Chapter 79
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Qin Lang yearned for Jiang Hu very much.
Can't wait to meet the green forest heroes.
It's just that the silver-faced Wei Tuo is just full of disdain for the so-called rivers and lakes, the so-called green forest heroes.
"In the eyes of the imperial court, the rivers, lakes and green forests are nothing more than bandits, horse bandits and thieves."
In troubled times, these people may also be able to gather people together for a while, but if they are unified today, these people will have no room to move.
Those who know current affairs have defected to the imperial court early, and those who are lucky enough to survive a hundred battles will be awarded knighthoods and honors, at least they can get an official position. Those who are less lucky will naturally become a handful of yellow earth.
Ah Huang, Qin Yong and others were also part of that Jianghu back then. They were not originally from Jianghu, but they also became part of Jianghu in the troubled times, but they all stayed away from that Jianghu in the end.
Of course, there are many characters in the rivers and lakes.
But those who are still in the arena now are naturally not on the stage.
"It is said that Shan Xiongxin was once the number one hero in the last years of the previous dynasty. He lived in Erxianzhuang, Bali, Luzhou, Shanxi. The horse lance made from a jujube tree in front of the gate is called Jinding Zaoyang lance, also known as Hangubai, and it is said to weigh seventy-two catties?" Qin Lang said with a smile.
"Where did Sanlang hear the nonsense? Shan Xiong believed that this person was from Jiyin County, Henan Province in the former dynasty. Then he led his troops to surrender." Qin Yong is a soldier who has followed Qin Qiong for many years, and he knows the second head of Wagang at that time.
"Shan Xiong signaled that he was a flying general. He was good at using horses and horses. He was very good at riding and shooting. However, he was born in a powerful place, but his character was a little timid and afraid of death."
"Shan Xiongxin afraid of death?"
"No," Qin Yong said disdainfully, "Back then, Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji, who is now the commander of the Bingzhou army Li Shiji, led the crowd to Zhai Rang who raised the army. Later, Xu Shiji proposed to use Wagang as his base camp and plunder the canal, and his power grew. Then Li Mi went up the mountain, Li Mi was the successor of Li Bi of the Eight Pillars Kingdom, he was once the mastermind of Yang Xuangan, he fled to the rivers and lakes after his defeat, and finally went to Wagang, this man is capable and led Wagang to many victories."
At that time, Qin Yong followed Qin Qiong to suppress bandits in Henan. Under the leadership of Zhang Xutuo, he fought against the refugee rebels all over the country. But later Li Mi ordered Wagang to set a trap in Dahai Temple in Xingyang, but Zhang Xutuo was killed. Qin Qiong, Shan Xiongxin, Jia Wuben and other generals were forced to vote for Pei Renji.
"After Li Mi's prestige was high, two tigers could not fit in one mountain in Wagang. In the end, Li Mi held a Hongmen banquet and killed Zhai Rang. At that time, Shan Xiongxin knelt down and begged for mercy. Later, when Li Mi and Wang Shichong were defeated in the decisive battle, Alang and Wang Shichong were defeated. General Cheng and others surrendered after being besieged, but Shan Xiongxin took the initiative to lead his troops back."
Of the Wagang Three Heroes back then, Zhai Rang was a man with no great ambitions, although his righteousness was thin, and Xu Shiji was young, fierce and far-sighted, but Shan Xiongxin was brave but afraid of death, which made Qin Yong and the others look down on him the most. of.
"Although Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong back then, it was not a complete defeat. Generals A Lang, Cheng, and Luo were still defending, and Xu Shiji was also guarding Liyang, but Shan Xiongxin and Bing Yuanzhen led troops to surrender. Li Mi had no choice but to flee to Guanzhong. Tang, Alang and others were finally forced to surrender to Wang Shichong when they ran out of arrows and supplies. It is a pity that Wagang, the most powerful army in the rebel army, collapsed because of this."
In Qin Lang's view, Wagang's downfall was actually due to many comprehensive factors. It can be said that although Wagang was established by Zhai Rang and others, it was also Li Mi's success and Li Mi's failure. As soon as Li Mi went up the mountain, it was doomed that there would be internal strife in Wagang, and that internal strife also made Shan Xiongxin and others alienated from Li Mi long ago, and there was already a rift.
In Wagang back then, there were countless heroes and heroes, most of them started from recklessness, but this force was defeated after all, and finally let Li Yuan of the Eight Pillar Country win the world, and countless Wagang heroes in those days finally gathered in Li Shimin of the men.
And Li Shimin led this group of Wagang heroes, and finally launched the Xuanwu Gate Change, robbing the world of Tang Dynasty.
"Since the fall of Wagang, there has never been such a grand gathering of heroes in the world." Qin Yong sighed.
After Qin Qiong, Xu Shiji, Cheng Yaojin, Huang Junhan and other people, there were no such heroes in the Jianghu, only a few gangsters left. This is why Qin Yong looked down on the current Jianghu.
Qin Lang chuckled.
"Times make heroes. It's not that there are no more heroes in the world today, but that there are no such turbulent times today."
