The leaders of the siege were speechless for a moment. Zhao Xingde looked down at Lu Mingyu and sighed: "Mr. Lu, get up first, let's untie the rope for us." "Oh!" Lu Mingyu looked up, his face full of depression, and hit his forehead with his palm, "Damn it, damn it!" He quickly stood up, took out the short dagger from his waist, cut the rope for Zhao Xingde, hesitated for a moment, looked at Zhao Xingde, and waited to continue to loosen the rope for the other people. Because the movement was too fast, no one else had time to stop it. Even if he was confused, he would not dare to stop it abruptly.

"Brother Lu, these people are from unknown origins, so you should not let the spies of the official army!" said a water bandit anxiously.

"What is the source of unknown origin?" Lu Mingyu said sternly, "This is Mr. Zhao Yuanzhi. I am lucky to be in person, so why don't you come here to pay a visit!"

He said, his hand was short and cut off the ropes that bound Du Chujiao and others one by one. The soldiers were confused by the arrogance at first and respectful at the end. As soon as they were free, they surrounded Zhao Xingde and looked at the thieves with vigilance.

The thieves were shocked, and some whispered to each other: "Zhao Xingde?" "Zhao Xingde, who scolded the Liao thieves and fight against the treacherous ministers?" "Mr. Yuanzhi, who wanted the court to reduce the tax on land?" "It was really Mr. Yuanzhi?" "Isn't he dead at the hands of the Khitans?" Some people even said: "He, he, Mr. Yuanzhi, is the former military advisor of the Holy Sect who announced the world to the holy sect that the leader Fang was the emperor's sect?" The eyes of Zhao Xingde and others also changed from hatred and contempt at first to three points of admiration and three points of suspicion, and the rest were all shocked and unbelievable.

"I'm not here to pay my respects!" Lu Mingyu saw his subordinates hesitate and couldn't help but urge him, "Tianshaxing, come here to Mr. Yuanzhi to apologize!"

When Xia Maoer saw the leader greeting, he walked up with an unhappy look on his face. Xia Maoer has always been fierce, and it was his idea to intercept the merchant ship. Although Xia Maoer has always heard of Yuanzhi's reputation, Zhao Xingde is not a person who can summon wind and rain, sprinkle beans into soldiers, and three heads and six arms are a little dissatisfied. While he walked forward, he secretly said, "It's better to meet than to be famous. Brother Lu is so beautiful. When I overturn him to the ground and make a big ugly, he has no shame to act like a gesture and be careless of the brothers kneeling down." He thought about it in his mind, his eyes were slightly fierce, and he lowered his head, as if he had heard Lu Mingyu's words and walked to Zhao Xingde in front of him.

Seeing Xia Maoer being honest, Lu Mingyu said he was obedient. Seeing his eyes flashed, Zhao Xingde lowered his head and looked over, and was secretly warned. As expected, Xia Maoer walked to Zhao Xingde with one step, without any signs. He suddenly rushed towards Zhao Xingde, and took his shoulders like a palm fan, thinking that he could only throw Zhao Xingde to the ground with just one move. Lu Mingyu's face suddenly changed, but it was four or five steps away, and could not stop it. Fortunately, Zhao Xingde was prepared, and he did not retreat but advanced instead. The right palm of his right hand slashed Xia Maoer's cheek. The force of being able to open a three-stone bow was amazing. Xia Maoer was knocked to the ground by this moment. He couldn't get back to his senses. Zhao Xingde caught up and stepped on his neck with one foot. These two moves became hasty, and the rabbit rose and falconed, all in between lightning and fire.

Zhao Xingde stepped on Xia Maoer's neck, and Lu Mingyu shouted "Stop!" He just shouted, but when he saw that Xia Maoer was defeated, his throat was trampled by Zhao Xingde, his face flushed, and he almost breathed. Lu Mingyu quickly changed his words: "Show mercy on his feet! Although Xia Maoer is a little reckless, he is not a traitor. Please save his life." Other water gang leaders also surrounded him, and someone begged: "Sir, please show mercy. Bless his life!" Although no one dared to do anything again, Du Chujiao and others nervously protected Zhao Xingdehuan.

Seeing this, Zhao Xingde took his foot back. Xia Maoer got up from the ground, coughed twice, and looked at Zhao Xingde with fear. Xia Maoer was hit hard, and only he knew how powerful Xia Maoer was. From just now, he was still dizzy. If Zhao Xingde had not hit his face with his fist, he would have been hit immediately. So Lu Mingyu sternly told him, "I won't apologize to Mr. Yuanzhi!" Xia Maoer never dared to disobey, came over and kowtowed to Zhao Xingde for apologizing. Zhao Xingde didn't care, and forgive his crime of sneak attack and offense. At this time, Xia Maoer was a little clearer and muttered to him: "It turns out that he is not a weak scholar."

Xia Maoer is known for his bravery among the water bandits. He came to see Zhao Xingde in convincingly. The others also put away their different thoughts. The people in the green forest regarded their strength as their respect. At this moment, they looked at Zhao Xingde with a hint of contempt. Zhao Xingde was not allowed to kneel down, but only wanted to meet him. Everyone was very happy to see him approachable and was not unattainable. Zhao Xingde was famous and had a misty place. He was able to meet him. Even calling him brothers and brothers is secretly honored even in the hearts of many water bandits and thieves. He also witnessed Zhao Xingde knocking over Xia Maoer as soon as he met, which was also a strange story, and it was enough for them to brag about him to others for a long time. Lu Mingyu even ordered a big banquet, and he personally accompanied Zhao Xingde back to the nearby camp with the same boat. As for the merchants who were hijacked on the same boat, he entrusted Zhao Xingde's blessing. The water bandits acted and threatened, and even let the boat go.

