Chapter 217 Zong Ze: This is a bandit

In order to protect Zong Ze's safety, Cao Jie and his party rushed back to Liangshanpo overnight.

Even the heroes of Dengzhou didn't have time to visit.

The Dengzhou faction is not worth a hair of Grandpa Zong. This is the great Han hero who can be as powerful as ten divisions.

All the way non-stop, Zong Ze sat cross-legged in the carriage in absolute silence, not even drinking a drop of water.

"Sir, save your body for later use!"

Cao Jie personally served soup to the left and right, and advised: "You should just take a vacation and relax in my Liangshan for a while, and don't give me any advice."

Zong Ze didn't move at all, not even lifting his eyelids.

Cao Jie was thick-skinned enough, and he kept on talking earnestly: "If I am suppressed in the future, Jiuzhou will not be stable, and you will need to step in to pacify the world!"

"Alas! The Jurchens in the Northeast have risen up between the White Mountains and the Black Waters. They are as powerful as a tiger descending from the mountains. We must be on guard. How can the current imperial court and the current imperial army of the Song Dynasty stop those orcs?"

"Sir, you are the pillar of China, you cannot fall..."

A few days later, the carriage arrived at Liangshan Lake.

Cao Jie made a bitter face and bowed down in front of the carriage: "Sir, Cao Jie was wrong! Have a sip of porridge!"

"Sir, you've finished your porridge. I'll take you back."

In the carriage, Zong Ze was extremely weak, but his back was straight, and his red eyes stared at Cao Jie, full of determination to die.

"..."

Cao Jie placed the steaming porridge heavily on the carriage and shouted through gritted teeth, "Liu Tang."

"Brother, Liu Tang is here!"

"Pour it in for me. Make sure you give this bowl of porridge to the master."

"Yes!"

Liu Tang clasped his fists loudly, then rushed forward with a few heroes.

"A real man can have his head cut off and his blood shed, but how can he follow a thief... I will never..."

After eating a bowl of porridge, Zong Ze started cursing.

Hearing his vigorous scolding, Cao Jie breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Sir, you scolded me well. With you here, I am not afraid of taking the wrong path."

"Come, sir, please be careful with your steps. Sir, please look at this 800-li Liangshan Lake, where the mountains are lined with huge waves and the water reaches the sky. You can attack when you advance or defend when you retreat..."

Gazing from afar on the big ship, the chaotic reeds were filled with thousands of swords and spears, and the strange trees were lined with thousands of swords and halberds.

To stop the government troops, there are countless dead-end harbors; to stop the thieves, there are many dead-end forests. Pebbles are piled up like mountains, and bitter bamboo spears are dense like rain. Warships come and go, and there are reeds lying in ambush all around; deep harbors are hidden, and there are many plants and trees under the walls. Clouds of sorrow rise above the Broken Gold Pavilion, and murderous aura rises in front of the Juyi Hall.

Zong Ze felt a chill down his spine as he watched, thinking: Such a dangerous place is actually occupied by bandits. If we want to attack, how many soldiers and food supplies will we need to wipe them out!

The prefect of Dongping Prefecture should be killed!

Shandong is going to be in chaos.

I can't die!

"Sir, we have arrived at Liangshan!"

Zong Ze frowned and his heart skipped a beat again.

All the leaders who came to greet them were masters who had achieved great success in refining essence.

Among them, the level of refining essence is not weaker than Sun Li.

As for Sun Li, he acted as the vanguard in the process of eliminating Yuanbi Village in Yizhou. He had no rivals and killed many bandits.

Zong Ze played a big role in the capture of Yuanbi Village, but "Bing Weichi" Sun Li also made an important contribution.

Turning his eyes away from the leader, Zong Ze looked at those ordinary bandits.

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed again.

"Sir, you see, we are not bandits who rob and plunder, or commit crimes! We are here to cultivate the land and train our troops, and we have never harmed the people around us. We are a group of bandits with ideals, morals, and discipline."

Zong Ze didn't say anything. At this time, Wu Yong, Huang Wenbing and Gongsun Sheng came to pay their respects.

Zong Ze looked at them and sneered, "All the books of sages have been read into dogs' stomachs..."

The old man scolded them, but they didn't refute him. Even Li Kui was in a friendly mood, standing there with "Shameless" Jiao Ting and "Death God" Bao Xu, all grinning foolishly. "I heard that this old man is a good official."

"He is a good official. Didn't you see that my brother treated him with courtesy?"

"He is not only a good officer, but also a capable commander of the troops in battle! I have seen Chen Xizhen before. He can control thunder. I didn't expect that the old man wiped out Yuanbi Village in one battle and chased Chen Xizhen away like a stray dog."

"Okay! But it's a pity that I'm a little older..."

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Old Man Zong walked all the way to the Juyi Hall, bypassed a checkpoint, climbed a mountain, and overlooked the entire Liangshan Mountain. His heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

This huge mountain is simply a huge military fortress.

"Who built these checkpoints and fortresses?"

"Sir, the students are in charge of the construction. It has been three years now, and about 80% of the fortifications have been completed."

The "scholar in white" Wang Lun bowed and showed respect as a disciple.

"Do you have any achievements?"

"The student Wang Lun was born a scholar, but because he accidentally killed someone, he became a bandit in the mountains."

"Humph!"

Old Zong snorted coldly, pointed to a training ground where the sound of killing was deafening, and said, "Let's go there and take a look."

"Okay! Sir, you can go wherever you want."

On the parade ground, Song Wan, known as "King Kong in the Clouds", and Du Qian, known as "Touching the Sky", each led a phalanx of infantry, ready to fight.

The heavy armor reflected a dazzling light under the sun.

Only such heavy infantry could form a square formation with spears in hand and remain unmoved in the face of cavalry.

"Woo~~~"

After a horn sounded, the war drums began to sound.

"Wow!"

The infantry phalanx neatly raised their spears like a forest, and then began to run in small steps.

Those who can keep their composure during the move are elite soldiers.

"These are new soldiers who have been trained for a year. I have 5,000 such infantrymen in Liangshan." Cao Jie said proudly.

"One battle can defeat it!"

Zong Ze didn't care at all. He then looked at the barbarian knife rollers led by Xiang Chong and Li Gun.

Although they all used barbaric cards, the differences between them were clear. Those with flying knives in the back were all trained by Xiang Chong, and those with javelins in the back were all heroes trained by Li Gun.

Although the equipment of these barbarian knife rollers is not as luxurious as that of heavy infantry, they are also fully covered with leather armor, with iron armor inlaid in key parts. In addition, with the heavy barbarian armor in their hands, ordinary bows and arrows can do little to them unless they are shot with heavy bows and powerful crossbows.

Spearmen and shield soldiers, Cao Jie showed them off openly.

If Zong Ze said he was not shocked, he would be deceiving himself.

"There is an 800-li watershed that serves as a moat. Most of the Song Dynasty's navy's warships are used to transport birthday gifts. They have not been trained for many years, so I don't think they can take advantage of it."

"Infantry!"

'How come they have so much heavy armor?'

"Is this a bandit?"

"Is this a traitor who has been a bandit for three years?"

"Fortunately, they have no cavalry, nor bows and crossbows..."

At this moment, a loud noise was heard in the valley where Liangshan was testing its artillery, like thunder in dry land.

After this shot, there were more than ten more shots fired in quick succession.

The heroes on Liangshan were used to hearing this and didn't react much.

Zong Ze was puzzled for a few seconds, then seemed to remember something and asked in shock, "Is that a thunder cannon?"

(End of this chapter)