Chapter 208: Conspiracy [Two in One]
That night, Zhao Yu took Chen Zu and walked out of the gate of the main village openly.
Chen Cai saw it and was startled.
At this time, he had already learned about Chen Zu from Huang Tong and Tian Er, and was about to ask Zhao Yu the reason, but he didn't expect Zhao Yu to take Chen Zu in and out of the cottage openly.
"Ah Hu, this ...... What the hell is going on? He pulled Zhao Yu aside and asked in a low voice.
Zhao Yu pretended to be surprised and asked: "My Black Tiger Village is now being attacked by officers and soldiers, I am on the same boat, I should be in the same boat, I am in the same boat, the master of Chen Zhai understands the righteousness, and decided to help me and others, didn't I let Huang Tong and Tian Er tell you?" ”
"......"
Chen Cai turned his head to look at Chen Zu in disbelief.
He couldn't believe that Chen Zu had really surrendered to his Black Tiger Village, but seeing that Chen Zu was holding the scabbard in his hand at the moment, his face was calm, and he didn't see the slightest appearance that he was going to take the opportunity to make trouble, he had to believe it.
At this time, Zhao Yu smiled and said to Chen Cai: "Chen Cai, I have something important to entrust the master of Chen Zhai, you let him out of the village." ”
Seeing Zhao Yu give such a straightforward order, although Chen Cai hesitated, he still ordered his thieves to let Chen Zu go, after all, Guo Da had instructed when he left that if he was not in the main village, then everything would be up to Zhao Yu, so unless Zhao Yu did too much, Chen Cai would not dare to disobey.
Of course, looking at his shocked look, I think he will definitely tell Guo Da afterwards.
Zhao Yu also guessed this, but he didn't care.
Because as long as Yang Tong dies tonight, the village will completely change the sky, even if Guo Da guesses the inside story?
Zhao Yu was sure to convince Guo Da.
Under the gaze of Zhao Yu and Chen Cai, Chen Zucheng held a sword in his hand and walked slowly down the mountain road.
According to the strategy written by Zhao Yu on that piece of paper, Chen Zu found a group of officers and soldiers stationed in Ishihara on the west side of the Black Tiger Village, and deliberately led several officers and soldiers who were patrolling and on duty at night to Shannan.
At that time, Liu Heimu launched the first attack on Xiangcun, although Yang Tong had not yet led another group of bandits to participate, but the sound of fighting on the side of Xiangcun was still not difficult to be discovered by the officers and soldiers chasing Chen Zu in this silent night.
These officers and soldiers immediately told Ishihara, who was the head catcher.
"What? Black Tiger Village is suspected of attacking Xiangcun? ”
Upon learning of this, Ishihara was greatly surprised.
He and his companions Xu Bai, Wang Ping, and Chen Gui were transferred to this side early because of Zhang Jing's relationship, and they did not know the battle situation in the east, so they naturally did not know that the main camp of officers and soldiers and the Black Tiger Village were making a feint attack around Xiangcun, so when they realized that the Black Tiger Village or was sending people to attack Xiangcun, Shi Yuan, Xu Bai, Wang Ping, and Chen Gui also felt very puzzled.
After all, they also knew that Xiangcun was secretly subservient to the Black Tiger Village, and it was unlikely that the Black Tiger Village would attack Xiangcun.
"Could it be that the Black Tiger Village is striking west? Want to trick us into bringing people to support Xiangcun, so he can take the opportunity to flee west? Xu Bai lowered his voice and guessed.
Ishihara thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Unlikely." …… Not to mention that Xiangcun is subservient to the Black Tiger Village behind his back, it is unlikely that the Black Tiger Village will attack the village and kill people, even if the Black Tiger Village really does that, how long can Xiangcun last? You all know the strength of the Black Tiger Village group, if these people really attack the villagers of Xiangcun, can Xiangcun resist to such a point? ”
He pointed in the direction of Xiangcun under the night sky.
Glancing in the direction of Ishihara's finger, Xu Bai, Wang Ping, and Chen Gui nodded thoughtfully.
Therefore, judging from the sound of fighting and fighting from a distance, the scale of the fighting on the side of Xiangcun is very large, at least a melee of hundreds of people, how can Xiangcun have this strength? It must be the officers and soldiers on their side who are fighting with the Black Tiger Village.
After pondering for a moment, Ishihara discussed with Xu Bai, Wang Ping, and Chen Gui: "In this way, Xu Bai and I will take half of the people to see the situation, if it is really our people who are fighting with the Black Tiger Village in Xiangcun, we will help the brothers over there and kill that group of bandits by surprise." ”
Xu Bai, Wang Ping, and Chen Gui all nodded.
