Li Jiye, Yang Desheng, Zhang Tieniu, Ma Wenshan and other four thousand generals received Liu Renyu's order to send troops, so they each returned to the barracks, gathered their subordinates, checked the weapons and armor, and went to the logistics office to receive three days' dry rations.

Then, these thousand generals discussed it, and felt that if they all rode horses to Hutou Mountain to lurk, they were afraid that there were too many horses and it was difficult to hide their traces, so they decided to ride their horses first to a place 5 miles away from Hutou Mountain, and then dismount and walk, and the horses were brought back by the accompanying auxiliaries.

Everyone set a slight pause and waited quietly for the night to come.

On this night, night fell, the moon and stars were scarce, and in the Jingbianbao barracks, more than 400 knights in four teams stood solemnly, waiting for their own generals to give the order to go out.

On the podium, Liu Renyu and Liu Renjie were standing.

"Jiye, Desheng, Tieniu, Wenshan, when you go to Hutou Mountain, you have to leave secret notes along the road, so that I can find you at any time, understand?" Liu Renyu commanded.

"Yes, my lord, the rank has been recorded." Several thousands of presidents answered.

"Very good, Jiye, tomorrow I will take Renjie, Wang Zuohang, and the families of those leaders to the mountain temple, and then I will send someone to find you, let you go to Hutou Village for a walk, you have to go and invite those leaders to the mountain temple." Liu Renyu said again.

"Yes, my lord, the lowly position has been recorded, as long as the lowly position gets your order, he will go to Hutou Village and tell them the news that you are going to return to the family." Li Jiye replied.

"Well, that's good. I don't have anything more to explain, so let's go. ”

"Yes, sir." Several thousand generals answered in unison, and then they took their men and walked out to the barracks in turn, and then went out of the city through the west gate, and went straight to the southwest.

This evening, the moon is bright, and the moonlight reflects off the snow, making it look exceptionally bright.

Because the soldiers of the Jingbian Fort Army often eat pork liver and other things, their nutrition is good, and they have no night blindness, and they do not need to light torches in such weather, but only need to watch with their eyes to advance.

Hutou Mountain is 60 miles away from Jingbian Fort, which is not very far for the cavalry, so it only took an hour to run nearly 55 miles.

When they arrived at a place 5 miles away from Hutou Mountain, Li Jiye and the other four thousand generals ordered their subordinates to dismount and walk, and the horses were brought back to Jingbian Fort by casual auxiliaries.

The four thousand generals walked two more miles with their subordinates, and then came to the mountain temple, where the four thousand presidents divided their ways and walked towards the predetermined hiding place.

These four thousand commanders led people all the way, and they didn't forget to leave secret marks on the trees on the side of the road along the way, so that Liu Renyu could find his troops.

However, it is said that at this time, the Jingbian Fort Army has already entered the sphere of influence of Hutou Village, if it is during the day, so many people are hanging around the left side of their own cottage, and the secret agents of Hutou Village will definitely be able to find it, but this is night, and the Ming Dynasty people do not have the habit of traveling at night.

Even bandits with special professions do not have them, after all, Hutou Village has not been attacked at night since its establishment, and there are no sentinels from Hutou Village operating outside at night.

So the four thousand commanders of Jingbian Fort took their subordinates to lurk in the predetermined direction.

The soldiers of Jingbian Fort were dressed in white, wearing white hats, white masks, and white shoes, lying in the snow, blending in with the environment and making it difficult for people to be discovered.

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The next day, when it was dawning, Liu Renyu was dressed all over his body, and said to Liu Renjie beside him: "You first send someone to pick up the families of those leaders, and then go and inform Wang Zuohang, and let him take the 200 people under him and follow us together." Let's meet at the West Gate. ”

"Yes, sir." Liu Renjie agreed, and then walked straight out of the garrison mansion to carry out Liu Renyu's order.

After Liu Renjie left, Liu Renyu said to Sun Wuxian: "Let's go, no disease, come with me to Ximen'er and wait outside." ”

"Yes, sir." Sun Wuxian agreed, followed Liu Renyu, and rode his horse to wait outside the west gate.

After a short time, Wang Zuohang took his more than 200 people to the west gate.

When Wang Zuohang saw Liu Renyu, he immediately turned over and dismounted, and then took his subordinates to kneel on the ground, kowtow more than once, and ask Liu Renyu for peace.

Liu Renyu is now going to use Wang Zuohang, because he intends to envelop the other party a little.

