Chapter 39: Fighting Li Zongtang
The Yuncheng Prison was robbed, the felons Chao Gai, Zhu Tong, Liu Tang, and Bai Sheng were missing, Shi Wenbin and Daniel Zhang of Zhixian were missing, the residence of Gai Tianxi, the alternate Zhixian was burned, and the arresting envoy He Tao was knocked unconscious and is still unconscious.
The government treasury and the felons were robbed, and this matter is not trivial. Gai Tianxi thought about it, but felt that this matter could not be carried by himself, so he bought Lei Heng with a lot of money, and the two unanimously wrote to Jeju Mansion, saying that Shi Wenbin, the magistrate of Yuncheng County, colluded with Liangshan bandits, ransacked Yuncheng, and robbed the felons.
When Xu He, the governor of Jeju Prefecture, received the letter, he was immediately furious and said: "I didn't send troops to conscript you Liangshan, but you ransacked Yuncheng, don't you really think that I dare not send troops to conscript!" ”
Therefore, he immediately signed the document of conquest, and ordered the Jeju Prefecture to train Huang An to immediately raise troops to conquer Yangsan, and be sure to completely exterminate the bandits who were the party to the disaster.
Huang An received the order, but he did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to prepare ordnance, grain and grass so that they could send troops to conscript.
Huang An looked quite calm on his face, and he didn't take Liang Shan in his eyes at all. But when he returned home, he couldn't raise the slightest appetite in the face of the table full of delicacies, but he just kept sighing, and his wife didn't know why, so she personally brought a glass of wine and handed it over, and asked, "Official, what's wrong with you?" Isn't there your favorite Liang Feng wine, why don't you have a drink? ”
Huang An took the wine glass, put it on the table and sighed: "My beloved wife doesn't know, today the prefect called me and ordered me to reorganize my troops and horses and conquer Naliang Shanbo." ”
His wife didn't know why, and said: "My husband is full of military books, and there is an army of the state capital, so to pacify this little thief and grass coward, he hasn't been caught yet, how can he sigh here for a long time?" ”
Huang An shook his head and smiled bitterly: "How does my beloved wife know that this Liangshanbo is surrounded by water, known as the "Eight Hundred Miles of Liangshanbo", and during this period, there are many harbors, reeds, like a labyrinth; Moreover, I also heard that Lin Chong, the former head of the 800,000 forbidden army in Tokyo, Ti Zhida of the Western Army, and Yang Zhi, who recently lost his birth program, have all gone to this Liangshan, and even Daniel Zhang, the capital supervisor recommended by the Daimyo Mansion to come here, is not an opponent, and his whereabouts are still unknown, and his husband's skills are not as good as Daniel Zhang's, and now he asks me to go to Pingthis Liangshan Park, so isn't there no return! Alas...... "With that, he picked up the glass and drank it all.
Seeing Huang An like this, his wife stretched out her hand to his forehead and said, "You, how can you be so forgetful! Didn't you forget my distant cousin Li Zongtang! He worshiped under the Yiren door since he was a child, learned a good martial arts, last year when I went back to my mother's house, I saw him idle at home, if I repair a book, summon him to come, with you to go to the Liang Shanbo, what do you think? ”
When Huang An heard this, he slapped his head, immediately hugged his wife, and said happily: "My good lady, it wasn't you who mentioned it, and almost forgot about it as a husband!" ”
His wife's beautiful eyes were longing, and she said coquettishly: "The concubine came up with such a wonderful plan for the official, what benefit did the official give to the concubine?" ”
Huang An was overjoyed and carried away, and said nonchalantly: "What Madame wants, just open your mouth, and you will definitely satisfy Madame for your husband!" ”
His wife smiled coquettishly, reached out and took the knot on her chest in her hand and slowly played with it, Huang An didn't understand what she meant, reached out and hugged it, and walked into the room.
When Li Zongtang received the letter, he laughed, "It's time for a certain family to make a contribution." "I immediately took the guy and immediately set off for Jeju City.
When he arrived at Jeju Mansion, Huang An immediately led him to see Xu He, and Xu He heard Huang An say that there is something in the sky and nothing on the earth, and he didn't believe it, so he called him to stage a martial arts field to watch. That Li Zongtang did not live up to expectations, he led the knife on the horse, splashed the water of the big knife dance, it was very good-looking, and then looked at the galloping horse and the bow, shot three arrows in a row, and the arrow hit the red heart.
