In the twelfth month of the seventh year of Zhenghe (1117), Zhu Biao left Qingzhou and returned to Shandong. He arrived in ZHUJIAZHUANG before the new year and had a reunion year with his father Zhu Chaofeng and his second brother Zhu Hu.
In the first month, Zhu''s family began to be lively. When he learned that Zhu Chao''s son, who was serving as an official, came back, families of all sizes in Xucheng county came to visit him.
Even if they already know, Zhu Biao is not the most expected figure.
Even the governor of Yunzhou took the initiative to come to offer condolences.
The people of ZHUJIAZHUANG stayed for more than ten days before they returned happily. Li Ying, Hu Taigong and their entourage were only envious.
Who let the master comfort the prime minister? It''s not in their villa!
Due to the strange tricks, ZHUJIAZHUANG has developed rapidly in recent years. Despite the absence of Luan Tingyu and Zhu''s three heroes, many people still emerge. ZHUJIAZHUANG''s troops have expanded to 30000 or 40000 people, just like a small town.
The prosperity of the great Song Dynasty can be seen in a village that is more than one county in a border state.
Therefore, people in ZHUJIAZHUANG always have eyes above the top and are very strong.
As the saying goes, prosperity and decline.
In February of the 8th year of Zhenghe, a thief named Shiqian passed by Zhu''s shop. He was detained for stealing chickens. Two fellow men, Shi Xiu and Yang Xiong, asked the leader of Li''s villa to rush to Tiandiao Li Ying for help. Li Ying came to the door in person, but was sneered at by the people in ZHUJIAZHUANG. He directly rejected Li Ying and was ready to send the time to the official.
It''s just enough for Zhu Biao of Xucheng to see the momentum of ZHUJIAZHUANG. Even the county should respect three points.
When he was rejected, Li Ying had a dull face. Although he was angry, he dared not change anything.
Zhu Jiazhuang''s forces have already thrown away the other two families, and Li should not be able to offend them.
What''s more, Zhu Biao is still in Xucheng at this time.
Li Ying had no face to see anyone and sent Du Xing to explain why. Shi Xiu and Yang Xiong went to Liangshan and asked Chao Gai and Song Jiang to rescue Shiqian.
After an incident, Song Jiang quietly came to Chao Gai and found that Wu Yong was already there.
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"Brother, pedant, are you also thinking about ZHUJIAZHUANG?" After entering the door to see the ceremony, Song Jiang asked.
"Yes, my good brother, although I talked a lot just now, I have to be careful if I really want to fight ZHUJIAZHUANG." Chao Gai said.
"My brother is worried about the comforter of Huanqing road?" Song Jiang asked again.
"Yes, my good brother and scholar. We all met that scholar in those years. It''s only a few years ago. We''re already a master of economy and strategy. We can expect to kill him in the future." Chao Gai said, "Zhu Jiazhuang is his birthplace. Although Zhu''s family has moved away, the relationship has not broken over the years."
"Yes, I heard that Mr. Zhu Xianggong fought with Xixia all year round on Huanqing Road," Wu Yong also said. "If he really beat down ZHUJIAZHUANG, he doesn''t look good. Even for his face, he probably won''t let us go."
As a scholar, he knows literati better.
"Moreover, at the end of the year, the third son of Zhu Chaofeng and the third brother who is a little brother-in-law came back and is now in Xucheng. If we attack ZHUJIAZHUANG, will he do it? If he does, will Yunzhou be directly involved? "
"Good brother, it''s hard to do!" Chao Gai sighed.
"In fact, my brother and the pedant are worried too much. We go to ZHUJIAZHUANG. That person may not be willing to be involved." After hearing this, Song Jiang said with a smile, "my brother thinks that the prime minister is he and others? He was only fourteen or fifteen years old many years ago. He looked old and prudent, not to mention many years later. "
"My brother thinks he doesn''t know that we are a hero who occupies the mountain and is the king at his own door? No, he must know, and he knows better that if we continue to develop like this, we will definitely conflict with the surrounding areas, especially ZHUJIAZHUANG. "
"With his character, if he intended to be our enemy, would he not have taken precautions earlier?"
"However, judging by his behavior, since he became an official in senior high school, the Zhu family moved away from the Zhu family village. Although several people were left to take care of the property, several people in the Zhu family never came back."
