The moon rises on the 15th day of the month, and the moonlight tonight is particularly bright. The bright moon is like a big white jade plate, illuminating the whole lotus city brightly. It is exactly the saying "Who can sit idle while admiring the moon, and who can't look at it when they hear the lantern."
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The lanterns everywhere were also lit, and men, women, old and young enjoyed it in front of the lanterns. The lanterns reflected people's happy smiling faces. At first, Meng Qi looked around to see how to start, but he saw groups of soldiers marching on the street.
The soldiers patrolled constantly, and there were also sentries at three steps and posts at five steps. The guard was really tight, so I calmed down and concentrated on admiring the moon and lanterns, and by the way, I took a close look at the beauty watching the lanterns downstairs.
Unexpectedly, the moon was at the top of the sky and it was already midnight. Meng Qi looked at the street lights and they were gradually extinguished. The people admiring the lights dispersed in groups. Most of the guests in Tongfu Inn also left.
I also ate and drank well, and felt satisfied. So I called my brothers around me, packed up, and prepared to return to the village.
Meng Qi had just left the inn and had not walked a few steps when he heard shouts and shouts from all around, and torches were lit, lighting up like daylight. Countless soldiers poured out from all directions and surrounded them, with people on both sides.
The upstairs window opened, and a famous crossbowman aimed his arrow at them.
Meng Qi's drink was so frightened that he broke into cold sweat. He knew that he had been ambushed by the Qi army. Seeing that there was no way to escape, he burst into laughter.
At this time, Zilong rode his war horse out of an alley and arrived in front of him. He looked at him coldly and asked, "Why are you laughing so stupidly if you don't just surrender?"
Meng Qi looked intently at the young general in front of him, raised his head, and answered loudly: "Is this the famous General Zilong? It's better to be famous than to meet him! I laugh, General Zilong really looks down on a countryman like me. I'm just here.
Look at the lights and prepare to go home. Is it because General Zilong is afraid that I won’t be able to see the road in the dark, so he sent so many soldiers and horses to light the way for me?”
Seeing that he was calm and calm in the face of danger, Zilong smiled stiffly and said, "More than that, I was afraid that the leader would have enough light rewards and not enough wine, so I came to invite you and your brothers.
Let’s have a drink at the government office.”
Meng Qi was worthy of being a bachelor. He cupped his hands and said, "It's better to obey orders than to be respectful. Please lead the way." Then he followed the soldiers and walked away. Brothers, look at me, I'll look at you, and grin.
, let’s go.
After entering the government office, Meng Qi discovered that not only the dozen of himself, but also the more than 100 people who had been arranged to meet him in Liangxiang were all there. He cursed himself secretly, it seemed like this
This time it was a complete failure.
When they arrived at the government office, Meng Qi stood there with his head held high and confused. A man stood beside Zilong, dressed like a scholar. He smiled at Meng Qi and asked, "How are you, chief?"
Meng Qi also smiled and said hahaha to greet the visitor.
"My dear Zhuge Qingyun, I have admired the leader for a long time. I originally thought that the leader was busy with the affairs of the village, and was afraid that he would not be able to come to Hecheng tonight. I was thinking about whether to go to the village to invite him, but it happened that the leader came by himself. The reception was not good.
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After hearing Zhuge Qingyun's words, Meng Qi's heart moved. He waved his hands and said, "I'm in your hands today. I have nothing to say. I just ask you, Zhuge Qingyun, do you dare to let me go and let me go back to the village?"
, if you catch me on Fengqiling, then I will obey you. This Hecheng is your territory, and I am not used to fighting and killing in the city. I am afraid of hurting passers-by, so I will be plotted by you. If you are
I admit that you want to kill him, but I am not convinced."
"Oh, does the leader also want to capture and release him seven times with me?" Zhuge Qingyun asked with a smile.
"Well, I'm afraid you don't have the courage and means of your ancestors!" Meng Qi shouted deliberately and loudly.
Zhuge Qingyun, however, was confident. He turned around and smiled at Zilong, "General Zilong, can you testify for me and Leader Meng that I will let him go back today and pick him up again at Fengqiling another day."
Zilong didn't say anything, just nodded, and ordered the soldiers to follow the orders of the military advisor.
Zhuge Qingyun waved his hand and said to a school captain next to him: "Take a sentry and escort Meng to lead back to the stronghold. Make no mistake." After saying that, he turned around and returned to the room with Zilong, not even looking at Meng Qi.
Meng Qi was stunned for a while, and it wasn't until the brothers next to him greeted him that he came back to his senses and stamped his feet fiercely, "Humph, when you enter the mountain, I will tell you that you will never come back."
Zilong and Zhuge both heard Meng Qi's words, but they looked at each other and smiled, and walked directly into the hall without stopping.
Zhuge Qingyun quickly handled the handover of city defense and other matters in Lincheng. He also appointed a number of officials around the Spring Festival and adopted a strong pressure to completely control Lincheng. A few days ago, he received a letter from Zilong and discussed with him.
: Preparing to trap the bandits outside He City, Zhuge Qingyun told the Qi army stationed near the city to be careful and step up their training. He led a team of troops to meet Zilong. The two of them visited the city in person.
After checking the terrain of various places, they made a plan to capture the bandits. First, they arranged for people to dress up as woodcutter mountain people, approach various villages, and report promptly when there was any movement; then, they ambush a large number of people on the way to and from Hecheng in the mountainous area.
, also dressed up as common people. Therefore, every move of the bandits, big and small, in the Wolong Mountain area is controlled by Zilong and Xiao Zhuge. Today I received news that only Mengqi’s group from Fengqiling was divided into two
As the waves descended from the mountain, there were a wave of more than a dozen people, and a wave of more than a hundred people. News continued to spread from the details along the way. Meng Qi brought more than a dozen people into the city and settled at Tongfu Inn, while the remaining more than a hundred people were hidden in Liangxiang Town.
