Chapter 250: Robbing the Law Field, Chaojiangzhou (Middle)
The people gathered around the execution platform were not interested in Cai Taishou's earnest teachings at all, until they saw him drop the chopping sign, everyone became a little excited, and almost everyone moved forward at this moment, wanting to get closer to the execution platform, so as to see the whole process of the next knife and beheading more clearly.
This commotion naturally made the more than 200 Jiangzhou officers and soldiers guarding near the execution platform and the prison beheading platform also nervous, and hurriedly raised their knives and guns and brandished and scolded, so that all the people were in order, so as not to exceed the thick hemp rope that was blocked in front of them. After a long period of shouting, order was brought back under control.
But what they didn't know was that taking advantage of this opportunity, there were already twenty or thirty men with bulging waists squeezing from the crowd to the front, all of them ready to go, and one of them even took out a short bow from the package under the cover of several companions, and put it down to the bottom and set up an arrow on the string, which was Hua Rong, who was known as Xiao Li Guang.
The two executioners, who were bare-chested and bare-armed, with a sturdy figure wrapped in a red cloth on their heads, and a ghost-headed knife in their arms, stepped forward in a hurry, and after looking at the appearance of the two prisoners kneeling there in front of them, they first shouted: "It is confirmed that the correct body is the prisoners Song Jiang and Dai Zong!" Then he took a large bowl of wine from the side, drank half of it, and then put the bowl to the lips of the two condemned prisoners: "Come, drink this bowl of guillotine wine, and you can go on your way with peace of mind!" ”
Song Jiang and Dai Zong were already desperate at this time, and when they saw the wine bowl reaching their mouths, they also drank it mechanically, and then closed their eyes, intending to suffer the punishment of the knife. The two executioners did not let them wait long, and when they saw that they had drunk, they immediately threw the bowl on the table, and with a loud shout, they had raised the half-man-high devil's head knife high, and in a flash of cold light, it slashed down at the junction of the two necks and necks.
When the people saw this, they immediately let out a roaring shout, and some people rushed forward. And under the cover of this voice, two sharp arrows flew onto the execution table with a roar almost at the same time, shot into the throats of the two executioners, and brought the heavy bodies of the two people straight back, and the knives in their hands had long lost their proportions, grazing the bodies of Song Jiang and the two and fell on the stage. The two executioners did not succeed, but threw their lives here first.
The sudden change made the atmosphere of the Dharma field suddenly condense, the people were silent at first, and then bursts of screams were already resounding from all directions, many people ran out on instinct, and some people opened their heads to look around, seeing who dared to make trouble in the Dharma field.
And in this panic, dozens of men who had been prepared for a long time had already revealed their hidden weapons, and the person in charge shouted loudly: "All the heroes of Liangshanbo are here, Brother Gongming, we are here to save you!" "It was Chao Gai who revealed his identity.
As he shouted these words, the others had already rushed towards the execution table, and the soldiers who had just reacted had not had time to raise their knives and guns, and they had been stabbed in the chest with short knives, and fell down screaming, and at the same time, the long weapons in their hands also fell into the hands of the other party.
At the same time, there was also a loud roar in the restaurant on the side, only to see a black short man suddenly smashed the window lattice, jumped down directly from the second floor, as soon as the person landed, he had already brandished two huge plate axes and rushed towards the execution platform, while cutting down the innocent people in front of him like mowing grass to the ground, while roaring urgently: "Brother Gongming, don't panic, the iron bull is coming!" ”
Li Kui was really fierce and incomparable, and the people along the way screamed again and again, and when he saw him rushing with two bloody axes, everyone had already hurriedly flashed to the side, so that he could be the last to come first, and he was the first to kill to the edge of the execution platform.
At this time, the other officers and soldiers also reacted completely, and some shouted "Protect Taishou!" "Retreating in the direction of the prison beheading platform, many people also rushed to the execution platform, trying to stop these thieves from taking prisoners. It's just that there are too many Jiangzhou people between the two sides, so they are a little constrained, and the bows and arrows they prepared are completely useless, and the head-on battle with those fierce Liangshan leaders has been frustrated again and again, and soon Chao Gai and several people were able to grab the high platform and rush to Song Jiang and the others.
At this time, Li Kui was already shouting: "Brother, I'm here to save you!" Then he cut down with an axe, cut the rope that bound Song Jiang in two, and held him up. The latter looked at him stunned, and couldn't say a word for a long time, because the turning point of this matter came too quickly, and the desperate situation that he thought he was going to die suddenly came to life, and Rao is Song Jiang was also in a trance at this time.
