Chapter Seventy-Eighth: The Destruction of the Qin and Ming Dynasties in the Rubble Field III
Song Jiang was obviously very satisfied with the results of this busy night. He immediately spread out the banquet, sifted wine in large bowls, and ate meat with large mouthfuls.
At this moment, Hua Rong was sitting at the banquet. Because he was very worried about Song Jiang's betrothal to his younger sister just now, his face was not as happy as before. He had something on his mind, and he lost his boldness when he drank. , Qin Ming naturally saw all this in his eyes, and was already calculating in his heart. He knew that there were some gaps between the people in Song Jiang that could be exploited. In any case, it could be regarded as a glimmer of guidance in the confused situation, and sat on it. Song Jiang, who was in the chief position, did not ignore Hua Rong's subtle changes.
Song Jiang smiled dryly, turned his head slightly and looked at Hua Rong and said, "Brother Hua Xian, why do you see that there is a cloud of sadness on your face? Could it be that you are still worried about things in Qingfeng Village?"
"Uh..." Hua Rong seemed to wake up suddenly due to Song Jiang's words. He put on his usual smile and said, "No... I'm just a little tired from the night."
Song Jiang put away his smile, and melancholy and a touch of sorrow gradually climbed up Song Jiang's face. Song Jiang picked up the wine bowl and drank it down suddenly. He wiped the corner of his mouth and said: "Brother, you know each other and love each other. In your heart, How can you think, brother, how can you not know, I know you are still worried about the family members trapped in Qingfeng Village, don't worry, since brother agreed, we will discuss a plan tonight, break the Qingfeng Village tomorrow, pick up the family members and go up the mountain together. Come and be happy,"
"Thank you for your concern, brother," Hua Rong said, then stood up and bowed.
Song Jiang invited Hua Rong to sit down, and then said: "Qingzhou Mansion doesn't have the energy to meddle in other people's business right now. Qingfeng Village is just an isolated city now. Huang Xin, the three mountains in the town, can't hold it for long. Brother Hua Xian is the most important to Qingfeng Village." "It's familiar, but I don't know if there is a small road, right next to the village,"
Hua Rong thought for a moment and shook his head and said: "Originally there was a trail to walk on, but a year ago, there was a flash flood due to heavy rains, which destroyed the trail along with it, and a large number of rocks blocked the road. , after this year, I am afraid that it will be overgrown with grass and no one can walk. Now Huang Xin will definitely guard the only common road. If we lead the troops to attack, we are afraid that we will suffer a lot in terms of geographical location. ,"
"How many shields are there on the mountain?" Song Jiang asked the Dwarf Tiger Wang Ying. "Prepare more shields and rest for a day. If we can't do it tomorrow night at midnight, we can kill them quietly."
"You also know the road into Qingfeng Village. There are mountain roads on both sides. People don't really prepare bows and arrows there. They only need to bring a few iron pestles and poles. When we pass by, we will put together the shields tightly. It’s not ventilated, and it can’t withstand other people’s rolling stones and wood,” Zheng Tianshou said.
"If there is an ambush on the mountain, we can send some people out to investigate. It doesn't matter. If there is an ambush, that's another matter. I think Huang Xin is scared to death, so he may not have the courage to come out of the stronghold. , allocate troops to ambush along the way," Dwarf Tiger Wang Ying said: "Give me a hundred or so people, I dare to take the lead and go inside first,"
Just because my brother is gone is not enough. We can also send some smart and capable young men to sneak into Qingfeng Village during the day. When our soldiers and horses are approaching in the middle of the night, we will set fires everywhere in the village to respond. At that time, we should cooperate with each other inside and outside. , it will definitely catch Huang Xin off guard," Yanshun said.
"This sounds good, but I'm afraid this approach won't work. If Huang Xin is killed by the three of your brothers, the gate of the village will be tightened and no one will be allowed to enter or leave at will. In the city, it will be even more strict. With more investigation, not to mention whether you can sneak into the city, even if you sneak in, I'm afraid you won't have a hiding place, and you will be found out and lose your life," Hua Rong said, shaking his head.
"If this doesn't work, then that won't work either. It's better to do something better. We're afraid of wolves in front and tigers in the back, but that's not the way to get things done. Logically speaking, it would be useless for us to attack Qingfeng Village in a hurry. However, Brother Hua Rong's family members are inside. , waiting for even a moment is too long, no matter what happens tomorrow, we have to take action," Song Jiang said sonorously and forcefully, and every word was resounding.
After hearing this, Hua Rong's heart felt warm and she was so grateful that she didn't know what to say.
Qin Ming, who had been silent until now, said leisurely: "It's easy to capture Qingfeng Village. We don't need all the brothers to bother. I, Qin Ming, can ride on one person alone."
"Oh, does Brother Qin have any clever plan that can easily capture the city? Tell me quickly," Song Jiang said, looking at Qin Ming seriously.
Qin Ming said unhurriedly: "There is no clever plan, but if I, Qin Ming, can persuade me, we will be able to capture Qingfeng Village without even using a single soldier. The family members in Zhizhai are frightened, and there is no need for the two armies to have a bloody battle with their vitality. As a result, Huang Xin, like Hua Rong, is under my jurisdiction. I, Qin Ming, taught him martial arts under the guidance of Qin Ming. Of the three, Huang Xin and I have the best relationship. Tomorrow I will go and ask the gate to be opened. With just a pot of wine and a few words, I will definitely be able to convince him to join the gang and surrender. Then I will take the Huazhi village treasure family and take it. Liu Gao's shrew, revenge with my dear brother, can also be regarded as my Qin Ming's surrender, how about,"
Song Jiang was so happy that he couldn't help but stood up and said to each other: "It would be so lucky if the manager agreed so generously." The banquet broke up that day and everyone had a rest. When they got up early the next day, they all had breakfast. After dressing up, Qin Ming mounted his horse, came down the mountain first, took the mace, and rushed to Qingfeng Town.
