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However, although Fang La, the leader of the bandit, was captured, the rebels who defected to Fang La from various states rushed into the mountains one after another, defending against danger, and it was difficult for the government and army to wipe them out for a while.
Taiwei Tong Guan still stayed in Hangzhou, commanding the army to wipe out the rebels one by one.It may take another year or so for the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River to be completely resolved.
After listening to Lu Xiaoyi's report, a stone in Ximenqing's heart fell to the ground. Although he used small tricks to make the Fangla Rebellion break out a few months earlier, it still did not have a big impact on the direction of history.The history of Taiwei Tong Guan leading the army to defeat Fang La has not changed because of this, and it will not affect his going north to attack Yan in the future.
The big trend of history is still under Ximen Qing's grasp.
Fang La, that bird thief, should be swept into the dustbin of history after being used by the officials of Ximen Qing.
After Lu Xiaoyi reported the progress of the imperial army's counter-insurgency in the south of the Yangtze River, he reported another piece of verified information to Ximen Qing:
On the Taihang Mountain between Xiangzhou on Hebei West Road and Longde Mansion on Hedong Road, a new group of bandits appeared recently, active in Linlu Mountain, Funiu Mountain and the Zhanghe River Valley.After careful investigation, it was found that the leader of the bandit was Chao Gai, Wu Yong and others who escaped from Jeju.
Chao Gai and others fled to the Taihang Mountains to become robbers?Ximen Qing's spirit lifted, and he thought that these fellows are really wicked.
Chapter 665 The Diligent Yue Fei
"How many troops has Chao Gai gathered now? Does he pose a threat to Tangyin County, Xiangzhou?" Ximen Qing asked Lu Xiaoyi.
After Chao Gai and others were driven away from Liangshanbo by Ximen Qing, their strength was greatly damaged, and they did not recover for a few years, so they could no longer threaten Ximen Qing.Ximenqing only cares about whether his current strength can threaten Yuejiazhuang in Tangyin County, Xiangzhou, because there are Ximenqing's future reserve officers Yue Fei, Wang Gui and others there.
"Brother Ximen, don't worry, the younger brother has already found out clearly. Chao Gai, Wu Yong, and Dong Ping were rescued by the bird priest Gongsun Sheng of 'Ruyunlong' and his followers. They fled to the Taihang Mountain to occupy the mountain. As the queen, currently there are only more than 1000 young and strong men and [-] to [-] old and weak family members and believers accompanying them. Therefore, they occasionally raided and plundered villages and towns in Linlu County, Xiangzhou, but never set foot in Linzhang County and Tangyin County. Moreover, according to careful investigation, Chao Gai's group of robbers were more likely to rob houses in the territory of Longde Mansion in Hedong. My younger brother guesses that it may have something to do with Dong Ping's being from Hedong." Lu Xiaoyi replied to Ximen Qing.
Is there only one or two thousand young people?It seems that Chao Gai and others are not worried yet.
After Ximenqing knew that Tangyin County was safe and sound, he decided to ignore Chao Gai and others for the time being and let them go to Hedong to do evil.Maybe after the imperial court finds out their whereabouts, they will let Pudong inspector "Big Sword" Guan Sheng appear on the stage, and lead the troops to encircle and suppress Chao Gai and others.
Even if the imperial court did not send the brave general Guan Sheng to exterminate Chao Gai and his gang, Ximen Qing didn't think they would still have a chance to grow as powerful as they were in Liangshanbo.
Taiwei Tong Guan in the south of the Yangtze River should clear up the remnants of Fang La's bandit army within a year, and then lead the troops northward.Ximen Qing remembered that in history, when the Western Army was transferred from Jiangnan to Hebei to prepare for the expedition against Liao, they wiped out some bandits in Hebei by the way.
Therefore, the time left for Chao Gai and other robbers is less than a year, but Chao Gai and these thieves are still at a loss.
Chao Gai and others ignored it, but after hearing Lu Xiaoyi's report, Ximen Qing decided to go to Yuejiazhuang in Tangyin County to visit Yue Fei and others.