Xu He was overjoyed, and immediately appointed Li Zongtang as the deputy regiment training envoy of Jeju Prefecture, and accompanied Huang An to conquer Liangshan, and to exterminate Liangshan, he had a heavy reward. Li Zongtang was overjoyed, and immediately patted his chest to ensure that all the thieves in Liangshan would be exterminated.
Xu He's side ordered Huang An to conquer Liangshan, and Liangshan's side immediately got the news.
Junchen, who received the summons from Shiqian, immediately convened a group of leaders in the cottage to discuss the matter.
In the Juyi Hall, Junchen waited for the leaders to sit down one by one, and said: "I waited for this time to make a big fuss in Yuncheng, rescue the three brothers Chao Tianwang, Zhu Tong, and Liu Tang, capture the capital supervisor Daniel Zhang, and obtain countless money, food, and armor, which can be described as a complete victory, far more cost-effective than the birthday gang of Master Cai. ”
Lu Zhishen laughed when he heard this, and said: "Yes, I heard that this time you went down the mountain, the gold and silver harvest alone was no less than 300,000 yuan, and the rice and grain were piled up like a mountain. ”
When everyone heard this, they all burst out laughing.
Junchen saw that everyone was happy, and he didn't stop it at the moment, and when everyone laughed almost, he said: "It's just that the news came from the time change, Xu He, the governor of Jeju Prefecture, heard that Yuncheng was robbed, and Chao Tianwang and others were rescued by my Liangshan, and now he has ordered Huang An, the regimental training envoy of Jeju Prefecture, to lead a thousand men and horses to come to conquer my Liangshan." ”
"Ha, it's only a thousand people, where is this enough for us to kill!" Lu Zhishen heard it, and was the first to shout.
"Brother monk, you are a monk, why do you always think about fighting and killing, this is not like what the Buddha said!" Ruan Xiaoqi saw that Zhishen was the first to jump out, and couldn't help but joke on the side.
"Amitabha, my Buddha is compassionate! There is a Buddhist saying: If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell! The Sprinkle family is surpassing them to the Western Heaven Elysium, it is better than staying in this world to be used by those mediocre ministers and thieves! Zhishen shouted a Buddha horn and said with a serious face.
On weekdays, Lu Zhishen either giggles or looks at King Kong angrily, his face is full of fierceness, and when he sees him so serious, everyone is stunned for a while, so he bursts into laughter.
Lin Chong was not as optimistic as Zhishen and them, he knew in his heart that this was the first time that the imperial court had conquered Liangshan, and if he could not repel the expedition cleanly, he was afraid that Liangshan's prestige in the rivers and lakes would be greatly reduced immediately, and it would do all kinds of harm to Junchen's plan in the future.
I heard Lin Chong ask, "Do you know who the Jeju Mansion sent to lead the troops?" ”
Junchen nodded and said, "It's Jeju regimental training envoy Huang An." ”
"Is that him?" Yang Zhi heard this, and said nonchalantly, "This person is talented and talented, and his martial arts are not proficient, if he leads the army, then this Liangshanbo must be his burial place." ”
Junchen nodded, and said: "That Huang An is indeed a wine bag and rice bag, but according to Shi Qian, among the thousand soldiers and horses who came with Huang An this time, only one of them needs to be extra careful!" ”
"Oh? Who is that, as far as I know, there are no generals in Jeju Province, even Daniel Zhang, the capital supervisor, Liang Shijie spent a lot of money to ask for it from Tong Guan's "Shengjie Army", and then sent it to Jeju Province. Now that Daniel Zhang has been captured, he can still have a great general! ”
Junchen shook his head and said: "Originally, this was true, but somehow, Huang An got a general in the past two days, even if this person's martial arts are not as good as your brothers, but there will not be much difference." ”
Lin Chong was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "There is such a thing!" Do you know this person's name and surname? ”
Junchen nodded and said: "This person's surname is Li, his double name is Zongtang, he has excellent strength, he is good at using a big knife, and he is proficient in bows and arrows. ”
"Humph!" Yang Zhi got up angrily, hugged his fists and said: "He is good at bows and arrows, Yang has practiced hard since he was a child, and he is confident that his bow and arrow skills are never under others!" The lord, Yang Zhi asked for his life, handed over this Li Zongtang to Yang, and decided to take off his head and dedicate it to the lord! ”
When Junchen saw Yang Zhi asking for battle, he was very happy in his heart, and immediately spoke: "Don't worry, let me finish speaking." This Li Zongtang's martial arts are high, but he has never been in his eyes, and he thinks very highly of himself, and he looks down on the heroes of the world. It seems to be very easy to deal with, Yang Zhi, Lin Chong, Wang Yin! ”
"Yang Zhizai!"