So Liu Renyu said kindly: "Hang left, don't be formal, get up and talk." ”

When Wang Zuohang saw Liu Renyu talking so kindly, he suddenly felt that his bones had become lighter, and he stood up from the ground, still standing with his bows, happily waiting for Liu Renyu's lecture.

"Left hanging, have you and your men been able to receive food these days?"

"If you go back to the adults, the little ones and these subordinates have received them."

"Well, you do a good job, when the time comes, I plan to bring all the rebelled officers and soldiers under Wang Zishun, Zhang Shusheng, and Ji San'er under your command, and give you moderation, I promise to pay you full food, and you will make more meritorious contributions, and I will naturally give you a good future at that time."

"The little one thanked the adults for their love, and the little ones must be good at doing things for the adults and making a lot of contributions." Wang Zuo replied with a smile.

"Well, alright, you all get on the horse, let's get ready to go."

"Yes, sir." Wang Zuojiao first responded, and then said to his subordinates behind him: "Get on your horse and get ready to go." ”

Wang Zuohang's subordinates turned over and got on their horses as they were told, and waited quietly.

Everyone waited outside the gate for a long time before Liu Renjie took a few carriages and Shi Shiran to the west gate.

When Liu Renjie came to the west gate, he hugged his fists and reported to Liu Renyu: "My lord, these people heard that they were going home, so they collected a lot of things, and then those women heard that they were going to see their own men, they were all eyebrows and eyes, and they were busy for a while, and they urged them several times before urging them to leave quickly. ”

"Oh, yes." When Liu Renyu heard this, he was silent for a long time before he looked at a vendor selling rock sugar gourds at the gate of the city and said, "Renjie go buy some rock sugar gourds." ”

"Yes, sir." Liu Renjie got the order, so he went straight to buy rock sugar gourds.

Liu Renyu waited until Liu Renjie brought the rock sugar gourd, and then sighed and said, "Is the poison ready?" ”

"Ready."

"Put it in the rock sugar gourd, and later the children will go to the mountain temple and give them rock sugar gourds. Is that poison a bloody throat seal? ”

"My lord, the person who bought the poison took a dog and tried it, and it was indeed a bloody throat."

"That's good, let's go."

After Liu Renyu finished speaking, he went in the direction of Hutou Village.

The rest of the people divided into two teams, surrounded the carriage carrying the small families of the leaders, followed Liu Renyu closely, and marched towards the southwest together.

The team walked for about an hour and then arrived at the mountain temple.

When he arrived at the mountain temple, Liu Renyu turned over and dismounted, and ordered Liu Renjie to welcome the leaders to the mountain temple.

The women, all smiling, got out of the carriage, pulled their children, first saluted Liu Renyu, and then said to their own children: "Quick, kowtow to Lord Liu." ”

Those little children all opened their big dark eyes, knelt on the ground and said in unison: "Lord Liu has a long life. ”

"Hey, okay, okay, all up, all up, you're about to see your father, aren't you happy?"

"Happy." The children said in unison.

"Okay, you guys play with this uncle first, and he will give you rock sugar gourds to eat later." Liu Renyu said with a smile.

"Thank you, Lord Liu." The children giggled and ran towards Liu Renjie.

Liu Renjie first looked at these children running towards him with a complicated expression, and then he squeezed out a smile and said gently: "Come on, let's play some games with my uncle." ”

"Okay." The children agreed, and followed Liu Renjie to the side to play.

Liu Renyu and the women watched the children frolicking with Liu Renjie, all smiling, Liu Renyu said to the women: "Please ask a few ladies to sit in the mountain temple, and I will go and invite a few leaders to meet you." ”

"The slave family has waited to thank you,"

The women bowed and walked into the temple.

Liu Renyu turned his head and instructed Sun Wuxian to say, "Go and give an order to President Li Qian, and ask him to invite a few leaders." ”

"Yes, sir." Sun Wu was not sick and received the order, so he turned over his horse and rode away.

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In the east of Hutou Village, a team of white-clothed knights rushed to the left of the gate of the cottage, and suddenly from both sides of the road rushed out of more than a dozen men dressed in green clothes and jackets, holding various blades, they all held their blades and shouted: "Those few horsemen, and stop, what are you doing?" If you can't say it clearly, we will cut you down. ”

The leader of the team of white knights squinted at the squint, looked at these gatekeepers and said proudly: "Go and report to your big boss, just say that Li Jiye from the north is here, and ask him to bring the other masters down quickly to greet him." ”

"Yo!?" The minions guarding the gate saw that Li Jiye was so high-profile, and they couldn't eat the depth of the other party for a while, so they had to say more politely: "This master waits for a while, let's go and report to the big boss." ”

After one of the minions finished speaking, he turned around and galloped towards his cottage, while the remaining dozen minions continued to monitor Li Jiye and the others.