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Outside Yuejia Village in Xiaotili, Yonghe Township, Tangyin County, Xiangzhou, villagers are collecting sun-dried grain on the dam.This year, the weather is good, the weather is good, and the villagers have a good harvest.Along the Tangshui River, there were bursts of laughter and laughter.
On the bank of the river, Zhou Tong's disciples, Yue Fei, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Xu Qing, and Yue Fan, were practicing archery hard.
Not afraid of the severe cold, Yue Fei took off his cotton robe and wore only his single clothes. He stretched out his bow with all his might, aimed at a wooden stake a hundred paces away, and shot an arrow.
I saw the arrow shot out, pierced the wooden stake directly, and flew forward a long way before it slantedly inserted into the river beach, the arrow feathers trembled unceasingly.
Seeing this, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian and others standing beside Yue Fei applauded in unison.
The bow Yue Fei used was the "Tiger Shooting" given to him by his teacher Zhou Tong.
When Zhou Tong gave his precious bow to Yue Fei, he once said that the bow strength of this "Tiger Shooting" bow has four stones, and it can penetrate heavy armor with one shot.His apprentice Yue Fei is very talented, as long as he persists in polishing his body, he will be able to make this "Tiger Shooting" bow within a few years.
Now that Yue Fei has grown up, he is able to draw the strong bow of four stones just like Xu Zhong in the same period of Zhou Dynasty.
Now Yue Fei, Wang Gui and others have all grown up. After learning good archery from Master Zhou Tong, they also learned good martial arts with Ximen Qing, Jiao Ting and Chen Guang respectively.
After hearing that a group of robbers appeared on Linlu Mountain in Linlu County, Yue Fei, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian and other youths were full of vigor, and they worked harder every day to polish their bodies and practice martial arts. Consider the county to suppress bandits.
Yao Zheng didn't show up today because he went to Xiangzhou City to inquire about the movements of the officers and soldiers.
It's just that although Yue Fei and others have intentions, Yue He, the owner of Yuejiazhuang, and Yao Daweng, the owner of Yaojiazhuang, don't agree to let Yue Fei and others take risks.
Back then, Yuejiazhuang and Yaojiazhuang were able to defeat the Mou Shan bandits, relying on the officials Ximen Qing and his elite, as well as the invincible Zhou Tong Zhou heroes.
Although Yue Fei and the others have improved a lot in their personal martial arts, they are still young and inexperienced, and have no experience in leading troops in combat.
After Ximen Qing led Yue Fei and others to exterminate the Mou Shan bandits, they armed hundreds of villagers with the weapons, armor and horses they left for Yuejiazhuang and Yaojiazhuang.Through these days of training, he has become an excellent archer.
Yue He and Yao Daweng used this archer team to maintain the law and order in Yonghe Township, Tangyin County, so that the villagers could live and work in peace and contentment without being harassed by bandits in Hebei.
Therefore, they were reluctant to let Xiao Yuefei, who had no experience in leading troops, take these archers to the Taihang Mountains for adventure.
Yue Fei and others had no choice but to use martial arts as an excuse to gather at the Tangshui River outside the village to discuss countermeasures.
After venting his depression by shooting several arrows in a row, Yue Fei put away his "Tiger Shooting" bow, put on a padded robe, and sat on the boulder by the river with Wang Gui and others, discussing how to persuade his parents at home to let him Being able to go out and roam the rivers and lakes, show your skills.
The crowd chattered a lot, sometimes dancing with excitement, sometimes shaking their heads and sighing, obviously they haven't come up with a clever plan yet.
"Second brother, none of the methods you mentioned will work. Your parents will not allow you to take us on an adventure in the Taihang Mountains. Although your parents have supported your ambition to practice martial arts and join the army since childhood, your grade is only a few years older than mine. , how could your parents agree with you to lead the army?" Yue Fei's brother Yue Fan said.
"Gan Luo worshiped Shang Qing at twelve years old, and Zhou Yu dispatched soldiers at the age of seven. His ambition is not high. I, Yue Fei, have learned a good martial arts. I am a good man who stands up to the sky. Why can't I lead the army to break the bandits?" Yue Fei clapped his legs. Said.
