"The Emperor and Empress are here. Today I, Jiang Ang, Jiang Xiong, Zhao Shan, Zhang Cong, Liu Fujin... I am a brother of different surnames here, and share the blessings and difficulties. I do not ask for birth on the same day of the same year, month of the same month, but ask for death on the same day of the same year, and betrayal and ungrateful, and kill together with heaven and man!"

Pile soil into a table, rub grass into a fragrance, Jiang Ang, Zhao Shan and eight others became sworn brothers from different surnames on the bank of the stream.

Jiang Ang was not the oldest and refused again and ranked first.

After attacking Hanchuan and occupying Qianbanpu, Jiang Ang pulled more than 1,500 troops from the old nest Dongzhou Island, with thirty or forty leaders of all sizes, but at this time only Jiang Xiong, Zhang Cong and other six people were left, which were considered Jiang Ang's old team.

Of course, Jiang Ang had only one or two hundred troops at the beginning based on Dongzhou Island.

It was also after Chihu invaded the south, a large number of hungry people moved to Jingnan. Jingnan repeatedly imposed levies. The lower-level people were unable to exploit and repeatedly resisted donations and taxes. Local conflicts became fierce. Sun Yanzhou, Hu Dangzhou and others saw an opportunity to take advantage of it and joined forces to launch an incident along the Dongting Lake. Dongzhou Island quickly grew stronger in the past three or four years.

The early lake bandits and Jiang bandits were mainly fugitives, bankrupt farmers and bold and reckless people. Some of them were fishermen and boat owners who were taken into gangs. They did not have close blood or neighbors. However, after the Dongjing Alliance launched an uprising along the Dongting Lake, the lower-class people in the prefectures and counties along the Dongting Lake were mainly clans or villages, with dozens of people or one or two hundred gangs, and joined the coalition.

After the fall of Hehuai and other places, millions of refugees fled south, and basically supported each other with the clans or fellow villagers. They joined the coalition forces on a larger scale.

Jiang Xiong, Zhang Cong and six others were either the clan leaders of the southbound refugees, or the dozens or hundreds of young people who had no livelihoods and the leaders of Dongzhou Island, who were affiliated with small families.

They each led the teams that attacked Hanchuan and were disbanded in Panlong Village this time. Even if there were many escapers, they could still recruit two or three hundred brave men when they returned to Dongzhou Island. Many clans and villages were related to each other, and even convinced more people to continue to be loyal to Jiang Ang.

However, Dongzhou Island has expanded rapidly for only three or four years. Jiang Ang, the former Dongzhou Island, has been recruiting all the way for more than ten years, but at this time there are not many left.

But this is true. Before Jiang Ang understood the thoughts of Jiang Xiong, Zhang Cong and others, and before everyone was further tied up together, how could he dare to go back to Dongzhou Island in the old nest easily?

Jiang Ang was rude, but he really didn't have any tricks. He had been completely wiped out by other water village forces. Where could he have the font sizes of Fanjianglong and Dongzhou Village among the Dongjing Alliance?

However, Jiang Xiong, Zhang Cong and others did not refuse to form brothers of different surnames with Jiang Ang at this time.

On the one hand, they were originally from Dongzhou Village. Jiang Ang was strong, rough and generous, and was relatively kind to the emperor, which was quite convincing.

On the other hand, they led their tribesmen and the villages to join Dongzhou Island later, and their status was lower than that of the old boss who had been with Jiang Ang for more than ten years. This time, none of the old bosses and big bosses in Dongzhou Village could escape. They formed brothers of Jiang Ang’s surname, and at least they would be big bosses under the name Dongzhou Village in the future.

Of course, Jiang Xiong, Zhang Cong and others also slapped their chests and repeatedly vowed to be loyal to Jiang Ang and would never be distracted.

In addition to Zhao Shan, Liu Fujin was a small leader who followed the Minmin Sect in Huangpi County after the Dongjing Alliance occupied Longzhai.

Liu Fujin is skilled in martial arts, but he is taciturn. The little people he and Zhao Shan pulled out had long been broken up and had no foundation on Dongzhou Island. Of course, he only followed Jiang Ang's leader.

At this time, Jiang Ang went all the worries, and also wiped out the depressedness after the defeat. He stepped on the stream and raised his head and said, "The Marquis of Jingsheng is so powerful that we are not unfair to defeat, but in my opinion, it is not impeccable. Our brothers return to Dongzhou Island to reorganize their troops. In the future, we will carefully consider the flaws of Chushan and have a chance to get back the festival!"

"Brother, we still can't go back to Dongzhou Island to reorganize the troops. We have to make a long-term plan..." Zhao Shan was afraid that Jiang Ang would be so proud that he thought that the nine of them would be determined by the overall situation, so he hurriedly persuaded him.

"We cannot be careless, and we cannot show up rashly before we find out the situation!"

Jiang Ang was still clear-headed. If he had no other excellence except for his strong skills, he would not have been able to establish himself in Dongting Lake in recent years.

He also knows the nature of other font leaders.

They escaped for too long.

If Sun Yanzhou really had already classified Dongzhou Island under another brand, it would not be easy for them to get Dongzhou Island back.

If they rashly went to Dongzhou Island, there would be only nine of them, and they might be detained to worry about their lives.

This time, Dongzhou Island has lost its strength so even if he goes directly to General Tiansheng Sun Yanzhou, he may not be treated fairly.

Jiang Ang twisted his beard and discussed with everyone, and decided that Zhang Congyi would pretend to escape from Nan Cailao alone and return to Dongzhou Island first. They sneaked near Dongzhou Island and waited for Zhang Cong to find out the situation before coming to meet.

