Above the night sky, the moon sinks and the stars are sparse, and under the night sky, there is a fire.

On the rolling Dulonggang on the low hills, the Liangshan army gathered again and rushed towards the Zhu family sergeants who were waiting for the battle.

Chao Gai took the lead and fought with the Zhu family sergeant. Shi Xiu and Ou Peng were afraid that something would happen to him, so they hurriedly stepped forward to fight side by side with him, secretly protecting him.

The troops on both sides were scuffling together, swords and shadows intertwined, and shouts came and went.

Due to the unfamiliar terrain and the middle of the night, the Liangshan soldiers could not exert their full strength, and were blocked by the Zhu family soldiers in this pass.

Qin Ming, Yang Xiong and others, who were originally behind the palace, had also withdrawn to this side, and the rear closely followed the brigade of Zhujiazhuang.

In a moment, the Liangshan army was surrounded by the Zhu family's army, and the battle reached a white-hot stage.

In the chaos of the battle, Chao Gai was covered in blood, and the steel spear in his hand was constantly waving.

Suddenly, in the formation of the Zhu family's army, a man in armor and a helmet came on a horse with a silver spear and took the cover directly.

"Brother be careful!" Shi Xiu saw the man speeding over and hurriedly shouted.

Chao Gai's martial arts are not idle, before Shi Xiu reminded him, he noticed the man who was killing him, turned his head to look, and saw a little cold sting.

I only heard the sound of "ping", and sparks of metal collision flashed, but it was the point steel gun and the silver gun that collided together.

Chao Gai saw that the person who came was well-armored, and he must be an important person in Zhujiazhuang, and wanted to capture him in exchange for Yang Lin, so he immediately shouted and fought with him.

But if a man dares to kill, his martial arts are naturally extraordinary. In a few breaths, Chao Gai and him made more than a dozen moves, and the strength of the two sides was similar, and they couldn't tell the winner in a short time.

Ou Peng, who was nearby, saw Chao Gai fighting with the man, so he pulled out his horse to help. After walking a few steps, another person suddenly appeared on the oblique side, and came straight to him.

He saw by the light of the fire that the man was actually a woman in red armor, and he couldn't help but say, and the double knives in his hands slashed straight at him, and the cold air in the knives came from the face.

Ou Peng was shocked, and the horizontal knife and one block, which could block the strength of the double knife. But he saw the woman turn over from the horse and leap up, kick him at him, and kick him off the horse.

Before he could stand up, the woman's twin knives were already handed to his neck. He had no choice but to put down his weapon and was tied up by the Zhu family soldier on the side.

Shi Xiu saw that Ou Peng was captured, and hurriedly went to save him, but saw that another big man came from the Zhu family's army, and there was a flying hammer tied to the left and right sides of the horse, holding a thick iron rod, and killing him directly.

In an instant, the big man was in front of him and struck him on the head. Shi Xiu didn't ride a horse, so he didn't dare to easily take the stick smashed with horsepower, so he hurriedly rolled to the side and dodged.

The big man smashed his stick on the ground, and smashed a big hole in the mound.

Seeing Shi Xiu dodging, the big man twisted the horse's head and smashed it down with a stick. That Shi Xiu's old trick was repeated, and he turned over again to dodge, the big man rode his horse and smashed it again, and Shi Xiu dodged again. Suddenly, Dahan made a false move, and Shi Xiu still turned over to dodge, but saw Dahan pick up the flying hammer tied to the horse's back, and threw it at him violently, and he couldn't dodge it during the roll, and was smashed on his back.

Shi Xiuden was smashed and collapsed to the ground. The big man stepped forward and took advantage of the situation to kill him.

Suddenly, two knives stretched out from behind Shi Xiu, crossed in front of Shi Xiu, and stopped the stick. But it was the two brothers Zhang Shun and Zhang Heng, who saw that the war was tight here, so they came to the rescue. After protecting Shi Xiu, they joined forces to fight with Luan Tingyu.

