The three of them came up to the village building, and the group of people also happened to arrive in front of the village. Luan Tingyu's eyes were fast and sharp. With a quick glance, he saw that the soldiers and horses were fully dressed. They were actually the soldiers and horses of the imperial court. They had waist knives and weapons. , top wear, clothing, nothing bad.
Luan Tingyu did not let down her guard, and said in a loud but polite voice: "Who is in front of the village in person? I hope to speak further,"
"It's Luan Tingyu who is in the city," a familiar voice said.
Luan Tingyu took another closer look, his face suddenly became lively, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said: "That's not Sun Tiha, what kind of wind brought you here?" After saying this, he hurriedly walked down three steps at a time. Come to Zhuanglou.
When the two Zhu brothers took a look, they couldn't help but feel a little panic in their hearts.
Just when the two brothers were scratching their heads, Luan Tingyu hurried down to greet them and reassured them: "This Sun Tiha is my brother. I studied with him since childhood. I don't know how I got here today."
Having said that, Luan Tingyu had already led more than 20 people, opened the gate of the village, lowered the suspension bridge, and took the two brothers out to greet him in person.
The people who came to this village were none other than Sun Li and others who had taken a detour from Shi Jin's camp. Seeing Luan Tingyu coming down, Sun Li and his party, who had been a little wary just now, got off their horses one after another, and everyone gathered together. After finishing the ceremony, Luan Tingyu asked: "My dear brother is guarding Dengzhou, how did he get here?"
Sun Li had long expected that he would ask such a question, and immediately replied calmly: "The General Military Mansion issued a document and dispatched me to Yunzhou to guard the city and guard against the strong bandits in Liangshan Po. I just passed by this place. I heard that I In the village, after asking about the village from the path, I heard that my dear friend was here, so I came in specially to visit my dear friend,"
Luan Tingyu was overjoyed when he heard this, and said quickly: "My dear brother must have known that I have been fighting with the strong bandits in Liangshanbo for days and have captured several of his leaders in the village. I only missed the leader of the Song Dynasty. I also dismissed the official. Although there were results in the battle in the past few days, the thieves were still powerful. I heard that the reinforcements had arrived, and yesterday they arrested the eldest son of the Zhu family. I was in a state of distress. I wrote several times to the state to ask for the help of the officers and soldiers. I came to help suppress the bandits, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea, without any movement. Fortunately, I have a good brother to come here to guard. Isn't it a good sign?" Tingyu was overjoyed, and immediately led a group of people into the village, then pulled up the suspension bridge and closed the village. Door.
Zhu Hu and Zhu Biao took a look and found out that the officers and soldiers who came here were really brothers with Luan Tingyu. Listening to their words, they had an unusually good relationship. This made Zhu Biao's little hope extinguished, and most of it was extinguished. Gangster collusion, this must be what he was talking about. Zhu Biao cursed hard in his heart. Seeing that Sun Li was also quite hostile, he deeply regretted it. Now that he allowed the officers and soldiers to come in, wouldn't it mean that the shadow wolf had entered the house, and his two brothers joined forces together? , what should we do...
Just when Zhu Biao was feeling melancholy, Sun Li and his entourage had already been arranged by Luan Tingyu. They had arranged their carriages, troops, and horses, changed their clothes, and came to meet Zhu Chaofeng in the front hall. At this time, Zhu Chaofeng had already met in front of the hall, and Luan Tingyu introduced him. Sun Li and others went up to the hall to meet each other. After the ceremony was over, Luan Tingyu said to Zhu Chaofeng: "My virtuous brother Sun Li, nicknamed Bing Wei Chi, is in charge of the army in Dengzhou. Now I have been transferred by the General Military Mansion to guard it. Here in Yunzhou,"
When Zhu Chaofeng heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "I am also under the rule."
Sun Li said in an official tone: "What a humble position. Sooner or later, I will look to the Grand Duke for guidance and guidance."