In this way, Ishihara left Wang Ping, Chen Gui and half of the officers and soldiers, and took Xu Bai and the remaining half of the officers and soldiers to Xiangcun.
But unfortunately, the place where they are is not close to Xiangcun, and when Ishihara and others arrived in the area of Xiangcun, Gao Chun, the county lieutenant of Ye County stationed in Xiangcun, and the five hundred county soldiers under his command have been defeated and retreated by Liu Heimu and Yang Tong, and suffered heavy losses, so they had to withdraw from Xiangcun.
Seeing that Xiangcun in the distance had regained its calm again, Xu Bai asked Ishihara, "It seems to be over, do you want to go?" ”
Of course, Ishihara also guessed that the fighting on the other side of Xiangcun was over, but he had come all the time, so he couldn't go back halfway, right?
He thought for a while and said, "Go to Xiangcun to see the situation, if our side wins, ask what is going on?" If the thieves win, they will take the opportunity to kill them in a wave......"
"Okay." Xu Bai nodded.
At Ishihara's insistence, they continued to march towards Xiangcun, but they happened to bump into Yang Tong, Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, Wu Sheng, Ma Hong, Feng Xing and others to defeat the officers and soldiers of Xiangcun, and happily returned to the cottage.
The two sides took a positive picture.
Not to mention that Yang Tong, Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng and other Black Tiger Village groups were stunned, and even Ishihara and Xu Bai were stunned.
After a moment of stunned, the two sides reacted, pointing at each other and shouting loudly.
"Officers and soldiers! Soldiers! ”
"It's a bandit! It's the people of Black Tiger Village! ”
In the shouting, Ishihara carefully looked at the Black Tiger Village group of Kou who was running into him, and saw that although they outnumbered him, it seemed that most of them were injured, and he immediately realized that this group of Black Tiger Village Gang Kou must have encountered a fierce battle on the side of Xiangcun - this is not difficult to judge, after all, the sound of fighting and fighting from Xiangcun lasted for more than half an hour, if it wasn't for the Black Tiger Village group and the local officers and soldiers who experienced a vicious battle, how could it last so long?
Realizing that the other party had already gone through a vicious battle, how could Ishihara easily let go of this opportunity?
Immediately, he shouted: "Kill! ”
Poor Yang Tong, Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, Wu Sheng, Ma Hong, Feng Xing and the Black Tiger Village group of Kou had just started a fierce battle with the five hundred officers and soldiers of the Ye County Governor Gao Chun, not to mention that almost all of them were wounded, and they were a little weaker in momentum alone, and they were killed by Ishihara's gang who were less than them in number for a while.
Seeing this situation, Ishihara was overjoyed, and he was even more sure that this group of Black Tiger Village Bandits had just experienced a fierce battle and was unable to fight him again, so he decided to get rid of this group of bandits in one go.
He immediately grabbed an officer and soldier and instructed him: "Go back to the garrison immediately, ask Wang Ping and Chen Gui to lead people to surround them, and tell them that Xu Bai and I will drag these thieves as much as possible." ”
"Yes!"
The officer and soldier immediately rushed towards the road from which they came, and reported to Wang Ping and Chen Gui.
And Shi Yuan, together with Xu Bai, united more than 120 officers and soldiers under his command to fight to kill the Black Tiger Village group here.
I have to say that at first, seeing that the number of officers and soldiers under Ishihara and Xu Bai was small, Yang Tong didn't think about escaping, after all, in terms of numbers alone, there were still more than 200 people on their side, and the group of officers and soldiers on the opposite side of Ishihara and Xu Bai were only about 100 people, and if you think about it carefully, you may not necessarily lose, right?
Unexpectedly, after the real fight, they lost more than 20 people in just one face.
"Damn Zhou Hu, how could he have missed this group of officers and soldiers?"
Secretly scolding Zhao Yu in his heart, Yang Tong loudly encouraged the bandits under his command: "It's just a few hundred people, we have just defeated hundreds of officers and soldiers, are you still afraid of this hundred or so people?" ”
Hearing Yang Tong's encouragement, the panicked minds of his subordinates were finally able to settle down a little.
But this also exposed Yang Tong's existence.
Hearing Yang Tong's shout at that time, Ishihara just subconsciously turned his head to look in Yang Tong's direction, but at this glance, his eyes suddenly widened.
Yang Tong?!
The head of the Black Tiger Village?!
At this moment, he finally realized what it meant to have nowhere to find and get to the iron shoes, and he never thought that he would actually bump into Yang Tong at this time.
"Ah Chang, avenge your hatred today!"