By this time, the Liangshan army had been completely lost, and there were more than 1,800 people when they came, but now there are only three or five of them. The leaders of the front and rear armies all came together, and when they looked at the fire-lit ground, there were mostly the corpses of Sergeant Liangshan.

Chasing Qin Ming and others behind was Zhu Long and Zhu Hu of the Zhu family, and it was Zhu Biao, Hu Sanniang, and Luan Tingyu who blocked Chao Gai in front.

However, at this moment, there was a sudden commotion behind the Zhu family sergeant who was in charge of blocking the attack, and shouts came one after another.

"Brother Chao Gai, don't worry! Song Jiang is here! ”

Chao Gai, who was fighting fiercely with Zhu Biao, heard the shout, and was overjoyed, and the strength in his hand increased a little.

The Liangshan soldiers, who were originally discouraged, heard the sound of reinforcements, and their spirits were shocked, and they slowly gathered, delaying time and waiting for the reinforcements to kill and block the Zhujia army formation.

All the leaders fought in one place, except for Ou Peng, who was captured, but there was still one person who was not seen, and that was Dai Zong.

It turned out that Song Jiang was able to lead the army to help, all of which was due to Dai Zong.

Seeing that the situation was urgent, Dai Zong, who was not good at fighting, took matters into his own hands and went to Song Jiang for help. Song Jiang and the others would have taken some time to get here, but because of Dai Zong's relationship, they rushed over and turned this siege battle into a counter-siege war.

Zhu Biao saw that the torches in the rear could not be seen at a glance, and he didn't know how many military horses Liangshan came to help, so he didn't dare to fight again, so he ordered the sergeants not to care about Chao Gai and others, and joined forces with Zhu Long and Zhuhu, and slowly withdrew to the village.

Chao Gai and the others saw that the Zhu family's army was retreating, and they did not pursue it. The two armies reached a special tacit understanding.

Seeing Song Jiang coming on horseback, Chao Gai wet his eyes and said, "Thanks to my brother coming in time, otherwise many of my brothers would have to fold here." ”

Song Jiang hurriedly turned over and dismounted, pointed to Dai Zong next to him, and said, "Brother doesn't have to thank me, if you want to thank Dean Dai." If he hadn't flown to ask for help, I would have seen my brother's corpse when I came slowly. ”

Chao Gai then remembered Dai Zong, who had not been seen all along, and it turned out that he had gone to ask for help. Immediately got off the horse and thanked: "Thank you, Brother Dai Zong." ”

Dai Zong shook his head and said, "Brother doesn't need to be polite. It's just that many brothers have been folded today, and the attack on Zhujiazhuang still needs to be considered in the long run. ”

Chao Gaideng's face was gloomy, and he lamented: "It's all because I was in a hurry and followed the way of the Zhu family." ”

On the side, Qin Ming comforted: "Brother, don't be so depressed. Yang Lin and Shi Xiu brothers were arrested, and the elder brother was also concerned about the chaos, so he fell for the trick. ”

Song Jiang also echoed: "What Brother Qin Ming said is that my brother should relax and wait for tomorrow to settle this Zhujiazhuang and avenge his brothers." ”

Qin Ming secretly glanced at Song Jiang with hatred, and said to Chao Gai: "This Zhujiazhuang is well-guarded, and the soldiers are strong, so it's better to come back with a plan." ”

Chao Gai nodded and said, "This terrain is really complicated, how should the enemy make good use of the terrain?" ”

But I heard Yang Xiong say: "Brother, don't worry, the Li Daguan in Lijiazhuang in the East Village is a local, why don't you go and ask him for advice?" I know Duchenne, the head of his house, and I can introduce him on my behalf. ”

When Chao Gai heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "This is very good! ”

……

Early the next morning, Chao Gai, Song Jiang and Yang Xiong came to Lijiazhuang.

The gatekeeper knew Yang Xiong, so he went to the house and called the chief manager Du Xing to come out. Yang Xiong introduced Chao Gai to Du Xing.

