"General Li Jing of Wagang came to write and said that the thieves in the green forest could not attack the city, and now there is a shortage of food in the account. As the lord predicted, this guy has already sent troops to Luoyang and Shandong overnight to rob big households. Lu Zhaolin said excitedly to the generals when he saw that the generals had just arrived in Qi and didn't even have time to drink tea, and took Li Jing's letter to everyone to circulate.

When the generals heard this, they were all overjoyed, this was a signal, a signal for the Zezhou army to start, and everyone would immediately have the credit to rob it. Every day, I watched the three generals of Wagang eat meat, and the generals in Zezhou were all unhappy in their hearts, looking at the meat in front of them and not being able to eat, their hearts were itching.

"My lord, tell me how we will behave. Lao Hou, I have long been impatient, I can't attack the river every day, and my heart is like a cat's claw scratching! Do you think so? ”

"Who's to say it isn't? So do I. ”

"Good! Now that the opportunity is in front of us, it is fleeting. The government ordered: Hou Junji and General Wu Bao led 1,500 horse troops to accompany the green forest bandits to cross the river tonight to Luoyang direction to sweep away the three major scholars of Zhou, Chen, and Zeng, and be sure to burn their land deeds and transport the grain and grass back, counting in 3 days. The two generals, Jiao Fang and Wu Kui, also led 1,500 horse troops to accompany the bandits to the direction of Shandong tonight, sweeping away the five gentry surnamed Zheng, Wang, Sima, Zhen, and Liu, and they must also return on the 3rd. Pretend to be like a point, don't leak the bottom of my Jin Army, you know? Lu Zhaolin said fiercely to the generals.

"Obey!" Hou, Wu, Jiao and others will come out and answer loudly.

"Originally, I waited for the Taihang Mountain Ringing Horse, and under the command of the lord, I accompanied the Ringing Horse to seize the Wagang, and now I have returned to myself to rob the wealthy families of the scholars, how refreshing! Hehehehehe! Jiao Fang couldn't help laughing.

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and a few people with a mission were more like they had picked up a treasure.

"Lord Lu, why don't you see that Ben Jiang is here, don't you underestimate me Wu Yunzhao." Wu Yunzhao was the only one in the room, not only did not smile, but his face was full of implication.

"Huh! General Yunzhao is bad, but he just has to wait for three more days. When the four of them returned, the general's 20,000 men and horses all crossed the river and divided into two divisions to go to various places to suppress bandits for the people, calm the hearts of the people everywhere, and divide the troops to occupy the land everywhere. If you encounter a group of robbers on the green forest road, you can kill them to appease the people. What does this general think of such an errand for the heavens? Lu Zhaolin said to Wu Yunzhao with a smile.

"Hehehehehe! So it was, and the last general did as commanded. I will definitely take over a few pieces of land to the east of my river. Wu Yunzhao suddenly realized that he couldn't help laughing and swept away the haze.

Hundreds of corpses have been added to the wall of Wagang today, and there are still Wagang soldiers on the wall to throw the dead bodies of the green forest soldiers who were killed after they were lucky enough to enter the city. Not far away, Xu Maogong and other green forest heroes sighed when they saw all this.

"Dao Chief, it's a pity that you are one step away from taking the city wall today." Shan Xiongxin sighed beside Xu Maogong and said. Today's siege can be said to be full of strength, and all the leaders took turns to step forward and continued to attack for nearly 2 hours. From a distance, at its most intense, hundreds of Green Forest minions had already climbed the city walls. It's just that before he could gain a firm foothold, he was killed by a new force of Wagang that suddenly rushed up to the city wall, and this time it was a failure, and it also lost 5 or 6 leaders of the small cottage.

"This Jin army general Li Jing really knows how to use soldiers! There is always a reserve army, and the total strength of the poor Taoist temple should be about 4,000. Although our army has suffered losses today, it is not large. In the past few days, he has also lost nearly a thousand losses there, and the defenders of the city are already less than 3,000. Xu Maogong softly comforted the many leaders around him, lest they lose their morale and confidence.

"It's just that Xu Junshi's people and horses are now running out of food and grass, if the Bodang brothers don't return today, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get all the brothers to work together!" Qin Qiong whispered on the side to remind the two bosses, Xu Maogong and Shan Xiongxin.

"The poor road is limited to 5 days, and Bo will return today, and the order is to collect troops and return to the village today, and it is not too late to fight again tomorrow." After that, Xu Maogong took the lead in turning the horse back, and the heroes had no choice but to follow back to the camp.

Just after noon, I heard the noisy voices of people outside the village. Xu Maogong, Wei Zheng and others, who were studying the topographic map of Wagang Mountain a few days ago, were not happy and hurriedly came out hand in hand.

"Second Brother Shan, Xu Laodao, I'm back, hehe!" As soon as they walked out of the big tent, two people came over, it was You Junda and Cheng Yanjin, who came back from "raising food" in the surrounding area, and Cheng Yanjin was shouting from afar.