Recalling the helpless appearance of his companion Ah Chang spitting blood and looking nostalgic for the world before he died, Ishihara's heart swelled with monstrous anger.
"Yang Tong!"
He roared, and went straight to Yang Tong with a sharp sword in his hand.
At the time of the scuffle, the bandits from the side didn't expect Ishihara to come straight to Yang Tong, and they didn't stop Ishihara for a while, but fortunately, Yang Tong himself also had a fairly good martial arts, and he was barely able to resist.
In all fairness, the death of Ishihara's companion Achang actually has nothing to do with Yang Tong, Yang Tong doesn't even know that there is such a person, if someone insists on being responsible, in fact, Zhao Yu has to take this responsibility, but Ishihara doesn't care about this, he only knows that Yang Tong is the thief leader of the Black Tiger Village, since the people of the Black Tiger Village killed his companion, then Yang Tong naturally has to take this responsibility.
Sharing Ishihara's opinion was his companion Xu Bai.
"What? Yang Tong? ”
Hearing Ishihara's shout, Xu Bai was also inexplicably surprised, and immediately pointed in the direction of Yang Tong and shouted: "The one who captures and kills the thief leader Yang Tong will get a reward of 10,000 yuan!" ”
As soon as they heard this, the officers and soldiers under Ishihara and Xu Bai immediately turned red-eyed.
That's a reward of 10,000 yuan, if you calculate it according to the per capita monthly income of 200 yuan in Yexian and Kunyang - it is actually less than this amount - this is a full fifty months of monthly income, more than four years of income!
What is the concept that a head is worth four or five years of income?
As a result, the morale of the officers and soldiers skyrocketed, and they fought desperately to kill Yang Tong one by one.
Yang Tong immediately panicked, and hurriedly beckoned Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, Wu Sheng, Ma Hong, and Feng Xing to bring people to protect him.
Unexpectedly, there was a scream, but Feng Xing was first cut to the ground by the officers and soldiers, and hacked to death with knives, which shocked Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, Wu Sheng, and Ma Hong.
"Withdraw! Remove! Zhang Feng immediately shouted.
Hearing Zhang Feng shouting to withdraw from afar, Yang Tong really wanted to rush over and slap him: You guys can escape, what should Lao Tzu do?! Lao Tzu was stared at by this group of officers and soldiers!
He resisted the urge to scold angrily and shouted, "Black eyes? Black eyes? ”
Liu Heimu, who was not far away, heard Yang Tong's call, and his eyes rolled slightly.
During this time, Yang Tong treated him well, and he also swore allegiance to Yang Tong and called Yang Tong a brother, but looking at the current situation, if he followed Yang Tong, it would definitely be to give Yang Tong a funeral.
Instead of burying Yang Tong with him, it is better to keep his useful body, maybe once Yang Tong dies, he can still sit in the seat of the master of the Black Tiger Village.
Thinking of this, Liu Heimu pretended to be righteous and shouted: "Liu Heimu is here, don't hurt my big village master!" ”
Liu Heimu?
The officers and soldiers who heard Liu Heimu's shouting immediately calculated in their minds.
Yang Tong, 10,000 money bounty......
Liu Heimu, 3,000 yuan bounty......
After only a moment's pause, most of the people continued to besiege Yang Tong, and only those officers and soldiers who thought they couldn't rob Tongze decided to retreat and pursue Liu Heimu.
After all, 3,000 yuan is not a small amount, and it is worth a year's income no matter how you say it.
And taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Heimu shouted while staying with his subordinates to break out.
He himself fled first.
I have to say that this guy is really cunning, and it wasn't until he fled away that Yang Tong, Zhang Feng, and Wu Sheng reacted.
With a precedent, it will be out of control, just as the so-called tree fell and scattered, Zhang Feng, Wu Sheng, and Ma Hong also fled with their men one after another, turning a deaf ear to Yang Tong's pleas for help.
It's no wonder, after all, most of the good brothers in the world of bandits are the kind of brothers who drink wine and eat meat together and send you to death. - Otherwise, Zhao Yu rescued the dozens of thieves that day, and the thieves in the village would not be impressed by Zhao Yu.
But it's a pity that not everyone is so lucky, such as Wu Sheng, he was unlucky, was intercepted by Xu Bai, and was cut into meat by officers and soldiers in the blink of an eye.
Wu Sheng's bandits didn't care about avenging their boss, and immediately scattered as birds and beasts.
In an instant, Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, Wu Sheng, Ma Hong, and Feng Xing, five village owners, three fled, two died, and only Yang Tong was left, with his bandits struggling to support, while supporting while scolding in his heart, scolding Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong, the three white-eyed wolves who were not well raised.