But I heard Chao Gai say to Du Xing: "Manager Du, I am tired of reporting to Li Daguan, so I said that Liangshan Bo Chaogai passed by here and admired the demeanor of the big official, but he asked to see him, and he had no other meaning. ”

Du Xing responded, turned around and went to the mansion to report to Li Ying. After a while, I saw Du Xing come out and say: "My master was injured a few days ago, and recently he has a cold wind, and he is sick in bed at this time, and I am afraid that I will not be able to see you." ”

Song Jiang frowned and said, "Isn't it that Li Daguan is unwilling to see each other when he sees that I and the others have just suffered a defeat?" ”

Du Xing said: "My master is indeed unpleasant. I know what you mean, and I'm familiar with the situation here. I'll just tell you: Dulonggang is full of winding roads, and it's easy to get lost.

Zhujiazhuang is located in the central hill of Dulonggang, inside the village outside the village, Zhujia people along the village dug a river for guarding, the village has two doors before and after, you only attack one, must be unable to take, he is more than a thousand military horses in the village, if you divide the troops to attack two doors together, will be able to capture. Remember, you have to go during the day, not at night.

In addition, it is necessary to divide some soldiers and horses to guard against Hujiazhuang in Xicun, Hu Taigong has a daughter, named Hu Sanniang, who is good at martial arts, and Zhu Biao has a marriage contract, and will be married unexpectedly. If you know that you will attack Zhujiazhuang, she will lead an army to save her. ”

After listening to this, Chao Gai nodded, thanked Du Xing, and led Song Jiang back to the camp.

As soon as I returned to the camp, I heard a report from someone: Zhujiazhuang sent someone to cut down all the poplar trees along the road.

Chao Gaiden panicked, but heard Song Jiang say: "Brother, don't worry, they cut down the poplar tree overnight, how can they uproot it, we only need to follow the roots of the poplar tree, and we can find the right way." ”

So Chao Gai put his mind at ease again, began to pick up troops, and began to attack Zhujiazhuang for the second time.

Combined with the remaining remnants of last night, there are now about 2,000 sergeants, Chao Gai is simply divided into two, he and Song Jiang each lead 1,000, and attack the front and rear doors respectively.

The distribution of leaders was the same as yesterday, except that Qin Ming's apprentice Huang Xin was transferred to Chao Gai's army.

At noon, all the sergeants started again, hoping to kill Zhujiazhuang.

After a long time, Chao Gai arrived in front of Zhujiazhuang, but saw that Zhujiazhuang had already prepared, and the crossbowmen on the village were all in a state of drawing bows and arrows.

It is already a difficult situation to ride a tiger. Chao Gai let out a loud shout, letting the shielded infantry go first, and the leaders waited for the opportunity to move.

Seeing that the Liangshan soldiers directly attacked him, Zhujiazhuang suddenly rained down arrows and shot at the infantry army that was slowly moving forward.

Although these infantry troops in front of Liangshan had shields, most of them were wooden shields, and they were only the size of one person. Although they were able to withstand the flying arrows, many of them still hit the soldiers from tricky angles.

This Zhujiazhuang got dozens of divine arm bows from the forbidden army out of nowhere. Whenever the crossbow of the divine arm bow is shot, it can directly break through the wooden shield of the Liangshan soldiers.

In this way, more than 300 shield-wielding soldiers in front of Liangshan were killed and injured in just a few dozen breaths, and the formation was also shot unevenly.

Suddenly, the suspension bridge was put down on Zhujiazhuang, and the three generals led the army to kill, and it was Luan Tingyu, Zhu Biao, and Hu Sanniang.

Chao Gai did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the remaining brothers to cover up and kill together.

After all, it was an army from the countryside that didn't understand the formation, and it was a scuffle in an instant. In such a battlefield, the cooperation between the soldiers and soldiers is extremely poor, and the fight is mostly based on the personal qualities of the soldiers.

Qin Ming, Huang Xin and others, who were born in the Liangshan army, had talked about this problem, and Chao Gai also attached great importance to it, but most of the Liangshan sergeants went to the mountain one after another, and it was difficult to train together.