Since the defeat of Fang La, the water bandits in the Dongting Lake area have not been completely cut off. Previously, Wang Yan's army defeated Fang La and wiped out the bandits in the southeast. The only point is that because most of the troops in the southeast camp were northerners and did not practice water warfare, the embers of the thieves on the water were not destroyed. After that, the court changed its commander, and Liu Yanqing was busy appointing his confidants, excluding Wang Yan's subordinates, and the selfish desire to play with the bandits. As the Dongting River bandits gradually recovered, and many bandits who could not live on the land came to join. After the southeast Xiying army headed north, the news that the Liao army was about to invade the south, the southeast prefectures and counties fell into chaos, and the Dongting Lake bandits were even more powerful.

Lu Mingyu is the leader of the Thirteen Water Bandits in Dongting Lake. He has dozens of leaders of all sizes and big and small. There are more than 5,000 Ding Zhuang in the Thirteen Village, and tens of thousands of people, including the elderly, weak, women and children. He is only one of the major players among the Dongting Water Bandits, and there are two or three other giant bandits who are similar to his power. Lu Mingyu was meticulous and built the main village in a place with dense grass and mud on the lakeside. When the water rises in spring and summer, the water also rises wildly. If no one guides you, you will almost never be able to enter the water. When the water falls in autumn and winter, the water around the village recedes, and the water falls in pieces, and the large ships of the official army are very easy to get stuck. Ding Zhuang in the village also cultivates acres of fields in spring and summer, and specializes in fighting and defending the prefectures, counties and villages everywhere, claiming to be the way for heaven, while guarding the government army while taking advantage of the shallow water to attack the mountain village.

Lu Mingyu took out all the good wine in the village. He and several water camp leaders accompanied Zhao Xingde and others. After several rounds of cups, Lu Mingyu looked at Xingde and suddenly shed tears, pointing to the scar on his forehead and said, "To be honest, Mr. Yuanzhi, this is the mark left by Mingyu for exposing the case and assassinating the army ten years ago. He was full of blood and did not want to be so unjust and ashamed, so he had to join a group of brothers who were in love and became bandits," he sighed, "Over the years, under the name of acting as a devil, although he has killed some evil people, but for the sake of making a living, the blood of innocent people has been stained with a lot of regrets." He said after drinking, and the other leaders of the village were a little embarrassed. In front of Zhao Xingde, he felt a little ashamed.

Seeing that his eyes were so painful, Zhao Xingde also felt the same and comforted him: "The country is in danger, and the Khitan soldiers are about to go south. Brother Lu should rise up and cheer up. Even if there are any problems in the past, he will kill more Liao bandits on the battlefield in the future and wash them clean with the blood of the Khitan bandits." As soon as he finished speaking, a shiny light appeared in Lu Mingyu's eyes. He put the wine bowl on the table and said loudly: "If Mr. Zhao has a righteous banner, resist the barbarians in the north, and relieve the people from hanging upside down, Lu is willing to follow him to death, even though he is heartbroken." Seeing this, the leaders of the water camp next to him could not understand it and shouted loudly: "I am willing to follow Mr. Zhao!" "We are willing to take Mr. Zhao as the leader!"

The main table was filled with a huge noise, which made Juyitang quiet. The upper and lower schools looked at this side, some were dumbfounded, some were excited, and some whispered: "Are you going to be recruited?" "Mr. Zhao is the former military advisor of the Holy Sect, and Brother Lu wants to be the main person!" "Bad, the Dog Emperor was taken down by the Liao thieves. I heard that Mr. Zhao is a royal family member, and the Lu Alliance mainly supports Mr. Xu as the emperor. We are all heroes!" "I heard that Mr. Zhao has the magical skills of the Six Dings and Six Jias, and asks heavenly soldiers and generals to come to earth." Du Chujiao and other soldiers were secretly surprised. They exchanged glances with each other. They could not have imagined that General Zhao had such a great reputation in Song. Even the bandits who met for the first time changed their evil and sacrificed their lives.

Zhao Xingde looked at Lu Mingyu and others with sincere expressions, and had no false feelings. These water bandits had never met him, but were just inspired by morality, so they were willing to follow him with their own family and life. It really moved Zhao Xingde sincerely. He nodded and said amiably: "Since all the heroes have the intention to serve the country, Zhao should do his best to accomplish the matter. Now Mr. Chen Shaoyang and the Zhenguo Junyue Jiedu are training troops in Ezhou, preparing to fight to the death with the Liao army. Zhao is willing to recommend it and let it go..."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Mingyu said anxiously: "Mr. Zhao is disgusting me and just pushing us to the Ezhou Town Army." The other leaders of the water camp also showed disappointment on their faces. Zhao Xingde originally thought that Chen Dong was the imperial official and Yue Fei was famous. He used him to accommodate these water bandits who were willing to serve the country, so that they would not insult these heroes. Seeing this, he was stunned. At this time, some of the water bandits below also shouted: "Even if they were recruited, they would not be together with Yue Diaoer!"

Lu Mingyu looked a little embarrassed and explained in a low voice: "Mr. Zhao doesn't know anything. A few years ago, General Yue followed Wang Jieshuai to wipe out the southeast. It can be said that he can take charge without attack and follow him without any military service. He has a great reputation and everyone in the southeast knows it. However, there is no eye-catching swords and swords, and it is inevitable to kill and damage..." Speaking of this, Lu Mingyu hesitated for a moment, and then changed his words, "General Yue's military management is strict, and the orders in the army are very strict, so the brothers in the village may not be able to stand it."
Chapter completed!