"It's a pity that Coach Chen Guang has left Tangyin County to wander the rivers and lakes. If he is here, Master Yue and Master Yao may let us lead the army to fight." Wang Gui sighed on the side.
The gunman Chen Guang is highly skilled in martial arts. Yao Daweng invited him to teach his younger son Yao Zheng and grandsons Yue Fei and Yue Fan the spear skills. Wang Gui, Zhang Xian and Xu Qing also benefited from it and learned some spear skills.
From Wang Gui's point of view, with Chen Guang, an experienced coach who was born as a soldier, perhaps the two villa owners could agree to their request to go out and sharpen.
It's a pity that because Yue Fei's martial arts improved so fast, after half a year of spear learning with the instructor Chen Guang, he learned all of Chen Guang's skills and claimed to be invincible in a county.
Even in a competition, the young and strong Yue Feiqing was better than Lan because of Lan, and even beat the coach Chen Guang in the spear contest.
Chen Guang is also a good-looking warrior. He felt ashamed when he saw Yue Fei was so diligent, and felt that he could no longer guide Yue Fei, so he resigned from Yao Daweng, and drifted away with his spear on his shoulder, missing.
How did Chen Guang know that Yue Fei's spear skills improved so quickly, not only because of his extraordinary talent, but also because Yue Fei had more than one spear master!
Ximenqing is also the master of spear skills of Luan Tingyu, Shi Wengong, Xu Ning and other heroes, and taught it to the young Yue Fei.
Yue Fei has mastered the spear skills of various schools, and the coach Chen Guang is naturally not his opponent.
Chapter 666 I'm Not Here
With the departure of the coach Chen Guang, Yue Fei lost a mature and prudent leader among the young people.The two owners of the village, Yue He and Yao Daweng, naturally would not let this gang of vigorous young people lead the owners to take an adventure in the Taihang Mountains.
Facing the insidious and cunning Taihang bandits, Yue Fei and others will inevitably fall into a trap because of their passion.
Facing the obstruction of their parents and grandparents, Yue Fei and others had nothing to do.His younger uncle Yao Zhengsheng was clever and obedient, and he came up with a strategy of going to Xiangzhou to inquire about the news of the officers and soldiers, and joining the army to follow the actions of the officers and soldiers.Therefore, Yao Zheng rode into Xiangzhou city yesterday.
When Yue Fei and others were discussing, they suddenly heard the voice of his uncle Yao Zheng from a distance: "Yue Fei, Yue Fan, I'm back!"
When everyone looked up, they saw Yao Zheng tied his horse under the poplar tree on the slope, and rushed down three steps in parallel.
"Yao Zheng! Why did you come back? But after checking, are Xiangzhou officers and soldiers recruiting?" Zhang Xian asked impatiently.
Yao Zheng came in front of the crowd, shook his head, and said to Yue Fei and the others: "Speaking of this matter, I am very angry. The Xiangzhou government army did not make a list to recruit warriors, nor did they intend to go to Linlu Mountain to destroy the robbers. It is said that the group on the mountain After the thieves attacked two townships in Linliu County, they went to Funiu Mountain in the territory of Hedong, and robbed merchants traveling between Hedong and Hebei on the Zhang River. Headed home."
"In this way, the way for us to join the army will not work out? How can the prefect of the bird support bandits and make trouble for others?" Yue Fei said with a frown.
"This time, I met a young officer of the Imperial Army in Xiangzhou City, named Li Qiong. He was like-minded with me. He secretly told me when we were drinking in a restaurant that the bandits on Taihang Mountain had a lot of history. It is said that the leader It was Chao Gai, the "Tuota Heavenly King" Chao Gai, the master of the Liangshanbo Village who once shocked Shandong and Hebei. Chao Gai was highly skilled in martial arts, and most of his subordinates were capable bandit leaders in Liangshanbo, and they were not comparable to ordinary bandits. The army took a lot of effort to defeat the bandit army in Liangshanpo, and now the magistrate of Xiangzhou has few soldiers, how dare he provoke Chao Gai?" Yao Zheng said.