These words surprised Wei Zheng, who was reading a book while holding a book.
"Heroes make the times, what Saburo said is good."
Qin Lang pulled out a sheepskin map.
From Chang'an to Youzhou, the best route at this time is not to go out of Tongguan to Luoyang, but to Huazhou, pass the Pujin Bridge, cross the Yellow River and enter Hedong, then go north to Taiyuan, and finally cross Taihang Jingxing to Hebei, and finally arrive at Thistle, the route is shorter and quicker.
It's just that Qin Lang is going to Beiman, Luoyang to pay homage to the tombs of Qin Qiong's brothers Luo Shixin and Pei Xingyan, and also to pay homage to the Mingzhou battlefield in Hebei.
Of course, there is another important reason, which is that he will go to Luoyang first this time, and Li Shimin has some words to pass on to Luoyang. During the years of fighting with Jiancheng, Luoyang has always been Li Shimin's stronghold.
Hebei is currently unstable, and Li Shimin also wants to stabilize Luoyang as soon as possible, using it as the base camp of the former enemy.
Out of Weinan County in Chang'an, you enter the territory of Huazhou, separated by a Wei River, and Tongzhou is on the north bank.
Since the Yongtong Canal was built, the Sui Dynasty established the Yongtong Warehouse in Huazhou, which became one of the important transshipment granaries.
The three-hundred-mile Guangtong Canal connects Guanzhong and Kanto, and the water transportation is prosperous, but it also attracts countless thieves to rely on the canal to eat the canal.
Between Tonghua and the north of the Wei River, there is a huge sandy land, eighty miles from east to west and thirty miles from north to south, called Shayuan. This vast sandy land is located between the Wei River and the Luo River. The huge sandy land is full of water, alkali, grass, and sand, so it is not only an excellent horse ranch, but also a den for thieves to hide.
The thieves used this as their stronghold to enter and exit, and plundered the Guangtongqu Canal. After they succeeded, they retreated into the sand to hide, which was extremely difficult to deal with.
Usually passing through this section of the canal, merchants and people will try to go together as much as possible, and will definitely avoid camping outside the city at night.
But Qin Lang insisted on leaning up, and deliberately led the camel caravan along the official road between Guangtong Canal and Weihe River, and was very ostentatious, deliberately revealing many valuable commercial goods.
Seeing that it was getting dark, he deliberately dawdled outside, as if he was camping in the wild tonight.
Night falls.
The sound of the waves of the Weihe River, and the cool breeze.
"Sanlang, just now we found someone sneaking after us, but now he is gone, probably a spy of a thief. Be careful tonight, there may be a thief coming."
Qin Lang smiled.
"What's the matter, is the silver-faced Wei Tuo afraid of a few thieves?"
Qin Yong chuckled, "There are sixteen veterans of the Qin family who came out with me this time, not to mention how brave they all are, but which one is not a veteran who has survived a hundred battles? It is really nothing to deal with a few thieves, just I don't think it's necessary."
"Of course, the soldiers of our Qin family are brave and unparalleled, but this time I brought over twenty Sili brothers. Among these people are bad people from Chang'an County, and there are also city rangers. This time, we are going to Hebei, and we may have to fight at that time, so now we have to practice and practice in advance, and we must strengthen the tacit understanding of cooperation."
"I think Saburo just has nothing to do." Qin Yong didn't give face.
Qin Lang chuckled, "Just ask Brother Yong to arrange it."
Surround the camels in a big circle, burn a few bonfires, and set up a few tents. A simple camp is completed.
There are pots on the fire, in some pots soup cakes are being boiled, in some pots carp soup netted from the Weihe River is being boiled, and meat is being stewed beside the fire.
Air-dried mutton, add a pot of water, sprinkle some salt, and throw some wild vegetables, the salty aroma makes people drool.
Sledgehammer Qin Yong didn't care about the camp guards at all, he left it to Qin Yong, who sat next to Qin Lang, acting as Qin Lang's personal bodyguard, as for Wei Zheng, he was still reading a book.
Liu Jiu and Lin San waited for dinner.
A harmonious camping look.
Qin Lang hid in the gauze tent to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes and flies. Originally, it would be best to take a shower, or take a bath in the Weihe River, but considering that there might be friends coming tonight, he could only endure it. .
"Old Wei, do you think there are many friends here tonight?"
Wei Zheng read a few pages and took a sip of wine.
"Attracting bees and butterflies."
"Actually, I just want to see these green forest heroes!"
"You will be very disappointed when you see it. There are no green forest heroes. Now there are only a group of small thieves left in the world." Wei Zheng said.
"Old Wei, how can you say that, you were also a part of that river and lake back then."
"That's different. When I joined the rebel army, our goal was to overthrow the tyranny and liberate the people, but now those people are really just a group of thieves."
Using Wei Zheng’s words, they were forced by Yang Guang to rebel, but now these people who are still in the rivers and lakes can choose to go ashore but still refuse to come up, that is their nature is bad.
Liu Jiu's ears twitched a few times while cutting the stewed meat.
"Saburo, the friends you were waiting for are here."
"Not a lot!"
(end of this chapter)