Chapter 200 Megatron Dragon and Tiger Down the Mountain 3
Song Jiang couldn't wait any longer. It had been more than a day since he led his army down the mountain. He set up camp and sat here, doing nothing but saying nothing. The two brothers he sent out were trapped inside. Not to mention anything else, they just heard that they had arrived. If you go up the mountain and have others talk behind your back, everyone in Zhujiazhuang must have seen the joke. It is impossible to find out the map. If you wait any longer, it will only encourage the enemy's arrogance. If you can't wait any longer, you won't believe Xiao Xiao. What kind of mystery can there be in Zhujiazhuang?
Song Jiang waved his army and rushed up to Dulong Gang before nightfall. Covered in the afterglow of the setting sun, Song Jiang urged the front troops to charge and attack Zhujiazhuang. Yang Xiong pointed a sword towards the sky. Then he rushed forward with hundreds of brothers. Li Kui, who was originally arranged by Song Jiang to be the vanguard and rear support, saw Yang Xiong go. He couldn't hold it back. He had already stripped naked, brandished two steel plate axes, and shouted. , and the brothers under his command also rushed forward in a furious manner.
A group of people arrived at the village. When Yang Xiong came forward to take a look, he saw that the Zhu family had pulled up the suspension bridge, but the village door was wide open. Yang Xiong looked inside and saw only the Zhu family inside. Not a single fire was seen, not a single person was seen.
Li Kui rushed up and saw the village gate open. He felt that there was an opportunity and immediately led his men into the water.
Yang Xiong was suspicious, so he grabbed Li Kui and said, "Brother, if you can't help me, this man will open the door of the village. He must have a plan. We will discuss it later when my brother comes."
After hearing this, Li Kui took a closer look and saw that there was no human figure on the door of the village. He also felt that it was dark inside and there was something strange about it. He stopped and took two steps back and forth, but he couldn't bear it and took a photo. Holding two axes, he yelled from the other side: "Old thief Bird Zhu, get out of here, Grandpa Black Tornado is here, come out,"
Li Kui yelled and cursed for a long time, but the dealer just didn't respond.
At this time, the Chinese troops led by Song Jiang arrived. Yang Xiong then reported that there were no troops and no movement in the village.
When Song Jiang reined in his horse, he saw that there was no one in the village. He was suspicious and said: "Oh, it's my fault. The book of heaven clearly says, 'Don't be hasty and violent when facing the enemy.' It's because I'm impatient and can't calm down." He was so angry that he marched troops all night and went deep into the important area until he came to his village. No enemy troops were seen. He must have a plan to retreat. Quickly teach the three armies to retreat and find out tomorrow." Song Jiang thought of this and immediately quietly sent an order Go down, ask the rear team to become the front team, and retreat in an orderly manner.
After Li Kui heard this, he immediately refused and shouted: "Brother, the army and horses are here. Don't retreat. I will fight with you first. You all follow me." , a cannon flew straight into the sky for half a day.
On the Dulong Gang, hundreds of torches were lit together, and it was as bright as day. The scene of swords and guns all around was clearly illuminated. Many people suddenly appeared on the gatehouse that was empty just now, followed closely by the people upstairs. The bows and arrows came down like raindrops.
Song Jiang was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly took the old route to return to the army. However, the rear army changed the way forward, and instead became a mess like the front army.
At this time, the leader of the rear army, Li Jun, started to shout and said, "The old road here is blocked, there must be an ambush."