"Two virtuous brothers, how is the situation of raising food this time?" Xu Maogong stepped forward and asked urgently, in fact, he was most anxious about the lack of food now, although he couldn't see it on the surface.

"Dao Chief, the two of us have now raised nearly 30,000 stone of food, and we dare not go too far. If I wait a few more days, I will be able to raise at least 100,000 stone of grain to return to the camp and pay the order. You Junda hurriedly said to the bosses who came to greet him.

"Good! Worthy of being my good brother. Hehe! Shan Xiongxin stepped forward and patted You Junda on the shoulder and said loudly. At this time, dozens of leaders were already around.

"Good, very good! In this way, we can alleviate the urgency of our military rations. Before sunset, Bodang and his brother should also return with grain and grass, and our army will have no worries about food at that time! Xu Maogong shook the feather fan and Wei Zheng laughed.

When the leaders saw that there was a refill, their minds were much calmer. Among these people, a few people had already secretly discussed with themselves, preparing to disperse and return to the mountains before the food and grass in their respective armies were cut off. At this time, when he saw that there was food, he stopped mentioning the matter of breaking up.

After a long wait, finally before the lamp, Wang Bodang and Xie Yingdeng came back. However, the two did not bring the expected food.

"Strategist, Bodang is useless, and he didn't bring back food this time." After Wang Bodang entered the account, he apologized to everyone in the tent, and Xie Yingdeng was only speechless behind him.

"Huh? Why? Xu Maogong was shocked when he heard this, the Red Peach Mountain also belongs to the righteous path in the green forests of the nine provinces, and it is also controlled by Shan Xiongxin! How can you not donate food for the use of the army, and you can be so moral? Even Shan Xiongxin and the others present were amazed.

"Alas! The military advisor and the second brother Shan didn't know that Hou Junda and Xue Wanche brothers of the Red Peach Mountain had a good relationship, and the two brothers of the Xue family were thinned at the birthday banquet of the second brother Qin's mother the previous time, and Hou Junda had a grudge. I went to talk to Brother Xie Xian in every possible way, but Hou Junda still didn't want to listen, and he put down his words, and he would break away from my relationship with Green Forest Road in the future, and he would have nothing to do with it. The two of us really couldn't do it, so we had to go back in vain. After Wang Bodang finished speaking, he bowed his head and said nothing. After hearing this, everyone suddenly came to their senses, and couldn't help but think of the scene at the birthday banquet that day, it was indeed the behavior of Shan Xiongxin and others at that time that hurt the hearts of the Xue family brothers who came on behalf of Hou Junda, and they did not care about Hou Junda's face, so that the Xue family brothers did not participate in the big bow at all and left the table in a negative mood.

"Alas! This Hou Junda is so stingy, he secretly communicated with Wang Shichong of Luoyang in the past, when Shan didn't know, I hadn't punished him, he tore his face first. Shan Xiongxin punched on the desk, his eyes breathed fire, and he said fiercely.

At this time, the people in the tent had nothing to say, only a few sighs.

"Report - military division, Jia and Liu are the two leaders to return to the camp with the grain team." Outside the account, a small colonel in the military reported the incident. A shout broke the brief embarrassment in the tent.

"Oh? It's so good, I'll go and greet it. Xu Maogong suddenly swept away the gloom on his face when he heard this, and hurriedly called everyone who was still in shock to go out and take a look.

This Jia Yanfu and Liu Zhouchen are quite capable, and the grain team brought back at this time carried 80,000 stones, which shows that the rich families in Shandong have a lot of grain.

Surrounded by the crowd, the two went into the tent to rest. After Xu Maogong finished drinking tea, he hurriedly asked, "How do the two virtuous brothers feel about raising grain in Shandong this time?" ”

"Returning to the military division, my brother was ordered to raise food and went to Jizhou and Shandong, where there are many merchant families, and it didn't take much time for the two of us to raise nearly 100,000 stone of military food. It's just ----" Jia Yanfu put down the teacup and replied quickly, but he didn't want to say anything.

"Just what? Speak quickly. Shan Xiong on the side hurriedly asked.

"It's just that some of the places that have gone to raise food before I have already gone to the green forest, I don't know if it was sent by the military advisor or how? Otherwise, the two of us would have brought back more food. Jia Yanfu said and looked at Xu Maogong.

When Xu Maogong heard this, the feather fan in his hand suddenly stopped, and the original smile on his face instantly froze.

"What do you say? And there are colleagues who are waiting for food everywhere before you? ”

"Yes! I acted separately from Brother Liu Xian, and he also encountered this incident, but the two of us never met those fellow believers, and only listened to the grievances of the people everywhere. ”

Jia Yanfu's words made the big tent silent, and everyone looked at each other in surprise.

"I only sent you to the Shandong boundary here, and I didn't arrange for others to go, and there is no shortage of people here every day. Could it be that there are other cottagers who take advantage of the chaos to fight the autumn wind near me? Xu Maogong walked back and forth in the tent, chattering incessantly.

