Verse 45: One step to heaven and one step to hell

On the side of Liangshan, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the 6,000 bandits of the rocky beach boarded the boat on time and set off, took a big boat out of the water in the envy of the inferior peers, went down the river quickly to the mouth of the river, crossed the Dongchang Fu border, and soon arrived at the Yizhou border, and then turned into the Yishui River, the main tributary of the Yizhou section of the Tonghai River, went upstream, went deep into the Yizhou border, and finally arrived at the Brokeback Mountain of Tongyi Shui, the river joins the Yishui place, and after landing, it will change to walk along the river, and go up the river directly to the Brokeback Mountain about seven or eight miles away.

During the transportation of troops, there were many small boats from Liangshan following the big ships all the way. There was a naval army of Liangshan's headquarters army, monitoring the bandits on the big ship, and there were other military purposes to be completed in this battle, but there was really no task of intercepting and escaping.

The bandits didn't see that Zhao Laoer, the mysterious and terrifying lord of Liangshan, participated in the battle and led the army, but they couldn't help but feel nervous when they saw that all the teaching regiments that were said to be Zhao Yue's guards who were in charge of training them participated in the battle, and they couldn't help but get nervous when they saw that almost all the generals in Liangshan who had participated in training and commanding or testing their training level were there.

These guards or generals have their own characteristics, but they all have one thing in common: they are more powerful and bold than their fierce and daring bandits.

In the weekday training, they did not suffer less from these Liangshan instructors.

The conceited, capable and thoughtful bandits used the excuse to challenge in training, whether it was fists and feet, sticks, wooden knives and shields, they were always beaten to the ground, and this was the case for one person, and more than ten or twenty good hands were not much stronger, and over time they were afraid. Now these powerful characters have appeared....... All of them are hideous in armor, all of them are full of evil faces, carrying waist knives and holding long blades, which are different from what they have seen in the past, more majestic and more terrifying......

The bandits were ordered to board the boat in an orderly manner according to their training, from the time they got out of the water, to the time they entered the river, to the time they arrived at the end of the waterway, and no one made any trouble.

They were afraid of the ghostly thunder methods of the Liang Shan army, and they were afraid that if they showed their rebellious intentions and took the ship and fled, they would be caught up by the boat they followed, and they would be killed by the thunder, or even simply blow up the ship, and they would inevitably be buried underwater, and they would also become a part of the soul of the dead that could never be exceeded...... At this time, it is not to attack Liangshan has entered the hot summer, the early winter is already very cold, the wind rolling on the vast empty water is cold and whistling, you can imagine what it will be like to fall into the icy water, even if the floating ability is superb, in the water will quickly freeze stiff and numb, only the sake of dying in the water, how can you swim out of this life-threatening water...... They were also afraid of the strong crossbows of the Liangshan army. The crossbow was terrible, and it shot so far and so hard that it could penetrate the shield and hurt the shield bearer behind it, and if you dared to make trouble and be shot at a fellow, you would be killed from afar.......

The big ship stopped in Yishui and waited for the result of the battle, and the naval army under the command of Hanyuan Python Lai Yong'er was responsible for staying behind and responding.

The boat turned into the river leading to the Brokeback Mountain and continued to accompany the people who came ashore, and the naval army was led by the Diao Chun brothers, a veteran of the Liangshan Water Army.

Ma Yuan, the chief general of the Liangshan Water Army, Meng Futong, the chief general of Liangshan, and He Xuantong, the commander of the military division, and other Liangshan generals with hundreds of personal soldiers also went ashore and walked with the bandits.

In winter, the days are particularly short and dark early.

The larger ships of Liangshan are all flat-bottomed river boats, there is no mechanical power, and they rely on the power of manpower and sails, and the speed is naturally not high, although they can take advantage of the strong northwest wind to the southeast from Liangshan, but from Liangshan, it still takes a lot of time to get out of the vast and complex waterway, and the sky is completely dark when they reach the mouth of the river in Dongchang Province. When the night comes, the temperature drops a few degrees, the more cold hits, the coast has become extremely sparsely populated due to the defection of the people, no one will appear by the river at night in winter, even if Uncle Zhang of Dongchang Mansion is cunning and resourceful, and sends people to secretly monitor the water into the estuary, he never expected that Liangshan, which had been silent for a summer and autumn, would suddenly act in the cold winter. The officials in charge of monitoring the river would not be so dedicated as to stick to the wilderness by the river, where there was no shelter to shelter from the cold and keep warm, hiding from Liangshan's sight and suffering from the cold...... Besides, in advance, Liang Shan had sent people to closely reconnoiter and search the river bank, but he did not find that there were still Zhang Shuye's spies lurking...... In this way, the action will not be detected by the smart and thoughtful Zhang Shuye and become suspicious....... It also took a lot of time to reach the landing place of the Yishui River, and it was nearly ten o'clock in the evening when it landed.