Song Jiang taught the army and horses to look for the road in all directions. Li Kui did his duty and waved his axes, looking for people to kill. However, he ran back and forth but did not see an enemy. At this time, he saw another cannon fired from the top of Dulonggang Mountain, but the sound was not heard. Jue, the shouts from all around shook the ground, and Song Gongming was stunned and at a loss. Even if he had a lot of knowledge and military skills, how could he escape from the earth and sky when he saw the shouts of killing coming from all directions? Song Jiang was on his horse When he looked at it, there were ambushing troops and horses everywhere, and they were densely covered with swords and swords. The oncoming force was so fierce that he was really frightened. Song Jiang panicked, but quickly calmed down, and quickly taught his subordinates to only go to the main road to kill the generals. They broke out, but now the soldiers and horses were like a pot of Aogan's porridge. The three armies were stationed in place, with their fronts pressed against their backs, but they couldn't move. Everyone was so anxious that they cried out in pain.
Song Jiang asked; "What's going on?"
Only when the sergeant in front passed the message did he find out that some big trees had been cut down on the road and the road was sealed tightly, making it impossible to walk or cross.
Song Jiang said anxiously: "Let's find a way first."
The troops panicked and took whatever route they could. However, after running for several miles, they heard Zhujiazhuang's soldiers and horses in their ears, and their hearts became more and more frightened. However, when the attentive leaders took a look, they became even more frightened and said He was speechless, and when he pointed it out to the people around him, more and more people were dumbfounded and too shocked to move their feet.
When Song Jiang looked at it and asked, all the soldiers said: "This is full of winding roads. After walking for a while, they turned back to the same place."
Song Jiang suddenly realized that it was strange, and immediately said: "Teach the army and horses to look for the place where the torch is bright, and take the mountain road where there are houses and people." After the army received the order, they ran away in fear. But after a while, they saw the front army shouting again. , shouted: "You can't go to the place where the torch is bright. There are bamboo sticks and iron caltrops traps, and deer antlers are scattered all over the place, blocking the intersection."
Song Jiang said, "Could it be that God is mourning me?" When he was in panic, he heard a commotion in Mu Hong's team in the middle of the left army, and reported: "Shi Xiu is here."
When Song Jiang looked closely in panic, he saw Shi Xiu twisting his sword and running to the horse, saying: "Brother, don't panic, I know the way. I secretly sent an order to the general to teach the three armies to turn around as long as there are poplar trees." Just walk left, don't worry about the wide and narrow roads."
Song Jiang seemed to have grasped the last straw, and quickly urged the men and horses to turn around as soon as there was a poplar tree. After walking about five or six miles, he saw that there were more men and horses in front of him. Song Jiang was suspicious, so he summoned Shi Xiu to arrive. Next to him, he asked: "Brother, are you going back again? Why are the thieves in front..."
Shi Xiu said: "Brother, don't panic, they have a candle as a signal. If they wait for me to vote east, he will look east and pull the candle. If we vote west, he will look west."
Hua Rong saw it on the horse, looked at Song Jiang with his finger, and said, "Brother, did you see the bowl of candle lanterns in the shadow of the tree? I think that was the order."
Song Jiang said: "Quick, send two brothers up and cut down the bowl of lamp for me, quick,"
Hua Rong took the bow in his hand and said, "What's the problem? It's up to me." After saying that, he picked up the bow and nocked an arrow. He rode forward and looked at the lamp shadow. He only shot one arrow and made a whoosh sound. , happened to shoot down the bowl of red lanterns, and the militiamen who were ambushing all around started to chaos when the bowl of red lanterns disappeared.
Song Jiang quickly took the opportunity to ask Shi Xiu to lead the way, and walked out of the village in a hurry. As soon as he ran out of the road for a mile, he heard shouts in front of the front mountain, and torches were lighting up the area. Song Jiang taught the front troops to stop. Let Shi Xiu lead the way to explore. Shi Xiu went away for a long time and came back to report: "It's one of our own. The second group of horse troops in our stronghold has arrived. They met from the front and dispersed the ambush."
After Song Jiang heard this, he advanced his troops to attack, seized the road and rushed out of the village entrance. Zhujiazhuang's troops were killed by the two armies and scattered. He joined Lin Chong, Qin Ming and other troops and horses stationed at the entrance of the village. Waiting for daybreak, they went to Gaofu. The department went down to the stockade and counted the men and horses. Among the generals, only Huang Xin, who was in Sanshan, was missing.