Qin Ming took the initiative to come down the mountain this time, not really as he said, but because he wanted Song Jiang to lay down Qingfeng Village to make a petition. In fact, Qin Ming knew very well that Qingfeng Village was already an isolated city, and Qingzhou Mansion had no time to take care of itself. As the military supervisor of Qingzhou, he has fallen into disgrace. How can anyone lead troops to come to rescue him? In fact, Qin Ming heard Song Jiang's intention and was not willing to attack tomorrow. Instead, he put down his time and guarded Qingfeng. The main road to the outside of the stronghold trapped Qingfeng Stronghold and slowly wore it away. However, no matter which way, the final result was the same, the city would inevitably be destroyed. At that time, whether Huang Xin lived or died, it depended on him. of good fortune.
This time Qin Ming came to this side to save Huang Xin's life. Secondly, if he pulled Huang Xin into his camp, there was also someone who took care of each other on Qingfeng Mountain. Thirdly, he "saved" Hua by the way. Rong's family members would also fall in love with him and slowly win over Hua Rong to come to him. When they decided on a place to go, they would end up with Song Jiang and others, and they would live somewhere else together.
The words were divided into two parts, but Huang Xin said that since Huang Xin fled back to Qingfeng Town that day, he hurriedly sounded the gong to summon the soldiers and civilians in the town, and ordered the local soldiers to be on guard all day and night, guarding the gate tightly. However, because of the soldiers and horses, Not good, most of them were temporarily entangled by the banker's men, and they could not be compared with those mountain bandits who danced with swords and guns all day long. And from the battle that day, Huang Xin also got a little idea of their skills, and the three mountain kings also all There are some skills that if you come one-on-one, you really can't tell who will win or lose. However, these three clearly don't follow those rules. They swarm people when they see them coming. And this time Song Jiang and Hua Rong were kidnapped by them again. If they came together, Huang Xin would be overwhelmed again, so he hid in the village, tightened the gates of every village, and did not allow anyone to go in or out. He did not dare to go out to fight. He only sent people out from time to time to inquire. All night long there was still no sign of Qingzhou dispatching troops to respond.
That day, a soldier from the village hurriedly ran to the hall to report: "There is a man coming from outside the gate, claiming to be Qin Zongzhi of Qingzhou Prefecture."
"General Manager Qin is here," Huang Xin felt happy when he heard it. He patted the handrail and stood up and sighed: "General Manager Qin is here, we can be saved now. Come with me to greet him quickly." Huang Xin immediately said As he walked out, the boy who reported the news hurriedly followed.
As Huang Xin trotted away, he happily asked the boy who reported the news: "How many people and horses have you seen that General Manager Qin has brought?"
The boy who reported the news swallowed his saliva and said word by word: "There are no soldiers and horses."
"What," Huang Xin suddenly stopped and said, "What did you say?"
"Just one man, riding a horse alone, came to the village and called 'open the gate'," the village soldier who reported the news got lower and lower, as if he was afraid that Huang Xin would be angry, and finally even said the word "gate". If there is or not.
After hearing this, Huang Xin's joy suddenly cooled down. He was a little unbelievable. Now he became even more anxious and got on his horse and rushed to the door to see. Sure enough, he was riding alone and without a companion. Huang Xin called for the gate to be opened. He put down the suspension bridge and welcomed General Manager Qin into the village. He dismounted in front of the Dazhai government hall and invited people to come up to the hall to say the courtesy. Huang Xin asked: "But the magistrate sent his benefactor here, why is the manager so single?" Riding here, where are the soldiers and horses?"
Qin Ming sighed, and then told the story of the loss of troops and horses, etc., and then said: "I heard that Song Gongming had a timely rain in Shandong, he was generous with wealth and righteous, and he met the heroes of the world. Who didn't admire him? Now that I saw him on Qingfeng Mountain, I was... Alas, let’s not mention this matter for now. I also joined the gang in the mountain stronghold this time. You are young and old, so why don’t you listen to my words and join the gang in the mountain stronghold to avoid the anger of the civil servant?”
Huang Xin replied: "Since my benefactor is here, Huang Xin'an dares not to obey, but he has never heard that Song Gongming is on the mountain. This time, he said that the timely rain Song Gongming came from,"
Qin Ming smiled and said: "That's Zhang San, the Yuncheng tiger you killed the day before yesterday. He was afraid of telling his real name and causing his own lawsuit, so he only said that he was Zhang San."
After hearing this, Huang Xin hurriedly stamped his feet and said: "If I had let him go on the road when I found out it was Song Gongming, and could not see him anywhere for a while, and only listened to Liu Gao's words, his life would not have been damaged."
As soon as Qin Ming heard this, he looked around, and when he saw no one else, he shook his head slightly and said, "Brother, you are the only one I am close to here. There are some things I have to explain to you clearly."
Seeing Qin Ming's serious look, Huang Xin's smile faded from his face. He suddenly left the table and knelt down in front of Qin Ming. He nodded seriously and said, "Brother, if you have anything to say, just say it. I'm Huang I believe you know that, if you ask me to go up to the mountain of swords and go down into the sea of fire, I won’t even say no.”