Since he knew that Tian Hu was very likely to escape to Wutai Mountain, Xiao Tang also immediately led his officers and troops to continue to advance to the north, and after ten days, the officers and troops finally arrived at Wutai Mountain. Saga seems to be connected to the sky, and the dangerous peaks invade the Han table. The flowers and trees in front of the rock dance in the spring breeze, secretly spitting out the fragrance; The vine at the entrance of the cave is draped in rain, and the tender thread is hung upside down. Feiyun Waterfall, the Milky Way shadow is soaked in the moonlight cold; The cliffs are pine, and the iron horn bell shakes the dragon's tail. The mountain roots are majestic in 3,000 realms, and the mountains are high for tens of thousands of years.

Due to the beautiful and winding paths of Wutai Mountain, Xiao Tang led the army to encounter some thieves and soldiers who were defending to the death, but Xiao Tang was not in a hurry to forcibly attack the mountain, because Yao Pingzhong asked him to send someone to investigate the surrounding mountains, and then immediately deploy them according to the terrain.

Because there have been many large and small conflicts with the Xia Kingdom all the year round, using the surrounding terrain to set up a defensive front or intercept the encirclement of the thieves is also what Yao Pingzhong is good at. He also according to the Song army and the Xia army in Hengshan at that time to carry out a tough battle, not only to build a large military fortress, but also in various dangerous positions to build a fortress against the enemy's road, the deployment of fortifications in an orderly manner, in a very short period of time Yao Pingzhong commanded the Western Army soldiers along the surrounding mountains to build several stone and wooden villages, Yao Pingzhong also took the mountain cave as an eye, just to see the movement of the thief army in the distance. Originally, the thieves who thought that there was a mountain danger to fight thought that they could resist stubbornly, but now they were cocooned and surrounded by officials and soldiers and could not escape, and they still wanted to escape again, and it was difficult to kill the encirclement network formed by the Song army that occupied the terrain advantage around them.

After Yao Pingzhong restrained the thieves here, Xiao Tang continued to lead his troops to the mountains, after all, the main purpose of this trip to Wutai Mountain was to make Tian Hu restrain and ambush the law. First find out all the thieves hiding in the mountains and then strictly control them, and find out where Tian Hu is hiding.

The officers and soldiers walked in the mountains for another half an hour, during which Shi Xiu suddenly stepped forward and reported to Xiao Tang: "Brother, our army caught a man with strange deeds when he was scouting in front, I am afraid that the thieves sent a bird to spy on our movements. ”

After a while, Xiao Tang saw a man in his early thirties who was escorted forward by Jun Jian, and the frightened and anxious look on his face did not seem to be fake, and after the man saw Xiao Tang, Shi Xiu, Hua Rong, Shi Jin and others, he immediately knelt on the ground with a puff, and shouted in his mouth: "Fortunately, the captains of heaven have led the heavenly army here, and they can exterminate the robbers and thieves who are doing evil!" The villain is from a local white family, but he is by no means a rogue strongman! ”

Shi Xiu smiled coldly when he heard this, and immediately glared and shouted: "Since you also know that the thieves in Hedong have fled to the Wutai Mountain Realm to wreak havoc, how can you dare to walk alone in the mountains?" I see that you look like a thief's meticulous work, but you want to probe the reality of the official army! ”

When the man heard this, he shouted Lian Zhu bitterness, and he hurriedly said, "Master Jun! It's a misunderstanding of the villain! The villain is called Wang Xiaosan, presided over the Wenshu Monastery of Wutai Mountain, lives in the temple at the foot of the mountain and the property house, when the Wenshu Monastery Zhizhen Elder knew that the villain was bitter, and he Bodhisattva heart lent the villain capital to make some small living.

The villain often sells wine in the village, and also picks some wine in the Wenshu Monastery and only sells it with the fire workers in the temple, the straight hall, the sedan chair man, and the old man to do life and eat. These days, the Hedong thieves broke the surrounding Zhuang Town, and the villain originally heard that the dry bird was going to attack Yanmen County, Qibao Village and other places, and Sha Mo also heard that the captains led the army to come to conquer and suppress, but now they have killed back in Wutai Mountain and rushed to Wenshu Monastery! The villain was grateful for the kindness of Elder Zhizhen, and planned to immediately go to the monks in the temple to warn, but the robbers took the lead in occupying the main road to Wenshu Monastery, and the villain was anxious and helpless and feared that the thieves would ruin his life, so he had to go down the mountain, which was taken by several military masters. ”

Shi Xiu listened to this wine seller called Wang Xiaosan, although he said that there was a reason, but he didn't want to fall for the way of the cunning thief, so he wanted to deceive him with words. But at this moment, Xiao Tang suddenly raised his hand to stop Shi Xiu from continuing to ask this man, but completely diverted the topic and asked him: "You said that you sell wine for a living, and you pick up some wine to sell to the temple and some lay helpers, so in the past few years, has there been a fat monk who has robbed you of wine to eat?" ”

"Huh?"