Zhu Chaofeng still smiled and said nothing.
Sun Li immediately asked seriously: "Killing each other for days, it takes a lot of effort to fight."
Zhu Hu replied: "We haven't seen victory or defeat yet. I can't guarantee that the bandit army from Liangshan will come to call for formation again today."
Zhu Biao intervened at this time and said: "Master Sun, my eldest brother was captured alive by thieves last night. As a brother, I feel uneasy. Although I have courage, there is nothing I can do. The soldiers and horses in the village are not strong enough, and I am outnumbered. Bandits, now that the general is here, I wonder if I can borrow your troops and horses,"
Zhu Biao didn't mean to cause problems for Sun Li, he was specifically targeting Luan Tingyu. Yesterday he insisted on defending and not attacking. Now Zhu Biao said this because he wanted to "attack Luan Tingyu's spear with his own shield." I want to see Seeing Luan Tingyu's reaction, he also took the opportunity to touch upon the general's background.
Sure enough, before Sun Li could speak, Luan Tingyu spoke up, scolding him in the tone of a master: "General Sun and his men are so tired, how can they go into battle immediately? Furthermore, knowing yourself and the enemy will ensure that you will never be in danger in a hundred battles. The Zhu family cannot fight an unprepared battle." "It is not appropriate to attack today. We will only defend in the village. When the thieves come out, General Sun and I will go out together."
When Zhu Biao heard what he said, he became more and more suspicious. He gritted his teeth, and muscles loomed on Zhu Biao's profile. Sun Li saw this and thought that Zhu Biao had a prejudice against him for not wanting to fight. , then he smiled and said: "It's okay to have a tired car and horse, but there are less than 500 people coming with me. These people are not officers and soldiers, but my old troops and family members. I'm afraid they have the intention but can't do it. After that, Sun Li asked Sister-in-law Gu to take Mrs. Le to the back hall to meet the Zhu family members. At the same time, he called Sun Xin, Xie Zhen and Xie Bao to see them and said, "These three are my brothers. Pointing to Le He, he said: "This is the official sent by Yunzhou here," and pointed at Zou Yuan, Zou Run said, "These two are the officers who came from Dengzhou."
Although Zhu Chaofeng and Zhu Hu doubted whether Sun Li would be an accomplice to Luan Tingyu, seeing that he had a large family and many luggage, carriages, and people, Zhu Chaofeng didn't think it was a lie, so Zhu Chaofeng called the boy over and just slaughtered the cows and horses for a feast. Keep everyone in charge of drinking.
Sun Li saw Zhu Biao's serious expression and said, "As soon as I came here, I had the responsibility to protect one party. If not, I would have taken them immediately to take office, and then send troops to come. But, I don't know. Whether the supervisor here is friendly or not, if the procedures are completed faster, it will take three or two days to bring troops and horses to rescue, but I am not sure how many troops can be brought. I heard what my senior brother just said, and I have written several times. Ignore it, I'm also afraid that it's better not to go this time. If I go, the state government and the supervisor will hold me back and prevent me from sending troops to rescue, wouldn't it be..." Sun Li said this, deliberately not going on, he By taking the initiative to say these words this time, they avoided the idea of wanting Sun Li to move reinforcements. In this way, Sun Li's lies would not be exposed as he "taken office".
Luan Tingyu did not expect Sun Li's true purpose of coming here. After hearing what he said, he nodded and said: "Yes, the people in the government office are timid and afraid of getting into trouble. They just want to wait for us to fight Zhujiazhuang." If you don't bother to come here to grab the credit," Luan Tingyu said in a serious tone. It was obvious that he was very prejudiced against the imperial court. He immediately said categorically: "I think there is no need to rush to take office. Brother, I urgently need to be like a virtuous man now. A capable general like my brother will help us out,"
Zhu Biao's mind suddenly changed and he thought that he had brought all his family members with him, so he would just stay in the village. I'm afraid he wouldn't dare to do anything wrong. If you don't act upright and dare to touch my Zhu family, I will operate on your family members. He thought Here, Zhu Biao felt more and more that he couldn't just let this guy go into the city. If he waited for him to settle his family in the city, he would have no worries at that time. After Luan Tingyu's instigation, he couldn't do anything, so Zhu Biao made up his mind. , also persuaded: "General Sun, what my master said is that Zhujiazhuang is in dire straits now. I hope the general will not give up and save the lives of our people and restore peace to the whole country."
