Water Margin official

Chapter 134 The thief blocking the road

"My dear brother, to tell you the truth, I am in fear all day long and can't sleep." Magistrate Shouzhang said with a bitter face, "I'm afraid that group of thieves will come into the city."

Zhang Zhengdao asked: "Where did the county magistrate say the thief was?"

Magistrate Shouzhang replied: "In that eight hundred miles of water, a group of strong thieves came from nowhere recently and occupied the big island in the water. They set up a camp and gathered five to seven hundred people.

The desperadoes are so powerful."

"My county town is less than forty miles away from the thieves' nest, and it's just a cup of tea. If this group of robbers comes to cause trouble to the countryside and attack the county town, what should we do?" Shouzhang County Magistrate

His brows were furrowed, looking worried.

Zhang Zhengdao was thinking in his heart. The three heroes of the Ruan family were so amazing that they had already recruited five or seven hundred men.

"Don't worry, sir. As long as we have enough money, food and soldiers, the patrol soldiers under my rule can naturally protect the peace of the county." Zhang Zhengdao took the opportunity to ask for benefits.

Magistrate Shouzhang sighed and said: "Food, wages and weapons are all trivial matters. Instead of guarding against thieves every day, it is better to send troops to conquer and destroy the thieves' nest, which is the way to solve it once and for all."

"In my opinion, how many soldiers and horses are needed to destroy that den of thieves?" Zhang Zhengdao asked calmly.

Magistrate Shouzhang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "How do I know about military matters? How many soldiers and horses should I recruit to wipe out the bandits?"

Zhang Zhengdao stretched out a hand, with straight and slender fingers.

"Five hundred soldiers and horses?" Magistrate Shouzhang asked doubtfully.

"Five thousand troops and horses!" Zhang Zhengdao said in a deep voice.

The magistrate of Shouzhang County shook his head repeatedly and said: "Although that den of thieves is close to my Shouzhang County, it is under the jurisdiction of the Jeju Prefecture. How can I, a small magistrate, persuade the Jeju Prefecture to mobilize five thousand troops and horses to conquer it?

This gang of robbers."

"This matter is very difficult to implement." Magistrate Shouzhang said with a deeper look of bitterness on his face.

Zhang Zhengdao considered it and said: "Since my husband cannot persuade the Jeju government to send a large army to encircle and suppress him, for the current plan, we can only strengthen the vigilance, deploy weapons, fully equip the patrol soldiers of the inspection department, and reorganize and drill, so that we can protect our husband."

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Magistrate Shouzhang sighed: "That's all we can do."

"My dear brother, the peace of this county is entrusted to you." Magistrate Zhang Zhang raised his glass and drank with Zhang Zhengdao.

"Please sir, please allocate all the food, wages, soldiers, equipment, and horses in the county so that I can organize the troops and horses as soon as possible, recruit strong men, and protect the village." Zhang Zhengdao put forward his needs appropriately.

The county magistrate of Shouzhang said: "I will order Dian Shi to inspect the county's treasury later and allocate it to you."

Zhang Zhengdao was secretly happy, and he took advantage of the Liangshan bandits' momentum to ask for more money and food in Shouzhang County and recruit more soldiers.

The two of them had their own concerns and had a hasty banquet. Magistrate Shouzhang called the county clerk, took most of the money, food, soldiers, armor and utensils and transferred them to the inspection department.

After obtaining these supplies, Zhang Zhengdao borrowed several carriages and horses from the county government and more than ten government officials. With these supplies, he opened the city gate and went straight to the patrol village outside the city.

The Shouzhang County Inspection Department is located five miles southwest of the city, close to Zhukou Town.

A group of more than 20 people rushed to the inspection village with more than a dozen trucks of grain and grass.

At this time, the night was sultry, and everyone held torches, carefully escorted the carriages and horses, and walked silently.

Zhang Zhengdao was riding on his horse, thinking about what happened in Liangshan.

He really didn't expect that the three heroes of the Ruan family could recruit five to seven hundred people in such a short period of time, and actually made the magistrate of Shouzhang County nervous, fearing that one day, this group of thieves would come down from the mountain to borrow food from the county.
Zhang Zhengdao thought: "It seems that I need to go to Liangshan Dazhai first to plan the development direction for the three heroes of the Ruan family, so as to prevent these three rough men from acting recklessly and ruining my own plan."

