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Jishan is located in the north of Jingnan and is an important town in Jingnan. It has steep mountains and dense woods.

Yuan Lang, the "red-faced tiger" among the Five Tigers of Naji Mountain, was born with a red face and yellow beard, a nine-foot-long body, and was good at tempering steel with two water. He was originally a farmer, but because of a dispute with others, he accidentally injured others and was living in the world.

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A year ago, Yuan Lang was robbed by strong men on his way to Broker Mountain. He defeated two brothers, Ma Yi and Ma Jin, and was repeatedly invited to stay by the two brothers. He took the top spot in the village.

Ma Yi, the second leader of Jishan Mountain, had a tuft of white hair since he was a child, so he was called the "White-haired Tiger". He had a white tiger sword in his hand and was brave and fierce. After claiming to be the Ma family of Xiliang, he was framed and had an affair with his brother Ma

Along with Jin Luocao in Jishan, he even annexed several strong men around him and gathered more than a thousand minions, big and small. Later, he fought with Yuan Lang. Seeing his superior martial arts, he was willing to give up his position.

Jishan's third leader, Ma Jin, has a bad temper and is quick to hurt people. Because one of his eyes was broken during a fight, he was called the "One-eyed Tiger". He is good at using a steel spear with a thick iron point and follows his brother Luocao as a bandit.

, robbing homes and homes.

Teng Si, the four leader of Jishan Mountain, was originally the big leader of Shiliang Mountain. He was a lecherous man and was nicknamed "Food and Sex Tiger". He was highly skilled in martial arts and used a three-pointed two-edged sword. Half a year ago, he was defeated by Yuan Lang and took the five men of Shiliang Mountain with him.

More than a hundred minions merged into Jishan.

Teng Kan, the five leader of Jishan Mountain, originally followed his brother Teng Xun in Luocao in Shiliang Mountain. He was good at using a tiger-eye bamboo-jointed steel whip. Because of his strong martial arts and bravery, he was nicknamed "The Mountain Tiger".

The five leaders of Jishan are collectively called the "Five Tigers of Jishan"!

A few days ago, Jingmen Prefecture sent two thousand officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress Jishan bandits. The two armies fought for several days. Due to the shortage of money and food in the village, Yuan Lang sent people to Mulan Mountain eighty miles away to ask for help.

The big leader of Mulan Mountain, Du Bu, was skilled in martial arts. He held a snake spear eight feet long in his hand. He was brave enough to be defeated by ten thousand men. He became a bandit in Mulan Mountain.

Du Bo also has two leaders, one of whom is named Fengtai, who is good at using both yin and yang, and is brave, reckless, and wild.

The other one is called Wei He, who is good at using a large sword and has good martial arts skills. This time he and Du Bo went to Jishan to kill and drive back the army.

The seven of them drank and talked happily in the thatched cottage of Jishan Dazhai.

Everyone ate until late at night, and Yuan Lang just ordered his men to help Du Bo and Wei He to rest in the guest room of the cottage.

When the golden rooster croaked and the sky was about to dawn, Yuan Lang woke up, got up, left the room with bare arms, and practiced steel in the yard for a while.

After practicing, I was about to go back to my room to change my clothes, when not far away I heard a faint moan from a woman.

Occasionally, one or two words of "lost... lost... uh..." came out.

Yuan Lang gave a wry smile, perhaps it was brother Teng Si who was a "sex-eating tiger", and he was doing that bed thing again. This brother was good at everything, but he was only lustful, and he somewhat lost his reputation as a hero.

Ignoring Teng Shu, Yuan Lang got dressed, walked out of the hospital, went to a hut, and prepared to go to the thatched cottage.

I didn't want to meet Du Bo, the leader of Mulan Mountain, on the way.

"Brother Du, you're sober and you got up so early?" Yuan Lang asked in surprise.

Du Bo smiled and said: "I'm almost awake."

"Brother Yuan, didn't you get up so early too?" Du Bo asked again.

Yuan Lang smiled bitterly and said: "Why don't we go to the thatched cottage to talk."

The two of them stepped into the thatched cottage, and Yuan Lang ordered people to light lamps and candles, making them bright and shining. He also ordered people to bring two cups of herbal tea, and they drank and talked at the same time.

"Brother Yuan, what's on your mind?" Seeing Yuan Lang's heavy expression, Du Bo put down the tea cup and asked.

