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"Brother Wang Lun, what worries are you having in your heart?" Zhang Zhengdao called the scholar in white to the tree beside the road and had a heart-to-heart talk with him.

Wang Lun hesitated and said: "Zengtou market, the little terrible one has failed the strong trust of the village master and cannot earn enough money to drive the horses out."

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "You don't need to worry too much. All you need to do is follow the terms discussed previously and be more arrogant and domineering. The more timid you are, the more mistakes you will make."

The corner of Wang Lun's mouth twitched slightly, thinking that he had worked hard to contribute his talents and knowledge to the construction of the village, but why he could never get the trust of the village owner and leave such a dangerous thing to him.

Zhang Zhengdao pointed at the attacking troops hiding in the woods and said with a smile: "With so many copycat brothers supporting you behind the scenes, feel free to go ahead and do it boldly!"

"When you come back, I will remember your first contribution!" Zhang Zhengdao patted Wang Lun on the shoulder.

Seeing that this errand was unavoidable, Wang Lun had no choice but to say with a grimace: "Master of the village, if there is a small mistake, I would like to save one for the sake of brotherhood."

"Don't worry, if you and Ni Gong are at fault, I will use the strength of the whole village to break Zengtou City." Zhang Zhengdao said solemnly.

Wang Lun said gratefully: "Zhao Zhu, Xiaoke is on his way now."

"Go and come back quickly." Zhang Zhengdao warned again: "Remember to show the arrogance of state officials."

Wang Lun nodded, pulled off the clothes on his body, changed his mind, took Ni Gong, and the two informants, the four of them rode the few horses in the village and ran all the way to Zengtou City.

Go.

When Zhang Zhengdao returned to the forest where everyone was hiding, Ling Guang and Wen Zhongrong surrounded him and asked worriedly: "Zhang Zhengdao, will Zengtou City be suspicious?"

Zhang Zhengdao shook his head and said: "The five tigers of the Zeng family have been entrenched in Zengtou City for many years. They act domineeringly and no one dares to provoke them. They already have a bad reputation. They rely on their martial arts to run rampant. Even if they have any doubts, they will not be too serious.

Don’t care too much.”

"The military advisor once said that if we buy horses in the name of Liang Shijie, the governor of Yunzhou, he wants to overhaul the military and eliminate bandits under his rule, Zengtou City will not have any doubts." Ling Guang shouted.

Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, if Zengtou doesn't get fooled, he still has a clever trick in his pocket."

After saying that, I looked around and saw the minions of the mountain attacking army staggering around one by one, paralyzed in the woods to rest. After four days of rapid march, it is rare that these men did not fall behind.

Zhang Zhengdao ordered: "When the sons and gentlemen have rested, get up and bury the pot to make rice. Have a good rest tonight."

Zengtou City is still a day or two away from here, which is enough for the subordinates to rest.

Ling Guang said: "Fortress leader, do you want to set up camp?"

The weather is now mid-October. Although it is not cold, it is a little chilly.

Zhang Zhengdao went down the mountain this time, firstly to teach Zengtou City a lesson, and secondly, to test the military discipline of the army attacking the mountain.

Ling Guang and Suo Xian both came from rough backgrounds, and the minions they trained were naturally not as disciplined as the army. Fortunately, Wen Huanzhang was here and he also observed the drills of these minions on weekdays and gave them a lot of advice.

Suggestions.

After four days of rapid march, Zhang Zhengdao had a clear understanding of Liangshan's combat power.

If you are just hurrying along, these guys have no complaints. They are all in their prime, walking as fast as flying, and no one is left behind.

But when they arrived at the place, they were all lying on the ground resting in a disorderly manner. Some of the minions had their swords and guns aside, ignoring them and just fell asleep.

Zhang Zhengdao shook his head secretly, these guys were just waving flags and cheering behind them, but if they really went to the battlefield, they would probably collapse at the first touch and turn around and run away.

After another calculation, Zhang Zhengdao frowned. There was still more than a year before Lin Chong was framed by Gao Qiu. It would not be until the end of November in the fourth year of Zhenghe that Lin Chong would defect to Liangshan on the recommendation of Chai Jin.