There are no people in this area at all, so there is no need to worry about being seen by the locals and revealing anything. You can light a torch and go ashore safely.

But after landing, all the torches on the shore are extinguished, but there is no need to worry about not being able to see clearly.

Tonight there is a wonderful moonlight like silver yarn, although there is no heavy snow, there is no bright and poetic light of the bright moon shining on the snow, but this area was originally a crowded and natural open up of the smooth land, in the moonlight, no torch illumination can be smoothly along the riverside road to the destination.

Otherwise, as soon as the torches are lit, there is no need to get close, and the bandits high on the Brokeback Mountain will easily find out that an unknown team has arrived, and there is reconnaissance and vigilance in advance........

If you want to win this battle easily and forcibly subdue this gang of tens of thousands of bandits, the success of the sneak attack is the key.

This is also the whole reason why Zhao Yue chose to go out this afternoon and attack by night.

After going ashore, the main general Meng Futong ordered to stop here for a while. The bandits can take the opportunity to find a place to make it easier, and naturally they can also take the opportunity to escape.

There are abandoned houses and shops on the banks of the river, wild forests nearby, and wild grasses that have grown up from trampling and harvesting without human population, most of them half a man high...... These are all advantageous conditions for the convenience of concealing the escape, and at night it is only necessary to use the excuse to drill into those quiet places...... Even if there is moonlight, it is difficult for the people of Liangshan to find it, let alone so many people....... With the sophisticated armor and weapons used by the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army in hand, although the world is big, where can you go?

Of course, it is foolish for an individual to flee alone, with a knife and gun in hand, and he will not live long in this treacherous society, either starving to death or being killed and captured...... If all 6,000 people defect, how strong is such a force, in Shandong, there is no need to be afraid of anywhere, but unfortunately, bows and arrows and other sharp weapons are all carried in small boats, bows and arrows have been sent down in Liangshan, and there are a few arrows, but they are all withdrawn when they set off, and without the bow and arrow of long-range attack, the strength will drop a lot, and if there is a big war, there will be a lot less deterrence and convenience......

The bandits didn't know what the Liangshan people had in mind.

Giving a convenient opportunity also means giving them a chance to defect, maybe the people of Liangshan really allowed them to flee voluntarily, and there was really no interception and ambush, not a trap. But don't give bows and arrows such sharp weapons, the people of Liangshan headquarters, whether they are generals, personal soldiers, or Zhao Yue's guards, all gather together, and they are not divided into the responsible for leading the bandit army, and there are many small boats carrying the Liangshan headquarters army along the river, and the Liangshan army driving the boat on the big boat is also staring at the ...... It shows that the Liangshan people are also strictly preventing their collective rebellion and revenge.......

Meng Futong only gave the order to stay for a while, and the other generals didn't say anything more, only gathered together and silently watched the huge group of bandits.

It should be said, what should be reminded and warned, in Liangshan's weekday training, when Zhao Yue came forward in person, he had already said it all, after saying that, if the bandits insisted on escaping or even blatantly rebelled and retaliated, then it was up to them, at this point, there was no point in saying anything more, it was just a waste of words, and they would even be ridiculed and provoked by the bandits......

In the extremely dangerous and strange atmosphere, the bandits trained as in the past, some of the squads standing at the place where the thousand-strong brigade of the headquarters stayed on the spot and held their weapons to relieve the cold; Some people leave the brigade to find a place to urinate, and if one person moves, the squad of ten people will all move, and those who do not need to be convenient will also follow, this is the rule of non-battlefield warfare emphasized by Liang Shan in training, to prevent some soldiers from being attacked by hidden enemies when it is convenient to leave the team, but no one will help to guard and defend them, so that no one will notice in time when people die........

Maybe it was because I had dinner on the boat, so there were a lot of people who went to it.

At this time, the bandits were afraid of the strong combat effectiveness and lethality of the Liangshan army, and they might not dare to retaliate, but if they wanted to escape, they could really go easily.......

