Zhu Gui hurriedly advised," Brother, there are walls and watchtowers at every intersection of the Xihou Village. There are also people patrolling at night. I'm afraid…I'm afraid it won't be easy to attack."”
Du Qian and Song Wan nodded.
Xu Fengwu waved his hand and said," Brothers, listen to me. There are more than 200 local soldiers in Xihou Village. There are also walls and arrow towers. Our brothers in the village are not good at attacking. It is indeed not easy to attack.”
"However, the local soldiers in these villages are all made up of the farmers of the village. They usually have to do farm work. How can they gather together to train all the time?”
"Even if there are people patrolling at night, how many people can there be? Not to mention that we have to be scattered around the village. As long as we are careful and concentrate our strength to attack one place, do we have to be afraid that we won't be able to break through this Xihou Village?”
"Just now, you said that Xie Bao is bullying people in Xihou Manor. Which villager doesn't hate and fear him? When the time comes, we will only look for Xie Baozheng and his family and not harass the other villagers.”
Hearing Xu Fengwu's words, Du Qian and the other two couldn't help but feel that it made sense.
More importantly, there were Xu Fengwu and Shi Wengong in Liangshan now. In addition to the dozens of vassals brought by the Xu family, with such a force that could not be underestimated, they might really be able to break through Xihou Village.
Du Qian and the other two were even more tempted when they thought of how rich Landlord Xie was.
As the saying goes, the bold will die from overfilling, and the timid will starve to death!
Du Qian and the other two looked at each other, then said to Xu Fengwu in unison,""I'm willing to follow you through fire and water."
"Good! This matter is settled!"
Xu Fengwu couldn't help but laugh and said,""Next, I have a few things for you to do.”
"Brother, please instruct me!" Du Qian and the other two hurriedly said.”
" First, send someone to Xihou Village to gather information," Xu Fengwu said." I want to know the specific situation of the village so that I can choose the most suitable place to attack."”
"Brother, there's no need for that!" Du Qian immediately said with a smile. Our village has a few Xihou Village people, they were all ruined by that Xie Baozheng and had no choice but to become bandits.”
"That's for the best! Tell them to come and see me later!"
Xu Fengwu revealed a happy expression and continued,"The second thing is to send someone to Shijie Village to invite the Ruan brothers to join us!”
"Could it be that they are the three Ruan brothers who are known as the Lidi Taisui Ruan Second, the short-lived Erlang Ruan Xiaowu, and the living Yama Ruan Xiaoqi?" Zhu Gui asked.”
"That's right!" Xu Fengwu nodded. These three brothers were brave, had outstanding martial arts, and dared to go through fire and water. He made a living by fishing and had also done private business in the moor. Although his life was poor, he had never harmed anyone. He was definitely a famous hero.”
"Now that Jingdong has implemented the imperial court's land acquisition method, the Liangshan Lake has been completely confiscated. I'm afraid that the fishermen around will have even more difficult days in the future. I have a deep friendship with these three brothers. You just need to find them and tell them that I invited them to join us. They will definitely follow you to Mount Liang.”
Xu Fengwu had been in this world for three years. How could he not make friends with the three Ruan brothers of Shijie Village?
In Xu Fengwu's opinion, the Ruan brothers had outstanding characters and could be his confidants. Now was the perfect time to invite them to join him.
Zhu Gui said," Although I've never met these three brothers, I've heard that they all have the strength of a thousand pounds. They're like dragons in the water. If they can join our village, they'll definitely make Liangshan more prosperous." Brother, leave this matter to me.”
"I'll send another trusted aide to go with you." Xu Fengwu nodded. Also, choose a good apricot yellow flag with the words 'enforce justice on behalf of the heavens' embroidered on it so that we can have a good reason to fight!”
" Enforcing justice on behalf of the heavens?!" The eyes of Du Qian and the other two immediately lit up.
"Brother is right! We, the heroes of Liangshan Lake, should act like this. It's still my brother who is well-read. We didn't think of this before.”Song Wan couldn't help but praise.