"Obviously, it''s not their family that makes the decision in ZHUJIAZHUANG, but someone else. Even if we beat ZHUJIAZHUANG, that person may not intervene." Song Jiang analyzed.
"What brother Gongming said is not unreasonable." Wu Yong thought about the boy he saw that year and said, "maybe you can have a try."
"Do you want to say hello to Zhu Chaofeng?" Chao Gai asked.
"No, brother!" Before Song Jiang spoke, Wu Yong dissuaded, "if we attack ZHUJIAZHUANG directly, Zhu Biao can pretend not to know. Once he says hello, whether he is willing or not, he will have to be our enemy."
"The pedant is right, brother. Let Song Jiang know if he will do it or not. If he really wants to fight, his brother can hand over Song Jiang. " Song Jiang said.
"What do you say, my brothers and I are like-minded. We went to Liangshan only when we can''t stay in the great song dynasty. We support each other today," Chao Gai said anxiously. "Even if he is the master of economy and strategy, how can Huanqing road manage Jingdong West Road?"
"Even if he really leads a large army to attack, I have no less than 300000 troops and horses in Liangshan, and I have favorable land. All brothers are united, and I''m afraid he won''t succeed?"
"It''s my brother who made a mistake. Don''t blame my brother." Song Jiang immediately apologized, "if my brother agrees, Song Jiang will go to ZHUJIAZHUANG."
"Let''s go, brother. I''m in the stronghold. If necessary, I''ll go to support immediately." Chao Gai said.
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Although ZHUJIAZHUANG, zhuchaofeng''s father and son and Luan Tingyu left, nearly a thousand soldiers and horses trained before remained. After they left, new people naturally rose, and the method of training troops and the strategy of resisting the enemy were handed down. Because in recent years, ZHUJIAZHUANG has become more and more prosperous and has a lot of military horses.
Song Jiang wanted to fight ZHUJIAZHUANG, but unexpectedly, as soon as he landed, he was noticed, and then Song Jiang plunged into the siege of ZHUJIAZHUANG. If Shi Xiu hadn''t met a kind-hearted old man and pointed out the way, I''m afraid Song Jiang would have folded in ZHUJIAZHUANG.
After fleeing, Song Jiang went to Lijiazhuang to find a way to break the enemy. Although Li Ying was not injured, he refused to get sick and still didn''t see Song Jiang.
He knows the situation of ZHUJIAZHUANG, and the forces behind it are more clear. Although he was humiliated by the people of ZHUJIAZHUANG, he did not send troops to fight Liangshan, which is the limit that Li Ying can do.
Now Li Ying has no intention of going to Liangshan.
Song Jiang couldn''t find Li Ying, but he knew the terrain of ZHUJIAZHUANG from Du Xing''s mouth, so he attacked ZHUJIAZHUANG for the second time. This time, Hu Sanniang led the army to fight. The two sides had a victory or defeat, and there was a stalemate.
Li Ying was humiliated by Zhu Jiazhuang and refused to send troops to help, but Hu Jiazhuang did not dare. They only knew that Zhu Jiazhuang had a strong background. If they could help Zhu Jiazhuang this time, it would be good for the follow-up. Therefore, yizhangqing Hu Sanniang led people to support, but was caught by Liangshan.
Until Wu Yong came and offered a policy of meeting the needs of the inside and meeting the needs of the outside.
It was still Sun Li who arrived in Dengzhou and transferred to Yunzhou. I heard that elder martial brother Luan Tingyu was here. Because he hadn''t seen him for many years, he came to visit.
Although Luan Tingyu had already left, many people in ZHUJIAZHUANG had been under Luan Tingyu''s hand. Seeing that Sun Li was his younger martial brother and the army, he was not on guard. Therefore, under the internal and external attack, Song Jiang broke ZHUJIAZHUANG.
He broke ZHUJIAZHUANG because he was afraid of the trick. Song Jiang didn''t kill wantonly. He just killed the chief villain, robbed the food of ZHUJIAZHUANG and plundered some people up the mountain. It can be regarded as leaving face for the zhuchaofeng family.
However, Hu family village still failed to escape this robbery. Li Kui killed all the people, and only Hu Cheng escaped.
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Song Jiang failed to attack ZHUJIAZHUANG for the first time, and the people of ZHUJIAZHUANG spread the news to Xucheng county.
Hearing the news, Zhu Biao, who had been attending banquets and drunk these days, suddenly woke up.