But even when they saw that at least half of the bandits had left, perhaps because they had defected, the people of Liangshan never said a word, let alone took any control measures, but they were all quietly nervous.......

There are also bandits who want to wait for an opportunity to escape, and they are even more nervous, and there are some of them who are included in the middle of the four thousand, and there are also those who are usually excellent and are listed in the excellent class.

One of the guys in the middle team who went to convenience observed the surrounding environment while walking, and looked at the ideal place to escape, and a few accomplices who also seemed to be going together around him looked at each other by the moonlight, and the accomplices nodded slightly, and continued to walk silently to the vicinity of the destination, leaving the sight of the Liangshan people farther away, unbuttoning his pants for convenience, during which he was vigilantly observing the movements of the Liangshan people, seeing that there was still no movement on the Liangshan side, and carefully observing and listening to whether there was an ambush of the Liangshan army around, After making sure that there should be no one, a few guys clenched their knives and guns and wiped their bodies and wanted to drill into the darkness, but unexpectedly, the team leader who had been following them and had been silent when he walked away suddenly asked softly: "You want to escape?" At the same time, the few inconvenient teammates had already aimed their knives and guns at their chests and abdomen.

The guys were taken aback and didn't understand.

The guy who took the lead stared at the team leader in surprise and asked softly, "Captain, don't you want to?" ”

The other guy whispered, "What a great opportunity." We can't defeat the Liangshan army, we don't dare to rebel and retaliate against them, but we are free in front of us, why don't we escape? Wouldn't you really be a fool if you don't run away? Captain, you are the smart man among our brothers, and you are not only better than your brothers. Why can't you think about it? ”

A guy nervously guarded his former companion with his gun cross, looked down at the sharp spear against his abdomen and seemed to be poking in at any moment, and whispered a threat and persuasion: "Captain, what is the relationship between us brothers?" You and I are still brothers in the same village, we went to Peach Blossom Mountain together to join the gang, and then we have done many things together and fought many battles! Life and death together. What does Yangsan have that deserves your allegiance? What about your brother's righteousness? Let's all escape, and then gather together, I'm afraid there are not thousands of people, how big is this power? Look at this gun, this knife, this armor, it's for the forbidden army in the capital, right? How good it is. I'm afraid there will be no fewer brothers who want to escape, do you want to stop it, can you stop it? If we escape, we may not die, and you, and a few fools who hinder the way out of the brothers, are afraid that they will be chopped up by the brothers who defected from other teams. “

The thief added, "Brothers, let's run away." If you escape, you will be completely free and happy, and with the power of our brothers, you can burn, kill and loot as much as you like in Peach Blossom Mountain, and freely find that happiness, think about drinking wine and eating meat in big bowls, and think about the ladies and daughters of landlords and bureaucrats who rob and play casually, and they have not lived in vain......."

The team leader sneered lightly with disdain: "Still drinking wine and eating meat in a big bowl? Today's Great Song Dynasty, in addition to Liangshan, are there still cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks to grab? ”

"Or do you want to play with the girls? Even the city of Tokyo is difficult to see young women, even the concubines of the emperor Lao'er have become pirates, the world is full of singles, and everywhere is full of ruthless people and wicked people, not to mention how ruthless the officers and soldiers who are used to enjoying but suddenly can't enjoy it and the officers and soldiers who are no different from us. ”

"Run? Where are you going to be happy? ”

The guys were speechless for a while, but they still didn't change their minds to defect.

That's freedom wow!

I didn't know how precious freedom was before, but I finally understood it after being trapped in the Jedi Wasteland. can leave, who is willing to be detained by the serious Liangshan and not be happy......

But I heard the team leader sneer and say, "I'm a little smarter than you." “

"You don't want to think about it, why did Liangshan give us a chance to escape?"