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Only then can the minions in the village receive orthodox training from the Forbidden Army’s instructors, and their combat effectiveness will be improved.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhengdao sighed secretly and said: "No need, let's light a fire in the woods tonight."

Ling Guang stood up, called up the little leader of the mountain attacking army, and ordered his minions to bury the pot and make rice.

It was night, and everyone was waiting in the woods not far from Jiatan Town.

This wait is one day and two nights.

At noon on the third day, I heard the sound of horse hooves and a fast horse galloped from north to south. When it was close, the man sitting on the horse jumped down and shouted towards the forest: "Zhai!"

Lord, it is finished.”

But he was the one who went to Zengtou City with Wang Lun to spread the news.

Zhang Zhengdao led Ling Guang and Wen Zhongrong out of the forest, and the men hurried forward and saluted: "Zhang Zhengdao, the man from Zengtou City, is driving hundreds of fine horses towards Yunzhou.

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"Who is taking the lead?" Zhang Zhengdao was overjoyed.

The follower replied: "The leader is Shi Wengong, and Zeng Mi, the second among the five tigers of the Zeng family, leading more than thirty farmers and driving more than a hundred horses, is not far from here."

Zhang Zhengdao asked again: "Where are leaders Wang Lun and Ni Gong?"

The subordinate replied: "The two leaders are afraid that Zengtou City will not fall into the trap, so they still stay in Zengtou City."

For the time being, he could no longer care about Wang Lun and Ni Gong. Zhang Zhengdao waved his hand to signal the messenger and led the horse into the woods to be groomed.

"Go down with the order and prepare for war!" Zhang Zhengdao gave the order, and Wen Zhongrong and Ling Guang both shouted: "Go ahead!"

After standing on the roadside and taking a deep look at the deep and quiet official road, Zhang Zhengdao turned around and entered the dense forest.

The sun is setting in the west and the autumn breeze is refreshing. Occasionally, wild animals in the forest emerge from the grass, cross the official road, and then disappear into the forest again.

At this time, a sound of strong horses neighing came from a distance.

On the official road, a cavalry team came from the north. The leader was Shi Wengong, a teacher from Zengtou City, wearing a helmet and carrying a square-shaped halberd.

Sitting on another horse next to him was a man with a dark face and a long beard, about 20 years old. He was holding a wild goose feather knife in his hand and was talking happily.

Behind these two people, there were several personal followers, all riding horses, wearing armor and carrying swords, which looked very majestic.

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Behind them, there were more than thirty bankers from Zengtou City, escorting two carts and driving hundreds of fine horses, following closely behind.

This time I heard that Liang Shijie, the magistrate of Yunzhou, wanted to buy hundreds of good horses from Zengtou City to serve as soldiers for the imperial army, and the elder Zeng became interested.

Liang Shijie's father-in-law, Cai Jing, has made a comeback and has returned to power, which has already spread throughout the world.

If we can get acquainted with Liang Shijie through this horse-trading opportunity, it means that Zengtou City will have the opportunity to have contact with the current prime minister Cai Jing in the future.

In this way, the more than 2,000 Jurchen families in Zengtou City would have the opportunity to gain a foothold in the Song Dynasty and no longer be feared and monitored by local officials.

Elder Zeng was imagining things for a while, but he never had the slightest doubt about Wang Lun and Ni Gong. After some conversation, he ordered Shi Wengong and his second son Zeng Mi to select 120 good horses from the North and escort them there.

Yunzhou, visit the magistrate Liang Shijie.

The cavalry team had been walking for more than a day, and when they reached the rugged official road outside Jiatan Town, Shi Wengong suddenly waved his hand and stopped the team.

"Master, why did you stop?" Zeng Mi asked in confusion.

Shi Wengong frowned, looked at the silent forest, and said, "I'm afraid there are thieves hiding in the forest."

Zeng Mi glanced at the forest and said with a smile: "Master, how can there be any thieves in this place where there are no wild animals?"

Shi Wengong said: "It's quiet here, maybe someone is hiding!"

Zeng Mi was still about to speak, when he suddenly saw a dark-skinned man, carrying two axes, jumping out of the forest, blocking the official road in the middle, and shouted: "I opened this road, I planted this tree, if

I want to live from now on..."

The black-faced man raised his ax in his hand and shouted: "Leave...leave...the bird heads of you guys!"