The two sides confronted each other for a while, and suddenly there was a hearty laugh from afar on the side of the cottage, and as soon as the laughter stopped, there was a burst of greeting voices: "Brother Jiye, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss my brother very much." ”

Li Jiye heard that it was Wang Scorpion's voice, so he smiled heartily and replied: "I also miss my brother very much, and I ask my brother to come and see me soon." ”

"Wait a minute, the mountain road has eighteen bends, and my brother has to come down slowly." The voice of the king scorpion came from afar.

"Brother Hugh should be in a hurry, Jiye can wait."

The dozen or so watchful minions saw that their own village owner was talking happily with the one in front of them, and then they were sure that this white-clothed knight was a character, so they all said flatteringly: "Uncle Li, the little ones don't know Mount Tai with their eyes, and they rushed to your big driver, please bear with me." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Li Jiye waved his hand, not caring at all.

"Thank you, Uncle Li." The minions laughed.

After Li Jiye finished talking with the minions, he saw several leaders of Hutou Village from a distance, Wang Scorpion, Collapse Mountain Cannon, and Smiling Tiger, breaking through the sky and walking together to the bottom of the mountain.

Wang Scorpion saw Li Jiye from a distance, so he said with a smile: "Jiye, what kind of wind blew you here?" ”

"Brother, my master sent me to deliver good news to you." Li Jiye replied.

"Oh, what's the good news?" Wang Scorpion asked suspiciously.

"I would also like to ask a few masters to take a step to speak."

"Okay, let's come over here."

After Wang Scorpion finished speaking, he took a few other leaders and walked in front of Li Jiye.

Li Jiye saw that a few masters had arrived, so he turned over and dismounted, took them to a secluded place, and said with a smile: "A few masters, my family said that a few people in Zhangjiabao have done a good job, so he gave a few antidotes, and thought about simply sending a few of the children back." But after all, my family is a military attache of the imperial court, and it is a little inappropriate to come directly to the cottage, so let me invite a few masters to get together in the previous mountain god, I don't know what a few masters think? ”

"Does Lord Liu really want to return our family?" The leaders were incredulous.

"That's natural, originally they were detained, just to ensure that you can do things solidly, but now that the matter of Zhangjiabao has been completed, there is no need to detain them again, so the adults plan to return them."

"Lord Liu is really a living bodhisattva, so what are you waiting for, let's follow you to the mountain temple with you." Wang Scorpion said excitedly.

"Okay, please come with me."

After Li Jiye finished speaking, he took the first step and rode his horse to the east.

Several leaders who were eager to see their families followed closely behind Li Jiye.

The distance of two miles is not very far, and everyone rides horses, that is, it takes more than ten minutes to arrive.

Those leaders came to the left side of the mountain temple, and saw Liu Renyu standing at the gate of the temple with a smile from a distance, so these leaders hurriedly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and hugged their fists and said, "I've seen Lord Liu." ”

"Don't be polite, what is the matter with me looking for you today, I must have told you Jiye, and I will return all your family. Let's make a good relationship, and if there is a need in the future, I still want to ask you for more help. ”

"Whatever the adults say, if there is a place that can be used by us, you can just ask." Wang Scorpion was already anxious at this time, he said a few perfunctory words to Liu Renyu, and then said eagerly: "My lord, I don't know where our women and children are?" ”

"Don't worry, your wife is in the mountain temple, the child is playing with my brother, a few people will meet your woman in the mountain temple, I will send the child again."

"Hey, okay, thank you." Wang Scorpion and several other leaders hurriedly responded, and shouted excitedly: "Son, your man is here." "As he walked towards the mountain temple, he walked into the mountain temple.

When the women inside heard the call of their men, they all rushed out of the temple and cried out with tears in their eyes when they saw their men, "Father, you are here." ”

"Hey, here we are." Several leaders are all men who kill people without blinking, and now when they see their own women who have been separated for a long time, the corners of their eyes are a little moist for some reason.