"They are using this to select reliable and available people to follow them through the troubled times and enjoy the good life of Liangshan. They are not afraid of us running away. If nothing else, I dare to say m here, I'm afraid there are no people within dozens of miles. Escaped, this winter, what to eat, drink, and cover? Frozen half to death, hungry and soft, even if you can run to a place where there are people, where will you get the physical strength to fight with the fierce people there? At that time, I am afraid that it will be the credit of the bandits who are sent to the door, and it will only fulfill those Diao people. “

He also pointed in the direction of the mountain of the broken back: "There are deserted officers and robbers on that mountain. We can go to join the gang, but there is no one and nothing to rob at all, I'm afraid that the gang of bandits and robbers themselves have not eaten or drunk and are anxious to find a way out, and we are not all the way, can we allow our brothers to gain a foothold? It's better to follow Liang Shan. ”

At this time, a loyal captain's soldier also said, "That's right." Follow Liangshan, it is safe, you don't have to worry about which barren mountain to settle down in this winter, you have a ready-made comfortable and warm house to live in, and you can be like Liangshan people every day is either fish and shrimp or chickens and ducks...... Anyway, I'm with Dingliang Mountain. ”

Another soldier said: "Zhao Lao Er is so powerful, I'm afraid he is invincible in the world, right?" Liangshan is so powerful, and the thunder means of that day ...... I'm timid and uninformed, but I don't dare to bet that I can live happily when the northern barbarians kill me. I sold my life to Yangsan. As long as he treats me as a human being. What's wrong with being a little restrained? ”

The team leader didn't want to say more, he was a fierce bandit, not a warm man who was patient and could speak well, and was gentle and caring and caring, so he waved his hand impatiently and said, "Don't talk nonsense." Brothers, Liangshan will not kill you. I'm not going to really kill it. Such a whispered persuasion is also a brotherly righteousness. If you want to escape, my brothers and I will die if we don't stop you from going outside to live freely for a few days, but you must hand over your armor and weapons. That's something from Yangsan. If you take it away, we will not be able to explain to Liangshan if we stay. ”

"I want to go, I want to stay, hurry up."

Pointing away, "Don't blame the brother for not reminding you." All keep their eyes open and take a good look, how many brothers from other teams escaped? “

"They're going back when they're done. Where are you going to run away? This is really a step by step heaven and one hell, which heaven and which hell to think clearly and decide quickly. Lao Tzu has to hurry up and bring Mingbu's brothers back to the team. ”

When the thief glanced at it, his heart was cold, but he was still unwilling, and muttered in a low voice: "This is to fight a war against tens of thousands of bandits and robbers." The military bandits have all been trained, but it is not easy to deal with the people who don't know how to play with knives and don't know how to fight. It's dangerous, it's going to kill people. I'm afraid that once I go, there will be no future tonight. ”

The squad leader was obviously angry, and his voice was also raised: "Enter your mother, you are afraid of death and dare not fight, if you want to die elsewhere, hurry up." Shao Teniang's delay in the brothers' good days in Liangshan. ”

This kind of dispute happened in too many teams and too many places, although the sound was very low, and there was no fighting, but the Liangshan people in the distance could guess from the grinding.

The bandits returned one after another, restarting the mighty team, and the people of Liangshan did not order to report the number by name to see how many people had fled, and directly dialed. Divided into two parts, each with 3,000 bandits, they killed the Brokeback Mountain on both sides of the river......

However, the number of people from each squad to a team of 100 people to a team of 1,000 people was finally automatically reported to General Liangshan, which was the result of past training and had become a habit of bandits.

To Meng Futong and the others, it was surprising that none of these fierce and stupid bandits who were difficult to train escaped.

There is no one missing.

It's an unbelievable miracle......

Meng Futong, He Xuantong, Ma Yuan and other veteran generals were secretly speechless, and they were in awe of Zhao Yueyue for the first time in their hearts. They felt that Zhao Yue might really be an immortal, who could see through and invisibly grasp the hearts of the people in the world, and it was easy for a few thousand bandits. Therefore, Zhao Yue was dictatorial and dedicated to the bandits, and he dared to give him a chance to escape.

And Optimus Prime Ren Yuan, who joined not long ago, and Huo Wancheng and Wang Liang, who had just joined in, were shocked.

They are not evildoers, but they are also not serious and good people, and they can't understand why the bandits don't take the opportunity to defect when they have the opportunity...... You must know that Liangshan is not good to the bandits, he has tortured the bandits for half a year, and there are abuses and killings, but it is not like them who are treated as official members of Liangshan as soon as they go to Liangshan, or they have to run for the sake of breath...... Thinking about the strange surprise of this matter, they couldn't help but have more layers of awe and loyalty to Liangshan......

There was a faint glow of fire on the Brokeback Mountain, which was undoubtedly the location of the cottage halfway up the mountain, and the light of the fire pit illuminated and warmed by the sentinels who kept watch on the wall.