Sun Li clasped his fists with both hands and said: "Since I, Mr. Sun, are here, I will never refuse to save you until death. Don't worry, everyone. I've been living in the village for a few days, and there have been a lot of disturbances."
"General, you're welcome, you're welcome," Zhu Chaofeng heard that Sun Li refused to leave, and he was also happy at the moment, and hurriedly asked the people around to clean out a good main room to live with Sun Li.
The banquet arranged by Zhu Chaofeng has been prepared in the flower hall, and he was about to invite everyone to join him for a drink. At this moment, Zhuang soldiers suddenly ran up and reported: "Song Jiang has sent troops and horses to kill the village again."
When Zhu Biao heard this, he couldn't hold it in any longer, and immediately said: "I'll get on my horse and go get this thief." After that, regardless of whether everyone objected, he dressed neatly, rushed out of the village gate on horseback, lowered the suspension bridge, and He led more than a hundred horsemen to kill the generals.
Outside the village, they met a large army of horses, about 500 people. The leader came out first, bent his bow and inserted an arrow to shoot at the horse, it was Xiao Li Guang Huarong.
Zhu Biao met Zhu Biao without saying a word. He jumped on his horse and came forward to fight with his gun. Hua Rong also rode up to fight Zhu Biao. The two fought for thirty or forty rounds. Hua Rong made a false shot and immediately turned around and left. Zhu Biao Seeing Zhuang patting his horse, he wanted to chase him. Luan Tingyu, who was standing on the top of the city, saw that it was this general and quickly shouted at Zhu Biao's back as he galloped away: "Biaozi, don't go and chase him. I'm afraid he is a hidden weapon. This man We are familiar with the art of archery, be careful of falling into traps,"
After Zhu Biao heard this, he was on guard, so he turned his horse around and stopped chasing. He led the troops back to the village and pulled up the suspension bridge. When he looked at Hua Rong from the sentry post on the village, he had already led all the troops back in anger. After that, Zhu Biao dismounted in front of the hall and went into the back hall to drink.
Sun Li asked: "Young general, did you get any thieves today?"
Zhu Biao was quite unhappy with the killing, and said immediately: "There is a certain Xiao Li Guanghuarong among this group of thieves. He is very good at law. After fighting for more than fifty times, he let that guy go. I will rush there soon." Chasing him, the master said: "That guy is good at bows and arrows, so we each withdrew our troops and came back."
Sun Li nodded and said: "There are many deceptions in the battlefield. It is right to be cautious. If I see that my younger brother is not talented, I will take a few of them." That day, Sun Li was making music and singing at the banquet to resolve worries with Zhu Biao. Everyone was happy to hear it.
After dinner in the evening, we rested all night. At noon on the second day, soldiers from the village suddenly reported: "Song Jiang's army and horses have come to the village again."
The two sons Zhu Hu and Zhu Biao were all dressed up, so they rushed out to the front gate of the village. In the distance, they could hear the beating of gongs and drums, shouting and waving flags. The opposite side had already set up a formation. Here, Zhu Chaofeng was sitting on the gate of the village. Luan Tingyu on the left, Sun Tiha on the right, the Zhu family brothers and many people brought by Sun Li were all placed near the door.
At this time, he saw a general in Song Jiang's formation shouting curses with a spear pointed out. Zhu Biao became anxious after hearing a few words. He shouted to put down the suspension bridge, mounted his horse with his spear, led one or two hundred men, shouted and ran straight to Come up,