Just as he was thinking to himself, he heard Wu Kai whisper: "Sister-in-law, there seems to be some bad guys in front of me, ambushing me on both sides."

"Huh?"

Zhang Zhengdao came back to his senses and looked forward. Faintly on both sides of the woods ahead, he spotted a ray of light, which seemed to be the reflection of cold weapons in the moonlight.

"Stop!"

Zhang Zhengdao waved his hand to stop the convoy, then took off his spear and ordered: "Prepare for war."

Everyone was horrified, hurriedly took out their weapons, and huddled around in a noisy manner.

Zhang Zhengdao frowned as he looked at it, wondering how the mob under his command could resist the bandits.

"Don't panic, block the car in front, with the local soldiers in front and the government officials behind." Wu Kai shouted loudly, commanding ten local soldiers to ride in front of the car, and ordered the more than ten government officials to hide with sticks.

In the back.

Zhang Zhengdao took two steps forward on his horse, facing the woods not far away, and shouted: "Whoever is a good man is here, please show up and speak."

When the people hiding in the woods saw their whereabouts exposed, the big man at the head stopped hiding. He jumped out with a simple knife and shouted: "Brothers, don't leave these fat sheep.

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This big man bravely took the lead, rushed out of the forest, and blocked the middle of the road. Behind him, more than ten men jumped out, all carrying swords, guns and clubs, and they were menacing.

Through the light of the fire, Zhang Zhengdao saw the big man in the lead, tall, mighty and brave.

Zhang Zhengdao shook his spear and shouted: "That man, tell me your name."

The big man laughed "haha", pointed at Zhang Zhengdao and mocked: "You are a bird, my grandfather blocked the road and robbed, what name do you have with me?"

"You are a cowardless person who hides his head and shows his tail." Zhang Zhengdao looked disdainful. Seeing that the big man was unwilling to give his name, he patted his horse and raised his gun to fight against this thieves who were blocking the road.

The big man was not afraid. He stepped forward quickly with his sword straight, and then he fought with Zhang Zhengdao.

The two of them only exchanged a few moves, and Zhang Zhengdao knew that this big man looked majestic, but his martial arts were ordinary, and he was enough to withstand him.

The big man was quite skilled in using the simple sword in his hand, but he could never get close to Zhang Zhengdao's horse, and he felt a little anxious.

The two of them were fighting together, looking a little anxious.

Wu Kai, on the other hand, commanded ten guards to stand around and be on guard. At the same time, he ordered the more than ten government officials to take down the bows and arrows from the cart, draw the bows and set up arrows, and assemble into a formation.

Seeing that these fat sheep seemed to be difficult to chew, the more than ten men led by the big man were all frightened and hid behind them, not daring to rush forward to kill them easily.

In the field, Zhang Zhengdao fought with the big man for dozens of rounds with his spear rolling, the gunfire sparkling, and his momentum like a rainbow.

The big man saw the fat sheep pricking his mouth, and for a while he couldn't hold him down. He became restless, and then he used a flaw, jumped out of the circle, and ran away.

The dozen or so men saw that the leader was running away first, so they followed him, chased after him, and disappeared into the night.

Zhang Zhengdao was a little speechless after he had a mindless fight with the thief who was blocking the road.

Where did this group of robbers come from?

But the big man just now ran for more than half a mile under the moonlight, and then he stopped.

The dozen or so men behind him also chased after him, surrounded the big man and said, "Brother, what should I do?"

The big man sighed and replied: "I wanted to rob some property around Shouzhang County, use it as a pledge of honor, and go to Liangshan to join the gang."

"It was hard to guard a group of fat sheep, but I didn't expect that the man on horseback was lucky." The big man was worried and didn't know where to go.

"Brother, how about we stay one more night?" someone shouted.

The big man shook his head and said: "If we don't defend anymore, let's go to the Shuibo Liangshan Mountain. If our brothers are not accepted, we will find a good place to live independently on the top of the mountain."

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