Please ask me to be the emperor

As the saying goes: Poor mountains and bad waters bring out unruly people.

From Taiyuan to the west, there are many mountains, which belong to the central part of the Luliang Mountains. People at that time called it: Jiaoshan.

Later "Jiaoshan Pingkou Benmo" said: From Jiaoshan to the south, there are Wangshan, Guashan, and Shibi; from Jiaoshan to the north, there are Yangchang, Shenshi, Hutu, Ma'an, and Zhou Hong and Jingle County. Shixia, Lantuan, Shilou, Luya, Guanxun and other mountains;

To the west from Jiaoshan Mountain, there are three cliffs, black smoke caves, Lianyin, Xiaowen, Liuwangjun, Luliang, Lishi and Zijin in Yongzhou, stretching for more than a thousand miles. The people of Jin collectively named it Jiaoshan.

It starts from Taiyuan Provincial City in the east, reaches the Yellow River in the west, covers Jiaocheng, Fenzhou, and Xiaoyi in the south, and spans Sanguan, Xin, and Dai in the north. It encompasses all the prefectures and counties of Yongning, Kelan, Jingle, Lin, and Lan. .

It has been a source of thieves throughout the ages, and the mountains under Jiaocheng's jurisdiction are particularly steep and prone to thieves.

It is said that Song Xiance and Wukong said goodbye to Zhang Shun, first took a boat down the Fen River until they reached the junction of Jiaocheng and Wenshui, then abandoned the boat and changed horses, heading west.

The two walked for more than ten miles, bypassing Kaizha Town in Wenshui and arriving at Wenyukou.

Song Xiance and Wukong looked up and saw that they really had a good place to go.

I saw that the mountain was a good mountain and the water was good water.

The mountain is extremely steep, with endless sky and endless horizons, and is sandwiched between a small path; the water gushes out from it, surging and surging. There were many weeds and trees on both sides of the road, and there were few people.

If Zhang Shun were here at this moment, he would definitely start laughing.

It's just that Song Xiance and Wukong are just two rough guys, how could they think so much?

The two of them had just reached the mountain entrance when they saw five or seven soldiers holding swords and guns guarding there.

When the soldiers saw Song Xiance and Wukong approaching, they couldn't help but stepped forward and shouted: "That man, don't come any closer. You can get in this mountain, but you can't get out, so it's better to turn around quickly!"

When Wukong saw someone blocking him, he glared and was about to come forward to fight. Unexpectedly, Song Xiance stretched out his hand to stop him, then stepped forward and sang: "Thank you, military masters, I am a Taoist priest from Wudang Mountain." , passing by the treasure land, please make it a convenience."

The so-called "Wudang Mountain" by Song Xiance is naturally not the "South Wudang" that was called "Northern Shaolin" in later generations, but the North Wudang located in Yongning Prefecture.

This North Wudang is just west of Jiaoshan, and now they are just east of Jiaoshan.

If the two of them want to get here, they need to travel two hundred miles through the mountains and ridges along the Wenshui River Valley before they can get there.

When the soldiers heard that it was "the Taoist Master of Wudang Mountain", their tone immediately became much kinder.

They couldn't help but advise: "You are also a local, so you must know how powerful the 'Jiaoshan bandits' are. Why don't you take a detour to avoid wasting your life?"

"This is a mountainous area with winding roads. If we had taken a detour, we would have walked an extra hundred miles?" Song Xiance said with a wry smile when he heard this.

"Well done to you guys, please let us pass. If someone really loses his life because of this, it's because of our fate, so we can't blame you guys!"

As Song Xiance spoke, he took out a stack of ghost-painted talismans and distributed them to everyone: "The old Taoist priest is poor and has nothing to give to you. Only these peace talismans were drawn by me. I may not give them back at the critical moment." If you can save a few lives, please do it for me."

"Okay, it's hard to persuade the damn ghosts with words, go ahead, go ahead!" Seeing that they couldn't persuade the two men, the soldiers waved their hands impatiently and simply let them pass.

Not to mention Song Xiance's endless gratitude, the two got on their horses and walked along the path of Wenshui River Valley to the depths of Jiaoshan Mountain.