However, as far as the facts are concerned, the escape of Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong was not without contribution to Yang Tong, at least the three of them led away a lot of officers and soldiers, and in disguise, it can be regarded as creating a certain opportunity for Yang Tong to forcibly break through.
"You guys, stop me! Block it for me! ”
Yang Tong scolded his bandits and forced them to come forward to resist the officers and soldiers, while he took the opportunity to escape.
It's a pity that now, even if they are the bandits under Yang Tong, they don't want to die here in vain, they ignore Yang Tong's orders and flee one after another.
Fortunately, Yang Tong still has so many loyal subordinates around him, who desperately protect Yang Tong and fight his way out of the encirclement.
Seeing this, Ishihara and Xu Bai had the same attitude: "Hugh must take care of the rest of the people and capture Yang Tong!" ”
I have to say that more than 100 officers and soldiers encountered more than 200 wounded bandits, in fact, strictly speaking, they were evenly matched, after all, they had previously killed 500 county soldiers under the command of Gao Chun, the county lieutenant of Ye County, of course, they were powerful, as long as Yang Tong, Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng and others could unite and advance and retreat together, they could not kill Shi Yuan and retreat with their whole body.
But it's a pity that these people are impure and have their own ghosts, so that they were broken by Ishihara in just a few moments.
And this is also the reason why Zhao Yu finally chose Ishihara as the knife - although the officers and soldiers under Ishihara may not be too much of a threat on weekdays, but as the last straw that crushed Yang Tong, Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng and others, it was more than enough.
If Yang Tong dies under Ishihara's pursuit, then everything will be settled, but it seems that God is also willing to watch Yang Tong struggle for a while.
Around two o'clock, Yang Tong, pursued by Ishihara, Xu Bai and other officers and soldiers, desperately fought his way out of the encirclement and fled into the mountains of Yingshan.
He held on to a tree by the side of the road, gasping for breath and scanning his surroundings warily.
Although he fled into the mountains, he did not dare to relax at all, and the loyal men who protected him along the way and fought desperately to get out of the encirclement died one by one, and fled one by one, leaving him alone and widowed; Second, not far behind him, there were Ishihara, Xu Bai and others who persevered in chasing and killing him.
Suddenly, the light of many torches appeared on the mountain in front of me, and there was a faint sound.
"Where?"
"I see it seems to be coming this way."
"Did you really see that?"
"I really saw someone fleeing into the mountains from here, it must be Yang Tong."
Hearing those voices, Yang Tong's face changed suddenly, he didn't expect that there were officers and soldiers behind him, and there were officers and soldiers in front of him.
At this moment, he was flustered, and he didn't know that the officers and soldiers in front of him were the officers and soldiers led by Wang Ping and Chen Gui, and after receiving the news from Ishihara, they were patrolling the hillside in the southeast area of Yingshan Mountain, clearly wanting to intercept Yang Tong who was trying to escape back to the cottage.
Looking back at the back, the officers and soldiers led by Ishihara and Xu Bai also caught up.
There were officers and soldiers in front and officers and soldiers in the back, and Yang Tong hatefully raised his fist and hammered at the tree beside him.
He should be the mountain tiger Yang Tong, the master of the dignified black tiger village, and today he has fallen to such a state? !
"Damn Liu Heimu! And Zhang Feng and Ma Hong, see how I clean you up when I go back!"
Secretly gritting his teeth, at this time, the person Yang Tong hated the most in his heart was no longer Zhao Yu, who had 'calculated' the officers and soldiers of Ishihara, but Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong, the three bastards who left him to escape.
Under the search of hundreds of officers and soldiers in front and back, Yang Tong secretly scolded Liu Heimu and a few people, while holding his breath and cautiously walking through the woods, lest he alarm the officers and soldiers in the vicinity.
At this time, he suddenly thought of Guo Da and Niu Heng, and regretted it in his heart.
Although the relationship between Yang Tong and Guo Da has become increasingly stiff recently, Yang informed that Guo Da is a very emotional person, even if he has cut off a lot of power, Guo Da did not threaten him with Ma Gai's affairs like Chen Mo and Wang Qing.
And Niu Heng, although the wild bull is reckless and easy to do bad things, but it is better to have a straight personality and be loyal.
Yang Tong firmly believed that if his feet were cut off by officers and soldiers, Niu Heng would definitely flee with him on his back, and would never escape alone like Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong, even if the two of them could not break through in the end and were killed by officers and soldiers together.
It's a pity that it's too late to think about this......
"No, it's not too late!"
