Chapter Ninety-Four: The Two Who Missed and Were Captured
Tang Bin and the four of them saw Guan Sheng's will to die, and in desperation, they could only agree. After a little discussion, several people decided to set off overnight and hurried back to the capital in the starry night.
Perhaps it was the reason for Cai Jing's pressure, or maybe several traitors negotiated with each other, and the Privy Council cooperated beyond everyone's expectations, and within a few days, 15,000 elite soldiers rushed to the capital from Shandong and Hebei to swear to go on the expedition.
This expedition, due to Cai Jing's strong intervention, made the operation of the imperial court unprecedentedly fast, from the preparation to the expedition only four or five days, and when the time moved to find out the news, Guan Sheng's army had already set off.
When the news of the time move reached Liangshan, Guan Sheng's troops had already reached the boundary of Dongchang Mansion, and after Li Junchen received the news, he immediately led people down the mountain, preparing to take advantage of Guan Sheng's encampment, rob his camp, and take him by surprise.
Unexpectedly, Guan Sheng was very vigilant, although it was the first time to lead the army, but the arrangement was not leaky, not only let the peripheral horse probe extend the early warning range to ten miles away, but also lay antlers and traps around the camp, and there were as many as 100 people in the open and dark sentry piles.
Li Junchen watched from a distance, and couldn't help but praise, "It is worthy of being the descendant of Emperor Guan Sheng, this camp is really impeccable, collect the troops and return to the mountain, and wait for tomorrow to see you for a while in this pass!" The implication is that Guan Sheng is full of praise.
Seeing that Junchen was constantly praising Guan Sheng, the group couldn't help but hold their breath in their hearts, and they wanted to give him a good look when they started the battle tomorrow.
It's just that what I didn't expect was that Ruan Xiaoqi had not gone down the mountain for a long time, and he had already held his breath in his heart, and when he saw Junchen praising Guan Sheng like this, he was even more indignant in his heart.
When he returned to the camp, he invited Zhang Shun to his tent, "My brother is so biased, you and I who have never used these many actions, and now praise this Guan Sheng so much, how can it be convincing." ”
Zhang Shunnai was seriously ill because his mother was seriously ill, and he took his mother to Liangshan to find An Daoquan for medical treatment, and felt that Liangshan was sincere and joined Liangshan. Now that he has not made an inch, he is also anxious in his heart, and he can't wait to make a great achievement immediately, listening to Xiao Qi say this, he asked: "Then according to Xiao Qi, what should you do?"
Xiao Qi looked left and right, attached it to Zhang Shun's ear, and said softly: "In my opinion, you and I might as well bring a dozen cronies and brothers, take advantage of the night tonight, and take the waterway to rob the camp of Guansheng."
Zhang Shun was taken aback, "Xiao Qi, this matter is not trivial, my Liangshan military regulations are strict, and those who go out of the army without reason are guilty and useless, and that Guan Sheng commanded 15,000 troops, how can you and I rob a dozen people, don't rob the camp, but fall into it." ”
Xiao Qi didn't care, "You and I robbed the camp, not to kill or injure the enemy soldiers, nor to kill the victory, the goal is the enemy's grain and grass, if a fire burns the enemy's food and grass, it will definitely make the enemy army chaos without a fight, even if we don't remember our merits, but it is enough to raise the prestige of our navy." ”
Zhang Shun thought about it, gritted his teeth and patted his thigh, "It's done!" ”
So the two of them went to darkness, secretly drove four or five small boats, prepared things for fire, and quietly approached the Guansheng camp under the cover of night.
If it is an ordinary wine bag and rice bag to lead the troops, I am afraid that Ruan Xiaoqi and Zhang Shun's move can really burn the enemy's grain and grass with one fire. But this time they are facing not only Guan Sheng, but also characters like Tang Bin and Hao Siwen, how can they do what they want.
Sure enough, before the two of them approached the camp, they were discovered by the secret sentinel from afar, Tang Bin learned about it, and couldn't help but smile coldly, "It's all said that Liangshan is so good, I don't want to do such a villain act as sneaking and robbing the camp, don't you think I can't be deceived so easily!" Secretly issued an order, ordering all the troops to prepare separately, and after the two of them came ashore, they would be captured.
Xiao Qi and Zhang Shun tiptoed to the shore on the ground, quietly removed the antlers, and took advantage of the starlight to discern the direction for a moment, and went straight to the granary of the rear army.
Somehow, they didn't even meet a night patrol soldier along the way, Xiao Qi couldn't help but look proud, "I just said that I have walked all the way, I will be tired for a long time, and there will be any vigilance there, so my brother is so careful, if I had already killed the whole army, I would have succeeded in the first battle!" ”
Zhang Shun was speechless, in his opinion, this Xiaoqi is good at everything, but he is more childish and competitive.
Seeing that they had arrived at the place where the grain and grass were hoarded, Xiao Qi and Zhang Shun saw from a distance that several soldiers were pestle with spears, leaning on them and falling asleep, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and they took out the things that ignited the fire, jumped out, and went straight to the grain and grass.