"Second Brother Shan, you quickly send people to investigate everywhere to see where the people are acting?" Qin Qiong next to him also felt a little bad, he was familiar with the ringing horses in Shandong, and he consciously took advantage of the fire to rob not from Shandong, so he said to Shan Xiongxin.

"What Shubao said is right, Second Brother Shan will immediately ask someone to investigate, don't forget to explore in the direction of West Luoyang." Xu Maogong seemed to have reacted after being reminded by Qin Qiong.

After all the arrangements were made, a banquet was arranged to celebrate the four people who returned from raising food. During the banquet, only Xu Maogong and Wei Zheng were still worried, the newly added more than 100,000 stone grain was only enough for 20 days to consume, if they still failed to take down the Wagang cottage, they had to discuss the withdrawal of the army a few days in advance, and it would be difficult to raise food everywhere in the future.

In the righteous hall of Wagang Cottage, the generals are also celebrating.

"Today, I repelled several attacks from the heroes of the green forest, and finally kept the wall of the wall, which was very thrilling for a while!" Liang Shitai said to Li Jing. If it weren't for Li Jing personally leading the reserve army to the city to support at the critical moment today, it would really be difficult to say what the result would be, Liang Shitai was afraid to think about it, because the section of the wall that was broken through was the section he defended.

According to Ben Jiang, the heroes are nothing more than this, and if they resist him a few more times, it is expected that he will retreat. It's just that General Li will not allow the general to go out of the city to kill him. After Wu Tianxi finished speaking, he stomped the empty bowl in his hand on the table, and the junior colonel next to him hurriedly carried the wine jar to fill it for him again.

"Tanmalai reported that two batches of new grain had been found and transported to the Xiongzhai outside the city. Hehe! Ben is worried that he will run out of food and withdraw from the siege! In this way, I can hold him here for at least 10 days, and I hope Lord Lu will finish things there soon. Come and drink! Li Jing greeted the two generals with three points of drunkenness and said.

"General Li, I thought that if I wanted to hold him back for another ten days, I would have to sell him a flaw. He lacks siege equipment there, and he has used all his strength today, if he can't attack next time, I'm afraid that Xu Maogong's gang will know the difficulty and retreat! If he retreats soon, what if Lord Lu is afraid that the matter will not be completed yet? Selling a flaw and giving the group a little sweetness, he was reluctant to withdraw his troops. Liang Shitai suggested while thinking.

Li Jing listened, put down his wine glass, and couldn't help nodding. After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't help but smile, and said to Wu and Liang Erjun: "What General Liang said is reasonable, if we hold the wall with all our might, even if he doubles the number of soldiers, he will not be able to break it." At that time, even if Xu Laodao and Shan Xiongxin want to continue fighting, it is estimated that there will inevitably be other cottage leaders who will be disappointed and disperse. It is indeed not conducive to me to hold his army under the city. In my opinion, if he attacks again, it is better to take the initiative to abandon the wall under the mountain, and our army will retreat to the second line of defense. It would be no problem to hold him back for ten days with my line of defense. ”

"Hmmm! Yes, the two lines of defense of this cottage are attacked from the back, and the mountain road is narrow, and the soldiers can not be used, and the plank road on both sides of my mountain gate is condescending, and only a few hundred archers can be defended by putting each other. Wu Tianxi poured a sip of wine, wiped the corners of his mouth and said fiercely.

"Yes! Why don't you let him in, I have an advantage, and it won't help for others to do more, and I will see if it's feasible. Liang Shitai agreed with Li Jing's arrangement, the wall under the mountain is too wide, and he has few soldiers and horses, so it is difficult to take care of the wall everywhere, which is also a section of the wall lost today, and more than 300 enemy soldiers were climbed up.

"Good! That's it,! After the three of them had decided, they toasted and drank happily.

The next day, the Wagang defenders climbed the wall early, ready to meet the enemy. It wasn't until two o'clock that the minions outside the city came to attack in a big way. According to Xu Maogong's arrangement, all the troops are well fed, and they are bound to do their best to capture the walled wall today, and then attack the mountain.

After the extremely well-prepared green forest heroes have the experience of climbing the city last time, they have also become full of confidence, and they have carried more than 200 cloud ladders built overnight to rush down the city despite the rain of arrows, and the fast ones have set up the cloud ladders and began to raise their shields to climb up.

"Come on! Knock down the first wave of the thieves' attacks. Liang Shitai knew that he couldn't withdraw his troops immediately, he had to make a play, and he had to fight to push back the first round of attacks.

The Wagang soldiers on the walled wall also didn't care about keeping the city defense equipment at this time, so they only cared about smashing the wood, rolling stones, fire oil, ash bottles, etc., and the archers kept shooting arrows, and finally when the various materials were almost consumed, the first round of attacks of the green forest heroes gradually retreated. In this round of attack, Xu Maogong's total losses reached nearly 1,000 people. Some of the leaders in the formation, who had suffered large losses, had spoken out, but they had not yet spread to the whole army.