Unlike the Dongting Lake, which is located south of Jingjiang, the Dongting Lake in the current era is much wider.

In the eastern part of Jingzhou, Fuzhou (Mianzhou) and Hanyang and other prefectures and counties west of the Han River, there are twenty-nine more famous lakes and waters. During the flood season, the Jingjiang River is sent to the upper reaches of the Han River. These lakes are mixed with Jingjiang and Dongting Lake, and are also called water holes or holes.

In earlier years, these water caves, Qianbanpu and other lakes east of the Han River, and Dongting Lake were part of the Yunmeng Daze, with a wide range of Jingzhou, Fuzhou, Yuezhou, Tanzhou, Xiangzhou, Ezhou and other places in the world.

Dongzhou Island where Jiang Ang’s old nest is located is located in Bailu Lake on the north bank of the Jingjiang River. It is a sand bank deposited by Jingjiang River and the upstream mud and sand in Bailu Lake.

In the early years, Dongzhou was not qualified to be called an island. During the dry season, the sandbanks exposed to the lake were larger, about three or four miles in radius. However, in the flood season, only a little land was exposed to the water surface, and in the year of heavy flooding, all of them would be flooded in the lake.

I don’t know when three or five dilapidated fishermen settled in the sandbank and built a shed to have children, and gradually developed into a small fishing village in the lake.

The small fishing village has been around for decades and hundreds of years, and has been building a dam on the sandbank to resist the invasion of lakes. The Dongzhou Island has gradually taken shape and its area has expanded to a radius of one or two miles.

Jiang Ang occupied the pole of Dongzhou Island, and 16 years ago, a small fishing village with only sixty or seventy people also became his basic base.

However, in the early years, the territory of Daliu was generally in Jingping. Although there were many bandits and lakes in Dongting Lake and Jinghu River, they did not dare to rob the countryside too blatantly to avoid causing officers and soldiers to attack.

In the early years, they even used fishing or transporting goods, pulling ships and carrying goods by cargo, and occasionally they made a secret vote when they saw red goods; they could also maintain restraint against the surrounding villages and villages.

This situation is similar to the clerical forces in Tongbai Mountain.

Under Jiang Ang's management for more than ten years, he built a dam and a wall of villages. Many courtyards were built in the village, becoming a well-known Dongzhou Village between Fuzhou and Jingzhou.

Even when Sun Yanzhou was plundering the Jingnan official ships at Dongting Lake, Kong Changyu, then the governor of Jingzhou, thought of replacing Dongzhou Village into the prefecture army. At that time, he sent people to board Dongzhou Island and promised to recommend Jiang Ang to the Prefecture Military and Horse Commission as the battalion commander.

However, Jiang Ang was obsessed with his miserable situation when he was young, refused Kong Changyu's help, and finally got together with Sun Yanzhou, Hu Dangzhou and others.

The Dongzhou Village initially added only a total of five or six hundred people, but in the past three or four years, the number of people expanded to more than two thousand, and the number of family members reached seven or eight thousand. The village was expanded repeatedly and occupied two nearby sandbank buildings, but it was still crowded.

Whether Jiang Ang can successfully return to Dongzhou Village is the key to whether he can make a comeback.

Jiang Ang, Zhang Shan and others lurked somewhere on the north bank of Bailu Lake. Zhang Cong returned to Dongzhou Village alone to find out the news. After three days of uneasy feeling, Zhang Cong found the opportunity to meet him across the lake:

"The third leader Hu Dangzhou fled back to Tiansheng Island half a month ago. Chishan Village also suffered heavy losses this time, probably 2,000 people and horses. General Tiansheng decided to transfer Dongzhou Village to Chishan Village to supplement his strength. Ten days ago, Hu Dangzhou's eldest son Hu You brought two hundred people into Dongzhou Village, preparing to move all the men and women in the village to Chishan Village!"

"Fuck him!"

Zhang Cong returned as scheduled, causing Jiang Ang to breathe a sigh of relief, but the news brought back by Zhang Cong made him angry and scolded,

"Hu Dangzhou, the grandson, didn't want to send people to the Nancai Jie Prison to save us, but he rushed back and annexed Dongzhou Village like a rabbit..."

Tiansheng Island is located in the West Dongting Lake. It is the old nest that Sun Yanzhou has occupied for many years. It is also the location of the Dongjing Alliance Army at this time.

There are five or six hundred miles of water from Ezhou to Tiansheng Island, which is located in Xidongting Lake.

Calculated the opportunity, on the day when Panlong Village was broken, Hu Dangzhou should have escaped and fled to Xundu or Meidu, but he did not stop at Xundu and Meidu, so he rushed back to Tiansheng Island.

At this time, a large number of troops from the Dongjing Alliance were entrenched west of the Han River and north of the Jingjiang River, and were fighting against the officers and soldiers from Jingling, Mianyang, Hanyang and other places. Hu Dangzhou's old nest Chishanzhai was located at the lake bay connecting to Jingjiang River in Wazi Hunan west of Fuzhou.

Hu Dangzhou did not return to Chishan Village to reorganize his troops, and did not stay in Xundu, Meidu or Fuzhou. Instead, he went directly to Tiansheng Island to meet Sun Yanzhou. It was obvious that he was thinking of annexing Dongzhou Village and making up for the losses of Chishan Village this time.

The reason for the defeat in Panlong Village was that Hu Dangzhou and others were instigated by Tian Rusheng to occupy Qianfanpu and refused to retreat. Jiang Ang rolled his eyes several times and did not work. He was already full of anger and wanted to pull Hu Dangzhou to shave him, asking him if he was satisfied with his current appearance.
Chapter completed!