Yuan Lang sighed and said: "To be honest with Brother Du, although we, Jishan, have won a great victory in this encirclement and suppression by the army, we have also suffered heavy losses. We originally had 1,500 or 600 men, but now there are only more than 1,000 left."

"Although Jishan Mountain is steep, it is not indestructible." Yuan Lang smiled bitterly.

Du Bo smiled and said: "If you want to put it this way, my Mulan Mountain is worse than Ji Mountain."

Yuan Lang said: "Brother Du is very skilled in martial arts. He has a thousand horse troops and two thousand infantry troops under his command. Even the officers and soldiers dare not come to conquer."

Du Bo shook his head and sighed: "Brother Yuan doesn't know something. These three or four thousand brothers have to open their mouths to eat. They rely on robbing the passing merchants and their sincerity has been sustained for a long time."

Although Du Bo complained about the large number of people eating in the village, Yuan Lang was still envious. If he had such a majestic army in Jishan, how would the Jingmen officers and soldiers dare to come and cause trouble for him?

Du Chuo was aware of his own misfortune. If Yuan Lang had not promised to repel the army and be rewarded with two thousand stones of food and grass, he would not have dispatched five hundred horse troops and five hundred infantry troops from the village to help.

The two complained to each other for a long time, looked at each other, and then laughed heartily.

"Brother Yuan, you and I don't have to be like this. We are both brothers on the Green Forest Road, so we should work together." Du Bo said with a smile.

Yuan Lang also smiled and said: "What my brother said is true."

"When we talked about Liangshan last night, I still have a doubt in my mind?" Yuan Lang changed the topic and said.

Du Bo asked in surprise: "What doubts?"

Yuan Lang said slowly: "I heard that Shuibo Liangshan not only recruited heroes on the green forest road, but also recruited many common people to go up the mountain. This adds up to tens of thousands of people, and I have never heard of people going down the mountain to plunder. How did he get so much money and food?" ?"

When Du Bo heard this, he was also stunned!

Yes, although the eight hundred miles of water is a good place, how can the food and drink of tens of thousands of people be supported?

Both of them are in charge of a mountain stronghold. Although the number of minions under them is very different, no matter the number of people, they have to eat, drink, and have sex. They only rely on looting and their sincerity to support them.

"Perhaps it's the eight-hundred-mile-long water bank with rich aquatic products, which is supported by fishing." Du Bo thought about it and could only think about this aspect.

Yuan Lang shook his head and said: "There are also several large and small lakes in Jingnan. I have never heard that tens of thousands of people can be fed by just fish and shrimp in the water."

Du Bo thought silently.

Today, there are a total of 3,500 people, large and small, on Mulan Mountain. Including the old and the weak and their families, the total number exceeds 5,000. It is considered a large village in this Jingnan territory.

With such a large population, the money and food consumed every month is no less than a hundred stones.

If you don’t become a householder, you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are!

Even if you fight and kill, you also need to eat!

In the thatched hall, these two men were silent.

"Brother Du, have you ever heard of the Jiangnan Mingjiao? A few days ago, a Dharma protector came to our Jishan Mountain and spoke about his family's leader. He sincerely invited the world's heroes to visit the Qing Dynasty in Muzhou, Jiangnan. Xi County." Yuan Lang suddenly asked.

Du Bo chuckled lightly, nodded and said: "That Mingjiao Dharma King also visited my Mulan Mountain."

"What is the origin of this Mingjiao?" Yuan Lang asked in surprise.

Du Bo introduced: "This Ming sect is actually the Manichaeism. According to the Zhenchen dynasty, it was introduced from the Western Regions to the Central Plains during the Wu Zhou period. Later, Li Longji issued a ban and denounced it as 'evil views'. False claims of Buddhism to deceive 'Li Yuan' are strictly prohibited."

"During the Huichang period of the Tang Dynasty, Wuzong banned Buddhism and extinguished the Dharma, so Manichaeism stopped preaching openly and turned into a secret association." Du Bo chuckled lightly: "They are just a bunch of shady rats!"

"Brother Du, don't you plan to go?" Yuan Lang asked again.

"Go, why don't you go, just to see what kind of person this Mingjiao leader is!" Du Bu said.

When Yuan Lang saw this, he thought for a moment and said, "When will Brother Du go, my younger brother will also go with him."

After Du Bo thought about it, he said: "Why don't we go to Qingxi County together tomorrow to meet with the Mingjiao leader."