In a forest outside.
Zilong first sent people to surround the forest and captured all the bandits inside. At the same time, he replaced all the clerks and guests in Tongfu Inn with capable sergeants, and then deployed tight defenses on the streets to prevent Meng from entering.
There was an opportunity for rebellion. When Meng Qi left the inn in the middle of the night, the soldiers who were lying in ambush swarmed up and captured him. Now Meng Qi wants to make a bet with Zhuge Qingyun, imitating the allusion of Zhuge Liang's seven captures of Meng Huo.
The two of them also felt that if Meng Qi could be sincerely loyal to him, it would be more effective to eliminate the bandits in the Wolong Mountain area.
Meng Qi returned to the stronghold and quickly ordered his men to strengthen patrols, build high fences, and set traps widely. Without his orders, no one was allowed to enter or leave the stronghold at will.
The brothers who went with them had already made up their excuses on the way back, and went back to the mountain to brag about how they had entered the city in a grand manner. They looked at the lights and saw that under the eyes of tens of thousands of Qi troops, there was a grand return.
The bandits who went there were envious of him. Meng Qi didn't say anything, but just kept strengthening his defenses.
After three days, there was no movement from the Qi army. The information reported by the informants also said that the Qi army was conducting normal drills. The general of the Qi army was busy meeting with wealthy gentry from all sides, and there was no sign of an attack at all.
Meng Qi muttered secretly in his heart, unable to figure out why.
Bandits can't just sit back and eat nothing. If they want to eat meat, drink wine, and rob houses, they have to do their job. Seeing that Qi Jun seemed to have forgotten to catch him in the past few days, Meng Qi couldn't stand the tricks of his brothers. This night
Looking at the dark clouds covering the moon outside, the night was dark and the wind was high, it was a good day to do something. So I ordered several hundred brothers to leave the village with a whistle, and went straight to a market town at the foot of the mountain. I planned to loot several wealthy landlords at night. First,
Prepare some more food from the mountains, and make a toothpaste at the same time; secondly, I have been bored for several days and come out to loosen my muscles and bones.
When I arrived in the town at midnight, I heard dogs barking in the distance. This market town is close to the village, and most of the wealthy families in the town organized militia groups and kept fierce dogs. When I heard the dogs barking as a warning, gongs sounded all over the town.
, the lanterns and torches were lit, and the strong men of the militia rushed out with forks and sticks.
Meng Qi didn't care, he shouted, and hundreds of bandits rushed towards the town. Facing the bandits who looked like wolves and tigers, the strong men of the militia resisted for a moment and then retreated to the town. The bandits rushed towards the town and just entered
In the town, they heard a war drum, and then shouting. A group of soldiers surrounded them at the entrance of the town, and the leader was Zilong. Meng Qi knew something was wrong, and quickly called his brothers to retreat. A group of bandits followed
These well-trained opponents of the Qi army threw away their swords and guns and surrendered in a short time. Taking advantage of the chaos, Meng Qi led dozens of people to run into the night and ran all the way to Fengqiling.
The Qi army was chasing closely behind.
Meng Qi looked at the dozens of people around him along the way, thinking that he had been ambushed by the Qi army this time and had lost hundreds of brothers in vain. He cursed himself in his heart. He really shouldn't have listened to his subordinates and stayed in the mountains.
Hearing that the Qi army's cavalry had fallen far behind, Meng Qi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that his own stronghold should be in front of him. When he arrived at the stronghold gate, he ordered his men to quickly call the brothers guarding the stronghold to open the door. He just shouted, "the stronghold is strong."
Countless torches were lit on the wall, and torches were lit on both sides behind him. A man on the gatehouse laughed and called Meng Qi to come in. That man was none other than Zhuge Qingyun.
Meng Qi was dejected, threw away his big gun, and surrendered.
In the past few days, although Zhuge and Zilong didn't seem to be annihilating the bandits openly, they secretly caught Meng Qibu's spies in and around the city, and then sent a group of soldiers disguised as bandits to quietly ambush around the mountain stronghold. etc.
Meng Qi led his men down the mountain to rob. This group of soldiers saw the right opportunity and broke open the stronghold gate. The large group of soldiers who had been stationed nearby easily occupied the stronghold.
Zilong had already ambushed soldiers in several towns around Fengqiling. He led his own troops and waited in the market town where Meng Qi was most likely to win.
In the Juyi Hall, Zhuge Qingyun sat firmly on the golden chair, looked at Meng Qi standing in front of him with a smile, and asked: "Leader Meng, this is your village, I was caught on your territory.
It’s up to you.”
Meng Qi let out a long sigh and was speechless.
Zhuge Qingyun asked the left and right to step back, and then said to Meng Qi, "I won't arrest you this time, and I will let you be the leader of this stronghold, but you must remember that you, a bandit, must obey my orders." Then he looked.
Yichen said: "If you don't listen to the order, you should know the result yourself."
Meng Qi looked up at Zhuge and asked, "What do you want me to do?"
Zhuge Qingyun's expression also softened, he patted the chair and stood up, saying: "The first thing is to summon all the villages in Wolong Mountain to discuss matters and let them recommend you to be the leader. If anyone doesn't listen, kill him."
When Meng Qi heard this, he opened his mouth and kept saying, "This, this, how is this possible? Who among the thousands of people in Fengqiling like me can defeat with fire?"
Zhuge Qingyun smiled: "I still have an army of 20,000. Why, don't you want to be the leader of Wolong Mountain?"
Meng Qi's eyes widened, he looked at Zhuge for a long time, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"