Song Jiang was shocked and asked why.
Some of the soldiers who followed last night saw Huang Xin and came over and said: "Huang Touchou listened to his brother's orders and went to explore the road. He did not pay attention to the reeds and two scratches came out. He dragged his horse over and was captured alive by seven or eight people. He is dead and cannot be rescued."
After hearing this, Song Jiang slammed the table and wanted to kill the marching soldiers. Why didn't he report it earlier? Lin Chong and Hua Rong quickly came up to persuade Song Jiang.
Everyone sat in the tent of the central army and was silent. They all wondered in their hearts: "Zhuang You didn't defeat me, but I killed two brothers. If this goes on, how can we survive?"
Yang Xiong said: "Three villages here have merged into one faction. Over there, Mr. Li Daguan of the East Village was shot by Zhu Biao with an arrow the day before yesterday. The two families had a falling out. Now he is recuperating in the village. Brother Song Jiang, why don't you win him over? Let’s discuss it together,”
Song Jiang said, "If my dear brother didn't tell me, I would have forgotten. He knows the geographical reality here. If we can win over him, then conquering Zhujiazhuang would be like searching for something." Then he ordered his followers to get a pair of satin sheep. Liquor, choose a good horse with a saddle and bridle, and go to see him in person, leaving Lin Chong and Qin Ming to guard the fence.
Song Jiang led Tong Hua Rong, Yang Xiong, and Shi Xiu onto their horses, accompanied by 300 horse troops, and took the road to Lijiazhuang. When they arrived in front of the village, they saw that the gate tower was closed, the suspension bridge was raised high, and many village soldiers were lined up in the wall. People and horses, seeing a group of people coming, drums were beating early on the gatehouse.
Song Jiang led a team of people to the Zhuang Gate Tower and shouted on his horse: "I am Song Jiang, a righteous soldier from Liangshan County. I came here to see the high officials. I have no other intention. Don't be on guard."
Du Xing, who was standing at the gate of the village, heard this and looked down doubtfully. He happened to see Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu there. He hurriedly opened the gate of the village, put out a boat and crossed the river to meet Song Jiang and worship.
Song Jiang hurriedly dismounted to answer the salute. Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu came to report and said: "This brother is the one who led the two younger brothers to meet the high officials, called Du Xing who made a face."
Song Jiang said: "It turns out to be Director Du. Xiangfan stepped forward and said to Official Li: I have heard about the official's name for a long time in Liangshan, and never paid a visit. Now that Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu have talked about it, they specially brought a large group of troops to ask for it." "People, moreover, I want to protect your village from the intrusion of Zhujiazhuang. I happened to be passing by here at the moment, so I specially presented a small gift of colorful satin, famous horses, sheep, wine, just to see you, and for no other purpose."
After hearing this, Du Xing immediately remembered these words in his heart, crossed the village again, and hurried straight to the hall. Li Ying sat up on the bed with his injury covered, and Du Xing said what Song Jiang asked to see him. .
Li Ying shook his head and said: "He is a rebel in Liangshanbo. How can I meet him? He came this time to use my power to annihilate Zhujiazhuang. He, Liangshanbo, got money and food and left. But What should we do? When the time comes, the government will settle accounts after the fall. How can we escape? Alas, you can quickly reply to him: Just say that I am bedridden, unable to move, and it is difficult to see each other. If I go to see you another day, it will be in vain. Lu, I don’t dare to accept the gift given by me.”
After receiving his master's orders, Du Xing crossed over again to see Song Jiang and reported: "My officials have paid homage to the leader again and again. I wanted to meet him in person, but I was hurt. I was sick in bed, and my face was sluggish. I couldn't meet each other. We will meet you another day." You should pay your respects and don’t dare to accept the gifts that come to you.”