Song Xiance and Wukong rode fast for three days and walked more than 150 miles on the mountain road. The mountain in front of them became more and more steep, so they had to dismount and walk.

Not long after they dismounted and walked, they saw a mound on the bank of Wenshui River in the distance, about ten feet high, with some houses on it.

Seeing that it was getting late, Song Xiance couldn't help but said to Wukong: "There seems to be a village ahead, which is a good time for us to stay overnight."

"Easy to say, easy to say!" Wukong, an expert in martial arts, said boldly and fearlessly.

After a while, the two finally climbed up the mound and took a closer look.

This is not a village, it is the ruins of a fortress.

It turned out that the mound was full of ruins, and there were traces of smoke and blackened blood on these ruins.

"Tsk, tsk, it's really cruel!" Song Xiance stretched out his hand to scoop up some soil and twisted it with his hands.

"Niubi, look!" Just as Song Xiance was carefully observing the situation on the mound, he suddenly heard Wukong shout suddenly.

"You bald donkey." Song Xiance was about to retort, but when he turned around, he was shocked.

It turns out that this mound is backed by mountains and faces Wenshui River in front. It is located high up and has a wide view. It is a good place to go.

Song Xiance was seeing numerous riders riding down the Wenshui River, not afraid of the steep mountains and steep terrain, galloping towards the mound.

"Do you want to kill them?" Wukong made a gesture to Song Xiance, showing no mercy from a monk.

"It's up to me to speak, and it's up to you to do it!" Song Xiance frowned and said, "As long as they don't take action first, we won't take action first."

For Song Xiance, what he likes most are opponents who "obey the rules", and what he hates the most are opponents who "do not abide by the rules".

Thinking back to the time when he, Song Xiance, dared to go into Yulin City's Longtan Tiger's Den alone, it was because he knew that these people were "scene people". As long as he could talk to them, half the battle would be won.

But these people are different, they are "rule breakers".

If he had no one to protect him, he might be chopped into pieces before he could find the "talker". This was one of the reasons why he asked Zhang Shun for Ji Longfeng.

"How brave, where did the fat sheep come from?" After a while, the knights also climbed up the mound. Seeing that Wukong was tall and burly, they didn't dare to move without permission, so they asked.

"King Shun, the leader of the Thirty-sixth Battalion of the Rebel Army and President of the Fengtian Rebellion, the great national advisor Song Xiance and the Monkey King Sun Wukong are here and have been ordered to come here. Xuan Yu, I wonder where Ren Liang is?" Song Xiance couldn't help but said proudly after hearing this.

If you don't speak, I'm still afraid of you. As long as the old Taoist priest is willing to let me speak, then everything will naturally be under control.

Song Xiance acted like he was doing a stand-up comedy, and he suddenly frightened everyone.

"This" all the riders looked at me and I looked at you, and they were all dumbfounded for a moment.

"You can't blame me for being cautious. If you talk nonsense, wouldn't it cost our lives?" It took a while before someone came to his senses and spoke quickly.

"Have you heard of Wang Gang, He Caochao and Bao Wu?" Song Xiance sneered and asked.

"How many of them? They are all dead long ago!" These cavalrymen couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief and laughed.

"Since our master is here, don't you know what will happen to them?" Song Xiance said in a neutral tone.

"These few are just the subordinate generals under the command of the 'Invading General' Li Zicheng. They have little potential and are not reused, so they are stranded in the mountains."

"And that 'Invading General' Li Zicheng is just a general under the command of my King Shun. I wonder if you, the Gourd King, have the guts not to come to see me?"

The cavalrymen couldn't help but gasped and almost peed on the spot.

Why?

It turned out that only after the Shaanxi rebels crossed the Yellow River and entered Shanxi territory, Ren Liang and others responded.

If we talk about it carefully, they are just the descendants of Wang Gang, He Cao Cao, Bao Wu and others.

In the past two years, Wang Gang, He Caochao, Bao Wu and others died at the hands of officers and soldiers. Only Ren Liang and others managed to survive. They never thought that a "grandfather's grandfather" would come to them. How could they withstand it?