Wang Xiaosan was stunned, he didn't expect the officer and general in front of him to ask such a question, but after Xiao Tang asked, he immediately remembered that there was a fat monk with a round face, big ears, a straight nose and a square mouth, and a band of cold hair on his chest in the pavilion in the middle of Wutai Mountain, who was obviously a monk, but viciously snatched the wine whale swallow drink he was carrying, and drank a large barrel of wine in just a moment. Although the great monk also taught him to go to the temple to beg for money the next day, Wang Xiaosan saw that the monk was drunk and drunk like a naked naked demon monarch after drinking, and set fire to kill the flower monk, and he was afraid that the elders in the temple would know that the monk in Wenshu Monastery drank his wine and spoiled his clothes and food, so he had to swallow his anger, where did he dare to ask for money?

After thinking of that great monk, although Wang Xiaosan wondered why Xiao Tang had such a question, he couldn't help but say angrily: "How does this captain know? The villain was robbed of wine and eaten by a big monk back then, and that guy was tall and vicious, and there were no monks at all, and I don't know why Elder Zhizhen was willing to accept him into the empty door to practice. ”

Listening to Xiao Tang and this Wang Xiaosan's questions and answers, he also knew that Lu Zhishen had lived in Wutai Mountain Wenshu Monastery for a period of time Shi Jin, Shi Xiu, Hua Rong and others were all stunned, presumably the elder brother and Zhishen's brother had said some trivial things when they talked about the wine, and they only had this question now, among which Shi Jin had the deepest relationship with Lu Zhishen in the Baozhu Temple of Erlong Mountain, he couldn't help but be happy when he heard it, and also said in a low voice: "After leaving home, a bird still fades out of his mouth, no matter what, he will definitely take the wine to eat, this is really Brother Zhishen's behavior." ”

After listening to Wang Xiaosan's angry general description of Lu Zhishen's appearance, words and deeds, Xiao Tang was also able to determine the identity of the wine seller in front of him, and he immediately asked: "I believe that you are from a good local background, but you said that there are thieves who have fled back to Wutai Mountain and are going to occupy the temple treasure temple of Wenshu Monastery, how many people are there in that group of thieves?" How long has it been? ”

When Wang Xiaosan heard this, he immediately remembered that Elder Zhizhen and the monks in Wenshu Monastery were in a dangerous situation now, and the anxious look on his face suddenly resurfaced, and he hurriedly said to Xiao Tang: "The villain only dared to watch from a distance at that time, and he couldn't see the truth, there were about a thousand thieves, and it took about half an hour to go!" This Lord Taiwei, the monks and elders in the temple, especially Elder Na Zhizhen, are the enlightened monks with great mercy and compassion, and the villain implores the Heavenly Army to save their lives, and do not teach those thieves who kill people without blinking an eye to kill their lives! ”

Hua Rong listened and said, "Only about 1,000 people? It seems that most of the thieves and birds in Hedong have been scattered, and the rest of the strongmen in Wutai Mountain have also been monitored and controlled by the Western Army, and the handful of birds can no longer set off any strong winds and waves, but I don't know if Tianhu's house is in Wenshu Monastery. ”

"Without further ado, Wang Xiaosan, you will lead the way, guide the path of our army, and quickly go to Wenshu Monastery to exterminate that gang of thieves!"

Xiao Tang immediately ordered Xiao Jiasui, Hua Rong, Shi Xiu, Shi Jin and other brothers to speed up, and the rest of the official and military departments controlled the mountain roads leading to Wutai Mountain in Wenshu Temple, and could not teach any fish to escape again.

Wang Xiaosan nodded in response, but Xiao Tang asked for five taels of silver from his henchmen next to him and threw it into Wang Xiaosan's hands. Originally, Wang Xiaosan thought that it was a reward from the general in front of him because he was willing to lead the way, but before he could say thank you, he heard Xiao Tang say again:

"This silver is the money I paid for the barrel of wine that I paid for your brother back then."