Chapter 24 Unexpected misfortune to hidden dangers 3
The common people still did not buy the favor of the general who commanded the army, and no one spoke. They just pointed at He Tao and cursed him without listening.
He Tao looked worried and shouted: "The unruly people are all a bunch of unruly people."
At this time, Lei Heng stood up and said to the general who commanded the army: "Sir, there are really no bandits from Liangshan here. I can use the head on my neck as a guarantee. If there is any answer, you can come and get it someday." That’s it,”
Seeing the chaos and chaos, the general in charge waved his hand and said, "Let's go back to the city."
After hearing this, all the officers and soldiers put their swords back into their scabbards, and then gathered up their formations to turn their horses back with the commander in chief. At this moment, He Tao's officers and soldiers were still holding the traders in custody, watching as the commander in chief wanted to go back. At this moment, I felt troubled and hurriedly asked He Tao: "Sir, look at these people..."
He Tao was extremely reluctant to return home, but the official level was so overwhelming that even if He Tao was unwilling, he had no choice but to take a look at the businessmen, his eyes changed, and he said: Even if they can't be caught Those Liangshan thieves cannot return empty-handed, otherwise they will be ridiculed."
"These people have different identities, bring them back to me," He Tao said, then he got on his horse and left behind the commander-in-chief.
At this moment, a horse howled came from far away from the patrol room. He Tao reined in the horse and looked in that direction. In the darkness, he didn't know that it was the patrol room. At that moment, Then he suddenly remembered something and thought to himself: The horse bandits can hide, but the horses can't be hidden. After finding the horses, are you afraid that you won't be able to dig out the gang from the ground?
Thinking of this, He Tao galloped to the side of the general in charge of the army and muttered a few words. The general in charge nodded after hearing this, then turned the horse's head and led the people to rush over there. The officers and soldiers were shocked. Following the general's signal, he immediately lit up torches and surrounded them from both sides.
Lei Heng thought that the group of people had retreated. Before he could take a breath and say that there was no danger, he saw the group of officers and soldiers suddenly outflanking them in the direction of the patrol room. At this time, his heart was in a state of panic. There was something in my throat, and I kept screaming in my heart that it was not good.
"Surround me," He Tao commanded the officers and soldiers to surround this dilapidated building located on the edge of Shuangfeng Town. When he looked carefully, he saw a sign standing at the door, which said Patrol Room Three Only then did he know where this place was, and he led a team of horses seventy or eighty steps towards the patrol house, and stopped twenty steps away. The torches lit up the entire patrol house.
He Tao shouted toward the inside: "Everyone inside, come out."
Apart from the crackling of the torches of the officers and soldiers and the pounding of the soil by the officers and soldiers' horse hooves, there was no other sound.
He Tao has a feeling that there is definitely something famous here, but just now they searched the entire Shuangfeng Town but did not search this place. If He Tao hadn't heard the sound of horses neighing just now, wouldn't they have missed a great achievement? Seeing the opportunity for revenge, He Tao raised the corners of his mouth slightly and thought: Even if you are as smart as ghosts, you will never escape from my grasp.
He Tao stared at the dark door, as if he was looking for blood. He believed that something would happen. However, after waiting for a long time, there was still no movement. At this moment, Lei Heng ran away. He came over and said breathlessly: "Sir, you have misunderstood again. This is the patrol room. Bandits will avoid it when they see it. How can they hide in it?"
He Tao snorted and said: "The official and bandit family are related. You and I are both people from the government. Who doesn't know who is who? Do you think so?" After saying this, He Tao turned his eyes and glanced at Lei Heng. Then there was another cold snort.
"Sir, don't worry. If they are really a family of officials and bandits, not only will the villain stop fighting with those horse bandits to the death, but even you, my lord, will not work so hard to come here to arrest Liangshan. Bandits, you say, yes or no, there are really no bandits here, let alone Liangshan bandits."
He Tao sneered and said, "What guarantee do you have?"
"It's the same thing again, if there is a villain's head here, if there are bandits, I will offer my head to him," Lei Hengyi said without hesitation, hoping that with his guarantee, the officers and soldiers could retreat. .
However, Lei Heng was still naive. If it was normal, he would be given the face of being a member of the government. However, Lei Heng naturally did not know about the deep hatred between He Tao and Liang Shan. He Tao wanted to catch him He Tao had put in a lot of effort to capture the Liangshan bandits, even if they were just a small leader. Now he had finally caught one of the bandits. How could He Tao have stopped there if there was no reason why?
"Come here, take this guy down," He Tao suddenly shouted.
Lei Heng did not dare to struggle. When Lei Heng just said those big words, his own head was already gambling. He could resist at first and even the general could give him a proper counterattack. However, now Lei Heng cannot If he moved and struggled, wouldn't it make the officers and soldiers more suspicious, and it would be more detrimental to Shi Jin? However, just waiting to die like this? Lei Heng didn't know the answer in his heart, but there was always a premonition that made him I don't know why it was all worth it.