"Lin Chong is here!"
"Wang Yin is here!"
"Second brother, you and the envoy and Brother Wang Yin can go to the edge of the water and tease with words, then Li Zongtang can't listen to the teasing words the most, when he will lead the troops to chase after the three of you, when they are far away from the Huang'an camp, this Li Zongtang will be disposed of by the three of you, but remember not to let him return to the Huang'an army, otherwise with his archery skills, it will cause unprovoked casualties to our water army!"
"Yes!"
"Brother Nguyen!"
"Little brother is here!"
"Then Huang An saw that the head of the Lin sect and they retreated, he would definitely feel that there were no masters in the cottage, and he would lead the remaining soldiers to attack Liangshan from the water, and when he got to the water, it would be up to you Ruan's three heroes!"
"Brother, rest assured, in this Liangshan Bo, there are many harbors, reeds are thick, and those who don't know the path can only be slaughtered in this place. Xiao Qi will capture Huang An alive this time and dedicate it to his brother! Ruan Xiaoqi patted his chest and reassured.
Junchen smiled, and continued: "Lu Zhishen, Luan Tingyu, Yang Lin!" ”
"Little brother is here!"
"You wait for the three of you, lead the rest of the minions, ambush in the reeds, and after Huang An leads the army to board the ship, immediately snatch the military horses, grain and grass, pennants and other things left on the shore, there must be no mistake!"
"Order!"
"The two brothers, Zhu Gui and Zhu Fu, arranged a banquet and waited for everyone to return to the mountain in victory!"
"Yes, brother!"
The arrangement on the Yangshan side was stopped, but the Jeju Mansion was dragging its feet, and under the repeated urging of the prefect Xu He, it took two days for Huang An to complete the army and be able to leave the army.
Li Zongtang was the first time to join the army, and he was quite excited along the way. But seeing that Huang An's face was worried, he knew that he was worried about going on the expedition again, so he immediately walked with him and said: "Brother-in-law, you can relax, this time I will go on the expedition with you, and the conquest of that Liangshan will be foolproof!" ”
Huang An looked at Li Zongtang, whose eyes were flying, his heart was a little wider, and he said in a deep voice: "Cousin, although you are strong in martial arts, but on that Liang Mountain, there is Lin Chong, who was the head of the 800,000 forbidden army in Tokyo, and Yang Zhi, who has lost his birth outline, these two thieves' martial arts are all upper-class, cousin, don't take them lightly!" ”
Who would have thought that Li Zongtang couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said: "These two thieves do have some martial arts, and they can make such a reputation because the people they meet are all mediocre hands, and now that they meet me Li Zongtang, they will definitely call him the soul of my sword." As he spoke, he raised his broadsword in his hand as if demonstratively.
Huang An was overjoyed, and said with a smile on his face: "In this case, this time it is all up to my cousin Shenwei!" ”
When Li Zongtang heard this, he was even more proud, and raised his voice: "It's easy to say!" Say! Hahaha......"
Perhaps because of Li Zongtang's words, the speed of the march was much faster, and in a few days, he had already arrived at the boundary of Shijie Village.
As soon as Huang An arrived in this Shijie Village, he immediately ordered his soldiers to collect the boats, rest and distribute them in Shijie Village, and prepare to divide the troops to attack Liangshan.
Only Li Zongtang rubbed his hands there and sighed: "This Liangshan grass is so unreasonable, it is actually based on the stubborn defense, what kind of sect leader, system envoy, according to a certain family, compared to the scoundrels of the rivers and lakes." ”
Li Zongtang scolded endlessly here, and saw a small colonel coming to report there.
"Report! Outside the camp, there is a battle of Liangshan grass cowards! ”
"Seriously!" Li Zongtang was overjoyed when he heard this, "Do you know what that grass is called?" ”
"Unknown, I saw a birthmark on the face of the boss."
"Haha, it's Yang Zhi's house, I'm really sleepy and met a pillow, wait for me to cut this guy under the horse! Come! Prepare a horse with a knife for a certain family! Li Zongtang could not afford to inform Huang An, so he hurriedly dressed up neatly and went out directly to meet the enemy.
After Huang An learned the news, he also laughed and said: "Then Lin Chong and Yang Zhi are looking for their own death, and my cousin is out of the horse, and they can be caught!" We just have to take the boat directly to Liangshanbo! ”
Li Zongtang took the lead in the battle, and saw that Lin Chong and the other three were already waiting there. He was overjoyed in his heart, and shouted directly, "Liangshan Caokou, eat me with a knife!" With that, he urged the horse to raise his sword and go straight to the two.