Liu Renyu looked at this scene, his heart suddenly moved, and he said to Sun Wuxian: "Let Renjie not be busy eating rock sugar gourds for the children first, and bring them over to meet his father." After you finish this matter, you will go and notify those thousands of presidents and tell them to attack the cottage. ”

"Yes, sir." Sun Wuxian responded, and went straight to Liu Renjie to deliver the order.

After a short time, Liu Renjie took a few children to the front of the mountain temple.

"Daddy, Daddy." The children's crisp voices called out again and again.

"Hey, my son, do you miss Daddy?" When the leaders saw that their children were coming, they all left their women alone, ran over and took the children in their arms, kissed and kissed, and looked and looked.

When Liu Renjie saw this scene, for some reason the softness in his heart seemed to be touched, so he quickly turned his face away and didn't look at such a scene.

Liu Renyu patiently waited for Wang Scorpion and other leaders to reunite with his family for a while, then coughed lightly twice, and said with a smile: "A few leaders, it's good to talk to your family when you return to the cottage later, and now I will ask a few leaders to go to the mountain temple to discuss an important matter." ”

"Hey, okay, since you have something important, let's talk about business first." When the king scorpion heard this, he let his women play with the children, and they entered the mountain temple first.

Before Liu Renyu stepped into the mountain temple, he said to Liu Renjie: "Send women and children on the road." ”

"Yes, sir." Liu Renjie agreed with a complicated expression, turned his face and said to a few children with a smile on his face: "Children, come to your uncle, and your uncle will give you rock sugar gourds to eat." Hey, ladies, after walking such a long way, you are hungry, and the adults specially asked me to prepare a jade ribbon soup for you, try it. ”

Before Liu Renyu walked into the mountain temple, he saw that the women and children had eaten, so he fell to the ground, and his heart tightened for no reason, but he immediately returned to normal, pressed the handle of the knife, and walked straight into the mountain temple.

In the mountain temple, the leaders did not know that their women and children were dead, and they were still happily discussing how to return to the cottage and enjoy their women and children.

At this time, they saw Liu Renyu coming in with a few guards, so they all asked with a smile: "I don't know what your lordship has to call us here?" ”

"I'll tell you the good news, I'm about to be promoted to general." Liu Renyu said with a smile.

"Congratulations, congratulations." When several leaders heard this, they hurriedly congratulated them, among which the mountain cannon directly said that they would give the celebration silver.

"Well, that's good." Liu Renyu heard the congratulatory words of several masters, first nodded, and then he smiled even more and said: "In life, I always want to have a good reputation, I will continue to be promoted in the future, if people know that I have colluded with bandits and killed township officials, this is only afraid that it is not beautiful." ”

"What!?" When the leaders heard this, their faces were shocked.

"Do it." Liu Renyu shouted, and several guards around him quickly took out their hands. Crossbows, brush a few arrows and go straight to the hearts of several leaders.

said that those leaders never expected Liu Renyu to suddenly use cold arrows, and they were all shot in the center of the mouth by surprise.

The leaders were shot by arrows, and they all subconsciously covered their wounds with their hands, but it was useless, and blood continued to flow from between their fingers.

The leaders felt that their strength was running out quickly, and they all fell to the ground, with more air coming in and less air coming out.

Wang Scorpion didn't know Liu Renyu's intentions until this time, and before he was unconscious, he used all his strength to smile and said: "Liu Renyu, our Lao Tzu has long known that you will kill people and destroy your mouth, I have already told someone about this, and he will reveal your true face sooner or later." ”

"Hmph, all of your cottage people will be killed by me, and no one will know about it. And your woman and children have already gone first. Liu Renyu laughed.

"Ahh When Wang Scorpion heard that his woman and children were dead, he first shouted in sorrow and despair, and then he used his last strength to say hatefully: "Liu Renyu, don't be proud of your dog, I would have sent him out of the cottage a long time ago if I knew about what happened in Zhangjiabao, sooner or later, your ugly things will be revealed to the world, and I will be waiting for you in the underworld at that time, hahahaha." ”

After Wang Scorpion said this, his neck was crooked, and he died of anger, and the remaining mountain cannons, smiling tigers, and after scolding Liu Renyu for a while, they all died of anger.

Liu Renyu finished killing people, but he was not very happy, because he didn't know whether what Wang Scorpion said was true or false, which made him very worried.

However, this matter is not what he should be concerned about at this time, he glanced at the corpses of several leaders of Hutou Village, then walked out of the mountain temple, and said to Wang Zuohang: "Zuo Hang, bury these people, and then follow me to Hutou Village." ”