Chapter 22: Duel 5

The next morning, Zuo Han convened a pre-military meeting in Guyang Garden, and made the following decision: All newlyweds among the lieutenants of the Jinyi Guard were allowed to take a 10-day leave to go to the Songjiang garrison to rest in the vicinity of the Thousand Households; the newlyweds among the villagers were to be given travel expenses to let them go home for their honeymoon; and some infirm, sick and disabled people were given official documents, passports, and corresponding funds, and they were ordered to hire cars and people to escort the coffins of the fallen soldiers back to their hometowns, and to comfort their immediate relatives according to the standard of 100 taels per person. As for the fighters who were still in need www.biquge.info they took out a large amount of money from the spoils of war as a special reward. Zuo Han's decisions won the support of the people and were unanimously approved by the participants. Subsequently, Zuo Han led the remaining elite soldiers and more than 1,000 strong generals, and after a half-day march, they came to the foot of Tianma Mountain.

At this time, the battle was stalemate at the foot of Tianma Mountain, and there was a sound of shouting and killing, and the cold wind blew, bringing a bloody breath to the nose, which made people feel disgusting.

Last night, there was a fire in the granary of Guyangyuan, and after the news reached the foot of Tianma Mountain, Fukuda Qingzhi asked the main force of the coalition to return to help, but Bald Bi Weng and Wang Cheng guessed that this might be the official act, and they were unwilling to have a direct conflict with the imperial court, so they excused themselves and said that the change of the battle was a taboo on the battlefield, and it was best to follow the established plan and solve the Songjiang headquarters of the sea gang first. Fukuda Kiyoshi had no choice but to appoint Komatsu Taro to lead most of the people of the Toyo Headquarters of the Sea Gang to relieve the plight of Guyang Garden. Who would have thought that Zuo Han and Lord Kangqing, who was guarding the Thousand Households in Songjiang, joined forces to secretly upgrade the scale of the battle, and set an ambush by default, which caught the Dongyang Headquarters of the Sea Gang by surprise. Although this morning, taking advantage of the dawn, Komatsu Taro recruited the remnants near Guyang Garden and gathered more than 1,000 people, counting them, only half of the people were lost. But the rest of these people, seeing Zuo Han's strategic planning and exhaustive planning, were already terrified, and they also saw Shangguan Hongyang's one-handed retreat from the enemy, and the great power exerted by the combination of the Shangguan family's family heirloom swordsmanship and the Dugu Nine Swords, even more changed when they heard it. Therefore, as soon as they saw that Guyang Garden began to assemble troops, these pirates were busy pleading with Komatsu Taro, saying that it was better not to fight to the death with Zuo Han and the others. Komatsu Taro asked himself, he was indeed not the opponent of Zuo Han and others, so he had to lead his troops to flee in a hurry. Fortunately, Zuo Han had other plans, although he found out that there were a large number of routs ahead, he ordered that the poor Kou Mo chase, but he was still not in a hurry, and marched slowly, so that Komatsu Taro and his men could escape with their lives.

The reason why Fukuda Kiyoshi attaches so much importance to Guyang Garden is not because he covets a large number of heavy goods in Guyang Garden, but because his favorite concubine Eguchi Feixue is hiding in Guyang Garden. Eguchi Feixue was originally the daughter of a Fuso fisherman, because of her sweet appearance and ice and snow intelligence, she learned the art of disguise and the language of Middle-earth, and in her daily work and life, she was of great help to Fukuda Kiyoshi. So on this expedition, Fukuda Kiyoshi also took Eguchi Feixue with him, and let him turn into a small servant and serve with him. But Eguchi Feixue is a daughter's family after all, and she has an allergic reaction to the scene of the bloody massacre. For this reason, she specially begged Fukuda Qingzhi, saying that she liked the beauty of the gardens in Guyang Garden, and she was unwilling to go out in the middle of the night to watch people kill at the foot of Tianma Mountain. Fukuda Kiyoshi was unwilling to go against his wishes, so he agreed. Unexpectedly, Guyangyuan will quickly change hands, so that Fukuda Qingzhi will regret it.

Knowing that Komatsu Taro had missed, Kiyoshi Fukuda was shocked. But it is inconvenient for him to accuse Komatsu Taro of being incompetent, after all, the opponent is too strong, not to mention, his concubine Eguchi Feixue is hiding in Guyang Garden, which is a disgraceful thing. If everyone knows that he has lost more than 1,000 people in vain, just because he Fukuda Qingzhi is secretly worried about the safety of a beautiful concubine, then he, the boss of the Oriental Headquarters of the Sea Gang, will not want to do it anymore. So, Fukuda Kiyoshi not only did not reprimand Komatsu Taro for his defeat in the battle, but also comforted him, "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, why worry about it?" Komatsu Taro was grateful, and hurriedly took the initiative to ask, "Little brother, I am really incompetent, and I am really ashamed that I failed to handle this important matter that my brother explained." Please also ask my brother to allow me to make meritorious service and assist the Southern Department of the Sun Moon God Sect to attack Tianma Mountain, if I can wipe out the Songjiang Headquarters of the Sea Gang in one fell swoop, what is the defeat of Guyang Garden?"

Fukuda Qingzhi was full of grief and indignation in his heart, and thought to himself, "You said it so lightly. Eguchi Feixue is my sweetheart, where else can I find such a good stunner?" but his face remained unmoved, "That's very good." Taking advantage of broad daylight, he had a showdown with Koizumi Nobushige, and he was overtaken for him earlier, so as to save himself from being distracted by this. After consulting with Bald Bi Weng and Wang Cheng, the main force of the coalition army first ate and drank enough, and then divided into three groups of men and began to attack in turn.