Lin Chong and the three of them looked at each other, and said in their hearts: "If you are so impatient, where do you need to provoke?" At that moment, Lin Chong said to Yang Zhi: "Envoy, I'll go up and learn a few tricks first, and the envoy will sweep the battle for Lin first, how about it?" ”
"Lin Jiaotou is careful in everything!"
Lin Chong responded, and the horse raised his gun to meet him. The two sides took over, Lin Chong immediately felt that this Li Zongtang did have some ability in his hands, the big knife dance was like a snowflake, dazzling, and even more powerful to him, in one move, the traces of the axe were very obvious, and the knife was not good for Lin Chong's head and neck. But Lin Chong's skills are incomparable to ordinary people, and suddenly the gun is soft, and the dense guns turn into an invisible net, and Li Zongtang's moves are all netted in it.
The two of them fought about thirty moves, and Yang Zhi shouted, "The head of the sect will rest for a while, and he will be there for a while!" So Lin Chong immediately swept his spear and turned his horse back.
Li Zongtang was willing to let it go, and shouted: "The thief is gone!" "I took the bow and arrow, and it was an arrow according to Lin Chong's vest.
Yang Zhi is behind the door, is also extremely sperm archery, seeing Li Zongtang get the bow and arrow in his hand, but also turn his hand to get the bow and arrow in the hand, seeing Li Zongtang shoot an arrow, he also shot an arrow, and shot down the arrow halfway.
Li Zongtang was furious when he saw this, threw down his bow and arrows, and raised his knife to take Yang Zhi directly. Yang Zhi saw Li Zongtang menacing, and shouted, "This person is so good!" ”
Wang Yin saw it, and didn't say anything, and went out directly to fight with Li Zongtang, Wang Yin's snake spear made that a mysterious person can't come from anywhere, but Li Zongtang is not afraid at all, the big knife hovers up and down in his hand, like a dead tree blooming, and the old tree is rooted. Wang Yin fought with him for thirty times and shouted: "Awesome! Hurry up! ”
Where is Li Zongtang willing to put it, he directly chased and killed it. The three of them saw that Li Zongtang followed, so they resorted to the method of turning, you and him have a few tricks, I had a few times last time, and the first Buddha of Li Zongtang's qi ascended to heaven, and the second Buddha was born.
Where did Li Zongtang get so angry, and shouted loudly: "I told you to run, even if you run to the ends of the earth, grandpa will chase you to the ends of the earth, if you don't take off your two dog heads, grandpa will not give up!" ”
The three of them ran away and chased after each other like this, and the three of them saw that Li Zongtang was getting farther and farther away from the camp, so they turned around and said: "Li Zongtang, when you get here, don't get off the horse quickly and descend early!" ”
Li Zongtang looked up to the sky and snorted, and shouted: "Just rely on you to wait for the grass Kou, and you still want your grandfather to surrender, today there is you without me, take your life!" "Anyway, urge the horse to raise the knife and take the three directly.
Lin Chong and the three of them looked at each other, and Wang Yin said: "The head of the sect and the envoy have made great contributions to the cottage, but I have not made an inch of merit so far, so I will hand it over to the next one." "Anyway, urge the horse to spear and fight with Li Zongtang.
Li Zongtang fought for a long time, rushed for a long time, and was angry for a long time, and felt that Wang Yin's spear move was faster than one move, and one style was heavier than another, which made him feel that it was gradually difficult to resist.
"You can't fight a certain family!" Li Zongtang saw that he was timid, and he directly wanted to turn his horse back. How could Wang Yin do what he wished, catch up with a spear sweep, hit Li Zongtang's back hard, and directly knocked him off the horse.
Li Zongtang fell off the horse and wanted to struggle, Wang Yin directly hit the horse forward, handed the spear forward, pressed against his chest and said: "Since you have fallen off the horse, don't surrender quickly, so as not to die on the spot!" ”
I don't want Li Zongtang Although it is the first time to fight on the battlefield, he is extremely tough, "If you want a certain family to surrender, don't even think about it, today is only death, he has a certain senior brother to avenge a certain family in the future!" After saying that, his body must move forward, and with a "poof", he was pierced by Wang Yin's spear, and he convulsed a few times, and then died of anger.
Lin Chong sighed and said to Yang Zhi and Wang Yin: "If our army is already such a tough guy, why worry about the Khitan and the Western Xia!" ”