Xu Fengwu laughed and said,"Since you all think it's good, then in the future, our village will do things based on the words 'justice for the heaven'!"”
After the discussion with Du Qian and the other two, Xu Fengwu turned around and returned to his residence. After comforting his parents, he pulled Shi Wengong and said,"Teacher was originally innocent, but now that she has fallen into the grass with me, I feel very guilty. I was the one who did this case. It has nothing to do with you. Why don't you take your wife and children and find another place to stay?”
"Young Master, what are you talking about? Great Grandfather has always taken care of me well. Now that the Xu family is in trouble, how can I leave alone?”Shi Wengong shook his head.
Although he did not want to become a bandit, he had stayed in the Xu family for three years. The Xu father and son treated him very well and arranged a marriage for him. Now, his son was almost two years old.
Moreover, he and Xu Fengwu were both teachers and friends. If he left now, he would look down on himself.
One must know how to repay kindness.
"Sigh! It's been hard on the teacher!"
Xu Fengwu sighed and said," Teacher, don't worry. I don't want to be a robber for the rest of my life. I will do my best to make a bright future for you and me."”
"Could it be that Young Master wants to recruit them?" Shi Wengong asked.
As the saying goes, if you want to be an official, kill and set fire to it!
Didn't you see the ten provincial governors of the previous dynasty? Which one of them didn't come from the outlaws? Now, they had also become generals of the imperial court!
Shi Wengong had good martial arts skills. He originally wanted to build a career and fight for his wife and children. Now that he had come to Liangshan to become a bandit, thinking about it carefully, recruiting him was indeed a good idea.
"Recruiting is indeed a way out, but before that, we need to have some bargaining chips.”Xu Fengwu smiled and said noncommittally.
Recruit?
What a joke!
In another ten years, the Northern Song Dynasty would fall. There was simply something wrong with their brains to recruit them at this time.
Of course, Xu Fengwu did not dare to say that he would overthrow the Song Dynasty and become the emperor himself. After all, he had just arrived at Liangshan and everything was still unknown.
What Xu Fengwu needed to do now was to continue to strengthen Liangshan. At least in the future chaotic times, he needed to have the ability to control the situation.
……
Liangshan Lake was long from north to south and narrow from east to west. It was shaped like a bean.
With the middle of Liangshan Lake as the dividing line, the north was Yun Prefecture, which was also the Eastern Peace Prefecture in a few years.
To the south was Jeju, which was under the jurisdiction of four counties. Yuncheng County was located to the west of Shuipo, and Liangshan Lake was also under the jurisdiction of Jeju.
The magistrate of Yuncheng County, Shi Wenbin, had only been in office for less than a month. Who knew that before he could sit still, a major case would happen in Yuncheng County under his jurisdiction.
The son of Xu Baozheng of Shijie Village had killed the special envoy of the Imperial Court and more than ten officials. Even the infantrymen of the county had been wounded.
When Shi Wenbin heard this news, it was like a bolt from the blue. He was shocked silly and his heart almost jumped out.
Even though it was already May, Shi Wenbin was still scared out of his wits.
Shi Wenbin was originally from Liangzhe. Before he came to Yuncheng County to take office, he had heard that the people in Shandong were tough. At that time, he did not think much of it.
Now, it seemed that these words were true.
He even dared to kill a special envoy from the imperial court, and there were also more than ten officials. This…This Xu Fengwu was simply a bandit!
Shi Wenbin's heart was beating fast. He quickly wrote a document and asked his subordinate, Song Jiang, to send it to Jeju City. Such a shocking case had to be decided by the Zhizhou.
Immediately after, Shi Wenbin sent the head of the horse soldiers, Zhu Tong, to lead his soldiers to Shijie Village to capture them.
Although Shi Wenbin had already learned from Lei Heng that Xu Baozheng's family had already packed up and gone to Liangshan, he still had to put on an act.
After doing all this, all Shi Wenbin could do was wait for the news quietly.
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