Yang Tong reached out and touched the sweat and blood on his face.
As long as he can escape back to the main village, he vows that he will severely punish Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong, reactivate Guo Da and Niu Heng, and strive to restore the relationship between the three to the same as before......
"Click."
There was a click not far away, and it was suspected that someone had stepped on a dead branch or fallen leaf on the ground.
"Who?"
Yang Tong immediately became alert, and a pair of eyes stared at the direction where the voice came from.
Immediately, behind the tree not far away, a person slowly walked out.
Yang Tong squinted at the other party, and with the help of the hazy moonlight, he gradually saw the other party's face clearly, and his eyes gradually widened in surprise.
"Chen Zu ......"
His face changed slightly, and he whispered the other party's name.
Yes, the person who came was Chen Zu.
In fact, when Ishihara and others rushed to Xiangcun to support, Chen Zu followed from afar, including when Ishihara and others fought with Yang Tong and others, and Chen Zu also watched secretly from a distance.
was similar to Ishihara's attitude, Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, and Ma Hong fled, and Chen Zu didn't even look at it, he stared at Yang Tong.
Luck was good, before Ishihara, Xu Bai and others found Yang Tong, he first found Yang Tong's traces.
"Lord Yangzhai, long time no see."
Considering that there were officers and soldiers in the distance, Chen Zu lowered his voice a little, but this did not affect his mood at the moment.
Especially with the help of the moonlight, he vaguely saw Yang Tong's face showing a look of horror, not to mention how happy he was in his heart.
"You...... Aren't you locked up in a dungeon? How did you escape? Yang Tong asked in disbelief.
Chen Zu smiled without saying a word, and turned his head to look at the firelight on the west side of the mountains.
He knew that it was hundreds of officers and soldiers with torches, who were searching for Yang Tong in front of him, and he said with a smile: "It's really not easy to find you, but fortunately, these officers and soldiers have helped me a little, so that I only need to wait for you on the way back to the village." ”
Hearing the other party's different tone, Yang Tong swallowed his saliva and asked in shock, "You, what do you want to do?" ”
"Don't you know the owner of Yang Zhai?"
Chen Zu raised his eyebrows, slowly pulled out the sword that Zhao Yu had temporarily borrowed him, and pulled out the bright blade.
Seeing this, Yang Tong subconsciously took a step back.
You must know that he fled all the way to the mountains under the pursuit of Ishihara and others, and was injured in many places all over his body, how could he have the spare strength to fight Chen Zu?
At this time, he didn't care about how Chen Zu escaped, and immediately said: "Chen Zu, I know that you hate me for attacking your cottage, but if you kill me at this moment, it will inevitably attract nearby officers and soldiers, you are also a bandit, do you think the officers and soldiers will let you go?" …… In this way, I will let you be the master of the second village, and the past grievances will be written off, and you and I will be brothers in the future. ”
"Really?" Chen Zu showed a slight hesitation on his face.
Seeing this, Yang Tong walked towards Chen Zu with his sword in his hand, and said with a smile on his face: "It's true, after returning to the cottage, I will let you be the master of the second village......"
Saying this, he suddenly swung his sword at Chen Zu when he passed by, but Chen Zu had already taken precautions, and the whole person squatted down to avoid Yang Tong's slash, and when he got up, he stabbed the sword in his hand into Yang Tong's chest and through his back.
"I knew it."
Approaching Yang Tong a few points, Chen Zu showed a sly smile on his face.
"Poof."
Yang Tong spat out a mouthful of blood, looked at Chen Zu hatefully, and cursed with difficulty: "You, you won't end well, once I die, the village will inevitably ...... Great chaos, officers and soldiers...... Officers and soldiers will ...... you There are also Liu Heimu, Zhang Feng, Ma Hong and others, all of them...... Kill them all! ”
Hearing this, a slight mocking smile appeared on Chen Zu's face.
He pressed Yang Tong's mouth and nose, pressed his whole person against a tree, and stabbed him several times with a sharp sword in his right hand.
Yang Tong's eyes widened, staring at Chen Zu with resentment, and then gradually lost his life.
Letting Yang Tong's corpse fall to the ground with a pop, Chen Zu shook his head with pity: "Before you die, you don't even know who is going to kill you, sad, Yang Tong." …… At the end of the day, you're just a thief. ”
With that, he squatted down and chopped off Yang Tong's head with a sword.
"Wu Jin, the boss has avenged you, you can look at it under the Nine Springs......
Holding Yang Tong's head, looking at Yang Tong's tragic death, Chen Zu sighed slightly.
At this time, the officers and soldiers in the vicinity also noticed the noise here and surrounded them from all directions.