pursuit of the government along the way north of the canal, and successfully escape back to Shandong.

After fighting Jiangzhou City and transporting away the spoils of war in the city, the Muhong Group immediately turned to robbery everywhere - robbing summer grain.

First robbed the grain paid to the imperial court by the south of the Yangtze River in the early summer harvest season, and then went north, robbed the Jianghuai River valley a little later in the summer harvest season, until it reached the Henan area where the capital was located. It's not that difficult. Because the grain paid to the capital from these areas is mainly transported by water, especially the south of the Huai River, almost all of them are transported by canals. Jamming the canal will make it easy.

At this time, there were many large and small water thieves in the southern water system, including the water army of Fang La's group secretly in Dongting Lake and other places, but they did not dare to rob the imperial court's taxes, or because of their small strength, they did not dare to provoke the imperial court to be pursued and suppressed, or Fang La, who was powerful but lacked weapons and equipment, did not dare to expose their traces at this time to arouse the vigilance of the imperial court. The pirates were also warning and pressing Fang La, and so on. and pirates for food, Fang La and other conceited heroes, but no matter how bold they are, they will never dare to take a sting.

In the north, such as Shandong, the Liangshan forces would then disperse their forces and secretly go to the canal or elsewhere to grab the summer grain they had handed over. robbed, the government will only think that the only robber in Shandong, Erlong Mountain Bandit, did it. However, Erlong Mountain is not wronged by carrying this black cauldron. Zhao Yue arranged such a robbery from the south to the north, even if the imperial court could learn about the Jiangzhou bloody case in time, it would not care about chasing Chao Gai them, and it was powerless to set up a card to block and inspect the canal. Chao Gai and his gang can escape safely back to their nest by boat.

Secretly assisting Chao Gai to return to his lair was only one of Zhao Yue's purposes, and a more important purpose was to sabotage the imperial court's shameless filial piety to the outside world again.

This year, there was a drought in Liao, so he threatened the Song court: "Old Song, we are going to starve to death." After a winter's rest, the army of sweeping Jurchens has regained its spirits, and it is idle and hungry and red-eyed, so we have to go south to hunt grass and valley in search of food."

When the Song court heard this, he was so frightened that he wanted to die, and hurriedly said: Don't mind, this matter will not be used to use knives and guns. Our two countries have always been friendly neighbors, and we are brothers. You have encountered difficulties, and I, Song Guo, as a brother, can still watch you fall into a desperate situation and not help you. Don't worry, my brother deserves it to be absolutely interesting.

Liao Guo said: Even if you say so, then I will reluctantly appease and appease the hungry army and people, and then consider whether to go south or not. It's up to you to be interesting. But as far as I know, your Song Kingdom is not what you say about me, and Liao Kingdom is not what you say. I heard that you actually secretly formed an alliance with the Jurchen tribe and wanted to fight between the north and the south to jointly oppose my Great Liao Shangguo. Last year, you sent a traitor from our Han nationality named Ma Zhi as an envoy from Cangbei to the Jurchens. Old Song, what do you say? Do you feel that you have a heart and eyes bigger than me? You rely on a little cleverness to dare to find death and trick me

Some officials in the imperial court are unscrupulous to fight for power or want to get on the throne and participate in national affairs, so they especially love to inquire about state secrets, but too many of them are private love to express high opinions or indulge in wine and love to show off or drink too big and can't control their mouths, plus the leaks of the staff of the officials who love to pretend to be forced to sell outside, or the slaves around them, plus the semi-traitor officials who secretly friendly the Liao State and the traitor officials who curry favor with the Liao State, the Song court can't hide the secret at all. There are almost no secrets to Liao State, and a little bit of big ideas and measures to the outside world, Song Guo has just discussed it, and there is no decision to form a decision, let alone the actual actions show signs, and Liao Guo often already knows. Ma Zhi's matter of making Jin, the Song State felt that it was a top secret, but in fact, it couldn't hide it from the Liao State at all.

It doesn't matter if it's leaked, it's not the first time anyway, and the Song court has long been used to it.

The problem is that Ma Zhi made Jin, and the imperial court did know that Zhao Gonglian arranged for the ship to cooperate and indeed sent Ma Zhi and his party away from the sea, the climate was cold, and the pirates went south at that time, and there was no risk of interception and killing at sea, so it stands to reason that there is no big problem, from last year to this year, Ma Zhi's trip to Lianjin should have come back to report whether he got the consent of Jin Guo or not, but there is no trace of him so far, and there is no news. Song Guo couldn't know what was going on, but Jin Guo didn't react, and it was estimated that this trip to Lianjin was a failure. Listening to the tone of the Liao State, Ma Zhi may even fall into the hands of the Liao State. This is bad, without the Jin State uniting to resist the Liao State, the Great Song Dynasty will have to bear the wrath of the Liao State alone

The Song court became more and more emboldened, and the committee quibbled that Ma Zhi went to the Jin Kingdom just to spy on how the Jurchens had been taught by the Great Liao, and it was not a true union of Jin. We are dear brothers.

Liao Guo said, "That's good." Since your old Song is sincere, then help us solve the problem of hunger with 10 million stone grains in Daliao, don't use corn and potatoes like last year, we want wheat. Give me more wheat from your summer harvest, and you will get at least eight million stones. If you don't agree, it's not interesting enough, hum, don't say it's a brother country, you just call me Da Liao's father, and I'm not satisfied. If you don't give it, I'll go south and collect it myself.

As a result, Song Guo happily agreed to give 8 million stones, saying that he was sorry that the wheat could not be given so much, and it was indeed robbed by pirates and had not been saved, and our Emperor His Majesty had no wheat noodles to eat and could only eat rice, and this year's summer harvest could not collect so much wheat. You know that our country has been plagued by pirates, and there are too many kinds of fields and cultivated fields, and you have seen that the east and west roads of Hebei and the northwest are empty and uninhabited areas. There's really no way to do it. Of course, don't worry, Maizi, we'll do our best to make up as much as we can.

Zhao Yue's face changed when he was so angry when he learned the news: The Song court is really generous to the Liao State! The enemy is really at any cost!

At that moment, he really believed that the existence of the Song Dynasty was a fake state and an excessive pseudo-dynasty dedicated to the desperate management of the Han people for the foreign barbarians. Just as he said sarcastically, the eldest brother Zhao Gonglian also borrowed his words to sarcastically mock Daojun Zhao Ji in the song.

Zhao Yue thought angrily: Northern Song Dynasty! Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, father and son, Cai Jing Tong Guan! You are not cubs, you don't feel distressed when you sell Ye Tian. You are wantonly trampling on the fruits of the people's blood and sweat. Don't you think that there is too much food to eat, and you can squander it at will? It's not that it's so rotten that it's not a cowardly tradition, but it's a reverence for the ancestors of other races, and it's more filial and obedient than being a grandson? Then I'll let you B play with a shortage of rice and noodles to eat. I want to see if you don't have to enjoy it yourself, how can you have the heart to dedicate so many delicacies to the Liao barbarians...

Stern the soldiers of Liangshan: Give me a hard robbery after the summer harvest!

It just so happens that so many mouths on Liangshan also need a lot of rice noodles to eat. Instead of letting the Song rulers be generous to foreign races, it is better to let our Liangshan eat well and enjoy it. If you rob it, you don't have to worry about bringing food from overseas. Grab more, accumulate more food, and even grab the Hebei and Shanxi regions adjacent to Shandong