In the chaotic battle, Chao Gai also rushed in, and fought with Luan Tingyu with an iron rod. After more than ten tricks, I only felt a little numb.

Huang Xin and Qin Ming saw that Chao Gai was beaten by Luan Tingyu's thick iron rod and had only the power to parry, so they killed them together.

Zhu Biao and Hu Sanniang, who were watching the six roads, also followed and intercepted and killed a few people.

Qin Ming and Zhu Biao were entangled together. Huang Xin and Yang Xiong were stopped by Hu Sanniang, but they saw Huang Xin shouting: "Brother Yang Xiong, go and help Brother Chao Gai, I will deal with this mother-in-law." ”

Yang Xiong didn't see Hu Sanniang last night, and when he saw that she was a woman, he didn't think so, so he nodded and went directly to Chao Gai to help.

At this time, Huang Xin took the lead in making a move, he used a Xuantie sword, and a sword slashed at Hu Sanniang's face.

Hu Sanniang clamped the horse's belly, and after stabilizing her figure, the sun and the moon swords came out together, clamping the split Xuantie sword, Huang Xin pulled it out, but he couldn't pull it out.

A cold air flowed down the body of the sword, Huang Xin only felt that his hand was stiff, and in an instant, the sun and moon swords clamped the Xuantie sword and pulled it, which directly made his sword get out of his hand.

Huang Xin, who reacted, was shocked, pulled out the horse and ran, but saw that Hu Sanniang had collected the double knife, and then a red lasso flew towards him from her hand, grabbed his waist, and pulled him off the horse suddenly. The nearby Zhujia Zhuang soldiers took the opportunity to tie him up.

Zhang Shun and Zhang Heng were ordered to wade across the Huanzhai River and cut the rope of the drawbridge, but they found that the people on the gate kept shooting arrows at them, and they couldn't advance or retreat for a while.

At this time, Qin Ming and Zhu Biao had fought for nearly fifty moves, but it was difficult to distinguish the winner. But Zhu Biao was already out of breath, but Qin Ming's face was as usual. If this goes on for a long time, Qin Ming will win.

However, Hu Sanniang suddenly joined the battle and attacked him with Zhu Biao. The special cold aura on Hu Sanniang's double knives made Qin Ming's brows jump, and he didn't dare to entangle with it for too long. Under the joint attack of the two, Qin Ming retreated from the battle, waiting for his brother's rescue.

On the other side, Luan Tingyu fought with one enemy and two enemies, and the iron rod was up and down, beating Chao Gai and Yang Xiong with red faces.

In addition to the leader, the Liangshan soldiers and Zhujiazhuang soldiers are almost equal in combat strength, and there are casualties among each other at this time, but Zhujiazhuang has few people after all, and it will inevitably suffer a big loss if it goes on like this. Therefore, the people who saw the situation on the battlefield in Zhuang hurriedly beat the gongs and drums and told Zhu Biao and the others to go back.

Zhu Biao and the others listened to the sound of the gong, then stopped their movements and began to pull out their horses and retreat. Under the cover of the crossbowmen on the gatehouse, the sergeant of the Zhu family tied Huang Xin and returned to the village safely.

Seeing that the enemy had sufficient ammunition and was well prepared, Chao Gai ordered the soldiers to retreat for the time being.

At this time, there was a loud cry all around, and Song Jiang led the army to rush over.

Zhu Long and Zhu Hu, who guarded the back door, just couldn't keep it. The drawbridge did not fall, Song Jiang had to attack, sent Li Jun and Mu Hong to lead people to cross the river and cut down the rope of the drawbridge, but he was also forced to retreat by the dense rain of arrows.

However, seeing the scene in front of the village, Song Jiang also sighed and retreated with Chao Gai.

Zhujiazhuang defended according to the danger, the number of Liangshan troops was not more than twice that of Zhujiazhuang, Chao Gai and Song Jiang were unwilling to attack, so they withdrew to Dazhai and discussed other countermeasures.

So far, Chao Gai has attacked Zhujiazhuang twice, but they have ended in failure.