"Brother Song Jiang, I'll make you suffer later. There is also Brother Dai Zong...... "Chao Gai also hurriedly waved his knife to cut the restraints on Dai Zong's body after jumping on the stage, and helped up the other party who was extremely weak after being tortured, and then turned around and looked at Li Kui, who was still stunned in front of Song Jiang: "What is the name of this brother, it only matters that we quickly take them out of here!" ”
It was only at this time that Song Jiang came back to his senses a little, and hurriedly replied for Li Kui, who was still stunned: "Chao Tianwang, this is Li Kui's brother, Tie Niu, this is Chao Tianwang, the master of Liangshanzhai, you quickly follow his orders!" ”
Li Kui responded, and with a slap of his waist, he carried Song Jiang on his shoulders, and then followed Chao Gai and them in great strides with only one axe, and after jumping off the high platform, he greeted the officers and soldiers who were already shouting and killing!
The sudden killing of Chao Gai and the others was indeed a bit unexpected by Cai Jiu, especially when he saw that they could so easily kill from the encirclement of hundreds of people and save the dying Song Jiang, Cai Jiu was even more furious, and immediately shouted: "It's all a bunch of waste, kill this official quickly, don't let these thieves escape!" ”
Seeing that Taishou was angry, the officers and soldiers who were originally guarding around him also panicked, and hurriedly agreed to raise their weapons and rushed towards the thieves in front of the execution table, and soon formed an encirclement around them.
However, there were only thirty or fifty people here, but in the face of nearly ten times the number of officers and soldiers, none of these people were timid, not only did they not retreat to protect themselves, but they excitedly raised their weapons and rushed back, and soon became a group of officers and soldiers. Especially when Chao Gai Li Kui and the others behind them rescued Song Jiang and the others safely, these people's morale was even more boosted, and after they rushed to kill in unison, they actually killed more than 100 officers and soldiers in front of them and retreated again and again, so that they had room to break through to the side.
Chao Gai's reaction was also extremely fast, and when he saw this, he hurriedly shouted: "Go south, there is someone there to answer!" As he spoke, he had taken the lead in brandishing a simple knife that he had taken from the hands of the officers and soldiers, turned around and rushed to the south, and cut down several officers and soldiers at once, so frightened that the others could only flash to the side, not daring to block their way.
Liu Tang, San Ruan, Wang Ying and other Liangshan brothers immediately quickly changed directions according to his wishes, carrying Dai Zong and walking this way, while Li Kui also made the same choice under Song Jiang's urging and rushed towards this side.
But at this moment, a gong sounded, and more than 300 armored officers and soldiers were already shouting and covering from the south. At this time, because of the fierce performance of the Liangshan people, the people here had already fled elsewhere, and they were completely exposed to the front of the officials and soldiers.
Without the slightest hesitation, the general who led the team had already given an order: "Release the arrow!" ”
On the time, the arrows flew through the air like raindrops, although it was not particularly dense, but it also killed everyone in a hurry, and could only desperately wave the weapons in their hands to block, some of them were not skilled in martial arts, and they screamed and fell down with arrows.
Seeing this, Chao Gai could only change direction: "Go that way!" He was pointing to the prison beheading platform, which was not too far from the execution platform, and although it was also guarded by officials and soldiers, the number of troops seemed to be much smaller than that here.
Everyone immediately turned around, and hurried towards the side of the prison beheading platform. As soon as they saw this, the dozens of officers and soldiers guarding there immediately panicked, hurriedly shouted, and raised their weapons to meet them. If these thieves are allowed to get close to Taishou's body, not to mention hurting him, it will shock him, and everyone's guilt will not be small.
Cai Jiu's face was also a little pale, and then he realized that he was indeed a little too arrogant, these Liangshan thieves are really not small, and they can still act calmly in the encirclement and suppression of the official army, he subconsciously glanced at Sun Tu who was guarding behind him, and regretted that he did not listen to the other party's advice, and he should be in the state government.
Sun Tu also stepped forward at this time: "Taishou, I believe that the township soldiers under the command of Xia Guan should have entered the city from the north gate at this time, and it won't be long before they can arrive." Let the subordinate escort you down first to avoid ......" At this point, his face suddenly changed, and his gaze fell to the north.
Cai Jiu followed his gaze and looked in the direction of the north gate, and his face changed, only to see that a puff of black smoke rose from there at some point, and then there was a fire rising below, and it was actually a fire. Of course, he didn't believe that there was such a coincidence in this world, and it must have been the Liangshan thieves who had been on guard early in the morning, so they set fire to the north gate, so that it would be difficult for the villagers to enter the city from that side.
And in this stunned time, the state government officials who had just rushed out to resist the thieves had been killed and scattered by the Liangshan people, and only more than a dozen cronies remained in front of the prison beheading platform.
Seeing this, Sun Tu immediately pulled up Cai Jiu and rushed to the other side of the stage, but the latter was so frightened that his face turned pale and his feet were a little weak, and it was only then that he realized what a big mistake he had made.
As soon as the Liangshan people saw that the guy who was obviously a high-ranking official of the yamen was hurriedly slipping out, they were naturally very excited, and hurriedly shouted and chased after him. Behind them, more than 300 officers and soldiers were in hot pursuit......
The court for punishing rebellious criminals has already become a pot of porridge at this time......