Just twenty steps away from the grain and grass, Xiao Qi's heart couldn't help but be ecstatic, when he heard a "boom", Xiao Qi and Zhang Shun suddenly appeared in front of a giant trench about ten steps wide and about three people deep.
The two glanced at each other, and were afraid for a while, Zhang Shun hurriedly said: "Xiao Qi, this thing is strange, such a big movement, these soldiers actually didn't react, I'm afraid it's not ......."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a fire ignite, and a team of soldiers with bows and crossbows rushed out of the shadows, stretched their bows and arrows, and pointed directly at the two of them, "That's right, today's incident was originally prepared for Li Junchen, I don't want the big fish to come, only net you two small shrimps..."
Xiao Qi is the most irritated, some people say that he is a little shrimp, where can he still hold back his temper, just stay forward and work hard.
The man in front of him was holding a spear in his arms and looked at Xiao Qi playfully, "Yo, there is still a shrimp that is not satisfied, why, how many tricks do you have to live with me?" ”
Xiao Qi was about to rush up, Zhang Shun hurriedly grabbed him, "Xiao Qi, forget it, we are not this person's opponent!" As he spoke, he snatched the lancet from his hand, threw it to the ground along with the one in his hand, and shouted, "We will admit it!" ”
The man snorted coldly, "Count your reality!" With a gesture of his hand, his own soldiers stepped forward and tied up the two of them one by one.
Seeing that the two of them were honestly bound, the man sighed and said to himself: "It is said that Liangshan Li Junchen is strong in martial arts and resourceful, and it seems that this is not the case today, where is it worthy of admiration and admiration at such a level, it is really better to see than to hear!"
Just when he thought that tonight's big event had been decided, and the soldiers were all packing up their weapons and preparing to rest, he heard a burst of noisy voices from the middle camp, he felt quite strange, and said to the soldiers beside him: "Go and see, what happened in the middle camp?"
The soldier took the order and left, and after a short time, he ran back in disgrace, "Oh no, General Tang, Liangshan sent people to rob the camp, and now it has entered the middle camp, and I also ask General Tang to rescue as soon as possible." ”
Tang Bin's glasses lit up, he took a deep breath, and laughed angrily: "Good Liangshan, good Li Junchen, brothers, follow me!" Directly turned over the horse and led the soldiers straight to the middle camp.
The middle camp was attacked, whether it was Hao Siwen and Xuanzan in the front camp, Tang Bin and Qi Gong in the back camp, or Guan Sheng in the middle military tent, they all immediately led the troops to rescue, but was it really too late?
Guan Sheng is the closest, and the horse is the fastest, but when he arrived, he saw Wen Zhongrong being shot under the armpit, and with a strong pick, he picked it into the dismount, and then reached out to probe, and then carried Wen Zhongrong to the horse's back and drove away, as for Cui Ye, he had long since disappeared.
Immediately, the man saw Guan Sheng chasing after him, turned around, pointed his spear, and shouted: "Guan Sheng, it's just a hello tonight, and tomorrow you and I will have a good competition!" After that, he didn't look at Guan Sheng, and left directly, leaving Guan Sheng alone on the spot.
When Tang Bin and the others arrived, the people of Liangshan had long since disappeared, and only Guan Sheng was left, Tang Bin looked around, but did not see the traces of Wen Zhongrong and Cui Ye, so he couldn't help but be anxious and asked: "Big brother, what about the two brothers Wen Zhongrong and Cui Ye?"
Guan Sheng glanced at Tang Bin guiltily, "Guan is incompetent, and the two brothers called Liang Shan to arrest him!" ”
"What!" Not only Tang Bin, but even Qi Gong also shouted, "TND, dare to arrest my brother, Lao Tzu and you are not finished!" "As soon as I shook the reins of the horse, I waited to catch up and save people.
"Stop!" Guan Sheng knew the intentions of the two, stretched out the Qinglong knife, and shouted.
Tang Bin reined in the horse, pointed his spear at Guan Sheng and roared angrily: "Guan Dadao, it was Brother Lao Tzu who was arrested, you don't care about Lao Tzu, if you don't rescue the two brothers today, you tell Lao Tzu how to mix in the rivers and lakes in the future, and make way for Lao Tzu!"
Guan Sheng said coldly: "Today we also caught two thieves, but tomorrow we can change the generals, in exchange for the two brothers, if you chase at this moment, how can you know if there are ambushes in Liangshan waiting for you and me, when you were captured, you asked me to exchange someone for you tomorrow!"
Tang Bin listened to what Guan Sheng said, and knew that what Guan Sheng said was reasonable, but he was still unwilling in his heart, and asked again: "Who is the person who captured my brother today?"
Guan Sheng thought about it for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Who captured Brother Cui Ye, I don't know, if the person who captured Brother Wen Zhongrong, if I expected it to be the "leopard head" Lin Chong, the former head of the 800,000 forbidden army!" ”
"Lin Chong..."Tang Bin chewed these two words carefully, and suddenly roared loudly, "Lin Chong, I will capture you alive tomorrow!" ”