Officers and soldiers came up from the left and right, and held Lei Heng's hands behind his back. The other two officers came out and put their hands on Lei Heng's neck. Lei Heng could faintly feel the cold air on the blade, which was heading towards Lei Heng. The horizontal neck rushed towards my face.
"That's right. Talking to the government is not just a stage show. Everything has to be paid for." He Tao said, sneered, waved his hand and shouted: "Go in and search for me."
"Yes," an officer and soldier responded with clasped fists, turned over and dismounted, waved his hand, led fifteen or six officers and soldiers towards the patrol room, and ran over cautiously with their waist half bent.
"Archers prepare," He Tao had just sent fifteen or sixteen people to find out what was going on inside, but he was also worried about what might happen. He had fought with Liangshan and knew that the thieves in Liangshan had many tricks, and they were not easy to catch. The more important it was, the more important it was. When the time comes, the danger becomes even greater. He Tao will not allow any accidents to break his plan, nor will he allow any accidents to let the thieves of Liangshan slip away from his eyes.
After He Tao gave the order, the officers and soldiers surrounding the patrol room all nocked their bows and arrows, aiming at the doors and windows of the patrol room and other places where people might come out. At this time, He Tao's eyes were fixed on the movement over there. While watching the officers and soldiers quickly approach the patrol room, watching them break into the patrol room, he paused his hands in the air. If there was any situation, he would wave his hands out, and the arrow rain was inevitably directed towards that room. Even if everyone in Liangshan wants to rush out, no matter where they escape, they will still be shot into hedgehogs.
He Tao looked at the situation over there and was full of confidence. At this moment, Lei Heng, who was under the sword of the officers and soldiers, was heartbeating gradually faster. Fine drops of sweat seeped out from Lei Heng's outer head, and his back Most of his clothes were wet, and his eyes were also widened. While watching the movement over there, he also paid attention to the four officers and soldiers escorting him. If the situation there was not right, he would simply turn over and rush up first. Kill the official, and then together with Shi Jin, take advantage of the chaos to think of a way to break out of the encirclement.
But while Lei Heng was thinking about it, the patrol room was quiet without any sudden noise. He could only see the light in the patrol room gradually going up to the second floor. Then he opened the window on the second floor and walked around. He came out and quickly ran back to He Tao and said, "Sir, there is no one in the patrol room."
"Where's the horse?"
"There are no horses either," the officer and soldier replied, kneeling on one knee with his head lowered and his hands clasped in fists.
"Forget it if there are no people, not even horses," He Tao was shocked when he heard this. How could this happen? He could clearly hear the neighing of horses here. How could it be...
Just when He Tao was puzzled, a long neighing sound of horses suddenly came from outside the officers and soldiers.
When He Tao heard this, he heard that it was this voice. It was this voice just now. It was bad, they must have escaped. He Tao thought of this and shouted in that direction: "Hurry up and chase me."
He Tao and the officers and soldiers seemed to have smelled fishy cats, and they rushed towards the sound of horses neighing over there. Before the officers and soldiers surrounding the patrol room behind him could react, He Tao shouted again: "Chase them all, hurry up, don't let the thief run away,"
After listening to He Tao's order, the officers and soldiers turned their horses and followed He Tao's billowing dust, rushing towards the darkness over there. The soldiers who had just been surrounded and killed suddenly roared and ran away. Even the soldiers who had just taken the weapon With the sword and Lei Heng's several officers, they quickly got on their horses and hurried towards that direction, disappearing into the night. Only the officer who was kneeling on the ground remained in place, listening to the officers and soldiers and The commander of the army was far away, and then he slightly raised his head.
Lei Heng looked at the guard, and the guard also raised his eyes to look at Lei Heng, and said: "Master Lei, our head has said that we will leave without saying goodbye tonight, and we will see each other someday."
"You are..." Lei Heng couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"I am the subordinate of leader Shi Jin. I just threw the corpses of those horse bandits into the pit, but they just changed their clothes." The Liangshan minion said this, and then said: "Our master still has instructions, We didn't dare to stay for a long time, so we said goodbye. The head of the family said before he left that Master Lei is here. Every now and then in Liangshan there will be people pretending to be caravans and bringing some food and wine to meet Master Lei."
"Then also thank Brother Shi Jin for me. Thanks to him tonight, and also send my greetings to the leaders of Liangshan. Since Brother Shi has given instructions, don't delay,"
After the guy said that, he immediately responded and ran quickly towards the patrol house. However, after a while, twenty horses rushed out of the patrol house and ran towards the other side. In a short time, they disappeared into the night. among.